"Perhaps, the lack of a way out ahead is the biggest blow to a civilization." Xiao Yu thought silently, "It's really a terrifying thing to be confined to such a small river system......

Xiao Yu has roughly restored the entire process of the matter. In the gravitational battle of the collision of two river systems, the open cluster was ejected out of the river system, advancing billions of years in the lonely universe, millions of light-years away from the nearest river system. But at this time, a civilization was born out of this river system.

This river system is too small, with fewer stars and fewer planets. Under such circumstances, intelligent life will be born, which is really not known to this civilization whether it is lucky or unlucky.

It's a very sad civilization. Xiao Yu knew that they had never seen what the starry sky looked like. In their sky, there are only a few thousand stars that have fallen sparsely, and because of the angle, brightness, etc., the number of stars that can be seen without the help of observation instruments will definitely not exceed a thousand.

Under such circumstances, this civilization is quietly developing. With the help of the strength of their own civilization, they did not have any communication with the rest of the civilizations, and in this way, they developed to the level of a fifth-level civilization. After becoming a fifth-level civilization, the scientific and technological development process of this civilization came to a standstill due to restrictions. Because for them, everything that can be detected has already been explored, some of the deeper puzzles, and because the river system is so small. There is simply no way to study it.

It's an awkward, desperate situation -- everything that can be known is known, and there is no hope of knowing what can't be known. They are not like the rest of the civilizations. For example, Xiao Yu can be slowly moving forward. Their civilization, to this extent, has developed to such an extent that the path forward has been locked.

So this civilization is desperate, and this civilization puts its energy into the rest, like war, like conspiracy. For example, division and unity, such as a more drunken and dreamy life. If you don't explode in silence, you perish in silence. This civilization eventually exploded. They chose a path that they knew was dead, and they began to follow it steadfastly.

The end result? - Of course, they were all dead, dead in the infinite loneliness of the starry sky. None of the sixth-level civilizations had the ability to sail across the river system, let alone the fifth-level civilizations. Xiao Yu, who has experienced the voyage from the solar system to the four galaxies of Tianyuan, knows. What a desperate scene it was.

As you get farther and farther away from home. The stockpiles will become less and less, and the people's living standards will inevitably become lower and lower. Perhaps, after a certain period of time, this civilization began to dismantle the rest of the spaceship, using the rest of the spacecraft as fuel to support them to continue to move forward, but the dismantling of the spaceship could not support it for long, and they finally ran out of water.

When the final moment came, they sailed out of curvature. The ships were accelerated by conventional sailing using the last of the fuel - they accelerated them to a relative speed of 70,000 kilometers per second and began to approach their targets at a slow pace.

They are like travelers lost in the desert. When he was dying, he kept moving forward.

This is a civilization full of luck and tragedy. They were fortunate to be born in such a small river system, and tragically they were severely limited by the small river system. They ended up dedicating their lives to the journey away from their homeland and in the process of finding a way out for their civilization.

This caused Xiao Yu to think deeply. Xiao Yu began to think about a question.

"This civilization, because this river system is too small, because the development of civilization has been unbreakably limited, fell into despair, and finally died in the process of pursuing a way out. What about me...... And what about all the intelligent civilizations in this universe......"

This is a very deep problem. For example, the current universe is still vast and full of unknown existences for Xiao Yu. Even if he exhausts the energy of Xiao Yu's life, Xiao Yu will not be able to explore even one billionth of the entire universe. But Xiao Yu knew that in the early stage of the development of that extinct civilization, when they were still confined to the planet, that small river system was also a vast and incomprehensible existence for them.

In other words, what is the difference between the entire universe and this tiny river system?

When this civilization has developed enough to completely explore this river system, they have fallen into madness, so for Xiao Yu, if one day, Xiao Yu has also developed to the point where he can completely explore the entire universe, will Xiao Yu also fall into madness? In the midst of its madness, the civilization chose to embark on a path that it knew would be fatal, sailing the rest of the river system, and finally died on the journey. So when Xiao Yu fell into madness, what should Xiao Yu do, and what will he do?

This question seems to be related to another question, that is, what is the meaning of the existence of life? Perhaps, life is meaningless, and the meaning of life lies in the continuous pursuit of the unknown, in the continuous completion of one goal after another. But...... If there were no more unknowns ahead, no more goals in life, what would it be like?

Xiao Yu felt a bone-piercing chill spread through his spirit. Xiao Yu has never doubted his life, but if one day, Xiao Yu really stands at the peak of this universe, everything in the universe is known to Xiao Yu, what should he do at that time?

Like this crazy civilization, embarking on a path that continues to pursue the unknown knowing that it is certain to die?

Xiao Yu didn't know.

"When this civilization dies, I fulfill their last wishes and take them to their destination, so what should I do when I also die of madness?" Xiao Yu muttered to himself thinking about this question.

In this respect, the entire vast universe is not fundamentally different from that small river system, they are both breeding grounds for intelligent beings, and at the same time they are cages that limit intelligent beings.

"In fact, all intelligent beings are drinking to quench their thirst. All intelligent beings are satisfying their desire to explore through continuous scientific and technological progress and continuous exploration of the unknown. These technologies, as well as theories and knowledge, are not good things, they are poisons, they will make civilization form a strong dependence, and when all the unknowns are explored, this poison will eventually attack, and the civilization will eventually fall into the situation of poisoning and death. But the most ridiculous thing is that although this truth is very obvious, all civilizations, including me, cannot escape this strange circle. ”

"I ...... How can I stop? Even if they're poisons, I'm going to keep eating them. Xiao Yu muttered to himself, "If my technology can't improve, if I cut off my path of progress now, I'll go crazy now." This is predestined by nature, when I was still on earth, when I picked up the pen, picked up the book, learned the first mathematical formula, learned the first physical theorem, this poison has taken deep root in the depths of my soul, and I will not be able to liberate it for the rest of my life. My addiction will get bigger and bigger, and I will need more and more poison, and I can only continue to do so. It's better to have poison in the future than to poison it now. ”

This civilization that died on the journey made Xiao Yu think of a lot, and it had a deep impact on Xiao Yu's soul. But Xiao Yu couldn't stop his steps. The vast starry sky, the boundless universe, like beautiful and abnormal poppies, knowing the danger, but there are still countless civilizations, including Xiao Yu, who have stepped in, and they are all enthusiastic, for fear that the speed of taking drugs will be a little slower than the rest of the civilizations.

"From this point of view, those civilizations that have been destroyed by war, and those who have died in the process of exploring the unknown, are quite lucky. But this kind of luck ...... There are a few more civilizations that can feel it. At least now, I don't want this kind of luck, and I still want to continue to smoke, even if my addiction will get bigger and bigger. Xiao Yu thought about these things with a wry smile.

Xiao Yu has been thinking about this issue for a thousand years, but he has not come to a clear conclusion. Xiao Yu doesn't want to die yet, and there are still many things waiting for Xiao Yu to do. So Xiao Yu can only continue to move forward on this path.

"The Maffei One Galaxy has arrived...... I'll leave this question to a later consideration. Xiao Yu shook his head and threw the question out of his mind.

Xiao Yu unleashed the relics of that civilization and gave them a bit of initial speed. At this speed, they will enter the Maffei system, and if they are lucky, they will be captured by a star and eventually achieve a stable orbit.

What appeared in front of Xiao Yu was a new and vast river system. Xiao Yu paused slightly, and then resolutely stepped on the route into this river system.

"Even if the final result is poisoning death, let me get over the current addiction first." Xiao Yu thought so. (To be continued......)

PS: If you say one more pretending to be forced, just one sentence......

Love is also poison.