Cataclysmic Era: I can unlock the tech tree

Earth Command Center.

Watching the giant starry sky gradually transform into elementary particles in the holographic projection, Zhao Zijie breathed a slight sigh of relief.

"It's finally over..."

The academicians and commanders had the same reaction.

This war against four-dimensional beings is the most difficult war that human civilization has fought since advancing to level six.

Without the contributions of silk and ants, human civilization probably wouldn't have been able to deal with these higher-dimensional beings.

It is difficult to completely kill them using only conventional weapons.

The successful operation of Van Gogh signifies that human civilization has once again reached a new level.

Human civilization today has begun to possess the strength to compete with the pastoral lifestyle!

"Yongchang, the rendezvous point is just ahead."

Fang Xu raised his hand with a sigh of relief and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead: "The Tenth Empire is less than ten million light-years away from us."

"The pastoral type should..."

Before Fang Xu could finish speaking, a holographic projection with a blood-red background automatically popped up in front of the command center.

At the same time, a piercing alarm sounded.

It was a huge 3D star map.

Most of the star map is dark and dim, with only a very small portion of it shining brightly.

These bright areas are the star regions successfully covered by the Cosmic Listening Project!

Among them are countless scattered red dots.

Each red dot represents an abnormal spacetime fluctuation, and also represents a pastoral dimensional creature.

Since being caught up by the Silk and the Ants, these red dots have been moving toward the vicinity of the Boötes Void at different speeds. Their purpose is clear: to intercept human civilization before it enters the Boötes Void.

What? Why are you intercepting me?

The area of ​​the Boötes Void is too vast, and its internal resources are extremely scarce.

Even an eighth-level civilization that has mastered vacuum zero-point energy is unwilling to easily set foot in this area.

Fighting within its own territory is something no civilization would want to do—the universe is so vast, there's no need to risk running out of resources to fight in such a godforsaken place.

Therefore, for the pastoralists, keeping human civilization outside the Boötes Void became the best option.

Now that human civilization has successfully entered the Boötes Void, the situation has changed once again.

Numerous red dots appear at the edges of the bright areas of the star map.

This is additional support from the rural faction, who have come from even further away!

Ten thousand, fifty thousand, one hundred thousand...

The numbers in the holographic projection are rising rapidly.

Looking at the images in the holographic projection, Lü Yongchang felt a chill run down his spine!

What the hell happened?!

Human civilization has only killed three or four dimensional beings, is it really necessary to harbor such deep hatred?!

Limited by the progress of the space listening project, Lü Yongchang was unaware of the extent of the mess that human civilization had made.

But he was certain of one thing.

Based on the current number of dimensional beings discovered by the cosmic monitoring program...

The pastoral faction could completely encircle and clear out the entire Boötes Void!

"I really don't know what's gotten into the pastoral faction..." Fang Xu looked at the shocking scene before him and didn't know what to say for a moment.

Lu Yongchang said decisively, "It won't work. The original strategy is no longer viable."

"Fleet, set up defensive positions on the spot."

"Immediately notify the Tenth Empire; it seems only the forces of the neutral faction can help human civilization escape this predicament."

……

A fleet bearing the logo of the Silicon Alliance is resting in the vast emptiness of space.

In preparation for the highly likely great war to come, the fleet of the Tenth Empire is undergoing comprehensive overhaul.

A wide-area tachyon broadcast roared in, shattering the fleet's silence.

Inside the flagship at the center of the fleet, the tall Tenth Empire warrior once again traversed the dense fog, and intense electromagnetic waves began to echo continuously.

"The pastoral faction has increased its forces to suppress human civilization!"

"According to information relayed by the neutral faction, they have mobilized at least half the dimensional beings of the universe, totaling over two million!!"

"The numbers are still increasing, three million! Four million!!"

"Where the hell did all these dimensional beings come from?!"

"Who knows?! Forget the neutral faction, even the Cleaners civilization is probably completely baffled right now!!"

A cylindrical creature tens of meters tall extended its tentacles, pressing buttons on a device in front of it. The projection in the mist changed accordingly: "Breaking intelligence! Neutral members from further away have sent a message—not just half the universe!!!"

"It seems the pastoral faction has mobilized all its forces!"

"It's chaos! The entire Boötes Hollow is a complete mess!"

"What exactly did human civilization do over there to provoke such crazy actions from the 'pastoral faction'?!"

"...According to information transmitted back by human civilization, they successfully captured the one-dimensional creature [Silk] and the two-dimensional creature [Ant]. In addition, they successfully killed the four-dimensional creature that came to pursue them."

"...?!"

Visibly, the atmosphere inside the Tenth Empire's flagship instantly froze.

After a long while, the electromagnetic waves resumed.

"...How much time has passed, and human civilization has already possessed combat capabilities surpassing those of four-dimensional beings?!"

"From the discovery of four-dimensional cavitation... less than fifty years have passed."

Silence once again swept over the flagship of the Tenth Empire.

Fast! Too fast!

Human civilization rose against the odds, surpassing all others, and leaped from a near-level 8 civilization to become a top-tier existence in the universe.

A small-scale conflict broke out between the cleaners and the pastoralists.

The pastoral faction has mobilized en masse, solely to destroy human civilization!

The events of the past fifty years, if they had occurred in the past, would have taken at least five thousand years to resolve; otherwise, it would have been a disrespectful act to the two leading powers.

Every high-ranking official in the empire felt a sense of unreality and illusion at this moment.

Family members, does anyone understand?

The empire was still on its way when it was forced into the heart of the great war!

"The fleet shall set sail immediately, activate the wormhole, and rendezvous with human civilization as soon as possible."

"Immediately issue a war mobilization order to all members of the Silicon Alliance!"

"What about the neutral faction..."

"Request to convene the fourth Supreme Council meeting of the Neutral Faction!"

P.S.: Three updates today.

The update is at midnight... We'll see, I might not have time to write it...