Earth calendar year 2556.
"Professor, the tail-cutting plan has been successfully implemented."
Zero's voice rang in Lü Yongchang's ears, piercing his heart deeply.
He opened his eyes as wide as possible and looked in the direction of the Proxima Centauri system.
"Professor, according to the calculations, the light emitted by Proxima Centauri b in its two-dimensional form will not reach the Human Alliance fleet for another thirty years."
Zero whispered a reminder.
"Of course I know..." Lu Yongchang stared with his already sore eyes, two lines of hot tears uncontrollably sliding down his cheeks, "I just want to see them one last time."
"Professor, I don't understand. Proxima Centauri's brightness has decreased significantly, and you can't observe it with the naked eye at this time."
"...Of course you don't understand."
Lü Yongchang sighed, shook his head, and stopped talking, silently gazing at the distant starry sky.
After an unknown amount of time, a soft sound of footsteps came from behind.
"Yongchang".
The familiar voice made Lü Yongchang's heart skip a beat: "How did you wake up?"
"Before the interstellar voyage began, I gave Zero the instructions." Su Yutong stepped to Lü Yongchang's side, looking up at the infinitely distant starry sky. "The tail-cutting plan has already been implemented?"
"Um."
Lu Yongchang managed to squeeze out a response from deep in his throat.
The next moment, he felt a warmth coming from his fingertips.
"It's not your fault," Su Yutong said softly.
“But I gave the order.” Lu Yongchang murmured to himself, his body trembling slightly.
Su Yutong didn't continue speaking, but simply turned her head and gently leaned on the shoulder of the person next to her.
Feeling the softness and warmth gradually approaching from his side, Lü Yongchang subconsciously tensed his body.
"Back then, you promised to watch the stars with me on Dawn Star."
An incredibly gentle voice drifted into his ears.
“I…” Lü Yongchang hesitated slightly, “I’m sorry, I…”
"No need to apologize." Su Yutong chuckled and leaned against Lü Yongchang. "Let's do it now."
Lu Yongchang was stunned for a moment, then realized what was happening.
"good……"
After a moment of silence, he raised his hand, gently embraced Su Yutong beside him, and responded softly.
...
On the other side, at the edge of the Milky Way, in the Galaxy Bridge region.
This war, which broke out suddenly, has lasted for decades.
At the start of the war, the Pastoral faction's [Time] and [Silk], with their bizarre dimensional attack capabilities, inflicted considerable damage on the Cleansers civilization's warships.
In this resource-scarce battlefield, there are countless clumps of silk threads and the remains of life forms from the Cleansers civilization.
But when the Cleaners' planetary fortresses crossed thousands of light-years to reach the battlefield, the tide of battle turned.
In interstellar space, extremely stable dark matter has shown fluctuations.
With the intervention of unknown means, it became the most powerful spear and shield!
Explosions that could occur anytime and anywhere constantly hindered the progress of the two dimensional beings.
A shield made of a large amount of dark matter has blocked the bizarre dimensional attacks time and time again!
As the violent gravitational forces surge, they constantly pull at the surrounding stars!
These stars, large and small, are like pebbles on a catapult, being hurled towards the target area!
Collisions between stars create one supernova explosion after another!
Along with endless gamma-ray bursts, small black holes have appeared in this region!
Like deadly traps, they lie between the two civilizations!
The war between the most advanced civilizations in the universe has turned this area into a true dead zone!
While these attacks effectively halted the movements of the two dimensional beings, they did not actually harm the true forms of [Time] and [Silk].
As dimensional beings, they possess a natural advantage—conventional attacks have extremely limited effect on them.
Until the Cleaners civilization brought out their trump card: dimensional weapons.
The flashing lights sped out from the planetary fortress, barely noticeable in the battlefield filled with explosions and radiation!
"Four-Dimensional Concussion Grenade!!"
"Time! Help me stop it!!"
[Silk] abandoned the α warship it was about to capture and retreated to the edge of the battlefield in utter terror. At the same time, it sent a distress signal to [Time] beside it!
Almost simultaneously, the projection of [Time] in the three-dimensional universe rapidly magnified, directly blocking that inconspicuous point of light!
The next second, the two made contact.
The light suddenly exploded!
A hypersphere, beyond description, has appeared in the universe!
In an instant, the supersphere exploded.
A shockwave, unobservable in the three-dimensional universe, spread rapidly outwards through the surrounding dark matter!
If you switch your perspective to four dimensions, you will see an extremely magnificent scene!
On the ocean composed of dark matter, towering waves surged!
The giant wave spread rapidly in all directions.
As for "time," it is a tiny soap bubble on the ocean.
The soap bubble was about to collapse under the impact of the giant wave!
[Time] The projection in the three-dimensional universe vibrated with a visible amplitude. Then, as if some boundary had been broken, three-dimensional entities began to appear out of thin air in the shadow area—some were standard spheres, others were standard cubes, cylinders, etc.
A few seconds later, these three-dimensional entities disappeared, and the three-dimensional projection range of [time] visibly shrank.
Subsequently, the two dimensional beings quickly retreated, putting distance between themselves and the Cleaners civilization's planetary fortress.
...
"Damn it, they even have this weapon!"
【Silk】, both shocked and angry, relayed the message to 【Time】: "【Time】, how are you?"
"I'm fine." The shadowy area was still trembling slightly when a message was transmitted: "The four-dimensional stun grenade has limited effect on me."
"What do we do now?" [Silk] asked again. "We can't be sure how many four-dimensional stun grenades they have left!"
"Don't forget, [Hua] was injured by it back then!"
"...Let's see how things go first."
The three-dimensional projection of [time] gradually stabilized and pulled [silk] away from the Milky Way.
The next moment, a strange fluctuation came.
The backward movements of 【时】 and 【丝】 suddenly stopped.
"Two-dimensional fluctuation!"
"[The painting] isn't dead?!"
Can you determine the location?
Upon hearing [Silk]'s question, [Time] carefully sensed for a moment and said with absolute certainty, "In the direction of the Orion spiral arm!"
In the distance, the Cleaners' fleet also experienced some turbulence.
Clearly, they also noticed this unusually powerful two-dimensional fluctuation!
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