283: Chapter 36 Rebooting Earth's Civilization

Within a miniature universe containing only the Milky Way Galaxy.

The thirty-eight surviving Earth Humans returned once again to the Solar System, where the sun had become a red giant star.

They returned to their place of origin, which they had once risked everything to leave and wander away from.

After all, there was neither the capability nor the purpose to continue wandering.

With a mere thirty-eight people, no matter where they wandered, they could not quickly revive Earth Civilization. Moreover, the entire universe at this point consisted only of the Milky Way Galaxy.

The other ninety billion light-years of territory had long since turned into Chu Zhangyang's Flesh and Blood Universe, and was subsequently swallowed up completely by "Extinction."

Therefore, no matter where they wandered, they would just be circling within the Milky Way Galaxy.

Furthermore, the Milky Way Galaxy was already "overcrowded" at this time.

Therefore, after carefully considering for a considerable amount of time, Chu Yuhang thought to himself that rather than competing for living space with other civilizations in an unfamiliar place,

it would be better to return to the place where human civilization began.

Perhaps the survival genes left behind by their ancestors were still within them, blessing these last Earth Humans to continue and develop.

Consequently, Chu Yuhang resigned from the Resistance Army and, taking three faster-than-light spaceships, traveled all the way back to the Solar System.

He returned to the Solar System where the sun had already become a red giant star.

Then, while working tirelessly to build a space city, he sent Yu Keke as the representative of Earth Civilization to visit the other seven civilizations that had already been living in the Solar System for some time.

After deliberation by the surviving humans, the site for the space city was finally located in the orbital path between Saturn and Uranus.

Although this distance required a large amount of fuel to ensure that the space city would not drift off course, fall into the red giant star, or be flung out,

the heat received was the most moderate. It could utilize solar sails and various other devices to obtain a large amount of energy over the long term. Moreover, the brightness was most suitable, allowing for the viewing of the magnificent and intoxicating Saturns Rings at night.

However, although the red giant star was already stable at this time and no longer erupted in helium flashes, Earth Civilization had learned more advanced knowledge and technology while wandering and fleeing.

But such a large-scale space city, built in this location, would still require years of effort from the Earth Humans.

Fortunately, the initial construction went quite smoothly.

Yu Keke, following the initial plan, boarded a small shuttle and flew towards Saturn, preparing to visit the two civilizations there.

Just as everything was proceeding according to plan and starting to move in a good direction,

the humans who were dismantling the faster-than-light spaceships in the dock to use as the foundation for the space city were suddenly enveloped in a flash of multicolored light.

The entire dock instantly felt as if it had entered a dream.

This caused Li Liang, an Earth Human, to exclaim in shock, "What on earth are these rainbow-like things?"

"I need to reference various coordinates to adjust the direction of the space dock in real-time."

"This light pollution is like covering my eyes!"

The Earth Humans, who were busy working in the dock, instantly lost any mood to appreciate the scenery, their expressions changing in alarm.

But soon, these rainbow-like clusters of light emitted a voice, soothing everyone: "Do not be afraid!"

"We have no malicious intent!"

"And we will not let your dock drift towards the sun or into the depths of the universe!"

"It is just... you cannot build a space city here!"

"This will squeeze and hinder our living environment!"

Chu Yuhang, who was always cautious, had naturally done his homework before building the space city. He immediately sent a message to the other party.

"Greetings, respected Sader people. We have already sent a representative to visit you."

"I did not expect you to arrive first."

"Let us introduce ourselves first; we are the ancient remnants of this star system!"

"When the star erupted with helium flashes back then, we had no choice but to initiate the Wandering Planet project. We gathered the technology and resources of our entire race and pushed the planet away from this star system!"

"Naturally, there were quite a few twists and turns during the journey..."

"But the final result... just like the countless foreign civilizations in the Milky Way Galaxy now... our planet was..."

Chu Yuhang was about to explain the background of why he was building the space city here to these rainbow-like light clusters in a friendly tone.

But he was quickly interrupted.

The voice of the Sader people was so calm that it made one feel a slight sense of discomfort.

One could not hear any emotional fluctuations, yet could feel waves of coldness.

"The moment you arrived in this star system, we knew."

"We also knew that you are the ancient remnants of this star system."

"But now, all of this is meaningless. Nearly three hundred million civilizations from various regions of the universe have come to this Milky Way Galaxy to escape the evil Chu Zhangyang."

"I believe that among them, there must be many civilizations that originally came from the Milky Way Galaxy."

"But regardless, this is not a reason for you to rest and recuperate here."

"Time passes and things change. I think you should also be able to understand this point!"

Chu Yuhang frowned slightly, his tone neither humble nor arrogant: "We are not using the reason that this is our place of origin to demand to survive here!"

"But, this act of returning to our old home has extremely profound significance for us Earth Humans!"

"More importantly, whether it is us Earth Humans or you Sader people, we are all devout believers of the Great Deity Xingyang!"

"As children of God, we should naturally help each other as stated in the xingyang divine canon!"

The dazzling "rainbow" paused for a moment.

Finally, it sternly refused: "No!"

"Helping each other is based on the premise that there is no loss to ourselves."

"If it requires us to pay a corresponding price for you to gain sufficient benefits! Then, with gains and losses, our two civilizations have not truly made progress!"

The Earth Humans who were dismantling the three faster-than-light spaceships were all shocked upon hearing this, thinking to themselves that they had encountered a tough nut to crack—someone completely unreasonable!

Zhang Weiran, who had always served as the fleet's artillery gunner, was already fuming.

He quickly walked towards the weapon launch platform, while angrily saying: "What airs are these guys who are pretending to be gods putting on in front of us?"

"We Earth Humans returning to our own Solar System is not about wanting to occupy any of the remaining three planets."

"It is merely to build a space city."

"If even this is to be obstructed, then they shouldn't expect an easy time either!"

After saying this, he sat down at the weapon launch platform and locked onto those glowing "rainbows."

Fortunately, at the critical moment, Chu Yuhang shouted: "Stop!"

"We will absolutely not fire the first shot!"

The hot-headed Zhang Weiran then stopped his actions, but the anger in his eyes remained intense.

Clearly, he had not expected that after experiencing countless hardships and narrowly escaping death to return to the Solar System, humanity could not even build a small space city.

How could this not make one burn with rage?

Chu Yuhang conveyed orders to everyone through communication equipment.

"Everyone, please calm down first."

"Let us first conduct effective communication and negotiation with the Sader people."

"They also narrowly escaped from the evil god Zhangyang to the Milky Way Galaxy. As two civilizations in the same boat, I think they surely won't be so unreasonable."

"During this time, I have already researched all seven civilizations that have taken root in the Solar System."

Chu Yuhang was right.

To know oneself and the enemy, he had used his old connections from the Resistance Army to find detailed information about these seven civilizations.

Among them, the Sader people who came to obstruct them were currently the only energy-based civilization in this Solar System.

These energy-based civilizations initially had immunity when facing Chu Zhangyang's "Great Baptism," as they did not have physical bodies. They could not become zombie-like "God Walkers."

Therefore, in the early stages of the Flesh and Blood Universe, most energy-based civilizations were still able to survive with difficulty in the gaps.

But not long after, they discovered that the cosmic regions around their home stars had begun to gradually organicize, no longer emitting light or heat.

Even if some stars were still emitting faint blue and purple light, they could not absorb even a shred of energy from them.

It was at this moment that these energy-based civilizations panicked.

They began to desperately build fleets of warships, wanting to break through the blockade of the Flesh and Blood Universe.

But clearly, it was too late by then. There were no stars in the surrounding cosmic regions to provide the energy for these energy-based life forms to continue existing.

Consequently, these civilizations wrapped in the Flesh and Blood Universe could only wither away one by one.

Their history, their origins, ultimately disappeared completely in this universe, without creating even a single ripple.

The Sader people who survived to the Milky Way Galaxy did so because of sheer luck.

The last survivors of their ethnic group were exactly at that node because this group of energy entities was conducting exploration missions in a cosmic region far from their home star.

That is why they were not surrounded by the Flesh and Blood Universe, and were able to flee all the way to the Milky Way Galaxy, and live until after the doomsday crisis was resolved.

In fact, just as the Sader people had said, the moment the Earth Humans arrived in the Solar System, they had discovered them.

Not only them, but the other six civilizations living there had also discovered the Earth Humans.

It was just because they did not know the purpose of these visitors and the three faster-than-light spaceships that arrived with them.

Therefore, these seven civilizations that had taken root in the Solar System tacitly chose to remain silent.

"Perhaps, they are just passersby."

"Besides, even if they wanted to do something, with just their three spaceships and thirty-eight individuals, they wouldn't be able to stir up any trouble!"

Therefore, in the beginning, these seven civilizations did not make any moves.

Until they saw these visitors mooring in the orbit outside Saturn, and then, while building a dock, they began to dismantle the spaceships they had brought.

In an instant, all seven civilizations understood the intentions of the visitors.

"These Earth Humans... actually want to immigrate here."

"Damn it, the Milky Way Galaxy is still over a hundred thousand light-years large, and there are hundreds of billions of stars; these people don't choose from so many places, but insist on coming to us!"

"Forget it, forget it. Actually, thinking about it carefully, we are also outsiders. And these Earth Humans have their reasons for coming here. Calculating it, they actually originated from this star system. So in their view, they have returned home."

"Ah? Aren't they Carbon-based Life? Can they originate from a star system with such a red giant star? That's impossible, right."

"That is something you do not know... back then..."

The seven civilizations were each discussing among themselves.

The leading Sader person interrupted the representatives of the civilizations: "Alright, the history of Earth Civilization is not something we need to understand."

"The urgent matter now is that they have arrived, and they want to immigrate here."

"Therefore, what kind of stance and attitude should we take?"

"Everyone... are you ready to vote?"

These seven civilizations that had successively taken root in the Solar System had also formed a tacit understanding with each other during their long time together.

They had formed a collective voting parliamentary system: the Coexistence Association.

Although these seven civilizations varied in strength, they had all arrived here before the shadow of the apocalypse. And at the same time, they all believed in the Great Deity Xingyang.

Later, they all experienced the celebration of the end of the apocalypse together, and all seven civilizations were refugees here, not large in scale.

In the early stages, it was even less likely for conflicts over resource grabbing to arise.

Therefore, these civilizations naturally connected with each other and signed an agreement, promising to develop together in this Solar System and continue their civilizations once again.

Therefore, they practically regarded themselves as the masters of this star system.

Facing the suddenly arriving Earth Humans.

The seven major civilizations first held discussions and made choices within their own groups.

Then they sent representatives to the Coexistence Association to conduct the final vote.

"Our civilization does not agree with the Earth Humans taking root in this star system... Seven civilizations are already many. Although there will be no friction for now due to the sparse population, in the future, as each develops, irreconcilable conflicts will surely erupt. For the long-term peace and stability of our civilization, our civilization does not wish for the Earth Humans to reside here."

"Seconded!"

"Seconded!"

...

Three civilizations agreed with the proposal to expel the Earth Humans.

Two other civilizations chose to abstain.

Of course, they were not doing so out of kindness or good intentions, but because of their own strength and advancement; they were so arrogant that they never regarded the Earth Humans as a threat, so they had no reason to expel the Earth Humans.

Of course, they also had no reason to accept them, so they could only choose to abstain.

The final Keaton civilization wanted to extend a friendly embrace to the Earth Humans.

"We all fled here from Chu Zhangyang's Flesh and Blood Universe, and furthermore, we are all devout believers of the Great Deity Xingyang."

"Therefore, I think we should accept the Earth Humans!"

"Just as it says in the xingyang divine canon, believers should help each other. Moreover, they originally came from here, and there are only thirty-some individuals; they cannot encroach upon the space of our seven civilizations."

"Therefore, our suggestion is to let them return. They originally originated from here."

However, the statement of the last civilization had no persuasiveness in the face of four to one.

Consequently, the Sader people, who were already opposed to the Earth Humans arriving here, acted as the representative of the seven civilizations and were the first to meet the space area where the Earth Humans were moored.

They issued an ultimatum to them.