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

Chapter 307 Violent Unboxing

"Luo Qing? What brings you to Dahuan?"

Luo Ji had not yet returned to Earth. Since he had grasped the true meaning of "cosmic sociology," he had completely given up. At this moment, he was experiencing the local customs and culture of the Great Ring with Shi Qiang, and was being warmly received by the Triceratops.

Therefore, Luo Ji was actually a little confused when he saw Luo Qing fly from Earth to the Big Ring with his bare hands.

Shi Qiang also saw Luo Qing.

"Hey, Brother Luo! You've gotten even more handsome in the past two hundred years."

Luo Ji glanced at Shi Qiang, the meaning of which was self-evident: So, anyone with the surname Luo is Brother Luo, huh?
"Two hundred years have passed, and you're fucking handsome, Brother Shi." Luo Qing jumped off the White Emperor Holy Sword and gave Shi Qiang a big hug.

After all, like Luo Ji, Luo Qing had also been saved by Shi Qiang. If the rope used to hang himself hadn't been broken, he might have actually strangled himself to death as soon as he transmigrated.

The two Luos and one Shi quickly sat down in front of the grass dishes prepared by the Triceratops.

To distinguish between the two, Shi Qiang called Luo Ji "Brother Luo" and Luo Qing "Brother Qing".

Luo Qing explained to Luo Ji his motives for coming to Da Huan.

"I thought you really didn't care, but I didn't expect you still can't let go," Luo Ji said with a sigh as he chewed on some grass.

"The refugee and elderly care issues are relatively easy to handle, but the main concern is the location of the solar system, which we have to be wary of," Luo Qing sighed.

“Indeed, extraterrestrial civilizations are secondary; keeping the location of the solar system a secret is the most important thing.” Luo Ji nodded in agreement.

"What kind of riddles are you two playing?" Shi Qiang asked, displeased.

"Shut up, eat your grass." x2
"So what are your plans next?" Luo Ji asked.

Luo Qing said, "According to that dinosaur, Earth is the 'Sixth Earth.' The first five Earths are all within 200 light-years of the solar system. When that old civilization that sprinkled amino acids on the six Earth-like planets 50 billion years ago decided to retire, its first destination was the 'First Earth,' not our 'Sixth Earth.' In the end, the 'First Earth' kicked the old man out, and the old man had no choice but to fly to our 'Sixth Earth.' He even threw the refugees from the 'First Earth' over with him."

Luo Ji nodded: "According to Karl, that's right. This is all information from the Dinosaur God. The Devouring Empire is just here in the solar system on a mission and takes a meal along the way."

Upon hearing this, Luo Qing frowned deeply: "The First Earth is no good."

Luo Ji agreed: "It's definitely not a good thing. According to the dinosaurs, this is probably a civilization with a final producer structure. It's understandable that they don't provide for the elderly, but throwing refugees into the solar system is just too baffling."

Luo Qing said, "The problem lies here. Based on what 'First Earth' has done, we can know that the other side knows the location of the solar system. So the remaining four 'Earths' probably know as well as the other four. It's just that Earth, being the sixth oldest, doesn't know anything."

Luo Ji nodded: "Yes, we can only wait passively in the solar system. Fortunately, the remaining four 'Earths' were destroyed by Heisen, but in any case, the solar system has been exposed to the sight of the 'Trisolarans' and the 'First Earth'."

Luo Qing said, "This is very dangerous."

Luo Ji said, "There is only one way."

Luo Qing and Luo Ji exchanged a glance, then spoke at the same time.

"Eliminate the opponent, hide yourself." Both Luos were stunned at the same time, then burst into laughter.

Shi Qiang looked completely bewildered by the laughter.

"Eat grass, eat grass." Luo Qing put a piece of green grass on Luo Ji's and Shi Qiang's plates.

"Since things have come to this, let's just eat some grass," Luo Ji said frankly.

After they had eaten and drunk their fill, the two returned to their original topic.

Luo Qing explained his idea: "Now that we know the location of the first Earth is within 200 light-years, I can use an exhaustive search method to find the location of the first Earth."

Luo Ji was startled: "Don't tell me your divine sense can extend 200 light-years. I can only extend it up to 50 kilometers."

Luo Qing waved his hands repeatedly: "What do you take me for, a Golden Immortal? Whose divine sense can extend 200 light-years? I certainly can't. I plan to use the Great Ring Light Cone Observation System to scan all the stars within a radius of 200 light-years."

Before switching his research focus to sociology, Luo Ji was, after all, a legitimate astronomy professor at Tsinghua University. He naturally knew how staggering the number of stars within a 200-light-year radius was—at least twenty to thirty thousand. (The previous data regarding the number of stars was incorrect and has been corrected.)

After all, within 100 light-years, the number of stars discovered through infrared and Doppler observations is already as high as three or four thousand. Assuming that the distribution of stars in the universe is uniform, then the number of stars within a radius of 200 light-years is at least eight times the number of stars within a radius of 100 light-years, which is about 30,000.

Therefore, Luo Ji was very shocked by Luo Qing's "exhaustive box-opening method".

It's clear that Luo Qing has made up his mind to open the box on the first Earth.

Luo Qing asked, "At a distance of 200 light-years, how accurate is the observation using the light cone telescope?"

Luo Ji said, "It's about the same as the effect we get when we use the Harvard 3 telescope to look at the Trisolaran First Fleet from four light-years away."

Luo Qing clenched his fist forcefully: "That's enough. The shortest distance between two points is a straight line. The refugee spaceship flying from Earth and that expelled retirement civilization most likely flew in a straight line. Therefore, they must be on one of the straight lines of the star systems within range."

The light cone's accuracy is certainly sufficient to detect those spaceships. Furthermore, according to the dinosaurs' account, those spaceships have likely been airborne for tens of thousands of years. If they haven't reached 200 light-years in tens of thousands of years, it means that both the refugee spaceships and the spaceships of the aging civilization are traveling at speeds below light, most likely less than 1%. And within 200 light-years, there's a maximum time delay of 200 years, which doesn't matter.

I'm confident I can locate them all using the light cone, and then predict when the retirement fleet and refugee fleet will arrive in the solar system. Once we can find them, we'll have the upper hand—whether we send our solar system fleet to intercept them or wait in the solar system—to wait for them to arrive.

Luo Ji wholeheartedly agreed: "It's a perfect plan, but the problem is that the energy reserves of the large ring are insufficient. Even a tiny adjustment to the angle of the light cone telescope takes a long time. Suppose you want to observe 3 stars, then you would have to adjust the light cone telescope 3 times. How would you adjust it?"

Luo Qing shrugged: "See? This is the difference between low-level and high-level cultivators. Foundation Establishment cultivators are still worrying about all this nonsense, while Nascent Soul cultivators can already capture stars and the moon."

Luo Ji clenched his fist secretly.

Shi Qiang roughly understood what he meant and said to Luo Ji, "They can even drag large rings from the Kuiper Belt, so playing with a telescope isn't an easy thing. You're just worrying about useless things."

Upon hearing this, Luo Ji silently grabbed a handful of grass, stuffed it into his mouth, and chewed it vigorously.

(End of this chapter)