Silently, streams of light like a curtain of rain appeared. Then, amid the vast radiance, a tiny pyramid emerged.
This pyramid seemed to be made up of countless arrays of dots—shaped yet immaterial, its entirety nothing more than a condensed mass of light.
Zhao Cheng knew that this was the Light of Civilization, the essence of an essence within a civilization—or rather, the proof of what made civilization civilization!
Even if everyone in a civilization's history had died out, as long as the spark condensed from the Light of Civilization remained, there would still be a chance for revival in the future. Indeed, even if every person had been replaced, even if they were no longer of the same species, so long as they recognized its path and ideals and restored the Light of Civilization, that civilization would have continued.
Moreover, upon reaching the higher stages of civilization, one could even rely on the Light of Civilization to revive the powerful figures from that civilization's history in the future.
At the same time, because of civilization's unique mechanisms, such revival would not dilute authority. It would only make the civilization stronger, make the whole stronger, and ultimately benefit the individual.
To escape its fated destruction, the Purple Moon Empire had sent the spark of its civilization into the distant future.
But unfortunately, the future held the great terror known as the apocalypse. Otherwise, the Purple Moon Empire truly might have had a chance to revive there.
As Zhao Cheng observed the pyramid, he discovered that its structure was extraordinarily remarkable. Its entire informational state took on an almost ring-shaped encrypted form. Without question, this too was a manifestation of Ringworld Technology.
It had been designed to resist the erosion of time upon the Light of Civilization.
The might of time