Cataclysmic Era: I can unlock the tech tree

at the same time.

Inside the Boötes Nebula, the former Dimensional Research Center.

The war between the human fleet and the pastoral dimensional beings did not attract the attention of Lü Yongchang and the academicians.

At this moment, everyone's attention was focused on the giant holographic projection in front of them.

There, the latest research findings of human civilization on the "Source Theory" are being presented.

……

In the vast emptiness of space, a huge black box floats silently.

It was a standard cubic megastructure with sides of 0.1 light-years.

Compared to other colossal structures in human civilization, this black box is quite a small thing.

But in terms of technological content...

It is likely that no technological creation in human civilization today can compare to this black box—this colossal device built based on the "Source Theory" is the pinnacle of human technological achievement!

Inside the black box, the zero-point furnace continuously increases its output power, supplying pure energy to the corresponding devices along the energy pathway.

In the center of the black box is an absolutely sealed area.

To isolate himself from all external interference, Lü Yongchang even used microcosm technology here—after mastering hyperspace membrane communication, information could be transmitted even in a closed microcosm.

Inside the microcosm at the center of the black box, a beam of light is flying quietly and slowly.

……

"It's a success..."

Lu Yongchang let out a long sigh of relief, and his previously tense nerves relaxed a bit.

His voice was like a signal, making the once quiet research center noisy again.

"A miracle! Professor, this is truly a miracle!"

He Bilin's exclamation came from the side: "We have successfully rewritten the speed of light in a vacuum!"

29979245.8m/s

As Lü Yongchang stared at the series of parameters in the holographic projection, a faint smile appeared on his face.

Indeed, by starting with the "source theory" and making corresponding fine-tuning to the "foundation of the universe," we can rewrite the unbreakable constants and laws!

Manipulating the laws of the universe—that's the true means of a Level 9 civilization!

Not only physical constants and laws, but even mathematical laws can become weapons in the hands of humankind!

Just as all the academicians were immersed in joy, a message with a yellow warning sign automatically popped up in front of Lü Yongchang.

"this……"

After seeing the text above, Lü Yongchang's smile vanished instantly.

"professor?"

He Bilin, who was standing to the side, cast a questioning look at him.

"Something's wrong with the universe."

With a solemn expression, Lü Yongchang projected the warning message in front of him onto the huge projection screen in the research center: "According to data transmitted back by the cosmic listening detector, the cosmic bubble has stopped expanding."

"Ladies and gentlemen, the aftereffects of vacuum zero-point energy have already begun to appear."

"Furthermore, there's even worse news."

"The Star Hunters discovered during their supercluster traction mission that the stability of the hyperspace membrane at the bottom of the cosmic bubble has dropped to a warning level."

"In other words, the plan to annihilate the [membrane] is about to be realized!"

These two pieces of news were like a bolt from the blue, plunging all the academicians into silence.

The joy brought by the successful light-speed rewriting experiment was completely overshadowed by these two pieces of bad news.

"Now, we have two paths to choose from."

Lu Yongchang slowly rose from his seat and looked around.

"Current human civilization has mastered five-dimensional navigation technology."

"We could simply walk away and abandon this broken universe to the pastoralists and scavengers, letting them do whatever they want with it!"

"If we can find a suitable universe like the pastoralists do, we can return to normal life again."

The atmosphere at the research center grew increasingly somber.

Fang Xu looked somber, a bitter smile playing on his lips.

"What if we can't find it?" he couldn't help but ask.

Lu Yongchang looked somber and did not respond to Fang Xu's question.

The answer seems obvious.

It's different from before.

Even without Earth and the solar system, there are countless star systems in the universe to choose from.

Even without the Milky Way, there are still countless galaxies to choose from in the universe.

Even if we lose the Laniakea Supercluster, there are still many alternatives in the universe.

But the universe is different!

A universe whose rules and constants conform to the requirements of human civilization is very likely to be unique.

This can be seen in the experiment of rewriting the constant of the speed of light—any slight change in the parameters of the zero-vibration point and the one-dimensional string will lead to a huge change in the final result.

In different universes, the speed of light can be thirty meters per second or thirty million kilometers per second.

Everything depends on that tiny parameter change at the birth of the universe.

Unless human civilization gains the ability to travel to parallel universes, or modifies itself to resemble the ancient Trojan civilization, otherwise...

Human civilization, having lost the universe, would likely be forever lost in the vast fifth dimension.

Fang Xu fell silent.

This path may seem to require no sacrifice, but in reality, its cost is probably the greatest!

"The second way."

"Reboot the cosmic war!"

Lu Yongchang's voice rang out again: "Proceed to the bottom region of the cosmic bubble, eliminate the leader of the Pastoral Faction, [Membrane]!"

"To stop the so-called annihilation plan at its source, and then we will find another way to solve the problem of the collapse of the universe."

"After all, the other party is a five-dimensional being."

"It's even possible that they've reached the threshold of a level nine civilization."

"This could be an incredibly difficult war, which means a great deal of sacrifice."

"Moreover, we may not be able to find a suitable solution..."

"Professor, I choose the second option!" He Bilin interrupted Lü Yongchang before he could finish speaking.

"The second one!"

"The second one! I don't want to keep wandering anymore..."

"..."

Listening to the sounds around him, Lü Yongchang took a deep breath.

"Zero, initiate a referendum for all humanity."

Voting period: 24 hours.

Then, under the watchful eyes of all the academicians, Lü Yongchang was the first to cast his vote in the holographic projection in front of him.

……

Twenty-four hours passed by in a flash.

With zero votes cast, the final voting results were made public to all of humanity.

More than 95% of people chose the latter option!

war!

Restart the war!!

P.S.: Thank you Yiwu Mengling for the completed story!

Thank you Dongzi丿Wild Salty Fish for the completed story! 666!

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