Cataclysmic Era: I can unlock the tech tree

Chaos reigned inside the Dimension Research Center.

No one expected this to happen, including Lü Yongchang himself.

Under Lü Yongchang's orders, Zero quickly controlled the fleet to increase the distance between itself and the "giant" soap bubble!

Of course, amidst the panic, a peculiar sense of familiarity welled up in Lü Yongchang's heart.

"This is……"

Lu Yongchang's voice was filled with deep confusion: "A microcosm?"

Not bad.

The scene before him immediately reminded Lü Yongchang of the time he "encountered" the microcosm in the Milky Way.

Lü Yongchang's words enlightened the academicians present.

"Judging from this phenomenon alone, this anomalous spacetime phenomenon does indeed seem to be caused by a microcosm."

He Bilin hesitated slightly: "But...Professor, its other properties are very different from those of a microcosm!"

Upon hearing this, Lü Yongchang immediately frowned.

That's right.

The structure in front of us, which looks like a soap bubble, has some similarities to the microcosm, but also has completely different properties.

There is a certain gap between the microcosm and the macrocosm. Even if the two come into contact, they will only open a port similar to a wormhole at the point of contact.

In other words, within the macrocosm, the microcosm cannot be observed with the naked eye.

Furthermore, without contact ports, it is impossible for a spacecraft operating in three-dimensional space to enter the interior of a microcosm.

The "soap bubble" in front of us is quite different—it has no so-called port structure at all, and in the three-dimensional universe, it has a distinct outline structure that is completely different from the port structure.

These strange phenomena caused all the academicians in the Dimension Research Center to fall into deep thought.

What the hell is this thing?

Lu Yongchang repeatedly examined the data transmitted back by the previous detectors, trying to find the truth within it.

but……

To no avail.

Time slips away, bit by bit.

Under the influence of an unknown force, the soap bubble twisted significantly again.

The part of the "soap bubble" that had originally "swallowed" the detector now shrank back like the receding tide.

The familiar, dim starry sky reappeared in the holographic projection.

Under the lens of high-definition cameras, probes are silently resting in this incredibly dim universe.

The red warning signs, symbolizing signal loss, are still flashing in the holographic projection—meaning that the detectors have been completely destroyed.

After a brief two-second pause, Lü Yongchang suddenly became excited: "Zero!"

"Dispatch shipborne drones to immediately recover those probes!"

The detector has been recovered!

This is like a lifeline for research efforts that have been struggling!

The moment the order was given, the hatch on the side of the warship opened with a roar.

A large number of drones swarmed out from it.

After moving a certain distance away from the warship, a strong spatial-temporal fluctuation came from the drone.

Swish!

The carrier-based drone swarm disappeared into the visible universe, and the next moment, they appeared next to those "lost and found" probes!

Since the pattern of the "soap bubble" fluctuations is unknown, the detector must be retrieved quickly!

To this end, Zero even activated the four-dimensional jump function of the shipborne drone under the order of Lü Yongchang!

……

The bubble structure, spanning over 100 light-years, is constantly fluctuating in the universe, causing the faint starlight from afar to change in brightness.

At this moment, Lü Yongchang felt as if he were in this wondrous starry sky.

He sat in the chair, quietly observing the bubble structure so close to him, trying to find the hidden patterns within it.

"Yongchang, the preliminary test results are in."

Fang Xu's voice came through.

Swish!

As the lights came on, the immersive holographic projection quickly shrank into a "screen" suspended in the air.

On the screen, the still-fluctuating bubble structure was clearly visible.

"How were the test results?" Lü Yongchang composed himself, turned to look at Fang Xu who was walking towards him, and asked, "Did you find any problems?"

"This is a big problem."

Fang Xu walked over to Lü Yongchang and tapped the holographic projection a few times: "The specific reasons for the damage to each detector are different."

"But the general direction is the same."

Fang Xu paused slightly: "The detector's internal structure has been damaged, and not in an ordinary way."

As soon as he finished speaking, detailed images appeared in the holographic projection.

The originally neatly arranged energy pathways became extremely chaotic.

This chaos could not be achieved by conventional methods—one of the energy pathways detached from its original interface and "grew" out of thin air inside the solid outer armor of the detector.

Upon seeing this picture, Lü Yongchang raised an eyebrow slightly.

"Cross-latitude destruction."

He murmured to himself.

It is no exaggeration to say that every academician at the Dimension Research Center is very familiar with this phenomenon—the experimental accidents that occur during the dimensional ascension experiment are basically all like this.

Lu Yongchang suddenly raised his head, staring intently at the holographic screen floating in front of him.

On the screen, the mysterious bubble structure was still slowly undulating.

"This is not a microcosm!"

"It is a natural four-dimensional space!!!"

Four-dimensional cavitation structure!

Lu Yongchang watched the holographic projection with great excitement.

It came to me without any effort!

The four-dimensional cavitation structure that the Tenth Empire had been searching for for tens of thousands of years has now fallen into the sight of human civilization!

Lu Yongchang didn't even dare to think about how small the probability was!

Looking back, I don't know when it started, but human civilization has always had outrageously good luck in certain events!

Once or twice is a probability.

Three times, four times...

That's hard to say.

Therefore, while pleasantly surprised, Lü Yongchang also felt a slight sense of apprehension.

After a brief moment of disorientation, Lü Yongchang steadied himself and suppressed the inexplicable worry in his heart.

Whatever the truth behind it may be, all that human civilization can do now is seize every opportunity to improve its strength!

……

"That makes sense..."

Fang Xu's voice continued: "No wonder this bubble structure is twisting randomly."

"The fundamental reason is probably the assimilation effect of three-dimensional space on four-dimensional space!"

"Just like the scene when all dimensional beings are about to die," Lü Yongchang blurted out, "this naturally existing four-dimensional space before us is also gradually moving towards death under the assimilation effect of three-dimensional space..."

Seemingly realizing something, Lü Yongchang quickly lowered his voice.

He and Fang Xu exchanged a glance.

broken!

"We must begin studying four-dimensional cavitation structures as soon as possible!"

"We must complete the research before it is assimilated into three-dimensional space!"