Aria of Annihilation

"The Edge of Night" In the distant future when the universe is heat dead and all things come to an end, the Milky Way has been reduced to a dark cemetery where energy is exhausted and stars are extinguished one after another. Although human civilization relies on advanced technology to survive, it has never been able to break through the shackles of the speed of light, and is trapped and dead in a limited star field where resources are exhausted. In order to adapt to the desperate situation, humans have transformed themselves through gene editing technology and become "light adaptors" who can directly absorb light energy to survive. However, the greedy extraction of energy accelerated the star's death, eventually dragging the entire galaxy into near-eternal night. The only hope lies in the "Gateway to Creation" project that can realize space folding and lead to young galaxies... Keywords: space opera, dystopia, hard science fiction, heat death of the universe, gene editing, moral dilemma, apocalyptic tragedy