Voyage of the Stars.

Chapter 1367 The Story of the Observer Civilization
Once they pass through the Great Stargate, the Great Expeditionary Organization can be fully revived, because the other side of the stargate is a large star system.

Everything seemed to be going smoothly. The probe ship on the other end explored the surrounding void and even reached the edge of that galaxy, but found no trace of civilization.

The starry sky is vast, and all civilizations in the Great Voyage Organization know that the probe ships on the other side of the stargate cannot set foot on every inch of the starry sky, so absolute safety does not exist. Otherwise, the Galactic Center Civilization would have found all the low-level civilizations in the entire Milky Way long ago.

So after surveying the starry sky on the other side, the various civilizations of the Great Voyage Organization began to pass through the Great Stargate in turn, following the established procedure.

Even though human civilization has experience traversing stargates, it still can't dampen the enthusiasm of scientists. After all, who would complain about having too much scientific data? Besides, scientists in human civilization today have never actually experienced stargate traversal firsthand, because those scientists have long since passed away.

"Things have changed, people have changed, and times have changed!"

On the Tianqin, Yue Yuan looked at the crew members busy with their own tasks and let out a soft sigh. Looking at these people, the images of those from years past involuntarily surfaced in his mind.

The command center of the Tianqin has switched to viewing mode. People watching the stargate shuttle no longer need to run to the porthole; they can simply stand still and enjoy the view.

Yue Yuan also noticed that the technology of this stargate was more advanced than that of the one in the Andromeda Galaxy, because the Lyra traveled through it at a much faster speed, though this speed could not be described as conventional.

In the past, human civilization and even the various civilizations of the Great Voyage Organization believed that stargates and natural wormholes were based on the same principle. Some Level 6 civilizations with expertise in space technology already had the ability to connect different wormholes, so once they reached Level 7 civilization, they would naturally be able to create stargates.

However, this experience revealed to them that Stargate Technology was not so simple, and its spacetime rules seemed to have been modified.

The Star Defender's words confirmed this, but unfortunately, they couldn't explain it clearly.

This stargate traversal will take approximately 120 years. Yue Yuan was only slightly moved by the scene before leaving the command center. Instead, he returned to his residence and opened the database of Observation Station 764. Inside, there were stories of the observer civilizations, with each civilization having its own record.

Yue Yuan would watch it in his spare time, just for entertainment.

According to records, the Observer civilization was born six billion years after the Big Bang. It took them about one billion years to go from developing intelligence to reaching the level of a cosmic civilization.

These are all included in the overview of civilization, but what Yue Yuan saw today was the statement of an individual life in the observer civilization.

For me, the true meaning of life lies in finding the meaning of our own existence. Fundamentally, we are creating our own meaning. Our mission is to shape our own future. For so many years, I have forgotten that primitive life of hiding from the storms, which has given me the illusion that I am such a higher life form.

For me, when I first looked up at the stars, I didn't feel sorrow because the universe was so vast. In the era when I developed intelligence, our observer civilization had just begun to explore the universe using its own space probes, space telescopes, and our theories and equations. Later I learned that we at that time were called a spacefaring civilization.

This is indeed a statement of an individual's life, and it looks like a notebook.

Yue Yuan read it quickly, skimming through it. Compared to this kind of thing, he preferred to read about the major events that the Observer civilization experienced from its birth to its demise.

The database did not disappoint Yue Yuan; a quick search revealed the relevant information.

According to the information, Yue Yuan learned that the Observer Civilization was not initially called the Observer Civilization. It was only after they reached the sixth level of civilization and mastered unique technologies that they were referred to as the Observer Civilization by other civilizations.

Its birthplace, in modern terms, is the Phoenix Supercluster.

They were born and raised there, and after reaching the level of a cosmic civilization, they launched a project called "The Observer," which aimed to build a cosmic-level communication and reconnaissance network.

The first phase goal is to establish observation stations throughout the entire Laniakea Supercluster. This aligns with the observation stations encountered by the Great Voyage Organization.

The information states that when the Observer civilization initiated this project, they believed that cosmic-level civilizations were the end, and therefore wanted to turn a large area into their own backyard.

During that time, the Observer civilization not only built observation stations everywhere, but also constructed stargates. Until one day, they discovered a real vacuum decay zone.

After that, the observer civilization's goals changed.

They attempted to solve the problem of vacuum decay and, in the process, confirmed the phenomena that followed. It was during this time that they encountered many cosmic-level civilizations dedicated to solving the problem of vacuum decay.

At first, a group of cosmic-level civilizations were very interested, but as their research deepened, they found that they could not solve the vacuum decay phenomenon. Not only could they not solve it, but the vacuum decay region was also getting bigger and bigger.

What's even more unacceptable is that, before they could even resolve the issue of vacuum decay, they discovered many other catastrophe zones.

In response, the Observer civilization and its partners joined forces and issued a call to all known cosmic-level civilizations, hoping that everyone would unite to resolve the cosmic catastrophe crisis.

The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Zero Energy in Vacuum was a product of that era.

Unfortunately, not all cosmic-level civilizations are willing to sign the treaty, because those civilizations believe that signing the treaty would restrict the development of other lower-level civilizations in the universe, which would make it even more impossible to solve the problem of vacuum decay.

However, the civilization that signed the treaty believed that we are already the most advanced civilization in the universe, and if we cannot solve these problems, the new civilizations will certainly be unable to solve them either. Therefore, the best way is to stifle the development of the new civilizations in order to reduce the use of vacuum zero-point energy, thereby slowing down the emergence of more disaster zones and giving everyone more time to solve the problems.

As it turned out, the Contractists later used various means to restrict the development of lower-level civilizations. Microscopic demons were created under such circumstances, and many Contractists' cosmic-level civilizations even initiated large-scale physical rule modification plans.

As time went on, the conflict between the two sides intensified, eventually leading to war.

The Observer civilization was initially a contract-based society, but on the eve of the war, they declared themselves neutral.

The great war lasted for about 300 million years, and finally ended with the victory of the Contractists. However, the Contractists did not achieve a complete victory, and those cosmic-level civilizations with different ideologies were not all wiped out.

Sporadic confrontations continue.

During this period, the Observer civilization remained neutral, profiting from the war by selling intelligence and information in exchange for various technologies to strengthen itself. It attempted to become the most advanced cosmic civilization in this way, and then forcibly unify the various cosmic civilizations through force.

Unfortunately, they ultimately failed.

However, they discovered the existence of a more advanced civilization, so they changed their goal and decided to reach a higher level of civilization before solving the problem of vacuum decay.

Billions of years have passed, and this group of cosmic-level civilizations still haven't reached the threshold of more advanced civilizations.

The Observer civilization was in this situation when they decided to leave the area. Then, during their departure, they were wiped out by a fourth phase transition attack from an unknown civilization that appeared out of nowhere.

(End of this chapter)