Abnormal crossing

Chapter 267 The Path to Ninth-Order Civilization
Gu Wei's pupils contracted instantly.

According to Milo.

Gender invalidation is actually a relatively simple case; to put it bluntly, it's just going from someone with a penis or without a penis to someone like Hideyoshi.

But
If the concepts of existence and non-existence were to become invalid, that would be rather frightening.
You may witness a part of your own body disappear—not vanish, but a state that cannot be defined by 'existence' or 'non-existence'.

It is both there and not there; the rules are completely absent.

"Well, isn't it terrifying to think about?" Milo chuckled twice, seemingly satisfied with Gu Wei's reaction. "There are even rumors in the Star Sea that in the deepest part of the Silent Zone, there are beings from countless ages ago that have never died because they lacked a concept similar to 'existence.' In short, it's quite frightening."

Gu Wei continued: "."

That's really an exaggeration.
Then Gu Wei scratched his head and asked, "Captain, how were those areas formed?"

“Some are natural, some are man-made, and some are unknown,” Milo shrugged at Gu Wei. “Natural danger zones are generally minor problems that appear during the expansion of the universe, or remnants of the evolution of certain extreme celestial bodies. They can be considered tumors or scars that the universe itself has grown on.”

"For example, the Aurora Maze, the Glowing Belt, and the gravity anomaly zone in front of us are basically all like this, and they are also the most numerous."

Gu Wei nodded; this part was easy to understand.

The expansion of the universe can be divided into two stages: inflation exceeding the speed of light and matter expansion within the speed of light. The essential difference between the two lies in whether or not information is transmitted.

The latter is somewhat similar to a rising tide; once the area expands to a certain range, it may form various undercurrents or even whirlpools.

"As for artificial beings?" Milo glanced at the screen and, seeing that the course was normal, said, "This situation is not common, but it is not uncommon either. Most of them are related to ancient civilizations, that is, those civilizations before the Star Sea."

"For example, the desolate ruins I just mentioned are the core laboratory of a certain ancient seventh-order late-stage civilization. At its center exists an unimaginably huge non-metallic structure—although that thing has long since stopped working, its core is still 'breathing' in an extremely low and unreproducible mode. Each breath produces a special medium that can block powerful forces, ultimately forming that powerful suffocation phenomenon."

As mentioned before.

Throughout the long history of this universe, numerous ancient civilizations have emerged, reaching varying levels of development.

The vast majority of these civilizations were relatively ordinary, reaching only the fourth or fifth level when they were destroyed. However, some civilizations had reached the sixth or even seventh level and were at an upper-middle level.

To know.

Before the emergence of the Zhou Dynasty, those ancient civilizations all faced the gaze of the rulers at the top of the tower, and the pressure they faced was incomparable to that of later generations.

Not an exaggeration.

The potential of those civilizations may not be much lower than that of the Star Sea, and some may even surpass it.

After all, the Starsea Civilization was able to reach the eighth level for two reasons: first, the Zhou Civilization solved the problem of the Dominator's overlooking view; and second, it learned about the existence of polarized rift energy through various relics. Although the specific breakthrough process was achieved by themselves, the research value of their predecessors is indeed not to be ignored.

But those ancient civilizations were different.

They had no guidance ahead, and didn't even know the concept of polarized fissure energy, yet a few of them still reached the very end of the seventh-order path.

This is precisely why even the Star Alliance cannot fully decipher and master some of the core experimental areas left behind by these ancient civilizations—after all, the research directions and theoretical models of civilizations from different eras are also different.

To use the fantasy novels that Gu Wei read before his time travel, it's roughly similar to the difference between "cultivation" and "witchcraft".

Therefore, looking at the entire starry sky...

The number of relics left behind by those ancient civilizations is still considerable. Over countless years of evolution, some of them have gradually formed man-made special danger zones.

After figuring these things out.

Gu Wei blinked again, looked at Milo, and asked, "Then, Captain, what is the final unknown?"

“It’s just that we haven’t figured out the reason for its formation yet,” Milo hummed, making a bear-like shrug gesture. “The Silent Zone I mentioned is like that. After all, the Star Sea Civilization has only developed to the eighth level. It’s advanced, but it’s still a long way from fully grasping the truth of the universe.”

"In any case, according to the current academic view, it will probably be before all the existing problems can be solved after civilization develops to the ninth level."

Gu Wei's eyes widened instantly: "Holy crap, there's even a ninth-order civilization?"

“Of course,” Jin walked up to the two of them without them noticing, picked up the potion Gu Wei had placed on the table and took a sip: “Read more of the books I gave you, it’s written in them—although it’s more advanced knowledge.”

"My water!" Gu Wei instinctively reached out to stop Jin, but realizing it was too late, he gave up: "Never mind. By the way, what's the theoretical template for a ninth-order civilization? Zhou civilization? Or the first generation?"

He remembered it clearly.

Jin once said that the Void Light Civilization died quite suddenly. The entire civilization had not yet reached the Star Sea level when it was annihilated. Ignoring technology and only considering its duration, its duration is not even among the top five of all known civilizations.

Therefore, if there is a template for a ninth-order civilization, it can only be the Zhou Dynasty or the legendary first civilization.

“Of course it’s the first generation. Zhou civilization is still far from that point,” Jin didn’t keep him in suspense. “The standard for defining a ninth-order civilization is the ability to collapse the upper and lower levels of the tower’s space. So far, only the termites of the first generation have accomplished this.”

"That is a much more profound realm than polarized rift energy. Although Zhou civilization has gone further than Star Sea and Void Light, it is still only a late-stage eighth-order civilization."

"I see." Gu Wei quickly accepted Jin's explanation, after all, he himself had some guesses: "By the way, Jin, what stage is Xinghai currently in? Is it the early stage of the eighth rank or the middle stage of the eighth rank?"

Although the division of these smaller segments becomes somewhat vague after junior high school, and many low-level civilizations can be called established X-level civilizations after staying in a certain major level for a long time, this division of smaller segments becomes quite authoritative or, to put it another way, quite obvious after reaching a certain level.

“Star Sea?” Jin raised an eyebrow: “According to mainstream opinion, Star Sea is currently at the threshold of the mid-stage of the eighth rank.”

"Once the primordial universe can naturally evolve civilizations, or one of the other three or four projects at the same level as the primordial plan can produce phase results, the Star Sea can be classified as the mid-stage of the eighth order."

Is it the threshold for mid-stage Rank 8?
A look of understanding flashed in Gu Wei's eyes, but then a new question suddenly arose in his mind:

"Speaking of Jin, what about up in the tower? What level of civilization are the Dominators?"

"Ninth rank, tenth rank, or... higher?"

(End of this chapter)