Chapter 255: The Destroyed Aether Engine
The construction of the Sentinel Array and the exploration of the "Ellipse Galaxy Alpha" went quite smoothly.
As Li Wenyuan knew from the memories of the orphans of those "Ascenders", this group of "Ascenders" had killed almost all living beings except them.
There may still be some survivors still hiding in the shadows, but today, even the "Ascended" race has been drastically reduced, and if there are really other remnants, I am afraid that the end will not be much better than that of the "Ascendant".
His spaceship has sailed through tens of thousands of galaxies in a row, but not a single living creature has been seen, although there is a reason for the mass extinction of the "Ascenders", but the universe itself is probably this dead silence.
And this also made Li Wenyuan realize how rare the situation of the galaxy is.
After all, even if those active civilizations are aside, space amoebae, space whales and other space wild animals in the galaxy are often haunted.
These magical creatures were initially trapped in a galaxy at the speed of light, but with the construction of hyperspace shipping lanes, they gradually spread to the entire galaxy, adding a life to the starry sky.
“…… If the Ascendant hadn't taken that big steps, maybe a similar world could have been created, right? ”
Recalling the history of the "Ascendant", Li Wenyuan sighed slightly.
Although the technology of this galaxy has developed a little differently, according to the unique psionic environment here, and the "ascendants'" understanding of psionic energy, it may not be a problem to come up with a "psionic superspace channel".
But the "Ascendant" civilization did not do this "thankless" thing in the end, but chose to do a big one.
Perhaps it was the belief in pursuing the "Traveler" that was too extreme, or it was simply because of the arrogance of "no more opponents", they carried out the "Ascension" plan when they were not fully prepared, and the galaxy became this ghost years later.
Humans and the "Ascendants", two similar "ancient civilizations", ended up on very different paths.
“…… The difference between inside and outside the galaxy is quite big, but I never thought that I would encounter such a special galaxy for the first time...... Or is it the special one for the galaxy? ”
The journey through this galaxy is boring, and unlike the Milky Way, where you find ruins every few galaxies, the "barrenness" is really carried out to every galaxy.
The special natural environment has created a habit of "preserving" life here, and in a society where survival and becoming stronger are the first priority, there is no room for culture and history to germinate.
Li Wenyuan had found traces of civilization on some planets that were once habitable planets, but judging only from those stone ruins, he would regard them as primitive tribes.
However, there was actually an interstellar civilization there, and according to the remnants of cosmic radiation on the fossils of unearthed creatures, individuals of those civilizations were active in the universe in large numbers, which is basically something that only interstellar civilizations can do.
The civilization of this galaxy is really "idealistic", if you convert it according to the era of galactic civilization, the civilization here is still in the classical era, and it has begun to fight with other civilizations in the universe.
The most basic "planetary unity" of interstellar civilizations has been completed by powerful psionics in civilizations very early, and they can indeed gather their personal power to skip the development process of civilization directly.
However, this has also led to the slow development of the spiritual "superstructure" of cultural inheritance, and the individual is an individual after all, and there is no way to provide so much spiritual food.
And the social atmosphere of "meritocracy" here cannot provide material security for those engaged in this industry, so it is obvious that there are no "historians" here.
“…… If I'm not mistaken, psionic energy is an energy that has a lot to do with the spiritual world, right? And then life here is the opposite......"
After examining more planets suspected of showing signs of civilization, Li Wenyuan never found a decent ruin.
Just as these civilizations have no interest in preserving their own history, perhaps objective factors dictate that they can only "live in the present".
However, under the exploration of a large number of spaceships, he finally made a discovery.
To be precise, it was not he who found it, but Gray Wind.
Without the need for camouflage, Grey Wind's exploration is very simple and crude, directly using a storm of nanobots to wander the galaxy.
Each nanobot is her detector, but she only scans it in detail when she encounters something of interest.
The task given to her by Li Wenyuan was originally to build a sentinel array, and exploring this galaxy was only incidental.
What could interest her naturally attracted Li Wenyuan's attention.
It was a fleshy planet, with a much lower mass than an ordinary planet, and due to the gravitational anomaly it caused, it was so low compared to other planets that it caught the attention of Greywind almost instantly.
And Li Wenyuan, who was still on the other side of the galaxy, also received the picture of the gray wind transmission, and immediately felt that there was still a lot of work in the civilization here.
After all, it is a planet composed almost entirely of biomass, and if "Presorin" finds it, it will definitely drool on the spot.
"I did a simple scan of this planet, and according to the feedback data, this fleshy planet seems to be a planetary 'eyeball'?"
"It's true that its interior is full of muscles, but some of the muscles will mutate rapidly under the stimulation of a large amount of psionic energy, forming a kind of glass lens."
"If I have to say, I think this is a genetic means that combines psionic energy, because from the extracted muscle cells, there are obvious traces of genetic modification, and the technology of blending organic matter into the size of a planet is most likely related to physics."
"At least judging from the information currently known, the civilization that created this 'eye' is not blindly pursuing psionic energy, and other sciences have also developed."
Under Gray Wind's judgment, the name of the "Ascendant" civilization immediately appeared in Li Wenyuan's heart.
He felt that only this civilization could do this, and Li Wenyuan, who had not been able to find the relics of the "Ascension" civilization for a long time, immediately came to the spirit and jumped a scientific research spaceship to the galaxy discovered by Gray Wind.
Once inside, he saw the fleshy planet highlighted by Grey Wind, but his attention was drawn to something else in the galaxy.
"That's ......"
Grey Wind didn't notice that Li Wenyuan's attention had shifted at first, but after a while, she realized that the scientific research ship was not approaching the fleshy planet, but was flying closer to the central star.
“…… Wait, did you find anything? Isn't it the wreckage of a 'Dyson sphere'? ”
Grey Wind apparently didn't realize what the "Dyson Sphere Wreckage" was, which was so broken that it couldn't completely hide the light of the star.
But Li Wenyuan is different, because he knows that although the two giant structures are very similar after they were built, their actual functions are completely different.
Even if the aesthetic style of civilization is completely different, if a giant building can achieve a similar function, the large framework of its foundation will not change.
This giant structure was not built by humans, but judging by the frame alone, he could understand that the giant structure and the "Dyson sphere" are not the same concept at all.
Because the frame that covers the star is a ruined "aetheric engine".
(End of chapter)