Epoch of Twilight

In the dark space, a human curvature spacecraft is slowly heading towards the Earth's spaceport.

In a living cabin inside, a group of strange-looking humanoid creatures are gathering together in twos and threes, chatting softly, and the atmosphere is a bit depressing.

Their skin is grayish-yellow, hairless, and they look rather rough. They have four hands on their upper body, the palms of which are divided into three fingers, and two hump-like bumps on the top of their heads. They are generally about 2.5 meters tall, making them look Like little giants.

They are extraterrestrial civilizations from the double-brained people named by humans more than 200 light-years away from the earth.

In the process of evolution, their brains split into two relatively independent but interconnected brains, and the two hands are controlled by different brains. This unique physiological structure gives them the innate ability to be distracted and dual-purpose.

Among this group of double-brained people, there are high-level officials in their government, giants in various scientific fields, intelligence-gathering experts, and think tanks for government decision-making. Except for free movement, the rest of the positions are difficult to move.

There is no extra packaging in this living cabin, and it is basically original. For example, the ground is only a layer of frosted metal with anti-slip treatment, and the walls are also metal, except for a bare wall above the head that does not show any technology and Except for a group of intelligent robots that specialize in serving or monitoring them, there are basically not many traces of that highly civilized technology here.

But even a few sporadic discoveries made them feel powerless.

"The gap is too big. Maybe we won't be able to manufacture such a spaceship for thousands of years!" An expert in the field of materials gently stroked the smooth mirror-like armor layer on the outside of the habitation cabin, and the other three hands danced and sighed. road.

Before coming, he secretly brought a small knife. This small knife is not as long as a finger. It is made of the hardest material in their civilization. It cannot even be produced industrially, and can only be prepared on a small scale in the laboratory.

But in the past two years, not to mention the extremely smooth walls, even if the metal on the ground was frosted, he didn't make a single scratch until the blade was smoothed.

"After all, this is a curvature spaceship of an advanced civilization, which we cannot imagine. Without powerful material technology, it cannot withstand the impact of light pressure." A physicist shook his head, and then looked forward to: "I am more curious about their spaceship." The technical principle of the curvature engine, it would be nice to take a look at it."

"It's impossible. They will never let go of military technology." A high-level government official said desperately: "And it's useless for us to get it. After this negotiation, we will be strictly prohibited from developing military technology." , the human fleet will also be permanently stationed in our galaxy."

The atmosphere was suddenly oppressive.

This time, instead of negotiating, it is better to sign an unconditional surrender treaty and completely surrender to this advanced civilization. Those who prosper and those who rebel perish!

Five years ago, two human warships appeared in their galaxy.

Human beings have deciphered the language of the double-brained people, and issued a full-channel persuasion notice to them, causing a huge panic.

One day later, the persuasion to capitulate was strongly rejected by the previous leader.

Thus, the war began. The technology of the double-brained people has developed to the civilization in the galaxy, and it is only one step away from the interstellar civilization. After hundreds of years of accumulation, the number of space battleships is not a small number. Hundreds of battleships rushed towards the human battleships.

In just an instant, hundreds of warships lit up a cluster of light at the same time. The dazzling light even caused hundreds of suns to appear in the dark space. Afterwards, countless defensive forces in the space were also destroyed one after another, making them useless.

In just ten days, the human battleship approached the planet of life. Under the tremendous pressure of the subjugation of the country, the leader of the hardline faction was kicked out, and the new leader immediately announced his surrender to mankind, and the war was completely over.

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The spaceship gradually flew into the spaceport. Accompanied by a human officer, all the double-brained people walked into the port, and then transferred to the air-to-ground aircraft and rushed to the earth.

Compared with the rough and rigid living quarters of military spaceships, the interior of air-to-ground aircraft undoubtedly looks countless times more luxurious. All kinds of advanced technologies make people feel awe inexplicably. Sitting on the seat, the whole body felt a little unnatural.

"My lord from a powerful civilization, is there a place where I can see the outside scenery?" A double-brained man carefully asked the accompanying officer. Before coming, they had all been trained in human language, except for the accent and language organization. In addition to changing the taste, it does not affect communication.

The officer nodded expressionlessly, and then said: "Zhinao, open the panoramic virtual reality scene!"

"clear!"

After a soft female voice, all the walls of the aircraft suddenly became transparent, and the surroundings immediately became dark. Everyone seemed to be sitting in the starry sky. The sudden change of the environment made everyone subconsciously exclaim.

"This... this is incredible." A scientist with two brains tried to stand up carefully. If he didn't feel the solid texture under his feet, he would have thought that he had really come to space.

They also have virtual reality technology, but it is so real that it is so fake and difficult to distinguish, it is really shocking.

"Everyone look back!" A man with two brains exclaimed at this moment.

Everyone turned their heads to look at him immediately, and subconsciously held their breath after just one glance.

"My God!"

"It's incredible!"

This is a huge and unimaginably hive-like military port. Tens of thousands of warships are neatly arranged like rows of soldiers on standby under the huge metal clamps.

Thinking that any spaceship here can easily destroy their civilization, the body feels as if it has been electrified, and the whole body is numb, almost wanting to prostrate on the ground. The mighty power of this advanced civilization technology makes people feel sincere awe,

It didn't take long for them to sigh, another huge monster came into view. At first, everyone thought it was the satellite they were about to rush to the planet of life, but as the distance got closer and closer, until they saw its silver smooth The surface, and the perfect circle that is absolutely impossible to be formed naturally, made everyone feel a little uneasy.

"My lord, can you tell us, the humble ones, what this star is?" A senior official of the civilized government with two brains asked in a trembling voice.

The young officer smiled imperceptibly, and said with a hint of pride: "This is a planetary fortress with a diameter of 500 kilometers and a mass that is one-twentieth that of your parent star. As long as you fill up the antimatter fuel once, It can travel fifty times the speed of light for six thousand years."

Fifty times the speed of light multiplied by 6,000 years is 300,000 light-years.

After hearing this, all double-brained people gasped subconsciously, and couldn't help but shudder slightly. You must know that the entire Milky Way is only about 100,000 light-years away. This huge planetary fortress like a satellite can actually fly. away from the galaxy.

After the young officer said something, he stopped talking. Although what he said just now was not deceitful, it was exaggerated to a certain extent. The interior of the planetary fortress is extremely vast. Even if the necessary equipment is removed, there is at least One-third of the area can store antimatter fuel. However, even for today's humans, it takes all the antimatter output of the Dyson sphere within a hundred years to fill it up.

As for the current antimatter reserve in this planetary fortress, it can only travel five thousand light years.