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

Chapter 343 Treaty of Versailles

The Trisolaran leader said, "...I acknowledge that the Trisolaran world was the instigator of the war and bears full responsibility for it."

Lan Weiwei, the fleet commander of the Carbon-Based Federation, nodded slightly: "Very good. Based on this fact, and in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Basic Principles of Contact with Civilizations in the Galaxy, the Carbon-Based Civilization Protection Treaty, and the Galaxy Anti-Dark Forest War Law, the Trisolaran civilization must compensate the Earth civilization to make up for all the losses caused by its invasion."

The Trisolaran leader said, "Wait a minute, for us, this war was also a complete failure. We were the losers. All the sophons and droplet detectors were subdued by Luo Qing. It was a war that resulted in mutual destruction."

Blue: "This is an invasion war. Don't try to change the subject. This is a warning."

The Trisolaran leader said, "It's just the loss of 4100 outdated warships."

Lan: "Value is measured according to the Earth world, not the Trisolaran world."

The Trisolaran leader said, "Even by Earth's standards, that's only 4100 precious warships."

Lan: "War reparations are not determined based on the existing losses of both sides, but on the potential losses in the future. In this conflict, the Trisolaran civilization has a very strong tendency to exterminate human civilization. Therefore, the consequences of the war are regarded as the extinction of human civilization. The reparations will also be negotiated based on this premise."

The Trisolaran leader: "The attempt to exterminate them didn't happen?"

Blue: "If possible, is it really possible that it won't happen?"

The three-body leader: "..."

The Trisolaran leader said, "I don't understand. In this universe... shouldn't civilizations be governed by the law of the jungle? Why is it only us who are treated this way..."

Lan: "We can't control what happens in other parts of the universe, but in the Milky Way, especially in the third and fourth spiral arms and even the galactic center, the Dark Forest War is strictly prohibited. The solar system and the Trisolaran system are located at the top of the first spiral arm, which is too remote. This is our oversight, and it is also an oversight caused by some historical reasons."

The Trisolaran leader said, "As a Class 1A civilization, don't we have any exemptions from Class 6B civilizations? By your average standards, the Trisolaran civilization is an advanced civilization, and so are we!"

Lan: "No, within the territory ruled by the Carbon-Based Federation of the Milky Way, civilizations of level 3C and above to level 5B possess Level 2 protection authority, while civilizations of level 5B and above possess full protection for a specified period. Therefore, Earth civilization and Trisolaran civilization are completely equal on the scales of the Carbon-Based Federation."

The Trisolaran leader said, "Even if I were willing to lead the Trisolaran civilization into the carbon-based federation, is that not allowed?"

Luo Qing sneered upon hearing this: "You're quite adept at finding loopholes."

Lan: "The Trisolaran civilization has not yet met the minimum requirements for joining the Milky Way's carbon-based federation. Based on the current state of the Trisolaran civilization, you need at least 100,000 Earth years of development time. However, considering the orbital state of the three stars, it is unlikely that the Trisolaran main world can last for 100,000 years. A Class 6A civilization is the starting condition for joining the carbon-based federation. Only civilizations at this stage can barely provide some assistance to the carbon-based federation."

The Trisolaran leader was somewhat desperate: "Then as a federation established by carbon-based life forms, you should at least solve the problem of the three suns for the Trisolaran civilization, right?"

Lan shook her head, refusing to accept this round of moral blackmail: "The natural environment in which civilization develops is not within the scope of the Carbon-Based Federation's interference. The total amount of matter in the universe is finite, as is the total amount of matter in the Milky Way. The Carbon-Based Federation will not specifically cultivate more carbon-based life, as this would not benefit the Federation's development."

The old man sat opposite the Simuwu Ding, patiently absorbing the weighty information about the Milky Way that Lan had revealed, remaining silent.

Luo Qing stood to the side, arms crossed, kicking a few water droplets idly. The dinosaur and the mushroom sat upright.

Lan continued, "The formulation of the compensation plan will mainly take into account the following aspects:"
First, direct material losses, including destroyed ships, space facilities, and personnel casualties;
Second, the losses in science and technology and development, including the costs of the war causing delays in the progress of Earth's technological development and social unrest.
Third, the loss of the spirit of civilization, and the impact of negative emotions such as fear and despair on the overall consciousness of civilization;

Fourth, future security costs: the additional resources that Earth's civilization needs to invest to defend against potential future threats.

The Trisolaran leader listened in silence.

Lan's tone was calm and composed: "Given that the Trisolaran civilization has not yet fully mastered the perfect conversion technology of controllable matter, and that its home planet has a harsh environment and limited resources, it is unrealistic to pay a huge amount of material compensation in one lump sum, and it may trigger the collapse of the Trisolaran civilization itself. This is not in line with the Carbon-Based Federation's purpose of maintaining the diversity of civilizations. Therefore, we propose that the compensation be paid in installments, through a combination of technology transfer, material transfer, and future behavioral constraints."

The old man asked, "What is the specific plan?"

Lan took out several sheets of paper documents made on the spot and distributed them to everyone: "Preliminary calculations show that the total amount of compensation that the Trisolaran civilization needs to pay to the Earth civilization, converted into standard material units, is as shown in the documents."

The data was filled with a series of zeros and unit conversion ratios, which was quite overwhelming.

Lan thoughtfully suggested, "I recommend that the Trisolaran world make payments in installments over 999 Earth years, with each annual payment amounting to approximately 35% of the Trisolaran civilization's total annual output."

"Thirty-five percent?" The words in the Trisolaran leader's dialog box were filled with shock.

"This is impossible! Survival in the Trisolaran world is already difficult enough. Extracting such a high percentage of the output would stagnate our civilization, or even cause it to regress! This would be devastating!"

Luo Qing suddenly spoke up: "Then increase it to 95%, execute all Trisolarans who participated in the invasion of the Trisolaran world, and force all Trisolarans who supported the invasion to dehydrate, including you, the leader. This way your civilization will not collapse, but will only shrink."

Lan: "Then it's 95%, with the additional conditions as Luo Qing has indicated."

The Trisolaran leader was in despair: "This is impossible. The Trisolaran world will completely collapse in a very short time... Just the dehydration issue alone is enough to make almost all the Trisolarans support this war."

Luo Qing sneered: "As expected, none of them are innocent... It doesn't matter. They can survive if they are dehydrated, but they will die if they are not dehydrated. I can set off for the Trisolaran system at any time to personally carry out this extermination order."

Lan reminded him, "Luo Qing's flight speed is the standard speed of light. If he's willing to waste eight years making a round trip, he can indeed achieve his goal. The Carbon-Based Federation can't impose any restrictions on him. Although the conditions are somewhat harsh, the Trisolaran world is still a hope that exists, isn't it?"

The Trisolaran leader said, "Even without dehydration, the interstellar journey is too long, and even if we wanted to pay compensation, we probably wouldn't have the means..."

Blue interrupted it: "The Carbon-Based Federation is willing to act as a transit point, responsible for the transit and transportation of material compensation. Please note: the resources consumed by a space jump over a distance of four light-years are far greater than the compensation resources of the Trisolaran world. This wasteful transportation is only to show the Carbon-Based Federation's respect for the two carbon-based civilizations."

The Trisolaran leader left only a faintly flickering line of text in the dialog box: "...Please...please grant me more time..."

(End of this chapter)