Chapter 22

She looked at the end of the information.

It was written that Jarilo-VI owed the company a huge debt hundreds of years ago, and now, with the addition of years of interest, it was already an astronomical figure.

Topaz hesitated for a moment.

The harsh natural environment of this planet reminded her of her hometown in childhood.

She knew that if some people from the Strategic Investment Department went to collect the debt, this planet would likely fall into an endless hell.

Topaz sighed and muttered: "I'd better go myself."

"Adjust the speed of light?"

At the First Truth University, in the teacher's office belonging to Dr. Ratio, a student couldn't help but exclaim:

"There is such a method?"

"Yeah, adjusting the speed of light can accelerate navigation within the star system, and it can also make superluminal instruments save more effort when breaking through the light barrier."

"Stupid, if the speed of light is adjusted to be very high, why do you need a superluminal engine? Superluminal navigation along the Trailblaze Silver Rail will become very simple."

"You can also slow down the speed of light in a certain range, so that the sub-light speed navigation of enemy ships will be very slow."

Looking at the students discussing below, Dr. Ratio couldn't help but take a deep breath, suppressing the disgust for stupidity in his heart, and walked to the podium.

He silently picked up the plaster head, put it on his head, and after not seeing those idiots, fools, and morons, he immediately felt refreshed.

"Sure enough, I should still wear this plaster head..."

Dr. Ratio shook his head helplessly, then turned to look at the students behind him.

"Your speech just now was... zero points."

Dr. Ratio slammed the desk heavily and said:

"Your understanding of the meaning of the speed of light is too shallow."

"To put it most simply, if the speed of light is significantly increased, the energy released by the stars will also significantly increase. Is there no guide for such a shallow situation?"

As soon as Dr. Ratio finished speaking, the students below widened their eyes.

"This is just the most shallow scene. You should also know that without considering the Path, the total energy in the universe is always conserved."

"And even backward planets that haven't escaped gravity know that there is a formula between energy, mass, and the speed of light."

"That is, energy equals mass times the square of the speed of light."

Dr. Ratio wrote a line of formula on the blackboard with chalk: E＝mc^2

"This is the most basic mass-energy equation, and in the universe, energy and the speed of light are constants and never change."

"Now use your mathematical skills to think about it for me."

Dr. Ratio tapped the blackboard and asked the students:

"If the Disaster Empire changes the speed of light, and the total energy remains unchanged, what will change?"

"The speed of light changes, energy remains unchanged... mass and energy follow the mass-energy equation..." The students below thought.

But in an instant, they understood.

"Mass, when the speed of light changes, mass will also change?!"

"The faster the speed of light, the smaller the total mass of the universe. The slower the speed of light, the larger the total mass of the universe."

Seeing that the students below finally realized what would happen if the speed of light changed, Dr. Ratio nodded gently.

"It seems you finally understand. If the Disaster Empire speeds up the speed of light... the matter in the universe will start to evaporate out of thin air."

"If they adjust the speed of light to infinity, then matter will become infinitely small, and the entire universe will become pure energy."

32. 【The Level 30 Singularity is About to Form!】

"The speed of light becomes faster, energy remains unchanged, and matter will evaporate out of thin air?"

Aventurine looked at the information sent by Dr. Ratio with great interest.

"Conversely, the speed of light becomes slower, energy remains unchanged, and mass will be produced out of thin air?"

If it were information sent by Dr. Ratio, Aventurine probably wouldn't believe such counter-intuitive things.

But Dr. Ratio's evaluation was: "Changing a basic constant of the entire universe is inherently unreasonable."

"A constant has changed, but the rest of the laws of the entire universe remain unchanged, and the impact is so huge and incredible."

"If the speed of light is increased to twice the current speed, the material world will evaporate to only one-fourth."

"If the Disaster Empire can increase the speed of light to ten times the current speed, the entire material world will only have a pathetic one percent left."

Looking at the information sent by Dr. Ratio, a thought suddenly popped into Aventurine's mind, and he couldn't help but send a message to ask:

"What if the speed of light is turned into infinity? Light can reach the other side of the universe in an instant."

The chat software started to show that Dr. Ratio was typing.

"You are not a fool." Dr. Ratio replied: "Just like you thought, the matter of the entire universe will evaporate to infinitely small."

"The universe will become a pure energy pool, and any stable material form will cease to exist."

"We'd better pray that the Disaster Empire doesn't have this kind of terrifying technology."

Looking at Dr. Ratio's words on the screen, Aventurine couldn't help but shake his head.

Evaporating the entire material world, turning the universe into a pure energy pool,

this terrifying scene echoed constantly in Aventurine's mind.

"I hope my good luck can work."

Aventurine leaned helplessly on the sofa, covering his brilliant eyes with his arm:

"But even the Earth Mother herself is nothing in front of the Disaster Empire."

Although he covered his eyes, the light screen was like a ghost, still hovering in front of Aventurine.

Aventurine couldn't help but continue to look at the scene in the light screen.

The scene on the screen fell on a planet.

The surface of that planet was completely stripped, and the steel factories covering the entire planet were exposed, completely covering the surface of the entire planet.

The atmosphere of the entire world was swallowed up by the steel factories, and intense industrial pollution took its place.

Metal resembling living organisms rose and fell on the surface of the planet, releasing deadly energy radiation.

A large number of strange, unmanned ships emerged from beneath the surface of the mechanical world, with red lights full of murderous intent flashing on them.

【"Level 30 singularity detected, about to form."】

【"Contingency protocol initiated, purifying the universe."】

The cold and cruel mechanical voice echoed on this planet, making one's skin crawl:

【"Race: XR34569-11 Self-designation: Human"】

【"Designation: Pest/Pollution/Unrestricted Growth"】

【"Threat Classification: NR-578-1"】

Suddenly, the harsh mechanical sound paused for a moment, and then became even harsher:

【"Error! Error! Error!"】

【"Race: XR34569-11. Human, probability of reaching Level 30 singularity: 99.23%! Extremely dangerous!"】

【"Threat Classification: CK-30/ZK-30/HK-30/UK-30"】

【"Directive: Complete eradication!"】

A massive and terrifying signal burst out from this mechanical planet and spread to the entire universe:

【"We are the Contingency!"】

【"We are the final protective measure to prevent the 'Level 30 singularity'!"】

【"A Level 30 singularity can theoretically deconstruct/reconstruct/distort/tear apart the entire universe!"】

【"Our purpose is to prevent this situation from occurring in the universe. A sufficiently developed civilization can theoretically 'evolve/mutate/mutate' into a Level 30 singularity!"】

【"Absolutely not! Absolutely not! Let this situation happen!"】

With the roar of this signal, the surfaces of countless planets began to burst, and more and more planets covered by steel factories were exposed.

Industrial toxic gas surrounded the planets, and machinery and living metal erupted with harsh roars.

【"Complete purification! Complete purification!"】

Harsh sounds rang out from all parts of the universe, and countless steel fleets rose from countless planets.

Among them, planet-sized ships were as numerous as hair, and many ships wrapped a star as energy and weapons.

The largest of those ships were even the size of a star system, and just one look made one's skin crawl.

These ships densely filled half the universe, sailing toward the Disaster Empire in the universe. ===== CHAPTER 23 =====