The Great Star Voyage
Chapter 595

A Creation That Appeared Suddenly

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'Huan' and 'You's' concerns were not unfounded; their feelings were not based on intuition, but on the analysis of observation data and the situation on site.

But it seemed they realized it was a little too late.

Just as 'Illusion' finished synchronizing the headquarters data and informing all the Awakeners, new changes appeared in the starry sky.

Calling it the starry sky is no longer entirely accurate, as the war has lasted for over two hundred years. By this time, conventional optical observation methods could no longer detect any stars across the Eight Desolations and Six Directions battlefield. The brilliant galaxy had completely vanished. Of course, this doesn't mean it was wiped out by the aftershocks of the war between the Awakeners and the Harvesters; rather, the original Starry Sky Battlefield had been transformed into an ocean of light.

Looking around, every direction is filled with dazzling Star Gleam, the Star Gleam of supernovae. Actually, most of the planets in this star field do not meet the conditions for Supernova Explosion, so calling it supernova Star Gleam isn't quite accurate, since their explosive power is indeed less than that of a regular supernova, but they are abundant.

The battlefield has expanded from its initial 300 light-years to a range of 600 light-years. How many stars are there in such a vast expanse of space? The answer is 9,809, at least that many within this region. Although not all of these stars were destroyed, the light they emitted illuminated the entire Milky Way Galaxy, and could even be easily observed by a civilization with Astronomical Telescope in the distant Andromeda Galaxy.

Of course, it will be 2.6 million years from now before the aftermath of this war can be observed in the Andromeda Galaxy. At that time, the civilizations there will see a light several orders of magnitude brighter than the Milky Way Galaxy. If a Level 0 Civilization with Astronomical Telescope were to see it, they might interpret it as some kind of perplexing astronomical phenomenon, just as humanity has seen many unsolved mysteries in the universe during our Earth Era.

A war lasting over two years would have been enough for the light of a stellar explosion to illuminate the entire galaxy, so that all civilizations within it would only see dazzling starlight when looking outwards. In other words, it would be extremely difficult to observe anything outside of the war using optical detectors, much like being blinded by high beams while driving at night.

However, under such circumstances, something suddenly appeared in the starry sky that no civilization 'watching' the battlefield situation could ignore.

Especially the Awakeners.

An Awakener Warship was surprised to find that something it had never seen before had appeared 0.12 light-years away in front of it.

To call it a thing is a stretch, because it doesn't look like a warship at all, but to call it something else is because its appearance is a bit strange.

The appearance of this thing seemed completely out of the ordinary. The Awakener Warship detected its appearance but couldn't detect the events preceding it. This would be normal for a typical Level Six Civilization, but it was abnormal for the Awakeners, because the pilot of the Awakener Warship was absolutely certain that the 0.12 light-year range was within his perception range, yet he simply couldn't detect it.

This immediately triggered a warning in the Awakeners pilot's mind; he sensed that this thing was no ordinary device. Just then, he noticed that 'Illusion' had updated the headquarters' synchronization information, and simultaneously, 'You's' notification appeared in his sensory organs.

"Could this be the Harvesters's trump card? But... there's only one thing, and it's the only thing. What use is it?"

The Awakeners pilot wasn't stupid; he quickly realized that this thing might be the reason why 'You' and 'Illusion' sensed something was wrong. However, the strong tailwind ahead made it somewhat difficult to see the Harvesters, so he subconsciously thought that such a thing alone wouldn't be of any use on the battlefield.

So when he saw this thing that suddenly appeared, his first reaction was not to share the information with the headquarters of the Awakeners so that other Awakeners would know, but to subconsciously probe the area around this thing and the entire Starry Sky Battlefield to see if there were any similar things in other locations.

Because it was a faster-than-light detection, the results came out very quickly.

"Only one? What on earth is this Harvester Civilization doing? Could this thing not be one of theirs?" The Awakeners individual expressed doubt about the results of his detection.

His detection time was short, less than two seconds.

The unknown object that suddenly appeared on the battlefield did not move during those two seconds. It seemed like a dead object, not moving much, just quietly floating in the afterglow of the exploding stars.

Out of curiosity, the Awakeners finally focused its detection capabilities on the newly appeared object.

So he saw it clearly, and he was also confused.

The reason he said it was real is that he discovered he could actually see the thing through optical means, which means it was a real object, but he couldn't see its true appearance.

This situation made the Awakeners realize the seriousness of the problem immediately, because he had never seen anything like it before. As a member of the Awakeners, he was backed by the technological support of an entire Awakener Civilization. If he couldn't see it clearly, it meant that the technology of the Awakeners couldn't see it clearly either.

In other words, this thing is an unknown entity to the Awakeners. Well, it should be called an unknown creation, because this individual Awakeners realizes that such a thing does not exist in nature, even though its appearance is very similar to a natural creation.

Therefore, the Awakeners quickly synchronized the information about discovering such a thing on the battlefield to the Awakeners headquarters, and also synchronized the observation information.

In fact, since the start of the war, this method of discovering information on one's own has been the norm. Most of the time, it is to synchronize battlefield information so that other Awakeners can better control the overall situation and environment of the battle. Therefore, his actions were not very conspicuous. However, realizing the seriousness of the problem, he chose another method that would attract the attention of other Awakeners.

After synchronizing the observation information, he also broadcast the message on the main combat channel under the pretext of an emergency, which made all the Awakeners notice it.

However, their reaction was the same as that of the Awakeners: first, they were confused, then puzzled, because they didn't know what it was either.

The unknown represents both hope and danger.

Combining the previous analysis of 'illusion' and 'ori', alarm bells rang in the hearts of all the Awakeners, and they sensed danger.

What is this?

The first question appeared in the Awakeners's channel, followed by exchanges from other Awakeners.

"I don't know. From an optical point of view, it looks like a sphere, but it seems to have no boundary. No, it does have a boundary, but its boundary is very blurry."

"Everyone be careful, this might be the Harvesters's trump card. Warships that are getting close to this unknown thing, please push back."

"What is this? A ball of fluff... wait, no, it seems to be exhibiting some kind of quantum property, a quantum macroscopic effect?"

"What's wrong? It's a sphere! Look, it's moving!"

The object that suddenly appeared on the Starry Sky Battlefield did indeed look like a sphere, but it was not a normal sphere. Its appearance was hazy, even blurry, giving the observer a vague feeling, as if it were something shrouded in a light veil.

It also emitted a faint light, which was not emitted by itself, but rather a result of some kind of interaction between photons and it.

The hazy, indistinct, and dreamlike appearance makes one feel as if they are in a dream.

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