The small point before the spatial lifeform existed within this three-dinsional cosmic space in a very peculiar manner. It both existed and did not exist. If one said it existed, then it had nothing at all, no length, no width, no height. That is to say, it did not occupy space at all, had no volu, no surface area, no mass, nothing at all.
Such a state of existence was no different from nonexistence.
But if one said it did not exist, that did not seem quite appropriate either. It truly and tangibly stood before the spatial lifeform, emitting a real and tangible spatial fluctuation, and this wave of spatial fluctuation could indeed be perceived by the spatial lifeform.
The spatial lifeform knew that this little point was in fact a world, a zero-dinsional world. And the relics of the Taiyu Civilization, which had chosen space as the direction of its civilizational developnt, were inside this zero-dinsional world.
To hide one’s civilization’s relics within a zero-dinsional world was a thod that was more than a grade above hiding one’s civilization’s relics within a small universe as the Trolor Civilization had done. A Level 6 civilization already possessed the ability to cut off a small universe, but that was cutting from above the main universe, not creating a new universe on its own. The zero-dinsional world before its eyes was not so simple. To call this opening the heavens and splitting the earth, creating a universe, would not be an exaggeration.
Three-dinsional space possessed three dinsions, naly length, width, and height. A two-dinsional world possessed two dinsions, naly length and width, but had no height. The body of the spatial lifeform was precisely such a form of existence. A one-dinsional world possessed only one dinsion, length, while a zero-dinsional world naturally had no dinsions at all.
There was a very vivid analogy that could explain the differences among universes of various dinsions. The three-dinsional universe was the space we usually inhabit, while a two-dinsional universe could be regarded as a sheet of paper, a one-dinsional universe as a line, and a zero-dinsional world naturally as a point.
This zero-dinsional world constantly emitted a faint, almost imperceptible spatial fluctuation. Spatial fluctuations of this magnitude were probably undetectable even to the Sweepers Civilization. But the spatial lifeform was different. As an existence whose body was space itself, its perception of space was not sothing ordinary civilizations could compare to. Precisely because of this, no other existence had discovered this zero-dinsional world relic despite who knew how many years it had drifted within the Milky Way Galaxy.
After conducting a round of reconnaissance on this zero-dinsional world and determining so key data, doing everything possible to ensure its own safety, the spatial lifeform’s body suddenly curled up, then pounced toward the zero-dinsional world ahead. It vanished in an instant. In that instant, it had already entered this zero-dinsional world.
After that, this zero-dinsional world drifted off elsewhere. No one knew where it went.
One day later, the body of the spatial lifeform appeared in another place seven light-years away from here. As its body reappeared, that zero-dinsional world also disappeared. This ti the disappearance was the most thorough. It had completely lost all trace, unable even to retain the outward form of a small point.
This zero-dinsional world was destroyed after the spatial lifeform ca out.
The very first thing the spatial lifeform did upon reappearing was to imdiately begin checking the starry sky around itself. After identifying a few landmark celestial bodies and concluding that it was still within the Milky Way Galaxy, it used these stars to extrapolate more stars, then used those to confirm the ti. Having concluded that only one day had passed in the main universe, the spatial lifeform’s mind relaxed slightly.
“It seems the rate of ti flow in the zero-dinsional world is the sa as in the main universe. One day passes in the zero-dinsional world, and one day passes in the three-dinsional main universe as well. Fortunately. Fortunately. Hm?” At this mont, as if it had discovered sothing, the spatial lifeform suddenly had a doubt. After conducting a round of inspection on its own body, the spatial lifeform relaxed once more. “Phew. So that’s how it is. I understand. Very good, very good. My body has been completely repaired by the residual technology of the Taiyu Civilization, and I have also obtained another ans of attack… In that case, Neutron War Star, just wait. You are destined to be destroyed by my hands. Since I accepted the commission, I will certainly complete it…”
The spatial lifeform knew that the Neutron War Star had been following its trail all along, taking advantage of its inability to flee quickly due to being too severely injured, keeping a distance that was neither near nor far behind it, attempting to completely kill it, and then, by studying its bodily structure, achieving a breakthrough in space technology. The spatial lifeform could be certain that the period of being hunted by the Neutron War Star was absolutely the most wretched period in its long life.
Thinking of the experiences from this period, the spatial lifeform felt a wave of vexation in its thoughts.
“In my long life, when have I ever been this wretched? They almost killed . If that Arboreal Race Alien Beast had not suddenly appeared by my side, and if I had not pulled it in front of by ans of transferring space to block the Neutron War Star’s strongest strike for , I would probably already be dead. But since I did not die and even obtained the inheritance of the Taiyu Civilization, then the ones who must die are you…” the spatial lifeform thought sullenly, swiftly unfolding its arrangents.
The spatial lifeform knew the Neutron War Star was nearby, at most no more than fifteen light-years away. Therefore, the ti left to it was not much, and it had to hurry.
This place still belonged to the category of cosmic void. Within a one light-year range around it there were still no stars at all. At 2.5 light-years away there was a red dwarf. In another direction, at 3.7 light-years away there was also a binary system, composed of an elderly red giant and a white dwarf, each orbiting as they revolved. In another direction, at 3.1 light-years away, there was also a perfectly ordinary yellow dwarf… In short, within a five light-year range, there were seventeen stars in total.
This stellar density already counted as relatively high, at least sowhat higher than the stellar density around the Solar System.
“The stellar density is not bad, enough for to carry out the arrangent… Very good, very good.” The spatial lifeform sighed once, then quickly ca to the front of one of the stars.
Around this star there was abundant matter. Three large planets and countless small bodies orbited it. The spatial lifeform began to make use of local materials. No one knew what thods it used, but a chunk of iron ore was forged by it into steel with extrely excellent performance, and then that mass of steel was continuously infused by it with certain special things, for example a certain amount of titanium, zirconium. In addition to relentlessly reworking this piece of steel, it also launched large-scale operations elsewhere. It seed to have completely grasped this star’s internal structure and geological structure. Whatever it wanted, no matter where within this planet that thing was hidden, it would be fished out by it through various ans.
Among these things were large quantities of rare earth elents, large quantities of iron, large quantities of carbon, a certain amount of silicon, as well as uranium, polonium, plutonium, and so on and so forth.
Under the spatial lifeform’s manipulation, these different elents ultimately turned into a strangely shaped machine. This machine was extrely huge. It presented a sowhat irregular spherical shape with a diater of several hundred ters. After building this machine, the spatial lifeform started it up, ran a test, then, seemingly quite satisfied, sighed once, and continued construction.
Under its manipulation, tens of thousands of such machines were ultimately manufactured. After completing these tasks, the spatial lifeform’s body wrapped around these tens of thousands of machines and hauled them all to the vicinity of the star, placing them into a stable orbit. Then it made a brief adjustnt and left, heading to the next stellar system.
In that stellar system, the spatial lifeform repeated the above process. The difference was that the instrunts built this ti seed to differ sowhat from those assembled in the previous system. Their sizes were different, and the raw materials used were not quite the sa. After completing the construction tasks, the spatial lifeform likewise adjusted them, and also carried out what seed to be tests of mutual communication between the two stellar systems, then left that stellar system and continued on to the next.
There were seventeen stars in total. These seventeen stars belonged to thirteen stellar systems. Most stellar systems had a single star, but there were also two binary or multistar systems. In this way, the spatial lifeform, according to different environnts, fabricated different instrunts, spending more than ten days to complete everything, placing these strangely shaped instrunts across all thirteen stellar systems.
“Alright… The gravity and energy of the stars will allow these instrunts to operate normally. Together with the energy that I myself possess, these instrunts will have the maximum possible capability… The trap has been laid. Now we will see when the Neutron War Star catches up. Phew, I do not believe that after I have obtained the inheritance of the Taiyu Civilization and made painstaking preparations, you can still escape from my hands…”
“Now I need only wait. The Sweepers Civilization possesses a very formidable tracking ability. In at most ten days, they will find this place… But I hope you understand that the mont you find will be the mont you die.”
The spatial lifeform quietly stationed itself here and began a silent wait. Everything went just as it had thought. After about nine and a half days, the figure of the Neutron War Star appeared only several hundred billion kiloters from here…
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