Voyage of the Stars

Of course we are curious, we are curious about everything.

Everyone looked forward to it and seemed to be listening attentively.

Leaving the Milky Way and Level 5 civilization, it is natural to understand that Yue Yuan secretly memorized these keywords in his heart. He is now certain that this rhombus crystal has reached at least Level 6 civilization, or even beyond Level 6, otherwise it would be impossible to say 'My civilization has left the Galaxy' In this case.

You must know that even a sixth-level civilization like the Awakener came to the Milky Way with the help of the ruins of a certain seventh-level civilization. Moreover, the words of the Awakener at that time were full of the hardships on the road to the Milky Way. .

Crossing the river system is extremely difficult even for level 6 civilizations. From the Awakener’s statements at that time, we can feel that without the help of the ruins of the seventh-level civilization, the Awakener may not even know how many years it would take to complete the cross-river voyage, or even It’s possible that we can’t reach the Milky Way.

Just as Yue Yuan was sighing, the voice representing the rhombus crystal sounded again.

"As for your questions, to me, of course you are a Cenozoic civilization. The so-called Cenozoic civilization is a civilization that appeared or developed after my civilization left the Milky Way. That was three billion years ago."

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Three billion years ago?

Three billion!

Hearing this value, all the scientists present felt their scalps numb, because they knew the concept of this number, three billion years, but this rhombus crystal was actually said to be three billion years ago.

Doesn't that mean that this rhombus crystal has existed for three billion years? !

It's actually been around for so long! Three billion years later, it can still preserve information completely! This kind of technology is really crazy, no one knows how to do it.

Pioneer, is this Pioneer technology? The aspect of information preservation alone is terrifyingly powerful.

Now, everyone understands why the rhombus crystal calls human beings a Cenozoic civilization. For the civilization three billion years ago, human beings are not just a Cenozoic civilization. I am afraid that not only humans, but also all civilizations in the entire galaxy are now It's a new generation civilization.

From this point of view alone, this pioneer deserves his name.

But a precursor to what exactly? Why is it called Pioneer?

Before anyone present could ask questions, the voice of the rhombus crystal was heard again: "You must be curious about why we left the Milky Way."

This sound makes people who are immersed in the epic word "three billion years ago" wake up from a dream.

"Sorry, three billion years ago is really beyond our imagination. Yes, three billion years ago, why did you leave the Milky Way?" Yue Yuan asked on behalf of everyone.

While speaking, his eyes took a deep look at the rhombus crystal. He didn't know if it was an illusion. At this moment, he suddenly felt that the rhombus crystal was not only full of technology, but also seemed to have an extra layer of simplicity.

“Because there is no hope in the Milky Way, we see a bleak future for all civilizations growing up in the Milky Way, including ourselves of course. Staying in the Milky Way will only lead to death, without any hope, and the only hope is in the distance, although we don’t know whether leaving is It's not the right choice, but rather than staying in the Milky Way, we would rather put our hope in the unknown distance.

For that slim hope, we embarked on the Great Voyage, and all the advanced civilizations that were willing to follow us left. They learned from us that they hoped to make a long voyage and believed in our sailing ability, so they followed us.

And I am an information storage device left in the Milky Way when our civilization is about to leave. The purpose is very simple, which is to tell those who come after us about the voyage.

We cannot wait for all galactic civilizations to develop before proceeding. Of course, we do not want all future Cenozoic civilizations to be trapped in the Milky Way, but we have no way to directly tell the Cenozoic civilizations that have not yet appeared.

So I was born. At that time, we gave this project a name before leaving, which was the Bottle Project. And I am one of them. Your two questions: 'Entering my scope and awakening my mechanism', the answer is that when I get close to intelligent life, I will be activated, wake up from my sleep, and convey this message to the new generation civilization. "

"Of course, I'm surprised that you are actually a low-level civilization. Logically speaking, my mechanism should not be awakened by low-level civilizations, because low-level civilizations have no ability to travel far, and it is unknown whether they can even be promoted to a level that is qualified for long-distance travel, so it's like this It is undoubtedly a waste for civilization to trigger my mechanism. However, you have successfully triggered my mechanism. I have tested it and there is no problem with the program."

A short paragraph contains a lot of information.

Everyone was immersed in the description of the rhombus crystal. Three billion years ago, a great voyage away from the Milky Way took place in the Milky Way. What was the destination of the Great Voyage? Why does the rhombus crystal say that there is no hope in the Milky Way? The only hope is in the distance. Where is the distance?

Pass information to the new generation of civilization? Why should it be passed on to the new generation of civilization? Does the Great Voyage still need a successor? But why?

And listening to its description, it seems that three billion years ago, the civilizations in the Milky Way got along quite well, because everyone heard some key words, "All advanced civilizations willing to follow us have left." If we don't get along well, how can we go on a long voyage together?

All kinds of questions are lingering in their minds, and everyone can feel that the answers to these questions may very well hide a huge secret, the secret of the Great Voyage, and the secret of the Milky Way three billion years ago.

Seeing the diamond-shaped crystal stop speaking, Yue Yuan, who recovered from the numerous messages, asked: "Don't you know why we can trigger your mechanism?"

"There is nothing strange about this. The universe is extremely mysterious. There are still many things we don't know, many, many more." Rhomboid Crystal said.

The tone seemed a little emotional.

"You are talking about the 'Bottle Project', then I can understand that there are many existences like you in the Milky Way, why do you do this? Well, why do you want to send the information high-speed Cenozoic civilization of your great voyage?" Feeling that everyone was looking at him, Yue Yuan asked again.

Before he finished speaking, he heard the sound of rhombus crystals: "Yes, there are many existences like me, but I'm not sure if other 'drift bottles' can survive three billion years, and I don't know either. Have other 'drift bottles' been picked up by other new generation civilizations?

We are very confident in information preservation technology, but we cannot guarantee that it can be preserved for three billion years. I already have a lot of problems. Some information related to the Great Voyage has been lost. "

The rhombus crystal was silent for a moment: "As for why we should pass on the information of the Great Voyage to the new generation civilization, it is because the universe is too dangerous, because the Great Voyage is extremely difficult, because we are all galactic civilizations, and because we don't know whether we will succeed. If we If we fail, at least there will be a new generation of civilization that will continue to step on our shoulders and move forward. If we have to find a reason, it is hope."

The rhombus crystal has just a few words, but it deeply touches everyone's heart.

Everyone present could not help but think about what the Milky Way was like three billion years ago, and what kind of environment could allow such a civilization to say, "We are all a Milky Way civilization."