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

Chapter 345 God's Wanderings

The Trisolaran leader was captured by Karl and thrown into the grass, thus saving it from being boiled in a cauldron.

This punishment was not uncommon. At least during the pre-Qin period, there were frequent instances of King Zhou of Shang boiling Boyi Kao alive, and Yue Yang facing the meat broth of his boiled son.

In terms of the art of punishment, humans are more talented than the Trisolarans.

Of course, according to the already signed Trisolaran war reparations treaty, everyone in the war planning team, including the Trisolaran leader, is a futures death.

However, not now. The Trisolaran leader must at least be alive to bring the message back. Let it rest on the grass for a while first. The Carbon-Based Federation will consume a huge amount of energy later, so we will open an eight-dimensional space channel for it separately.

In fact, the price of opening the passage alone would be more than the entire Trisolaran civilization could pay.

Luo Qing had already made it clear to the Trisolaran leader that after the carbon-based Federation warships left, he would soon fly to the Trisolaran world to personally carry out the defeat agreement.

Those who participated in commanding the invaders died; those who supported the war were forcibly dehydrated; those who opposed the war survived; and those who resisted the Trisolaran conquest and invasion by force were rewarded and protected.

As for the dehydrated Trisolarans, their fate—whether to be burned or stored in a warehouse—depends on the level of support they receive.

Interestingly, during the negotiations, Luo Qing hesitated briefly about whether to carry out such an obvious killing punishment. Subsequently, the Carbon-Based Federation Commander directly copied a Trisolaran war plan from four light-years away and placed it on the table, using facts to refute the Trisolaran leader's sophistry.

Among them was a document outlining how the Trisolaran world would deal with humanity after its defeat.

—After the droplet destroys the human warships and kills Luo Qing, it will threaten countries around the world to forcibly relocate all nine billion humans on Earth to Australia, destroy all modern industrial and agricultural facilities on Earth, force humans to kill each other, wipe out 99.5% of their population, and control the human population to less than 5000 million. Then, it will wait for the second fleet of the Trisolarans to arrive in the solar system 20 years later, and then kill all of these last 5000 million humans. Perhaps it will establish a few insect zoos, leaving a very small number of human men and women, stripping them naked and throwing them in for the Trisolarans to have fun.

"Fantastic!" Luo Qing looked at the plan, his expression so cold it was almost palpable.

At this moment, beneath the Altar of Truth, Karl was responsible for guarding the Trisolaran leader, while Mushroom was also responsible for keeping an eye on the Trisolaran leader. As for the group of five, they had already left the Altar of Truth.

Five people strolled through the quiet city.

"Actually, I have some other things to ask human civilization to help me with this sudden visit to Earth."

The commander of the carbon-based federation spoke to the old man beside Luo Qing.

The old man was clearly surprised that the Carbon-Based Federation would speak to him, especially in a pleading tone.

"You say."

Lan asked, "Do you know about the civilization of God?"

A hint of bewilderment flickered in the old man's eyes.

Luo Qing asked in confusion, "Regarding the news about the God Civilization retirement fleet, I only had time to tell a few high-ranking officials at Fleet International. The Water Drop attack was too sudden, and the news has not yet been made public. The Chairman really doesn't know... Actually, I don't know either. The Risk Eliminator didn't explain in much detail that night."

The sensor from the risk assessment team standing nearby said with some helplessness, "When we watched the sunrise again that night, it really wasn't mentioned in such detail."

Li Bai asked curiously, "How did you come to know this little sensor?"

Luo Qing explained, "Our civilization produced an outstanding physicist who oversaw the construction of a ring-equatorial accelerator..."

The risk-taker sensor immediately added: "And then we almost caused vacuum decay."

"Good heavens, vacuum decay, let alone destroying the universe, if this really happens, the first cantilever will be completely destroyed." Li Bai was shocked and gave Luo Qing and the old man a thumbs up, leaving the two of them looking embarrassed.

The commander of the Carbon-based Federation commented: "Within the Milky Way, the 300 million Risk Takers sensors are one of the Carbon-based Federation's most steadfast allies. Without you, I can't even imagine how the environment of the Milky Way would have deteriorated to this day. It might have become a post-war wasteland like the neighboring Small Magellanic Cloud."

The intensity of the war between the carbon-based federation and the silicon-based empire is far greater than in other neighboring star systems.

The joint invasion of the Large Magellanic Cloud and the Andromeda Galaxy by the God Civilization took place at the gravitational equilibrium point between the Milky Way and the Andromeda Galaxy, and therefore did not cause much damage to the structure of the Milky Way itself.

Regardless, these risk-detecting sensors have played a crucial role in maintaining the Milky Way's relative stability. Countless galaxies have already perished in the universe.

Faced with the gratitude of the commander of the carbon-based federation, the risk-mitigating sensors could only sigh repeatedly: "This is our mission, we are just some sensors."

After thanking the sensor operative who had cleared the danger, Lan turned to the old man and said, "About 50 Earth years from now, an elderly civilization called 'God' will come to the vicinity of the solar system to retire."

"Retirement?" the old man asked curiously.

Lan nodded, his intelligence suddenly becoming a deep, vast ocean, as if recalling the past. "Humans are born, grow old, get sick, and die, and civilizations are no exception. The God Civilization is the most powerful civilization to have emerged in the Milky Way since its birth. The major carbon-based civilizations that now form the Carbon-Based Alliance almost all received the support and protection of the God Civilization in their infancy. Under the care of the God Civilization, civilizations born near the galactic center rarely experience the Dark Forest War."

Thanks to Luo Qing's explanation, the old man already knew about the so-called Dark Forest. However, due to the exaggerated amount of information he had accumulated over this period, he was now somewhat numb to the shock and had become immune to it.

"Then why would such a powerful civilization... come to Earth to retire?" the old man asked, puzzled.

Luo Qing was also somewhat curious.

Lan sighed: "The power of the God Civilization is no less than that of a God-level civilization. The God Civilization has even annihilated some small God-level civilization groups that were still operating according to the Dark Forest Law. They already possessed all the prerequisites to transform into a God-level civilization. However, the more powerful a civilization is, the more difficult it is to overcome that ideological hurdle."

Luo Qing said, "This is the ideological issue that Brother Bai mentioned to me earlier, right?"

Lan nodded.

Although the old man was still somewhat confused, he had a vague idea of ​​the truth.

Lan said, "When civilization develops to a certain point, it will give rise to the 'existential problem,' and the God civilization faced this philosophical problem. The God civilization was unwilling to give up the vast majority of ethnic groups to form that god-level civilization with only a very small number of individuals, so it entered the twilight of its thought and began to age."

Lan added, "The aging process of God's civilization has lasted for about 50 billion years."

The old man exclaimed, "The Earth has only existed for 50 billion years."

Lan nodded: "It was around the time the solar system was formed. The God civilization, which was already in its twilight years, was experiencing a decline in civilization, with technology starting to be lost and military power starting to shrink. Therefore, the foresight of the God civilization found six places to retire in advance."

Luo Qing: "This is the story of the First Earth and the Sixth Earth, Mr. Chairman. Let me tell you about it first, otherwise you might not understand it."

Soon, after briefly summarizing the events surrounding the six 'Earths,' the commander of the Carbon-Based Federation reiterated to the old man some of the events that occurred after the decline of the God civilization.

In Blue's story, about 1.6 billion years ago, the newly formed Carbon-Based Federation lost all traces of the God Civilization. This super civilization, which was about to perish, simply disappeared from the sight of the Carbon-Based Federation.

This is not complicated. Any spaceship will become almost undetectable once it enters a state of light-speed travel. The Carbon-Based Federation suspects that the God Civilization has entered the light-speed travel stage, making it impossible to track and lock onto.

Lan said, "We all thought that the God civilization, like those time travelers, had gone to the future of the universe. After all, many advanced civilizations that couldn't overcome ideological problems did just that. But we never expected to find the God civilization's spaceship near Earth again."

Lan said, "Currently, the four Earth-like planets from Earth 2 to Earth 5 have all been destroyed. God's fleet was obviously heading here from the direction of Earth 1. It is clear that they suffered unpleasant retirement treatment on Earth 1 and are now flying towards their final retirement destination—Earth in the solar system."

The old man murmured, "So, we're supposed to be responsible for taking care of our parents, right?"

Lan nodded: "As a Class 6b civilization, human civilization has surpassed most Class A civilizations in its moral standards, which is the most gratifying thing for us. I know that the topic of retirement may seem abrupt, but the Carbon-Based Federation will continue to pay attention to Earth."

"Because the God Civilization has repeatedly emphasized 50 billion years ago that the Carbon-Based Federation is not allowed to interfere with its twilight years, we will provide some compensation to Earth, albeit covertly. These are my personal requests, as you see…"

The old man smiled and said, "Since you've put it this way, what else can I say?"

Luo Qing stroked his chin, pondering: "Retirement is no problem... but I remember there were some refugees from Earth before God's civilization, weren't there?"

Upon hearing this, the old man suddenly felt some discomfort in his heart.

(End of this chapter)