Technological practice: leading the human race to the stars

Chapter 169: The Great Library

Astra placed the space structure he had built into the instrument, and a dazzling white light instantly submerged Yuanze.

In a moment, Yuanze had arrived at his destination, a speed several times faster than the quantum teleportation portal.

If the two ends of the distorted space are far enough apart, they can even exceed the limit of the speed of light and reach the other end.

Yuanze's vision gradually recovered. He put his hands in front of his eyes and observed the entire room.

This room seemed to be a very large library, and any book you picked up was filled with physics, mathematics and philosophy.

This is not surprising. A race that can naturally understand various topological structures and even high-dimensional spaces has a natural advantage in physics compared to other races.

This enabled all disciplines to gain new developments from basic physical explanations, and mathematics and philosophy flourished as a result, followed closely by geography, biology, and chemistry.

But such a knowledgeable race seems unable to take root in the land of Blue Star and disappears silently in the long river of history.

"Astra, isn't that a bit too exaggerated?"

"This is equivalent to the top civilizations in the universe gathering all the achievements of their billions of years of civilization." Astra paused, "Do you still think it's exaggerated?"

"That is to say, any piece of information here can make humans useful in the interstellar world, and even stand out among the interstellar races. In comparison, you and I are as humble as dust."

Yuanze took out a book, and the text on it, which looked like a picture of spatial structure, was too obscure.

The best humans can do is interpret, but they are definitely not capable of translating, let alone understanding.

This not only made him realize the insignificance of human beings, but also filled him with sadness for human beings who are keen on infighting.

Although he could not interpret the words above, his "flow" told him that the words above were filled with the extremely strong collective consciousness of the race.

What’s even more terrifying is that in any other book, one can also see the two authors’ strong self-awareness, or even the same author’s consciousness changing strongly before and after.

The full integration of collectivism and freedom, the sharp contrast between subjectivity and objectivity, and the self-revolution from the past to the future.

This is more advanced than any thought or doctrine on the blue planet, and it is like guidance from a god.

The spirit of the so-called god-level civilization is just like this, so what should their weapons look like?
Or is it that my concern for their spiritual and material aspects is an extremely superficial behavior?
Yuanze continued to wander in this huge library that was like heaven, and he felt his spirit being further enriched.

But he also witnessed the horror of this huge library. Countless corpses of different races lay at the bottom of the library.

This led him to speculate that anyone who entered here with insufficient mental strength would be forced to sleep until death.

It seems that some of the fallen creatures are extremely knowledgeable scholars who are willing to die in pursuit of the truth.

Even if they are brushed slightly, these creatures will turn into dust in an instant.

Yuanze didn't know how long he had been wandering here before he discovered a faint biological signal.

"Astra, do you feel it? There are still people alive!"

"I was just about to remind you that the biometrics identify him as human, so he is most likely a member of Crowther's team."

"Wait a minute, there is another unknown life form moving towards you quickly."

"Is it the enemy or something else?"

"I can't tell. There's not a single emotion flowing through it. It's like a machine without any feelings."

Soon the creature appeared in front of Yuanze.

It was completely black, with no discernible shape, forming a sharp contrast with the environment.

The aura emanating from his body allowed Yuanze to conclude that this was the first time he had seen a creature above the planetary level.

If the library is the embodiment of righteousness, then it is the representative of sin.

"Come with me, you and your companions do not belong here, it is too early for you here."

The mind-reading perception ability of the creature in front of him far exceeds that of Yuan Ze.

Just one encounter, he felt like his soul was almost stolen by her, and she looked him over inside and out.

Yuanze also reacted very quickly and immediately asked the guy in front of him: "We don't belong here, so you belong here?" Yuanze's thinking speed even exceeded the mind-reading ability of the creature in front of him, which made it stunned.

"I don't know where I belong, but I also ask you to leave here." The black creature replied.

The black creature's tough attitude left Yuanze no room for maneuver.

Seeing that Yuan Ze remained silent, it threw Crowther and the other four into Yuan Ze's arms: "It will take a long time for them to wake up, and this memory will be deleted, but you won't."

Without waiting for Yuanze to continue speaking, it activated the device again, and after a flash of light, it drove out of here.

"Xiao Hei, come here."

A soft voice sounded, and it walked obediently to the side of a female figure as if it had heard an order.

"What do you think of this human?"

"The human race has very poor talents, and he is even the worst among humans."

"Isn't this unrealistic? Your mental strength has reached the planetary level, and your source power reserves are far beyond those of your peers."

"Master, I am telling the truth. He does not have the gene lock skill to use directly, which leads to his development not being as good as others."

"Indeed, this is the first time I've seen this kind of gene lock. Its specific capabilities are not clear, and there are no active or passive effects at all."

"And you also know that strength and talent are not equal. Even if he becomes the strongest person in the universe, it cannot be said that he has strong talent. Not to mention that his current strength is artificially shaped."

"He is indeed one of the least talented people, but I want to tell you that talent cannot be defined."

"But I still don't understand why he was chosen by that person. His talent is far beyond the top races in the galaxy. He was among the top ten in the Dark Forest era."

"You mean the guy who found us decades ago?"

"Yes, he has only been exposed to our writing for a short time, but he has already understood most of it. However, he chose to burn himself for this human being, so that now he is exhausted."

"Talent is not restricted by rules. Some people's talent is to break away from the established rules, and the same is true for using their talent. To be able to make such a genius burn for him, isn't it his talent?"

"You've made it difficult for me to understand the concept of 'talent'. But, then again, are you really planning to become a human?"

"If you don't experience it, you will never have the right to speak. Moreover, I have come this far. There is only less than a hundred years left to completely transform it. There is no turning back."

The woman seemed calm and natural: "We have lived for so long, and there are only a few of our kind left. If you become like this, what does it matter if I become a human?"

"After the transformation, although we can experience the life experiences of different races, our thoughts will also be changed to varying degrees, especially those races that love to think."

"I know that."

"Then would you also like to try humans, a race with dark personalities?"

The woman nodded and disappeared.

On the other side, Astra was complaining to Yuanze. She was very dissatisfied with the black creature who seemed to be the library manager.

"I thought I could get more first-hand information about this civilization, but how come this is the result?"

"Okay, okay, don't be angry, little thing. There is a lot of information here, and there will still be opportunities in the future."

"I'm not that angry. I just saw a very important book. This book records their history. I just couldn't understand the words on the title page."

The general meaning is this:

“We have never been able to integrate well into the new era, so we call ourselves the descendants of the Dark Forest Era.

The vast majority of us foresee another tragic future and choose to end our eternal lives.

The rest of my compatriots, including me, came here, waiting for hope or despair to come."

This made Yuanze think of many things. This race had been able to survive from the cruel cosmic era of the Dark Forest, so they must be an advanced civilization. How could most of them choose to end their lives?

So what did they foresee?
What is the new era?
Why come to Blue Star?
(End of this chapter)