Above The Sky

Chapter 2151: Chapter 60: The First Tranquility, Part 3

——Ian.

——It... this Sacred Object we’ve guarded for sixteen hundred years, this relic that our ancestors inscribed into our Bloodline, warning, even pleading us to protect...

——What is its true purpose, really?

So, gazing into the eyes of the old man before him, and into the eyes of different yet similar old Dwarves across various space-times, Ian slowly spoke the answer he found after countless cycles of Reincarnation.

[Avogadro Deep Space Shuttle, its true purpose...]

[Is the Random Gate]

[Panloss, it is not the ’Hyperspace Vortex Accelerator’ you imagine, nor is it an apocalyptic weapon, much less a super deep space telescope, and certainly not the absurd ’Planet Engine’]

[It is the handle of a door, it is... a ’Random Gate’ that one can reach as long as it is visible]

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Panloss blinked, not quite understanding: "But, what door? I don’t see any door?"

And Ian patiently continued to explain: [The Pitch-Black Star Dome created by Polaris Apex, those stars you see are actually in the ’target selection’ state before the Deep Space Shuttler starts; it’s just that you don’t know the control commands, so you can only randomly select a Starfield]

[Once the target is selected, the Deep Space Shuttler creates a wormhole, directly opening The Gate to the other space-time]

[It uses the Aether-Causal link to create a space-time tunnel; as long as there is a basic causal chain between the two spaces, for example, if the same beam of light passes through these two areas, it can create a space-time gate linking the two places—this technology might be a bit beyond you, but similar warp structures generally exist within Star Gods. In fact, the Avogadro Deep Space Shuttle is a colossal construct that simulates the warp of a Star God]

[Therefore, as long as we can see the light of the stars, the Deep Space Accelerator can take us to the space-time where those stars reside]

[However, this also has its limits; the maximum distance of the Deep Space Transporter is between fifteen light-years and twenty-five light-years, with extreme cases compressing it down to two light-years, but in general, it is a very simple method of space-time transportation]

"...Incredible."

Panloss murmured: "We guessed wrong on all counts... but how could we possibly guess right? We went down the wrong path..."

[The wrong path might instead let you go further]

Ian slightly shook his head: [And shortcuts might in contrast allow you to walk longer. The Dwarves, through their research on the Deep Space Accelerator, have evolved an extremely special technically superior bureaucratic system, subsequently achieving the highest mechanical engineering level on Terra. If they continue their research, they might discover the operating principles of the Deep Space Accelerator within eighty years and gradually master its uses]

"Is this consolation from the Prophet?"

[This is the future that is beyond a doubt]

"I understand." The Dwarf nodded, looking at Polaris Apex: "Manians... what kind of race are they? Did they come to our planet through the Avogadro Deep Space Shuttle?"

"Do they... still exist now?"

[Strictly speaking, no]

Ian also looked at Polaris Apex: [Manians are our neighbors, and the Random Gate is not truly random... even the Aether True Body of the Fifth Energy Level cannot withstand the space-time pressure when the Random Gate is activated. In other words, even the Fifth Energy Level cannot cross space-time through it]

[Unless, it transports a dead object]

[A Spark]

Ian turned, looking at Panloss, at his heart—the Top Seat’s Blood, the Heart of Stone: [Coincidentally, Manian is a special silicon-based lifeform, born in deep molten caves underground. They, unlike other similar species, did not explore downward, but rather endured cold and emptiness, continuously climbing upwards]

[They dug pits, and solidified the soil, constructing enormous cities and magnificent wonders underground... guided by some unknown force, they kept moving up, breaking through crystal walls, crossing surging dark rivers, chiseling through unyieldingly hard mineral veins, and surpassing hundreds of kilometers of rock and ice]

[Ultimately, they reached the surface]

[A desolate, icy, ceaselessly frosted ’frozen planet’—the first Pioneer who led his people out of the underground died in the vacuum siphon of an extreme environment, becoming a meteor orbiting Manian’s planet]

[But, before losing consciousness, he saw the starry sky, saw limitless vast lands, saw the sun shimmering at a distant space-time point, saw the gaseous giant star around which his home planet orbits... the azure ’Firmament’]

[That was his reward, his wish]

[His heart of stone, that would not retreat even in death, perpetually advancing, seeking the sky...]

Ian said to Panloss, who fell into deep thought: [This might be why Dwarves can easily adapt to the Heart of Stone, the Top Seat’s Blood, for you inherently hold similar stars, and similar wishes... The Manian have perished, but they still exist]

[They exist within every Dwarf, within the heart of every seeker of the sky]

Ian once again turned, gazing at the colossal construct in the distance, his eyes shimmering with brilliance: [The civilization of the prior era created the Deep Space Accelerator using the Spark, yet they did not find a source of energy sufficient to activate this gigantic construct, and by the time they developed the True Aether Furnace, enabling the Terra Dragon to power this massive construct, the Calamity of Heavenly Fall had descended]