Voyage of the Stars.

Chapter 1418 This Suppressive Universe
(The chapter order is reversed; chapter 1416 is at the end.)

Thanks to the technology of the Great Divine Cube civilization, the three great voyages did not experience an energy crisis. Without an energy crisis, the civilizations were no longer forced to implement the "Fire Seed Project," and were even able to travel at warp speed for a period of time.

Compared to the total time of this voyage, this period is short, but it has bought 515 civilizations 40,000 years. Adding to this the fact that the original cataclysmic zone was 10,000 light-years away, the three major expeditionary organizations will have another 50,000 years after arriving in this galaxy.

Fifty thousand years is enough.

It would take 10,000 years to rebuild a "Star Accelerator", and another few hundred years to complete the accelerated launch, leaving approximately 40,000 years.

Now we can finally put some distance between ourselves and the cosmic catastrophe zone.

With previous experience and the success of this voyage, all civilizations were full of energy after arriving in this star system. Having just received the engineering assignment from the Divine Matrix civilization, they couldn't wait to head to the target star region and begin large-scale mining and construction.

Of course, routine exploration of this galaxy is also essential.

Overall, this is a galaxy with a diameter of only 3 light-years, which is larger than the previous galaxies. However, what surprised various civilizations was that this galaxy had even less dark matter.

As a result, various civilizations have come to the conclusion that the closer one gets to the center of the large void, the thinner the overall amount of dark matter becomes.

This is a rare phenomenon, because according to the theories of cosmic evolution of various civilizations, the amount of dark matter is enormous, and it should all be gathered together due to gravity, which explains why each galaxy gathers a large amount of dark matter.

Because space is isotropic, the distribution of dark matter in different regions of the universe born from the Big Bang should theoretically be roughly the same. In other words, every galaxy should have a dense dark matter halo, and the density of dark matter should only be related to the mass of each galaxy, rather than, as it is now, where there is less dark matter closer to the center of the large void.

The three major voyages didn't know the reason, but they were excited by the phenomenon they observed. The fact that dark matter decreased as they approached the center of the large void matched the expectations of their respective civilizations. In other words, this phenomenon meant that their conjectures were correct, and the inability to grasp the vacuum zero point was indeed related to some factor involving dark matter.

Moreover, from the current cosmic perspective, the scope of this influence is extremely wide; otherwise, people wouldn't need to come inside the Great Void, they could simply stay in the void between galaxies.

Combined with what the Star Defenders said earlier, that the Dayan Civilization didn't need to go into the Great Void when it advanced to a Level 7 civilization, scientists from various civilizations came to a bold conjecture.

They believe that perhaps the clusters of dark matter that envelop galaxies in the vast universe are like some kind of signal network. They cover the entire star field through some unknown mechanism, blocking certain signals in the area they cover.

Within a certain range where signals are blocked, it is impossible to obtain the correct answer regarding the zero-point energy of the vacuum.

If it was possible in the era of the Dayan civilization, doesn't that mean that such a mechanism didn't exist in that era? Doesn't that mean that the emergence of such a mechanism might be the result of some kind of rule being modified?

But what kind of powerful civilization could alter the rules of an entire universe spanning billions of light-years? With the current understanding of various civilizations, a cosmic-level civilization could never accomplish such a feat. Therefore, it must be a civilization even more advanced than a cosmic-level civilization, if it was caused by human intervention.

What is a more advanced civilization? The Star Guardians tell you, it's a god-level civilization!
That's a name that comes from the Dayan civilization. If we follow the naming conventions of the three major maritime organizations, it could also be called an eighth-level civilization.

In other words, a god-like civilization once visited this place, and for reasons unknown, used godlike methods to seal off this vast galaxy. Perhaps they witnessed the war between level seven civilizations, or perhaps it was due to a cosmic catastrophe.

Thinking of this, everyone felt as if a heavy stone was pressing on their hearts. This universe was truly oppressive. It was said that this universe was riddled with holes, but the holes that were previously understood to be caused by a Level 7 civilization were now seen to be caused by a God-level civilization, and with even greater destructive power and wider impact.

If this conjecture is true, it's no exaggeration to say that all civilizations within the entire Laniakea Supercluster are included. This method isn't targeted at any particular civilization, but rather at an entire region of the universe.

Therefore, considering the vast and flawed nature of the universe, it's not hard to guess the purpose of a god-like civilization doing this. After all, the direct effect is to limit the birth of cosmic-level civilizations, which is most likely to limit the emergence of vacuum decay zones.

If that's the case, doesn't that mean even god-level civilizations can't solve the problem of vacuum decay? Otherwise, they could just solve it directly; why would they need to use such methods to restrict the advancement of civilization?

It's so oppressive, so incredibly oppressive.

However, upon reflection, everyone understands why there has been almost no trace of extraterrestrial civilizations. Whether they perished in that war or survived, they have all left.

The Dayan civilization also left. Perhaps they discovered the existence of a god-level civilization, and that the god-level civilization used this method to limit the emergence of more cosmic-level civilizations. They also guessed that the god-level civilization could not solve the problem of vacuum decay, and thus realized that their efforts and those of the cosmic-level civilizations were bound to fail. That is why they embarked on a new journey to seek a way to break through to the level of a god-level civilization.

However, the hallmark of a Type 7 civilization, or a cosmic civilization, is the mastery and large-scale use of vacuum zero-point energy. So what is the hallmark of a god-level civilization?

Although they are still on a difficult long voyage and have not yet reached the level of a cosmic civilization, scientific teams from various civilizations still cannot help but imagine what a god-like civilization would look like.

Regarding these speculations, the various civilizations of the Galactic Great Voyage Organization felt that the Star Defender might know more, after all, he was a creation of the Dayan Civilization and had a lot of data and knowledge about the Dayan Civilization, so they consulted him.

Unexpectedly, even the Star Defender, who was always talking nonsense, fell silent upon hearing this. However, his next answer almost made the representatives of various civilizations burst out laughing, thinking to themselves that the Star Defender was still the same old Star Defender.

Regarding human civilization, the Star Defender's words, translated, are as follows: "Mist Cao, you bunch of bastards are quite clever, and your imaginations are exceptionally rich. You can draw such conclusions from such trivial information, and they even seem to make sense. Don't you know that by the time I see my son, cough cough, that hateful Dayan civilization, they might have already become a god-level civilization? How can that demonstrate my greatness?!"

Good heavens, it turns out this guy had no information whatsoever, and hadn't even considered this possibility.

Without a definitive answer from the Star Defenders, the civilizations could only continue their work in silence and keep moving forward.

Having learned from the experience of building the "Star Accelerator" the first time, everyone was much faster this time, completing the construction of the "Star Accelerator" in just nine thousand years.

Needless to say, the next step was to follow the same method, launch more planets, and then set off again on the stars, heading towards the deeper reaches of space.

(End of this chapter)