Voyage of the Stars.

Chapter 1540 Infinite Multiverse
Without completing the measurement of the universe, it is impossible to obtain the complete data needed to restart the universe, according to the Great Evolution Civilization.

The Rebooters felt there was no hope of crossing the vacuum decay zone, so they began communicating with the Dayan civilization again regarding this matter.

The Rebooter: "There's no hope, is there? The universe can only keep expanding, otherwise we'll definitely be swallowed up by vacuum decay. Is this the answer you're trying to give us?"

The message from the Great Yan Civilization came from an infinitely distant place: "No, no, no, you still don't understand."

A wisp of information flowed through the cosmic membrane, and the Restarter responded: "Great Evolution Civilization, we think it would be better if you explained things clearly. Moreover, you need to speed up your progress. The Returning Void Ones have already taken action, and if we delay any longer, we don't know how long we can persuade them to stop."

The Great Evolution Civilization: "Okay, we've discovered that beyond the region beyond the first ray of light from the Big Bang, the vacuum decay there is caused by the unrestrained use of vacuum zero-point energy by various civilizations in the universe, but it's not entirely caused by the unrestrained use of vacuum zero-point energy!"

The information, seemingly flowing from an infinitely distant place, paused for a moment before continuing: "Because we have traveled through most of the universe, we have discovered that if the vacuum decay zone truly encompasses the entire universe, it could not possibly possess such a vast amount of energy. In other words, the energy consumption of all civilizations since the birth of the universe alone could not create such a large vacuum decay zone."

"What's the reason for that?"

"The universe is expanding at an accelerated rate!"

Rebooters: "You mean the energy of spacetime generated by the accelerated expansion of the universe originates from the overall energy level of the universe itself?"

The Great Evolution Civilization: "Yes, the larger the universe expands, the larger the vacuum decay region becomes. In other words, the longer the universe expands, the more difficult it becomes to cross that region and reach the extreme of the universe's expansion. We also want to be fast, but it's too difficult. We still need some time. Trust us."

"So, what are your next steps?"

"Simple. First, we need to determine whether the entire universe is truly enveloped by vacuum decay. If it is, then we need to find a way to cross over and reach the end to measure it. Only by reaching that impossible place can we truly obtain the data of the entire universe and determine whether your two plans can succeed."

“But you cannot cross the vacuum decay zone; no civilization can pass through it. So we believe the best way is to confine ‘our universe’ to the range of the first ray of light, isolate it, and then let everything return to zero!”

"Are you crazy? That kind of universe isn't the real whole universe!"

“We’re not crazy. The region of the first ray of light in the universe is already large enough. After the new universe is born, we can just reduce the speed of light. That way, we can at least buy ourselves time for the Big Bang. With that time, we will definitely succeed.”

"That's not a real success. We reiterate our philosophy: whether it's restarting the universe or returning to nothingness, the entire universe must be taken into account. Otherwise, it will only fail. Even if you can pull your so-called entire universe back to zero, the vacuum decay in the endless region beyond the first ray of light will engulf you. You don't have enough energy to make the universe reborn."

"This won't work, that won't work, so come up with a solution! If the Void Returners heard this, do you think they'd still be willing to wait? We're good-natured, but our patience isn't limitless. So now tell us, how do you plan to cross the endless vacuum decay zone beyond the first ray of light? If you can answer this question, we can trust you one more time! Don't tell us you'll find a crack to squeeze through!"

"Of course not. Alright, it seems you're determined to carry out your lousy plan unless we make things clear. But before that, you need to keep an eye on the Returning Void Ones." "No problem, go ahead and tell me."

"Phase transition!"

"Phase transition? What does that have to do with you crossing the vacuum decay region?"

"Yes, phase transition! It's related!"

"say clearly!"

"The era of the four fundamental forces has lasted for over ten billion years. The universe should have entered the fourth phase transition long ago. Only when the universe fully completes the fourth phase transition and enters the era of the five fundamental forces can the vacuum decay generated by the entire universe be neutralized. Although the energy level of the universe at that time will be relatively low, it will still be more reliable than your method because such a new universe will have completely new rules, a universe where new vacuum decay has not yet occurred. Moreover, the five fundamental force universe is actually more stable than the four fundamental force universe. We have already deduced this, and we have sufficient data. At that time, we can take advantage of the early environment of the new universe to cross the old vacuum decay region that was originally insurmountable, go to the real cosmic bubble, and complete the measurement of the entire universe."

The message from the Dayan civilization seemed to come from an infinitely distant place. They seemed to get very excited as they spoke: "Then, we will find a way to jump out of the entire universe, to jump to the outside of the accelerating expanding universe, and start from the outside. Only by taking energy from the outside can we truly save our universe."

The Rebooter: "The Five-Force Era? Good, so the Fourth Phase Transformation was your doing!"

The Dayan civilization didn't seem to refute this, but simply changed the subject: "Don't think we don't know why that guy wants to capture the infinite microscopic world."

After a long silence, the Rebooter finally said, "They are too idealistic and won't listen to advice. They insist on reducing the macroscopic dimension to the microscopic and even dream of using the microscopic as the macroscopic to reopen a sub-microscopic universe. We can only unite with other beings to destroy them, but unfortunately they still escaped, and now the infinite microscopic dimension of the entire universe is incomplete."

The Great Yan Civilization: "So."

Rebooter: "Stop. None of us know what's happening outside the universe right now, so everything you're saying is baseless."

The Great Evolution Civilization: "This is one of the purposes of our measurement of the universe. We will prove to you that our universe actually arose from a chance energy fluctuation in endless nothingness, manifesting as the Big Bang. The magnitude of this energy fluctuation in nothingness determines the magnitude of the initial driving force behind the universe's expansion. Our universe may have emerged from a positive fluctuation peak, and there may be other universes with positive fluctuations outside of our own universe. Of course, there may also be universes with negative fluctuations."

"They all arise and perish in the endless fluctuations of the endless void, forming an infinite multiverse. All we need to do is find one of the universes that has the same rules as ours, absorb their fluctuation energy, and we can save our universe."

After a pause, the Dayan civilization revealed their latest discovery: "Perhaps our universe has already collided with some fluctuating universe in the void. Both of our universes are rapidly expanding in infinite inflation, but that universe may be older than ours, so its overall energy level is lower, perhaps even reaching the stage of complete vacuum decay. The vacuum decay region we see beyond the first ray of light may be the result of the collision between the two universes."

"Yes, it's like two wave crests at different heights meeting. Our crest is higher, so our overall energy is spontaneously shifting towards their universe."

(End of this chapter)