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

Chapter 469 Greeting (5k)

More than 20 sophons are currently broadcasting. Besides Luo Ji and the Federation Chairman, Ding Yi, who is discussing the macrocosm with Dr. Chen, Qian Mengjian, who is having a heart-to-heart talk with Commander Vitalis, Xiao Taixian, who lives with Benben and Tu Hengyu, and Zhuang Yu, who has boarded the Wan Nian Yan Di ship again, each have a sophon unfolding before their eyes.

What could be the truth?

Thousands of people watching the live stream thought so.

But the next moment, a sudden change occurred. A surging wave of space rushed in from the direction of the Trisolaran star, following the visible light with a rhythmic beat, and crushed into the solar system at the speed of light. The Nine Luminaries Celestial Array had already activated on its own before Luo Ji could react.

Despite humanity's thorough preparations to witness the truth, including the possibility of gamma-ray bursts traveling at the speed of light accompanying visible light into Earth.

But looking back now, we were still too unprepared.

Humans have never seen a space that "rolls".

A massive array suddenly activated, and nine pillars of light shot into the sky. The orbits of Neptune and Pluto were shrouded in a crystalline, deep blue sea—the strong interaction force ice sea that had successfully withstood the degenerate matter bombs of the Trisolaran Second Fleet had appeared.

Infinite ice crystals appeared in the void, forming a spherical ice shield that enveloped the entire solar system in a state of absolute smoothness, absolute hardness, and absolute defense. Its thickness ranged from 43 billion kilometers to 59 billion kilometers, just filling all the space between the orbits of Neptune and Pluto.

The human spaceships flying within were forcibly slowed down and fixed in place by the array to prevent them from colliding with the dense, sand-like ice crystals.

The formation had just been activated when a spatial wave arrived.

Fine ripples appearing at the edge of the solar system.

The twisted waves, forming giant waves, surged rhythmically across the Kuiper Belt and crashed against the crystalline barrier that lies between the orbits of Neptune and Pluto.

The "ice sea," which is theoretically extremely solid and condensed by strong interaction forces with closely connected atomic nuclei, began to vibrate under pure spatial fluctuations.

The crystal-clear blue ice field was caressed by this spatial melody at the speed of light, and the icy sea was pushed to generate a massive stress transfer along the direction of the waves... The icy sea rippled with a vast ice jam!

From afar, the sea of ​​ice and sand appears to undergo a regular, overall deformation, with patches of ice and sand rising, sinking, being compressed, and colliding slightly to the rhythm of the waves. The deep blue mirror-like surface at the edge, due to the effects of space, constantly collides and bursts forth with dazzling blue light.

This ice layer, with an average thickness of up to five billion kilometers, began to break apart, drift, and accumulate along the direction of the space waves under the combined influence of flat space and 'space waves'.

Ultimately, this interstellar "ice storm" traveled at 300,000 kilometers per second and took four hours to break through the 5 billion-kilometer-thick sea of ​​strong interaction ice!
Because the speed of light is unpredictable and the space waves are completely invisible, it wasn't until the ice and sand that enveloped the entire solar system rose high like a spring ice jam that people realized what was happening.

Guan Yifan, director of the Four-Dimensional Fragment Research Center, was the first to draw the correct conclusion through the super-long-range observation of the sophon: "It is a fluctuation of space itself. It is a spherical spatial wave that has been spreading for four light-years. The sphere has become extremely large and can be regarded as an approximate plane with a very low curvature when it reaches the solar system."

Neptune and Uranus, these two solid giant planets, were thrown high into the air by space itself, and then quickly fell back to their original orbits. (Note: They were originally Jovian planets, but Luo Qing molded them into ice blocks.)
After breaking through the icy sea, the space wave continued to sweep towards the interior of the solar system.

After the outer array shields failed, Saturn's 'earth attribute' protection came next. Saturn's rings began to release a crystalline yellow light, and the earth attribute spiritual power center that Luo Qing had reserved began to spread outward, eventually forming seven giant earth-yellow shields with a diameter of about 100 million kilometers, blocking the space waves between the seven stars of water, metal, earth, fire, rings, wood, and earth.

The light shield is tens of thousands of miles thick. It is an energy-type protection method in addition to the material protection method of the ice sea. It can resist the gamma-ray burst brought by the supernova explosion (Luo Qing was worried that he would not be able to deal with the problem of the supernova in the Trisolaran system, so he left behind the anti-supernova explosion contingency plan).

This energy protection method finally had some effect on the space wave, greatly reducing its speed of light to 99% of the speed of light. The seven yellow light shields that permeated the entire orbit of Saturn gave the space wave a concrete shape.

Human observation methods have clearly recorded the frequency and rhythm of these space waves.

"Such rhythmic spatial waves," murmured a scholar studying spatial curvature, looking at the frequency of the spatial waves analyzed on his computer.

The spatial wave eventually penetrated the earth-attribute energy shield. Luo Qing's earth-attribute energy protection, brought by his dual earth and wood spiritual roots, ultimately resulted in the formation's spatial resistance approaching zero due to Luo Qing's zero talent for space itself.

The giant, earthen-yellow shield was pierced, and Saturn and its rings were "thrown high into the air" by space itself.

After Saturn's defenses were breached, Jupiter's wood-attribute formation also failed to hold them off.

Qian Mengjian and Vitalis witnessed Jupiter being thrown into the sky at near the speed of light outside the window, and then Europa, where they were, also flew into the sky at near the speed of light.

However, since this movement was a movement of space itself, with a velocity of 0 in its own frame of reference, it did not cause any damage. As the space wave receded, Jupiter and its moons returned to their previous positions.

"This is the first time I've had a concrete perception of space," Qian Mengjian said, still shaken after experiencing near-light-speed flight.

"It was pretty cool; I got a taste of near-light-speed flight ahead of time," Vitalis said.

Then came the rings, Mars, Earth, Venus, and Mercury. All the spacecraft and spaceships experienced a short-distance near-light-speed motion in this space wave. As the space wave crossed half of the solar system, even the sun mysteriously "bounced".

Ultimately, the space wave pierced through the entire solar system and continued to spread into the depths of the universe.

The Nine Luminaries Celestial Array was like a powerless wife, helplessly watching the planets it was supposed to protect being tossed up and then falling back down.

Meanwhile, visible light continued to stream from near the first dead line, and everyone watching the live broadcast saw the culprit behind the spatial wave.

"what is that?"

In a video transmitted by the light cone telescope, someone saw an alternative universe reflecting a dazzling galaxy, as if most of the universe was reflected in that square plane, while the universe itself appeared and disappeared intermittently, drifting through the universe at a speed faster than light.

"Gentlemen, if I'm not mistaken, this should be a mirror," Guan Yifan said, carefully examining the image transmitted by Zhizi.

"Mirror?"

"Yes... the starlight on it is distributed in another direction of the Milky Way, and it is reflected back. At least for now, it is a mirror. It is vibrating space itself, and its speed of movement is between the speed of light and the speed of faster light that is almost instantaneous."

How big is it?

Guan Yifan: "Based on the distance of four light-years and the size ratio, the area of ​​the mirror is about 10 billion square kilometers, which is equivalent to the cross-sectional area of ​​100 Earths."

hiss.

The people at the Four-Dimensional Space Research Institute exclaimed in amazement.

The images from four years ago still echo loudly in my ears.

As the live stream continued, more and more professionally analyzed footage was transmitted to the Federal Chairman and Luo Ji.

Announcer: "Nine deities have been discovered near the Trisolaran planet! They have formed two distinct camps! One of these camps is led by Luo Qing."

"How much?!" Luo Ji's eyes widened when he heard the number.

The federal government president narrowed his eyes slightly: "It seems the situation is more exaggerated than we thought."

The information displayed on the Zhizi screen was extremely fast. Line after line of information, after being analyzed by humans, appeared on the large screen. The order in which the gods appeared was related to the order in which they appeared as observed by the light cone telescope.

[Number One Deity: Li Bai]

Intelligence Analysis: "The Devouring Empire has worshipped a god for 45 million years. Six years ago, he joined human society as a human and is a friend of Mr. Luo Qing. We have a lot of information about him. It's worth mentioning that in the current divine war erupting above the Trisolaran planet, Li Bai has been fighting entirely in human form. He is on our side."

[Second Deity: Code Name: Star God]

Intelligence Analysis: "The entity is a solid starlight with a diameter of 100 meters, appearing in the form of a Trisolaran, multicolored, a deity residing on the Trisolaran planet, worshipped by the Trisolarans. Now we know why the Second Fleet suddenly broke the treaty and headed towards Earth. Enemy faction. Status: Dead."

The video in the small window in the upper right corner was playing back in slow motion. The light cone telescope could achieve a pixel resolution of hundreds of meters at a distance of four light-years. Luo Ji and the chairman of the federal government both saw the star god giant (the image of the Trisolarans) above the surface of the Trisolaran planet being killed by Li Bai with a single sword strike.

Not only the Federal Chairman and Luo Ji, but Li Bai's "instant kill" shocked everyone who was authorized to watch Zhi Zi's live broadcast.

"I remember Li Bai had a falling out with a Chinese elementary school Chinese teacher, didn't he?" the Federal Chairman said, turning to Luo Ji.

"It seems there was such a thing. I remember the two of them had a poetry contest, and Li Bai was utterly defeated." Luo Ji looked at Li Bai, who seemed like a celestial being in the live stream, and his tone was complicated.

This is what real cultivation is all about! What kind of crap is Luo Qing teaching?

“Alright, I’ll talk to that Chinese teacher later and ask him to keep an eye on Li Bai and give him some leeway… if Li Bai still plans to return to Earth,” the Federal Chairman said.

Luo Ji said expressionlessly, "You're the boss, I'll listen to you."

The left side of the large screen was still broadcasting live, while the right side displayed tens of thousands of words of rapid analysis information, which was still being updated, corrected, and edited at a rapid pace. After the death of the Star God, the situation changed abruptly, and five gods suddenly appeared above the Trisolaran planet at faster-than-light speed.

Because the two were watching a simplified, processed version of the video, there was a certain delay compared to the analysis of professional videographers. Therefore, even though they were prepared, the Federation Chairman and Luo Ji's pupils still constricted the moment they saw the Five Gods.

[Third Deity: Code Name: Quark Star] (Status: Hostile)

[Fourth God: Code Name: Black God No. 1] (Status: Hostile)

[God Number Five: Code Name: Black God No. 2] (Status: Hostile)

[God No. 6: Code Name: Black God No. 3] (Status: Hostile)

[Seventh God: Code Name: Black God No. 4] (Status: Hostile)

Since the last four energy gods are projected as a blurry mass of energy in three dimensions, even the human analysts behind the video cannot give them specific names, and can only simply name them 1234.

However, information about [Quark Star] has sprung up like mushrooms after rain.

Intelligence analysis: "The object itself is a quark star with a diameter of 10,000 meters and zero gravitational effect. Quark stars are theoretical celestial bodies that only exist in astrophysics. They are super celestial bodies with a density greater than that of neutron stars. Currently, humans have not observed any natural quark stars. However, the quark star in front of us is obviously conscious. The scene of it fighting with Li Bai indicates that it has an extremely terrifying mass."

By this point, not counting the Star Gods who had already died, six gods had appeared in the skies above the Trisolarans.

Immediately afterwards, three more deities suddenly descended.

A mirror, as clear as the sky, appeared, and a series of intelligence information popped up.

[Deity Number Eight: Code Name: Mirror] (Status: Friendly)

[God No. 9: Code Name: Absolute Indestructible] (Status: Friendly)

[Deity Number Ten: Code Name: Pentahedron] (Status: Friendly)

Intelligence analysis: "The mirror itself is a square mirror with an area of ​​10 billion square kilometers, its thickness is unobservable, and its mass is zero. It can travel at faster-than-light speeds, and the spatial waves just now were generated by it. This intelligence comes from Dr. Guan Yifan, an expert on four-dimensional space fragments, and the name was also suggested by Dr. Guan."

Intelligence Analysis: "The Absolute Rigid Body is a silver-gray cube about ten kilometers in diameter with zero mass. It can travel faster than the speed of light and attacks by impact, seemingly possessing the characteristics of an absolute rigid body. This intelligence comes from Dr. Ding Yi, who is watching the live broadcast, and the name 'Absolute Rigid Body' was also proposed by Dr. Ding Yi."

Intelligence Analysis: "The pentahedron is a geometric shape that cannot be established in mathematical logic, and has zero mass. It can travel at faster-than-light speeds and emit faster-than-light geometric shapes, among which the golden ratio geometric shapes are its most effective attack methods. This intelligence comes from Dr. Chen, who is watching the live broadcast, and the name pentahedron was also proposed by Dr. Chen."

When they appeared, these gods used various methods to force back the five gods. Each god's message was followed by the name of a contributor who provided key intelligence analysis.

Looking at the nine gods gathered above the Trisolaran planet, the Federation Chairman was sweating bullets.

Luo Ji also watched the screen with heightened concentration.

Shortly after the standoff began, Luo Qing flew from the direction of the Trisolaran star to the sky above the Trisolaran star, carrying the corpse of some unknown object, and joined Li Bai, forming a 5v5 standoff between the ten gods.

Luo Qing's appearance finally drew cheers from the viewers of the live stream—even though they all knew it was footage from four years ago.

Seemingly sensing something, Luo Qing glanced in the direction of the light cone telescope.

"Wait! Did Luo Qing glance at us?!" the Federal Government Chairman shouted excitedly.

Because the pixels were not very clear, the Federal President was also unable to determine the exact location.

"How could this be... This happened four years ago." Luo Ji stared blankly at Luo Qing, who had finally appeared. He had seen the look in Luo Qing's eyes for that instant.

The next moment, Luo Qing gave an OK sign in the direction of the light cone telescope.

For some reason, the image from the light cone telescope suddenly became extremely clear, allowing everyone to see this scene.

"Holy fuck! Absolutely, he definitely saw us!" The federal chairman slapped his thigh excitedly, even swearing.

Luo Ji was completely lost in thought.

At the same time, thousands of authorized viewers watching the live stream also exclaimed in surprise, with various profanities from the Gregorian calendar and modern times swirling around. One person even yelled, "Damn it, the law of causality is gone!"

"Could it be that he guessed we were going to use binoculars to observe, so he made the hand gesture in advance?" someone wondered.

"Bullshit! It even winked at us. Can you believe this was predicted in advance?" someone retorted.

"Luo Qing has definitely attained sainthood. I've been watching a lot of movies about the prehistoric era lately, and it's true, the 'Qing' in Luo Qing in the movies is actually the 'Qing' in the Three Pure Ones," an analyst said solemnly.

"Don't believe those screenwriters! They've practically turned Luo Qing into a creator god. Don't talk nonsense! In any case, it's a fact that he gave us a heads-up."

"Don't speak, look at the screen! Luo Qing is probably negotiating something with the other party... Damn it, I can't see the other gods clearly, but Luo Qing is as clear as if I'm watching Blu-ray high definition."

...

Lanzhou, Macroeconomic Theory Research Center.

Ding Yi and Dr. Chen exchanged a glance, and finally Dr. Chen couldn't help but speak up: "Old Ding, what do you think about Luo Qing greeting us four years ago?"

Ding Yi looked at the formula for the new cosmic unification model being deduced on the table and couldn't help but pluck a few hairs from his beard: "Good question. How the hell would I know that this universe can no longer contain Luo Qing? Absolutely not."

Ding Yi pointed to the pile of draft papers on the table, speaking with absolute certainty, as if that were the universe itself.

Dr. Chen looked at Zhizi and sighed, "No matter what... he probably really isn't dead. Dean Li Huasheng was right."

...

Europa, Fleet Headquarters.

Vitalis, who now looked like a teenager, said, "We need to speed up the research on the light-speed spaceship. We must go to Trisolaris to explore as soon as possible. I'm so anxious."

Qian Mengjian stared at the scene on the screen where Luo Qing greeted them, which kept replaying in time, and said, "This is too eerie. Greeting us four years ago... It sounds really weird, Grant, what do you think?"

Grant remained silent, simply watching Zhizi's screen and grinning happily.

Qian Mengjian: "..."

...

A new era community on the surface of Beijing.

Holding the clumsy child, Tu Hengyu asked the little moss beside him, "What do you think about this? Did Luo Qing guess that we would be observing him and give us a hand signal in advance, or can Luo Qing change cause and effect, or even the image in the telescope?"

The little moss stared blankly at the screen: "I don't know either... I know he's strong, incredibly strong, but he's positive infinity, not negative infinity..."

Tu Hengyu asked in confusion, "Little Moss, what are you talking about?"

The little moss ignored Tu Hengyu for the first time, simply closing her eyes as if entering a dormant state. She reconnected to the quantum entity, attempting to call out to the quantum Lin Yun, but received no response, and could only ponder the possibilities on her own.

...

Soon, the image in the light cone telescope changed again, and a huge warship loomed over the Trisolaran planet. This time, everyone recognized it as a warship from the Carbon-Based Federation.

"The Carbon-Based Federation has actually gotten involved." The federal government chairman's expression was complicated.

Luo Ji said, "Under these circumstances, the Carbon-Based Federation probably can't control the situation either."

As if to confirm Luo Ji's words, and as if the negotiations had failed, Li Bai took the lead in attacking Quark God under the gaze of thousands of people, and a super god war broke out in the sky above Trisolaris.

(End of this chapter)