Volume 3 Chapter 254: Universe Crossing Fortress
The stellar battleship anchored in the universe lost its nuclear fusion layer and was then blown up by a supernova explosion, causing its surface to become bumpy and extremely dilapidated.
However, even though it no longer has the stellar power, its sheer size alone is enough to give people an extremely overwhelming sense of oppression.
Lin Xu, who was approaching on the Skylark, stood in front of the porthole. His vision was occupied by huge stellar battleships in all directions, as if the Skylark was crashing into a huge existence without boundaries.
It was a monster big enough to give a person with gigantic fear a heart attack, but in Lin Xu's eyes at that moment, it was just an ordinary scene.
Unconsciously, Lin Xu, who has been traveling in the universe for so many years, is no longer the young boy who was still on Earth.
The Skylark slowly landed and was greeted by a large number of Eldar power armored warriors.
The power armor warriors standing in two rows, holding unactivated chainswords in their hands, stood up straight and looked at the Skylark with excited eyes.
As Lin Xu stepped off the Skylark, cheers of "Long live humanity" were heard.
Lin Xu raised his hand and waved as a greeting to the welcoming elves, and then, under the gazes of the power armored warriors on both sides, he walked into an elevator not far away.
Accompanied by several Eldar power armored warrior squadron leaders, they headed towards the core of the star battleship.
Although it is called an elevator, it is actually more like a shuttle that travels inside a star battleship. It is extremely fast and even has a partial curvature acceleration function, which allows it to serve as a means of transportation within a huge star battleship.
So it didn't take long for Lin Xu to arrive at the command cabin at the core of the star battleship, and saw Nanzhu and Mu Xiyue who were continuing to interrogate Commander Lika.
Although the two were also very curious, they resisted the urge to continue asking about the prophecy and instead asked some other questions.
I felt relieved when I saw Lin Xu appear.
Great, finally someone is here to make the decision.
"Lord Lin Xu, I miss you so much." Nanzhu rushed up and hugged Lin Xu with a relaxed and happy look on her face.
It was not until Lin Xu patted her butt to signal her that she got off Lin Xu.
At this time, Lin Xu's attention was not on Nanzhu, but on Commander Lika who was trapped in the chair.
"Hello, Commander Lika." Lin Xu greeted.
"Hello, human Lin Xu." Lika smiled bitterly.
He had already learned Lin Xu's name from Nanzhu and Mu Xiyue, and guessed that the person appearing in front of him was a human being, which made him feel mixed emotions for a moment.
He had seen humans ten thousand years ago, but the humans at that time and the humans who appeared before him now could be considered two completely different species.
After all, humans ten thousand years ago were still low-dimensional creatures, but the humans who appeared in front of him now were real high-dimensional creatures.
That is an essential difference. Even Lika doesn't know whether humans, after becoming higher-dimensional creatures, still think the same way as they did before, or whether they have completely changed their way of thinking.
Otherwise, why would humans who returned ten thousand years later want to destroy the universe?
They had clearly communicated with humans ten thousand years ago, and the humans at that time clearly did not give them the impression that they were a race that would destroy the universe.
So, what changed human beings? Is it because of the dimension upgrade?
This is a question that the Colliers have thought deeply about, but they have no answer.
Because no one can predict what will exist after the next dimension upgrade.
"Can you tell me in detail? What you just said is the future that humans saw ten thousand years ago?" Lin Xu sat down on the chair that Mu Xiyue brought, and asked Lika like a friend.
"Okay." Lika nodded. At this point he had no other choice.
"Ten thousand years ago, after humans built a space-traveling fortress at the edge of the universe, they left this universe and headed for another. Before leaving, humans used the high-dimensional technology they had mastered at the time to calculate the future. They knew that ten thousand years later some humans would come here and use the space-traveling fortress to destroy this universe." Lika carefully said the information he knew.
"Where did you get this information? Or where did your civilization know about it?" Lin Xu was somewhat suspicious of the source of the information.
"Of course I knew it from internal information. This information will not be shared with all Colliers to prevent confusion. But with my status, I am qualified to know it. As for where I learned about my civilization, naturally I learned it from humans ten thousand years ago." Lika replied.
"You learned it from humans ten thousand years ago? What you mean is that humans ten thousand years ago told you that a human would come to destroy the universe ten thousand years later, and asked you to prepare in advance and kill that human?" Lin Xu looked at Lika with strange eyes, as if to say, "Do you think I'm a fool?"
"You can read my brain waves, so you should know that I am not lying. In fact, we have discussed this matter internally. We find it incomprehensible that humans would remind us to kill humans, but this is the fact. This is also the reason why the radicals are so obsessed with getting rid of you at all costs. The radicals believe that since it was humans ten thousand years ago who reminded them to kill the current humans, if they really kill humans, they will definitely not be retaliated by the rest of the humans."
"But we conservatives have a different view. Are humans really just reminding us to kill them? Or is there something we have misunderstood? If we have misunderstood what humans meant ten thousand years ago, the cost of killing humans would be too great for us to bear. Perhaps that would be the true destruction of the universe. Without this confirmation, we really cannot take action against humans. So we advocate imprisoning humans who return ten thousand years later, so that even if there are problems, everything will be under control." The origins of Lika's radicals and conservatives were made clear.
Nanzhu, who was listening nearby, nodded in sudden realization.
"That's what I said. Are those radicals' brains filled with confusion? They dare to do anything. It turns out they think that humans ten thousand years ago told them to do so! No, how could humans ten thousand years ago want to kill Lord Lin Xu? This is absolutely impossible. Did you get something wrong?" Nanzhu reacted and felt that there might be a big problem here.
After all, if humans ten thousand years ago really wanted to kill Lin Xu, there would be no need to leave behind relics of Lin Xu wherever they went.
"We also suspect that something has gone wrong, which is why we conservatives exist." Lika nodded in acknowledgement.
"You just mentioned the universe-traveling fortress. Was it from there that humans left the universe ten thousand years ago?" Lin Xu did not ask about the prophecy, but changed to another question.
Just as Lika said, they also had doubts about the prophecy, which is why conservatives exist. So if you want to determine whether the prophecy is true or not, you can't find the correct answer from Lika or the Collier people because they don't know either.
So Lin Xu had to change direction, and the so-called universe-traveling fortress was obviously a breakthrough point.
Lin Xu even suspected that the remains left behind by humans this time might be the universe-traveling fortress itself!
"Yes, humans left this universe through the Space Crossing Fortress ten thousand years ago." Lika replied.
"Can you give us a detailed introduction to this fortress?" Lin Xu asked.
"I don't know much about the Space Crossing Fortress. I only know that humans built it in order to open the barriers between universes in the ocean of the multiverse and conduct cross-universe jumps," Lika explained.
"So, the Space Crossing Fortress is a facility that can travel between universes?" Lin Xu nodded to show that he understood.
"Yes, but with the technological capabilities of humans at the time, such a space-crossing fortress could only be built at the edge of the universe. Then, by taking advantage of the weak cosmic barriers at the edge of the universe, it was possible to cross the universe. If it was located closer to the center of the universe, humans would probably not be able to successfully build a space-crossing fortress." Lika added.
"So that's how it is. Then do you know which universe humans went to?" Lin Xu continued to ask.
"I'm not sure. I think no one can know this unless they can open the universe-traveling fortress sealed by humans and get the data left by humans. But no one can open the fortress sealed by humans, except you, I'm afraid. This is also why we conservatives suspect that there is something wrong with the prophecy about humans. Otherwise, if humans really want to remind us to kill you, why would they leave the universe-traveling fortress to you?" Lika looked at Lin Xu, his eyes full of confusion.
At this point, Lin Xu was almost certain that the universe-traveling fortress should be the relic left for him.
"Do you know where the space-travel fortress is?" Lin Xu asked.
"I don't know." Lika smiled bitterly.
"Who knows? Is there anyone with a higher status than you?" Lin Xu continued to ask.
"No, no one knows this, no matter how high or low their status is." Lika sighed.
"Why?" Lin Xu asked puzzled.
"Because thousands of years ago, after we confirmed that humans had successfully upgraded to a new dimension, we destroyed the coordinates of the Universe Crossing Fortress. All god-level civilizations supervised each other and destroyed the coordinates of the Universe Crossing Fortress that they had kept. At the same time, they also erased the memories of those who knew the location of the Universe Crossing Fortress to ensure that even if you really come, you will have no chance to find out where the Universe Crossing Fortress ." Lika replied.
"You guys really did something ruthless." Nanzhu sighed.
Even Mu Xiyue next to her had a complicated look. This group of god-level civilization was so cruel.
"Confirm that humans have successfully upgraded their dimensions? How did you confirm that humans have successfully upgraded their dimensions?" Lin Xu asked with an idea in his mind.
"It was confirmed by Lord Rumen." Lika replied.
"Lord Lumen? Who is that?" Lin Xu asked.
"He is a member of the Apocalypse tribe who lives in seclusion on the edge of the universe. He was once an ally of mankind, but for some reason, when humans left the universe, he did not leave with them." Lika was a little confused when he said this.
Speaking of which, this is also one of the unsolved mysteries among the many god-level civilizations on the edge of the universe. Why didn't Rumen leave with humans back then?
"The Apocalypse tribe?" Nanzhu screamed.
Mu Xiyue on the side also kept opening and closing her hands.
It’s right, everything is right.
"Do you think that Rumen knows the coordinates of the universe-traveling fortress?" Lin Xu asked.
"I don't know about this. Lord Rumen also participated in the mutual supervision of memory deletion, but no civilization was blind enough to supervise him, so he deleted it on his own. So no one knows whether it was deleted or not." Lika replied after hesitating.
"Delete it for nothing. With his villain look, he must have kept something back." Nanzhu said confidently.
"How can you be so sure that he is the villain and not us? Now it seems that we are more like the villain." Lin Xu said with a smile.
"We are obviously the righteous people who have been misunderstood, and he is the mastermind behind all this." Nanzhu directly put all the blame on the other party.
"It's not certain yet that he is the one from the Apocalypse Clan, so don't be so confident." Lin Xu reminded.
"It has to be him. Who else could it be? Let's go and capture him now. He has already killed half of himself in the previous blow. We can't let the remaining half die easily this time. Even if he has to die, he has to get what he wants to know before he dies." Nanzhu made remarks that sounded more and more like a villain.
Lika, who was standing by, looked at his nose and his mind, as if he had heard nothing.
"Rumen, ask Arisa later to see if she recognizes him." Lin Xu said after thinking for a while.
"Didn't Arisa face that Rumen's family before? That family member said that Arisa didn't know his master." Nanzhu asked puzzledly.
"Yeah, so if Arisa knows him, then he may not be the person we are looking for. However, no matter whether he is the person we are looking for or not, this is now the only chance to find the coordinates of the universe-traveling fortress, and we must go and take a look." Lin Xu stood up from the chair specially prepared for him.
All the questions that needed to be asked had been asked, and it was time for him to leave.
"Wait, wait, what should I do?" Seeing that Lin Xu was about to leave, Nanzhu and Mu Xiyue were also about to leave, Lika suddenly became anxious.
"Don't worry, I won't kill you, but I won't let you go so soon either. When I let you go depends on when I find the time-travel fortress." Lin Xu looked back at him and replied.
Lika breathed a sigh of relief.
But then his heart started to lift again, and he hurriedly asked a question.
"Lord Lin Xu, will you destroy the universe?" Lika stared at Lin Xu's back.
Lin Xu paused for a moment.
"I hope not."
Then, he walked away.
Until several people had already boarded the elevator and left the core area of the star battleship.
Nanzhu then carefully hugged Lin Xu's arm and asked in confusion.
"Master Lin Xu, why don't you just answer no?"
"I don't know why humans back then left such a prophecy. What if there really is a reason that requires the destruction of the universe? So, I hope it won't happen." Lin Xu sighed.
Imagining the scene where Lin Xu had to destroy the universe for some reason, Nanzhu shuddered. After all, this was not an unfamiliar universe, but a universe with the Milky Way and the solar system.
She even has countless people of her clan in the solar system.
"No, no, there must be something wrong." Nanzhu said quickly.
"I hope so." Lin Xu nodded.
Just like that, the elevator stopped on the surface of the star battleship. Still with the Eldar standing in two rows and cheering their farewell, Lin Xu and his companions boarded the Skylark.
But before closing the door, Lin Xu turned around and gave a reminder.
"Let's use this place as a temporary place to hold the prisoners. Send more people to prevent them from escaping."
"Yes, we will ensure the mission is completed." Many power armor warriors shouted excitedly.
Lin Xu nodded, and the hatch of the Skylark closed.
Then the Skylark took off, and before leaving, Lin Xu waved his hand casually.
In an instant, a huge space gap opened up in the portable space.
The gap in the personal space was large enough to swallow an entire star-sized scrapped warship.
I watched as the star battleship was put into the personal space and used as a temporary prison.
Only then did Lin Xu look at the battlefield which had been almost cleaned.
At this time, a large number of Eldar warriors have landed on the major planets in the main star system of the Keira people. They have captured some senior officials who had not had time to evacuate and had hidden themselves, and are conducting surprise interrogations.
Many of these people also mentioned things about prophecy.
This time Lin Xu did not go there in person, but participated in one interrogation after another in the form of a virtual image. The information he obtained was almost the same as that obtained from Lika.
Some who swore never to cooperate decided to cooperate after the elves threatened to kill them and read their consciousness.
In fact, it is possible to read their consciousness without killing them. This is just to make them cooperate.
After all, the consciousness read out is messy, and a lot of useless information needs to be filtered out to obtain useful intelligence.
It is not as efficient as active cooperation.
However, there are some who still refuse to cooperate even when threatened with being killed and having their consciousness read, so we can only really read their consciousness.
As for those people who had heroic expressions on their faces but found out that they were not dead after their consciousness was read, and how confused they were, the elves did not care.
The Eldar felt they had been merciful enough by sparing their lives.
After reading the consciousness of some people who were unwilling to cooperate, the authenticity of the intelligence was confirmed from another side.
There is no need to stay here any longer.
So Lin Xu decided to finish the finishing work as soon as possible and then go find the Apocalypse Clan who were living in seclusion on the edge of the universe.
"Rumen? I don't know him. I don't remember this name." Arisa answered after thinking.
"Maybe he changed his name?" Nanzhu guessed.
"How should I know?" Arisa rolled her eyes.
"Let's go. Whether we know him or not, we have to go and meet him. I have been curious about why he did all this for a long time." Lin Xu waved his hand and put a large number of autonomous mechanical aggregates into his personal space. The Skylark was ready and was about to set off.
