“I think the Swarm’s purpose goes beyond that. The original Ji Race had no rivals in this galaxy, and with Lumina-assisted super fleets, they had no need to create a biological army. And have you considered, if they really were the original Ji Race’s creations, when were they born?” Elder Cecil suddenly proposed a new line of thought.
Elder Hus looked as if he had been struck by a revelation. The original Ji Race had been extinct for hundreds of thousands of years. If these things were products of that era, their age would be astonishing.
“And why did they all appear at this particular ti?” Elder Cecil raised another question.
From Elder Cecil’s perspective, these things had all erged together. After hundreds of thousands of years of silence, they suddenly appeared at the sa ti, and she sensed a whiff of conspiracy.
However, Elder Hus shook his head and said, “Elder Cecil, according to the Riken Race’s records, ever since their technology advanced enough to observe the LKDW399 star system, they detected fusion reactions at regular intervals. This suggests that the thermonuclear creature has existed for a very long ti.”
“What about the Swarm? When did they appear?”
“The Swarm was discovered relatively recently, only about a hundred years ago.”
“But that’s just when we discovered them. It doesn’t an they didn’t exist before that, right?”
Elder Hus thought for a mont and then shook his head again. “The Swarm is different from that thermonuclear creature. They are an intelligent, organized group. Developnt is their main the, and since this galaxy is our territory, their growth would inevitably bring them into contact with us.”
“Elder Hus, you make a good point. An intelligent race that has erged from its primitive state and stepped out of its ho star system wouldn’t suppress its desire to explore until it hits a ceiling.”
“Exactly. That’s why I believe the Swarm hasn’t been around for long. At the very least, they’ve existed for much less ti than that thermonuclear creature.”
“Elder Hus, I’ve noticed that from the beginning, you’ve assud that the Swarm and the thermonuclear creature aren’t connected. But so far, there’s no evidence to support this. Why are you so certain?” Elder Cecil suddenly pointed out a flaw.
“It’s actually quite simple. According to the Riken Race’s records, LKDW399 emits a thermonuclear reaction every few decades, with remarkable regularity. The values detected each ti are also similar. Elder Cecil, what kind of civilization would engage in such a monotonous activity without advancing to more sophisticated experints over all these years?”
Seeing Elder Cecil nod in agreent, Elder Hus continued, “This situation is like a biological rhythm, but with a cycle stretched out to several decades. I’ll venture a guess: this thermonuclear creature wakes up every few decades to move around and feed, then goes back into a long hibernation. It’s likely been alive for an extrely long ti.”
“You make a good point, Elder Hus. The original Ji Race’s command set concealed this thermonuclear creature, preventing us from discovering its existence. If your speculation is correct, it also indirectly supports the idea that the Swarm is a recent developnt. After all, if the Swarm had occupied that planet from the beginning, they wouldn’t have allowed the thermonuclear creature to behave in such a manner.”
“Exactly. Unfortunately, by the ti I made contact with the Riken Race, their samples of the thermonuclear creature had been exhausted. Their technology was too primitive to extract more information from the samples. If even a tiny amount of the sample had remained, with our technology, we could have deduced much more.” Elder Hus’ tone was filled with regret.
“Not necessarily. If it and the Swarm were indeed creations of the original Ji Race, then the thermonuclear creature might also possess Swarm-like traits, such as a gene lock.”
“That’s possible. Initially, when the Riken Race said they had gained nothing from the samples, I thought they were just brushing off. It wasn’t until I accessed their records through so special channels that I realized they were telling the truth. I originally thought it was due to their primitive technology, but now it seems… indeed, a civilization capable of leaving its ho star system wouldn’t have gained nothing from a normal, dead sample.”
“If our reasoning is correct, then this thermonuclear creature might have survived for hundreds of thousands of years. Damn, that’s an astonishing achievent. If we could obtain it…” Elder Cecil’s voice was filled with regret.
“Don’t dwell on it, Elder Cecil. You must rember, the original Ji Race that created it is extinct. Even if the thermonuclear creature has survived for hundreds of thousands of years, the technology behind it must have had fatal flaws. Otherwise, we, the New Ji Race, wouldn’t exist.”
Elder Cecil pondered this and realized it made sense. She nodded in agreent. “You’re right. There’s also another possibility: the thermonuclear creature hasn’t lived that long. It’s been in hibernation all this ti and only woke up a few hundred or thousand years ago. That would make much more sense.”
Elder Hus’ eyes lit up. “If that’s the case, what caused it to wake from hibernation?”
“I have a theory. It might have been sealed in the original Ji Race’s biological laboratory. The lab continued to function normally for a long ti after the original Ji Race and the foreign researchers perished, until recently, when it malfunctioned, causing the thermonuclear creature’s containnt system to fail and allowing it to escape.”
“But there’s a flaw in your theory.”
Elder Cecil thought for a mont and nodded. “You’re right. Although the original Ji Race is extinct, Lumina still exists. And judging from how it erased the monitoring data, it’s still keeping an eye on this place. Therefore, Lumina wouldn’t have allowed the lab to malfunction.”
“Unless this was part of the original Ji Race’s instructions. Perhaps they didn’t want their experintal results to be buried and deliberately set it up this way?”
“But don’t forget, the original Ji Race were emotionless beings. They wouldn’t feel emotions like regret or reluctance.”
Elder Hus shrugged. “Who knows? Everything we know cos from recorded data. We can’t completely rule out the possibility that the original Ji Race might have done this.”
“Alright, that’s a fair point. Perhaps the original Ji Race did want their research to resurface, even if it was hundreds of thousands of years later. So, is the Swarm a similar case?”
Elder Hus thought for a mont and then shook his head. “I’m not sure. Although the original Ji Race, being emotionless, wouldn’t have any taboos, I still think the Swarm, with its many intelligent individuals and their own souls, would be an incredible creation if they were indeed made by the original Ji Race.”
“Perhaps they were cultivated from so native life form. That would significantly reduce the difficulty. Almost any mber of the Confederation could do that. But I’m not too concerned about that.”
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