Su Yichen and his wife listened to Ike's story, he said for a long time, and he didn't stop in between, but the two of them didn't notice the passage of time, until Ike talked about his mission to the Andromeda Galaxy, Su Yichen couldn't help but ask.

"What to gain? Is it said that there is a purpose before the trip? Or do you know you can find what you need in the Andromeda galaxy? ”

Ike shook his head, his expression a little strange, as if he was thinking about how to answer the question.

"Interstellar exploration is a very risky business, but I am not the only one who carries out this mission."

"What does that mean?" Su Yichen and Luo Yan showed puzzled expressions at the same time.

Ike smiled faintly, he told Su Yichen and his wife, in fact, he is only one of the people who have carried out interstellar exploration from the Rand civilization to the galaxy, you must know that the entire universe has endless galaxies, just with the understanding of the universe of the earth civilization, scientists estimate that there are about 1 billion large galaxies similar to the Milky Way in the universe, and compared with the rand civilization, which is much more advanced than the earth civilization, the science of the rand civilization has exceeded 3 billion in this number, and even according to the calculation of the cosmic explosion, This number can theoretically be said to be infinite.

Whether it is 1 billion or 3 billion or even more, all in all, there are countless galaxies in the entire universe, and the galaxies close to the Milky Way include spiral galaxies, elliptical galaxies and dozens of large galaxies in addition to the Andromeda galaxy. Before and after Ike's departure, there were many explorers of the Rand civilization who explored in different directions.

So, Ike is not the only one with a mission, Ike is just one of these people. But in terms of fame and experience in space exploration, Ike is the richest, so he chose to target the Andromeda galaxy.

"Why the Andromeda Galaxy?" This thought came to Su Yichen and Luo Yan's minds at the same time, and they waited patiently for Ike's answer.

"Seek."

"Searching?"

"Yes! Look for! Ike nodded, "Maybe it's a thing." Maybe it's a civilization, maybe it's a planet, maybe it's a small galaxy ....... ”

Ike's words made them wonder, what exactly did these mean? One thing? A civilization? A planet? A small galaxy? It's just too broad, what exactly is Ike going to say? What's more, the Andromeda Galaxy is a large galaxy as large as the Milky Way. This region contains hundreds of millions of stars and small galaxies. Finding one thing in such a huge way, that is, finding the location of this small galaxy is also almost impossible for Ike to arrive in the Andromeda galaxy from the Milky Way.

"This starts with the ascension, do you know how many dimensions there are in the universe?" Ike asked.

"Eleventh Dimension." Su Yichen and Luo Yan replied without hesitation.

Ike smiled and nodded: "Yes, eleven dimensions, of course, some scientists propose thirteen dimensions, but whether it is eleven dimensions or thirteen dimensions, this is the most basic dimension of the universe, and it is also the initial dimension of the entire world." According to the scientific research and theories of your civilization. One thing we agree on is that the universe was a singularity in the early days of its creation, and it was the Big Bang of this singularity that caused the birth of the universe. In the period of continuous expansion after the explosion of the universe, the original eleventh dimension began to change, and finally formed the current universe, which is the fourth dimension composed of three dimensions and one dimension of time. ”

This is the foundation of physics, and both Su Yichen and Luo Yan know it very well. What Ike said wasn't complicated, and they could easily understand it. But. What did Ike say all this? What does this have to do with his so-called mission?

"As I said earlier, the scientists of my civilization, the Rand civilization, have always argued that with the development of civilization, the Rand civilization has reached a bottleneck, and if the way out of civilization is not changed, then blind colonization and expansion are not a good thing for the nature of civilization. So. Over the past thousands of years, the study of transcendence from this world has been recognized by more and more people, but it is not an easy task to ascend in the current world. ”

Ike said this, pointing to the floor in front of him, "After years of hard work. The Rand civilization has mastered a certain dimensional technology, and has also created high-dimensional weapons, just like my Pioneer spacecraft, it is equipped with powerful high-dimensional strike weapons, which are not available in other civilizations in the galaxy, which is also the pride of the Rand civilization. ”

At this point, Ike didn't show a proud expression on his face, on the contrary, there was a trace of deep regret, which made Su Yichen and his wife a little strange, but they still didn't ask questions, just quietly listened to Ike continue.

"Although we have researched high-dimensional weapons and mastered certain dimensional mysteries, we still know very little about the real secrets of dimensions. Just like our high-dimensional weapons, it can achieve high-dimensional strikes, but it cannot allow this spacecraft to directly enter the high-dimensional space, and enter the higher-level space ...... with the passengers in the spacecraft. ”

Su Yichen somewhat understood what Ike meant, science and technology are indeed like this, just like human beings originally researched gunpowder, and can use gunpowder to make weapons, but the real scientific research on gunpowder, including how it produces lethality, is explained from a scientific point of view, which is many years after the invention of gunpowder. It is precisely because of these breakthroughs in research and the understanding of its principle that more and more violent chemical explosives were produced, thus replacing the most primitive black gunpowder.

Perhaps, in some respects the two are not comparable, but in terms of the nature of understanding they are the same. The Rand civilization has made a breakthrough in dimensional research and developed high-dimensional weapons, but it does not mean that the Rand civilization has the ability to directly enter the high-dimensional space. In fact, Ike also pointed out that the dimensions that can be achieved by the high-dimensional weapons of the Rand civilization are at best five-dimensional space, and as for the higher dimensional space, the current Rand civilization cannot grasp it at all.

As for the direction of civilization proposed by the scientists of the Rand civilization, it is the ascension that Su Yichen understands. And in order to achieve this step, the Rand civilization must completely grasp all the secrets of the high-dimensional space, at least the fifth or even the sixth dimension. If this level is reached, then the human beings of the Rand civilization can directly enter the high-dimensional world, but as a three-dimensional space plus a one-dimensional cosmic intelligent life, although it can be achieved by entering the high-dimensional space in that case, if they want to adapt and live in the high-dimensional universe. The ascension of life is only the ultimate goal.

At this point, Galen once mentioned to Su Yichen that the existence of intelligent life in each dimension is different, three-dimensional space (plus the four-dimensional of time one), and intelligent life itself is three-dimensional. And when entering the higher dimensional universe, it is impossible for three-dimensional life to stay for a long time. It is impossible to survive in a higher-dimensional universe, and only when the ascension of life is completed, from three-dimensional life to five-dimensional or even six-dimensional life forms, this is the true meaning of life evolution.

"What does this have to do with the Andromeda Galaxy?" Luo Yan still didn't understand what the connection between Ike and what she said about this, and she couldn't help but ask.

"Of course." Ike sighed and said, "I just mentioned that the universe was eleven dimensions at the beginning, but with the creation of the universe, the original eleven dimensions gradually changed to the four dimensions that we are familiar with, but there is one point. The change of dimension is from high dimension to counterdimension, and the eleventh dimension is actually ...... in the process of changing to four dimensions. ”

"I see!" Luo Yan's mind flashed, and she finally understood what Ike was going to say. At the same time, Su Yichen also understood, and the eyes of the two flashed with incredulity, and they looked at Ike at the same time.

They guessed correctly, and Ike's later words confirmed their suspicions. According to the research of scientists of the Rand civilization, the entire universe is changing from eleven-dimensional to four-dimensional at a very fast speed. But compared to the time of a civilization, this speed is very long. In the universe, this constant decline in dimensional change continues, but few people notice it. In fact, the reason why the Rand civilization was able to research high-dimensional weapons was because they found a place in the galaxy, and it was precisely this place that had a mutilated high-dimensional form.

When this strange airspace was discovered. The scientists of the Rand civilization were overjoyed and immediately sent personnel to conduct an in-depth study of the matter. It's a pity that as they researched, before they could fully understand all the secrets of the high dimension, this incomplete place disappeared. All of this has evolved in the same way as any other space.

The high-dimensional fall, which made the fanatical scientists regret it, they regretted why they didn't discover this place earlier, why didn't the Rand civilization reach its current level of technology earlier? If they are given another hundred years, as long as this short period of one hundred years, then they will be able to figure out all the secrets of the higher dimension, and thus uncover the hidden veil of the high-dimensional universe.

"And this kind of place?" Su Yichen and his wife looked at each other, they didn't expect that there was such an area hidden in the galaxy, if they could go and see the magic over there, it would be so much! It's a pity that now with the fall of the mutilated high-dimensional form, everything has disappeared, which is indeed a huge pity.

"Isn't there any other region in the galaxy besides this one?"

"I don't know."

"Don't know?"

Ike replied frankly, "Yes, I don't know!" Because the Rand civilization has been looking for similar environments, but we have searched most of the galaxy and found no places like this. Of course, there may be, but we haven't found it, and this feasibility is not non-existent. So, we looked away from the galaxy and to the rest of the galaxy, like ....... ”

"The Andromeda Galaxy?"

"Yes, the Andromeda system."

Ike's narration was unexpected, Su Yichen didn't know what to say for a while, and Luo Yan also looked extremely surprised. They didn't expect that there was such an unusual secret hidden under the seemingly ordinary surface, and Ike had also said before that he deliberately left them behind, for this Su Yichen now understands, the Lante people who have been pursuing transcendence from this universe, in order to figure out the high-dimensional secrets, when Ike found out that Su Yichen and they were actually able to enter the high-dimensional space, travel through time and space to the current time and space, and Su Wei, an intelligent life, showed an unexpected talent, if Su Yichen was Ike, Then he might have made the same decision as Ike.

The doubts in his heart were explained, and Su Yichen's vigilance and vigilance against Ike gradually dissipated, but there was still one more problem, that is, Ike's so-called help, which Su Yichen had not yet decided, knowing that the hourglass was the only item they could go back to, if they lost it, it also meant that they would never be able to go back to this time and space.

At this moment, Luo Yan asked, "Does the Rand civilization think that there may be such a region in the extragalactic galaxy?" But the question is, how do you find this area? You know, the whole Andromeda galaxy is so huge, even if there is such a place, how do you find it? ”

"You know this, don't you?" Ike smiled, took out a small thing and put it on the table, Su Yichen was stunned when he saw it, what was placed on the table was just a transparent item that was not much bigger than a child's fist, this transparent item was irregular, like a piece of broken glass remains, but this thing made Su Yichen feel familiar at a glance.

After asking Ike if he could pick it up and take a closer look, when he got the other party's consent, Su Yichen reached out and picked it up, and when he got it in his hand, a familiar feeling instantly made Su Yichen understand what it was.

The texture and touch of this thing that looked like a glass shard were almost exactly the same as the hourglass he had, of course, there were subtleties that were different, which Su Yichen could tell after looking carefully, but they were the same kind of thing, which he could be sure of.

"This is a remnant of a mutilated high-dimensional region, a special silicon crystal that has very special characteristics and is extremely stable. It's very versatile, it's not renewable, and how it's created or made, we haven't figured it out until now. However, it is certain that we have not been able to synthesize this material so far, and at most we will have some processing of it for our needs. ”

"You're looking for it to find what you need to find?" Luo Yan took this thing and played with it in her hand, exchanged a mutually aware look with her husband, and then asked Ike.

"Yes, there is a special device on board the Pioneer spacecraft that is able to detect the reaction of this material in space." Speaking of this, Ike looked at Su Yichen: "I forgot earlier, now I want to add, in fact, there is a third reason for keeping you here, and it is because I detected the existence of similar materials and items on your body, which is also the most important reason, so I decided to do so." (To be continued.) )