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

Chapter 265 A Delicate State

In the 61th year of the Xinyuan era,
A conversation that was broadcast in the Second World formed thick dark clouds over the Blue Star. The main characters of this exchange were Jiang Fan and Luo Ji, and the audience included Shen Zhou, Zhang Beihai, and others.

From the outset, Luo Ji raised a rather pointed question.

"If a scout from an advanced civilization were to lose contact in a certain area, how would that civilization react from its perspective?"

This inevitably brings to mind 1937, when a country's army used the pretext of a missing soldier to formally launch a war of aggression.

Therefore, the disappearance of expatriates is a serious issue that should be taken seriously at any time and in any place.

Zhang Beihai stated, from a purely military perspective,
"If I were the commander of that civilization, this situation would convey two messages to me: first, there exists a civilization capable of threatening me; and second, that civilization is unfriendly."

"Therefore, I will send out more scouts to investigate the situation. If the time is right and the information is clear, I will definitely launch a large-scale attack. First, it will eliminate a threat, and second, it will avenge the civilized individuals."

Shen Zhou, however, gave a completely different description, saying,
"If I were the leader of that civilization, I should choose to go into hiding after discovering this situation, because if an unknown civilization has the ability to destroy the scouts, it means that it at least possesses the power to threaten our civilization."

"To launch a revenge operation without knowing the enemy's situation is like swatting a fly; assuming the enemy's technology is very advanced, destroying a scout would be as easy as swatting a fly."

"Then our proactive and large-scale detection would be like snatching teeth from a tiger's mouth, provoking the enemy and potentially inviting their all-out encirclement and suppression!"

At first glance, both sides' arguments seem reasonable, both stemming from a survival perspective: one emphasizes taking initiative, while the other emphasizes concealment.

You can easily die when you know absolutely nothing, but you can also easily die while searching for information.
This is the twin law of the Dark Forest Law: the Fog Rule.

When an individual or civilization is shrouded in fog, whether they choose to wait in place or grope their way forward, there is a chance they will fall into a trap or encounter an enemy.
No matter what choice He makes, His chances of survival are never 100%, which means He will always face the danger of death.

Under such oppressive conditions, anyone would go mad, and civilization is no exception, thus exacerbating the Dark Forest Law.

One can imagine that when a person faces a fog, the intense sense of powerlessness and fear would drive him to destroy everything around him, and the same applies to civilization.

Just three dialogues instantly piqued people's curiosity to the extreme. Viewers were all wondering how the leader would respond. Would he support Chief Zhang or Chief Shen Zhou?
When individuals cannot come up with an answer, they often choose to believe the opinions of authority figures, and Jiang Fan's authority is self-evident.

Following Luo Ji's gaze, Jiang Fan entered the center of the frame. He still looked as familiar to everyone; time had left no trace on him, and the storms of life seemed to have no effect on him.

If Xiling is the practical core of human civilization's stability, then Jiang Fan is the spiritual core.

Everyone has this feeling: as long as the leader is still in the central building, nothing can threaten the survival and development of mankind.

This kind of thinking can be called individualism. Everything has two sides, and if you want extremely high cohesion, you can't avoid the birth of this kind of idea.

It is not absolutely bad. Good and bad cannot be defined simply in isolation from the environment. When more comprehensive and diverse ideas are needed, this trend of thought has certain limitations.
But when unity and concerted effort are needed, this kind of thinking becomes an invincible spiritual weapon. Jiang Fan only needs to sit there; he is the anchor of stability!

His words represent the most correct ideology of mankind and are the brightest beacon of light, which everyone eagerly awaits.

The goddess Xiling holds a position in the hearts of humans that is almost equivalent to that of parents. Yet, when such a being stands behind the leader, there is no sense of disharmony whatsoever.

But if it's someone else instead of a leader, that's a different story. All of humanity will show him what an 'inviolable iron fist' truly means!
Amidst the anticipation of the crowd, Jiang Fan calmly began to speak.

"Different forms of civilization lead to different choices. There is no right or wrong, and each has its own reference value."

"As Beihai said, we cannot be complacent about the civilization's subsequent actions, and as Chenzhou said, the civilization may go into hiding."

"But for Earth civilization, in either case, we must have a contingency plan in place."

"Only by hiding oneself, expanding the search scope, and breaking down natural information barriers can one survive better."

"At the same time, the sporadic nationwide plan must not be cancelled. We must be prepared for a counterattack from the enemy, that is, abandon the solar system and enter the boundless starry sky to build up our strength and wait for the future!"

After hearing these words, the supporters of both arguments clearly felt the narrowness of their own thinking. Their survival plan was based on the possibility of an enemy, which was simply brain-dead.

Just like in the bunker era in the original work, they actually fantasized that the enemy's attack method was only to destroy stars, and used this to build ridiculous bunker projects to resist stellar activity. Who gave them the courage?
If humanity follows the idea of ​​the sunken ship, believing that the alien civilization will hide and therefore makes no preparations, then when the enemy attacks, they will simply be throwing their lives away.

However, if we follow Zhang Beihai's idea and assume that the alien civilization will definitely send out a large number of despair-inducing armed forces, then we will fall into a state of constant suspicion, just like the mental state of humanity in the last century when facing the Trisolaran civilization.

Jiang Fan's efforts to break this fear were evident to all. If the alien civilization were to become such a fear again, especially if it were formed under his rule, he would likely have the ability to break it once more.

It is best to maintain a delicate balance, where people dare not let their guard down, but do not slide into an extreme.

Sporadic plans are plans to prevent sliding into extremes. They demonstrate that no matter what, humanity always has a backup plan and does not need to worry about survival.

The fate of the Monument Civilization was an accident. Apart from Jiang Fan and other high-ranking officials, no one else in human civilization knew about it, making it one of the few things that was kept secret.

Like everyone else, Luo Ji nodded in agreement without thinking. He continued,
"Although I really hope that the alien civilization will, as Chief Chen Zhou said, fall silent and stop trying to take over the solar system, we shouldn't be too optimistic, as that would be detrimental to our survival in the harsh cosmic environment."

"Based on this, from Chief Zhang's perspective, if an alien civilization were to invade again, what methods might it employ?"

(End of this chapter)