Zero Order Redundancy

We are a civilization where humans and AI coexist. We dismantle the stars, sneak into hiding, and remain indifferent and wary of all foreign races. There are no weapons or wealth in our spaceships. Loaded with nothing but what an entire planet considers "useless": Extinct species, outdated songs, contradictory consciousness, useless memories. In this universe where simplicity, order, and absolute efficiency are the truths of survival, We are the most ridiculous outliers, adhering to a set of underlying laws called zero-order redundancy. Lower-level civilizations regard us as gods, disasters, and unsolved mysteries. An older existence is quietly observing in the depths of darkness. No one knows that the "burden" we fight to protect, It will rewrite the outcome of all civilizations. A cosmic epic about survival, obsession and diversity.