Chapters 23-30 Summary

In Chapter 23, Arthur, Ford and Slartibartfast argue back on board their ship while Trillian is watching some history in the room of Informational Illusions. Slartibartfast points the ship toward Krikkit, where he assumes the robots are headed with the parts of the Wikkit Key.

In the room of Informational Illusions, Trillian watches the history of Krikkit in Chapter 24. She also learns about the "Silastic Armorfiends of Striterax," another vicious race that lives billions of years before. The Armorfiends were so intent on destroying other races they built a super-advanced computer brain called Hactar, then asked the computer to build them an ultimate weapon that would destroy the entire universe. Hactar is shocked by the request, but designs a bomb that will connect the hearts of every sun in the universe simultaneously and turn the entire universe into one giant supernova explosion...