Volume 3 Chapter 107: A Human Monument Across the Galaxy

The fairy ship set off. Lin Xu stood on the dome and watched the fairy ship enter the curvature navigation state and disappear before his eyes.

Soon after, a large number of captured warships from various civilizations that would serve as cannon fodder in the subsequent punitive operations also entered the curvature navigation state and disappeared.

Lin Xu stared at the direction where the fairy ship disappeared for a long time before returning to the Earth's atmosphere and ordering Zhenxing to set sail.

Then the earth also entered a state of accelerated curvature and disappeared into the starry sky.

At this time, it was already the 11200th year of the Sailing Calendar.

At the Earth's current speed, which is a hundred times the speed of light, it is estimated that it will reach the center of the Milky Way, 20,000 light-years away, in two hundred years.

Lin Xu also wanted to see the so-called Great Wall of the Milky Way with his own eyes.

On the wild African savannah, rhinos are running wildly in the vast wilderness, and elephants are playing in the streams.

After more than a hundred years of efforts, the entire earth's ecology has basically returned to its former state.

When the Earth was still in the solar system and had not stopped rotating, Lin Xu once petted a lion in Africa.

Lin Xu came here again, and after the earth's ecology recovered, he came to pet the lion again.

But this time, he didn't need to wear any bulky power armor. Instead, he directly covered his body with a thin layer of nanorobots, which was enough to block the lion's sharp teeth.

No matter how hard the lion tried to pounce on Lin Xu and bite Lin Xu's arm, it could not hurt Lin Xu.

Instead, he was slapped several times by Lin Xu and could only lie on the ground obediently, with Lin Xu stroking his mane.

Miss Qiu was still roasting bison meat beside him, and Lu Yao and Mu Xiyue were also there.

That’s right, Mu Xiyue did not stay on the fairy ship, but followed Lin Xu.

In fact, according to the opinions of the fairies on the fairy ship, they originally wanted to send more female fairies to take care of Lin Xu's food and daily life along the way.

Even the three thousand concubines in the harem were selected for Lin Xu.

In the end, Lin Xu politely declined in order to prevent himself from being drained, no, for the sake of his own health.

The immortals then dismissed the selected fairies with great regret.

On the contrary, the three thousand fairies who were selected were ecstatic because they thought they could follow the Pangu tribe.

Who knew that it would all be in vain in the end? The fairy was so indignant about this that it was said that she later went to Wei Yi to petition, which made Wei Yi very anxious for a while.

But this has nothing to do with Lin Xu.

Anyway, he didn't choose the person in the first place.

So after discussing it, the immortals decided that since Lin Xu didn't want too many people to follow him, then they should send fewer people. In any case, not sending anyone would not work.

In the end, they decided to let Mu Xiyue continue to stay on Earth.

Lin Xu thought about it and agreed. After all, he had just rejected three thousand fairies, causing them to protest. This time not even one of them agreed, which was a bit bad.

Besides, Mu Xiyue had already been on Earth for a long time, so .

This is considered to be another confirmation of the gentleman's theory on opening windows. First he suggested lifting the roof, then it would be easier to accept opening windows.

"What do you think, is lion meat delicious?" Lu Yao looked at the beef that Miss Qiu was roasting, and then at the lion that was submitting in Lin Xu's palm.

At this moment, the lion seemed to sense something and shrank back behind Lin Xu.

"Hey, lions are so cute, why do you want to eat them?" Lin Xu quickly stopped Lu Yao from making any moves.

The lion under Lin Xu's palm wagged its tail in a flattering manner.

"Cute? You think it's a cat." Lu Yao rolled her eyes at Lin Xu.

"It's a big cat." Lin Xu said with a smile.

While the two were chatting, Miss Qiu next to them had already grilled a steak. Mu Xiyue quickly took over Miss Qiu's job and started grilling the second steak according to the method Miss Qiu had just taught her.

According to Mu Xiyue, she is now highly expected by hundreds of millions of immortals on the immortal ship.

So she must learn from Miss Qiu how to take care of Lin Xu's daily life.

After all, the immortals gave her the honor of following the Pangu clan, so she must not let this honor down.

Thinking of this, Mu Xiyue became full of energy and brushed barbecue sauce on the steak.

Don’t ask why barbecue sauce is brushed on steak. Lin Xu likes to eat it this way, so that’s the right way to do it.

Soon, grilled steaks and some fresh fruit side dishes were placed in front of the four people.

It was already dinner time, and the four of them had a delicious dinner on the wild African land, admiring the sunset and the animals strolling leisurely on the savannah.

"This voyage will take two hundred years. Do you want to hibernate?" Lin Xu asked this question after eating and drinking.

"I'll just follow the same schedule as you." Mu Xiyue said immediately.

She is now following Miss Qiu's lead in everything. She does whatever Miss Qiu does.

As a follower of Lin Xu, Miss Qiu is her role model.

"You want to hibernate too? Then I'll be the only one left." Lu Yao thought that after Lin Xu went into hibernation this time, she would be the only one left, but who knew that Mu Xiyue would also go into hibernation.

Speaking of which, when Mu Xiyue was on Earth a few years ago, she only saw Lin Xu occasionally, and spent most of her time with Lu Yao.

Although Mu Xiyue really wanted to see Lin Xu every day, it would be bad to disturb him all the time without a suitable reason.

But now, with the immortals' instructions, Lin Xu also acknowledged her as a follower, and she could finally follow Lin Xu openly.

So what is Lu Yao now? I’m really not familiar with her.

"Okay, then you guys take a good rest. I'll take advantage of these two hundred years to catch up on the courses you've missed. Then I'll show you what a true academic master is." Lu Yao said eagerly.

Just like that, after finishing their meal, Lin Xu, Miss Qiu and Mu Xiyue returned to Yanjing City and began to sleep.

Lu Yao spent a night alone on the prairie, during which time the lion she had targeted was trembling in fear for fear of being eaten.

It was not until Lu Yao left the next day that the lion was pardoned.

When Lu Yao returned to Yanjing City, she moved her belongings to the library and moved in directly.

So time passed, and two hundred years went by in the blink of an eye.

During the last hundred years of sailing, Lin Xu spent most of the time in hibernation, but there was still a small part of the time when he was not in hibernation.

At that time, Lin Xu had just obtained eternal life, and the earth's ecology had just begun to recover, so he was so excited that he reduced his hibernation time.

But now, when Lin Xu has adapted to eternal life and the earth's ecology has fully recovered, he wants to see what the so-called Great Wall of the Galaxy looks like as soon as possible.

Even though hibernation cannot speed up time, at least it feels like just a sleep and time has passed.

So Lin Xu chose to sleep for two hundred years, just to wake up and reach his destination.

"Master, the current time is 11400 in the Creation Calendar. The two hundred years of dormancy have ended. The Earth is about to reach the center of the Milky Way, which is also the place where humans first arrived here."

When Lin Xu woke up, the first person he saw was Miss Qiu outside the hibernation chamber as usual.

But this time, there was another person, Mu Xiyue, beside Miss Qiu.

Seeing that she was trying hard to imitate Miss Qiu and was very serious, there was nothing wrong with it.

After all, she is a serious person.

"Was there any accident this time?" Lin Xu asked as he stood up.

"Nothing unexpected happened, master. We just have some new discoveries that Bai Xing needs to report to you." Miss Qiu explained.

Then Bai Xing's voice was heard in the hibernation room, taking over from Miss Qiu to answer Lin Xu's question.

"Human Lin Xu, according to the report from the autonomous mechanical aggregate that went out to investigate, we have reached the first stop of humanity at the center of the Milky Way. However, there is a blank area ahead from this stop."

"Blank area? What does that mean?" Lin Xu asked puzzled.

"From here forward, there is a range of about ten light years without any stars." Bai Xing explained.

"Ten light years? Isn't it said that the closer to the center of the Milky Way, the denser the stars are? How could there be such a large blank area?" Lin Xu asked puzzled.

"The reason is currently unknown, and this is only the conclusion drawn from forward exploration. Exploration up, down, left and right shows that the area is blank and has no boundaries. It is all blank." Bai Xing further said.

"Wait a minute, there is only a blank area of ten light years when exploring forward, but the blank areas above, below, left and right have no boundaries. Does this mean that there is a circle of blank areas of about ten light years surrounding the center of the Milky Way?" Lin Xu understood everything instantly.

"Based on the known information, we can infer this." Bai Xing replied.

"Could this ten-light-year area be the Great Wall of the Milky Way?" Lin Xu frowned.

Then he shook his head and denied it, "No, it shouldn't be. The Great Wall of the Milky Way should be further ahead, maybe just behind this ten-light-year blank area."

"It is speculated that this ten-light-year blank area may be a quarantine zone created by humans to isolate the expansion of disorder and filth." Bai Xing also confirmed Lin Xu's idea.

"To completely clear out an area of ten light years, and it is a ten light-year area surrounding the entire galactic center, how long is the circumference of this area?" Lin Xu asked.

"The circumference should be around a thousand light years," Shirahoshi replied.

"A thousand light years, that's really a big deal." Lin Xu exclaimed.

Even though he had seen many of the grand gestures of humankind along the way, Lin Xu was still amazed by the blank area surrounding the center of the Milky Way, which was a thousand light years in circumference and ten light years thick.

There are probably tens of thousands of stars in this area. How did they clear it out completely?

In the end, Lin Xu could only conclude that after humans reached the center of the Milky Way, technology had made another breakthrough.

In addition to the isolation zone surrounding the center of the Milky Way, which is suspected to be built by humans, the Earth's dome had been completely completed after two hundred years of construction when Lin Xu was in hibernation.

It is not the temporary dome formed by the aggregation of nanorobots before, but the pillars of heaven and the dome of the earth constructed by building materials with real strength standards far exceeding the strength after the aggregation of nanorobots.

It took more than 600 years, from the 10790th year of the Sailing Calendar to the 11400th year of the Sailing Calendar, for the Earth's dome to be completely built.

The time is much earlier than the initial estimate of about a thousand years.

After all, during this period of time, the Earth has continuously acquired the latest human technology, whether it is autonomous mechanical aggregates or construction technology, all have been greatly improved, so it is natural that the construction progress has also been greatly improved.

Moreover, during this period, as the latest technology was acquired, the autonomous mechanical aggregates built the pillars and reworked the previously built pillars, continuously strengthening them with the latest materials.

Otherwise it would take even less time.

So when Lin Xu stood on the sunny ground again and looked up at the sky, the dome of the earth he saw was a brand new, high-strength dome made of nanorobot polymer materials.

At the same time, the nanorobots that originally served as temporary domes did not leave their jobs, but continued to generate a circle of spare domes around the earth's dome as a backup.

"You are finally awake. Hello, everyone, we haven't seen each other for two hundred years." Lu Yao was lying on the wall next to the courtyard, yawning and greeting the three people who had just woken up.

"How long have you not slept?" Lin Xu looked at her curiously.

Given her physical strength, it would be impossible for her to be so sleepy unless she went without sleep for a year or two.

"Forgot." Lu Yao thought about it for a while, and then gave up thinking.

Originally, she had been studying and doing exercises in the library, and would usually take a nap only when she was extremely tired.

It was not until a few years ago, when Lin Xu and the others were about to wake up, that he returned to his own courtyard house.

But I also studied every day and completely forgot to sleep.

It was not until today when I heard the noise next door that I realized that Lin Xu and others had woken up unknowingly.

"Why don't you go to bed first? I'm afraid you'll die suddenly." Lin Xu said helplessly.

Mu Xiyue had already jumped onto the wall and picked up Lu Yao with one hand.

"Hey, what are you doing? Let me go." Lu Yao struggled hard.

Unfortunately, her strength is still far inferior to Mu Xiyue's, although both of them have intermediate authority over nanorobots.

But when it comes to the specific application of nanorobots, Lu Yao is still far inferior to Mu Xiyue. After all, Mu Xiyue is an immortal after all.

"You need to rest now. If you move again, I will knock you out."

Mu Xiyue was not polite at all and even used her free hand to slap Lu Yao on the butt.

Suddenly, Lu Yao's face turned red, but she also became obedient.

Lin Xu shook his head in amusement and ignored them, but waved his hand to turn on the holographic projection.

Suddenly, the images around the earth at this moment came into view completely.

Whether it is the blank area with no galaxies for a full ten light years ahead, or the galaxy closest to the earth next to it, which was the first stop for humans when they first arrived near the center of the Milky Way ten thousand years ago.

All of them appeared in Lin Xu's eyes.

Lin Xu first scanned the blank area of ten light years, then looked nearby. There was a star almost every one or two light years.

The density of these stars is much higher than the Orion spiral arm region where the Earth is originally located. There is a star every five light years or so, which is much denser.

And this is not yet the true galactic center region.

It can only be considered as the outer area of the galactic center.

In the true center of the Milky Way, the number of stars within every light year is even counted in tens of thousands.

Of course, it has now become a base of disorder and filth, and Lin Xu has no idea what the current situation is.

Looking back at the area where the Earth is currently located, there is a star every one or two light years. With such a density, the number of planets within the stars is relatively scarce.

According to information obtained by the autonomous mechanical aggregate, in several nearby galaxies, basically every galaxy has only one or two planets orbiting the star.

Like the first human settlement that Earth is about to arrive at, there is only one planet in the galaxy, orbiting the star.

Lin Xu turned his gaze towards the planet. This was naturally the place where humans once settled.

Lin Xu was about to take a look when he discovered something was wrong.

In other words, there is something wrong with this planet.

There is no atmosphere on the planet, no signs of life, only bare rocks.

But these rocks seem to have been carved.

The surface of the planet is covered with crisscross gullies. If you only look at it from the planet, it may just be some unknown tall mountains and deep valleys.

But when looking at this planet from the starry sky, one can clearly see that the lines engraved on it finally outline a picture.

It's like a relief carved on a monument .

It's just that this is a monument using the entire planet as a monument, with mountains, rivers, land and other terrains, on which are carved sculptures praising humanity.

"This, wasn't done by humans themselves?" Lin Xu hesitated.

"It looks like it was erected by humans' followers to commemorate humans after they left." Shirahoshi replied.

"It's quite creative to turn the first stop of mankind when it arrives at the center of the Milky Way into a monument." Lin Xu looked at the reliefs on the planet and the words commemorating mankind that were scattered all over it.

Those are either passionate praises or humble and respectful praises.

The deep longing for humanity portrayed by those clans .

If Lin Xu hadn't known that humans must have successfully upgraded to a higher dimension, he would have thought that humans were actually dead.

However, Lin Xu was still very happy that the existence of such a monument engraved in the starry sky also demonstrated the feelings of the human family towards humans.

"Let's go and take a look at this planet." Lin Xu decided.

So the earth accelerated and moved towards the galaxy, stopping at a certain distance from the monument planet. Lin Xu boarded the Qingfeng and soon landed on this somewhat special planet.

At the same time, a large number of autonomous mechanical aggregates also landed on the planet and began to search for human remains.

Lin Xu believed that based on human habits, there would definitely be something left here for him to pick up.

He was eagerly looking forward to upgrading his technology. After all, he was about to go deep into the galactic center and face the disorder and filth that was flooding the entire galactic center. The more advanced the technology he had at this time, the more confident Lin Xu would be.

But Lin Xu still did not forget to remind him.

"Try not to destroy the terrain of this planet."

"I understand." Bai Xing replied.

A large number of autonomous mechanical aggregates zipped back and forth above the planet, searching for possible signals.

At the same time, there are also autonomous mechanical aggregates patrolling other locations in the galaxy. Although there is only one planet in this galaxy, it is not ruled out that there are autonomous mechanical aggregates left by humans, hidden in the broken meteorites and asteroid fragments in the galaxy.

Even stars have sent out autonomous mechanical aggregates for inspection. It is possible that humans thousands of years ago left some relics inside the stars.

Humans at that time already had this ability.

Standing on the monument planet, Lin Xu looked at the ground beneath his feet, trying to tell which part of the relief he saw in space.

But before Lin Xu could confirm, Lu Yao, who had just taken a short nap next to him and had followed him over, was looking up at the sky and patting Lin Xu's arm in amazement.

"What's wrong?" Lin Xu was puzzled.

"Look up at the starry sky." Lu Yao said with some difficulty.

So not only Lin Xu, but also the puzzled Miss Qiu and Mu Xiyue looked up at the sky.

Then, Lin Xu and the other two were stunned.

"Is this, a human?" Lin Xu's eyes were full of shock.

Although he thought he had seen so many incredible scenes, Lin Xu was still shocked at this moment.

"Yes, it's a human." Mu Xiyue didn't know whether she was answering Lin Xu or confirming herself.

It was just that Miss Qiu's expression remained unchanged, but the next moment she took out her mobile phone and took a picture of the starry sky, which exposed Miss Qiu's unrest.

Because in the starry sky with twinkling stars, dozens of densely packed stars, in the form of light points, formed two Chinese characters.

Human beings.

Yes, it is made of stars.

Using the light of stars as dots, Chinese characters were written in the universe.

Because of the angle, the writing can only be seen by standing on this planet.

It is just like in ancient times when humans looked up at the starry sky and imagined the constellations formed by the stars.

However, this time, humans themselves have become part of the constellation.

And unlike abstract constellations, the two words in the starry sky are written accurately, stroke by stroke.

Obviously, in order to do this, it is necessary to precisely intervene in the stars involved in the starry sky, or even adjust the positions of the stars.

You know, stars are constantly revolving around the Milky Way, just like planets revolve around stars.

Even just keeping these stars in the same position relative to the monument planet would be extremely difficult.

With such a grand plan, I don’t know how the human race managed to do it.

Engrave humanity in the starry sky across the galaxy, not just on the planets.

All we can say is that they are serious about commemorating humanity.

Lin Xu looked at the starry sky for a long time without saying a word.

After a long time, he sighed.

At this time, Bai Xing's voice also sounded.

"We have found the signal of the ruins, but the location of the signal is a little strange."

"Strange? Where is it?" Lin Xu asked immediately.

“Not in the current space.”

"Not in the current space? Then where is it?"