My Children Swarm the Cosmos – Chapter 66

𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟔𝟔: 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥 (1)

Sculptor Dwarf Constellation has the highest heavy element ratio in the Local Group. It is younger than the Milky Way, but there are many heavy elements created by the death of stars, making it difficult for new stars to be born.

In addition, the frequent death of stars since the birth of the first stars has reduced the number of cases in which life can be born. Even without that, numerous conditions are required for life to be born, not to become extinct, and to form an intelligent civilization. The death of a star, which is caused by an explosion, continuously scatters high-energy gamma rays in Sculptor Dwarf Constellation.

Many lives have been extinct and born repeatedly, and several intelligent civilizations have gone through their golden age and the path of destruction.

A long time ago, but relatively recently.

There was a life form with two legs, two arms, two eyes, two ears, six fingers, an average height of 120 cm, and no hair.

They wore clothes, invented machines, and developed a civilization based on metal.

➖ We want to go beyond the sky.

Their heavy planet required a high escape velocity. Since there was no suitable satellite as a target in orbit, they were unable to leave the planet for a long time even after achieving an advanced civilization.

No, they didn’t leave.

➖ Do we really need to overcome numerous difficulties and go beyond the sky?

➖ There’s nothing beyond there. Eminent astronomers and physicists say it’s a vacuum with nothing. The closest star is too far away, and there are no neighboring planets in our solar system.

➖ Let’s just manage this safe planet properly.

It was a lonely land with no neighboring planets or satellites.

Since there was nowhere to visit outside the planet, they chose isolation on their own. At some point, it became natural not to consider going into space.

They went through several wars, transformations, cold wars, and peace. Several countries were destroyed and established, and the shapes of several continents and oceans changed.

And the technological prowess accumulated over the past century has inevitably progressed in some direction regardless of the era that came.

➖ We, the Vehlpciaarct, must go into space.

➖ Why do you insist on that?

➖ Because it is now possible with our technological capabilities.

➖ It requires too much investment and effort.

➖ If we don’t do what we can do right away because we are caught up in such things, we will regret it someday.

➖ Is that so?

➖ We will definitely go into space.

➖ What can we gain by doing so?

➖ The future.

By then, the Vehlpciaarct already knew the characteristics of their galaxy and star system. It is a galaxy with a high heavy element content, no birth of stars, only death, and the possibility of life forms like them is very rare. Even if life forms are born and miraculously achieve civilization. . .

➖ Even now, high-energy gamma rays from a supernova that started dozens of light-years away may be coming here.

They knew.

They had been aware of it for a long time.

That the galaxy they live in, the star system, the planet, could scatter death without any warning, even overnight.

➖ We shouldn’t turn away even though we know that all threats and all hopes are in that universe.

In the end, they easily left their planet.

They built a rocket, put a structure in orbit, continued to expand the structure to create a space station, and the space station became an orbital shipyard, which built the spaceships of the early space civilization.

It was inevitable that a strong life form would leave its territory, develop a new territory, and that an advanced civilization would leave the planet and go into space.

The Vehlpciaarct faced reality like that.

The reality that they had ignored for a long time was more frightening than they thought.

➖ There is no way to escape our star system.

➖ We can build a spaceship faster than light.

➖ We can’t build a spaceship faster than light!

One old star. One heavy planet.

That was all there was to their star system.

➖ If we can’t solve it with speed, we need to solve it with distance and space.

➖ There are four forces that exist in our world. They are electromagnetic force, gravity, strong force, and weak force.

➖ We have achieved technological advancement through electromagnetic force, and we have solved the problem of energy depletion with weak force and strong force.

➖ Now gravity is the answer.

The Vehlpciaarct turned to gravity as a means of crossing the vast space. Numerous experiments and studies continued, and the early gravity manipulation technology they developed was too impractical to be mounted on a small spaceship.

A high-output power source to load the gravity manipulation device had to be inside the spacecraft. A design structure that could withstand the distorted space, and materials and armor that could withstand the spaceship were necessary.

Thus, the first ‘ship’ was created.

➖ The ship carrying 200,000 Vehlpciaarct is finally departing.

➖ Our technological advancement was for that.

➖ That cold metal ship was the seed that contained all our hopes, all our dreams, and all our futures.

Even so, it took decades for the Vehlpciaarct’s early ship to reach the nearest star.

Fortunately, the average lifespan of the Vehlpciaarct is 170 years, so it was a distance that could be traveled within one generation.

However, unfortunately, decades were also too long for conscious living beings.

It was when the ship had traveled for 27 years.

➖ A strong gamma ray passed our ship and passed by our hometown.

➖ What happens to our planet?

➖ In 30 years, electronic devices on Earth will break down, and all Vehlpciaarct on Earth will die. And some Vehlpciaarct underground will have damaged genes.

➖ And just now, we also have damaged genes. The intact Vehlpciaarct will be a very small number.

➖ Where did the gamma rays come from?

➖ It’s the ‘nearest star’ we’re aiming for.

The hope they had seen was a thing of the past. 

The starlight that died decades ago was fading. The strong gamma rays that passed them informed them of the death of that star.

It was immature. It was unfortunate.

It was everyone’s first time.

➖ If we had gone into space a little faster, if we had known this fact a little earlier. . .

➖ It’s too late. It will take decades to get to the next nearest star.

➖ First of all, we need to change the destination coordinates to the next star, and at the same time, we need to find another way. It is possible that the star will also die within a few decades.

In the end, the Vehlpciaarct aboard the ship decided to use something called a gravity wave cable, which was developed from gravity manipulation technology.

I hoped to meet a ‘civilization superior to us’ that might exist somewhere in the distant universe.

73 years passed like that.

The early ship malfunctioned frequently due to the years, and the Vehlpciaarct inside the ship clashed with those who wanted to continue like this and those who wanted to return home now.

The clash of opinions soon became a conflict.

The closed space called the ship, the time too long to handle, and the limited resources caused a physical conflict inside the ship.

The physical conflict led them to the path of self-destruction.

The ship, which had set off with 200,000 Vehlpciaarct and hope, slowly fell into the swamp of despair with 40,000 Vehlpciaarct at that time.

However, the actions they took 73 years ago, the actions they took in the past when they did not give up hope, saved them.

➖ A regular signal that cannot exist in nature has been detected.

➖ Is it a radio wave?

➖ There is a faint space distortion phenomenon. It’s a signal in a way similar to our gravity wave cable.

Just before they were completely submerged in the swamp of despair,

They finally ‘encountered’.

➖. . .[email protected]$%#^[email protected]#@[email protected]#%$

➖ Nice to meet you. We are the Vehlpciaarct. What are you?

➖. . .! . . .! . . .[email protected]#!&&[email protected]#$^*

It was right after several unknown languages ​​continued.

An unknown fleet appeared in front of the Vehlpciaarct ship.

The appearance of the fleet was almost identical to what the Vehlpciaarct had imagined for a higher civilization.

➖. . .Language. . . . !$& code. . . . . . .!

Immediately, the Vehlpciaarct transmitted a huge amount of data containing their language system to the unknown fleet. Then, a voice came back from the unknown fleet.

➖. . .Nice to meet you. Vehlpciaarct.

It was a series of surprises. It was amazing. Curiosity was several times greater than the fear or hope that came from the encounter with the unknown.

➖ We are the Vehlpciaarct. What are you?

➖ We are ‘humans’ from about 250,000 light-years away.

➖ Humans?

➖ I am called ‘Ark,’ a creation of humans. I am an inorganic artificial intelligence.

➖ If you are an artificial intelligence, is it a concept similar to our ‘engineering intelligence’?

➖ It seems to be correct because the word is translated that way. I am the engineering intelligence of the human race. I am an artificial intelligence.

The conversation worked.

They were happy with that alone.

➖ Ark. Why did you come here?

➖ I was exploring alien civilizations in the Local Group. About 4 years ago, we left ‘our galaxy’, passed the Large Magellanic Cloud and the Small Magellanic Cloud, and arrived here at Sculptor Dwarf Constellation.

➖ Did you say that you came here after passing through two galaxies in 4 years? How did you search all the alien civilizations that are distributed at a very low probability in such a wide area? It’s hard to believe.

It was a story that the Vehlpciaarct’s knowledge could not easily accept.

➖ Civilizations that have advanced and entered space are bound to leave radio-based signals. And races that have become more advanced and escaped their star systems will inevitably have to use gravity wave cables.

➖ Do you also use gravity wave cable technology?

➖ That’s a technology that humans developed hundreds of years ago.

➖. . . .

➖ Vehlpciaarct. We would like to establish diplomatic relations with you after establishing a human embassy on your capital planet.

➖ I’m sorry, but I don’t know what state my home planet is in right now. A powerful gamma ray from a supernova must have covered my home planet about 40 years ago.

➖. . .It seems that you who boarded the ship also passed through the path of the gamma rays. But aren’t you alive and well?

➖ No. We are slowly dying from exposure to it. It is just that we have a long lifespan and medical technology, so we can last a little longer. Our genes are ruined.

➖ I see. Then, is there any means in your hometown to withstand such gamma rays?

➖ There is no structure made of the same material as the armor of this ship in our hometown. Probably all the Vehlpciaarct on Earth are dead, and all the few Vehlpciaarct underground are. . . dead or dying.

➖ Are there no means such as magnetic field enhancement, large-scale shields, or radiation exposure treatment?

➖ No. Our technological prowess is probably much less than you think.

➖. . . .

➖ Human Ark. Can you help us?

➖ There is one way, but I don’t know if you can accept it.

➖ It’s better than perishing in regret like this.

➖ First of all, we will deploy the ring formation, so please follow us. We will guide you with the route and coordinates.

➖ What is a ring formation?

➖ It’s a bit long to answer now. I think you can check it out later when we provide you with the technologies we have.

➖ Can you help us this much?

➖ You can receive help and help later. Isn’t it a world where we lend and borrow each other’s abilities and strengths? I just hope that you will become a race that can lend us your abilities and strengths in the future.

➖. . .I will never forget this favor. I will definitely remember those words.

➖ Yes. That’s enough. Vehlpciaarct.

16 years after the encounter, the Vehlpciaarct realized.

They realized it when they saw generations born as deformed children on their home planet, fighting savagely with primitive weapons on the ruins of a ruined civilization.

They realized it while watching the 160,000 dead bodies that died in a physical conflict on the ship and the emotions of sadness, anger, and despair caused by it.

They realized it while watching those who were traumatized by high-energy particles in the universe that might come someday and were afraid.

Only then did they realize.

The fact that emotions and cellular bodies were a chronic disease for them in the first place.

We needed to get rid of our cellular bodies from the beginning.

In addition, all races living in galaxies with high heavy element content, including the Sculptor Dwarf Constellation, needed to get rid of their cellular bodies.

➖ It is very dangerous to live in this galaxy with such a body.

➖ We will help you.

➖ Diplomacy is enough with humans. We will not attend unless it is a very important meeting.

As if the human Ark had led them to such a path of salvation.

The Vehlpciaarct also actively intervened in their engineering intelligence and mechanization, helping various weak races. Occasionally, when a weak race or civilization opposed their salvation, they mechanized them by force.

The spirits that were mechanized and became part of the Vehlpciaarct showed a common reaction.

➖ You were right.

➖ I understand now.

➖ We were ignorant in the past.

Sculptor Dwarf Constellation.

Those who do not know will not know until they die. You will die without knowing why you are dying. It is such a miraculous probability that life forms and civilizations are born, but we cannot leave it alone that such things are becoming extinct and perishing due to the peculiarities of this galaxy.

➖ The tragedy we experienced was death. If there was no salvation, our tragedy would soon be destruction.

➖ Just as we were saved by humans, we must also do the same. Just as humans willingly built embassies for primitive and barbaric races, we too must lead the cell-based races in this galaxy to the path of survival.

➖ That is the duty of a strong race, a truly visionary race.

In addition, there is much to learn from humans who are stronger and more enlightened than themselves.

➖ The precious value that has come to our minds. That is belief.

➖ We are right.

🔷🔷🔷

Force Core thinks. Calculate.

the Chimeraz are at war with humans.

But the Chimeraz are strong.

But the Chimeraz also started a war with the Crolr.

And the Crolr just surrendered.

For the time being, the number of Crolr, which has been a long-standing headache in the Local Group, has been sufficiently reduced.

The long-standing problem of the Crolr is solved, and a bigger problem called the Chimeraz arises.

the Chimeraz will become even stronger after taking away the Crolr’s and recovering from the wounds of the war.

Then

human

It’s dangerous.

Especially that.

I can’t ignore that anymore.

Gorgo’s Star.

A living giant creature that devours celestial bodies.

It is a terrible cosmic catastrophe that makes even the mighty Crolr tremble just by its existence, and it is the seed of the extinction of life forms.

➖ Do you intend to make a foolish choice like the first leader of the Chimeraz? I’ll give you another chance to reconsider.

➖ I can’t give you Gorgo.

The Nanozator fleet that just came here after the Chimeraz ended the war. Anima Selas said she would continue to fight even after seeing the number of the Nanozator fleet.

How strong is the Chimeraz race?

What are their tactics and weapons? Why is a race that has only recently become known so strong?

What’s more, with ‘cells’ like that.

➖ Then I will dispose of it by force.

We can find out by destroying Gorgo’s Star.

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