Chapter 975: Eternal Life |
That was a soap bubble that wrapped around all the people, all the spaceships, and all the creations of the Divine Ark and Pegasus Civilization. This soap bubble had protected the Divine Ark and Pegasus Civilization so that they survived inside the black hole and did not fall into the endless process of chasing the singularity. It protected the space inside the soap bubble from being affected by the Rules inside the black hole.
It must be able to isolate Rules attacks. From the moment Xiao Yu saw this soap bubble, this thought swiftly shot through his mind. At this moment, Xiao Yu was like a drowning person who had grabbed a life-saving straw. He manipulated all of his remaining warships and rushed rapidly toward the soap bubble.
“Ares, if possible, open the switch of this soap bubble and let me in… I am currently suffering a Rules attack from a universe direction Level 8 Civilization. I have already found a method to deal with them, but I need time… I need the protection of the soap bubble.” Xiao Yu rapidly sent this information over.
“This soap bubble seems to be an existence purely at the Rules level. It is not physical. Strictly speaking, there is no obstruction between it and the surrounding space. You can enter here without any obstruction. My old friend, hurry and return here. All of us have always been waiting for the moment when we can fight side by side with you once again…”
“Friends, comrades…” At this moment, an indescribable emotion surged in Xiao Yu’s heart. Xiao Yu recalled the information the Dark Star Civilization had once told him. ‘We released an message, saying that you, Xiao Yu, had encountered danger in the Feiyuan Galaxy and urgently needed their help. They were fooled, and quickly arrived here.’
Simply put, this was a very poor lie. It had so many flaws that it was impossible to clearly state where the flaws were. The Dark Star Civilization directly handed this information to the Divine Ark and Pegasus Civilization, and then, under circumstances where the accuracy of the intelligence could not be confirmed, the Divine Ark and Pegasus Civilization hurriedly came here. Even if the probability of this lie being true was only one in ten thousand, still, what if Xiao Yu really had encountered danger there? For this one in ten thousand probability, the Divine Ark and Pegasus Civilization was willing to risk the ninety-nine thousand nine hundred ninety-nine out of one hundred thousand chance and come here.
What if it was true?
Likewise, back then, the Dark Star Civilization had told Xiao Yu that they had imprisoned the Divine Ark and Pegasus Civilization inside the Central Black Hole, and that destroying the Central Black Hole would kill those imprisoned inside. This was also a piece of information that could neither be verified nor falsified. But Xiao Yu likewise chose to temporarily not destroy the Central Black Hole. He was even willing to let Chen Mo’s command fail rather than destroy the Central Black Hole. Xiao Yu had only one reason for doing this: what if it was true? What if the Divine Ark and Pegasus Civilization really had been imprisoned inside this Central Black Hole?
On these matters, Xiao Yu and the Divine Ark and Pegasus Civilization shared a common tacit understanding. Xiao Yu was certain that these were friends worthy of entrusting his back to, worthy of his wholehearted trust, and worthy of risking his life to save. They were loyal comrades.
The information link between the two great Level 7 Civilizations was swiftly connected. Xiao Yu’s computational power poured in like a rolling torrent and once again returned to this place where he had once stayed. Xiao Yu’s image once again appeared inside the current flagship of the Divine Ark and Pegasus Civilization, the Civilization Star Cluster-Class battleship. And at this moment, before Xiao Yu, Ares, Ruto, Nordin, Lorna, Luka Four, Number Five, Zhang Shengya, and the others had all already stood up.
The first to rush into Xiao Yu’s arms was Lorna, the leader of the Arrow Beast Race. She was a Level 4 Alien Beast after all. Her physical quality could easily kill everyone present ten thousand times over. This ability allowed her to rush ahead of everyone else and crash directly into Xiao Yu’s embrace.
“Big brother, I missed you so much. I waited for you for so long, and finally I’ve seen you again.” Lorna said, trembling.
Xiao Yu’s solid phantom gently held Lorna with one arm, lightly stroking her hair with his hand. His other hand stretched out and tightly clasped the hand of the person who had once been his mortal enemy, but had later become someone who saved his life and possessed countless legendary experiences.
“Old friend, long time no see.” Xiao Yu said with a smile.
“Yes, it really has been a long time.” Ares said, full of emotion. “After we received the news that you were trapped here and hurried over, only to be inexplicably thrown into the Central Black Hole, I once thought that the Feiyuan Galaxy would be the place where our civilization perished, and that we would never be able to see you again. Fortunately, fortunately, fortunately, at this moment, we are standing side by side once again.”
“Back then, we stood side by side and defeated the Sweepers Civilization that we once thought was invincible. Now, we will also defeat this Level 8 Civilization.” Xiao Yu said with a smile. “Ruto, Nordin, Four, Five, how have you been? Aya, my little sister, how have you been?”
“I’m fine.” Ruto said in a muffled voice. “It’s just that there are some questions I have never been able to figure out. Number Five and I researched them together for a long time, but we still could not get a clear conclusion. The scene inside the black hole is truly too mysterious. We suspect that these things are related to how to advance to a Level 8 Civilization. Mm, now that you are here, let us borrow your computational power and help us deduce it.”
Number Five also nodded, looking at Xiao Yu with great eagerness.
“Let’s talk about this question a little later.” Xiao Yu said with a bitter smile. “At this moment, my computational power still has very important things to do. This concerns the life and death of our civilization.”
Xiao Yu’s gaze turned to Nordin. Nordin smiled faintly and said, “My old friend, I am very well. After you left, Ares and I jointly led the integration work between the Pegasus Civilization and the Divine Ark Civilization. The current me is Ares’s deputy. During this period, I learned many things from the leader.”
“Actually, the Divine Ark Civilization and the Pegasus Civilization had many similarities. I had long been thinking about integration.” Xiao Yu said with great emotion. “Only, back then, you were too strong-willed, and your civilization was too resilient, so I did not bring up this matter.”
Nordin continued smiling and faintly shook his head, saying nothing.
“Four, what about you? How has your Life Academy of Science developed?” Xiao Yu asked with great interest.
“It’s all right, I suppose.” Four scratched his head somewhat anxiously and said, “Arrow Beasts are a very unique kind of Alien Beast lifeform. They are not the same as ordinary Alien Beasts. Thanks to the cooperation of the Arrow Beast Race, my Life Academy of Science researched many valuable things. At this moment, the people within the Divine Ark and Pegasus Civilization basically no longer suffer from illness. There is only one point. The lifespans of the people have never been able to break through the limit and obtain eternal life. We have encountered a bottleneck. After this matter passes, I hope to obtain your help, and that we can begin researching this topic together.”
“Eternal life?” Xiao Yu’s heart moved. “Could it be… that intelligent beings will also have a day when they can break the law that all who are born must die? Mm? But speaking of this, all who are born must die can probably also be considered one of the Rules in this universe. A Level 8 Civilization controls Rules, so after becoming a Level 8 Civilization, it would not be impossible to let intelligent beings obtain eternal life. It is just unknown whether eternal life would be a good thing or a bad thing for intelligent beings.”
Temporarily putting aside this matter’s social, ethical, and moral concepts, purely considering it from the scientific level, this was indeed a very interesting matter, one worth Xiao Yu spending computational power to calculate.
“No problem. I am also very interested in this matter.” Xiao Yu nodded and agreed.
Xiao Yu’s gaze finally fell on Zhang Shengya, Xiao Yu’s only kin. Xiao Yu smiled warmly and asked, “How have you been during this period?”
Zhang Shengya’s gaze contained many things. Her lips moved, as if she wanted to say something, but in the end, she did not say it. She only walked over and tightly hugged Xiao Yu. Only after hugging him for several full minutes did she gently let go. She never spoke, but Xiao Yu sensed a feeling of mutual understanding, spreading between himself and her.
“All right, the reunion is over. Now let us talk about proper business.” Xiao Yu’s expression became serious. “I need the help of the Central Research Academy of Science. With the Central Research Academy of Science’s help, I will find the loopholes in the Rules formulated by the universe civilization, then destroy the universe civilization. First, I will tell everyone a piece of bad news. After entering this soap bubble, I began carrying out all kinds of tests on it. Although I also do not quite understand its structural principles, I can detect that under the erosion of the Rules formulated by the universe civilization, its strength is continuously weakening. Judging by the current speed… we can hold on for one year.”
“Within this one year, let us find the final method… My allies, stand side by side with me once again!” Xiao Yu said, full of heroic spirit.
At this moment, the universe civilization’s information was transmitted over once again. “Mm… A very magical bubble. It can actually resist the Rules erosion of our universe civilization. However, this thing can at most resist us for one year. It does not matter. We can afford to wait one year.”
“Then let it be so. See you in one year. One year later, when the bubble breaks, that will be the moment you are destroyed…”