Chapter 403: The Beginning of the Extractor

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

The ‘Exile’ Galaxy was the origin of the ‘Scribe.’ It was no wonder that the ‘Exiled’ didn’t discover any civilization there, including the natives.

That was because the ‘Scribe’ had once carried out a great purge there, wiping out all civilizations other than theirs.

Li Wenyuan didn’t know why the ‘Scribe’ would do that. After all, in the images he obtained, the original ‘Scribe’ was indeed a real ‘pro-exotype’ lost empire.

They seemed to be filled with natural enthusiasm and curiosity. Ever since they left the planet and flew into space, they began to search for other civilizations and establish communication.

Of course, some of the ‘extreme xenophobic’ civilizations did not welcome them, but under the ‘friends or cannons’ diplomatic policy of the ‘Scribe,’ even the xenophobic civilizations had no choice but to participate in the interstellar society.

With their technology that was ‘one step ahead,’ the ‘Scribe’ forcibly connected all the civilizations in the galaxy and stabilized that unstable interstellar society over time.

After that, the ‘Scribe’ did not enter the ‘Observer’ mode. Instead, they continued to use technology to advance the progress of other civilizations.

It wasn’t like humans hadn’t done something similar in the Milky Way before. The result was that their thinking couldn’t keep up with the rapid advancement of technology, and society began to collapse from the inside. Riot was a light case, but civilization could regress for thousands of years in a more serious case.

What the ‘Scribe’ did also led to disastrous consequences. A destructive war that affected the entire galaxy broke out, and it was launched by all the other civilizations that had been upgraded by the ‘Scribe.’

The reason for the war was ‘freedom’ because those civilizations believed that the ‘Scribe’ had deprived them of their right to grow freely.

Although the ‘Scribe’ won the war, the civilizations they had promoted had also regressed and perished. The galaxy seemed to have returned to its original state.

After that, the ‘Scribe’ learned from the painful experience and began to do things similar to the ‘Observer,’ occasionally providing some technology and quietly waiting for civilizations’ growth.

The changes that happened there during that period were very similar to the Milky Way. In fact, it was even more ‘harmonious’ than the Milky Way. Although the ‘Scribe’ were behind the scenes, it did not mean that they did not do anything. They would take the initiative to ‘correct’ civilizations that did not develop ‘correctly’ since the native era, and that standard of ‘correct’ was only not to become extreme like ‘xenophobics.’

When they came to the interstellar space civilizations, the ‘Scribe’ would also secretly clean up some ‘unstable factors’ that might cause the civilization conflict to escalate further. Although it would not completely stop the war between the interstellar civilizations, it would also extinguish the fuse of the ‘world war.’

With the passage of time, that galaxy had actually formed a strange ‘paradise’ atmosphere. The development of civilizations tended to be harmonious and gradually approached the form of an ‘Alliance’ of one heart and one mind. However, the nightmare also came after that. The ‘Scribe’ suddenly went crazy and personally destroyed the civilizations they had witnessed growth.

Although the ‘Scribe’ didn’t ‘commit suicide’ like the ‘Observer,’ they left the galaxy and never returned.

Li Wenyuan did not expect that the ‘Scribe’ actually originated from that galaxy. From the experience of the ‘Scribe’ before they left, their final actions were no different from the ‘Exterminators.’

It could be said that the current ‘Exile’ Galaxy was already related to the four ‘Exterminator’ Civilizations. That connection was definitely not a coincidence in his opinion.

“What exactly is the origin and secret of this place…”

As his mind raced, Li Wenyuan noticed the huge amount of data received from the ‘Wound’ along with the ‘Void Connection.’

The arrival of those data triggered a report from the virtual world in his space of consciousness, but there was no red ‘danger warning,’ only a large number of ‘junk files detected, suggested to be cleaned up.’

The images he saw related to the ‘Scribe’ and ‘exile grounds’ were also sent along with that batch of data. As for why he saw the images first, it might have something to do with the keywords he set for himself.

After checking the data contents, Li Wenyuan felt his scalp numb.

Those were an unimaginable amount of ‘redundant files,’ most of which were chaotic characters and codes. Even the ‘central processing unit’ couldn’t get any secrets from those ‘redundant files.’

They were like a bunch of garbled codes with no special meaning.

However, what made Li Wenyuan’s scalp tingle was not the large amount of ‘garbled code,’ but the small amount of data that could be deciphered.

The data was also encrypted, but the reason why he could immediately decipher the data came from an unexpected existence: ‘Infinite Divine Armaments.’

When he first came into contact with the ‘Infinite Divine Armaments,’ Li Wenyuan analyzed its data signals pattern and created a set of decryption systems to facilitate future communication.

However, the decryption system was now working on its own because there was a part of the data from the ‘void’ that it could decrypt.

Why would there be something related to the ‘Infinite Divine Armaments’ in the ‘void’? Li Wenyuan got the answer after reading the content.

[After obtaining the ‘fragment’ from the broken ‘interface,’ we’re ‘clear-headed.’]

[Although it’s incomplete, it’s enough for us to realize whether our ‘progress’ has reached the requirements set last time.]

[Unfortunately, we still failed to meet the minimum requirements this time.] [Bacterialised collectives are not as efficient as previous experiments. This may be due to major changes in the ‘random numbers’ that make up the universe.] [However, thanks to this experience, we have tested the ‘limits’ of some ‘random numbers.’ The next body we construct may be able to advance faster on the path of the universe.]

[Regardless, we are getting closer to ‘breaking the cycle.’ I wonder how other civilizations are progressing.]

[This time, we definitely can’t reach the ‘limit.’ There’s no need to waste any more time. See you next time, my compatriots.]

[These ‘fragments of the past’ can probably help you.]

[The trigger sequence has been set.]

[Identification Code: Extractor]

Among that string of data, the most important was the ‘trigger sequence’ data, which accounted for 95% of the entire data volume. It was a huge and complicated password file that even Li Wenyuan could not decipher.

However, that string of data made Li Wenyuan realize why the ‘Extractor,’ the creator of the ‘Infinite Divine Armaments,’ self-destructed.

As well as another major secret: The nature of the ‘void’ and the nature of the ‘World..’