A Colossus rushes in at the start

Chapter 287 This awareness is too unsettling

The Bellotie Universe.

This is a special universe where most of the mass is contained within supermassive black holes. Indigenous civilizations within this universe rely on these supermassive black holes, collecting the matter that naturally evaporates from them to continue developing.

In this universe, there are no stars, no planets, and no meteorites. There are only black holes, the streams of particles they evaporate, and space civilizations that rely on black holes for survival.

All of this is certainly not the result of the natural evolution of the universe, but rather the result of human intervention.

Long ago, the Belotti universe achieved a great unification of civilizations, linking all space civilizations in the universe into a unified entity. Through wormholes and faster-than-light technology, even the large-scale structures of the universe could not affect this unified civilization entity.

Thanks to this unified entity of all civilizations in the universe, space wars no longer break out in the entire Belotti universe, and all naturally born civilizations in the universe have a guarantee of survival.

When those civilizations develop to the point where they can leave their own star system and reach other star systems, the unified universe's civilization entity will make contact with them and absorb their thought processes into its own system, thus bypassing development and directly achieving the sublimation of civilization. The unified universe's civilization entity will also receive the thought inspiration of the new species.

This unified universe civilization entity exists and has solved many problems related to the survival of civilizations within the universe, but there are also some problems that it cannot solve.

That is the increase in entropy of the universe.

Whether by chance or for some other reason, this unified universe civilization has never discovered any other universes outside of its own.

Based on calculations of the natural evolution of the universe, this civilization concluded that the universe will eventually face heat death.

To slow down this process as much as possible, the unified civilization entity pushed all the matter in the Belotti universe into the black hole.

If the universe is destined to die, then a unified civilization will extend the universe's lifespan to the maximum extent possible.

A considerable amount of time passed, until the rabbi's swarm of bees accidentally spilled some negative quanta into the universe during the process of producing a large number of negative quanta.

These negative quanta falling into the black hole naturally attracted great attention from the civilization entities within the Belotti universe.

After some research, they initially thought the Belotti universe contained all the civilizations, but unexpectedly discovered a completely new realm: other universes, an endless expanse composed of universes…

What happened next was what Lu Shang learned from Rabi: advanced civilizations from other universes united to launch an attack on the swarm, and the civilization entity in the Belotti universe was one of them.

The reason why the civilization entity in the unified universe of the Belotti universe is hostile to the Tower of Babel swarm is naturally due to the negative quantum in the past.

The civilization entity does not understand negative quanta, but it does know that the Babel swarm has indeed "annihilated" energy itself, and the conservation of energy has been broken. Such terrifying technology is in the hands of a civilization with such a ferocious desire for attack, and this civilization is currently on the verge of collapse. For its own benefit, the civilization entity does not mind stepping on a corner and playing the victim.

Other advanced civilizations in other universes also had similar thoughts to varying degrees. After analyzing the pros and cons, they acted in accordance with the trend, believing that destroying the Tower of Babel bees was an inevitable trend.

However, recently, civilizations in the Belotti universe have discovered that something seems amiss with the Babel beehive.

The civilization entity couldn't figure out exactly what was wrong, but they had this strange premonition. Apart from the swarm's unusual behavior recently and the arrogant remarks made by the worker bees during interrogation in a space fortress, the swarm hadn't changed much and was still the same as before.

The decision-making consciousnesses located near the Belotti supermassive black hole are exchanging information.

"Why hasn't the investigation report on the Tower of Babel bee colony been updated yet?" a decision-making consciousness asked.

Another decision-maker responded, "This shows that the Babel bee colony hasn't changed any worse, which is a good thing."

The consciousness that made the inquiry denied it, saying, "This is definitely not a good thing. The lack of updated information could mean that the Babel bee colony has not changed, or it could mean that the Babel bee colony has changed, but we don't know."

"The latter is undoubtedly a terrible thing, just think about what technology they possess."

The civilization entities in the Belotti universe were wary of the Babel Bees' technology that could "annihilate" energy, so they planned to take advantage of this terrifying race's decline and kick them while they were down.

Therefore, the consciousness of civilized entities is the least willing to see the Tower of Babel bees escape their current predicament, because once they do, their next step will be to settle scores later.

However, although the general direction of their views is the same, their individual thoughts are not.

Another thought sends a message: "You are worrying too much."

"The worker bee's brain during that interrogation has been verified in a series of subsequent tests to be incapable of connecting to the hive network. This means that it was lying at the time, trying to mislead our judgment with lies."

"As for the collective anomaly of the Babel Tower bee colony, it may indeed be due to some change, but this change is not obvious and does not affect the overall situation, otherwise it should be visible by now."

Since the worker bee brains conveyed that message, the civilized entities have maintained an offensive posture while simultaneously adopting a defensive stance to prepare for any unforeseen circumstances that might occur within the Babel swarm and negatively impact the situation.

However, it seems that nothing has changed now.

If the Babel bee colony had changed, and if that change was for the worse, it should have been visible by now.

Given that the worker bee's brain was not actually connected to the hive network, yet it claimed to be relaying a message from someone in the Babel hive, it's hard not to suspect that it was simply spreading false information to mislead the public.

"You're right." The previously uneasy mind relaxed its guard.

But, in the next moment, something terrible happened.

The entire spacetime of the Belotti universe suddenly expanded at a speed faster than light. Throughout the process, the only thought that could arise in the civilization entities of the Belotti universe was—what's going on?

Subsequently, the consciousness of the civilization entities within the Belotti universe ceased to exist, and along with the entire universe, it completely vanished into the cosmic sea.

The entire attack was swift, efficient, and skillful. The destruction of the universe would be a terrifying event in the eyes of other civilizations, but in the understanding of the Mother Universe, it was merely an ordinary and unremarkable event.

As usual, it reported to Lu Shang: "Target cleared, no escapees."

Meanwhile, all other universes hostile to the swarm, except for the one where Rabbi's swarm resided, were subjected to efficient and rapid wormhole-like negative quantum attacks.

These advanced civilizations in the universe, like the civilizations in the Belotti universe, met the same fate of destruction; they didn't even have time to realize that they were about to be wiped out.

From then on, in the vast and endless ocean of the universe, there were fewer and less significant universes.

(End of this chapter)