Voyage of the Stars.

Chapter 1447 The Final Puzzle

The Galactic Heart civilization did indeed receive flowers and applause from everyone; their experiment could be considered both a failure and a success.

Because they did manage to utilize the zero-point vacuum energy they extracted, but when they did, they couldn't withstand the quantum tides from the cosmic mechanism.

The attack on their laboratory did not come from the macroscopic world, nor from a cannon produced in outer space to bombard them, but from the laboratory itself.

When they complete the extraction of vacuum zero-point energy and use it without intending to return it to the universe, a quantum tide from the universe's underlying mechanism appears out of thin air in all the related microscopic worlds, sweeping in from the microscopic worlds and turning everything related into part of vacuum zero-point energy.

The mechanisms of quantum tides in their creation and damage are analogous to the legendary tribulations of lightning, fire, and wind in cultivation. If lightning strikes you, you must awaken your true nature and clear your mind to avoid it beforehand. If you survive, you will live as long as heaven; if not, you will perish. If fire burns you, this fire is neither heavenly nor ordinary; it is called "yin fire," originating from the Yongquan acupoint on the sole of your foot, penetrating directly to the Niwan Palace (a point on the sole of the foot), turning your internal organs to ash and your limbs to decay, rendering your thousand years of arduous cultivation futile. If wind blows you, this wind is neither the wind from the southeast, northwest, nor the gentle north wind, nor the wind blowing through flowers, willows, pines, and bamboo; it is called the Bi wind, blowing into your six internal organs through the fontanelle, passing through the dantian, and piercing through the nine orifices, causing your bones and flesh to disintegrate, and your body to disintegrate.

The laboratory of the Silver Heart civilization was as if it had suffered a calamity, and was reduced to ashes in an instant.

So they ultimately failed, but they were ahead of all other civilizations. If they could find a way to resist quantum tides, they could truly declare themselves a cosmic civilization.

Now, the Galactic Center civilization can indeed proudly say: We are the closest to a cosmic-level civilization.

Unfortunately, their methods are completely unusable by other civilizations.

However, their progress has made all civilizations feel that time is more urgent, especially the human civilization, the divine civilization, the awakener civilization, and the Daya civilization. They have all been in the Milky Way and know what the Galactic Heart civilization has done. Now the Galactic Heart civilization has reached the forefront of all civilizations. If they really succeed first, who knows what kind of trouble they might cause.

To ensure their own safety and interests, the three civilizations—human civilization, divine civilization, and awakener civilization—communicated privately and quickly reached a consensus.

The three civilizations decided that if the Galactic Center civilization were to truly master vacuum zero-point energy first, they would unite to put pressure on them, at least to prevent them from being the first to build the first cosmic-class civilization warship.

Given the shrewdness of the Silver Heart civilization, they must know the meaning behind the three civilizations' actions. It would be best if everyone understood each other without saying a word. However, if they stubbornly continue down this path, they will probably only be able to resort to arms in the end.

This is a classic chain of suspicion, and one that's impossible to break, because people still haven't fully trusted the Galactic Heart civilization.

Of course, at this stage, the Galactic Heart Civilization is still stuck with the quantum tide, so the matters they were secretly discussing have not been revealed.

On the surface, all civilizations applauded the success of the Silverheart Civilization, but in private, they all had different thoughts. The human civilization, the Divine Ruler civilization, and the Awakener civilization felt a great sense of urgency to develop, as did the Abyss and the Kroll civilization, who were also deeply cultivating their own unique technological fields.

But if we're talking about who's in the most hurry, then it has to be the Falcon Civilization.

Because their unique technologies are all related to dark matter, among all civilizations with unique technologies, they are the only ones who have been unable to advance along the direction of their own unique technologies. As a result, over the years, they have almost become just another ordinary civilization.

And so, ten thousand years passed quietly.

Over these ten thousand years, the Galactic Heart civilization has been tormented by quantum tides, making them arguably the most resource-wasting civilization in space. Each experiment was destroyed by the quantum tides; for every laboratory destroyed, they built a new one. Ten thousand years later, the Galactic Heart civilization's resources were nearly exhausted, their allocated planets were depleted, and they had even begun dismantling their spaceships.

Just as the Silver Heart Civilization was stagnating, the Abyss Civilization announced in the public channel that it was the second deadbeat after the Silver Heart Civilization, and had also reached the point where it was only a matter of resisting the quantum tide.

Next came the Kroll civilization, followed by the Divine Moment civilization and the Awakener civilization, which also reached that stage.

They have reached this point by relying on their own unique technologies, which other civilizations cannot replicate and can only continue to research conventional methods.

It must be said that if everyone starts from the same point, a technologically advanced civilization is indeed more likely to challenge a cosmic-level civilization. From this perspective, the old saying about a paper-based civilization doesn't seem entirely wrong.

Take the two major long-range expedition organizations as an example. If it weren't for the Divine Moment Civilization, all ordinary Level 6 civilizations would have already reached a dead end. However, they are still only at the stage of taking one foot into the realm of cosmic civilization. After they take another step forward, they will have to face an experimental stage that consumes even more resources, like the Galactic Heart Civilization.

Of course, there are exceptions, such as the Falcon Civilization. Without the Divine Rule Civilization, they would have surely perished. Even now, their research progress is not even as good as that of many ordinary level six civilizations.

The behavior of the Falcon Civilization demonstrates that the Boundary Breakers can never become cosmic-level life forms.

Speaking of cosmic-level life forms, the nebula life form in the Abyss Grand Expedition Organization is also striving to evolve, but after so many years, it is also stuck in the same place. The most crucial thing is that there is no reference for its evolution method, because it is the only special life form here, and the others are all technological civilizations.

As for the Star Guardian, he's still fast asleep over there in the rhombus crystal.

And so, another five thousand years have passed.

That year, Daya Civilization also took the final step, becoming a quasi-debtor.

On the surface, the Daya civilization has taken the lead over human civilization, but when they made the announcement, they still gave human civilization enough face and even sent a copy of the information on how they succeeded to human civilization.

It's not so much about showing off, but more like expressing an attitude: even if we are temporarily ahead of the leader, the leader is still our leader.

The fact that the Daya civilization did not become arrogant towards humanity because of its progress surprised Yue Yuan somewhat.

The great Flying Feather Civilization made progress afterward. The reason we say "great" before them is because their method was a universal one.

The success of the Flying Feather Civilization meant that two major expeditionary organizations and all ordinary Level 6 civilizations ascended to heaven together, and they could all understand the Flying Feather Civilization's methods.

From this point on, all civilizations have reached the final step: if they can successfully resist the quantum tides, they will be able to truly master the zero-point energy of the vacuum and become a true cosmic-level civilization.

(End of this chapter)