Rebirth of the Super Battleship

Chapter 806: The Sweepers Went to the Milky Way Galaxy

After Xiao Yu declared that he was the Sweepers Civilization, the Level 6 Civilization’s fleet before him fell completely silent. A mood of despair and terror slowly spread among them.

After quite a while, Xiao Yu finally received a message filled with fear, “Sweepers Civilization… did the Sweepers Civilization not go to the Milky Way Galaxy and then never return? Also, the Sweepers Civilization seemed to use a spatial structure as its body. When did it become a technological civilization?”

In this civilization’s data, their term for the Milky Way was of course not ‘Milky Way Galaxy.’ What they sent was a pile of positional, mass, and structural information. By reconstructing those, Xiao Yu easily realized they were referring to the Milky Way Galaxy, that home galaxy millions of light years away.

This Level 6 Civilization’s reply left Xiao Yu a little puzzled. Why had Andromeda’s Sweepers gone to the Milky Way Galaxy? He had spent more than one hundred thousand years in the Milky Way and had never seen anyone claiming to be a Sweepers Civilization from the Andromeda Galaxy.

But suddenly, a name flashed into Xiao Yu’s mind, making his heart tighten.

“From the Andromeda Galaxy, using spatial structure as its body… this, this…” Xiao Yu muttered, “Is that not the spatial lifeform that fought the Milky Way’s Sweepers Civilization and was killed by the Neutron War Star?”

Once more, Xiao Yu recalled the words that spatial lifeform had spoken.

“I was entrusted to bring this to you and to help clear some obstacles from your path forward. I am a spatial lifeform. I come from the Andromeda Galaxy.”

If not for the Taihao Civilization’s sneak attack, that spatial lifeform would have had a forty percent chance of victory in its battle against the Neutron War Star. The Neutron War Star was a creation of a Level 7 Civilization. It was only after reaching his current technological level that Xiao Yu had gained the ability to destroy the Neutron War Star, yet at that time the spatial lifeform had already been able to contend with it. The spatial lifeform’s power was beyond question.

Now all the conditions fit, powerful, from the Andromeda Galaxy, using spatial structure as its body. Without a doubt, the ‘Sweepers’ this Level 6 Civilization had mentioned was the spatial lifeform that had come to the Milky Way Galaxy to help Xiao Yu fight the Neutron War Star.And that spatial lifeform was already dead. Only after Xiao Yu arrived in the Andromeda Galaxy had that mysterious existence appointed him as the new Sweeper.

“So it turns out that in the Andromeda Galaxy, you too were an invincible force. Unfortunately, you went to a galaxy far smaller than Andromeda and ended up slipping in the gutter, killed by the Neutron War Star.”

Only now did Xiao Yu suddenly see the light, faintly linking all the clues together. But even more doubts and confusion spread in his mind.

If the Sweepers Civilization and the Guardian Civilization belonged to the invigilator’s side, then how had Chen Mo commanded a Sweepers Civilization to come to the Milky Way Galaxy to save him? What hidden secrets lay behind this?

“Who says a spatial lifeform cannot be transformed into a technological civilization?” Xiao Yu could not be bothered to explain all these twists and turns to this Level 6 Civilization and spoke coldly instead, “Which civilization did you fight? Tell me everything about the situation in the Andromeda Galaxy. If you dare deceive me in the slightest, I will not mind burying you all here.”

This information clearly surprised the Level 6 Civilization too much, and only after a long time did Xiao Yu receive their reply.

“We… we just escaped from the Guardian Alliance. We were fed up with the Guardian Alliance’s oppression, so after gaining the trust of the Guardian Civilization, we secretly plotted for hundreds of thousands of years and finally found the right opportunity to escape. Unfortunately, we are still too weak. Out of a fleet of nearly ten million ships, only this small number made it out, and we did not manage to shake off the Guardian Civilization’s pursuit according to plan. The Guardian Civilization is searching for our traces. Barring accidents, they will find us in at most ten years…”

The message from this civilization was full of tragic resignation.

“I have no interest in listening to your complaints.” Xiao Yu said coldly. “I also cannot be bothered to keep questioning you. Open the data interface of the flagship’s central computer. I will obtain the information myself. As for the Guardian Civilization… as the Sweeper, destroying the Guardian Civilization is my duty. Rest assured, I will annihilate them completely and avenge you.”

Their reply came laden with grief, “The flagship’s central computer is the soul of our entire fleet. If anything happens to it, we will all die. Whatever you wish to ask, we promise to answer truthfully as repayment for your mercy in not exterminating us, but our central computer absolutely cannot be opened to anyone outside the civilization.”

Xiao Yu knew his demand was excessive. The situation really was as they had said, the soul of a fleet was the flagship’s central computer. It was as important as a brain is to an intelligent lifeform. If anyone dared make such a request of Xiao Yu, then even knowing he could not win, Xiao Yu would fight to the death and never compromise.

But Xiao Yu did not have the time or patience to argue with this civilization. Their survival depended entirely on his whim. His time was tight, and he did not wish to waste any more of it here.

“If you refuse to open the data channel, then I will destroy your ships and open it myself.” Xiao Yu said calmly. “I will give you only three minutes. After three minutes, if the data channel is still not open, I will attack.”

Three minutes later, the civilization finally yielded. They opened the data channel from the central computer to Xiao Yu. Xiao Yu’s calculation power surged in, and in an extremely short time he understood everything about this civilization.

They were an utterly ordinary technological civilization that had been extremely fortunate, having repeatedly evaded the destruction of the Sweepers Civilization and the Guardian Civilization. Around three hundred thousand years ago, they had become a Level 6 Civilization. But one encounter with the Sweepers Civilization, that spatial lifeform, changed everything.

In that encounter, they suffered only collateral damage, yet even that was enough to greatly weaken their civilization. In the end, the Guardian Civilization took advantage of their vulnerability, and they were forced to join the Guardian Alliance. But they were unwilling to be bound forever, so after thousands of years of plotting, they finally found a chance to escape.

The escape did not go smoothly. Out of a fleet that had once numbered ten million ships, only several hundred thousand remained by the time they reached this place. Worst of all, here they had run into Xiao Yu, the new Sweeper of the galaxy.

That was the whole story. Besides that, Xiao Yu obtained a vast amount of information about the Andromeda Galaxy.

“So there are no Level 7 Civilizations in the Andromeda Galaxy either?” Xiao Yu paused briefly when he obtained this information.

The Andromeda Galaxy was twice the size of the Milky Way Galaxy. If the Milky Way could give birth to a peak Level 6 Civilization, then in reason and logic, the Andromeda Galaxy should certainly have Level 7 Civilizations. Yet according to this civilization’s records, since their birth they had never heard any information about Level 7 Civilizations.

The two strongest civilizations in Andromeda had always been the spatial lifeform Sweepers Civilization and the Guardian Civilization.

“The Large Magellanic Cloud has a Level 5 Civilization, the Milky Way Galaxy has a peak Level 6 Civilization. How could the Andromeda Galaxy have no Level 7 Civilizations?” Xiao Yu pondered silently. “Even if they left the Andromeda Galaxy after becoming Level 7, before that they must have been a legendary existence in Andromeda. If they suddenly disappeared, it would be impossible for them to leave no trace at all.”

It was like Xiao Yu himself. Even if he left the Milky Way now, stories about him would definitely still be told there. In the end, the growth of a Level 7 Civilization was simply too dazzling to be completely hidden.

For example, Xiao Yu had broken the Pegasus Civilization, defeated the Level 5 Civilization Alliance, annihilated the Sweepers, and forced the Guardian Civilization to flee far away. Which of these deeds was not brilliant and radiant?

“From the information related to the Sweepers Civilization and the Guardian Civilization obtained in the Milky Way Galaxy, it seems that there have also been no signs of Level 7 Civilizations in the Milky Way for the last several tens of millions of years. Could it be that in the last several tens of millions of years, no Level 7 Civilizations have emerged in the Milky Way and the Andromeda Galaxy? What could be the reason for this? Is it the success of civilization suppression, or has the invigilator intensified its screening?”

“The situations in the Andromeda Galaxy and the Milky Way Galaxy are not much different. The real question is whether the Andromeda Galaxy also has existences similar to me, or similar to the Microscopic Civilization. That is the key point.” Xiao Yu thought.

If Xiao Yu discovered that Andromeda also had beings similar to himself, combining their souls with computers or with some other things, then he would have to change some of his views and establish a new set of guiding principles for his actions.

After all, Xiao Yu did not know whether his existence was extremely special among the countless galaxies of the universe, perhaps even unique, or whether it was something very common and banal.

Yes, that mattered. If he confirmed that he was not special at all, then he would have to abandon that sense of superiority in his heart.

“Although I am the Sweepers Civilization, I have no intention of annihilating you. Destroying you does me no good.” Xiao Yu said calmly. “But you still cannot leave. I intend to go and destroy the Guardian Civilization. You want revenge, do you not? Then come with me and observe the entire process…”