Cataclysmic Era: I can unlock the tech tree

With the coordinated efforts of numerous engineering vessels, Titan was covered with an outer shell.

This is the so-called planetary climate macro-control celestial canopy device.

Simply put, Titan at this time is somewhat similar to the homeworld fortress left behind by the Tenth Empire.

On the day the megastructure was completely completed, under Lü Yongchang's orders, Kuafu began to gradually increase the power of the Grand Unified Field, opened the entrance to the microcosm, and swallowed Titan into it.

With this, Titan's jellyfish relocation operation is completely complete.

Whether constructing a celestial device for macroscopic climate control of a planet or bringing Titan into a microcosm, various magnificent and extraordinary phenomena are unavoidable.

This is where the advantage of the primitive era became apparent—everything could be attributed to the so-called will of the gods.

Following these unusual phenomena was a global methane downpour that lasted for dozens of days.

One reason is that as the temperature drops, the gaseous methane that was originally present in the atmosphere quickly liquefies.

On the other hand, the Human Union replenished a large amount of liquid methane from the outside.

The moment the torrential rain ended, the ocean that had almost shrunk to a lake grew several times or even dozens of times larger—the Kraken-Marie Sea almost covered the entire surface area of ​​Titan!

After unexpectedly "discovering" Titan, Lü Yongchang's hope for the solar system was rekindled.

Under his orders, the fleet dispatched hundreds of thousands of small probes.

The goal, of course, is to conduct the most detailed exploration of every remaining planet in the solar system.

What if there are other life forms?

But the reality was not as expected.

Following human civilization, the jellyfish of Titan seem to have exhausted all the "luck" of the solar system—all the planets except Titan are barren.

Looking at the enormous fireball that had successively devoured Mercury, Venus, and Earth, Lü Yongchang shook his head helplessly and gave his final order.

Fleet, set sail once more!

This time, the fleet's target is the Milky Way-Andromeda Galaxy Bridge!

……

One hundred years later.

Earth year 4655.

The edge region of the Milky Way.

With a spatial fluctuation, a fleet of five hundred starships appeared beside a desolate star system.

The starships looked brand new, with a gleaming exterior.

The dense hydrogen armor and the powerful force field attached to it are sufficient to resist the erosion of interstellar dust and cosmic radiation.

This is the fleet of human civilization.

To be precise, this is the vanguard of human civilization displaying itself in the vast universe.

This is already the outermost region of the Milky Way, where interstellar matter is much sparser.

Even the most common stars have become relatively rare.

Further away lies the enormous galaxy bridge spanning the Milky Way and the Andromeda Galaxy.

Although it is called a galaxy bridge, it is not much different from the void of interstellar space when viewed with the naked eye.

At the farthest point in the line of sight, 254 million light-years away, there exists a tiny spot of light.

That was the destination of humanity's first expedition—the Andromeda Galaxy.

This is a binary star system consisting of two yellow dwarf stars.

According to observations, there is also a gas giant planet and a terrestrial planet inside it.

This will be the last resupply point for the human fleet on its 254 million light-year expedition.

According to the preset program, Zero controlled the fleet to sail into the Heng star system.

……

The Milky Way-Andromeda Galaxy Bridge region.

A spherical detector with a surface as smooth as a mirror floats silently in the vast universe, detecting various spacetime fluctuations around it.

Its internal filtering mechanism successfully filtered out almost all spacetime fluctuations created by celestial bodies and lower civilizations.

Suddenly, after a long period of silence, it detected a powerful spacetime fluctuation above the warning line.

After confirming several times, it sent an alert to a star cluster located thousands of light-years away.

It was a high-density region containing more than fifty stars.

The distance between each star is approximately five light-years.

This is a rather rare phenomenon at the edge of the Milky Way.

Less than a month after the tachyon information was transmitted, a powerful spacetime fluctuation came from that high-density star aggregation region.

……

Within the Heng star system where the human fleet is located.

Under Zero's precise control, Kuafu left Chiyou's side and easily "swallowed" the two planets into his microcosm.

But this is not over yet.

Its ultimate goal is those two yellow dwarf stars that orbit each other.

This is the first time that a binary star system has been captured.

Just as Kuafu was cautiously approaching one of the yellow dwarf stars, a piercing alarm sounded from the tachyon radar.

It was a spacetime fluctuation of extremely high intensity.

Without a doubt, those are traces of activities produced by a higher civilization.

Judging from the waveforms of the tachyon radar, the speed of these unknown aircraft even reached 600c!

This series of characteristics directly triggered the highest level of alert at Zero.

Almost at the same time that the tachyon radar issued an alarm, the emergency wake-up procedure started to execute automatically!

……

An hour later.

Within the microcosm of human civilization, at the command center of the Earth.

One by one, the academicians who had just awakened from their hibernation pods stared solemnly at the giant holographic projection in front of them.

The images displayed by the tachyon radar are filled with densely packed bright red markers.

Each mark represents a starship with a speed of up to 600c!

Preliminary estimates suggest that the number of starships may even exceed ten thousand!

"Level 6 Civilization..."

Lu Yongchang's expression was somewhat solemn, and he squeezed out a few words through clenched teeth.

"I never expected to run into this just as we're about to leave the Milky Way..." Fang Xu said helplessly. "Our luck is really terrible."

"Luck?" Lü Yongchang shook his head in denial, his gaze becoming profound. "I'm afraid it's not as simple as luck."

"For the past hundred years, the fleet has been traveling at a high speed of 800c."

"The fleet traversed countless star systems without encountering any accidents."

"This means that we haven't encountered a Type 6 civilization during our long journey of tens of thousands of light-years!"

"This is an absurd thing in itself."

Fang Xu was stunned for a moment, then seemed to realize the meaning behind Lü Yongchang's words: "You mean...?"

"Where did the Type VI civilizations in the Milky Way go? We'll probably have the answer to that question soon!"

Lu Yongchang gazed at the distant spot of light outside the porthole: "A dignified Level 6 civilization, actually stationed in such a remote and sensitive area."

"That in itself speaks volumes."

"Pass on the order."

"Issue the highest level of combat readiness!"

"Prepare for battle!"