Chapter 365 Era of the Divine Vessel

The Crisis Era, year 520.

In the original timeline, by this year, the Solar System had been two-dimensionalized for 127 years. Now, the fate of the Solar System had been completely rewritten.

Upon this departure, it might well be a farewell forever. Humanity was to leave its home planet and embark on a one-way journey from which there was no return.

Upon this departure, like a fish that leaves water, humanity would no longer be the same.

In this year, the Divine Vessel Civilization Alliance set sail.

In this year, the four major civilizations stepped into a brand new era at this moment—the Era of the Divine Vessel.

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In this year, the generation spaceship of the Dinosaur Civilization underwent an unprecedented overhaul, changing from a tire-like structure to an ellipsoidal shape.

The tire-like structure had been a reluctant choice for Dinosaur Civilization, optimal for engulfing planets since such a configuration did not have to consider the Roche limit.

However, such a structure was like an invisible shackle for interstellar travel, limiting their pace.

The generation spaceship of the Dinosaur Civilization was essentially a combination of multiple ships, so the work of disassembly and reassembly was not as extensive as one might think.

Now, the new civilization flagship was also constructed, another vessel of the sea of stars carrying the endless dreams of the dinosaurs.

This was also a burst of life from the brink of death. If the Dinosaur Civilization could not break through to a Level 1.4 civilization soon, they would be facing their demise.

Human Civilization would only transfer some basic technologies and superficial theories to the Dinosaur Civilization, not any industrial equipment or facilities, but many aspects provided a direction for the dinosaurs.

If, under such circumstances, they still could not break the chains of their own civilization, then they might forever lose the chance to soar through the starry sea alongside the Divine Vessel of humanity.

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This year, thirty-six billion humans moved into the interior of the Moon, which had been transformed into an unprecedented super battleship.

Thousands of heavy fusion engines served as its conventional propulsion, with the propulsion trail being eliminated using the virtual light field effect.

Even more astonishing, this lunar battleship was equipped with a super curvature device, capable of distorting space-time for short periods and enabling the entire Moon to initiate faster-than-light travel.

Of course, unless absolutely necessary, they would not use it lightly; the creation of a low lightspeed region caused by faster-than-light travel of the Moon would have a diameter of 100 astronomical units.

Humans might still hold dear the Solar System, this Cradle, but everyone understood that they absolutely could not stay there any longer.

With the current level of science, one could see more of the future technology and had a higher understanding of high-level civilizations.

Humanity and the Trisolaran System had made too much noise over these last few centuries, and through successive wars with civilizations, once a high-level civilization passed by, humanity would be exposed.

Leaving the Solar System had become a consensus among everyone.

Of course, humanity might still have a second option, allowing a part of it that did not wish to leave to stay behind, or consider turning the Solar System into a low lightspeed region.

However, this proposal was completely vetoed. First, the current humanity grew from struggle and strife; they did not fear the Dark Forest, and there were few who wished to stay behind.

Second, converting the Solar System into a low lightspeed region would inadvertently expose it. And the Divine Vessel Civilization would travel at no more than 10% the speed of light. High-level civilizations could easily track the recently departed Divine Vessel Civilization.

Third, leaving people behind was meaningless, and those who stayed would face even greater danger. The Solar System was currently in a state of semi-exposure and could be scrutinized by a higher civilization at any moment.

What humanity hoped for more was to challenge the Dark Forest. Even if this universe was a Dark Forest, humanity needed to strive to shine a direct light, even if it was just a fleeting spark.

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On the day humanity left the Solar System.

From beneath the frozen soil of Earth, a few insignificant ants quietly crept out of their deep burrows.

Their antennae gently touched the long-missed, cold, yet bright world, as if exploring the dawn of a new era.

On this silent and abandoned land, these tiny creatures were redefining the meaning of life in their own unique way.

They even sparked feeble thoughts, their every crawl, every subtle communication through their antennae contained fearless exploration of the unknown and interpretations of the essence of life.

This insignificant miracle would continue, and the flame of civilization would never be extinguished.

Perhaps one day in the future, these ants would grow larger, and their sparks of thought would burn even more intensely.

They would no longer be content to merely crawl and explore this land. Instead, they would look up at the sky, asking the vast universe their own questions:

"Who am I? Where do I come from? Where am I going?"

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This year, the Divine Vessel Civilization set off in the direction of Cassiopeia, a special course where there were no stellar systems within 50 light-years.

The journey over this distance was long, but all four civilizations now needed a precious period of development and maturation.

In the twelfth year of the Era of the Divine Vessel, the Divine Vessel Civilization finally left the Oort Cloud of the Solar System. At this moment, the Sun could hardly be called a bright star; its light faded away in the distance, turning into an imperceptible tenderness.

As time went by, by the fortieth year of the Era of the Divine Vessel, the Divine Vessel Civilization was nearly 4 light-years away from the Solar System. This year, Human Civilization acquired the Mountain Civilization's High-Energy Meson Beam Weapon. Now, the technological gap between Human Civilization and the Mountain Civilization was not significant anymore, as the chasm between technology and wisdom gradually closed with relentless effort.

By the 120th year of the Era of the Divine Vessel, no one had expected that the Dinosaur Civilization would be the first to break through, ahead of the Trisolaran Civilization, to become a 1.4-level civilization.

It had not even been 150 years since humanity had conquered the Dinosaur Civilization. Lin Sen had originally thought it would take the Dinosaur Civilization three to five hundred years to break free and leap forward. Unexpectedly, they had easily broken the shackles that had bound them for tens of millions of years.

The Dinosaur Civilization was just one step away from their final breakthrough. In the turbulence of civilizations merging, sparks of thought flew in all directions, and new ideas sprang up like bamboo shoots after rain. Through desperate actions that put them in life-and-death situations, they accelerated their own evolution and easily shattered the chains that had restrained them for millions of years.

More importantly, the dinosaurs had already witnessed two 1.4-level civilizations. Even without any technological assistance, they knew the direction to move forward, which was tantamount to halfway success.

At this moment, the Divine Vessel Civilization was just under 2 light-years away from the Gliese 34 Star System, and it had also observed this star.

It was a binary system composed of two red dwarf stars, located in the Andromeda Constellation. Their masses were only about 0.4 and 0.16 times that of the Sun, and there was one planet around them.

Why is the Solar System special? In fact, most of the stars in the universe are red dwarfs, which make up about 73% of the total stars. They are characterized by their low surface temperature, small mass, and weak luminosity, typically not exceeding half the mass of the Sun.

Including Kruger 60, located less than 4 light-years from the Divine Vessel Civilization. This too is a binary system composed of two red dwarf stars. It was observed to have 2 planets and a large number of comets and other small celestial bodies.

There is also Ross 248, less than 4 light-years away from the Divine Vessel Civilization, another noteworthy red dwarf in the Andromeda Constellation.

It attracts attention because the Voyager 2 spacecraft is currently heading roughly in the direction of Ross 248, though it is expected to reach a relatively close point to it in forty thousand years.

Interestingly, this star will also continue to approach the Sun, at its closest being only 3 light-years away, but this will not happen for another 36,000 years.

In the 150th year of the Era of the Divine Vessel, the Trisolaran Civilization also became a 1.4-level civilization. At this point, all civilizations within the Civilization Alliance had reached the 1.4-level.

Time flew swiftly, and by the 500th year of the Era of the Divine Vessel, Human Civilization and Mountain Civilization, over these long years, had almost simultaneously become 1.5-level civilizations.

This moment was not just a victory for the two civilizations, it was also a monumental achievement in the history of cosmic exploration.

They had also reached the first destination of the Divine Vessel Civilization's journey, Cassiopeia Beta Star, also known as Wang Liang One. It was about 54.7 light-years away from Earth, with a mass of about 1.9 times that of the Sun and classified as a yellow-white supergiant.

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