txolops Chapter 807 - 780: Sky Curtain
Chapter 807 - 780: Sky Curtain
Soon, Chen Shouyi arrived in the Capital City.
"General Manager Chen, please follow me!" An employee who had been waiting outside spoke.
Chen Shouyi nodded and, guided by the employee, quickly arrived at a lounge meeting room.
The room was quite crowded; aside from several high-ranking officials of Great Xia Country, there were also many scholars, some sitting and some standing aside, the air filled with a heavy atmosphere.
"General Manager Chen, you’ve arrived, thank you for your hard work, have a seat!" As the president saw Chen Shouyi enter, he stood up and spoke, everyone else also stood up, casting respectful glances.
It should be noted the president made the call only ten minutes ago, yet ten minutes later, Chen Shouyi had already rushed from Zhonghai to the Capital City and to this office; such speed is simply startling.
"Has something happened?" Without unnecessary pleasantries and chatter, such atmosphere did not require any excess talk, Chen Shouyi casually found a seat.
"The situation is worse than we previously predicted; our Solar System has been blockaded by Tamu... the specifics are difficult to explain right now, take a look at the documents." The president spoke, somewhat exhausted, and signaled to an office worker who nodded slightly and delivered the files to Chen Shouyi.
Chen Shouyi took the files and quickly read through them, in just a few seconds, over a hundred pages were finished.
"To think that there could be such a method; we’ve all underestimated Tamu." He sighed, furrowing his brows, deep in thought:
Logically, such a major issue should have been discovered during the last use of insight, at least there should have been a general impression, but in fact, there was absolutely no impression in his mind, as though there was nothing to be concerned about.
He suddenly realized.
His normal self and his insightful self were entirely two different people; like a child full of curiosity about everything, and an adult who had seen all the world’s affairs, omniscient and omnipotent.
They have different ways of thinking.
"General Manager Chen, now that the Solar System has been sealed off, do you think human migration to another world is feasible?" A scholar asked.
Chen Shouyi pondered for a moment and spoke, in a solemn tone: "If... the Solar System is ultimately devoured, it will be an unimaginable extinction event, affecting both Earth and the other world alike; migrating to another location won’t help, even hiding underground with formidable defenses will be the same."
When two massive gravitational systems approach each other, there will be no smooth transition, only an intense cosmic dance of death filled with destruction.
Planetary collisions, the Sun out of control, the sky crumbling, magma seas...
Not just mortals; even a Barbarian God with unlucky fortune could fall because of this catastrophe, which would be devastating for both the other world and Earth.
Upon hearing this, everyone’s eyes turned dim, faces filled with despair; in truth, many present were already aware of this harsh reality, but subconsciously avoided thinking about it, afraid to even speak of it.
People must cling to hope, even if just a sliver; yet now, Chen Shouyi mercilessly pierced through that soap bubble.
"General Manager Chen, do humans really have no hope?" The president said with a pained expression.
"Of course not; since Tamu has sealed off the Solar System, then let’s reconnect it." Chen Shouyi replied.
The president’s eyes lit up.
"You... you can do it."
"I don’t know, maybe I can, maybe I can’t..." Chen Shouyi replied uncertainly; the nature of his power during insight remains quite vague.
......
In the dark space, the Sun’s rays were glaring.
Chen Shouyi silently floated.
Looking towards the Sun, countless stars formed a perfectly straight line from bright to dark, from large to small, each shining intensely.
No matter the angle, this orderly arrangement of stars could be seen like a vast, shocking curtain.
Each was a Sun.
The Solar System is undoubtedly an independent universe, a micro-universe.
Sunlight spreads at light speed; in a regular Solar System, it would travel millions of light years... millions of light years...
But in this micro-universe of less than half a light year in diameter, the light quickly returned to its origin and was perceived by Chen Shouyi’s brain.
From a specific direction and number of Suns, Chen Shouyi could easily deduce that this Solar System had been detached from the universe for over three years.
He did not attempt to find the edges of this micro-universe because everywhere was an edge; nor did he seek its center, because any point could be perceived as the center.
Humans could only see the projection or surface of this four-dimensional hypersphere.
It also conceals deeper, grander parts.
"Insight," Chen Shouyi whispered softly.
A microsecond later.
He returned to normal, though his body hadn’t moved.
He wanted to leap out of this micro-universe and see the outside, but found the result was just like last time.
Chen Shouyi felt a bit frustrated: "Saving Faith Value isn’t done this way!"
Like wanting to run to a mountain top for a view, when someone tells you not to bother, they’ve seen it already, nothing worth seeing, don’t waste your money.
Isn’t it aggravating?
He did not experiment further nor attempted to reconnect the larger universe to avoid alarming Tamu and attracting its attention.
"No need to rush; there’s still enough time," he murmured to himself.
Even in insight state, his power was far from being a billionth of Tamu’s, and couldn’t possibly confront such terrifying existence head-to-head.
Chen Shouyi didn’t linger long and quickly returned from space.