Chapter 404: Cosmic Island

In other words, once the projection appears, at the very least, any civilization within the Laniakea Supercluster that possesses the ability to observe the Universe will be able to see it.

It's a total eyesore!

Karl will definitely come over to have a heart-to-heart with him at the first opportunity.

Ye Cang did not choose to open this galaxy map, but instead asked Zhizi.

"Why is this cosmic galaxy map so large, a full 100 light-years?"

Zhizi responded.

"The observable Universe is 94 billion light-years, and the unobservable Universe is 23 trillion light-years; this cosmic galaxy map is the map of those 23 trillion light-years."

Once these words were spoken, Ye Cang finally understood.

No wonder it was as large as 100 light-years; it turned out to be a galaxy map of the entire Universe!

I have to say, that old guy Tai Kong really hides things deep.

After thinking for a moment, Ye Cang issued a command.

"Open the galaxy map of the 94 billion light-year observable Universe for me."

"Zhizi received."

Immediately, the observable Universe galaxy map unfolded, and Ye Cang was surrounded by a vast, boundless starry sky.

Everything that met his eyes was an unfamiliar galaxy, leaving Ye Cang overwhelmed.

He couldn't find the location of the Laniakea Supercluster at all.

Out of curiosity, Ye Cang casually tapped on a star.

The next second, the tapped star was immediately magnified, and in the blink of an eye, it became a galaxy cluster.

Information regarding this galaxy cluster also emerged.

Tree of Life Supercluster Complex, 3 billion light-years away from the Laniakea Supercluster; this supercluster possesses life.

Its life form is carbon-based, specifically manifesting in plant form.

Plants?

A large question mark appeared on Ye Cang's forehead.

Does that mean like the tree-men in anime? Or perhaps something like vine-people?

Just as Ye Cang was thinking about obtaining more detailed information, several sets of images appeared before his eyes.

It was just as Ye Cang had guessed.

It really was tree-men, vine-people, and flower-people.

Especially that tree-man; Ye Cang even thought he had seen Groot.

That little sapling from Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy.

This really opened Ye Cang's eyes.

It's just that this Tree of Life Supercluster is actually a full 3 billion light-years away from the Laniakea Supercluster.

And both Kaisha and Karl said it.

Outside the Laniakea Supercluster, everything is a meaningless existence.

But now, 3 billion light-years away, a brand-new civilization has appeared.

After thinking about it, Ye Cang adjusted the galaxy map to where the Laniakea Supercluster was.

Then he kept zooming out, zooming out, and zooming out again.

After it zoomed out to a certain scale, Ye Cang's expression became somewhat ugly.

He understood.

No wonder Karl and Kaisha both believed Tai Kong's words that everything outside the Laniakea Supercluster was a meaningless existence.

Because...

The Laniakea Supercluster is actually a Cosmic Island!!!

What is a Cosmic Island?

If you replace the term Cosmic Island with an island in the sea, I believe everyone will understand what it means.

With the Laniakea Supercluster as the center point, within a diameter of 2 billion light-years, there are almost no galaxies and very few civilizations.

No wonder... no wonder... they would all say that outside the Laniakea Supercluster, it is meaningless.

2 billion light-years! A full 2 billion light-year range!

Even Karl had only explored 100 million light-years.

After the shock, Ye Cang calmed down.

He began to think about why Tai Kong would do this, and why he wouldn't let Kaisha and Karl discover civilizations outside the Laniakea Supercluster.

Why lie to them that the remaining 93.5 billion light-years of the Universe are meaningless?

To prevent communication between civilizations?

But even if they did communicate, at most there would be a technological explosion; apart from a technological explosion, what would happen more often is war.

Endless war.

Then is he doing this to protect civilization?

Ye Cang instinctively sensed that this answer was wrong.

Upon closer inspection, he discovered where the problem lay.

If a war that would destroy the Universe were truly to occur between civilizations, it would be impossible for Tai Kong to stand on the sidelines and watch the show.

He was never an observer to begin with.

If he were an observer, he would never have passed God-making Technology to the two Deno planets.

Since there were no clues, Ye Cang had to give up on thinking.

He turned to look at other civilizations in the observable Universe.

As he watched, Ye Cang noticed a problem.

Space told Kaisha and Karl that everything outside the Laniakea Supercluster was meaningless.

Would the same words be told to other civilizations in the Universe?

Besides this.

Ye Cang had another new discovery.

Space is truly diligent; he really spread god-making technology throughout the entire observable Universe.

As for the unobservable Universe, Ye Cang had not checked it yet.

"Tsk..." Ye Cang smacked his lips, then adjusted the position of the star map to the Galaxy, and after comparing it with the Galaxy star map provided by Kaisha.

He confirmed there were no issues, and only then did he close the Universe star map.

Taking a look, Ye Cang discovered.

That he had actually spent nearly a whole day looking at this.

And this was only a rough inspection.

It is hard to imagine; if one were to carefully examine the observable Universe star map, it would probably take ten days or half a month.

Just as the star map was closed, the office door was pushed open.

Looking closely, it was Kaisha.

After Kaisha came in, she sat opposite Ye Cang.

"Ye Cang, what happened on your end yesterday?"

"Why did I see a huge holographic projection appear here? And many of the galaxies on the projection were unfamiliar."

"Then you didn't make a sound for a whole day; I thought something had happened to you!"

Ye Cang wanted to tell Kaisha about the encrypted star map, but the words reached his lips and he swallowed them back down.

No, this matter cannot be told to Kaisha for the time being.

For now, this matter can only be known by himself.

The more people who know, the more passive and dangerous it becomes.

Heaven knows what Space is actually brewing.

After making up his mind.

Ye Cang then said: "Yesterday, I fully unfolded the Galaxy star map to study how to conduct an Expedition."

"That's why it looked a bit unfamiliar to you."

After hearing Ye Cang's explanation, Kaisha did not think much of it.

"Is that so!"

"Then how is your Great Expedition research coming along?" Kaisha continued to ask.

"It's alright." Ye Cang's reply was slightly perfunctory.

"Looking closely, the Solar System's position in the Galaxy is a bit remote, so it's about the same no matter which direction we conduct the Expedition from."

"The point is how to manage those civilizations after the Expedition, and how to unite all civilizations into a single whole; that is the most important thing."

"Furthermore, the current Wormholes are somewhat unable to satisfy our usage."

Regarding Ye Cang's latter sentence, Kaisha nodded in deep agreement.

"Indeed, Wormholes need to be refined and made portable."