To fight against the fated twilight of civilization, the Empire had mobilized the strength of its entire civilization and launched countless projects.
Among those many projects, the Future Escape Plan had long been regarded by the Empire's upper echelons as a path with an extremely high chance of success.
The calamity of civilization's twilight was a kind of destiny. When a civilization reached its absolute peak, it would encounter—and foresee—that at some point in the future, it would head toward destruction.
This destiny could not be resisted. If a civilization chose to struggle and took all manner of action, those very actions might bring about the outcome of destruction. Yet if it chose to do nothing and simply rot away, it still could not escape the fate of ruin.
Otherwise, it would not be called destiny.
At the same time, according to the Empire's research, civilization's twilight existed because civilizations were still bound by the laws of multiversal spacetime. They might endure for long ages, but they could not be eternal, because the multiverse itself was constantly cycling through creation and destruction. It was not eternal, ever-present, and unchanging.
Thus, when things flourish, they grow old; after the summit comes destruction.
And so, the Empire's idea was to leap over that fated point of destruction—to stop playing in this version altogether. By pooling the power of their entire civilization and jumping straight into the future, they could evade the calamity.
No matter what method one used against civilization's twilight—whether fleeing from it or facing it head-on—once it was overcome, the core radiance of civilization would undergo a qualitative transformation and reach a new realm.
Otherwise, no matter how prosperous civilization became, it would ultimately be nothing more than an accumulation of quantity.
But now, just as the Empire had discovered