Volume 3 Chapter 248 The Day Humankind Returns, When the Universe Is Destroyed
In the empty extragalactic space, a tiny spaceship is constantly flying through space.
The distance of each jump is about 100,000 light years. Sometimes when encountering areas where the space itself has wrinkles, the jump distance will increase, even reaching hundreds of thousands of light years.
Under such circumstances, every time the Skylark jumps, it will leave a river system behind. Sometimes it will jump right into a certain river system, but the next jump will leave this river system behind again.
It never stays in a river system for long.
In the fleeting glimpse, there are some river systems with sufficiently powerful civilizations, and the god-level civilizations within them will be aware of the existence of the Skylark in an instant.
But then the Skylark disappeared, leaving these civilizations with no way to start or investigate. After all, the universe is too vast, and even humans cannot spread their names to every corner. After all, there are still many civilizations that are unaware of the existence of humans.
As it flew along like this, the Skylark gradually approached the boundary of the universe.
However, 40 billion light years is too far after all, and the universe is still expanding.
As the universe expands, the empty areas between galaxies become wider as you get closer to the edge of the universe.
The distance between each river system will also become farther.
As we get closer to the edge of the universe, the distance between galaxies has become so wide that it requires at least hundreds of thousands of light years.
Further away would require hundreds of thousands of light years.
Moreover, each river system has become a little looser internally.
This is also because the expansion of the universe has made the distance between galaxies within the Milky Way become farther.
For example, the solar system in the Milky Way was only 4.3 light-years away from the nearest Proxima Centauri galaxy. However, here near the edge of the universe, the distance between galaxies in similar positions in the Milky Way is at least ten or even dozens of light-years.
This is a good thing for civilization, but it is also a bad thing.
The good thing is that the greater the distance between galaxies, the more difficult it is to travel to nearby galaxies through interstellar space, so new civilizations will be less disturbed by civilizations in neighboring galaxies.
The bad thing is that it is more difficult for civilizations to conduct interstellar travel, so after a civilization has developed to a certain level, it will be more difficult to develop further, because it is difficult to reach nearby galaxies, obtain sufficient resources, and communicate and develop with nearby civilizations.
In the year 11592 of the starting calendar, after nearly twenty years of sailing, the Skylark finally crossed a distance of 40 billion light years and began to approach the edge of the universe.
This voyage distance is unprecedentedly far for Lin Xu and his crew.
As we got closer to the edge of the universe, we saw more and more relics of civilization along the way.
This is where the universe first expanded and where civilization was first born. It is normal that there are a large number of relics of civilization here.
However, what is abnormal is that as we get closer and closer to the edge of the universe, many of the remains of these destroyed civilizations have been found to have signs that are suspected to be related to humans, and it seems that they were destroyed by humans.
It would be fine if there were only one or two, but along the way, Lin Xu and his group saw countless similar civilizations destroyed by humans.
As a result, Lin Xu has not been staying on Earth recently, but has been stationed on the Skylark. This is to confirm whether there are traces of humans on new civilization relics when they are discovered, and whether they have been destroyed by humans.
And wherever Lin Xu is, Nanzhu and Mu Xiyue will naturally be there too.
Even Lu Yao, who was doing homework in the library, was attracted and followed along to watch.
Unfortunately, so far, no reason has been found as to why humans want to destroy these civilizations, or even more like there is no reason at all.
This made Lin Xu full of confusion.
"Lord Lin Xu, new ruins were found ahead, suspected to have been destroyed by nanorobots." As the Skylark left the jump channel and prepared to start the next jump, Nanzhu reported the latest discoveries in the area.
"What level of civilization?" Lin Xu asked.
"Suspected to be a god-level civilization." Nanzhu replied as he checked the Skylark's reconnaissance signal.
"Wait a minute, god-level civilization?" Lin Xu spoke immediately.
Suddenly, the Skylark, which had already opened the space jump channel again and was about to jump again to leave this galaxy, stopped .
While maintaining the space jump channel ahead, waiting for Lin Xu's next order.
"Yes, it is suspected to be a god-level civilization." Nanzhu confirmed.
So Lin Xu fell into silence.
The destroyed civilizations encountered before were basically advanced civilizations. Lin Xu also conducted several inspections, but did not find any problems, or did not find the reasons why these civilizations caused the destruction of mankind.
This is the first time that a god-level civilization has been destroyed by humans.
Moreover, this place is getting closer and closer to the edge of the universe. Lin Xu instinctively feels that the destruction of these civilizations by humans must have something to do with the edge of the universe, otherwise humans would not do this.
"Change course and go check it out." Lin Xu decided.
"Understood. Change course and head for the nearest ruins." The voice of Yinghuo, who was on duty, was heard in the Skylark.
The next moment, the space jump channel in front of the Skylark changed the location of the upcoming jump. It was no longer to another galaxy one hundred thousand light years away, but to the location where the hyperspace radar detected the abnormality thousands of light years away.
Then, the Skylark entered the space jump channel, and when it reappeared, it had arrived at a completely ruined river system.
That’s right, it’s the Ruins River System.
Half of the river system within sight has been completely reduced to ruins.
Countless billions of stars have been destroyed, and the ruins of planets, which are far more numerous than the number of stars, are spread over half of the Milky Way galaxy and tens of thousands of light years.
This is a real river system of ruins. It is the first time that Lin Xu has seen this scene after traveling so far, all the way from the solar system to the edge of the universe.
"This range is too large. How many god-level civilizations were fighting against humans back then?" Nanzhu lay on the porthole and looked at the boundless ruins, his eyes filled with disbelief.
"Judging from the residual energy reaction and the equipment fragments on the battlefield, the opponent should only have one god-level civilization." Lin Xu replied.
"There is only one god-level civilization? Can they fight with humans like this?" Nanzhu asked puzzled.
Not only Nanzhu was puzzled, everyone else was also puzzled, only Arisa had a different opinion.
"You underestimate the god-level civilization. Was it because it was so easy to destroy the Kramar people before that you had the illusion that the god-level civilization is easy to bully?" Arisa said.
"Isn't it?" Nanzhu asked doubtfully.
"You think that the God-level civilization is easy to deal with because the upgraded humans are too strong. They can easily crush the Kramar people, making it impossible for the Kramar people to even resist."
“But the humans who fought against this god-level civilization here back then have not yet upgraded to another dimension! Although the humans back then should have easily destroyed this god-level civilization, they obviously did not have the ability to control the scale of the war to a certain extent, or that god-level civilization was still struggling to survive. So it was inevitable that their dying struggle would affect the entire galaxy on a large scale,” Arisa explained.
"The explanation is simple and easy to understand. I get it." Nanzhu gave Arisa a thumbs up to show his approval.
Arisa immediately turned her head away, showing disdain, but everyone could see that she was just being tsundere.
"By the way, in a normal war between two god-level civilizations, destroying several river galaxies is a very easy matter, and the scale of the war is even more protracted, perhaps lasting for tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of years. Therefore, it is already an incredible thing to be able to completely eliminate a god-level civilization in a short period of time while only destroying half of the river galaxy." Arisa thought for a while and added.
"I understand, but what did this god-level civilization do back then to cause the extinction of the human race? And all the advanced civilizations we encountered along the way, even some civilizations that didn't leave their planets, were also destroyed by humans. What exactly happened?" Nanzhu was still puzzled.
"Yes, it is not the human style to kill civilizations at will. What did those civilizations do?" Lu Yao also asked in confusion.
"But what kind of things could a civilization that hasn't even left its planet do that would be so outrageous to both humans and gods that humans would simply exterminate it?" Arisa was also puzzled.
Even Arisa couldn't solve this puzzle.
Several people looked at Lin Xu together, but unfortunately Lin Xu was also confused.
So the next moment, the portable space outside the Skylark opened, and a large number of autonomous mechanical aggregates poured out from Lin Xu's portable space, heading towards the battlefield that destroyed half of the galaxy and hundreds of millions of stars.
A large number of star fragments and planetary fragments are scattered in every corner of the battlefield.
Mixed among them are a large number of nanorobots, broken parts of autonomous mechanical aggregates, and fragments of war machines from god-level civilizations that are hundreds or thousands times more in number.
Even after so many years, the fragments of weapons left behind by the god-level civilization on the battlefield are still as bright and clean as new. From this we can see the technological level of this god-level civilization, which is worthy of the level of a god-level civilization.
Any fragment here, if it falls into the hands of an advanced civilization, will probably become a priceless treasure, enough for that advanced civilization to study for thousands or tens of thousands of years.
But here they are everywhere, covering every corner within tens of thousands of light years.
Lin Xu released a huge number of autonomous mechanical aggregates, but when spread over an area of tens of thousands of light years, these autonomous mechanical aggregates appeared to be extremely scarce.
Lin Xu, who once thought that he had enough autonomous mechanical aggregates, suddenly found that he was too naive.
So he decided that the factories on Earth could not stop and had to continue producing more autonomous mechanical aggregates.
Countless autonomous mechanical aggregates directly opened space jump channels and jumped to every corner of the ruins covering tens of thousands of light years, conducting reconnaissance and analysis of the entire battlefield.
In the end, it was confirmed that this god-level civilization was indeed destroyed by humans. Before being destroyed, this god-level civilization seemed unwilling to detonate many ultimate weapons. Although it did not cause much harm to humans, it led to the destruction of hundreds of millions of stars in this star field.
However, the reason why humans destroyed this god-level civilization has never been investigated.
The autonomous mechanical aggregate released nanorobots, which searched all the storage systems on the remaining weapon fragments of these god-level civilizations, and only found some information about this god-level civilization itself. For example, the mother planet of this god-level civilization and its most essential colonized planet were all within the scope of this destroyed star field, and were also destroyed along with hundreds of millions of stars.
However, no reason has been found for the hostility between the god-level civilization and humans.
Even the autonomous mechanical aggregates controlled the remaining nanorobots on the battlefield, trying to extract information about the battle of that year from these nanorobots.
It’s a pity that all we found were some images of the fierce fighting on the battlefield during the war, and there was no content related to the reasons for the war.
In the end, even Lin Xu had to temporarily withdraw the autonomous mechanical aggregate, because searching like looking for a needle in a haystack would yield no results.
However, just as the autonomous mechanical aggregates were being withdrawn, some of them suddenly detected signals that they were still running on the battlefield.
However, the communication method of this signal is a bit backward, and it does not seem to belong to the destroyed god-level civilization.
"Go and take a look." No matter what, this is a breakthrough. Lin Xu gave the order with a boost of energy.
So a large number of autonomous mechanical aggregates returned, but some of them went towards the place where the signal was sent.
Finally, at the edge of this range of tens of thousands of light years, a small number of spaceships were discovered that were carefully exploring the ruins of the battlefield.
Judging from the results of the autonomous mechanical aggregate's distant reconnaissance, the civilization level to which these spaceships belong should be considered very powerful among the vast number of civilizations in the universe.
Among the vast number of civilizations in the universe, in fact, more than 90% are still trapped on planets. Only a small number can go beyond the planets and become recognized interstellar civilizations. Even if they are only low-level civilizations in the universe, they are interstellar civilizations after all.
The civilization before us has clearly crossed the threshold of low-level civilization and reached the level of high-level civilization.
Because this civilization's spacecraft is clearly equipped with a curvature engine.
Although the curvature engine should only be two to three times the speed of light according to the detection of the autonomous mechanical aggregate, it is still a sign of an advanced interstellar civilization.
Only compared with the human and god-level civilizations on both sides of the battlefield ruins, such an advanced civilization seems very weak, but in fact, in the universe, such an advanced civilization is already out of reach for many lower civilizations.
Boom! A spaceship that was exploring the edge of the ruins accidentally touched an antimatter bomb that had not yet exploded by the god-level civilization. In an instant, several spaceships equipped with curvature engines disappeared into the universe along with the explosion.
This caused some chaos in the rear fleet, but after calming down, the rear fleet continued to send out spaceships to explore the ruins.
Because compared to these losses, the technology in the ruins that far exceeded their imagination was too tempting.
"Commander, we have lost thirteen spaceships in a row. Such losses are beyond our ability to bear."
"But the rest of our spacecraft has been filled with special metals from the ruins. We even obtained relatively intact fragments of the ruins. This gain far outweighs the loss."
"But the officers and soldiers can no longer bear such losses. The people in the fleet are in a panic. No one wants their ship to become the next explorer."
"If they can't even bear this little loss for the Empire, are they still soldiers of the Empire?"
The commander, who was high above, had fanaticism in his eyes. He was just one step away from getting that relatively intact weapon. If he could bring that weapon back, he would definitely be rewarded by His Majesty the Emperor.
Compared with this, the loss of some spacecraft and some personnel is completely acceptable.
As for the soldiers' complaints, he didn't take them to heart at all.
They are nothing more than some inferior people who are afraid of death. For an imperial noble like him, how could he care about the life and death of civilian soldiers?
The nanorobots that infiltrated the interior of the spacecraft quietly observed everything and transmitted the signal to the Skylark, which was 10,000 light years away, on the other side of the battlefield ruins.
"They're speaking Chinese!" Nanzhu was surprised that Chinese was being spoken here too.
"They are speaking Chinese." Mu Xiyue confirmed that they were indeed speaking Chinese, there was nothing surprising about that.
"With their curvature navigation technology, the home planet of this civilization should not be far away. Let's look for it." Lin Xu ordered.
However, with a travel speed of two or three times the speed of light, according to general rules, the distance to the mother star should not exceed a hundred light years.
Sure enough, the autonomous mechanical aggregate soon found the home planet of the fleet.
A galaxy located fifty light years away from the edge of the ruins.
In addition, there are two galaxies with intelligent life responses about thirty light years away and sixty light years away respectively. However, according to the calculations of the autonomous mechanical aggregate, those two galaxies should only be colonies.
In the galaxy only fifty light years away, there are not only a large number of intelligent life forms, but also the reaction of the unique curvature compression production line of the curvature engine factory. Moreover, this galaxy is far more prosperous than the other two galaxies, and each planet has been developed very maturely.
"Do you think this civilization knows something?" Lin Xu was a little hesitant, wondering whether to waste time to go and take a look.
Because normally speaking, although this civilization can be considered an advanced civilization, it obviously has no qualifications to interfere in the affairs between humans and the god-level civilization, so even if it is investigated, it is probably a waste of time and there is no possibility of any results.
"Why not just forget it? This civilization is too weak. They may not even have heard of humans, so how can they know why humans want to destroy so many civilizations?" Nanzhu did not suggest going.
"I also think it's meaningless." Lu Yao also said.
But soon, after the nanorobots transmitted back by the autonomous mechanical aggregate invaded the system hosts of those curvature spacecraft, the information obtained made several people immediately change their minds.
There is nothing special to note in the intelligence. It basically records some route routes and some basic information of this civilization.
But above the information titled "Emperor's Order", the first item at the top was clearly written.
"The day mankind returns, the day the universe is destroyed!"
"Fuck, I guessed wrong, they know humans!" Nanzhu immediately cursed.
"No, they don't know. Maybe only their emperor knows ." Lu Yao shook her head and said.
"There is no information about humans in the server, only in this emperor's order. Maybe the soldiers don't know it, but the top leaders know it." Nanzhu touched his chin and guessed.
"We'll know what's going on if we catch him and interrogate him." Lin Xu made a decisive decision.
