The human fleet remained silently stationed in the central region of the black hole in this nameless galaxy.
Compared to the giant quasar at the center of the M87 galaxy, the black hole in this small galaxy appears remarkably "gentle".
After selecting a suitable area, the human fleet temporarily stationed itself there—[Kuafu] activated the microcosm, opening a port connecting the microcosm and the macrocosm.
Not far away, the stars brought by the Star Pickers were slowly approaching in an orderly formation.
Each star was carefully selected—from an energy extraction perspective, medium-mass blue giants offer the best value for money.
Replenishing supplies and maintaining the fleet takes a considerable amount of time.
These are all fully automated processes controlled by zero, and will not affect the normal research work of the Academy of Sciences.
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Inside the human-connected microcosm.
The silvery-white silicone ray floats on and off within a blue giant star—it has been living a completely passive life ever since human civilization advanced to level eight.
Beside this blue giant star, a uniquely shaped man-made fortress, larger than most Earth-like planets, hovers silently in the microcosm.
During long-distance travel across superclusters, the space within a small universe is absolutely precious!
Even so, it still has an almost luxurious open space around it.
This is enough to show the special status of this fortress in the Human Union - the Human Union Academy of Sciences Dimension Research Center.
Its predecessor was the Human Union Dimension Lab.
The research center is easily recognizable by its shape – it is designed to resemble a Möbius strip.
Just like the Spacetime Research Center established by human civilization at level seven, the Dimensional Research Center also holds extremely important significance for human civilization at this time.
Following the guidance of the technology tree, an eighth-level civilization needs to explore the mysteries of dimensions, which is also a direct standard affecting the strength of an eighth-level civilization.
Therefore, after advancing to the eighth level of civilization, the Dimensional Research Center successfully replaced the Spacetime Research Center, becoming the region with the strongest research capabilities of the Academy of Sciences.
As the chief scientist, Lü Yongchang's work location naturally shifted to the Dimension Research Center.
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Inside the Dimension Research Center.
Lu Yongchang slowly got up from his seat with some disappointment and casually tossed the holographic projection in front of him aside.
"Professor, the 3698th dimensional ascension experiment..."
The voice of Academician Song Yunzan, the former head of the Dimensional Laboratory, came from the side, but was interrupted by Lü Yongchang waving his hand.
"I know, I failed again."
Lü Yongchang sighed helplessly: "Giving a three-dimensional object a fourth direction... that is indeed not a simple matter."
Since the breakthrough in four-dimensional theory, human civilization, like the Tenth Empire, has set its sights on the highest crown of four-dimensional technology—dimensional ascension technology.
In this process, Lü Yongchang, relying on his own cognitive ability regarding higher dimensions, solved a large number of difficulties on his own.
Furthermore, they proposed the key technology of "high-dimensional printing".
The concept of "dimensional ascension" is actually not difficult to understand.
A three-dimensional object has three directions; similarly, a four-dimensional object has four directions.
The fourth direction cannot be represented in three-dimensional space, but that does not mean it does not exist.
Therefore, to achieve dimensional elevation, in the simplest terms, it means to simulate a fourth direction for a three-dimensional object.
The whole process is actually very similar to atomic-level 3D printing technology.
If we consider a single-layer atomic structure as a two-dimensional object, then the 3D printing process of continuously stacking atoms is actually the process of upgrading the two-dimensional object to a higher dimension.
Of course, this is just an analogy.
The actual process of dimensional ascension is clearly not that simple.
However, this process reveals a crucial truth—the dimensional upgrade operation of a three-dimensional object must be carried out in four-dimensional space.
The concept of "high-dimensional printing" proposed by Lü Yongchang is based on this foundation.
only……
Without ever having witnessed a true four-dimensional space, it is almost impossible for three-dimensional beings to construct a stable four-dimensional space based solely on imagination.
It's like the blind men and the elephant.
The four-dimensional space that humans have created today is merely a poorly made "imitation".
Inside the Dimension Research Center, under Lü Yongchang's instructions, countless dimensional ascension experiments were conducted.
Without exception, every experiment failed.
All failures are due to the instability of artificial four-dimensional space.
This is normal.
Modern human civilization's experiments are more like an exhaustive search method—using a large number of experiments to find a truly stable four-dimensional space.
The difficulty of this is self-evident.
on the other hand……
Although the object of the dimensional ascension is an inanimate object, this does not mean that the experiment is without danger.
Let's just talk about the results of this experiment.
The moment the dimensional ascension experiment failed, the internal energy pathways became disordered, directly leading to a sizable explosion.
This is also the fundamental reason why a large amount of open space is needed around the Dimension Research Center.
Under the combined influence of these two factors, the research progress of the Dimension Research Center has been exceptionally slow.
"professor?"
Academician Song's voice came again, interrupting Lü Yongchang's thoughts: "Should we continue to try the next plan?"
Lu Yongchang pondered for a moment, then slowly shook his head.
"Let's wait a bit."
"I need to make some modifications to the plan; some parameters may be problematic."
Upon hearing this, Song Yunzan quickly nodded and adjusted the experimental plan using the holographic projection beside him.
During a break in adjusting his experimental plan, Lü Yongchang reached out and opened several brand-new holographic images.
The image shows a vast band of stars.
A closer look reveals that this band of stars precisely represents the navigational paths of human civilization in the past.
At the same time, the width of this band of stars is gradually expanding outwards!
"The Cosmic Listening Project is gradually getting on track."
Lu Yongchang murmured softly, "The initial batch of self-splitting probes has successfully traversed several nearby galaxies."
"At this rate..."
A faint glint of light flashed in his eyes: "Within five hundred years, we will be able to complete the initial monitoring plan for the nearby supercluster."
Just as Lü Yongchang was about to raise his hand to turn off the holographic projection, an orange-yellow ripple flashed across the very edge of the banded star map.
Almost at the same time, a notification from Zero popped up in front of him.
【warn! 】
[The Q56DK region self-splitting detector detected abnormal spatiotemporal fluctuations.]
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