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

Chapter 346 The Bojiang People

The refugee spaceship of Earth One, and the retirement spaceship of God's civilization.

The old man gradually learned about the two guests who would arrive on Earth in about forty years.

“If we follow the standard Earth welfare system, old age is not a problem, nor are refugees. Earth’s productivity is still sufficient. You can tell the commander of the Carbon-Based Federation not to worry too much. Human civilization has a tradition of respecting the elderly and caring for the young,” the old man said to Luo Qing.

Luo Qing asked doubtfully, "I thought you would have some objections."

The old man shook his head: "I was born around the 50th year of the Crisis Era, which was when social contradictions were at their most acute and the Trisolaran rebels were at their most rampant. But we got through those difficult days, so old-age care and refugees are really not problems... It's just that I'm worried the public will have a hard time accepting the appearance of these two alien guests. After all, they are aliens, and their lifestyles are likely to be far beyond our imagination."

The old man was worried that God was a terrifying figure like the angels in the Bible, composed of countless eyes and feathers, which would make him lose sanity just looking at him.

In comparison, the Trisolarans don't fit the human aesthetic standard either, but at least their size is similar to that of humans. Apart from their heads being like bloats, they also have skin, bones, and organs like eyes, which is barely acceptable.

The refugees are also a problem.

Although it is called "the first Earth", it is impossible for it to look exactly like Earthlings.

The old man was very worried.

Human civilization is actually quite receptive to external influences. Many dinosaurs and humans now coexist on Earth, and the size of human cities has expanded considerably due to the arrival of dinosaurs. We can even occasionally spot glowing creatures encased in uranium shells, jumping around.

Not to mention that humans themselves have even created the horrific phenomenon of hybrid humans.

A small number of species such as racehorse girls, cat girls, winged people, and werewolves still exist in Australia today. Although they cannot reproduce, they are all long-lived species that have survived to this day.

Given the openness of human sexual preferences, adding some extraterrestrial beings wouldn't be out of the question.

The premise is that it's of normal length.

Luo Qing had already gained a basic understanding of the current state of the God Civilization and the First Earth through the Carbon-Based Federation. Knowing the chairman's concerns, he explained to the old man:
"There's no need to worry too much about that; they all resemble human figures," Luo Qing said.

The old man was somewhat surprised: "What a coincidence?"

Luo Qing shook his head: "It has nothing to do with coincidence... God sowed the same batch of amino acids. It probably also interfered with the evolution of civilizations on various Earths. It's normal for different species on the six 'Earths' to look alike."

In the quiet city, the commander of the Carbon-Based Federation was chatting with Li Bai as they strolled through the still crowd. The two of them also noticed Luo Qing's conversation with the chairman.

Lan directly handed the information to the elderly man.

Lan: "Regarding the image of God, I felt somewhat familiar with it when I first saw humans. Now I remember that when our Blue Ocean Civilization was young, the image of God we saw was that of a human. However, he was young then, a white-haired youth. Now he is probably an old man with a white beard."

The old man cupped his hands in greeting to the blue figure in the distance.

Luo Qing said, "The God civilization that can cultivate a carbon-based federation should not be too difficult to contact. More important to pay attention to is the refugees on the First Earth."

The elderly man agreed: "The refugee issue is very likely to lead to violence and conflict."

Luo Qing: "Based on my previous observations on the light cone telescope, the refugee fleet initially consisted of about 20000 immigrant ships, but only about 10000 of them were able to reach Earth. These ships were very large, similar in size to human starships, and shaped like modular cabins. They had simple self-defense weapons, and each ship was packed with at least 100,000 refugees. This means that the number of refugees was as high as one billion."

"A billion refugees..." The old man frowned. This would be the largest refugee crisis in the history of human civilization.

Luo Qing said, "The quality of these refugees themselves will determine their fate."

The old man nodded: "Humans aren't doing charity either. When the refugee fleet gets close to the Kuiper Belt, we'll have the Solar System Fleet intercept them halfway... Oh, no, there's no Solar System Fleet anymore."

The old man sighed.

Lan floated over. Lan: "Mr. Chairman, the civilization of Earth One is practically extinct, existing only as a single entity. The Federation will not pay much attention to this dying civilization. As for these refugees, if Earth is truly unable to handle them, the Carbon-Based Federation will send a spaceship to pick them up. The refugees are a minor matter; we are more concerned about the God Civilization. Once the God Civilization arrives on Earth, we will need to trouble humanity to take good care of them."

This is the third time the commander of the Carbon-Based Federation has expressed his wish that humanity take good care of God's civilization in front of the two.

It seems that the Carbon-Based Federation really values ​​the retirement life of God's civilization.

The old man naturally agreed.

There are still forty years to go; everything will be discussed after God's fleet arrives in the solar system.

Luo Qing asked the commander of the Carbon-Based Federation, "After the God Civilization arrived on Earth, aren't you going to come and take a look?"

Lan shook her head: "Those old men are really annoyed with us. As soon as they find any trace of us here, they'll immediately take off in their spaceship. Old people are just stubborn."

Luo Qing then asked, "Then what are you going to do? Continue to push forward the starless isolation zone?"

Lan nodded.

"A starless isolation zone?" The co-chairman had barely raised a question when Lan directly crammed the relevant information into his mind.

After digesting the history of the war between the carbon-based federation and the silicon-based empire, the chairman was in a daze for a long time.

Luo Qing asked, "What are you going to do about the solar system? Destroying the solar system is absolutely not feasible, I disagree... The lack of some loopholes in the starless isolation zone is indeed a problem, and there's no perfect solution?"

Lan explained, "In the past plan, some civilizations that reached level 3c and above could be spared from being wiped out. Even without you here, we wouldn't touch the solar system. As for the oversight in the isolation zone..."

Lan smiled calmly: "The number of times a few stars can perform stellar leaps is limited, and the silicon-based empire is unlikely to be foolish enough to leap its warships across the solar system, as that would just crash into your head."

Luo Qing shook his head: "You really trust me. What if I can't beat them? That's a silicon-based empire!"

Lan: "But Li Bai gave you a very high evaluation."

Luo Qing questioned, "If we keep the solar system and the Trisolaran system, what about the few stars within 50 light-years that we should keep?"

Lan: "Within 50 light-years of the solar system, there are about 2000 stars in total, of which 12 stars need to be preserved."

Luo Qing remained silent for a moment after hearing this: "Is it really okay to retain all twelve stars?"

Lan hesitated for a moment and said, "There shouldn't be any problem. Seven of the stars have reached the 3C class, but not the 5b class. We will use the warp drive to build a black zone to block and protect them. This protection can both block the invasion of the silicon-based empire and protect them from the Dark Forest. Of course, the downside is that they will never be able to leave their own star system. However, the civilizations near these seven stars do not have high development potential and it will be difficult for them to break through the Great Filter and become a cosmic civilization. Let these mayflies enjoy their short but beautiful lives."

Luo Qing: "So, there are only 5 stars, and no processing was done?"

Lan nodded: "Three of the stars exist in the Trisolaran system. Besides Earth and Trisolarans, the last star is located in the Eridanus constellation, which is 10 light-years away."

Luo Qing was shocked: "The Eridanus Galaxy?"

Luo Qing and the old man beside her exchanged a glance.

Lan asked in confusion, "Is there a problem?"

Luo Qing glanced at Li Bai, who was studying alcohol beside him: "This is a long story."

Lan: "Then stop talking. Just copy your relevant memories for me. I'm fed up with your long-winded language."

Luo Qing reached into his head and pulled out a small clump of memories about the Po River civilization, stuffing it into the brain.

(End of this chapter)