Chapter 317 The Legacy of Chasing Fire
The history of "Fire Chaser" has come to an end, but the history of "Chasing Light" has just begun.
As the "terminus" of this cosmic battle royale, the passing of "Fire Chaser" completely interrupted the contraction of the "Cradle" galaxy.
When the "Dawn Star" home ship also turned into a dazzling light, the darkness that had been threatening the entire "cradle" stopped its shrinking progress.
It may be because this contraction is mainly aimed at the "fire chasers". Until the last group of "light chasers" completed the "cocooning", the "shrinking universe observation ship" on the border did not detect any signs of darkness approaching .
They don't know if their equipment isn't sensitive enough to detect subtle "shrinkage" marks.
In short, the "shrinking universe observation ship" at the border was not recalled until everyone was reborn.
They may become a monument to the sad history of this galaxy, standing on the edge of the galaxy like an ever-burning torch, reminding the latecomers all the time what kind of suffering has been experienced here.
Several weeks passed before the "Light Chasing" civilization recovered from the status quo of "end of crisis".
The beast that chased them all the time is gone, and they don't have to live with the heavy pressure they once did.
But people who are used to this kind of life are still a little confused until the government introduced the "Planet Recovery Plan".
In order to prevent the approaching darkness, all the stars in the "cradle" galaxy were transformed into black holes, which caused the entire galaxy to become a non-luminous celestial body.
Lacking the light and heat of the stars, the Gaia planets are the first to suffer.
Although Planet Gaia has a strong ability to adapt to the environment, it cannot withstand the low temperature of more than two hundred degrees below zero.
Even if Planet Gaia uses the greenhouse effect to keep warm for the first time, it will be difficult to resist the natural force of the universe. It may be okay to do so in a short period of time, but what about tens of millions of years?
The possibility of sustaining life before the complete "heat death" may only be achieved by a truly "living" Gaia planet.
Of course, the reason for this situation is that Gaia’s own adjustment ability can no longer keep up with the environmental changes of the universe.
As long as external forces intervene to artificially provide energy for Planet Gaia and design an ecosystem, then Planet Gaia can maintain normal operation even without stars.
In the past, due to the influence of the "shrinking universe", few civilizations would spend a lot of effort to colonize completely frozen planets, because planets are always abandoned, and a permanently frozen environment is difficult to develop.
Over time, almost all civilizations have simply used things like "home ships", and planets have become places to collect resources.
But now, after the crisis of the "shrinking world" is completely resolved, a settlement that is sufficiently intact is still much better than a home ship. Whether it is the population carrying capacity or the industrial processing environment, it is much better than a moving spaceship.
So the "Light Chasing" civilization started a massive "planet recovery plan" under the banner of "recovering their homeland", vowing to turn those frozen planets into their homes again.
And this plan first started from the icy planet in the "burning ember" galaxy.
The light and heat emitted by the black hole's accretion disk melted some of the glaciers, and some areas with higher altitudes have even been exposed, which are natural landing points.
On this day, the civilization leader of "Chasing the Light" was the first to set foot on this thawed land.
Being healthy, he, as the supreme leader of a civilization, decided to personally participate in this "Planet Recovery Plan" to inspire people.
I stepped on the land of the planet for a long time, and as far as I can see, it is mostly dark brown soil, and a few ice and snow that have not yet melted. Although it is dead, the leader understands that this place will become the starting point of new life in the future.
He caught up with his assistant, holding a document from the parliament in his hand. After hurriedly walking to the leader's side, the assistant whispered:
"...The parliament feels that after the crisis is resolved, can it change the name of the civilization for good luck?"
"Look, these are the names they mentioned..."
The leader took the document and looked at it, and the expression on his face soon became sour.
"What is the name of this, what is the "Light Chasing Science Society", what is the "Light Chasing Universe Revival Organization"..."
He threw the file back to the assistant, but he already had an idea in his mind.
"We are the last survivors here. Not only are we shouldering our own shoulders, but also the more than 400 civilizations that have passed away, including the 'fire chasers' who brought everything."
"The name 'Chasing the Light' is quite good, but we can indeed change it. It doesn't need to be changed too much. Let's call it - Chasing the Light."
“We will always chase the light until the end of our lives.”
"Fire Chaser" and "Light Chaser", two civilizations with very similar names, seem to have taken over the torch of civilization at this moment and continue to advance in this "cosmic long-distance race".
Although the "Fire Chasers" perish, their history will be preserved by the "Light Chasers", and they will move forward with this new civilization until they die.
The story of "The Cradle" seems to have ended here, but the story of the universe will continue.
A spaceship carrying the original genes stripped from the body of the "Light Chaser" approached the "burning black hole". Since the accretion disk that was still emitting energy was too dangerous, the spaceship should disembark after approaching a certain distance. Those original genes were thrown into the black hole and destroyed.
However, when the box of confidential objects containing the original genes flew towards the black hole and was completely torn apart by the gravity of the black hole in the monitor, the spacecraft still showed no sign of leaving, as if it was controlled by something.
Needless to say, this matter must have been done by Li Wenyuan.
Originally after the "shrinking world" was completely over, he should shift his focus and no longer focus on this distant "cradle" galaxy.
However, after the "Fire Chaser" actively plunged into the black hole and was torn apart by gravity, he detected a very special signal through the "monitoring terminal", which was continuously ejected from the accretion disk.
There are many noises in the universe, not to mention five million light years away, if he hadn't completely locked on the entire "cradle" galaxy, he would not have noticed this string of signals at all.
The reason why this series of signals is special is because he found that this signal contains some strange rules, like some hidden information.
After his careful pairing and trying to decrypt, he found that if the decryption method for the "fire chaser" is used for this signal, the information can indeed be deciphered!
At this moment, "Whether this is the 'Swan Song' tailored by the 'Fire Chaser' for himself" became Li Wenyuan's subconscious doubts.
But after gradually completing the interpretation of the information, Li Wenyuan locked his eyes on the black hole itself, this seemingly inconspicuous but pervasive celestial body.
(end of this chapter)