From the Three-Body Escape to Super God

Chapter 363 The Deadline Has Begun to Spread
"If we find him, we still have a chance..."

Liang Bing continued.

But even though she said this, Guan Yifan didn't react much, and didn't even show the slightest intention of helping her find the Enlightener. He even asked back, "One hundred thousand years, isn't that enough?"

He had said before that whether it was the end of the universe or the so-called restart of the universe by the Zeroers, it was still a very distant thing for them now.

As long as you control your living time within 100,000 years and move around within a radius of 1,000 light years, it is enough to live a happy life.

Yes, isn’t one hundred thousand years enough?

At this time, Liang Bing began to question herself in her heart.

But then she became determined again. It was not enough. A hundred thousand years was not enough.

At least, one hundred thousand years would not be enough for her to return to the known universe.

No matter how good this universe is, no matter how advanced its basic technology is than god-making technology, it is not home to her after all.

Besides, this universe is not good at all, it can even be said to be terrible, and she doesn't want to stay here any longer.

The reason why she has been able to persist from before the solar system was reduced to a smaller dimension until now is precisely because she has a belief in escaping that supports her in her heart.

If you give up this belief in your heart now, it will be really over!

"Humans are always insatiable creatures. It's true that I want stability now, but I also think that 100,000 years is not a short time. I should be content."

"But that doesn't mean I will still think this way when the end of the universe comes, or even that everyone will still think this way."

"That includes the two of you. If that day comes, there is an opportunity before you to avoid the destruction of the universe and to go to a new universe."

"At that time, will you choose to seize this opportunity, or choose to take another gamble and fight for a chance to live in a new universe?"

Liang Bing looked at Guan Yifan and Cheng Xin seriously and said.

She has never been unfamiliar with human nature, and she absolutely believes that those who now say that a hundred thousand years is enough will definitely not think the same way when faced with the choice between life and death.

And the facts have also proved that in the real Three-Body Universe, at the end of the previous universe's zeroing cycle, both Cheng Xin and Guan Yifan chose to seize the opportunity to go to the new universe.

Faced with Liang Bing's sharp questioning, Guan Yifan and Cheng Xin both chose to remain silent!

Yes, even if both of them now think that one hundred thousand years is not a short time, it is hard to say whether their ideas will change in the future.

After all, neither of them is a strong-willed person.

If they had that kind of blood, they would not have survived until now and would have been destroyed along with the humans on Earth in the solar system.

Cheng Xin survived until now after experiencing repeated escapes.

The Blue Space and Gravity, where Guan Yifan was originally located, were both members of the escape fleet.

In other words, when faced with the Three-Body Civilization, they had a history of directly fleeing.

In this case, I can't guarantee whether I will have the courage to perish together with the entire universe in the future!
"Therefore, we must plan ahead. The more prepared we are now, the more at ease we will be in the future."

"Not really. We will have to pay a heavy price then!"

Seeing that Guan Yifan did not refute her again and Cheng Xin did not interrupt her, Liang Bing continued to strike while the iron was hot.

Compared to looking for Zhang Heng like a headless fly, if Guan Yifan could mobilize the humans from several worlds to search together, the chances would definitely be greater.

Moreover, Zhang Heng might also be in those worlds.

After all, humans are social animals, and she didn't believe that Zhang Heng would be alone for so many years.

"Okay, then tell me more about that Enlightener."

Hearing this, Guan Yifan had no choice but to put it aside and said that if he had the ability, he would do his best to find it.

"He is the Zhang Heng I mentioned before."

Liang Bing said.

"Zhang Heng?"

"Professor Zhang?"

Guan Yifan and Cheng Xin said almost in unison.

"Why? Ms. Cheng also knows him?"

Guan Yifan looked at Cheng Xin again.

So, Cheng Xin took over Liang Bing's words and began to introduce Zhang Heng, but only introduced what she knew: "That person is from the same era as us, or in other words, he was born in an era earlier than us. That era is called the Golden Age by humans, which is from 1980 to 201X AD."

"At that time, when the United Government had not yet discovered the existence of the Trisolaran civilization, he was one of the first people to know about the existence of the Trisolaran civilization..."

"In the later Crisis Era, around 201x to 2208 AD, he got together with the Wallfacer Luo Ji again. During this period, many of the Wallfacer's plans that could affect the future also had his shadow of participation..."

"Until the Deterrence Era, when the former Wallfacer Luo Ji established deterrence, he disappeared."

"Disappeared without a trace..."

The above, what Cheng Xin introduced, are all things that were widely known to the public when Zhang Heng was on Earth.

The most crucial point she hasn't mentioned is that she had met Zhang Heng privately once.

After hesitating for a while, she finally decided to tell Guan Yifan: "In fact, he took the initiative to find me when I graduated from college."

"It's just that I didn't believe a lot of what he said at the time..."

After all, what Zhang Heng said to her at that time was like predicting the future.

No normal person would believe such a ridiculous thing, let alone her who holds a Ph.D. in aerospace.
However, everything that happened later seemed to confirm that what Zhang Heng said at the time was true.

"You mean, when he gave you the airplane model, he might have already possessed the curvature technology?"

After listening to Cheng Xin's story, Guan Yifan was also somewhat shocked.

After all, humans at that time were insignificant beings facing the Three-Body Civilization, and it was impossible for them to possess technology that even the Three-Body Civilization did not have.

So where did Zhang Heng get all the curvature techniques he knew?

Why didn't he make it public directly, but instead handed it to Cheng Xin?

Although Zhang Heng knew through the so-called prediction of the future that Cheng Xin would dominate the direction of human civilization at that time, he hid the curvature technology in an airplane model and gave it to Cheng Xin.

However, if he really wanted to save humanity, he should have announced it at that time. Wouldn't humanity's chances of winning against the Three-Body Civilization have been greater?

Why take such a big detour?

If Zhang Heng had really done that at that time, history would have been rewritten.

After all, humans, who possessed curvature spacecraft before the Three-Body Civilization, could counterattack the Three-Body Civilization if they advanced, or protect themselves and leave the solar system directly before the Three-Body Civilization could fully react.

When Guan Yifan expressed his doubts, Liang Bing stepped forward and said, "That's because you don't know him well enough, or you don't understand the social situation at that time."

Of course, she herself didn't understand Zhang Heng.

However, compared to Guan Yifan and Cheng Xin, she obviously knew more.

At least, based on the way Zhang Heng acted in the known universe, she could also make up some nonsense.

"If I'm guessing correctly, when he saw his best friend Luo Ji being treated unfairly by humans, he also felt disappointed and desperate towards humans."

"So, he didn't want to save the humans at that time."

"Giving the curvature technology to Cheng Xin is actually just to give a glimmer of hope to the future of mankind..."

Her statement is quite objective.

After all, she also came from that era.

What was the state of human society at that time? Not to mention normal people, even she, the former demon king, felt uneasy all day long! She was afraid that the Trisolaran civilization would attack her the next day.

Living in such a desperate and uneasy society, and the people around her being repeatedly persecuted by humans, if it were her, she would be lucky enough not to destroy the entire human race, so why would she want to save them?
In other words, Zhang Heng left the curvature technology to give future humans a glimmer of hope, but it was actually just a token of affection, and he did not consider it his duty.

While they were talking, the spaceship seemed to have reached its final destination and its speed began to slow down.

"Okay, we can talk about this later. The most important thing now is to show you our world."

Feeling that the spacecraft was about to enter the parking state, Guan Yifan stood up again and said to Liang Bing and Cheng Xin.

They have four worlds in total, one is in the "Tomb of Light", and the remaining two are still being explored.

So, the place we are in now is naturally the developed world.

Guan Yifan did not lie to them. Although this world was not too bad, it was certainly not as good as the "Blue Star" they had visited before.

However, Guan Yifan had just led them off the spaceship when they received a message.

Yun Tianming, whom Cheng Xin had asked about before, also showed up, but not here.

Instead, it landed on Blue Planet more than three hours ago.

In other words, Yun Tianming arrived at Blue Star just after they left.

This news was sent back by the latest expedition team that went to Blue Star to replace Guan Yifan, so it should not be false.

"Oh!"

After receiving this message, Cheng Xin responded mechanically.

It seems that I am not as happy as expected.

"Can we communicate directly with Blue Star?"

But after a while, she still asked Guan Yifan tentatively.

However, Guan Yifan replied: "Try not to do so. Communication like this is dangerous!"

"Then do you want to choose to return?"

Then, Guan Yifan asked again.

But he seemed a little absent-minded at this time, because Yun Tianming's appearance also confirmed their previous speculation.

It is very likely that the Trisolaran First Fleet has also established a colony nearby, within a hundred light years of here.

After all, Yun Tianming has always been in the Trisolaran fleet, and his appearance means that the Trisolaran civilization is also here.

Hearing this, Cheng Xin looked at Liang Bing.

Facing Cheng Xin's inquiring gaze, although Liang Bing didn't want to go back, if Cheng Xin insisted on seeing Yun Tianming, she had no choice but to follow her.

"You just decide."

Helpless, she could only reply like this.

But she suddenly had a foreboding feeling in her heart, and she felt that this return trip would not be smooth.

"Since you all want to go back, I'll give you a ride!"

Guan Yifan said.

Then, he accelerated the spacecraft again, left this world, and returned to the Blue Planet.

The reason why he was so enthusiastic was that he actually wanted to go and meet Yun Tianming and find out the existence of the Three-Body Civilization.

However, when she returned to the galaxy where the Blue Star was located, Cheng Xin screamed: "What are those lines?!"

“It should be the stars.”

Although Guan Yifan's answer was simple, he was actually as shocked as Cheng Xin.

The stars in the space turned into glowing thin lines. Cheng Xin felt familiar with the linear stars. She had seen long-exposure photos of the starry sky many times. Due to the rotation of the earth, the stars in the photos turned into line segments with the same length and direction.

But now, the stars have turned into lines of different lengths and directions. The longest bright lines almost run through one-third of the space. These bright lines crisscross each other at various angles, making the starry sky look much more confusing than before.

"It should be a star." Guan Yifan repeated, "Starlight has to pass through two interfaces to get here. First, it passes through the interface between the speed of light and the slow speed of light, and then passes through the event horizon of the black hole, and becomes like this."

"Are we trapped in the dark zone again?"

No wonder it felt familiar. Cheng Xin immediately realized her current situation.

"Yes, we are in the Tomb of Light."

The DX3906 galaxy has turned into a low-speed-of-light black hole, completely isolated from the rest of the universe. The starry sky composed of intricate silver lines will always be out of reach.

Liang Bing's face also looked very ugly. Although she didn't say anything, she was cursing in her heart.

Shit, my intuition turned out to be correct.

But why is there a dead line here, and why does it surround the entire galaxy where the blue planet is located?

“Did the dead line spread?”

Liang Bing asked doubtfully.

She and Cheng Xin had previously escaped from a black zone shrouded in a death line before coming to Blue Star.

Although the dead line encountered before was not very close to here, it was not very far away either.

Could it be that the dead line encountered before has also spread here?
"It should be. It has spread to the entire star system. We are trapped here."

Guan Yifan was also a little uncertain.

"Could it be because of the disturbance caused by Yun Tianming and the Trisolaran spacecraft?"

At this time, Cheng Xin proposed a possibility.

After all, everything was fine before Yun Tianming came.

"I don't know. It's possible. They may not know that there is a dead line near this galaxy."

Guan Yifan sighed.

But fortunately, although they are all trapped in the black zone, they are not nowhere to go.

The black domain only surrounds the entire galaxy, and they can still land on Blue Star.

When the spacecraft slowed down again, its orbit dropped sharply, and it entered the atmosphere of the blue planet and landed amid violent vibrations.

"Let's go down."

Guan Yifan said after the spacecraft stopped.

"Perhaps tens of thousands of years have passed outside the Black Territory."

Cheng Xin murmured as he stepped onto the Blue Star apprentice again.

After all, according to past experience, every time you fall into the black zone, no matter how fast you escape, a long time will pass compared to the normal time outside.

"Maybe longer than that."

Guan Yifan looked at the deep forest on the blue planet and said sadly: "But now, what difference does it make whether it is tens of thousands of years or hundreds of thousands of years?"

Indeed, if they cannot leave, it means that several people will be trapped here forever.

"Hmm? Why are you so calm? Don't you think it's scary to be trapped here forever?"

Guan Yifan also noticed that Liang Bing and Cheng Xin didn't seem to care about being trapped in the dark zone, so he became a little puzzled.

(End of this chapter)