The order has been issued.

A small probe fleet consisting of dozens of probe ships and spherical probes slowly sailed toward the deep, dark sphere under Zero's control.

To avoid the curvature engine affecting the stability of the Klein bottle structure, these probes and detectors underwent simple modifications—they were powered by the most primitive antimatter engines.

Propelled by the antimatter engine, the lead probe successfully reached the vicinity of the sphere.

The tension within the research center reached its peak.

Keep moving forward.

The front half of the probe ship vanished into thin air before the eyes of the academicians!

Keep moving forward!!

The first probe ship has completely disappeared into the sphere!

Lü Yongchang instinctively held his breath.

Success or failure hinges on this!

"Tachyon signal is normal."

"Switching to the observation screen of the No. 1 probe ship."

The moment the electronic synthesized voice sounded, a burst of enthusiastic cheers erupted throughout the research institute!

"It's a success..."

Lu Yongchang let out a long sigh of relief with a faint smile on his face.

Just as the academicians were celebrating, a brand-new, huge holographic projection appeared directly in front of the research institute.

As the cheers subsided, the academicians turned their attention to the observation footage from the No. 1 probe ship.

dark.

That's everyone's first impression.

It was an area of ​​extreme darkness.

"No starlight?"

Lu Yongchang noticed the blind spot and immediately frowned.

A deep sense of doubt arose in his heart.

In this vast universe, is there any place where we can't see starlight?

What the hell does this Klein bottle lead to...?

Faced with the unknown, Lü Yongchang felt a mixture of curiosity and a faint sense of fear.

The entrance and exit of the Klein bottle are actually artificially defined; it has no so-called directionality.

This also explains why the entrance to the Klein bottle is completely dark—the area it leads to is devoid of any light source!

In the footage, the high-powered light source equipped on the probe ship is the only light source in this area.

But for this terrifyingly dark space, the light source was clearly too weak.

It shot straight ahead, but was quickly swallowed up by the endless darkness.

A sense of loneliness and exile arose spontaneously.

For some reason, a thought suddenly popped into Lü Yongchang's mind, and he murmured to himself, "It's like a universe that has reached its end..."

The end of the universe is not necessarily a new Big Bang.

Heat death may very well be the ultimate fate of the universe.

According to the second law of thermodynamics, as an "isolated" system, the entropy of the universe will increase over time, moving from order to disorder. When the entropy of the universe reaches its maximum value, all other usable energy in the universe will have been converted into heat energy.

In the completely heat-dead universe, there is not a single naturally luminous body; even black holes have completely evaporated, leaving only a large amount of dark matter diffused in space.

If someone lived in such a universe, he would undoubtedly be a true exile from the world.

This situation did not last long.

A few seconds later.

A powerful beam of light shot out from behind and hit the first probe ship—it was a high-powered searchlight from the second probe ship.

The diffusely reflected beams of light slightly illuminated the space around the probe ship.

Not only that.

The third one, the fourth one...

All the probe ships that had not yet entered the Klein bottle entrance activated their high-powered searchlights under Zero's control.

These beams of light shot straight toward the entrance of the Klein bottle!

The holographic projection automatically turned the viewpoint "behind" the detection ship.

It was a spherical structure similar to the entrance of a Klein bottle.

Clearly, this is where the Klein bottle exits.

Compared to the entrance, the spherical structure in front of us appears incredibly dazzling and radiant.

It's like a rising star!

A large amount of light entering from the entrance scatters out from this spherical structure, completely illuminating the surrounding space!

An incredibly powerful light radiated outwards at the speed of light.

The dark space finally became slightly brighter.

But in the infinite distance, darkness remained as ever.

Looking at the scene in the holographic projection, Lü Yongchang's confusion only increased.

What kind of hell is this place?!

He suppressed his unease and issued the probe order.

...

The first exploration ship took the lead and sailed ahead.

The gamma rays emitted by the antimatter engine scattered in all directions, bringing a touch of "life" to this peaceful space.

Time passed by, second by second.

Suddenly, accompanied by a soft alarm, a familiar technological creation appeared in the previously unchanging holographic image.

The exterior of the technological creation has become extremely distorted, and the internal mechanisms have completely ceased to function.

Around it, there were also a large number of debris of different sizes suspended.

Lu Yongchang recognized it by the slightly distorted serial number on its hull.

Exploration ship No. 129C.

The previous deduction was correct: the twisted Klein bottle entrance destroyed the probe ship that had strayed inside!

The probe ship continued to move forward.

The second piece of debris soon appeared before the academicians.

That was the 1531C exploration ship.

The probe ship did not stop and continued forward according to Lü Yongchang's orders.

Ahead, all was still darkness.

As the probe continued its journey, the piercing alarm sounded again.

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