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

Chapter 266 first introduces the concept of dimensional warfare.
Qu Yuan recounted his predictions about the Trisolaran civilization in detail.

"We all know the principle that the speed of light cannot be exceeded. However, if tiny particles are accelerated to a point infinitesimally close to the speed of light, they will also possess terrifying kinetic energy."

"Moreover, this operation requires almost no cost and is extremely difficult to defend against because the attack can come from any direction, so 'light particle strike' may be a relatively common attack method."

"Having confirmed the upper limit of throwing speed, other physical attacks involving a medium simply involve manipulating the 'projectile' itself,"

"It could be an area-of-effect attack mode, not just targeting stars, but covering the entire star field."

At this point, Qu Yuan's eyes narrowed slightly.
"This type of attack is most likely to utilize gravity, because only gravity can act on the ultramacro level and extend the scope of influence to the interstellar scale."

Every method of attack has its traces. Looking at the history of warfare in human civilization, from close combat to long-range shooting, from cold weapons to firearms, it is all about the evolution of 'throwing' methods and 'projectiles'.

Extrapolating to the cosmic level, the fastest way to throw objects is at the speed of light. If a civilization does not possess worm bridge technology, then the only way it can continue to develop is through projectiles.

Humanity's journey from javelins and arrows to cannons, nuclear bombs, hydrogen bombs, and antimatter bombs follows a very clear iterative path.

If we want to continue developing violence, there is still room for improvement in speed. Stellar acceleration technology can only reach 80% of the speed of light, and the same goes for power. The destructive range of antimatter bombs is negligible in the vastness of space.

After all, a planet or star is still very small on the scale of the starry sky!
The Sun is much larger than Earth, with a volume 130 million times that of Blue Star, but its diameter is only 0.0093 astronomical units. It would take 100 Suns lined up to cross the distance from the Sun to Blue Star.

An antimatter bomb capable of causing widespread destruction on Earth, if dropped into space, would not even cover a distance of one ten-thousandth of an astronomical unit, let alone light-years.

It can only be said that its destructive power is acceptable at the planetary level, but beyond that, it's just a piece of trash.

Nevertheless, neither humanity nor the Trisolaran civilization has yet developed a violent projectile with a power exceeding that of an antimatter bomb, likely due to their own insignificance.

As for other attack methods, such as lasers, infrasound, and strong radiation, they don't even have the destructive power to the planetary level. They might be able to deal with small species like humans and the Trisolarans, but they would be a joke in the vastness of space.

In interstellar warfare, any target is equivalent to a bacterium, while the destructive power of human weapons is equivalent to an arrow. To use an arrow to kill a bacterium, the required computational precision would be at least at the picometer or even femtometer level.

As a scholar with professional ethics, Ding Yi expressed his agreement with Qu Yuan's views, and began by saying,

"If it's just a 'particle attack,' then with our monitoring systems, there's still a possibility of interception, like that alien spaceship,"

"But if it's an attack with a destructive range beyond imagination, it will be a disaster for us. Nobody knows where it will 'detonate' or whether its destructive power will affect the solar system."

The scene then shifts back to Jiang Fan, so the order of the speeches is: once from the Trisolarans, once from the human side, and then once from the leader.
Jiang Fan's eyes remained expressionless. For him, this was a perfect opportunity to express some information from the original work, in the form of speculation. Let him speak...
"Gravity weapons are indeed the best choice at the macroscopic level, which reminds me of the theory of dimensions!"

Current theoretical research suggests that our universe has ten dimensions, and we live in three dimensions plus the time dimension.

"The discovery made by the Endurance proved that there are still four-dimensional space fragments in the universe. Therefore, it is reasonable to speculate that the original appearance of the universe may not be the dimensional world we know today."

"Then the question immediately follows: what exactly happened that caused the universe to evolve into three-dimensional space step by step?"

"Natural evolution or human intervention?"

"If the universe could fall from a higher dimension to three dimensions, could it also fall from three dimensions to two dimensions?" "Gravity is the only passport between different dimensions, which makes me wonder if manipulating gravity could achieve dimensional changes?"

"For example, is it possible that so-called gravity weapons are a way of attacking objects by compressing three dimensions into two dimensions, or even one dimension or zero dimension?"

"Perhaps they'll create a black hole and throw it over? Or maybe it'll be a magical piece of paper, symbolizing a two-dimensional plane?"

"We don't know, the only thing we can do is to keep developing and remain highly vigilant at all times. If there is any disturbance, we will immediately flee to a place hundreds of billions of kilometers away in order to plan for the future."

This was the first time humanity had heard of a dimensional attack method, and it seemed to open up new possibilities, with all sorts of bizarre ideas emerging.

Physicists, in particular, can be reminded in this way to step outside their current perspective and think about problems from a higher level of thinking.

The Trisolarans nodded repeatedly, as Jiang Fan's ideas coincided with theirs and were even closer to reality.

According to the original text, the Trisolaran civilization must have known about the two-dimensional foil attack method, otherwise Yun Tianming would not have transmitted the information about the oil painting.

Although Luo Ji is not a physicist, some things can be explained from a sociological perspective. For example, the concept of war, from a sociological standpoint, also requires deterrence.

If neither side's weaponry can break through the other's defenses, then according to sociological principles, such a war is unwinnable.

War against civilizations of similar strength is the least efficient means, and every war must have a purpose; otherwise, it is not a war but simply destruction.

Luo Ji understood the logic behind it and raised a third question.

Is there any way to keep civilization safe in the universe?

This question concerned a declaration on cosmic security, something no one on the human side had considered. Chen Zhou glanced at Jiang Fan, receiving a look that said, "Please speak freely," before speaking.

“We believe there is a way to reverse-engineer the laws of survival in the universe. If we can make all civilizations realize that their existence is not a threat, then they are very likely to be immune to any attacks, because there is no need to.”

Another novel perspective, which arouses great curiosity.

Ding Yi asked,

"Have you figured it out yet?"

Qu Yuan continued,
"Such a theory exists, but it has not yet been verified in practice."

Ding Yi asked again,

"What theory is that?"

Qu Yuan explained,
“Constructing a space that is derailed from the outside universe, from a physical point of view, means that as long as the speed of light in this space is lower than the speed of the escaping star, it is derailed, which is equivalent to drawing a star system as a prison, and it will never be possible to get out.”

(End of this chapter)