The Heavens: A Civilization Mentor of a Certain Trisolaran

Chapter 61 Cracking the Iron-Blooded Civilization

The Eclipse was also brought back to the warship, but research on it has not yet begun.

No matter how wondrous the Eclipse is, it is still just a strange beast living on a planet, without civilization, unable to leave its planet to travel in the universe, and poses no threat to the Trisolaran civilization. On the other hand, the Predator race is an interstellar civilization that can pose a threat to the Trisolaran civilization. It is obvious which one has a higher research priority.

The hacking of the Predator spaceship went very smoothly. As expected of a civilization in the same universe, the Predator race possesses the same "excellent qualities" as the human civilization and the "Engineers" in the Alien universe.

The materials used to build the spaceship are quite substandard, just like those used by "engineers" and humans. Their strength and toughness are not very good. It is amazing that these materials can be combined together and can travel through the universe at faster-than-light speed without disintegrating.

The Predator's spaceship system was also completely undefended, and was easily breached by the Trisolaran engineers, who accessed the information in the spaceship's database.

The databases on the two Predator ships contain little historical information about the Predator civilization, and even less about its technology; however, they do contain a wealth of information related to hunting.

On a certain day of a certain month of a certain year, a warrior of a certain clan hunted a powerful prey on a certain planet; on another day of a certain month of a certain year, a Predator discovered a planet suitable as a hunting ground; and on yet another day of a certain month of a certain year, an elder of a certain clan failed in his hunt on a certain planet…

Almost all of these records show that the entire Predator civilization would become hunters, participating in the hunt as the highest honor.

Although there are few records of the civilization's history and technology, the database contains the coordinates of the Predator race's home planet and many colonized planets.

The Predator race's home planet is located somewhere 100 light-years away from Gina. The Predator race's colonies are widely distributed, with the farthest colony being thousands of light-years away from the Predator race's home planet.

Two Ironblood spaceships have visited the home planet and some colonized planets, and there are video and photographic records of their arrival.

The Predator race's home planet is located in a large star system. A giant star in its prime provides light and heat to the planets in the system, and there are as many as eleven planets orbiting the star.

Ironblood Mother Planet is the fifth planet in the galaxy, and based on image estimates, it is ten times larger than Earth.

This planet isn't as beautiful as Earth; it's a sandy-colored planet that appears from space, as if it were all sandy plains.

As the video continues to play, it becomes clear that the planet is indeed a sandy plain, but this plain is not barren; instead, it is dotted with many uniquely shaped buildings.

Although the Predator race is an interstellar civilization that has mastered faster-than-light travel technology, its civilization style, like the Predators' love of hunting, has a strong primitive tribal style.

The land is dotted with villages that resemble primitive tribes, but the occasional spaceship taking off or landing in the sky reveals that this is not a primitive tribe.

Like the Engineers and human civilization, the Predator race did not deploy defenses on their home star system and home planet, maintaining a "my home star system is always open, everyone is welcome to come" attitude.

This is excellent news for the Trisolaran civilization. It's good that they don't set up defenses; civilizations should be "open" like this.

The footage shows Predators colonizing planets, but they did nothing there. They neither seized the planets' resources nor carried out any large-scale development.

Although they are called colony planets, in reality, these planets are hunter's lodges or hunting grounds for the Predator race. Some are transit points for Predators to go to a certain hunting planet, where they can rest and adjust their condition, while others are hunting grounds in themselves.

Since they didn't even set up defenses in their home galaxy, the Predators certainly didn't set up defenses in these hunters' lodges and hunting grounds either.

Through repeated study of the images and careful analysis of hunting-related data, the Trisolaran scientists and engineers on the warship assessed the technological level of the Predator race.

The result is that, aside from faster-than-light technology, the Predator race has limited technological capabilities.

In the movies, the Predator race appears to be quite civilized and technologically advanced, but that's only in comparison to human civilization or the prey that the Predators target.

The weapons used by the Predator race are things that look advanced but are actually not very technologically advanced, at least not in line with the level of their interstellar civilization.

Their invisibility cloaks achieve optical invisibility by bending light, but this becomes ineffective when exposed to water; their plasma shoulder cannons have even overheated and self-destructed...

While hacking the two Predator ships, the Predators themselves were also studied. The Predator's physical structure was clearly analyzed, its genetic map was detailed, and its life form was revealed without any secrets.

Understanding the vital characteristics of Predators is a crucial step in Cheng Yuan and the other governors' plan to combat the Predator race and the "Engineers".

The "Engineers" have a long history, having traveled through the universe many years ago. Who knows how many planets they have visited, or whether any of their people have remained there?

The Predator race may also have this problem; they revere hunting, and there must be many members of their race who roam the universe searching for planets to hunt.

If we rely on ordinary methods to find and eliminate them one by one, it would take forever to find them all, and there's a high risk of accidents.

Therefore, one approach is to employ special methods to understand their life forms and formulate attack plans based on their unique life characteristics.

There's no need to search for them one by one; a large-scale, area-of-effect attack can be launched directly, annihilating all "Engineers" and Predators within the area.

Finding the unique life characteristics of the Predator race using the biotechnology of the Trisolaran civilization would be a piece of cake.

Just four Earth days later, weapons developed based on the 367 life characteristics of the Predator race were manufactured on the warship and are being tested in the warship's testing range.

The one being tested was a robust Predator who had hunted the Corruptor on the planet Gina. His name in the Predator race was "Enjol," and he was a well-known warrior who had hunted many powerful prey, but he had only been defeated twice by the Corruptor's claws.

He opened his eyes, but what appeared before him was not the cabin of the spaceship, but a white ceiling. How could there be such a ceiling in his spaceship?

As a seasoned Predator, Njol sprang to his feet instantly, looking for weapons and cover.

Although he successfully ejected himself, Enjol felt strange and couldn't find any weapons or cover.