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

Chapter 282 The Escape Ship on the Edge of the Battlefield

In the 76th year of the Xinyuan era,
The continuous and uninterrupted launch of long-range ships by the roaming operations is a fundamental survival strategy of the Blue Star civilization and must be firmly implemented.

Humanity strides confidently into the cosmos, expanding the spatial worm bridge coverage of the Great Clock to over forty light-years away.

This number, even on a cosmic scale, is insignificant; within the constellation Orion alone, it's negligible.
However, from a simple human perspective, all those great achievements of Qin Shi Huang and Emperor Wu of Han, such as expanding territory, sealing the wolf's lair, and conquering across Eurasia, are utterly insignificant compared to the scope of human activity today!
The Iron Alliance's launch of Star Explorer and the Great Beauty's launch of Voyager, which were so exciting in the last century, seem like child's play today.

While the progressive significance of these events cannot be denied, people today are all ashamed of the boasts they made back then.

Forty light-years is approximately equal to 1314 solar systems. To convert that to Earth, multiply by ten thousand.
Then we can arrive at this conclusion.
In just over 70 years since the beginning of the new era, human civilization has conquered a territory the size of ten million blue planets!

Looking back at the so-called epic wars fought over tiny tracts of land over the past few thousand years, it's truly disheartening.

The FY-Sky spacecraft was destined for the K2-18 star system, 124 light-years away. This stable star system suddenly lost its light more than 70 years ago, and it is a star system that humanity is determined to go and see what happened!
Captain Li Wei, as one of the first new generation to participate in the roaming operation, may not be as well-known as Chu Tianshu, Luo Yinxi, Gao Xiaping, and others, but he is by no means weak. His abilities in all aspects are sufficient to guide the development of low-level civilizations!

The current talent pool of human civilization can only be described as terrifying. With more than five billion people, excluding children under the age of 20, any one of them could be a spark that could revive civilization!
Jiang Fan sometimes felt lost, a feeling of not being able to find a way to strengthen human civilization, which made him feel very insecure. He even wondered if he had hit a development bottleneck or something similar!

Upon careful analysis, it was discovered that the bottleneck was not the problem, but rather that humanity had gradually reached perfection in various aspects. To continue the technological explosion, it was necessary to break the current life form, and the development of gene engines also had this purpose!

The sharp beeping of the gravitational wave detector shattered the usual tranquility of the bridge of the "FY-Skyline". Li Wei and the crew's eyes were instantly locked on the main screen, and their breathing became rapid involuntarily!

As expected, just like the revelations from the discoveries of alien civilizations over the past decade, Xiling's virtual figure appeared instantly and broadcast a report.

"An unfamiliar information stream has been detected!"

Li Wei and the others exclaimed in surprise.
"Sister Xiling, where did you come from? There are no star systems around us!"

This information stream, with its astonishing information density and complex modulation methods, is impacting the starship's receiving array.

Xiling replied,

"Decoding in progress, please wait!"

"Signal source locked, 1.2 light-years from current location. The other party is continuously emitting signals and is moving at high speed!"

Xiling projected a three-dimensional star map, showing a solitary red dot hurtling toward the northeast of the FY-Sky, not heading in a straight line.

"Preliminary analysis indicates that the signal contains a multi-layered encryption structure, and the energy characteristics of the core band are extremely disordered, like a byproduct of engine overload, but with extremely high information density."

Central Building,

Jiang Fan received the information simultaneously and immediately gave orders to Xiling.

"Concentrate all computing power and use brute force to decipher it as quickly as possible!"

On the Skyline, Li Wei's eyes were sharp as an eagle as he waited. The massive ship began to slow down in the deep darkness, the antimatter engine roared incessantly, and the glow of the plasma energy shield appeared and disappeared at the edge of the ship's outline!
Every member participating in the roaming project understands one ironclad rule: when encountering an alien civilization, do not make any move that exposes yourself, including the gravitational effects of traveling at near-light speed.

ten minutes later,

Xiling announced the deciphered information with a blank expression.
On the virtual main screen, the distorted symbols and jarring noise gradually faded away, revealing lines of Blue Star text translated by a universal algorithm:
[Source]: Edge Battlefield Self-Rescue Alliance Wandering Fleet, Ember Ember Sequence: Seven! [Status]: On the run. Energy reserves: 7%, Damage rate: 32%, being hunted.

[Request]: Address of blank mining area, replenish resources.

Central Building,

Jiang Fan chewed over these unfamiliar words.
"The fringes? The self-rescue alliance? The unexploited mining zone?"

Regarding the memory interaction and verification in the original work, it seems that Liu Cixin mentioned that the Singer civilization was unable to defeat those marginal civilizations on the edge of the battlefield, so it wanted to create a two-dimensional universe and throw two-dimensional foils everywhere.

On the Skyline

Li Wei received instructions from the central building, and Xiling told him...

"We can make contact and try to obtain more information. This could very well be a crucial opportunity for human civilization to join the cosmic society!"

He was waiting for this news, and he rubbed his hands together, eager to get started.
"No problem, Sister Xiling! Now it's our turn!"

With authorization, Skyline directly sent a message back to the signal source, the content of which is as follows:

"An interview!"

Quantum communication requires a communication system based on entangled particle pairs, which means that both parties must cross over to communicate, just like building a worm bridge.

Along with the Skyward probe sending gravitational waves towards the signal source, a sophon was also sent, which is one of the reasons why humanity is confident in receiving a response.

Therefore, the fact that the Sophon can obtain information from the other side proves that the gap between the two civilizations is not large. If the other side has the means to detect the Sophon, then we need to re-examine the situation.

This message also appeared in the Second World, a civilization fleeing a cosmic war, and its value was simply too great!
However, since the two sides are 1.2 light-years apart, it will take at least another 1.2 years to establish communication.

In the 77th year of the Xinyuan era,
Skyline received a reply.
"There's a tracker... a shadow hunter... an information trap."

At the same time, Zhizi sent back monitoring footage, which showed a group of super battleships with charred marks and huge cracks on their surfaces. They looked extremely unstable and exuded an aura of decay and madness!

It's probably the "Ember of the Ashes" fleet that was mentioned in previous information.

Suddenly, a crew member's voice rang out.

"Brother Li Wei, it's not just a reply... other things have arrived too! Sister Xiling, activate the gravitational wave imaging system, and use the electromagnetic signals to create a holographic image!"

On the screen, three tiny, distorted points of light suddenly appeared in space less than 100,000 kilometers away from FY-Sky, speeding along in a triangular pattern.

They hurtled towards us at near-light speed, as if tearing a corner of space apart. There were no communication requests, only a cold, sharp scanning beam that licked at the FY-Sky's shield like a venomous snake.

(End of this chapter)