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Chapter 93 These areas have different rules

The planet Karana orbits the star 'Lasu'.

On this planet, whose surface is covered with lush green vegetation and azure oceans, live intelligent beings who resemble catfish. They call themselves the "Usu People" and have built a complex and brilliant civilization on Karana.

Every day... no, I should say every moment, these Ussuri people, who resemble catfish from Earth, stage all sorts of dramatic life stories in Karana, including joys and sorrows, love and hate, loyalty and courage, and betrayal for personal gain.

But today is a different day.

This day is destined to be recorded in the history books of the people of Wusu.

A joint statement issued by various countries indicates that an alien civilization's fleet is currently heading towards Karana, and they bring not friendship and peace, but malice and destruction.

This alien fleet belongs to a civilization called the Holy Scorpion Civilization. They are the remnants of the White Scorpion race that once lived on Karana.

One hundred million years ago, a supervolcano erupted on Karana, but this destruction was not as rapid as the supernova explosion five hundred million years ago, which quickly altered the planet's atmospheric structure in a very short time.

Therefore, the White Scorpion race had the opportunity to build a batch of spaceships as seeds of their civilization and escape from Karana.

Now, these sacred scorpions have embarked on their journey back to Karana, to reclaim their former homeworld. As for the Usu people living on Karana, they will be wiped out.

One side already has a fleet capable of interstellar travel, while the other is still trapped on its home planet. The difference in technological level is immediately apparent; it's like heaven and earth.

As the culprit who sent radio messages into space and attracted the Holy Scorpion Civilization fleet, they rightfully deserve to be judged by the Usu Civilization.

On the same day that various countries announced the news of the alien fleet, an international tribunal composed of judges from various countries began to try a Ussian named "Dre".

Dre offered no defense; his crimes were condemned by all Ussuris. His defense lawyer merely went through the motions, remaining silent throughout.

Such negligence, in the past, would have been considered damaging to a lawyer's reputation and could easily lead others to question the lawyer's competence.

But today, everyone understands this behavior.

Drey, an observer who once worked at the Makadirs Mountain Observatory, has stood alone against the entire civilization. He is a more heinous being than any warmonger in history, a scoundrel whose existence is intolerable to anyone in the entire history of the Ussuri people.

The trial proceeded quickly, as it was merely a formality with little actual debate.

This international trial has entered its final stage, which is also the significance of this trial—to bring repentance to the guilty.

"Now we proceed to the final judgment of this court, whereby the sinner shall deliver his confession."

"Sinner Drey, you may speak now."

As the presiding judge finished speaking, Drey, standing in the dock, opened his mouth, hesitated for a moment, and then said, "I...I don't know what I should repent for. May I ask the court to tell me exactly what crimes I have committed?"

boom!

Even the presiding judge couldn't control his emotions and angrily slammed the warning gavel on the table, which is usually used to warn bystanders to be quiet during a trial.

"Sinner Drey, cease your pointless sophistry. This court has already determined the nature of your crimes," the presiding judge said coldly.

"Without approval or permission from higher authorities, they colluded with others to activate a pulse radio station and transmit radio information into space when the Kalana, Lasu, and Gambi black holes were aligned, directly causing the dire consequences of the current extraterrestrial invasion."

"Your colleague Guan Lin has already confessed to all of this, and the evidence is irrefutable. What else do you want to argue about?"

All the Ussuris in the international tribunal glared at Dre. If looks could strike, Dre would have been beaten to a pulp by now.

The plaintiff's lawyer said, "Sinner Drey, the crimes you have committed are outright anti-Ussus crimes, posing an immeasurable and serious threat to all Ussus people on Karana. It is the most serious and heinous crime in the history of the entire Ussus race. If you have even a shred of conscience, please make a final confession."

Dre asked, "First, I must state that I was unaware of the existence of the Holy Scorpion civilization before sending the message to the universe. I simply wanted to leave a trace of the civilization in the universe. Second, the Holy Scorpion fleet is 2.6 light-years away from Kalana, which is too close and illogical. I strongly suspect that they had already headed towards Kalana before they received my message, and it has little to do with whether they received my message or not."

Therefore, I will not repent.

"You have ruined the entire civilization, shouldn't you repent?"

Looking around at the Ussuris glaring at him in the international courtroom, Drey said, "I would rather give the Ussuris hope for survival than repentance."

The plaintiff's lawyer couldn't help but ask, "Sinner Drey, what do you mean by that? What do you mean by 'hope for life'?"

Dre closed his eyes and did not answer.

"Sinner Drey, do you think you can escape judgment by putting on such a show?"

Dre remained silent, offering no reply.

At this point, someone finally noticed something was wrong and immediately asked the guards next to the defendant's dock to check.

The accused, Drey, is dead!

He poisoned himself to death by biting open the poison packet hidden in his mouth!

……

"Attack?" Lu Shang asked.

"It's an spillover effect; they probably didn't detect the swarm," the atomic organism concluded.

With the large-scale expansion of the swarm, the intelligence-gathering range of the swarm, centered on the Vorsotis galaxy, directly expanded to more than ten million light-years.

This is an extremely large amount of information, but the bee colony can handle it by dividing the information into multiple parts and having multiple individual bees process it simultaneously. If it can't handle it, it only means that there aren't enough individuals processing the information.

During this great exploration, the swarm discovered some regions in the universe where extreme inconsistencies existed.

This inconsistency lies at the level of rules; the physical rules within the region are clearly different from those in the main universe, and these regions with different rules are spreading at the speed of light.

If the swarm hadn't already mastered faster-than-light information transmission technology, namely swarm networks, and if atomic organisms hadn't tested the waters, they probably wouldn't even be qualified to know about these areas.

After all, these regions spread at the speed of light, making them impossible to detect using gravitational waves, electromagnetic waves, or other similar methods.

"These civilizations have quite a lot of ambition; they want to rewrite the rules of the universe," Lu Shang said, somewhat displeased.

Although the loss was only to atomic life forms, even if they were consumables, they were still part of the swarm. They killed his own people without explanation, so Lu Shang's first impression of these unknown civilizations that created different rule regions was quite bad.

"What should we do?" a planetary creature asked.

Lu Shang said, "Of course it's about making contact. The swarm needs more intelligence about the universe right now. The core purpose of the swarm's large-scale outward exploration this time is for this."

As he spoke, Lu Shang added, "However, do not make open contact. Exposing too much information about the bee colony is not beneficial to its survival. Also, do not make too much contact. Choose a target randomly and make contact cautiously."

Having confirmed the next course of action, the atomic organism asked, "So, how should we make contact?"

The physical rules on both sides differ, and atomic beings cannot enter those areas that are spreading at the speed of light, let alone submit streams.

Lu Shang replied, "Of course we'll use electromagnetic waves, which are the most common information carrier in the universe. If that doesn't work, we'll use gravitational waves. Although the physical rules are different in those regions, at least there is a spatial dimension. As long as there is a spacetime dimension, there will inevitably be gravitational waves, because gravitational waves are ripples in spacetime. Where there is spacetime, there are gravitational waves."

(End of this chapter)