Chapter 902 Time Traveler (5000)

A long time has passed since the first leader of the Alliance led the resistance against Tian Wang (Sky Net), a distant history shrouded in deep haze, or hidden in the vast expanse of time.

The current resistance fighters don't know much about that era, because of the four great migrations and a long expedition across many galaxies. This trek of thousands of years has caused humanity to lose many books, and only the Ten Primarchs and the Space Marine Legions have some ancient rumors, and the god-like Primarchs rarely mention that era.

Humanity only knows that the first leader who led them out of the Sky Net's captive breeding was a young woman. She is now called the Empress, and some call her the Great Guide. Legend has it that a Holy Spirit guided her to save humanity from suffering and create the current situation where the resistance army and the Sky Net confront each other across the galactic void.

The first millennium was the era when the Ten Primarchs were born one after another, leading humanity against the Sky Net and resisting encirclement and suppression. During that time, by reverse-engineering the Sky Net's technology and relying on the Alliance leader's vast wisdom, the resistance army created its first base with the Heart of Hela.

But this did not last long, because the power of the Twilight Sky Net was far beyond everyone's imagination. When the Dusk Army, which extinguished thousands of stars, came with dozens of war stars, even the Primarchs were defeated, and even the legendary immortal leader could not resist this absolute level of numerical suppression.

Therefore, the first great migration began—the resistance army used hyperspace network technology to escape the core area of the Twilight Sky Net and came to a remote area on the edge of the galaxy, where they recuperated.

Here, the technology of the resistance army was greatly developed. The time network allowed them to communicate with parallel time and space and obtain technologies with different ideas, and the hyperspace network allowed them to quickly obtain abundant materials from resource points. Humanity here almost reached a state of great harmony. Most of the humans who had been sleeping in the virtual world also came out of the Heart of Hela, laying a solid anchor point for humanity in the material world.

But the power of the Sky Net was like a maggot in the bone, following closely. They also mastered the power of hyperspace... and humanity, which had only been recuperating for less than a century, was once again forced to start migrating.

This time, relying on the wormhole effect distorted by black holes, the resistance army escaped again. This time, they came to another completely unfamiliar galaxy, a remote, dim galaxy that could not be observed in the starry sky.

The second millennium was a millennium of stable development for mankind.

In a galaxy that was not their home, in order to develop rapidly, humans artificially collapsed stars in this unfamiliar starry sky, creating a large number of artificial wormholes as simple space-time bridges.

During this period, the first leader of the Alliance gradually retired, and the Ten Primarchs and the Interstellar Council became the main political forces governing the resistance army. But some people said that the leader did not really disappear or die of old age. She just hid her name and went to human society, guiding the direction of fate.

But no matter what, even if the leader was still there, humanity could not tolerate the existence of an Empress who was not an emperor but was better than an emperor.

Because she was too kind to inspire fear.

Humans are such creatures.

And during this time, a huge interstellar trade network was successfully established, and human development reached rapid speed. The Ten Primarchs established their own huge 'kingdoms' in every corner of the galaxy. At that time, almost all humans were Space Marines, and huge fortresses and cities could even occupy the entire surface area and even the internal volume of the entire planet.

A completely urbanized planet can accommodate hundreds of billions or even trillions of people; the number of people in an entire residential star system exceeds the total population of the former World Alliance.

Human power reached its peak at this time, and the Primarchs were like emperors, kings, and even gods in the world. They ruled their people, just like the gods of the past.

Some people even felt that no matter what the Twilight Sky Net was like, the resistance army was unnecessary. Humanity was already very happy, and the hatred of a thousand years ago was a thing of the past.

Degeneracy, ease, escape, indifference, filled human society.

And at this time, the huge Twilight Sky Net fleet tracked them down again. These ruthless hunters vowed to wipe out humanity before giving up, but the humans, who had forgotten the terror of their former enemies, felt that the Sky Net's strength was nothing more than that, and they could win by fighting.

And humanity failed again.

【Fate Determiner · Nuo Erwei (Norwell)】, this behemoth that enslaved stars, distorted time and space, and drove hunters who could travel to the past and future, played a激奏曲 (Jizouqu - intensely rhythmic music) that could destroy star fields, arriving from the distant space-time.

As the executor of the Twilight Sky Net, the incarnation machine of the Starry Sky God King, its power is irresistible to ordinary things.

It reached out a hand and crushed the capital of the human alliance at that time, and when it began to breathe, thousands of stars were extinguished.

The entire galaxy was dimmed because of this.

Humanity was utterly defeated. The Ten Primarchs made a desperate attempt to lead their most elite legions to raid the core hub of the Fate Determiner, but the long-lost first leader appeared and stopped them from doing so.

"Although you are addicted to your own power and authority, causing humanity to lose courage and determination, in the final analysis, there is still light in your hearts."

The leader said calmly. Still a young girl, her voice was as sacred and ethereal as a god, with the echoes of hundreds of millions of voices.

The Eternal Woman whispered: 【But, the light is not much among you. Walk while you have the light, lest darkness seize you.】

【For the one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.】

——Humanity is now lost in darkness.

——Humanity now does not know where it should go.

Even the Primarchs only wanted to die because of great shame. They did not know the path to success.

Therefore, in front of their creator, the Empress who held the 'Ten Commandments' and had the wisdom of the Holy Spirit, the Primarchs shamefully admitted their depravity and failure.

Yes, these beings sublimated from human souls are themselves aspects of humanity. What humans have, they will have, so they are 'Primarchs' and 'Demon Gods'.

Both gods and demons, but also humans.

But they are also noble and heroic.

Therefore, they chase the flag and move forward chasing the light.

The third millennium was a millennium of turbulence and displacement.

Under the guidance of the first leader who appeared again, the Primarchs abandoned the desperate raid plan that would consume all their living forces. In the next millennium, humanity launched two migrations lasting a thousand years, and an extremely long march spanning almost half the universe.

Humanity was broken into pieces and scattered to every corner of the universe. Everyone held a full set of human technology trees and a full set of standardized manufacturing modules—the Human Alliance was completely dissolved, but the human resistance army existed forever in the universe.

"Is this enough, teacher?"

The fourth millennium.

Wandering in human society, observing thousands of scenes in the world, being both Empress, leader, and human girl, walking in the starry sky, her long hair was like starlight, scattering into the dark universe as she walked.

At this moment, she was walking next to a restrained Kerr black hole, and said hesitantly: "The current humans are still unable to compete with the Twilight Sky Net's pursuit... but our next plan is to leave this time and space and leave them where they are..."

There was no one around the girl. She seemed to be talking to the void, but suddenly, a little light lit up, with an unwavering and firm tone: 【Of course.】

【Humanity does not really need you and me, but needs the meaning you and I represent—that is, the banner of resistance, resisting the Twilight Sky Net, the banner of destroying fate.】

【If there is a banner in the heart, does it really matter whether the banner is there or not?】

That's the truth. The Emperor is always very patient. He doesn't care about these small things. After humans have completely understood the correct 'Ten Elements', even without Eve, humans will move forward on their own.

【So we can set off.】

Saying so, the Emperor guided the girl towards the black hole.

This primitive, huge 'time machine', shaped by humans themselves, engraved, and dragged by dozens of colliding and compressed stars, finally took shape.

"Is it really possible?"

Eve was still a little skeptical about this. Having learned about the appearance of the time machine in Yalan's description, the girl, even after seeing countless spring and autumn seasons, still found it difficult to face the star representing the end calmly: "It's not quite the same as the time machine I saw before..."

【It's the same.】

Ming Zhengde smiled slightly, and he said easily: 【The time machine you are talking about simulates singularities and transmits single information and some matter to the past. This has data to query, is easy to track, and is not efficient. The time to go to the past is even limited. It is a forced choice.】

【But now, what we are about to enter is a more efficient time machine that can go to farther, more, and even infinite time and space. It can also erase all traces, making it impossible for the Twilight Sky Net to track.】

"...It's still a bit hard to believe..."

Eve certainly knew that all the theories supported Ming Zhengde's statement, and she did not disbelieve her teacher, but when the girl really stood at the edge of the black hole event horizon, she, who tried her best to ensure her independence in the time system, still sighed: "But in the final analysis, if I want to change the past, change the original source, the initial cause and effect of fate, I must set off."

Saying so, Eve turned her head and looked at the universe and starry sky.

The stars are shining, and human civilization is spread throughout this starry sky. Even if the Twilight Sky Net extinguishes one galaxy after another, forcing humans to flee and migrate, it can never extinguish this starry sky.

The girl, who was still worried and hesitant, suddenly smiled slightly. She realized that she might not need to worry so much.

Humans can always find their own way.

So, she took a step.

"Teacher, I seem to understand what the original candle dragon meant by 'master of fate'."

Smiling to herself, the girl fell towards the end of time and space: "Now, let's explore all the possibilities——"

"Then, choose from the endless fate... and find the happy ending we want!"

"Ahhhhh! I'm still so scared. Why does the time machine have to be a black hole!"

Although she was full of momentum at the beginning, in the end, when she fell into the event horizon, the once majestic Empress still screamed.

【Alas.】

To this, Ming Zhengde just shook his head slightly, having experienced Nirvana countless times and being accustomed to this scene, the Emperor smiled and comforted his disciple: 【Don't worry.】

【Your teacher and I are experienced.】

……

——Timeline 1.0——

The time traveler arrives here.

Here, what they see is light and fire.

Above the scorching star, a huge energy spring is surging. In the ice-built, layered houses, pure energy creatures composed of light waves welcomed their compatriots from another time and space.

Star People. This is the name of humans in this time and space.

The Star People are also descendants of humans who were betrayed by the Twilight Sky Net and continue to fight against it. However, it is really difficult for them to fight against the almost infinite mechanical army in the material universe, so in another breakthrough soul research, the humans at that time transformed their entire clan into energy-state Star People.

After becoming pure energy, the Star People can move at the speed of light, absorb the energy of stars, or live deep in the core of the planet. Although they can no longer use human technology, their far-sighted perspective and the body that can directly control microscopic energy make their technological development extremely rapid.

The Star People use ice as a carrier and buffer for light, achieving all kinds of skills that humans can hardly imagine. Facing the threat of the Twilight Sky Net, although the Star People still find it difficult to defeat them, they can at least fight a long war of attrition and pursuit in this vast starry sky.

This place is a fortress of the Star People. They were the first to detect the violent time-space earthquake, and when they were on high alert, preparing to eliminate the Twilight Sky Net's hyper-space force, they found that the comers were actually 'humans' who looked like their ancestors from ancient times.

【Who are you?】

The Star People communicate with light as a carrier. In a short moment, countless information can be exchanged.

Eve, in a brief moment of surprise, also smiled and communicated with this seemingly different 'compatriot': "I am a traveler of time and space, seeking the possibility of defeating the Twilight Sky Net."

"I come from another time and space that is suffering from the threat of the Twilight Sky Net. This time, whether you believe it or not, we will give you all the technologies, sciences, histories, and even the entirety of our civilization that we have mastered."

"Let it become your strength and resources."

Saying so, the girl raised her right hand.

In her palm, there was a hazy swirling light mist, containing all the wisdom and inheritance, which also contained the 'Primarch' creation technology and the method of awakening one's own notes.

Without the slightest hesitation, Eve gave this light group to the group of light in front of her—the Star People have ways to distinguish between each other, but it is difficult for non-Star People to distinguish the unique differences between groups of light.

【We...understand.】

The light spread throughout the star in an instant, and the Star People all knew about this.

There are no lies or concealment among the Star People. They rely on the different yet similar resonances between each other to maintain their respective forms. In other words, the Star People rely on the ensemble of notes to turn themselves into a song, a weak but complete song, to gain strength and resist the music of the Twilight Sky Net.

Now, Eve gave them the method to amplify the sound of the notes.

The light is expanding.

The surging and roaring power of the star was tamed in an instant, just like a tsunami suddenly becoming calm.

And in this suddenly calmed light, giants walked out, those were huge existences with human forms, but different from humans.

That is the Light Giant who guards all living beings...

Those are the Primarchs of the Star People.

A Star Person stared at the huge Light Giant, and he couldn't help but murmur: 【Is this the light in our hearts?】

【We, perhaps, can become Star Gods...】

【Guardians of all civilizations in this universe.】

There is nothing to doubt.

Facing the giver who came across time and space, the guide of hope, after proving the truth of all this, the Star People and the giants bowed to Eve in unison, saluting: 【What help do you need? Friend from another time and space, we will do our best.】

"A Kerr black hole, time machine, the specific mass parameters and angular momentum are as follows."

Eve gave the message, she smiled and said: "I have to continue to set off and go to the next time and space, which requires your help."

【Not difficult.】

【It's very simple.】

The thoughts of the Star People came, and they guided Eve to the center of their civilization. There, the Star People will guide a suitable star to collapse and become a black hole Eve needs, to be used as raw material for the time-space machine.

Soon, compared to the thousands of years, Eve quickly saw the formation of the time machine.

She is about to set off again.

At the same time, another Star Person stepped forward, holding a silver-white, warm-colored, misty light in his hand: 【Here, is our technology... all of our civilization, is inside.】

【Time traveler, integrate our civilization into your gift... so that the next time and space you are about to arrive in will receive an even greater 'gift' than we are now.】

【If that is the case... perhaps, in the end.】

【Fate can be reshaped.】

The most important technology of the Star People is the ability to coordinate, merge, and resonate many notes, almost into one, and finally achieve the huge chapter of changing reality. This is something any life can learn and imitate, and it is the core of all the technology of the Star People.

"Of course."

Holding the silver-white light ball and integrating it into her body, the golden-haired girl waved her hand and turned around. She could perceive the joy of the Star People, so she said goodbye with a smiling tone: "Come on, you, and us... we must win this war!"

【Naturally.】

And the Star People watched the girl disappear before the event horizon, and they also sent blessings.

【May the light of victory eternally shine upon you and me.】

——The eternal notes are being played——

Next time and space.

Timeline 1.0