Chapter 156: Reality Penetrometer
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Something strange began to happen in the Observer’s territory. Without any ancient enemies or any danger, they showed signs of expanding again.
This slight anomaly attracted the attention of the Milky Way civilization, but due to the good reputation of the Observer, no civilization was too worried about this matter.
Most civilizations believed that the unusual movements of the Observer were just minor accidents that wouldn’t affect them.
However, the Pyro Alliance didn’t think so. They were increasingly uneasy and paid close attention to the movements of the Observer.
They had a feeling that something big was about to happen.
Li Wenyuan, who was constantly piecing together the damaged data in the archives, also discovered something new under the pile of damaged data.
[ Z-1422 Lost Property Record: Paradise Virus ]
[ Introduction (from the Professor): This is an electronic virus that can forcibly optimize the Al’s personality. It was created by my student. Although he claimed that the device carrying the virus was lost, 1 always felt that he was lying to me. Out of necessity, I recorded it in the Lost and Found Records, hoping to find it in the future. ]
[ Special note: Please do not use artificial intelligence to search for it! ]
Li Wenyuan was speechless. He didn’t expect that the data that he had painstakingly extracted would only be able to piece together such a lost item record.
Just like the name of the archives, there were all kinds of information recorded here.
Among them were ancient and powerful technologies, as well as data that was really just a record.
But even so, the archives encrypted all data equally, even if it was just a string of unimportant text.
“Therefore, extracting data here really feels like a lottery draw. “Li Wenyuan sighed.
No one knew what was under the damaged data. It was common to get nothing.
“However…” With that thought in mind, Li Wenyuan looked at another piece of record that he had pieced together.
[ No. A-15 Lost Property Record: Curtain Penetrometer ]
[ Introduction (from the Professor): A magical gadget. It was originally an instrument 1 made to test the strength of the sealing property, but the effect was unexpectedly good. Unfortunately, 1 was stopped by the teacher just as I was about to enter mass production. 1 was even scolded because of this. I only have a pitiful prototype. ]
[ Special note: I accidentally lost this thing before I left. 1 wonder which lucky person will pick it up… Haven’t we lost enough things? Why are they all so forgetful? ]
“Is this the curtain theory?” The strange device in the lost property record reminded Li Wenyuan of the technology he had obtained when he first came into contact with the database.
“Curtain Penetrometer? From the looks of it, this Curtain Penetrometer sounds like something that can penetrate the curtain…”
His gaze returned to the sky. Every research spaceship and every synthetic humanoid working in space turned into his eyes at this moment, reaching straight to the sky.
The sky was as vast as ever. On some planets with very primitive ecology, one could even see the starry river that was like a glowing waterfall at night.
This scene belonged to the beauty of the Milky Way. However, although there were occasional bright lights outside the Milky Way, it always felt unreal.
“Where could this Curtain Penetrometer be? Did a lucky person pick it up?”
With his thoughts, the Observer’s abnormal movements became more frequent.
Even though the Observer had a good reputation, the deterrence of the lost empire still existed.
Even the civilizations that trusted the Observer had to be vigilant and carefully observe what the lost empire was up to.
At this moment, on the Observer’s mother planet, Cradle, a grand speech was being held.
Just like the name of the planet, this was the birthplace of the Observer, the Cradle of their civilization.
They had lived in this place ever since they consciously recorded it. They gradually realized that this was a man-made planet after living in a long and rich environment.
All living lifeforms could find the most suitable living environment here, and the ecological cycle was also in an incredibly stable state.
The planet itself seemed to be in a constant state of self-adaptation. As long as they could come here, survival would not be a problem.
Such a situation was obviously very abnormal. Therefore, the very primitive observers at that time looked at the starry sky for the first time.
Then, they saw a huge planet that seemed to cover the sky, as well as a few other small planets that were faintly discernible in the background of the sky.
Although the star gave them the light and heat of life, in the ancient myths of the Observer, this huge planet that covered the sky was the Supreme God.
Their astronomy and biology started very early. After all, in such a strange celestial environment and planetary environment, no matter what species, they would definitely be curious about it.
After a long period of scientific development, they gradually understood everything.
The planet they were on was Planet Gaia, a special planet that was suitable for any creature.
This kind of planet basically couldn’t exist naturally. It would more or less be affected by external factors.
The cosmic environment they were in was a celestial system that was theoretically unsuitable for the birth of life forms like them.
The planet that could be seen in the sky at any time was a gas giant. It was the source of gravity that maintained the entire small celestial system. They named it the Father of the Sky.
Other than that, the planets that orbited the giant gas planet had also gotten their names early on, forming a warm little family for this celestial system.
This matter didn’t seem to have any effect, but through observation, the weak Observer knew that someone had been there.
The planets surrounding the Father of the Sky were about the same size as the Cradle, but only this place formed a perfect ecological environment.
Therefore, the exploration of who had been here became a powerful driving force for their civilization to advance.
They had long touched the starry sky, and with the help of their research on the mother planet Cradle, they were highly accomplished in the modification of the planet’s environment.
Before they could develop the hyperspace engine, they began to modify the satellite of the gas giant planet, Father Sky.
The planets named Mother of the Sky, Brother of the Sky, and Sister of the Sky were all transformed.
One of the planets, the Sister of the Sky, was destroyed because their modification technology was not mature enough, and became a collapsed planet.
However, the transformation of the other two planets was very successful. Before they left the galaxy, their civilization had three Gaia Planets.
Such a starting point allowed them to progress rapidly in the starry sky and quickly became the leading civilization in the Milky Way.
However, they did not participate in any galactic affairs and had no interest in the disputes of the outside world. They were focused on finding the civilization that had given them the Cradle.
They called that civilization the Enlightened Ones and began to act according to their ideal behavior of the Enlightened Ones.
It was one thing to improve the natives, but it was also another to maintain the colors of the galaxy. They had been watching and copying the actions of the Enlightened Ones since a long time ago.
They witnessed the two civilizations that claimed to be the rightful successors of the Enlightened Ones start a battle in heaven and laughed at it.
This was because they had always felt that they were the heirs of the Enlightened Ones and were working hard to become the new Enlightened Ones.
However, as more and more discoveries were made, this civilization that was always observing gradually realized something strange.
They realized that the Enlightened Ones didn’t seem to have died, but rather, they had left the place through some method.
Therefore, in order to explore the secrets of the Enlightened Ones, they searched for many methods and tried to understand what the Enlightened Ones were thinking through sociological experiments on the natives.
In the end, they found a mysterious, dense spherical instrument. Their intuition told them that it was a relic left behind by the Enlightened Ones.
They put all their energy into studying this mysterious ball and quickly discovered a corner of the world through this instrument.
They realized that this world was fake.
This instrument allowed them to see the real galaxy, a galaxy filled with dead silence and no life. The place they were in was just a virtual world in operation.
They named this device the Reality Penetrometer because they felt that they were seeing reality.
After that, they fell into depravity. While other civilizations were still fighting in the galaxy, they retreated to their current borders and coldly rejected any civilization.
The huge impact of the truth almost destroyed them, but their yearning for the Enlightened Ones quickly calmed them down and they began to think of ways to escape this false world.
They guessed that the Enlightened Ones had also discovered the truth of the world like them and left this place through some method.
As a result, they began to conduct more extreme sociological experiments, causing the deaths of the natives to be almost common. In the end, they decided on a solution – they would take collective suicide to leave this place, just like how the natives tried to leave the virtual universe.
“My fellow countrymen, I know that this is an unbelievable thing, but the Reality Penetrometer and virtual universe experiments have already told us the answer. Only then can we return to the embrace of reality!”
“This is something that those people trapped in the virtual universe cannot understand. 1 believe that only you, who came from the same Cradle as me, can understand!”
The leader of the Observer revealed the discovery they had been hiding to the people, causing a brief panic.
However, the people understood their leader and chose to believe him.
Even though this collective suicide sounded ridiculous, they still made this decision without exception.
The unity of the entire civilization and their trust in the people who moved forward made them choose such a path.
“However, just us alone is not enough. Our numbers are not enough to shake the virtual device that has trapped us.”
“We must get other civilizations in the galaxy to join us, even if it’s through
deception or conquest.
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