Light Speed ​​War

Chapter 322: Compromise and Balance

Careful study of the giant screen illustrations used during the Imperial Court trials led governments and scientists worldwide to conclude that the Imperial Fleet was not fabricating those images, but rather "recreating history" to a considerable extent. This caused some tension and panic among governments, and rumors circulated around the world that the Imperial Fleet could travel through time.

Another type of illustration has baffled Earth's scientists: an imperial fleet destroying a galaxy, a neutron star attacking an enemy fleet. Normally, the destruction of a galaxy should take a long time, but the giant screen illustrations seem to be a series of fast-forwarded shots, condensing the destruction process into a very short time. This seems to suggest two possibilities: one is image compositing, and the other is "faster-than-light" image capture.

Faced with public opposition and the direct threat of imperial power, governments worldwide ordered the cancellation of the joint boycott of the "Heavenly God" agreement and rescinded previous orders preventing citizens from accepting the bracelets. Furthermore, these governments made a complete 180-degree turn, providing all necessary conveniences and security measures for citizens to accept the Imperial teleportation bracelets.

On September 1, 2045, humanity worldwide began receiving Imperial Teleportation Bracelets. These bracelets, radiating golden light, descended from the sky and then floated in mid-air. They automatically drifted towards each person, who extended their arm, and the bracelet fastened directly to their wrist, gleaming with a milky-white halo. Then, the light and halo disappeared.

During the two days of receiving the bracelets, incidents occurred around the world where some people resisted them. Some even shot at the bracelets, but missed. The bracelets then moved rapidly, stunning these individuals and automatically attaching themselves to their wrists. No matter what method was used, the bracelets could not be removed. In more extreme cases, some people cut off their own wrists, but the bracelets would attach to their other wrists, and after cutting off another wrist, they would attach to their ankles. In one case, the bracelet entered the stomach of a man from Japan who, while using a chainsaw, sawed off his own hands and feet. Of course, many people also committed suicide globally, especially in Japan. The empire did not resurrect them this time; it merely sent robots with wasps circling their heads.

After two days of receiving the bracelets, over 80 billion people on Earth spent a week completing the consciousness scan, storage, and upload. During the scan, all physical ailments were cleared away; even cancer was completely cured. In this respect, the "God" fulfilled his promise. Based on this, many people who previously harbored resentment towards the Empire began to change their impression of it.

Descriptions of the experience of being transported to a warship via wristbands have been extensively reported online, in memoirs, and in news media. These reports generally revolve around the following: after a brief period of dizziness and regaining consciousness, the person is astonished by the enormous golden walls with shimmering ripples; realistic robots guide the person on the ground; various flying objects hover in the air; not a single alien is visible; upon entering the equipment room, similar to an MRI scan, the robot guides the person into a metal cavity; light sweeps across their eyes and then across their entire body, the beams lingering on different parts of their body and intensifying at appropriate times; the entire process is painless and comfortable; many people, upon returning to Earth and undergoing follow-up medical examinations, discover that their previous health problems and diagnosed incurable diseases have completely disappeared.

However, what puzzled many people was that after returning to Earth, the bracelets on their hands and feet did not disappear, nor were they taken back by the Empire. This led many to speculate that the Imperial fleet hoped to be able to teleport them again at any time via the bracelets.

This bracelet naturally became the subject of research for top scientists from various countries, who used all sorts of advanced equipment to examine it, trying to determine its material properties, structure, performance, and powerful functions. They all knew that once the secrets of the Imperial Bracelet were unlocked, technology would leap forward dramatically.

Governments of various countries certainly wouldn't dare to openly confiscate others' bracelets, but instead recruit volunteers to conduct various secret studies on the bracelets worn by the volunteers at bases.

Every day, people die around the world. Strangely, when someone dies, the bracelet on their wrist disappears. Also, every day, many babies are born with new bracelets on their wrists. This strange phenomenon has naturally aroused great interest among governments and ordinary people worldwide.

Although the military bases of the five MCRFE nations were destroyed by the Imperial fleet, their military strength quickly recovered due to their robust industrial base, accumulated talent, strong defense foundation, and the restart and upgrading of their weapons and equipment stockpiles. Of course, the five nations and other militarily powerful countries dared not act rashly, because although the "God's" warships had left their capitals and major cities, they were certain that the "God" continued to monitor Earth's situation in outer space.

"Master, all intelligent civilizations in the universe that travel at more than 70% of the speed of light have been completely wiped out by the Imperial Fleet."

"Okay, Nana. How's the separation of self-awareness and original consciousness between humans on New Earth and the construction of the consciousness matrix network going?"

"Master, the separation of human self-awareness and original consciousness has been completed, including both Lefia and Wei Shan. Lefia's consciousness matrix network is being established. Master, you will be able to communicate with Lefia, a human from the fifth dimension, tomorrow."

"Human self-awareness was given by the five-dimensional intelligent race, and human original consciousness was given by the five-dimensional human race, Leifia. It is unexpected that the struggle between the intelligent race and the human race will never stop."

“Master, the five-dimensional intelligent race is, after all, a stable information structure. The consciousness of the five-dimensional human race, Lefia, cannot defeat the self-consciousness of humans. With the increase in the global population, the splitting and weakening of Lefia’s consciousness is inevitable.”

"You mean to say that Lefia is trying to incite humanity to fight and kill each other, including in World War I and World War II?"

"Yes, if the human population is too large, Lefia's consciousness will split and weaken on the one hand, and on the other hand, the weakened Lefia's original consciousness will not be able to control those huge number of split individual consciousnesses."

"Hmm, the consciousness of the fifth-dimensional human race, Lefia, also follows the law of conservation in this universe. But why doesn't Lefia completely annihilate humanity and fully restore her consciousness?"

“Master, in terms of consciousness, the human race’s Lefia can be said to be quite powerful. However, in this three-dimensional universe created by the five-dimensional intelligent race, surrounded by many hostile advanced intelligent civilizations, Lefia has no choice but to rely on humans to defeat the enemy and get out of the predicament. On the one hand, Lefia has to control humans, and on the other hand, she places her hopes on humans. Therefore, she is weighing the pros and cons and making a compromise.”

“Nana, you’re right.” Zhou Yuan lowered his head and pondered for a long time, while Nana gazed at him with gentle eyes.

"If the consciousness matrix network functions normally tomorrow, send Lefia and Wei Shan back to the new Earth."

"Master, why?"

"We return to the fifth dimension."

"Ah." Zhou Yuan found Nana's "Ah" sound strange and noticed something odd in her eyes.

"Nana, what's wrong?"

"Master, are you going to abandon them?"

Zhou Yuan shook his head. "No, I want to move the new Earth to the second galactic base of the Superbody Droplet. Nana, notify Pan Yuzhou, the person in charge of the five-dimensional space galaxy base, to select a five-dimensional space time point and prepare for the Superbody Droplet to conduct 'super-distance' travel in five-dimensional space."

Nana's face showed surprise. "Master, are you going to run away with New Earth and Lefia?"

"Nana, since we can travel 'over a distance' in fifth-dimensional space, why don't we give it a try?"

“Master, although the Imperial scientists have mastered the mysteries of the topological fluid field in five-dimensional space and have conducted interstellar travel experiments to verify it, the probability of the super-body droplet failing to travel ‘over a distance’ in five-dimensional space is very high.”

"why?"

"Because the super-droplet contains more than 400 galaxies, the five-dimensional topological fluid field will be distorted under the influence of these numerous galaxies. This distortion will make the channel for 'super-distance' travel very unstable."

Zhou Yuan recalled that the five-dimensional space galaxy base had only tested and verified one of its own galaxies; the super-droplet, with its many galaxies, had not yet been tested. If, as Nana said, only one galaxy was retained for five-dimensional space long-distance travel, then upon returning to five-dimensional space, the travel speed would be greatly reduced with only one galaxy.

"Nana, what's the maximum number of star systems that can be used for long-distance travel in fifth-dimensional space?"

"Imperial scientists have simulated that, since five-dimensional space is a topological manifold, the potential field in the dry point channel is different in different regions of five-dimensional space and at different times."

"So, it means we can't determine the other areas yet?"

"Yes, but right now in this region, it's safe to say that there's no problem with a whole star system."

Zhou Yuan suddenly changed the subject, "Nana, how long do you think it will be before the 'mother' of the fifth-dimensional human race arrives?"

"Master, I think it should be soon."

"What's the reason?"

"Because when the master spoke with the fifth-dimensional intelligent beings last time, they said that the human 'mother' would arrive soon, and that they were not afraid of the human 'mother'."

"Nana, you?"

Nana grinned and winked mischievously. "Master, that was a joke. Actually, during the battle at the Canes Venatici Cosmic Void Galaxy Bridge, over a thousand of our galaxies were sucked into the triple helix vortex galaxy hole. Humanity must have noticed that. If the human 'mother' doesn't escape, it will definitely come over."

Zhou Yuan thought to himself, what will happen to the Earth Empire if the human 'mother' arrives soon? If the intelligent race and the human race go to war, the Earth Empire will likely suffer.

Nana seemed to have guessed Zhou Yuan's thoughts, "Master, if the human race and the intelligent race clash, the Empire must avoid it."

"Yes, that's right. I'm very worried about this terrible situation. Let's get back to the previous topic: should we abandon the super-body droplet and only leave one star system for a 'super-distance' escape?"

“Master, under no circumstances can we stay in this three-dimensional universe. The human 'mother' is very likely to destroy this universe.”

“I know what to do. Nana, immediately move the solar system belonging to the new Earth to the Super Droplet Second Galaxy base, and let the Super Droplet return to the fifth dimension and travel normally in the fifth dimension.”

"Yes, Master."

The new humans on Earth, at various observatories, suddenly observed the shifting of stars and the disappearance of familiar galaxies. Soon after, the observatories also observed the appearance of new galaxies, including one that was almost identical to the Milky Way, appearing next to it.

The new humans of Earth, recalling illustrations of battles between the Earth Empire's star system fleet and advanced intelligent civilizations, wonder if the more than four hundred star systems they observed were all part of the Earth Empire's star system fleet? Could it be that the "gods" have turned our Milky Way galaxy into a star system fleet of the Earth Empire?

The Earth Empire's super-body droplet accelerates and enters hyperspace.