Luo Kai didn't know how much time had passed before he came out dizzy. His mind was full of symbols, some of which he seemed to have seen before, but he couldn't remember where. Instead, a few lines of small text appeared in his mind.
Name: Luo Kai
Race: Mantis (Human Contaminant)
Psychic Power: Level 9
Physical Strength: Level 9
Evolution Level: Internal database missing, unable to determine
Luo Kai was puzzled. "What is this?
Why is there a contaminant behind the race? "
The AI buzzed for a while before replying. "Scanning host's status, unable to provide detailed guidance. Database damaged, unable to answer questions."
Luo Kai pondered for a moment, then pointed to a patch of grass on the ground. "Can you scan this?"
"Scan complete. Elemental Grass. Low evolutionary level. Contains traces of active ingredients …"
The AI didn't seem to have any intention of stopping. It even explained the most basic elements that made up the plants. Luo Kai was shocked. He knew the importance of understanding the details. If he could understand the principles behind the creation of species, wouldn't he have a natural understanding of the mathematical principles of matter?
Luo Kai had a headache when he heard the AI talk about the chemical effects of various elements. He interrupted it. "Alright, just explain it more simply next time."
"Okay, the Smart Brain will enter hibernation in 30 seconds. Host, please replenish your energy."
After a while, Luo Kai's mind was finally clear. This thing should be the same as Thunderbolt, requiring pure star energy.
Seeing him talking to himself, Brown Bear moved closer to his face and whimpered in confusion.
Luo Kai sighed in relief. He patted Brown Bear's head. "It's nothing. There's something new in my body."
…
Outside of Earth, in the depths of the endless universe, a huge interstellar battleship was cruising. This was the Star Alliance's Tunnel-class interstellar battleship. After thirty years of travel, it was finally nearing the Milky Way.
In the Interstellar Universe, the concept of time was different from that of Earth. A year on Earth was equivalent to a day in the Universe Year, and the measurement was based on the fluctuation frequency of the Universe Tide. Just like the rise and fall of the sea, the Universe also had a process of inflation and contraction. Each rise and fall was equivalent to a Universe Year.
The Milky Way was one of the 365 nebula clusters in the universe. The total number of stars was as high as 100 billion, and the solar system was just a grain of sand among them.
In the Star Alliance's current understanding of the universe, the first level was the General System, consisting of twenty-four galaxies. The second level was the Nebula System, consisting of three hundred and sixty-five nebulae, the Milky Way being one of them. The third level was the Stellar System, whose number was incalculable, as vast as the sea of clouds. The fourth level was the Planetary System, which was like a drop in the ocean.
From the outside, the Milky Way looked like a silver ribbon. It was composed of Earth-like dust, and the main body of the ribbon was a flat disc. At the center of the disc was an oval object. No living being could tell what was inside, not even the Star Alliance, the first of its kind.
In the Universe, the unit of measurement for distance was space, which was measured in nanoseconds.
Everything had two sides. Energy had visible matter and hidden matter. Light had hot and cold light. Magnetic fields had attractive and repulsive forces. Time had a past and a future. Space had positive and negative sides.
If we were to compare positive space to a sheet of paper, the fastest distance between two points was a straight line. Negative space, on the other hand, could be folded. The speed of travel depended on the number of folds. One fold was one nanosecond, which meant the distance between two points was reduced by one fold. The more folds you made, the shorter the distance between two points. Of course, the energy consumption was also proportional to the mass of the object and the distance between the two points.
The purpose of space travel was to pass through negative space. Once the accumulation of matter and energy reached a certain level, it could break through positive space and enter negative space.
In order to push an object of incomparable mass into negative space and travel across the Universe, there was almost no energy source that could provide the power to do so. The main source of energy was the cosmic tide. When the tide rose, it could be used to pass through negative space. In other words, this battleship had to pass through more than thirty times to reach the Milky Way from the Star Alliance.
The Tunnel-class battleship was the newest model developed by the Star Alliance. It could travel between positive and negative space for short periods of time without relying on the cosmic tide. Of course, there was a limit to the distance and time it could travel.
Ever since the Star Alliance developed the technology to fold space, they had crossed the barrier of civilization and explored the depths of the Universe. They had left their footprints in most of the three hundred and sixty-five nebulae. Every nebula system had its own civilization. Some were strong, some were weak. Most of them had not crossed the barrier of space, and were below the level of the first civilization.
But until now, even with the Star Alliance's level of civilization, the vastness of the Universe was still a mystery. Countless teams of Astrals had been exploring, trying to understand and unravel the mysteries of the Universe.
More than a hundred cosmic years ago, one of the Star Alliance's exploration teams came to the Milky Way. By chance, they discovered a lost star system. The so-called lost star system referred to a highly advanced civilization that, for some reason, was unknown to the public.
There were nine people in the team, all of whom were the noblest Astrals of the Alliance. Among the many civilizations in the Universe, they were divided into five categories: Hou, Scaly, Furry, Feather, and Kun. Each race specialized in a different field. The most creative was the Hou, and the Astrals were the best of the Hou. Unlike other creatures, they were born in the Universe and naturally understood the mysteries of energy. They were the leaders of the Alliance, and that was how the name of the Alliance came to be.
At first, the team did not discover the lost star system because it was not within the scope of space observation. Just as they were about to leave, a huge energy tide erupted in the Universe, revealing a corner of it.
The team was also trapped in this star system because of the energy tide. They tried to enter this unknown star system, but found that the space-time rules of this star system were very strange. They could only enter and not leave, and there were a lot of Darksiders living in it.
In the Universe, there were both good and evil creatures, which represented giving and coexistence. The Star Alliance was the representative of civilization. They spread the seeds of civilization everywhere in the Universe, spreading the way and faith of the Universe among the low-level civilizations.
Evil, on the other hand, represented taking and plundering. Darksiders were parasites of the Universe. They lived by plundering the cores of planets. Wherever they went, the star system would become a dead star. They were the common enemy of all civilizations.
As the Star Alliance's wardens, the Astrals naturally could not sit idly by. Unfortunately, the energy tide caused a lot of the laws of physics to fail, and their most powerful weapons could not be used. Moreover, the Darksiders in the star system were extremely powerful. Except for Princess Nebula, the rest of the team were killed.
This was a huge provocation to the wardens of the Star Alliance. When the news reached the Astrals, the Astral Council immediately sent a powerful expeditionary force led by a Void-class Starship to suppress it.
When the Starship entered the Lost Star System, it was immediately besieged by a large number of Darksiders. Some of them were not smaller than the Starship, and many of the laws of physics in this star system were invalid. The battle was extremely tragic. In the end, the Starship was destroyed, and the expeditionary force was wiped out. However, they also killed the most powerful Darksider.
When the news was sent back to the tribe, the matriarch of the Astrals was surprisingly not angry. Instead, she let the people who were left in the Lost Star System collect all the information about the evolution there. Only then did they know the general reason.
This star system was sealed in the gap between positive and negative space for unknown reasons. It was not until the energy tide erupted that a corner of it was revealed. A large number of species lived in it, including all the known species in the Universe. Most of them were very weak and belonged to the early stages of the civilization outbreak.
However, there were some incredible Darksiders. A large number of other species were contaminated by Darksiders and became polluters.