Abnormal crossing

Chapter 210 The Evaporated Eighth-Order Civilization (Part 1)
Five hundred thousand years ago.
Gu Wei was no stranger to this point in time.

That was a point in time when the Star Sea Alliance had just completed its great integration and was beginning to take shape, belonging to the early stage of the entire integrated civilization. At the same time, a major crisis occurred that almost led to the premature demise of the Star Sea Alliance:

At that time, one of the only two early-stage eighth-order civilizations in the Starsea Alliance was destroyed.

This is also the first and only eighth-order Arbitrator civilization to have perished in the Starsea to date.

Not long ago.

After Gu Wei had a dream about the trial of Scott Winton by the illusory civilization, Jin told him some information about the Descendants, one of which was related to that extinct eighth-order civilization:

The Star Alliance has experienced two descent events to date. The second was prevented in time due to the formation of StarNet technology, while the first descent event, which occurred 500,000 years ago, was the culprit behind the destruction of an eighth-order civilization.

After finishing his conversation with Jin that day, Gu Wei even logged onto Xinghai Internet and did several searches.

But sadly.

Gu Wei could only find that the eighth-tier civilization was called the [Tilanos Empire]. Other information about this civilization was marked as insufficient.

It is clear.

Even though the Starsea Civilization has developed to such a high level, with as many as nine Arbitrator Civilizations, it still remains tight-lipped about the destruction of the Tilanos Civilization.

At the time, Gu Wei speculated that this blocking was because it involved the Descendants. After all, only thirteen Descendants have appeared in the billions of years since the universe was born. It was understandable to set a search threshold for related information to avoid panic among ordinary people.

But now it seems
This seems to involve some kind of alliance agreement.

Seeing Gu Wei's curious expression, Jin organized her thoughts and said, "The Tilanos Empire was not an initial member of the Star Sea, but a sixth-order advanced civilization that it encountered during the Star Sea's expansion. After a thousand years of contact, negotiations, and mutual concessions, it finally chose to join the Star Sea."

"Later, the Tilanos Empire advanced to the eighth tier, and due to its great contributions to the entire Star Sea and its high prestige, it joined another eighth-tier civilization in promoting the establishment of the Star Sea Alliance."

"Two eighth-order civilizations were elected as race leaders, while the remaining seventh-order civilizations and some sixth-order civilizations were elected as joint councilors, and new members are recruited every now and then."

Gu Wei nodded slightly.

This kind of fusion is easy to understand.

Not to mention the vast sea of ​​stars, he had seen quite a few even on Earth before he transmigrated there.

In a sense, the Chinese nation to which Gu Wei belonged was also a product of this integration.

However, compared to other federal countries on Earth, China, relying on the strong barrier of Chinese characters, has always maintained a dominant position in the process of integration.

Many civilizations in the Star Ocean today are non-core members who joined midway through their development, including some top-tier eighth-order arbitrators—for example, the two major victims of the National Day of Mourning, the Hick Community and the Vera Elves, both belong to this category.

Meanwhile, Jin continued her introduction: "The Tilanos Empire advanced to the eighth rank approximately 560,000 years ago. It was a unique race with great potential. If it had followed its original trajectory, it would likely have reached the mid-level of the eighth rank 400,000 years ago, with unlimited potential."

"But one day, half a hundred thousand years ago, this civilization vanished."

Gu Wei was stunned for a moment, thinking he had misheard: "Evaporate? What do you mean?" "Literal meaning," Jin turned to look at him, her tone serene: "During that period, the invaders lurking in the Tilanos Empire had already reached the level of quasi-leaders of civilization—somewhat similar to Scow Winton of the Void Light Civilization."

"After taking power, the Adventists updated a set of digital certificates under the pretext of technological iteration, but in reality, they implanted some kind of imaginary virus into the certificates."

"Then one day the virus suddenly broke out, and all intelligent life and electronic creations in the Tilanos Empire turned into nothingness."

talking.

She pressed a few buttons on the bracelet and brought up a holographic video.

on the screen.

A massive, terraformed planet floats in the starry sky, its surface covered by a crisscrossing network of giant structures. Energy channels flow like glowing veins, illuminating the entire planet as a dreamlike gem woven with blue and gold.

In orbit, hundreds of spaceports spewed forth endlessly, and the exhaust plumes of spacecraft drew dazzling trails in the void, like a never-ending meteor shower.

Below the spaceport, floating cities are embedded in near-Earth orbit, towering spires pierce the clouds, and massive computing arrays operate silently in the polar regions.
Even just a vantage point overlooking the planet is enough to glimpse its prosperity.

If we compare them based solely on visual perception...

This planet is even more prosperous than the planet Scya that Gu Wei first encountered—the commercial planet where he met the supreme sage Ah Lie Lie, who only came up with the worst strategies, and who was now in the rage of the fishing enthusiast.

To know.

The planet Scya is a galactic-level trade hub.
But before Gu Wei could even have a few seconds to reflect, a sudden change occurred in the video.

Suddenly, this once-glorious planet began to flicker wildly, like a light bulb with an unstable voltage. The blue-gold energy pipes dimmed first, and the light quickly went out like the receding tide, revealing the hideous metal skeleton beneath.

One by one, the spaceports in orbit began to stop without warning, and the exhaust flames of the spacecraft came to an abrupt end, but there were no explosions of fire on the ground as the hulls fell.

The quantum computing array in the polar region emitted a blinding red light, and the equipment screamed wildly. Then, as if squeezed and twisted by some invisible force, it finally disintegrated into countless fragments, which slowly drifted away in the air.

However, more terrifying than the anomalies of the numerous man-made modules is the planet itself:

Its surface inexplicably began to wrinkle, and its metal structure curled and peeled off like charred paper. Strange, pale substances gushed from the broken parts of its body, like pus seeping from a festering wound.

The entire planet is decaying at a visible rate, as if some unseen plague is eroding its foundations.

In just a few blinks of an eye, the planet's volume shrank by more than a third.

Followed by.

The image was zoomed in further, switching to a scene that sent chills down Gu Wei's spine:

In a plaza on the planet, countless silver humanoid beings, half the height of a human (Earthling) and with horns on their heads, gathered there for some unknown reason. They were standing motionless in a uniform, prayer-like posture, completely ignoring the changes taking place on the planet.

Ink-black outlines extended from their bodies, then slowly dissipated into nothingness.
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(End of this chapter)