Age of Cataclysm: I can light up the technology tree

The edge region of Enroget's central star system.

Under the faint light, a solid planet with a dark gray surface is quietly moving in its orbit.

This is the outermost planet in Enroget's central star system.

Noli - this is the name given to it by the Enroget civilization.

Its core has long since cooled.

At this time, it is like a long-dead corpse being dragged by the gravity of the host star.

There are many planets like it in the vast universe.

If the core temperature of a planet is used as the criterion for judging life on a planet, then this huge universe may be a chilling and huge "morgue."

As an iron planet rich in various mineral resources, under normal circumstances, its fate should be to be mined into various resources by the civilization born nearby and manufactured into various technological creations.

But it's luck.

It is located in the star system at the center of Enroget and is protected by the Enroget Alliance's interstellar resource exploitation law.

It is precisely because of this that it steadily accompanies this civilization as it gradually grows from weak to strong.

The aircraft passing around it have gradually evolved from probes less than one meter in length to huge starships thousands of meters long.

The light from the main star spans a long distance and reaches this remote corner with difficulty, bringing warmth like a bubble to this cold world.

A million kilometers away.

A huge battleship with a length of nine kilometers slowly sailed out of the darkness.

The powerful radiation produced by the antimatter engine quickly passed around it like a wave, leaving traces on the dust on its surface.

Different from usual.

This huge battleship did not pass by it, but hovered quietly in this cold and dark universe.

…

In space and time that conventional instruments cannot detect, tachyons traveling at super-light speeds convey messages one after another.

"The operating power of the antimatter reactors on the entire ship is being increased!"

"50%!"

"60%!"

"..."

"The antimatter reactor is operating at full power! The first detection is completed and the output power has reached the threshold!"

"Space weapons, first trial activation experiment, begin!"

As the last message appeared, a large amount of energy generated by the antimatter reactor gathered in the pipe and rushed straight towards a huge device fixed in the core area of ​​the flagship.

Intricate pipes are laid haphazardly on the surface of the smooth and flat hemispherical device, which makes people feel a strong sense of dissonance.

This feeling is as absurd as a car with its engine removed and a few horses pulling the cart in front.

No matter who it is, it doesn't even require much scientific literacy. When seeing this scene, a conjecture will arise in their hearts: It seems that the smooth-surfaced hemispherical device does not belong to this seemingly advanced warship.

With the influx of large amounts of energy, this unknown device that had been dormant for a long time finally woke up from its slumber.

It uses a principle unknown to the Enroget Alliance to transform all this huge energy into an unknown force field, and conducts it out along the two antenna-like devices it comes with.

Each antenna has a diameter of 80 meters and a length of more than 5,000 meters.

It's not against the law to say it's a Tianzhu.

These two antennas run across the hull, from the central core area of ​​the flagship, directly to the head of the flagship, and extend to the outside of the flagship.

The flagship, which originally had a harmonious appearance, now looks like it has two straight tentacles, which looks extremely inconsistent.

outside world.

With the gradual influx of energy, the power of the unknown device also gradually increased.

In the vacuum between the two antennas, an extremely deep darkness suddenly appeared.

Like a black hole.

Even though there were bright searchlights all over Enroget's flagship, they still couldn't drive away the darkness.

After a few seconds.

The darkness stretched quickly like a thin thread.

Like a neat crack on the glass, the black line quickly extended to both sides at an extremely fast speed.

0.1 seconds later, its length has reached 10 kilometers!

This is even longer than Enroget's flagship!

Uh-huh!

This thin black line broke away from the two antennas and shot straight forward.

The moment it completely left the antenna area, it suddenly disappeared in the high-precision observation equipment of the Enroget civilization - it disappeared in the visible universe!

…

A piercing siren then sounded in Enroget's flagship.

"The space weapon trial operation was successful!"

"Successfully generated space rift!"

"The length of the space rift reaches 10 kilometers!"

"..."

The noisy report sounded in the flagship and was transmitted to the command center far away on the home star.

The old scientist looked at the screen in front of him with a solemn expression.

"It...disappeared?" The alliance leader stared blankly at the picture on the screen and asked in a low voice, "Did the experiment fail?"

"No."

The old scientist slowly shook his head: "Its flight speed has exceeded the speed of light."

"It's no longer visible to the naked eye."

"Only the space-time fluctuation detector can detect its location."

"Curvature state?" The leader's eyes showed some doubts, "Can it also enter the curvature state?"

The old scientist shook his head again and said meaningfully: "The so-called curvature state is nothing more than making the space where the starship is located move."

"It itself is a part of space, so how can it be called curvature?"

The leader was stunned for a moment, then understood.

It hurriedly asked again: "Then where is it now?!"

The old scientist was silent for a while and said slowly: "There is a slight deviation in the launch angle, and it has left the central star system of Enroget."

"According to observation data, its flight speed exceeds 800c."

This shocking number sent a chill behind the leader.

That is by no means a speed that a fifth-level civilization can achieve.

"That……"

The old scientist seemed to know what the leader was going to ask, and continued to shake his head: "Don't worry, it won't have much impact."

"According to the information we have in the ruins, space itself has strong self-healing capabilities."

"The spatial rift will quickly spread to both ends after being out of control. At the same time, the surrounding space will repair it."

“This involves a trade-off.”

"When the space rift spreads to a certain extent, it will naturally dissipate into the universe."

"According to our estimates, the ultimate length of this space rift is about one hundred thousand kilometers."

"Given the amount of energy we provide it, it doesn't last very long, probably only a minute or so."

"What about the power?" The leader continued to ask, "How powerful is this space rift?"

"Can it cause damage to that planetary battleship?"

The old scientist chuckled: "Then we have to see the results of the second experiment."

As it spoke, it looked solemn and issued the order in a deep voice.

"Adjust the launch parameters immediately."

"Target, Noli Star."

"Space weapons, the second test run starts now."