Rebirth of the Super Battleship-Chapter 713: The Thousand Year Pact
On Planet Number Eight, in District C of City Number 156, inside a residence, a plain-looking, student-like youth returned home. A mother’s voice came from inside the house. “Jianqi, you’re back.”
The youth answered, then his gaze was drawn to an item nearby. He walked over, picked it up, and muttered to himself, “A war strategy game… free… marshal…”
Holding the device, he went to his room and entered the game world. In the game, he obtained his first extremely rudimentary Village-Class spaceship, then stepped into the boundless universe. He cautiously observed this world, watching all kinds of spaceships shuttling back and forth in space. Most of these ships were Village-Class like the one he controlled. Occasionally a Town-Class ship would pass by and trigger waves of exclamations. Those Town-Class ships acted like impressive big shots, strutting about and flaunting their might.
“Hey, just a Village-Class ship, and you dare block my path? Get out of the way. I am going to upgrade my warship. If you waste my time, I will blow you up.” While Yang Jianqi was familiarizing himself with this world, a Town-Class ship suddenly stopped in front of him and spoke impatiently.
This Town-Class ship had a very resounding name, the Aotian. The ship Yang Jianqi controlled, however, had a very ordinary name, simply his own, the Jianqi. 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂
At this moment, a thought suddenly stirred in Yang Jianqi’s heart. “According to the novice guide, I seem to be able to attack here. If I analyze the performance of Village-Class versus Town-Class ships overall… I am not his match, but I still have a small chance. He is careless now, his defense system is not prepared. If I can land a fatal blow on his propulsion system, I will have a real hope of winning.”
Thus, the Village-Class Jianqi began slowly approaching the Town-Class Aotian.
While countless citizens of the Divine Ark Civilization were becoming obsessed with this war game and unable to extricate themselves, Xiao Yu was still working with innumerable scientists to analyze and integrate the technology of the Radiance.
Several hundred years had passed since the beginning, and the scientists did not disappoint Xiao Yu. Under Xiao Yu’s comprehensive coordination and vigorous assistance, the technological analysis had entered its final stage. Xiao Yu had already integrated most of the Guardian Civilization’s technology into his own technological system. His technology had achieved a large-scale, comprehensive leap.
“With my current technological strength, if I am given sufficient preparation time to build warships, I am afraid that even without relying on the Micron corpse, I could destroy the Guardian Civilization.” Xiao Yu thought to himself.
Now, Xiao Yu was presiding over a summary meeting. All the scientists of significance were present, reporting the progress of their current work to Xiao Yu and to the other scientists.
“Regrettably, we still have not analyzed four-dimensional jump technology. All we can do is take this ready-made four-dimensional jump apparatus and install it on our civilization’s flagship to grant the flagship the ability to perform four-dimensional jumps.” a scientist said.
“Four-dimensional jump already lies beyond the scope of a Level 6 Civilization. Achieving this result is enough to satisfy me. When our civilization truly becomes a Level 7 Civilization, this scientific difficulty will be completely overcome. There is no rush now.” Xiao Yu said.
Xiao Yu himself had participated in analyzing four-dimensional jump technology, so he naturally knew how many difficulties were involved. This outcome was, in fact, within his expectations.
“Space fold technology has been fully analyzed. Holographic defense technology has been mastered. There has been a small breakthrough in black lightning technology, and we hope to complete the analysis later. However, this will not affect our warship manufacturing schedule. According to current data, black lightning cannot be mounted on a ship. It can only be triggered by relying on a wide expanse of space and many stars. Materials science is fully analyzed. Shield systems are fully analyzed.”
“Excellent. Our progress is going more smoothly than expected.” Xiao Yu nodded. “Here, I must solemnly commend the following scientists, Xu Junpo, Luka Three, Luka Four, and Number Five. Thanks to these four scientists, we were able to achieve so many accomplishments in such a short time. In the time ahead, because of the Level 7 barrier, we are unlikely to achieve further breakthrough technological progress. So you may have a good rest. Before defeating the Sweepers Civilization, I do not intend to assault the Level 7 Civilization threshold.”
Yes, by now Xiao Yu truly knew what the Level 7 barrier was, and why it was so difficult for a Level 6 Civilization to advance to a Level 7 Civilization. A Level 7 barrier completely separated Level 7 Civilizations from those below.
The Level 7 barrier came from basic science. Basic science is the foundation of all technological progress. Without advances in basic science, applied science cannot make major breakthroughs. The situation now was that, in the short term, basic science could not make major breakthroughs.
While conducting research in high-energy physics, fundamental forces, and the essence of space, Xiao Yu found that his experimental results exhibited a certain indeterminacy, and this indeterminacy had no pattern. For example, the result of one experiment might be one, the second experiment might yield two, and the third might be nine. It was precisely this indeterminacy that left Xiao Yu at a loss. You must know, physics experiments are very precise. An error in the hundreds of decimal places can cause extremely serious consequences, let alone such enormous deviations.
Reproducibility is one of the basic requirements of physics experiments. That is to say, if in one experiment someone claims to refine gold from iron, then your experiment must be reproducible. Not only must you be able to refine gold when conducting the experiment, others following the same steps should also be able to refine gold. Only then do your experimental data have persuasive power. But the current situation was different. When Xiao Yu came into contact with certain scientific experiments at the very peak of a Level 6 Civilization, this reproducibility was broken.
The experimental results might be one at one time, two at another, and nine at yet another, and each result was irreproducible. Xiao Yu first carried out a vast amount of work to ensure there were no faults in the experimental machines, yet this indeterminacy continued to appear. This led to research being completely unable to proceed, for Xiao Yu did not know which result was true and which was false.
Xiao Yu knew this was the Level 7 barrier. Perhaps due to some unknown principle of the universe, or perhaps due to some unknown existence, by means of this chaos the possibility of progress in basic science had been completely locked. Without progress in basic science, applied science was even more out of the question. Without breaking the Level 7 barrier, one could not obtain correct experimental results and could not truly become a Level 7 Civilization. It was clear that the Level 7 barrier could not be broken in a short time.
Therefore Xiao Yu abandoned the idea of attacking the Level 7 Civilization threshold now. The technology of a Level 6 Civilization had already progressed to its peak, and the Level 7 barrier could not be broken. The scientists truly could ease up.
“Next, I will begin a large-scale manufacturing mission. I will build at least ten warships equipped with holographic defense technology, at least ten billion other warships of various models, and a great number of defense facilities, to confront the Sweepers Civilization. Everyone, if your research has encountered the Level 7 barrier, then set it aside for now. This is a long-term task, and a breakthrough is unlikely in the short term. If your research has not yet encountered the Level 7 barrier, then it means that within the scope of a Level 6 Civilization, the project still has potential to be mined. In that case, continue your research for a while longer. Alright, that is all. Meeting adjourned.”
As soon as Xiao Yu said the words meeting adjourned, a message suddenly transmitted into his mind. Xiao Yu’s expression immediately became stern, and he simultaneously broadcast this message into the conference hall.
“Divine Ark Civilization, we are the Sweepers Civilization.”
“As enemies bound by fate, our two civilizations will inevitably fight one day. However, we consider it meaningless and pointless to destroy you while you are weak. So we have given you ample time to develop, up till now, when you have touched the Level 7 barrier.”
“Your conventional technology has progressed to its apex, so we believe that it is time to begin the war. But we are still not in a hurry. We know you have not yet prepared for war. Then here is the proposal. We will give you another one thousand years. After one thousand years, our Sweepers Civilization will come here and destroy you.”
“The road of the universe is long. Between the two of us, there is destined to be only one who continues to live.”
With the Sweepers Civilization’s faint sigh, the message ended. Xiao Yu did not speak. In the conference hall, Xu Junpo’s expression changed somewhat. He kept muttering the words, “The road of the universe is long. Between the two of us, there is destined to be only one who continues to live…” seeming both confused and enlightened, as if this sentence were a key that had opened something in his mind.
At this time, on Planet Number Eight, Yang Jianqi, who was playing the game in his room, had just quit the game at his mother’s call. His face was full of satisfaction, for his Village-Class ship had been upgraded to a Town-Class ship after his battle with the Aotian.
The Aotian had turned to fragments.
