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

Chapter 442 The whole mountainside was covered in plops

A month has passed quickly. Compared to the chaos when the Second Fleet accelerated and the formation was activated, society has gradually returned to calm.

It's impossible not to be calm. In the past twelve years, humanity has experienced the Devouring Crisis, the Doomsday War, and the Helium Flash Crisis. Now, facing the crisis of the Second Fleet, we can accept it.

The person was already numb.

It is unknown when the human world will emerge from the "Crisis Era".

Luo Ji also makes public appearances from time to time, manipulating outer space arrays to conduct tactical exercises in coordination with the solar system fleet.

For example, under the control of the array, the ice crystal deposits in the orbits of Neptune and Uranus were condensed by the power of the array into an absolutely static, strongly interacting ice sea.

This sparse, approximately 200 million-kilometer-thick layer of strongly interacting ice is the key defense against the Trisolaran fleet's long-range strikes. If the Trisolaran fleet were to actually unleash a kinetic energy strike weapon traveling at near the speed of light, this layer of strongly interacting ice would be sufficient to completely defend against it.

The people did not blindly trust the solar system fleet; they placed their hopes on the formation and prayed for Luo Qing's swift return to Earth.

Basic foundation repairs really don't give people a sense of security.

While humans were actively preparing for war, the dinosaurs and mushrooms were not idle either. Because of the existence of Li Bai and Luo Qing, humans gradually relaxed their control over the current devouring civilization.

Under Karl's leadership and with the help of the human garrison, the dinosaurs were working hard to improve their ability to defend themselves by devouring the giant rings, and built many defensive weapons.

Among them, about one hundred heavy ground units that devoured the Empire—mountain dragons—were also transported from the Great Ring to Earth.

The mountain dragons were initially brought in as martial arts simulations of enemies for the human army, but humans unexpectedly discovered that these mountain dragons looked remarkably similar to a movie creature called Godzilla from the early 21st century.

Instead, the mountain dragons would cry when they were attacked; they weren't the ruthless war machines one might imagine. After realizing they couldn't serve as whetstones for human armies, humans simply sent these mountain dragons to Changzhou to serve as a Godzilla theme park.

The Mountain Dragon is a docile, genetically modified dragon that only obeys commands. It possesses immense combat power, comparable to a Golden Core cultivator in cultivation terms, making it difficult even for top-tier human warriors like the Innate Martial Artist to contend with.

In the early 21st century, ordinary tanks, artillery shells, and missiles were ineffective against these mountain dragons. The only way to kill them was with nuclear weapons. These mountain dragons had also caused a great deal of trouble for Shan Qing, who was at the Nascent Soul stage.

But now, these gentle mountain dragons, born for war, have simply laid down all their weapons and equipment and completely integrated into the human world.

In the words of the dinosaurs, ever since the Devouring Empire was defeated and the Devouring Emperor died, every dinosaur has been living a good life.

Even a giant, silly mountain dragon is no exception.

When these hundred-meter-tall mountain dragons appear in human cities, they immediately become awe-inspiring tourist attractions. Local governments often hire these mountain dragons for simulated siege monster games or for filming movies.

Aside from being a good eater, they're not difficult to raise.

As for the Puji, after Luo Qing transformed all 200,000 Puji into Fairy Spirit Puji before leaving, more than half of them settled in Yunnan City, while the remaining half gradually traveled to sparsely populated distant planets such as Neptune and Uranus on human spaceships.

In Linjun's words, the Puji also have the need to reproduce. In order not to encroach on human living space, they can only spread their mycelium in those cold and harsh places and develop the Puji civilization.

Lin Jun also stated that the Light Speakers are too few in number to fully utilize their innate talents. At its peak, the Light Speakers civilization had nearly 2000 billion Puji on the Light Speaker Star.

Back then, Guangyu Star was truly covered with poop-like creatures.

At its peak, the Light Speakers civilization possessed formidable military strength.

However, most of those two hundred billion Puji perished as the supernova explosion ruins cooled down. By the time the Devouring Empire arrived at Light Language Star, the Light Language Civilization had less than one hundred million Puji left.

During the last gathering at Luo Ji's house, Lin Jun said to Da Ya, "If the Devouring Empire were to encounter the Light Language Civilization at its peak, which possesses 2000 billion Glowing Puji, then the outcome would be uncertain. The Glowing Puji are confident they could blind the Devouring Ring in the sky."

Big Tooth just snorted dismissively twice.

But humans have indeed come to know that once the number of Puji increases significantly, they will have the power to alter the Earth's surface and even venture into space.

The characteristics of this civilization are also very obvious.

The more Puji there are, the stronger the Puji becomes. Instances and quantity are positively correlated.

Anyway, with the technological reforms of the fleet by humans, the traditional versions of the glowing Puji gradually became unemployed. The Fairy Puji had to fend for themselves, reproduce, and be self-reliant.

Humans have no objection to the mushroom migration. The temperatures on Uranus and Neptune are too low. If the mushrooms can spread mycelium and reproduce on these two icy planets and establish a foothold, they can significantly increase the temperature of these two distant planets, making them more habitable. In fact, it would be a good thing.

This is a win-win situation, and besides, Puji consumes almost no resources—they just need more light.

Humans are happy to help intelligent species like this, which have no competitive relationship with humans and whose appearance is aesthetically pleasing to humans.

Moreover, the public has long complained about the small number of Puji. For example, the head of the "Alien Protection Association," using the ID "Big Mushroom," spends his days calling for the protection of Puji and has put forward the slogan: "Humanity has an unshirkable responsibility to reproduce the Puji population."

Many modern families also hope to raise a Fairy Puji as a member of the family, or get a free Mushroom Lantern. Unfortunately, there are a total of 200,000 Puji, which is not enough for the families in Yunnan City to share.

The theft of Puji has happened more than once.

The Puji (a type of character in the game) are fed up with being played with, being taken away at any time, or being caught by bad guys and stuck in the ground to cosplay as streetlights.

Separation!

Whether it's dinosaurs or mushrooms, these two parasitic/semi-parasitic secondary civilizations within human civilization both demonstrate a clear tendency towards self-reliance.

This is a good phenomenon.

A civilization that earns its living through its own efforts will always be respected.

Humans themselves are no exception.

During this month, Luo Ji could clearly feel a significant shift in the social climate. Luo Qing's brief departure also temporarily removed humanity from the stroller, filling them with a sense of crisis about the future.

The "retirement rate"—once a term used online—has become an official sociological term. Statistics from many statistical websites show that the social retirement rate is continuously declining.

This means that more and more people are stepping out of their virtual lives, which contribute nothing to society, and participating in the workings of society, becoming people who contribute to it.

—In today's society, the standard for 'contribution' is very low; any participation in the operation of real life falls into the category of 'contribution'.

For example, taking a public transportation ride.

Or spend extra money to buy an ice cream.

Wow, that's great! You're a contributor to society, you're not a waste.

If someone is willing to work and endure the grueling 9-to-5 work schedule (meaning they need to work six days a month on days containing the numbers '5' and '9'), then they can truly be called a great builder of advanced socialism!
As for why it's not called "beginner level," I won't go into too much detail here.

Achieving Light Oceanism has become the next development goal of human civilization, and the Carbon-based Federation, a civilization that has already achieved rudimentary Light Oceanism, is the model that the Earth world is pursuing.

Although the Second Fleet was still closing in and had increased to 10% of the speed of light, Luo Ji's psychological pressure was getting less and less. Seeing a thriving society was a good psychological comfort for him.

I, a Wallfacer, am working hard, and you Foundation Establishment cultivators are still doing nothing?

But Luo Ji's relaxed mood didn't last long, as the federal government chairman made a phone call, interrupting his reverie.

"During its journey to Trisolaris, the Earth Sophon accidentally entered a low-light-speed region and quickly lost contact. Another Sophon discovered a zero-light-speed region with a diameter of about 10,000 kilometers near where the Sophon disappeared. Its length... cannot be estimated at the moment. We consulted Dr. Ding Yi, who said it was a dead end... a dead end of immeasurable length."

"Currently, no optical means have been able to detect this dead line, which means that the light from the dead line has not yet reached Earth. Those few sophons are the Trisolaran sophons that we modified, which were sent to Trisolaris two years ago... In other words, this dead line appeared within the past 1 to 2 years. The dead line is located exactly in the middle between the Trisolaran system and the Earth system, like a needle aiming at both sides."

The Federal Government President's voice was low: "We suspect that Mr. Luo Qing is trapped inside... We are now asking you to come to Beijing; we have been waiting for you for a long time."

(End of this chapter)