Chapter 424: Choice

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio | Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

The power of creation sounded magical and metaphysics, but it was essentially reconstructing matter by changing the data that made up matter. However, all of this was based on the premise that the universe was made of data.

The mechanical circuits inside the destroyer-level battleship changed from metal atoms to rocks made of carbon, silicon, calcium, and other elements. Such changes in atomic properties were often accompanied by huge energy release or absorption.

However, in fact, these battleships changed in an instant. They did not even follow any physical laws, nor did they show any signs or subsequent phenomena.

In the eyes of the Hunter’s scientists, their battleships were inexplicably scrapped, and the error log showed that their lines were out of order.

Although it didn’t take long for the maintenance drones that existed independently of the battleships to find the real reason after testing, it still made the scientists of the Hunter take it seriously.

This was because they had only seen such things on the Scribe. Now, they had to admit that the civilization they were facing was at least on the same level as theirs.

”Perhaps…we can communicate?”

This thought popped up in the minds of some of the Hunter’s decision-makers. Although they were a group of Exterminators, it didn’t mean that they would only go forward single -mindedly.

It was impossible for a civilization that could reach this level to be xenophobic. Even if it was, it was a conditional xenophobic. There was nothing that could not be softened in the face of absolute benefits.

Their main goal was still to go to the Wound for their ascension ritual. If they didn’t have any direct conflict with that civilization, they could talk. No one wanted to be hindered by a civilization that had the power of creation at such a critical moment.

After Li Wenyuan actually made the data modification, he saw the destroyer-level battleship stop operating as he wished and knew that the modification had taken effect.

“AS expected of a technological product that can be called Creation…This kind of ‘material conversion’ directly achieved by modifying the underlying code is much better than alchemy…”

Li Wenyuan felt heartfelt admiration for the performance of the Pillar of Creation. This was indeed a technology that could be called Creation.

Under the premise of the data universe, as long as he knew how to use each data character in the underlying code of the universe, he could directly create matter through data at will.

Even the law was essentially just a manifestation of a certain connection between data. If necessary, it could be modified.

At this level, it was not an exaggeration to call him the God of this universe. However, after sighing, Li Wenyuan also understood that this was only on the surface. They were still in the universe and could not be considered a God who had transcended the universe.

He could modify the data, but this required the power of the Pillar of Creation and the Reality Penetrometer. Furthermore, they would be restricted by the laws of physics, and energy was needed to activate and modify these machines. The total amount of data was basically constant, and there was a limit to the modifications they could do. When there was nothing in the universe that could provide energy to these machines, Gods were no longer omnipotent. However, even so, this gave Li Wenyuan a strong motivation and made him understand what kind of trump card he was holding. This was indeed the power that Level 9 technology should have when it was about to reach its peak. After that, Li Wenyuan received a communication request from the Hunter civilization. This was the first time he had seen the Hunter initiate a conversation.

In the records of the Silent and the Exiled, the Hunter had never communicated with them even once. He was even more silent than the Silent.

This time, Li Wenyuan was naturally very interested to see the Hunter’s active communication, so he accepted the communication request sent by the Exterminator.

■■I hope it’s not like some true xenophobics who only curse when they speak…” With this thought in mind, he saw the contents of the communication.

[I have to admit that you guys are indeed very strong now. This time, we made a mistake in our decision, but there’s nothing we can’t talk about.] [Although we believe that civilization has reached this level and is no longer pursuing material things, there must be a reason for you to appear on this path.]

[Tell me, what do you need?]

Even if they sat down to talk, the words used in the Hunter’s communication were rather unfriendly. It was difficult to even think that it was an official diplomatic document.

They did not understand how civilizations should communicate. Perhaps they had always been like this.

However, Li Wenyuan did not care about such a small matter. There were even worse words than this. For example, some fellows would diplomatically humiliate from time to time. Those people could even ignore the huge difference in overall strength and insult a civilization that was like a god with their inferior strength.

Comparatively speaking, the Hunter was considered very gentle. Seeing that the other party was so sensible, Li Wenyuan asked him why he was there. He didn’t mention humans directly. Instead, he asked about the Hunter’s special discovery in this galaxy.

He originally didn’t have much hope for such a question, but unexpectedly, the Hunter’s diplomat answered the question readily.

[I think it’s only for these things, right? No one can come to this galaxy.] [I’ve already obtained full authority from the decision-making level. I’ll now directly hand over our discoveries here to you after simplifying the data.] [You can check for yourselves. If you have it, you have it. If you don’t, you don’t have it. We’ll give you what you can for free. If you can’t, we’ll continue fighting. After all, some things are also very important to us.] The Hunter’s reply was very straightforward. They didn’t seem to care about these things at all. They even took the initiative to reveal his discovery and expressed that this was all. This made Li Wenyuan couldn’t help but ask them why they did this before reading the information they had sent.

[…It doesn’t matter. We’ve already achieved most of our goals in this cycle. We’re only one step away now.]

[Other than completing this last step, we can give up everything else. If this can reduce the number of enemies on our final path, it will be a very good deal.]

[However, it’s precisely because this is the last step that when a conflict arises between our fundamental needs, it will be an irreconcilable conflict. At that moment, any diplomatic means will be useless. Only war is the solution.] [You might think that since that’s the case, we should use lies or something like that to hide our discoveries, but we don’t want to hide anything because this kind of concealment might lead a civilization that originally wouldn’t be an enemy to our opposite side, and the true enemy wouldn’t be merciful just because we fulfilled their request.]

[This is the last step. No matter what the outcome is, we will accept it. This trip is too long. It’s our turn to welcome this day.]

[Make your choice..]