Chapter 556, Ten Thousand Years Later
Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, 10,000 years have passed since the Empire released the demon virus. It is now 36244 AD.
The center of the Milky Way is no longer as noisy as it was ten thousand years ago. It is very quiet, like a world after the end of the world. Only the wreckage of warships and space buildings floating in the void tell the world that countless powerful civilizations have been born here.
Not only is the space very desolate, but the life planets in the galaxy are also very desolate. The earth is barren, without flowers, trees, birds and fragrance. Although the life planets still exude the halo of life, no life can be seen on the life planets.
There are only huge cities hidden in the sand and soil. These cities are very dilapidated after tens of thousands of years of glory, rain erosion, etc., with high-rise buildings collapsed and houses broken. Only a few high-tech buildings can experience the erosion of time and still tell of the prosperity of the past.
In a void, accompanied by waves of space fluctuations, a huge space battleship revealed its figure from the space-time wormhole. The logo of the Imperial Academy of Sciences on the battleship was very eye-catching.
"The demon virus is still too harmful to the harmony of nature. The entire Milky Way, except for the Orion spiral arm, has become a dead world. In the future, I think it is better to use less of this demon virus unless it is absolutely necessary."
In the control and command center of the battleship, Li Shukuang said from the bottom of his heart. He led a group to the center of the Milky Way to investigate and saw too many, too many life planets, all of which were very desolate. Seeing too much, it is inevitable that the emotions in his heart will be affected.
"There is no way. If we don't release the demon virus, we can't defeat the enemies of the Eastern Sculptor Galaxy and live a good life in the Milky Way for tens of thousands of years. This is the case with everything. The key is to see how to use it."
Beside Li Shukuang, Sun Xinyuan said with a smile.
"That's true. I heard that our demon virus has reached the Sculptor Galaxy and set off a terrible virus storm in the Sculptor Galaxy, almost turning the entire Eastern Sculptor Galaxy into a dead place. If our demon virus had not restricted reproduction and could only reproduce a certain number of generations, the entire Sculptor Galaxy might have been similar to the current Milky Way."
Speaking of the demon virus, Li Shukuang, as the top biological scientist in the empire, naturally has the most say. He knows very well how terrible the demon virus is. Of course, he also knows that all the demon viruses released by the empire are restricted. Otherwise, if it spreads to the Orion Arm, the Orion Arm will become the same as other places in the Milky Way.
"So now our Milky Way has become a place that the surrounding galaxies are afraid of. It is said that the Galactic Alliance of the Triangulum Galaxy wanted to return to the Milky Way, but when the demon virus was transmitted back to the Triangulum Galaxy, they immediately stopped. Without the threat of the Sculptor Galaxy, the native civilization of the Triangulum Galaxy began to exclude the foreign Galactic Alliance."
Sun Xinyuan chatted with Li Shukuang very casually. Ten thousand years are simply insignificant for those civilizations with hundreds of millions of years of history, but for the Empire and the current Milky Way, many major events have happened.
First of all, we have to start with the release of the demon virus by the Empire. Under the control of the Empire, the terrible demon virus spread throughout the entire Milky Way in a very short time. It not only easily eliminated the Eastern Sculptor Galaxy Allied Forces that invaded the Milky Way, but also spread to the Sculptor Galaxy, setting off a terrible virus storm in the Sculptor Galaxy, almost destroying the Eastern Sculptor Galaxy.
While destroying the enemy, the civilizations and lives that survived in the entire Milky Way withered and died in an instant, just like a garden blown by a blizzard. Countless lives died from genetic collapse under the terrible demon virus.
The great changes that have taken place in the Milky Way naturally cannot be hidden from those who are interested. For example, although the Galactic Alliance has evacuated the Milky Way, there are still a large number of monitoring systems left by them in various star fields in the Milky Way. These monitoring systems truthfully feedback everything in the Milky Way to the Triangulum Galaxy Galaxy Alliance.
A sudden terrible virus swept across the Milky Way and wiped out the allies of the Eastern Sculptor Galaxy. This surprised the people of the Galactic Alliance. They wanted to return to the Milky Way through the space-time ocean currents, but at the entrance and exit of the space-time ocean currents, the Empire deployed bacteriophage bombs and demon virus defenses.
The Galactic Alliance, which wanted to return to the Milky Way, was shocked by the horror of the virus. In addition, because there was no threat from the Eastern Sculptor Galaxy Allies, the native civilizations of the Triangulum Galaxy began to exclude and suppress the Galactic Alliance, and life became very difficult for a while.
However, under tremendous pressure, the Galactic Alliance has become closer. The original independent situation of each civilization has gradually developed into a gathering under the entire Galactic Alliance, forming a new and powerful civilization, the Galactic Alliance, which has gathered the power of more than 100 galactic overlord-level civilizations, and can barely gain a foothold in the Triangulum Galaxy.
In addition, the civilizations of the Andromeda Galaxy and the Bode Galaxy were also ready to move. They all knew that the Milky Way was now empty, and they all wanted to come and take advantage of it. However, when the demon virus was transmitted, they all knew to be afraid, which led to the Milky Way's peaceful time of ten thousand years.
Of course, the demon virus has actually disappeared in the entire Milky Way. Only at the entrance and exit of the space-time ocean current, the empire specially released bacteriophage viruses and demon viruses to guard the Milky Way and scare those forces with ulterior motives against the Milky Way. As for other areas, the demon virus had already died because of the number of generations of reproduction.
The space battleship quickly advanced in the void and flew towards the inner circle of a galaxy. The Talka galaxy, which originally belonged to the Purple Wheel Eye civilization, has hundreds of planets, including dozens of life planets. It is a very rich galaxy, and such a galaxy is very common in the territory originally occupied by the Purple Wheel Eye civilization.
"Let's go and have a look at the life planets. It is said that some expedition teams have some special life forms with all kinds of incredible abilities. It is suspected that it is due to the genetic mutation caused by the demon virus."
Li Shukuang looked at a life planet in the void. At this time, on the warship, small cosmic bodies kept flying out, flying towards the life planets in the entire galaxy, preparing to collect soil, air, water and other samples on the life planets. Microorganisms, bacteria, etc. cannot be seen with the naked eye.
"Isn't the demon virus known as the killer of all things? How can there be any creatures that can survive?"
Sun Xinyuan is not a scientist, so he doesn't know much about this aspect. He knows the horror of the demon virus and knows that any creature will die in front of the demon virus.
"Nothing is absolute, and life is full of miracles."
Li Shukuang answered with philosophical words. The figures of the two flashed rapidly in the void. They directly chose to cross the void with their physical bodies, and appeared on a life planet in a few flashes.
"There are so many lives in the entire Milky Way, and how huge they are. Although the demon virus is very powerful, miracles still exist in the face of such a huge base. Some lives did not die due to the gene collapse caused by the demon virus. On the contrary, because of the demon virus, the genes in these organisms have undergone drastic changes, thus possessing all kinds of incredible powerful abilities, some of which are very scary. This is why I invited you, a great master, to come here this time. Some of them are mutants, and the Yuanli warriors really have no way to catch them alive."
"I was thinking, why did you come to the Milky Way to investigate and drag me along? It turns out that there is such a thing. Genes are too profound. If a single mutation can have powerful power, how can we, who have been practicing hard for many years, feel embarrassed."
Sun Xinyuan suddenly realized at this time, and then said with some emotion.
"The ability of any creature is determined by genes. Even gods, their powerful abilities come from their genes. As long as we can master the genes of gods, it is not impossible to have the same powerful abilities. This is the real horror of biotechnology."
"As for what you said about obtaining powerful abilities by mutating the demon virus, you don't even look at how many lives have to die for a mutation to occur. However, we are currently studying this, using the demon virus to induce genetic mutations in life, so as to obtain powerful single organisms. It's just that the experiment has not been going smoothly, but we have also discovered that powerful Yuanli warriors can withstand the demon virus."
"And under the promotion of the demon virus, the ability of the Yuanli warrior can also achieve a leap forward. Sun Xinyuan, I wonder if you are interested in being a guinea pig for a while?"
Li Shukuang and Sun Xinyuan wandered around the life planet very casually, looking at the barren land and the ruined city, trying to find powerful creatures with genetic mutations.
"I'm really interested in giving it a try and see how terrible this demon virus is."
Sun Xinyuan raised his eyebrows and showed a strong interest. His Yuanli cultivation has reached the immortal realm. It is not easy to improve further. It requires a very long time and hard practice. He is also confident that he can withstand the demon virus.
"With your current immortal strength, the demon virus will at most make your skin itchy, but I really want to extract some divine genes from you to see if I can use them in my new experiment."
Li Shukuang looked at Sun Xinyuan, curled his lips slightly, and then said thoughtfully.
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