A Colossus rushes in at the start

Chapter 96 This Civilization Is Too Escape-Oriented

"What exactly is it?"

Observer Manas glanced at the group photo of his friends on the table and sighed deeply.

He and Dray were close friends in school, and their relationship was as good as brothers. Later, due to job transfers, he was assigned to work at the observation array station in the Great Wilderness of Maryland, while Dray was assigned to the Mount Macadeirs Observatory.

Manas received this mission assigned by his homeland largely because of his almost brotherly relationship with Dre.

Let those who understand the observer Drey discover the unknown power he has hidden.

However, after studying Dre's research manuscripts, Manas became increasingly confused. These things had nothing to do with "fighting the Holy Scorpion Civilization".

Manas, whose thoughts had completely retreated into chaos, leaned back in his chair, somewhat weary, and temporarily gave up thinking.

Manas looked up at the ceiling, as if questioning the already dead Dre, and murmured to himself.

Axiom 1: Survival is the first necessity of civilization.

"Axiom 2: Civilizations continue to grow and expand, but the total amount of matter in the universe remains constant."

"What are you trying to tell us with this, Dre? Can these two pieces of information really save us Ussuris?"

Manas felt that there might be something wrong with his thinking, otherwise why couldn't he find out the way that Dre left behind to fight against the Holy Scorpion Civilization fleet?

In his subjective opinion, Manas firmly believed that Dre had left behind a glimmer of hope for the Usu civilization. The reason he hadn't discovered it yet was simply because there were some things he hadn't figured out, or his thinking was wrong.

Suddenly, the lights in the room flickered intermittently, and then darkness enveloped the entire room.

"Damn it! The power outages have been happening more and more frequently lately!"

Manas, already in a bad mood, couldn't help but unleash a torrent of angry curses.

Everyone knows that the alien fleet will arrive in Kalana in a few dozen days, and the escape fleet can only allow a few people to leave. The reproductive desire of the Ussu people has plummeted, as has their work enthusiasm.

More and more Ussu people are transforming from big savers into spendthrifts who live for the moment, spending their money as soon as they get it. They slack off at work whenever possible, and there's no point in being conscientious or responsible. If they want to gain a good reputation in Ussu society, won't the Holy Scorpion Civilization that descends after dozens of years kill them?

On Karana, many cities in Ussuriysky have been without water and electricity for a long time, and a large number of people have moved from the cities to the countryside, or even the wilderness, to live an idyllic farming life.

It's fortunate that Manas is located in the capital city, with good enough infrastructure to retain a large population, and its electricity is directly supplied without having to calculate electricity bills. Otherwise, the electricity bills alone would have been enough to leave Manas heavily in debt.

However, even so, power outages have been occurring sporadically lately, and they are becoming more and more frequent.

With the room darkened, Manas didn't want to burn anything in his room. Seeing the moonlight streaming in through the window, he moved the manuscripts into that small patch of light.

Manas could barely make out the words in the manuscript. In order to see the manuscript clearly, he kept changing the position of the manuscript, and his eyes would occasionally glance at the starry sky outside the window.

A strange feeling, like a fishbone stuck in his throat, gradually spread through Manas's heart.

In the pitch-black room, only a sliver of moonlight streamed in from the window, creating a unique scene that seemed to reflect the complete universe.

The starry sky seen through the window is the observable universe, while the pitch-black part is the still unknown unobservable universe; the two are contradictory yet unified.

A chilling fear gradually seeped into Manas's heart, a fear that made him shiver involuntarily.

The power that Dre wanted to leave behind in the manuscript, could it be...?

"The stars?" Manas uttered his thoughts.

Immediately, Manas realized what was happening and jumped up excitedly.

"That's right! It's the Stars! This is the power Dre was talking about! The power capable of confronting the Holy Scorpion civilization's fleet!"

The following day, Manas submitted his analysis of the Drey observation manuscripts—the Dark Forest Theory—to his homeland.

The universe is a dark forest, and every civilization is a hunter with a gun in this forest, sneaking through the trees like a ghost, gently parting the branches that block the way, trying not to make a sound with their footsteps, and even being careful with their breathing.

He had to be careful, because there were hunters like him lurking everywhere in the forest.

If he discovers other life, there is only one thing he can do: shoot and destroy it.

In this forest, others are hell, an eternal threat; any life that reveals its existence will soon be annihilated.

The publication of this theory naturally led to the Black Forest Strike, which broadcast information to the universe, guiding civilizations in the cosmos to destroy both the Sacred Scorpion civilization's fleet and the Ussuri civilization.

Originally, Manas's homeland was something he intended to conceal.

However, when the spies told them that the observer Manas had made a discovery, the other Ussu nations were naturally eager to seize this unknown power left behind by the observer Dre, which could rival the Holy Scorpion civilization.

As a result, Manas's homeland, unable to withstand the pressure, also made the Dark Forest Theory known to these Ussuri countries.

However, once more Usu people knew about it, the Dark Forest Theory could no longer be kept secret. After all, the Usu people also had their own relatives and friends, and the words that Dre left behind before his death during his trial had caused quite a stir. The news could not be contained at all. Under pressure from the Holy Scorpion Civilization, the Dark Forest Theory quickly spread throughout the entire Karana.

However, regardless of whether they believed in or questioned the Dark Forest theory, the Ussu people resolutely opposed using this theory as a weapon in their battle against the Holy Scorpion civilization's fleet.

Those who question it need no further explanation, because they don't think this theory is reasonable, and therefore would never consider using it as a weapon.

Those who believed the theory thought it was too crazy and posed little threat to the Holy Scorpion Civilization fleet. They argued that the fleet could easily escape after the coordinates were exposed, while the Ussuri people who broadcast the coordinates would be left to die in Karana.

Even if the Black Forest attack is terrifying, the Holy Scorpion civilization fleet has no chance of escaping, and it is of little significance to the Ussu people. The Ussu people who remain on their home planet Karana are still doomed.

For the reasons mentioned above, countries have declared the Dark Forest Theory completely banned, making even mentioning its name illegal, and confiscating all high-powered wireless equipment, even though anyone with a modicum of common sense knows that these high-powered radio waves cannot travel even a fraction of a kilometer before being swallowed up by the cosmic background radiation.

If radio waves could transmit information so easily over long distances, the coordinates of the Wusu civilization would have been exposed long ago.

……

"Stop!"

"Do you know what you're doing? You're committing treason at this time! Your insignia is weeping!"

Twentieth anniversary of the disintegration of the Time Equality Democratic Alliance, six years before the planned departure time from the mother planet during the long voyage, three escape ships violated regulations and escaped the mother planet system during their final flight test mission.

This event caused a great sensation in the Ussuri community.

It's important to understand that the escape of these three ships means that many Ussuris who were originally eligible to board the ships and escape on the Karana have suddenly become ineligible.

Looking at the grim-faced general on the communication line, the leader of the three escape ships, once his respected superior, responded casually: "General, we joined the army to protect our families. If we can't protect our families, what's the point of being soldiers?"

"It's all the same anyway, isn't it?"

The soldiers on the three escape ships secretly formed an alliance and, during their final test flight, quietly brought their families aboard. Some scholars who were not qualified to board the ships also left the mother planet system.

The preservation of civilization can be guaranteed, and their families can also be guaranteed. From their perspective, it's a win-win situation!

Well, only those Ussu people who were originally qualified but suddenly became unqualified have completed the wounded world.

"General, all ships request permission to pursue."

In the liaison room, the general, listening to his subordinates' report, roared in exasperation, "Not approved! Order all spaceship crew members to disembark immediately! And inspect all ships!"

……

Meanwhile, the war between the Babel bees and the unknown civilization has entered a fierce stage.

Those pitch-black spheres that escape the rule-altering zone will, once they select a location, recreate that zone capable of altering the laws of physics.

The spheres seemed to be connected at faster-than-light speeds, like a swarm network. After the planetary creatures destroyed several dark spheres with psionic energy, the remaining spheres became aware that the swarm had sent intercepting forces to pursue them.

As a result, their actions became more extreme. Each time they exited the faster-than-light state, they would change the physical rules of that area, and then enter faster-than-light again to go to other places, forcing planetary life forms to stop each time and use their microcosms to clean up the areas where the physical rules had changed.

After all, the bee swarm cannot be certain whether those spheres of unknown civilizations are hiding in the areas where the physical rules have changed. Even if they don't exist, the bee swarm cannot sit idly by, and they cannot live in these areas where the physical rules have changed.

This led to a tug-of-war between the two sides, a chase and a flight.

(End of this chapter)