Age of Cosmic Exploration

Chapter 392: End of the Green Light!

Yao Yuan looked at this spherical UFO with a dazed look on his face. He felt like his brain was overworking on overdrive and there was a dull pain not unlike the sensation he felt when he was overexerting his Homo Evolutis power.

He was inside a four dimensional space and the environment around him was changing accordingly, but on the other hand, this alien UFO had maintained a three dimensional form. This was a curious feeling. Yao Yuan wasn't a scientist; even though he did spend most of his days reading scientist reports so that he could have a better handle over the development of the Academy, he didn't have the scientific knowledge to explain and understand the incongruity of this alien UFO.

However, he at least understood one thing because it had been confirmed by the influential scientists from the Academy and Blue 6, the heir to a level 3 space civilization. It was the fact that anyt three dimensional object or even energy would be extremely fragile in the fourth dimension. This included neutron stars and even black hole matter, they would be "fourth dimensional-ized". This change could be seen from appearance alone. For example, a human being was twisted beyond recognition and this went to show the malleability of any three dimensional object in the fourth dimension.

However, this alien UFO… Even though there was no microscope, Yao Yuan could confirm even in this four dimensional space that its surface was clean as a whistle, just like how it was in a three dimensional space. In fact, Yao Yuan believed that this UFO could survive any attack without the need for any shield…

"This is indeed the creation of a god tier space civilization, but it is currently impossible to tell… whether leaving it on the Hope is a tragedy or a blessing…"

Yao Yuan sighed under his breath. He thought he could use this opportunity to investigate this UFO, but it was to no avail. However, this did confirm Yao Yuan's suspicion that this alien UFO probably did come from a high tier space civilization like level 8 or 9 or even… as ZERO claimed, a god-tier space civilization!

In spite of that, the higher the level of the civilization that created this UFO, the more afraid Yao Yuan felt. If this UFO came from a level 3, 4, 5, or even 6 space civilization, humanity would need at most several thousand years to catch up. Eventually, they would be able to open this UFO and gain its technology. In other words, this UFO was like a carry-on ruin, incredibly convenient.

However, the technological level of this UFO was too high, so much so that humanity wouldn't be able to unveil its secrets in the foreseeable future. This was the creation of a god-tier space civilization that they couldn't even fathom. After all, in the endlessness of space, only one over several million space civilizations could evolve to become a high tier space civilization, and a god-tier space civilization wasn't called god-tier for nothing… they perhaps had already left this common cosmos shared by the normal space civilizations. That was a technological level that was so far beyond human comprehension that it could only be described in terms of magic, miracle, or myth.

But… was that something humanity could strive for? Even though humanity had an impossible number of cosmic adapters and Yao Yuan, the Immortal... could humanity really become a high tier space civilization? Even if humanity was given the time to cultivate for several tens of thousand years, as long as the law of preservation of life was still a thing, there wasn't a 100 percent chance that humanity could eventually reach the stage of a high tier space civilization. After all, there were simply too many hidden dangers in space; one careless step and humanity could be vaporized…

In other words, an incredibly tempting product of a god-tier space civilization had fallen into humanity's hands, but they could do nothing about it. Could this… really be counted as a type of good luck? Or it was something that would cause humanity's destruction in the future?

While standing there, many thoughts were drifting through Yao Yuan's mind. In fact, the thought to abandon this UFO in the green light even appeared in his mind. However, after considering all the pros and cons, like the inherent value of the UFO, the possibility of ZERO leaving this UFO, and whether ZERO, who had escaped the UFO, still retained her powers like controlling space warp…

Lastly… If ZERO couldn't leave the UFO and he abandoned the UFO, would ZERO use the UFO to attack the Hope? Needless to say, that was a battle that the Hope couldn't win…

In conclusion, there were simply too many considerations, causing the normally decisive Yao Yuan to come to a standstill…

Back in the Hope's central command, as the ship entered the green light, everyone suffered from fourth dimensional blindness. Unfortunately, none of the Black Star Troopers stationed there was a Seeker. Most of the people present were either Diviners or scientists, so naturally, everyone became blind and then they were anchored to the floor by ZERO through the control of the ship's gravity.

However, as everyone had been briefed about this before, after a contained panic, everyone became calm, "watching" the changes around them. It was like a world seen through a kaleidoscope, and the entire ship was now taken over by an "AI".

Of everyone present, Guang Zhen was the most nervous because he was one of the handful who knew the truth that it was not the Hope's AI that was controlling the ship. If it was the AI behind all this, he would be a lot more relaxed because the AI was a human creation, meaning it was limited by human algorithms. Until it reached the stage of a mid-level AI, it wouldn't betray humanity.

It was ZERO, the creation of an unknown space civilization, who was controlling the Hope. At the very least, it was a high level AI. There was no telling what kind of tricks it could pull. If it harbored any mal-intention towards humanity, this would be the perfect opportunity to ruin humanity, so how could Guang Zhen be relaxed?

Suddenly, a 3D image appeared before Guang Zhen's eyes. Weirdly enough, even though they were in the fourth dimension, he could see this image clearly like they were directly materializing in his brain in 3D form.

On it was written a sentence. "Beginning countdown to leaving the fourth dimension: 2 hours 42 minutes 51 seconds…"

The timer kept ticking down. After the initial shock, Guang Zhen soon understood that this was the calculation done by ZERO, and it had used some kind of unknown method to allow him see a three dimensional image in the fourth dimension. This did make him relaxed for quite a bit. Since this ZERO hadn't killed humanity at the first given notice and had even provided them with a timer, then it probably didn't mean humanity any harm…

On the other hand, this timer was the only thing ZERO gave. There was no question, answer, or any other comments. Of course, in his current state, Guang Zhen couldn't communicate with ZERO even if he wanted to. Since Guang Zhen had shown great suspicion against ZERO, the "AI" was merely responding in kind. Furthermore, Guang Zhen was neither Yao Yuan nor Xiao Niao, so ZERO was completely uninterested in him. If not for the fact that Yao Yuan had told ZERO that Guang Zhen would be taking over the captain's duty during their time in the green light, she wouldn't even have given him the timer.

Regardless, in a state of anxiety and silence, the completely warped Hope continued to travel in this four dimensional space. In fact, they had ZERO to thank for her aid, or else the Hope wouldn't have been able to enter the space without suffering any deaths or damage.

As time passed, the Hope passed through many layers of dimensions and crossed large, unimaginable distances, and finally, when the timer ended, everyone saw a flash in front of their eyes before everything suddenly became clear again. At the same time, everyone discovered they had regained the freedom of mobility. As they slowly adapted to the change, everyone patted their bodies from head to toe. It felt like normal human bodies to the touch, there was nothing missing or out of place. It looked like… the Hope had successfully passed through the green light.

The surrounding space returned to the sight of a normal cosmos; however, most of the people on the Hope were still in the state of four dimensional blindness. The sole exceptions were the few Seekers. They headed towards central command on instinct. Yao Yuan, who found himself in the central mainframe room, ordered Wa Luo to look after the small group as he too moved towards central command.

This was the Hope's most vulnerable moment as about 99 percent of the people on the Hope were blind and they would remain blind for at least 2 to 3 days. The small number of Seekers could barely take care of the blind people, much less control the ship. However, there were many things waiting to be done, including a quick surveillance of this space within the layer of green light…

As Yao Yuan rushed towards central command, he passed a corridor that looked out into space, and there…

He saw it! Not far away from the Hope, a giant tree was extending its branches, trunks, leaves, and roots into the emptiness of space. This tree was several hundred kilometers tall. It was an unimaginably big and tall…

Tree growing in space!