Astral Ants

"escape?"

"Run away?"

Molan stared.

Luo: "To be more polite, it can be called an evacuation. However, before leaving, Ao also passed the message to the God King Chi. It is unknown whether the God King Chi believed it and how he would respond."

Molan thought about it and spoke slowly, carefully saying, "As far as I know, the old universe era should have ended 20 billion years later. For unknown reasons, it happened 20 billion years earlier. We were caught off guard and we, the Protoss, paid a heavy price for it."

Molan's brain suddenly opened up, as if she understood everything at once. She said in a bad tone:

"A certain civilization used a certain method. Did they do it on purpose? They prepared themselves in advance and used this method to destroy other civilizations. Fortunately, the newborn universe had an absolute first-mover advantage and became the cosmic overlord of the new era."

"Roughly, that's what it means..."

Luo said: "But it should not be a single civilization, but a huge and powerful organization called the 'White Tower Civilization Alliance', which comes from the distant and unfamiliar Crystal Throne Galaxy Cluster. A leader named 'Pesistratus' built a 'super mothership' to avoid disasters. Due to continuous voyage over ultra-long distances, the power system malfunctioned and needed repairs, so they found the Ferdinand civilization..."

"Ao personally received us. When the repair work was completed, Peisistratus clearly reminded us when we left that some civilizations were using extreme methods to accelerate the destruction of the universe. He warned us to find a way to evacuate the main universe as soon as possible and seek refuge in the extraterritorial void..."

— Peisistratus?

——Isn’t that an artist?

——The artist left the White Tower civilization because he had a fierce conflict with other leaders over something.

——Could it be that the root of the contradiction lies in the fact that the White Tower civilization wants to accelerate the destruction of the universe in some way, but the artist disagrees?
Molan was shocked and secretly frightened. Although she remained calm on the surface, a huge wave of emotion was rising in her heart.

He quickly regained his composure and asked, "Luo, what else?"

Luo: "Ao did not doubt Peisistratus's warning, and decisively organized the strengthening and transformation of the Ferdinand Luo Ao Star God, and drove it away from the main universe. He escaped by chance, but still could not escape the fate of exhaustion of the Force and death."

Molan shook her head vigorously and asked, "Luo, are you sure it was the White Tower Civilization Alliance that did it?"

Luo: "Since Peisistratus didn't say it explicitly, I assume it was them. There are two reasons: first, they have a talent for space and are proficient in space technology, so they are most likely to have such ability. Other civilizations don't have the ability to do it even if they want to. Second, how did they get this kind of information? It's probably the people involved."

Luo: "Of course, it could also be news that the White Tower Civilization Alliance heard from other places. At the end of the last cosmic era, the hatred and fighting between many powerful civilizations had reached a point of madness and loss of control, and they would do anything to achieve their goals. It's possible that one of the civilizations was desperate and happened to have such ability, so they did it..."

Luo: "According to convention, starships passing through the Ferdinand civilization will leave behind some... undetectable 'settings'..."

Molan: "Settings? What settings?"

Luo: "This is the consensus of all technological manufacturing civilizations. If any product is made too well and never breaks, the producer will starve to death..."

"So, when the Peidi'nan civilization manufactures products for sale, it will habitually set an upper limit on usage. For example, a starship will be set to malfunction after sailing a certain distance..."

"I thought they were traveling to gain experience, but I never thought they were trying to escape. I can't understand why they fled to such a far place in our direction..."

"The set distance is 1500 to 2000 million light years... But according to observations, they did not escape directly to the void outside the universe, but continued to orbit along the edge of the universe. They must have been stranded somewhere, and there is probably no time to find a suitable technological civilization to repair them..."

"!!!"

Molan was stunned.

what the hell……

The artist was killed by you bastards?
Don’t you understand art at all?

Savage! Ignorant! Greedy!

bad!
Molan was filled with indignation.

...

...

"..."

Sudden silence.

a long time,

Seeing that Molan didn't speak, Luo continued:
"That mothership is called 'Colorful Clouds'. It is equipped with a space defense shield that can withstand the space collapse caused by the destruction of the universe. I am not sure if it can withstand the impact of a cosmic explosion... Even if it can, it cannot withstand the erosion of time. The starship frame is likely still there. I can calculate its approximate stranded location. I am sure I can find a lot of good stuff there."

"The armor worn by Chief Peisistratos and the leader-class starship he drove will definitely be preserved. They both use the Space Law Divine Stone, and their performance is extraordinary and their value is inestimable."

Cymbidium:"……"

Molan asked, "What are the conditions?"

Luo: "In the new era of the universe, your God Tree clan will surely become the overlord, occupying tens of thousands of galaxies and countless source points. The Peidiernan civilization only needs a third-level source point to gain a foothold."

"Moreover, your Divine Tree Clan is a pure Force civilization. To conquer the universe, you also need a technological civilization to provide you with starships and other technological equipment."

"Starship?"

Molan asked sarcastically, "The kind that got stranded halfway?"

"Unspoken rules of the industry!"

Luo reiterated, vowing: "There will be 'special settings' for the outside world, but definitely not for the inside world."

Mo Lan skipped this question and asked again: "Did the Pei Diernan civilization run away alone? What about the other civilizations of the Star God Alliance? There is no news?"

"No……"

Luo explained: "The Peidi'nan civilization is not good at fighting, so they are arranged in the rear, in the edge star systems, and the edge source points, specializing in logistics support. Relying on the metal technology they master, they have a say in the Star God Alliance, but not much."

"At that time, Ao hastily passed the news of [the universe is about to be destroyed] to the God King Chi. I am not sure whether he chose to believe it or mistakenly believed that Ao had defected with the Ferdinand civilization."

"Even if we believe it, there is not enough time to build a large enough and strong enough survival mothership."

"If we are decisive enough and use the existing starships at the time and modify them slightly before evacuating decisively, we may evacuate from the Dark Spirit Galaxy, which is about 1400 million light years away from here."

"In the Star God Alliance at that time, the Ferdinand Luo Ao Star God was the best mothership. If Ao didn't survive, the other Star Gods certainly couldn't either. Most likely, they're all gone."

"The only uncertainty is the God King Chi. He is very powerful and has special abilities. He also owns an elliptical starship called the Eternal Star God. It is not very large, with a total mass only one sixteenth of the Ferdinand Luo Ao Star God, but the materials used are extremely luxurious, including the double-layer defense shell inside and outside. More than 80% of the overall parts are made of third-level energy materials. It is certain that it still has the ability to sail."

"If the God King Chi receives the message, he will choose to trust it and evacuate in time. It will have a chance to survive."

Luo said, then changed the subject and said, "This possibility is very small. At that time, the Star God Alliance was fighting two powerful civilizations at the same time, one called the 'Black Thai Empire' and the other called the 'Singer Civilization'. It is said that the war against the Black Thai Empire on the front line has achieved a decisive victory. At this time, I am afraid that I will not be willing to..."

As Luo spoke, he changed the subject again and said, "There is a saying that goes, where there is light, there must be life wailing miserably. Ever since Ao joined the Star God Alliance, ever since I was created and took on a part-time job recording history, the war has never stopped. At the end of the old universe, everyone was tired of the endless wars and the endless annexation."

"The Peidi'nan civilization simply chose to evacuate the news provided by a strange civilization and strange life form, whose authenticity could not be determined. In fact, it also meant defection. Everyone was even secretly looking forward to the destruction of the old universe and taking away everything. They were looking forward to a relatively peaceful and stable living environment in the new universe era."

Cymbidium:"……"

Molan suddenly showed her strong ability to summarize and generalize, and said dissatisfiedly:
"So what you mean is that there is a high probability that there are no remains of the Star God Alliance? Even if there are, they are 1400 million light years away. And it is also possible that God King Chi is not dead? The remaining treasures will be looted by God King Chi."

Luo replied: "Yes——"

Molan was unhappy, "Then you can't squeeze out any benefits at all!"

Luo: "But there is also a high probability that after receiving the news, King Chi chose to believe it and organized an evacuation. Because at that time there were already signs, the frequent disappearance of zero-level source points inexplicably, and a certain star field space was destroyed and turned into a dangerous turbulence zone. At that time, some civilizations suspected that the universe was going to be destroyed ahead of time..."

"Is that so?"

"It may not be a good thing~"

"This God King Chi is very powerful!" "Hi!"

"It's too far away. This is not something a little warrior like me should consider..."

Molan said this in distress, and with a wave of her tentacles, a stream of water was generated, which quickly expanded and changed, turning into an artist standing on four legs, wearing purple armor, and with 133 slender tentacles on her head.

"Captain Peisistratus!"

Luo was shocked and the computer crashed.

Molan explained: "The three leaders of the White Tower Civilization are the Star God, the Observer, and the Artist. Peisistratus is one of the three leaders, the Artist."

"You are right. The mothership was indeed stranded and half destroyed by the power of the universe..."

"We found the wreckage. We took the battle armor and leader-class starship you knew about, as well as some treasures you didn't know about."

Luo: "..."

Luo: "Although it was not intentional, it seems that I helped you unintentionally..."

Luo said without any confidence, and added: "In that case, we are very predestined."

Help us?
edge?
Molan snorted and asked, "Do you know any valuable information?"

Luo: “No more.”

Luo was not confident enough to argue: "The knowledge and skills of the Ferdinand civilization are the greatest wealth."

Luo asked, "Eleventh Mantis Emperor, what is the current state of the universe? Is matter stable? How many civilizations have survived? How many star systems have you, the Divine Tree Clan, occupied? How do you travel between the stars? I think that no matter what, you cannot do without starships or other similar technological equipment, right?"

"Our demands are very low. A third-level source point is enough. This is insignificant to your Divine Tree Clan, right?"

"..."

Molan was speechless.

The Xianglan Chamber of Commerce under Long Bai's management is so poor that it can't even afford a level-4 source star system, and can't even upgrade to a level- chamber of commerce.

Level three source point?

Don’t even dare to think about it, okay?
Mo Lan moved his antennae in a serious manner and said lightly, "In the old universe era, the natural civilization at its peak ruled over 100,000 galaxies. In the new universe era, we want to rule over the entire universe with trillions of galaxies. A level 3 source is really nothing. Let alone a level 3 source point, we don't even care about a galaxy. But..."

Molan: "At present, the matter in the universe is far from stable. We have only found three very small galaxies at the edge of the universe. The living space is extremely limited. An excellent warrior like me can only settle in the extremely small land of the secondary source point."

"Strong warriors will form teams to explore deep space, looking for galaxies with stable matter, to cultivate and develop, and become the masters of the starry sky themselves."

Molan: "This opportunity only comes once in the life and death cycle of the universe. Many civilizations will never have a chance to have this opportunity from birth to death!"

"The Pei Di Er Nan civilization can follow me and help me develop and expand. When I become prosperous in the future, I will definitely benefit from your help."

Molan finally answered, "I haven't heard of any other surviving civilizations. We, the Shenshu Clan, are also researching and developing technology. Secondly, a civilization called 'Human Race' provides some technological creations. The starships you mentioned, the technology in all aspects is becoming mature, the production capacity is sufficient, and the quantity is sufficient. Starships are expensive, but not rare, and can be bought with raw crystals."

Luo: "..."

Luo: "The Peidiernan civilization is happy to serve you. Eleventh Mantis Emperor, you can also consider doing business and making money by producing and selling starships."

"um, yes."

Molan asked: "As an intelligent system, can you make decisions for the Peidiernan civilization?"

Luo: "In today's Ferdinand civilization, there are no life forms that can stand up and make decisions."

"That's right..."

Mo Lan's expression became serious, and she said suspiciously: "Your intelligent system is very smart! It obviously has its own consciousness and can think completely independently."

Luo: "Intelligent systems are also called 'digital life'. They are based on computing power and information and are soulless. Somewhat powerful intelligent systems can achieve independent consciousness. However, almost all civilizations impose restrictions when producing intelligent systems."

"When Ao created me, he imposed two major restrictions: first, I cannot directly or indirectly intervene in the production and manufacturing system; second, data cannot be copied or transferred, and cannot be separated from the 'Palen Scepter'."

"Ao did not restrict my mental growth. He even set up an independently operated 'Mineral Spirit Matrix' within the territory of the Peidiernan civilization for me to study, observe, and collect data."

"Oh--"

Molan seemed to understand but not quite.

But these are not important.

The mental force spread along the metal materials that made up the mothership, examining it from all angles again, and the intelligent brain used its power to calculate and distinguish.

"Didn't the Ferdinand civilization build a treasury to store its wealth?"

"No."

"What about the wealth of civilization?"

"Austenite is keen on collecting various precious metal materials...the coffin below."

"..."

"Where are the third-level energy materials? A third-level civilization can't be so poor, right?"

"We are so poor! Most of the profits from our production and operation have to be paid as taxes to the Star God Alliance; the remaining small part is used to build Star God equipment, turning wealth into a protective force for civilization. At that time, the few third-level materials we had were used on the Ferdinand Luo Ao Star God to strengthen its defense."

"Understood……"

Molan re-examined the estimate.

The first are the two 'Star God Armor' standing in front, with a large amount of third-level materials that have not lost their Force properties.

Next is the center of the spherical mothership, as well as the unknown ones in the upper and lower directions, 2 large and 24 small, a total of 26 groups of devices that still have retained their original energy properties.

Next are the small groups of devices with energy properties scattered sparsely inside and outside the mothership.

——High-purity raw materials have relatively stable prices.

——The composite products after material processing are extremely difficult to separate and purify, and some cannot even be recycled. If they are sold, they can only be sold at the price of "waste".

Mo Lan asked: "Many of the core components of the Ferdinando Roa are well preserved. Is it possible to repair it?"

"of course can."

Luo answered, "The main power system, energy conversion system, detection system, positioning and navigation system, gravity system, and defense system are all well preserved. What has decayed and failed are the shell, frame, unit partitions, and various auxiliary devices. My database has detailed drawings, and a Level 2 technological civilization is capable of doing this."

"Um--"

"I think so too. It's really not that difficult."

Mo Lan tapped her antennae seriously and asked, "These two 'Star God Armor' are extremely high-precision creations, right? I'm afraid they are not that easy to repair, right?"

Luo replied: "Yes. It is the pinnacle creation of the Ferdinand civilization, and it has racial and civilizational characteristics. Only the Ferdinand civilization in its heyday can be competent for restoration."

Mo Lan's tentacles swayed slightly, and the silver light exploded, accurately killing the newly derived metal energy body. He raised his claws and pointed, asking: "This coffin should have the function of isolating the Force and shielding the pressure from the master's remains?"

Luo: “Yes——”

Mo Lan flicked her tentacles, and a water tentacle swung out and wrapped around it, pulling the metal scepter out of the coffin, and said unceremoniously: "Control it and close it." (End of this chapter)