" Chi Xue, the Milky Way sought us out a thousand years ago, as well as your Snow Tribe, asking us to join forces against the Andromeda Galaxy Consciousness. We have been preparing for this all these years and have also investigated the Andromeda Galaxy. The situation is not optimistic. The Andromeda Galaxy has four Galactic-Level Civilization, while our Milky Way only has three."
So what?
"Their fleet is far larger than ours. We were established later, so our fleet was originally smaller. In addition, we suffered heavy losses in the previous battles. I know your Snow Tribe is powerful, but the objective fact is that the Andromeda Civilization is several times stronger than us."
"Since that's the case, then let's crush them with technology. If the Snow Tribe can become Galactic-Level Civilization and unify the Milky Way in 50,000 years, then let's take another 50,000 years to break through to Star Cluster-Level Civilization, and then march on the Andromeda Galaxy."
The Knights' leader and the Doomsday leader knew that the Snow Tribe chief wasn't just spouting nonsense; the Snow Tribe truly possessed the strength. Although the Milky Way civilization was somewhat weaker than the Andromeda Galaxy in the short term, defending against the central black hole wasn't a major problem, and the Andromeda Civilization didn't have the power to annihilate the Milky Way in the short term either.
"Here is a piece of technology, left behind by a powerful civilization from the Milky Way's memory. However, not many powerful civilizations have emerged in the Milky Way; they were all wiped out by later-emerging civilizations as soon as they rose to prominence. This cycle continued until we were born. The most powerful opponent we have ever defeated was only at the Early Galaxy-Level."
"No need. The Snow Tribe has its own technology. We look down on this kind of inferior technology. You can use it. For now, let's work together to protect the Milky Way. Ten thousand years from now, we'll march on Andromeda." Chi Xue said proudly.
"In that case, I'll take my leave."
Leaving the Snow Tribe base, the Knight Leader and the Doomsday Leader returned to their own bases. The technology provided by the Milky Way was neither systematic nor comprehensive. The Knight Civilization and the Doomsday Civilization were considered excellent civilizations, having become Galactic-Level Civilization in just a few million years. However, compared to the Snow Tribe, the two leaders still felt the pressure.
"Knight, what are your plans?"
"Judging from this situation, whether we succeed or fail, we are both doomed. If we succeed, we will die at the hands of the Snow Tribe; if we fail, we will die at the hands of the Andromeda Civilization. That's the only difference."
"Or, we could leave the Milky Way and go to other star systems. With our strength, as long as we don't encounter monsters like the Snow Tribe, we can survive peacefully."
"Alas, we must protect the Milky Way. If we can't protect the Milky Way, we'll die no matter where we flee."
"Then isn't this a hopeless situation?"
"Not necessarily. Let's first hide a portion of our population in the fourth dimension, focus on developing technology and our fleet. In case we go to war with the Andromeda Galaxy, we can defend as a means of attack, preserve our strength, and let the Snow Tribe lead the vanguard. We'll move in after the Snow Tribe has weakened them considerably."
"I'm afraid that the Snow Tribe might actually become Star Cluster-Level Civilization within 100,000 years. At that point, we'll be useless, and the Snow Tribe might devour us first before attacking the Andromeda Galaxy."
Let's take it one step at a time.
Twenty thousand years later, the Milky Way faced its first attack from Deep Space Civilization. This attack was a probing attack by the Deep Space Civilization, and the Snow Tribe did not use its main force. However, the sudden attack by the Deep Space Civilization still caught the Snow Tribe somewhat off guard. Fortunately, most of the Snow Tribe's forces were guarding the galactic black hole, and no major problems occurred.
This attack also allowed Chi Ding of the Deep Space Civilization to roughly understand the power of the Milky Way, which was not beyond his expectations. Knowing yourself and your enemy is the key to victory in every battle. As a general who has fought for many years, Chi Ding's understanding of this point is better than that of any other civilization. It would be a joke to go to war if you don't even know the strength of your opponent.
However, Chi Ding's actions this time alerted Chi Xue. The defense was indeed at a disadvantage, and the fourth dimension was too vast to deploy defensive or reconnaissance forces in every part of the fourth dimension. Even if they were deployed, it would be useless given the speed of the Deep Space Civilization. By the time the information was transmitted, the Deep Space Civilization's fleet had already arrived.
Just then, the Snow Tribe scientists discovered a strange world. This world was extremely incomplete, with only a few stars, no civilization, and a different flow of time than the rest of the universe.
This strange world is what humans later discovered as the Secondary Universe. At that time, the Secondary Universe was less than ten light-years in size, and the flow of time was not as exaggerated as it is now. The fastest place was only about a hundred times faster than the main universe. However, for the Snow Tribe at that time, this place was very precious.
A hundredfold time difference! What could be a better place? This secret was strictly sealed because the Snow Tribe scientists discovered that the Secondary Universe was extremely unstable at the time. If a war broke out here, the Secondary Universe would immediately shatter. Scientists from the Deep Space Civilization secretly hid in the Secondary Universe to conduct research.
At the same time, an engineering team also entered the Secondary Universe. At that time, although the Secondary Universe did not have a fourth dimension, it had abundant energy. As for why the Secondary Universe later lacked energy, it was actually related to the Snow Tribe.
Less than ten years had passed in the greater universe, and the Snow Tribe scientists in the Secondary Universe had solved the first problem by using the rules to create a maze in the fourth dimension. This use of the rules was very clever; it did not contradict the rules of the greater universe, but rather it subtly misled the rules.
Thus, Space Maze were set up in the fourth dimension, 100,000 light-years around the Milky Way. Since this was still a rule of the greater universe, the Snow Tribe did not need to continuously output rule energy to the Space Maze. It was precisely because this was a rule of the greater universe that the Space Maze were maintained until the birth of humankind.
The Space Maze was called the Lost Zone. Initially, it was only 100,000 light-years away from the edge of the Milky Way. Later, due to the expansion of the universe, it gradually increased to millions of light-years away. The Snow Tribe originally set up the Lost Zone in the fourth dimension near the black hole, but it gradually disappeared due to the effect of the black hole. But that's another story.
The layout of the Lost Zone took the Snow Tribe nearly ten thousand years to complete. However, from then on, the Snow Tribe no longer had to worry about the ghostly fourth dimension. The rules governing the changes of Deep Space Civilization were impossible for any other civilization besides the Snow Tribe to decipher. If Deep Space Civilization wanted to invade the Milky Way, they would have to come from three-dimensional space.
This gives the Snow Tribe enough warning time, making defense easier. Reducing the defense by one dimension is equivalent to halving the defensive surface area and doubling the defensive strength.
They initially thought reaching the Star Cluster-Level Civilization would be easy, but another ten thousand years passed. Even with a hundredfold time acceleration, the Snow Tribe still hadn't reached the Star Cluster-Level Civilization. Meanwhile, Chi Xue received information that the Deep Space Civilization in the Andromeda Galaxy had already reached the Star Cluster-Level Civilization.