495: The edge of destruction? Symmetrical universe (two in one)

“Finally, we’ve arrived.”

Lin Yang rose and followed Zhang Bu out of the room.

For the past half-month, he had been absorbing Spiritual Universal Matter.

He hadn't left his room much.

And that merchant’s eldest daughter hadn't invited him to the main ship cabin again.

This meant he had no opportunity to have the System infiltrate the spaceship's main computer to obtain information.

Now, after what seemed to him like an 'excruciatingly slow' journey, they had finally reached their destination.

“I hope I can find an opportunity to infiltrate the main computer on this planet.”

Lin Yang looked out at the planet.

Gu Yin Star.

It was a planet entirely silver-white.

It was named for the abundant 'Gu Yin' mineral it produced.

To Lin Yang, this planet seemed rather ordinary; aside from its size, there was nothing particularly special about it.

There wasn't even a space city outside.

But Zhang Bu and some other crew members beside him were quite excited: “We finally arrived safely. Gu Yin Star looks so beautiful! This is my third time here, and it’s still as stunning as ever.”

“…”

Lin Yang's expression immediately turned strange.

No.

This planet looked like it was at most a third-level civilization; was it really that stunning?

And… what did he mean by 'finally arrived safely'?

Was it difficult for a spaceship with fourth or fifth-level civilization technology to travel at a 'snail's pace'?

At maximum speed, they would have arrived in a few days.

Strange!

Everything here was strange!

But given Zhang Bu's astonished reaction to a few casual remarks he had made earlier, Lin Yang held back from saying anything more.

Until he understood the situation here, he decided to say as little as possible.

The spaceship landed quickly.

“Your Excellency, I'll take you to the best medical department here to check your brain first,” Zhang Bu said softly.

“That won't be necessary…” Lin Yang wanted to refuse.

There was nothing wrong with his head.

However… “Don't worry, Your Excellency. Our eldest daughter said that if there are any issues, we will cover all treatment costs. You can just rest assured and receive treatment.”

Zhang Bu, thinking he was worried about money and didn’t want to be checked or treated, immediately lowered his voice and said:

“Brain problems cannot be delayed. If it gets worse, permanent amnesia could be irreversible!”

“…Alright.” Lin Yang sighed, having no choice but to reluctantly accept the suggestion to have his head checked and treated.

If he insisted on not going, it would surely arouse suspicion.

“Indeed, one should not lie!”

On the way to the treatment center, Lin Yang muttered inwardly.

At the same time, he was observing the situation here.

Everything else was unremarkable.

What was particularly unusual was the presence of many fully armed patrol teams, conducting almost seamless inspections.

Every street had at least one patrol team.

“Is it always this vigilant here?”

Lin Yang constantly observed his surroundings.

“Your Excellency, Gu Yin Star is a resource trading planet, so relatively speaking, it is indeed stricter.”

Zhang Bu seemed to notice Lin Yang's curiosity and proactively explained.

“I see…” Lin Yang immediately understood, then added: “But does it need to be this strict?”

This level of vigilance was too exaggerated.

“There’s no other way. If it’s not strict, in case of an alien attack, it would be difficult to provide support immediately,” Zhang Bu whispered.

“Alien race? There are alien races here?” Lin Yang was secretly surprised. “And they would directly attack Human planets?”

Zhang Bu's words made him somewhat puzzled.

The various races in the Ten Thousand Universes generally coexisted relatively peacefully.

Only hostile races would engage in warfare with each other.

Moreover, even if war broke out, it wouldn't affect such low-level civilization planets of the third or fourth tier.

They would all be blocked outside the Universe.

For alien races to enter the inner Universe and attack ordinary civilizations of the third or fourth tier, it would mean being on the verge of extinction.

Had humanity in this Universe reached the brink of annihilation?

At this thought, he couldn't help but ask: “What alien race? The Mingye Clan or? Does the Human Alliance know about the situation here? Haven't they sent support?”

Even though he had decided to speak less earlier.

But the current situation truly made him unable to remain calm.

He had only been teleported once; had many years passed in that black hole?

Had humanity here almost been wiped out?

He found it preposterous.

Even if some accident did occur, and many years had passed for him in the black hole, with humanity’s strength, the Mingye Clan and Lingyou Clan combined wouldn't stand a chance of winning!

“Could it be that the Lord-level Life from that High-Dimensional Universe interfered?” Lin Yang wondered.

If humanity were to fail, this was the only possibility.

But this possibility had basically been ruled out long ago.

After various deductions, that High-Dimensional Life was unable to cross dimensional Universes to provide too much power support to the Mingye Clan.

Otherwise, they would have long since allowed the Mingye Clan to crush humanity.

But the current situation was truly baffling to him.

Zhang Bu, upon hearing this, said:

“The Mingye Clan? They are indeed troublesome, but they are not the most troublesome. Most of the attacking alien races are a joint effort of various races.”

“As for the Human Alliance? Your Excellency, you mean our Human War Alliance, right? Such minor matters don't require the War Alliance's support.”

“Uh… War Alliance?” Lin Yang blinked. “When did the Human Alliance change its name?”

“Change its name? No, it's always been the War Alliance!”

Zhang Bu also looked puzzled, then stared at Lin Yang for a couple of seconds and whispered:

“It seems, Your Excellency, your head injury is quite severe. You're experiencing memory confusion. Let's hurry to the treatment department.”

Saying this, Zhang Bu pulled Lin Yang onto a small passenger aircraft.

“I…”

Lin Yang opened his mouth, wanting to say many things at once, but in the end, it only turned into a sigh.

This was the price of lying!

Being treated as if he had a mental illness!

Soon, the passenger aircraft stopped in front of a hospital-like building.

Zhang Bu, familiar with the place, led Lin Yang directly to a certain treatment room.

He even seemed to be a regular customer, swiping a card once and leading Lin Yang unimpeded straight to the examination room.

“Your Excellency, I am a doctor. I have a physician’s qualification certificate. I will examine you. The equipment here is more advanced.”

Zhang Bu didn't call anyone else, directly telling Lin Yang to sit down and placing a device on his head.

“…”

Lin Yang was speechless.

This was a bit too swift and decisive… “Ahem… Zhang Bu, actually I…”

Lin Yang wanted to say something more.

However… “Your Excellency, it’s best not to speak during the examination, so as not to affect the results,” Zhang Bu earnestly cautioned.

Lin Yang: “…”

“Host, System has detected a main computer device nearby. Please allow System five minutes. System can complete information infiltration.”

Suddenly, the System's voice rang in his mind.

“Ah? That’s great, infiltrate quickly.”

Lin Yang, who was originally speechless, immediately brightened upon hearing this.

As long as the System understood the situation of this world, even if only the basic situation, he would be able to choose whether to 'recover his memory'.

Being seen as mentally ill was too ridiculous.

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One minute later.

“Strange, Your Excellency, no damage was detected in your brain.”

Zhang Bu looked at the test results, very puzzled:

“There’s no damage at all, all the brain’s micro-neurons are intact, and there’s no phenomenon of disordered arrangement. There shouldn’t be amnesia!”

“This… maybe it’s another problem,” Lin Yang said, stalling Zhang Bu while waiting for the System to complete its infiltration.

“Another problem?” Zhang Bu frowned in thought. “If it’s another problem, then it can only involve the soul. But if the soul were injured, there would be some external manifestations, but Your Excellency, you don't have any.”

“Perhaps this instrument isn't thorough enough in its examination?” Lin Yang continued to deflect.

“That shouldn't be the case, right? All of Gu Yin Star's detection and treatment equipment are relatively advanced within the Empire. Because this place is easily attacked, treating the wounded is paramount, so the medical care here is already at the first-tier level of the Empire.”

Zhang Bu spoke slowly, then paused and added:

“Of course, it’s not ruled out that Your Excellency’s problem truly exceeds the diagnostic scope of Gu Yin Star’s equipment. But if that’s the case, it would be troublesome. If you want to seek higher-level treatment, you would have to go to the Central Universe to seek Imperial assistance or even go to the War Alliance.”

At this point, Zhang Bu seemed a bit troubled:

“Your Excellency, we currently don’t have enough capability to escort you to the Central Universe and the War Alliance. We might need to find another opportunity.”

“Oh…” Lin Yang’s eyes flickered.

Escort?

Going to the center of the Universe still required an escort?

But he didn't ask again.

Because.

The System had already completed the information infiltration ahead of schedule.

“Host, after information infiltration, System has initially retrieved some basic information about the current world.”

“This Universe is the 1965th Universe of the Ten Thousand Realms Universe. You are currently in an ordinary starfield within this Universe. The most powerful civilization in this Universe is a fifth-level civilization called the Maple Canopy Empire.”

“All civilizations in this Universe are governed by the Maple Canopy Empire, but it’s worth noting that within this Universe, there are no subordinate civilizations independently governing starfield civilizations. All Human civilizations within this Universe are directly governed by the Maple Canopy Empire.”

“Within the civilizations of this Universe governed by the Maple Canopy Empire, although there are also different starfield powers, they are more like divisions such as provinces and cities. The Maple Canopy Empire is the supreme ruling center.”

“All other civilization powers within this Universe find it difficult to develop technology independently, and this Universe is in a constant state of war.”

“The major powers within this Universe are more like ancient times, organized by families.”

“The merchant family that rescued you is one of the prominent families on Qianpan Star. Gu Yin Star, where you are now, is one of the Maple Canopy Empire’s resource planets. Many relatively strong and not too distant families come to this planet for trade.”

“Finally, after System’s preliminary analysis, it is believed that you are no longer within the Ten Thousand Universes, but rather within this Ten Thousand Realms Universe. You can safely use your real name.”

“…Ah?”

Lin Yang was astonished.

What did the System's last sentence mean?

Not in the Ten Thousand Universes anymore?

“System, what do you mean by this? I'm not in the Ten Thousand Universes? Is this not one of the Universes belonging to the Ten Thousand Universes?”

Lin Yang inquired:

“Also, Ten Thousand Realms Universe and Ten Thousand Universes differ by only one character. Are you sure you haven't made a mistake? Could it be that the people of this Universe are accustomed to this designation?”

“Host, System should not be mistaken. This information all comes from that medical main computer, and you should also be aware of what the Universes numbered in the top two thousand of the Ten Thousand Universes are like. Such inconsistent designations would not occur.”

The System replied quickly.

“This… that’s true. Although I haven’t been to Universe 1965, I have visited Universes with similar preceding and succeeding numbers, and indeed, there is no such designation as Ten Thousand Realms Universe.”

Lin Yang hesitated for a moment, then asked again:

“But if it’s not within the Ten Thousand Universes, then where is this place?”

“Sorry, Host, there isn't much information about the Ten Thousand Realms Universe in the medical main computer that System infiltrated. The technology here also seems relatively backward. System hasn't even retrieved any information about ninth-level civilization in its information library, which is also quite abnormal.”

“This…” Lin Yang was momentarily lost in thought.

He was no longer within the Ten Thousand Universes?

“It’s not because of the time flow in that black hole, causing it to be many years later in the Ten Thousand Universes?”

Then, Lin Yang couldn't help but ask, letting his imagination run wild.

“No, Host, System can be 100% certain of that!”

The System's reply was also extremely firm!

“Well, alright…” Lin Yang was speechless.

Ten Thousand Universes.

Ten Thousand Realms Universe.

A single character difference.

Yet completely different.

“System, how many numbered Universes are there here?” Lin Yang asked again.

“Host, the information retrieved by System indicates that there are three thousand six hundred and ten numbered Universes here.”

“Oh, the Ten Thousand Universes also has over three thousand. Is there some connection between them?” Lin Yang was full of doubts.

“Host, System needs to collect more information. You need to earn some more national treasure value as soon as possible. System can unlock a new information module, which contains information resources of this world.”

“How much national treasure value to unlock?” Lin Yang asked.

“To Host, not much, only one million, but since you are currently in debt for ten billion, the national treasure value you obtain will be directly prioritized to pay off the debt. Therefore, you need to obtain over one million national treasure value at once, and System can try to use a rule to prioritize unlocking this information module again.”

“A million, huh?” Lin Yang’s eyes flashed. “I understand. There are also Mingye Clan here. I’ll find an opportunity to kill a few and see if I can obtain national treasure value.”

“Okay, Host, please obtain national treasure value as soon as possible. You may currently be in an extremely special place. System suspects this might be the symmetrical Universe Zone of the Ten Thousand Universes. If it is the symmetrical Universe Zone, it will be extremely troublesome and dangerous for you to return to the Ten Thousand Universes.”

The System's words made Lin Yang even more puzzled: “Symmetrical Universe Zone? What is that?”

“Sorry, Host, please obtain national treasure value to unlock the information module first.”

“…”

Lin Yang was speechless.

This broken System always demanded money at critical moments.

“Your Excellency, Your Excellency?”

“Your Excellency, are you alright?”

In his ear, Zhang Bu's slightly worried call came.

Lin Yang stopped talking to the System and slowly said: “I’m fine. I seemed to suddenly remember some things just now. My name is Lin Yang, you can call me by my name directly, but I still haven’t remembered where I came from.”

“Ah? Your Excellency, you remembered your name?” Zhang Bu was instantly overjoyed upon hearing this.

“Yes.” Lin Yang nodded.

“That’s wonderful. This is a good start. Don’t worry if you can’t remember other things; you’ll surely remember them later,” Zhang Bu comforted.

“Can we stop the examination now?” Lin Yang pointed to the device on his head.

“This… never mind. Since Your Excellency Lin Yang has already started to remember some things, let’s not continue the examination for now. It won’t detect anything anyway.”

Zhang Bu directly removed the instrument from Lin Yang's head and then said:

“Your Excellency Lin Yang, what are your plans next?”

“If you wish to recuperate here, my eldest daughter said she can give you some money free of charge.”

“Oh?” Lin Yang’s eyes flashed. “It sounds like your eldest daughter really wants me to stay here and recuperate?”