Wandering Meteor

Because at this time, the Entropy Beast had not only changed in appearance, but also the operational logic of some internal systems had varied.

Now, in terms of appearance, it looked like what the Level 4 Civilization had observed before: on the original basis, two horns on the forehead and four limbs had been added. If you were to observe from a closer distance, besides the horns and limbs, you'd discover that the pitch-black neutron skin of the Entropy Beast had taken on a scale-like form, making the whole look more like a giant black dragon.

A black dragon that had slowly evolved from a serpentine form to a dragon-like form, with its eyes changing from crimson to gold!

This series of changes were all thanks to the efforts of the Wandering Alliance's reconstruction project team. Under the guidance of Constant Star Lu Chen, after lengthy research, they finally completely deconstructed and analyzed the Entropy Beast's internal components and ultimately learned that the Black Entropy Ball left behind after an Entropy Beast's death was a Unified Force Field device built around an Atomic Computer, integrating all functions into one, the essential core of the Entropy Beast's operation.

After fully understanding the operating principles of the Entropy Beast, the reconstruction project team started to make drastic improvements to the Entropy Beast, starting with its appearance. Since the Wandering Alliance intended to repurpose the Entropy Beast for their own use, naturally they could not stick with its previous form. Hence, following Constant Star Lu Chen's suggestion, the reconstruction project team slightly altered the Entropy Beast, transforming it into the likeness of a cosmic dragon. There were two significances in this; first, dragons are divine creatures in Earth's myths, holding special meaning for the Wandering Alliance; second, the transformation of the Entropy Beast from a serpentine form to a dragonic one represented a kind of qualitative evolution and metamorphosis, symbolizing the qualitative change that occurred when the Wandering Alliance moved from a Level 4 Civilization to a Level 5 Civilization, brimming with a double layer of symbolism!

As a result, the Wandering Alliance gave the Entropy Beast a more domineering name—Entropy Dragon!

As for the core system principles, the Wandering Alliance's reconstruction project team first cracked the systems installed in the Entropy Beast by the Entropy Civilization, and then proceeded with firmware upgrades. The team made slight improvements to the previously obtained Black Entropy Balls, and then installed them inside the Entropy Dragon, changing it from a single-core to a dual-core entity, giving it stronger computational and processing capabilities, as well as more flexible response abilities. Thanks to the supercomputing capabilities of the Atomic Computer, the reconstruction team installed a new system in the Entropy Dragon, just like the system in robots, a true intelligence system capable of having its own consciousness and thought. Although the previous Entropy Beast was also very intelligent, the Entropy Civilization might have had safety in mind and did not grant the Entropy Beast true life; therefore, the Entropy Beast could only be considered as a higher intelligence entity, with all actions determined by its system settings. However, the Wandering Alliance's reconstruction gave the Entropy Beast real life.

In addition, the Wandering Alliance also preserved the Entropy Beast's former memories and even manually wrote in some of the memories from after the fusion of the Entropy Beast and Cannibal Tree into the Entropy Tree, making the current Entropy Dragon an entity with history and origin.

The Wandering Alliance does not eschew the origins of any life form, nor do they need to deliberately erase history, because they believe that their culture and system are truly capable of attracting these life forms to stay. Furthermore, the Wandering Alliance's culture believes that the change in a lifeform's thinking begins with understanding the past. Only by seriously and objectively acknowledging the past, understanding all the causes, and comprehending the objective realities of the developmental process can one envision the future and build mutual trust and unity. This is also the foundation for the Wandering Alliance to form an alliance that integrates multiple civilizations and cultures. If there are any life forms that are fixated on the past and unable to extricate themselves, then the Wandering Alliance would simply eliminate them.

Fortunately, the Entropy Dragon is not a life form with a closed mind; otherwise, we might not be witnessing the existence of the Entropy Dragon today. And while the Entropy Dragon may not have a biological brain, it is not stupid, especially after gaining true sentient thought. The Entropy Dragon has gone through an educational experience like all other life forms, hence it understands that origins and such are not important, nor are body size or life form. What's important is how to survive in the universe and how to live better in the universe.

The first requirement is a fundamental one, while the second requirement is an advanced one implemented when certain conditions are met.

Since becoming a Level 5 Civilization, the Wandering Alliance's understanding and research of information theory have been profoundly thorough, leaving practically no mysteries unsolved.

By studying information theory, the Wandering Alliance finally understood the correct relationship between the Information Sea and the universe—that the Universe and Cosmic Material are both formed from the projection of Source Material from the Information Sea. Although there is no direct link between the two, the information carried by Source Material projected onto the membrane's information projection forms a deep, mutual influence. From this, the Wandering Alliance's scientists also discovered the existence of parallel universes for the first time. According to information theory, many scientists believe that the channels between parallel universes do not exist on a macro level but on a micro level, and the Source Material Information Sea World might be the sole pathway.

However, issues related to this field are quite broad and numerous, requiring some time to study.

Nevertheless, from the current situation, at least biological life and celestial life cannot directly enter the world of Source Material. Only by delving deeper into the micro world can there be a possibility. Therefore, many scientists suddenly recalled the recently proposed Life Unity Theory. If this theory is correct, it means that the many complex forms of life in the universe share an original common state or unity, which is most likely present in the Source Material Information Sea World. If they could use technological means to reverse evolve their life forms back into the original common state, then wouldn't they be able to directly enter the Source Material Information Sea World or even freely travel, seeking another parallel universe?

In short, to sum it all up, after the Wandering Alliance became a Level 5 Civilization, most scientific mysteries have been essentially solved; at present, only the Life Unity Theory (origin of life), Origin of the Universe, and the mysteries of the core of Black Holes remain completely unresolved.

What needs to be kept in mind is that, although the Wandering Alliance has become a Level 5 Civilization with a thoroughly comprehensive understanding of information theory, they have not yet mastered advanced weapon technologies like Information Reversal, and their Information Control Technology is not as advanced as some of the established Level 5 Civilizations.

This is similar to Earth in ancient times—although the theory of relativity was proposed early in the 20th century and people's understanding of atomic energy and nuclear fusion was very thorough, achieving Controlled Nuclear Fusion was not an easy feat. It wasn't until three to four hundred years later that the commercialization of nuclear fusion energy was successfully realized. This is the difference between theory and practice; sometimes, even if the theory is very solid, without the corresponding technology and materials, the applications described in the theory cannot be achieved in reality.

However, it is believed that, with time, through relentless research by the Wandering Alliance, they will one day overcome these difficulties!