amaotonovel Chapter 189: Swift Hunt
Chapter 189: Swift Hunt
"Calculations? How do you cheat?"
"Before the five planets of the celestial sphere wandered, two artificial suns replaced the sun. Now we can use several artificial suns to impersonate the new Earth's sun, and then we can build a 'halo garden' for hyperspace travel, realize the Great Migration of the Milky Way again, go to more distant star systems, or simply break through this small world, depending on our needs."
"What if we could drive a galaxy and travel through hyperspace?"
"This is unprecedented, and we don't know if the recycling mechanism will clean up the galaxy, but we can give it a try."
A stellar-scale "halo garden" hyperspace is certainly much weaker than interstellar travel.
"I think it's better for us to drive galaxies than for us to destroy a few stars. When stars are destroyed, their fundamental properties are altered. If we are only driving galaxies, their essential properties remain unchanged; only their state of motion changes. There shouldn't be any problems, right?"
"I think there might be problems with this too, since the position of the galaxy has changed. We can use an artificial mini-sun to replace the star, but after the galaxy is driven, we don't have a galaxy to impersonate it. But the calculation is correct, we should give it a try."
Since Zhou Yuan said so, and just to be on the safe side, let's test the consequences of galaxy-driven hyperspace travel first.
"Whether we reach another world via the 'Halo Garden' or through galactic hyperspace travel, we must be fully prepared, including for the worst. We know virtually nothing about the outside world. Our Imperial Fleet must take on the responsibility of protecting all of humanity." As the Supreme Commander of the Empire, Thomas naturally led from the front.
This high-level meeting of the Empire will have a profound impact on the future of humanity within the Empire.
On July 20, 44839 AD, humanity began the "Halo Garden" experiment. Four artificial mini-suns appeared near a star 8 light-years away from the nine stars orbiting the sun. The force field generator module near this star automatically assembled and began to operate. The star disappeared, and the four artificial mini-suns emitted light and heat comparable to that of the star.
Humans observed the Canis Major dwarf galaxy for a full month, and no anomalies were found, indicating that the deception method proposed by the computation was effective.
Next, we will test how to drive galaxies to hyperspace travel.
In October of the same year, several artificial mini-suns were placed near the suns of the five nine-star systems on Earth. The five "stellar halo gardens" were activated, initiating hyperspace travel. After a month, they arrived at the Andromeda Galaxy. The hyperspace force field generator module left behind in the Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy self-assembled and started activating. The Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy began accelerating into hyperspace. Human observation from a distance confirmed that the Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy had indeed disappeared into space, but no hyperspace oscillations were detected, and no information was received from the Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy's hyperspace communication base station.
Scientists have differing opinions on this result; some say that the galaxy-driven hyperspace travel was successful, while others say that the Canis Major dwarf galaxy was cleaned up by a recycling mechanism.
Zhou Yuan leaned towards the conclusion that the Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy had been cleared out by the system, especially since he hadn't received any hyperspace communication from it. This was exactly as Zhou Yuan had predicted; it seemed that in this virtual universe, any change to the properties of celestial bodies would trigger a cleanup mechanism.
In March of 44840 AD, five "Halo Gardens" of Earth's humankind embarked on hyperspace travel.
The difference between this and Coffey's original calculations is both significant and not too far off. The diameter of the small world in which humanity exists is only about 5100 million light-years, which is far from the original small world's diameter of 6357 million light-years. However, between two adjacent small worlds, there is a dark region, which is about six million light-years wide.
What is most awe-inspiring to humanity is that these smaller worlds or parallel worlds are indeed very similar to our own world, including the shape, number, and mass of galaxies. Each smaller world contains about six thousand galaxies, and each parallel world has an Earth, a Sun, a solar system, and of course, Earth humans.
The long-range detection of the five "Halo Gardens" all seem to indicate that these small worlds are a simulation field of the evolution of human civilization? For example, in one small world, humans on Earth are at war with an alien civilization fleet; in another small world, humans on Earth are still in the industrial age and a nuclear war is breaking out on Earth; and in yet another small world, swordsmen roam the world.
Thomas and other high-ranking officials of the empire decided to stop and take a look at a minor world, the solar system. The humans on Earth in this minor world were not technologically advanced, but some of their individual mental strength or consciousness fields seemed to be very powerful, which was exactly what the empire needed to study photon consciousness.
Five "halo gardens" appeared near the solar system in this miniature world.
Through long-range detection, it was discovered that humanity on this planet is essentially in an era of conflict between consciousness and technology, with superhumans or those with special abilities fighting against human technology. However, like in a fairy tale, this planet also has beasts and demons that invade humanity.
Zhou Yuan, Pan Na, Chu Xiaolu, more than a hundred special forces soldiers, and more than ten scientists boarded ten small warships and flew stealthily to reach the Earth's synchronous orbit. As agreed, Zhou Yuan and Pan Na were the first to arrive in this seemingly complex and peculiar human world.
Zhou Yuan and Pan Na were secretly transported by a light to the underground parking lot of a large shopping mall in the capital city of this planet in the middle of the night.
Zhou Yuan spotted a yellow luxury sports car and winked at Pan Na. Pan Na understood, walked to the car door, reached out and grabbed it; the door opened automatically. The two got into the yellow sports car, and Pan Na drove off at high speed. At the parking lot cashier, the cashier looked at them suspiciously but didn't say anything. Pan Na took some change from the driver's seat, paid the parking fee, and then drove out of the mall.
Even at 2 a.m., there were still many vehicles on the road and quite a few pedestrians. This seemed to be a bustling area of the capital. On the roadside, some people were drinking beer and eating barbecue. Passersby's eyes lit up when they saw the yellow luxury sports car.
The luxury sports car began to drive onto the city's main expressway, and Panna drove the car at a speed of 220 kilometers per hour, weaving freely among the various vehicles in front of her.
Suddenly, the police lights in front of the car started flashing, and the roar of helicopters could be heard in the sky.
The cars ahead began to move into the left lane, and Pana slowed down and also moved into the left lane.
Ahead, a large number of police cars were parked on the right side of the road, their glaring lights flashing. Police officers, armed with guns, were searching passing vehicles on the left side of the road, and several officers were checking drivers' licenses.
Panna continued driving until she reached the checkpoint.
"Dear drivers, please show your identification documents," a policeman shouted through a loudspeaker.
A policeman knocked on the sports car window, and Zhou Yuan rolled down the window.
"Big brother, what happened?"
"We are searching for superpowered rebels. Please submit your identification for inspection.
Zhou Yuan and Pan Na took out two items and handed them to the policeman. The policeman looked at them and returned them to Zhou Yuan.
"Please have a seat, I need to get scanned."
After speaking, the police officer held a small device in his right hand, first scanning Panna, and then scanning Zhou Yuan.
"Thank you both for your cooperation. You can leave now."
Panna knew, of course, that Zhou Yuan had used his special abilities to subdue the police.
Panna started the car, preparing to leave.
A policeman ahead waved to Pana, signaling her to stop. This policeman had many stars on his uniform, indicating that he held a relatively high rank within the police force.
Panna rolled down the car window. "Sir, what's wrong?"
"Miss, is this your car?"
Panna thought to herself, "This is bad." Zhou Yuan looked at the policeman and asked, "White, how was Miss Monroe at the Star Moon Mansion the night before last?"
The officer looked at Zhou Yuan in surprise, his right hand sliding towards his waist, but when he touched his sidearm, he found that the gun was no longer there.
White's eyes darted around, and with a broad smile, he said loudly, "Oh, so you're Young Master Linghu's good friend. No wonder his car was here. My apologies."
White leaned back slightly and gestured forward to let them pass. Panna drove off, with police lights flashing along the roadside and helicopters circling overhead.
Suddenly, a gunshot rang out behind the car, followed by a commotion. Panna pulled the car over to the right side of the road.
Zhou Yuan immediately rolled down the right-hand window, and a small bee flew up, transmitting video footage.
Zhou Yuan and Pan Na witnessed a bloody and violent scene. Behind the checkpoint, many people got out of their cars, abandoned them, and ran back the way they came. Some police officers formed a circle, brandishing stun batons, and shocked a person moving very fast outside the circle. This swiftly moving person rapidly circled outside the police's defensive perimeter, accompanied by a flash of cold light. A sudden flash of light meant a police officer's throat had been slit, blood spurting out and flying a long distance. One by one, the police officers with stun batons fell, the last one also being brought down by having his throat slit. The police officers nearby formed an impenetrable circle with their shields, and the armed helicopter began firing at the swiftly moving person. The swiftly moving person's figure blurred, but he had already leaped into the air and entered the shield circle. Before the police could react, they fell in a petal-like pattern, like blooming red plum blossoms.
The Swiftman began to accelerate, speeding towards the luxury car in a zigzag trajectory, bullets fired from the attack helicopter sending plumes of smoke rising from the ground behind him.
Zhou Yuan and Pan Na stood in the middle of the road, blocking Xun Yiren's path. Xun Yiren's hand flashed with a cold light, preparing to strike. However, Xun Yiren seemed to have crashed into a wall; the violent impact forced him back two or three steps. He stopped, revealing his cold-blooded killer persona: Xun Yiren, a slender young man. To his surprise, the beautiful woman standing opposite him clapped her hand in the air, causing the armed helicopter behind her to crash and explode. After the roar of the armed helicopter ceased, the road fell into a deathly silence, devoid of any life. The road was like a parking lot, stretching as far as the eye could see. The beautiful woman and her companion, a handsome man, walked towards him, their footsteps rhythmically tapping, accompanying the young man's rapid heartbeat.
"Hello, I'm Zhou Yuan, and this is my wife, Pan Na." Zhou Yuan greeted the teleporter first.
"Oh, hello, my name is Dora. You are also superhumans, which organization do you two belong to?" Dora asked with certainty, based on his experience of being bounced back and Panna's move.
"Dole, I'm sorry, we don't belong to any organization here."
“Oh, so you’re going solo. That’s a shame.” Dore put away his long dagger.
"What's there to regret?"
“If people with superpowers don’t join an organization and go it alone, they can easily be secretly eliminated by government departments. You should understand what I mean.”
"Yeah, we understand."
“Zhou Yuan, Pan Na, with your abilities, you will definitely be highly valued in the organization. How about this, if you are interested in joining our Superpower Alliance, I will be your introducer.”
"Thank you very much. But we still have some things to take care of. After we're done, we'll consider whether to join our alliance, okay?"
"Alright then. Call this number in four days and say that Dora introduced you. Zhou Yuan, remember, the code word is 'Supreme Emperor'." After saying that, Dora handed Zhou Yuan a small piece of paper with only a string of phone numbers on it.
"Supreme Ruler?" What does that mean? Zhou Yuan and Pan Na began to take an interest in this alliance of superpowered individuals and this Earth.