The whole weird world is waiting for me to go to heaven

Chapter 1118 Escaping the Splendor
Liu Sheng felt a chill run down her spine.

"blockade?"

Helena nodded, her neck feeling as if it weighed a ton.

"That's right, you can never fly out of this star system. It's been imprisoned by the Federal Empire."

"Excuse me, sir, do you... know what Advent Day is?" Oze suddenly asked.

"The last time... a higher dimension harvesting a lower dimension."

Liu Sheng's voice was deep as he recalled the radiant, afterglow-like divine descent that the Longhu Mountain civilization had experienced.

“That’s right.” He was slightly surprised. “I didn’t expect… that you all knew about it too.”

"But do you know what the premise is?"

"Is it related to Han Ye?"

Liu Sheng frowned; she only had a slight guess.

For the Earth Mother civilization in the experimental field, the Descent Day is merely the time limit for the harvest of this field, but what about the civilizations outside the experimental field?

"Yes."

"When the cold night accumulates to a certain extent, the abyss will devour the planet, causing a dimensional depression in this space. As more and more planets are eroded by the abyss, the depression will gradually expand, truly forming a dimensional slip..."

"At that time, a great flood will occur."

"Although no one knows what the Great Flood was, since those who witnessed it are no longer here, and the Federal Empire has always maintained a policy of containment, so there are no records, everyone knows that it was the true end."

"And the Descent Day will be the last chance for the Federal Empire to reap the rewards. Once the harvest is complete, they will let this star field be submerged by the Great Flood, and may even seal off the star field in advance to prevent the Great Flood from flooding other areas."

"So... signs of a great flood are already appearing in this star system?"

Liu Sheng never imagined that the "Great Flood" that the higher dimensions feared was already so close. He imagined that leading the entire civilization to escape the experimental field would be a new beginning.

Perhaps we can find a nearby habitable planet—such as the Spectral Star—and start a new life.

However, the day of the arrival of the Brilliant Star is also imminent.

She also considered that if, like Longhu Mountain, the entire civilization eventually became a cache, she could simply upload it through [Gombazka] and then find the resources to reload it.

But a "great flood" followed closely behind...

Liu Sheng suddenly realized: "So, in this star field, many planets have already died?"

“Yes,” Helena said with a wry smile. “We only learned that this star field had become a graveyard for stars when Advent arrived. They had all fallen into the abyss in another dimension, so of course we couldn’t see them.”

"That's why there are so many ruins and abandoned ships for you to scavenge."

Helena nodded: "That's right, the scavenging industry thrives on the planet Variegated because of this."

Ozer also said, "So don't you think this star field is very empty? There are only two planets with life in this huge star system—no, you don't even count as life, I'm sorry, that's really true."

Liu Sheng finally understood: "It is precisely in the low-lying areas, with layers upon layers of dimensions, that a multi-dimensional experimental field can be created. This was a deliberate choice."

“That’s right.” Helena shook her head and sighed softly.

"It's a pity we were unaware of your existence, otherwise we would have been on guard long ago."

"But the Federal Empire has always adopted information isolation measures in order not to affect the Advent Day and to prevent the Great Flood from spreading into the void because of our escape."

“If it weren’t for Bell Labs, we would probably still be in the dark.” Ozer’s face was extremely pale, like a blank film.

Bell Labs?

"Yes, Bell Labs is the most technologically advanced family on our planet, Banlan. Almost all civilian equipment, infrastructure, combat equipment and even warships are manufactured or designed by Bell."

Liu Sheng nodded.

Isn't that the current "Qingyun Pavilion"?
However, it's quite unique to the planet Banlanxing that a family would have such a name.

How did Bell Labs discover the truth?

"Please allow me to retrieve some data," Oze said respectfully.

Liu Sheng gestured for him to proceed.

So, Ozer conjured a stream of particles in his hand and sent it into the light screen above.

"...First, scientists at Bell Labs discovered in the Deep Space Telescope array that the galaxy containing the Spectral Star has a clearly discernible spatial boundary."

The screen displayed a set of high-definition images magnified several times. Liu Sheng's gaze sharpened as the images clearly showed a stark truncated section of the starry sky—beyond the stars lay a pitch-black abyss, devoid of any light, like the dark barrier outside an experimental field, only infinitely wider.

"This was only discovered in the last year."

"No matter how we try to move forward, go around, or even jump over, we can't get past this layer of deep space; we're just going around in circles."

The screen switches, and a set of abnormal distribution maps immediately appears.

"Secondly, in a tracking and observation experiment that spanned several centuries, Dr. Bell's team detected local anomalies in the spatial curvature tensor in multiple regions of the local galaxy, which also corresponded to gravitational anomalies. If the interference from nearby gravitational sources is excluded, the gravitational value at the anomaly point is equivalent to that of a celestial body."

"Later it was discovered that the entire galaxy was like this, only the intensity of the curvature perturbation was different, symbolizing celestial bodies of different sizes. It's just that these celestial bodies were no longer in this dimension, and only a trace of influence was leaked through the dimensional space membrane."

Liu Sheng nodded.

She had studied the relevant knowledge, so she could understand it; she was just very interested in the observation technique.

"Of course, most importantly, we attempted to negotiate with higher dimensions—"

"They're actually able to negotiate?" Liu Sheng was somewhat surprised.

"Of course, since they are all from the Federal Empire, some nobles still have connections in the High Dimension. It's just that they have become estranged over the years, but they still have some influence over each other."

"Of course, Gaowei wouldn't want to talk to us unless he had no other choice."

Helena added from the side.

"As the Advent Day approaches, so-called humanity is no longer important. The planet of Brilliant Colors has fallen into unprecedented chaos—wars break out among nobles, and killing, burning, and looting happen every day. The High Dimension can no longer sit still. If this continues, there will be no leftovers to harvest on the Advent Day."

Liu Sheng frowned: "So the result of the negotiations is that variety show?"

"Yes."

Isn't it ridiculous?

Helena shook her head helplessly.

"But at least it leaves a loophole. As long as we can keep the Federal Empire happy, we can get one of the escape slots."

"So this show is called—"

"Escape from Splendor".

……

A frigate is approaching the planet Variegated.

Looking down at the colorful clouds that resembled flowing oil paint, Liu Sheng's mind was filled with Helena's words:
"Unless we can participate in that program, we will only be cannon fodder to be harvested on Advent, and in the end, even the remains will not escape being swallowed by the great flood."

"Of course, there might be some behind-the-scenes manipulation in this program. After all, we don't know which noble will win this game. Maybe the winner has already been decided, but there's nothing we can do but take a chance."

Liu Sheng shared the same thought.

According to Helena, only the victorious nobles will have the opportunity to pass through the Star Gate.

"The higher dimensions will only issue a one-time and unique pass to the victorious nobleman."

"Don't you have any travel agreements?" Liu Sheng asked.

"I didn't expect you to know this."

Helena was shocked once again.

"However, since the Federal Empire tightened its visa policy for us, the travel agreement has not been signed for a long time. We can only get one-time passes now, and we have to use them within seven days of the signing date."

She gave a bitter smile:

"This is actually a signal—the higher dimensions are closing in, and the Federal Empire is abandoning us. But the ridiculous thing is, like a frog being slowly boiled in water, we haven't realized it at all."

But Liu Sheng had a travel agreement.

However, after the celestial ship took off, the launched celestial swords failed to find any trace of the star gate. Now, they finally got the answer: it turned out that it had been blocked by higher dimensions.

Therefore, she did indeed need this opportunity to get close to the stargate.

This is what she believes she can get from the Covin Group, and it is also the purpose of this negotiation.

Now it seems that this is much more reliable than her initial plan—to force her way out through the passage opened by the higher dimension on the day of her arrival.

However, if this is to be done, the Immortal Ship Fleet must be built as soon as possible, then all the people must be brought into the void, and the Immortal Ship Fleet must be able to reach the Colorful Star at the end of the "program".