Chapter 176: The Increasingly Exaggerated Levels of Cosmic Civilization

Inside the studio.

Facing the camera, Jiang Zhe asked a question: "What comes after a Level 3 civilization? Why don't you all take a guess at what a Level 4 civilization is, and what kind of superhuman level it would reach?"

As soon as the question was posed, the audience immediately followed the rhythm and began to imagine.

A Level 3 civilization is a Milky Way Galaxy civilization; they can move unimpeded within the Milky Way Galaxy and utilize all its resources.

And the Milky Way Galaxy is located under the Laniakea Supercluster.

Soon, a barrage comment from an astronomy student appeared.

"I know! A Level 4 civilization must be able to move unimpeded and utilize resources within the Laniakea Supercluster, the level above the Milky Way Galaxy. Furthermore, they must be many times faster than the speed of light; they should be able to fold space directly for instantaneous jumps."

"Its span reaches an astonishing 520 million light-years, containing about 100,000 galaxies, including the Milky Way Galaxy. Can a Level 4 civilization really fly that far? That seems unlikely, right?"

"Exactly. A Level 4 civilization is just too exaggerated. Surely it would have to be Level 5 or Level 6, right?"

"..."

The audience's opinions varied.

But soon, Jiang Zhe smiled and gave the answer: "I'm sorry, you all guessed wrong."

"A Level 4 civilization does not just operate and fly within the Laniakea Supercluster."

"A true Level 4 civilization is a 'Cosmic Civilization'; it refers to a civilization capable of utilizing all resources within the entire universe."

"This type of civilization may have already mastered super-intelligence and is able to utilize energy from black holes, stars, and other matter in the universe. This type of civilization may have already mastered technology to traverse the universe."

"What does that mean?"

"For example, if a Level 4 civilization has a spaceship and it runs out of energy."

"They would replenish their energy on the spot, finding a nearby star to absorb energy for power, then continue flying."

"By the way, a Level 4 civilization is already considered divine in the eyes of us humans."

Facing the camera, he provided a specific analysis: "For example, our Milky Way Galaxy will collide with the Andromeda Galaxy in the near future."

"Suppose humans of a Level 4 civilization lived in our Milky Way Galaxy."

"In that distant future collision, if they were to intervene, they could carry our Milky Way Galaxy away to a distant place, or create a giant black hole to consume the neighboring Andromeda Galaxy entirely, thereby keeping our Milky Way Galaxy safe and sound."

"Furthermore, consider the vacations of these Level 4 civilization humans."

"Suppose they are on Earth, working five days and resting two. It's Friday, and someone decides to go out for the weekend."

"So..."

"They would most likely choose to fly to the Andromeda Galaxy in a few minutes to look around, play for a day, and then come back."

"And if a professional astronaut receives a mission to go check out the unobservable universe, they could also circle the entire real universe in a few days, or even a few months, collect a round of data, and come back."

Looking at the blank expressions of all the staff off-stage, Jiang Zhe smiled slightly, "Yes, according to civilization classification, a Level 4 civilization is truly this exaggerated!"

As his series of explanations finished, the audience was completely stunned.

"A, a Universal Civilization?"

"Holy crap, moving unimpeded throughout the entire universe? This means there are simply no obstacles for them!"

"We are at 0.78 and still trapped in the Solar System, yet after increasing just a few levels, they can traverse the whole universe. I'm so damn envious!"

"Does no one suspect that this classification is wrong? Previously, a Level 3 civilization was a Milky Way Galaxy civilization, and now it has jumped across multiple galaxies to reach the supercluster level. You have to know there are 10 million superclusters in the universe!"

"This... now that you mention it, the leap does seem a bit big!"

"..."

They had thought Level 4 civilizations were strong, but they never expected them to be strong enough to treat the travel distance of both the Observable Universe and the unobservable universe as nothing.

Inside the lecture hall, all the experts present looked stunned, having not yet recovered from the answer, which involved such a massive leap.

A moment later, Professor Hua Yunfeng looked at the barrage notification on his phone, and his eyes narrowed immediately, "A Level 3 civilization is still a single-galaxy civilization, but by Level 4, it is directly a multi-galaxy civilization... The Laniakea Supercluster contains 100,000 galaxies as big as the Milky Way Galaxy; and the entire Observable Universe has about 10 million superclusters; according to the classification, what he is talking about should be a Level 3.5 civilization, and a true Level 4 civilization would be able to travel unimpeded through multiple superclusters."

Soon, Old Feng, who was on the side, shook his head, "No, actually, being able to utilize and extract dark energy and dark matter, as well as fold space, is a qualitative leap."

Professor Hua Yunfeng retorted: "Dark matter and dark energy aren't that exaggerated, are they?"

Professor Feng Zhiyuan said thoughtfully: "We are currently still a Level 0.78 civilization, so naturally our perspective cannot comprehend a Level 4 god-like civilization. If they can fly across one supercluster, it means they can fly across all superclusters. Translated into our human perspective, it's like saying if we can land on the moon, we can land on Mars. Change your way of thinking; a Level 4 civilization is truly this exaggerated!"

Once these words were spoken, Professor Hua Yunfeng stopped speaking and began to ponder the reasons; he still found it hard to accept that a Level 4 civilization was a 'Cosmic Civilization'.

In fact, there are still many people who have not accepted Jiang Zhe's classification of civilization levels in their hearts.

However, this has nothing to do with Jiang Zhe; these were all things obtained by scholars from his previous life after in-depth research.

"Alright, everyone, no need to struggle with this."

"A Level 4 civilization is indeed a Cosmic Civilization, and it can indeed move unimpeded throughout the entire universe; they can utilize all resources within the Observable Universe and the unobservable universe."

"The most important scientific technology is: 'Space Blinking'. This kind of 'Space Blinking' is not the backward version you see in science fiction movies. The 'Space Blinking' I am talking about treats the entire universe as a piece of pitch-black paper, and then pierces through it at a random location. The next moment, you can go wherever you want, so the 'Space Blinking' of a Level 4 civilization is not limited by distance."

After this explanation, the audience suddenly realized.

"So that's how it is. Science fiction movies aren't sci-fi enough. I get it now."

"That's right, the conservatives think the radicals are too conservative. I get it too."

"Hahaha, in the science fiction movies we watch, the protagonists blink at most on Earth, and as a result, they can't even blink to the moon. It's really weak, and the screenwriters have very little imagination, haha!"

"..."

Inside the studio.

Jiang Zhe continued his explanation while deep in thought:

"Next is a Level 5 civilization: Multiverse Civilization."

"What does that mean?"

"People of this civilization can open up different universes. For example, if the resources of Universe A are used up by them, they will go to open up a parallel universe to come to Universe B, and continue to ravage this universe."

"What is it like?"

"It's like a protagonist in a novel who is a loser in reality. Some novel protagonists are scumbags, and then after being reborn, they make a fortune by relying on advanced memories; but they can never change the fact that they are still scumbags."

"So, for a Level 5 civilization, everyone can understand it as: a civilization, or perhaps a certain individual, that can traverse the multiverse at will and utilize any resources."

Once these words were spoken, the audience should have been serious, but after the example was given, many people burst into laughter.