Without completing the measurement of the universe, they could not obtain the complete data needed to restart it. That was what the Great Evolution Civilization said.
The Restarters felt there was no hope of crossing the Vacuum Decay zone, so they began communicating with the Great Evolution Civilization again about the matter.
The Restarters: "There's no hope, is there? The universe can only keep expanding forever, otherwise we'll definitely be swallowed by Vacuum Decay. Is that the answer you're trying to give us?"
The Great Evolution Civilization's message came from infinitely far away: "No, no, no. You still don't understand."
Streams of information swept across the Cosmic Membrane, and the Restarters replied, "Great Evolution Civilization, we think you'd better explain this clearly. And you need to pick up the pace. The Void Returners have already acted. If this drags on, we don't know how long we'll be able to dissuade them."
The Great Evolution Civilization: "Very well. We discovered that beyond the region past the first light of the Big Bang, the Vacuum Decay there was caused by the civilizations of the Great Universe using Vacuum Zero-Point Energy without restraint—but it was not entirely caused by the unrestrained use of Vacuum Zero-Point Energy!"
The information that seemed to flow in from infinitely far away paused for a moment, then appeared again: "Because we have already crossed more than half the universe, and we discovered that if the Vacuum Decay zone truly wrapped around the entire universe, it could not possess such tremendous energy. In other words, the energy consumption of every civilization since the birth of the universe, by itself, could not create such a vast Vacuum Decay zone."
"Then what caused it?"
"The accelerated expansion of the universe!"
The Restarters: "You mean the energy of spacetime generated by the