More than twenty million years ago, when humanity's ancestors first looked up at the stars, a seed called “exploration” began to sprout in their DNA.
That seed awakened their intelligence, setting them apart from primitive creatures and, through a long process of evolution, turning them into intelligent beings.
Now, in the twenty-first century, humanity's desire to explore the stars has only grown stronger. Through the efforts of generation after generation, people have gradually begun to glimpse the truth of the universe and the origins of how all things work.
Sadly, humanity has yet to discover any so-called extraterrestrial civilizations. They have never even found traces of life. This raises a sobering question: is human civilization truly the only one of its kind in the universe?
The answer is unknown. Many understand that the limits of our observational methods may be to blame. Others believe that the Solar System, isolated in a remote corner of space, is simply too barren to attract the attention of extraterrestrial civilizations. These ideas have inspired bold imaginings and speculation.
Perhaps the universe is home to higher-dimensional civilizations capable of harnessing the energy of the stars at will, traveling millions of light-years across space, and building interstellar warships larger than planets. Perhaps there are strange beasts that feed on stars and soar through the cosmos, solitary civilizations evolved to the utmost extreme. Or perhaps extraterrestrial civilizations are not based on technology at all. Instead, they communicate on a level of thought with the indistinct will of the cosmos, gaining the divine powers and abilities of myth and legend, and using them to become immortals.
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