amaotonovel Chapter 186 Old Civilization, and New Civilization
Chapter 186 Old Civilization, and New Civilization
Alice sat on the warship's command platform, while outside, unbeknownst to her, five golden-robed mages stared blankly at the scene before them.
"Have we encountered this situation in any of our previous trials?"
The crystal, originally used to indicate the training status, suddenly lit up with a deep blue glow, which was unexpected by everyone. In the past, the trials would turn red, purple, or gold, but never blue.
"Oh my god... this color... it can't be... if she really is..."
The five exchanged glances. In the Magical Hermitage, trials usually only show red, which means failure and the trial participant will disappear. Purple means success, while yellow is only seen on those trial participants who are exceptionally talented and ambitious.
The ranking of the Magical Order is Gold Robe, Purple Robe, and Gray Robe, but among the five Gold Robe Elders, there is another color—Blue.
Legend has it that the predecessor of the Magical Order, the Magical Order, was created by a woman with short, gray hair and half of her body replaced by machinery.
And this legend was also created by her, and its original purpose was not to attract outsiders or to test magical skills.
Rather, it's to find kindred spirits.
But since there is such a concept as "the same kind", there must also be such a concept as "the different kind". And these so-called "different kind" are the five people standing in front of this ancient organization.
Unbeknownst to Alice, within this trial space, the UNS-Amerlansey was engaged in a fierce battle. Several enemy squadrons were charging towards them from the ecliptic plane, but the UNS-Amerlansey, equipped with light lances, simply locked onto them with its fire control radar and launched the devastating particle light lances.
This weapon can travel at the speed of light for hundreds of light-minutes, and its energy torrent can completely destroy a cruiser in an instant.
This weapon is now standard equipment on battleships of the Amerlane class.
To Alice, this ship was nothing short of science fiction. Whether considering Amelanxi's current situation or her past life, this warship was not a technological marvel they could create.
Alice witnessed firsthand the advanced technology flowing through the ships: proton armor that could withstand attacks from enemy kinetic weapons, and powerful energy shields that neutralized energy weapons fired at the warships.
Each strike from the warship's main guns was enough to destroy everything on a continent, and each shot unleashed a magnificent evolution in the space battlefield filled with energy beams and missiles.
The United Nations of Earth has never been inferior to its enemies in terms of technology and weaponry, but the overwhelming attacks across the entire Milky Way have still left Earth civilization unable to resist.
The light spear pierced through several destroyers in its path; these alien enemy warships were nearly thirty years behind human capabilities.
Like most civilizations, the captain of the UNS-Amelansey never chose to flee. Beneath this powerful ship, on this blue planet, lay his helpless comrades.
The majority of humans living on this planet possess exceptional intellect; it is a research-oriented planet. After the war began, humanity utilized all the technology at its disposal to transform this planet as much as possible. It is also a contingency plan that humanity has prepared with all its might for its own future.
Although Alice was unfamiliar with the massive warship, she still tried her best to command it. She looked at the situation map, a dynamic battle map of the star system displayed by a holographic projection.
The dense red dots represent the enemy, a blue planet represents Amelansi IV, and separating the red and blue is only a seemingly tiny dreadnought.
[Amelansi IV, emanating psionic energy since its discovery, was initially discovered by miners and outpost maintenance personnel working on this rocky planet who began to perceive a peculiar sensation, and subsequently awakened this unique ability.]
[Subsequent scans of Amelansi IV revealed that the planet was not naturally formed; it appears to be a perfect planet prepared for humankind, a key site for the evolution of civilization.]
Alice listened quietly to the voice in her mind. The ethereal, mechanical female voice spoke in an emotionless tone about an origin that Alice had never heard of before, yet was undeniable.
Beneath the rocky crust of Amelansi IV, there is no liquid mantle or core typical of other planets. Through geological instruments and a comprehensive exploration of the planet, geologists discovered that beneath the rocky crust, the core possesses a complex metallic structure, while the outward-extending mantle layer contains various root-like metallic structures.
Exploration of a metallic mountain range near Antarctica revealed the underground structure of Imellansi IV—an ancient computer core.
The importance of Amelansi IV stems from this: the ancient computer core revealed to humanity the path to the future and the reason for the alien invasion—psychic interference with the real world. The psychic shockwaves that erupted across most star systems stripped most intelligent beings of their autonomy, turning them into puppets of the psychic realm. Except for humans, whose unique physical structure made them immune to the shockwaves. But it was all too late.
Now, with the Battle of Amelansi nearing its end, the last human research team has used ancient computer cores to calculate how humanity can preserve its spark of hope.
Alice looked at the overwhelming number of ships, with various beams of light shooting towards the dreadnought. On the scale of space, the UNS-Amelansey was like a turtle that had crawled ashore only to find itself surrounded by a group of predators. The ship's communication channels were filled with firm commands, desperate cries, and calm last words.
Alice gasped for breath, cold sweat beading on her forehead. Her heart felt as if it had been struck a heavy blow—a sign of nervousness.
[This project is divided into three parts. The first part, called Project Utopia, uses a computer core to manipulate the psionic energy emanating from the planet. They created hundreds of human subspecies by adding artificial gene fragments to humans as samples. The genes of these human subspecies will be deployed on the artificial natural continents that have already been completed on this planet.]
Alice's vision suddenly blurred, and she found herself back in outer space. The massive planet Amelansi IV filled her entire field of vision, and within that blue expanse, grayish-white remnants, like tree branches torn by a child, drifted silently, without any support.
The second part, titled "Expansion into the Future," involves an ancient hyperspace interference device discovered at the Amelansi VI Integrated Control Laboratory. This device has been proven to be able to pull intelligent life to another point in time on a temporal scale. While this plan is uncontrollable, it still holds considerable significance.
[The captain of the UNS-Amelansey ultimately fulfilled her duty, firing her final bullet amidst the endless enemy forces. The massive dreadnought was eventually sunk in high geosynchronous orbit around the planet, becoming its youngest moon.]
The Utopia Project was successfully implemented. The alien fleet did not carry out a devastating attack on the natural continents; they only destroyed the artificial ring island on one side of the planet and the space orbital elevator facility in Antarctica.
Of the 7290 crew members on board, 7289 died in battle, which allowed the Amelansi IV science team to escape successfully. However, one hundred million people were still destroyed in the artificial settlement zone on this planet.
Alice tried to speak, but couldn't say anything.
The last message from distant Earth was an alarm that enemy ships had appeared in the airspace above the lunar fortress. But our battle was over. We had left a spark for the future of humanity. Over the long years, the new humans created by the old humans emerged from the forests and established the first civilization. For the first thousand years, I worried that the enemy would return, but in the long span of ten thousand years, those enemies seemed to have vanished, and the new humans thrived in the old world.
Alice nodded. Indeed... that's true.
This is my choice, and it is also your choice, my... compatriots. It has been so long since I welcomed your return. No matter what your body has become, no matter if your past was one of enslavement, resistance, obscurity, or glory, our thoughts and memories all come from that distant homeland. Welcome... my compatriots.
Alice turned around abruptly. The blue ribbon, the boundless space, and the wreckage of the warship had all vanished. In their place, she saw a petri dish emitting a blue light on one side of the room.
In the transparent liquid, a person was sleeping peacefully. Alice walked forward and saw a girl with gray hair floating in the liquid. Incongruous with her serene and beautiful face were her left hand and left leg, which were cold machines.
The ethereal, mechanical female voice no longer echoed; instead, a faint blue light flickered on a screen on one side panel.
End of hibernation
[Raffarin Low, Rear Admiral of the Earth United Nations Space Fleet, Military ID Number]
[Hibernation period: Earth days]