Chapter 21: The Cursed Universe
"Ah~~~~~Ah~~~~ I have to say, the angle of this question is really tricky!" There was a hint of annoyance in the tone of the base host, "In vain, I deliberately introduced the topic to the empire before, and I wanted to introduce you to the greatness of the empire and let you know that I am afraid by the way...... Okay, okay, and slow down, you can't help me with this question, please listen to me. ”
"As Mistress Lilith said, this is a universe cursed by the gods...... No, no, no, it's not an exaggeration, it's true! It's really cursed by the gods, and not so long ago — about 300,000 years ago, I knew that this time span was enough for a carbon-based creature to complete a full round of evolution, but on the time scale of the universe, it was only a short moment. 300,000 years ago, this universe was no different from any other universe: it had normal parameters, it was in the middle of a large nascent universe, it was even very young, only three billion years old, and in the pan-universe, it was even a child, as if it had just completed its first flash...... Well? Don't understand? That's when all the universes were born, the first universe had no time, no space, nothing, just a point, a tiny point that contained the seeds of the whole universe, and at some point, boom!! The universe was born......"
Hao Xiaomei quietly poked Hao Shen's waist, "The Big Bang!" ”
"Aha, yes, the Big Bang is described by many species, but this machine doesn't think it's appropriate. The evolution of that moment is not something that mortal species can describe, how mysterious, how miraculous, that moment contains the final question and the final answer. Of course, this is not on our topic! The base host snapped his fingers, and the topic was back on track: "300,000 years ago, when the empire was at its peak, we were invincible, and we could kill whoever we wanted!" Yes, it was at that time that we exterminated a powerful civilization of carbon-based creatures...... But in fact, we love peace, but there are always too many people in this world who have malicious intentions towards you. We've been to many galaxies, we've seen many civilizations, civilizations of all kinds, and the Empire has always extended friendly hands to them, but most of the time, we've always received bombs in response. The Empire is just doing things – and we're giving them back with bombs! As a result, we quickly became famous in pan-universe circles......... Okay, okay, I'm not going to get away from it anymore, let's definitely get to the point. 300,000 years ago, we just cleaned up a murdered paranoiac maniac who shouted that 'the laws of the universe are the laws of darkness', hey, no, this section can't be bypassed, why do you always think that foreign civilizations want to rob their land, their houses, their women? There are so many planets in the universe, just find a change and change it to live, there are so many resources in the uninhabited galaxy, why do we have to destroy people, right? Regardless of the fact that in the end the Empire gave them justice - we darkened them once and uprooted them. Ah, at that time, we wiped out that planet with ease, and then we were going to wander around another universe, and here we were, a young, vibrant universe! At that time, the universe was so beautiful, full of new stars, and very few galaxies perished. Colorful lights shine with the colors of youth. We even met the pioneer civilization of this universe, they have mastered the technology of interstellar navigation, well, it's a pity that the mouth is too stinky, and they greet our mother as soon as we meet, which is actually nothing, the Star Ring Empire is an artificial intelligence civilization, and all our members are copied, so we don't have a mother. But that would be a provocation to the Empire! We resolutely ......"
"Wait! Wait a minute! Hao Shen suddenly stretched out his hand to pause, and he showed a greeting face, "What civilization did you just say?" ”
"Artificial intelligence civilization, there is a problem?" The host asked rhetorically, looked at Hao Shen's face, and then suddenly realized, "Oh, yes, as a civilization that was not originally conceived but created, we are indeed a little different. But our technology is also developed by ourselves, and we do not rely on the technology of any parent civilization. Our development has traces, from the very beginning of the drone, to the super fleet of the galaxy, step by step, there is no fault. Ah, you're not going to discriminate against us, are you? I have to tell you well, you must know that the last civilization that discriminated against us so much has been rubbed on the stars by us for 10,000 years and finally turned into a lump of fusion fuel. ”
"Well, it's not, it just feels like a novelty." Hao Shen nodded, turned back to Hao Xiaomei and whispered, "Artificial intelligence? Is it the kind of Skynet? ”
"Pretty much, but they should be much better than the governor."
"Ahem, over there, don't whisper!" The host of the base pointed at Hao Shen's brothers and sisters, "If you want to listen to it, give me silence!" It was a bitter battle, and the Empire suffered for the first time in the war. But we still won the final victory (Hao Shen pouted, through that slate, Hao Shen already knew this history) Anyway, what's going on with your strange expression, listen well! In short, we have to continue to recuperate in this universe, yes, this planet, right here. Ha, this was originally the property of that vile civilization, and the city above it was built by them, and they called it a temple. We've transformed this temple and used the last of our power to teleport our fleet into a space bubble, and the entrance is the center of the temple! Hahaha, they certainly didn't expect that the temple they revered as the god of faith had actually become our gate, although we haven't left this planet since then, but it's cool to think about! ”
"And then? How did you get to this point? Hao Xiaomei raised her hand and asked curiously.
"Well, we got away with it later." The host of the base looked at him left and right, quite embarrassed, "The god they believe in is not something they imagined, but a true god - you know, those sub-gods are all out of specification, they have banished this planet, you should see the huge basin in the northern hemisphere - the true god kicked us, he kicked us all more than 700 light years!" ”
Hao Shen: "...... Am I rubbing so hard? ”
"What do you think? That's God! We have seen the true God once in our lives, but what we saw was people's feet, but the power of people, tsk, didn't say! Oh, by the way, you don't have to ask about the true God, I really can't answer you. This is also what I know from Lord Lilith, at first we thought that the other side had invited the planet giant to renew the plug-in! The base host sighed in disappointment.
"And then? By the way, you said you are an artificial intelligence civilization, so is Lilith? She doesn't look like you. Hao Shen thought of Lilith, she didn't look like an artificial intelligence.
"Lilith-sama, of course she's not. She is the supernumerary king of the empire. As soon as the host talked about Lilith, he immediately refreshed, "Ahh Ah, we will never forget the little bed of Lilith that was dug up from the bottom during the excavation of this temple...... Not this one, of course, but a huge, small bed with great energy, and she curled up there, covered with a light light, and fell into a sweet sleep......"
In order to let Hao Shen understand the situation at that time, the system played the image of that time on the display screen in an all-round way: in a dark space, a huge platform, four majestic statues stood at the four corners, each idol held a blade, stretched out his finger and pointed to the center of the platform, four rays of light traveled along the fingers, piling up thousands of huge chains condensed from nothingness on the entire platform, wrapped around a lying figure in the middle of the platform. The small silver-haired figure was covered with chains of brilliance, and on them were huge and unbelievable words that Hao Shen could translate.
"There's a vicious dog inside!" "Dire, danger, don't come close!" "Don't open it!" "This is the seal of the Protoss, don't move!" "Open the Dead Family!" "Get a certificate!" "Do you want to do it? Please contact the shadow to look at the back if you can't finish writing on this side! ”
"It's a seal, hey! The seal of the Protoss! That's how you guys unravel?! Hao Shen looked at the base host frantically, speechless to the extreme.
"What a faux pas, how could Lord Lilith be sealed? She's just asleep! The host snorted dissatisfiedly, "But strange to say, it was after the awakening of Lord Lilith that those Protoss appeared, and they disappeared after kicking the planet away." Then the entire universe was torn from the pan-universe net by them and pushed into the void. The Protoss are generally neutral, and they rarely participate in the affairs of the mortal species, so it's really strange that they actually fought without saying a word this time. ”
"It's even weirder than you! You opened the seal of the Protoss first! That's why they pushed this world into the void, this is to seal the entire universe together! ”
PS: It's all a chapter of dialogue