245: Chapter 245 The New Generation of Humanity

At this moment, a thin film of one square micron, composed of ten Nanobots, was released. Under the control of the Super Photonic Computer, it flew toward the nebula.

Upon contact with the cosmic matter on the nebula's periphery, the Nanobots began to absorb it and perform micro-Nuclear Fusion reactions within themselves. The synthesized matter began to accumulate around them, while energy was temporarily stored in the robots. Once the matter reached a certain point, the Nanobots began fission-style manufacturing.

More robots were manufactured, and the film doubled in size...

Gao Yuan looked at the data displayed on the computer...

His face was full of excitement...

It worked. The shells of these robots contained a superconducting material that could instantly transfer energy and convert it into electricity, ensuring they maintained an appropriate temperature.

A few hours later...

The film had grown to one square centimeter in size...

"Marshal, there's no need to keep an eye on things here anymore. We just need to wait for them to continue multiplying... The Super Photonic Computer will also detect any damaged robots in real-time and manufacture new ones to replace them."

"I understand!"

Gao Yuan was about to head back.

He still found it hard to believe that such a tiny film would eventually devour the boundless nebula before him.

This region was as large as several hundred Solar Systems. The further in one went, the more matter there was.

Just as Gao Yuan was preparing to leave...

Subtitles appeared before his eyes once more.

"Congratulations, leader of humanity. You have made the wisest choice!"

It was sent by Cangming No. 1.

"Cangming, I have a question for you!"

"I know what you want to ask. Why don't we do something that seems so simple ourselves, right?"

"Yes. You have the technology and the ability to build the Meteor City Cluster. Do you not have the ability to build this?"

Gao Yuan asked.

"If we were outside the Spiral Arm, we would have devoured this nebula long ago. But here... it's impossible!"

"Why?"

"Because if we were to absorb even a single atom of the nebula, we would be met with an even stronger blockade... But the city cluster is different. Within the Spiral Arm, meteorites are trash, waste. Even if we blow up the meteorites, there won't be any reaction... As I said, a Four-Dimensional Civilization is restricted at every turn within the Spiral Arm!"

Gao Yuan still didn't quite understand...

"The interior of the Spiral Arm is a base for creating stars. Here, nebulae and gas clouds are the primary structures. Once we, a Four-Dimensional Civilization, enter, we are seen as destroyers. There is a complete system for purging civilizations within the Spiral Arm, including nebulae, supernovae, and black holes! If we resist, a supernova will find us next and create a violent explosion cloud to perish along with us... If we still survive, a black hole will come next to swallow us..."

Gao Yuan was stunned...

"Then what about here now? It won't cause a reaction?"

"No, because this nebula is being absorbed by you. As a Three-Dimensional Civilization, you are actually invisible within the Spiral Arm; you won't be noticed at all!"

Alright...

Gao Yuan felt that the process Cangming No. 1 described seemed very familiar, but he was certain he couldn't have encountered such information before...

After returning to the Meteor City Cluster, he suddenly had an epiphany...

The process of destroying a Four-Dimensional Civilization that Cangming No. 1 described... wasn't that just the standard three-pronged approach of the human immune system?

There are white blood cells, T-cells, and B-cells in human blood... These cells destroy invading bacteria and viruses!

So why wasn't humanity being destroyed?

Because humanity... was not a complete civilization. If a Four-Dimensional Civilization was a virus, then human civilization was at most a viroid...

A viroid doesn't even have a protein coat; how could it be identified?

Normally, viroids do not have the ability to infect the human body.

That is to say, theoretically, a Three-Dimensional Civilization has no chance of entering the Spiral Arm.

But human civilization happened to be a bug... It had a few four-dimensional lifeforms like Gao Yuan and Gao Gan, but a few individuals alone couldn't change the nature of the civilization...

So humanity was still a Three-Dimensional Civilization.

With Gao Yuan, humanity gained the ability to enter the Spiral Arm, yet there was no mechanism within the Spiral Arm targeting Three-Dimensional Civilizations.

At this moment, Gao Yuan understood.

Human civilization was an invincible, bug-level existence here!

If things were truly as Gao Yuan guessed, then this was definitely incredible news! However, the only thing lacking was technology.

Humanity's current technological level was still insufficient.

If Cangming No. 1 could truly help humanity raise its technological level, it would be a win-win situation.

...

Time slowly passed.

Humanity spent the happiest time in human history within the Meteor City Cluster.

A hundred years later...

Construction of the Ideal Star began. By this time, the nanobot film had expanded to five light-years in radius; the massive film covered the nebula like a gargantuan celestial body.

A vast amount of matter was manufactured from the film and eventually piled up in a region of space on the nebula's periphery.

Humanity began building the Ideal Star upon these materials.

The interior of the Ideal Star had an iron-nickel core, but unlike naturally formed ones, the Ideal Star's core was functional. After rigorous calculations, the core contained massive engines to ensure internal activity, thereby forming the most suitable magnetic field...

Once the core was built, the construction of the Ideal Star would accelerate. The core's powerful gravity could attract all the matter scattered around it, while a large amount of air would also cling to the core, forming the Ideal Star's atmosphere.

Numerous robots and humans worked on the Ideal Star.

Every ton of matter was arranged according to human design.

This was a massive mechanical metallic planet. Its exterior would be covered with a layer of rock and soil, and the distribution of oceans and land was also ideal, ensuring both the convenience and beauty of maritime transport while discarding the drawbacks of coastal living.

By this time, the new generation of humanity that had grown up in the Meteor City Cluster had become the backbone.

These New Humans had never seen the sun, never experienced the cataclysm, nor had they known the 996 work schedule or involution.

This was the most idealized generation.

They possessed the highest level of knowledge, the most abundant material conditions, and the broadest horizons.

From birth, they witnessed grand plans such as humanity swallowing a nebula.

When pleasure becomes commonplace, work becomes a joy.

Gao Yuan now had five grandchildren. His children looked even older than him. The New Humans had grown accustomed to Gao Yuan, as the ruler of humanity, issuing various orders...

This brought Gao Yuan a sense of relief...

The Ideal Star gradually took shape above the Meteor City Cluster. At this point, the Meteor City Cluster began to be affected by the Ideal Star's gravity and started to spontaneously orbit it, becoming the Ideal Star's satellite city.

According to Gao Yuan's plan, these meteorites would eventually be abandoned because they were pointless... Humanity did not lack resources.

The nebula was essentially a disassembled star; an entire massive star was a resource for humanity.