Humanity is missing, luckily I have billions of clones-Chapter 385: Barrier

The intelligence showed that several millennia ago, when the Purple Moon Fleet embarked on a space voyage, they coincidentally chose the Solar System as a stopover, intending to rest and resupply there.

At that time, according to the Purple Moon Civilization’s detection, there were no signs of life or industry in the Solar System.

It was like any ordinary star system commonly seen in the Milky Way, unremarkable, with nothing noteworthy.

It was precisely for this reason that the Purple Moon Civilization chose the Solar System as a stopover.

Thus, the Purple Moon Fleet began its overall deceleration maneuver, slowly entering the Solar System.

But when the distance to the Sun shortened to about one trillion kilometers, the situation suddenly changed.

The Purple Moon Civilization actually detected clear industrial traces on the third planet of this solar system!

The technological level indicated by those industrial traces was not high, merely at the early Electroweak stage, which was nothing compared to the Purple Moon Civilization.

But why had their previous detections found no industrial traces, and now that they were so close, industrial traces had inexplicably appeared?

What on earth happened? What’s going on?

This suddenly became a big deal, and even the entire Purple Moon Civilization fell into a certain panic.

This was clearly evident from the Purple Moon Civilization’s historical records.

At that time, the then Purple Moon Leader convened dozens of special meetings, and all of the civilization’s remote observation and scientific forces were mobilized, working tirelessly for several months to investigate this matter.

The entire fleet even made an emergency temporary turn, preparing to immediately restart acceleration and escape the Solar System if things went awry.

In subsequent efforts, when a large number of probes were specifically launched to fly away from the Sun, and the distance was once again extended beyond one trillion kilometers, a strange phenomenon occurred again.

Probes observing the Sun and the third planet from beyond one trillion kilometers detected data indicating that this planet still had no signs of life or industry.

However, the main fleet, located within one trillion kilometers, detected clear signs of life and industry.

One trillion kilometers seemed to be a clear dividing line.

It was as if there was an invisible, intangible barrier at a distance of one trillion kilometers from the star.

This barrier intercepted all light carrying signs of life and industry, modified it, and then released it into outer space, thereby meticulously concealing the existence of an Electroweak Civilization in the Solar System.

Subsequent research further proved the existence of this barrier.

The Purple Moon Civilization tried multiple directions, with some observation points even separated by hundreds of billions of kilometers, observing tens of thousands of times in total, and all encountered the same phenomenon.

Beyond the barrier, no signs of life or industry could be seen; within the barrier, they could.

They even precisely located the position, curvature, and thickness of this barrier.

However, the barrier itself remained invisible and intangible, undetectable by any measurement method.

The Purple Moon Civilization then began to speculate on this phenomenon.

The purpose of this barrier was obvious: to conceal the existence of this Electroweak-level civilization, preventing any external forces from discovering it.

Their own discovery was merely a coincidence.

And... a civilization capable of deploying such a barrier and accomplishing such an incredible feat must have a technological level far surpassing their own, and must have extremely far-reaching plans.

This Electroweak Civilization was not ordinary; it must be connected to some high-level existence!

If it were an ordinary civilization, upon realizing that the Solar System was involved with a higher-level existence far beyond their own, the first thing they would do would definitely be to immediately flee this solar system, immediately embark on an interstellar voyage, escape as far as possible, and resolutely avoid any connection with this matter.

But... at that time, the Purple Moon Civilization had already been infected by the Demonic Eye.

Thus, they made a decision completely different from that of a normal civilization.

Since this civilization was very likely involved with some higher-level existences, and was itself only in the Electroweak stage, extremely weak, then... from the perspective of the Demonic Eye Civilization, could this civilization possibly hold some use for the Lord?

After a discussion, the Purple Moon Civilization finally decided to take the risk of being drawn into a high-level power struggle, quietly entered the solar system, and moored around Earth, secretly beginning to observe this Electroweak Civilization.

After a period of observation, they even took the risk of quietly taking action, capturing several million Humans as observation samples. After confirming that further observation could no longer reveal more, they quietly fled the Solar System without alarming this civilization or leaving any traces.

Tom probably already knew the subsequent events: it was nothing more than nurturing these Humans while seeking a way to offer them to the Space-level Demonic Eye.

It wasn’t until the Destroyer Civilization and the Perseus Alliance went to war, and the Red Star Alliance and the Space-level Demonic Eye perceived this strategic window of opportunity and decided to launch a war as well, with the Space-level Demonic Eye then broadcasting throughout the entire Milky Way, calling upon all Demonic Eye Civilizations to come to their aid, that the Purple Moon Civilization found an opportunity to hand over these Humans, whose usefulness was uncertain, to the Space-level Demonic Eye for disposal, thereby embarking on a long journey spanning thousands of light-years.

This continued until Tom finally caught up with them, leading to several wars, culminating in the complete destruction of the Purple Moon Civilization at this moment.

At this moment, Tom finally understood why the Bluetoth Civilization had initially believed the Solar System to be a star system without intelligent life.

The information they had detected was true, the intelligence the Recorder Civilization had given him was also true, and Human Civilization had indeed truly existed.

The reason for this contradiction was entirely due to that barrier!

Furthermore, Tom could confirm that the barrier had disappeared when he left the Solar System. Because he had also observed Earth from a distance of one trillion kilometers back then, and the Earth he saw showed very clear signs of industrial activity.

And the disappearance of Human Civilization can also almost certainly be linked to the disappearance of this barrier.

Perhaps... the Purple Moon Civilization inadvertently destroyed this barrier, causing its protection to fail, exposing the existence of Human Civilization, which was then noticed by a high-level power observing the area, prompting them to act, and ultimately... erasing all traces of Human Civilization’s existence?

This seems to be the only possibility.

So, who left this barrier? What was its purpose? Why did they do this? After this barrier was inadvertently destroyed by the Purple Moon Civilization, who then acted to erase the traces of Human existence? And what was the reason?

Tom realized that there seemed to be two factions involved in this process.

The faction that left the barrier, and the faction that subsequently acted to erase the traces of Human existence. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎

Among them, the former seemed to be benevolent. This could be seen from the fact that Human Civilization faced devastating blows and ultimately vanished completely, with all traces erased, shortly after the barrier was destroyed—which clearly indicated that the barrier had protected Human Civilization.

Tom also agreed with the Purple Moon Civilization’s initial judgment that "the one who left this barrier must be a high-level existence."

With Tom’s current knowledge as a Strong Nuclear peak civilization, he couldn’t find any way to construct such a barrier, or even conceive of how it could be done.

Even civilizations at the Gravity stage probably couldn’t achieve this.

Although Tom had not yet entered the Gravity stage, he had some conjectures about the capabilities of the Gravity stage and deductions based on fundamental physical theories. Tom was eighty to ninety percent confident in this judgment.

So... the one who left this barrier is at least a Dark Energy Civilization, or even a higher level, possibly a Space Civilization!

And... is the existence of this barrier, and the unknown civilization that left it, related to his special abilities?

Tom embarked on a long period of contemplation. In the end, he only let out a deep sigh.

At his current stage, his strength was still too weak, and his understanding of the universe too shallow, making it truly difficult to comprehend this matter.

"Perhaps I can exchange some intelligence with the Recorder Civilization."

He silently pondered: "The matters concerning the Purple Moon Civilization and the war between Red Star and Demonic Eye should hold some value, and should be able to be exchanged for some intelligence.

However, there’s no rush for this matter; I’ll do it after I’ve been promoted to a Gravity Civilization."

After making this decision, Tom’s gaze finally settled on the Purple Moon Civilization intelligent lifeforms he had captured.

A group of high-ranking civilization officials, led by Purple Moon Leader, were escorted into the interrogation room by robots.

Purple Moon Leader’s face was dark red, filled with ferocity: "You want to get information from our mouths? Dream on!

If you know what’s good for you, release us quickly and submit to the great Demonic Eye, otherwise, everyone in your entire civilization will suffer the cruelest punishment!"

Tom ignored these shouts and simply proceeded to strap these high-ranking officials onto the execution beds, then attached electrodes to their bodies.

This was a set of tortures specifically developed for the Purple Moon, based on careful study of the Purple Moon Civilization intelligent lifeforms’ body structures and incorporating the Purple Moon’s own research findings. It was designed to inflict maximum physical pain while ensuring they would not die or faint, forcing them to endure the torment in a conscious state.

Once secured, Tom manipulated the robot to gently press the execution button.

Ah—

Agonized, distorted screams, not unlike human sounds, erupted from the mouths of these high-ranking Purple Moon officials. Their bodies violently twisted and spasmed, and due to the extreme tension and exertion, blood even seeped directly from their skin.

Hoo, hoo...

One round of torture ended, and although Purple Moon Leader was utterly weak, he still laughed wildly, full of arrogance.

"You want to pry information from our mouths with torture? Dream on!

We have long since surrendered to the great Demonic Eye, and we have undergone transformation by the Demonic Eye from body to spirit, making us long since indestructible! Save your breath, these tortures are meaningless to us!"

Tom’s heart remained unperturbed.

He had long known that torture was meaningless to Demonic Eyes.

But... it didn’t matter.

"Who said I wanted to get information from your mouths? The information I want, I’ve already obtained from your information data system...

Of course, I know torture is meaningless to you, but making you suffer is the meaning itself..."

Yes.

At this moment, Tom wasn’t trying to get anything from them. Tom was simply torturing them, making them endure pain.

To this end, Tom even specially modified hundreds of large residential spacecraft, outfitting them with a billion execution beds and all sorts of torture devices that pushed the limits of imagination, specifically designed to torment the Purple Moon.

Every Purple Moon had a share, and every Purple Moon couldn’t escape!

Simply tormenting you is indeed meaningless and has no practical use. But I just enjoy it! I just want to do it! Unconvinced? Unconvinced, bite me?!

Recalling the scene when he joyfully welcomed back two million Human compatriots, recalling the painstaking efforts he put into building custom residential spacecraft for his compatriots, recalling the pain and despair when he discovered that these compatriots had already been infected by the Demonic Eye, recalling the torment and abuse suffered by the remaining Human compatriots within the Purple Moon Civilization, and their current predicament, all in hibernation, adrift in the vast expanse of space...

Tom, with the most rigorous, meticulous, and solemn attitude, treated the research into more new tortures and increasing the suffering of the Purple Moon as a scientific endeavor. He specially allocated scientists from various races and a certain number of clones, investing a considerable amount of resources into the research.

After repeated experiments, Tom even developed a specialized nerve nutrient solution for the Purple Moon’s body structure, which could quickly repair nerves that were broken or necrotic due to extreme pain, keeping them alive.

As for side effects, there was only one. That was, the newly restored nerves would have their sensitivity increased by about 20 times compared to before. This meant...

The same torture would inflict 20 times more pain on these Purple Moon!

Every Purple Moon would endure 18 hours of torture daily, with the remaining 6 hours for rest. Tom would use this potion to repair their nerves and bodies, increasing sensitivity while also preventing them from truly dying.

Thus, these several hundred torture spacecraft truly became a hell for the Purple Moon, their interiors filled with piercing, distorted screams day in and day out.

Having settled these Purple Moon and subjected them to endless torment, Tom finally embarked on the most important mission of his arrival in this solar system.

Detonate the supernova!

"The war with the Purple Moon Civilization has delayed me for so long; according to the original plan, there wouldn’t be enough time at all...

Fortunately, fortunately, I obtained the manufacturing method for that simple Gravity Cannon device from the Purple Moon Civilization, and now with the help of the Green Light Clan, I still have great hope of completing the mission within the scheduled time.

Damn Purple Moon, just wait, I will make you witness me detonating the supernova and destroying the Demonic Eye Nation..."