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

Chapter 268 Tentacle Civilization

62-65 AD

Human civilization has launched as many as 15,000 ships into space. After reaching a retaliatory limit in material life, it began to rationally decline. In recent years, the spiritual level of the Blue Star civilization has become increasingly stable.

The work of the Cultural Research Department has changed from spreading human culture to the Trisolaran civilization to presenting the human-imagined universe to the public through film and television.

However, no matter how it was filmed, the rigor of cosmic warfare could not be shown. It was not until the introduction of dimensional weapons and the modification of physical constants that the form of warfare with a range of thousands or even tens of thousands of light-years was revealed.

Humans have successively entered the Wolf Galaxy (7.7 light-years away), the Sirius Galaxy (8.6 light-years away), and the Rutan 726-8 Galaxy (8.7 light-years away).

In the Rutan 726-8 star system, intelligent life civilization was discovered for the first time. Its form is also similar to humanoid, but some limbs are different.

The most striking feature is its two antenna-like tentacles, which transmit information through mutual contact, achieving high efficiency while retaining a certain degree of autonomy.

This civilization has long entered the electrical age and is striving to overcome nuclear fusion technology. Its social system is a queenly system, in which their queen holds all power and guides the development of the civilization.

Human beings have very complex feelings. Looking at this civilization is like the Trisolaran civilization looking at human civilization, and they can't help but feel a desire to destroy it.

It was a primal, instinctive impulse, a subconscious premonition to eliminate all life that might threaten its survival.

The central government building remained silent, while people eagerly awaited the leader's response, hoping Jiang Fan would utter a word that would break the current state of confusion and uncertainty.
Whether it's slaughter and destruction or any other option, humanity will not hesitate as long as the leader gives the order.

Xiling sat on Jiang Fan's lap, forked a piece of Old Pi's special cake, and fed it to the man.

"Lord Jiang~ Ah~"

Jiang Fan ate with a smile, placing his hands on Xiling's waist to steady her. This contrasted sharply with the heated discussion outside. After a few bites, he shook his head and said...
"I can't take it anymore. This stuff is for girls. Let's give it to Yinxi."

Xiling immediately put down her fork, waved her hand, and the cake vanished instantly. It turned out she had used micro-wormhole technology to teleport it directly to Luo Yinxi's lab's rest area. (As an aside...)
"Little Yinyin, it's delicious."

Luo Yinxi paused for a moment, then asked back,

"Sister Xiling, what is that?"

Xiling said,

"Old Pi's special cake combines the essence of donkey-hide gelatin, bird's nest, milk and other ingredients that nourish women's skin. It's good for girls to eat more of it."

Luo Yinxi gave a wry smile. The human body's physical condition has long been fixed at its peak through genetic technology. This doesn't apply to people who have already aged. Unless their minds are transplanted into a new body, the aging process is irreversible.

Those who still need health supplements or similar products?
However, Luo Yinxi did not refuse Xiling's enthusiasm and said,

"Okay, I'll go eat after I finish what I'm doing. Love you~"

Xiling replied in the same way.

I love you too.

Supreme Office

Jiang Fan took a sip of tea to mask his nausea and asked Xi Ling.
"What's the public opinion like? Has a decision been made on how to deal with the Tentacle People civilization?"

Xiling projected various information and briefly summarized it.

"The first choice for most Trisolarans is annihilation, just as the first choice for most humans,"

"But as other voices gradually emerged, the support rate for the destruction theory, which was originally over 80 percent, plummeted to less than 30 percent."

"Until the emergence of viewpoints such as threat theory, unpredictability theory, and the brutality theory of tentacled human civilization, the approval rating rose to around 50%,"

"Currently, human civilization is in a state of contradiction, with destruction and survival each holding a 50/50 chance." "Those who support destruction ask those who support survival, 'If we don't destroy it, what will we do? Watch it grow and prosper?'"

Those who support non-destruction then ask those who support destruction, "Didn't the leader say that we should respect the differences in life?"

"Both sides are standing on their own high ground, and neither can convince the other."

"But regardless, an increasing number of people are flying fighter jets across the worm bridge to the Rutan system for observation activities,"

"It is estimated that it will not be long before the Tentacle People civilization will be able to discover and confirm the existence of human civilization."

Jiang Fan squinted and gently patted Xiling's thigh. Today, she was wearing flesh-colored ice stockings and a maid outfit on her upper body, making her look exceptionally beautiful.

After pondering for a moment, he asked again.
"How is the information about this civilization being deciphered?"

Xiling changed the projected content, compressing the massive information packet and transmitting it directly to Jiang Fan's brain, while explaining...

"The civilization's network is very simple and can be easily hacked."

"Generally speaking, the Tentacle People civilization is a multi-ethnic civilization, divided into long tentacles, short tentacles, red tentacles, blue tentacles, and so on."

"Their digestive system is very powerful and can absorb almost any substance."

"That is why the Tentacle People are perpetually hungry, and only the Queen and members of parliament, among other high-ranking members, can eat to their heart's content."

"Because the desire for war stemming from hunger is extremely strong, they have a characteristic of eating the corpses of their own kind! This has continued from the beginning of civilization to the present day."

Packet compression technology is about making things concise, thanks to the complexity of information contained in text. For example, this sentence: "Because of the strong desire for war derived from hunger, they have a characteristic of eating the corpses of their own kind! This has continued from the beginning of civilization to the present day."

This can be simplified to "likes war and likes to eat his own kind".

Otherwise, the human brain cannot withstand the impact of big data, and it is easy to feel dizzy, have a headache, or even crash.

Jiang Fan listened quietly, forming his own thoughts. After listening for a while, he couldn't help but sigh.
"No wonder destruction and preservation are at odds; some of this civilization's actions have seriously violated human taboos."

"For example, eating one's own kind is a heinous crime in the eyes of humans. In human values, only a demon would do such a thing."

"There is also the lack of environmental protection, the lack of care for the people, and the fact that all development is only for females to reproduce more citizens and thus expand the population."

"They have no concept of love in the human sense. Female tentacles, including the queen, have many mating partners at the same time and reproduce non-stop."

"But there are exceptions, such as Mikia and Madonna, who are rare examples of monogamous couples, yet they face various forms of coercion."

"It's a very interesting civilization."

Xiling opened her big, bright eyes and asked,

"So, what kind of opinion does Lord Jiang support? With the current military equipment of Blue Star, just three second-generation White Emperor fighters are enough to erase the traces of that civilization's existence."

Jiang Fan gently pinched the woman's nose and chuckled.

"How come you've also started to admire war?"

Xiling shook her head in dissatisfaction.
"Where can I have it?"

As a data life form that collects information about all of humanity in real time, humanity's choices are largely reflected in Xiling. This can be seen from her proposed pre-set destruction plan, which shows that humanity as a whole is still slightly inclined towards destruction.

(End of this chapter)