by <unknown>
Just as the energy nebula was about to explode, Evans’ Esper Ability Domain opened up. The violent energy suddenly stabilized and quickly shrank, turning into a dazzling light sphere the size of a human head before being absorbed into Evans’ body.
“Sigh, I failed again…”
Evans sighed in helplessness.
Ever since he witnessed the battle between Transcendent Grade Supers, he had always felt that his strength was insufficient. He had been driven ever since to pursue that unbelievable power.
Originally, after the war ended, everyone had started to take a break, but Evans was one of the few people who did not relax and had been busy developing his Esper Abilities.
On one hand, his motivation was his own pursuit, and on the other hand, Evans still remembered Black Star’s high hopes for him. He was not willing to waste his hard-earned potential and wanted to reach Black Star’s level.
On the other hand, EsGod was very glad about this. He thought that Evans was keeping his promise to help him beat Black Star up and always taught him things to guide Evans in his cultivation.
“I hope to increase my strength as soon as possible. His Excellency Black Star told me that he hopes I will be the main pillar of the Supers Holy Land in the future. I cannot disappoint him…”
Evans clenched his fists and encouraged himself.
Just as he was about to give it another try, he suddenly sensed something and looked in a direction.
The stream of light approached, and a spaceship arrived in hyperdrive, hovering not far away. A burly figure flew out. It was Karlot. “Eh, so it’s you. I was wondering why there was another high-energy reaction zone in our territory.”
Karlot was surprised to see Evans and took the initiative to talk to him. “Er, hello.” Evans hesitated for a moment before nodding
Although the two of them were both members of the Black Star Army, they did not interact much with each other. They only knew each other’s basic situation and could only be considered as colleagues.
“What are you doing here?” Evans was curious.
“I was looking for an extreme environment to temper my body. The spaceship sensed a high-energy reaction, so I came over. So, you were training. No wonder.”
“Oh, I see…”
The two of them were not familiar with each other, so they bit the bullet and chatted for a while. When they realized that there was nothing to talk about, they gradually fell silent.
However, neither of them left. The atmosphere slowly became strange.
When the two of them were in seclusion, they had always thought that they were the only seeded players who had received special treatment from Black Star. However, after leaving the mountain, they were surprised to find out that they were not the only ones. Such a relationship made the two of them have strange thoughts about each other. On one hand, they were curious about the other party’s background, and on the other hand, they were curious about what Black Star saw in the other party… This mentality was akin to two top students in a class receiving special treatment from their teacher, and they subconsciously felt competitive…
After a long time, Karlot coughed and broke the silence.
“How about… We spar?”
“…Sounds good.”
Evans and Karlot’s eyes met in midair, and sparks seemed to fly.
Black Star Army headquarters, Fleet Commander’s Office.
Herlous sat on the sofa with his legs crossed. He looked at the Sunilian in front of him and pushed the wine glass on the table.
“Drink some?”
“No need, Your Excellency Herlous.”
Herlous did not mind. He sized up the Sunilian and nodded.
“You must be the Sunil leader of this generation. Not bad, not bad. The previous leader mentioned you to me before. He said you’re very smart and capable.”
“You flatter me.” The leader nodded.
The Sunilians were Herlous’ race. Ever since the rise of the Black Star Army, Herlous, as the earliest elder, had a lot of authority, and he provided many resources to the race.
Therefore, every generation of Sunil leaders would come to visit him. This generation was no different.
“Since you’ve become the leader, do your best.”
Herlous encouraged and looked at the young Sunilians behind him. He raised his brows.
“These are…”
“Your Excellency Herlous, these are a few young men with potential among my immediate family. They wish to enter the Black Star Army to train. Please take care of them,” the Sunil leader said respectfully.
Herlous sized up the few of them, and the youths immediately stuck out their chests and raised their heads nervously.
Seeing this, Herlous shook his head and said, “The army has changed its leader, and Nero is now in charge. However, the standards are still as strict as ever. I can make them official members, but whether they can climb up will depend on their own abilities.”
“Thank you, Your Excellency.” The Sunil leader bowed. Herlous waved his hand, indicating that there was no need for formalities. After a pause, he suddenly changed the topic. “From now on, leaders of your generation should stop visiting me. You should be more independent. You should leave me out from now.”
The Sunil leader’s body trembled slightly, and his expression was complicated. However, he did not say anything, lowered his head, and left with his men.
After the group left, another person walked in. It was Sylvia. She had been eavesdropping outside for quite some time. “Not bad. You’ve finally decided not to use your position for personal gain,” Sylvia teased.
“Nonsense. I’ve always been thinking about the army.” Herlous rolled his eyes.
“I was just joking. However, I’m very curious. Why aren’t you helping the race anymore?” Sylvia blinked.
“They can’t always rely on me, or else they will become dependent sooner or later. After close to a hundred years, the habits that have been cultivated from generation to generation have already started to show signs of this. I can’t just ignore it.” Herlous shook his head and said with a deep voice, “Furthermore… Black Star was able to tolerate me in the past, but now that the authority has changed hands, I have to be sensible in the future.”
Sylvia curled her lips and did not speak. She stood in front of the window with her hands behind her back and looked at the bright galaxy outside. Suddenly, she sighed and muttered,
“In the blink of an eye, it’s been a hundred years…”
Herlous also turned to look out the window and sighed. “That’s right, it’s been a hundred years… We actually followed Black Star to this point. Sometimes, it feels like a dream. If Black Star had not invited me back then, I might have spent the rest of my life in my own little pub.”
“If I hadn’t met him…” Sylvia’s tone paused, and she shook her head. “Maybe I would have died in some corner of the universe long ago. The life we have now is not something we can hope for…”
The two of them looked out of the window quietly and did not speak anymore. They quietly savored their memories.
In this peaceful era, time passed even more silently. In the blink of an eye, another few months passed.
On this day, in the conference room of the three Universal Civilizations.
“Recently, the direct Beyond Grade As have been restless. The expansion of the Beyond Grade As is too shocking.” “Thankfully, Clotti, Oulou, and the others have stabilized the situation. Otherwise, the direct line of descent might have turned to the Supers Holy Land.” The leaders of the three Universal Civilizations sighed.
The Supers Holy Land had broken the old structure. As the original beneficiaries of Supers, they naturally could not feel comfortable, but they could only silently endure the waves of impact.
“Speaking of which, Black Star did not appear during this period of time. Hasn’t he already completed the Sanctum Revival? What has he been busy with recently?” The Pope was curious.
/> “Who knows? Anyway, I can’t get any information.” Marbruce was helpless.
“It’s not a good idea for him to disappear for so long. If the Star Alliance sends in a new infiltrator, and Black Star happens to not be around, we might get exposed.” “Speaking of which, if Black Star is willing to help, as long as he controls the leader of the Star Alliance, we will be able to win easily. It’s a pity that he doesn’t want to help.”
“Heh, with Black Star’s personality, there’s no such thing as an absolute deal. I think the price is not enough. As long as some conditions are made, he should still agree.”
“That makes sense, but he has a huge appetite now. We have to think of a way to convince him…”
Just as the three of them were discussing how to pull Han Xiao to help with the Star Alliance a remote projection suddenly appeared in the room. It was Han Xiao. The three of them were shocked. “Black Star? You… you’re back. Why didn’t you inform me…” Marbruce was halfway through his sentence when he suddenly realized something. He frowned and said with dissatisfaction,” Hey! Did you hack into the Dynasty’s database again?”.
Han Xiao ignored Marbruce’s dissatisfaction and looked at the three of them with a strange gaze.
“I’m here to share the information of the Sanctum. We can develop it together. If you’re not happy, I’ll leave.”
The three of them were stunned.
“Are you serious? Are you really taking us to develop the Sanctum?”
Louis’ tone was filled with doubt and disbelief. He had thought that Black Star was joking.
Han Xiao nodded but suddenly changed the topic.
“But before we work together, I have something to tell you… Don’t be afraid of what I’m about to say…”
“Afraid?”
The Pope found it funny and did not think much of it.
“We’ve even experienced an enemy like the World Tree. What else can we be afraid of? Just tell us. We’ve seen all kinds of storms. We won’t be scared.”
Han Xiao raised his brows with a playful expression.
Chapter 1450: I gradually understand everything |
“Alright, what I’m going to say next is the truth about the transition of the entire universe. It’s more important than anything you’ve experienced in the past and present. I’ll say this in advance. If you have any schedule later, clear it all.”
Han Xiao saw the look of disapproval on their faces and shook his head.
“The truth of the universe?”
The three of them looked at each other. Seeing that Han Xiao did not seem to be joking, they could not help but be skeptical.
Han Xiao snapped his fingers and summoned a virtual screen that was playing the virtual image of the birth and death of the universe. He then explained, “When the universe comes to an end, everything will return to nothingness. The phenomena like the heat death of the universe and the Big Crunch are the result of many scientists’ guesses or foreseeing of the universe. All kinds of signs and experiments show that these are all very likely to be the correct doomsday models, but this is only under normal circumstances… The direction of our universe does not follow the most primitive laws of nature. Long ago, our universe was modified by a final civilization, and the fundamental laws of the Information Form changed. On the day of the end of our universe, what awaits us is not the heat death of the universe or the Big Crunch, but a phenomenon called the Great Reboot.”
“The Great Reboot?”
The three of them were confused.
It was not that the scientific research community did not have similar speculations, but it was not the mainstream theory. Without conclusive sources, most of the evidence came from unknown items created by the information state disturbance. For example, the Virtual Mutiny Virus from back then was suspected to be from a civilization before the Great Reboot. However, it was not enough to be ironclad evidence, because it was not certain if it was an earlier civilization or a civilization from the unexplored universe. Thus, Marbruce and the other two were not unfamiliar with this term. They were only confused as to why Han Xiao was so certain of the existence of the Great Reboot. Han Xiao looked at the three of them and said slowly,
“The ‘Great Reboot’ I’m talking about is different from what you guys understand… The final civilization’s modification of the underlying laws of the universe has caused the universe to deviate from the laws of the natural end. Therefore, the time of the end has been brought forward by a lot, and every Great Reboot is a brand new Iteration. New civilizations reproduce in the universe that has returned to zero. However, due to the shortening of development time, the strength of each of the iteration civilizations is infinitely lower than the Final Civilization that had initially established the Great Reboot.” “So, this is bad news?” Marbruce pondered. “If that’s the case, all civilizations will develop from the beginning, and no one will be able to survive the end of the universe and reach the so-called… what did that popular phrase say, transcend worldliness?”
Han Xiao shook his head and said, “This is the main point I want to talk about. Although the Great Reboot causes the universe to return to zero, things from different Iterations will be passed down to the new Iteration through special means, and this medium is the Sanctum that all of you are longing for.”
The three of them were stunned.
Han Xiao continued, “The initial goal of the final civilization to modify the universe was to continue their civilization through a reboot. They failed, but it was not a waste of effort. The Sanctum was their legacy. It was originally a reserve storage for life tinders, but a special Information Form Mutation appeared during the changes of the Iterations and became the Sanctum today. This is the only thing that is known to not disappear during the Great Reboot.
“The purpose of the Sanctum is to store the Information Form state of the development of every Iteration, and during each Great Reboot, a portion of Information Form will be randomly integrated into the new iteration of the universe. Therefore, when the universe is rebooted, it will not be completely zero. Instead, its underlying laws will constantly undergo changes in the Iterations. In this way, the achievements of each iteration will be passed down to the later iterations. For example, the current secondary dimension world is the inheritance of a past Iteration and not a natural phenomenon.”
“So, you’re saying that… the universe we’re living in now is not the most primitive universe but a world that has been changed countless times? The Sanctum is equivalent to a… uh, processor?” Louis probed.
Han Xiao nodded. “More or less. Generations of civilizations treated the Sanctum as a way to get through the Great Reboot, so the Sanctum continued to develop all kinds of new functions. The Sanctum Revival is just one of them. The most important thing about the Sanctum is that it stored all the information of the Civilizations of the earlier Iterations, as well as their last words before the end of the world, all for future generations to refer to. This is a long relay that spanned countless Iterations, just for someone to break this cycle one day.” Hearing this, the three of them were shocked. Although Han Xiao’s tone was very calm, when they thought of the scene of generations of civilizations working together toward the same goal, they could not help but be stunned by such a grand undertaking. However, two seconds later, the three of them came to their senses, and their breathing suddenly became heavy.
At this moment, they suddenly realized that if what Black Star said was true, the information stored in the Sanctum would be an immeasurable amount of wealth.
As for Black Star, he could have held onto this wealth alone. If he did not say it, they would never have been able to get a share of it. However, he chose to say it instead of developing it himself. Was he that selfless?
It was precisely because they had thought this through that the three of them were even more shocked. For a moment, they fell silent, silently digesting the shock in their hearts.
After a while, the Pope said hesitantly, �
��You want to work with us to develop the Sanctum, is it because you want to get through the Great Reboot? Although what you just said is indeed quite shocking, let me be direct. The so-called Great Reboot should be very far away from us, right? Isn’t it too early to worry about this…”
Hearing this, Han Xiao smiled faintly. “You think it’s early?”
“Hmm…” Seeing this, the Pope could not help but widen his eyes in shock.” Could it be that the end of our universe is coming, and the Great Reboot is here?”.
The other two trembled in shock and disbelief.
“It wasn’t easy for us to defeat the World Tree Civilization, and we enjoyed a rare moment of relaxation. I didn’t expect…” Marbruce had mixed feelings.
However, Han Xiao shook his head and said, “You’re mistaken. It’s still too early for us to reach the end of this Iteration.”
The three of them heaved a sigh of relief.
However, before they could completely relax, Han Xiao suddenly said something shocking, stunning them.
“But you’ve already been rebooted.”
As soon as he finished speaking…
The Pope was stunned.
“What do you mean?”
“Four times.” Han Xiao raised four fingers and said slowly, “Our universe has been rebooted four times… In the previous Iteration, you guys were the final civilizations. You guys used an Information Form Stripping Plan and successfully passed the Great Reboot, but you did not really enter the new universe of the next iteration. Instead, you guys became a sealed dark universe that cycled and restarted on its own… In other words, you guys have died a few times, but you don’t know it yet!”
The three of them were dumbfounded.
During this period of time, Han Xiao had been trying to gain access to the First Sanctum. Every time he went in and out, the time he spent became shorter and shorter. When his access reached level fifteen, the flow of time finally converged. The time ratio of the main universe to the Sanctum was one to one, and the contents of the message board were finally unlocked
At this point, Han Xiao finally understood everything. The messages from the bottom fourth to the last paragraph of the Sanctum were all left by the ‘three Universal Civilizations!