| “ | You probably have heard about the theoretical civilization types. Now imagine a civilization so evolved that has transceded even that extraordinary limit. A species so advanced that it can manipulate and absorb multiple galaxies in their entirety. This is what we are dealing with here. It looks like Boötes void is empty but infact it is full of life. The beings living in this area of space are so powerful that they absorb and use anything in their path. This is the sole reason why the Boötes supervoid exists and appears to be so vast and empty. | „ |
| ~ A scientist explaining the Boötes void's true nature. |
| “ | The next time you look up to the skies, pray. Pray that, to the Gods of the Universe, we are so insignificant, that they never fix their eye upon us. Pray, that we will never be important enough to gain their attention. It is our only hope of surviving just a bit more. | „ |
| ~ The desensitized narrator's advice to humanity. |
The Gods of the Universe, dubbed as such by the narrator, are the unseen antagonists of the NoSleep subreddit story The Skies Were Never Meant to Be For Us. They are incredibly advanced, extragalactic civilizations, intent on obtaining as much power over the universe as possible and capable of absorbing bodies larger than galaxies.
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It is unknown when or where any of these civilizations originated or how they managed to become so powerful. What is known is that their power is so great, some can absorb galaxies and others can absorb entire galactic superclusters. One civilization in particular—the Boötes void civilization—has been absorbing galaxies for well over 700 million years, as the Boötes void is 700 million light-years away. Though not explicity stated, it's highly likely thousands of less-advanced species (likely similar to terrestrial life) have been caught in the crossfire as, in the eyes of higher beings, they are so small and insignificant that their extinctions aren't even considered casualties.
At some point in the past 700 million years or millions of years before, a war between these almighty civilizations broke out. The Boötes aliens sent out SOS messages via signals transmitted in thousands of wavelengths across space and time, broadcasting to the past, present, and future simeaultaneously, hoping to contact other civilizations of their caliber to assist in the war, as they eventually started losing. A different species, far more powerful than the Boötes species, also began rapidly absorbing whole galactic superclusters. The Milky Way's supercluster, along with several others, are being drawn into the region of space where these godlike beings reside, presumably all fated to be energy-siphoned and destroyed.
The beings were first noticed by NASA in 2008 when the space agency detected the strongest gamma-ray burst ever recorded, which was actually ammunition from one of the Boötes civilization's weapons; a quasar-sized missile made purely of energy. The missile was targeted at the beings in the epicenter of the supercluster absorption, but it had no effect on the far more powerful beings. NASA soon realized that Earth's eventual doom was inevitable, whether it be in ten years or ten million. NASA decided to conceal their findings from the public to prevent global mass panic.
The unnamed narrator, an ESA astrophysicist who specializes in voids, observed a galaxy in the Boötes void at first erratically brighten and dim over the course of several weeks then seemingly disappear entirely from the region. The narrator began composing several theories for why an entire galaxy would apparently fade from existence, but was soon contacted by NASA who booked him a trip to Washington, D.C. to tell him the truth about the Boötes void following his findings. Left hopeless and desperate for the human race's continued survival, he breaks his vow of secrecy and tells the public his story, warning that humanity could be gone in an instant if the "Gods of the Universe" ever looked upon our galaxy, and that we can only pray that they don't.
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- The beings are inspired by H.P. Lovecraft's fictional monsters, who are both so powerful and incomprehensible that they are essentially gods to humans and similar species. Lovecraft is explicity mentioned in the story, the narrator suggesting that he had visions of the extragalactic aliens.