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

Chapter 458 Anti-Dark Forest Insurance (4k)

Luo Ji frowned slightly as he looked at the white paper titled "Analysis of the Warp Drive Technology of the Trisolaran Light Speed ​​Spaceship" submitted by the Federal Academy of Sciences.

Outside the window, the first snow of the year 2220 is quietly covering Beijing.

"So, it will take us at least twenty years to fully master warp drive technology?" Luo Ji returned the white paper that Ding Yi had brought to Ding Yi.

Ding Yi sat opposite him, picked up his teacup, and took a sip of grass juice: "Twenty years is the most optimistic estimate. The Trisolarans' technology is even more advanced than we imagined, especially their way of dealing with spatial curvature, which has opened the eyes of curvature space scientists."

Ding Yi paused for a moment, then found a suitable analogy, "It's like using carving techniques to sculpt the surface of water. We can understand the technical principles, but the difficulty of technically recreating it is extraordinary."

Luo Ji sighed: "This round of the Trisolaran civilization entered the atomic age in 76000 BC, and was fortunate enough to encounter several stable eras that lasted for thousands of years. It also did not encounter a devastating disaster like the alignment of three stars. It developed steadily into the interstellar age and experienced a technological explosion caused by an enlightenment. It is not surprising that it has accumulated strength and then made a breakthrough in light speed curvature technology."

Ding Yi also said, "However, it seems that the Trisolarans' technological limits are limited to this point."

Luo Ji: "After all, limited by resources and lacking the divergent thinking of Earthlings, relying solely on sheer tenacity to develop technology is not bad. If humanity hadn't had the Age of Exploration and the Industrial Revolution, it would probably have remained stuck in the agricultural era for several more centuries."

Ding Yi nodded: "The fusion of East and West gave rise to the seeds of the Industrial Revolution. The collision of different civilizations does indeed easily lead to technological breakthroughs. By the way, what's the situation on the Trisolaran planet?"

On the table, a holographic projection of one large, two small, and a black hole appeared.

Luo Ji pointed to the 'four-body' galaxy and said, "I guess things aren't going to be easy for us. A black hole has turned a three-body galaxy into a four-body galaxy."

Ding Yi did a quick calculation: "Oh, then they're doomed. The chaotic pendulum system of the four bodies is far stronger than that of the three bodies. Within a few years, or even a few hundred years, the probability of the three-body star falling into a star or a black hole will be infinitely close to 100%."

Luo Ji shook his head: "It won't die. The Trisolaran has deviated from its original orbit and become a farthest planet similar to Neptune. Although it's frozen into an ice block, at least it won't fall into the sun or a black hole."

Ding Yi frowned slightly upon hearing this: "Who did it? Luo Qing?"

Luo Ji shook his head: "It doesn't seem like it. It must be related to the war of gods... Let's wait two more years. Visible light will be transmitted back to Earth in two years, and then we'll know what happened."

"Anyway, from what you're saying, I might not see Luo Qing again until I die of old age. I should hurry up and develop the warp drive so I can live until then using the time dilation effect... Actually, warp space technology is just like that, not as magical as I thought." Ding Yi rambled on, like an old man, although he could indeed be considered half an old man.

Luo Ji comforted him, saying, "There are many ways to travel at the speed of light. Warp drive is just a math problem for elementary school students; it's not difficult."

Ding Yi sighed with some emotion: "From kindergarten to primary school... Luo Ji, how advanced does this technology need to be to be considered advanced?"

"I don't know about that. At least it needs to develop to the level of a carbon-based federation before it's qualified to talk about anything else," Luo Ji said with a slight smile.

Just then, Luo Ji's phone suddenly vibrated. A message from the Solar System Fleet had arrived.

[Dr. Luo Ji, considering the rapid progress of technological research in the scientific community, the Command believes that the public disclosure of the Dark Forest Theory may need to be further expanded—at least to those scientists working on warp drives, to prevent technological accidents that could expose the location of the solar system. The Commander-in-Chief has specially invited you to Jupiter, believing that you might carry more weight in explaining the Dark Forest Theory to the scientific community than he does. Also, there is something else to inform you: the Solar System's Seventh Fleet and the Refugee Interception Fleet are ready and will set sail soon, targeting the God Fleet and the refugee convoy respectively. The Commander-in-Chief hopes that you, as a cultivator, can offer some instructions to the fleets on their voyage. More information has been sent to your terminal; please check it.]

Luo Ji stood up.

"What's wrong?" Ding Yi asked.

"There are still two more groups of guests on Earth, and I have to go there," Luo Ji said.

...

2220 AD.

The first Earth refugee fleet is 0.34 light-years away from Earth and traveling at 0.01 times the speed of light.

The 'God' civilization's retirement fleet is 3.27 light-years away from Earth, traveling at 0.1 times the speed of light.

To prevent these two fleets from causing unforeseen consequences, the Solar System Fleet, after careful discussion, decided to send two fleets to intercept them in advance.

The Seventh Fleet, consisting of 72 star-class warships, was tasked with welcoming the God Civilization's retirement spaceship.

A fleet of 500 planetary-level warships is tasked with intercepting the First Earth refugee spaceship.

Given the Carbon-Based Federation's high regard for the God Civilization, the Seventh Fleet, responsible for welcoming them, showed great sincerity, refraining from targeting the Gods' ships with weapon systems and instead bringing a large amount of supplies.

According to the Carbon-Based Federation, the gods look very much like humans, almost like they were made from the same mold.

Or perhaps it's more accurate to say that humans were created according to the will of the gods.

If people look alike, then they should probably eat and drink similar things too.

Several scholars have proposed the theory that God is humanity, arguing that the so-called God is merely a highly advanced pre-human civilization, and that the two even share the same genes. The relationship is that of 'Jehovah' and 'Jesus,' not 'God' and 'Adam and Eve.'

However, due to a lack of specific information about a God-like civilization, this theory has not become the mainstream understanding.

Currently, the scientific community mainly treats God as a "high-level civilization that has nothing better to do than randomly discard amino acids."

What the relationship between God and humanity is like, and how they get along, we'll only know after the Gods fly to Earth.

The dinosaurs also heard the rumors about the 'Gods' and began to rethink the historical position of the dragon-ant civilization in the biological history of the earth, as well as the relationship between the dinosaurs and these 'Gods'.

All life on Earth shares a common origin; could dinosaurs have also been created by God?
That's terrifying!

Based on the distance and relative speed between the Seventh Fleet and the retirement ship, the Seventh Fleet estimates that it will take about six years of travel in [Forward 5] to reach the retirement ship of the gods at a distance of three light-years from the solar system.

This will be the first time since humanity acquired "stellar-class" spacecraft that it has left the Oort Cloud to embark on an "interstellar voyage".

The Seventh Fleet had been preparing for this for six months. With the full support of the Solar System Federation government, the Seventh Fleet's voyage was much better prepared than that of Starship Earth, with twelve logistics supply ships and fuel transport ships alone.

Including some other star-class warships converted into repair ships and medical ships, the total number of ships in this long-range fleet reached one hundred.

In addition, the modules on each star-class warship are fully loaded with supplies, which, with the support of the life cycle system, are enough to sustain the crew for tens of thousands of years while they take turns hibernating.

Excluding the fuel replenishment ship, the ship's onboard nuclear fusion fuel depot is sufficient for eight full-power acceleration/deceleration maneuvers.

This is the child's first time traveling far from home, and the government is worried about it.

They even specially equipped the warships with accompanying chaplains, 'Puritans' (imperialists), political commissars, and psychotherapists. And, unprecedentedly, they equipped the warships with additional virtual game ecosystems, alcoholic beverages, paper books, a quantum computer directly connected to the solar system internet, twenty cats, twenty dogs, and ten whimsical pets for stress relief (voluntarily).

This would have been absolutely unacceptable in the past.

To ensure that no extreme psychological problems would arise within the Space Force during this round trip of six light-years, the fleet's leadership went to great lengths to prevent such incidents.

The entire crew of the Seventh Fleet even underwent an additional ceremony to receive the seal of the Center of Faith, adding a fourth seal, "Unity," to ensure that the Seventh Fleet remains united even in deep space.

The lower-ranking officers of the Seventh Fleet did not understand the actions of the fleet's higher-ups.

It's just a long trip; it might take six years at the fastest, or thirty or forty years at the slowest. Is it really that big of a deal?
Also, you've brought way too much stuff; it's not like you're on a galactic tour.

The Solar System Fleet's decision to reactivate the 'Center of Belief' has also raised concerns across various sectors of society. However, only the Seventh Fleet Commander, Vice Commander, and high-ranking officers of the Solar System Fleet are aware of the necessity of this action.

Anti-Dark Forest Insurance

At a high-level meeting, Commander-in-Chief Qian Mengjian stated that these seemingly undisciplined behaviors were all forms of insurance against the dark forest, with the greatest insurance being the reinstatement of ideological inviolability.

Before issuing the order to restart the 'Center of Faith', the commander-in-chief made a special trip to Mercury, boarded the "Eternal Emperor Yan" spaceship, the first space warship in human history, and consulted with the old Asian fleet commander who had also survived the apocalyptic war but had retired from fleet work.

During this brief exchange, Qian Meng gradually solidified his determination to restart the 'Center of Beliefs'. He publicly declared that he had the support of the former commander of the Asian Fleet and suppressed the opposition among the fleet's high command.

The actions of the Solar System Fleet have seriously affected the attitudes of various sectors of society towards Hines.

As one of the Wallfacers, Hines did not possess the ability to cultivate immortality, but the original intention of his thought imprint preserved the spark of humanity to a certain extent (especially in Luo Qing's absence).

If we adopt God's perspective, the fleet's escape during the apocalyptic war would indeed be the best option, but this kind of 'defeatism' makes humanity very contradictory. The reason for this contradictory mentality is related to the history of the last ten years or so.

The merits and demerits of this wallfacer seem to be becoming blurred as the center of faith is re-established.

The Solar System Federation government has not given Dr. Hines any historical assessment. It's somewhat like a case of "his merits and his demerits are left to history," and online opinions about this Wallfacer are polarized, with constant debate.

But the federal government has not done nothing.

After witnessing that the Solar System Fleet had become dependent on thought imprints due to their fear of the Dark Forest, the federal government initiated a "Thought Imprint Eraser" project, involving some neuroscientists to promote reverse engineering of thought imprint technology.

The "Idea Imprint Eraser" technology project hopes to use modern technology to create equipment that can erase the influence of ideological imprints, thereby mitigating the risks posed by these imprints.

With current technology, it shouldn't be too difficult to develop an 'eraser'.

This energetic federal president even sought out Hines, who was addicted to the virtual world, and invited him to join forces with contemporary quantum brain scientists to conquer human thought and assist in the research of the [Thought Imprint Eraser].

Also, please help verify Dr. Ding Yi's 'uncertainty principle' regarding its effect on human consciousness.

Hines agreed without hesitation, which surprised the Federal President.

In fact, Hines had long since overcome the ideological imprint of "the Trisolarans will win" through willpower and accepted the fact of humanity's complete victory. What Hines could not overcome was his wife's act of breaking the wall for him, which was the root of all his suffering.

After the apocalyptic battle, Luo Qing, with a complicated expression, went to see Hines, hoping to comfort his colleague and friend, but he was unsuccessful.

Later, Luo Qing, carrying the "Heart-Binding Sword," went to find Ms. Yamasugi Keiko, who had attempted suicide, determined to perform a psychological surgery on her to resolve the couple's conflict at its root. However, after learning about the history of the "Japanese Red Army" and the "anti-human ideology" that arises from extremes through Yamasugi Keiko, Luo Qing realized just how difficult this messy situation was to unravel.

The 'Heart Tribulation Sword' cannot eradicate the root cause.

Only by stepping out of their Aristotelian identity can this model couple resolve their problems.

Shortly after Hines began developing the 'Eraser', Ding Yi made a special trip to see this Wallfacer to discuss the essence of the so-called "soul" in Luo Qing's "soul reincarnation" and the effect of the uncertainty principle on human consciousness before leaving.

In any case, the era of ideological imprinting has arrived again.

Apart from the Seventh Fleet, the lower-ranking officers and soldiers of the planetary warship group responsible for receiving the refugees were not subjected to ideological imprinting. Compared to the God ship, the refugees' ships were closer, located inside the Oort cloud. At the maximum speed of 0.2C for planetary warships, it would take at most three or four years to return.

It was a shortcut.

However, after careful discussion, the Solar System Fleet Anti-Black Forest Committee ultimately decided to imprint the ideology "Unity" on the command of planetary warships to prevent dark events caused by the Black Forest background from occurring.

Cao Bin, then director of the political department of the Solar System Fleet, said at a meeting: "The fleet's fear of the ethical breakdown caused by the Dark Forest is greater than the Dark Forest attack itself."

This statement was accepted by everyone.

Preventing a chain of suspicion from forming within the Solar System Fleet is more important than preventing that vague Black Forest attack.

(End of this chapter)