Chapter 528: It should be as brilliant as a cosmic explosion

43 years old: Still struggling against the heavenly disaster......

44 years old: Still struggling against the heavenly disaster......

45 years old: The iconic nebula that once belonged to the Intelligent Machine Star Alliance—the Eye of the Universe—was completely erased in the war; now you can only observe what it once looked like from over ten light-years away.

46 years old: Still struggling against the heavenly disaster.....

47 years old: Of the area of the universe that has been surveyed so far, nearly 70% has been shattered, matter burned into entropy; likewise, the number of Heat Death Emissaries has dropped to less than one percent of what it was before.

According to Diannaotou's prediction, when the number of Heat Death Emissaries falls to a certain point, a terrifying thing will descend, and heat death will truly arrive within a month.

The speculation caused quite an uproar, though limited to you, Yuan, and others in your academic circle; at this critical moment of survival, Diannaotou, as the leader of 'hellouniverse', forced all members to conduct research.

Geniuses always march to their own beat; even if the universe is about to end, some of these folks have no intention of helping—obviously, they've lived long enough, maybe they even want to see how this universe ends.

But Diannaotou still has some tricks; at least you got to see all the members of this organization for the first time, the chiefs, including the interns.

This group of the universe's most extraordinarily talented people gathered together, and their research speed is beyond what a few individuals could match; soon, three feasible plans to counter heat death were listed.

The first is what Diannaotou said: hide oneself, preserve the seeds of civilization; according to the nature that the heavenly disaster causes civilization to automatically dissipate when it leaves, wait until the universe is completely heat dead, then emerge to change the world.

They always have a way to restore matter; the meaning of civilization's existence is to constantly reverse entropy.

The second uses a causal-law weapon researched by one member, to pin the future of the heavenly disaster, that ultimate terrifying thing that will descend, firmly in the past; however, the success rate of this plan remains to be determined.

The third is the ascension plan proposed by another chief, to free civilization from bodily limits, letting consciousness and spirit arrive in a new world—simply put, to raise dimensions; likewise, its success rate remains to be determined.

Besides these, there are other godlike persons, for example, those who think like He Chen and become the heavenly disaster, turning enemies into friends, or surrendering to let civilization enjoy a final stable two hundred years—but all were rejected.

Well, actually there's also your doomsday plan—not necessarily doomsday; it could also be you becoming a god, and then......

In short, everyone is striving for civilization's future, and the ability to 'become a god'—aside from Nightmare and yourself, no one else knows about it.

Afterwards, just as Diannaotou said, as the Heat Death Emissaries gradually dwindle, the remaining ones are indeed getting stronger.

Fact proves that the heavenly disaster cannot be eradicated; kill one, and another appears.

Now the heavenly disaster has completely turned into entropy, and the entropy disaster has evolved into various forms; even antimatter is somewhat insufficient, and those Heat Death Emissaries have also exhibited various unique functions.

For example, the ability to distort space so attacks fail, the ability to gain a powerful force field to defend against attacks, and the ability to instantaneously entropy-ize an object.

In short, every time you kill one, these abilities sync to other Heat Death Emissaries; you try to stop it, but unfortunately it's completely useless, yet not killing these Heat Death Emissaries is also not an option.

Thus, after finally eliminating the second-to-last Heat Death Emissary, that terrifying thing he spoke of descended....

Let's directly activate the first plan; we will preserve the seed of civilization.

He casually waved his hand and destroyed half of a nebula....

This is what Yuan said; she truly.... completely lost her fighting spirit.

Mobilizing all available forces across the Star Sea, using everything usable, in the end they resisted for less than thirty years, and even in some major battles they couldn't even get a number.

Even the time until heat death arrives, compared to the several googol years a black hole normally needs to emit radiation, this is practically an instant.

Are we just going to give up resistance? We still have so many, so many of our people.

A compassionate councilor said this, and his words also garnered much agreement.

It's useless... it's too strong... do you know how many light-years across that nebula is? One billion light-years! One billion!

Even if you shift, it still takes a full ten days! Even if we were stronger, without reaching that technological level, this is forever unbeatable!

The nebula Yuan spoke of is called the Heavenly Rainbow Corridor; within the Star Sea, it is like a passageway spanning the world, once one of the universe's greatest sights.

What about so-called ascension plan? And the causal-law weapon?

Time is too short; we've already tried our best to control the time spent killing Heat Death Emissaries, but this isn't our problem—it's that they themselves don't want to live.

They seem to have calculated it; after we drag things out for a certain time, they just die on their own.

The conference room was noisy beyond control, while Zhang Jie sat in the head seat, yet at this moment he chose to remain silent.

Because saying anything now is useless; Yuan was right—they can't win.

'It's just.... unwilling.'

Again that feeling of despair and powerlessness; since leaving Garbage Star, Zhang Jie has been striving to improve himself so he won't be forced into this situation again.

But in the end, he became an incredibly powerful person, thinking he wouldn't have to experience this near-death feeling again.

But.... the outcome is still like this.

Powerlessness sweeps over the whole body; at this moment, what meaning do geniuses and ordinary people have?

'Council Chairman, what do you think?'

A call pulled Zhang Jie's thoughts back; his vision refocused, and those pairs of eyes before him simply stared at him expectantly.

'My suggestion is that all plans proceed in parallel; our backup cannot be just one.'

'Moreover, I have a question for everyone.'

'In what state is a person most invincible?'

Everyone pondered the meaning of Zhang Jie's words.

'The answer is, "I lack nothing.", "I have nothing.", and "I want nothing."'

'Then what state are we in?'

'Also, my senior brother once asked me a question: if death were to come, how would you choose to accept it?'

'Back then my answer was: "It should be as brilliant as fireworks blooming."'

Zhang Jie paused, looked at everyone, and continued.

'My answer remains unchanged.'

'My life should be as brilliant as a cosmic explosion.'