The two memories he saw earlier obviously belonged to General Reinhardt.
If his speculation was correct, Xiao Ai was probably the intelligent navigation AI on the escape spacecraft.
Following the death of the owner of this memory, everything around him began to become illusory along with his disappearing consciousness. In the end, it turned into light blue particles of light and disappeared like scattered butterflies.
When Lu Zhou regained his senses, he was already standing in the white space. The man who claimed to be The Observer was looking at him and smiling.
Lu Zhou's throat moved slightly. He felt a little dry as he spoke in an uncertain tone.
"So, the Calan Empire was destroyed?"
"The destruction of the empire was a long process." The Observer nodded. "The oracle led to disagreement, and disagreement led to internal strife. The civil war intensified the contradictions within the empire, but nothing changed. After the death of the owner of this memory, the conflict shifted from the visible battlefield to the invisible battlefield. This virus that spread along the neural network was far more terrifying than the fleet they were proud of. They had spent centuries figuring out how to get rid of the excess weapons, but it had taken less than five years to get them back in their possession. However, the fatal thing was that they were not prepared to have them at all.
"The big battle was over, but the small battles continued. In order to maintain the connection with the peripheral galaxies, in order to meet the growing demand for materials from the Ring World, they had to use warships to escort cargo ships. In the next 150 years, the Ring World gradually lost control of the remote galaxies, and the internal struggles also made the world in the Ring World unstable.
"If you are interested in this history, you can continue to calculate along the clues of this memory. Starting from the 5.67 trillion digits of n, ending at 157.5 trillion digits of data, it records the history of the empire for the next 150 years.
"To be honest, it is not easy to collect this precious data. Bringing it to the new universe gave us a headache for a while. After our conversation is over, I recommend you not to delete it first. Try to continue to interpret it. Maybe it can give some inspiration to your civilization. "
Lu Zhou nodded, took a deep breath, and continued.
"Be direct, what do you need me to do?"
The Observer spoke with a smile.
"In short, complete a project."
"… Project?"
"Yes." The man who claimed to be The Observer nodded slightly and continued, "The universe is like a huge net. Only a few lucky people can slip through this net. Before stepping into the Void, we had observed many civilizations in the old universe. They had left their home planets with sub-light speed engines even though they had yet to grasp the mysteries of superluminal speed. However, without exception, most of these civilizations did not exist in this universe for long. "
"Therefore, we believe that mastering the secret of surpassing the speed of light is the first essential factor for a planetary civilization to transform into a stellar civilization.
Lu Zhou: "... So you want me to find a way to surpass the speed of light?"
To Lu Zhou's surprise, the Observer smiled and shook his head.
"A way to surpass the speed of light? That thing is still too difficult for you guys right now. However, any great technology had to start from a theoretical foundation, right? I believe that with your keen senses, you should have discovered something from the memory of the Calan Empire … For example, how they moved spacecraft between star systems. "
Lu Zhou didn't speak. He just nodded.
In fact, it wasn't just the Calan civilization's theory of faster than light navigation that inspired him. After discovering the existence of the Z particle, he actually had some clues about this theory.
The key to surpassing the speed of light should be hidden in hyperspace.
However, so far, everything about hyperspace theory was just a conjecture, and it was one of the most unreliable conjectures made by Einstein.
The Observer looked at Lu Zhou, who nodded. He smiled appreciatively and continued.
"I can reveal a piece of news to you. In this young Milky Way galaxy, you may not be the first civilization to awaken, but you can still be regarded as the first echelon. Although there isn't much time left for you, according to our calculations, it should be enough. "
First-echelon civilization?
Lu Zhou didn't know what the so-called first echelon was, but his intuition told him that if there was a group of fanatical xenophobes in the so-called Void who loved to "help the poor", then the universe would be more crowded than he had imagined.
Maybe in two centuries at most, the Earth civilization would be able to have close contact with other civilizations for the first time.
However, Lu Zhou quickly reacted. Even if this was the case, what did this have to do with him?
Two centuries later, he would probably turn into ashes.
If he didn't turn into ashes, he would definitely be hanging on the wall.
The Observer looked at Lu Zhou and spoke.
"Of course, in addition to the topic about the theory of faster than light speed, we hope that you can help us … or rather, help yourselves to recover something."
Lu Zhou: "What is it?"
The Observer: "It's a gift that should have been sent to you, but it was taken by a group of indigenous people living on Mars billions of years ago. We were surprised that there were such big twists and turns in the plan at the beginning, but fortunately, that civilization did the only right thing in its short life of hundreds of thousands of years, which was to keep the gift. "
Indigenous people on Mars?
The moment he heard this, Lu Zhou's eyes almost widened.
However, when he thought about the discovery of Martian bacteria some time ago, as well as a paper he once read about the possible existence of a magnetic field and standard atmospheric environment on Mars 3.9 billion years ago, this didn't seem to be an "absolutely impossible" thing.
However, after such a long time, even if that civilization had once existed, there probably wouldn't be anything left.
"Aren't you curious about what the gift is?"
"Actually, I'm more curious about what the civilization that once lived on Mars was like."
"I'm very willing to answer your questions, but unfortunately, this information is not included in this memory."
What a perfunctory answer.
Lu Zhou sighed and spoke.
"Okay, then … what is the gift?"
The Observer spoke with a smile.
"You have to find out for yourself."
Lu Zhou: "???"
The man looked at the expression on Lu Zhou's face and made a helpless expression.
"Please forgive us. After all, just keeping it in the new universe and sending it to this designed galaxy has already put a lot of effort on our part. We can't accurately predict where it will appear, let alone help you locate its existence across the void. But, didn't we give you a rover? You haven't found it after so many years, which means you're too unlucky. "
Lu Zhou: "… That's a planet, you want me to find it with a car?!"
So far, the rover has scanned a lot of precious information about the Martian landform and the distribution of mineral deposits, but it has never found any traces of the existence of civilization.
That was 3.9 billion years ago!
Even the oldest dinosaur fossil was only 228 million years old!
Lu Zhou wondered if this so-called "gift" still existed.
However, the Observer didn't seem to take Lu Zhou's complaints seriously. He just looked at him and smiled gently.
"It seems like it's about time. Perhaps I should do as the Romans do and say goodbye at the end."
Lu Zhou: "Wait a minute, I want to ask one last question … Apart from me, how many other earthlings have you met?"
The Observer smiled.
"I've met everyone, but most of them haven't seen me.
"There have been about a dozen indirect communications. Direct communication … The most recent was about a century ago. And the next time, it may be a century later, or a few centuries later … or maybe never. This depends on whether you are able to leave your home planet, and this is also the greatest hope we have for you. "
"Alright, I've answered your last question. Basically, you've obtained all the information contained in this memory. Also, I have to admit that this is the most pleasant conversation I've ever had with you.
"I like you more and more. Maybe we will really have the opportunity to talk face to face.
"Although we have lost the emotion of curiosity, the future is the first time I'm looking forward to it so much.
"Goodbye, friends from civilization A- 01722, I hope to see you again …"
After leaving this sentence, the illusory figure merged into a white space, completely disappearing from Lu Zhou's sight …
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