Chapter 846: Who Destroyed the Galaxy? |
At this moment, within the Large Magellanic Cloud, the supermassive chain-reaction Spatial Bombs had already been fully deployed. With a single order from Xiao Yu, these gigantic Spatial Bombs would trigger a chain reaction in space and ultimately blow apart the entire galaxy. This weapon was the embodiment of the highest level of technology Xiao Yu had developed so far, and it was the most powerful weapon Xiao Yu could employ.
All other weapons, whether the Spatial Vortex, the Spatial Cannon, and so on, were merely tactical weapons. The difference between the two was like the difference between a machine gun and a hydrogen bomb in the Earth era.
During the deployment of these Spatial Bombs, Xiao Yu had continuously been moving away from the Large Magellanic Cloud at maximum speed, taking advantage of this time so as to avoid being caught in the effects of the large-scale spatial explosion. By now, Xiao Yu was already several hundred light years away from the edge of the explosion, and that distance was still rapidly increasing.
At this moment, within the Large Magellanic Cloud, aside from the explosive devices Xiao Yu had deployed and the related detection equipment, there was no longer a single one of Xiao Yu’s spacecraft left.
“The environment in the main universe is different from that in a small universe. If a small universe is detonated, then the rules of that small universe will be destroyed. But in the main universe, after detonating an entire galaxy, I still do not know what will happen. I wonder whether something like changes to the Rules will occur. This event can completely serve as an ultra-large-scale experiment.”
“There is just one point… if galactic time reversal is really directed at me, then with a move as massive as detonating an entire galaxy, I wonder whether it will attract the attention of those hidden existences lurking in the dark? Could this bring me trouble?”
This was exactly what Xiao Yu was worried about. It was also the reason Xiao Yu had been unwilling to do this. But now, even with all sorts of hidden dangers, Xiao Yu had still decided to act. The Microscopic Civilization had already become a thorn in Xiao Yu’s side. Xiao Yu had to get rid of them as quickly as possible.
“What a pity. A great civilization that has been passed down for who knows how many tens of thousands of years, with countless glorious stories, is now about to perish at my hands.” Xiao Yu thought lightly, then calmly issued the order. “Detonate the bombs.”
A message carrying Xiao Yu’s order was sent out through real-time communication and arrived at the countless giant Spatial Bombs scattered throughout the entire galaxy. The instant they received the command, these bombs reacted.
This kind of spatial explosion would not release energy in the form of photons, so these changes were dark. On the surface, the entire Large Magellanic Cloud still maintained its quiet darkness. The stars still quietly radiated their own light. But there was one difference. From the moment Xiao Yu’s order was given, the light of those stars began to change. They seemed unable to continue maintaining the stability of their own structure.
How violent the explosion of an entire galaxy would be. Even the Neutron War Star, even Xiao Yu’s most advanced spacecraft, would be smashed to pieces if caught in it, so much so that Xiao Yu had to flee this place at top speed. Yet despite such an intense change, from the outside, aside from a slight change in stellar luminosity, nothing else could be detected.
Near one of these millions of detonation points, a wandering asteroid was affected. In that instant, it quietly disappeared, vanishing to who knew where.
A planet was also affected. It likewise quietly disappeared, as if it had never existed. Next came a star…
A star was simply too large. Even such violent energy fluctuations could not swallow it in an instant. The portion of it that was affected suddenly dimmed in that instant, as if a black cloth had been draped over it, while on the other side, after maintaining calm for two or three seconds, it suddenly began fluctuating violently. Countless stellar materials burst outward, and the brightness of the whole star increased by more than ten thousand times in that instant.
To Xiao Yu’s deep-space network detection array, it looked as though that star had suddenly flickered once. Just once. In the next moment, it disappeared. Struck by such violent energy, it could originally have announced the end of its life through the most violent explosion possible, but the energy had come too quickly, so quickly that it had no time even to explode before it turned into nothingness.
“Xiao Yu! What have you done? Why are such violent spatial fluctuations appearing?” At the moment when the range of the explosion was rapidly spreading and Xiao Yu was desperately fleeing, a message came from the Microscopic Civilization. In that message was overwhelming agitation and fear.
“So you have sensed the changes here as well?” Xiao Yu replied with a faint smile. “I told you long ago that I really did have the ability to completely destroy your civilization, but you refused to believe it.”
“Do not tell us that this disturbance was created by you! You… you are trying to destroy the entire galaxy! You are insane. If you do something like this, are you not afraid that the Guardian of the Way will directly take action and destroy you? Stop immediately. We sternly warn you, no, we beg you, stop immediately. Do not do this!” At this moment, the message sent by the Microscopic Civilization was already full of panic.
The Microscopic Civilization was, after all, an advanced Level 7 Civilization. Although their combat power was far inferior to Xiao Yu’s, in terms of scientific theory and other areas, they still surpassed Xiao Yu by quite a bit. They could perceive the changes currently taking place around them, knew the power this horrifying explosion could produce, and knew that their civilization absolutely had no ability to survive an explosion on this scale.
Interest-based civilizations generally did not possess tenacious fighting will or the iron-blooded spirit of a race. This was something Xiao Yu had already confirmed through his civilization development model and through his contact with the Microscopic Civilization. Xiao Yu was not surprised in the slightest by the Microscopic Civilization’s reaction at this moment. It was a very helpless sort of thing. Before Xiao Yu finally revealed this trump card, he could not convince the Microscopic Civilization that he had the ability to destroy them. Yet after this trump card had been revealed, Xiao Yu also no longer had any ability to stop the change. Once these chain-reaction Spatial Bombs were triggered, even Xiao Yu could not stop them.
“Do you now believe that I have the ability to completely destroy your civilization?” Xiao Yu asked lightly.
“We are willing to offer up all of our civilization’s technological data. Whatever you want, we can give it to you, we only ask that you spare our civilization. It was extremely difficult for us to come this far and become a Level 7 Civilization. We still want to continue existing. We do not want to be destroyed here…” the Microscopic Civilization immediately replied.
“Very unfortunately, once this kind of Spatial Bomb is triggered, even I have no ability to stop it. If you must blame something, blame the fact that from the very beginning you refused to believe me.” Xiao Yu sighed lightly and said, “From the start I told you not to force me, not to anger me.”
At this point, Xiao Yu had no intention of using deception or any other scheme to get the Microscopic Civilization to hand over what he wanted, such as technological data. First, there was no time. The destruction of the Microscopic Civilization was already imminent. Second, the Microscopic Civilization was not stupid. They were unlikely to provide Xiao Yu with genuine data.
“You despicable and shameless demon! Once the Rebel Alliance learns that you still exist and that you destroyed an entire galaxy, they will definitely act and utterly destroy you!” It seemed that, knowing escape was hopeless, the Microscopic Civilization had completely given up all thoughts of survival.
“Since I dared to act against you, I will not worry about such things.” Xiao Yu still spoke lightly. “You should go on your way in peace. In the universe after my rise, there is no place for your existence.”
This was the last sentence Xiao Yu spoke to the Microscopic Civilization. After that, Xiao Yu never received another response from them. Xiao Yu knew that the Microscopic Civilization should already have been completely destroyed. As long as they were within the Large Magellanic Cloud, or within a certain distance of it, they would be affected by this explosion. Even Xiao Yu, in his current state, had to flee the Large Magellanic Cloud at maximum speed. Not to mention the Microscopic Civilization, whose combat strength was far inferior to Xiao Yu’s.
The explosion had not yet spread to places outside the galaxy. The detectors Xiao Yu had left behind were still faithfully carrying out their work, reporting every tiny change taking place within the Large Magellanic Cloud to Xiao Yu. At least several hundred million stars had already been affected and swallowed by this vast energy. Among them were also considerable numbers of extreme celestial bodies, such as white dwarfs, neutron stars, and black holes.
Even these dense celestial bodies could not escape these strikes originating from the spatial level. Although the laws of physics stated that no matter could escape from a black hole, in an explosion this violent, whether the rules of the main universe still applied was itself an open question.
Besides Xiao Yu, there were also other deep-space network detection arrays using real-time superluminal communication watching what was happening here. The information collected by these detectors was rapidly reported to the core of the Triangulum Galaxy, into that largest spaceship, and displayed before the eyes of the Dark Star Civilization’s leader.
“Leader, the attack of ‘it’ has already taken effect. The Large Magellanic Cloud is currently undergoing some intense changes. It is estimated that in a few more hours, the Large Magellanic Cloud will be completely destroyed. Yes, that is correct. By relying on ‘it,’ we have destroyed an entire galaxy…”