Chapter 280: The Wheel of History
Li Wenyuan still remembers that the "variable terminal" discovered in the "lower three spiral arms" before had a very clear introduction to the functions of its own "planetary machinery".
The "Weapon of Destruction" is it, the "Spectator" is it, the "Creator" can be it, and everything is set by the builder in his code.
Unlike the existing remodeled entertaining "variable terminal", there may be such a real "variable terminal" in the "Spiral Galaxy Alpha", and its builders may have set up its function to simply "cultivate a perfect civilization".
The "variable terminals" at this stage are basically not communicative with the outside world, and the related buildings are mostly passive, which is also the earliest stage of "chronicler" relics discovered by the Ute people.
However, some changes have occurred in the later "variable terminal", and it has gradually gone the opposite path to the intended purpose.
And the source of this change ...... Li Wenyuan roughly calculated the time and felt that the human was not running.
In the past, human beings came to this galaxy and found that there was a new artificial intelligence planet here, and then "slightly" modified the program of the "variable terminal", so that the "variable terminal" finally became a "chronicler".
But the final ending of the "chronicler" is a very abrupt and mysterious death, leaving not even a trace.
Li Wenyuan feels that this is mostly related to the civilization that created the "variable terminal", and the "Tianxing Empire", as the last link in the history of the "chronicler", is likely to be just a fuse.
Only that mysterious civilization can destroy a "pinnacle civilization" that stands at the top of the galaxy so easily, because it is their creation.
And this "moat" that isolates the galaxy is probably also the work of that civilization.
“…… With such a powerful civilization, why would it be necessary to place 'observation terminals' everywhere? They even came up with the inexplicable planetary machinery of the 'variable terminal'...... wasn't the world of the 'chronicler' what they wanted to see? ”
His doubts grew more and more as he made more discoveries, and he became more and more sure that there was the information he needed on the other side of the "moat".
Whether it is human, or "chronicler", or "Skywalker Empire", or even the mysterious civilization that has built the "observation terminal", he can find the answer from there.
The only problem now is the "moat" that spans 20,000 light years.
Theoretically, whether it's a light-year distance or a 100 million light-year distance, the jump engine can be reached instantaneously.
The principle used by it is to directly reconstruct the space-time continuity of the space in which it is located, and directly "become" the surrounding area into a destination from the quantum level, so as to achieve teleportation.
All that is needed is real-time and accurate data on the indices of the destination space, and a huge amount of energy to reconstruct time and space.
Normally, the Sentinel Array is sufficient for the jump engine's coordinates, and even if it is not enough, he can determine the coordinates by "borrowing" the observatories of other civilizations.
However, this time, the distance of the "moat" was too far away, and when the sentry array tried its best to detect the edge of the moat, the scan data was already very unstable and could not be used as the coordinates required for the transition, and the "observation terminal" that could directly monitor the whole galaxy was on the opposite bank of the moat.
However, Li Wenyuan knew that even if he didn't have to jump, he could find a way to the past.
“…… The modified 'variable terminal' was clearly not a 'chronicler', it was too 'new', more like it had only appeared there after humans had been gone for a long time.
"If there are any wrecks of the real 'chronicler', it is probably on the other side of the moat."
"The transformation of this 'variable terminal' here is quite suspicious, and it is basically certain that the civilization on the other side of the strait is transformed, in this case, they must have the means to come......
He also wondered if the civilization over there had mastered the "Jump Engine" or "Limbo Shuttle" similar technology to cross the moat, after all, they had the help of the "observation terminal", and they didn't have to worry about the coordinates of the civilization at all.
However, after testing in many aspects, Li Wenyuan determined that the civilization over there could not do these things.
The first is the inevitable phenomenon of using the Jump Engine - the structure of space-time has become fragile and is not found in this galaxy.
Theoretically, the more the jump engine is used, the more fragile the space-time structure becomes, the easier it is to start the next time, and the less energy is required.
But there is no such sign in this galaxy, it may be that the jump engine was not used here in the "Chronicler" era, and the only traces are formed after Li Wenyuan's arrival.
In addition, the virtual realm of this galaxy is much smaller than that of the "Elliptical Galaxy Alpha", and even much smaller than the virtual realm of the Milky Way, but there is no trace of external interference, and it is still in an extremely primitive stage.
This means that the creatures here basically have no potential to give birth to psionic energy, or only a few very few creatures have been born, and the use of the Void is also superficial, far from the point of using the Void to move.
Li Wenyuan had also thought about using the Void Realm to move, but he was just a "robot", and he was incompatible with the Void Realm.
It's okay to break into the virtual realm to see the scenery, but there is no way to use the virtual realm to carry out the idealistic teleportation method of "I think I've arrived".
And the Chosen One of the Prosthetic Bodies under his command is still studying the correspondence between the virtual realm and the real space here, and they can't go to the other side for the time being.
After thinking about it, he decided to use a more secure method, that is, the means of the "upper three-arm" civilization to the "lower three-arm" civilization.
And this method, he thinks that in terms of the overall civilization level of this galaxy, there is a high probability that it is "wormhole navigation". Even if it's not, it's an elimination.
So he began to pay a lot of attention to and verify all the wormholes in the "lower three spiral arms", and found the target as expected.
It was an ordinary galaxy just around the "variable terminal", with a mediocre galaxy type, and a barren planet on a rotten street, and it didn't seem to have any points of interest.
But just because the galaxy itself is ordinary doesn't mean that everything in the galaxy is ordinary.
Li Wenyuan also discovered that here, in addition to the existence of a wormhole near this galaxy, there is also a large amount of hyperspace debris in this place.
It once appeared to be a "hyperspace node" from which numerous hyperspace shipping lanes extended, and he had found evidence.
- An obelisk floating in space orbiting a planet, the surface of the alloy monument engraved with the following words in human script:
["Spiral Galaxy Alpha" Interstellar Passage Project Monument]
[Commemorating our contribution to the construction of the universe's infrastructure]
["I think I can at least use the end of the universe this time!"] - Director of the Engineering Department]
"Isn't it 'XX is here for a visit'?" Li Wenyuan sighed, and after confirming that the obelisk was just a purely monumental structure, he set his sights on another noteworthy thing at the edge of the galaxy.
It was a wormhole, and it looked pretty stable.
He had detected the inside of the wormhole beforehand, and after the detection wave had traveled a zigzag distance, it was confirmed that the wormhole was indeed leading to the "upper three arms".
He was ready to go inside and see what kind of interstellar society was on the other side of the moat.
However, in the place where he didn't find it, near the exit where the wormhole leads, there is a group of people who are frantically plotting how to "dispos" of him.
“…… That civilization has discovered the passage! Damn it, how did he manage to sift through the stardom and wormholes in such a short amount of time? ”
"There are a lot of hyperspace debris near the wormhole, and that civilization may have noticed it because of this, I said I couldn't open the passage in that kind of place!"
"But...... We wouldn't have been able to carve out this passage so easily without the help of hyperspace debris that affects the stability of space......"
These people are arguing with each other, but they are all from the "Tianxing Empire" magnates, usually the appearance of these people will cause the citizens of the empire to shock, but at the moment they are full of ugliness in order to achieve their goals.
“…… No matter! Destroy the passage! It's a big deal that I don't appreciate the struggles of those 'beasts' in the future, so let's keep the secret here. ”
Someone's proposal drew the approval of the majority, but just as they were about to implement it, someone suddenly asked:
"Do any of you know how to destroy a wormhole passage?"
This sentence was like an autumn wind blowing, and everyone present was cold in an instant.
“…… If memory serves, the last time someone accidentally short-circuited the database because someone was drinking tea, we lost a lot of technical ......"
“……”
These people looked at each other, not knowing what to say for a moment.
Finally, one of them spoke:
“…… Don't worry, don't we have that 'treasure trove of everything'? We got everything from it, and I think it will be 'stingy' this time, right? ”
So, some of them went to the place known as the "Universal Treasure House", ready to find a way to destroy the wormhole passage.
And there, there is a familiar, but very dilapidated mechanical planet.
— or rather, the Artificial Intelligence Planet.