Chapter 186: Ether Dragon
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
The Curtain was still in effect in this galaxy, as well as in certain places beyond it.
This was an unimaginable project. Until now, Li Wenyuan had yet to figure out how big the Curtain was.
However, with the help of the distant star cluster where Gray Wind was, he was able to confirm one of the boundaries of the Curtain.
The distant star cluster was at the boundary of the Curtain. In a space about 20 light-years away from the distant star cluster, time and space were in an unbelievable state of stagnation.
When the signal reached this point, it was standing still, and the attempt to break through was also unable to proceed smoothly due to the strange phenomenon.
Strictly speaking, it wasn’t stagnation, but the space and time here had been stretched infinitely. This seemed to be one of the effects of the Curtain.
According to speculation, this long distance far exceeded the size of the known universe. Even if one traveled at tens of thousands of times the speed of light, it was equivalent to walking in the same spot at such a distance.
Li Wenyuan didn’t have much of a choice.
He had already retrieved the Curtain Penetrometer, but he had long deciphered the related records from the Civilization Annihilator.
He had indeed seen a mirage, a dead galaxy that was the opposite of the current galaxy.
Even with just a glimpse, he could tell that there was no life there. It was a real deathly still, where even microorganisms did not exist.
That seemed to be a model used by humans to deceive people. However, no matter how uninhabitable a galaxy-level model was, it would still give birth to life, right?
As it turned out, the galaxy beyond the Curtain was a forbidden place for all living beings. An unimaginable threat seemed to have shrouded the place and isolated all life.
In such a state, Li Wenyuan did not even dare to use the Curtain Penetrating function of the Curtain Penetrometer. What if the former Observer civilization was lucky enough to be safe?
Although the human nature of this universe was very rich, the image of home seemed to be extremely important to humans. Otherwise, they would not have built such a huge project to cover the entire galaxy.
The fact that humans had yet to return to open the Curtain of this galaxy proved that the outside world might not have reached a suitable time yet.
Li Wenyuan could only try his best to collect information about the humans in the Milky Way and try to piece together the truth of this universe.
As his thoughts wandered, Li Wenyuan suddenly noticed that there was something wrong with Bubbles’ condition.
It had always been very lively, but suddenly became very stiff. Although it still followed the spaceship firmly, it had returned to its previous timid appearance.
This obvious abnormality did not seem to be caused by its own factors. As the sensors fluctuated, Li Wenyuan felt that he had found something that made Bubbles feel afraid.
He had once grasped the detailed information of a large space zone with the damaged sentry formation that he had picked up.
Such a megastructure had a function similar to an interstellar monitoring device. Although it was not enough to monitor the entire Milky Way, it was still a powerful functional megastructure that many civilizations could only come across.
After his attempt to completely repair the megastructure failed, Li Wenyuan began to build another sentry formation.
Today, the construction of this megastructure had long been completed. In addition to the large-scale monitoring, the sensor effect of his spacecraft had also made a qualitative leap.
In this case, the galaxies that were still in the unknown state were very suspicious.
After he discovered Bubbles’ abnormal state, he also noticed that there was a certain galaxy nearby. It was indeed impossible to understand everything in the galaxy through sensors alone.
Some unknown force prevented the outside world from probing this place, but the hyperspace channel was still connected to this place. Only by entering it personally could one understand what was here.
This matter naturally aroused Li Wenyuan’s interest. He had always been searching for the secrets of humans. It was impossible for him to turn a blind eye to such an abnormal place.
“Is Bubbles afraid of this place? Generally speaking, this kind of fear is a biological instinct, right? Can it be that there are some extremely terrifying space lifeforms here?”
Terrifying space lifeforms were not uncommon in the Milky Way, and those mythical lifeforms were definitely the main force.
Every recorded mythical lifeform had destroyed countless ships. This galaxy was so huge that there must be more than just those recorded.
The galaxy in front of him seemed to have a similar existence.
At the same time, the difference was obvious. The mythical lifeforms in this galaxy were much stronger than the known Mother Space Whale and the Split-Clawed Dragon.
It could even use some unknown means to block Li Wenyuan’s detection of this galaxy. Moreover, what level of the Administrator civilization did Li Wenyuan represent? How could his detection be easily blocked?
So with great curiosity, he summoned a large fleet, blocking every hyperspace exit of this galaxy.
Bubbles, on the other hand, left the galaxy under his guidance. When it was far enough away, it returned to its former lively self.
After confirming that there were no loopholes and that the Tiangang Battleship was on standby, Li Wenyuan ordered a research spaceship that had arrived at the last minute to set off for the star system.
At this moment, the atmosphere in the galaxy was gradually burning with danger due to the early arrival of the other groups of people.
This galaxy had a K-level star as its main source of gravity, just like many ordinary galaxies in the Milky Way.
Such a star could exist in the main sequence for at least 30 billion years, which meant that the life on its planet could have a very long and stable evolution process.
It was also one of the most common stars in the Milky Way.
However, there was no life here. A certain space creature occupied this place and turned all the planets here into molten planets covered in magma.
And a certain confident and well-prepared Khan, as well as two unlucky fellows who had mistakenly entered this place in search of the lost space amoeba, were shivering in this place.
“Come on, you’re really weak, aren’t you? Who gave you the confidence to come here?”
In contrast to their trembling, there was a strange signal full of arrogance and contempt.
A giant creature hovering near a molten planet was using her unique biological organs to imitate the signals commonly used in this galaxy and instilled her thoughts into those spaceships.
The spaceship’s translation equipment dutifully translated the content and made these people realize once again that they were facing an unbelievable mythical lifeform.
There was almost no record of this giant beast in the Milky Way, and the two unlucky spaceships of the Pyro Alliance and Space Amoeba Rescue Agency who had mistakenly entered this place had only heard rumors of terrifying carnivorous space lifeforms in this starfield.
At that time, they were eager to save the bug and chose to search in this starfield. However, they unfortunately met the main character.
As for the Khan, he had bought information about this star system from the curator and had thoughts that he shouldn’t have about the mythical lifeforms that were entrenched here.
He was Hawkeye, one of the last two Khans to undergo the Great Khan’s Trial.
He needed to have enough achievements to increase his reputation and defeat his competitors.
But after being beaten up by the giant beast, he felt that he had been deceived by the curator.
“Those fellows who were paid clearly said that attacking at a certain frequency would make the Ether Dragon…” The Khan couldn’t help but complain in his heart. However, halfway through his complaint, he was interrupted by the signal from the behemoth.
“Attacking at a certain frequency will cause cracks to appear on the scales of the Ether Dragon, right? But unfortunately, 1 was the one who released this news. Do you believe me?”
The behemoth known as Ether Dragon shattered the Khan’s fantasies easily. As if it could predict the hearts of people, it interrupted the Khan’s self-deception in advance.
“That’s why I say that this galaxy is very boring. It is unbelievable. How did you give birth to those terrifying guys?”
It was still talking to itself. It seemed that it had been talking to people for a long time. It seemed to be very talkative.
Just as it was trying to continue chatting, a spaceship suddenly arrived and changed its tone.
“Oh, a guest has arrived…”
At this moment, Li Wenyuan also heard this signal from the spaceship. He looked at the space behemoth and gradually felt surprised..