Cataclysmic Era: I can unlock the tech tree

Inside the Imperial Fortress, the flashing frequency of the quantum computer increased once again.

[800c?]

Based on my investigation, the object appears to be a large starship, not the G-type yellow dwarf you mentioned.

【Enroget civilization, I hope you can provide an explanation for this.】

The orange-yellow light dimmed again.

Lü Yongchang's response to this was very simple.

Please wait a moment.

……

One week later.

The miniature universe traction platform [Kuafu] has successfully arrived at the Imperial Fortress area.

The Kuafu, with an outer diameter of 15,000 kilometers, looked like a tiny, oversized bracelet in front of the massive imperial fortress.

Clearly, Kuafu, whose cosmic portal had not yet been opened, was treated as an ordinary starship by Shi.

"Zero, open the entrance to the microcosm."

Before [Ten] could ask again, Lü Yongchang gave the order directly.

hum...

The immense energy from the antimatter reactor surged wildly into the Grand Unified Field Generator.

The output power of [Kuafu] is soaring at an astonishing rate.

At the same time, a spherical structure shimmering with patchy light slowly emerged directly above Kuafu.

……

A sudden change occurred.

Inside the imperial fortress, the original orange-yellow light instantly turned a ghastly white.

At the same time, the brightness of the light increased several times and flickered at a peculiar frequency.

[WARNING! Unknown Klein bottle structure discovered!]

[Preliminary assessment: This is an entrance to an unknown microcosm!]

[Possibly an artifact from an unknown Level 7 civilization!]

[Too close, activating defense system!]

【…】

Dense electromagnetic waves echoed within the fortress, which, for the individuals of the Tenth Empire who used electromagnetic waves as a means of communication, was actually similar to an alarm message issued by [Zero].

Lu Yongchang was startled as the alarms flashed across the screen in front of him.

In particular, when he "saw" the fortress's smooth surface slowly crack open to reveal an absurdly large cannon, he felt a chill run down his spine.

Holy crap, this is serious!

He hurriedly instructed [Kuafu] to send identification information to the Imperial Fortress, revealing his identity as a small universe traction platform under the [Enroget Civilization].

After the identification information is sent.

The pale white light flashing inside the fortress paused visibly for a moment before quickly switching back to its original warm orange-yellow glow.

At this moment, the optical computer in the projection is flashing at a frequency never before seen by humankind.

Lu Yongchang frowned slightly as he looked at the image in the holographic projection, and a thought involuntarily arose in his mind.

This fortress's main computer... shouldn't crash, right?

One minute, two minutes...

Finally, the frequency of the fortress's main brain's flashing light began to gradually slow down, and [Ten] also emitted electromagnetic wave information again.

[Enroget Civilization, have you mastered microcosm technology?]

Luck, just luck, nothing to brag about.

Lü Yongchang responded in this way.

【ten】:……

6.

After a brief silence, [Ten] chose to skip the topic.

[Updating Civilization data...]

[A Level 7 Silicon-Based Civilization, the Enroget Civilization.]

Development potential: Cannot be assessed.

[Civilization History: ...]

This civilization passed the assessment 700 years ago and has applied to join the Silicon-Based Alliance. The Empire is requested to grant its approval as soon as possible.

[Wide-area tachyson broadcasting is in progress...]

The message has been encrypted; wide-area tachyson broadcasting has been successfully initiated.

[Estimated broadcast frequency: one billion times.]

[Broadcast begins.]

As the messages flooded his screen again, Lü Yongchang stood there, stunned.

"hiss……"

He took a deep breath, his eyes widened suddenly, and he couldn't utter a single word from his slightly open mouth.

6.

……

The problem is not big.

What the Enroget civilization did has nothing to do with us humans.

Lü Yongchang could only console himself with this thought.

Sure enough, when you're out and about, using alternate accounts and secondary accounts is essential.

At that moment, he deeply realized this truth.

[Ten], having completed the wide-area tachyon broadcast, acted as if nothing had happened and sent the corresponding "docking" procedure to the "Enroget Civilization".

Simply put...

Due to the partial loss of functionality of the Imperial Fortress, which prevents the movement of the microcosm, human civilization needs to release the G-type yellow dwarf star within a designated area.

Then, [Ten] activates the microcosm of the Tenth Empire and "swallows" the G-type yellow dwarf star into the microcosm.

……

Practice makes perfect.

For modern human civilization, manipulating [Kuafu] to release and devour stars has become an extremely simple operation.

Zero's control over the game allowed the cooperation between Kuafu and the Star Pickers to be incredibly harmonious.

In just over ten minutes, a warm glow from a G-type yellow dwarf appeared in the previously dim star field.

The light intensified and slowly expanded into a huge fireball.

The fireball burned fiercely in the dim universe, displaying the abundant energy within it to its surroundings.

This should have been a common occurrence.

But Lü Yongchang stood up from his chair with a look of surprise!

"What...what's going on?!"

Not only Lü Yongchang, but everyone in the research center exclaimed in shock.

There is no gravity!

The moment this yellow dwarf star appeared in the universe, its originally powerful gravity vanished instantly, like a flame that had been extinguished!

It hovered silently near the Imperial Fortress.

The closest distance between the two celestial bodies is less than ten million kilometers!

But neither of them showed the slightest disturbance!

Such a miraculous phenomenon immediately caused a collective gasp to erupt within the research institute!

In order to maintain the persona of the "Enroget Civilization", Lü Yongchang did not ask [Ten] any questions, but instead made simple inferences based on various observation data.

"Gravity shielding?"

Lu Yongchang murmured softly, "An unusual spacetime structure has appeared near the star, shielding it from the star's gravity..."

He quickly thought of a place where this technology could be applied—the microcosm.

If we disregard the gravitational effects between celestial bodies, the amount of matter contained in a microcosm would increase exponentially!

The various high-precision detectors on [Kuafu] and [Star Picker] all began to operate at full power.

Under Zero's control, they are diligently recording all the unusual phenomena in this spacetime.

Human civilization has not had a very long period of observation.

A few seconds later.

A spherical structure with shimmering light spots slowly emerged, easily and quickly swallowing the yellow dwarf star into it.

Compared to the small universe that human civilization picked up, the entrance to the small universe opened by the Imperial Fortress was significantly larger, several times larger.

Even in a three-dimensional projection, the entrance to this microcosm is over 100 million kilometers in size, not to mention its actual size in four-dimensional space.

It's hard to imagine how vast this microcosm must be.