System: My Doomsday Train-Chapter 965 - 362: To Attain the Way in the Morning, One Could Die in the Evening
"It doesn’t make sense..."
Old Pig frowned in confusion beside him, "What’s going on here?"
"Normally speaking, we haven’t displayed too much power either. The ’Cyan Mountain Civilization’ is at least a Level 6 Civilization and is considered a dominant force in this area. After their troops faced some danger, didn’t they scout a bit? Instead, they’ve directly sealed off their civilization, turning into a turtle hiding in its shell?"
"Isn’t that a bit overly cautious, or did we inadvertently reveal something?"
"..."
After thinking for a while, Chen Mang said softly, "We may have underestimated our strength. Even though we’ve tried our best to hide it, we managed to annihilate one of Cyan Mountain Civilization’s main armies in less than ten minutes."
"This level of power already says a lot."
"The most important thing is—"
"Within a hundred million light-years range, the only Level 6 Civilization is the ’Cyan Mountain Civilization.’ Other fourth and fifth-level civilizations do not have this strength; the only one with such power is that... Seventh-level Civilization."
"Therefore."
"From the perspective of the ’Cyan Mountain Civilization,’ it appeared as if a train from that Seventh-level Civilization showed up on the outskirts of the Nia Star System and annihilated one of their armies."
"Whether they came to aid the Nia Star System, were just passing by, or specifically targeted the Cyan Mountain Civilization."
"The Cyan Mountain Civilization chose to abandon conquering the Nia Star System and immediately opted to seal off all space within their domain, ensuring that the army or attack methods of that Seventh-level Civilization could not arrive inside or near the Cyan Mountain Civilization."
"Thinking from this angle, the actions of the Cyan Mountain Civilization do make sense."
"The domain of the Cyan Mountain Civilization is not small, spanning a distance of 32 million light-years and comprising seven star systems."
"Sealing off a space of such a large area requires considerable resources, and the Cyan Mountain Civilization is indeed wealthy."
Chen Mang sighed softly.
By a stroke of coincidence.
The Cyan Mountain Civilization indeed made the best choice.
Now he cannot even enter the Cyan Mountain Civilization’s domain.
The closest distance he can reach is to construct a wormhole approximately 17 light-years from the edge of the Cyan Mountain Civilization’s domain. Seventeen light-years may sound like a small distance, but without relying on wormholes, just by one’s speed—
Even at the maximum speed of the Constant Star Train, which is one-third the speed of light, it would still take decades to travel 17 light-years; that’s not insignificant.
In other words—
Currently, no civilization can reach the Cyan Mountain Civilization.
At least he cannot do it.
Perhaps advanced civilizations have advanced means.
"Oh well."
Chen Mang glanced at the Doppler radar. The plan encountered some errors, and the strategy of besieging to rescue failed completely. In reality, it wouldn’t have made any difference whether he used ten minutes or an hour to destroy that army.
The Cyan Mountain Civilization decided that the train capable of destroying their civilization in the universe must belong to that Seventh-level Civilization.
Once anything happens.
They immediately seal the entire area.
There is no dilly-dallying.
After consuming a trillion tons of iron ore, he created a wormhole to the ’Ordinary Civilization.’ This civilization is a Fifth-level Civilization, subordinate to the ’Cyan Mountain Civilization,’ essentially its junior.
Naturally, there’s no way to reach the Cyan Mountain Civilization for now.
Let’s go check out this civilization first.
Just patiently wait for the Cyan Mountain Civilization’s domain blockade to lift. He doesn’t believe the Cyan Mountain Civilization can keep itself sealed off indefinitely.
From the AI database he extracted from those few trains, he learned that the ’Cyan Mountain Civilization’ possesses means to seal a space, and it requires resource consumption. The longer the seal lasts, the more resources it consumes.
The Cyan Mountain Civilization can’t possibly keep itself sealed off forever.
...
An hour later.
On a planet in the ’Ordinary Civilization.’
Chen Mang walked leisurely down the street of this planet with Biaozi and Old Pig. At this time, the wormhole they created caused no spatial fluctuations, meaning they could freely go to other civilizations without detection.
For instance, at the moment.
The Ordinary Civilization is completely unaware of their arrival.
If they had come with strong malicious intent, the Ordinary Civilization would have been wiped out by now.
"Tsk."
Walking along the street, Chen Mang glanced at the radar screen on his tablet, chuckling. Unexpectedly, the Cyan Mountain Civilization should be exhaustively monitoring the region near their domain, checking for newly formed wormholes arriving.
The less they discover, the more anxious they’ll be.
After a period of anxiety, they gradually relax, and the seal can thus be lifted.
"Master Mang."
Just then—
Old Pig, walking beside him, suddenly spoke out curiously, "Let’s hypothesize. If we were a Seventh-level Civilization, with a Level 6 Civilization in our domain, and no one knows when this Level 6 Civilization might advance to a Seventh-level Civilization."
"At this time, what should we do?"
"Shouldn’t we preemptively clean up this Level 6 Civilization?"
"But why, despite the long-standing presence of the Cyan Mountain Civilization, does the Seventh-level Civilization show no inclination to act against it? Given the vast domain of these Seventh-level Civilizations, it indicates they likely have 2000-level radar and must be aware of the Cyan Mountain Civilization’s existence."
"There’s only one reason."
Without waiting for Chen Mang to speak, Old Pig answered his own question, "That is, for that Seventh-level Civilization, there surely has been a more important matter to handle over the years, a matter of priority far exceeding cleaning up the Level 6 Civilization within its domain. This task must be extremely complex, consuming all of the Seventh-level Civilization’s energy, leaving them unable to focus on anything else."
