Interstellar Industrial Age

Xinghan Base Camp, the Yanhuang Palace of Mars in the solar system.

Qin Yi, as usual, came to his office early, ready to start a busy day.

Over the years, Xinghan's development has been very smooth. Relying on many national policies formulated at the time of establishment, Xinghan's development has always been smooth.

The population has been growing continuously, which makes the internal development momentum of Xinghan very strong. Although there is no large-scale round and round of expansion, the territory of Xinghan is still expanding, almost every year. Expand surrounding galaxies.

There are three or two galaxies, and as many as three or four galaxies. Over the years, with the solar system as the center, all the planetary systems within twenty light-years around them have been included in Xinghan's territory.

The Centaurus galaxy, which was first included in the Xinghan map, has now become the center of Xinghan. Yan Dixing and Huangdixing are not only very developed in agriculture, but also in the high-tech field. Almost all related industries such as warp engine manufacturing and spacecraft manufacturing are It can already compete with this side of the solar system.

The rapid growth of the population, the continuous expansion of the territory, coupled with the development and trade of Xinghai, have made the entire Xinghan prosperous and prosperous.

As the leader of the entire huge country, Qin Yi's life is naturally very good. There are not many things that he really needs to worry about. Many times he can immerse himself in the laboratory and concentrate on some things he likes.

"The total population has exceeded 50 billion, and this large base has finally come up."

What Qin Yi is most concerned about is naturally the population of Xinghan. Almost every once in a while, he will pay attention to the total population of Xinghan.

In the interstellar era, it is definitely impossible to not have a huge population, especially in the current Xinghan, which is vast and sparsely populated, with dozens of planetary systems and dozens of life planets, if you count the planetary systems and life planets on the route to the star sea. , the number of life planets owned by Xinghan has exceeded one hundred.

There are hundreds of living planets, and the total population has only exceeded 50 billion. On average, the number of people on this living planet is only 500 million. It can be said that it is truly vast and sparsely populated.

An ordinary life planet has no problem at all in feeding tens of billions of people casually. Some large life planets have no problem with tens of billions or hundreds of billions of people.

The population is still too small, too small.

Civilizations in the sea of ​​​​stars, just pull out a civilization, even if it is a first-level civilization, the population is casually tens of billions, as for the second-level cosmic civilization, it is casually hundreds of billions, and some powerful ones are even trillions. .

As for the third-level cosmic civilization, occupying the rich star field, the population is even more huge, and the huge population is calculated in trillions.

Compared with these civilizations, the population of Xinghan is simply not enough to see, that is, here in the solar system, the distance between the surrounding stars is too large, and there is no powerful civilization, so the small life can be so comfortable.

If Xinghan is in the sea of ​​​​stars, the distance between the stars is close, the number of civilizations is large, and the strength is strong, this population is really worrying.

Even the current Earth, after the continuous expansion and explosion of the population over the years, the population of the Earth has exceeded 50 billion, and now the Earth Federation is worrying about satisfying the stomachs of these 50 billion people, a mere life. The planet has a population of more than 50 billion, which is really stressful.

For this reason, the Earth Federation also proposes to Xinghan a plan to exchange the earth for a few life planets every year, and Qin Yi has never agreed.

Because the Earth Federation is not only to exchange for life planets, but also to exchange for many technologies,

Space battleships, etc., this is absolutely unacceptable to Xinghan.

Even though the earth has a special status, in the vast universe, it is just an ordinary life planet, and it is not worth paying too much price for it.

You must know this warp engine technology, Xinghan's space battleship, etc., these are things that even the third-level cosmic civilization has never had, and the Earth Federation is also ignorant and fearless.

It is a delusion to exchange for these things with a living planet. If the civilization in the sea of ​​​​stars knows, it is estimated that everyone will think that the Earth Federation is whimsical.

"The population is still too small. When will it be possible to have a population of several trillion."

Qin Yi shook his head slightly. He has seen too many and too many powerful civilizations in the technology tower. The number of people is so huge that it is unimaginable. With the population of Xinghan, Xinghan people still have a long way to go.

"Um?"

"Huang Zhibin's letter?"

Just when Qin Yi was reviewing the documents and thinking about the future development of Xinghan, the letter from Huang Zhibin, commander of the First Fleet of Xinghan, was finally sent to Qin Yi.

As soon as Qin Yi's thoughts moved, the letter sent by Huang Zhibin began to be read in the virtual world.

"Respected leader, the First Fleet has completed the task of raiding the Lia galaxy and returned to the Loulan galaxy for a rest. I have been fighting against the Heiyan Empire in Xinghai over the years. After my research and discovery of the Heiyan Empire."

"This Heiyan Empire has developed to level 3 cosmic civilization as early as hundreds of millions of years ago, and has become the overlord in the sea of ​​​​stars, but after such a long time, no one in the Heiyan Empire has made any progress, and it has always stopped at level 3. The pinnacle of cosmic civilization has never been able to break through to level 4 cosmic civilization."

"Heiyan Empire has also conducted a lot of in-depth analysis on this. The general view is that it is very, very difficult to break through to level 4 cosmic civilization. It takes a very long time, and the accumulation of Heiyan Empire is not enough."

"There is even a point of view that the Heiyan Empire has developed to the extreme of civilization and cannot develop further, otherwise the Heiyan Empire would have already broken through."

The letter written by Huang Zhibin is very long. The first thing he mentioned is why the Heiyan Empire has been staying at the level 3 cosmic civilization and has never taken a step forward.

Seeing this, Qin Yi also paused slightly, and began to think continuously in his mind.

In the science and technology tower, Qin Yi also learned a lot of information. Civilizations like the Heiyan Empire and the Ziyue Federation have always stayed at a civilization level, and there is no way to break through. It is very common.

There are endless civilizations in the universe, but there are very few that can develop to intermediate-level cosmic civilizations, and even fewer can break through to advanced cosmic civilizations.

Level 1-3 cosmic civilizations belong to low-level civilizations. If these level-3 cosmic civilizations can break through to become level-4 cosmic civilizations, they can enter the stage of intermediate-level cosmic civilizations.

The Heiyan Empire and the Ziyue Federation are indeed in this most difficult breakthrough bottleneck period. There are countless civilizations in the universe stuck in this bottleneck period. I don’t know how long it will be stuck, and there is no way to break through until the entire civilization perishes.

The Heiyan Empire has only been in this bottleneck period for hundreds of millions of years, which is nothing at all. Some third-level cosmic civilizations will even stay for a longer and longer period of time.

In addition to the very difficult breakthrough between civilization levels, the development of this civilization is often related to the potential of the civilization race itself.

There are countless civilization races in the universe, and each civilization race is completely different. Some civilization races have great potential, and civilization develops naturally fast, while some civilization races have low potential and naturally develop slowly.

If nothing else, on the earth alone, when the civilizations of Asia, Europe, Central Asia and other regions are already dazzling, the civilization in the African region cannot develop at all, and even in modern times, the African region still cannot develop. Up, there is a feeling of mud that can't be helped.

This is enough to explain the huge differences between civilized races, magnified into the interstellar universe, and the differences between these different civilized races are even greater.

A civilization with potential develops rapidly, and it may take less than a million years to develop to an intermediate civilization. A civilization without potential may spend hundreds of millions or billions of years without being able to break through to an intermediate civilization.

As for the breakthrough of this intermediate civilization to a high-level civilization, it not only requires the amazing racial potential of this civilization, but also requires time and luck.

With the accumulation of time and enough luck, it may be possible to break through to advanced civilization.

In addition to its own racial potential, it also has a lot to do with the external conditions of civilization development and its own development direction.

Some civilizations with strong potential are unlucky. They are in a place with fierce competition like Xinghai, and they have been dominated by other powerful civilizations when they are still very weak. It is impossible to develop.

Or in the starry sky around the solar system, if the warp drive technology has not been developed, it has been confined to an isolated island, and it is difficult to contact other civilizations, so as to absorb the achievements of other civilizations to break through itself, It is also possible that they will eventually slowly disappear into the vast universe.

External conditions are also an important factor in the development of a civilization.

A good external condition can greatly promote the development and progress of a civilization, on the contrary, it will greatly restrain the development and progress of a civilization.

Thinking of this, Qin Yi continued to read, wanting to see what Huang Zhibin had unique views on Heiyan Empire.

"Based on my personal understanding and view of the Heiyan Empire, I think the reason why the Heiyan Empire has been unable to break through and has not made any progress is inseparable from the prevalence of hedonism within the Heiyan Empire."

Here, Huang Zhibin finally expressed his opinion.

"From the time of birth, the citizens of the Heiyan Empire can get ten interstellar slaves for free, so the people of the Heiyan Empire almost always open their mouths and clothes, and have no independent ability from childhood to adulthood."

"Besides, the Heiyan Empire occupies the most prosperous and fertile star field in the Xinghai because of the overlord in the Xinghai, and also has the most subsidiary civilizations in the Xinghai. The tribute is enough to allow the citizens of the entire Heiyan Empire to live a carefree life."

"In addition, the currency of the Heiyan Empire is the interstellar currency in the Xinghai, and it can take advantage of the advantages of the third-level cosmic civilization and rely on the huge industrial scissors to plunder the low-level civilization."

"So the citizens of the Heiyan Empire never have to worry about life. The most popular thing in the Heiyan Empire is hedonism.

"The whole civilization is addicted to pleasure. There are not many people doing scientific research at all. The daily working hours are very, very few, and there are various holidays every three or five years. The efficiency of work is extremely low."

"Even the Heiyan Empire people who are greedy for hedonism are reluctant to have children, so that the population of the Heiyan Empire has been continuously decreasing, even if the official side of the Heiyan Empire has introduced numerous measures to encourage the rest. It doesn't work."

"I think this is the fundamental reason why the Heiyan Empire has never been able to break through to the advanced civilization. If a civilization is too comfortable and too much pursuit of enjoyment, then the entire civilization will be completely decadent."

Seeing this, Qin Yi also nodded slightly. There are indeed too many civilizations in the universe, like the Heiyan Empire. They are dominant and powerful, but they are obsessed with everything in front of them, and eventually they slowly fall into pleasure. Among them, it is like a hero indulging in the beauty of the town, and eventually loses his heroic spirit.

The situation of this Heiyan Empire is almost exactly the same. As the overlord in the Xinghai, the Heiyan Empire has lived a very comfortable life, that is, every once in a while, it is necessary to clean up the newly emerging Level 3 cosmic civilization in the Xinghai. Besides, the Heiyan Empire is truly carefree.

Naturally, it is inevitable to indulge in enjoyment, and eventually gradually fall, and the entire civilization is completely abandoned.

"But that's not the main reason why I wrote to the leader today. The reason why I wrote to the leader is mainly because I saw the signs of our Xinghan developing into the Heiyan Empire in the Loulan Galaxy."

"In the Loulan Galaxy, the interstellar slave trade is very popular, and the interstellar slaves from the star sea are continuously imported into our Xinghan. Among them, the slaves who look very similar to our humans are the most popular commodities, and the price is extremely expensive. , is in short supply.”

"Looking at the development history of our human beings, and looking at the development history of countless civilizations in the entire Xinghai, there are too many, too many powerful civilizations and countries that were eventually destroyed by the hands of slaves and the import of foreign populations. middle."

"Our Xinghan has finally achieved the current good situation. We still have a very long road to go. In the future, occupying Xinghai is only the first step of our Xinghan's rise in the universe."

"But if our Xinghan is also addicted to hedonism like the Heiyan Empire and uses a lot of interstellar slaves, it is very likely that our Xinghan will become the second Heiyan Empire in the future. There will be no progress, and even constant regression.”

"So I urge the leader to ban the interstellar slave trade for the future of our Xinghan!"

PS: I have a cold and cough. Fortunately, I don't have a fever, and I still have a runny nose~~I feel more relieved with a runny nose!