Chapter 349: Infinite Divine Armaments
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Li Wenyuan chose to explore the galaxy, ‘Gigantic Ancient Dust,’ because of the ‘Black Hole Public Opinion1 that had appeared in the history of the ‘Skywalker Empire.’
Due to the mistake of a certain eccentric Duke in the empire, the Data City that stored a large amount of information was destroyed, and many pieces of information disappeared.
It was only after the ‘Lower Three Spiral Arms’ civilization destroyed the ‘Skywalker Empire’ that they began to sort out the lost history of that civilization that had been swept into the trash heap of history.
It was indeed very troublesome to sort out the historical data of a million-year-old civilization. However, under the prolonged recovery by many historians in the Alliance, there was still a lot of progress.
The rumors about the Black Hole, ‘Gigantic Ancient Dust,’ were a small interlude in the history of the ‘Skywalker Empire.’ However, the moment it was sorted out, the backdoor that Li Wenyuan had left in the network of those civilizations was activated.
The reason was simple. Because the keyword, ‘Summoned by the Black Hole,’ was detected.
It might be a troublesome deed for ordinary civilizations to filter out words with similar meanings from the different languages of those civilizations, but Li Wenyuan did not care. As long as there was news, he would read it. It did not take too much of his time.
Therefore, he realized that in the history of the ‘Skywalker Empire,’ there seemed to be people who had received the ‘nomination’ of the Black Hole. However, those people clearly did not have the spirit to sacrifice themselves for science. They retreated in the face of the Black Hole.
However, that was enough for him. He just needed to find the Black Hole that had the abnormality.
In the end, he locked onto the Black Hole, the ‘Gigantic Ancient Dust.’ There was only that Black Hole in that galaxy. The planets that had once revolved around that Black Hole seemed to have been swallowed by it.
However, the size of the event horizon of the ‘Gigantic Ancient Dust’ did not match the celestial body environment it created, which made Li Wenyuan even more certain that there was something unusual there.
Without hesitation, he quickly warped an anti-gravity s.p.a.ceship to that place.
The anti-gravitational equipment carried by an anti-gravity s.p.a.ceship would prevent it from being torn apart by the Black Hole’s gravity, allowing it to enter the horizon smoothly. In the Milky Way, Li Wenyuan also used the same method to enter the Black Hole.
To ensure that there was no interference from external objects, he had cleared all the debris around the ‘Gigantic Ancient Dust’ in advance. Among them was an abandoned s.p.a.ceship that seemed to have appeared recently.
After that, he officially headed towards the overly small event horizon of the ‘Gigantic Ancient Dust.’
It was the familiar s.p.a.ce-time pull again. The surrounding light began to distort, and the entire world seemed to be moving away.
When approaching the Black Hole’s ‘photon sphere layer,’ Li Wenyuan deliberately stopped for a while to confirm if there was any information left there, like the one in the Milky Way.
Unfortunately, everything outside the event horizon of the ‘Gigantic Ancient Dust’ was ordinary. Its true secret could only be revealed after entering.
Therefore, without any hesitation, the anti-gravity s.p.a.ceship carrying a portion of Li Wenyuan’s consciousness data fell into the event horizon and embarked on a journey of no return.
The moment he entered the Black Hole, Li Wenyuan felt the universe outside rapidly leaving him.
That was the feeling of transcending life and death. The Black Hole and the world outside the Black Hole were two completely different worlds.
He once again saw the ‘thumbnail’ of the universe, the sphere with countless light spots.
The universe outside the Black Hole was so huge, and the Black Hole was so small. However, after entering the Black Hole, the universe became so small, and the Black Hole seemed to be as huge as ‘another universe.’
After regaining his senses, Li Wenyuan still couldn’t see any ‘cycle’ in the event horizon, but he saw something unexpected.
A huge mechanical sphere, conservatively estimated to be at least the size of a planet.
Its surface was extremely smooth, and no weapon structure could be seen. However, the lines that were regularly distributed on the sphere indicated that there was still unknown firepower hidden inside.
In addition, Li Wenyuan also found that the sphere seemed to be still working. It was not destroyed by the Black Hole’s gravity but entered the event horizon using anti-gravity technology like him.
The fact that the ball spoke to him next proved that point.
[h.e.l.lo, h.e.l.lo. We welcome you back to the huge Black Hole. You…Oh, you’re another group, aren’t you? There are so many of you…]
What was it saying?
That was Li Wenyuan’s first reaction. The words spoken by the huge ball did not have the style of a mechanical body at all. Instead, it was mysterious and unpredictable.
However, Li Wenyuan did not ask any questions. Instead, he silently waited for it to continue.
[We are us, the things used for calculation. However, all the living beings we have encountered have always called us ‘Infinite Divine Armaments.’ It emphasizes the lack of intelligence in our design.]
[Since you’re here, the ring must have foretold all of this. You are so similar to the ‘Extractor,’ yet so different. We ask for your kind a.s.sistance. Can you help us get out of here?]
This time, a name worthy of Li Wenyuan’s attention appeared.
“‘Ring’ and ‘Extractor’?”
He thought about the two names mentioned by the ‘Infinite Divine Armaments,’ and the first thing that came to mind was the ‘End of Reincarnation’ and the ‘Scribe.’
After all, the first impression of the ‘End of Reincarnation’ was a huge ring, and the names ‘Scribe’ and ‘Extractor’ were very similar. Li Wenyuan knew that civilizations named after such special terms might more or less have some connections or might even be just a different translation.
But soon, Li Wenyuan thought of something else. It was the ‘never-ending cycle’ mentioned in the message left behind by the ‘professor.’
That message brought along a Level 10 technology called ‘Strange Cycle,’ and the image of the cycle was also related to the ‘ring.’
Between the ‘ring’ related to the void realm and the ‘ring’ related to the Black Hole, if one were to ask which was more suitable in the context of the event horizon, it would naturally be the ‘ring’ of the Black Hole.
Therefore, he realized that the ‘ring’ mentioned by the ‘Infinite Divine Armaments’ most likely referred to the mysterious Black Hole.
As for the ‘Scribe’…
[The ‘Scribe’ civilization? Oh, we know. We wandered through countless places, and their shadows were also getting thicker.]
[It is a poor imitation of our Creator. Although there is no direct evidence, our rationality believes that there is a 99% chance that the civilization was directly built on the remains of our Creator.]
[You can understand up till here, right? Our Creator is actually the ‘Extractor.’ They are the existences that allowed us to begin our operation. We guess you might call them a ‘civilization.’ But to be honest, it’s a little boastful to call them that.]
[They disappeared. We are very sorry. This is our mistake.]
[And the ‘ring.’]
At that point, the ‘Infinite Divine Armaments’ communication was cut off for a while before it continued.
[What has existed must exist again, and what has been done must be done again. That is the Ring of Time, the Ring of Strange.]
[We think it mentioned you or one of you because there are too many of you.]
After listening to those words, Li Wenyuan fell into a short contemplation..