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Silence!
Saki, who was completely assimilated with Machi, traveled among the stars and soon arrived at the outermost edge of Pluto.
This is the outermost edge of the solar system, and the last barrier for human civilization to break through the solar system.
Here, dwarf planets and asteroids, including Pluto, form a vast planetary belt known as the Kuiper Belt.
Beyond the Kuiper Belt lies a region called the Oort Cloud, where comets congregate.
Further out lies the empty region of Alpha Centauri, the closest galaxy to our solar system, composed of three stars.
In a sense, all regions within the Oort Cloud can be considered part of the solar system.
In particular, the Oort cloud region serves as a natural protective layer for the entire solar system.
The distance of one light-year essentially eliminates all non-human-caused cosmic disasters.
Even for a civilization with faster-than-light technology, breaking through this cometary zone to reach Earth would not be an easy task.
Fortunately, Machina is not an ordinary creation of biological civilization.
Upon reaching the Kuiper Belt, its speed increased again, entering a true phase of space travel.
It was precisely at this moment that a shocking scene unfolded.
buzzing...
Looking from afar, the previously still comet zone suddenly began to rotate.
All the comets within a one-light-year radius seemed to be controlled by an invisible hand, and began to rotate and move rapidly in an astonishing manner.
As the entire Oort cloud region rotates.
The solar system, located at its center, also appears to have undergone some kind of unusual distortion.
The light emitted by the star begins to gradually recede, and the curvature of spacetime on a cosmic scale is forcibly closed.
Machina, who witnessed this scene, was forcibly squeezed out of the Oort Cloud region and entered the endless void of the universe before she even understood what had happened.
In the blink of an eye, the original solar system vanished, replaced by a vast region that was infinitely close to a black hole.
【Lu Xuan!!!】
Having witnessed all of this from Machina's perspective, Saki's mind began to vibrate violently and uncontrollably.
Without even thinking about it, it's obvious that Lu Xuan is probably the only person on Earth capable of such incredible feats as manipulating stars, or even hundreds of millions of comets, on a cosmic scale.
Equally shocked as Shaji were the other extraterrestrial civilizations that were constantly watching the solar system.
To be honest, any race that can become a cosmic-level civilization possesses, to varying degrees, powerful weapons specifically designed to destroy stars.
Neutron annihilation, mass projection, dimensional strikes...
But they never imagined that a civilization could directly control the celestial bodies of the entire solar system to protect its home planet.
By projecting a curvature generator into the Oort cloud region, hundreds of millions of comets are driven to undergo reverse-time curvature motion.
With such large-scale, high-mass celestial motion, the rules of spacetime are forcibly rewritten.
Let alone forcibly entering the unpredictable Oort Cloud region...
Even if a god-level civilization with the ability to manipulate time were to descend, it would be impossible to find the correct coordinates in this chaotic spacetime curvature.
Within a few light-years of the solar system, this is a region of an artificially created black hole.
Any energy or matter that intrudes into this region will become part of the Oort cloud black hole region, forming a defensive line that hides Earth's coordinates.
—Cosmic Forbidden Zone: The Starry Sky!
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If the existence of civilizations outside our solar system is shocking...
Therefore, what human civilization, the object of this protection, feels is panic.
The TPC's Cosmic Observatory was the first human agency to detect the anomaly, but they simply couldn't believe what they were seeing.
The stars suddenly shifted, and spacetime abruptly reversed...
Apart from the eight planets in the solar system, which are still moving along their original orbits.
The stars beyond the eight planets seem to have suddenly disappeared from their original positions at some point.
Moreover, the deep space probes deployed by TPC outside the solar system were also cut off from contact due to the existence of the "sky curtain of stars".
In this absolute spacetime that resembles a black hole, even trans-spacetime communication based on the "quantum entanglement theory" cannot achieve effective information exchange.
"The universe outside the solar system... has disappeared!?"
Standing blankly on the observation platform, the observers from the Space Observatory had vacant eyes and wooden expressions.
Because at that moment he suddenly remembered a saying that had circulated in human society long ago.
That means Earth is actually just a server built in a virtual world.
The universe and starry sky outside Earth are just a sticker deliberately placed by the developers of Earth Online to prevent humanity from discovering the truth.
"Idiot, what nonsense are you thinking!"
A slap landed on the back of the observer's head as the director of the observation bureau, who had appeared on the observation platform at some point, shouted sternly.
"It's just that the comets in the Oort cloud region have a problem; the other stars haven't moved."
Despite saying that, when he looked up at the starry sky that was different from what he knew, the director's hands still trembled uncontrollably.
He didn't know who had disrupted the comet's trajectory in the Oort cloud region.
He didn't know who exactly created a wide-area spacetime curvature interferometer using those hundreds of millions of comets.
The only thing the director of the Space Observatory was certain of was that human civilization may be facing the greatest problem since its inception.
When the trajectories of the stars are disturbed, when the solar system is isolated...
Is it still possible for humanity, trapped within the solar system, to break through the Oort cloud region, which is almost a spacetime black hole, and travel to the real universe?
"Perhaps... the Extraterrestrial Alliance might know what happened?"
When the observer tentatively raised the question, he received a negative response from his own director.
"They're trapped in this solar system just like us, how could they possibly know what's going on?"
The director of the Space Observation Bureau sighed deeply, and his expression became much more haggard in that instant.
“Go back and report this to the other departments of TPC! This matter is beyond our scope of handling.”
"No, perhaps someone has already noticed the changes in the sky."
"After tonight, even ordinary people will probably be able to notice those stars that have been turned upside down."
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Just as TPC predicted, such a large-scale shift in the stars in the sky could not possibly be hidden from ordinary humans living on Earth.
However, given the impact of this incident, TPC has not fully disclosed the truth of the matter.
In TPC's official report, it was only stated that some fluctuation in the solar system's gravity caused minor changes in the comet swarms in the outer solar system.
Because light does not reach Earth instantaneously.
In particular, light from outside the solar system takes at least one light-year to be distorted and transmitted into the solar system when it travels through the Oort cloud region.
Therefore, theoretically speaking, it would take at least a year for ordinary people on Earth to truly realize the seriousness of this event.
Therefore, TPC's explanation did not cause much of a stir.
Although some people do not believe TPC's claims, they have no evidence to refute this official narrative.
Thus, under this premise and background, Luke and Dina, two outliers among the ancient returnees, successfully arrived in Akihabara, Tokyo, Japan.
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"So, where should we look for Sixth Avenue?"
Turning her head to look at her father, Dina, who had been pacing around the area for several hours, asked.
Akihabara isn't actually that big, but it's not that small either.
The dazzling array of shops and the throngs of anime and manga fans really broadened Dina's horizons.
Aside from the height of ancient civilizations, Dina had never seen such a lively scene.
However, that was 30 million years ago.
Since leaving Earth, the survivors of the ancient civilization have been struggling with how to reproduce.
Today, the number of individuals from ancient civilizations is extremely small, and it can even be said that they are on the verge of extinction.
In fact, this is a major reason why rebels like Luke and Dina are able to keep escaping the pursuit of the pious.
Even within the small group of devout followers, the decision of whether or not to hunt down one's own kind is an extremely difficult one.
After all, regardless of their differing ideologies, the devout and the rebels are the only survivors of the ancient civilization.
"We don't need to go looking for Sixth Avenue."
Standing calmly at the entrance of a coffee shop, Lu Ke seemed quite composed, as if he had expected this.
“Galvin will come to us.”
Upon hearing this, Dina looked up in astonishment.
"You've stopped blocking our whereabouts?"
Unlike the combat-savvy branch of the pious.
Rebels from ancient civilizations were clearly more adept at hiding and escaping.
Over these 30 million years, Dina had long since become accustomed to remaining "hidden".
Hearing that Luke had secretly deactivated the "concealment" device, a chilling feeling, as if he had been seen naked, immediately welled up in his heart.
“Even if he didn’t continue to ‘block’ your whereabouts, I would still be able to find you.”
Just then, a slightly immature boy's voice rang out behind them.
"Of course, that would be a little more troublesome..."
"And I will not appear before you in this form again."
As the two slowly turned around, what appeared before them was Lu Xuan in human form.
"Ancient humans from 30 million years ago? Returnees from the stars?"
"Are you right?"
Calm, carefree, and even with a touch of irony...
Lu Xuan looked at the two with great interest, as if he wasn't worried at all that they could escape from his grasp.
“Your Highness, we have no intention of being your enemy.”
Lu Ke respectfully performed an ancient ritual, forcibly pressing down Dina's head so that they both bowed to Lu Xuan.
“I know that you have no intention of being my enemy.”
"Whether I will treat you as enemies or not depends on your sincerity in the future."
With a light snap of his fingers, the environment around the three of them suddenly changed.
After a period of spacetime distortion, the three people disappeared from the real world and arrived at the containment space on the second floor of Sixth Avenue.
"here it is……"
Looking up at the dark sun in the sky, Dina's eyes were filled with terror.
She suddenly discovered that after arriving in this special subspace, her body had become weaker than ever before.
That was a feeling she hadn't experienced since she completed the "reincarnation ritual".
"This is a special space just for you."
“Here, all your special abilities will no longer be effective.”
Raising an eyebrow slightly, Lu Xuan explained nonchalantly.