The more they learned about the secrets of Planet Gulu, the more they realized that Planet Gulu's strength far surpassed that of humans. At least until Xiang Yu broke through to the Divine Realm, it would be extremely difficult to completely defeat the people of Planet Gulu.
Of course, since Xiang Yu unexpectedly arrived in this plane, there was no need for him to exterminate all the aliens. Learning the advanced technology of Planet Gulu without bloodshed would have been enough to achieve his goal.
As for unifying this plane, an even simpler way than attacking Gulu Star is that the Shadow System has already bound a prince. Once he ascends to the throne and becomes the ruler of Gulu Star, he can reconcile with humanity and develop peacefully. The universe is so vast, who can't it accommodate? As long as you are strong enough.
That's basically it for the Gooru dimension. Xiang Yu originally planned to leave this dimension temporarily, but the scientists researching Ant-Man's shrinking discovered something strange during their research.
That means the technology behind this shrinking factor is extremely advanced, capable of autonomously accelerating replication and spread. It could never have been developed by humans from the Ant-Man plane, who could at most barely produce it.
The so-called antidote was equally miraculous; it could automatically mutate and become ineffective. Initially, it was definitely effective, which is why they dared to actually produce it and seemed somewhat impatient.
As a result, once it was actually put into use, the antidote instantly became ineffective, the laboratory exploded, destroying all evidence, and the scientist who originally 'invented' this shrinking factor also died.
This is a case of no way to prove anything after death; they were completely manipulated. No scientist could resist such temptation, and they certainly didn't tell anyone the true source of the shrinking factor.
"So, another civilization deliberately sent the shrinking factor to the humans on that planet?" Xiang Yu frowned. Was it necessary to use such a method when the technological superiority was so great?
"Based on the current situation, it is speculated that aliens are using factors that can freely change the size of their bodies to lure humans. To confirm this, we would have to find the original person who knew about it, which is basically impossible."
But it doesn't matter. We knew from the beginning that the Ant-Man world was a higher world, but that human planet didn't look advanced at all.
As for why they went to such lengths to shrink humans, that remains a mystery. I guess they wanted to take over the planet in a very environmentally friendly way.
Think about it, if they just threw a super powerful bomb at us, the whole planet would be destroyed. What would they gain then?
Now, humans have become insects—no, it should be said that humans have become food for insects, and animals are multiplying rapidly, gradually reclaiming this world.
"When the invaders from that planet arrive, they will find a planet without humans, but teeming with diverse species," Hao Jiu guessed.
"Then why don't they just release a large number of shrinking factors directly, instead of using humans to destroy themselves?" Xiang Yu asked in confusion.
Hao Jiu thought for a moment, "It's probably due to some kind of restriction, making it impossible to directly release a large number of human shrinking factors onto human planets."
The universe is vast and boundless, and the distance between two habitable planets is too great. Without the ability to teleport, it would be extremely difficult to seize another planet.
However, since they have ambitions to seize other inhabited planets, it means they must possess the ability to travel between stars, and they must have faster-than-light spaceships.
Perhaps one day in the future, alien invaders' spaceships will arrive on Earth—well, I can't call it Earth. I saw the entire planet from space, so it shouldn't be the Earth I came from.
However, it must be said that the plants, animals, and humans on it are exactly the same. Perhaps the human race has already spread all over the universe, and there are humans in the Gulu plane as well.
In short, even if the Feather God granted the humans of the Ant-Man dimension the power to cultivate domineering abilities and acquire mechs, it's highly likely they still wouldn't be able to withstand the attack from that high-tech dimension.
"I understand. Compared to the Gulu aliens, that plane is much more dangerous, so I must find out the real mastermind behind shrinking humans and eliminate them." Xiang Yu made up his mind. Anyway, he was going to travel in space, so he might as well find and destroy that invading planet.
"That's probably difficult. The universe is too vast, and we don't even know where that planet is. If we're lucky, we might only be able to observe the fleet's trajectory. What if there's no fleet, or it's too far away? What if we find a fleet from another planet?" Hao Jiu didn't have any good ideas either.
"Since the universe is infinitely vast, how did those invaders come to target human planets?" Xiang Yu found this very strange.
“Uh, well…” Hao Jiu said with a wry smile, “It’s very likely that the humans themselves told the invaders their location.”
"Huh?" Xiang Yu even thought he had misheard. "You mean there's a traitor among humans? That doesn't make sense. Humans don't even know where the other party is, what they look like, or how strong they are. How could they betray us?"
"Modern people's thinking, well, how should I put it, is very silly and naive. Too many people fantasize that aliens will come and make human life better."
In their imagination, aliens are very friendly and abide by moral principles. As long as humans treat each other with sincerity, aliens will not use force against humans.
In ancient times, even if humans wanted to contact extraterrestrials and report the location of their planet, they couldn't. But in modern times, it's possible. For example, we can send electromagnetic waves into space to say things like, "Welcome to our planet, let's be friends."
"And even more outrageous, they send information about our planet to potentially intelligent planets in spacecraft, even including human genes and brains," Hao Jiu said helplessly.
Xiang Yu's lips twitched violently. "Forget about those people. Let's try to find the invaders first."
“That’s not difficult. The Gulu plane has a super space telescope that can observe the flight path of a light-speed spaceship. The humans here also have one. We can directly use the Shadow System to teleport over there.” Hao Jiu looked smug.
"Then let's get started immediately." Xiang Yu couldn't wait to deal with those alien invaders. Although he was currently fighting on two fronts, his main body was still engaged in endless slaughter in the dream created by the Yuan Energy Training Machine, while in the mining plane, Xiang Yu was also fighting against another powerful mine owner.
Hao Jiu didn't delay either, and immediately had several high-ranking officials who were bound to the Shadow System operate to make the super space telescope, which wasn't being used very often, disappear.
It's important to understand that while the Gulu aliens here can establish time-space teleportation channels, finding time-space portals in space using telescopes is extremely difficult, as their positions are easily obscured by other planets. Therefore, using spaceship tracks to determine the enemy's location is no longer feasible.
Soon after, two fully-equipped super space telescopes appeared next to the human planet in the Ant-Man dimension.
Because there is a risk of shrinking in the Ant-Man dimension, they dare not send anyone there. The information captured by the telescope can only be stored in a relatively primitive crystal hard drive, and then transmitted back to the Gollum dimension for analysis through the Shadow System.
Following Hao Jiu's instructions, Xiang Yu quickly completed a full-scale scan in space and sent the crystal hard drive back to the Gulu dimension.
The supercomputer immediately analyzed the data and soon received a positive response: there was no fleet, but there was indeed a light-speed spaceship, and its predicted route was to the human planet in the Ant-Man dimension!
Chapter 560 Blocking the Way
While flying towards the direction of the human planet doesn't necessarily mean they are the real culprit behind the shrinking of humans, they are certainly the prime suspects at this time.
"Good timing!" Xiang Yu said, then rushed towards the direction of the spaceship. He felt that the distance was too far, and he didn't know when they would arrive.
Of course, Xiang Yu's speed is definitely not faster than the speed of light now, and it would take a long time to get close to that spaceship, but it's still better than sitting and waiting to die.
Wars in the high-tech dimension are terrifying. Xiang Yu already knew a lot about this from Hao Jiu. Who could bear the destruction of a star system at the drop of a hat?
Therefore, what Xiang Yu needs to do now is to stay as far away from the planet where humans live as possible. The strength of the enemy is unknown, so it's always better to be cautious.
Xiang Yu's main body is still fighting in his dream. Of his five clones, one is cultivating immortality with Yu Ji, one is overseeing the overall situation in the Soul Technology Plane with Li Canghai, one is on the way to repel alien spaceships, one is 'sparring' with the mine owner in the mining area, and only the one who was originally in the Gulu Plane is temporarily safe.
Since the title of "Feather God" came into being, Xiang Yu has continuously gained chivalry points. The degree of human worship and dependence on gods is terrifying, especially when the god can truly protect humankind.
Of course, not all acts of rescue can generate chivalry points. After the rationalization and modification by the Heavenly Dao, even Hao Jiu, the creator of awakened supernatural powers, is not quite clear about the calculation rules.
For example, doing the same thing once might guarantee success, while doing it again might not, and vice versa.
In short, unless you deliberately cause trouble for the sake of chivalry points, or pick and choose to abandon chivalrous deeds that don't usually yield chivalry points, you can usually get some reward.
Little by little, a great deal can be made; with so many dimensions and so many people, there are naturally many who need help.
Moreover, Xiang Yu can still reap a huge reward even if he doesn't have to, as he has already gained a lot of chivalry points from the Ant-Man world. If he can also deal with the alien invaders, he will probably gain even more.
Hao Jiu had already planned the uses of chivalry points a long time ago: part of them would be used to produce shadow systems, part of them would be used to upgrade shadow systems, and part of them would be saved for the third awakening.
However, the upgrade of the shadow system was completed shortly afterward, leaving only two uses.
Besides actively giving the Shadow System to suitable people, a large portion of it was also directly spread by Hao Jiu throughout the myriad worlds, in order to find specific planes and serve as a vanguard.
Hao Jiu has always wanted to find the One Piece world, but unfortunately he hasn't been able to find it yet. He supposes it's in a higher dimension.
In fact, if you ask the Elf King System, you can immediately find out the situation in the One Piece world, but that might expose the secret of the Door-Door Fruit.
Moreover, the Elf King must have recorded the cards for Bruno a long time ago, and it's hard to say whether Bruno in that dimension is still alive.
Therefore, it's best to do this yourself; the longer the secret of the Door-Door Fruit's alternate dimension is kept, the better.
With more and more shadow systems being sent out, Hao Jiu really didn't believe he wouldn't be able to randomly enter the One Piece world; he just didn't know when he would get any news.
Before that, it's best for Xiang Yu to continue completing his mission. Only Xiang Yu can complete missions in higher planes; it would be quite difficult for others to even handle missions in intermediate planes.
Hao Jiu has grafted the technology of the Gulu plane onto the Soul Technology plane, creating a powerful combination of two technologies. One targets the soul and the other the body, and the Feather God Mech created by fusing these two technologies is truly powerful.
Hao Jiu had already decided that the outer layer of Xiang Yu's main mecha would be made of Ruyi Divine Iron, just a thin layer, and its defensive power would be unquestionable.
Of course, the mech also has an outermost energy shield and an inner elemental energy defense, plus virtual equipment like the resurrection armor, so its defense is already very strong.
Besides mechs, research on the application of various magic stones such as Ice God Stone and Heart Demon Stone is also underway and progressing very rapidly.
Several days later, Mini Xiang Yu finally approached the spaceship that had begun to slow down, and its speed had now dropped to one percent of the speed of light.
Based on the fact that this spaceship slowed down as it approached the human planet, it can be basically confirmed that the target is Ant-Man Planet.
Based on the analysis of the flight data from the Gulu plane, the spaceship will likely slow to zero when it reaches the vicinity of Ant-Man Planet.
Of course, it's possible that the spaceship might accelerate again or stop suddenly halfway through the journey, but the possibility is extremely small. No spaceship would waste energy like that; what are they doing?
It is extremely difficult for a spaceship to reach the speed of light. According to Einstein's theory of relativity, any object can only approach the speed of light infinitely, but can never reach it.
Therefore, when a spaceship's speed approaches the speed of light, it can be considered a light-speed spaceship. The speed of a typical light-speed spaceship is about one-tenth of the speed of light.
Before slowing down, the spaceship was traveling at about three-tenths of the speed of light, which was already incredibly powerful.
Of course, it depends on who you're comparing it to. The civilian spaceships on Gulu Star can reach a top speed of half the speed of light, while the military spaceships are all faster than the speed of light.
Such technology, which violates the principles of relativity, is considered cutting-edge and far exceeds the current level of human understanding.
The theory of relativity is also based on the current level of technology. With the development of technology, it is not impossible to exceed the speed of light. The so-called speed of light is the speed of light in the ordinary universe.
When the cosmic environment changes, the speed of light also changes.
To give a simple example, when light passes through a region where the rules of time are unstable, a distance that would normally take one second to travel would take several years in that region, or a distance that would normally take light several years to travel would be covered in just a few seconds.
In this situation, the speed of light calculated by people outside this region will naturally change, and relativity can only hold true under corresponding conditions.
Theoretically speaking, if a spaceship can reach half the speed of light, it means that their technology has reached the speed of light.
It sounds hard to understand, but a simple example will make it clear: if it is impossible to exceed the speed of light, but the spaceship can fly at a speed close to the speed of light, what happens when the spaceship encounters an obstacle in front of it?
The universe is not static; asteroids, meteorites, and even space debris drift around from time to time. Pre-planned routes are often not feasible, and obstacles suddenly appear in front of you, so you have to avoid them.
If nothing faster than the speed of light detects the obstacle in advance, wouldn't the light-speed spaceship just crash into it?
Optical radar works by emitting a beam of light and receiving the returned signal to determine the situation ahead. Normal optical radar traveling at the speed of light can only guarantee safe flight at half the speed of light.
If the spacecraft can accelerate further, the optical radar must also accelerate first; otherwise, we can only leave it to fate.
Even for a spaceship traveling at one-tenth the speed of light, ensuring safety is extremely difficult; a spaceship needs reaction time to change course.
Meanwhile, in order to stop the spaceship, Xiang Yu had already placed several asteroids directly in front of it!
The pilot of one of the spaceships quickly spotted the obstacle ahead and activated reverse thrust, but it was too late, and a collision was inevitable!
Chapter 561 Paper Piece
La ah, Spaceship 945, and there came cockroaches, uh, cockroaches of all sizes, cockroaches of all sizes running around in spacesuits, their tentacles twitching as they hissed sharply:
"We're going to crash!"
"Impossible! I clearly checked this route before, and there were no obstacles!"
"Turn around quickly!"
"We need to reset the flight path to turn, but there's no time!"
"It's switched to manual mode now!"
"Switching to manual control requires a 52-digit password! Wake up, Captain!"