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

Chapter 447 I am the Father of Heavenly Dao (4k)

The government has temporarily blocked news related to the deadline.

The light cone telescope array on the large ring has been pre-calibrated to the direction of the dead line according to human requirements, and humans are quietly waiting for the light waves to arrive a year later.

How did the deadline come about? What happened to Luo Qing? People were eager to know the answer.

As for the dissipation of Shan Qing's spirit, the federal government explained it as "dying of old age." They used reasons such as "spirits can only exist for about twenty years" to explain it away.

Coincidentally, at the same time that Shanqing disappeared, the Human Emperor Banner also flickered. The Federal Government naturally explained that Shanqing's soul had 'returned to the Human Emperor Banner,' and the alien friend from the human world, the girl from Bojiang, also passed away.

Large-scale second memorial ceremonies for Shanqing also emerged among the people.

Shortly thereafter, the Earth Goodness Organization and the Earth Eridanus Organization announced their dissolution.

But the trouble did not disappear as a result.

A week has passed since Luo Qing's life tablet was broken. During this time, after several days of measurement, the scientific community has received a lot of key information.

By measuring the speed at which the dead line diffuses into a slow fog, scientists calculated the precise time when the dead line appeared.

One year, seven days, and seventeen hours ago, the death line appeared instantly at faster-than-light speed on the inevitable path between Earth and the Trisolarans.
This time coincided almost exactly with the time when Luo Qing and Li Bai arrived at the Trisolaran planet.

It's hard not to make that connection.

Although the exact time when the dead line appeared was determined, humanity still does not know its exact length. Sophon has been traveling at the speed of light for a whole week, but has still not reached the end of the thread.

The longer the deadline, the more worried people become.

Meanwhile, as research progressed, the potential harm caused by this deadly line was also confirmed.

Dean Li said, "As the dead line spreads, it will form a distinct slow fog. The slow fog will delay the photons entering it, making the slow fog area sparkle like amber. The visible light caused by this dead line will reach Earth in a year. At that time, all mankind will be able to see the blurry dead line two light-years away under the night sky, even with the naked eye."

Li Huasheng's conclusion has led to a frightening speculation.

In other words, will this dead line reveal the location of the solar system?

Luo Ji had been staying in the capital during this period. Now, the high-ranking officials were in a state of panic and needed him to come out and stabilize morale. However, just as Luo Ji was about to test the government's attitude towards "Wandering Mercury", the government took the initiative to contact him.

Luo Ji didn't quite understand why the other side was making such a big fuss, but when he saw that the crowd consisted of people who knew about the Black Forest Law, he immediately understood.

"Dr. Luo Ji, let's put Luo Qing's matter aside for now. We're currently worried about another issue. This dead line is too large in scale, and the resulting slow fog will definitely be very conspicuous. Moreover, the end of the line is pointing directly at the solar system. Could this cause the location of the solar system to be exposed in the universe?"

"The Federal President asked in a low voice."

This meeting was held directly in the Zhizi Shielding Room. The room was small, dimly lit, and stuffy, making it hard to breathe.

Luo Ji looked at the dozen or so people in front of him and sighed, "Gentlemen, you are probably overthinking this. I will try my best to explain."

"I don't think it's very likely that the dead line will expose the location of the solar system. The appearance of a huge dead line would remind advanced civilizations of wars and conflicts between god-level civilizations. In this case, it would be normal to avoid it."

"What if an advanced civilization likes to clean up after itself?" the Russian president asked.

Luo Ji: "That's another issue. We currently know that this dead line is two light-years away from the solar system... Don't underestimate this distance just because the number is small. Two light-years is actually an extremely long distance in the universe. After all, the average distance between stars at the end of the Orion Arm is only about three or four light-years."

Luo Ji: "If we assume that the length of the dead line is limited, for example, only 0.1 light-years, then the dead line is equivalent to a luminous short needle among countless stars. The direction of the short needle is not particularly obvious, since there are stars everywhere no matter where the short needle points."

Luo Ji felt that explaining it in words was too troublesome, so he asked Little Moss for help.

The little moss also stood behind this group of leaders.

"Little moss, help me turn on the holographic projection and generate a light spot at a random distance of 3 to 6 centimeters on average."

The little moss did as instructed, and in an instant, the entire oppressive room was filled with pale blue specks of light.

The densely packed dots of light filled the field of vision of everyone present.

"Look, this is the number of stars around our solar system. One centimeter represents one light-year."

Luo Ji drew a very short line between two random points of light, about one millimeter long.

"Assuming the length of the dead line is about 0.1 light-years, do you all think that the existence of this dead line would lead to the exposure of two star systems?"

Everyone frowned in thought.

Millions of points of light appeared, with a very short silver line in the middle... Well, it does seem to have no directionality, making it difficult to reveal the location of nearby stars.

Even if this extremely short silver line points to two stars at its two ends, it makes no difference.

Luo Ji gently tapped the point of light representing the solar system with his finger. Instantly, a faint bubble of spiritual energy appeared on that star. The bubble expanded outward at a speed of one centimeter per second. After about a minute, the bubble had expanded to a diameter of 120 centimeters.

At this moment, the 120-centimeter light bubble had already enveloped a total of 220,000 light spots.

"This is a simulation of using the sun to amplify electromagnetic waves for stellar-scale broadcasting, only the broadcast has been spread for 120 years."

Everyone seemed to understand what Luo Ji meant.

Luo Ji said, "Look, only by actively and clearly disseminating the coordinates of stars in this way can you attract a clear Hessian attack, while a short needle lying quietly in one place may not attract a Hessian attack. Because the dead line itself does not contain information about broadcasting the position of stars; it is a phenomenon rather than a broadcast."

This silver line doesn't indicate any information; on the contrary, it carries great danger. Based on the principle of 'concealing oneself,' a civilization is unlikely to deliberately launch a dark forest attack on the stars targeted at either end of the line. This would not conform to the economic principles of dark forest attacks and would attract other hunters to fire upon it.

This also leads to another potential setting of the Dark Forest Theory: Dark Forest attacks will only target broadcast coordinates with good intentions, rather than indiscriminately attacking all anomalies, as the latter is more likely to bring disaster upon themselves.

Luo Ji reiterated: "Especially the death line of this scale is far beyond the imagination of ordinary civilizations. Even the Carbon-Based Federation may not be able to create a death line of this scale. I don't think any civilization would be that stupid."

The leaders understood Luo Ji's meaning, and their worries were finally relieved.

Ding Yi suddenly asked, "Luo Ji, the death line is still outside the light cone. Why are you so sure that the length of this death line is only about 0.1 light-years? The sophon has only flown for one week. What if it flies for two or three years and still can't see the end?"

If the dead stitch is just a short needle, it is indeed not easy to detect.

But if the death line is a super long line spanning tens of light-years, the solar system could be in danger.

At least some civilizations will actually come to the very end of the death line and take a sneak peek.

Luo Ji then noticed Ding Yi hiding behind the crowd. Since he was no longer able to project his spiritual sense at the first stage of Qi Refining, he hadn't seen him at first.

Luo Ji explained: "Ding Yi, I'm just making an assumption. We currently know that the Death Line is about 2.031 light-years away from Earth, while the two star systems are 4.22 light-years apart. Assuming that the Death Line is about as close to Earth as it is to the Trisolaran system, then the length of this Death Line should be about 4.22 - 2.031 × 2 = 0.158 light-years."

Ding Yi stared at Luo Ji: "Luo Ji, don't you think your conclusion is absurd and forced? Who told us that the death line must be about the same distance between two star systems?"

Luo Ji was taken aback. "I... I just felt that way subconsciously."

Ding Yi walked through the crowd to the front: "Luo Qing likes the word 'subconscious.' I don't care that he's a simpleton who cultivates immortality. But you used to be an astronomy professor, and we were old classmates. Where did your rational and rigorous thinking go? Where did your Wallfacer's rigor go? How come you've started to like the subconscious now?"

Luo Ji was stunned.

Just then, a sudden realization dawned on him.

The first death line is 0.158 light-years long; I've measured it. There are two in total. The third one is at the other end of the Trisolaran constellation, about 0.162 light-years long. The second death line is located at a declination of 35.2 degrees south and a right ascension of 185.7 degrees, which is 5.7 degrees east of the vernal equinox, near the constellation Cetus in the southern hemisphere. Humans will likely be able to observe the location of the second death line in about five years.

This incredibly detailed answer, like a steel stamp of thought, was directly imprinted on Luo Ji's spiritual platform.

Wait, who's speaking?
Luo Ji's heart was in turmoil, but his expression remained unchanged. For some reason, Luo Ji suddenly felt a deep sense of intimacy with the ground beneath his feet. His gaze shifted slightly downwards, seemingly piercing through the electromagnetic sophon shielding chamber and the earth. Then, a warm feeling enveloped him, and the instant he felt it, Luo Ji's cultivation level rapidly increased from the first level of Qi Refining!
Qi Refining Level 2, Qi Refining Level 3, Qi Refining Level 4... Qi Refining Level 10!
Returning to the Foundation Establishment stage!
Early Foundation Establishment, Peak of Early Foundation Establishment, Mid Foundation Establishment, Peak of Mid Foundation Establishment, Late Foundation Establishment, Peak of Late Foundation Establishment... Great Perfection of Foundation Establishment!

Half-step Golden Core realm!

At this moment, in the underworld.

[Earth Vein: Wait, how come it's only half a step into the Golden Core stage? It shouldn't start at the Nascent Soul stage and peak at the Tribulation Transcending stage.]

[Lord of the Underworld: In this land devoid of spirits, you managed to forcibly advance to the half-step Golden Core stage; you're not bad.]

[Earth's Veins: Good heavens, didn't Immortal Luo Qing leave Earth a few more spirit stones?]

Lord of the Underworld: No, all spirit stones in stock have been quantized...

[Earth's Ley Line: What an idiot, he's being way too cautious!]

At this moment, Luo Ji, whose cultivation was rapidly increasing, was unable to react at all; he didn't even have time to control his spiritual power.

A powerful spiritual pressure surged forth from his body, and the spiritual waves rolled out backward. The room was too small, and Ding Yi, along with the leaders of the major powers and the chairman of the federal government, were all sent flying backward, crashing heavily into the walls filled with electric current.

Only the little moss, reacting with lightning speed, lay down and successfully escaped the wave of spiritual pressure, but its hair was still blown wildly by the wind.

If Luo Ji were at a higher level, his move would have resulted in the most outrageous mass annihilation of humanity's elite in history.

Fortunately, even the person with the worst physique was at least at the Innate Realm. Although they were grimacing from the fall, they were not seriously injured.

"Cough cough, what's going on..."

"Oh dear, my old bones."

"This wall is electrified, it electrocuted me..."

The Federal Chairman got up, then helped the other leaders to their feet. He looked at Luo Ji with some shock, his gaze seeming to say, "We haven't offended you, have we?"

"Sorry, I broke through, and I couldn't control my spiritual pressure." Luo Ji explained guiltily, then ignored the reactions of others and sat cross-legged to begin cultivating and digesting the energy.

What was that just now? Was it a spiritual infusion?
But Luo Ji completely suppressed his spiritual pressure, then, sensing that warm will, slowly asked the answer in his heart:

"you are……"

[Earth Veins: You can call me Earth Veins... or Heavenly Dao's father.]

...

More than ten minutes later, under the resentful gazes of a group of old humans, Luo Ji stood up.

Ding Yi said sarcastically, "So what if you can cultivate immortality? You dare to hit the Federation Chairman today, and the day after tomorrow you'll dare to shit on the neck of the Carbon-Based Federation."

Luo Ji blushed, grasped the hands of the elders, apologized to each of them, and transferred a wisp of spiritual energy to them as an apology.

"What happened? Didn't your cultivation level regress? How come you've recovered so quickly?"

Feeling the nourishment of spiritual energy, the Federation Chairman felt the pressure he had been under for some time suddenly disappear, and his face became rosy as he spoke.

"This is not convenient to talk about," Luo Ji said in a low voice.

“This is no joke.” The German president pointed to the strong electromagnetic shielding room.

"It has nothing to do with Tomoko. If you insist on an explanation, then I can only resort to incantations..."

Luo Ji prepared to begin chanting, "This is a plan..."

The elders interrupted it: "Stop, stop, stop, say something you can say."

"okay."

Luo Ji's fatigue and worries completely disappeared, replaced by firm confidence: "The length of the Death Line is indeed 0.158 light-years. Don't worry about where I got this information, but it is true. If Zhizi continues to fly along the Death Line for 1370 hours, it should be able to see the end of the Death Line."

Everyone looked at each other.

Ding Yi hesitated for a moment and said, "Luo Ji, are you sure?"

Luo Ji: "I would never lie."

Ding Yi: "I remember the Wallfacer's job was to lie to people."

Luo Ji: "In 205, my Wallfacer status was revoked by Fleet International."

Ding Yi: "Weren't you just chanting a spell?"

Luo Ji: "One thing at a time, but the deadline is indeed this length. After Zhi Zi flies for another two months, it should be able to reach the other end. Then you will know."

Seeing how definitively Luo Ji spoke, those present had no choice but to believe him.

The Federation Chairman pondered, "If, as Dr. Luo Ji said, the length of the dead line is about 0.15 light-years, then it is indeed only equivalent to a needle."

Luo Ji didn't speak. He took two steps forward and drew a short silver line about two centimeters behind the point of light representing the Trisolaran star.

"This is..." Everyone was puzzled.

"The second death line, 0.162 light-years in length, is also around 10,000 astronomical units. It is in this direction, about 6.01 light-years from Earth. The location of the second death line is at a declination of 35.2 degrees south and a right ascension of 185.7 degrees, that is, on the meridian 5.7 degrees east of the vernal equinox, near the constellation Cetus in the southern hemisphere of the celestial sphere."

Ding Yi finally couldn't hold back anymore and said to his old classmate, "I'm really impressed... How did you know? This is a death line six light-years away."

Luo Ji pondered: "This is the plan..."

"Shut up."

Luo Ji wasn't annoyed by the scolding. He sighed and said, "It's about cultivating immortality, which I can't explain clearly. Just understand it this way."

With Luo Ji deliberately concealing the issue, no one dwelled on it too much, but the existence of these two dead ends still left everyone present with a deep sense of powerlessness.

One is one thing, but there are two!
Luo Qing went with Li Bai. Could these two gods on the human side be sealed within these two death lines?
Everyone looked at Luo Ji, seemingly hoping that he could give an answer like he had just done.

But Luo Ji avoided their gaze.

"There is a half-mirror with an area of ​​about 5 billion square kilometers in the No. 1 Dead Line, and nothing else."

"The second death line... there are indeed two gods."

Luo Ji said in a low voice, "But those two gods are not Luo Qing and Li Bai, but a guy called [Absolute Rigid Body] and a guy called [Regular Pentahedron]... As for what exactly happened and where Luo Qing is, I really don't know."

Luo Ji's voice grew lower and lower, yet it still carried a hint of confusion.

"In addition... a black hole has appeared near the Trisolaran system. It's not a black hole formed by the collapse of the three stars, but a fourth standard stellar black hole. The Trisolaran system has also shifted its original orbit by 10 billion kilometers. That's all the information I have. I only know that all of this happened a year ago, but to know exactly what happened, we'll have to wait until the visible light from the Trisolaran system reaches Earth three years from now."

"In short, something unimaginable may have happened over in the Trisolaran system."

(End of this chapter)