Chapter 1167: A Question From the Void

The two memories I saw earlier obviously belonged to General Reinhardt.

If his guess is correct, Xiao Ai is probably the intelligent navigation AI on the escape spacecraft.

With the death of the owner of this memory, everything around him began to become illusory with his disappearing consciousness, and finally turned into light blue light particles and disappeared like scattered butterflies.

When Lu Zhou came back to his senses, he was already standing in that white space. And the man who claimed to be the observer was looking at him and smiling.

The Adam's apple moved slightly, Lu Zhou felt his throat was a little dry, and said in an uncertain tone.

"...So, the Jialan Empire is destroyed?"

"Regarding the destruction of the empire, it was a long process," the observer nodded. "The oracle led to disagreements, and the disagreements led to civil wars, which intensified the conflicts within the empire, but nothing changed. This memory After the death of their master, the conflict shifted from the visible battlefield to the invisible battlefield, and this virus spreading along the neural network was far more terrifying than the fleet they were proud of. They spent several It took centuries to figure out how to get rid of redundant weapons, but it took less than five years to get them back. But fatally, they were not ready to have them at all."

"The big battle is over, but the small battle is still going on. In order to maintain the connection with the fringe galaxies and to meet the increasing demand for supplies in the ring world, they have to use warships to escort the cargo ships. In the next hundred and fifty In the middle of the year, the ring world gradually lost control of the remote galaxies, and the internal struggle also made the world inside the ring unstable."

"If you are interested in this period of history, you can continue to calculate along this clue of memory. Starting from the 5.67 trillionth digit of n and ending with the 157.5 trillion digit data, it records the next 150 billion digits of the empire. Ten years of history."

"To be honest, it is not easy to collect these precious data, and it is a headache for us to bring them to the new universe for a while. When our conversation is over, I recommend that you don't rush to delete it and try Continue to read, maybe it can give your civilization some enlightenment."

Lu Zhou nodded, took a deep breath, and continued.

"Come on, what do you need me to do?"

The observer said with a smile.

"In short, complete a project."

"...the subject?"

"Yes." Nodding slightly, the man who claimed to be an observer continued, "The universe is like a huge net, and only a lucky few can slip through this net. Before stepping into the void, we once It has been observed that many civilizations in the old universe have also left their home stars with the help of sub-light speed engines without mastering the mystery of super-light speed. However, most of these civilizations, without exception, did not exist in this universe for a long time .”

"Therefore, we believe that mastering the mysteries beyond the speed of light is the first element in the transformation from a planetary system civilization to a star system civilization."

Lu Zhou: "...So you want me to find a way to surpass the speed of light?"

Contrary to Lu Zhou's expectation, the observer smiled and shook his head.

"The method of surpassing the speed of light? That thing is too difficult for you now. However, any great technology needs to start from the theoretical foundation, right? I believe that with your keenness, you should have already started from the Jialan Empire's Finding something in memory...for example, about how they got the spacecraft to move between star systems."

Lu Zhou didn't speak, just nodded.

In fact, it wasn't just the Jialan civilization's theory of faster-than-light travel that inspired him. After discovering the existence of the Z particle, he actually already had some clues about this theory.

If nothing else, the key to surpassing the speed of light should be hidden in hyperspace.

It's just that so far, everything about hyperspace theory is just a guess, and it's one of the most unreliable guesses ever made by Einstein.

Looking at Lu Zhou who nodded, the observer smiled appreciatively and continued.

"I can tell you a piece of news. In this young Milky Way, you may not be the first civilization to awaken, but you can still be regarded as the first echelon. Although there is not much time left for you, according to our calculations, Should be enough."

First echelon civilization?

What the so-called first echelon is measured by Lu Zhou is not clear, but his intuition tells Lu Zhou, if in the so-called void, there is such a group of fanatics who are keen on spying on the screen and like to "help the poor" everywhere Xenophile, I'm afraid this universe will be more crowded than he imagined.

Perhaps within two centuries at most, Earth civilization will be able to have the first close contact with other civilizations.

But Lu Zhou quickly realized that even so, what does such a distant thing have to do with him?

After two centuries, he is afraid that he will be ashes.

If it didn't turn into ashes, it must be hanging on the wall.

Looking at Lu Zhou who was lost in thought, the observer continued.

"Of course, in addition to the subject of the superluminal theory, as an additional expectation, we hope that you can recover something for us...or for yourself."

Lu Zhou: "...what?"

Observer: "It was a gift that was supposed to be given to you, but it was taken by a group of natives who lived on Mars billions of years ago. We are surprised that there is such a big problem in the beginning of the plan." There were twists and turns, but fortunately in misfortune, that civilization did the only correct thing in its short life of hundreds of thousands of years, and that was to preserve that gift."

Natives on Mars?

The moment Lu Zhou heard these words, his eyes almost widened.

However, when thinking of the Martian bacteria discovered some time ago, and a paper he had read about the possible existence of a magnetic field and a standard atmospheric environment on Mars 3.9 billion years ago, it does not seem to be an "absolutely impossible" thing .

It's just that, after such a long time, I'm afraid that even if that civilization ever existed, there might be nothing left.

"Aren't you curious what the gift is?"

"...Actually, I am more curious about what the civilizations that once lived on Mars looked like."

"I am very willing to answer your questions, but unfortunately, this information is not included in this memory."

It's really a panacea-style perfunctory.

Lu Zhou sighed and said.

"Okay, so... what kind of gift?"

The observer said with a slight smile.

"It's up to you to find out."

Lu Zhou: "???"

Looking at the expression on Lu Zhou's face, the man made a helpless expression.

"Please forgive me, after all, we have devoted a lot of effort just to keep it in the new universe and send it to this designed galaxy. We can't predict exactly where it will appear, let alone Helping you locate its existence through a void. But, I remember we sent you a Mars rover? I haven’t found it for so many years, it can only show that your face is too dark.”

Lu Zhou: "... there is a planet there, you want me to use a car to find it?!"

So far, the Mars rover has indeed scanned a lot of precious information about the Martian landforms and the distribution of mineral deposits, but it has never found any traces of civilization.

That was 3.9 billion years ago!

Even the oldest dinosaur fossils are only 228 million years old!

Lu Zhou was very skeptical whether this so-called "gift" still existed.

However, the observer didn't seem to take Lu Zhou's complaints seriously, and just looked at him with a gentle smile.

"It seems that the time is about the same. Maybe at the end, I should go to the countryside and say goodbye."

Lu Zhou: "Wait a minute, I want to ask one last question... besides me, how many earthlings have you met?"

The observer smiled slightly.

"I've met everyone, even though most of them haven't met me."

"There are about a dozen times of indirect communication. In terms of direct communication... the most recent time was probably a century ago. And the next time, maybe a century later, maybe several centuries... maybe never, this time It depends on whether you can get out of your home planet, and this is our greatest expectation for you."

"Okay, I've answered your last question, and basically you've got all the information contained in this memory. In addition, I have to admit that this is the happiest conversation I've had with you."

"I like you more and more, maybe we will really have a chance to communicate face to face."

"Although we have lost the emotion of curiosity, for the first time the future is so exciting."

"Goodbye, friends of Civilization A-01722, I hope to see you again..."

After leaving these words, the illusory figure merged into a white space and completely disappeared from Lu Zhou's line of sight...