Chapter 635 - Looking For “Ah” (1/2)
Translator: Doggotranslation
In the star map, there were a total of eight huge galaxies, which seemed to be arranged in some certain order. Under the control of the giant head, and seemingly according to rules such as gravity, they were moving in a complex pattern. Chu Yunsheng’s astronomical knowledge was basically equal to the level of primary school students. The realistic galaxies the giant head drew, he couldn’t tell which galaxies they were.
“A long time ago, our ancestors kept researching new s.p.a.ces.h.i.+ps and long-distance communication methods, helping us get rid of the restrictions one after another, and let us explore the entire galaxy, they started from here-” The head had a potential of being a great storyteller, and maybe it was related to the people who it “ate”. Perhaps, it thought that Chu Yunsheng had really forgotten everything, it started talking about things from a long time ago.
As it spoke, the surrounding ice elemental energy changed along with it, forming a realistic holographic “illusion” using ice crystals as the main body. Chu Yunsheng and the giant head seem to be standing on a vigorous planet, countless s.p.a.ce fleets took off from here, turned into countless stars, and disappeared into the dark and infinite universe.
“The ancestors kept searching and spreading to the entire galaxy. It has lasted countless years. Generations of ancestors have spent their lifetime flying and exploring. Some of them were born and died in s.p.a.ces.h.i.+ps. After all the hards.h.i.+ps, finally one day we spread our footprints across every planet in the galaxy!” The head said with deep respect.
Chu Yunsheng interjected and asked, “What are they exploring? Why do they need to pay such a big price? ”
Even just one of the most common galaxies, its span would always be calculated in millions of light-years, no matter how fast the flying speed was, it would be a long and lonely “journey”. Although using generations of lives to explore it sounded honourable, it was actually very cruel.
The giant head glared at him: “it was the sacrifices of our ancestors that made us what we are today! There were too many things to explore, resources, scientific research, places suitable for survival, knowing where we are, what was around us, how did we appear… Etc, there were too many of them, some fleets were carrying the mission of searching for other lives. Everyone wants to know if there was only us in the universe, and were we the only life in the world?
Long before that, we have sent countless radio signals to the universe, but apart from the sound of “ah”, we have not received any other signals for countless years. In order to find “ah”, our ancestors specially arranged a s.p.a.ces.h.i.+p dedicated to finding “ah” mission in every s.p.a.ce fleet in every direction. In order to find “ah”, hundreds of millions of ancestors died on the way. You are in no position to judge this kind of sacrifice!”
Chu Yunsheng naturally disagreed with it. For millions of years, without any special reason, if it was just exploring scientific research, the research would end long ago. Perhaps the huge resources in the galaxy were the real drive of the ancestors of the head. However, there was no need for him to argue this kind of trivial matter with the giant head, so he asked it to continue: “Then did you find ‘ah’ later?”
The head sighed: “how could it be that easy? Our ancestors searched every corner of the galaxy, however, it was like a ghost in the s.p.a.ce, apart from hearing ‘ah’ once in a very long time, we couldn’t find the specific location of ‘ah’, so gradually our ancestors were divided into two parties.
One party believed that “ah” was not actually in the galaxy we were in. It must be outside the galaxy, and should focus on developing more advanced s.p.a.ces.h.i.+ps. As long as we flew out of the galaxy, we would find it sooner or later.
The other party’s thought was just the opposite. They believed that since the ah signal could be received no matter where they were in the galaxy, it meant that the ah was in the local galaxy, because no signal would be able to pa.s.s through the vast and empty dark rift between galaxies. It was a dead void ocean. No life could pa.s.s through it. Instead of wasting time on making advanced s.p.a.ces.h.i.+ps that could never be made, it was better to study the local galaxy and carefully search for its signs on every possible planet.”
“Who won in the end?” Chu Yunsheng began to be attracted by the head’s story. Although it was only a few words, no matter what its ancestors were really searching for, behind such a search was a magnificent civilization trying to explore the universe. During this magnificent era, all kinds of disputes, various concepts, even religious philosophy, and resource wars would emerge and disappear countless times, shaping their civilization.
The head shook its huge head: “there was no such thing as absolutely right or wrong. Your thoughts have been restrained by staying in the lower biological world for too long. The actual distance between the galaxy, and the galaxy’s dark rift is much farther than it seems to be. Simply put, they are all dark and transparent to light, so there is no sense of distance. There is nothing in it, and its size is extremely vast, and it is countless times the size of a galaxy. The average gravitational field of the energy field inside it is smooth, so it is impossible to use the gravitational depression formed between stars to carry out gravitational flight like those in densely packed galaxies, and they could only rely on the ordinary maximum speed of s.p.a.ces.h.i.+ps.