That said, science had still been making steady progress. It was just that the barrier of the Theory of Everything was far too formidable, making Humanity's progress seem insignificant before it.
Humanity had already glimpsed hope for the Theory of Everything, and had also caught traces of it while studying the Natural Wormhole. But that was still not enough. Humanity needed more data to prove its theories.
Humanity had found such a Natural Wormhole only through extraordinary luck, so it naturally could not give up so easily. Besides, Humanity was far from completing its research on this Natural Wormhole. The information gained during this period was merely the tip of the iceberg.
There were still countless things Humanity did not understand, such as the difference between Natural Wormholes and black holes, where Wormholes led, how to travel freely through them, and what the spacetime structure within a Wormhole actually looked like.
Scientists believed that once all these questions had been fully understood, Humanity would naturally master the Theory of Everything. By then, Humanity would surely have figured out the technologies related to the storage and utilization of Negative Energy and Negative Matter.
Once Humanity had confirmed its mastery of the Theory of Everything, it would truly reach the Level 5 Civilization stage in terms of scientific theory. However, to wield the power of a Level 5 Civilization, it still needed to translate theory into technology and make it a reality.
The first thing to achieve would be Level 5 Civilization travel technology. Once Humanity mastered such travel technology, it would no longer need to hide everywhere. The vast Galaxy would be open to it, at least until those Level Six Civilizations recovered.
No matter what, Humanity would no longer have to live in constant fear as it did now.
Thus,