"At the time, we thought that Barrow Star had been sucked into a black hole and that four trillion of its compatriots had disappeared forever. Because we don't know enough about miniature black holes, this misconception has arisen. ”

"Misconception?"

"That's right, after Barrow Star was swallowed by the black hole, it has been completely destroyed, but it has not disappeared, but has been transformed into a mass energy body in the process of collapse. This is a phenomenon that we simply could not explain at the time, and it is the main difference between miniature black holes and natural black holes. What's more, the Barrow civilization was not destroyed, at least not completely, and some of them survived and became more powerful using the mass energy transformed from Barrow. In addition, they stay in miniature black holes for a long time, just for us it is only for a moment. After learning more about miniature black holes and mass-powered bodies, they found a way to leave the miniature black hole and through this method to reach another microuniverse, the microuniverse where the miniature wormhole is located. ”

"They opened the space bridge?"

"There's nothing wrong with that. The point is that they were the first to discover this secret, and in the micro-universe they arrived, there was no high-level intelligent civilization. ”

"This ......"

"The result is obvious, they have eliminated the intelligent civilization in this micro-universe, occupied this micro-universe, and established their own civilization."

"And then?"

"Using the space bridge, they are back."

"War?"

"Of course not, but jointly."

"Joint?"

"There is no doubt that there must be more than two micro-universes in the cosmic space we exist, and the micro-universe they arrived at is just the result of random selection. To put it simply, there are other micro-universes that can also be accessed through space bridges. Ivy paused slightly, "At the time, it was just theory, and to turn theory into practice, it took experiments, and it took a lot of time. In fact, that's exactly why they're back. ”

"Why?"

"We must admit that we are very lucky, because the first space bridge that has been erected leads to a relatively simple micro-universe that has not yet evolved a powerful civilization. The problem is that no one can guarantee that there will not be a sufficiently powerful civilization in the next micro-universe that we will open. If we rashly intrude into the territory of a powerful civilization, even if this civilization has not yet mastered the space bridge technique, it may lead to annihilation. To put it bluntly, space bridge technology is not complicated, and it does not require overly developed science and technology. At least the basic theory of space bridge technology is very simple, and all that is needed is some practice and experience summed up through practice. ”

"This ......"

"In any case, it is safer for the remaining Barrow civilization to venture alone than to join forces with the home planet civilization to explore other micro-universes. As for the problem of resources, if we are strong enough, we can occupy enough micro-universes, and there will be no shortage of resources. ”

"And then?"

"In a very short period of time, probably less than a hundred years, we have discovered two other micro-universes one after another, and we have successfully captured these two micro-universes."

"And then the solar system?"

"Not so fast." Ivey paused a little and said, "During this time, we encountered a lot of problems and found a lot of problems. ”

"What's the problem?"

"The first is that other micro-universes are far less complex than our own. Two of them are very similar to the solar system, both have only one star, while the other has two stars, but the two stars are of equal mass and orbit each other, and the planets in the galaxy are in large elliptical orbits. All in all, these galaxies are all simpler in structure. ”

"This should be a good thing."

"In the beginning, this was true, because the intelligent civilizations in these micro-universes were far inferior to ours, and some were even very primitive. In other words, we can occupy these micro-universes at the lowest cost, and it is not difficult to destroy their native civilization at all. But upon further study, we found that the problem was far from simple, and there was no reason to be happy about it. ”

"For what?"

"It's a very fortuitous discovery, which is that the physical constants in these microuniverses are exactly the same."

"What do you mean?"

"There is no difference in the speed of the passage of time, the flatness of space, and the basic elements that make up the stars."

"This ......"

"In fact, after discovering the space barrier that prevents us from going to other micro-universes, some scientists have proposed that the micro-universe we are in was created by a powerful being, and even we were created, otherwise this powerful existence would not use a space barrier to imprison us, let alone somehow let us see other micro-universes, that is, other stars in the night sky. It's just that for a long time this speculation was dismissed as heresy, at least no one could prove it. It was only after the discovery of the other three microuniverses, and the knowledge of these three microuniverses, that we gradually realized the correctness of this speculation. ”

"So, you guessed the existence of the Creator?"

"So to speak, these findings are not something to be happy about. You must know that no matter how powerful we are, no matter how advanced the science and technology we have, it is nothing in front of this powerful being who can create the micro-universe we are in, or even other micro-universes. What is even more tragic is that no matter how many micro-universes we have conquered, we have never been able to break away from the clutches of this powerful being. ”

Chu Tianjiang was silent, because he had already learned about this from Feister.

"With this realization, we are very desperate. However, at the time, the discovery was not made public, so the vast majority of individuals still had a very strong desire to expand. ”

"Why didn't you make it public?"

"Don't you think it's even more stupid to go public?"

"I don't think so."

"Don't forget, there are too many individuals, and all of them are enjoying the benefits of expansion. If such news were to be released suddenly, in addition to generating despair, it would destroy the entire social fabric and completely collapse a civilization of trillions of individuals. ”

"That's not the most fundamental reason."

"Yes, that's really not the most fundamental reason." Ivy smiled wryly. "There is a more important reason that we have not confirmed this speculation."

"Confirmation?"

"The study of the four micro-universes has allowed us to make a very big discovery. That is, the simpler the structure of the microuniverse, the longer it exists. On the contrary, the micro-universe with complex structure exists for a shorter period of time. Obviously, this is a phenomenon that is difficult to explain with the science and technology at our disposal. The only plausible explanation is that these micro-universes were created in order, and that the simple micro-universes were created first, and then the complex micro-universes. If our guess is correct, it says a lot. This creator is also an intelligent individual, and in the process of practice, he has gradually mastered the ability to create a micro-universe. ”

Chu Tianjiang didn't speak, and these had already been thought of by Feist.

"So, how many micro-universes did this creator create, and where was the one he originally created, and what was it like?"

"Does it matter?"

"Of course, very important."

"For what?"

"Although we already control four micro-universes, and these four micro-universes are very similar, they are only similar, not identical. There are still some differences between these four micro-universes, especially in the basic physical phenomena that manifest themselves at the microscopic level. There is no doubt that in the process of creating, the creator is constantly improving the method of creation. It is in this way that we must find the first microuniverse in order to know enough about the creator and to find a way to deal with the potential dangers. ”

"Dangerous?"

"Obviously, it is impossible for the creator to create several micro-universes for no reason, and let all the micro-universes evolve into intelligent civilizations."

"This ......"

"Until we can find the microuniverse that was originally created, we must keep it a secret, and we must use expansion to find and explore more microverses. It is precisely because of this that our pace of expansion has not stopped, and new internal contradictions have arisen as a result. ”

"What contradiction?"

"The contradiction between traditional ideas and new ideas, to put it simply, is how to treat other intelligent civilizations."

"This ......"

"You already know that after two expansions and large-scale civil wars, we are no longer a purely intelligent civilization, even at the most basic level, we are made up of the genes of multiple populations, so we carry the history of multiple populations in us, but the strongest expression is our original civilization. So, when expanding into other micro-universes, should we continue the previous tradition and absorb and integrate the advantages of other intelligent life, or should we simply discard other intelligent life? ”

"That's the problem, too?"

"Of course, and it is a very crucial one, the question of whether the whole social structure can remain intact, that is, whether another civil war can be avoided."

"As a result, a civil war broke out?"

"Nope. If a civil war breaks out, I'm afraid we will already be doomed. It's just that the resulting contradictions divide us into three isolated populations. It is on this basis that three different ways of development have emerged and have become more complex. ”