Voyage of the Stars.

Chapter 1644 The Thumping Sound on the Cosmic Membrane
The concerns of the Dayan civilization were not unfounded, especially after it proposed the "theory of the frequency of the universe's existence".

Based on this theory, the Dayan civilization made many speculations, including predictions about the development of related weapons and means of attack, a vision for its next development path, and of course, speculations that there may be more god-level civilizations or civilizations above god-level civilizations in another universe.

If it were just a god-level civilization, the Dayan civilization wouldn't be too worried. What they were worried about were civilizations that might cross the universe, those civilizations that at least possessed the technology to change their own frequency of existence.

Even if they don't know how to defeat such a civilization, they can still leave this universe at any time.

However, not all scholars of the Dayan civilization share this view.

Some scholars of the Dayan civilization believe that a civilization that has reached this level has surpassed the level of a god-like civilization. They can completely avoid major cosmic catastrophes such as vacuum decay, and the birth and death of the universe has no impact on them.

Therefore, from the perspective of that civilization, they could completely disregard the life and death of the universe.

Whether a universe ends in vacuum decay, shrinks back to a singularity and repeats itself, or experiences some other cosmic catastrophe, it has nothing to do with them.

Therefore, such beings may not even be interested in saving the universe. Their purpose may have changed. After all, compared to the extremely difficult and thankless task of saving the universe, it would be better to travel to the multiverse!

Some scholars of the Great Evolutionary Civilization even proposed the idea that such a civilization may have existed in this universe, but after reaching that level, they went to explore the multiverse instead of staying in this universe.

These scholars believe that this statement precisely explains why there are no higher-level civilizations in the vast universe.

Perhaps, higher-level civilizations do exist, and those civilizations have already traveled to explore the multiverse.

But if that's the case, could it be that there have been, or even once been, such civilizations that came to this universe?
The Dayan civilization was unaware of this, but soon some of their concerns became reality.

Just as the Dayan civilization was completing the installation of another instrument for measuring the universe, a tremor from the cosmic membrane caught their attention.

The amplitude of the oscillation was not large, but based on the function and sensitivity of the space measurement equipment, the Dayan civilization still detected that slight oscillation.

"Strange, is that a cosmic membrane oscillation?" A scientist from the Dayan civilization, who was in charge of this matter, discovered the anomaly and immediately reported the information to the civilization headquarters.

Soon, numerous scientists from the Da Yan civilization received firsthand data transmitted back by the detection equipment. At the same time, they also communicated with each other within their own civilization through some kind of information exchange technology.

"It is indeed a cosmic membrane oscillation, and this oscillation pattern does not seem to be the cosmic membrane broadcast that everyone is familiar with, because its orientation is very special." The information reading and analysis of the Dayan civilization was completed almost instantly, and their scientists also made their own judgment.

"What direction?" the leader of the Dayan civilization asked, his tone filled with worry.

Sure enough, the scientists related to the Dayan civilization turned their concerns into reality the next moment: "Outside the vacuum decay region, or rather, at the farthest point of our universe's expansion, the place we have always wanted to reach, is also the place where we believe the 'existence frequency' of this universe has changed and become the 'existence frequency' of another universe."

"You mean, they've come looking for us?"

"Possibly." The word "possibly" was used conservatively, but the people of the Dayan civilization who were qualified to share this information were not lacking in scientific literacy, and they felt that it was most likely true.

Perhaps due to distance or other factors, the vibrational information was very weak, but the Dayan civilization was able to determine its source.

They had never encountered such an oscillation pattern in the cosmic membrane before. If the cosmic membrane were broadcasting information, it would be a vibration with clearly identifiable information, but this is more like a natural oscillation.

So at first, the Dayan civilization also thought it was a natural oscillation of the cosmic membrane, but as the information from several probe arrays was collected, they found that this oscillation was not simple.

It's more like an oscillation that spreads across the cosmic membrane after the intrinsic frequency of this universe is triggered.

In particular, the source of the turmoil has been identified, and it is the most worrying place.

Those from the Dayan civilization who had previously participated in discussions on this topic all wanted to admit they were jinxes, if they knew what a jinx was.

The leader of the Dayan civilization remained silent for a long time before saying, "What I said has come true. It seems that we are not the only ones exploring another universe. Civilizations in another universe are also actively exploring our own universe, and judging from this shockwave, they seem to be even faster than us."

The people of the Dayan civilization all knew what their leader was saying.

There is indeed a god-like civilization in another universe, and judging from the "thumping" sound coming from the cosmic membrane, that god-like civilization has probably completed the measurement of its own universe, thus obtaining the method to explore another universe, and is already ahead of itself.

"It seems we still have to go back. We need to tell the Ruins Returners and the Restarters about this. They are civilizations from the same universe, so they probably won't stand idly by," an expert suggested. "That way, if things really come to that point, at least we'll have a helper. Most importantly, if they pay attention to this matter, perhaps we can buy some time. In any case, we should at least wait until we complete the Cosmic Measurement Project."

The leader of the Dayan civilization agreed, saying, "Hopefully, it's not too late."

He paused for a moment, then continued, "Originally, I wanted to delay a bit longer and start pushing forward the 'Five Fundamental Forces Era Plan' after the completion of the Cosmic Measurement Project. But now it seems I can't wait any longer. If I wait any longer, the civilizations of that universe might come knocking on our door."

“That’s true, but we can’t just implement it immediately,” another high-ranking member of the Dayan civilization said with some disagreement.

Its leader also reasoned clearly: "Of course, we still need to persuade the Void Returners and Restarters. The situation is special; they shouldn't disagree, right?"

After a moment's thought, the leader of the Dayan civilization said again, "The human civilization also needs to speed things up. I still hope they can catch up. Alas, I originally wanted them to develop on their own, but time waits for no one!"

Anomalies transmitted through the cosmic membrane caused many plans to fall behind schedule.

The Dayan civilization was forced to adjust its original plans, and these adjustments would ultimately affect the fate of many civilizations.

These numerous civilizations include not only many cosmic-level civilizations, but also the Great Evolution Civilization itself, as well as the Returners, Restarters, and even the Divine Creation Micro-Elements.

(End of this chapter)