Cataclysmic Era: I can unlock the tech tree

There are only 40 days left until the four-dimensional cavitation disappears!

Compared to the original, the four-dimensional cavitation bubble has almost completely changed its appearance.

Since the cosmic membrane has not completely dissolved, it still retains the shape of a bubble, but compared to before, the bubble is not clear in the universe and has even become faint.

Meanwhile, in the area where the four-dimensional cavitation bubble is located, a mottled gray shadow of varying shades gradually spread out from some unknown time – that is the projection of the four-dimensional cavitation bubble into three-dimensional space!

The appearance of these shadow structures indirectly proves that the cosmic membrane enveloping this four-dimensional space has reached its limit!

As the four-dimensional object inside the four-dimensional bubble moves slowly, the projection also shows slight changes.

If there is sufficient data, modern human civilization can even reverse-engineer the real scene in four-dimensional space from the shape of the projection—just like deriving the structure of a three-dimensional object from three-view drawings.

A massive fleet hovered beside the four-dimensional bubble, silently awaiting orders from the flagship.

Finally, a tachyon signal came from the flagship, the Earth, at the center of the fleet.

The once-silent fleet began to move, and they all headed towards the four-dimensional void ahead!

……

【Earth】.

Inside the command center, every academician's face was filled with tension and solemnity.

"Attention all units!"

Lu Yongchang's calm voice came from not far away: "First contact warning!"

"Activate the dark matter stabilizing field."

"Dark matter stabilization field successfully activated, current output power 17.3%, good condition!" Fang Xu's response rang out.

The dark matter stable field is a "byproduct" of the research and development process of dimensional ascension technology.

As is well known, in three-dimensional space, the other dimensions are subject to severe assimilation.

Even after their dimensions are upgraded, starships and human bodies are naturally not immune to this effect.

Therefore, the initial dimensional ascension experiments could only be conducted within a four-dimensional vacuole, and then transported out through a dark matter encapsulation force field.

In this process, once the dark matter encapsulation field is disrupted, a strong assimilation effect will immediately occur!

For four-dimensional objects, the challenge is forced dimensional reduction.

In other words, in order to achieve dimensional ascension in a three-dimensional universe, the fleet of human civilization must be encased in a massive encapsulation force field.

This definitely won't work.

then……

Under Lü Yongchang's guidance, Lin Yongnian led his team to further develop dark matter stabilization field technology based on the dark matter encapsulation force field.

In some ways, it works similarly to the core of a dimensional being—by consuming a large amount of energy to resist assimilation from three-dimensional space.

"Second Contact Warning!"

Lu Yongchang's voice continued: "High-dimensional printing initiated, begin dimensional ascension!"

hum...

The moment the order was given, a slight tremor came from the bottom of the deck.

As the energy output power of the Zero Furnace soared, the computing power utilization rate of Zero also began to rise continuously—dimensional ascension not only requires a terrifying amount of energy, but also a large amount of complex calculations!

A surge of energy flowed into the high-dimensional printing device through the energy pathway, and under Zero's control, the dimensional ascension began!

The bow of the [Earth] gradually became illusory, eventually becoming a gray shadow structure of unknown shape—this is a three-dimensional projection of the four-dimensional hull!

As time went on, the gray shadow structure quickly spread throughout the entire starship, and even reached the crew inside the starship!

……

As he watched the rapidly spreading gray shadow, Fang Xu subconsciously swallowed, his eyes revealing a mixture of fear and excitement.

Human nature.

Not only Fang Xu, but every academician has some degree of fear in their hearts.

But more than anything, they were excited and thrilled—this was their first ever experience of transcending their current level of existence!

Swish!

Before the academicians could react, a gray shadow had already swept over their bodies.

A strange feeling welled up from the bottom of Fang Xu's heart.

It felt like being thrown onto an extremely vast grassland; the boundless emptiness even brought a strong sense of unease.

Fortunately, humanity has long since been exposed to the wonders of the universe—the vast cosmos can also evoke a similar sense of emptiness.

Fang Xu took a couple of deep breaths, trying to calm his discomfort as much as possible.

He looked up and glanced to the side.

Fortunately.

The mature dimensional ascension technology has eliminated the strange phenomena that occurred in the initial experiment.

Thinking back to the scene he had seen in the holographic projection, Fang Xu couldn't help but shudder.

……

months ago.

The first human dimensional ascension experiment.

Because the dimensional ascension technology was not mature enough at the time, volunteers had to enter the four-dimensional vacuolar region before ascending to a higher dimension.

And so... a scene that would be unforgettable for a lifetime appeared before the eyes of all the academicians.

In four-dimensional space, there are no secrets in the three-dimensional human body.

Initially, the holographic projection showed blood vessels of varying thicknesses.

These blood vessels formed a blurry human figure, and as the figure moved, these blood vessels also moved slowly.

As the camera's perspective changes, the blood vessels gradually disappear, replaced by slowly wriggling internal organs.

A powerfully beating heart, constantly peristaltic intestines...

And then...

It is the blood surging within the blood vessels!

Undoubtedly, although they had expected it, the scene still frightened the volunteers.

And then... tragedy struck.

In a panic, a volunteer instinctively reached out to touch his own body.

At a particular angle, he literally pulled his blood vessels out of his body—without any external injury, of course.

Compared to another unlucky person, this volunteer was relatively lucky—that unlucky person did nothing and had their heart inexplicably removed by the people around them.

Thanks to the Academy of Sciences' prior preparations, the volunteers were successfully rescued after the experiment was terminated and, with the help of the medical pod, were able to escape danger.

A blessing in disguise.

This unexpected experiment also allowed Lü Yongchang to see a completely new way of manipulating three-dimensional objects.

Therefore, based on the dimensional ascension experiment, the Chinese Academy of Sciences began further research.

Through numerous experiments and trials, the volunteers obtained a wealth of experimental data for the Academy of Sciences.

Through zero-based calculation and integration, the Academy of Sciences has grasped the various fundamental laws of four-dimensional space.

This includes methods of observation in four-dimensional space and how to use the fourth direction.

As for its specific applications...

The upgraded human fleet can observe three-dimensional space from a specific angle within four-dimensional space.

This means that three-dimensional objects will no longer have any secrets.

Furthermore, after the dimensional upgrade, the human fleet's attack methods became even more unpredictable.

By attacking from a fourth direction, the human fleet can bypass all three-dimensional defenses and directly attack the target they want to attack!

This is precisely why the Cleaners' civilization is so powerful!

For a civilization that has not mastered the technology of dimensional ascension, the Cleaner Civilization is almost impossible to defeat!