The starry sky overhead blazed with dazzling colors, and a multicolored nebula that seemed close enough to touch enveloped the cold planet.
After Beilunde finished speaking, the holders gradually turned their gazes toward Number One Thousand.
He was a member of the Crystal Civilization, a holder who had once been the most important link in the population-balancing plan for the civilizations within the Long Lantern Nebula Constellation. Rumor had it that his civilization had taken a shortcut along the path of technological development with help from an ultra-advanced civilization.
Feeling their gazes on him, Number One Thousand had no intention of fighting to the death. The sealed-off Long Lantern Nebula Constellation was already like a jar full of captive insects. If they did not kill one another, they would all starve.
And how could insects possibly break out of a jar made by an advanced civilization? Even maintaining peace on the surface was already the limit.
Number One Thousand shrugged. "Let's not waste time, everyone. I'll start. The Source Universe Project is similar to a digital simulation project our civilization possesses. By preserving the 'souls' of the departed, we can create corresponding data simulations of all matter in the entire universe."
"Are you sure it simulates changes throughout the entire universe, rather than just a nebular system?"
"My civilization has similar technology, but how do you guarantee the original identity of each living individual..."
Faced with all their doubts, Number One Thousand said, "Even if we work together to create a source universe almost as real as the universe itself, so convincing that no one can detect the illusion, and continue developing within that false universe, in a sense, any intelligent being who enters it has voluntarily given up participating in everything in the real universe. That includes their individual