System: My Doomsday Train-Chapter 840 - 334: "Then Why Aren’t You Dead Yet?

The main issue is the resources required, it's too high.

For now, it's very hard to advance to a Third-level Civilization.

Just at this moment—

Ai's voice came from within the train.

"Train Captain, that miner has fallen asleep again, and he's appeared at that fatty's mining field once more. Should we broadcast it in real-time?"

"Real-time broadcast." 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

Chen Mang's eyelid twitched. Last time, this miner suddenly had a severe emotional fluctuation and exited the dream, unable to re-enter. It interrupted his communication last time. Now that he can enter again, he needs to gather more information about that civilization.

Although that civilization is estimated to be very far from him, with a high probability of never interacting in this lifetime.

But after all, it's a Fifth-level Civilization.

He's mainly curious about what's inside the Fifth-level Civilization, the level of their technology, and the advanced techniques they have.

This time the other party is proactive.

As soon as the miner appeared, that Little Fatty ran over excitedly with a tablet in hand, "You're here! Something major happened recently in our civilization, you would definitely be interested."

"What's the largest palace you've ever seen?"

"It's definitely not as large as this one of mine!"

"As large as a planet!"

"Today, it suddenly appeared within our civilization, and it appeared above the planet where my father is, yet it doesn't block any light. It's amazing, look..."

Little Fatty seemed very excited, endlessly sharing new anecdotes about recent happenings in his civilization with his new friend.

Meanwhile, sitting in the train cabin, Chen Mang gazed at the screen on Fatty's tablet, a hint of confusion flashing in his eyes...

He hadn't been thinking about the Celestial Palace lately.

It was too far away from him.

He decided to focus on immediate matters first.

But—

How did this suddenly pop up in front of him again?

Not long ago, the Celestial Palace, originally located near the Starfire Civilization, suddenly disappeared. Although he didn't know the situation, he didn't care either. If it disappeared, it disappeared. He even speculated that maybe his future self made different choices, leading to the disappearance of the Celestial Palace.

But how has it suddenly appeared within the Nami Civilization?

"..."

After a long silence, Chen Mang hoarsely spoke, "Ai, check the similarity between this Celestial Palace and the one we saw. I suspect there might not be just one Celestial Palace in the cosmos, but possibly many?"

"According to the image comparison from his tablet, the similarity is 96%, almost entirely identical. The only differences are the reflection and shadow brightness. Without considering these factors, the similarity would be 100%."

"Data-wise, these two Celestial Palaces can basically be confirmed as the same, but it doesn't rule out the possibility of two completely identical Celestial Palaces."

"Do you think..."

Chen Mang furrowed his brow, "Was it a mistake not to choose to explore that Celestial Palace? The Nami Civilization is obviously 108,000 years away from us, with no relation, yet these past couple of days, events have connected me to the Nami Civilization through various means."

"Could it be—"

"Is destiny guiding me to the Nami Civilization?"

"Or is it my future self guiding my present self to the Nami Civilization?"

At this moment, the Little Fatty standing at the mining field saw that the Mysterious Passenger hadn't spoken for a long time, and looked confused. Soon, the Mysterious Passenger, as usual, handed over a piece of paper.

"Did your civilization explore that palace? Did you find anything inside?"

"No."

The young fatty shook his head, "As my father says, they're in the preliminary exploration phase, not even entering the palace doors. No findings. But my father seems quite pessimistic, feeling that this matter will bring about an unstoppable disaster to the civilization."

"Aren't you pessimistic?"

"Me? I'm fine, I don't know if I should be pessimistic. I just feel that if you're a person, you'll die, and if it's a civilization, it'll eventually perish. Even Divine-level Civilizations can't avoid extinction, so how could a Fifth-level Civilization be 100% exempt."

"When the day of extinction comes, it's just fate."

"I think the mainstream in society is quite pessimistic, fearing the civilization might be destroyed upon encountering a strong enemy. Mainly because people live too long. If they were like lower-level civilizations, living only sixty to seventy years, there'd be no need to worry about this, because most likely, they wouldn't live to see that day."

"The longer a person lives, the more troubles they have."

"My father once arranged a blind date for me, and my only criterion was that they should be original, but there wasn't a single one."

"Do you mean a virgin?"

"No."

The young man shook his head, "By original, I mean having no mechanical organs in the body, never having undergone bodily repairs or life extension in a 'Medical Cabin', and being just as they were born from the mother's womb, purely original."

"Does your civilization have no such concept?"

"If they repaired themselves in the 'Medical Cabin' once, it's a restart once, twice repaired means two restarts, never restarted means original."

"I always feel that..."

"After a full repair in the medical cabin, all body cells and organs are restored to 100%, but is the person who comes out still you? Memories are identical, but maybe, your memory was just extracted and placed into a cloned body."

"I'd rather die early than reboot my body."

The young man muttered quietly. Since childhood, he had been somewhat solitary and pathological, with many ideas that ordinary people couldn't accept. He didn't have many friends, and over time he became even more reluctant to socialize with others.

The Mysterious Passenger was one of the few friends he actively sought in recent years.

And clearly, their thinking was different from the mainstream, not considering him abnormal.

"Then why aren't you dead yet?"

"..."

The young man was slightly taken aback, looking somewhat perplexed at the Mysterious Passenger in front of him, "Well... I don't want to die just yet."

The other party didn't think he was abnormal.

But why does he feel that the other party is somewhat abnormal?

"I mean, hasn't your civilization researched death? Researched where people go after death or what happens?"

"What is the world after death like?"