Rebirth of the Super Battleship-Chapter 601: Speculation

“The Guardian Alliance is busy with a massive project?” Xiao Yu fell into silent thought.

Xiao Yu recalled something the spatial lifeform had once told him. The spatial lifeform said that even a Level 6 Civilization could carry out intergalactic voyage, and that method was very ingenious. Although implementing it would take a long time, there was no real difficulty. It had also said that the Guardian Civilization was undertaking such a project, planning to flee to the Andromeda Galaxy when the situation in the Milky Way became irreparable.

“Voyaging across a galaxy with the strength of a Level 6 Civilization? I can more or less guess the method. This method indeed does not have much technical content, but the project itself is truly vast. I fear that even with the strength of the Guardian Civilization, it would still take many years to complete.” Xiao Yu sighed. “Fleeing to the Andromeda Galaxy is indeed a good way to avoid the Sweepers Civilization. But is the Guardian Civilization not worried that the situation in the Andromeda Galaxy might be even worse than the situation in the Milky Way? Or perhaps the Guardian Civilization has already used conventional navigation, spending several million years to send probes to the Andromeda Galaxy and has already ascertained the situation there?”

Xiao Yu believed this was entirely possible. After all, the Guardian Civilization had existed for so long. Spending a few million years to send out a single probe was no big problem.

Aside from the Guardian Civilization, another existence also drew Xiao Yu’s attention.

“The Crocodilian Alien Beast? The reproductive organ?” Xiao Yu said with some amusement, thinking of what he had encountered that time. Precisely because of that incident, Xiao Yu searched that star system and obtained a large amount of Alien Beast flesh and blood there. Thinking back now, that star system should have been the battlefield where Alien Beast Taihao fought the Crocodilian Alien Beast, and the Alien Beast flesh and blood he obtained should all have fallen from the Crocodilian Alien Beast.

At this moment, Xiao Yu suddenly noticed something unusual. After a while, he said with some difficulty, “The Taihao Alliance refused to aid us. Could their goal have been to trip up the Sweepers Civilization?”

“The Sweepers?” the Specter companion asked in puzzlement.

“Yes,” Xiao Yu said quietly. “According to the intelligence you provided, when the Arboreal Race Alien Beast intended to attack us and the Taihao Civilization refused aid, among the other powerful existences, only the Sweepers Civilization was at a critical moment in its confrontation with the spatial lifeform. At that time, it could not spare any attention. If, for some reason, the Sweepers Civilization had to ensure that we would not be annihilated by the Arboreal Race Alien Beast, then having the Arboreal Race Alien Beast attack us right at the critical moment of its battle against a powerful enemy, would that not be reasonable? Judging by the Taihao Alliance’s consistent hostility toward the Sweepers Civilization, this is very possible.”

“But what relationship do we have with the Sweepers Civilization?” Xiao Yu pondered bitterly.

Up to now, Xiao Yu had never had any direct dealings with the Sweepers Civilization. Yet the Sweepers Civilization was the strongest potential enemy Xiao Yu had identified. One could say that from the beginning, Xiao Yu had never planned to coexist peacefully with the Sweepers Civilization.

“That is impossible.” the Specter companion replied. “In its battle with the Sweepers Civilization, the spatial lifeform has already died. I personally witnessed the process. Do you know what happened?”

The Specter companion paused, then said slowly, “At the time, the spatial lifeform had at least a forty percent chance of destroying the Sweepers Civilization’s Neutron War Star. Given the situation then, if all had gone smoothly, even if the spatial lifeform could not destroy the Neutron War Star, it was fully confident of escaping. But right at that moment, because of a sneak attack by the Taihao Alliance, the spatial lifeform died completely.”

“So, in a certain sense one could say it was the Taihao Alliance that saved the Sweepers Civilization and saved the Neutron War Star. This contradicts your conclusion that the Taihao Alliance intended to trip up the Sweepers Civilization.” the Specter companion said slowly.

When Xiao Yu heard this, his heart suddenly tightened.

“The spatial lifeform died?” Xiao Yu asked.

“Yes, it died.” the Specter companion said. “It died very unjustly, very aggrieved. Oh, right, this is what the spatial lifeform gave me. This is a fragment of its body. It said that after you enter a Level 6 Civilization, you might be able to use this to develop a two-dimensional weapon.”

Operating a robot, Xiao Yu, somewhat dazed, retrieved the thing that emitted a faint white glow, like a small sheet of white paper. At the first glance, Xiao Yu had already confirmed that this thing had only length and width, with no height. This was without a doubt a fragment of the spatial lifeform’s body.

“A two-dimensional weapon, a two-dimensional weapon.” Xiao Yu murmured. “Inflicting damage by reducing an object to two dimensions. The technological content of this thing is definitely higher than that of ordinary spatial weapons. Through natural development, an ordinary Level 6 Civilization would find it difficult to research such a weapon. But with a physical two-dimensional object as a research subject, perhaps I really can develop a two-dimensional weapon.”

At this time, Xiao Yu once again thought of that ethereal figure. In Xiao Yu’s speculation, it was very likely that it had come to the Milky Way following the will of Chen Mo. It had crossed a distance of several million light years to deliver that necktie to him, and had also turned an entire star system into a two-dimensional existence, displaying its formidable strength. Then it said that it had accepted a commission to clear away the obstacles in Xiao Yu’s path forward and went to seek out the Sweepers Civilization for a showdown. But unexpectedly, it had died, and died so vexingly.

“Are you certain it was the Taihao Alliance’s sneak attack that caused the spatial lifeform to die in such a vexed way?” Xiao Yu asked.

“Yes, I am certain. I saw it with my own eyes. The spatial lifeform seemed to have obtained some kind of legacy technology. It used more than ten stars as an energy base and turned a large stretch of the starry sky into a zero-dimensional point, trapping the Neutron War Star within it. Then, at the critical moment of the battle, the Taihao Alliance struck, destroying three key stars among those more than ten stars. In the midst of a fierce battle, to suddenly lose one’s energy supply, you can imagine the result. So the spatial lifeform died. Before it died, it gave me a fragment of its body and asked me to pass it on to you.” the spatial lifeform answered.

“Tell me all the words you exchanged.” Xiao Yu said.

“Alright.” The Specter companion immediately repeated, word for word, its dialogue with the spatial lifeform to Xiao Yu.

After listening, Xiao Yu pondered silently for a long time without speaking. In his heart, waves began to surge once more. 𝘧𝓇𝑒𝑒𝑤ℯ𝑏𝓃𝘰𝑣ℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮

“If a commission is not completed, one must die? This is…” from the spatial lifeform’s last words, Xiao Yu sensed something else. “If failing to complete a task means death, does that imply the spatial lifeform belongs to a strictly disciplined organization? If this necktie was given to me by Chen Mo, then what status does Chen Mo hold in that organization? Or perhaps Chen Mo does not belong to that organization at all, and Chen Mo is merely a simple commissioner?”

There were many possibilities in this. Xiao Yu only felt as if another great curtain had been drawn before his eyes, obscuring the clear and bright world, leaving everything vague and indistinct.

“I cannot yet deduce what is truly going on here. I suppose that when I possess intergalactic voyaging capability, reach the Andromeda Galaxy, and meet Chen Mo or that commissioner, I will be able to obtain answers.” Xiao Yu thought silently. “But there is another point. Judging from what the spatial lifeform said before it died, ‘I have failed my commissioner. I was unable to complete the commission,’ it seems that the relationship between the spatial lifeform and that commissioner was not merely that of commissioner and commissioned.”

“Do you have any conclusion?” the Specter companion asked.

“I have no conclusion.” Xiao Yu replied. “This matter is impossible to clarify in the short term. Perhaps only when we possess the ability to voyage across galaxies can we figure it out. Let us set this aside for now. In truth, I have always had a doubt. The Taihao Alliance has been pushing our development from behind the scenes. On what basis? What is it that they want to do? With a plan spanning several million years, it is unlikely that they would suddenly abandon us. Then why refuse to help us when the Arboreal Race Alien Beast came to attack us? If not in order to draw out the Sweepers Civilization and trip up the Sweepers Civilization, I can hardly think of another explanation. Yet in the showdown between the Sweepers Civilization and the spatial lifeform, the Taihao Alliance chose to help the Sweepers Civilization and instead took down the spatial lifeform. This is very contradictory.”

“Before it died, the spatial lifeform commissioned me to find out who detonated those three key stars, causing its ultimate defeat, and commissioned me to avenge it after I grew strong.” the Specter companion said slowly. “In fact, I always knew this was done by the Taihao Alliance, but I did not tell the spatial lifeform. I was afraid there was some conspiracy in this matter.”

“Vengeance? Vengeance.” Xiao Yu murmured. “The Taihao Civilization has after all done us favors, even if those favors were for reasons of interest. Enough. As for the spatial lifeform and matters of vengeance, let us set them aside. When we can truly stand before the Taihao Alliance and make everything clear, then we will decide what to do in the future.”

“For now, let us focus on developing ourselves. As long as our strength grows formidable, all these doubts that trouble us will find answers.”