Chapter 153: Wishing Machine
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
“Old friend, are you joking? Do you know what you are saying? Perhaps you should stop your adventures and come back to recuperate? Otherwise, I’ll suspect that you have a mental problem!”
A scientist from the Pyro Alliance who received the message suggested via the communication device. It was obvious that he did not believe what the other party said.
But then, the other party produced evidence.
“Look, I’m not kidding, you can watch what happens next. While not many other civilizations know about this, perhaps we should think about it carefully.”
As he spoke, a video was transmitted to the big screen in front of the scientist.
This was a city of a native civilization. From the various details, it seemed to be a native civilization in the mechanical era.
Man-made machinery had begun to be used in production lines in large numbers. The problem of employment at the bottom was the theme of this era.
However, the era of the natives was not the focus of this scene. It was the Titans.
The hundred-meter-tall giant lifeforms were wreaking havoc in the native cities. In order to resist the pressure brought by their size, their bones, and muscles were far harder than ordinary metal.
As expected, the natives here were helpless against these Titan Behemoths. In interstellar space, a little thing that could be dealt with with a single shot was a disaster for them.
The scientist from the Pyro Alliance had thought that this was another record of the tragic death of a native. He did not expect the scene to change to a native child.
The child was holding a ball in his hand. From his posture, it seemed that he was making a wish.
Then, something unbelievable happened to the scientists of the Pyro Alliance. A few glowing giant lifeforms suddenly appeared and fought with the Titans. It did not take long for them to defeat the behemoths.
After these giant beasts died, the ball in the hands of the native child disappeared along with the giant luminous creature that suddenly appeared. Only the mess on the ground proved what had just happened.
The scientists of the Pyro Alliance were naturally shocked by this miraculous scene, and they hurriedly asked for more details.
“Now I believe you’re not joking. Tell me, what else did you find?”
“If 1 had known earlier, 1 would have made a bet with you…” The person on the other end of the communicator muttered before continuing,
“This is a native civilization that 1 accidentally discovered. With the attitude we have always had toward native civilizations, 1 cautiously infiltrated this civilization and collected all their information.”
“Originally, I thought that this matter would be over soon, just like how we used to be, either leaving behind technology or taking the initiative to contact each other.”
“But what 1 didn’t expect was that 1 discovered that this native civilization showed signs of artificial improvement! There were several obscure records in their history that were difficult to find, but the great progress of civilization always occurred in these events.”
“With doubts, 1 conducted an in-depth investigation and soon discovered that a mysterious sphere known as the Wishing Machine appeared in their records in large numbers. It became one of their symbols of faith.”
“In many countries within this native civilization, this mysterious sphere is the leader of faith, forming a social atmosphere with a strong idealistic ideology.”
The adventurer from the Pyro Alliance took a deep breath and continued, “However, 1 discovered that this mysterious sphere is actually an extremely exquisite unmanned device. It seems to be receiving information and then transmitting it to a place I don’t know where to use advanced technology to fulfill the wish.”
“I suspect that the vague great progress in the history of the natives here was caused by wishes, which is why this native civilization still retained many ancient and stupid customs.”
“In this situation… Have you thought of anything?” The adventurer revealed a probing expression, as if he wanted to know what the person on the other end of the communication device was thinking.
Then, as if their hearts were connected, they said in unison, “This might be a sociological experiment conducted by a certain civilization.”
The two of them, who were from the Pyro Alliance, naturally thought of this. There were many experiments involving natives in the Milky Way.
After all, it was more convenient to use ignorant natives than to use their own people for dangerous experiments. Naturally, sociological experiments were one of them.
The magical Wishing Machine that they knew of and the effects it brought easily made them realize the purpose of the Wishing Machine.
However, after that, there was a series of concerns.
The Pyro Alliance was very opposed to using natives for experiments. If they saw such a situation, they would spare no effort to stop it.
However, the level of technology used in this magical Wishing Machine was beyond their imagination. The civilization that conducted sociological experiments here must be something they could not resist.
If they chose to obstruct the sociological experiments here, it could bring disaster to both them and the natives.
Most interstellar civilizations would not put the natives in their eyes. Some violent, authoritative civilizations and extreme civilizations that were obsessed with cleanliness would not treat the natives as intelligent lifeforms. Slave trading and racial cleansing were common occurrences.
If the sociological experiment was disturbed, it was not impossible for the civilization behind it to vent its anger on the natives. By then, it would be the complete opposite of the Pyro Alliance’s efforts to save the natives.
Moreover, this Wishing Machine was not as impelling as it seemed. In the history of native civilizations, there were people who made the shocking wish of destroying their own country.
His wish came true, and his country was destroyed by a meteorite disaster.
If someone wished to destroy this planet, then the outcome of this native civilization might be self-evident.
“However, to just sit back and do nothing would go against our principles. If only we were stronger…”
“There’s nothing we can do about it. All we can do now is continue to observe the natives here and hope that they don’t self-destruct…”
The news about the native with the Wishing Machine was quickly reported to the mother planet of the Pyro Alliance and received unanimous approval. He continued to observe.
As the days passed, the Pyro Alliance’s observation station, which was responsible for monitoring the progress of the native civilization, paid extra attention to this place, fearing that they would accidentally walk down the path of self-destruction.
However, the more one feared something, the more it would happen.
One day, a lucky person on this planet received the favor of the Wishing Machine and held the mysterious ball in his arms.
Although the Pyro Alliance, who had been observing the Wishing Machine, had been trying their best to find the Wisher, they were still one step too late.
He was a cynical doomsday believer who had experienced a lot of malice and made a wish to the ball. He hoped that everyone here would die in a disaster.
And then the disaster really happened.
The core of the planet began to heat up abnormally, and in just half an hour, the entire planet was blown to pieces, and all the natives on the planet died.
It turned out that there was a planetary bomb buried here. The civilization that conducted sociological experiments here seemed to have long expected that the natives here would go extinct.
The Pyro Alliance was unable to save even a single person here in time. This made them, who had always been committed to helping the natives, feel very sad.
However, they were no match for the civilization behind the experiment, so they could only hold a space funeral for the billions of natives with guilt.
“What a despicable social experiment…” Some of the workers from the Pyro Alliance flew their spaceships to collect the remains of the natives while cursing the civilization that had planned all of this.
They would record the history of this place in an archive to prove that these natives had left traces. This was the last thing they could do.
However, as the work continued, they gradually found some familiar things among the planet fragments.
Ever since they stood in the galaxy, they had always been looking forward to an ancient civilization that was very friendly to everyone.
They felt that this was how they would be able to reach this point in the future-a great civilization that would put an end to all acts of extinction and take the responsibility of protecting the Milky Way.
They had been working hard for this and wanted to start now.
But at this moment, they found something familiar here, which made these workers fall into silence.
In the end, some of them sent photos of these things back to their mother planet, hoping that the top scholars of their civilization would prove that everything was fake.
Unfortunately, they soon received a piece of news that chilled their hearts.
“The style of these remains is very similar to the Observer. It seems to be a powerful bomb.. Where did you find it?”