Chapter 602: Chapter 305: Mechanical God, Subspace, End and Beginning!
The Fifth Order Mechanical Life obtained an extremely hard object from the Earth’s Core.
That Fifth Order Mechanical Life, after failing to destroy it, was overjoyed, thinking it had found a treasure. Could this be the so-called Mechanical God?
However, even after researching it for hundreds of years, no results came of it.
Time waits for no one, and finally, it had to give up reluctantly.
It believed this object was not any Mechanical God.
Because, apart from being hard, this thing showed no other abnormal traits.
It even seemed to lack any mechanical structure, like it was solid. Could it be a naturally formed metal crystal from the Earth Core?
Though disappointed, the Fifth Order Mechanical Life did not give up its efforts.
It embarked on a third attempt, which was... researching Subspace!
Yes, researching Subspace!
In fact, this Fifth Order Machine didn’t possess any Spiritual Power or knowledge of Subspace’s existence.
It relied purely on technology to reach this point.
However, after reaching the pinnacle of the Fifth Rank, it found it difficult to advance further.
But during its previous research on superluminal flight, despite not succeeding, the Fifth Order Mechanical Life faintly sensed that beyond the Material Universe, there might be another strange universe.
Initially, it thought this was a delusion of its own.
Because all its computational units and physical knowledge told it this was impossible, this contradicted the physical laws!
But now, being at its wit’s end, even if it’s an illusion, it had to give it a try!
It immediately ordered all its subjects to exploit every resource within the Constant Star System to construct a Ring Star Accelerator.
It attempted to use High Energy Particles to break through the material space, thereby discovering another strange universe.
Meanwhile, it initiated a project called [Lens].
It sought to utilize advanced technology to enhance its observational abilities to discover that strange space.
This two-pronged approach ensured no wasted time.
Thus, another millennium passed, and the Fifth Order Mechanical Life’s lifespan was almost exhausted, estimating less than three hundred years remaining.
To it, a mere three hundred years felt akin to immediate death.
If no solution could be found, it would have to consider shutting down all its thoughts, entering standby hibernation to extend its lifespan.
However, doing so, without perception or thought, was indistinguishable from death; it unwillingly faced such a prospect unless absolutely necessary.
Fortunately, at this moment, its experiment finally succeeded!
During a high-energy experiment, near-light-speed High Energy Particles, with nearly creation-level energy, directly blasted a hole in the Material Universe.
This hole lasted less than one hundredth of a second.
Inside the hole, devoid of any light, a strange aura faintly emanated.
But the Fifth Order Mechanical Life couldn’t make sense of what that aura was.
It was Spiritual Energy leaking from Subspace!
However, at that time, it neither sensed nor wielded the ability to manipulate Spiritual Energy.
In that one hundredth of a second, the Fifth Order Mechanical Life tossed an observational unit from the [Lens] into the hole and then retrieved it.
It was astonished to discover that in such a short interval, the observational unit seemed to have experienced tens of thousands of years in that hole, nearly becoming obsolete.
Fortunately, being very sturdy, the observational unit, though almost defunct, still retained partial functionality and successfully recorded some data.
From the chaotic images and data, the Fifth Order Data Life analyzed that, indeed, a vast space existed within the hole!
A strange space as grand as the Material Universe!
The Fifth Order Mechanical Life was instantly ecstatically overjoyed!
Moreover, based on the data brought back by the observational unit, it quickly calculated that a coordinate mapping relationship existed between that strange space and the space of the Material Universe!
If it could utilize this coordinate mapping relationship, achieving superluminal transit was a strong possibility!
Traversing a light-year in one second would no longer be an issue!
If so, even with only three hundred years left, it still had a chance to explore the cosmic void looking for ways to extend its lifespan!
Yet, just as it prepared to conduct another experiment, to bombard the hole and enter that strange space...
It calculated that within that strange space, a mysterious mapping relationship also existed with the time coordinate!
The observational unit, upon entering the strange space, underwent tens of thousands of years within a mere one hundredth of a second, thus nearly becoming obsolete!
This filled it with extreme terror.
If it couldn’t solve this issue, upon entering that strange space, it might instantly become obsolete from the rapid passage of time, turning into a heap of scrap metal.
"This temporal mapping relationship is unstable. As long as I avoid areas of rapid time passage, there’s no need for excessive worry."
"I need a more powerful [Lens] to analyze this strange space, to avoid danger..."
The Fifth Order Mechanical Life did not give up and launched further research.
It had to fully understand the various traits of that strange space before entering!
At this time, it was already nearing death.
Thus, it frenziedly pressured its subjects, making all mechanical lives work tirelessly, researching the mysteries of that strange space for it.
The experiment progressed swiftly.
The new [Lens] grew increasingly strong, revealing more and more of that strange space.
It could even partially analyze the peculiar aura emanating from that strange space, which seemed to be a kind of energy!