With the support of a ninth-level civilization, do you want me to believe in electronic gods?

Chapter 488 Mystery of Life
Fang Yunsheng couldn't help but feel a headache when he thought that for the next ten hours or so, the fleet would need to restrain its firepower to "catch bugs" in the vast starry sky spanning more than three thousand light years.

Is this really what a peacekeeping fleet is supposed to do?

True.

The threat posed by scorpion swarms is not low.

Not to mention some conventional civilizations, even a powerful level eight civilization might not be able to gain much benefit from this scorpion group - those ten thousand meter class giant scorpions that have mastered dimensional technology, each of them has combat power comparable to the main battleships of a level eight civilization. Moreover, the number of scorpion groups far exceeds the number of battleships of most level eight civilizations.

But for the Human Union's peacekeeping fleet, especially the peacekeeping fleet carrying a Genesis Fortress, this group of scorpions is obviously not enough.

It is certainly a good thing that the situation is developing smoothly, but as a captain, Fang Yunsheng must be hoping to have some opportunities to "achieve success" - for this mission, he has applied to the Academy of Sciences for the right to use the Genesis Fortress!

You know, this thing can't be applied for at any time!
With the artifact in hand, I can only stand aside and watch...

This feeling is a bit too uncomfortable.

"Academician Wang."

Fang Yunsheng held some expectations and asked Wang Jing again: "After the scorpion group is wiped out, do you have any other plans?"

"For example... tracking down the whereabouts of the broadcast civilization?"

Hearing the words "broadcast civilization", Wang Jing's previously calm expression suddenly changed slightly.

"Broadcast civilization..."

"The situation is a bit complicated. I need to report it to the Academy of Sciences first, and then the Academy of Sciences will make the decision."

Although Wang Jing's expression quickly returned to calm, Chen Fan, who was standing next to her, still keenly noticed the fleeting panic in Wang Jing's eyes.

Seeing this, Chen Fan couldn't help but frown.

Ever since the reverse tracing experiment began, Wang Jing has been feeling a little strange. Could it be that something went wrong with the reverse tracing experiment on broadcast civilization?
Considering that Wang Jing did not tell Fang Yunsheng directly about the situation, Chen Fan could only suppress his doubts temporarily.

"As for the next arrangements..."

Wang Jing's voice continued to be heard: "General Fang, this universe bubble won't last much longer, right?"

Chen Fan's expression froze, and the confusion that had been lingering in his mind disappeared instantly.

"?"

what's going on?
Why is this universe bubble suddenly failing?

Before he could speak, Fang Yunsheng in the communication interface had already nodded with a wry smile.

"Yes."

He affirmed Wang Jing's words: "In order to reach the front battlefield as quickly as possible, the fleet can only choose a hard landing."

"At present, the cosmic membrane structure of this cosmic bubble has been destroyed by the Genesis Fortress. According to our observations, the cosmic membrane has shown signs of self-disintegration."

Chen Fan stared blankly at Fang Yunsheng, who had an indifferent expression in the holographic projection.

A universe, a universe that houses countless planets, ended so casually?
Although he had known the fragility of the cosmic membrane very early on, he also learned from Song Ziliang the consequences of the collapse of the cosmic membrane.

But that's just talk after all.

When things really happened in front of his eyes and he learned that the anti-universe bubble was about to collapse, Chen Fan was still stunned.

Knowing clearly that there was most likely no life in this universe, knowing clearly that the safety of this universe had no direct or indirect connection with him, and knowing clearly that the Human Union would most likely properly handle the Xinalo civilization and the star god Kraken, Chen Fan still felt an inexplicable sense of anxiety in his heart.

just like……

At this moment, he lost something permanently.

"This..." Driven by this anxiety, Chen Fan subconsciously asked Wang Jing beside him, "Is there no way to repair this cosmic membrane?"

Wang Jing glanced at Chen Fan, who suddenly became "dispirited", and frowned slightly.

She hesitated for a moment, as if thinking about something.

"I'm afraid there's no better way."

Wang Jing's eyes showed some helplessness: "This cosmic bubble is quite different from other cosmic bubbles."

"I checked the fleet's logbook. The membrane structure of this cosmic bubble is very similar to that of the node universe."

"This is also consistent with the past cognition of the Human Union. Although the positive and negative cosmic bubbles are opposite to each other and are located on both sides of the hyperspace membrane, their structures are very similar."

Facing Chen Fan's gaze, Wang Jing continued, "If it is another cosmic bubble, in the early stage of the collapse of the cosmic membrane, the Genesis Fortress may be able to patch it up and curb its collapse trend."

"But this cosmic bubble..."

"It's difficult, it's too difficult."

Wang Jing sighed and shook her head: "Although it is quite similar to the node universe, its toughness is not as good as that of the node universe. Not only that, its stability is also lower than that of the node universe."

"In general, the anti-universe bubble is more like a weakened version of the node universe. Let alone one Genesis, even if ten Genesis fortresses were deployed, I'm afraid there would be no way to reverse the collapse of the cosmic membrane."

After hearing what Wang Jing said, Chen Fan's face became even uglier.

Wang Jing's heart moved. She narrowed her eyes and carefully looked at Chen Fan's changing expression: "After all, this is just a bubble of the universe with almost no intelligent life. If it's gone, it's gone. Do you have to be so upset?"

Not to mention Wang Jing, even Fang Yunsheng in the communication channel cast a puzzled look at Chen Fan.

Like Wang Jing, he was also unable to understand the change in Chen Fan's expression - although the peacekeeping fleet rarely had the opportunity to encounter the scene of the collapse of the cosmic bubble, he was no stranger to the collapse of the cosmic bubble as he came from the expedition fleet.

Thinking back to the expeditionary fleet back then, in order to expand and consolidate the territory of the Human Union, they even used some small cosmic bubbles as fuel for the fleet expedition!

Even the main universe of the Human Union is actually the product of the fusion of several large universe bubbles.

In Fang Yunsheng's view, cosmic bubbles are actually almost inexhaustible natural resources, just like the planets and stars in the starry sky.

Looking at the puzzled looks of Wang Jing and Fang Yunsheng, Chen Fan became more and more confused.

Yes, it’s just a cosmic bubble with almost no intelligent life. Why should he be so upset?
"I...I don't know."

Chen Fan shook his head in a trance.

He hesitated again and again, but finally expressed the strange feeling in his heart.

After listening to Chen Fan's description, Wang Jing frowned even deeper. She turned her head and looked at Fang Yunsheng, who was looking confused in the communication interface.

"…What important thing did you lose?"

Wang Jing murmured softly and fell into deep thought.

If someone else said this, Wang Jing would definitely not care, and might even regard this person as an "extremist" whose heart of truth had exploded.

But when Chen Fan said this...

That really requires careful consideration - putting aside other things, Chen Fan's ability to control the flow of information means that his identity is destined to be extraordinary!
"There can't be any hidden connection between your life experience and this universe bubble, right?" Wang Jing asked half-jokingly, "But weren't you born in the node universe?"

"born……"

Chen Fan looked a little strange. After hesitating for a moment, he corrected himself and said, "Academician Wang, I was not born in the node universe."

"Have you forgotten? Strictly speaking, I am actually an illegal crosser."

Wang Jing's heart skipped a beat, and her previously half-joking expression quickly turned serious.

Illegal crossing...

Although this situation is rare, it cannot be said to be an isolated case - usually, this case occurs when two or more cosmic bubbles overlap or resonate.

It is known that the node universe and the anti-universe bubble have a very close connection, and Chen Fan has traveled to the node universe. Even the Xinaluo civilization in the anti-universe has an inexplicable connection with Chen Fan...

Could it be that……

Chen Fan actually comes from an anti-universe bubble?

Thinking of this, Wang Jing's expression suddenly became serious: "Do you know the cosmic coordinates before the time travel?"

Chen Fan shook his head repeatedly.

"Tsk!"

Wang Jing sighed softly, and her tone became worse: "How does Song Ziliang do things?"

"Why don't you investigate such an important matter?!"

"Song Ziliang did mention this matter before, and he also helped me keep an eye out for it, but I never found any corresponding clues." Seeing Wang Jing's face getting uglier and uglier, Chen Fan hurriedly spoke up to excuse his nominal boss, "I also thought about returning to the original world at that time, but then I thought about it and decided that instead of returning to the original world to live a dull life, I still prefer the days of being an investigator."

"Plus, various dangerous technologies continue to emerge, and searching for the native world is an extremely time-consuming and energy-consuming task..."

"As time went by, the matter was delayed."

Wang Jing did not say anything, but quickly raised her hand and started operating the holographic interface in front of her.

As she input her identification code into the interface, the holographic interface, which was originally only half a person's height, suddenly expanded, and a variety of complex data were densely displayed on it.

As soon as Wang Jing had a thought, the complex data in the interface disappeared one by one, and finally only a few lines of simple data remained.

She flipped through it casually, and the anger on her face eased a little: "You are right, Song Ziliang did help you find the original universe."

"But he didn't find a universe that matched the signature code in the database." "Plus, you didn't have any requirements for the native universe, so he gave up the project for the time being."

Wang Jing tapped lightly on the holographic interface in front of her.

"Just now you said that the collapse of the anti-universe bubble gave you a bad feeling. I guess..."

Wang Jing whispered her guess: "Your original universe may be this anti-universe bubble, so you have this strange feeling in your subconscious mind."

Following Wang Jing's movements, the simplified data in the holographic interface became complicated again.

The comparison of cosmic signature codes is quite complicated, and even the main brain of the research ship will take a lot of time to get the results.

……

the other side.

Fang Yunsheng stared blankly at Wang Jing and Chen Fan on the communication interface, seeming to want to say something but stopping himself.

I vaguely remember that he was asking about the follow-up arrangements for the fleet?

How come the topic suddenly became the search for the original universe?
Also, this investigator named Chen Fan...

It seems that his status in the Academy of Sciences is quite high!
Just by opening his mouth, he asked a Level I academician to take the initiative to help him find the original universe. This treatment is not something that ordinary people can enjoy!
By the way, this kid can also bring a Level I academician to carry out an investigation mission!
You can even move freely inside the research vessel!
Is this really just an ordinary investigator?

Recalling the many scenes he had seen before, Fang Yunsheng couldn't help but become suspicious.

After hesitating for a moment, he coughed lightly, forced a slight smile on his face, and winked at Chen Fan, who was standing idle next to Wang Jing, through the communication interface.

Seeing that Chen Fan noticed him, Fang Yunsheng raised his right hand and shook the smart terminal on it at him.

Looking at Fang Yunsheng winking at him, a question mark slowly appeared on Chen Fan's forehead: "?"

He lowered his head and followed Fang Yunsheng's gaze towards his smart terminal.

The next second, the interface of the smart terminal pops up automatically.

[This machine has received a friend request. ]

Yi's voice then rang in his mind: [Do you need this machine to agree for you? ]

Looking at the avatar of Fang Yunsheng in the interface, Chen Fan was stunned again.

He raised his head to look at Fang Yunsheng in the communication interface, then looked at the smart terminal on his right hand. For a moment, he couldn't understand what the other party meant.

Although he was puzzled, considering the other party's identity, Chen Fan still gave Yi an order of agreement in his mind - after all, given his current situation, who knows what crisis he will fall into.

Meet the captain of a peacekeeping fleet...

It's not a bad thing after all.

Who knows, maybe one day I’ll be able to pull someone into the water... No, how about looking for someone to help?
Thinking of this, a bright smile suddenly appeared on Chen Fan's face.

At the same time, seeing that the friend request was approved, the smile on Fang Yunsheng's face in the communication interface also brightened a little.

The two smiled at each other across from the focused Wang Jing, as if they had reached some consensus.

"General Fang."

Wang Jing's voice suddenly rang out, interrupting the tacit agreement between the two.

She did not turn around, still concentrating on the holographic interface in front of her: "The arrangement you mentioned earlier..."

"Since the cosmic bubble is about to collapse, after the cleanup is completed, you can have the fleet cut off the star fields around the Creation Land and pack them into small universes."

"The scale... let's set it at 10,000 light years for now."

"Also, send a part of the fleet to the surrounding star fields to attract some stars. Once things here are over, I will try to repair this star field."

"The star's specifications will be transmitted to the flagship master brain soon."

Fang Yunsheng's face turned bitter.

have to.

Forget about making great achievements. Judging from the current situation, catching bugs all over the starry sky is already a good job - look at the orders issued by Wang Jing, either cutting up small universes or moving stars. A peacekeeping fleet was mistaken for a construction team!

The moment he agreed to Wang Jing's request, Fang Yunsheng looked at Chen Fan meaningfully.

All his hopes now rest on this investigator with a peculiar identity!
As for Chen Fan...

He looked at Fang Yunsheng's meaningful gaze and nodded solemnly.

He has already thought about it.

If he gets into any trouble in the future, he will definitely report Fang Yunsheng's name first!

……

"……wrong."

After Fang Yunsheng's communication link was cut off, Wang Jing sighed deeply and shifted her gaze away from the holographic interface in front of her.

"The comparison results are out. Judging from the signature code, there should be no connection between you and the Anti-Universe."

As she spoke, Wang Jing sighed in distress.

Although one suspicious option was ruled out, the fog before my eyes became thicker and thicker.

This is not a good sign.

Wang Jing murmured in a low voice: "This is troublesome..."

Noticing the confusion in Chen Fan's eyes, she quickly explained:
"Normally, traveling through time usually occurs between two cosmic bubbles that are close in distance or even partially overlap, so I would guess that you might be from an anti-cosmic bubble. After all, the node universe was also inside the hyperspace membrane before, and there is indeed a chance that the two cosmic bubbles will overlap."

"But now it seems that this guess was wrong."

"It's neither an anti-universe bubble nor a cosmic bubble within the pan-universe, so there is only one possibility left."

"Your native universe is outside the territory of the Human Union. This is a rare ultra-long-distance journey."

"Since the establishment of the Administration, there have been only a few similar cases of ultra-long-distance crossing, so the Academy of Sciences' theoretical basis in this regard is not perfect."

"According to previous research results, this ultra-long-distance travel may be related to the resonance between the cosmic bubble and the hyperspace membrane."

"To put it in plain words, your consciousness, with the help of the hyperspace membrane, instantly traveled a very long distance and arrived in another cosmic bubble."

"With the current capabilities of the Human Union, I'm afraid it's impossible to locate your native universe."

Chen Fan nodded thoughtfully.

He had no obsession with returning to the original universe.

According to his previous thinking, if he couldn't find the original universe, then he couldn't find it. This would completely cut off the idea of ​​returning to the original world.

but now……

This thing seems to be connected with the node universe and the anti-universe!

Chen Fan sighed and repeated Wang Jing's previous words: "This is indeed a bit troublesome."

Wang Jing raised her hand and rubbed her brows tiredly: "...Anyway, I will notify the Academy of Sciences and ask them to find a solution to this matter as soon as possible."

"correct."

Chen Fan suddenly remembered something: "Did the experiment of reverse tracing the broadcast civilization succeed?"

"What is the result? Where is the radio civilization hiding?"

Hearing Chen Fan's question, Wang Jing's expression changed again.

She hesitated again and again, and finally let out a long sigh, and called up the bright red image that Chen Fan had glanced at earlier.

"I don't know if the experiment was successful."

"but……"

"According to the results of reverse tracing, the high-dimensional signals of the broadcasting civilization are scattered throughout the entire hyperspace membrane area."

Chen Fan was slightly stunned, and quickly recalled the bright red hyperspace membrane net. The feeling of uneasiness in his heart gradually became stronger: "The entire hyperspace membrane area? What does this mean?"

"To put it simply..."

Wang Jing said word by word: "If the results of the reverse tracing experiment are correct, then the radio civilization... is right beside us."

The moment the words fell, a shrill alarm suddenly sounded inside the research vessel!

"warn!"

"Super-large-scale space-time fluctuation effect detected!!"

"Range of fluctuation: This universe bubble!!!"

(End of this chapter)