Chapter 82

"Huh?"

Jade tilted her head, and a huge question mark appeared above it.

The message Topaz sent was a photo, taken in space,

the content was...

a magnificent and massive starship floating above Jarilo-VI,

Jade's eye twitched violently,

she engaged in the pawn business, and although she rarely mortgaged conventional valuables, she still possessed the discerning eye to evaluate the value of items,

just by taking one look, Jade knew that the value of this starship exceeded the IPC's most advanced ships,

that massive and magnificent volume, the stars it dragged, the looming advanced armaments, all made Jade's eyelids jump,

when did a civilization capable of building such ships appear in the universe?

"This is not cute at all..."

Jade couldn't help but mutter.

"Calamity Empire? No, how could there be such a coincidence."

"Topaz goes to a remote planet and just happens to encounter a Calamity Empire starship?"

Jade shook her head, suppressing the thought that this was a Calamity Empire starship.

After all, not all civilizations in the universe were known to the IPC,

for example, the ancient civilization that built the nine Xianzhou ships had still not been discovered by the IPC,

such lost advanced civilizations must still exist in the unexplored universe,

this could be a lost advanced civilization,

but the possibility of it being a Calamity Empire starship could not be ruled out,

Jade stroked her chin and muttered:

"Topaz said she received a reply from the Architects faction on Jarilo-VI."

"Are the residents on this planet safe and sound? Is it really just a lost advanced civilization?"

Just as Jade was thinking, the light screen at the corner of her eye suddenly lit up, becoming exceptionally conspicuous,

and a line of text appeared on the light screen,

this line of text seemed to be dripping with fresh blood, as if reminding all living beings in the universe to pay attention to the content that followed,

【Calamity Empire's Sixth Crime: Grave robbing, plundering relics, destroying interstellar cultural artifacts, touching the forbidden knowledge of the Pioneers!】

"Pioneers? What is that?!"

Looking at the text on the light screen, Jade raised her eyebrows slightly:

"Could it be a collective term for some ancient civilization?"

"Pioneers?" Looking at the text on the light screen, Herta pinched her chin.

"Is it some kind of civilization that existed in even more ancient times?"

Herta muttered.

The reason she had such a thought was that all living beings in the universe actually did not understand the history of this universe,

even the history after the first Amber Era was buried in mist,

why were the Aeons born? Why did the Immortal Dragons fall? Where did the Ancient Beasts go?

What was the truth about the Swarm Disaster? What exactly happened in the Emperor's War?

These were all buried in the dust of history,

one of the purposes of Herta, Ruan Mei, and Screwllum building the Simulated Universe,

was to explore these lost histories and discover the secrets of the Aeons...

As for even more ancient history, that is, in the years before the first Amber Era and before the end of the Twilight War...

those more ancient histories were completely unknown to the beings of the universe,

were there civilizations other than Ancient Beasts in that era?

To what extent did these civilizations develop? Did they have any relationship with the birth of the Aeons?

These were mysteries within mysteries.

"There is a certain possibility."

"The Genius Society once discovered bullet holes and projectiles on the remains of some ancient giant beasts."

Screwllum pressed his mechanical chin with the back of his hand and said in a calm voice:

"These projectiles belong to the years before the current civilization appeared, spanning a long river of history, and all that were killed were the last of a species."

"Some researchers believe this is a manifestation of the Path of The Hunt."

"But many researchers also believe this is evidence that civilizations existed before the current one."

"I tend to support the first theory."

Herta crossed her arms and said:

"But it is a very reasonable inference that advanced civilizations existed before the current universe's civilizations."

"Even if the nebulae of that era were chaotic and Ancient Beasts were rampant."

"Life will find a way for itself, no matter how harsh the environment is," Ruan Mei nodded slightly and said.

"Alright, it seems we have reached a consensus."

Herta clapped her hands and said:

"Let's temporarily call the civilizations before the current universe's civilizations 'Pioneers,' according to the Calamity Empire's term."

"This is a brand-new research direction, investigating evidence of the Pioneers' existence, and even excavating their ruins."

"However, it seems that in this step... the Calamity Empire is much further ahead than us."

Speaking of this, Herta paused: "Perhaps they have already inherited many legacies of the Pioneer civilizations."

"That is, the Pioneer legacies and relics mentioned on the light screen."

"The question is only how much they obtained and how much they mastered."

Screwllum looked at the light screen and said in a low voice:

"Or, what kind of truth they learned from it."

Hearing this, Herta raised her eyebrows and asked: "Screwllum, what did you notice?"

"Doubt: The Calamity Empire seems to have found the direction of the empire after leaving their home planet."

"That is to pursue the Path of Ascension that we know nothing about, and they have been pursuing it ever since."

Screwllum lowered his voice and said:

"Logic: The Calamity Empire has been pursuing ascension since their home planet."

"Conclusion: The Calamity Empire likely discovered something on their home planet, very likely some kind of Pioneer ruin."

"This ruin revealed some truth of the universe to the Calamity Empire, and this truth is something we have never known."

"Other than running to find the Calamity Empire and asking them what exactly they discovered, I can only stay here and watch the light screen."

Herta glanced at the scene on the light screen and said:

"We can only hope that this light screen can reveal more reality."

Just then, the scene on the light screen changed,

and a line of text appeared on the light screen...

【I Equal the Void Realm to Establish Divinity, Pursuing the Path of Ascension】

【The first race to ascend to the Void Realm, the ancient psionic ascendants... Pioneers: The Zro】

(Carefully imagine that the Pioneers are Zro, Vultaum, and Cybrex, which are quite heaven-defying; one establishes divinity in the Void Realm, one penetrates reality, and one is the galaxy's night watchman. The others either died of viruses or internal strife, and there were even those killed by backward civilizations because they didn't have faster-than-light technology.)

83. 【Stained with Your Colors】

【"I equal the Void Realm to establish divinity, seeking the path of ascension."】

【The first race to ascend to the Void Realm, the ancient psionic ascendants... Pioneers: The Zro】

Seeing the text appearing on the light screen, all living beings in the universe were stunned for a moment.

"Zro? A civilization I've never heard of?"

"Void Realm? Is that the psionic domain utilized by the Calamity Empire?"

"Ascension, establishing divinity in the Void Realm, why does this sound a bit like the Calamity Empire's style!" ===== CHAPTER 83 =====