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

Chapter 372 The Embryo of Earth's Veins (4k)

Setting up the Nine Luminaries Celestial Array was a difficult task.

Luo Qing set himself a three-year project plan to ensure the completion of the Nine Luminaries Celestial Array within three years.

Once the Nine Luminaries Celestial Array is formed in the solar system.

If the Second Fleet of the Three-Body Problem were truly courting death, the Great Array could completely wipe them out.

The large formation has two active attack units.

The Starflame Spear, powered by the sun, is comparable in power to a normal strike from a cultivator at the Tribulation Transcending stage. Its attack speed is the speed of light, and its effective range reaches 9.46 trillion kilometers.

Each strike is equivalent to the total power released by the sun, 3.828 × 10 watts.

In Luo Qing's imagination, a ten-thousand-meter-long star-flame spear was unleashed, its power enough to pierce through a star of Pluto's magnitude.

White dwarf targets are still insufficient to withstand this stellar spear spanning trillions of kilometers.

Even a neutron star target would be enough to penetrate its outer shell and cause minor neutron decay.

Faced with an attack comparable to that of a cultivator at the Tribulation Transcending stage, even Luo Qing had to use all his methods and summon a large number of magic treasures to barely withstand it.

Luo Qing did not intend for humanity and the Trisolaran world to know about the existence of the formation. Whether the Second Fleet changed course or not, the solar system would retain the basic ability to respond.

Another attack unit is the photonic degenerate ray.

The energy source of this attack unit is not the sun, but rather entropy-flat light.

This amber object volunteered to become one of the energy sources for the array.

Its photon degenerate state rays are 20 million times more powerful than the "Solar Spear," the most powerful laser weapon in the solar system before it was invented. The number of photons it releases far exceeds the total number of photons released by mankind since Edison invented the light bulb, and its power is no less than that of the Starfire Spear.

Even if the million warships that once devoured the empire were lined up in a straight line, they would be instantly pierced by the photon degenerate ray.

The only drawback is that the attack speed of the photon degenerate ray is still the standard vacuum speed of light, and it would take up to four years to fly to attack the Trisolaran world.

Furthermore, the movement of the three-body system is unpredictable.

It would be very difficult for a thin, degenerate photon ray to accurately hit the three suns of a Trisolaran system or the Trisolaran struggling to survive in a three-star gravitational system four years in advance.

Otherwise, it could have served as a means of threatening the Trisolaran world, which is a pity.

Just before the light amber was about to embed itself into the sun's core, Luo Qing grabbed the non-existent hand of the entropy-level light amber.

Luo Qing asked: Will this level of photon output have any impact on you?
Guangpo's answer was...

"I am willing!"

"Fine, if you're willing, then so be it." Without hesitation, Luo Qing refined some of the functions of the Entropy-Flat Light Amber, ensuring that when the degenerate photon beam of the light amber bursts out, it will follow the guidance of the great array and be directly activated from any corner of the sun to eliminate the enemy.

There are four defense units.

Uranus's strong interaction force icy ocean.

Saturn's rings provide protection.

Jupiter's Mountain-Suppressing Formation.

Pan-Solar System Energy Shield.

There are two illusion units.

The concealment array of Neptune.

Earth Concealment Formation.

In addition, the great formation has another key function, which is to act as a turning point for the wishes of all living beings.

If faced with a powerful enemy, and with the blessing of the collective will of all beings in the solar system, Luo Qing's cultivation level could temporarily break through the Nascent Soul stage, granting him the power of the Integration stage or even the Tribulation Transcending stage.
In this way, the solar system finally had some external defense capabilities and possessed the initial ability to resist the Dark Forest attack.

Even if an advanced civilization were to carelessly throw a light particle at the solar system, it could be stopped. Moreover, the solar system's great array would also launch photon degenerate rays and starfire spears in the direction of the light particle's impact, attempting to destroy the source of the attack.

If the formation can't handle this mischievous civilization, then Luo Qing and Li Bai will make a friendly visit to that civilization together.

You're just being impulsive, aren't you?

You're just bored and have nothing better to do, huh?

So you're planning a cosmic cleanup?

Your civilization had better be able to withstand a full-force attack from me and Brother Bai.

In fact, Luo Qing had previously had the idea of ​​creating an array. The four-star planetary protection array of water, metal, fire and earth was an early experiment. However, there was an unavoidable problem in the construction of the array.

The energy source of the formation.

Luo Qing can't just stay on one planet as a power bank for the formation.

Utilizing the energy of the earth's veins is a good idea, but relying solely on the earth's veins is clearly not enough.

For some reason, Luo Xian discovered that the Earth's ley lines were terrifyingly weak, as if they were just nascent ley lines that had just been born.

Shouldn't ley lines have existed since the very beginning of Earth's formation?
This weak ley line is simply not enough to meet Luo Qing's needs.

The fact that the ice cubes launched by the Carbon Federation could easily freeze and shatter the large array, stopping all energy flow, is enough to prove this point.

This is also why Luo Qing set his sights on the sun.

He simply couldn't find a more suitable energy source than the sun.

during these days.

Luo Qing and Li Bai began to continuously survey the nine planets at the speed of light, starting the actual exploration steps before the formation was set up. Luo Qing was also thinking about where to place objects such as formation plates and formation flags.

As Luo Qing flew past Jupiter, he looked at the 500 remaining star-class warships in Jupiter's port and shook his head helplessly.

'I originally thought humanity's solar system fleet was enough to protect itself, but I never imagined that the technological superiority between civilizations would be even more powerful than the difference in cultivation realms between cultivators.'

Luo Qing sighed inwardly.

In his past life, he was able to kill a Nascent Soul Demon with only his natal spirit sword, the Three Green Swords, despite being of a higher level.

The Earth civilization, which had absorbed the legacy of a 7B-level devouring civilization, was actually unable to catch even a few probes from the 8B-level Trisolaran civilization.

The 1A level was only determined after the Second Fleet set sail; prior to that, the Trisolaran civilization was only classified as 8B in the definition of the Carbon-based Federation.

Just as Ding Yi said, the gap between humans and the Trisolarans is greater than that between humans and ants, which explains why the Trisolaran world calls humans insects.

I wonder what kind of entity the silicon-based empire, which is a potential enemy of the solar system, is.

One must always be careful.

Once the Nine Luminaries Celestial Array is completed, even if the Silicon-based Empire's fleet truly appears, it should be able to withstand some resistance, at least giving Luo Qing some time to react.

As he was thinking this, Luo Qing entered the light-speed flight stage and disappeared from the sight of all observers. According to the theory of relativity, in Luo Qing's perception, he had arrived at his destination in just an instant.

'At least I'm spared the trouble of traveling.' Luo Qing thought to himself after emerging from the light-speed flight phase.

He had reached the edge of the solar system in a narrow sense, the surface of Pluto.

Li Bai had been waiting for him at the center of the flat semicircle of Pluto for a long time.

"How come Pluto is only half left? You stole Pluto and didn't tell me you were guilty?" Li Bai said, pointing to Pluto, which was now only half a round watermelon.

"Ask your dinosaur, who has the time to eat such a frozen lump? However, this place is flat, which is a good place to learn about formations. The Kuiper dust belt behind can also be used to test the power of formations. We will learn here for two months first. After you understand the basic operating principles of formations, we will build the Nine Luminaries Celestial Star Formation."

Luo Qing emphasized: "Note that there are many human memorials on Pluto, including Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa and Van Gogh's Starry Night, all of which are precious works of art. There are also some flat-Earth believers living here. Before you do anything big, you should inform me in advance."

"Okay, okay, you're so nagging," Li Bai said, covering his ears.

...

A year has passed in the blink of an eye.

Throughout the year, news of Luo Qing was indeed scarce in the human world, and Li Bai, the "immortal" who had previously stirred up a great deal of public opinion, also disappeared without a trace.

Some daring individuals ventured directly into the Wallfacers' compound, only to find that apart from the spirit Shanqing, who was playing quantum games with the Pojiang Girl, Little Moss, and Quantum Lin Yun, there was nothing else inside.

Luo Qing isn't here at all.

However, another Foundation Establishment stage cultivator still occasionally appears in the public eye. Luo Ji frequently appears in public view, living happily with his wife and children who have thawed and awakened, making others envious.

In the past year.

Eyewitnesses to interstellar travel frequently report seeing two immortals riding swords through the universe.

After these eyewitness accounts were captured, they sparked much speculation online. Based on repeated research by the Bairo Puritan Church, people are convinced that one of the figures was Luo Qing, and the other was Li Bai.

These two seem to frequently travel between the nine planets; it's unclear what they're busy with.

One second he was flying on a sword, the next he turned into a beam of light and suddenly disappeared.

People vaguely sensed that Luo Qing and Li Bai both seemed quite busy.

Over time, society stopped paying attention to these two elusive figures and focused on their own work. The apocalyptic war seemed like yesterday, which also ignited the driving force within humanity.

Everything is developing rapidly.

During this period, the Jupiter Provisional Government, represented by the Remnant Fleet International, also held several talks with the Earth United Government, and the two international organizations reached a consensus on merging into the Solar System United Government.

But political integration takes a long time.

At the same time, Fleet International also publicly announced that it had abandoned the restoration of the three major fleets, and that 500 star-class warships were sufficient to meet humanity's basic self-defense capabilities in the solar system.

If an enemy can be dealt with using a star-class warship, then deal with it using a star-class warship.

If a star-class warship cannot defeat an enemy, then having more of it is meaningless.

Before a breakthrough in new technologies, Fleet International has completely abandoned the construction of newer star-class warships, at least until a breakthrough in antimatter engines is achieved.

Furthermore, Fleet International also has 10 wooden ships capable of traveling at 50% of the speed of light.

The dinosaurs and mushrooms, as always, did not seem to riot despite humanity's military defeat. The Devouring Civilization's submission to human civilization was thorough, partly because humanity had pulled out all the teeth of this ancient empire.

On the other hand, it is also because of Li Bai's existence.

Humans regard Li Bai as an immortal, but the dinosaurs knew him inside and out. Li Bai was the "god" who protected the Devouring Empire from wandering for 6000 million years without suffering the blows of the Dark Forest!
Otherwise, as early as 2700 million years ago, when the Devouring Empire devoured a certain Class 5B civilization, the opposing civilization did not hesitate to broadcast the coordinates of its own star system in an attempt to lure the Dark Forest into an attack that would destroy the Devouring Empire together.

Unfortunately, with Li Bai as a backdrop, the Dark Forest Strike didn't happen. The Devouring Ring, however, ate its fill, leaving behind a group of survivors from that civilization staring at each other blankly, before leisurely departing.

The mushrooms' thoughts were simple: the glowing Puji had all noticed the resurrected Fairy Puji on Earth. After witnessing this level of evolution in life, the mushrooms were captivated and desperately hoped that Luo Qing would transform the entire Light Speaker Civilization into the Fairy Light Speaker Civilization, so that the mushrooms could break free from their dependence on high-radiation environments.

Unfortunately, not only mushrooms, but even humans can't find Luo Qing's exact location.

That mushroom-headed guy visited the Wallfacer's compound many times but returned empty-handed.

Meanwhile, the human world has also made initial progress in reverse engineering the Three-Body technology. A strong interaction material similar to a water droplet shell has been successfully manufactured in the laboratory, but there is still a long way to go before it can be widely used.

If a water droplet is a finely crafted submachine gun, then humanity has already handcrafted a crudely made Hanyang rifle.

Although they are not comparable, they have finally brought the two sides to the same level, and they no longer need to use outdated bows and arrows.

As for Tomoko.

Even within the Trisolaran civilization, the technology of the sophons was one of the most advanced. The entire Trisolaran world deployed more than 30 sophons to Earth, which means that the Trisolaran world produced a total of 60 sophons.

These 60 sophons consumed a large amount of resources from the Trisolaran civilization.

The Trisolaran world also conveyed a message to the Earth: Sophons are extremely valuable strategic assets.

According to superstring theory, a proton is an 11-dimensional microscopic particle. The core technology of sophon manufacturing is to unfold the proton from a high dimension to two dimensions, forming a huge plane that can cover the surface of the Earth.

The most crucial step is to imbue the proton with intelligence and various functions by etching circuits on a two-dimensional plane, transforming it into a superintelligent computer. Afterward, the two-dimensional proton can be folded back into an 11-dimensional microscopic state.

After that, the projection of the proton in three-dimensional space is still only the size of a hydrogen proton, but it is already a microscopic particle with intelligence and capable of performing various tasks.

Although humans have understood this technology, it will take a long time before they can put it into practice.

The fundamental technology is far behind. Even with the Grand Unified Theory and the standard cosmological model as verifiers, and having received technological compensation from the Trisolaran world, it will still take a long time to truly build the first sophon belonging to humanity.

However, humanity has not made no progress in long-distance communication technology.

Thanks to in-depth research in the quantum field and the widespread adoption of quantum networks, coupled with the analysis of the sophon principle, humanity has now achieved delay-free quantum entanglement communication similar to that of sophons.

From Earth to Pluto's orbit, it's now possible to make video calls without delay, which is a huge step forward for gaming enthusiasts worldwide.

Finally, we can play games online across planets.

As for the Three-Body world.

After six months of chaos, the Trisolaran world ultimately regained control of the situation through military means, and the Trisolaran government remains the only legitimate representative government of the Trisolaran world.

Six months ago, the Trisolaran world officially began fulfilling its war reparations obligations to Earth.
Since resource compensation is not feasible at the moment, the main method of compensation is to transmit Trisolaran technology back to the human world through sophon communication.

The Earth and the world naturally receive everything.

In addition to the previously mentioned strong interaction force material manufacturing technology and sophon manufacturing technology, the most crucial and advanced light-speed travel technology of the Trisolaran world—the warp drive—has also been fully transmitted to the human world after months of information exchange.

Thus, the issue of technical compensation for the Three-Body world has temporarily come to an end.

Since humanity is unaware of the technology possessed by the Trisolaran world, aside from the light-speed fleet, sophons, and droplets that have already been witnessed, we know nothing about the Trisolaran world.

Therefore, even if they wanted to make demands, humanity didn't know what to ask for and could only wait for the Trisolaran world to offer compensation.

However, the existing Three-Body technology is already enough for humanity to digest for a long time.

Let time do its work.

(P.S.: Today's resolution is only 4K; Shuizhu needs to be adjusted slightly.)
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