I, a ship girl, am the savior of civilization.

156. Singer, your house is a gold mine!

The one-sided war quickly came to an end, unable to offset the environmental impact of the rule imbalance, making it difficult for the Singer Civilization and the Marginal Civilization to put up a corresponding resistance.

Energy weapons similar to light spears often inexplicably deflect after being fired, not only failing to hit the target, but sometimes even hitting teammates behind them after multiple deflections.

After switching to conventional engines, the warships barely regained their maneuverability, but neither of the two civilizations' fleets could follow the cruise instructions to move. Some fleets even disappeared abruptly during their retreat, only to reappear in the center of the pacification fleet, where they were ultimately destroyed in despair.

What was originally a stark and brutal interstellar war turned into a game in Noah's eyes. If it weren't for the sparks from the explosions and the large amounts of debris floating in space, it would have seemed more like a game.

"Core, we have captured part of the enemy ship's database and extracted important information, including the location of the enemy civilization's home planet and the location of strategic military industrial facilities. Please issue further instructions."

"Homeworld!"

Upon receiving the deciphered database, Little Noah's eyes lit up: "Leave some warships behind, and the rest will split into two groups and head to each other's home planets. I'm going to blow up their home planets!"

"The enemy civilization has been confirmed, codenamed 'Singer Civilization' and 'Rim Civilization.' Technological level analysis is complete, and rudimentary microcosm technology has been detected. The core and fleet diversion are complete, but given that the enemy civilization possesses a microcosm, please do not have too much hope."

The auxiliary core ruthlessly dampened Noah's enthusiasm while simultaneously helping him maneuver the flagship towards the Singer civilization's home star system.

The Dark Forest system still poses a certain deterrent to god-level civilizations, but when it comes to the realm of rules, this cosmic deterrent has greatly diminished its ability to intimidate them.

The further a civilization's technological development progresses, the more complex and extensive its basic theories become, making it increasingly difficult to achieve a technological explosion—this is an exponential process.

Therefore, after discovering the marginal civilization, the Singer civilization boldly chose to wage war against it.

We're both god-level civilizations, so who's afraid of whom?

Even though their civilization was weaker than that of the peripheral civilizations, the Singer civilization did not back down directly, but continued to maintain the border front despite the pressure.

It's not just because of the gradually awakening dignity of civilization, but more importantly, because they can take their home planet and colonies into their own universe at any time and then simply run away.

Before the Singer civilization developed the microcosm dragging technology, they had no way out but to fight to the death. However, after successfully developing the technology, they had a way out. Running away would be undignified, so they decided to try fighting.

Perhaps it was based on this mindset that singer Wenming did not choose to flee immediately.

Of course, the Singer civilization did not expect that in such a short time after the front-line fleet was defeated, Little Noah would lead the fleet to directly jump and attack their home star system.

Just as Noah was prepared to pounce and miss, he was pleasantly surprised to find that the Singer civilization was only maintaining the highest level of alert and had not chosen to flee directly.

In contrast, the fringe civilization was already on high alert in terms of the sociology of civilization. When another purging agreement fleet arrived at the coordinates of the fringe civilization's home star system, the entire star system had already been completely moved by the fringe civilization, leaving only a fleet to buy time.

"I didn't expect such a pleasant surprise."

Completely ignoring the rapidly assembling fleet and well-prepared defensive array within the star system, Little Noah turned to Laura for help, and Laura naturally once again invoked the rules of the stars upon the Singer civilization.

Suddenly, the Singer civilization finally understood why the frontline fleet had collapsed so quickly.

It's not that our own fleet is weak; it's just that the enemy is using cheat codes.

All the equipment that had applied the rules returned to their original normal levels, and the physical miracles that had been forcibly achieved by the rules were all brought back to reality.

Linked armor, whose strength was increased by altering the material structure, was damaged due to a sudden drop in its resistance to pressure and bending, causing large swathes of the fleet to break in two; the transfer core, whose melting point was forcibly raised to improve energy transmission efficiency, also melted instantly after losing the support of the rules, triggering a series of explosions in the vast and magnificent star base.

Before the war even began, the Singer civilization's defensive lines were already on the verge of collapse.

The Suzheng Fleet was completely unaffected; on the contrary, it thrived, with even the most ordinary frigates easily destroying the Singer Civilization's battleships.

Even without the protection of the rules, the information defense capabilities of the heavily protected Singer homeworld were completely paralyzed. A pacification army was directly teleported to the planet, destroying all obstacles along the way with unstoppable momentum, seizing the civilization database of the Singer Science Research Institute, and then completely moving the entire Academy of Sciences, people and all.

Everything happened so suddenly that the Singer civilization didn't even realize at first that its own civilization was already on the countdown to destruction.

"We've already obtained the most valuable research data on the singer, so let's forget about the resources."

With a casual remark, Little Noah nonchalantly decided the future of hundreds of billions of lives in the Singer civilization: "Now, prepare to undergo purification from the Purge Agreement!"

"Purge the core, activate Colossus Mode!"

The flagship where Noah was located began to change shape, its armor folding continuously to reveal the ferocious creature hidden inside the ship.

Ignoring the sparse defensive firepower, the Little Noah ship, having completely transformed into a giant, lost its formal ship appearance and instead resembled a ferocious crimson sword.

Unlike Laura's ship-slaying sword, Little Noah now resembles a Damocles' sword that brings endless fear to the Singer, hovering above the Singer's home planet. A crimson light gradually gathers at the tip of the sword, making it extremely conspicuous in the dark starry sky.

As a god-level civilization, even if they were slow to react, the Singer civilization realized what this mysterious civilization was up to.

The remaining Star Guardian Fleet unleashed a barrage of firepower at Little Noah, but the feeble attacks landing on the Purification Core only created ripples on the shield, failing to stop Little Noah at all.

Under the desperate gaze of all the crew members and observers on board, a beam of light struck the vibrant planet with pinpoint accuracy, easily piercing through it completely.

Accompanied by the wailing of the Earth's core and the successive geological disasters, this planet, which had existed for countless years and nurtured a god-like civilization, was completely shattered. The minerals hidden deep within the earth's veins were scattered across the starry sky, much like the helpless fleet of the Singer civilization.

Laura didn't have much to say about Noah's inhumane actions; at most, she just felt sorry that such a glorious civilization had vanished.

First of all, Noah is not a human.

Secondly, this is war, and a war between two universes. In the future, there will be far more brutal things than this.

Moreover, after obtaining information about the Singer civilization, Laura finally recognized this civilization that had appeared in the original "Three-Body Problem" novel.

In one timeline, the Singer civilization destroyed the entire solar system. In comparison, Noah and Laura were merely retaliating in kind.

Therefore, Laura felt no remorse and even wanted to send a spatial broadcast to the Singer civilization, which had been completely destroyed by the main civilization.

Singer, your house is a gold mine, can't you see?!

157. Primordial Black Hole

The homeworld of the Singer civilization was transformed into a steaming mine amidst its brilliance, but this was only the beginning. From the captured Singer database, Little Noah learned about all of the Singer civilization's colonies.

This also means that the Singer's glorious civilization will become history. Having lost all its colonies and homeworld, and with the main database storing its technology gone, the surviving remnants, even if they manage to escape the Purification Agreement's pursuit aboard warships, will have to rebuild their civilization from scratch.

For centuries, the Singer civilization was unable to threaten the Purge Agreement.

"The Purge Agreement will destroy the Singer's home planet, blast the colonies into pieces, turn warships into wreckage floating in the starry sky, and turn the once glorious civilization into history."

"Ultimately, we will completely erase this history."

Having fulfilled the mission of the Purge Agreement for the first time, Noah became unusually serious, and the solemnity on his face gave Laura the illusion that Noah was performing some kind of sacred duty.

The connection between the stars and the rules of another universe was determined to be a Level 30 singularity civilization, awakening the Purge Protocol from its slumber. After descending into the Trisolaran universe, the Purge Protocol will continue to destroy civilizations that have reached the god-like level, while strengthening itself and embarking on the path of fighting against the Zero-Returners.

The demise of the Singer civilization was just the beginning.

After finishing this murmured prayer, little Noah returned to his usual self.

"Unfortunately, the marginal civilization ran away quite quickly, without even taking the microcosm with them. They escaped directly using colony ships and eco-ships, and we don't know where they went."

After carefully observing the battle situation at the Edge Civilization, Little Noah felt somewhat regretful. The fleet of the Purge Agreement arrived at the Edge Civilization's home system and destroyed all remaining combat units, only to discover that the Edge Civilization had already completely departed.

If they possess a microcosm, then at the pace of the Purification Agreement, they might be able to catch up, perhaps taking several hundred years, but the ultimate fate of fringe civilizations will inevitably be destruction.

Unfortunately, the leader of the marginal civilization was very bold and embarked on the path of wandering the void, becoming a nomadic civilization that relied on its fleet for survival.

After thinking it over, Little Noah also gave up the pursuit and recalled the diverted pacification fleet.

In the coming period, the Purification Fleet will use the resources of the Fringe Civilization and the Singer Civilization to establish a sufficiently powerful logistics system, while also assimilating these technologies originating from the new universe.

This period of time will keep little Noah very busy.

"Going back to work... Ugh, so annoying."

With puffed-out cheeks and furrowed brows, Noah felt a sense of gloom as he thought about how his future would be spent signing all sorts of reports.

"There's nothing we can do about it, after all, Noah, you're the core of the Purge Agreement."

Snickering to herself, Laura said gleefully, "Although the Purge Protocol is a civilization dominated by mechanical AI, upon closer examination, its working methods are somewhat similar to those of the Phantom Alliance."

Even if the data optimization of a god-level civilization is very perfect, considering the scale of the Purge Agreement, Noah's future life can be completely modeled after Lexington.

Technological breakthroughs, resource allocation, warship manufacturing and maintenance... everything has to go through Little Noah's hands.

"So, little Noah, you should work hard."

Laura summoned her ship, waved to Noah, and teleported herself back to the Dawn. Noah was in for a busy time ahead.

And I also have some things to do.

The Dawn is currently at the top of Tier 6. The Moonlit Dimensional Source is a rule-based ship body that leans towards the dimensional realm. Combined with the best materials in the Starry Universe and various advanced technologies installed, Laura's actual combat power is enough to fight against ordinary Tier 7 civilizations, and her ship girl form can easily fight against Tier 6 civilizations.

However, that's not enough. Both the Singer Civilization and the Marginal Civilization were extremely advanced seventh-tier civilizations. Even if Laura could destroy one of them, she herself wouldn't be far from sinking.

The reason Laura is able to roam freely now is simply because she can manipulate the rules of the stars. However, the rules of the Trisolaran universe and the rules of the stars are incompatible, so Laura cannot use more sophisticated rule manipulation and can only use it as a large halo.

This is why Laura needed the Purge to target the Singers and the Edge. Because Laura herself was merely a support character and lacked sufficient destructive power.

This war made Laura realize even more how dependent she was on the rules.

To regain its original overwhelming power, it must either continue upgrading its ship or regain its ability to apply the rules.

The former is clearly unrealistic, after all, the source of the rules has only been out for a short time, and Laura herself wouldn't be able to adapt to upgrading too quickly.

Therefore, the only option is the latter.

The reason Laura couldn't make the most of the rules in the Trisolaran universe was simply because the rules of the two universes were mutually exclusive, and the collision of different rules made it impossible for Laura to control them.

However, if one has a sufficient understanding of the rules of the Three-Body universe, then one can find a point of convergence, or a low point in the state, to minimize the interference of the rules within this fluctuation.

Laura had this in mind, intending to thoroughly study the rules of the Three-Body universe. However, because this was a rather lengthy task, Laura hadn't had time to do it before.

Now things are different. The Human Alliance has arrived, the cosmic gates of Phantom and Aierriel have opened, and Little Noah has also come with the Purge Agreement. Soon, the Thorin Protozoa and the higher-dimensional demons will also arrive, and even more powerful iterative civilizations will continuously come here.

Even if the Zero-Returners are blinded by the rules of the stars and cannot perceive the anomaly in the Milky Way, they might still be able to put up a fight even if they attacked directly.

However, if you want to become a researcher and study the Three-Body universe properly, you need to find a place that can give you a boost.

The primordial black hole—that's Laura's goal.

The primordial black hole, formed in the very beginning of the universe, offers crucial insights for Laura's understanding of the Three-Body universe. It contains clear data on the three major physical quantities inherited from the Big Bang, along with a wealth of other fragmented information, allowing for the observation of the universe's history.

This is a broken encyclopedia, but it still has immeasurable value and is the easiest way for Laura to study the rules.

Rules are not some mysterious thing; they are simply the laws governing the operation and function of objects. Once we can find the principles behind their operation, we can intervene through scientific means.

Laura is preparing to re-examine the rules governing the operation of all things in the Trisolaran universe based on the rules of the stars.

After the difficult discovery of a primordial black hole...

"Astra, get out there and get to work!"