Chang'an City in the world, gathers all the elites from the entire Mortal Realm and All Heavens and Myriads of Worlds, all thrown into Chang'an City to become a gigantic civilization gear, crazily rebooting...

Such a development speed, no matter how fast, is not strange.

Just like before our eyes.

"In just over three hundred years, we've already successfully researched new technologies. In reality, has it been thousands of years, tens of thousands? Who knows.... It's said they're already attempting to step beyond the Milky Way."

Zhu Zhengwei spoke softly, "It's just a pity that this high-end confidential information is beyond our reach... and that one person who knew the whole process, the Prime Minister, has been put under house arrest."

"I can only see how the one inside, and the one of me outside, cooperate and communicate telepathically."

...

Great Tang Chang'an City.

In the Imperial Study, the entire insignificant powers of the Mortal Realm gathered, all of them looking solemn.

A massive map of the Milky Way, and even surrounding maps, lay before them.

"According to the latest technology from the Chariot and Horse Institute, we can temporarily project the Celestial Dao Rules of our special world into the real universe!"

"Although the consumption is enormous, we can already leave the Milky Way since His Majesty and Zhenyuanzi's agreement is beyond the Milky Way... Once we're out, we can act at will."

"Indeed."

Another Prime Minister said:

"Beyond the Milky Way is extremely vast. Normally, using 'Spatial Speed' requires terrifying resources, igniting one planet after another to traverse... that's why the Extraterritorial Civilizations call it the cosmic tomb, but we're different. By temporarily projecting our Celestial Dao's rules, not restricted by real logic!"

"Next, the direction where the Great Tang army will sail."

"Looking into the distance, it's roughly estimable, there are tens of billions of river systems of similar size to the Milky Way around the Milky Way."

Indeed.

The cosmos is this enormous.

The Solar System is just a speck of dust in the Milky Way, and the Milky Way is just a pitiful grain of sand. Countless such grains of sand like the Milky Way.

That's the reason even at the limit of 'Spatial Speed', one can only travel like a snail...

But before them, they can transcend all speeds, reaching another civilization swiftly.

"According to the 'Soul Receiver,' there are basically two to three civilizations in each river system around the Milky Way... but the river systems are too large, even they can't get close to each other."

"It's like dropping two or three ants on a planet, where the distance between them is despairing."

"We've even found they're already starting to communicate with each other, using Spatial Speed to transfer signals, but sending a message takes hundreds of years to receive..."

Listening to the reports from one minister after another.

"They can only communicate by 'letters' from afar?"

Emperor Tang's expression remained indifferent as he spoke calmly: "How pathetic, even transmitting letters by Spatial Speed takes hundreds of years!... Although they can directly use Spatial Speed too, it's the same hundreds of years, yet such a massive migration of their civilization... they must ignite their homeland into a wasteland, right?"

Such a cost is unbearable!

And it's only a one-way ticket, with no return...

Meanwhile, having one's civilization's army ignite its homeland to visit others, showing friendly intentions?

It's simply laughable!

You can't return home, you can only reside in my galaxy, and inevitably, two tigers can't coexist on one mountain. It's a death struggle for resources with the other... That's why no civilization would do such self-harming and unprofitable things, visiting other civilizations.

Even a super civilization powerful enough to crush that low-level civilization would not do that because there's no gain, the universe's resources are too vast.

Civilizations just exchange signals.

Even Emperor Tang was surprised to discover.

This universe is not governed by the law of the dark forest but by the "Sloth Forest Theory":

[The universe is a resource-rich giant forest, every civilization is a sloth clinging to the trees; sloths are extremely rare, they don't need to move, resources and treasures are everywhere, and they'll never see companions in a lifetime.]

[At the same time, every jump to another tree requires enormous energy, needing to destroy their life tree of their homeland.]

[So, sloths don't choose to move, the sloths communicate by signals transmitting from tree to tree in the forest, almost never meeting each other.]

Because of the inability to reach civilizations, they exchange "letters" in a relatively friendly manner.

They even chat and convey techniques, interacting with neighboring countries!

Countless epitaphs are characteristic of this letter exchange.

"Interesting, really interesting."

Emperor Tang showed a hint of excitement, "They're totally defenseless, signaling freely, because of the inertia of time and space, they can only gaze across the sea... The other side really can't do anything."

"This Outer Cosmos is just too dull and peaceful, like a few small lizards facing each other in a vast desert... It's a stagnant pool. You know, my universe here is full of stars and wars, very lively."

"And now, I should visit these extraterritorial civilizations, to liven them up a bit."

Emperor Tang smiled slightly.

The Ghost Witch Doctor beside him spoke up, "Your Majesty, how do you plan to do it?"

"Hahaha, isn't this the business of the Minister of the Ministry of War? Your warfare talent and strategy are remarkably recognized, how about you draft a civilization?" Emperor Tang laughed, "Shall we go for a friendly visit? I should take you out for a look."

Zhu Zhengwei glanced at Emperor Tang.

I've indeed been working seriously lately, are we being lenient, or probing me again?

To go out and have a look?

After keeping me confined for so long, suddenly taking me out?

Definitely a conspiracy.

But it doesn't matter, how much worse can it get?

Zhu Zhengwei thought for a moment, casually pointing at a red dot on the map, "Your Majesty, maybe we can go to a weak civilization first, to explore a bit... First get familiar with the environment, let them offer tribute to our Celestial Dynasty!"

"I concur with that intention." Emperor Tang was delighted, "Since they enjoy letter exchanges, we should notify them, it's only polite, and then visit them afterward."

"Yes." Zhu Zhengwei replied, "I wonder, how will I go there?"

Emperor Tang looked deeply at Zhu Zhengwei, smiled and said: "These past years, I've kept you well cared for in the palace, and I didn't bear it. Now, I appoint you as the envoy leader of the Great Tang, fully responsible for the delegation, to communicate with the other side."

"After all, an almighty, omnipotent talent can handle this with ease, sending the Minister of the Ministry of War is the best choice."

Zhu Zhengwei contemplated why would Emperor Tang, with his thick eyebrows, suddenly let me go?

Going out for a trip, in charge of exchanges?

Can't fathom.

Can't fathom again.

...

On the other side.

In a star system tens of thousands of light years away beyond the Milky Way, on a planet filled with buildings and continuous land, countless colorful fairy-tale-like buildings stood tall on the ground.

"Oh! My god, Oni, come look, we've received a signal from a new friend!"

"Only high-level civilizations that understand soul wavelengths can communicate with us, it seems we have a new friend. Where is the signal from nearby?"

"The signal is from the Milky Way!"

"Isn't the Milky Way not known for such high-level civilizations? According to our Spatial Speed detection instrument, the strongest civilization on the other side is a small blue planet. A thousand years ago, we saw them as a bunch of primitives, didn't know how many years it'll take for them to exchange 'letters' with us..."

"No, that's a previously undetectable civilization from the Milky Way."

"What's it called?"

"The signal sent from the Milky Way seems to refer to itself as... Great Tang Chang'an City."

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