Light Speed ​​War

Chapter 299: Six Parties Submit

As the super-droplet's speed decreased, the three-dimensional universe following closely behind also slowed down. The super-droplet returned, and as if by some unspoken agreement, the super-droplet and the three-dimensional universe returned to their original relative positions.

After leaving the five-dimensional galaxy research base in five-dimensional space, the super-body droplet entered the three-dimensional universe and remained at the edge of this universe.

This time, the observation by the telescope revealed that the universe has undergone tremendous changes. The number of intelligent civilizations capable of hyperspace travel has reached 116, while the number of intelligent civilizations capable of traveling at the speed of light has decreased significantly, to only 360. The number of intelligent civilizations in this universe that can travel at half the speed of light has also become pitifully small, to about 40,000. It is estimated that many of the previous intelligent civilizations were destroyed or absorbed by other intelligent civilizations.

This universe is naturally in an era of cosmic warfare, with advanced civilizations plundering and destroying those of lower levels. The remnants of destroyed stars can be observed everywhere in interstellar space. Zhou Yuan estimates that if this continues, in less than a thousand years, this universe will be reduced to a struggle between faster-than-light intelligent civilizations.

Galaxies have appeared in the four cosmic voids with diameters of billions of light-years in the constellations Canes Venatici, Eridanus, Boötes, and Capricornus. These galaxies are like "islands" in the cosmic voids. For example, there are more than fifty galaxies scattered in the cosmic void in Canes Venatici, which has a diameter of 13 billion light-years.

Through various technological analyses, these "isolated island" galaxies within the four cosmic voids, while superficially similar to the "extra-island" galaxies outside the voids, each possesses a triple-helix fibrous vortex at its core. Zhou Yuan had encountered fibrous vortexes in the black hole barriers of five-dimensional and six-dimensional spaces. The triple helix naturally reminded him of the triplet state. Could these "isolated island" galaxies be a "base" for the five-dimensional intelligent race in this three-dimensional space, or some kind of "stepping stone" deployed by the five-dimensional intelligent race? Zhou Yuan naturally dared not easily touch these "isolated island" galaxies within the four cosmic voids.

The FAST telescope observed a war between two advanced civilizations in a barred spiral galaxy approximately 30 million light-years away from the Milky Way. From the perspective of the original New Earth, this was within the constellation Horologium. Numerous stars were being destroyed in violent explosions, some even vanishing instantly. Zhou Yuan believes that a war 30 million light-years away is not far for a civilization capable of hyperspace travel; in other words, it's practically a war taking place on the Milky Way's "doorstep."

After carefully observing the situation of this advanced intelligent civilization in the universe, the Earth Empire's six star system fleets traveled towards the Milky Way's hyperspace. Two days later, they arrived near the Milky Way. The new Earth solar system returned to its original position in the Milky Way. The gods naturally observed that the night star map had returned to its original state, but they still found that some stars had disappeared.

Three star system fleets of the Earth Empire were guarding the vicinity of this Milky Way galaxy, and were beginning large-scale construction and production within it. According to Zhou Yuan's plan, a second galactic base of the Earth Empire would be built in this galaxy, modeled after the Super-Droplet Milky Way base. This base would include the Imperial Fleet, the Imperial Star Bureau, and the Imperial Academy of Sciences. This second galactic base was intended to target all advanced intelligent civilizations in this three-dimensional universe, while the Super-Droplet Milky Way base was only for the internal institutions and personnel of the Earth Empire. The other three star system fleets directly entered hyperspace, reaching the vicinity of a barred spiral galaxy approximately 30 million light-years away from this Milky Way galaxy.

This barred spiral galaxy, with a diameter comparable to the Milky Way, is extremely bright. At its center are two highly concentric rings, surrounded by a cluster of countless young stars, approximately 2400 light-years in diameter. Most galaxies lack rings, but this barred spiral galaxy has two. The bright band at the galaxy's center is a nucleus-shaped ring. Outside the inner ring is a bright outer ring, composed of newly formed stars, encircling the galaxy's center. This outer ring connects the two ends of the galaxy's long bar-shaped central region, traversing the entire galaxy. Two spiral dust lanes connect the two rings. This barred spiral galaxy can be considered a birthplace of stars.

This barred spiral galaxy, along with a smaller dwarf galaxy nearby, has been engaged in a gravitational battle for hundreds of millions of years. Just as in this gravitational battle between the two galaxies, the advanced intelligent civilizations born in these two galaxies are also waging an intergalactic war. The advanced intelligent civilization born in the dwarf galaxy appears to be more powerful than the one in the barred spiral galaxy. The battle between the two advanced intelligent civilizations is taking place within the inner ring of the barred spiral galaxy, where numerous stars have been destroyed, gradually replenishing the gas and dust between the two rings.

The sudden appearance of three star systems of the Earth Empire interrupted the war between the two advanced civilizations. Many warships entered hyperspace to return to the dwarf star system. The barred spiral star system and the dwarf star system each had warships mobilizing intensively.

Both advanced civilizations received a mysterious long-distance broadcast: "This is the Earth Empire's star system fleet. Upon receiving this broadcast, please immediately dispatch a representative to the designated star system location and arrive at the designated planet within the specified time. Otherwise, the Earth Empire's star system fleets Tianxing VI, X, and XV will launch an attack at a certain time." Subsequently, they received a star system map showing the location of this galaxy, a star map of the solar system, and the definition of the time limit.

Commander Chu Yuzhou of the star system fleet aboard Tianxing-6 was observing the reactions of the two advanced civilizations and watching the countdown timer on the command screen. This countdown was to give the two advanced civilizations a limited time to send their representatives out; Chu Yuzhou had given them two hours.

An hour later, a warship in the barred spiral galaxy entered hyperspace travel, while in the dwarf galaxy, countless warships entered hyperspace travel, heading towards the Tianxing No. 10 galaxy.

"Yu Zhou, how's the situation on your end?" Zhou Yuan's face appeared on the holographic screen.

"Commander-in-Chief, the barred spiral galaxy civilization has sent representatives to the Milky Way, while another civilization, with many warships traveling through hyperspace, seems to be preparing to wage war against us."

"Oh, then let's destroy this intelligent civilization in this dwarf star system, and destroy the dwarf star system as well. You can also take this opportunity to practice your warships' face-to-face combat."

"Yes."

"I have already ordered your brother, Ye Wangzhou, to broadcast indiscriminately across the entire universe, commanding advanced intelligent civilizations to submit to the Earth Empire's jurisdiction and to send representatives to the Empire's 'Time and Space Administration' in the Milky Way. Any disobedience will be resolutely attacked and destroyed. For those civilizations traveling at or near the speed of light, the Empire will send warships to pick up their representatives."

"Commander-in-Chief, if this happens, won't it provoke the Fifth Dimensional Intelligence Clan...?"

“Yu Zhou, this time I’m just testing the reaction of the five-dimensional intelligent race. I still don’t dare to go directly to those four cosmic voids.”

"understood."

"Alright, I'm going to the Pantheon now. Remember, in this universe, only humans on Earth are your family and friends. You cannot trust any other intelligent civilizations."

"Yes."

With the screen off, Chu Yuzhou observed through the "Eye of the Stars" that countless warships were speeding through the three star systems, seemingly trying to find the enemy, but these warships could not find any trace of advanced intelligent civilization.

As these warships accelerated, preparing to re-enter hyperspace, they found themselves unable to do so, forced to travel at near-light speed. The hyperspace of the three star systems had been locked down by the Imperial fleet, while the Imperial warships could travel through hyperspace and quickly reach the vicinity of these warships. Thus, for the first time, the humans of the Horizon and the humans of Earth began a battle in the form of warships battling warships.

As Zhou Yuan had said, the warships sent by the dwarf star system were utterly no match for the Earth Empire's fleet. The Imperial fleet's comrades tested various weapons, such as super energy exchangers, black hole bombs, neutron star marbles, and long-range intelligent energy beams—and these were still the Empire's low-level weapons for interstellar warfare. The fleets dispatched by the dwarf star system to the three Imperial star systems were completely annihilated; the Imperial warships suffered no losses whatsoever.

Chu Yuzhou ordered the sealing of the hyperspace of the dwarf galaxy and the barred spiral galaxy. Then he ordered Tianxing 6, 10 and 15 to launch the Sniper Arrow. The gamma-ray bursts emitted from the center of the black holes of the three galaxies hit the dwarf galaxy almost simultaneously. After the first wave of attack, the central part of the dwarf galaxy was instantly pushed far away, forming a long funnel-shaped galaxy.

The three star systems continued to adjust their positions, and the Sky-Sniper Arrows launched a second wave of attacks, continuing to sweep through the funnel-shaped star system. The funnel-shaped star system was flattened again, but there were not many stars left in this star system, as many stars had exploded. The third wave of attacks from the three star systems' Sky-Sniper Arrows completely destroyed this dwarf star system, leaving only interstellar dust.

After Chu Yuzhou lifted the hyperspace blockade on the barred spiral galaxy, he led three celestial fleets into hyperspace, reaching the vicinity of the Milky Way. The Empire's six star system fleets, centered on the Milky Way, formed a three-axis protective formation in six directions around the Milky Way.

Chu Yuzhou and his entourage arrived at the newly built Galaxy Base No. 2, the Imperial "Time and Space Administration Bureau," where a bustling scene unfolded. Different kinds of alien creatures, led by intelligent robots, moved from one place to another. Chu Yuzhou recalled scenes from Star Wars movies.

These extraterrestrial intelligent beings were incredibly diverse. Among them, a colossal alien creature caught Chu Yuzhou's attention the most. This alien creature resembled a spider, with eight thick, long legs that stood on the ground, covering its body and head. The eyes on its head were particularly small, about the size of a mung bean.

These bizarre and wonderful extraterrestrial intelligent beings are representatives of faster-than-light travel intelligent civilizations and light/near-light travel intelligent civilizations, respectively. It is not difficult for these representatives to communicate with the personnel of the Imperial "Time and Space Administration". These representatives are authorized by their civilization's highest authority or authority to confirm and sign relevant jurisdictions. The home planets, characteristics, habits, social structures, military weapons, and technological status of these advanced civilizations are all recorded in detail by the Imperial "Time and Space Administration".

Of course, in order to better monitor these advanced intelligent civilizations, the Empire has secretly deployed "star eyes" in the parent stars of these intelligent civilizations and their neighboring stars.

Within two months of Ye Wangzhou's universe-wide broadcast, all intelligent civilizations in this universe, whether traveling faster than light or near light speed, sent representatives to the Empire's "Time and Space Administration" to complete civilization registration and document signing. In the eyes of these intelligent civilization representatives, Ye Wangzhou was the supreme ruler of the Earth Empire.

In the past two months, apart from keeping in touch with Ye Wangzhou, Chu Yuzhou, and Nana, Zhou Yuan has been helping Kalis and the gods in the Pantheon with word creation, gold ingot etching, and some technological upgrades.

After nearly three years of appeasement, exchange of envoys, and the stabilization of the universe, all advanced civilizations in this universe expressed their submission and made peace. Zhou Yuan made a rather bold decision.

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