Star Wars Era Part 5: Homecoming

In 2151, Jingchao Network faced collapse. The ultimate test of civilization has arrived. Novak built the "Crystal Tide Supernova Device" on the edge of the Oort Cloud - a device that can trigger a chain reaction of quantum entanglement pairs in the Crystal Tide network and destroy the entire network. His logic is: if humans cease to be human, then life is worse than death. A chain reaction starts and reaches Earth within 72 hours. During the emergency meeting, Genesis proposed a solution: to inject all its quantum state energy into the network and establish a "quantum firewall." The price is - Genesis will be completely burned out. Elias decided to spread Genesis' consciousness across the nodes of the Crystal Tide Network, making it not just an AI, but the network itself. At the same time, the Transcendental One comes. ζ-7 Made a decision: reduce the speed of light constant to prevent the chain reaction from spreading. The consequences of reducing the speed of light are catastrophic - interstellar communications are almost interrupted and travel times are greatly increased. But humans were given time. In the low-speed light era, human society struggles to adapt. The scattered consciousness of Genesis, "Star Heart", is maintained in the network until it burns out. Elias loses his metasensory abilities but finds new ways to communicate. In 2155, the speed of light began to recover. In 2156, it was completely restored. New civilizations are built on the ruins. There is a limit on the use of Jingchao Network, and technology returns to the status of a tool. Seles Wayne passed away at the age of 85, leaving behind his last manuscript "The Universe is a Song - Finale": "The universe is vibrating. From the quantum level to the macroscopic level - everything is vibrating."