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

Chapter 604 Cause and Effect!

Fang Yunsheng, who was in the node universe, had no idea what kind of tsunami a piece of news he reported had caused in the Academy of Sciences.

At this moment, he was preparing to lead the Z619 expedition fleet to launch the first round of general attack on the central black hole star field of the node universe.

Good, general attack!

In the regular battlefield created by nearly 100,000 Genesis Fortresses and covering the entire universe bubble, the inherent disadvantages of the Apophis Scorpion were infinitely magnified.

——Even though the giant scorpions have completely adapted to the rules of the node universe with their good adaptability, they are far from being able to adapt to the basic rules of the starry sky that are changing all the time.

The speed of light constant, natural constants, four fundamental forces, conservation of energy...

Almost every major change in the rules will give the Apophis scorpion group a real-time refreshed debuff.

At the same time, with the small Genesis units that were standard inside the warships, each warship of the Human Alliance fully retained its own combat power. To a certain extent, these warships even received a certain degree of gain BUFF - for example, the precise change of the light speed constant made the attack of the zero-point ray more fierce, and the precise adjustment of the four basic forces greatly improved the armor strength of the warships, and the frequency and landing point of high-dimensional jumps became more and more unpredictable...

With the strength of one side increasing while the other decreases, coupled with the huge fleet carefully prepared by the Human Alliance, it is no exaggeration to say that crushing with overwhelming force is the most perfect interpretation of this war.

In a very short time, the Scorpion Swarm was forced into the central black hole star field by the triple encirclement array formed by the fleet.

This should be the prelude to a great victory.

that's the truth.

but……

Inside the flagship command center, Fang Yunsheng's face did not look very good. He even seemed to be vaguely showing a deep sense of uneasiness and irritability.

"Something's wrong."

Fang Yunsheng kept repeating: "Something must be wrong!"

"I say, Commander Fang, is there any problem with this?"

On the side, Qin Yao looked at Fang Yunsheng helplessly: "The Human Alliance has made so many preparations, it is only natural that they can annihilate the Apophis giant scorpion in one fell swoop!"

Fang Yunsheng glanced at Qin Yao, and then looked into the depths of the starry sky again.

He shook his head slightly: "Old Qin, you have never been to the Apophis universe in person, so you naturally won't understand what I mean."

"Whether it is the scale of the mother universe or the performance of the Apophis civilization in the universe, it proves that their strength far exceeds that of the Human Alliance!"

"But they don't have the technology to master rules." Qin Yao shrugged and interrupted Fang Yunsheng. "This alone is enough to destroy them."

"..."

Fang Yunsheng was silent for a moment, then suddenly asked, "How is the reduction in the number of scorpion members?"

"Less than 10%." Before Qin Yao could speak, an officer had already presented the specific damage figures on the holographic interface of the command center.

"Less than 10% of the casualties, but more than 90% of the defensive positions were given up..."

Fang Yunsheng's right eyelid twitched slightly: "Old Qin, listen for yourself, is this situation really reasonable?"

"Isn't this the result of time technology?"

Qin Yao tried to defend himself: "If the giant scorpions hadn't mastered the Planck time frame technology, their losses would have been several times greater!"

Fang Yunsheng said quietly, "There's no reason for the giant scorpion to give up 90% of its defensive position, right?"

"They can definitely fight a protracted war with us."

Qin Yao's voice paused, and for a moment he couldn't find any words to refute.

I have to admit that Fang Yunsheng was right. The current battle situation is indeed a bit weird.

"Until now, the fleet has not found the whereabouts of the Xinalo civilization."

Fang Yunsheng's solemn voice continued: "Let alone the Xinaluo civilization, we haven't even found the temporary microcosm where the Xinaluo civilization is located."

"This is not good news!"

Qin Yao scratched his head: "So should we fight or not?"

"Lao Fang, you better just give me the answer!"

Fang Yunsheng gazed at the bright yellow and blue-purple spots of light deep in the starry sky and fell into deep thought.

Each dot of light represents an Apophis giant scorpion.

Outside the porthole, such light spots have formed dense spots of light in the starry sky. If observed from farther away, these spots of light faintly construct an ultra-large "river system" with a diameter of tens of millions of light years!
"……beat!"

A fierce look flashed across Fang Yunsheng's eyes: "Launch a general attack and reveal the true intentions of the Apophis civilization!!"

The moment the words fell, the dim starry sky suddenly brightened!

That is the glow of the naval gun salvo!
Almost at the same time, the Apophis scorpion group, which had been retreating again and again, finally stopped its retreat.

"Roar!!!"

The high-pitched hissing sound of tachyons roared up from the depths of the scorpion group!

The moment they heard the roar, all the Apophis scorpions became excited!

That's an order from the King!!
next moment!
A bright yellow light suddenly lit up in the depths of the "River Galaxy". The obscure flow of information was hidden in the surging information waves, easily enveloping the star field where the scorpion group was located.

For a while.

The deep starry sky was completely divided into two camps of different colors.

——The core area where the central black hole is located flashes with a faint bright yellow light, while the star field outside the core area is completely illuminated in deep blue and red.

Judging from the volume it occupies, the bright yellow light is clearly the weaker side.

But the moment the two sides came into contact, such an effect did not appear - that thin layer of bright yellow light was like a wall of sighs, firmly guarding the last position of the scorpion group.

Whether it was the zero-point ray or the triggered macro-electron bomb, they were silently "frozen" in the starry sky the moment they reached the Wall of Sighs.

After a short wait, these attacks that were powerful enough to tear apart the ordinary universe disappeared in front of everyone in an extremely strange way!

……

"Time...stands still?"

Looking at the scene outside the porthole, Fang Yunsheng's pupils suddenly dilated: "No, it's not just time that has stopped!"

"Those attacks...how did they disappear?"

This is new technology he has never seen before!
Thinking of this, Fang Yunsheng suddenly felt a chill at his back - after so long in the war, the Apophis scorpion could still pull out a new trump card, which was undoubtedly a frightening thing!
The atmosphere in the flagship command center became increasingly solemn.

"Lao Fang, did you notice?"

Qin Yao's voice suddenly rang out: "From just now on, the giant scorpion has not taken the initiative to attack, but just kept hiding behind that barrier."

"seem……"

"Are they stalling for time too?" Fang Yunsheng's eyes moved, and he took over Qin Yao's words, "We are waiting for the Academy of Sciences to make a technological breakthrough, but these giant scorpions..."

"What are they waiting for?"

While talking to himself, Fang Yunsheng couldn't help but recall his previous experience in the Apophis universe - [Dear Your Majesty, your loyal subjects will fully cooperate with you to complete the final plan. ]

The message from the Apophis civilization lingered in his mind again.

A bad thought suddenly arose in Fang Yunsheng's mind.

Could it be that……

Are they waiting for Lord Chen Fan?

"I just took a look." Beside him, Qin Yao also withdrew his gaze from the holographic communication interface, "The anti-universe war zone also encountered the same situation."

"However, the scale of their scorpion colonies is much smaller than that of the node universe, so the pressure to deal with them is not that great."

"Is the Anti-Space War Zone also stalling for time..."

Fang Yunsheng frowned even deeper.

Now, he was even more certain that the Apophis civilization was definitely holding its breath and preparing to launch a big move.

"Yes." Qin Yao nodded. "We currently have no way to break through the scorpion's defense. My suggestion is that since these giant scorpions want to delay time, then we should waste time with them."

"Everything will have to wait until the Academy of Sciences makes a breakthrough in its research."

As soon as he finished speaking, a message marked as the first priority quietly popped up on the holographic interface in front of Fang Yunsheng.

He glanced subconsciously.

The moment he saw the content of the message clearly, the sadness in his eyes instantly dissipated, and a smile involuntarily appeared on his face.

"Just do as you said, drag!!"

In the confusion of Qin Yao's eyes, Fang Yunsheng laughed out loud: "The Academy of Sciences succeeded!"

"The time interference weapon has passed the actual machine test!"

Fang Yunsheng stood up suddenly, looking at the wall of sighs with his eyes full of energy: "The Academy of Sciences has already set off. As long as we can delay until the Academy of Sciences reaches the node universe, the final victory of this war will definitely belong to us!"

……

Node universe, the core area of ​​the Apophis Scorpion.

[Wang, we have used up more than half of our stock of time crystals.]

A sturdy personal guard scorpion carefully sent a message to the queen insect not far away: [If we continue to waste time like this, sooner or later our race will...]

[Shut up!] The queen suddenly opened her scarlet eyes filled with tyranny, and angrily screamed at the guard scorpion in front of her: [This is the ultimate order, you and I cannot question it!]

[If the time crystal reserve is insufficient, take it from the worker scorpion! If it is still insufficient, take it from the soldier scorpion! ]

[As long as the final plan can succeed, no matter how great the loss our tribe suffers, it is worth it! ]

After hearing the queen's words and looking at her aggressive eyes, the scorpion's heart suddenly turned cold.

It heard the deeper meaning in the queen's words - if all the soldier scorpions died, then the next batch would probably be the personal guard scorpions.

It does not want to resist the orders of the queen. In fact, as long as the queen gives an order, the entire scorpion colony will unconditionally obey this seemingly bloody order.

but……

【king.】

[That His Majesty never showed up.] The personal guard Scorpion lowered his attitude even more, [I am not questioning the ultimate order, but...]

[I am worried that if this continues, the ultimate final destruction plan will be affected. ]

[Especially at the second test site, the defensive pressure there will be even greater.]

【By then...】

The anger in the queen's eyes gradually subsided. Obviously, it also realized the dangers of this protracted battle.

【……I see. 】

The queen insect leaned down again, and the information flow around her began to float slowly at a specific frequency: [I will tell the Ultimate about this situation truthfully.]...

nothingness.

Information aggregates emerged from the depths of nothingness, like the sea containing hundreds of rivers, and quickly converged at the edge of the barrier.

This is not an ideal living area for them.

In fact, the environment here can be described as harsh - if the depths of the void are compared to the surface of a planet suitable for survival, then the barrier area that is only "separated by a wall" from the world of order can be regarded as the edge of the atmosphere.

Because of this, after arriving at the barrier area, most information aggregates subconsciously moved away from the barrier. Only a few large information aggregates could withstand the energy-deficient environment at the edge of the barrier.

suddenly.

[Yuan, you are late again. ]

Just as a group of aggregates were waiting anxiously, the largest information flow aggregate swung its somewhat bloated body and transmitted a stream of information into the depths of nothingness.

next second.

An aggregate arrived late and hurried to the side of the person who was speaking: [King, I'm sorry, I'm late...]

[Humph, you are always like this! ]

[Thinking back then, Fan Ke didn’t have…]

Wang snorted coldly and changed the subject a little stiffly: [The final plan is about to start, why didn't Fan appear at the third test site as planned? ]

【Answer me, Yuan! 】

Yuan fell silent.

It endured the energy-poor environment around it and cautiously approached the area where the barrier was located.

As it got closer, a faint suction force gradually became apparent, which further increased its discomfort.

It knew in its heart that this was a normal phenomenon in the barrier area.

The hyperspace membrane grows stronger by absorbing energy from the void.

Because of this, as the hyperspace membrane grows, the energy in the void becomes increasingly scarce, and the tribe's living space continues to shrink.

even……

Over the past 93 order cycles, there have been many areas in the vast void where no one can give birth to the tribe anymore!
For the Su Ming clan, this is tantamount to a countdown to extinction!
[Yuan, move faster.]

The urging from the king came from behind, and Yuan could only collect his somewhat scattered thoughts and close the distance to the barrier again, in order to try to observe the world inside the hyperspace membrane.

Soon, it locked onto Fan's coordinates using the positioning information stream.

The moment he determined the coordinates, Yuan's heart trembled slightly.

That is the main universe of a membrane-level civilization.

Yuan was actually not unfamiliar with this membrane-level civilization - due to the special location of the third test site, this neighboring membrane-level civilization had entered its sight very early.

At first, it didn't care about this civilization.

the reason is simple.

In the resonance process of information transmission, almost all civilizations will gradually become extinct - this is what happened in the first test site.

But over time, this civilization has demonstrated a remarkable resilience.

This membrane-level civilization did not become extinct due to the side effects of resonance. In fact, it continued to expand its territory and even included the third test site into its territory!
To this end, Yuan deliberately adjusted the power and direction of the resonance, trying to resolve this uncertainty in advance.

Obviously, it still failed.

Not only that, in the future he glimpsed, this unknown membrane-level civilization also caused considerable interference to subsequent plans!

Now we are in big trouble!

Yuan had to continue adjusting his plan.

It even went so far as to transfer the test subjects of the first test site to this membrane-level civilization, allowing those Apophis giant scorpions to eliminate this uncertain factor in advance.

It was this step that directly destroyed all the future that it and [Brahma] had ever glimpsed.

Of course, to be more precise, it was the future that it glimpsed - the future that [Fan] glimpsed back then, in fact, had undergone unforeseen changes as early as the day when the consciousness fusion experiment was successful.

【how so……】

Yuan couldn't believe what he saw: [Fan... was captured by that membrane-level civilization? ]

【Humph! 】

The king snorted again: [It's best if it was just captured. ]

[Just now, Test Subject No. 1 sent a message. According to the information obtained by the scorpions, Brahma has joined the membrane-level civilization called the Pan-Universe Human Alliance.]

[…Rebellion? ]

Yuan was a little dazed: [This, this is impossible! ! ]

[At the beginning…]

[Fan had taken extra safeguards at the beginning. No matter what happens, the destruction plan will be successfully launched in the end! ]

Hearing this, Wang on the side seemed to have thought of something. He swung his body and instantly came to Yuan's side. He pulled out a tentacle-like information stream from his body and grabbed Yuan in front of him.

[You activated that thing without permission?! ]

Seeing Yuan nod in agreement, Wang instantly fell into a rage: [Damn it! How dare you activate that device without permission? ! ]

[You... and Fan, don't you know how harmful it is? ! ]

Yuan didn't say anything, but just stared blankly at the barrier not far away.

[No wonder…]

Wang murmured in a low voice: [No wonder Fan made those arrangements at the No. 2 test site at that time...]

[If it's that device... then everything can be explained.]

Yuan stared blankly at the king in front of him, his tone a little dry: [You...what do you mean by this? ]

[Do you still remember the time when the Second Test Site was invaded by other civilizations?] Wang did not answer this question directly, but instead asked Yuan a question in return.

Yuan nodded.

Of course it remembers.

At that time, it was just an assistant to Brahma.

At that time, an advanced civilization that also mastered time technology suddenly appeared in the second test site, which caused panic within the civilization.

It was also at that time.

After a spy experiment on the timeline, Fan suddenly proposed to include the No. 2 test subject in the final destruction plan.

[At that time, Fan suddenly found me.] Wang recalled in a low voice, [It told me very eagerly that the advanced civilization that mastered time was the No. 2 test subject that we had worked so hard to cultivate.]

[Fan doesn't know why this happened, and can only attribute it to the disturbance of the timeline itself.]

[This news shocked me so much that I even wanted to destroy the No. 2 test subject and the second test site in advance.]

【At first, Fan agreed with my suggestion. 】

【But for some reason, it suddenly changed its mind. 】

[Fan told me that a nebula life appeared in the No. 2 test site. This is very likely the layout of the No. 2 test subject from the future.]

[I want to kill this life form, but...]

[Fan rejected this proposal again. It was ready to take advantage of the situation and include the nebula life in the final destruction plan.]

[I didn’t understand what Fan meant at the time, and I didn’t know why Fan suddenly changed his plan.]

【But now it seems... everything may depend on that device. 】

Yuan's body shook violently, and the information flow in his body instantly became chaotic: [No, this is impossible...]

[Fan activated the device before the third experiment, which was the consciousness body fusion experiment! ]

[And the invasion of the No. 2 test site...]

Yuan used all his strength to roar at the king in front of him: [But this happened before the device was activated! ! ! ]

silence.

The barrier area instantly fell into deathly silence.

Yuan's body trembled slightly, and a strong chill spread from the depths of nothingness, eventually covering his entire body.

【…】

Wang sighed helplessly: [This is why Fan wanted to seal up the device in the first place.]

[Modifying the time is a dangerous operation in itself. ]

【Not to mention...】

【Modify the cause and effect.】

Wang's eyes were filled with regret: [Yuan, you should have stopped it at that time.]

Yuan stood there in a daze, his thoughts in chaos.

Time, cause and effect...

Was it the final destruction plan initiated by Brahma that gave rise to the ghost civilization, or was it the cause and effect that Brahma modified at the last minute that changed the original direction of the timeline?

It can't see clearly.

It’s really hard to see!
This is the first time since it took over Fan's job that it felt so terrified about its own job!

[…Inform the research institute that there was an unexpected situation with the original plan, and ask them to proceed according to plan number two.]

[Release the nebula life and forcibly initiate the final destruction! ]

Wang's voice came from not far away, stirring Yuan's thoughts again.

It looks like the final destruction plan is indeed about to be successfully launched.

The process that can be started is far away from Brahma and the future it glimpses.

[Fan, is this the power of time itself...]

Yuan turned around and staggered towards the depths of nothingness: [Any existence that attempts to control time... will eventually be punished accordingly...]

[I see…I see…]

(End of this chapter)