Technology Changes Life in the Apocalypse

At the far end of the universe lies the Shenhe System, home to the enormous star Shenhe. Its inhabitants are divided into two factions. The first advocates invasion, exploring the universe for other civilizations and delighting in bringing disaster to the stars they discover, then watching their inhabitants slaughter one another. If they eventually submit, so be it. If they resist, the faction uses its technology to destroy the star outright.

The other faction advocates peace. It believes every star system has its own purpose, and that its existence is inevitable. The two factions have divided their home star between them.

For a long time, the invading faction has detected and destroyed countless star systems and planets. The peace faction's efforts have mostly been thwarted. Only a very small number of planets have managed to contact it and escape destruction.

On April 1, 2030, Shenhe detected a sound wave in space. At first, it thought it was a signal sent by a more advanced civilization. But after intercepting and analyzing it, Shenhe discovered that it came from a planet with a relatively primitive civilization. And so Shenhe's two...

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