One day later.
After Chen Chen had eaten enough nutrients, he had returned to his peak state. At the same time, X-112's report came into his ears.
"Sir Commander, the black slate you brought back has automatically reassembled itself."
Upon hearing X-112's report, Chen Chen's eyes suddenly lit up. Then, a Black Knight came in and placed a sealed glass bottle in front of Chen Chen.
At once, Chen Chen only saw that inside the glass bottle, there was a black slate the size of a palm quietly suspended in the air. At the same time, it also emitted a faint light.
"Civilization Monolith..."
Chen Chen slowly unscrewed the glass bottle and held the black slate in his hand. At the same time, a faint sense of intimacy came from the black slate.
Chen Chen knew that this was because he had accepted the inheritance of the black slate and was recognized by the black slate.
Thinking of this, Chen Chen suddenly closed his eyes and cast his spirit into the black slate.
"Boom!"
An invisible wave burst from the black slate. In an instant, Chen Chen only felt his consciousness continue to rise. He soon rose above Blacklight City and looked down at the city in a mysterious state.
It was like the perspective of God...
However, in his eyes, this towering Blacklight City in the end dimension had a different appearance — there seemed to be a phantom above the city. It was an invisible energy beam and at the same time, the shadow of a black chain flashed faintly on the beam of light.
There were many damaged parts of those chains and they were rusted, but they still stubbornly entangled the beam of light, bringing with it a sense of restraint.
"Law and order..."
Chen Chen narrowed his eyes. Subconsciously, he read the meaning of this chain.
It was just that this chain had been badly damaged, but there were still many traces of repair on it. Chen Chen suddenly understood that he had carried out a major change in the management of this city ten years ago. Those traces of repair seemed to be because of this.
However, in Chen Chen's eyes, this chain was still constantly decaying and damaged. Obviously, even that major change could not clean up all the darkness. Not only that, in the past ten years, the newly appointed managers also began to silently transform into the group of people who used to be...
The dragon slayer would eventually become an evil dragon.
Chen Chen continued to look at the pillar of light. Behind the chains, the faint shadow of a cross emerged. On the cross, an old man was nailed to it. His face was blurred and it seemed that everyone could find the corresponding face on it.
"Religion."
Chen Chen knew that this was the symbol of a religion. This religion originated before the fusion apocalypse. In order to fight against the most powerful Divine Fusion Church in this world, the Joint Resistance Army pushed the cross religion of the past to pacify the hearts of the people.
After that, Chen Chen also saw other things in the beam of light. Some were firearms that represented technology and force, some were thin human faces. These phantoms each represented the attributes of this city, which was the principle of civilization of this city.
Seeing this, Chen Chen slowly raised his head and turned to look at the sky, but he saw a gigantic shadow of the Consciousness Stealer looming over the entire planet.
This also meant that this dimension was now dominated by the Consciousness Stealer. Whether it was Blacklight City or the Joint Resistance Army, they were just struggling to survive.
For this dimension, the Consciousness Stealer was the principle of civilization of the entire dimension...
Chen Chen retracted his gaze. Suddenly, his consciousness withdrew from God's perspective and returned to his body.
"How magnificent and magical."
Chen Chen sighed silently. "This thing has almost surpassed the creation of technology, just like the USB drive. Even in the multiverse, it's unique."
"What if it's not created by technology?"
X-112 replied, "After all, the universe is so big, there are still many things that we can't understand. A certain civilization gave the black slate to humans, but it doesn't mean that the black slate must be a man-made object."
"There's some truth in what you said."
Chen Chen nodded, then he closed his eyes again. This time, he began to test another power of the black slate.
Chen Chen only felt an invisible wave erupt from the black slate again. This time, his consciousness seemed to be immersed in it, becoming one with the black slate, enveloping a radius of a kilometer.
Within this range, Chen Chen seemed to feel that everyone had become an extension of his body. He could change the minds of these people with a single thought, making this group of people do things according to his own ideas.
As Chen Chen's thoughts moved, he only saw that in the official office of Blacklight City not far away, a fat man with big ears and a wretched face was sitting on the sofa. In front of him was a thin man carrying a black bag with a fawning expression.
He saw that the thin man opened his handbag and took out a few gold bars inside. The fat man nodded with satisfaction and patted the thin man as if he was saying some encouraging words.
However, in the next second, the fat man suddenly froze. He stood up in a daze and went straight to the window. At the same time, he opened the window and jumped out, leaving only a dumbfounded thin man.
After getting rid of a parasite, Chen Chen scanned the area covered by the black slate again. It was not until he felt that his mental strength was greatly exhausted that he withdrew his consciousness again.
"Phew!"
After withdrawing his consciousness, Chen Chen felt his mind clear. He looked at the time, only to find that he had been controlling the black slate for more than half an hour.
Obviously, the black slate had the power to control human thoughts, but this control was temporary. Once it stopped, the other party would return to their previous consciousness.
Moreover, according to Chen Chen's previous observations, Zhao Shanhe's control range was probably not more than a radius of 100 meters. Each control required a lot of energy, but Chen Chen's range was ten times that of Zhao Shanhe's and the control time was far longer.
"With this, what worries do I have that I can't lead humanity into the universe?"
Chen Chen's lips curled up into a smile. He retracted his palm slightly and suddenly the black slate merged into his body, in a magical state, and became one with his body.
"It's time to go back."
Chen Chen turned his head and at the same time, said to the Black Knight beside him, "X-112, I'll leave this side to you. If there are any problems, you can find me through the time machine at any time."
"Understood."
The Black Knight nodded. "Don't worry, Sir Commander, I'll take good care of this side."
Chen Chen nodded. He put away the USB flash drive and went to the secret warehouse where the time machine was located. Using the time machine, he returned to reality again. The three-month journey in Event Horizon finally came to an end.
...
If the civilization of the end dimension had entered its twilight years, then the reality dimension where Chen Chen was located was like a rising sun, slowly rising.
The emergence of nuclear fusion reactors ushered mankind into an era of unlimited energy. In addition to various kinds of aerospace technology springing up like mushrooms after a spring rain, mankind had completely broken away from the shackles of Earth and evolved from a native planet to a true interstellar civilization.
Before Chen Chen returned, he had already brought the space warp engine technology obtained from the Event Horizon dimension back to reality. At this time, in the Blacklight Biotechnology Aerospace Department in the southern suburbs of the Eco Science City, more than a thousand aerospace scientists were gathered in a conference room, learning and digesting the knowledge of the space warp engine.
When Chen Chen returned to reality, he immediately learned about this from Little X.
These scientists had signed an agreement with Blacklight Biotechnology. Although they were not implanted with the God chip, Chen Chen was not afraid that these technologies would be found out by the Earth Federation.
After all, the current Blacklight Biotechnology was no longer the Amon of the past. As long as Chen Chen was not willing to sell it, even if the four major continents united, they would not be able to force Chen Chen.
After all, Blacklight Biotechnology and the Earth Federation stood on the same level.
Moreover, these scientists were not idiots. Blacklight Biotechnology had given them enough benefits. If the information was leaked by them, they would end up very, very badly.
With the structure of Blacklight Biotechnology, many problems could be laid out on the table, unlike in the past where they had to keep it a secret before doing anything.
Chen Chen returned to his office and then switched the surveillance screen to the scene of the aerospace department. He was satisfied.
"It'll probably take some time for these researchers to absorb the space warp engine technology."
Little X, dressed in a dress, came in from outside the door and reported, "But according to our current clues, the space warp engine technology is fundamentally flawed. It doesn't allow the spaceship to jump from one point to another. Instead, it first jumps into the subspace and uses the subspace as a transit station. From the subspace, it then jumps to the real destination. In this way, the spaceship will inevitably be eroded by the subspace."
"Is that so?"
Chen Chen frowned. At this time, he also recalled a corresponding piece of knowledge.
The so-called subspace was a barrier that existed between the positive matter space and the antimatter space. Einstein had long speculated about the existence of the subspace.
According to the Theory of Relativity, if the existing world was a positive matter world, then there must be another antimatter world. The two sides interacted to ensure that the expansion of the universe did not collapse and shrink. The reason why the two sides did not collide was because of the existence of the subspace.
Some scientists used to think that a strong magnetic field could create a gravitational field to propel a spacecraft at high speed. If the magnetic field was strong enough, the spacecraft could enter a space higher than the space-time they were in and travel at superluminal speed. When the magnetic field disappeared, the spacecraft would return to the current space-time.
This made it very easy to understand. If the universe was a ball, then ordinary spaceships could only fly on the surface of the ball no matter how fast they were.
The essence of the space warp engine technology was to directly cross the surface of the ball and let the spaceship enter the inside of the ball. This method of flight was also known as subspace navigation.
What was even more amazing was that this shortcut method could be used in the subspace, compressing the travel time of ten thousand years into one year.
Traveling a distance of ten thousand years in the real world would only take a year in the subspace, greatly saving fuel and time.
In other words, the space warp engine technology Chen Chen obtained from the dimension of Event Horizon was in fact a magnetic field generation technology that could create a strong gravitational field that could connect reality and subspace.
"But I'm a little worried."
Little X suddenly frowned. "If the space warp engine really appears in reality, we'll be destroyed like in the dimension of Event Horizon..."
"Of course, that's possible."
Chen Chen nodded and then asked with a smile, "But just like nuclear physics, do you think it's right not to develop nuclear technology?"
"That's not it..." Little X pouted.
"Nuclear technology and space warp engine technology, the principle is the same."
Chen Chen explained, "The progress of civilization is always fraught with thorns. The more advanced technology is, the further away we are on the path of destruction. The emergence of nuclear weapons can be said to be the first destructive test that human civilization has experienced. Although the emergence of nuclear bombs has the world in fear and there are people every day who worry that humanity will go extinct because of this, didn't we finally overcome it and turn nuclear technology into our own tool?"
Without waiting for Little X's reply, Chen Chen continued. "However, nuclear weapons are just the beginning. What follows are antimatter weapons, genetic weapons, and biochemical weapons. All of these make it possible for human civilization to be destroyed by our own weapons at any time. Just like the dimensions we've seen before, these are all thresholds to overcome."
"We've been speculating that the development of civilization is related to the Great Filter effect. If the Great Filter effect really exists, then I'm afraid that nuclear physics technology is one of the factors, and so is the space warp engine. Every technology we develop will also become one of the factors in the Great Filter.
"However, just like nuclear weapons, space warp engine technology also brings with it its own corresponding risks. That is, civilizations that undergo space warp for the first time will come into contact with the subspace without any precautions. If they don't have the corresponding resistance, they'll end up like the civilization in the Event Horizon dimension and eventually be destroyed by the subspace...
"Space warp technology is an essential tool for human navigation in the universe."
Chen Chen continued. "Without the space warp engine, we humans will have to travel for hundreds of years to leave the solar system. This is simply unrealistic. Only with space warp engine technology can we be considered a qualified universal civilization. Otherwise, we humans will only be able to circle around in the solar system at most."
Little X suddenly became thoughtful when she heard Chen Chen's words.
"Therefore, what we need to do now is not to worry about the invasion of the subspace caused by the space warp engine technology. Instead, we should prepare ourselves and start thinking of ways to resist the power of the subspace."
Chen Chen said, "Based on the current clues, the best way to resist the power of the subspace is to put everyone in a frozen state. This way, the astronauts won't be affected by the subspace. After the warp is over and we leave the subspace, we can wake everyone up.
"In addition, we also need to be able to resist the power of the mysterious existence in the subspace, but this will require long-term planning..."
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