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Chapter 1427: The Astonishing Number of Intelligent Beings
Chapter 1427: The Astonishing Number of Intelligent Beings
Holy Song's intuition was right; this did seem like a trap.
The Core Data was still on this planet, untouched, which was odd in itself. It wouldn't have been surprising if the data had been taken to the Crystal Blue Consortium's core region and was under the control of a Nebula-Class Automaton.
But that wasn't the case.
Currently, the data remained on this planet, and the highest-ranking Automaton guarding it was only a Stellar-Class Automaton at the Third Stage.
This rank was nowhere near capable of safeguarding such crucial data.
Was there a possibility that this was a scheme orchestrated by a Nebula-Class Automaton?
Therefore, they couldn't act rashly and needed to observe further.
...
In the time that followed, Su Yu began to wander around the planet.
His method of wandering was unique—he didn't traverse the planet's surface but instead flew outside its atmosphere, circling the planet like a satellite.
He completed one orbit after another.
Using Spatial Magic to conceal his trail, he remained undetected by the Automatons on the planet.
And he orbited at a rapid pace.
In less than three days (by Blue Star's time), he had already circled Grella-13 twice.
During these orbits, both Su Yu and the cat, Morningstar, observed the planet's surface, capturing every detail with their keen eyes.
Through their observations, combined with the information Holy Song had provided earlier, they gained a preliminary understanding of the planet.
Three days later, Morningstar, perched on Su Yu's shoulder, retracted her gaze and exclaimed, "It's exactly as the records describe—this planet is a typical Colony Planet!"
"Indeed," Su Yu nodded in agreement, "Apart from the numerous Teleportation Devices and the presence of two Stellar-Class Automatons, this place can be considered the most standard and ordinary Colony Planet."
Grella-13 was an artificial planet, a textbook example of a Colony Planet.
Such Colony Planets had distinct characteristics:
In the planet's northern hemisphere were several continents, all inhabited solely by Automatons.
As Su Yu had witnessed three days ago, countless Automatons gathered to form massive cities.
The smallest Nanomachines were invisible to the naked eye, while the largest Megamachines stood several kilometers tall, and their movement could literally be described as 'earth-shattering'! Billions of Automatons constructed cities that dotted the landscape, firmly occupying the planet's northern hemisphere.
However, the southern hemisphere presented a starkly different scene:
While the northern hemisphere was exclusively Automatons, devoid of intelligent life, with only scattered vegetation and small animals;
The southern hemisphere was dominated by intelligent beings, making up approximately 99% of the population!
The southern hemisphere was also under the control of Automatons.
From his position outside the atmosphere, Su Yu could discern that although the Automatons in the southern hemisphere numbered less than 1%, they were undoubtedly the ruling class, managing 99% of the intelligent beings.
What surprised Su Yu even more was the sheer number and density of intelligent beings in the southern hemisphere! It was beyond imagination! The concentration here was so astonishing that he found it hard to believe without witnessing it firsthand.
In comparison to Blue Star:
Grella-13 was roughly the same size as Blue Star, with a diameter approximately 1.25 times larger.
The land area was also comparable to Blue Star, with five continents in Grella-13's southern hemisphere, each averaging twice the size of Australia.
But the number of intelligent beings was astonishing!
At its peak, Blue Star had a population of 7 billion, while here, there were up to 800 billion! Over a hundred times the population of Blue Star!
Su Yu was completely taken aback when he first saw the southern hemisphere, finding it hard to imagine such a dense distribution of intelligent life.
Looking down from space, the continents in the southern hemisphere were covered with countless intelligent beings, forming densely packed cities.
These beings came in all shapes and sizes, most of which Su Yu had never seen before, although there were also some Red-Skinned Humans among them.
Of course, the proportion of humans was minuscule, making up less than one-thousandth of the total population.
The intelligent beings crowded into buildings several kilometers tall, filling the streets and skies. Su Yu's psychic scan revealed that a single building could house hundreds of thousands of them!
Not just compared to Blue Star, but even the most central and bustling Sector 1 of the Feg Hub, the density of intelligent beings here was far greater, exceeding even one-tenth of this planet's population.
Faced with this situation, Su Yu and Morningstar were naturally astonished—why was this planet like this?
The Crystal Blue Consortium was a regime composed of Automatons, but why did such a massive intelligent being population exist?
Was there a need for Automatons to keep them alive?
Regarding this question, Morningstar couldn't help but inquire of Holy Song, "Lady Seraph, why are there so many intelligent beings on this planet?"
Holy Song responded calmly, "Child, it's because of psionic energy."
(End of Chapter)
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