Lighting up super-god technology in the Three-Body World

Chapter 264 The Edge Battlefield
The other elders also spoke up.
"In either case, it means that there is a civilization in the area that has mastered quantum communication, or perhaps it discovered the Cleaners and acted in advance according to the law of survival."

"This is the most likely possibility. According to the dynamic star map, the location where the cleaner died was not in any star system, and his purpose was not clearly defined in any star system, making it difficult to make a judgment."

"My suggestion is to indiscriminately destroy star systems near that coordinate, or send cleanup agents to multiple star systems at the same time to scout."

“We don’t have any more cleanup crews. The edge battlefield has depleted our life reserves. I agree to Option 1.”

“The internal cleanup doesn’t need to be precise. If the outsiders enter the homeworld, there’s no point in keeping the star system. So I also support Option 1.”

The elders, speaking amongst themselves, set the tone: in the Dark Forest, a hunter's gun is indiscriminate; they can shoot however they want, and a seasoned hunter can shoot whomever they please.

Because he knew he was powerful, and through long-term hunting, he learned to conceal himself while firing his gun.

The next point of contention was what methods to use to strike. One elder suggested...

“Ordinary material attacks may not be effective, so let’s carry out the plan we discussed earlier in this region.”

"We need to reconsider."

"Then let's wait and see how things develop on the fringes. The invaders seem endless, but they can't really be endless."

"Let's launch the two-dimensional foil first. It will take some time to reach the designated location. Starting from the nearest material preparation station, it will need to cross more than a dozen light-years."

“Agreed. Internal civilizations are also a threat and cannot be ignored, but external threats are greater. Delivering weapons is a good option.”

Without the knowledge of the Blue Star civilization, the Singer civilization's decision-making system had already completed the mission deployment, and the strength and magnitude of its confidence barrier were clearly demonstrated at this moment.

"Border Battlefield" is merely a name used by the Singer civilization.

The universe is broadly divided into superclusters, galaxy clusters, and galaxies, based on the size of their concentrated areas of matter. The Milky Way belongs to the last category.
Within the Milky Way, different regions of concentrated matter can be distinguished by spiral arms; for example, the solar system belongs to the Orion Arm.

The distance between the spiral arms ranges from several thousand light-years to tens of thousands of light-years, forming a natural barrier.

Just like star systems in a spiral arm, the distance between star systems, although not as exaggerated as thousands of light-years, is still a unit of light-year, a distance that is extremely difficult for planetary civilizations to cross.

The process of dividing the universe layer by layer ultimately leads to an isolated island structure in the cosmic ecosystem, with most civilizations existing in a state of self-entertainment.

In addition to the level of technology, the strength of a civilization can also be determined by the scope of its activities.

For example, the Singer civilization was the overlord of the Orion Arm, and their activities covered the entire Orion Arm, making the whole arm their home.

The Marginalists are the enemies who invade our home. They invade from all directions of the spiral arm, with a battle line spanning tens of thousands of light-years, and their origins are unknown.

The so-called fringe war is the war waged by the Singer civilization against invading civilizations on the edge of the Orion Arm.

Judging from the conversation among the elders, the situation is clearly not optimistic.

This is understandable. A civilization capable of conquering across the Orion Arm is more powerful than a civilization like the Singer civilization, which has not yet left the Orion Arm.

It wasn't that the Singer civilization lacked the ability to leave the Orion Arm, but rather that venturing to other arms was risky. The distance between them was thousands of light-years, and the chain of suspicion and technological explosion inherent in the Dark Forest theory would be extremely pronounced at that distance. They might have just discovered a weak civilization, only to have their presence cause that civilization to unite and experience a rapid technological leap.

If our side wants to send forces to destroy that civilization, the journey alone would take thousands of years!

Let's talk about humanity. A few thousand years is enough for us to go from feudal society to the highest ideal society, and the explosive development of technology is even more indescribable.

For various reasons, choosing to live in seclusion is the path that best aligns with the principles of survival, just like the choice made by the Trisolaran civilization.

The Trisolaran civilization was not incapable of interstellar migration; the problem lay in their lack of knowledge about other star systems and their fear of encountering a powerful civilization in the past and being destroyed.

Only after learning that humanity had taken the initiative to send greetings to the weak and confirmed that there was no threat to the solar system did they assemble the first fleet for an expedition, but the result was still not as expected.

The saying "It's better to avoid trouble" holds true in the context of the universe and society.

The Dark Forest phenomenon prevented civilizations from uniting, causing them to cower and hide, while those civilizations that had already proven their strength became the scythes hanging over the heads of the others.

Cut it however you want!
This is not much different from human society in the era of the United Nations, except that civilization has been replaced by individuals, and they are still unable to unite, becoming straws to be harvested by capitalists.

In this light, it seems that the activities of civilization, whether internal or external, follow the same principles, which may be a reflection of the unified whole of space exploration.

Human civilization is different, as can be seen from its exploration plans, choosing to proactively seek out other star systems.

This should be the same as the initial choice of the Singer civilization, otherwise the Singer civilization would not have known its dominant position in the Orion Arm.

Only by first testing the waters and discovering one's own strengths in the process can one truly make a star system one's home.

Just like how human civilization regards the solar system and the Trisolaran system as its headquarters, because of understanding, it can confirm [its existence].
Now we must add the Barnard Galaxy, where human activity has also taken root.

This behavior is also extremely similar to the development of human beings.

The Trisolaran civilization chose to play it safe from the beginning, so it was just one civilization.

The Singer civilization chose to explore from the beginning, thus becoming the overlord of the spiral arm.

However, after becoming the dominant force in the spiral arm, it chose to remain within its own spiral arm, thus becoming prey for those who crossed the spiral arm.

If the development of civilization is indeed like a boulder rolling down a mountain, once it begins, it must reach the top of the entire universe, otherwise it will be invaded by other civilizations.

This idea has not been explicitly proposed in human society. Although Jiang Fan's actions are close to this, they are only a kind of primitive instinct that can be found in genes, passed down from generation to generation since the ancestors unified the country.

Only by continuously engaging with deeper levels of civilization and learning from their stories can we form a unified core consciousness of interstellar civilization.

But it will take time to accomplish all of this.

Sixty years into the new era, humanity cheered for defeating the alien civilization's spaceship, but this joy was soon overshadowed by a deeper sorrow.

(End of this chapter)