Chapter 106: About Civilization Classes
Chapter 106: About Civilization Classes
As Elder Mensa’s voice rang out, Lei Yaotian gently patted Monica’s little bottom, letting her get off his lap. Lei Yaotian leaned to the side, propping his elbow on the armrest with a listening expression.
“Teacher, do you have any good suggestions?”
Mensa looked very seriously at Lei Yaotian and said, “Since you want to join a certain faction, you must build a relationship with beings within that faction. And I don’t think you would be content to live like that for the rest of your life after joining, right? So my suggestion is that if you have a choice, it would be best to choose the ‘Divine Glory Empire’ on the outskirts of the Barren Star Domain.”
“There are so many cosmic civilizations, why choose the ‘Divine Glory Empire’?”
Lei Yaotian was quite puzzled by this.
Elder Mensa seemed to know Lei Yaotian would have such thoughts and calmly explained to him, “First, the Divine Glory Empire’s sphere of influence is closest to the Barren Star Domain. That means you can quickly receive some aid from our base while in the Divine Glory Empire. This is an advantage.”
Lei Yaotian nodded noncommittally, while thinking to himself, “I have the Dimensional Trading Device, this golden finger. Even if I don’t get supplies from the base for a while, I can still buy some urgently needed items from the Dimensional Trading Device. Of course, that’s only if I have enough Credit Points…”
Lei Yaotian’s little secret was naturally unknown to Elder Mensa, who continued, “Second, I happen to have some documents, photos, and other things that can make it easy for you to be accepted by the Divine Glory Empire and become a subject under the empire. Compared to blending into other civilizations, the Divine Glory Empire is the easiest.”
“Third, the Divine Glory Empire ranks quite high among the many cosmic civilizations and races. Although it is not the highest civilization level, it is still in the mid-to-high level civilization sequence. So I recommend you choose the Divine Glory Empire.”
“Cosmic civilization levels?” This was the first time Lei Yaotian had heard of this.
Elder Mensa looked at Lei Yaotian and said, “Since we’ve reached this topic, I need to properly explain the situation in our universe to you, so you won’t be unaware of many things later. Originally, you came to me to learn some related knowledge and culture, and we haven’t covered these yet. But now that you have this idea of going out, I must teach you these things in advance.”
“Teacher, please tell me. I’m listening.”
Lei Yaotian stared at Elder Mensa with utmost seriousness, afraid he might miss something.
“In our universe, there are countless civilized species, but their developments are not the same. Some have very high levels of development, while others are very low. Moreover, their paths of development differ; some follow the route of technological development, while other civilizations focus on developing individual power. However, with the arrival of the Great Cosmic Era, exchanges between various civilizations have increased. The entire universe seems to have shrunk…”
“Therefore, to protect those civilizations that are still at low development levels, the three most powerful advanced civilizations in the universe established a ‘Pan-Cosmic Alliance.’ All civilizations discovered in the universe were recorded one by one. They also categorized the known civilized species and issued protective laws.”
“Teacher, what is the classification system for civilized beings?”
Lei Yaotian interrupted to ask.
“That is what I am about to tell you,” Elder Mensa replied. “The three major advanced civilizations listed ten civilization classes, with each class having ten levels. They basically determined this based on their own technological civilization development. All civilizations were classified according to these rules.”
“Civilizations that have just managed to leave their home planet are identified as the lowest-level civilizations. Because they can only use satellite equipment to probe their surroundings and do not possess the technology to freely travel among the stars.”
After hearing Elder Mensa’s words, Lei Yaotian thought, “It seems that my original home, if placed in this universe now, would definitely be the lowest-level civilization. Because the technological level of my home was still at the stage where they could only launch satellites.”
Elder Mensa continued, “As technology develops, civilizations that can migrate their species to other planets and successfully develop those planets for settlement and survival can then elevate their class. Because at this point, the development of their civilization’s technology can prove that they have initially mastered the skills to survive in the universe.”
“This is the tenth-class civilization beings. This class of civilization is divided into ten levels. Of course, you can understand it as ten stages of civilization development. That will make it easier to grasp.”
With Mensa’s explanation, Lei Yaotian understood.
“Even the lowest-class civilizations must master the ability to migrate beings from their home planet to other planets. It seems my original home still has a long way to go.”
“Teacher, what about the other civilization levels?”
Lei Yaotian continued to ask.
Elder Mensa shifted his body’s position; staying in one pose for too long was a bit tiring.
Lei Yaotian turned around and called to Monica, “Monica, bring out the sofa from the room. This armchair is a bit uncomfortable to sit in for long. My conversation with the teacher might take a while.”
“Okay, Young Master.”
Monica went into the room and quickly brought out two sofas.
This girl, transformed from a Hive, had great strength. Two single-person sofas were no problem for her at all.
She carried one in each hand and easily brought them out.
“Hmm~ The little girl is quite strong.”
Elder Mensa praised Monica.
It had to be known that the Iktans’ strength was not this great. They were just very good at making money, and also timid and cowardly…
After placing the two single-person sofas by the lake and moving the wooden coffee table over, Monica arranged the snacks and milk tea one by one, then called out to Lei Yaotian.
“Young Master, you and Teacher Mensa can come sit over here.”
Lei Yaotian stood up and made a ‘please’ gesture.
“Teacher, let’s go over there to talk. Stay for a simple dinner tonight. It seems you won’t be going back so early today. We still have a lot to discuss.”
“Heh heh heh!”
Elder Mensa chuckled indifferently, walking as he said, “Then I’ll have to eat more tonight, Young Master. The food you eat is much more lavish than what we eat.”
Elder Mensa’s words were not just casual talk. The food Lei Yaotian ate was all bought from Andrew’s Dimensional Plane. It had all kinds of meats and seasonings, complete in every way. Compared to the rations given to the Ikto Race daily, Lei Yaotian ate much better.
Although the rationed food for the Ikto Race was not too bad, eating the same thing without any new varieties or flavors for over half a year would make anyone tired of it.
That was why Elder Mensa had such a remark.
The two of them went to the platform near the lake and sat down. Lei Yaotian said to Mensa, “For now, your people will have to endure a while longer. After all, our development here isn’t finished yet. Once the development is complete, I’ll have the Steward think of a way to plant some of the food and vegetables you like on the mountain. Then you won’t have to eat the rationed food anymore.”
“Thank you very much.”
Having received Lei Yaotian’s promise, Elder Mensa hastily stood up and gave a slight bow to Lei Yaotian.
Although Lei Yaotian was his student, he was also the Master of all these people. Elder Mensa, who was almost becoming a spirit, would never think that just because he was Lei Yaotian’s teacher, he could skip the formalities.
Lei Yaotian waved his hand and said, “These are small matters. Let’s continue with our main topic.”
Afterward, Elder Mensa sat down and continued explaining to Lei Yaotian how the species in the universe are divided into levels.
“Earlier we mentioned that a civilization can only become the lowest level when its technological level allows it to migrate to another planet. And this technology is a crucial step from first class to second class. Every civilization must go through such development.”
Lei Yaotian listened very attentively to Elder Mensa’s explanation.
“But you need to know that being able to migrate to other planets is relatively easy. However, the ecological environments of each planet are different, and not every planet can support life. So second-class civilizations must master the technology of planetary transformation, even if the technology is rudimentary—like using Metal Plates to build habitable structures on a desolate planet. They must do this.”
“Gravity and survival?” Lei Yaotian tentatively asked.
Elder Mensa nodded, “Exactly! The entire second-class civilization stage must explore this Domain. When they can fully adapt to any planet, then that civilization can be judged as third class.”
Lei Yaotian knew that what Elder Mensa said sounded easy, but doing it might not be so simple.
Fully adapting to a planet’s gravity and environment, and transporting materials for transformation, is a massive project. It seems that a civilization is already quite impressive by the time it reaches the second class.
“So, my teacher, what about the third-class civilization?”
Elder Mensa picked up the milk tea and took a sip. His throat had become a bit dry after talking for so long.
“Ah~~”
He sighed contentedly, put down the cup, turned around, and continued, “When a civilization can adapt to survival on any planet, they will inevitably become more ambitious and want to expand their migration speed. But you need to know that the distance between planets is not as simple as distances on the ground of a planet.”
Lei Yaotian nodded.
“The distances between planets in the universe are all measured in light-years. Therefore, if a civilization wants to expand its territory and migrate its people to more planets to relieve population pressure, it must possess strong inter-cosmic navigation capabilities and technology. Only then can they explore those distant planets.”
“Therefore, third-class civilizations must master mature long-distance space travel technology. The entire third-class civilization stage revolves around the development of space navigation technology, ultimately serving as the gateway to fourth-class civilization.”