Age of Cosmic Exploration
chapter-346

Chapter 346: Reward… Command!

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

"This is the central computer?"

After everyone finished watching the 3D video, other than the shock in their hearts, there were also a glow in their eyes. Everyone stared directly at the weird-looking creation. This was the central computer of a level 3 space civilization, and it was technically the last survivor of the civilization. It was responsible for overseeing the existence of the dying civilization, so… just how much information was within it? Could it be that the civilization’s entire knowledge was in it so that the future generations of this civilization could use it to rebuild itself?

Even the collected Guang Zhen unconsciously took a gulp of his saliva. No one was more familiar than him regarding the meaning of this central computer. The central computer in the Noah One was nothing compared to this gem. It was weighty enough to be a perfect war reward. With it, the scientific issue that had been worrying Yao Yuan could be solved. In that case, the Hope becoming level 3 space civilization… was in its grasp!

Level 3 space civilization! How many space civilizations thought of reaching that level? This was the peak of low level space civilizations!

When humanity enters that stage, even though they only had one spaceship, they would not be afraid of any large level 2 space civilization fleets. Combined with the full power of the Black Star Troopers, as long as they do not stumble across a rare mid-tier space civilizations and do not provoke the experienced level 3 space civilizations, then the Hope will face no danger in space. They could find any planet and start a small yet secluded underground colony, and then… did that not mean a life of peace would finally be theirs?

"Extract the whole thing without harming it… But this is too big!" Guang Zhen ordered, but then he immediately frowned. The computer was too big! It was at least 18 meters tall and was the size of a small house. They did not even know its weight. The issue of weight aside, moving such a large thing when a war was happening was not going to be easy. Where would they have the time to busy themselves with something like this?

Zhang Heng beside him seemed to come to the same conclusion. He suggested, "Can we spilt it open? It is so big because of the shell, right? Its internal systems shouldn’t be so big. Can’t we just take the internal systems?"

Xiao Niao immediately retorted, "That is not possible. This is an alien creation, its building basis is different from ours. Who can really tell which part is important? As a famous person once said, the screw itself isn’t important, but where to put the screw is, and what we’re lacking now is the knowledge of its construction and basically everything else. This thing is too important. Who will be responsible if it’s damaged? So either we take the whole damn thing with us or we leave it be. That is better than regretting it later!"

Guang Zhen was ready to take Zhang Heng’s advice when Xiao Niao jumped in with his warning. Without hesitation, he ordered harshly, "Lift it up! F*ck it, we are second generation Black Star Troopers. As Bo Li has said, the strength output of the second generation space armor is three times the output of the first generation. If we put our hearts into it, we can theoretically lift up a small ferry. This is the time to see whether she was bluffing or not… Lift this thing up! This is the thing that will extend the Hope’s longevity for at least several thousand years!"

There was one sentence that Guang Zhen did not say. As the second in command on the Hope, Yao Yuan had basically told him everything. He was the only person other than Yao Yuan who knew the password to start the Hope’s self-destruct sequence. Therefore, he knew many confidential secrets, like the natural deterioration of space civilizations.

This generation of humans was unique in the sense that it had several hundred cosmic adapters and even three Whisperers. They did not need to worry about deterioration, and it was the time for them to progress. If they did not make use of this opportunity, when the first generation still remembered Earth and their lives on it, when they reach the second or third generation, humanity might join the long list of space civilizations who were languishing in space.

Therefore, the first generation was key. Even with the genetic mesomeric technology, humans could only extend their lifespan until 150 to 200 years old. The extended 100 years was barely the blink of an eye calculated in space time.

However, when a space civilization becomes level 3 space civilizations, its central technology is related to minimization of energy application, like plasma weapons. At that time, using the combination of plasma energy and nano technology, they will create a type of nano plasma cellular gene recovery technology. It's more advanced than genetic mesomeric technology and can extend the lifespan by 500 to 1000 years. The extension is dependent on the properties of different lifeforms. For example, the Blue Race people can live for more than 1,000 years. If humanity’s first generation can survive until they become a level 3 space civilization, with the added 500 to 1000 years of lifespan, becoming a level 4 space civilization was not impossible…

Therefore, other than Xiao Niao, no one knew about the importance of this alien computer to humanity. In other words, even though this might be cruel, this central computer was worth more than the 3,000 humans from the Noah One…

With Guang Zhen’s order, seven troopers sawed through the bottom part of the computer. To preserve it as completely as possible, they sawed through the metallic flooring. The product was thus a 10 plus meters tall, 8 meters wide, and 5 meters thick creation. It was heavy, at least heavy enough that even when one of the troopers tried to move it, it was unmovable. Finally, 8 troopers hoisted it from below to lift it up. However, that was not the end of their troubles.

The entrance opening of this building was not big enough to fit this thing through. With no choice, the troopers started deconstructing again. They cut a bigger hole and carefully moved this thing back to the human crowd.

Such a curious phenomenon naturally attracted the people’s attention. Many came to enquire about it; however, due to the importance of the computer, Guang Zhen only gave vague answers, saying this thing was very important to the Hope. He did not explain further. He then waited alongside everyone else for rescue.

On the surface of the planet, due to the inability of communication, Yao Yuan had no idea that Guang Zhen’s team had stumbled upon a treasure. If anything, he was so worried that his hair almost turned white.

The people out there had no clue what was happening underground. They could only see that the surface kept metalizing and a large surface of at least several thousand meters had become metal. Who knows how it was underground? The worst outcome… was the whole underground had become metal and Guang Zhen along with the 3,000 citizens had all died.

Of course, that was the worst ending. Before they could know for sure, the rescue had to continue. Yao Yuan was complaining about the lack of progress. The metal layer was too strong and thick. Even with his presence, which prevented the metal layer from recovering on its own, the Space Combat Jet Prototype 011 was still rather powerless before such a thick layer of metal. After so long, they only managed to blow open a crevice that was about several 100 meters deeps and several 10 meters wide. F*ck, what was this metal layer? Diamond layer?

"This is useless! We have to use the heavy weapon on the Hope. The Space Combat Jet Prototype 011s are fighter jets, they are not meant to do damage to the ground!"

Yao Yuan came to this conclusion using his Thinker power. Without hesitation, he flew his combat jet back into space. After breaking through the ozone layer, he contacted the Hope’s central command.

"Is this Bo Li? This is Yao Yuan. Start calculating the coordinates of the crevice and fire a shot of the Planet Annihilating Cannon at it… No matter what, we have to make an opening as soon as possible," Yao Yuan said into the communicator.

The other end of the communicator was silent for a while before a female voice answered, "Due to some unknown reasons, Professor Bo Li fainted earlier. A few Black Star Troopers and myself have temporarily taken over the control of the Hope."

Yao Yuan frowned immediately and demanded, "Who is this? Your voice is very familiar… Is this Ming Ji Jie? Why would you be at central command? What about the residential area and Defense Unit camp? Are there still Black Star Troopers there? Also, what exactly happened to Bo Li?"

Ji Jie answered, "Professor Bo seems to have fainted from overexerting her Homo Evolutis power. The doctor came to check on her and it did not seem serious. She will not enter coma, but since there was no one to head central command, those of us who are close came to give our support… What is Chancellor’s order?"

Yao Yuan was silent as the image of the rather shy and cute girl appeared in his mind. He sighed under his breath and said, "Then, temporarily, you all will command the Hope. However, you do not have the required experience. How about this, there are three majors from the Defense Unit. They are all veterans. Have them join the commanding post. Also, add House Speaker Matt and Lee Cheng Wen, the human resources minister, to the list. All of you will form a tribunal to temporarily oversee everything on the Hope until me or Commander Guang Zhen return."

Ji Jie replied, "Understood. Then what is our immediate order?"

"Aim at the ground!" Yao Yuan had flown back towards the surface as he spoke into the communicator. "Use the Planet Annihilating Cannon to puncture a hole in the ground!"