【Aether Engine】

[Introduction: This is the "ultimate construct" conceived to complete the "Natural Disaster Plan".] We will use the sun as a focal point to gather enough energy in the real universe and trigger a surge of energy to break down that boundary. After that, the Shroud will merge with the real universe, and the final coming will begin with us, and we will move our race to the higher worlds...... Probably going to be like this? Did you really travel to a higher world? 】

[Special note: Welcome to the world of natural disasters!] Eh, isn't this an aetheric engine? Let's take a look at the skull on top! 】

This is the introduction of the etheric phase engine, a derivative technology of the "natural disaster plan" in Li Wenyuan's database.

It is said to be an "engine", but it is actually a giant structure mounted on a star.

Its role is indeed to "advance", but it is to advance the "ascent" of a civilization as a whole, and inevitably destroy other life in the process.

When completed, this giant structure is similar to a Dyson sphere, and will envelop the star.

But on the contrary, the star is only brighter when it is wrapped in an "etheric engine", because the "etheric engine" used to focus the huge amount of energy will burst out more brightly than the star during its work.

Li Wenyuan has not really seen it, but human beings have the picture of the "simulated etheric phase engine" starting.

An instantaneous energy fluctuation like the Big Bang destroyed all the planets in the galaxy in an instant.

The distance of hundreds of thousands of light-years had no effect at this point, and the entire galaxy was hit at the same time.

Stars collapsed into black holes, and ordinary planets were shattered under the impact of huge energy, and even directly knocked out of the gravitational circle of the galaxy.

The atmosphere of the gas giant has been blown away, and the solid core is just like that of ordinary planets.

Under the burst of energy that will destroy such a galaxy, no life can be spared, and the only thing that can be celebrated is that death only comes in an instant, without pain.

It can be said that building an "Aetheric Engine" is no different from becoming a "natural disaster", and any intellectual life that wants to survive will resist to the end, and there is no possibility of mediation.

This is also the origin of the name of the "natural disaster plan", which is the pre-requirement of the "etheric phase engine".

What Li Wenyuan didn't expect was that the "Ascendant" civilization adopted the same method.

At first, when he learned from memory, although he had guessed that this civilization was also following this path, after all, the technology they focused on was different, and he felt that the "Ascendant" civilization might have a new way.

But the "Aetheric Engine" found here revealed to him the ways of the "Ascended" civilization.

“…… Is it because the "Shroud" is easy to bully that the human race and the 'Ascendant' have noticed this sea of energy early? ”

Li Wenyuan didn't even care about the fleshy planet at this time, but was quite interested in the wreckage of this "Aether Engine".

Obviously, the Ascendant civilization has messed up, but there may be some data left in this wreckage that can help him better understand the history of the Ascendant and try to find traces of the "gods" in the spiritual world of the fallen.

His intuition told him that the "god" was most likely related to the "ascendant".

As the ship approached, he began to inspect the various parts of the "Aetheric Engine".

Contrary to what was suspected, there is a place similar to a "data repository" in this "Aetheric Engine", and there are traces of a large number of mechanical creations.

This seems to be a little inconsistent with the strong psionic atmosphere of this galaxy, but since the other party is a "Ascendant" who is as comprehensive as possible, it is not impossible that there will be such a contrast.

However, after checking it, Li Wenyuan found that the data repository had been completely damaged, and he could not extract any useful information.

“…… Presumably, judging by the condition of the 'Aether Engine', it should have been completed, or near-completed, but the only remaining remains were apparently destroyed in a massive explosion. ”

"Although the scale of this explosion is not as powerful as the power generated after it is actually activated, it is not easy to destroy this part that is close at hand, and it can be regarded as the 'Ascendant' civilization is highly technologically advanced to maintain a fairly complete framework......

Li Wenyuan was a little helpless about this fact, but he still did not give up and tried to find possible traces within this framework.

And this search, he really found something.

It was the strongest junction in the frame, a hemispherical field that not even the Big Bang could destroy.

Because it was so mundane and there was no signal, he initially ignored it.

But under the meticulous scanning, Li Wenyuan found that this place seemed to be an "artificial intelligence control terminal", and the style used was even very similar to the style of the "artificial intelligence planet" in his records.

This immediately attracted his attention, because he knew that all idealistic civilizations had a taboo attitude towards "artificial intelligence".

Even if the "Ascendant" civilization is slightly different, it is still an idealistic civilization in nature, and it is true that "artificial intelligence" has never been mentioned in the history of the "Ascendant" so far.

A large number of drones began to detach the collapsed metal structure from the rubble, and soon cleared a passage to the hemispherical field.

The swarthy entrance of the cave seemed to reveal the secret, but Li Wenyuan did not hesitate and let the drone team rush directly in.

Everything along the way was recorded in high-definition pictures, and in addition to the high-tech metal passages, I also saw text and pictures on the walls that were very different from the style here, and what was suspected to be some kind of cult ritual.

Most of them are too old to be seen, but some of them can still be deciphered.

With the help of the knowledge he had gained from the sealed memories of those degenerates, Li Wenyuan successfully translated the content of this part of the text:

“…… This seems to be some kind of place of high remembrance, or is it related to 'sacrifice', 'loneliness', 'eternity'? Why is there such a place on the 'Aetheric Engine'? ”

As the doubts deepened, the drone swarm also flew over countless obstacles, and finally came to the core of the building.

It was a large chamber, surrounded by walls filled with various instruments and luminous devices, most of which were damaged, and the rest were dull.

But in the middle of this dilapidated chamber, there is an extremely striking device in the center, connected to a large number of wiring.

The device appeared to be a nutrient pod, with a breach in it, leaving the chamber with a thin layer of "that thing" that was still protected in the pod.

And after seeing "that thing", Li Wenyuan's heart also trembled slightly.

Because it was the brain of some kind of creature that was not yet dead, still exuding vivid colors, and it was tenaciously living in this nutrition pod.

It also seemed to have discovered Li Wenyuan's arrival, and the only remaining lights around it came back on, illuminating this lonely world.

(End of chapter)