Wandering Meteor

Vast Universe, boundless starry sky.

The Bose Alliance and the Fermi Alliance have ceased fire again.

Like last time, their ceasefire was forced, due to unexpected major changes on what they considered the secondary front, where their thousand Battle Star troops were all annihilated in an extremely short time.

They never thought such a disgraceful situation would occur on the secondary fronts of the east and west, forcing the main battlefield to cease fighting.

"Damn it, who can give me a reason? A thousand Battle Stars outmatched by just 160?"

At this moment, at the Bose Alliance headquarters, Black Hole Tian Bo angrily questioned the reason for the defeat.

The science team of Bose Civilization, which had been focusing on the secondary front, immediately reported the analyzed reasons to Black Hole Tian Bo.

According to the observation and analysis of this scientific team, there are three reasons.

One, although the number of Battle Stars in the Bose Alliance exceeds a thousand, nearly ten times that of the Wandering Alliance, many of the associated civilization Battle Stars could at best be considered pseudo-Level 4 Civilization, which caused the disparity in combat strength between the two parties.

This is a very objective reason.

Of course, while this reason does indeed exist, it is not the main reason. After all, the Bose Alliance still possesses main force Battle Stars, and even counting only the main force Battle Stars, they still outnumber the Wandering Alliance by more than three times. Yet, the eastern forces with a mix of main and auxiliary Battle Stars were still annihilated swiftly.

Therefore, the fundamental reason lies in the gap between both sides' weapon technologies, which ultimately boils down to a difference in overall technological levels.

According to this scientific team's observations, they found that the Bose Alliance's Bose Beam, Bose Condensed Cold Bomb, Bose Disintegration Bomb, and Bose Dispersion Wave did not pose a threat to the Wandering Alliance's Battle Stars. Weapons that seemed advanced to them appeared outdated in front of the Wandering Alliance, easily neutralized, and only Bose Zero posed a slight threat to the Wandering Alliance's Battle Stars.

But what shocked the scientists of the Bose Alliance was that the Wandering Alliance also possessed ultimate weapons on the level of the Information Sea, and the technical details of their ultimate weapon, Flow Base Disassembly, were even more advanced than Bose Zero. This is like the difference between an atomic bomb and a hydrogen bomb. Although both are nuclear weapons, the hydrogen bomb uses nuclear fusion, and the atomic bomb uses nuclear fission. The mass-energy conversion of nuclear fission is only 0.135%, while that of nuclear fusion is 0.7%, a very large gap. Therefore, the technically superior Flow Base Disassembly could completely intercept Bose Zero, while Bose Zero could not fully intercept Flow Base Disassembly. Moreover, the Wandering Alliance also possessed a mysterious weapon that targets the Intention and consciousness, causing "brain death" to any living being or celestial body hit by it!

—Since there has been no actual research, this is just the speculation of the scientists of the Bose Civilization, but in reality, it is the Intention information that is erased.

This is the second point, and the most critical one.

The third point is that the Wandering Alliance's tactics are more reasonable and perfected than those of the Bose Alliance.

The Wandering Alliance employs a squad-based combat mode on the battlefield, where three different function Battle Stars combined together are certainly more powerful than a single Battle Star, even stronger than a group of poorly coordinated Battle Stars. This is similar to a combination of Shield Soldiers, Spear Soldiers, and Arrow Soldiers, certainly much more formidable than just infantry.

In summary, due to a fundamental gap in core technological levels, coupled with tactically and strategically lagging behind, it resulted in the devastating defeat of the Bose Alliance to the Wandering Alliance.

Of course, describing it as a devastating defeat is just the final bit of face-saving by the scientists of the Bose Civilization; in reality, they were unilaterally slaughtered by the Wandering Alliance. More than a thousand Battle Stars were massacred by just 160 Battle Stars, just like a flock of sheep encountering a pack of wolves, completely helpless.

After listening to the scientific team's report, Black Hole Tian Bo fell silent for a moment.

Because Black Hole Tian Bo understood that it wasn't the Battle Stars that were useless, it is the era of the Universe where technological level determined combat strength, and there was nothing they could do about a technological gap, it couldn't simply be compensated for by sheer numbers unless the numerical difference was overwhelming.

And this was exactly what Black Hole Tian Bo could not comprehend.

He clearly remembered the intelligence reported by the Ghost Civilization; the Wandering Alliance was only a Level 3 Civilization when they were in the Asteroid Belt, similar in technology level to the Ghost Civilization. But how, in such a short period of time, did this Wandering Alliance not only become a Level 4 Civilization but even surpass their Bose Civilization?

You should know that their Bose Civilization had been at the Level 4 Civilization stage longer and should have maintained a technological lead.

This question puzzled not only Black Hole Tian Bo but also the professional scientists of the Bose Civilization. Science always requires step-by-step trial and error research; they could not understand how the Wandering Alliance managed to advance their science so miraculously?

After some discussions, the Bose Civilization came to two conclusions: one is that the Ghost Civilization reported false information, and in reality, the Wandering Alliance became a Level 4 Civilization even earlier than them; the other is that the Wandering Alliance indeed became a Level 4 Civilization in a very short time and surpassed them. If it's the latter case, that means the Wandering Alliance has internal key factors that allow science to progress rapidly, which could be worth much more than any material or scientific technology. After all, material and scientific technology is just a one-time value, but if you obtain the factors that enable scientific progress, it will create endless wealth and value!

As the saying goes, giving a man a fish is not as good as teaching a man to fish.

If translated to the current situation, it would be, obtaining fish for oneself is not as good as obtaining the way to fish.

Thinking this, the members of the Bose Civilization suddenly became very eager when they looked towards the Wandering Alliance, as if they were looking at a pot of gold, and their rationality was gradually dominated by inner greed.

Ultimately, the Bose Civilization decided, no matter what, they must defeat the Wandering Alliance and obtain the key factors that allow the Wandering Alliance's science to progress rapidly.

However, to defeat the Wandering Alliance, given the current situation, the Bose Civilization must go all out, but if they go all out, they worry that the Fermi Civilization would take the opportunity to attack them. Thus, in order to achieve their dual strategic objectives of obtaining the key factors and obtaining the Heavenly Nebula, the leader of the Bose Civilization, Black Hole Tian Bo, actively contacted the Fermi Civilization, hoping to cease hostilities first and focus on attacking the Wandering Alliance together. After resolving the Wandering Alliance, they could slowly decide the ownership of the Heavenly Nebula.