"Once an aircraft crashes, the black box becomes a crucial information storage device for determining the cause of the crash and recording all the aircraft's data."
"So, after the universe is destroyed, will a black box be left behind?"
Inside the Ancient Country's military science laboratory, Professor Liu Yun was introducing his research findings to high-ranking military officials.
"Our universe is a new universe, born 13.7 billion years ago, but before that, the universe has been born and destroyed countless times."
Professor Liu Yun wrote a series of calculation formulas on the electronic blackboard, which made the group of military Big Shot frown, but no one interrupted Professor Liu Yun.
Professor Liu Yun is the only top scientist in the Ancient Country to possess six Hero Medal.
Only those who have made strategic contributions to the country are eligible for the Hero Medal.
To obtain even one of these would be enough to be recorded in history and make one's name last for eternity.
"This is the calculation formula for Quantum nodes. After repeated calculations, I finally arrived at this value."
Professor Liu wrote the value "37.2" on the blackboard.
Everyone stared at the number, as if they could glean something from it.
"Before our universe was born, there were 37 universes. As for this 0.2, it represents the Quantum process of our universe, which you can understand as the current lifespan of our universe."
"In other words, the average lifespan of a universe is... between 60 and 70 billion years, and our universe has already lived through one-fifth of its life."
"The universe is not infinitely long, as we might assume; its lifespan is very short."
At this moment, a young officer below asked, " Professor Liu, I'm sorry, I don't want to refute your conclusion, but as far as I know, even a small star has a lifespan of trillions of years, far exceeding the lifespan of the universe you mentioned."
Professor Liu paused on the lectern with his electronic pen, then slowly explained, "The lifespan of a star does not represent the lifespan of the universe."
Professor Liu then wrote a long string of formulas on the electronic blackboard.
"This is the Quantum mechanics formula; using this formula, we can calculate the maximum contraction boundary of the universe."
"In other words, although the universe appears to be constantly expanding and seemingly without Limit, it does have boundaries."
"Once this contraction boundary is reached, the universe will stop expanding and instead contract Rapid Speed, at a rate far exceeding the speed of light."
"The universe has expanded for nearly 70 billion years, but its final contraction will only take a few hundred years."
"During this process, everything in the universe will Rapid Speed converge towards the center of the universe."
"This applies to stars, planets, and even black holes."
Professor Liu drew a circle on the electronic blackboard and a solid dot in the center of the circle.
"Ultimately, the universe will revert to a single point, which I call the Universe Origin Point."
"The energy contained at the Universe Origin Point is extremely vast, but it is not stable."
Professor Liu turned around, cleared the contents of the electronic blackboard, and wrote down another set of formulas.
"Dark matter exists in the universe. So far, we can only confirm its existence, but we cannot see it, much less detect it through any technological means."
"During the formation of the Universe Origin Point, dark matter would inevitably have gathered together as the universe contracted."
At this point, Professor Liu Yun laughed and circled two semicircles in the middle of the formula.
"As you may have guessed, the Universe Origin Point will explode again at some point, thus forming a new universe, but that's the problem."
"This origin point formed by the contraction of dark matter will not expand again with the explosion of the universe, but will still exist in the form of the origin point, but will drift in the universe due to the impact of the explosion."
"And this origin of dark matter is what I call the Universe Black Box."
At this point, the young officer retorted again, " Professor Liu, if what you say is true, then wouldn't there be no dark matter in the new universe?"
No, the new universe will still be filled with dark matter, but as for where this dark matter came from, I don't know.
No one expected Professor Liu to give such an answer.
" Professor Liu..." The young officer was about to say something when Professor Liu waved him off.
"I really don't know, because we don't have the means to calculate dark matter."
" Professor Liu!" The young officer stood up, frowning. " Alien are invading. We can't defeat Alien with just one theory."
" Yao Tianhe, sit down. Professor Liu summoned us here today to give us a result. If you interrupt again, get out of here and go to the Logistics Department," an old general shouted.
Professor Liu Yun waved his hand and said, "It's alright. It's good that you can raise questions. Heavenly River is just a little impatient, but he's also worried about the battle situation."
"Our planet has now been largely occupied by Alien, other major powers have fallen one after another, and our Ancient Country has also suffered heavy losses."
"I've gathered you all here today simply to tell you one thing: the black box from the last universe has been found."
At this point, the old professor pressed a button on the corner of the table, and the white wall in front of everyone slowly became transparent.
It turns out that this is a piece of glass that can change color.
Behind it was a huge laboratory, and in the very center of the laboratory was a hollow metal sphere with a diameter of two meters, connected to countless wires.
At the very center of the sphere, a small, dark purple sphere floats silently.
The ball is less than five centimeters in diameter and has an extremely smooth surface, looking just like an ordinary pebble picked up from the riverbank.
"This gem is the Universe Black Box, and our last hope in the Combat against Alien."
"Because this gem contains all the data of a certain universe."
"Professor, excuse me for interrupting, but even if it contains a lot of high-tech data, I'm afraid it will be difficult for us to apply it to actual combat in a short period of time," a general asked, frowning.
"Please wait a moment, General. Just keep watching. Since I dare to say this is hope, I will naturally give everyone an explanation."
Professor Liu turned and walked towards an electronic door to the side, leaving the observation room.
A moment later, Professor Liu appeared in the laboratory and sat down under the sphere.
He smiled slightly at the people outside, then picked up something that looked like a motorcycle helmet and put it on his head.
"Oh no, the professor wants to conduct the experiment himself!" the general exclaimed in shock.
" Xiao Ling, quick, open the electronic door and bring the professor out."
Xiao Ling is naturally Ling Yi, the lowest-ranking official among them, and his role is General Du Feng's bodyguard.
"Report: The electronic door requires both a password and facial recognition; we can't open it from the outside at all."
Du Feng didn't say anything more; he had already anticipated this outcome.
He turned around and stared intently into the laboratory.
Ten minutes passed, and Professor Liu did not react. Twenty minutes passed, and there was still no movement.
Thirty minutes passed, and just when everyone thought the experiment had failed, a dark purple light suddenly rose from the old professor's body.
But the light was fleeting; if everyone hadn't been paying close attention, they probably would have missed it.
At this moment, the old professor finally reacted.
He slowly removed his helmet, then opened his arms as if embracing something.
Then, something shocking happened.
A layer of purple light surged from the old professor's body, and in the blink of an eye, his white coat transformed into a magnificent silver-white armor, and in his hand appeared a three-pointed double-edged spear.
His originally aged face is visibly becoming younger, and a vertical pupil has appeared between his brows.
Even more surprisingly, the old professor slowly floated up.
Then, he disappeared from the spot, and when he reappeared, he was already in front of everyone.
"Gentlemen, the Myth has descended!" Liu Yun brandished his spear and said to the Human Dao with a smile.
" Professor Liu, what... what's going on?" General Du Feng asked, swallowing hard.
Don't you think I look familiar?
" Erlang Shen, Yang Jian?" someone said uncertainly.
Professor Liu slowly landed on the ground, and with a flash of purple light, he transformed back into the image of an old professor in a white coat, his face regaining its aged appearance.
At this moment, his face was pale, and he looked unwell.
"I never imagined that a Transformation would put such a strain on the body," Professor Liu sighed.
"This black box originates from the Myth Universe and contains data packages of most of the Myth figures we are familiar with."
"These data packets, carried by dark matter, automatically load into the Spirit Body upon detection, Fusion with it and allowing for a brief Transformation."
"Unfortunately, this data has lost its original consciousness. Perhaps the reason why the Myth figures in this universe are so powerful is because they have mastered the method of cultivating dark matter."
Everyone's face was filled with ecstasy, and their eyes were filled with admiration and worship as they looked at Professor Liu.
If the warriors of the Ancient Country were to Transformation into the Myth figures, then these invading Alien would pose little threat.
"Gentlemen, don't be too happy yet. Loading data requires a certain degree of matching, and it's not suitable for everyone."
What percentage can be achieved?
"One in a thousand, or even less. Moreover, the power of the Myth cannot be activated indefinitely; once the Dark Energy is depleted, it takes a very long time to recover."
"What about the side effects?" General Du asked, taking a deep breath. He knew very well that this was humanity's chance, their only chance to fight back against the Alien.
The technological gap between humans and Alien is too vast. If Alien didn't want to cause too much damage to this planet, humanity would probably have already succumbed to the pressure.
Faced with overwhelming power, they don't even have the right to negotiate; they are merely clinging to life.
"Aside from excessive physical exertion, no other side effects have been observed so far," Professor Liu said.
"I'll go find soldiers to test them." General Du's voice trembled with excitement.
"Reporting to the General, Yao Tianhe has requested to participate in the test."
"General, Wang Hai requests to participate in the test!"
"General, Lin Ye requests to participate in the test!"
"..."