Chapter 401: Remnants of the Ascenders' Sixth-Level Civilization

On the star map, tens of thousands of red dots were densely marked.

Each red dot represented a stabilized dimensional rift.

"Strange..."

Qian Yin murmured to herself.

Her finger slid across the screen, pulling up data for one of the red dots.

"All the rifts have been smoothed out by the stabilization tower's string vibrations—why... is there still an extremely weak energy fluctuation here?"

Under the instrument's highest-precision detection, a signal countless times finer than spider silk,

stubbornly seeped out from deep within that nearly healed dimensional rift.

This fluctuation, extremely weak,

would not have been detectable if Qian Yin weren't using the latest-generation detector.

It was like a dark current in the deep sea, only revealing itself quietly after the violent sea had calmed.

"The frequency is constant... no decay... this doesn't look like a natural phenomenon."

Qian Yin's eyes flashed with thoughtful light.

She immediately mobilized more computing power and began an in-depth analysis of this mysterious fluctuation.

Time passed second by second.

When the analysis results appeared on the screen, Qian Yin's pupils contracted sharply.

"This... how is this possible!"

She cried out in shock, leapt up from her seat, her face filled with disbelief.

The analysis results showed that this mysterious fluctuation was, in an extremely slow manner,

yet genuinely effective way, fine-tuning the physical constants of the surrounding space!

For example, the speed of light in a vacuum was reduced by one part in a billion.

The Planck constant exhibited an imperceptible fluctuation.

The gravitational constant also underwent a slight deviation.

These changes were extremely minute, too small for any conventional instrument to measure.

But they did indeed happen!

This is a groundbreaking discovery!

Altering the universe's fundamental physical constants is likely a field only attainable by a civilization on the verge of reaching the seventh level.

Although the magnitude of this modification is minuscule, the technological level it represents has already far surpassed that of the Yanhuang Civilization.

"Could this... be the relic left behind by the long-vanished sixth-level peak civilization mentioned by the Poison Flow?"

Qian Yin's heart began to pound violently.

She instantly realized she might have stumbled upon a staggering secret.

Without hesitation, she immediately connected to Qin Hao's encrypted comms.

"Qin Hao! Come to the Number Seven Latitude Laboratory, quick—I've made a major discovery!"

Qin Hao's figure appeared in the laboratory almost the next second.

He had just finished a secret meeting with the Ge Si Civilization when he received Qian Yin's urgent communication.

"What's wrong?"

Qin Hao looked at Qian Yin's face, flushed with excitement, and asked.

"Look at this!"

Qian Yin wasted no words, turning the holographic screen toward Qin Hao, which displayed the freshly obtained analysis data.

Qin Hao's gaze fell upon the constantly jumping numbers representing the changes in physical constants.

His eyebrows rose slightly.

"Interesting."

"System, scan the source of this fluctuation."

【Command received……conducting deep-dimensional scan……】

【Scanning……penetrating the dimensional barrier……】

Countless data streams like waterfalls flashed across Qin Hao's eyes.

The universe's underlying structure, before him, seemed to become a book that could be freely flipped through.

A few seconds later, the system's voice sounded in his mind.

【Scan complete.】

【Fluctuation source locked.】

【Target located within the -7.34 dimensional interlayer belonging to the current coordinates.】

【Target identified as an independent four-dimensional spacetime fragment.】

【Inside the fragment lie the remnants of a large experimental base.】

【Based on analysis of the remnants' residual information, the base belongs to a civilization called the Ascenders, a sixth-level peak civilization.】

【That civilization once attempted, via technological means, to collectively elevate its entire society to the fourth dimension, becoming true four-dimensional beings.】

【During the experiment, an unknown accident occurred, causing the entire civilization to vanish instantaneously.】

【The main structure of the experimental base remains intact; its core energy continues to operate to this day, continuously radiating weak four-dimensional information waves outward, causing minor disturbances in the physical constants of the main material universe.】

The system's analysis results were clear and detailed.

Qin Hao instantly understood the full context of the matter.

A top-tier civilization that tried to "ascend" lost control and destroyed itself.

But the legacy they left behind is an incalculable treasure.

A complete experimental base for studying how to promote four‑dimensional beings!

"How is it? What did you discover?"

Qian Yin saw Qin Hao silent for a long while and couldn't help asking anxiously.

Qin Hao came to his senses, looked at Qian Yin's expectant gaze, and smiled.

"You're right; this is indeed the relic left by that sixth‑level pinnacle civilization."

He briefly relayed the system‑scan results to Qian Yin.

After hearing Qin Hao's account, Qian Yin's breathing quickened.

In her eyes burst a light a hundred times brighter than when she discovered the crystal planet.

"Four‑dimensional experimental base! Collective dimensional ascension!"

"Great! This… this is literally a treasure!"

As a top‑dimensional scientist, she knows its value better than anyone.

The technology it contains could drive any sixth‑level civilization mad!

"If…"

Qian Yin's thoughts began to race at faster‑than‑light speed.

"If we could obtain the base's technology, especially their methods for creating and stabilizing four‑dimensional space…"

"…and fuse it into our dimensional stabilizer…"

"We might then be able to create a… Absolute Domain!"

Qian Yin's voice trembled slightly with excitement.

"A four‑dimensional space whose rules, stability, and closure are defined entirely by us!"

"Within this domain, our will is the sole rule!"

"Even the Overlord's memetic contamination cannot penetrate it!"

A hint of approval flashed in Qin Hao's eyes.

Qian Yin's idea coincided with his.

The "Only I Domain" he previously used relied on a "cosmic singularity" and his own massive energy,

forcefully twisting the rules of the real world.

This method consumes enormously and cannot be sustained.

But if we master the technology to create and maintain an independent four‑dimensional space, it will be different.

That would be a truly one's own "world" in the proper sense.

Advance to attack, retreat to defend.

Facing the Overlord, we will have a greater chance of victory.

"This plan is feasible."

Qin Hao nodded, affirming Qian Yin's proposal.

"From today onward, the Yanhuang Civilization's top scientific project is launched."

"Project codename—Bǔtiān."

Qin Hao's voice rang out with authority.

"Your mission is to, at any cost, decipher the technology of that four‑dimensional experimental base and turn the Absolute Domain into reality."

"Yes!"

Qian Yin gave a firm nod, flames blazing in her eyes.

This is her mission, and the greatest contribution she, as a scientist, can make to this civilization war.

Just as the Yanhuang Civilization shifts its strategic focus to the "Bǔtiān Project,"

Qin Hao's secret ally, the Titan of the Gess Civilization, sent an invitation.

A grand gathering organized by the Gess Civilization to promote technological exchange among the major civilizations of Lania Kaia is about to commence.

Qin Hao knew in his heart that the Titan was paving the way for him, giving him more opportunities,

to contact and understand the major powers of this star region.

At the same time, it is an excellent stage to showcase Yanhuang Civilization's might to the entire Lania Kaia.