I was exposed for mining on Mars

The news of the Stargate War has not spread yet, and now even most of the top leaders within the four civilizations know nothing about it. They only know that they are about to face a more powerful enemy, but they have no idea when the war will begin. Know.

And Luo Xiu didn't want to spread the news. After all, this time was different from the war against the Ferma fleet. There were too many variables in this war, the enemy was too powerful, and even he himself didn't have much. Be sure, if the news spreads now, it will probably cause more panic.

However, he also believed in the power of crowd intelligence. Just like the last bounty for computer viruses, there were soon several more high-stakes bounties among the public, all targeting intelligent robots that could evolve themselves.

Not only is the bonus generous, but it also provides a rare opportunity for synthetic ascension surgery, which undoubtedly attracts the attention of a large number of people.

After all, even after twenty years, the cost of synthetic ascension surgery is still very high. Even wealthy people have to queue up to have it performed. It is said that some people even queued up more than twenty years later.

There is no other reason. Although this technology was developed by the Lunar Research Institute, the only place officially designated to perform this surgery is a joint hospital in Starship.

It is illegal to perform this surgery elsewhere, and the official suppression of it is very strict.

Although the official statement is that this operation is related to human life safety, so we have to be cautious, but most people speculate that this is related to the talent introduction plan of Starship Civilization.

Except for some wealthy people who occasionally became lucky in the beginning, in the second year after the synthetic ascension technology began to be promoted, almost only the elite among scientists could perform this operation, and they would soon be transferred to work on starships.

So much so that there are now far more people undergoing mechanical ascension surgeries than synthetic ascension surgeries.

And now this private bounty competition can actually give you the opportunity to perform synthetic ascension surgery, which makes people wonder whether it is sponsored by the government.

Although many people have this idea, the official has not come out to confirm this, so these people can only guess.

And because this reward is so generous, no one can refuse it. For ordinary people, this may be their only chance to undergo synthetic ascension surgery in their lives, so they naturally will not give up.

As a result, a new craze started on Blue Star. Most people no longer spent their spare time in the virtual world, but began to concentrate on scientific research.

Even those middle school students were no longer addicted to games. Overnight, it seemed that the entire Blue Star had turned into a civilization with a strong learning atmosphere.

Cao Guolin has been observing this secretly for a long time. He has received many reports in this regard, but he can only smile bitterly in his heart.

The Blue Star people are still at the stage of being dominated by external stimulation, and they don't know when they will evolve into a truly advanced civilization.

And what does advanced civilization look like?

He has seen the Proxima Centauri, the Kasakuk people and the Hak people. Although these intelligent races have their own advantages and characteristics, there is still a big gap between them and the advanced races he imagined.

"Maybe after all Blue Star people have undergone synthetic ascension surgery and are no longer dominated by various low-level desires, they will become advanced?"

After Cao Guolin finished speaking, he shook his head. He had just transformed from a mechanical ascender into a synthetic living being. Faced with a life span of six to seven hundred years, he would occasionally become a little confused. If it hadn't been for the war, he would have been a little confused. In front of him, he didn't know what to do with such a long life.

"I wonder why the Commander-in-Chief doesn't open up the synthetic ascension technology to the Blue Planet people like the Proxima Centauri people?"

This has always been Cao Guolin's doubt. You must know that the Proxima Centauri people have completely realized the synthetic ascension surgery. Although they are the first batch of surgeries performed as experimental subjects, and although their number is far less than that of the Blue Star people, between the two The contrast between them still made him a little uncomfortable.

After all, Luo Xiu is also a Blue Star person, how can he be so partial to other intelligent races?

The more Cao Guolin thought about it, the more wrong he became, and then he walked directly out of the lunar operations command room and headed towards the starship operations command room.

…

Luo Xiu was closing his eyes to rest, thinking about how to deal with the omnic civilization. If the virus plan didn't work, there was only one very dangerous way.

It's just that this method is very harsh, and even if everything goes well, there is little hope of implementation. Moreover, there is still a very critical problem to be solved, which is to find the identity of the Cygnus civilization.

But after experiencing the last incident of cruising the fleet base camp, the Cygnus omnic civilization will probably be more vigilant about its own safety, unless there is something that he attaches great importance to.

"What would it be that we attach great importance to? What is an omnic civilization most concerned about?"

Luo Xiu turned his chair, feeling like he had caught something, but also as if he had caught nothing.

At this moment, the door was pushed open, and Cao Guolin walked in from the outside with a sad look on his face.

Luo Xiu's thoughts were interrupted and he could only sigh secretly, and then said to Cao Guolin: "Old Cao, what's wrong? I rarely see you like this."

Cao Guolin placed the report in front of Luo Xiu, and then looked at him without saying a word.

Luo Xiu glanced at him suspiciously, and then took a look at the report. It was an investigation of the recent movements of the Blue Star people. Unexpectedly, with the reward just issued in the morning, the wind direction of the entire Blue Star had begun to change so obviously in the afternoon. .

"This is a good thing. Why do you look so ugly?" Luo Xiu called up the battle scene near the star gate. Although the consciousness of the Cygnus civilization had descended on the advance team of the Zeroing Fleet, the mechanical bodies like them wanted to Catching the ghost battleship is still a bit of a dream.

At present, more than 400 Zeroing battleships have been lost, but they have not yet been evacuated. They are building star gates while trying to capture ghost battleships.

It seems that the Cygnus omnic civilization also knows that the purpose of the solar system civilization is to prevent them from building the star gate, so as long as they don't stop, the attacks of these ghost battleships will not stop, and they will have a chance.

But doesn’t Luo Xiu think so? He is really afraid that the Cygnus civilization will run away like this. If they build the star gate elsewhere, then things will not be that simple. But don't forget that there is an even larger army within the Cygnus cantilever. The ground zero fleet.

Luo Xiu never wanted to face them now before he figured out a way to deal with them.

The ideas of both sides played into the other's hands, thus forming the current strange stalemate.

Cao Guolin didn't know that Luo Xiu was still observing the battle situation at this time. He thought for a moment and said: "Your Excellency, Commander-in-Chief, there is one thing I don't understand. Why can't all Blue Star people undergo synthetic ascension surgery?"

"Huh?" Luo Xiu was stunned for a moment when he heard Cao Guolin's words, and a flash of that original look immediately appeared in his eyes.

He stood up and walked to Cao Guolin. Looking at him who was only in his thirties now (this was the image chosen by Cao Guolin, he was too young to accept it), patted him on the shoulder and said: "You are here this time. Is that what it’s for?”

Cao Guolin twitched the corner of his mouth and said: "I know now is not the time to talk about this, but I really don't want to see my compatriots become like this for an opportunity that can be easily obtained by another race."

Luo Xiu turned around and glanced at the report on the table, nodded and said: "Oh, I understand. It seems that you are better off as a mechanical ascender. Things like emotions are not suitable for you."

"actually, I……"

Cao Guolin wanted to say something, but Luo Xiu waved his hand.

"Are you talking about Proxima Centauri? I can understand your mood, but if you were in my position, you should be able to understand why I would do this."

"The total number of people on Proxima Centauri is less than 100 million, and there is only a medium-sized population on Blue Star, while Blue Star has a population of 20 billion. Is this comparable?"

"Furthermore, Proxima Centauri people have absolute rationality and cannot lie. No matter how long their life span is, they will not feel uncomfortable. It can be said that they are born researchers, but what about the Blue Star people?"

Luo Xiu said this and turned around to look at Cao Guolin.

"The Blue Star people have not yet fully evolved. The synthetic ascension technology will not help them evolve, but will amplify the various negative emotions in their bodies. You must have seen the destructive power of these negative emotions. In the last battle with the Ferma fleet, How many people were making trouble?"

Cao Guolin opened his mouth slightly, as if he wanted to say something, and clenched his fists tightly, but in the end he said nothing because he knew that what Luo Xiu said was true.

"Our current resources and manpower are limited, so we can only select the best Blue Star people among them, so that their wisdom can play a greater role in this war. As for most Blue Star people, I actually think that mechanical Ascension technology is good for them."

Although mechanical ascension surgery has many disadvantages, its disadvantages in terms of emotions are very suitable for Blue Star people who are easily controlled by emotions.

Moreover, most of the future fleets of the United Solar System Civilizations will need sailors who absolutely obey orders and have no fear.

"Your Excellency, Commander-in-Chief, what do you mean?" Cao Guolin had a worried look in his eyes.

He originally came here just to ask for an explanation, but it seemed to make the outcome worse.

"Isn't the proportion of Blue Star people's mechanical ascensioners originally 2%? Now it has been increased to 20%. All mechanical ascensioners have a military establishment, and the synthetic ascension surgery has been expanded tenfold, but the requirements remain the same."

Luo Xiu said lightly.

In the next war, they need to invest more warships and soldiers, and mechanical ascenders are naturally the best choice.

"But they are all our compatriots." Cao Guolin said with some heartache.

Luo Xiu turned around and looked at Cao Guolin with a strange look, and then said: "Of course I know, have you forgotten that you were also a mechanical ascendant? Although mechanical ascendants have very serious side effects for scientists, they are not suitable for ordinary people. For them, they can still play their role very well.”

"And this is just a wartime plan. After we win this war, they can choose to return to the human race. I believe that with the experience of this war, they will be more mature, stable, and have a sense of honor and responsibility. If If you lose, is there any difference between a mechanical ascendant and a synthetic creature?"

Luo Xiu said lightly.

When Cao Guolin heard this, he was speechless. Yes, everything is for war. The loser loses everything, and only the winner has a future.

…

The planet near the Stargate ruins.

At this time, one-fifth of the new star gate has been established, but half of the Zeroing battleship has been lost. The less they have left, the faster the loss will be. Several towering peaks have been piled up on the ground. .

But the Cygnus civilization has no intention of retreating.

One of the Hucks looked at his compatriots and finally had no choice but to stand up.

"Your Excellency, Speaker, this is not the way to go. The opponent's warship seems to be made of specially made materials. Even the tachyon light spear can only knock it away but cannot destroy it. We need to adopt other plans."

"What's the plan? Tell me."

The blurry face of the Cygnus Omnic Civilization didn't even look at this person. It had been mobilizing all the computing power of the entire fleet to catch the tricks of these ghost battleships, but it had almost made it so angry that it had already calculated several times. For several hours, the other party's trajectory didn't follow any pattern at all.

In the end, it could only draw one conclusion. These battleships must have very amazing thrusters. Even nuclear fusion thrusters do not have such kinetic energy and endurance.

And this makes it want to capture one of them as a sample even more. As long as it can capture one, it believes that with its current technology library and the vassal races it has, it can completely deduce these two technologies in reverse.

Once these two technologies are obtained, all the zeroing fleets can be upgraded again.

That's right, just as Luo Xiu and the others thought, the strength of the Zeroing Fleet is not what they appear to be now, but because these battleships were built by the Cygnus civilization themselves.

They are just like its arms. They can be upgraded and evolved as long as they get new technology. This is why she wants to capture a ghost battleship at the expense of this advance team.

The Hacker naturally couldn't guess what the Cygnus civilization was thinking. He just didn't want himself and his people to die like this, so he said: "We need to make a net or a coagulant to slow down the other party, although a net is not enough. Offset the opponent's speed, but as long as there are enough, it should theoretically be possible to capture the opponent."

"Net?" A look of surprise appeared on Cygnus Civilization's face.

This is a method it would never have thought of, which further proves its wisdom in leaving behind these subordinate races.