Deep Space Wandering Fleet

Li Zhendong, walking nearby, suddenly thought of something and lamented, "It seems this detailed cooperation isn't as easy as I imagined!"

Zhang Yuan nodded, "Although there is a general consensus, the wrangling over various aspects will probably drag on for years."

"Years?!" This timeline was beyond Li Zhendong's expectations, and his eyes widened in surprise.

Zhang Yuan smiled and said, "Definitely, did you think it would be completed by tomorrow? What a beautiful dream you were having! How many years did the European Union take, and how many years did Brexit take? How many years did the Asian Community and the African Community take to negotiate? It's difficult enough within the Human Alliance, let alone between two different civilizations. I estimate that completing all agreements within five years would be quite an achievement!"

"Five years, huh? It's really not easy to fully cooperate..." Li Zhendong lamented, "It truly is a new path, with a chaser now behind us."

Zhang Yuan said, "Indeed, if the cooperation really succeeds, our strength will undergo a significant change! There will be three War Stars within the Alliance!"

A fleet centered around three War Stars, along with various military spaceships, indeed counts as a very powerful fleet in the Milky Way.

Just imagining that scene fills one with uncontrollable excitement.

"We need to install Curvature engines on the two War Stars of the Half-sphere Civilization; that's another huge project. However, with the added productivity of another civilization, the progress should be much faster!"

"I really didn't expect things to turn out this way. The responsibility is heavy and the road is long, so let's keep pushing forward."

...

A few days later, some media will start whispering in the ears of the public, injecting some preventive measures. In the past, when the Half-sphere Civilization came for inspections, the media has blown a lot of whisper, but it was still far from enough.

An Alliance, after all, this is a big deal, at least they should release a bit of news to set some psychological expectations; otherwise, the public would definitely explode.

Once all citizens generally believe "both sides will reach more in-depth cooperation," the negotiations should be almost concluded, and then they will officially enter into an Alliance.

The first phase of the cooperation project is the "Steel Joint Community."

Since the Planet "Mountain and Sea" of the New Human Civilization is still under heavy development, steel—the most conventional metal—has a vast gap to fill. Use as much as needed, and if there's excess, it can even be laid on the ground as a defensive structure.

As a bona fide interstellar civilization, economical considerations are necessary, not all materials can utilize high-spec Super Alloy Series.

Therefore, in the face of such a huge gap, the Half-sphere Civilization will provide some of the raw materials.

The Half-sphere Civilization first very kindly donated a batch of high-quality Titanium Alloy, which is crucial for the Space Port. This news

And the announcement from the Half-sphere Civilization to provide high-quality, cost-effective steel, combined with large-scale promotions, naturally won the general public's favor.

The public is quite straightforward; whoever treats them well, they feel good about.

It's a clear equation, simple addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.

The second phase of the cooperation project is the "Academic Knowledge Competition," which implies that students from both sides will engage in a knowledge contest.

This competition is somewhat similar to the Olympic competitions during Earth's era, with organizers creating questions for young students to answer, and high-scorers receiving medals.

The development of a civilization must consider not only the present but also the future, and there's no question that nurturing the next generation is of utmost importance.

Many members of the public are quite concerned about this, wanting to know the performance results from both sides.

Before, the Academic Knowledge Competition was only within the New Human Civilization, and if all students failed a question, the ordinary people just assumed the question was too tough; failing was normal since competition questions are not ordinary ones after all.

But now, it involves competition between different civilizations. If the Half-sphere people solve a question while human students fail, it naturally indicates a problem somewhere.

The public's perspective is quite simple; since experts claim humans are slightly smarter than Half-sphere people, why can't they solve the questions? Either the students have become lazy, or there's some flaw in the education.

Their media scrutiny can put pressure on educational scholars. In this era, so-called "happy education" is unpopular; joyous education only teaches fools, whereas true geniuses are always the product of diligent study. Which childhood is more worth remembering—a playful one or one of strenuous study?

Thus, this aspect of student knowledge competition naturally received a lot of attention.

However, in the first competition, controlled by the organizers, both sides had their wins and losses. Winning too much or losing too terribly was not allowed; there was a political task involved.

The third stage of cooperation is "Entertainment Industry Mutual Engagement." Due to the great distance between both sides' headquarters, causing significant communication delays, online games are impossible to play, but single-player games have begun to be shared. Some of the excellent culture of the Half-sphere Civilization has also started to spread within New Human society...

With these new entertainment methods, the public naturally enjoyed and welcomed them.

Under this series of measures, as time slowly passed, and as the relationship between the sides gradually warmed, some sensitive individuals in society noticed some unusual signs...

What is going on?

It's quite strange; industrial product exchanges are considered normal trade, but now the Half-sphere people have begun supplying steel massively, accounting for 30% of the New Humans' own production capacity, and it's still rising! The volume of this supply is terrifying!

And the competition between students has become even more subtle.

In past history, it's rare to have done such a thing... even the old friend Tos Civilization rarely had such competitions.

Moreover, interviews among scientists are quite frequent, with several academic exchange meetings convened one after another... The participating scholars are obviously well-prepared, not just making perfunctory gestures.

Looking at this situation, the entire civilization doesn't seem to be about completing a couple of deals and then leaving; likely, there is deeper cooperation...

"Are humans going to stay here for a long time? This doesn't quite match the original plan, does it?"

Facing these societal doubts, governmental departments have not provided a clear explanation, nor have they outright denied them, only saying that negotiations between both sides are still ongoing, with a lot of uncertainties arising.

Once negotiations are completed, they will officially announce the news.

Regarding these matters, it's not that they don't want to disclose them directly— the new government needs to be very careful so as not to spark intense nationalist sentiments in human society.