Age of Cosmic Exploration

"...That is the basic situation!"

Blue 6 told Yao Yuan and the gathered human officials there with a face full of excitement.

They were at the Hope’s main meeting room. As Blue 6 led the five alien cosmic adapters back to the Hope, he walked at the forefront with his head held high like a hero in his return. He also requested Yao Yuan gather all the free government officials and royalty because he wished to announce his diplomacy result.

Honestly, Yao Yaun really did not want to agree to this demand. After all, they were heading towards the cursed planet. War could break out at any moment, so why were they still doing something like this?

However, after thinking about it some more, firstly, Blue 6 had just completed an impossible mission. One could say that with this Survivors Alliance Contract, humankind reaching the peak of level 2 space civilization was pretty much a done deal. Secondly, they might get several motherships as protection barriers and could get more useful information from the aliens. This mission had changed generously due to Blue 6’s contribution. In other words, Blue 6 had technically saved plenty of human lives with his diplomacy skills.

Furthermore, Blue 6 was from the Blue Race, whose culture Yao Yuan did not understand. Perhaps that race thought that not having a meeting was a grave offense and that could create more problems, especially if Blue 6 felt slighted by it, thus increasing his desire to betray humanity. Therefore, after giving it some thought, Yao Yuan decided to abide by Blue 6’s request.

Blue 6 and the other Blue Race members seemed to treat this as normal. They lifted their heads and returned with their heads held high. Then, in front of all the representatives and high officials, he introduced the five alien cosmic adapters and the contract. At the same time, he said, "Here, I wish to announce proudly... this will be us humans’ first vassal race, but it will not be the last. We humans will only be stronger from now on!"

The words were powerful... even though the term ‘we humans’ coming out of a blue-colored skin alien on stage was plenty weird. Of course, these professional people did not point that out but offered a great round of applause.

The Blue Race members were shocked because for the Blue Race, when one wanted to show respect or joy, they also would clap their hands. Naturally, Blue 6 did not dwell on that, instead he said, "And so I announce proudly that my task as Minister of Foreign Affairs has ended. I wish the royal committee and Your Majesty will give me a fair evaluation. Ladies and gentlemen, please cheer for me!"

Just like that, the meeting ended in a sea of applause. Right after that, Blue 6 searched Yao Yuan out to request for an upgrade to his room to match his current position, and he even requested for an accommodation upgrade for the 20 Black Star Troopers who had aided him.

After Yao Yuan fielded all the requests from Blue 6, he and Ren Tao moved towards central command. He asked Ren Tao along the way, "Evaluation? What is that?"

Ren Tao scratched his head and said, "It should be related Blue Race’s societal system... Even though there are still many things I do not understand, the Blue Race definitely uses the feudal system, and the most important point within feudalism is the recognition of individual freedom. In other words, a dog can enter my private space freely, but the emperor cannot. Of course, that is an exaggerated analogy, but that is the basis of feudalism. I think what Blue 6 meant was simple: he used feudalistic ideals to understand our current system, so he assumed that by finishing his task, he deserves corresponding rewards. In that case... I really do not know what the normal reward for the Blue Race is, but this evaluation has plenty to do with rewards."

Yao Yuan said with a frown, "Reward you say? What types of things does the Blue Race like? Blue-colored stuff? Damn, we have no idea what they like, so how am I supposed to reward them... But honestly speaking, Blue 6 has done a splendid job for this mission. Because of him, our situation has improved manifold. It would not be wrong to say he perhaps has managed to save the Hope. We might need him a lot more in the future, so the mark for his evaluation cannot be low... In any case, I guess it is just simplest to ask him directly what kind of reward he prefers."

Without noticing it, the two had arrived at central command. When they reached the place, Yao Yuan’s secretary briefed them on everything that had happened while they were away attending the meeting.

"We are 27 minutes away from reaching the cursed planet. All of the boarding ships are ready. With your order, they can depart any minute now. However, there are too many unknown masses around this area, so we have to change our path to avoid them."

Yao Yuan sat in his captain’s chair. He used his finger to press a button on his seat’s arm and told the worker, "Order battleships A and B to attack all the unknown masses. Tell them it is integral for them to make sure the unknown masses are not allowed to get close to the Hope! At the same time, order battleships C, D, and E to protect the Hope, especially after the boarding ships leave the ship. Have them protect the ship to the best of their abilities!"

Battleships A, B, C, D, and E were the motherships of the five races who luckily survived. Even though they were not super battleships, any one of them was at least five to ten times bigger than the Hope. Even though they were damaged from the earlier demonization, the remaining aliens activated all of their still usable weapon systems according to Yao Yuan’s order.

Battleships A and B focused fire on the unknown masses around the Hope. A great amount of Gaussian weapons and some plasma weapon fired at once. The unknown masses that did not have energy shield protection were shattered into minute pieces. This was the power of civilizations peaking at level 2!

Everyone on the Hope sighed in relief. If not for Blue 6’s contract, these spaceships... would be a huge threat to the Hope!

"I order the three boarding ships to depart now. 150 Black Star Troopers, prepare to land! Destination, point S!"

On the Hope’s surveillance system, there was a large hole underneath the Hope’s surface. There was residual radioactive energy found at the spot. This energy was not natural radioactive energy but evidence of radioactive reactors. In other words, it was probably where the Noah One was... That spot would be this mission’s main target!

"But unfortunately, for some reason, when the surveillance devices tried to scan deeper into the surface of the planet, they were interrupted. If not for that, we would know for sure whether there are humans on the planet." Yao Yuan sighed after giving his order.

Ren Tao grumbled, "Learn to be satisfied. You think you’re a god? Unless you’re the main character of a story, life is not going to be smooth sailing. Regardless, this situation... is already better than what we predicted."

"You’re right." Yao Yuan sighed and continued, "Now... everything depends on Ol’ Wong."

At the same time, Guang Zhen and the 150 people who had been waiting at the hangar boarded the three boarding ships... They might be called boarding ships, but they were more like giant, metallic buckets. After the troopers got in, the bottoms of the buckets extended out particle flux streams. With the propulsion energy, the three boarding ships rushed towards the cursed planet. As they entered its atmosphere, the three ships fell toward the surface following the planet’s gravity. Their falling speed increased like there were three fireballs in the sky.

Several minutes later...

Using the anti-gravitational system, the three boarding ships landed successfully next to the giant hole where the Noah One once was and the scenery that unfolded before them...

Several green-colored meat blobs were morphing, struggling, consuming, and attacking. Among them... a large meat blob was hatching...

A new lifeform!