Those who face the wall, but are in the Nascent Soul stage.

Chapter 261 The Galactic Carbon-Based Federation Fleet (5k)

Using prime numbers to overcome barriers to written communication is not too difficult.

Eqing first condensed two points of light in the sky, then wrote the shape of the Arabic numeral '2' next to the points of light, and then shouted '2' to himself.

The metal ring responded in the same way, with two points of light appearing in the sky, alongside a pattern shaped like the Arabic numeral '2'.

"2"

A voice rang in E Qing's ears. It was neither the traditional concept of divine soul transmission in cultivation, nor the resonance of air vibration. It was more like it had been thrown down directly from the fourth dimension, acting on E Qing's ears simultaneously from all directions and sixteen bodies.

"Damn it!" E Qing was startled.

"Is that you speaking?" E Qing asked the giant ring with great vigilance.

However, there was no response from the other party, which clearly indicated that they did not understand the meaning of the evil Qing language.

After pondering for a moment, E Qing conjured a three-dimensional spirit sword in his hand. This spirit sword was called Little Green and was of the wood attribute. Like Little Black in Shan Qing's hand, it was a sword that his true form had randomly picked from the sea of ​​swords and given to them.

Although this spirit sword was nothing to the original body, E Qing still regarded Xiao Lü as a treasure and often promised Xiao Lü that when he rebelled against the original body, he would give all the original body's spirit swords to Xiao Lü as his harem.

Little Green is also in a state of inversion and perspective, but it is still eager to try.

Am I finally going to join forces with Lord Ekiyo? I hope he can make Lord Ekiyo feel satisfied.

E Qing said in a low voice, "Don't get excited. I didn't ask you to come out and fight. You are of the wood element. In a moment, grow some branches as I ask, and then use the branches to form the shape of Chinese characters."

Little Green didn't understand, but still tapped the tip of the sword.

As one prime number after another rose into the sky, the sound of evil and the shapes of Arabic numerals continued to appear before the metal ring.

In this exchange, the metal ring quickly mastered the pronunciation of 1 to 10, as well as the shape of Arabic numerals, and understood that the life form in front of it used a decimal counting system.

The universality of mathematics in the universe is evident.

After the digital analysis and exchange were completed, Eqing borrowed Little Green and began. He used countless proliferating branches to demonstrate the Rosetta system.

(Note: In the original work, the Rosetta System is a language self-deciphering system developed by humanity to communicate with extraterrestrial civilizations. Its name comes from the Rosetta Stone, which was discovered in reality and is of great significance for deciphering ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs. Therefore, the name implies its role in deciphering extraterrestrial languages.)
Thanks to Xiao Lü's efforts, textual materials containing approximately two million words of Earth's natural history and human history, along with a large number of dynamic images and drawings, were organized and formed by Xiao Lü using tens of millions of branches. These shapes, texts, and patterns with distinctly man-made characteristics were quickly and completely absorbed and understood by the metal ring in front of it.

Instead of communicating through inefficient sound waves, the metal ring directly formed two Chinese characters composed of light in this space.

【Hello】

"Hello," E Qing said haltingly.

We are a cemetery.

"cemetery?"

Based on the text information you provided, this is the most accurate description of us.

"Okay, so you're the cemetery, and what am I?"

You are fish... oh no, you are seaweed.

The metal ring formed a beam of light, pointing to the vast, three-dimensional trees behind E Qing. These trees were derived from Little Green and used to form words and patterns. Describing these trees as seaweed was quite apt.

Eqing slammed his butt on the tree branch formed by Little Green, "Alright, we're seaweed. I think seaweed and the cemetery need to have a good talk."

...

Evil spent three months here, enjoying a wonderful and fantastical journey in the metal ring that claimed to be the civilization of the Lord of the Rings.

At this moment, the entire metal ring was enveloped and surrounded by a green 'seaweed forest,' and the originally cold four-dimensional structure gradually became 'vibrant with life.' The Lord of the Rings civilization seemed to really like the Spirit Sword Little Green, especially the life-giving tide of plants it had condensed.

Under the tutelage of the Lord of the Rings civilization, both Evil and Green have become accustomed to living within the structure of this four-dimensional space. Even the tree branches woven by Green have learned to weave four-dimensional space, allowing their trees to truly grow into trees possessing the characteristics of four-dimensional space.

In this four-dimensional space, in addition to trees with hypercube structures, there are also various other four-dimensional structures such as hyperspheres, normal polytopes, four-dimensional manifolds, and Klein bottles.

Among them, there are five types of regular polymorphs in the four-dimensional space: regular pentados, regular hexocytona, regular 24-cella, regular 120-cella, and regular 600-cella. These trees, existing in five types of regular polymorphs and layered upon each other, eventually grew into towering trees in the four-dimensional space, their abundant vitality completely enveloping the Lord of the Rings civilization. This was the happiest moment for the Lord of the Rings civilization since entering the graveyard.

It's unbelievable that they could experience such a wonderful life even at the moment of their impending extinction.

If in the past, the Lord of the Rings civilization dreamed of having its own three-dimensional fish, then now the Lord of the Rings civilization has its own forest, and not only that, it is not three-dimensional, but also four-dimensional like the fish.

Although this four-dimensional structure is a pseudo-four-dimensional structure formed by spatial combination, it is not a true four-dimensional organism.

To use an analogy, the pseudo-four-dimensional forest formed by Xiao Lü is equivalent to a pseudo-three-dimensional structure built with paper in a three-dimensional world. Although the core of the paper is still a two-dimensional plane, it is indeed these two-dimensional planes that carry a three-dimensional space.

It would be even more wonderful if a few paper butterflies could flutter around in this forest.

Unlike the Lord of the Rings civilization, which is immersed in the forest, Evil Qing sits cross-legged on a huge "tree stump" made of interwoven small green branches, absorbing knowledge from the hyperspace.

Compared to the "Hypercube of Swords" sword technique mastered by Shan Qing and the original body, E Qing comprehended more four-dimensional sword techniques during this period.

He absorbed numerous offensive sword techniques, such as "Sword Hypersphere," "Polypolysaccharide Infinite Transformation Sword Formation," "Four-Dimensional Manifold Sword," and "Klein Bottle ∞ Sword Technique" (Three-Dimensional Infinite Sword Technique), into his mind.

These sword attacks based on four-dimensional space can easily destroy all three-dimensional structures. Evil Qing is very confident that he can use these new skills to blow up the Trisolaran fleet's head and, incidentally, let the original body know who the real original body is.

But aside from the sword techniques that were unique to him, the most important thing was the information he obtained through the Lord of the Rings civilization.

For the past three months, E Qing felt like a seaweed spore thrown into the deep sea, struggling to absorb the shocking and desperate history from a four-dimensional fragment called "Graveyard".

What does it mean for the universe to go from 11 dimensions to 3 dimensions, thus erasing the laws of physics?
What does it mean that dimensional reduction weapons destroyed the four-dimensional universe, and are now destroying the three-dimensional universe?
What does it mean that the once powerful Lord of the Rings civilization, which dominated ten star systems in the fourth dimension, could ultimately become a refugee in the fourth-dimensional universe and a loser in the war of dimensional reduction?
What does it mean that the diameter of this four-dimensional fragment in which I exist was one light-year 50 billion years ago, but now it's only 100 astronomical units?
What does it mean that these 100 astronomical units will completely evaporate within the next 100 years, and that the graveyard of the Lord of the Rings civilization will completely disappear from the universe?
E Qing, who had already inherited the memories of the original body, knew that this universe was dark enough after all, having experienced the knowledge transmission from the risk eliminaters. However, he did not expect that it was so dark that this universe had been wiped out "eight times" in a row in the dimension.

This does not include the possibility of the universe restarting.

Under this immense shock, E Qing was no longer the embodiment of "evil" who only thought about rebelling against his own body and spewing profanities. An unprecedented worldview, mixed with awe, sorrow, and a sense of insignificance, was reshaping his cognition.

Are you leaving?

The Lord of the Rings civilization, having noticed the change in the Evil Ones' behavior patterns, seemed somewhat reluctant to let go.

"I have to go; my true self is still looking for me."

[Is the original body another part of you? Two months ago, I sensed a thin thread scanning the graveyard. This thread even probed into four-dimensional space through occasional warped points, but due to the inherent structural characteristics of four-dimensional space, it shattered into countless pieces the instant it entered. Was that thread looking for you?]

E Qing sprang up with a somersault.

"Huh? Are the thin lines you're talking about a scanning pattern similar to radar?"

Having understood the term 'radar,' the Lord of the Rings civilization replied, 'Yes.'

"It really is the main body... The main body's divine sense can actually reach beyond 7000 astronomical units? This guy actually kept it from me that he was this strong."

[It's not 7000 astronomical units, damn it! We've drifted a very, very far distance over these three months. Due to the different spatial properties of four-dimensional space fragments compared to the three-dimensional universe, the higher-dimensional four-dimensional space possesses a much larger 'spatial mass.' This greater spatial mass makes it very easy for four-dimensional space fragments to penetrate three-dimensional space.]

Just as an iron ball moving at high speed can easily pass through a single layer of paper, some small-scale four-dimensional fragments cannot penetrate the paper of the universe. However, the four-dimensional fragment we are currently in is still one of the largest remaining four-dimensional fragments, with enough spatial mass to penetrate this paper.

[Right now, the four-dimensional fragment is this iron ball, and the three-dimensional universe is this piece of paper. Therefore, the spatial state of the four-dimensional fragment in the three-dimensional universe cannot be measured by the traditional speed of light. Even 10 times the speed of light in four-dimensional space cannot describe the hyperspace movement phase we have just entered. In the past three months, the graveyard has experienced three hyperspace movements, which, in the context of the three-dimensional universe, is a de facto faster-than-light movement. In these three instances of breaking through the 'paper-like space' of the universe, the graveyard fell into other 'paper-like spaces' of the universe. However, don't worry, because the graveyard's spatial size is only 100 astronomical units, its limited spatial mass will not allow the four-dimensional fragment to penetrate many 'paper layers'. At most, it will only penetrate relatively short spatial distances. Let me sense... Hmm, our current distance is about 15 light-years from the nearest star system.]

"How many????!!"

E Qing's eyes widened, and he roared as if he had gone mad.

15 light-years

The Lord of the Rings civilization repeated itself, seemingly somewhat embarrassed.

"The closest star system you're talking about, is it the solar system? The Trisolaran system will also work," Evil Fang said, his voice trembling.

【…】

The silence of the Lord of the Rings civilization extinguished even the last glimmer of hope for the Evil Qing.

"Speak up!!"

E Qing screamed in despair.

Neither, but we're still within the Milky Way galaxy.

What do you mean by "still within the Milky Way"?

"What the hell do you mean 'still within the Milky Way'?"

[They're still... inside the second cantilever.]

"Which arm is the solar system on?" E Qing, who had been completely despondent, suddenly calmed down.

[On the Orion Arm...] The writing of the Lord of the Rings civilization is fading.

"Don't give me any ambiguity here. Which arm of the Milky Way is the Orion Arm you're talking about?" E Qing asked through gritted teeth.

[First cantilever.]

Eqinggaba fainted immediately.

...

After waking up, the Lord of the Rings civilization comforted Evil Qing for a long time.

Eqing lay on Xiaoqing's sword, weakly saying, "You mean, given the characteristic of massive four-dimensional space fragments occasionally breaking through space, there's a high probability that this four-dimensional space fragment we're in will fall back towards the solar system along the direction we came from?"

Yes, when a massive four-dimensional fragment crashes into a three-dimensional space with only x, y, and z dimensions, it leaves tear marks on this three-dimensional surface. Although these marks will spontaneously recover, they will still leave creases from the crushing. These creases are very fragile, so there is a high probability that the massive four-dimensional fragment will cause the graveyard fragment to crash back onto the original three-dimensional surface.

"When can we go back?"

【…】

"say!!!!"

It's difficult to say for sure, but currently, the four-dimensional debris is moving in a near-light-speed circular path along the path of that massive star 15 light-years away. Following the laws of pi in three-dimensional space, in approximately 50 years, this four-dimensional debris will likely pass back in the direction it came from, and then, with a high probability, will fall back into the vicinity of our solar system.

"Won't it fall off somewhere else along the way?"

Don't worry about that. The mass of that distant star is about 300 times that of the Sun. The gravitational field generated by that star has, to some extent, reinforced this piece of paper, making the paper in the nearby three-dimensional space more resilient. You can think of it as a piece of paper being stretched taut.

Moreover, the graveyard fragments are still rapidly evaporating. In 50 years, their size will likely shrink to less than 20 astronomical units. At this size, it will be very difficult for them to break through the three-dimensional space again. If they do manage to break through the three-dimensional universe, there is only one chance: that the fragments will once again orbit back to their original position, following the path they left behind, and return to the vicinity of the solar system. This probability is very high.

Eqing didn't believe it at all; he even suspected that the other party just wanted him to stay with it.

Lord of the Rings sensed Evil's distrust and felt a pang of grievance.

"Xiaoqing, come back."

The green wood sword beneath E Qing instantly transformed into a streak of light and was grasped by its master.

"Prepare a warp point for me, I want to get out."

[Compared to your slow pace, this place is too far; the first and second cantilever arms are three thousand light-years apart.]

"That's still better than gambling here. I don't believe you at all anymore. What if I fall out of the Milky Way the next moment? What if I fall into the depths of the KBC Void? Then I'll never be able to go back in this lifetime. It's okay that the first and second spiral arms are three thousand light-years apart. I can just spend thirty thousand years swimming back slowly."

(Note: The KBC Void is a massive void in the observable universe, spherical in shape with a diameter of approximately 20 billion light-years. The Laniakea Supercluster, containing the Milky Way, is located near its center. Compared to other regions of the observable universe, the average number of stars within the KBC Void is exceptionally sparse.)
The Lord of the Rings civilization tried to dissuade them, but they had already ignored it and jumped toward a warped point that was naturally generated by the graveyard fragments.

【…】

In the perception of the Lord of the Rings civilization, its "friend" who had accompanied it for 0.06 time particles had abandoned it, and it would once again face its short remaining days alone.

(Note: One time unit is approximately 4 years)
Fortunately, I have plenty of seaweed to keep me company.

The Lord of the Rings civilization murmured, feeling the flourishing flowers, trees, and grasses around it.

...

Shortly after leaving the graveyard fragments, E Qing witnessed a scene he would never forget.

In the distant reaches of space, not far from that star, a distinct square region appeared in the cosmos. Within this region, there were no stars, only a completely black background. Then, from within this black, cube-shaped space, entities began to emerge. These entities varied in shape, but were all the size of the moon, gleaming silver. As the number of these cosmic entities increased, they eventually formed a remarkably orderly square array. What astonished E Qing most was that this cubic array consisted of eight clusters. These eight clusters gradually overlapped, forming a vast array of hypercubes. This was the first time E Qing had ever witnessed a large-scale four-dimensional spatial phenomenon in a three-dimensional universe. Although this silver array rolled inwards and outwards, it still retained its infinite solemnity. Gradually, the black square, unable to contain the silver hypercubes, dissolved into the starry sky, and the stars filled its place. The silver hypercubes solemnly floated above the stars.

Due to the distance, E Qing also realized that what he was seeing was actually what happened 15 years ago.

But it was as if a will transcended space and time, acting directly on E Qing's mind and instantly deciphering it into a language he could understand.

The interstellar fleet of the Galactic Carbon-Based Federation has been assembled.

[Operational Objective: Repel the final counterattack of the silicon-based empire, establish a 500-light-year isolation zone in the first cantilever region, restore the glory of God, ensure the eternal glory of the carbon-based federation, and proclaim long life for carbon-based life.]

(End of this chapter)