Cataclysmic Era: I can unlock the tech tree

The bottom region of the cosmic bubble.

[Membrane] Looking at the hyperspace membrane in front of him, which was as thin as a cicada's wing, his eyes were filled with anger and resentment.

Damn!

The Cleaners civilization's hidden fleet is far larger than it anticipated!

Without its intervention, the dimensional creatures of the pastoral faction were simply unable to break through those lines of defense.

Should we make a move?

[Membrane] watched the escalating war, murmuring silently in its heart.

As long as He intervenes, the Cleaners civilization's cosmic acceleration experiment will inevitably fail!

but……

Correspondingly, if He is bogged down in war, the plan to annihilate the pastoral faction will be postponed indefinitely.

Under the influence of such a large-scale war and the cosmic particle acceleration experiment, the cosmic bubble has reached a critical point where it is about to collapse!

The effects of excessive extraction of zero-point energy from the vacuum have begun to emerge—the cosmic bubble is about to stop expanding.

Before long, the cosmic bubble will even begin to collapse irreversibly!

Thinking of the scene of the mother universe collapsing and disintegrating countless years ago, a trace of fear appeared in His eyes.

No! He never wants to experience that feeling again!

He suppressed his anger and fear, focusing all his attention on the hyperspace membrane in front of him.

Since the Cleaner's cosmic particle acceleration experiment can no longer be stopped, and the cosmic bubble is about to stop expanding, He has no choice but to continue down the wrong path!

As long as this hyperspace membrane is "broken" before the universe collapses, the annihilation plan will not fail!

After a brief fluctuation, the bottom region of the cosmic bubble fell silent again.

……

Nineteen years later, in the year 15822 of the Earth calendar.

Laniakea Supercluster, Virgo Cluster, M87 galaxy.

Amidst the flames of exploding warships and the particle storms generated by the deaths of the rural characters, two massive wormholes slowly unfolded near the central black hole of the M87 galaxy.

The cosmic particle acceleration experiment has progressed to its final stage!

The pastoral faction's offensive has reached its most frenzied level ever—fluctuations of dimensional ascension and dimensional reduction are constantly flashing around the M87 galaxy, as they try to break down the walls built by the Sweeper fleet with their own lives!

but……

It's no use!

The once stable wormhole seems to have been affected by some massive celestial body and has begun to distort!

coming!

Two beams of particles carrying terrifying energy shot out from the giant wormhole under the watchful eyes of the Cleaners civilization and the Pastoralists!

The greater the speed of an object, the greater its dynamic mass!

These particles, accelerated to 0.999 times the speed of light, each possess an extremely terrifying dynamic mass!

The moment the particle beam completely emerged from the wormhole, the powerful gravity tore the already unstable wormhole to shreds!

The final acceleration and collision phases occur near the central black hole of M87!

Just then, in the starry sky unnoticed by the cleaners and pastoralists, hundreds of inconspicuous "meteorites" suddenly began to move!

They stretched out their bodies, shaking off the stones and metal, revealing the silver-white exoskeleton armor on their bodies!

The next moment, these hundreds of lost giant insects disappeared into the visible universe!

Four-dimensional leap!

The massive spacetime fluctuations caused by the Ring Cosmic Particle Accelerator, coupled with the Pastoral Faction's fearless charge, provided the best cover for the Lost Giant Insects.

They twinkle in the starry sky, closing the distance to their target!

10 light-years!

1 light-years!

Driven by the warp drive, this insignificant distance vanished in a flash!

Arrived successfully!

With the help of the exoskeleton armor, a giant, abandoned insect less than 20 meters long landed lightly on the outer shell of the Ring Cosmic Particle Accelerator.

Following the faint guidance in its mind, it raised its forelimbs high and aimed at the dense quark armor in front of it.

A thin stream of antimatter particles shot out from the exoskeleton armor!

boom!

The flash of the explosion was fleeting, and the once smooth, dense quark armor was instantly cratered, revealing the bone beneath, by the bombardment of the antimatter particle beam.

next moment.

A large number of silvery-white nanobots emerged from the exoskeleton armor and flowed into the crater without restraint.

……

Cleaners' Civilization Headquarters.

A warning message popped up on the light screen.

"Hmm?" Su frowned. "The particle accelerator's outer casing is damaged?"

It cast a questioning look at the chief scientist beside it: "What's going on?"

"This is normal." The chief scientist of the Cleaners stared fascinated at the data flashing on the screen. "These particles carry such enormous energy that even an accelerator made of dense quark material would suffer some damage upon close contact."

Perhaps fearing that Su wouldn't believe it, it added again: "The previous particle accelerator also experienced similar damage. Please rest assured, nothing will happen."

It raised its tentacle and pointed to the slowly fading warning message on the light screen: "You see, the damage has stopped spreading."

[Su] Only then did he relax his heart and turn his gaze back to the light screen in front of him.

hum...

A strong spatial-temporal fluctuation flashed by!

boom!!

The particle beams collided successfully!

[Su] stared feverishly at the light screen: "It's a success! The cosmic particle collider experiment is a success!"

It will be recorded in the annals of the cleaners' civilization!

Unfortunately, no one heeded its words.

Every researcher focused their attention on the data generated by the collision experiment!

Countless tiny black holes are rapidly generated in the collision region, and then quickly annihilate each other!

The fundamental particles, which were already beyond further subdivision, were completely shattered by this immense energy!

……

The Boötes Void, the human fleet.

"Intrusion complete."

"The data transmission channel has been established and is transmitting experimental data..."

As the synthesized voice filled the laboratory, a faint smile appeared on Lü Yongchang's tense face.

After a century of contemplation and research, he made a preliminary guess about the cornerstone technology of a Level 9 civilization—analyzing the foundation of the universe, which might be what a Level 9 civilization should be doing.

As for how to analyze it...

The Cosmic Particle Accelerator!

Using immense energy to shatter those indivisible fundamental particles, thereby exploring the origin of particles and the cornerstone of the universe!

But the Cosmic Particle Accelerator...

Even for Zero, the construction period for this monumental project was far too long.

Moreover, the current cosmic situation simply does not allow human civilization such a long period of peaceful development.

then……

Lü Yongchang then set his sights on the Cleaner Civilization's Ring Cosmic Particle Accelerator.

There's no time to build it now.

But isn't there one already?

Given a physical interface, even a cleaner cannot stop the "zero-dollar purchase of experimental data" project initiated by human civilization!

P.S.: Thank you to the author of Tenth Art for completing this 666*18!

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