Time travel to become the guardian AI of a lost civilization

Chapter 295 Cosmic Battle Royale
[This is the place where our life originated, I don't know what you will call this place, but we call it the "cradle"]

[Thanks to the unimaginably superior natural environment here, almost all the first civilizations that were born quickly flew to the interstellar space and gradually explored this galaxy]

[We have also experienced a long and complicated era of interstellar society, but we have all converged in the end. We believe that our unique environment is to allow us to become "pioneers" and inspire other civilizations]

[I don't know that destruction is coming]

[At first, one or two stars went out for unknown reasons, because they all happened at the edge of the galaxy, far away from us, so we ignored it]

[However, when we realized it again, this phenomenon of star extinguishing had already spread to the resource area, and gradually approached the residential area]

[We tried to find out the reason, but found nothing. The only thing we can know is that what is swallowing this galaxy is a piece of "darkness"]

["It" can basically be determined to be a perfect sphere with a diameter of about 40 light-years, which coincidentally surrounds our galaxy and shrinks toward the center of the sphere at a constant speed]

[And everything in the "dark" path will disappear without a trace, and no signs of existence can be detected anymore...]

Li Wenyuan listened to everything in the "monitoring terminal", and felt a little unbelievable about what happened in the "elliptical galaxy beta".

This matter itself is indeed extremely unimaginable. At first Li Wenyuan thought that some unknown mysterious creature was devouring this galaxy, but now it seems that it is not that simple.

Just from the description of "darkness", no conclusions can be drawn about it, and this civilization surviving organization that claims to be "chasing light" has not released any matching test data.

It is very likely that they are indeed completely unable to analyze this mysterious and strange phenomenon, and they cannot detect any data, and all they can see is the darkness that is getting closer and closer.

He thought about the possibility related to it in his mind, and at the same time continued to record the content of the monitoring verbatim.

[At first we tried to fight it, but there was nothing we could do about it, and the most powerful weapon we could develop couldn't stop it from approaching even for a second]

[So we had to choose to move inward, to the center of the galaxy, to give up all our past glory, and to be driven away like bereaved dogs, just to survive for a while before being swallowed by darkness]

【In fact, we should have perished long ago. The darkness is approaching too fast. We only have time to send out a distress signal before we will perish in the darkness.】

[However, it may be a miracle, we accidentally discovered that black holes can slow down the approaching speed of darkness, and it takes a much longer time for the darkness to "swallow" black holes than before]

[So we once again ignited hope, we managed to destroy all the stars, turn them all into black holes, and keep sending out distress signals, this is our struggle to survive]

"Did you blow up all the stars..." Li Wenyuan now understood why he couldn't observe the light of the "Elliptical Galaxy Beta".

I thought it was interstellar dust that blocked the light, but now it seems that either the darkness has the function of blocking the light transmission, or because all the luminous celestial bodies have been transformed into non-luminous celestial bodies, or both.

【…However, we have been wandering on the edge of life and death for too long, the universe is empty after all, even if we are sure that there are indeed life in a few galaxies, and maybe even high-level civilizations, we have not received any response】

[Maybe because of trouble, maybe because of powerlessness, maybe because of indifference, we also understand them, after all, who wants to waste time and effort to help a group of strangers? 】

[We can only fight alone, and gradually deteriorate in the long and hard life...]

[At first, the food under unified management disappeared, and then gradually developed into energy blocks, minerals, alloys, and even... not many spaceships]

[We also understand the reason for this situation. We can't bear to pursue those partners who have shared weal and woe, but after accidentally bumping into the scene where they made a mistake, they panicked and chose to open fire...]

[The ideals of the past were finally broken in the endless life and death, we began to compete with each other for less and less resources, fight because of hatred, and fight for the land of survival...just like when we were at the beginning]

[Countless partners who have been side by side for tens of thousands of years have been killed by our own hands, and we carry their share and continue to move forward with difficulty]

[From the initial 460 civilizations, to 230, 115, 57... We are like experiencing a battle royale of civilizations, as the darkness approaches, civilizations are constantly being eliminated, and the remaining civilizations And more and more cold-blooded, everyone is fighting for survival]

[Only the victor has the opportunity to occupy the galaxy closest to the central area, and be the last one to meet the destruction there...Since the destruction is inevitable, what is the purpose of our fighting...? 】

The broadcast of the galaxy is intermittent, and it seems that the rescuer is also unable to maintain a more stable signal state because of the bleak memories.

It is said to be a distress signal, but from the content point of view, it is more like the last words of this "Light Chasing" civilization survival organization.

Such a world sounds cruel. As the caller said, they are experiencing a battle royale among civilizations. Even former friends have to take up arms and fight each other, just to fight for a longer life. Breathing time.

However, Li Wenyuan had a guess because of their "Cosmic Battle Royale".

So, he adjusted the frequency of the "Navigation Beacon" to be consistent with the "SOS Signal", and after confirming the range at the "Elliptical Galaxy Beta" they called "Cradle", he slowly sent out a series of responses.

…………

At this time, the leader of "Chasing Light" somewhere in the black hole galaxy far away in the "Elliptical Galaxy Beta" is sadly broadcasting their historical experiences to the outside world one after another.

He no longer expects civilization to save them, but only hopes to leave a little record of his own civilization.

However, at this moment, he received a series of signals from extremely distant sources, not even in their galaxy.

What's in the signal is:
[I have basically understood your situation, now I want to know... Is there a special planet called "observation terminal" in your place? 】

The leader of "Zhuguang" was taken aback for a moment, then was dazzled by the huge surprise, and began to speak incoherently.

"I, we, you are, what are you..."

He subconsciously grasped the life-saving straw in desperation, completely ignoring what was behind the straw.

As a leader, he quickly calmed down and answered accurately with the same signal:
"Through our and... 229 civilization's historical databases, no identical or similar information remains."

"No..." The unexpected answer made Li Wenyuan slightly stunned, but he soon realized what was going on, and asked again:
[So... have you checked the galaxy in the center of the galaxy? 】

(End of this chapter)