One day later.

Lu Yongchang sat in his office, looking at Yevgeny, whose face was full of excitement, and tried his best to maintain a calm expression.

"professor!"

Yevgeny broke the silence in the office first: "Did Wilson say something nonsense to you?"

Lü Yongchang was slightly taken aback.

He nodded naturally and gave an affirmative answer: "That's right! It was that old bastard Wilson who did it."

"..."

Yevgeny was silent for a moment, seemingly sensing that the atmosphere in the office was not quite right, and quickly changed the subject: "Professor, I didn't explain it clearly in the holographic communication just now."

"I believe that using miniature black holes as weapons is a highly feasible approach."

Seeing that the topic was back on track, Lü Yongchang breathed a slight sigh of relief.

"Currently, the manufacturing process of miniature black holes is relatively mature."

Yevgeny reached out and opened a holographic image, which projected various detailed data and information.

Clearly, he had done a lot of preparation work during his free time that day.

"Make a miniature black hole confinement device into a warhead and install it on a warp missile."

"At the same time, we can also install corresponding gravity shield jamming devices on warp missiles." As he spoke, Yevgeny pulled up a design sketch in the holographic image. "In this way, we can launch powerful attacks on enemies at extremely long distances."

"Professor, please believe me, the power of this weapon is absolutely no less than Wilson's [Matter Disintegration Cannon]."

“The most important point is…” Yevgeny’s expression was slightly excited, “Even if the micro black hole does not hit the enemy ship, it can release sufficiently powerful gamma rays, X-rays and high temperatures as it devours its own missiles, which can also cause some damage to the enemy ship.”

Lu Yongchang looked at the design sketch in front of him and nodded thoughtfully.

Now that you mention it, I do have an idea.

"If the gravitational field control device and curvature device are integrated into a large projectile, it should also produce a good attack effect."

Yevgeny looked at Lü Yongchang, who was deep in thought, with some surprise: "I can understand the curvature device, but the gravitational field control device... is it really useful?"

"Cannonballs are consumables, so there's no need to give them a gravity shield, is there?"

“No.” Lü Yongchang shook his head. “You’ve misunderstood me.”

"Like your black hole weapon, the gravity bomb also uses gravity to cause damage."

"We can create a strong gravitational source in the target area."

"Use the constantly fluctuating gravity to pull on the enemy starship."

“The starship’s near-gravity source and far-gravity source will experience vastly different gravitational fluctuations.”

"The immense tidal force generated is enough to tear apart any starship of a Level 5 civilization!"

"Even if the other side possesses anti-gravity technology, they cannot completely defend against this level of attack without cracking our gravity fluctuation algorithm."

Black hole missiles, gravity bombs, matter disintegration cannons...

These are symbols of the combat power of advanced civilizations.

The reason is simple: only by mastering the Grand Unified Theory can civilization use the four fundamental forces as weapons!

...

Forty-five years later.

In the year 3700 of the Earth calendar, human civilization officially entered the 38th century.

Since entering the Kepler-452 star system, the Cleaners and the Pastorals seem to have disappeared.

For at least the past century, human civilization has enjoyed a period of relatively peaceful development.

Under the combined catalytic effect of Ling and Lü Yongchang, human civilization is progressing at an unbelievable speed.

The star system belonging to the Pan-Human Federation has expanded to five hundred light-years.

Thanks to breakthroughs in curvature technology, the highest speed ever achieved by human civilization has reached an astonishing 100c—the pinnacle of second-order curvature.

Similarly, it represents the pinnacle of a Level 5 civilization.

Therefore, a territory of 500 light-years is not considered large for human civilization today.

Of course, in the process of territorial expansion, human civilization encountered many other civilizations.

Among them, Level 1 to Level 3 civilizations account for the vast majority, while Level 4 civilizations are only a handful.

As for Level 5 civilization...

To date, no trace of its existence has been found in human civilization, let alone a higher level six or seven civilization.

In a sense, this is the normal state.

After all, advancing one's civilization level is far too difficult.

Under normal circumstances, the pace of civilization development gradually slows down.

But human civilizations are different.

He not only maintained the original pace of development, but even showed signs of accelerating it!

This is an almost impossible scenario!

Throughout the long history of this universe, countless civilizations have risen and fallen, including powerful level 7 or 8 civilizations, as well as basic level 1 or 2 civilizations.

However, as civilizations advance in level, their development speed continues to accelerate. From the Big Bang to the present day, only two such civilizations have emerged.

The scarcity of advanced civilizations has created a somewhat awkward situation.

The weapons and equipment that the Academy of Sciences' weapons research and development department has painstakingly updated and iterated have been almost completely useless in the past.

Most civilizations were quite sensible, especially after the Eugene civilization intervened, they almost all "willingly" joined the Pan-Human Federation, serving as the torchbearers supporting the rapid development of human civilization.

The only Level 4 civilization that initially opposed the warp weapons quietly joined the Federation after witnessing their power.

As for high-powered weapons like black hole missiles and gravity bombs...

It is still in the warehouse.

Their only chance to see the light of day was at the testing grounds when the weapons were first developed!

[Earth], in the Chief Scientist's office.

Lü Yongchang lay back in the chair, his eyes slightly closed.

Suddenly, he opened his eyes and let out a long sigh of relief.

As the technology tree of a Level 5 civilization becomes increasingly sophisticated, the fog at its top begins to dissipate.

Although he still cannot clearly see the symbolic technology of a Level 6 civilization, Lü Yongchang is not impatient at all.

Given enough time, human civilization will eventually become a Level VI civilization!

This is his confidence, and also his wish.

I hope that human civilization can continue to develop peacefully, and live on until the end of time.

Unfortunately, his prayers were not answered.

As a piercing alarm sounded, a blood-red holographic projection appeared in front of him.

【warn!】

[The interplanetary probe has encountered an unknown attack.]

[Attack method: Warp-force antimatter bomb (preliminary assessment)]

[Coordinates of the attack: X (408.12 ly) Y (-456.56 ly) Z (507.96 ly)]

The relaxed expression on Lü Yongchang's face vanished instantly.

"zero!"

"Level One Combat Alert!"