Chapter 923: Song of Hope |
Xiao Yu’s warships had all withdrawn from the battlefield. At this moment, violent energy radiation was still raging across the battlefield, and space was still twisting in strange ways. This was still a hell for intelligent life. But Xiao Yu knew that under the healing ability of space itself, the chaos here would quickly be smoothed away. The energy radiation would eventually calm down, and space would also calm down. Aside from some warship wreckage and some residual radiation, this place would be no different from the rest of cosmic space.
Thus, a powerful Level 7 war-related civilization was wiped out. For this, the price Xiao Yu paid was the destruction of three billion warships. Among these three billion warships were more than eighty Star-Class battleships and more than two thousand Planet-Class battleships. The price paid by the music civilization seemed to be merely a period of low spirits, and after a short while they returned to normal.
“Thank you for helping us destroy these invaders. If it were not for you, our civilization should already have been exterminated by now.” At this moment, Xiao Yu received a signal from the Blue Specter Civilization. Now that this great war had finally come to an end, the Blue Specter Civilization, which had always remained as a spectator, finally had no choice but to send some information and wait for the decision regarding its fate.
The survival or destruction of their civilization depended on a single thought from Xiao Yu. But they were very fortunate, because Xiao Yu bore them no ill will. Judging only from the connection that existed between them and the Pegasus Civilization and Divine Ark Civilization, Xiao Yu would not do anything to them.
“You do not need to worry. I have no ill intentions toward you.” Xiao Yu said calmly. “Your civilization has some connection with me, which is why I acted to save you. Now, I need to ask you some questions and obtain some of your information.”
“What would you like to know? As long as it is something we know, we will certainly tell you everything.” the Blue Specter Civilization replied.
“Hand over all recorded information regarding that advanced civilization you encountered while you were still a Level 6 Civilization.” Xiao Yu said.
“Please wait a moment. Organizing these materials will take a little time.” the Blue Specter Civilization said. About ten minutes later, they sent Xiao Yu a long stream of information.
This information was extremely comprehensive. There were audio materials, video materials, pictures, portraits, and even detailed records of how the Blue Specter Civilization itself had reacted internally when it encountered these foreign civilizations.
Facing these unfamiliar warships, the Blue Specter Civilization reacted swiftly. In the background of this scene was a beautiful red planet, apparently the capital planet of the Blue Specter Civilization. Relying on this star system, a great number of warships poured out and stood on strict alert against these unfamiliar ships. But no conflict broke out between the two sides. After preliminary contact and communication, several small spaceships left the fleets of the Divine Ark and Pegasus Civilizations and were welcomed onto the Blue Specter Civilization’s capital planet. After some more time passed, another small spaceship rose from the Blue Specter Civilization’s capital planet and arrived at the fleets of the Divine Ark and Pegasus Civilizations…
From the initial cautious contact to the point where the two civilizations completely put aside their mutual guard, the whole process took less than two hundred years. During the hundred-plus years that followed, the two sides carried out extensive exchanges in technology, culture, knowledge, and experience. It was during this period that the Blue Specter Civilization completed the technological accumulation needed to become an advanced Level 6 Civilization.
It was also during this period that the Blue Specter Civilization’s immense industrial base was fully used by the Divine Ark and Pegasus Civilizations. After their long journey, the Divine Ark and Pegasus Civilizations seemed to have suffered extremely heavy consumption. And clearly, they did not possess construction capabilities as powerful as Xiao Yu’s. So, in order to save time, they chose to cooperate with the Blue Specter Civilization, paying in technology, while the Blue Specter Civilization contributed its industrial base to help them complete their material reserves.
“The Divine Ark and Pegasus Civilizations seem to have been in a great hurry to head toward the Feiyuan Galaxy… This was probably a little over ten thousand years ago. If everything went smoothly, then at this moment the Divine Ark and Pegasus Civilizations should still be less than thirty million light years away from the Feiyuan Galaxy, with roughly more than twenty thousand years of travel still ahead of them.” Xiao Yu pondered silently.
This body of information recorded in great detail the specifics of cooperation and trade between the Divine Ark and Pegasus Civilizations and the Blue Specter Civilization, but Xiao Yu did not find the answer to the question he cared about, namely why the Divine Ark and Pegasus Civilizations wanted to go to the Feiyuan Galaxy.
“So that was your origin planet? It was beautiful.” Xiao Yu sighed inwardly.
“Yes, but it has already been destroyed.” the Blue Specter Civilization replied gloomily. “And not only that. Of the more than thirty thousand planets our Blue Specter Civilization occupied, the more than five thousand star systems, the countless space bases, and the innumerable citizens, all have already perished. Our Blue Specter Civilization now has only this small remnant of ships and people left. If it were not for you, we would not even have been able to preserve this little spark of our civilization.”
“You do not need to go to the Feiyuan Galaxy.” Xiao Yu said. “Stay quietly within this galaxy and recuperate. The Divine Ark Civilization and Pegasus Civilization were born in the same galaxy as me, and the Divine Ark Civilization was even created by my own hand. I will personally go to the Feiyuan Galaxy and rendezvous with them. Whatever problems there are, I will handle them.”
Xiao Yu had already more or less reconstructed the entire course of events. First, while they were in the Milky Way Galaxy, because they were obstructed by the microscopic civilization, the Divine Ark and Pegasus Civilizations did not leave the galaxy, nor did they die along with the reversal of the galaxy’s time. With the help of some existence, they secretly escaped from the Milky Way. This unknown existence was very likely some force within the Spokesperson group. During their escape, they may have received certain tasks from the Spokesperson group, which was why they were in such a hurry to head to the Feiyuan Galaxy.
And the music civilization definitely knew something about these events. Yet for some reason, they were unwilling to tell Xiao Yu.
The situation seemed to be growing more and more chaotic, but all subsequent developments were inseparable from one place, and that place was the Feiyuan Galaxy. The Feiyuan Galaxy no longer seemed to be an ordinary galaxy. The Spokesperson had made arrangements there, the rebels had made arrangements there, and Xiao Yu had reason to believe that the Guardian of the Way had also made corresponding arrangements in the Feiyuan Galaxy. The piece placed there by the Guardian of the Way was very likely Xiao Yu himself, because Xiao Yu’s birth had originally been due to the Completion Plan initiated by the Guardian of the Way.
“Perhaps these three forces will begin their first direct confrontation in the Feiyuan Galaxy… I, the Guardian Civilization, the Divine Ark Civilization and Pegasus Civilization, the music civilization, the extreme stellar body civilization, and this Blue Specter Civilization are all links in these plans. But even if the future is unpredictable, I must still go to the Feiyuan Galaxy, because the Divine Ark Civilization and Pegasus Civilization have already gone there. I must confirm that they are safe before I can continue the rest of my journey.”
“I originally thought that in going to the Feiyuan Galaxy, I would face only a single enemy, and that the only weapon I would need to deal with was a single Logic Weapon. But now it seems that in this incident, there are many deeper secrets as well.” Xiao Yu sighed inwardly as he thought.
“With our current strength, we truly no longer have the ability to undertake such a long voyage.” the Blue Specter Civilization replied gloomily. “We will follow your arrangements. We will remain in this galaxy and quietly recuperate. The losses our civilization suffered are too severe. Our social system, industrial base, the spirit of our people, and almost everything else have been destroyed. Without tens of thousands of years, there is no way for us to recover to the height of our civilization’s former prosperity.”
“Perhaps I can help you shorten that time.” At this moment, the music civilization, which had remained silent all along, stepped forward. It still spoke in that song-like voice full of a strange charm. “To be frank, helping a civilization that has basically fallen to the brink of collapse rebuild its spirit is the thing we most like to do. Our innate mission is to spread love and hope throughout this universe, not to be filthy executioners…”
“It seems that this music civilization feels very guilty about destroying the extreme stellar body civilization.” Xiao Yu guessed silently. “Perhaps they too are just a piece on the board. They too carry responsibilities and missions, which is why they are forced to do things against their own values and against their own will.”
Under Xiao Yu’s watch, another wondrous song appeared in his mind. Unlike when they destroyed the extreme stellar body civilization, this song was filled with joyful meaning. Before Xiao Yu’s eyes, it seemed as though vast meadows and wildflowers appeared. The sky was clear, the sunlight was gentle, the temperature was neither high nor low, and the air everywhere carried a faint sweetness. From time to time, there were also moving cries of animals. All of this made Xiao Yu feel that everything was so beautiful.
“Dear friend, tell me why you are troubled. Is it because the sun has already fallen beyond the mountains?”
“Do you see it? The sun has set, and only then do the countless stars appear. In this quiet night, under the companionship of the stars, the hope of tomorrow is quietly taking shape.”
“Dear friend, tell me why you are troubled. Is it because the flowers have already withered?”
“Do you see it? The flowers have withered, yet the scenery of winter is just as magnificent. In this land swept by howling cold winds, in this world of pure white, the hope of spring is quietly taking shape…”