Chapter 851: The Executor and the Reward |
“We already knew beforehand that the Large Magellanic Cloud would inevitably be destroyed, but we did not know that the final executor would actually be you. Nor did we know that it was precisely because the main body of our microscopic civilization escaped into the Large Magellanic Cloud that it ultimately caused you to become the executor who pushed this matter forward.” The microscopic civilization spoke slowly, and there was an unmistakable sorrow in its tone.
“What do you mean I was only the executor of the destruction of the Large Magellanic Cloud? And what do you mean the Large Magellanic Cloud was not destroyed by me?” At this moment, Xiao Yu’s mind was full of question marks. No matter what, Xiao Yu had never expected that after the microscopic civilization decided to confess everything to him, its first sentence would carry such a meaning.
Xiao Yu remembered it clearly. After discovering that he had no way to find any trace of the microscopic civilization, he carried out precise calculations within the Large Magellanic Cloud, deployed supermassive chain-reaction Spatial Bombs at millions of calculated points, and then personally gave the order to detonate those bombs, destroying the Large Magellanic Cloud…
“That’s right. Long before you arrived at the Large Magellanic Cloud, we already knew it was certain to be destroyed.” The microscopic civilization continued sighing as it spoke. “Perhaps you do not quite understand this matter. This is how it was. Before this incident, we received an order. The Rebel Alliance ordered our civilization to go to the Milky Way Galaxy to carry out certain missions. While we were passing through the Triangulum Galaxy, we discovered some unusual signs there…”
“An order from the Rebel Alliance? To go to the Milky Way Galaxy to carry out missions?” Xiao Yu silently considered the meaning of those two statements, but did not interrupt the microscopic civilization. Xiao Yu knew that today, many of his doubts would be answered.
Xiao Yu waited for the microscopic civilization to continue.
“We discovered that there was actually a Level 6 peak Technological Civilization in the Triangulum Galaxy, and that this Level 6 civilization was making preparations related to breaking through into a Level 7 Civilization. After further observation, we discovered something that shocked us greatly. That was that this Level 6 civilization was actually the Guardian Civilization that our microscopic civilization had saved from your hands! That’s right, they were the Guardian Civilization, fellow natives of the Milky Way Galaxy just like you!”
“The Guardian Civilization!” Xiao Yu’s thoughts once again began spinning rapidly. “Judging by the timeline, the Guardian Civilization, advancing all along the vast star route, should not yet have completed even half of its journey at that time. It could not possibly have arrived in the Triangulum Galaxy so quickly. But now, according to the microscopic civilization, the Guardian Civilization at that time had already reached the Triangulum Galaxy, and it seemed as if they had already been preparing there for a long time. At the very least, they had already unified the entire galaxy and were beginning preparations to break into a Level 7 Civilization. Could it be that midway through the Guardian Civilization’s journey, some advanced civilization intervened and gave the Guardian Civilization some help?”
Xiao Yu still did not speak to ask. He continued listening quietly, continuing to wait.
“This object was the most highly classified existence within the Guardian Civilization. They used every method they could think of to keep this object secret. But we are the microscopic civilization. Through certain methods, we eventually learned something about it. Our conclusion was that this object was very likely the legendary causal weapon…”
“Causal weapon!” These two simple words struck through Xiao Yu’s mind like a thunderclap. Xiao Yu thought rapidly. “A causal weapon was only something I had inferred, yet I never expected that it really does exist in this universe, and that it is actually in the hands of the Guardian Civilization…”
Xiao Yu recalled his time back in the Milky Way Galaxy. Back then, facing the conflict between the Guardian Civilization and the Sweepers Civilization, along with some strange clues, Xiao Yu had speculated that there was still something extremely important within the Guardian Civilization. Now his speculation had been confirmed. Such a thing really did exist within the Guardian Civilization, and it was actually the most mysterious thing in Xiao Yu’s deduction, the causal weapon!
“Causal weapon, causal weapon…” Xiao Yu muttered those two words to himself, not knowing what he was feeling inside.
“At that time, we did not act rashly. We discovered that the Guardian Civilization was also very mysterious, so although we were a Level 7 Civilization, we did not reveal our traces before them for the time being. But the mission still had to be carried out, so our microscopic civilization split our forces for the first time. We remained here to monitor the Guardian Civilization and wait for the subsequent developments, while the main body of the civilization went on to the Milky Way Galaxy to carry out the mission… That is why we stayed here.” The microscopic civilization said.
“So that’s how it is.” Xiao Yu thought to himself. “This explanation is reasonable.”
“Because the distance was too great, and because our microscopic civilization is not a civilization especially skilled in communications, later on we lost contact with the civilization’s main body. We kept recording everything about the Guardian Civilization, quietly monitoring them here, watching them develop and grow stronger until they finally became a Level 7 Civilization and gained the ability to activate this causal weapon… During that process, we also contributed a little. Although there were Rules restrictions and we could not hand over Level 7 Civilization technology to them, in certain details that were insignificant to us but extremely important to a Level 6 civilization, we gave them some help. It also seemed that some other advanced civilization intervened. When the Guardian Civilization carried out its super particle acceleration experiment, they were not restricted by the Guardian of the Way. They successfully became a Level 7 Civilization.”
“The Guardian Civilization has already become a Level 7 Civilization and possesses a causal weapon. That is indeed something worth paying attention to.” Xiao Yu thought secretly.
“After becoming a Level 7 Civilization, the Guardian Civilization finally decided to test the power of this causal weapon. The target they selected was the Large Magellanic Cloud, and the order they gave was to destroy the Large Magellanic Cloud…” The microscopic civilization spoke quietly. “At that time, it was more than one thousand years ago. At that time, you had not yet arrived at the Large Magellanic Cloud…”
“At that time, we already knew the Large Magellanic Cloud was certain to be destroyed, but we did not know by what cause it would be destroyed. Because this kind of causal weapon cannot break causality. It can only designate the result first, and then let the main universe develop the cause by itself… What we did not expect was that the main universe would develop such a cause, that it would be because the main body of our microscopic civilization fled into the Large Magellanic Cloud, and so Xiao Yu, you had to destroy the Large Magellanic Cloud… If we had known earlier it would be like this, then even if we had to risk everything, we would have stopped the Guardian Civilization.” The information sent by the microscopic civilization was full of sorrow.
Xiao Yu once again fell into thought. He directly ignored the fact that the microscopic civilization had lifted a rock only to drop it on its own foot. “Then in that case, who exactly destroyed the Large Magellanic Cloud? Was it blown up by my Spatial Bombs, or was it destroyed by the Guardian Civilization’s causal weapon? Fine, that question is not important. In any case, the Large Magellanic Cloud has already been destroyed. But… can this weapon really be this powerful? Could it have no restrictions on its use? No, there must definitely be some. Otherwise, the Guardian Civilization would have used it to kill me long ago…”
“After the Guardian Civilization used the causal weapon, members of the Rebel Alliance actually came on their own initiative to contact the Guardian Civilization. We do not know what exactly they discussed. At that time, because of fear, we hid ourselves, and that single period of hiding lasted for more than one thousand years. After we realized the rebels had left, we tried to leave here, yet unexpectedly, the moment we emerged we ran into you and were captured by you… That is the entire course of events.” The microscopic civilization said.
“What? You came out because the rebels had left? Then doesn’t that mean that before you came out, the rebels had been watching this place the whole time? They were also watching me, and only after I arrived here did they leave?” Xiao Yu suddenly felt a chill all over his body, a sensation as though someone had been secretly watching him from the shadows.
“That is exactly how it was.” the microscopic civilization said. “By a strange twist of fate, we happened to encounter you and were trapped by you. Perhaps our civilization’s luck is simply too bad, or perhaps it is because you became the executor who completed the causality, and so your luck improved. We may be the reward the main universe gave you for completing the causality.”
Xiao Yu could understand these words from the microscopic civilization. Causality was the foundation for the existence of the main universe. If the main universe had consciousness, then any attempt to break causality would be unforgivable and intolerable. The causal weapon made use of precisely this point. It first designated the result, and then forced the main universe to develop and complete the cause by itself. Of course, the main universe itself could not directly interfere in the development of causality, so an executor had to emerge. Clearly, in the matter of the causal weapon destroying the Large Magellanic Cloud, Xiao Yu himself was the executor chosen by the main universe.
He had, in effect, done the main universe a favor. Perhaps that was also why the main universe arranged the subsequent events, allowing him to encounter and capture the microscopic civilization.