Rebirth of the Super Battleship-Chapter 678: Irreparable Damage

“The second problem… controlling the Micron Civilization’s corpse will damage my life force, and this damage cannot be restored. I estimate that I have a total of five hundred hours to control it. After five hundred hours, I will die.” The Specter companion said.

“Life force? Irreparable damage?” Xiao Yu was slightly taken aback and immediately sensed the gravity of the problem. With this constraint in place, the Micron Civilization’s corpse was basically like a chicken rib. It was obvious that Xiao Yu was unlikely to destroy the Neutron War Star within five hundred hours of control time, and at the same time, Xiao Yu absolutely could not accept the Specter companion dying.

In that instant, many possibilities flashed through Xiao Yu’s mind, but regrettably, he could not find a perfect solution. Xiao Yu both wanted to preserve his Specter companion and very much wanted to fully possess the Micron Civilization’s corpse.

There was no helping it. The role of the Micron Civilization’s corpse was simply too great. Essentially, if the Specter companion could control the Micron’s corpse long-term and stably, Xiao Yu’s strength would leap from its current rank within the Milky Way Galaxy to become an existence second only to the Sweepers Civilization. Even the Taihao Alliance and the Guardian Civilization would no longer be a match for Xiao Yu. Dismantling the Micron Civilization’s corpse would only be done in the most compelled circumstances. The reason was simple. Steering the Micron Civilization’s corpse to defeat the Guardian Civilization and then directly plundering technology from the Guardian Civilization was far more cost-effective than obtaining technology by dismantling the Micron’s corpse.

But those two limiting conditions forced Xiao Yu to consider other paths.

“For the immediate future, do not control it.” After thinking for a moment, Xiao Yu said, “First bring the Micron’s corpse into the small universe. During this time, you will assist my research. I want to try, relying on our Divine Ark Civilization’s own scientific and research capability, to see whether we can find a way to solve the problem.”

“Alright, that is the only option.” The Specter companion said, then maneuvered the Micron’s corpse through the linking passage and placed it into the small universe. After that, it hid itself in a corner, doing who knows what.

“There is no rush to return to the Milky Way Galaxy. I can completely stay away from the various disputes in the Milky Way and quietly develop my own technology in the Large Magellanic Cloud. Whether or not I can find a solution, I should remain here. If I can find a way for the Specter to control the Micron’s corpse without losing life force, that is best. If not, then I will have to dismantle the Micron’s corpse, and those advanced technologies will also take me some time to digest.”

Having made up his mind, Xiao Yu piloted a towing spaceship to tow his small universe away from this star system and then searched for another quiet stellar system to settle in.

Intense research began. As an authority in the life sciences, Luka Four was undoubtedly the lead for this research. Unfortunately, Luka Four’s knowledge seemed to be of little use when facing the Specter Race, a bizarre existence, and the ethereal life force. Over one hundred years, with Xiao Yu’s strong cooperation, Luka Four led the scientists of the Life Academy of Science in tireless research day and night, but they achieved no results.

At this point, Xiao Yu once again turned his gaze to Xu Junpo.

“As the genius scientist sent by the Sweepers Civilization to quickly elevate my strength, perhaps this problem can be solved by you.” Xiao Yu thought silently. “Although your research direction is not the life sciences, it seems that things like the Specter Race and life force do not belong to the life sciences either. In any case, let us try.”

Treating a dead horse as if it were alive. That was Xiao Yu’s current mindset.

After confirming Xu Junpo’s identity and origin, Xiao Yu removed all the monitoring devices placed on Xu Junpo that exceeded normal protocols, leaving only the level of surveillance used on ordinary scientists. This was because Xiao Yu had confirmed that Xu Junpo could only be beneficial to him and could not be harmful. Xiao Yu reached this conclusion from both logical and practical perspectives.

Xiao Yu could confirm one thing. The Sweepers Civilization had not left any subsequent control methods on Xu Junpo, so there was no possibility of Xu Junpo being controlled by the Sweepers Civilization and betraying Xiao Yu. Xiao Yu already knew that the Sweepers Civilization’s conventional technological methods were not more advanced than those of the Guardian Civilization, and might even be inferior. The Technology Taihao’s technological strength was not far from that of the Guardian Civilization, which meant that on the level of conventional technology, Technology Taihao and the Sweepers Civilization were at the same level. Therefore, if the Sweepers Civilization had indeed left some hidden control method, Technology Taihao could not have failed to discover it. Moreover, since Xiao Yu had already become a Level 6 Civilization, under his all-encompassing surveillance, if the Sweepers Civilization had left any means behind, it would not have been able to evade his detection.

It was like how the most covert surveillance devices made by Earth’s humans in the twenty-first century could not escape detection by scientists from the World War I era. Of course, if it had not been pointed out in advance, such surveillance devices might indeed have escaped those scientists’ detection. But the current situation was different. It was as if one explicitly told the scientists of the World War I era, I installed a very advanced listening device in your room. Now what you need to do is find it. Under such circumstances, the device being found would be inevitable.

Xiao Yu’s situation was just like that. Since Xiao Yu was already clearly aware of the relationship between Xu Junpo and the Sweepers Civilization, then, as fellow Level 6 Civilizations, no matter how advanced the Sweepers Civilization’s methods were, if they had left any device capable of secretly controlling Xu Junpo, Xiao Yu would certainly find it.

Xiao Yu and Technology Taihao had found nothing, which could only mean that such a thing did not exist. At the same time, from a logical standpoint, the Sweepers Civilization’s goal was to eliminate Xiao Yu at his most peak period in order to obtain the so-called fortune and rise to a Level 7 Civilization. In such a case, a single scientist, regardless of how talented, could he exert a decisive influence on a war between two powerful civilizations?

Considering all of the above, Xiao Yu confirmed that regardless of Xu Junpo’s background, he must be loyal to Xiao Yu and loyal to the Divine Ark Civilization. He was indeed wholeheartedly striving through his efforts to raise the Divine Ark Civilization’s technological level.

Furthermore, at this stage, Xiao Yu truly had no other options. Xu Junpo was Xiao Yu’s last hope. Whether they could truly possess the Micron’s corpse, this powerful ultimate weapon, now depended on Xu Junpo.

At this moment, Xu Junpo was cooperating with Luka Three on a research project to improve curvature flight. Xiao Yu waited quietly. When Xu Junpo’s work came to a pause, he sent him a message.

“I am Xiao Yu. For now, stop the research project in your hands. I have another, more important matter for you.” Xiao Yu said.

Xu Junpo rubbed his visual organs a little tiredly and asked, “What research project?”

“About the Specter Race… about life force.” Xiao Yu said. “I will give you the details shortly. What I must tell you now is that this research topic is extremely important. In some respects, it concerns the future of our Divine Ark Civilization. You are the most talented scientist in our Divine Ark Civilization, so I have chosen to give this task to you.”

“But my research focus is not the life sciences.” Xu Junpo frowned slightly and said with some hesitation, “I think this should be given to Lord Four.”

“Lord Four has already failed.” Xiao Yu said. “The entire Life Academy of Science, including myself, has failed. In the course of our research, we discovered that the Specter Race and life force do not seem to belong to the life sciences. When the research delved to a certain depth, we found that they faintly connected with physics instead. So I thought of you. Stop your current work. The entire scientific research strength of our Divine Ark Civilization will tilt in your favor. Three, Four, Five, and all branches of the Central Research Academy of Science will all cooperate with your research. Even I will fully support your work. It can be said that in this research, scientific thinking is more important than scientific literacy, so you are the most suitable candidate.”

“Very well. I agree to take on this task.” Xu Junpo stood up and said, “I have always looked forward to the day when our civilization truly becomes strong and can carry out true intergalactic voyage. Too many questions linger in my heart. I want to go to the Andromeda Galaxy to see how the Central Black Hole of Andromeda differs from the Central Black Hole of the Milky Way Galaxy. I want to go into a quasar, take a look, and study its operating mechanism.”

“There will be a chance.” Xiao Yu said. “This research is critical to eliminating the Guardian Civilization and the Sweepers Civilization. I am highly confident that after we destroy these two civilizations, our Divine Ark Civilization will become a Level 7 Civilization and possess the ability for true intergalactic voyage.”

“Good. Before starting this project, I need one year to digest Lord Four’s research insights and to supplement my knowledge of the life sciences. After one year, this research will officially begin.” Xu Junpo said.

“May our Divine Ark Civilization have good fortune.”