Cosmic Chronicle

When the early civilization R59 broke through the limits of deep space observation for the first time, it received the last words of civilization from the ruins of the future and became the earliest witness to the truth of the universe. Civilization R66 in the Age of War reaches its peak in the interstellar empire and total war, but finds that the more powerful the civilization is, the harder it is to escape the inertia of fate. Post-war civilization R117 was born between ruins and the illusion of peace, trying to prove that freedom still really exists after the war is over. The late-stage civilization R1 of the universe looked back at all history when everything was coming to an end, and finally approached the cruelest question: whether free will was an illusion from the beginning. The four civilizations are separated by hundreds of millions of years, but they gradually come into contact with the same cruel answer: The universe is not a free wilderness, but a cage formed by law, destiny and historical structure. The most tragic resistance of all civilizations is knowing that free will may be just an illusion and still choosing to ask questions into deep space.