Chapter 70 - Chapter 70: Barrier Planet
Chapter 70: Barrier Planet
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
“Previously disconnected circular world detected.”
“Reestablishing connection with it…”
“Connection complete. ‘Epsilon Shelter’ has entered supervision.”
Li Wenyuan had reestablished a connection with the present circular world and thus learned its true name.
“Was it really a shelter and not some research institute or observation center?” Li Wenyuan found it hard to believe.
After all, the four natives there were really something. Three of them self-destructed; the remaining one was not all that good-natured and had been captured by Li Wenyuan to use as bio-batteries.
At this moment, Li Wenyuan really wanted to ask, “What exactly have you been protecting?”
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Fortunately, after the control center was generally restored, he received the information left behind by the humans. The content explained the situation there: “This is Epsilon Shelter. As you can see, there are four species that we think have great potential here. We will provide them with the right guidance here to confirm whether the path we have once taken is applicable to ordinary civilizations. The threat will come again one day. Only when the Milky Way is strong enough can it avoid becoming forgotten history. If you came here by accident, please do not disturb our observation and experiment.”
From the content, it seemed that the place was originally built for some kind of controlled observation.
However, it was obvious that perhaps because of the disappearance of humans, or perhaps because the circular world had lost its connection, the natives of the circular world had embarked on a distorted path of development without supervision.
Three native civilizations had all walked toward destruction, and the remaining one could not be considered “successful”.
The root of all that was the disappearance of the humans who should have been providing the correct guidance.
“Judging from the situation in this circular world, the humans disappeared very suddenly. They did not even have the time to transfer the natives here to another place…” Li Wenyuan continued musing, “And, The threat will come again’? It sounds as if humans have already faced it once… So, what could be the threat that even they couldn’t eliminate?”
Somehow, Li Wenyuan vaguely managed to picture the scene of Milky Way’s death.
The stars stopped shining, the planets stopped spinning, and all life fell into a deathly stillness along with the spreading darkness.
The once-bustling Milky Way became extremely empty, and the infrastructure that represented civilization was reduced to dust over time. Even the black hole slowly dissipated in the void.
That feeling made Li Wenyuan shudder. He had no choice but to quickly dispel those messy thoughts and start thinking about the subsequent plans. “A future threat…Are there any traces left behind by the ‘threat’ in the Milky Way?”
Therefore, in addition to the mission of uncovering mankind’s secret that Li Wenyuan regarded as having the highest level of priority, there was a new mission to search for possible threats.
Just as Li Wenyuan was focusing on this circular world, a scientist from the Mingbow Science and Technology Nation successfully discovered an “interesting” planet in a remote galaxy.
The reason why the planet was interesting was that it was enveloped in a strange barrier that was completely impenetrable.
The barrier prevented any detection, whether from inside or outside the planet, so the scientist thought it was a dead planet at first.
However, as he slowly investigated through direct observation, he discovered that there was actually a civilization on the planet.
It seemed to be a pitiful civilization trapped in the planet. They could not pass through the barrier and could only continue to consume each other on the planet until the moment of destruction.
In the eyes of the scientist, Mingbow, the planet was simply a good sample for sociological research.
Therefore, after consulting the higher-ups, the Mingbow Science and Technology Nation sent people to build an observation station above the “barrier planet” for sociological research.
However, their actions were discovered by the Pyro Alliance, who demanded that Mingbow immediately stop such mocking behavior and instead help dismantle the barrier.
Mingbow did not care about the condemnation of the Pyro Alliance at first, but he did not expect the Pyro Alliance to obtain the diplomatic support of many interstellar civilizations.
Pressured by all kinds of restrictions, Mingbow had no choice but to demolish the observation station. However, they were unwilling to help break the barrier and asked the Pyro Alliance to resolve the matter themselves.
Therefore, the Pyro Alliance, who felt that they had saved another native civilization, came to the vicinity of the “barrier planet” in joy and soon began the process of dismantling the barrier.
All of that was seen by a certain guy who liked to observe things. “Why are there always people who want to mess with something that obviously seems amiss…” In the lost empire of “Observers”, an “Observer” was looking at the smug scientists of the Pyro Alliance in frustration. His tone was full of resentment.
Others didn’t know what was going on with the “barrier planet”, but the “Observer” knew.
This was because they had personally put up the planet’s barrier.
“Observers” never did anything unnecessary. What they liked to do most was to “watch”, no matter how badly the civilization being observed developed.
For example, what reactions would the civilization being contained within the barrier end up getting?
“It’s normal. It’s a good thing for a civilization to be curious. Even if we put up a sign that says ‘do not open the barrier”, the barrier will only attract even more curiosity.” Another “Observer” comforted his companion while pointing more observatories at the “barrier planet”.
“There’s a saying that goes ‘curiosity killed the cat’. I’m curious what their expressions will be when they realize what’s inside this barrier.”
“Let’s wait and see. This is also part of the ‘observation’. This time, we shouldn’t be needed…”
Therefore, the lost empire of “Observers” began to focus on the “barrier planet”, as if they were looking forward to it.
Meanwhile, the Pyro Alliance had reached the final stage of removing the barrier.
“This barrier is really difficult to deal with. If it wasn’t for the fact that so much time has passed and some weaknesses have already appeared in the barrier, 1 wouldn’t even know how to deal with it.” The scientists from the Pyro Alliance wiped away their sweat. In the end, under the watchful eyes of the others, they successfully removed the barrier that enveloped the planet.
At this moment, all the members of the Pyro Alliance were overjoyed. They were happy that they had successfully rescued another native civilization.
“Well done! With this, the natives here can finally touch the starry sky again!”
“Boundless merit! Boundless merit!”
“We are indeed the kindest civilization in the entire Milky Way!”
While they were still celebrating, a new communication message suddenly appeared on the screen of their spaceship. The source of the signal was the planet below that had its barrier removed.
Someone noticed that and quickly called everyone over to take a look.
“Are these words of thanks? They probably are, right? Every time I hear these words of reverence, 1 feel my body and mind automatically become happy…”
The members opened the message with excitement and anticipation, but their smiles instantly froze on their faces.
The message was very long, but one could roughly understand the sentiment after reading the first line: “You’re dead, you trash! You dare to let us out only after so long? This time, the great Pegchitti will purify all alien dregs!”