Age of Cataclysm: I can light up the technology tree

"It's just..."

"Until now, we have not been able to analyze the purpose of the other party's behavior from his words, nor can we analyze the authenticity of his words."

Lv Yongchang sighed softly: "At present, there are no loopholes in the other party's words."

Then he shrugged.

"But it's not a big problem."

"After all, even if it is a seriously injured level 7 civilization, we can't mess with it."

Hearing this, Fang Xu and others smiled bitterly.

Although the words are hurtful, they are indeed true.

The current human civilization can only live in fear under the shadow of the other party, praying that the other party can show mercy.

...

Time passed bit by bit.

An hour, a day, a week...

The 1420 MHz signal seemed to disappear and never appeared in the world of human civilization again.

It was as if...the level 7 civilization in Ross 154 quietly left.

Until a month later.

Lv Yongchang sat in the office of [Earth], frowning and looking at the holographic projection in front of him.

On the projection, there was an image of Ross 154 sent by the interstellar probe.

Looking at the dark red light emitted by this red dwarf star, Lv Yongchang sighed softly.

"I don't know what this seventh-level civilization means..."

He murmured to himself: "Our development has been stagnant for a whole month."

Yes, since the two-dimensional creature [Painting] stopped talking, human civilization has been living in the shadow for a whole month.

It's not right to leave, and it's not right to stay.

"Yes."

Fang Xu's voice came from across the desk: "Who knows what this two-dimensional creature's concept of time is like."

"If the 5 billion years it said is true, I'm afraid the other party will be stunned for tens of thousands of years."

"If this is the case... human civilization will sooner or later die here."

Lv Yongchang pursed his lips, and a hint of contemplation appeared in his eyes.

"Wait another month."

He made up his mind.

"One month later, we will send another inquiry message to the other party."

"If there is still no response, then we will prepare to leave this star system."

"The materials stored in the past two years should be enough to support us for another voyage."

Fang Xu pondered for a moment, nodded and said: "That's the only way."

"I hope this level 7 civilization doesn't care about our actions."

The office fell into silence again.

"Ding-Ding-Ding-"

After a month, the sharp alarm sounded again in Lv Yongchang's ears.

"Professor, 1420 MHz detected an abnormal signal, the source of the signal is Ross 154!"

"Here!" Lv Yongchang's face was stern, he reached out to unlock the electromagnetic adsorption device on the seat, stood up and said.

"Zero, gather all personnel, assemble at the command center!"

...

[Interesting little guys, let's chat again. ]

[Calculate the time, I haven't talked to little guys like you for more than 4 billion years. ]

Looking at the two lines of text in front of him, Lv Yongchang took a deep breath.

"Talk to it!"

"This is our only choice! And the only role we can play on him!"

As he said this, he pondered for a moment, and reached out to press the holographic image in front of him.

[Dear seventh-level civilization, hello, we are very willing to be a listener. ]

A signal quickly came from the direction of Ross 154.

[Listener? ]

[Hehe... I didn't expect that I, a two-dimensional creature, would be reduced to telling stories to a second-level civilization! ]

[If those guys from the Pastoral School knew about this... it would be embarrassing! ]

From the text message sent by the two-dimensional creature, one can clearly feel its inner reluctance.

A gleam of light flashed in Lu Yongchang's eyes.

He quickly captured the key words in [Hua]'s words.

[Dear Hua, what is the Pastoral School you are talking about? Is it a faction in the universe? ]

The two-dimensional creature [Hua] was silent for a while, as if he was considering something.

A few minutes later, lines of text appeared in front of everyone again.

[Forget it, this thing is not a secret, and it's no big deal to tell you about it. ]

[In this universe, advanced civilizations are mainly divided into three factions. ]

[First, the Sweepers. ]

[Second, the Pastoral Faction. ]

[Third, the Neutral Faction. ]

Lv Yongchang opened his eyes wide and subconsciously slowed down his breathing.

This kind of knowledge is not something that humans can obtain by "working behind closed doors"!

By understanding the factions in the universe, humans can have a basic understanding of how the various civilizations in the universe get along with each other.

The Dark Forest system derived on Earth is obviously not very applicable to the seventh-level civilization in front of him.

While Lv Yongchang was thinking, new texts were still constantly presented in the holographic projection.

[Let's talk about the Sweepers first. ]

[It is composed of a group of crazy eighth-level civilizations. ]

[In order to break through the so-called ninth-level civilization, they prepared for billions of years. ]

[During these billions of years, they made a circumstellar particle collider. ]

Lv Yongchang took a breath of cold air.

Circumstellar particle collider!

What a large-scale particle collider this is!

Not only Lv Yongchang, but also the Earth was in an uproar!

The noisy discussion continued in the command center!

The particle collision device has a special feature.

The larger the size, the more energy is consumed for acceleration, and the closer the speed of the accelerated particles is to the speed of light.

99% of the speed of light, 99.9% of the speed of light, 99.99% of the speed of light...

It seems that there is only one decimal place difference, but the energy level contained in it is like a world of difference!

Every increase of 1 9 means that the energy contained in the particle has increased by an order of magnitude.

According to the special theory of relativity.

When the number of 9s after the decimal point reaches 142, the energy contained in the particle is equivalent to the total energy of the annihilation of the Milky Way!

When the number of 9s after the decimal point reaches 182, the energy contained in the particle is equivalent to the total energy of the annihilation of the observable universe!

When the number of 9s after the decimal point reaches...

Lv Yongchang shuddered slightly.

He couldn't imagine how many 9s could be added to the so-called circumstellar particle collider!

[This group of lunatics actually planned to use the entire universe as fuel to charge the circumstellar particle collider! ]

[They believe that by doing this, they can reproduce the scene of the Big Bang and recreate a new universe! 】

【Then, take advantage of this opportunity to master the technology to advance to level 9 civilization! 】

【Mad men! A bunch of crazy men! 】

Speaking of this, the tone of the two-dimensional creature [Hua] became much more irritable.

Even Ross 154 in the distance seemed to be flickering.

Lu Yongchang stared at the holographic projection in front of him in a daze.

He swallowed his saliva and spoke carefully.

【Then... what about the Pastoral School? 】