Volume 3 Chapter 147: The Father Human and the Son Cleanser
The current database of galactic civilizations contains a large amount of information related to the civilization itself.
Whether it is the Internet within civilization, ethnic culture, literary encyclopedia, etc.
Lin Xu only took a quick look, and he could see from it the extremely brilliant culture of this civilization.
But all of this became dust in the universe within just ten hours.
Not a single individual of the entire race survived.
Lin Xu didn't know whether this civilization still had any spaceships wandering around that had luckily escaped this disaster.
But even if the disaster was avoided, a single spacecraft that had lost its main body of civilization would be unable to be maintained or refueled unless there was another civilization nearby to seek refuge.
Otherwise, the spacecraft will sooner or later become a coffin in the starry sky.
However, the remote areas outside the river system chosen by this civilization are precisely where advanced civilizations are extremely rare.
However, these are not Lin Xu's focus.
Lin Xu is always concerned about whether the news obtained by the current civilization is true or false.
It’s a pity that there is no answer after all.
The civilization itself did not feel that it had been deceived, so Lin Xu naturally could not detect the truth from the database.
Maybe Lin Xu will know the answer in the future, but at least for now, it has become an unsolved case.
"Human Lin Xu, the autonomous mechanical aggregate has retrieved the spatial information near the jump channel opened when the Cleaner made a space jump, and roughly determined the direction and coordinates of the Cleaner's jump." Bai Xing suddenly reported an important message.
Lin Xu immediately perked up and asked.
"Where did they jump to?"
"Another galaxy thirty light years away." Bai Xing replied.
"Thirty light years? I saw that they had very little time to prepare when they made the jump before." Lin Xu recalled the scene he saw outside the galaxy.
"Yes, the Cleaners' space jump technology is superior to ours." Bai Xing replied.
Lin Xu nodded. He was not surprised by this.
Now Lin Xu can confirm with a high probability that these cleaners may really have a close relationship with the humans who once stayed in this galaxy.
Either he accidentally opened the human remains, or he was really the second son of mankind as they said.
It is not surprising that the technical level of space jump is higher than that of the current Skylark.
After all, when humans stayed in this galaxy, they must have made new breakthroughs in technology, and it was normal that the preparation time for space jumps was greatly shortened.
"Let's catch up with them and see where they are going and what they are going to do." Lin Xu thought for a moment and made a decision.
Regardless, the Cleansers were most likely caused by humans.
But Lin Xu didn’t believe that the humans who stayed in this galaxy ten thousand years ago would intentionally leave behind something like the Cleansers.
So he wanted to find out what was going on.
As for the possible technical gap between the two sides, Lin Xu didn't care much.
After all, as a high-dimensional creature, I am not just a decoration.
The technological gap between low-dimensional creatures may not be able to make up for the essential gap between low-dimensional creatures and high-dimensional creatures .
So, under Lin Xu's command, Skylark began preparations for the jump based on the jump data of the Cleaners collected by White Star a few days ago, as well as the direction and coordinates.
The preparation time takes about one day.
During this day, Lin Xu was not idle either. Instead, he planned to erect a tombstone for this unknown civilization on a planet near the star in this galaxy.
According to the database read by Bai Xing, Lin Xu found some of the more representative works of art of this civilization from the ruins after the destruction of the civilization.
Whether it is the first bronze ware refined by this civilization in ancient times, or the works of artists or some paintings after the invention of writing.
Originally, these things should be treasures worth thousands of gold in civilization.
Just like the artworks on Earth such as the Simuwu Square Ding, the Sword of Goujian, King of Yue, the Imperial Seal, Along the River During the Qingming Festival, and blue and white porcelain.
But at this moment, Lin Xu found a place at random and built a not-so-big civilization tombstone. Lin Xu placed these works of art in it with his own hands.
From now on, these works of art will be worthless.
Without the civilization that supports them, their existence itself has become meaningless.
Lin Xu stood in front of this temporary tombstone built by the autonomous mechanical aggregate using local materials for a long time.
Miss Qiu, Mu Xiyue, Nanzhu, and Lu Yao were all behind him.
At this moment, even the noisy Nanzhu felt deeply saddened. A civilization had died just like that.
From then on, there was nothing related to this civilization in the universe anymore. Only ruins remained for future generations to pay tribute to.
It is also possible that the ruins will just remain abandoned, just like the remains of the ancient kingdoms in the Gobi Desert, which will eventually leave nothing but a few broken walls and only a few traces, making people doubt whether the ancient kingdom ever existed.
"Let's go." Lin Xu turned and left.
Miss Qiu, Mu Xiyue, Nanzhu, and Lu Yao followed.
Soon the group returned to the Skylark.
At this time, the space jump of the Skylark was ready.
In the space channel that opened ahead, the constantly folding space has reached thirty light years away.
Then, the Skylark rushed into the space jump channel.
In the blink of an eye, it crossed a distance of thirty light years and arrived at another galaxy thirty light years away.
But again, it is outside the galaxy, not far from the galaxy.
Of course, this is not far-fetched for civilizations that have mastered curvature navigation.
For ordinary civilizations, this distance would probably take a lifetime to run.
Because although we can see everything in the galaxy from afar through an optical telescope from here, what we see is the scene from seven days ago.
Because it takes seven days for light to reach here from the galaxy.
"Seven days ago, the Cleaners arrived." Lin Xu stood in front of the porthole. He didn't need an optical telescope. With his naked eyesight, he could see the Cleaner fleet that appeared in the distant galaxy after the space jump.
"It seems that there is civilization in this galaxy." Nanzhu used an optical telescope to see more clearly.
It was clearly seen that in the galaxy, on the third planet, the fourth planet, and even the fifth planet, there were cities that were suspected to be large intelligent life forms.
Moreover, there are extensive passenger spaceships between these three planets, connecting the transportation between the planets.
At the same time, it can be seen that this civilization seems to have launched a probe to the ninth planet farthest from the galaxy, and even established an observation station on the satellite of the ninth planet.
It can be seen that this is also an extremely developed civilization.
But now, the most brutal cleaner in the entire river system has broken into the home of this civilization.
"Are they here to continue the cleansing?" Lu Yao couldn't help but ask, while worrying about that unknown civilization.
Although I know that this image was taken seven days ago, if I really wanted to clean it, it would have been completed by now.
"That shouldn't be the case. Didn't they say that the Cleansers wouldn't attack civilizations in the pre-nuclear era? This civilization obviously hasn't developed a curvature engine yet! Well, it probably hasn't been developed yet." Nanzhu said a little uncertainly.
"If it's not for cleansing, why did they come to this galaxy? Are they just to come and make contact with this civilization? Have a friendly exchange? But whether it's the exile fleet they encountered or the last civilization that was cleansed, there is no record of the cleansers having friendly exchanges with any civilization." Lu Yao asked back.
This time, Nanzhu had nothing to say.
Yes, according to the records of the exiled fleet and the data of the cleansed civilization.
The Cleaners will never have any communication with any civilization.
They will only coldly carry out the cleansing orders and ruthlessly destroy any civilization that has developed curvature navigation technology.
If it weren't for cleaning, they wouldn't go out at all.
So, this civilization has already developed the warp drive? But it just didn't have time to apply it before it caught up with the Cleansers' thousand-year cleansing?
If this is true, it would be too unfair.
However, the real-time images provided by the hyperspace radar and quantum radar soon dispelled the doubts of several people.
Because this galaxy is truly intact.
Yes, after seven days, there were no more Cleansers in the galaxy.
But this galaxy is intact and has no signs of any war.
"So, the Cleaners really just came here to take a look? This is not right!" Lu Yao felt that at this moment, her brain was more brain-burning than solving a math problem.
"Is there a possibility?" Lin Xu's voice attracted everyone to look over.
"The data records of the exiled fleet and the cleansed civilization only reveal one side of the cleansers. They don't know more about the cleansers," Lin Xu guessed.
"Lord Lin Xu, do you think that they were purged for another reason? Isn't it because they developed the curvature navigation technology?" Nanzhu frowned.
"Who knows, but I think this civilization should give us the answer." Lin Xu said with a smile.
"That's right, we should go and take a look. This civilization must have relevant information." Lu Yao also nodded repeatedly.
She is now also full of curiosity about all this.
It feels like being handed a big math problem but having no idea where to start and where to begin to solve it.
This gave her a headache, but she also looked forward to the refreshing feeling of sudden enlightenment after solving the problem.
So, the Skylark quickly accelerated to a thousand times the speed of light and headed towards the galaxy ahead.
It didn't take long to reach the edge of the galaxy and enter its interior.
Then, the Skylark not only turned on the quantum radar invisibility, but also concealed its own traces on the quantum radar.
Although this civilization may not yet have technology such as quantum radar.
At the same time, optical camouflage was also turned on, hiding the visual figure.
Optical camouflage is actually of little use in advanced civilizations, as there are countless ways to see through it.
So Lin Xu rarely opens it.
However, when faced with a civilization with technology at the pre-nuclear age, they were able to effectively make their spacecraft invisible to the eye.
In this way, until the Skylark arrived at the inner part of the galaxy, in the area between the third, fourth and fifth planets where spacecraft travel most frequently, there was still no existence belonging to this civilization, and no trace of the Skylark was found.
"Lord Lin Xu, where should we go first?" Nanzhu looked eager to try.
"Bai Xing, how is the data analysis going? On which planet is the core database of this civilization?" Lin Xu asked first.
"According to the analysis of electrical signals between planets, the three planets of this civilization are all cores." Bai Xing replied.
Lin Xu nodded. He was not surprised. There were only three planets, and it was not normal for all of them to be cores.
However, Bai Xing's next words surprised Lin Xu.
"At the same time, these three planets are in a state of hostility and war may break out at any time."
"What? Hostile state? Only three planets are hostile to each other?" Nanzhu looked incredulous.
"There's nothing to be surprised about. When the Earth was just one planet, weren't there hundreds of countries fighting each other?" Lin Xu was the first to react after being surprised .
After all, I am a person who has lived in the 21st century, so I can understand these things.
On the contrary, people like Nanzhu, who grew up in the era of the Great Wall of the Galaxy, would be unable to understand the internal strife among the three planets.
Not to mention the internal strife among the three planets, even if the three planets were divided into hundreds of forces and became a mess, Lin Xu could understand it.
"Yes, these three planets are currently under the jurisdiction of thirty-two countries respectively. They have formed an alliance with each other and are on guard against each other. A nuclear war may break out at any time." Shirahoshi said immediately.
Lin Xu immediately looked as if what I said was right.
"This, I can't understand." Nanzhu wanted to complain about something, but found that complaining would also include the former Earth. In the end he simply held the complaint back, leaving only a confused look on his face.
And Lin Xu could only pat her on the shoulder as a way of comforting her.
Lu Yao, on the other hand, could understand this better. After all, the Xianyuan Star where she came from was also a planet with countless countries and countless sects fighting with each other. So she was not surprised by this.
"Are these thirty-two countries the countries on each planet forming an alliance to fight against each other?" Lin Xu asked curiously.
"No, it's the countries on the three planets that have formed an alliance with each other! For example, the Armada Alliance is composed of eleven countries, seven of which are located on the third planet, three countries are located on the fourth planet, and one country is located on the fifth planet." Shirahoshi replied.
"Wait a minute, I have a question. There is only one country in this alliance on the fifth planet. Why don't the other countries on the fifth planet kill this country but keep it instead?" Nanzhu expressed his confusion.
"A large number of nuclear weapons from allied countries are deployed on this country's territory. If other countries want to disarm this country, they will be counterattacked with nuclear weapons, and the world will enter a nuclear winter," Shirahoshi explained.
"This, this, this." Nanzhu expressed his incomprehension.
Instead, Lin Xu expressed his understanding. Isn't this just like the scenario after Big Brother successfully deployed nuclear weapons in Cuba?
"So, the other two alliances must have allies on each planet, and can ensure that all three planets are dragged into a nuclear winter together." Lin Xu said, having seen through everything.
"Yes, that's why these three planets can maintain the current peace." Shirahoshi replied.
"Forget it, I don't want to think about it anymore. It's really a small temple but the evil spirits are strong." Nanzhu couldn't help but complain in the end.
"Yes, the shallower the pond, the more turtles there are." Lin Xu also sighed.
In the end, Lin Xu made a decision to first go to the fourth planet located in the middle of the three planets.
Because according to White Star's monitoring of electrical signals, the most powerful country among the three planets is on the fourth planet.
There is even a 5,000-meter-long battleship, the only one of the three planets, above the fourth planet. It is a grand project of that country.
Therefore, if the civilization in this galaxy really had communication with the Cleansers, it would inevitably not be able to skip this country.
In this way, with the optical camouflage turned on, the Skylark quickly arrived over the fourth planet.
Passing by a civilian passenger spaceship.
The passengers on the spacecraft were floating slightly in the vacuum, yet strapped to their seats by safety belts. In a trance, they seemed to see the starry sky outside the window, which was flickering slightly.
It was as if some invisible giant was passing by.
But it was just an illusion at the time.
"The spaceship here is still floating? Is there no artificial gravity?" Nanzhu looked at the spaceship that just passed by.
The feeling and tone were as if seeing primitive people practicing slash-and-burn agriculture.
This reminded Lin Xu of when he had just woken up and was heading towards Proxima Centauri with the Earth. At that time, the spacecraft built on Earth had no artificial gravity and had to rely on centrifugal force to simulate gravity.
Thinking about it, it seems like not that long has passed, as if it was just yesterday.
The Republic of Gumogang occupies the largest land on the fourth planet and is also the largest country on the fourth planet.
The capital is located in the northwest corner of the Republic. It is said that the ancient Gu Mogang was born here thousands of years ago. After thousands of years of development, it gradually occupied the entire continent and then developed into the most powerful country on this planet. It is also the most powerful country in this galaxy.
Today is the once-in-a-century celebration of the ancient Mogang.
And it is the feast of consecration that comes only once every ten feasts, accompanying the coming of the Son of God.
The people of Gumogang today are so lucky to be born in this era and catch the coming of the Son of God that only occurs once every thousand years.
So the whole Gumogang carnival has been going on for a whole week.
No, not only Gu Mogang, the entire planet, and even the thirty-six countries in the entire galaxy, were all immersed in the carnival of the coming of the Son of God.
The Holy Day is not only a festival for Gumogang, but also a festival for the thirty-six countries in the entire galaxy.
When Lin Xu arrived at Gumogang, he encountered such a carnival scene.
A large number of Gumogang people who are five or six layers similar to humans gathered in every corner of the city. They were either parading, partying, or singing and dancing, celebrating the coming of the Son of God and also celebrating the departure of the Son of God after his coming.
At the same time, scenes of the Son of God’s coming were being played over and over again in major squares throughout the city.
On the big screen, one can clearly see that in the dark universe, space jump channels are opening up, and warships are crossing the space and arriving at this galaxy.
Then, one after another, the warships belonging to Gu Mogang and the thirty-six countries came to greet them with flags of welcome.
The two sides remained silent for a moment.
According to the news report on the big screen, the two sides had a friendly communication.
The Holy Son Civilization affirmed the development of countries such as Gumogang, and hoped that Gumogang would continue to work hard.
What follows is some meaningless nonsense.
Finally, the Cleaner's fleet stayed for a while and then opened the space jump channel again to leave.
During this process, all the people on the three planets were in a carnival.
This carnival has continued to this day. Even though the Cleaners have been gone for a long time, they are still celebrating, and if nothing unexpected happens, they will continue to celebrate for a long time.
Disguised as a Gu Mogang man, Lin Xu walked on the streets of the city with Miss Qiu, Mu Xiyue, Nanzhu and Lu Yao.
Looking at the various carnival scenes around me and the images of the Cleaners constantly replayed on the big screen.
For a moment, I only felt an inexplicable sense of absurdity.
"Holy Son civilization? Is there a Holy Father civilization? If so, who is the Holy Father civilization?" Lin Xu asked curiously.
"According to Gu Mogang's official data on the description of the Holy Father civilization, it is most likely human civilization." Bai Xing replied.
"I don't want to be a saint father." Lin Xu frowned.
Bai Xing didn't answer, and didn't know how to answer.
"Lord Lin Xu, the Son of God descends once every thousand years. Does that mean the Cleansing Fleet will come every thousand years?" Nanzhu discovered a blind spot on the side.
"It seems so." Lin Xu nodded.
"Has this civilization been like this for thousands of years? Since ancient times before it entered space? Is there something special about this civilization? Why do the Cleansers pay so much attention to them!" Nanzhu asked puzzledly.
"Are they waiting for them to develop curvature navigation technology so that they can start a killing spree?" Lu Yao speculated maliciously.
"No way, didn't the civilization that was just cleansed by the Cleaner only know about the existence of the Cleaner after it developed curvature navigation technology and came into contact with other advanced civilizations?" Nanzhu retorted.
"This." Lu Yao was speechless for a moment.
"Also, why is the consecration festival here held once every hundred years? Is there any special reason? And which saint is it consecrating?" Nanzhu asked puzzled again.
"Which saint ? Of course it's..." Lu Yao paused at her words.
She wanted to say of course it was the Son of God who came to the world, but suddenly realized that if it was referring to the Father.
"Could it be that because the people on this planet worship humans, the Cleansers look at them differently? Did humans do something here in the past?" Lu Yao suddenly had an idea.
This explanation also made Lin Xu pause involuntarily.
"Worship humans? Just because of this? The Cleansers look at you differently? Is it possible?" Nanzhu frowned.
"Who knows?" Lu Yao shrugged.
At this time, Lin Xu had already given the order.
"Shirahoshi, check all the information related to the Holy Father on this planet."
