Chapter 392: Choice
"The power of creation" sounds very magical and metaphysical, but in essence, it reconstructs matter by changing the "data" that makes up matter, but all this is based on the premise that "the universe is made of data".
The mechanical circuitry inside the "Burner-class" warship has changed from a metal composed of various metal atoms to a rock composed of carbon, silicon, calcium and other elements, and this change in atomic properties is often accompanied by a huge amount of energy release or absorption.
But in fact, these warships were transformed in an instant, and they did not even follow any physical laws at all, and there were no signs or follow-up phenomena.
In the eyes of the scientists of the "Hunter", their battleship was inexplicably scrapped, and the error log showed a "line failure".
Although it didn't take long for the maintenance drones, which were independent of the existence of the warship, to come up with the real reason after testing, it still made the scientists of the "hunter" pay attention.
Because they had only seen this kind of thing in the "recorders", they now had to admit that the civilization they were facing was at least on the same level as them.
"Perhaps...... Can you talk about it? ”
The idea came to the minds of some of the decision-makers of the "hunters" that although they are a group of "exterminators", it does not mean that they will only go on one by one.
It is impossible for a civilization that can reach this level to be "racial cleanliness", and even if it is, it is a conditional "racial cleanliness", and nothing cannot be softened in the face of absolute interests.
Their main purpose at the moment is to go to the Great Wound for their "Ascension" ritual, and if they are not in direct conflict with that civilization, then they can talk about it, and no one wants to be hindered by a civilization that holds the "power of creation" at this most critical moment.
However, after Li Wenyuan actually carried out the "data modification", he saw the cessation of the operation of the "Incinerator-class" warship as he wished, and also knew that the "modification" had taken effect.
"It deserves to be called a technological product of 'creation'...... This kind of 'material transformation' achieved directly by modifying the underlying code is much stronger than alchemy or anything......"
Li Wenyuan felt sincerely admired the performance of the "Pillar of Creation", which is indeed a technology that can be called "Creation".
Under the premise of the "data universe", as long as we can know how each data character should be used in the "underlying code" of the "universe", we can directly shape the "matter" through the "data" as we like.
Even "rules" are essentially just a manifestation of some kind of connection between data, which can be modified if necessary.
And having reached this level, it is not an exaggeration to call the "god" of this universe.
But after sighing, Li Wenyuan also understood that this was just an appearance, and they were still in the "universe", and they were not considered "gods" who had transcended the universe.
He is able to modify the "data", but this requires the power of the "Pillars of Creation" and the "Reality Perforator", which are subject to the laws of physics and require energy to activate these machines and "modify".
The total amount of "data" is basically constant, and there is an upper limit to the "modifications" they can do, and when there is nothing in the "universe" that can provide energy to these machines, "God" is no longer omnipotent.
But even so, this gave Li Wenyuan a strong motivation, and it also made him understand what kind of trump card he was holding in his hand, which was indeed the power that the "ninth-level technology" that was about to reach its peak should have.
After that, Li Wenyuan received a communication from the "Hunter" civilization, and this was the first time he had seen the "Hunter" take the initiative to have a dialogue.
In the records of the "Silent One" and the "Exile", the "Hunter" has never communicated with them even once, and is even more silent than the "Silent One".
This time, when he saw the "hunter's" active communication, Li Wenyuan was naturally very interested, so he answered the communication request sent by this "exterminator".
"I hope it's not like some real 'racial cleanliness', where all but swear is still swearing......"
With this thought in his mind, he saw the contents of the communication:
[I have to admit that you are really strong now, this time it was our decision-making mistake, but there is nothing that cannot be sat down and discussed]
[Although we think that civilization has reached this level and is no longer pursuing some material things, but you will appear on this path, there must be a reason]
Say, what do you need? 】
Even when sitting down, the wording of the "Hunter" communication is so unfriendly that it is hard to even think that it is an official diplomatic document.
They don't understand how communication between civilizations should be, and perhaps they always have been.
However, Li Wenyuan does not care about such trivial matters, and there are even worse words than this, such as some guys who come to a "diplomatic humiliation" from time to time, and those people can even ignore the huge gap in overall strength and insult a civilization like a god with the strength of a mole ant.
Relatively speaking, the "hunter" is very gentle, and seeing that the other party is so good, Li Wenyuan also asked about the purpose of his coming here.
He didn't mention humans directly, but instead asked about the "special discovery" of the Hunter in this galaxy.
He was initially hopeless about such a question, but to his surprise, the diplomat of the "Hunter" answered the question very cheerfully.
[I think it's only for these things, right?] To come to this galaxy, there can't be anything else]
[I have been given carte blanche by the decision-makers, and now I will simplify the data of our findings here and hand them over directly to you.]
[Check it out for yourself, if you have it, if you don't, if you don't, we'll give it to you for free, if you can't give it, we'll continue to fight, after all, some things are also crucial to us]
The "hunter" diplomat's reply was very crisp, they seemed to be completely unconcerned about these things, and even took the initiative to confess his findings, and said "That's all" as if they were messy, which made Li Wenyuan can't help but ask them why they did this before checking the information they sent.
【…… It doesn't matter, we have already achieved most of our goals in this "loop", and now we are only one step away]
[Except for completing this last step, we can give up everything else, if this can make our final path one less enemy, it will be a very good deal]
[But it is precisely because this is the last step, so when the fundamental needs between us conflict, it will be an irreconcilable contradiction, and at that moment any diplomatic means are useless, only war is the solution]
[You may think that in that case we should hide our discoveries with lies and the like, but we do not want to hide anything, because this "concealment" may lead a civilization that would not otherwise be an enemy to our opposite, and the real enemy will not be merciful because we have met their demands]
[This is the last step, no matter what the result is, we accept it, this trip is too long, it's our turn to usher in this day]
【Make Your Choice】