Fa Xiu went to look for other asteroids.
It didn't eat the Star City.
Those Star Cities certainly contained massive amounts of Metal elements, but because they were basically Human Civilization's created particles, they were not easy for Fa Xiu to digest.
Although Metal Civilization was called Metal Civilization, its material science itself was not very extreme; it could even be said to be lower than most Civilizations of the same level.
What they were truly powerful at was computing technology and energy application technology.
"It's time to go."
"Proceed to the Qian Feiniao Star System."
After eating all the asteroids, Fa Xiu didn't go looking for other small asteroids.
That would be too much of a waste of time.
They were just snacks for leisure.
"Assemble the other five fleets; prepare for attack."
Fa Xiu issued the command.
The officer below, however, spoke with surprise: "Commander, we only have five fleets in total; where would the other five come from?"
He was cautious, not wanting to provoke Fa Xiu's anger.
But his worry was unnecessary.
Fa Xiu was currently in a state of confusion.
"There are indeed only five. Why did I immediately think there were six? Strange!"
"I've forgotten too many things recently."
"Have I forgotten anything else? Why would I say something like that?"
"It seems not..."
"I feel it's not my problem, but rather this Star System is making my thoughts chaotic. Is it electromagnetic interference or something similar?"
"Silk Civilization, Human Civilization's weapons, it seems, are not as simple as just knowledge infusion."
The five fleets still advanced towards the Qian Feiniao Star System as per Fa Xiu's command.
Approximately ten years later.
They arrived at the Qian Feiniao Star System.
The expected ambush did not appear; just like before, this Stellar System looked too desolate.
It couldn't even be described as desolate, but rather primitive.
"According to observations, there are no large facilities within the Qian Feiniao Star System."
The warship responsible for observation replied, making Fa Xiu disbelieving.
"How could this be...? Intelligence shows that this is the core of humanity in the Orion Nebula."
"Could it be that all the information we received was incorrect?"
Fa Xiu quickly observed his surroundings.
It believed this might be a trap.
But there was none.
The surrounding Starry Sky was incredibly "silent," so silent that it felt a sense of terror.
"No, I've missed something."
"The information was obtained after multiple explorations from above, and even our fleet had already been here before, and probes were dispatched to confirm it."
"Was Human Civilization already setting up a layout at that time?"
"Then what's the meaning of that layout?"
"If it's not a trap, then for me, there's no reason to do this. It seems there's only one reason: it's not needed..."
"Why isn't it needed?"
"Hiss... I'm going to grow a brain."
"Damn it, I feel like I've grasped something, but why can't I remember it?"
Fa Xiu fell into a deep state of thought.
At this moment, the officer below reported again: "Four fleets are ready, please give your command, the other three fleets are currently somewhat dissatisfied; they have been preparing for this war for so long."
Fa Xiu subconsciously asked: "How can there be only four? Wasn't it five?"
It seemed to have said this sentence before!
Similar words.
Where had it said them?
Fa Xiu fell into contemplation again.
It kept searching, but it couldn't find anything.
Suddenly, it thought of something.
"Cleanse information impurities..."
It made its internal storage devices begin large-scale writing and reading.
Metal Civilization's information storage was a very unique method.
They used fluid to carry information.
This information was a true information flow.
It was like a water tank, and the water tank stored a special liquid; these liquids had a very precise structure, many times more complex than crystal elements.
Human Civilization's information storage devices were already advanced enough, with the amount of information that could be stored per cubic centimeter being above 2^210 bytes. (1GB is 2^30 bytes)
And Metal Civilization's special storage technology could achieve around 2^240 bytes per cubic centimeter.
This meant that for the same volume, the data storage capacity of the two differed by 1.07 billion times.
However, this thing also had a drawback.
Metal Civilization had never solved it.
That was, fluid had viscosity.
Just like washing hands, there would always be water remaining on the hands.
Some phone screens, to prevent water from sticking to them, would choose to apply an oleophobic layer.
But in reality, there would still be water droplets invisible to the naked eye.
Similarly.
Metal Civilization's information flow was transmitted through pipes.
A portion of the information would be intercepted by tiny pits in the pipes, sticking to them.
What Fa Xiu had to do now was to use a large flow to flush out these old, sticky pieces of information that had accumulated.
Once the information returned to the reading device, it would be able to know this information.
This information was completely random.
And the quantity was not small.
Fa Xiu was also trying anything, even if it was a long shot; it had some suspicions, and this was pretty much the easiest and fastest way for it to verify at this stage.
As this information was read out, it checked it bit by bit.
It actually did see information like "six fleets," because this information was so common, it was normal for it to be retained within the pipes.
"Six..."
"Why are there only four left now?"
"I actually forgot such an important matter."
"No, it wasn't that I forgot, but that it was erased; it's Silk Civilization!"
This discovery made it feel uneasy and uncertain.
The information clashed greatly with its current information, making it momentarily unsure which side was fake.
But Fa Xiu still chose to believe these flushed-out memories, because it had already had doubts before this.
"How did it affect me?"
Fa Xiu couldn't imagine how a silent force had invaded it, erasing its most important things.
This terrifying fact made Fa Xiu want to escape immediately.
"I can't stay in this place anymore; I have to leave."
Even more importantly, it wasn't its memory.
But how did those warships disappear?
Perhaps they had already engaged with Human Civilization before, leading to the loss of these warships, but it later forgot.
Or, these warships just disappeared silently.
"Humans, what exactly are they doing?"
Fa Xiu felt so powerless for the first time.
Before, no matter what opponent it faced, it could solve it.
But now, it couldn't figure it out.
Because it didn't even know what its opponent was.
... ...
"I hope I can escape."
Han Mia carried the sleeping Haiden onto the flight vehicle.
This small flight vehicle was a warship's escape pod, and its internal space was relatively large to meet the needs of various races.
For him and Haiden, the internal space of this flight vehicle could even be described as a spacious villa.
At this moment.
The flight vehicle was already on its way out of the Orion Nebula.
Han Mia dared not go into hibernation.
Because he didn't know if his hibernation would be considered forgetting; after all, when a creature hibernates, its body stops working, which is no different from forgetting.
Especially now.
There were only him and the sleeping Haiden inside the flight vehicle.
Before, he might have been able to remain within the rules of Silk Civilization by relying on others knowing of his existence.
Once he hibernated, perhaps this flight vehicle would disappear.
He slumped into a corner of the flight vehicle.
He tried his best to control his thoughts.
He neither completely ignored Silk Civilization nor deliberately sought out more information about Silk Civilization.
In fact, he was already struggling to hold on.
More and more knowledge about Silk Civilization was constantly pouring into his brain; he couldn't stop receiving it even if he wanted to, it was compulsory.
"Everything, either become Silk Civilization, or return to nature..."
"This is the law of Silk Civilization."
"With these, they are simply invincible existences."
"Just tell the Federation this, and perhaps we can use Silk Civilization to gain a glimmer of hope for the Federation."
Han Mia did not want the Federation to resolve Silk Civilization now.
Instead, he hoped the Federation could leverage Silk Civilization.
Human Civilization was at such a disadvantage now; anything could be utilized.
Furthermore.
The Orion Nebula itself was an almost exclave-like Star System; anything that happened here would not have a significant impact on Human Civilization.
This terror should be grasped by humanity as soon as possible.
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