Volume 3 Chapter 258 Manipulating Causal Time
As time goes by, the surrounding scenery changes from the black and white tones of a silent film to color again.
The light emitted by the stars in the sky finally took on color.
Lin Xu and others who were in the star ring orbit returned to the present time.
Everything is working normally, as if nothing has changed.
But in fact, history has changed. Under Lin Xu's gentle manipulation, the history of this race, this civilization, this planet, and this galaxy has become another, making the present future no longer false, but truly fixed.
"I like the current scenery of this planet." Nanzhu looked at the planet below, which was covered with lush vegetation after being protected and transformed by civilization.
"I like it too, but it seems like we are treated as uninvited guests." Mu Xiyue nodded and turned to look around. A large number of spaceships were flying out from the star ring and surrounded the location where they were.
Obviously, their behavior of standing here so openly has been discovered.
"It is suspected that an alien civilization has been discovered. I repeat, it is suspected that an alien civilization has been discovered."
"Oh my god, these aliens can actually stand in space without any protection? Have they modified their bodies? Or are these just mimic robots?"
"What does it say? Are we going to make an arrest?"
"The superiors are still discussing it. The temporary conclusion is not to use force, unless the other party refuses to use force. This is our first contact with another civilization, so we must be extremely careful."
Above the star ring, images of Lin Xu and others were also being displayed on a large screen in a conference room .
At the same time, the representatives who were urgently summoned to the meeting through holographic images appeared at their positions as the holographic projections on their seats lit up. But in fact, they were not there in person. This was just a holographic projection. So some of the people who were urgently summoned to the meeting were wearing sportswear, some were wearing beach pants, and some were even wearing pajamas.
"How could aliens suddenly appear? According to our long-term monitoring of the recent few galaxies, we have not found any civilizations in those galaxies."
"This can only mean that the other party came from farther away, and the distance may even be beyond our imagination."
"Plus, since the other party was able to appear quietly near the star ring, their technology must be far beyond ours. So unless it is necessary, we must not provoke them, because once a war breaks out, it may be a disaster."
"If the other party doesn't cooperate, should we just let them go?"
The people in the conference room were arguing, but before they could come to a conclusion, the figures of Lin Xu and others disappeared from the big screen that was broadcasting their images in real time.
At the same time, the on-site report was also transmitted.
"They disappeared. Their speed was so fast that they exceeded the speed of light in the blink of an eye and quickly left this galaxy."
"Leaving this galaxy? Are you kidding? Where is the invisible barrier outside the galaxy?"
"It disappeared. After they broke through, the barrier disappeared."
"Disappeared? Quick, send out a spacecraft to investigate immediately."
In the conference room, no one was paying attention to the aliens anymore. Everyone's attention was shifted to the barrier that had been breached.
They have tried countless methods for thousands of years to break through the invisible barrier that has always surrounded the outer periphery of the galaxy, but have never been able to do so. This is why this civilization has made countless preparations, even building a huge immigration ship on the farthest planet, but has never migrated outside the galaxy.
Because of that barrier, they tried countless ways but couldn't break through it.
Even a small probe cannot fly out.
It can be said that this civilization is trapped in this galaxy.
Even though this civilization has always been building this galaxy with hope, in the foreseeable future it will face the despair of being unable to leave this galaxy.
But now, that barrier has been broken and seems to have disappeared.
Does that mean they can also leave this galaxy?
If this is the case, then why should we care about aliens? In their eyes, the disappearance of the barrier is hundreds or thousands of times more important than any aliens.
At the same time, Lin Xu, who had eliminated the high-dimensional characteristic space that obscured this galaxy, stood outside the galaxy and looked back at the galaxy behind him. From his high-dimensional perspective, he could also see the collision between the cosmic correction force and the modified history as the high-dimensional characteristic space disappeared.
However, with human will as the anchor and the support of higher-dimensional forces, the cosmic correction force soon had to accept the changes in the history of this galaxy.
Gradually, as time goes by, the new history of this galaxy will be completely accepted by the universe and recorded into the memory of the universe, and it will never be changed. It is far more solid than any previous history.
Because this is history that has been changed by humans.
Unless a force far more powerful than humans emerges, this period of history will be extremely stable, even more stable than normal history.
Then, Lin Xu withdrew his gaze and looked towards a place just a few dozen light years away.
It was a magnificent and huge fortress that appeared out of thin air in the universe as the high-dimensional characteristic space disappeared.
Originally, it was blocked by the high-dimensional characteristic space set up in this galaxy. Now, with the disappearance of the high-dimensional characteristic space, the blocked universe-traveling fortress has also been revealed.
At the same time, all kinds of incredible characteristics also appeared from the universe-traveling fortress.
For example, the information about the space-travel fortress detected by the Skylark's quantum radar and hyperspace detection radar showed all kinds of confusing, contradictory data.
It was as if it was not a fortress, but an indescribable mass condensed there.
It is both expanding and contracting, it is both moving and still.
Its mass is increasing, its mass is shrinking, its time is going backwards, its time is going forwards.
"Time goes backwards? Time goes forward? Could it be that the universe-traveling fortress also applies the time causality technology? When humans built the universe-traveling fortress, did they already master the ability to control causal time?" Nanzhu said in surprise.
"That should be the case, otherwise Rumen would not be so obsessed with the law of causality and even use Lord Lin Xu for experiments." Arisa glanced at Lin Xu, and unknowingly, she also began to call Lin Xu Lord.
"Let's go and take a look." Lin Xu nodded.
Then the space jump channel was opened, and several people entered it. When they reappeared, they had arrived near the universe crossing fortress.
The fortress that appeared in the sight of several people was extremely large, as big as a star, like a stellar battleship.
Various majestic equipment are scattered throughout the fortress, but this is only a visual view of the universe-traveling fortress.
However, even with the various instruments and close-up inspections, it is impossible to clearly depict the shape of the fortress, or even its most basic quality.
Sometimes the fortress seemed extremely large, sometimes it seemed extremely small, sometimes it seemed to be preparing a destructive attack, and sometimes it was as calm as a spring.
But in the sight, the fortress has always been there and has never changed, but it is so strange when detected by the instruments.
"Could it be that there is an equipment failure?" Nanzhu looked through the long list of inspection reports provided by Yinghuo on the Skylark, but was still unable to accurately define the space-traveling fortress, not even its appearance.
It was as if the universe-traveling fortress they saw now was actually fake, just an appearance, and the real universe-traveling fortress was not here at all.
"No, that's right, the fortress is indeed not here, or rather, the main body is not here." Lin Xu, who was observing from a high-dimensional perspective, was able to see things that the others could not see, and a look of sudden realization appeared on his face.
"Not here? Then where is it?" Lu Yao asked curiously. She had just tried to use nanorobots to observe the fortress, but now she felt dizzy.
"In the past, in the history of various times and spaces, but not here." Lin Xu replied.
"In the past, in different time and space?" Nanzhu's eyes widened.
"Yes, this fortress has hidden its body in history, and it is not at a fixed historical time point. Instead, each part of the fortress is hidden in a historical time and space. The fortress as a whole is divided into countless parts, hidden in countless historical time and space. What we see now is just the projection of the fortress in the present time and space." Lin Xu nodded.
"Why is it so troublesome?" Nanzhu asked in confusion.
"If you want to destroy this fortress, you can only go to every historical time and space and destroy every part of the fortress. Otherwise, you will only destroy the projection of the fortress in the real time and space. No matter how many times it is destroyed, the fortress can be restored to its original state because what is destroyed is not the main body." Lin Xu explained.
"This is so complicated." Nanzhu said it was a bit confusing.
"No wonder the data measured by the detection equipment is so confusing." Lu Yao nodded repeatedly.
"Wait a minute, Rumen wants to merge with the Universe Crossing Fortress, so has he also divided himself into countless parts and run to countless historical time and space?" Nanzhu said that he had discovered the blind spot.
"Yes, he no longer has high-dimensional power, so this attempt, as he said, is the last one at the cost of his life." Lin Xu said as he flew towards the universe-traveling fortress.
"Then, can he succeed?" Nanzhu was a little worried.
"That depends on how long it takes us to travel to different time and space and capture and destroy his clones. If he is given enough time, he will eventually have the opportunity to use the causal time ability he has just mastered to merge some of his clones with part of the original body of the Universe Crossing Fortress." Lin Xu replied.
"What will be the consequences?" Nanzhu thought about it and found it hard to imagine.
"There won't be any consequences. Each part of the Universe Crossing Fortress hidden in different histories is only a small part. Even if he merges some of it, it will only infect a very small area of the Universe Crossing Fortress. The result is that when we leave this universe and go to other universes, we have to take him with us. Maybe he can find a way to revive in the future." Lin Xu thought for a while and said.
"Resurrect? Does he still have a chance?" Nanzhu asked puzzled.
"If his fellow tribesmen who once left with humans can really find a way to successfully upgrade their dimension, it is not impossible to rescue him again." Lin Xu said after thinking for a while.
"So this so-called final experiment is to take a gamble and see if there is a chance to escape." Nanzhu expressed his understanding.
"This is indeed an experiment to verify some of his ideas about causal time. It just combines the experiment with self-help." Lin Xu did not deny it completely.
"Then what should we do? Go back into history and eliminate him in every period? Or do it now?" Nanzhu was already a little impatient.
"No need to go through so much trouble. He is also a wise man who can make mistakes even if he has made many plans." As Lin Xu said this, he had already arrived very close to the universe-traveling fortress.
The nanorobots in the body surged and established a connection with the universe-traveling fortress in front of them.
Although the universe-traveling fortress before our eyes is only a projection of the universe-traveling fortress composed of countless parts in countless histories, it does exist in reality.
In an instant, along with the communication of the order for the return of mankind, the originally silent universe-traveling fortress suddenly came alive.
A large number of nanorobots surged in the space-travel fortress, and a large number of autonomous mechanical aggregates rushed out of the space-travel fortress and took the initiative to open the dock hatch on the space-travel fortress.
At the same time, the space behind Lin Xu opened up, and a large number of autonomous mechanical aggregates poured out, and the autonomous mechanical aggregates of both sides met again.
Then, the will of Mars, accompanied by the nanorobots, extended into the universe through the interior of the fortress.
"Successfully took over the central control console."
"Successfully took over the central database."
"Complete the connection with the space-time entities of the universe-traveling fortress."
"The system self-check is normal and can work."
"Master, Yinghuo reports to you that everything is normal in the Universe Crossing Fortress."
"Very good, let's pull all the entities back from history." Lin Xu, who had already entered the fortress, nodded and gave the order.
"The reserves of chaos energy are insufficient and need to be replenished." Yinghuo replied.
"Let me supplement it." Lin Xu said, and a huge amount of energy in the higher dimension began to surge and infuse into the universe-traveling fortress.
In just a very short period of time, the high-dimensional energy is replenished.
And compared to the chaotic energy that will produce disorder and filth after use, the power that Lin Xu draws directly from the higher dimension is much purer and will not produce any negative effects.
Suddenly, the universe-traveling fortress began to vibrate as if it were a giant beast filled with energy.
At this time, dozens of light years away, the monitoring spacecraft of various god-level civilizations that had been monitoring Lin Xu's whereabouts and had lost their monitoring targets since Lin Xu and others entered the secluded galaxy where the Apocalypse clan lived had also discovered the abnormality in the secluded galaxy of Rumen.
At the same time, the emergence of a space-traveling fortress was also discovered.
"What? An unknown civilization suddenly appeared in the galaxy where Master Lumen lived in seclusion? And it looks like it's a local civilization that has been developing for a long time? This is impossible, it's clearly a deserted galaxy."
"Wait a minute, I found it. There is a record in the system. It seems that it was not an uninhabited galaxy before. There was civilization there before. Master Lumen lived in seclusion in that civilization."
"No, no, I remember there was no civilization in that galaxy."
"But there is a clear historical record in the system that there is civilization in that galaxy."
"Is there something wrong with my memory? But it is impossible for me to remember such important information as the location of Master Lumen's retreat wrong."
"Wait, where are my memories? What happened to my memories? What are these memories that suddenly popped up? Why do I suddenly have memories of the civilization in that galaxy? Have my memories changed?"
As the cosmic correction force is unable to erase the history modified by humans, it begins to incorporate this history into real history.
Within a short period of time, the memory of a god-level civilization that had just been puzzled by the sudden appearance of a civilization in the desolate galaxy quietly changed, and the information about that galaxy recorded in the computer also changed.
At first, some people were confused as to why their memory suddenly changed. It was clearly not like this just now.
But soon, everyone forgot about this doubt and took the altered memory for granted, as if nothing had happened.
Therefore, no one paid attention to the civilization in the galaxy where Master Rumen lived in seclusion, because that civilization has always existed, and Master Rumen has always lived in seclusion in that civilization.
Everyone's attention shifted to the space-traveling fortress that suddenly appeared.
Although the monitoring instruments display all kinds of confusing and incredible monitoring data.
It's like there is something there, but it also seems like there isn't anything there.
But precisely because of this, all god-level civilizations can be certain that it is the universe-traveling fortress.
That incredible fortress, that fortress that is like a miracle of the entire universe.
Only the universe-traveling fortress can provide such chaotic monitoring data.
"So Master Lumen has been living in seclusion near the Space Crossing Fortress all these years? Did Master Lumen hide the Space Crossing Fortress?"
"Damn it, this fortress was discovered by humans after all."
"What do we do now? Do we stop humanity from destroying the universe?"
"I have always wondered, will humans really destroy the universe? What if humans didn't want to destroy the universe originally, but it is because of what we are doing now that humans want to destroy the universe?"
"You damn conservatives, what are you still hesitating about? This prophecy was told to us by humans ten thousand years ago."
"You radical bastards, don't gamble with the fate of the universe!"
The two sides quarreled again, and the fleet in the rear was also hesitating whether to attack.
At this time, the universe-traveling fortress, which had been filled with high-dimensional power, took action first.
