The Virgo Cluster, especially its central galaxy M87, has gradually returned to calm.
But this does not mean the war has ended.
On the contrary, at this very moment, this war, which spans the entire Laniakea Supercluster, has only just begun.
The withdrawal of the pastoral faction has made the Virgo Cluster the only pristine area in this supercluster.
While the Cleaners in these galaxies breathed a sigh of relief, they also began the reconstruction and repair work on the Ring Cosmic Accelerator.
As for human civilization...
It also gave them another opportunity for stable development.
Although the original Enrogant disguise is gone, the status of human civilization in the Silicon-based Alliance has risen significantly.
The reason is...
It was naturally a wide-area tachyon broadcast from the Tenth Empire in the Hercules Supercluster.
It explicitly states that members of the Silicon-based Alliance have a responsibility and an obligation to protect human civilization and ensure it is not attacked by the "pastoralists."
As a result, the star field near the human fleet in the M87 system suddenly became much more "crowded" - the Sekel civilization, which had suffered a setback on the wormhole, directly relocated its main body to the vicinity of the human fleet.
Silicon Ray...
Needless to say.
Even without the orders from the Tenth Empire, he, determined to curry favor with a powerful ally, would certainly not stray far from the human fleet.
Several hundred years later, the Earth's calendar will change.
A massive spherical structure, nearly the size of a star, hangs silently in the vastness of space.
Under the illumination of a dozen or so surrounding stars, this area was not considered dark.
Of course, illumination is only a secondary function of these stars; their primary function is to provide the power to start the central spherical megastructure.
Yes, that's the right starting energy!
This colossal device, the culmination of centuries of effort by the Human Union Academy of Sciences, is named "Suirenshi".
It has only one function—to mine, or rather extract, zero-point energy from the vacuum.
In the past, Suirenshi invented fire-making by drilling wood, becoming the inventor of artificial fire-making in ancient China.
Today, [Suirenshi] can also lead human civilization into a new era—an era with inexhaustible energy!
...
The First Laboratory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
All the academicians, including Lü Yongchang, were busy checking the various parameters of [Suirenshi].
Because the [Suirenshi] was the first experimental machine for extracting zero-point energy in a vacuum, the pre-experiment inspection work was relatively complicated, and the device was also exceptionally large.
But none of that is a problem.
If the experiment is successful, the miniaturization project will be put on the agenda immediately.
"Professor, the Zero Point Furnace has completed all inspection items!"
"The energy pathway has been tested!"
"..."
Lu Yongchang stopped his work and, after confirming that the last inspection item had been completed, gave the order in a deep voice.
"Begin drawing stellar energy, preparing to activate [Suirenshi]!"
...
【Suirenshi】area.
Dozens of silvery-white energy channels extend from this spherical megastructure, stretching directly towards the blue giant stars not far away—each blue giant star corresponds to an energy channel.
With the help of gravitational shielding technology and precise control, these stars not only do not emit any gravitational fluctuations, but also remain quietly in place.
Dozens of energy pathways ignored the stars' high temperatures and, like straws, inserted directly into the interiors of these stars.
The next instant.
A large amount of stellar matter was directly extracted and, under the action of the mass-energy conversion device inside the Suirenshi, was completely converted into pure energy.
This energy spread continuously along the energy pathways inside [Suirenshi].
One by one, indicator lights lit up, and the power of the Zero Point Furnace began to increase—just like a water pump, the Zero Point Furnace initially needed a little "energy" to act as a catalyst for extracting vacuum zero-point energy.
[The input power of the zero-point furnace has met the standard!]
A line of luminous white text appeared in the holographic projection.
"Start the zero-point furnace and begin extracting vacuum zero-point energy!"
Suppressing his excitement, Lü Yongchang issued the order without hesitation!
Buzz...
With an extremely slight tremor emanating from the central core area of [Suirenshi], the most magnificent and powerful energy in the universe manifested itself within the Zero Point Furnace!
"Output power 10%!"
"20%!"
"50%!!"
"Stellar energy input has stopped; Zero Point Furnace is operating well!"
Fang Xu's excited voice echoed in the laboratory: "Zero-point furnace output power 100%!"
"Running time: exactly ten minutes!"
"【Suirenshi】has good stability!"
Ten minutes—that was the first goal Lü Yongchang set at the start of the experiment!
Hearing these reports, Lü Yongchang became increasingly excited: "Continue operation!"
Time passed by, second by second.
Twenty minutes later.
The operation of [Suirenshi] remains very stable.
but……
"drop!"
As the notification sounded, an orange-yellow icon appeared in the azure holographic projection.
"Professor!" Tao Yuda's calm voice came through, "The energy buffer area is about to reach its capacity limit."
The current "Suirenshi" is just a crude experimental machine, so the Academy of Sciences has not designed a special energy conversion and storage function for it.
So here's the question.
With so much energy, how do we deal with it?
Having anticipated this, Lü Yongchang calmly made a few operations on the holographic projection in front of him.
...
In the vast universe.
A huge hatch slowly opened on the side of Suirenshi.
A massive cannon barrel with a diameter of over one hundred kilometers extended from the hatch.
This is the simplest and most direct way to release energy.
We can even take this opportunity to test the performance of the latest model of dark matter cannon!
A dark light flickered.
boom!
The torrent gushed from the cannon muzzle and shot straight toward a nearby abandoned star system.
The star system is not large, roughly the size of two solar systems.
A wave of temporal and spatial ripples spread out.
They passed through the already opened jump port and disappeared into the visible universe.
The next instant, another jump port appeared near this barren star system.
A torrent of dark light gushed from the port, shooting directly toward the star system.
Wow!
The chain reaction of dark matter then unfolds!
A powerful light suddenly appeared in this desolate star system!
As time went on, the light grew stronger and stronger, even overshadowing the light of the two inner stars!
Boom!!!
The explosion completely engulfed the unfortunate star system.
When the light faded, it disappeared completely.
Only scattered atoms drifting in interstellar space can prove that it once existed.
[Energy has been fully released. Current energy reserve for [Suirenshi]: 5%.]
Faint, translucent white text appeared on the holographic projection in the laboratory.
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