Chapter 323: Universe Battle Royale

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

[This is the origin of our lives. I don’t know what you call this place, but we call it the Cradle.]

[Thanks to the unimaginably superior natural environment here, almost all the first batches of civilizations quickly flew to interstellar space and gradually explored this galaxy.]

[We have also experienced a long and complicated interstellar society era, but in the end, we all converged. We think that our unique environment is to let us become pioneers and inspire other civilizations.]

[Little did they know that destruction was coming.]

[At first, one or two stars were extinguished for an unknown reason. As they all happened at the edge of the galaxy and were far away from us, we ignored this matter.]

[However, when we realized it again, the phenomenon of this star extinguishing had already spread to the resource area and was gradually approaching the residential area.]

[We tried to find out the reason, but we found nothing. The only thing we know is that the thing devouring this galaxy is darkness.]

[It is basically a positive sphere with a diameter of about 400,000 light-years. Coincidentally, it has surrounded our galaxy and is shrinking towards the center of the sphere at a constant speed.]

[And everything in the Darkness pathway will disappear without a trace, and no signs of its existence can be detected…]

Li Wenyuan listened to everything in the Surveillance Terminal and found it unbelievable what had happened in the Elliptical Galaxy Beta.

This matter itself was indeed extremely unbelievable. At first, Li Wenyuan thought that it was some unknown and mysterious lifeforms that had devoured this galaxy. However, it seemed that it was not that simple now.

Just from the description of darkness, there was no conclusion related to it at all, and this civilization survival agency that called itself Lightchaser did not release the accompanying test data.

It was very likely that they really could not analyze this mysterious and strange phenomenon at all, nor could they detect any data. They could only see the approaching darkness.

He thought about the possibility of it and continued to record the contents of the surveillance word byword.

[At first, we tried to resist, but we couldn’t do anything about it. The most powerful weapon we could develop couldn’t stop it from approaching for even a second.]

[Therefore, we had no choice but to move internally and migrate to the center of the galaxy. We gave up all our past glory and were chased away like stray dogs, just to survive for a while before being devoured by the darkness.]

[Actually, we should have died long ago. The darkness was approaching too quickly. We only had time to send out a distress signal before we were destroyed in the darkness.]

[However, perhaps it’s a miracle, but we accidentally discovered that the Black Hole can slow down the speed at which the darkness approaches. That darkness will take much longer to devour the Black Hole than before.]

[Therefore, we once again ignited hope. We managed to destroy all the stars and turn them all into Black Holes. We continuously sent out distress signals. This is our struggle to survive.]

“Blow up all the stars…” Li Wenyuan finally understood why he couldn’t observe the light of the Elliptical Galaxy Beta.

Previously, he had thought that the interstellar space dust was blocking the light. Now, it seemed that either the darkness had the ability to block the transmission of light, or all the glowing celestial bodies had been transformed into non-luminescent celestial bodies, or both were possible.

[… However, we’ve been on the brink of death for too long. The universe is ultimately empty. Even if we confirm that there are indeed lifeforms in a few galaxies or even high-level civilizations, we haven’t received any response.]

[Maybe it’s because of trouble, or because they’re helpless, or maybe it’s because they’re cold. We understand them. After all, who would be willing to waste time and effort to help a group of people they don’t even know?]

[We can only fight alone and gradually deteriorate in our long and difficult lives…]

[At first, the unified food was gone. Then, it gradually developed into energy blocks, minerals, alloys, and even… spaceships that didn’t have much to begin with.]

[We also understand the reason for this situation. We can’t bear to pursue those comrades who have gone through thick and thin with us, but when we accidentally bumped into them at the scene of their mistake, they panicked and chose to fire…]

[The ideals of the past were ultimately shattered in the endless death throes. We began to fight for fewer and fewer resources, killing each other because of hatred, fighting for the land to survive… Just like how we were in the beginning.]

[Countless companions who have stood side by side for tens of thousands of years have been killed by us personally, while we carry their share and continue to move forward with difficulty.]

[From the initial 460 civilizations to 230,115, 57… It’s as if we’re experiencing a war of civilizations. As darkness approaches, civilizations are constantly being eliminated. The remaining civilizations are becoming more and more cold-blooded. Everyone is fighting for survival.]

[Only the victor has the chance to occupy the galaxy closest to the central area and be the last to face destruction there… Since destruction is unavoidable, why are we… fighting?]

The galaxy’s broadcast was intermittent, as if the person asking for help was unable to maintain a more stable signal state because of the desolation in his memories.

It was called a distress signal, but from the content, it was more like the last words of this Lightchaser Civilization.

Such a world sounded cruel. Just as the person asking for help had said, they were experiencing a cosmic war between civilizations. Even their former friends had no choice but to use their weapons to fight each other to fight for a longer period of time.

However, Li Wenyuan had a guess because of their cosmic escape theory.

Therefore, he adjusted the frequency of the Piloting Lighthouse to match the distress signal. After confirming the range of the Elliptical Galaxy Beta, which they called the Cradle, he slowly sent out a series of responses.

At this moment, the leader of the Black Hole Galaxy in the Elliptical Galaxy Beta was sadly broadcasting their history to the public.

He no longer hoped that a civilization could save them. He only hoped that he could leave a little record of his civilization’s existence.

However, at this moment, he received a string of signals that came from extremely far away and were not even in their galaxy.

The contents of the signal are:

[I already have a basic understanding of your situation. Now, I want to know… Do you have a special planet called the Observation Terminal?]

The Lightchaser Leader was stunned for a moment before he was overwhelmed by a huge surprise. He began to speak incoherently.

“I— we— you— are, who exactly are you…”

The life-saving straw in his despair made him subconsciously clench it tightly in his hand. He did not think about what was behind this straw at all.

As a leader, he quickly calmed down and answered accurately with the same signal,

“Through the historical databases of us and… 229 civilizations, we didn’t find any similar or similar information.”

“No…” The unexpected answer stunned Li Wenyuan for a moment, but he quickly realized something and asked again,

[Then…. have you checked the central galaxy of the galaxy?]