Chapter 316 The remaining fire

Author: Explosive Corpse

Chapter 316 The remaining fire

The "cocooning" method was finally confirmed.

The original gene from the "Fire Chaser" has been eliminated, isolated and inhaled by the mechanical cocoon, and sealed into a storage device, waiting for destruction at the appropriate time.

However, people after "rebirth" did not show any abnormalities, their memories were very clear, and they also passed the "self-awareness" test designed by psychological experts.

Even if they are hypnotized, they can firmly believe that they are themselves, almost the same as before entering the mechanical cocoon.

Only the body has undergone some changes, because the aging cells have disappeared and the "components" of the body are all "new". People who have completed the "cocoon" seem to have returned to their youngest and healthiest time.

Even an old man who was about to die before turned into a strong and handsome young man after "transforming into a cocoon", which surprised his wife who was about the same age.

Since then, the collective "evolution" called "cocooning" has officially begun.

The people of the entire "Light-Chasing" civilization are divided into several batches, and they will gradually complete the transformation of the entire civilized species through multiple "cocoons".

This is a long process. In order to maintain the normal operation of civilization during the "cocooning" period, the population that undergoes "cocooning" each time will not be too large.

According to scientists' estimates, it may take nearly fifty years.

To do this, they need to migrate some distance further into the galaxy to avoid the steadily shrinking darkness.

Finally, the "Light-Chasing" civilization selected a black hole galaxy called "Burning Ember" as the core galaxy of the current civilization.

Although it is a black hole galaxy, the celestial environment here is quite stable. Apart from the black hole, there is only one ice-covered planet surrounding the outermost edge of the galaxy.

This is a black hole that was formed before the start of the battle royale. It is quite old. According to scientists’ detection, the black hole here swallowed up all the matter in the galaxy tens of millions of years ago, leaving only the last one.

Lone planets also orbit black holes.

Therefore, the "swallowing" black hole no longer has an accretion disk and has completely become a non-luminous celestial body. This is also the origin of its name "burn out", which means that this is a "burned out" galaxy.

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The "Light-Chasing" civilization will also experience changes in the entire civilization here.

As groups of people entered the "breeding nests" built on various home ships, more and more people were reborn.

It stands to reason that the "gap" of species should lead to a certain degree of isolation at this stage, but there is no such thing in "Chasing the Light".

Every group of people who enter the mechanical cocoon will be checked on their social relationships, and the group that enters the mechanical cocoon will be determined based on the distance of their social relationships.

Although people have been updated, their relationship has not been updated. Their relationship is frozen the moment they enter the mechanical cocoon, and will not be activated again until the "cocoon" is over.

This also means that people after "cocooning" will not feel any social discomfort. If they don't take the initiative to ask, they will not even know that their neighbors are also undergoing "cocooning" in the same batch as them.

And the biggest benefit they can get from "cocooning", besides "reliving their lives again", is spiritual relaxation.

Although the original genes of the "Fire Chasers" brought them many benefits, it also brought countless scars and stress.

Although this is actually an illusion caused by the innovation of body parts, they all subconsciously attribute it to some kind of "ideal" feeling.

There is still "invisible darkness" shrinking outside the galaxy, but many people already feel that the "marks" on their bodies have been cleared, and the universe itself seems to no longer pay attention to them.

The "Shrinking Space Observation Ship", which has never stopped observing the edge galaxies, also received gratifying news, that is, they confirmed that the speed of "shrinking" has slowed down, which is about the same as the "primitive gene" in their bodies.

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This incident made the "Light-Chasing" civilization even more excited. They felt that the bright future was so close to them like never before.

It was also when their "cocooning" was in the final stage that the fleet of "Fire Chaser" also arrived here.

They had actually already known about the news about the "Fire Chaser" fleet approaching the "Burning Ember" galaxy. Although this incident initially attracted their great attention, as more and more test results came out,

, they also gradually realized it.

——The "fire chaser" is here to commit suicide.

It is different from committing suicide in the philosophical sense of "turning into a cocoon", but truly committing complete self-destruction by erasing all traces of their own civilization.

The universe's ban on "Fire Chasers" is more conceptual and has nothing to do with genes or material entities.

This is a theory of cause and effect. The "Fire Chasers" were originally a civilization that was born and developed in the previous era. They had long been destroyed with the Big Bang. They were originally "dead souls", and now they are just

It is to welcome their "delayed destruction".

This demise is also the prerequisite for the survival of "Chasing Light". Only when they completely die out will the law of "cosmic contraction" surrounding the entire "Cradle" galaxy cease.

"Has the day finally come..." The leader of "Chasing the Light" slowly stood up in the office and looked out the window at the sky above the home ship.

At this time, more and more plant spacecrafts came to the "Burning Ember" galaxy. These spacecrafts had defeated countless opponents, and the flames of war left countless traces on their organic shells.

But now, those plants that were once full of vitality have been dead for a long time and are about to undergo their last "burning".

Along with the plant spacecraft, there is a planet that is covered with a large number of translucent plants and building ruins.

That is the home planet of the "Fire Chaser", a "living planet" that moves with unknown power, but the plants on it are no longer active, and even the fluorescence that would originally be emitted has been extinguished.

They came from the other end of the galaxy, far away from the "Light Chaser" home ship, and without exception they all headed towards their destination - the central black hole.

The end of this "death" fleet is the "Dawn Star" home ship covered with vegetation.

It seems that it was the "Fire Chaser" on this home ship who gathered all the "Fire Chasers" so that his compatriots would not die in silence.

The first plant spacecraft entered the gravitational range of the black hole and was quickly torn apart by tidal forces. The debris rotated around the black hole and became more and more shattered as it approached, until a small accretion disk was formed.

More and more spaceships are joining this ranks. Without exception, they are close to the black hole, and then are smashed and torn apart. Like moths chasing the flames, they know the end of the road but still have no hesitation.

The accretion disk also grew larger and larger as matter accumulated, until it reached its peak after the parent star of "Fire Chaser" was also torn apart.

The high-speed friction between substances heats up, and soon begins to release a large amount of energy outwards.

Although the black hole itself does not emit light, its accretion disk does. At this moment, the black hole is like a star, spreading light and heat to the universe.

The glaciers on the farthest icy planet in the Burning Ember galaxy are gradually showing signs of melting as more and more energy arrives.

The water began to flow, revealing plant seeds that had been frozen under the glacier for tens of millions of years. They seemed to represent new life and the future.

There are fewer and fewer plant spaceships, and the accretion disk is getting brighter and brighter, and soon only the "Dawn Star", the home ship, remains.

In the home ship, the "Solar Engineer" disguised as "Fire Chaser" is still sitting on the flower bud, as if he has maintained the same posture as last time.

The spacecraft was about to engage in "fighting the fire", but at this time, the "solar engineer" seemed to be talking to himself and said to the empty tower observation deck:

"...I'm sorry, actually you...don't have to be with us..."

The voice was full of apology, as if another life was speaking.

However, the solar engineer suddenly laughed, as if he was a different person at this time.

"But there's nothing we can do about it? I'm the one who's missing... But it doesn't matter. I was originally an unknown person. Now I have such an opportunity to leave my name in history. I feel very honored."

After that, he stood up and looked into the distance.

The accretion disk is getting closer and closer to the spacecraft, and the light entering the spacecraft is getting brighter and brighter.

This moment is like the sunrise at dawn.

The figure of the solar engineer also gradually faded with the light.

Before he was completely enveloped, he thought of something, and then said with a smile:

"I almost forgot, I am here to repair the sun."

The brilliance exploded, and the last "fire chaser" also burned in the accretion disk, and the darkness shrouding the "cradle" slowly dissipated at this moment.
Chapter completed!