200 billion trillion stars in the universe. 13.7 billion years old, with a window of detection of about 1,000,000 years (evolution to self-extermination). May

200 billion trillion stars in the universe. 13.7 billion years old, with a window of detection of about 1,000,000 years (evolution to self-extermination). Maybe I'm just a dumb human, but I really don't see why a supergenius race would invest the resources in scouring the universe. Unless it was their manifest destiny. In my head a narrative to address this crosses from sci-fi into fantasy.