What shocked these Lainino people even more was that these Planet Fortresses had been moved from other Star Domains, possibly traveling hundreds of light-years.
"A hundred light-years is such an incredibly long distance."
"If only we had such technology."
With that dream in mind, one of the white-furred apes mustered the courage to ask a Human diplomat about the cost of Curvature Technology. In the list they had received, there were no details about it.
"Oh, it’s like this... Curvature Technology is core to a Fourth-level Civilization, and generally speaking, you would need to exchange equivalent technology in order to obtain it," said the young Human receptionist very politely.
"So what level is our civilization right now?"
"Your civilization, overall, should be classified under Level 1 Civilization, with so technologies reaching the Second-level Civilization."
The young man then briefly explained the classifications of civilization tiers.
The Lainino people suddenly fell silent, realizing the vast gap between them...
In the mind of Orn, a Great Noble of the Lainino Civilization, thick doubts erged. If it were their civilization dealing with lesser Natives, they would not have been so courteous... Well, in the end, one could only conclude that there were big differences in their cultures.
"What do you think? Should we... stop the military production?" he inquired of one of his staff mbers nearby.
As things stood, building more spaceships seed pointless, especially when the conglorates responsible for constructing them deliberately set the prices very high, practically robbing them. Stopping weapon manufacturing would undoubtedly save a considerable amount of money.
The elderly staff mber was of great age and had witnessed many ups and downs. mbers within his family held deep respect for the old man.
But at this mont, even the experienced adviser found himself at a loss for words, as everything before him completely exceeded his imagination.
"My lord, the gap between us... is truly indescribable. But I believe, if you can return alive, you will beco the primary heir within the family. Even without any achievents, you will still be so."
"Regarding military production, we can cut down on so of it, but most must continue. This military force isn’t for external use, but for internal! If this Alien Civilization truly leaves in the future, we must maintain sufficient military power to prevent military conflicts."
A great joy quickly surged through Orn’s heart.
Yes, this experience alone was enough; this was political wealth!
Since this powerful Alien Civilization had shown goodwill, once they returned, their group would possess even greater political capital, obtaining further advantages with ease...
This great adventure had been a success!
In the following ti, these Lainino people toured so of the basic facilities aboard The Kyushu, the Alliance schools, and the interstellar trading places, their eyes wide open with amazent, unwilling to blink for fear of missing sothing in a re instant.
Advanced—all of it was so advanced; they found it hard to describe the machines the size of mountains.
Moreover, this civilization was incredibly fair at the institutional level, so fair that the privileged conglorate Nobles found it hard to conceive...
So literary workers, thinking of their own status within the Lainino Civilization, couldn’t help shedding bitter tears.
"What’s the matter, what happened?" The Human diplomats noticed a few white-haired apes were emotionally stirred and, concerned that sothing might be amiss, hurriedly asked.
"It’s nothing, nothing at all!" These literary workers, seeing so of the conglorate leaders glaring at them, spoke quickly and with palpable fear.
They knew the principle that family disgrace should not be publicized. If they were to complain to an Alien here, they might mysteriously disappear after returning!
It was absolutely not impossible!
Unfortunately, their world was monopolized by capital, and the works they wrote were so devoid of rights they could not even claim authorship... This unjust treatnt was also the main reason these literary workers wept bitterly.
Seeing that they all remained silent, the Human diplomats could only shake their heads and not pry into other people’s business.
The group continued to move forward...
In the interstellar trading market, these Lainino people had seen at least three different Wise Species!
One was a relatively normal species, which was the New Human Civilization primarily responsible for receiving them.
The other two seed stranger. One species could spin their heads at high speeds, like motors. In the trading market, they sold high-tech products, and would often clap their hands and shake their hips; another species resembled reptiles with scales on their bodies, seemingly selling stone handicrafts, occasionally even singing and dancing, appearing to be a rather undeveloped civilization?
It was unclear what these natives were doing here.
Could it be a special hobby of an interstellar civilization to collect stone handicrafts?
Having seen this, so Lainino people already had so ideas. If even the most primitive natives could join the Alliance, why couldn’t they?
Maybe they too could join this dreamlike Alliance and soar to great heights.
With this thought in mind, Orn stepped forward to closely examine a pangolin selling a stone spear.
This spear was clearly made by picking up a stone from the ground and grinding it, and it was not cheap at all—300 federal coins.
The Lainino people also had so federal coins, but they couldn’t just use them carelessly. Their federal coins were exchanged for points, roughly at the rate of 1 point to 10 federal coins, and 300 federal coins, no one in their right mind would buy that!
Of course, the Lainino could only purchase supplies, but they could not sell freely. In order to sell things here, approval from the Alliance Governnt was needed, and taxes had to be paid. Not just any civilization could open a shop here, and even if one did open a shop, it had to have products and custors to make money.
The high-tech products in this trading market were not open to the Lainino people; what was on display were mostly cultural and entertainnt products. But even so, this still broadened their horizons substantially, and experiencing Alien culture was still quite an interesting affair for them.
"Excuse for asking so forwardly, but how can our civilization join the Alliance?" Orn mustered his courage, finally asking the leading Diplomat.
When he asked this question, almost all of the Lainino people craned their necks. Even though they were all using earpiece communication devices, it was as if stretching their necks would allow them to hear the answer more clearly.
"Oh, it’s like this. First of all, our Alliance has its own purpose..." the Diplomat hesitated before saying, "The so-called Galactic Progress Alliance brings various civilizations together naturally for better progress. If your civilization can bring overall aningful progress after joining, then the probability of the Alliance Governnt’s approval will be very high."
"If not, the probability of approval will be very low. So if your civilization wants to join the Alliance, it needs to undergo a comprehensive inspection."
Of course, this explanation was just a very general one. There were still a lot of specific rules, including what is progress, what is regression, what constitutes a Sinking Civilization, etc. These concepts all have very precise definitions, many calculated using mathematical formulas.
"What about them?" Orn’s eyes moved to the pangolins selling handicrafts, "Excuse my boldness in asking, but they do not appear to be a very advanced civilization..."
"Whether a civilization is advanced is not important to us. After joining the Alliance, it is easy to compensate for the corresponding weaknesses. We care more about the entire civilization’s Spiritual Quality and cultural values."
"The Gleize Civilization is a species good at Mathematics. Those selling goods in the marketplace are just a small number of people without professional Skills; their willingness to expend their energy to create inco for their civilization is a respected existence."
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