Cataclysmic Era: I can unlock the tech tree

The pastoral school.

The moment the tachyon message from the Sekor civilization was received, the fluctuations of the dozen or so spherical shadow structures increased rapidly.

Clearly, these four-dimensional beings had no idea that the Sekor civilization would give such an answer.

Immediately, the four-dimensional beings began arguing within the tachyon communication channel belonging to the pastoral faction.

What should we do now?

[I suggest launching an attack on human civilization. Such a civilization has never appeared in the history recorded by the pastoralists. If we allow it to continue developing, the consequences would be unimaginable!]

How should the Nasekor civilization be dealt with?

If they try to stop us... we'll wipe out human civilization along with them! Let them know just how vast the gap truly is between level eight civilizations!

The Sekel civilization itself isn't a big deal, but if such actions provoke hostility and attacks from neutral civilizations in the M87 system, it might affect the outcome of this war.

【…】

The debate was short-lived.

The discussion among the four-dimensional beings came to an end when wormhole fluctuations began to appear near the Sekel fleet.

The threat to human civilization is far greater than that of the neutral faction!

This is the consensus reached by the four-dimensional beings!

Even if this could very well provoke a backlash from the neutral faction in the M87 system, they would rather face a disorganized neutral faction than the human civilization, which is developing at an alarming pace!

then……

Without any warning, the four-dimensional beings crossed the invisible border, and war immediately broke out on the neutral territory!

……

几分钟前。

Accompanied by intense spacetime fluctuations, several stable wormhole structures are slowly taking shape near the human fleet.

Starships of various shapes emerged one after another and formed a formation, gazing at the four-dimensional beings beyond the border.

Compared to the human fleet, the formation of the Sekel fleet was extremely disorganized.

Inside the Earth's command center, Zhao Zijie subconsciously shook his head: "This Sekel civilization probably hasn't experienced real interstellar warfare."

Lu Yongchang nodded heavily: "If a war really breaks out, the situation is probably not optimistic."

He pondered for a moment, then sent an encrypted tachyon message to the silicone ray.

"Silicon Ray, can the Sekel civilization withstand the attack of these four-dimensional beings?"

The response from the silicon ray quickly appeared in the holographic projection.

Of course not!

Even in a one-on-one fight, the Sekel civilization wouldn't be a match for four-dimensional beings, let alone with a total of 16 four-dimensional beings here.

Although Lü Yongchang was prepared, he was still shocked when he received this answer.

"How could this happen?!"

"Isn't the Sekel civilization a level eight civilization? Does that mean four-dimensional beings are a level nine civilization?"

Of course not!

The silicon ray sighed helplessly: "Every four-dimensional being is a level eight civilization, but..."

Even among level eight civilizations, there are still differences.

[In many cases, the gap between level eight civilizations is even greater than the gap between a level eight civilization and a level seven civilization.]

Lu Yongchang stared at the text in the holographic projection with a grim expression.

Don't worry, the rural faction won't take action.

Why?

[It has always been this way; they never would...]

Before the message from the silicon ray could be sent out, a piercing alarm sounded in the command center.

"Warning! High-intensity spacetime fluctuation warning!!"

Zero's electronic synthesized tone was high-pitched and rapid, enough to demonstrate the danger of this sudden situation!

……

Without any warning or information, a total of 16 spherical shadow structures disappeared directly into the visible universe.

The next instant, when they reappeared, they had successfully traversed several light-years and appeared directly next to several wormhole structures of the Sekor civilization!

"Four-dimensional leap!"

Inside the command center, Lü Yongchang's eyes widened suddenly, and he subconsciously stood up from his chair.

For four-dimensional beings, high-precision, long-distance four-dimensional leaps are as easy and simple as going for a walk!

"not good!"

In the blink of an eye, Lü Yongchang understood the thoughts of those four-dimensional beings!

"Sekor Civilization! Quickly!! Close the wormhole!!!"

The tachyon communication system carried Lü Yongchang's shouts and transmitted them to the nearby Sekel fleet.

but……

It's too late.

As natives of four-dimensional space, no civilization can probably match these four-dimensional beings in their understanding of wormholes!

As several unusual spacetime fluctuations emanated, the originally stable Sekel wormhole rapidly distorted, as if affected by an unknown object!

It must be said that the Sekel civilization had a pretty good grasp of wormholes.

Despite the sudden attack from the four-dimensional beings, these wormholes managed to hold out for a precious few seconds!

Wow!

Under Lü Yongchang's gaze, the several wormhole structures, like whirlpools disappearing on the surface of water, swayed a few times before completely dissipating into the visible universe!

The disappearance of a wormhole may seem like a minor matter in three-dimensional space.

But that's not the case at all!

For a starship traveling through it, an anomaly in the wormhole structure is tantamount to annihilation!

If they're lucky, these starships might be randomly flung into the universe thousands, tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands or millions of light-years away.

If you're unlucky...

The spatial turbulence caused when a wormhole dissipates can tear any starship to shreds!

A bead of cold sweat slowly slid down Lü Yongchang's forehead.

This is a really big deal!

Before the battle even started, the Sekel civilization was cut off from all its supplies!

As for the number of casualties in the fleet... that's probably an exaggerated figure!

[Pastoral style!!!]

A message from the direction of the Sekel fleet, delivered in an extremely forceful tone, came from Kuaizi: "This is a declaration of war against the neutral faction!"

A beam of dark light came from the direction of the Sekel fleet and blasted directly at the slowly floating shadowy structures.

Dark Matter Cannon!

boom!!

The explosion of the dark matter chain reaction appeared in the dim starry sky, like a large signal flare, sending a signal to the other neutral civilizations in M87.

At the same time, a radio broadcast came from the direction of the Sekel flagship.

[Enemy attack!]

[Sound the alarm for war!]

The "Pastoral Faction" has infiltrated the border and officially declared war on the "Neutral Faction"!

The four-dimensional beings made no response to the message sent by the Sekor civilization.

This is a habit developed while battling against the civilized practices of sanitation workers.

Once the decision is made to take action, there's no point in wasting words; just go for the kill.

They knew perfectly well that once the Sekor civilization was eliminated, the Silicorice Ray civilization and the human civilization beside them would have no power to resist!

This is perfectly illustrated in four-dimensional beings!

A Sekel starship, upon approaching a shadowy structure, unexpectedly transformed into a brilliant burst of sparks!

That was the result of a leak in the zero-point reactor inside the fleet!

Another starship, the Sekel, quietly broke into several pieces without suffering any external damage!

Further away, the crew members inside dozens of Sekor starships were thrown out of the ship and struggled painfully in the vacuum!

Everything happened in just a few dozen seconds!

This was nothing short of a one-sided massacre!

Compared to this group of four-dimensional beings, the Sekel civilization, an eighth-level civilization that has mastered vacuum zero-point energy and wormhole technology, is simply like an underage child!