System: My Doomsday Train-Chapter 788 - 326: "It’s Not Slaughter, It’s Erasure." (Requesting Monthly Votes) _2

Chapter 788: Chapter 326: "It’s Not Slaughter, It’s Erasure." (Requesting Monthly Votes) _2

Born on the train, having never seen anyone, only an AI taught him to speak, told him some information. He had no concept of how many resources were onboard, no idea of the price of a planet, not even knowing the value.

He was like a walking corpse. His only mission was to return to the "Nia Civilization," purchase a residential planet, bury his father’s body, and fulfill his father’s wish. However, the sudden disappearance of the Nia Civilization left his life without a direction.

He didn’t know what his existence would mean after that.

Like a child raised by wolves, accidentally entering human society as an adult, only to find he couldn’t fit in at all.

...

Inside the Constant Star Train.

Chen Mang, who was resting on a chair, was interrupted by Ai’s voice.

"Master Mang, I’ve mostly figured it out."

"Hmm."

Chen Mang, somewhat fatigued, opened his eyes, gently massaging his temples, and with his feet on the console, spoke softly, "Go ahead and explain."

For some reason, he suddenly felt a bit sleepy.

"Alright."

Ai nodded, started organizing the information she knew, and summarized it based on the timeline: "12,800 years ago, there was a fourth-level civilization in this region, the ’Nia Civilization.’

"Extremely powerful."

"It was the most powerful civilization in this region, unparalleled."

"According to the boundaries of the Nia Civilization in the database back then, it was a strip-like territory, with an x-axis diameter of 100,000 light-years and a z-axis vertical depth of 1.87 million light-years."

"The x-axis is the horizontal axis, the z-axis is the vertical axis."

"The territory of the Kasha Civilization Federation spans tens of thousands of light-years on the x-axis but only less than 173 light-years on the z-axis. In our region’s star system, almost all planets are roughly in a horizontal interval."

"But going upwards or downwards several hundred light-years on the z-axis, the number of planets decreases significantly, and the deeper you go, the more they decrease. Though not comparable to a cosmic void, it’s already at the edge of the star system."

"Thus—"

"This is why, whether the ’Insect Race Civilization,’ the ’Kasha Civilization,’ or indeed the ’Mechanical Civilization,’ all primarily expand along the x-axis; it’s more cost-effective this way."

"To explore deeper into the x-axis is to enter the entirely unknown depths of the universe, who knows what may be encountered. It’s better to focus on the star systems at hand."

"In the universe."

"A star system is basically a gravitationally bound system containing hundreds of millions of stars, interstellar gases, mineral-bearing planets, dust clouds, etc., with a diameter usually of tens or hundreds of thousands of light-years."

"Some star systems are spherical, some are flat. Regardless if it’s the Kasha Civilization or the Insect Race Civilization, we are all located in a star system, and this star system is flat."

"At that time, the ’Nia Civilization’s territory had a vertical depth of 1.87 million light-years on the z-axis. Nia Civilization controlled as many as four star systems."

"The more star systems under control."

"The more residential planets there are, the more resource planets there are, the stronger the power."

"..."

At this moment, Chen Mang was suddenly fully awake, his eyes narrowing slightly as he gazed at the Star System Map on the screen next to him.

The "Star System Map" displayed most of the planet distribution within 100,000 light-years.

Both horizontal and vertical are shown.

So, naturally, he could also see the planetary distribution on the z-axis.

But—

On the z-axis, the deeper it went hundreds of light-years, the number of planets began to plummet continuously until, several thousand light-years deep, they became exceedingly scarce, scattered here and there, and this situation persisted with no end in sight to a depth of 100,000 light-years on the z-axis.

Therefore.

Neither Kasha Civilization nor Insect Race Civilization contemplated resource contention; instead, they vied on the horizontal plane, as there was little to be gained from the z-axis. Only on the plane was anything available.

Yet the "Nia Civilization" boasted a z-axis spanning 1.87 million light-years in depth.

If they were a sheet of paper laid flat in the universe, then the Nia Civilization was a sheet of paper standing vertically in the universe.

"..."

He remained silent, unspoken, awestruck by the might of the fourth-level civilization, unable to fathom the concept of a territory spanning 1.87 million light-years. The resources to create a wormhole across such a distance would likely be something even a third-level civilization couldn’t bear!

The gap between third-level and fourth-level civilizations truly was substantial?

He believed.

The "Nia Civilization" must have explored across the x-axis and, finding no notable star systems nearby, began looking along the z-axis into the depths of the universe. He suddenly realized that the existence of the "Nia Civilization" not only represented a period in history.

It also marked valuable and precious information.

This means that if he wants to expand in the future, he doesn’t need to explore around the x-axis but can head directly into the z-axis, saving him a lot of resources and effort.

"Continue."

"Alright."

Ai quickly hand-drew the shape of the "Nia Civilization’s territory range" on the screen, then continued, "The Nia Civilization occupied four star systems in total, and each star system was named. Our star system was named the Nia Star System."

"This star system was also the one with the least resources among the four star systems."

"However, the Nia Civilization was born in this star system, and the only home planet of the Nia Civilization was in this region. Thus, this star system was named by Nia. Later, the Nia Civilization moved its home planet to a more resource-rich star system, and this star system gradually declined from its original political and economic center to the political and economic periphery."