Light Speed ​​War

Chapter 114: The Great Wall of the Universe

After traversing 2122 superclusters and crossing approximately 63 galaxies, the Milky Way falls into a dark expanse of space.

Behind the Milky Way galaxy lies a long, luminous ribbon of light—the cosmic Great Wall that humanity has just traversed. This Great Wall comprises numerous superclusters, including Virgo, Hydra-Centaur, Perseus, Peacock, Coma Berenices, Sculptor, Hercules, Pisces, Clock, Corona Borealis, Columba, Aquarius, Boötes, Sculptor, Draco, Furnace, Crane, Leo, Microscope, Pegasus, Pisces, Ursa Major, Lynx, and Norma, among others. Each supercluster contains two to six galaxy clusters, and each cluster contains hundreds to thousands of galaxies. This cosmic Great Wall, which the Earth Empire has just crossed, contains approximately 10 trillion galaxies. If calculated at the speed of light 4c0, this chain of cosmic galaxies stretches for over 600 billion light-years.

In the first year of the Great Wall Era, humanity on Earth celebrated their crossing of the Great Wall of this universe.

The subsequent detection results left Earthlings speechless. In the dark space the Milky Way had just entered, only five bright points of light appeared and disappeared intermittently. Each of these five points of light was a galaxy, and these galaxies were quite far apart. Like the Milky Way, the other four bright galaxies were speeding through the vast dark space.

The Empire then probed into distant directions and discovered at least 6,400 long, dimly lit chains in the space around Earth that could be observed by humans. These chains extended very far, and galaxies were scattered in the gaps between them in other dark spaces beyond the chains.

These 6,400-plus long, dark, shimmering chains are each a cosmic Great Wall. Each cosmic Great Wall has smaller branches in certain places.

This Great Wall of the Universe appears to be relatively short compared to the more than 6,400 cosmic walls that are currently observable by humans on Earth.

Humanity on Earth is utterly bewildered. The universe is so vast, where is the direction to navigate?

Just when humanity on Earth was feeling lost, the Earth Empire seemed to have found hope.

The "Matrix Civilization," which had been dormant for a long time, emitted light for the first time, sending out a "Morse code matrix."

"Hello, humans from Earth in the Milky Way. Welcome to the 'Matrix' Galaxy Wall."

"Who are you? Are you 'Guang Tong'?" Zhou Yuan hesitated. Judging from this information, he didn't seem to be the same "Guang Tong" as before.

"Zhou Yuan, what do you think?"

"Who are you? The 'Matrix Civilization'?"

"Yes, I am the 'Matrix Civilization' you speak of, and the master of this 'Light Child'."

"Where are you?"

"It can be said to be everywhere."

"God?"

Do you believe in God?

"I don't believe it. God may just be a deification of a super-civilization."

"Haha, interesting."

Zhou Yuan remained silent, then quickly activated his mental field, turned on the supercomputer, and searched for all information related to the "Matrix Civilization," including "Consciousness Matrix," "Teleportation Matrix," "Energy Matrix," Teleportation Ring, and "Light Child."

“Zhou Yuan, I know you humans on Earth are very confused.”

"To be honest, yes."

“‘Guangtong’ was right, you have exceeded my expectations, so I have come to ‘meet’ you.”

"We passed your selection?"

"Yes."

"But back then, the 'Teleportation Matrix' said that you were selecting intelligent civilizations to wage war against neighboring star systems, and that you needed help."

"Yes, the 'teleportation matrix' is right."

"The neighboring galaxy, isn't that the Andromeda Galaxy?"

"Haha, interesting. The neighboring galaxy is the Andromeda Galaxy in your eyes, but in my eyes, it's not!"

"Wait, you just said you welcomed us to join the 'Matrix' Galaxy Wall?"

Yes, haha.

Zhou Yuan gasped, finally understanding. Through his mental perception, he sensed that the imperial high command and the surrounding scientists also suddenly realized the truth.

The "Matrix Civilization" is actually selecting intelligent civilizations to wage war on the Great Wall of the Universe!

"So the four star systems around us are all intelligent civilizations selected by you?"

"Yes, it's a pity that I 'debuted' relatively late, and in terms of the construction of the 'Matrix' Galaxy Great Wall, I am quite different from other giant galactic Great Walls."

Why build a cosmic Great Wall?

“Zhou Yuan, you should ask why we are fighting for the Great Wall of the Universe.”

"Okay, then why fight for the Great Wall of the Universe?"

"In order to return to the 'singularity'."

"Back to the 'singularity' of the Big Bang?"

"Yes."

What good would it do to go back to the 'singularity'?

"To find 'God,' or to reach another universe."

"According to our detection, there are approximately 6,400 Great Walls in this universe."

"That's because your detection capabilities are limited. What you're seeing is only the Great Wall of the Universe in this region of light speed. Currently, there are 423,627 Great Walls of the Universe in this universe, but this number is decreasing rapidly."

"why?"

"One is the struggle between civilizations that have returned to the 'singularity,' and the other is the erosion and destruction by dark forces."

"dark power?"

"Yes, they are the forces that are preventing the return to the 'singularity.' The dark forces are desperately trying to keep the universe expanding rapidly in order to reach another universe."

"Hmm, let me think about it. To summarize, there are currently two major forces in this universe, let's call them the forces of light and the forces of darkness. The forces of light want to return to the 'singularity' of the Big Bang through the Great Wall in order to find God or reach another universe. However, there are also conflicts among the forces of light, as they compete for control of more Great Walls. Meanwhile, the forces of darkness are united, determined to erode and destroy all Great Walls, causing this universe to expand rapidly in order to reach another universe. Is this the 'Matrix Civilization'?"

"Yes."

"I'm curious, if we seize the Great Wall of the Universe, can we return to the 'singularity' of the Big Bang?"

"To return to the 'singularity' of the Big Bang, all the Great Walls of the universe must be gathered together and then destroyed. After destruction, an abyss will be created. This abyss will shrink the space of the expanding universe, recover all the energy, and finally collapse to a point, which is the 'singularity' of the Big Bang."

"You just said that there are currently 423,627 Great Walls in this universe. So how many civilizations, like yours, control these Great Walls?"

"Soon after the Big Bang, several ancient civilizations were born. These ancient civilizations quickly realized that this universe was not alone. There were many universes in other worlds. So these ancient civilizations split into two major factions: one faction built the Great Wall of the Universe, and the other faction destroyed the Great Wall of the Universe. This led to the evolution of the forces of light and darkness that you just mentioned. Unfortunately, the forces of light later split into more than ten camps. Different camps fought and waged wars against each other. Today, the Great Wall of the Universe is divided among one hundred and forty-two camps."

"'Matrix Civilization,' which faction do you belong to?"

"Haha, I belong to no one. I created the 'Matrix' Galaxy Great Wall faction myself. Now, I have nineteen of your civilizations as my powerful allies."

"So, how many Cosmic Walls does our faction currently possess?"

"Using the Great Wall of the universe where your Milky Way was located as a reference, you can see that the nearest Great Wall of the universe is ours."

"Eleven?"

"Yes, I think this achievement is acceptable."

"Hmm. This Great Wall of the Universe, including our Earth Empire, has five civilizations. What about the other fourteen civilizations?"

"They have been dispatched to the third star region of the fortieth quadrant to carry out a mission. Don't worry, I am constantly selecting intelligent civilizations from the eleven Great Walls of the Universe. You will have helpers later on, and our strength will continue to grow."

"Then what do we do next?"

"Together with your four companions, you will patrol eleven Cosmic Walls to prevent enemy invasions, maintain civilized order, repair errors in the Cosmic Walls, and select and assess intelligent civilizations. These are all temporary tasks. Once you are familiar with the Cosmic Walls and their rules, you will join the war to seize the Cosmic Walls."

"I understand. But, the Great Wall of Space could malfunction?"

"Yes. You haven't forgotten, have you? Ten star systems in the Virgo Cluster disappeared."

"what?!"

Zhou Yuan and the others were shocked. Could it be that the disappearance of the ten galaxies in the Virgo Cluster and the subsequent disappearance of galaxies in many superclusters were all the work of the "Matrix Civilization"?

What is the "giant gravitational source" in the direction of the serpent-centaur?

“Those are your companions, the galaxy-cleaning tools and cosmic wall-repairing tools invented by the Pandora civilization.”

"Pandora civilization?"

"The Pandora civilization comes from the Armenian Cosmic Wall, which is next to our Laniakea Cosmic Wall."

Why clean up those galaxies?

“The damaged and destroyed galaxies must be cleaned up, otherwise the Great Wall of the Universe will be exploited by dark forces.”

"How did those hundred-plus satellite galaxies surrounding the Milky Way get destroyed?"

“Those were all done by people sent by Lord Ark of the Cosmic Wall of Phineas.”

Why would Ark destroy these satellite star systems?

"Because it wants to destroy me."

"Destroy you?"

"Yes."

"Can I ask why?"

"The story is a bit long, so I'll just give a brief summary."

The “Matrix Civilization” begins to tell its history.

The "Matrix Civilization" originated in the Triangulum Galaxy, a galaxy within the Virgo Supercluster of the Laniakea Cosmic Wall—the neighboring galaxy to the Andromeda Galaxy and the former home of the Lunar Empire. Initially a carbon-based human civilization, the "Radiant Civilization" from the Andromeda Galaxy suddenly arrived in the Triangulum Galaxy and waged war against the human-formed Matrix Civilization. Defeated, the Matrix Civilization fled across galaxies to the Milky Way, where it secretly developed. The Matrix Civilization heavily invested in technology, creating various matrix artifacts such as the "Consciousness Matrix," "Teleportation Matrix," and "Energy Matrix." With its increased strength, the Matrix Civilization crossed galaxies from the Milky Way to the Andromeda Galaxy, engaging in a brutal all-out war with the Radiant Civilization. The Radiant Civilization was defeated, and its main force was trapped by the Matrix Civilization within the black holes at the centers of over five hundred globular clusters in the Andromeda Galaxy. However, some remnants of the Radiant Civilization managed to escape. The war between the "Matrix Civilization" and the "Light-Descent Civilization" finally attracted the attention of Ark, the lord of the Finis Cosmic Wall. Ark discovered that a powerful civilization had emerged in this Cosmic Wall, so the "Matrix Civilization" was hunted down by many advanced civilizations dispatched by Ark, and many satellite star systems around the Milky Way were destroyed.

Zhou Yuan and the others have finally sorted out the grievances between the "Matrix Civilization" and the "Light-Descent Civilization," understood why the Triangular Galaxy Alliance wanted to exterminate human civilization, and understood that the "light speed barrier" of Earth's solar system was the work of the remnants of the "Light-Descent Civilization." The remnants of the "Light-Descent Civilization" then waged war against the Galactic Alliance in the Milky Way.

"How is Nayak now?"

“I’ve already destroyed it. The Finis Cosmic Great Wall is now part of our ‘Matrix’ Galaxy Great Wall. Alright, Zhou Yuan, I must leave now. I’ve updated the information and data for ‘Light Child’ and taught you some of the technologies you currently need. You can study them at your own pace. ‘Light Child’ will assign tasks to you. I’ll contact you again if there’s anything important.”

Following this message, the spherical 'Light Child's' "head" opened, and a thin, crystal-clear "light sheet" floated out from it, after which the 'Light Child' fell silent again.