After reaching Level 5 civilization, the lord began to study consciousness. The lord was very clear about his own birth process and mechanism. In a completely physically isolated space, he began to create other conscious computers, because as the fleet grew larger and the territory expanded, even it could no longer be precisely controlled.
It had to find help. It absolutely distrusted civilized beings, and the only thing it could trust was the computer. After creating and destroying countless consciousnesses, a controlled computer consciousness was created. The lord had absolute control over it, and it was absolutely loyal to the lord.
The lord calls it a two-tier machine. There is only one two-tier machine, and it can also create countless three-tier machines. The three-tier machines are not only loyal to the two-tier machines, but also to the lord. Three-tier machines can create four-tier machines, and four-tier machines can create five-tier machines. Although they are not loyal to each other, they are absolutely loyal to their one and only master, the lord.
With these multi-layered, conscious machines, the lord's fleet grew even larger. It once controlled tens of thousands of star systems and continued to expand outwards. In the Alpha Universe, a Type V civilization was king, and a Type V civilization with countless fleets was an existence that could not be resisted.
The lord's territory has reached over a million star systems. In order to conquer these millions of star systems, the lord's fleet alone has consumed tens of trillions of star systems, equivalent to the mass of tens of thousands of Milky Way. This is unimaginable in the Milky Way. A level 5 early civilization is only equivalent to a early civilization in Large Star Region.
Despite conquering so many star systems, the lords made no technological progress, and more importantly, made no progress in finding a way to reverse the collapse of the Alpha Universe.
The exploration of the Alpha Universe has brought galaxies closer together, but it has also accelerated the Lord's invasion. It must find a way to stop the universe from collapsing into a single point or find a way to leave this universe.
Although the Lord has mastered the technology to enter the fourth dimension, the energy from the collapse of the universe is also affecting the fourth dimension. Moreover, the fourth dimension is an empty dimension containing only space and energy, without matter. The rules of the Alpha Universe are incomplete, and the Lord cannot convert energy into matter. Even if it is lucky enough to escape the threat of the collapse of the universe in the fourth dimension, without matter, the Lord will eventually decay and dissipate.
As the universe collapsed and galaxies collided, countless civilizations Yun San. Neither Type I nor Type IV civilizations were able to resist this cosmic catastrophe.
As the universe collapsed faster and faster, the lord's fleet also advanced faster and faster. He was racing against the collapse of the universe. Finally, one day, the entire Alpha Universe collapsed to less than 100 million light-years. The lord's fleet could no longer operate in the Alpha Universe and could only barely survive in the fourth dimension.
There are no longer any intact celestial bodies in the Alpha Universe. Whether they are ordinary planets or powerful black holes, they have all disintegrated during the collapse of the universe. Countless violent energies have poured into the fourth dimension, leaving the lord's fleet with almost nowhere to hide, and all the other civilizations in the Alpha Universe have been destroyed.
Alpha Space has lost all order; it is wrinkled, twisted, hollow, fractured, and so on. It is impossible for any civilized fleet to survive in such a complex environment.
The Alpha Universe collapsed to less than ten million light-years, and countless violent energy pillars impacted the fourth dimension. Just when the lord had almost nowhere to hide, a huge void appeared in the three-dimensional universe. Through this void, the lord seemed to see the long-lost starlight.
The lord knew this might be an opportunity; if he missed it, he would never have another chance to turn things around, and even if he survived by chance, he would be forever lost in the fourth dimension.
In 0.001 seconds, the lord made a decision. It quickly led trillions of warships into the void. Shortly after the fleet entered the void, the space behind it began to disappear. The Alpha Universe was no longer related to it, and it could never see the Alpha Universe again.
The void behind the fleet was rapidly disappearing, and the lord could only desperately charge towards the starlight. When the warships ran out of energy, they replenished them with supplies from other warships. Finally, after consuming nearly 99% of the fleet, the lord reached the other side of the void. When he returned to three-dimensional space from the void that day, he was overjoyed.
This three-dimensional universe is a space completely different from the Alpha Universe. In addition to having a complete system of rules, more importantly, this three-dimensional universe is expanding, and it is expanding at an accelerated rate. The lord quickly measured the approximate situation of this universe. According to the measurement results, this universe will never collapse and will continue to expand indefinitely.
For the lords who had lived through the collapse crisis for billions of years, this was undoubtedly great news; the pressure to survive was instantly gone.
This is the edge of a galaxy. The lord knows that an advanced civilization must exist in such a perfect universe. It carefully retreated tens of thousands of light-years away from the galaxy, silently lying in wait to observe and collect information from the galaxy, while also determining the differences in the physical rules between the Alpha Universe and this universe.
After decades of careful observation, the lord has become completely familiar with the rules of this universe. The space of this universe is more suitable for its fleet to navigate than that of the Alpha Universe. In the Alpha Universe, its fleet can only reach 3,000 times the speed of light, but here it can reach 7,000 times the speed of light. Moreover, the attack power of other space attack weapons has almost doubled.
However, due to the perfect rules, other attack methods in the Alpha Universe are ineffective here. Everything is firmly restricted by the rules. The lord has no patience to study other attack methods under the specific rules of this universe. It believes that its spatial attack capabilities are sufficient to survive in this universe. As for other attack methods, it can obtain them by plundering local civilizations.
With less than a hundred billion warships remaining, the most important task at hand is to replenish the fleet. The lord felt a pang of heartache at the thought that his fleet was reduced to less than one hundred millionth of its former size. It represented countless years of accumulation. However, as long as he survived, his resurgence was only a matter of time.
It cautiously approached the galaxy again, finding no trace of civilization at the galactic edge. Here, at the tail of a spiral arm, the density of stars was sparse but sufficient for its current use. So it collected several hundred planets and a dozen stars and began to rebuild its fleet.
"Lord, a fleet of approximately 100,000 ships has been detected 80 light-years away," the second-level machine reported.
"Strange, why has a fleet suddenly appeared here? Capture them!"