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

Chapter 471 Two Old Men Arguing About a Cat (5k)

A whole day has passed since the live broadcast ended, but the government is acting as if nothing happened, which is worrying people all over the world.

The entire solar system bounced up and down like a ball for over a week. Even the mushrooms, who never paid attention to outer space, realized that something big was happening. Human musicians were almost able to decipher the space waves into musical scores, but the government seemed to be asleep.

She was definitely asleep.

After the live stream ended, even a martial artist with innate abilities couldn't withstand such excessive mental exertion, especially after witnessing Luo Qing's hammer kill of the Singularity God. He was overwhelmed by the massive amount of information and fell into a self-protective coma.

Several strong-willed observers hastily saved the information and then uniformly fainted, leaving only Luo Ji still relatively conscious.

But at this moment, Luo Ji also realized something during his cross-time eye contact with Luo Qing, and hastily entered a meditative state.

Low Earth orbit.

Many people took the space elevator to the vicinity of the space city and deployed many small deep-space telescopes in an attempt to observe the direction of the Trisolarans on their own.

Unfortunately, because all information near the Trisolaran star is transmitted at both the speed of light and faster than light, the amount of information available to the general public is very limited.

Some companies are also paying attention to the Three-Body Problem. Among them, AutoNavi (Gaode Maps) deployed its latest deep-space telescope on Pluto, with performance comparable to the Ringer-Fitzroy 4 telescope, and broadcast it live for seven days. However, only a handful of images could be seen in the hundreds of millions of live stream viewers.
1. The sudden appearance of Quark Star.

2. Several blurry energy entities.

3. The arrival of the carbon-based Federation warships.

4. A suspected melee broke out.

5. Black hole formation.

6. The three-body star glides to its farthest orbit.
7. During the long battle, tens of thousands of light-speed fighting machines appeared through space jumps, demonstrating their ability to accelerate to the speed of light in an instant.

7. The "No. 1 Deadline" is formed.

These images appear and disappear in an instant, with virtually no visible movement, and are separated by four light-years. The images are so blurry that people can only speculate about the cause.

The light cone telescope provided a clear view, but unfortunately, the Federation has not released any footage of it yet, which has left everyone who is following the developments of the Trisolarans extremely anxious.

Finally, at 10:00 AM Earth time on the second day, the official announcement was released.

—

Solar System Human Federation Government Announcement
[2221 AD] No. 0504

All citizens, races, and planetary governments of the Solar System Human Federation:

Since 22:5 on May 2, 2221 AD, the "Light Cone Telescope," with the means reserved by Mr. Luo Qing, has been able to visualize the divine-level battle at light speeds and faster than light speeds. It has been confirmed that a war between individual divine-level civilizations has broken out near the Trisolaran system. Including Mr. Luo Qing, a total of twelve individual divine-level civilizations have participated in this war. The code names of the gods are now announced as follows:

Friendly faction: Luo Qing (human), Li Bai (temporary human), Mirror, Pentahedron, Absolute Rigid Body.

Enemy faction: Star God, Quark Star God, Loulan God, High Dimension God A, High Dimension God B, High Dimension God C, Singularity God (core).

Specific battle footage could not be recorded due to the involvement of cultivation laws and the paradox of relativity, so there is no video material available. However, the battle situation is known as follows: Mr. Luo Qing led friendly god-level civilization individuals to defeat the hostile gods led by "Singularity," achieving the final victory in this war between god-level civilization individuals.

In this war of gods, the three gods—the hostile star god, the Loulan god, and the quark star god—were successively killed by Mr. Luo Qing and Mr. Li Bai. The three high-dimensional god individuals were expelled, and the quark star god transformed into a black hole. Thus, the Trisolaran system ushered in the era of 'four-body motion'. The friendly gods, led by Mr. Luo Qing, achieved the final victory in this war of gods.

However, with the arrival of the Singularity God, the Friendly God also suffered heavy losses. Its pentahedron and absolutely rigid body were swallowed by the First Death Line created by the Singularity God, the Mirror was severely damaged by the Second Death Line, and Mr. Li Bai was also seriously injured. Fortunately, Mr. Luo Qing delivered the final blow to the Singularity God and transferred all threats to a distant location. Ultimately, Mr. Luo Qing and Mr. Li Bai simultaneously left the vicinity of the solar system, thus eliminating all threats to the safety of the solar system and its surrounding areas.

This observation of the divine war not only allowed us to recognize the differences in the levels of cosmic civilizations, but also witnessed the protection of civilization by a human being of divine origin (Mr. Luo Qing). The Federation proposes to all citizens:

1. View the existence of divine civilization individuals from a rational perspective, without blindly following or panicking, without pandering to gods or being superstitious, consciously resist all kinds of extreme remarks and rumors, and strictly prohibit all illegal religious activities related to gods.

2. Supporting the development of the Federation by fulfilling their duties—scientists focus on technological breakthroughs, military personnel remain steadfast in their defense posts, and ordinary citizens cooperate with public safety deployments, thus uniting the power of civilization;

Attachment: Images from the "Light Cone" Deep Space Observation System (Partial)

Solar System Human Federation

January 2221, 5 AD

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Ding Yi was awakened by the patting of a cat's paw.

He looked at the fat tabby cat, who seemed to still be recovering from the fact that Luo Qing had directly teleported his soul to a vacuum two light-years away. He felt as if he had just had a bizarre dream.

But when Ding Yi saw the cat, he realized it wasn't a dream.

"Hey, Old Chen, Old Chen."

Ding Yi woke up Dr. Chen, who was fast asleep on the table.

"Ouch."

Dr. Chen, clutching his splitting headache, snapped awake. He instinctively wanted to talk about the dream he had just had, but after exchanging a glance with Ding Yi, he realized that he hadn't been dreaming at all.

I did indeed travel two light-years away.

"Huff... What did Luo Qing do? He pulled our souls out?" Dr. Chen said, panting heavily after catching his breath.

"So you've started using the concept of the soul too?" Ding Yi asked.

"Otherwise... it can't be that Luo Qing collapses us into a quantum destruction state, and then collapses us directly to a distance of two light-years through the probability cloud, can it?" Dr. Chen asked rhetorically.

Ding Yi: "Given his understanding of science, he might actually have done it."

Dr. Chen rubbed his head, carefully recalling the previous scene, his tone full of surprise and uncertainty: "Let's assume it's as I said, that we directly witnessed everything by collapsing our quantum state two light-years away through the probability cloud, but Lao Ding, have you ever thought that those scenes happened four years ago, but when we watched them... it felt like we were watching a live performance."

Ding Yi pondered, "It's like this, either Luo Qing placed us in the past four years, or he placed a scene from four years ago into the present..."

The two old men studied it for a long time.

Dr. Chen said, "I can't figure it out. The only explanation is science fiction. Luo Qing can control the timeline and observe us in different timelines, just like Laplace's demon... no, even stronger than Laplace's demon."

Ding Yi shook his head: "Whether it's the uncertainty principle or the uncertainty principle, it has already determined that Laplace's demon cannot exist. The universe is not classical physics; there are many bugs in it."

Dr. Chen: "Then we can only rely on cultivating immortality. Things like traveling in reverse through the river of time and suppressing all the worlds can be arranged for our Qingxian."

"Um, cat, what does it mean to reverse the river of time and suppress all the heavens and myriad worlds, meow?"

Ding Yi and Dr. Chen stared at the cat on the table, both remaining silent.

The cat spoke again.

The two exchanged a silent glance and then reached a consensus.

'The cat's words from before weren't a dream.'

Ding Yi remained expressionless and explained to the tabby cat, "It means exactly what it says: you can move freely on the timeline and switch to different universes in different timelines. As for suppressing all the heavens and myriad worlds, it means being the supreme ruler in various parallel universes."

The tabby cat shook its head, moved to the center of the table, and then explained to the two great physicists:

"No, no, in this universe, time is a representation of the form of matter's motion. Its core logic is that time is not an independent objective entity, but a physical quantity used to describe the 'sequence' and 'duration' of matter's motion. The existence of matter's motion is the premise for the concept of time to exist. This is a universally acknowledged fact in the universe. If all matter in the universe were to fall into absolute stillness, one-dimensional strings would no longer vibrate, and celestial bodies would no longer rotate, the dimensions of 'sequence' and 'duration' would disappear, and the descriptive meaning of time would also collapse. Therefore, the timeline you mentioned does not exist in the universe. The so-called unidirectional nature of time stems from the law of entropy increase that matter's motion follows—motion always tends to move from order to disorder. This irreversibility gives time a fixed flow of 'past-present-future'."

Oh ho, it's just a raccoon dog.

Dr. Chen took over from Ding Yi and continued to probe: "But what you described is only Einstein's theory of relative time. In our human understanding, there is another classical theory of spacetime, namely Newton's theory of absolute spacetime."

This means that time possesses an "absolute existence" independent of the motion of matter, not dependent on changes in matter, but rather serving as a "background container" for the motion of matter. In *Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy*, Newton proposed that absolute time is a "uniformly flowing entity, independent of any external things," like an eternally flowing "river." The motion of matter only occurs within this "river," and regardless of whether matter moves or how it moves, time flows at a fixed, uniform rate. How can you prove that Newton's theory of absolute space and time is wrong?

The cat got anxious.

The cat said loudly:

"Does this even need proof? Spacetime is not uniformly distributed throughout the universe, and neither is matter. For example, at the edge of a black hole's event horizon, where even light cannot escape, matter is torn into strings, slowing down its movement, and time seems to be frozen in place. If time is truly 'unrelated to external objects,' why does it speed up or slow down in a corner of the universe where matter is moving violently? When the universe had just expanded to its edge, in those empty deep spaces, where even elementary particles no longer exist, there are no stars moving, no strings vibrating, no trace of any movement—tell me, how can 'absolute time' flow uniformly here? Is it like a cat beating its tail? All the scales of time are etched in the movement of matter. You bunch of primordial gods, you haven't seen the whole universe, that's why you think time can 'run' on its own. Do you really think the whole universe has to follow some river? Pah!"

A cat's long-winded explanation.

Dr. Chen and Ding Yi exchanged another glance.

'This cat might be acting as a kind of risk-detecting sensor.'

'To say we are the original God? Does that mean we are? That's an interesting term.'

'It's probably a god-level entity that was attracted here and turned into a cat.' A person's eyes can always convey a lot of information silently, especially these two long-time partners. The two old men instantly reached a consensus, and Ding Yi took out a cat toy… no, he took out a new argument.

Ding Yi leaned back in his chair and said disdainfully, "Cat, you know too little. You're just a cat, not a risk-taker. Classical spacetime theory cannot be falsified. You say you're right, I say I'm right, but who can prove Newton is wrong? Besides... here, there is someone who really acts according to classical spacetime theory."

The cat asked, "Luo Qing?"

Dr. Chen couldn't help but say, "You know quite a lot."

The cat said, "I knew it all along. Even a cat knows where he is."

This question made Ding Yi and Dr. Chen exchange another glance. Forget about playing with the cat, they asked in unison, "Where?!"

They witnessed Luo Qing kick that dead-line ball, ramble on and on about a bunch of random things, and then disappear without a trace. Luo Qing's current situation and position are a mystery to the entire federal government.

The cat doesn't speak, and the cat doesn't meow.

Ding Yi was the first to realize that the cat was teasing her, and sighed, "What exactly are you?"

cat: "cat"

Dr. Chen said to Ding Yi, "Let's take this cat to the Risk Eliminator Sensor and ask them about it."

Ding Yi said self-deprecatingly, "You don't really think you can catch this cat, do you?"

Dr. Chen smiled confidently: "I am a fully realized being."

Then Dr. Chen leaned forward and suddenly grabbed the cat.

Ding Yi: "..."

Dr. Chen: "Uh..."

Ding Yi looked at the cat: "Why don't you run away?"

Cat: "Why is the cat running away?"

“This cat’s habits are different from other cats.” Dr. Chen held the cat in his arms and used his superhuman cat-holding technique—stretching out his arm, holding the cat with one hand, and carefully examining it.

Dr. Chen then placed the cat into a round, floor-standing mahogany shelf.

"It won't breathe on it either."

After thinking for a moment, Dr. Chen finally put the cat into a sealed metal box.

Dr. Chen asked, "Are you still alive?"

Cat: "The cat is still alive!"

Dr. Chen brought the cat out and exclaimed to Ding Yi, "I have successfully cracked Schrödinger's quantum observation experiment..."

Ding Yi was powerless to stop this abstract experiment. He knew that Dr. Chen liked to play with cats. Ding Yi just said wearily, "Let's take this cat and go find the Risk Eliminator Sensor. It should know the details of this cat."

Dr. Chen said, "The sensor is in Liming Village, Yunnan. I'll buy a two-person ticket for the super maglev train, and it will only take a few tens of minutes to get there."

The cat, held in Dr. Chen's arms, said, "No need for that trouble."

After the cat finished speaking, the Risk Remover sensor appeared in the room. This black-faced guy even struck the same pose as the Thinker sculpture, except he didn't have a chair under his butt.

After being teleported directly by the cat, the risk-taker's sensors seemed somewhat bewildered.

"A cat?" the risk-taker sensor asked in surprise.

Having spent a long time in the human world, the sensors have learned most of human emotions and have a wide range of expressions, even though it doesn't have any expressions yet.

"So it really is called Cat..." Dr. Chen didn't know where to begin his吐槽 (tu cao, a Chinese internet slang term for sarcastic or critical comments).

Cat: "Sensor No. 299792458 of the Milky Way, Cat asks you, is time a manifestation of the motion of matter, or does time exist independently of space and matter?"

The risk mitigator sensor answered without hesitation: "Time is a manifestation of the movement of matter."

The cat said smugly, "See? The cat was right."

Ding Yi didn't fall into the cat's trap, but continued to fan the flames: "The Risk Eliminator sensor can't even give a correct formula for the universal unification, how can you make me believe that it is correct? It has many wrong theories."

Upon hearing Ding Yi's words, the Dissipator Sensor's face darkened even further.

The cat waved its paw, and the hazard-eliminating sensor was sent back to the rooftops of Liming Village.

The cat said, "Okay, you succeeded. Although the Risk Remover civilization's unified cosmological model still has bugs, such as the inability to correct the parity non-conservation flaw of that old God, it remains the greatest common divisor of all physical phenomena in the universe to this day. It is also a precious legacy left by the Nebula civilization from the last cosmic era. It does have errors, but no civilization can make up for these errors. For the vast majority of gods and civilizations, the current unified cosmological model is sufficient."

Ding Yi shook his head: "I can tell you must be a god, transformed into a cat..."

The cat interrupted, "A cat is a cat."

Dr. Chen asked, "Those pet cats outside, even stray cats, are still cats. Are you related to them?"

Cat: "They're all cats."

Ding Yi shook his head, telling Dr. Chen to be quiet for a moment. He slowly said, "Whether you're a cat or a god, Schrödinger isn't here, so you can say whatever you want. I just want to refute one point: civilization must pursue the truth. Although the current unified model of the universe is the greatest common divisor of all physical phenomena, it is still not the final truth. I will be the one to complete the revision of the unified theoretical model."

The cat chuckled: "The cat doesn't believe it."

Ding Yi pointed to the papers on the table.

The cat glanced at it hastily, then laughed: "A brilliant and concise argument, but unfortunately, your model formula correction still lacks a constant, and this constant is the universe itself. Yes, you have made the great discovery of the 'Uncertainty Theory,' but you yourself said that it is uncertain, so how can you obtain the constant of uncertainty? Neither you nor the cat can know the whole picture of this universe, just as the current primitive God civilization cannot take a full picture of the Milky Way. This is what is meant by: 'Because you are in the mountain.'"

Cats can even recite cat poems.

Ding Yi now knows that the primitive God civilization the cat spoke of is human civilization, but he doesn't care about these minor details:

"I will calculate this cosmological constant using my own power. Also, I must remind you that the world Luo Qing existed in before was a typical Newtonian classical physics world, where time and space are two parallel lines, not intertwined like in our universe. There, as long as you are fast enough, you can travel faster than the speed of light. This faster-than-light travel has nothing to do with spatial dimensions. As long as you are strong enough, you can travel at infinite speed in the three-dimensional space composed of length, width, and height without causing a spacetime paradox."

The cat asked in confusion, "You...have been there?"

Ding Yi: "I also have an old identity, the president of the Luo Qing Research Institute of China. Although this identity ended when I went into hibernation, these are conclusions I came to in my early years. I have never been there, but I have already seen the splendor of another world through the information that Luo Qing inadvertently revealed. Being able to stand on a new worldview to overlook this universe is my confidence."

The cat remained silent.

Cat: "Okay, Cat admits that your absolute spacetime concept is also unfalsifiable."

Ding Yi immediately pressed, "Where is Luo Qing?"

Cat: "Fifty thousand light-years away, in the galactic halo region, inside a dead-line sphere with a diameter of two light-years."

"Holy crap... 50,000 light-years!" Dr. Chen couldn't help but stand up and exclaim.

Ding Yi remained relatively calm: "Old Chen, go and tell the federal government this news."

The cat remained unmoved, simply climbing onto Dr. Chen's head and pressing it down like a truck, then watching as Dr. Chen made a rambling video call to the Federal Government Chairman.

"Dr. Chen, are you saying that the cat on your head can talk?" Although the president of the federal government had seen many strange things, he still couldn't help but be skeptical of what Dr. Chen was saying.

Dr. Chen took the cat off his head, turned to the Federal Government President, and said urgently, "Say a few words quickly."

Cat: "Meow."

The Federal Government Chairman rubbed his temples, thinking that Dr. Chen and Dr. Ding Yi might have been staying up too long and were hallucinating.

Dr. Chen said anxiously, "That's not right, you were able to talk just now."

The cat got impatient: "Cats should speak cat language! The cat just spoke! Is there anything you don't understand?"

This time, the Federal Chairman heard it clearly. He stared at the talking cat in silence for a long while before asking, "Dr. Ding Yi, are you there?"

Ding Yi's voice came from off-screen: "Mr. Chairman, please speak."

Federal Chairman: "If you and Dr. Chen take good care of it, I will organize a group of professional cat experts to come over as soon as possible..."

(End of this chapter)