Cataclysmic Era: I can unlock the tech tree

Three months later.

Accompanied by subtle spacetime fluctuations emanating from beside the shattered galaxy, a stable wormhole structure appeared in the universe.

A constantly twisting, shadowy structure leaped rapidly out of the wormhole.

Those are idyllic four-dimensional beings from 1500 million light-years away.

The shattered galaxy clearly had a huge impact on it—the shadow's distortion increased in both magnitude and speed.

[Silk! Ants!]

No response.

After a brief wait, the shadow plunged directly into the fragmented galaxy.

The aftershocks of the annihilation starburst still echoed through the galaxy, and the violent gamma rays surged "slowly" into the distance like a tide.

After searching around, the shadow returned to the source area of ​​this gamma-ray surge.

It carefully flipped through the timeline, trying to reconstruct the scenes that had occurred previously.

……

The bottom region of the cosmic bubble.

As in countless years before, the membrane waits quietly.

The conflict in the Laniakea Supercluster has ended.

Just as He had predicted, with the Pastoralists taking the initiative to retreat, the Cleaners civilization, eager to complete the Ring Universe Acceleration Project, did not pursue them relentlessly—they focused most of their energy on repairing existing facilities.

He did a quick calculation in his mind.

Theoretically speaking, the timing is perfect—the Annihilation Project will be completed before the Acceleration Project!

As long as there are no changes.

Thinking of how human civilization has grown to level eight in such a short time, [Membrane] felt a little heavy-hearted.

No matter what, we must destroy human civilization!

The membrane carefully considered every step of the annihilation plan—to avoid missing this one and only opportunity, it had spent countless years thinking about and perfecting the annihilation plan every minute and every second.

Suddenly, a tachyon wave came from afar, interrupting His thoughts.

【…】

[Silk and ants captured?! Human civilization fleeing to the Boötes Void?!]

A complex mix of anger and terror surged through His heart in that instant: [Damn it! Damn it!!]

In just a few hundred years, the opponent has developed combat power that surpasses that of lower-dimensional life forms!

Even the development speed of the AI ​​civilization wasn't this fast!

In a flash, He made a decision!

This raises the threat level to human civilization to a whole new level!

[All members of the Pastoral Faction, abandon your original mission and surround the Boötes Void at all costs to annihilate human civilization!!!]

The moment the tachyon broadcast was broadcast, the once peaceful universe was thrown into turmoil!

On this scale, superclusters are nothing!

The Great Wall of the North, the Great Wall of Sloan, the Great Wall of the South, the Hercules-Corona Borealis Great Wall...

Countless spacetime fluctuations emerged from the Great Wall of Galaxy!

Like a pond surface suddenly hit by a downpour.

On the calm ocean of time and space, countless ripples emanate from every region!

Each ripple represents a dimensional creature!

The intensity of the ripples is enough to identify the identity of these dimensional beings—four-dimensional beings have the best understanding of wormholes and create the most intense spacetime fluctuations.

The pastoral faction, after countless billions of years of quiet development, has now emerged in full force!

They all share a common goal—human civilization!

……

The giant attractor at the center of the Great Centaurus (including the Hydra-Centaurus Supercluster and the Local Supercluster).

A colossal structure spanning hundreds of light-years hovers silently in this gravitationally chaotic and intensely radioactive death zone.

Around it, thousands of black holes of similar size are orbiting it in regular circular motions.

Even a black hole, as powerful as it is, pales in comparison to this colossal structure.

The building appears somewhat ethereal, like a hazy projection—at this moment, it exists in a state between three-dimensional and four-dimensional.

3.5 dimensions.

The Cleaner Civilization's latest dimensional technology.

While possessing excellent defensive capabilities, it can also minimize the assimilation effect of three-dimensional space on it.

This colossal structure, spanning hundreds of light-years, is the headquarters of the Cleaners civilization!

Because the core components of the Ring Cosmic Accelerator are located in the Laniakea Supercluster region, the Cleaners civilization's headquarters have also been moved to the Centaurus Wall.

This unusual spacetime fluctuation that permeated the entire universe could not escape the notice of the Cleaners civilization—the ring-universe accelerator nodes scattered throughout countless galaxies were the best intelligence network.

Inside a massive, colossal building constructed of dense quark matter, a tall, individual member of the Cleaner civilization is looking up at the light screen in front of him.

It is the leader of the cleaner civilization.

【Su】, this is its name, and also the name of the civilized leader of each generation of cleaners.

Within the light screen, countless red lights, each shimmering with faint ripples, flickered across an enormous star map.

"Leader, it has been confirmed that all abnormal spacetime fluctuations originated from the Pastoral Faction!"

The report came over, and [Su] slowly lowered his head, turning his gaze to his subordinates in front of him: "Are they all from the pastoral school?!"

"When did they grow to this size?"

[Su] His expression became much more solemn.

Compared to conventional civilizations, these dimensional beings possess far more sophisticated methods of concealing themselves.

They have never engaged in a life-or-death battle with the Cleaners civilization, and the time of their birth is unknown.

Therefore, to this day, the Cleaners' civilization is still unaware of the true fighting strength of the Pastoral Faction.

But no matter what, the dimensional beings of this scale before them definitely far exceeded the Cleaners civilization's original expectations!

If these dimensional beings were to launch an attack on the Cleaner civilization's ring-universe accelerator node...

[Su] felt a chill run down my spine!

It asked somewhat urgently, "Has the defense order for the branch been issued?"

"Leader, the wide-area tachyon broadcast has been sent out, and responses have been received from various supercluster branches."

Su breathed a slight sigh of relief.

Judging from the outcome of the war in the Laniakea Supercluster, the Pastoral Faction lacked high-end combat power, and Quark Fortress and Black Hole Fortress were more than capable of easily dealing with those dimensional beings.

Then, it gently lowered its tentacles at its sides and murmured, "Having just attacked the Laniakea Supercluster region, what are they planning to do now?"

"Is it possible to pinpoint the target area for these dimensional beings?"

"The calculations are enormous, and obtaining the precise target will take quite some time," the subordinate hesitated. "But the rough results..."

[Su] glanced displeasedly at his subordinate in front of him.

"Rough calculations suggest that these dimensional beings are likely targeting the Boötes Void!"

"Boötes Hollow..." Upon hearing this familiar place name, Su felt slightly disoriented.

The Cleaners civilization discovered a four-dimensional vacuole in the Boötes Void, which enabled them to master high-dimensional technology and achieve a leap in combat power!

After pondering for a long time, Su issued an order: "Transfer some quark fortresses and black hole fortresses from the surrounding superclusters."

"The distance between the Boötes Void and the Laniakea Supercluster is still too close."