The Mech Touch novel Chapter 3436

Chapter 3436: The Puelmer Race

The Red Ocean Dwarf Galaxy presented many humans who grew up in the Age of Mechs a glimpse of what the Milky Way used to be like in a past era.

Though the alien species were completely different, there were still many parallels.

For example, just like the Milky Way before the Age of Conquest, the Red Ocean was a multi-ethnic and relatively divided space where multiple powerful alien civilizations lived together in relative balance.

The Red Ocean already possessed a long history before the arrival of humans. It went through multiple epochs of rising civilizations, great wars, mass extinction events, golden ages and dark ages.

The human invasion was the latest crisis that befell the native residents of this dwarf galaxy, and it was likely the greatest disaster that they had ever experienced!

Humanity was a threat from a different and larger galaxy. Even though the Big Two did not transfer all of their war-making potential to the Red Ocean, their scale was so immense that they didn't need to do their best in order to push back the indigenous alien empires!

This was a time of great tragedy for the aliens, but it was also a time of great opportunity for the invading side.

[The Mech Trade Association and the Common Fleet Alliance has classified the diverse makeup of aliens in the Red Ocean in three different categories.] The AI explained to the Ingvar siblings as they made their way to the next biome. [There are a total of 13 major races which can be found in many regions of this dwarf galaxy. There are 305 minor races that are mainly dominant in specific regions but can sporadically appear in other areas. There are over 10,000 localized races that are intelligent and have the potential to become threats, but are too young and underdeveloped to pose any serious danger. The count of identified sentient alien races continues to be revised over time.]

Both Casella and Imon Ingvar looked impressed at the numbers. Sure, the Red Ocean might be 64 times smaller than the Milky Way, but that still amounted to several billions of stars, many of which still had the ability to nurture alien life.

The amount of intelligent aliens evolving from this dwarf galaxy should have been much more, but many of them had gone extinct over its long history.

One of the factors that distinguished the major races from the minor races was age. Many different alien civilizations rose up from their home planets throughout the eras. Yet not all of them were able to withstand the test of time.

The minor races were generally upstarts or had settled into their respective niches. They were similar to humanity during the Age of Stars in that they could become stronger but did not grasp the opportunity yet. Many undoubtedly failed, but the few who managed to overcome this hurdle became greater existences.

Major races like the nunsers not only managed to spread throughout the Red Ocean, but also survived several different wars and crises. They were hard to wipe out in their totality and also possessed considerable influence among the other alien races in the dwarf galaxy.

Although the pioneers weren't supposed to contend directly against these powerful alien civilizations, no one could guarantee that their ships and fleets snuck past the frontlines.

It was prudent for every human that planned to enter the new frontier to familiarize themselves with these powerful threats, and that was exactly what the Ingvars were doing at the moment.

They stopped at the next biome that depicted a highly technological city. The environment exhibited a much greater emphasis on technology as it featured floating spheres, exposed circuitry and lots of uncoated metal surfaces.

The lack of sharp angles was quite noticeable. It was as if the alien architects deliberately went out of the way to smooth every corner and turn every steep angle into a gentle curve.

The aliens occupying this exhibit looked frankly silly by human standards.

"Are these… footballs?"

"Footballs with lots of thin and creepy-looking arms."

The resident aliens were roughly the size of a human child but shaped like a ball. They moved around by rolling their bodies. Three to fifteen different arms poking out from their surface allowed them to control their own rolling motion in different ways.

The bodies of the more basic alien individuals were covered by a thick, cushioning leathery hide, but they were actually few and far in between.

Most of these silly-looking ball aliens possessed an extensive amount of cybernetic augmentations. These came in many different varieties, but it was common for them to cover their entire surface in metal and add additional robotic arms to their bodies.

Clearly, these aliens were dissatisfied with their biological weaknesses and loved to compensate for them with cybernetic enhancements.

[The puelmer race consists of small-statured, spherical-shaped mammals that are often underestimated due to their limited size. However, their civilization is among one of the most aggressive and militaristic in the Red Ocean, having caused the extinction of at least a thousand minor alien races.]

"Wow. These ball aliens did all that?" Imon blinked.

Casella frowned at her brother. "You can't underestimate them because they look like balls that you can kick around. Humanity is on the smaller side compared to the aliens who used to dominate the Milky Way in the past, and look what happened."

"You have a point."

The AI continued to explain the basic traits of the puelmers.

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