Epoch of Twilight

A living planet on the southern cross arm of the Milky Way.

The dawn of science and technology has pierced the long darkness, and the civilization of this planet has entered a stage of rapid development. Over the past hundred years, they have moved from human and animal power to mechanical power, from the era of cold weapons to hot weapons At the same time, it is also accompanied by more and more terrible wars.

For more than a hundred years, all the countries on this planet are either at war or preparing for war.

Since the Second World War, peace has only been maintained for more than 20 years, and the war between the two major alliances between the East and the West broke out again. Cities were bombed into ruins, farmland was burned, and countless soldiers and civilians died.

Especially in the second year of the war, both the East and the West developed nuclear weapons one after another, and a more terrifying nuclear war came.

The war lasted only three years, and the death toll of this civilization has exceeded 500 million people, accounting for one-eighth of the total world population. Every month, several nuclear bombs landed on all parts of the world, erupting with dazzling light from hell .

The war has gradually turned into an unprecedented massacre. No one side is the winner of the war. However, the two major alliances of the two sides have been unable to get out of the war until now, and they have to bite their teeth. After all, no one wants to take the initiative to show weakness , Losing everything, like two strong men desperately stabbing each other with knives, waiting for the one who can't hold on first.

According to the normal development process, this world war may last for several months to half a year, until one side completely falls down.

However, a message from an extraterrestrial civilization has brought this peace ahead of time, and all countries are in panic, and the war can no longer continue.

The soldiers on the front line were quickly recalled. At the same time, the leaders of the major powers also let down their guard and began to meet frequently to exchange opinions with each other. If this message proves to be true, it means that they will completely lose their home planet. Compared to this, this war for the hegemony of the home star is undoubtedly absurd and ironic.

This is a sensational demolition notice from an extraterrestrial civilization:

"Respected natives in the star system CA80800087."

I regret to inform you that your galaxy is unfortunately located at the node of the Interstellar Highway, and it has been identified by the Supreme Academy of Sciences as possibly interfering with the operation of the Interstellar Gate. In order to ensure the normal operation of the Interstellar Highway and improve the traffic conditions of the entire galaxy, With the formal approval of the Human Empire government, our department has decided to destroy this galaxy.

As for you natives of the CA80800087 star system, we have entrusted a third party, the nearby Ryder civilization, to assist in the relocation to the CA80800134 galaxy, which is a hundred light years away, in five years, and will give you some compensation. If you cause any inconvenience and trouble, please forgive me.

Hereby notify

Demolition Department of Stargate Construction Engineering Corporation, Hope City, Human Empire

July 21, 4335 Anthropocene"

The content of the information makes one's scalp tingle and chills, but at the same time it is so absurd. But this is definitely not a prank by someone or a certain peace organization, because this message directly appears in everyone's mind, the entire civilization has billions of people, without exception, and extraterrestrial civilizations that can achieve this ability will naturally be destroyed The strength of an entire civilization.

They are just a backward civilization that can only roll around on their home planet. Facing this kind of behemoth wandering in the star sea, and even a powerful civilization that is planning to build an interstellar highway, they are as weak as an ant, which makes people feel unimpressed The idea of ​​rebellion, all they can do is accept their fate.

However, the appearance of this incident of extraterrestrial civilization also made the post-war countries feel the crisis of racial survival for the first time. Under this pressure, their differences were quickly eliminated. After countless negotiations and compromises, three years later, On the contrary, the civilization of this planet was unified after the war.

...

Five years later, a huge fleet arrived as scheduled, sweeping across the entire galaxy.

"Masters from a powerful civilization, as a backward and humble person, we are very grateful for your assistance. We can only see an inch away, but we never know that there are so many civilizations in this galaxy, and we have never heard of such a great and righteous man like Ryder. Civilization, ever since we heard the news from the Human Empire, we have been uneasy and worried about the future of civilization. We are eager to know the situation in this galaxy and what kind of civilization human beings are? I don’t know my lord, Can you answer for our humble people?" The first head of state of this civilization grandly received officials from the Ryder civilization, and at the banquet, he asked tremblingly insinuating.

The officials of the Ryder civilization gave him a haughty look. Seeing that this backward and barbaric civilization had donated a lot of precious metals in private, he said lightly: "I know what a civilization like yours wants to know most? In fact, you also Don't worry, the universe is too vast, and most star systems cannot give birth to life. For a civilization like ours, there is no need to worry about resource constraints on the development of civilization for a long time. Therefore, in general, this galaxy It is peaceful, as long as the distance between the two is not too close, no civilization will go to war with a backward civilization like yours!"

"As for the human empire!" When he said this, his face became a little dignified, and he lowered his voice subconsciously: "In fact, we don't know much about this powerful civilization. This civilization is quite mysterious. It’s unheard of, the reason why we assisted you to relocate this time is also because we received a message from this civilization!”

"How is it possible, you are so powerful, how could there be a civilization that can send information to your brain without anyone noticing it!" The star field of more than 3,000 light years has only spent more than ten years here. This means that the speed of their warships is at least three hundred times the speed of light, which is just as unimaginable as a myth. However, facing this mysterious human empire, the powerful Ryder civilization in their eyes seems to be equally small.

"But that's the truth! Maybe in their eyes, we are not fundamentally different from you." Perhaps because of empathy, the Ryder official couldn't help but feel pleasing to the eye when he looked at this backward civilized head of state. He sighed, Shaking his head: "According to the practices of this civilization, we speculate that this may already be the most powerful civilization in this galaxy, a super civilization!"

After all, the interstellar light-speed highway that humans are about to build can shorten the scale of the Milky Way to within a few feet. This not only improves the transportation of the Milky Way, but also means aiming the guns at the gates of various civilizations. Without the strength to overwhelm all civilizations in the Milky Way, there is no need to even think about it.

ps: It's coming to an end, there are still two chapters left.