Cataclysmic Era: I can unlock the tech tree

There is no doubt that Silicon Ray doesn't believe a single punctuation mark of the information sent by the "Enroget Civilization".

How much time has passed?

It hasn't even been 1000 years since the binary black hole merger event ended, so what kind of surprises can we expect?

I estimate that... at most, they've only completed the research on the fundamental theory of dark matter.

They're in such a hurry! These little ones are just too impatient!

The silicon ray couldn't help but mutter to itself.

After a moment's hesitation, it sent a tachyon message to the "Enroget Civilization".

【Enroget civilization, before you set off, I must give you a word of advice.】

Trans-river navigation is no easy task.

There is a galactic bridge between the Milky Way and the Andromeda Galaxy, and the distance isn't too far, which is why you were able to safely and luckily reach the Andromeda Galaxy back then.

Most galaxies do not have galaxy bridges between them.

To make the Enroget civilization understand the dangers of intergalactic travel, the Silicon Ray earnestly advised: "Before you have mastered the basic technology of a Level 7 civilization, I do not recommend that you rashly undertake intergalactic voyages."

Not long after the message was sent, the Enroget civilization sent another tachyon message.

"Thanks for reminding me."

"The Enroget civilization is fully prepared for its voyage and can depart at any time."

Silicon Ray: ? ? ?

So all that long-winded talk it just gave was a waste of time, huh?

It swung its long tail forcefully, and a faint dark light shimmered in its slightly open mouth.

Why won't the Enrogett civilization listen to reason?!

In its anger and frustration, it didn't forget to take a nearby star system into its own little universe.

Did the Enrojet civilization not understand the dangers of trans-galactic navigation? Did it not know that?

The silicon ray sighed silently and did some calculations.

It seems the miniature universe's resource reserves target will have to be doubled—at that point, it will probably have to provide resources to the Enroget civilization!

It's so difficult, so incredibly difficult!

With that thought, it swung its pectoral fins, and its enormous body disappeared once again into the visible universe.

As it sped toward the coordinates given by the Enroget civilization, it also collected star systems of suitable size along the way.

……

It is 1200 light-years away from the coordinates of the Enroget civilization.

The silicone ray skillfully sent the nearby galaxy into the microcosm port.

There are currently 974 medium-to-large-scale galaxies in the microcosm...

That should be enough, right?

Since the size of the Enroget civilization's fleet was unknown at this time, Silicon Ray was not very confident in its estimates.

It raised its tail and gently scratched its head.

Sparks flew everywhere.

Forget it, I can't figure it out.

It swung its pectoral fins again, preparing to continue into the superluminal curvature state.

But in the next instant, the spacetime fluctuations that had just begun to intensify vanished completely, cooling down as quickly as a hot coal fire that had been doused with ice water!

The massive body of the silicon ray hovered somewhat stiffly in space.

Its small eyes flickered with surprise and uncertainty.

Just now, it sensed a peculiar fluctuation in spacetime.

The thought that the Enrogete civilization's "territory" was not far away made the astonishment in the Silica Ray's eyes grow even stronger.

Surely not?

The silicon ray's tail kept scratching at its head; its core thoughts were a bit stuck.

Was the Enroget civilization developing at such a rapid pace?

So this is how you master microcosm technology?

Could there be another Level 7 civilization in this star system?

Two Level VII civilizations are located just a thousand light-years away?

Isn't that a bit too unlikely?

Completely baffled, the manta ray gave up thinking and quickly swung its pectoral fins, causing the spacetime around its body to fluctuate violently—seeing is believing, it decided to go and see for itself!

……

Within the Human Union's microcosm, the Spacetime Research Center.

The microcosm cutting experiment has reached its most crucial step.

All the academicians, including Lü Yongchang, were on tenterhooks.

Under the combined influence of the grand unified field and the properties of the microcosm itself, it successfully broke free from the constraints of the macrocosm!

A miniature universe with a diameter of ten light-years was completely formed at this moment!

The white dwarf star [Kuafu] then began its next operation—capturing and drawing upon the microcosm.

At the same time, a dark region with a diameter of ten light-years suddenly appeared in the universe.

That is a "black zone" that no light can penetrate!

This amazing sight did not last long.

The self-repairing effect of spacetime begins to take effect—for the vast universe, a gap of ten light-years in diameter is utterly insignificant.

It's like a tiny epidermal cell shed from a human body.

Just a few minutes later, the largest "dark zone" created by human civilization began to shrink at a speed visible to the naked eye.

About half an hour later, this "dark zone" spanning ten light-years completely disappeared from the sight of human civilization, and the distant starlight once again entered the lens of the high-definition camera.

Spacetime can be restored, but matter cannot.

At this moment, this spherical region with a diameter of ten light-years is even more spacious than the vacuum zone between galaxies!

Not to mention the original few star systems, there aren't even many matter particles inside it!

"warn!"

The piercing alarm shattered the faint smile that had just appeared on Lü Yongchang's face.

"High-intensity spatiotemporal fluctuations have been detected."

"Speed: 10000c".

Identity: Unknown.

"The fleet has entered a state of first-level combat readiness."

In the holographic projection that had quietly transformed into a blood-red color, the bright white text was particularly glaring.

"Zero, immediately send a tachyon message to the other party to inquire about their identity!"

Lü Yongchang remained relatively calm: "At the same time, inform them of our identities!"

The situation is not completely chaotic yet, and the names of the neutral faction and the silicon-based alliance are still very useful!

……

Five-dimensional space, hyperspace membrane.

A tiny bubble struggled to emerge from the large, sparkling bubble.

Immediately afterwards, a thin thread made of gravity slowly "wrapped" around its surface.

The commotion on the cosmic bubble could not escape His notice, who lived on the hyperspace membrane.

He opened his eyes again and looked at this secluded corner.

It's another brand new kite.

He suddenly remembered the mini kite from a while ago.

In His memory, that miniature kite also appeared in this area.

Just as He was getting interested and preparing to take a closer look, a signal came from the cosmic bubble and landed directly on the hyperspace membrane that was in contact with the cosmic bubble.

[The membrane, Laniakea Supercluster branch, has completed its assembly and is ready to launch an attack on the target at any time.]

With a great battle imminent, He withdrew His gaze and abandoned that fleeting interest.

After a brief moment of thought, He sent out an extremely simple signal.

[Operation begins!]

[Objective of this operation: Destroy all ring-planetary accelerator nodes of the Cleaners civilization in the Laniakea Supercluster!]