Cataclysmic Era: I can unlock the tech tree

Intelligent civilization? The river of time?!

Suppressing his shock, Lü Yongchang asked with difficulty, "What level of civilization... exactly are you?"

Why did you choose me?

"Even an existence as powerful as you, has human civilization not yet achieved victory?"

In my timeline, human civilization... has been reduced to just me.

The helium flash wiped out all of humanity, except me.

To be precise, I was also wiped out.

But I was lucky.

I became a quantum ghost wandering through the starry sky.

[That's right, it refers to your current state.]

The figure seemed to chuckle again: "It's a long story. In short, I was lucky enough to take down the Cleaners and the Pastoralists, and escape the collapsing cosmic bubble."

[I represent human civilization, and have wandered alone in the fifth dimension for countless years.]

The five-dimensional space beyond the cosmic bubble is not as wonderful as I imagined. In comparison, the cosmic bubble, filled with war and strife, is practically a breeding ground for civilization...

Crisis lurks around all civilizations, and its intrusions often occur at unexpected times...

Perhaps due to insufficient database, or perhaps for other reasons, the figure did not provide a detailed explanation of the so-called crisis and invasion, nor did it provide a specific account of his conquests in the universe.

For various reasons, I am trying to find a way to survive, a way to survive that belongs to human civilization.

You are the path to survival I've found.

It seems my plan has succeeded so far.

Lu Yongchang stared blankly at the figure constructed of shimmering white lines before him, muttering to himself, "Where exactly is the core of the technology tree? Why have I never found it?"

This problem not only troubled Lü Yongchang, but also Dr. Wen, who examined Lü Yongchang.

[The core of the tech tree?]

It's right there in your brain, except it's a zero-dimensional singularity.

Zero point!

Building facilities in the singularity...

What kind of technology could accomplish such a feat?!

Lu Yongchang stared blankly at the figure in front of him.

It has to be said that in this short period of time, he was shocked more than he had in the past few thousand years!

"What about my rebirth?"

As if suddenly remembering something, Lü Yongchang hurriedly asked the figure in front of him.

Rebirth? What rebirth...?

Lü Yongchang took a deep breath, calming his shock: "Those coincidences in the development of human civilization... were they your doing?"

If you're referring to phenomena like four-dimensional cavitation, then my setup must have worked.

"How did you do that?"

It's not difficult; the principle is similar to the butterfly effect, provided you understand the patterns of time and parallel universes.

"..."

Lu Yongchang looked at the holographic projection in front of him with some helplessness.

Not difficult? You call this not difficult?

He suddenly felt the helplessness of the other academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in the face of him, and at the same time, a strange sense of familiarity arose in his heart.

"you……"

A chilling thought flashed through Lü Yongchang's mind: "Who...who are you?"

【I?】

The figure chuckled softly: "A name is no longer a meaningless title to me."

But in ancient times on Earth, my name was...

[Lü Yongchang.]

……

"Yongchang?"

"professor?!"

As he was called out to, Lü Yongchang slowly opened his eyes.

Looking at the group of academicians surrounding him, a feeling of unreality instantly welled up in his heart.

After all this time, the source of the tech tree turned out to be myself?

No, to be precise, it's me from another parallel universe.

"Yongchang, are you alright?"

Perhaps noticing Lü Yongchang's somewhat unfocused gaze, Fang Xu quickly waved his hand in front of his eyes.

"...No, it's nothing."

Lu Yongchang slowly came to his senses, pushed Fang Xu's hand away, and stood up from his seat.

He looked around somewhat blankly, and finally his gaze settled on the data in the holographic projection that had stopped flashing.

Lu Yongchang took a deep breath, suppressing his shock.

"Without delay, let's begin research on the source theory immediately."

"We must advance to Level Nine Civilization before the Cleaners Civilization!"

"Source theory?" Lin Yongnian muttered, looking puzzled.

"The theory of the origin of the universe, or simply the source theory."

Lü Yongchang recalled the information from another parallel universe: "The vibrating singularity created strings, and the vibration of the strings created the fundamental particles in the universe. They are the origin of the universe and the cornerstone of the cosmic edifice."

"If we could manipulate these cornerstones that make up the universe..."

"Perhaps those unchanging constants in the universe will become our most powerful weapons!"

……

After successfully completing the Ring Cosmic Accelerated Particle Collision Experiment, the Cleaner Fleet, facing frequent attacks from the pastoral dimensional beings, changed its usual practice and adopted a strategy of avoidance and defense for the first time in the war—they prepared to concentrate all their efforts on studying the magical phenomena in the Ring Cosmic Particle Acceleration Experiment.

As for the pastoral school...

Under the command of the [membrane], it continued its relentless and fearless attacks on the cleaners.

The goal is simple.

To delay the research progress of the Cleaners' civilization as much as possible.

then……

Even though the Cleaners adopted a defensive strategy, the turmoil in the universe did not stop, and even seemed to intensify.

The central black holes of each galaxy erupted under the attack of the dimensional beings, transforming into jets of black hole energy that tore apart the already ravaged galaxies.

Chaos has become the keynote of the universe.

Under the onslaught of the pastoral faction, the territory of the Cleaners' civilization continues to shrink.

The vast territory that originally spanned most of the universe has gradually shrunk to the Laniakea Supercluster region over time.

……

78 years later, in the year 15900 of the Earth calendar.

Seventy-eight years is like a fleeting moment for advanced civilizations, and even more so for the universe.

In this extremely short period of time, human civilization completed its ascension in the obscured Boötes Nebula!

Level 9 Civilization!

The perfection of the [Source Theory] means that human civilization has truly crossed the threshold of Level 9 civilization!

As demonstrated in the Ring Cosmic Particle Acceleration and Collision Experiment, the basic units that make up the universe are not the one-dimensional strings described by string theory, but rather zero-dimensional singularities.

The trajectory of the singularity forms a series of strings.

However, string theory does have some merit—the motion of those one-dimensional strings does indeed constitute the fundamental particles in the universe.

Scientific research has always been mutually reinforcing.

The breakthrough in the [Source Theory] has also driven the progress of other theories.

Among them, the most obvious is the five-dimensional theory, which was led by Lin Yongnian.

The refinement of the five-dimensional theory, especially the refinement of algorithms related to the fifth direction, has made five-dimensional travel a readily available level nine technology for human civilization.

Three years later.

Earth year 15903.

While the Cleaners and the Pastoralists were still locked in a fierce battle, the first five-dimensional engine in this universe was born out of nowhere in the deserted corner of the Boötes Nebula!

P.S.: Who else?! I'm asking you, who else?!

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