There are three possible future possibilities for this universe.
The first possibility is that the universe stops expanding and enters a stable state.
"It's alright even if you don't run away."
The second possibility is that the universe, like a balloon inflated to its limit, experiences a Big Bang, resulting in complete annihilation.
"There's no escaping it even if you want to."
The third possibility is that the universe will not increase but decrease, instead contracting inwards and eventually collapsing into a single point.
"Then the only option is to run away."
[When you read this passage, your spiritual energy expands outward, enveloping the cosmic membrane hundreds of light-years away.]
Not obvious enough.
[Therefore, you descended 26 times in the future, your spiritual power covering a span of hundreds of millions of light-years!]
[Within a sufficiently large area of mental energy, the cosmic membrane you perceive is no longer a flat wall, but rather shows a slight curve.]
This slight curve is concave inwards.
You are not outside the universe, watching the cosmic membrane expand towards you.
You are now within the universe, and the cosmic membrane is contracting towards you!
"Wait, what's going on?"
[You're a little confused; continue reading Huang Xing's historical records.]
[In the earliest records, the Yellow Star Pioneers, millions of years ago, knew that a catastrophic extinction event was highly likely to occur in the future. Although that disaster would not occur during their lifetime, they resolutely chose to begin their efforts in that generation for the sake of future generations.]
The "Escape to Yellow Star" plan has been launched.
[It was a grand and magnificent escape plan. Scientists from all over humanity gathered together. They spent 20,000 years solving the energy problem, and then devoted themselves to terraforming the planet and building propulsion systems. After 50,000 years, they successfully increased the speed of the Yellow Star to the current limit.]
"With your technological capabilities, can't you build a spaceship on your own? Why are you so fixated on one planet?"
[Originally, some people considered building individual spaceships for separate escapes, which would allow them to reach the limits of the present world faster, but that plan was ultimately abandoned.]
Because when united, they are a blazing fire; when scattered, they are nothing but scattered grains of sand. This is a cosmic catastrophe. If we don't bring everyone together and unite all the geniuses to work together, then the future may be defeated piecemeal.
The main reason was the emergence of a leader at the time who refused to abandon the vast majority of civilians and leave them to die; he wanted to escape.
Then, nine hundred thousand years ago, the terrifying future that Huang Xing had foreseen came to pass.
[The "Source of Light and Dust" indicates that the expansion rate of this universe has slowed to zero.]
[Originally, this universe was constantly expanding, its cosmic membrane constantly shifting outwards, naturally engulfing the worlds and planes outside.]
After the speed dropped to zero and a stable period of less than ten years passed (it's also possible that the expansion and contraction were so slow that the Yellow Star inhabitants hundreds of thousands of light-years away couldn't distinguish them), the cosmic membrane began to contract inward.
[And with unparalleled absolute mass, it shattered everything in its path!]
The rate of increase during the contraction of the cosmic membrane far exceeds the rate of decrease during its expansion!
It took at least hundreds of millions of years for its expansion rate to decrease from twice the speed of light to zero.
However, it only took a few hundred thousand years for the contraction speed to increase from zero to tens of times the speed of light!
And it's getting faster and faster!
This universe is about to be destroyed. When it collapses to a certain extent, it will bring about ultimate annihilation, and all life remaining within the universe will be compressed into the most basic, minute matter!
The Yellow Star people lack the ability to transcend the universe; they can only flee endlessly, until they reach the center of this universe and live until its end!
Live as long as you can, live as long as heaven and earth, and perish with the universe.
Although they are still decades away from being overtaken, Huang Xing has made multiple preparations.
Their upper echelons are divided into two factions, constantly arguing.
The No. 1 faction is a "locally rooted" faction.
Their proposal was to have the yellow star land on the cosmic membrane, where they would settle directly and use appropriate recoil devices to counteract the inward contraction of the membrane.
To be honest, quite a few people have done this. After you've expanded your spiritual perception to its limit through multiple descents, you've indeed discovered that some civilizations have settled on the inner membrane of the universe, and some fourth- or fifth-realm powerhouses also live there, absorbing vital energy to sustain their lives.
[However, the downside is that they have to withstand the initial impact when the yellow star comes into contact with the cosmic membrane, which is contracting at dozens of times the speed of light; otherwise, they will be instantly shattered.]
Furthermore, as the cosmic membrane contracts at an accelerating rate, the acceleration they will have to endure will become increasingly outrageous, potentially reaching a terrifying 100g acceleration that is constantly increasing.
The second faction is the "Space Breakthrough Faction."
They advocate for a massive burst of speed, propelling the yellow star beyond 1.5 million kilometers per second into the shattered void, where it would increase exponentially, eventually escaping the cosmic membrane and gaining more breathing space.
They only have about twenty years left, yet they continue to argue. Although both sides are prepared, implementing one of their plans will exhaust all of Huang Xing's resources, leaving no room to choose the other.
"Although the speed of light in the present world is limited to 300,000 kilometers per second, there is no upper limit to the speed of light in this universe, or even in the entire ocean of the multiverse."
"With just a little observational ability, anyone who can look up at the starry sky can see the slow changes in the cosmic membrane countless light-years away."
"Therefore, many civilizations began fleeing towards the center of the universe very early on, but they will eventually be caught. The beetle world I saw, and this yellow star, are just small microcosms in the grand drama of the universe's destruction."
You survived on the yellow star.
[You also rebuilt a simpler system, and you've decided to start now to complete your Dao Seal, ultimately condensing it into a Dao Fruit.]
"..."
Yun Shou didn't want to talk anymore.
[However, rebuilding yourself now is much more difficult because your true essence has increased by a billion times, so the resources required have also increased by a billion times.]
That's the amount you'd need to scour a small patch of the starry sky to obtain.
[Furthermore, it also requires some targeted resources with Daoist attributes, which increases the cost by a billion times.]
[Some of it you've endured.]
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(Four o'clock? (ˉ﹃ˉ?))
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