Mobile City Farming Guide

Chapter 391 Interstellar Engineering and the Mysterious Dimensional Library (4K)

Li Ye stroked his chin, seemingly lost in thought.

He is considering whether Tomorrow's Alliance should accept the recruitment.

After all, the announcement had already stated that there would be compensation for the work—he was very curious about what the compensation would be.

In addition to the content, the announcement also included coordinates.

The coordinates are highly intelligent; they are attached to the announcement as data. When any civilization receives this announcement, it automatically analyzes the civilization's current location and plans the easiest path to its destination.

Even potential asteroid belts, planets, comets, stars, and even wandering space pirates and predatory alien civilizations along the way will be clearly listed one by one.

When Li Ye saw the announcement that it could be automatically analyzed and converted into human language, he was quite surprised.

Now it's truly eye-opening.

"Can this kind of announcement technology really develop to this extent?"

He immediately decided to authorize the paper research and development center to launch a research and development project for public technical drawings.

The official temporary base of the Dagon Galaxy is extremely remote, located 8523 million kilometers away.

At Tomorrow Alliance's current speed, they should be able to arrive in less than 10 minutes.

This temporary base was extremely lively, with various forces gathering there.

The Tomorrow Alliance, which had just arrived, was immediately received by an official.

The official looked like a long bamboo pole, with many narrow, irregularly symmetrical arms and legs, and walked in a crooked and comical manner.

He has only one large eye on his face.

"Welcome, Tomorrow Alliance." He said, activating the smart screen computer and skillfully operating it. "Sorry, let's get straight to the point. After all, according to official estimates, we will be hosting over a thousand high-level civilizations, so time is tight and the task is heavy."

Seeing that Li Ye looked at him with a hesitant expression, the official stopped moving.

"what happened?"

Li Ye looked at his single, rotating eye.

"You don't seem to have a mouth or nose, so how do you breathe?" he asked curiously.

The official suddenly realized what was happening and then shrugged.

“Individuals in our civilization have achieved perfect internal bodily circulation,” he explained, pointing to his abdomen. “Not only that, our five senses are also extremely powerful, requiring no organs to function.”

"So that's what it is?"

“Yes.” The official pointed to his single eye. “Actually, I don’t need any facial features. But if there’s nothing on my face, it can easily cause discomfort and panic among some civilizations, so the authorities require me to have at least one eye.”

“Thank you for your explanation. We are a civilization that has just entered space, and there are many things we don’t understand,” Li Ye replied. “By the way, may I ask your surname?”

“Our civilization customarily uses the name of each ancestor as a prefix, and my family has passed down this tradition for 1213 generations,” the official replied. “If I were to give my own name, it would probably take several hours. Please just call me by my official number, KS16.”

"Okay, Mr. KS16."

After a brief exchange of pleasantries, the two sides got down to business.

"What stage is your human civilization currently at in terms of technology and military capabilities?" KS16 asked. "Please answer truthfully, as this will determine the scope of projects you can undertake."

After thinking carefully for a moment, Li Ye gave his answer.

"Technology has advanced to the stage of light-speed travel, and the military level is space warships and super mobile suits. Currently, space war stars are still under research."

KS16 nodded as he took notes.

"Your level of civilization is quite good," he said.

"Is this even acceptable?" Li Ye asked in surprise.

"Of course, the vast majority of civilizations and galaxies in the universe are similar, belonging to a primitive, uncivilized, and technologically backward stage." KS16 said seriously, "The high-tech civilizations and galaxies you see are only eye-catching because they stand at the top."

As they were talking, Li Ye suddenly realized something.

Those were the giant hands that the Alliance of Tomorrow encountered.

As an official of the Dagon system, KS16 was naturally well-informed and might even know the details of the Giant Hand.

Upon hearing Li Ye mention it, KS16's expression instantly changed.

"My God, you've actually encountered such an incredible guy!"

Those who cultivate stars.

There are only a few hundred advanced intelligent civilizations in the universe.

Each Star Creator possesses the ability to create living planets, and even living stars. Furthermore, Star Creators also possess abilities such as light-speed travel, space jumps, and dimensional travel.

"This thing can even create living stars?" Li Ye exclaimed in surprise. "And what kind of technology is dimensional travel?"

The so-called dimensional travel is a technology that is even more advanced than traveling at the speed of light.

For example, it means traveling from a level 3 dimension to a level 4 dimension, or from a level 3 dimension to a level 2 dimension, to achieve the effect of "dimensional upgrading" or "dimensional reduction".

Li Ye's expression changed instantly.

He had experienced the feeling of higher dimensions when he was in the solar system.

But then again, what benefits would dimensional travel bring?

Seeing the eager look in Li Ye's eyes, KS16 began to introduce him to the topic.

First, dimensional reduction attack and absolute defense.

In space warfare, traversing to higher dimensions grants you absolute strategic advantage. Imagine you are in four-dimensional space, while your enemy is in three-dimensional space. You would have complete visibility into their every move, and all their attacks would be observable and undefendable.

And the other party has no way of knowing or defending against any attack you launch.

Second, groundbreaking space travel and navigation.

In higher dimensions, the distances in lower-dimensional spaces are extremely short.

To illustrate, imagine a two-dimensional space as a blank sheet of paper, and you as an ant on it. For an ant to crawl from one end of the paper to the other would undoubtedly take a very long time. However, a creature in three-dimensional space could simply fold the paper in half, achieving an instantaneous "point-to-point" crossing.

Third, perspectives and perceptions that transcend physical limitations—something that Li Ye has already experienced in higher-dimensional spaces.

In addition, there is the utilization of energy resources in higher dimensions and the manipulation of the time dimension.
Li Ye listened intently, not missing a single detail, and instructed Novi to write it all down.

Then he realized something and immediately spoke.

"Wait, Mr. KS16. I can understand moving from a lower dimension to a higher dimension, because it brings the many benefits you mentioned. But moving from a higher dimension to a lower dimension is a complete side effect, isn't it?"

KS16 gently shook his head.

Not necessarily.

"what?"

Descending from a high dimension to a low dimension is equivalent to descending from a library to a book, and then from the book to the characters within it.

After pausing for a moment, KS16 prepared his words and began to speak slowly.

He gave a vivid example.

Suppose that civilizations A and B are engaged in battle in four-dimensional space.

Civilization A is no match for Civilization B and is on the verge of extinction.

In order to escape, Civilization A chose to actively reduce its dimensions. It escaped from its original four-dimensional space to three-dimensional space, then from three-dimensional space to two-dimensional space, and then to one-dimensional space.

Imagine four-dimensional space as a vast library, and civilization B as a reader within that library.

Civilization A, also located in four-dimensional space, is a reader in the library.

But after he descended to the third dimension, he became a book in a library.

When it descends to two dimensions, it has become a creature in the book.

When reduced to one dimension, the organism transforms into a single hair on its body.

"Hiss!" Li Ye gasped.

He understood completely!
From the perspective of civilization B, if it wants to find civilization A, which has been reduced to one-dimensional space...

It's like trying to find that one book among thousands of others in a library, and then finding a single hair on a creature within its contents.

This is like finding a needle in a haystack, a task a billion times more difficult!

Amidst his reflections, Li Ye suddenly realized another problem.

Beings in higher dimensions are naturally able to observe every move in lower-dimensional space.

Even after multiple dimensional reductions, Civilization A can still be found.

KS16 provided an explanation in response.

"Your idea is correct, but you've overlooked a crucial factor: the limit of attention, or retrieval costs."

"That's right. As a 'reader' in four-dimensional space, Civilization B theoretically possesses the ability to see through the entire 'library' and all the 'books' within it. To it, any three-dimensional universe is 'transparent' and 'open,' and it can see the cover, back cover, and every page of text and illustrations of a book at the same time."

"However, this kind of 'insight' comes at a price. Imagine you're standing in a library with countless books. You certainly have the ability to pick up any book, open it, and carefully read every word inside, even using a high-powered magnifying glass to observe the microscopic structure of a single ink dot on a page. But now you're not looking for an ink dot, or even a single word, but a specific, hidden hair."

"This process requires an unimaginable investment of time and computing resources for retrieval and screening."

Li Ye suddenly realized.

It turns out the cost was too high!

This level of computing resources is beyond the capabilities of even the AI ​​of advanced civilizations, and might even cause them to crash due to the sheer volume of information.

By the time Civilization B finally found Civilization A, everything had changed drastically. The other civilization had completely regrouped and even developed its technology and military to a higher level.

Civilization B, on the other hand, not only wasted a huge amount of time searching for it, but it might even be defeated and wiped out.

"Therefore, the advantage of dimensional reduction is that by infinitely lowering one's own scale of existence, one can hide oneself within the almost infinite information of the macroscopic world," KS16 concluded. "Even if an enemy wants to hunt you, it will be futile."

He casually reminded him to be a little more away from the wilderness.

Currently, there are very few intelligent civilizations/alien civilizations in the universe that possess the ability to travel between dimensions.

Li Ye nodded emphatically.

The Tomorrow Alliance must master dimensional travel technology, no matter how much manpower and resources are required.

"With the technology of the blueprint R&D center and the city simulation training cabin, it shouldn't take too long, right?"

Then he realized another problem.

"So what exactly is the Star Cultivator's true form?" he asked. "I only saw his hands before."

“The true form of the Star Creators is those hands,” KS16 replied. “They evolved into this form specifically to better create living planets and living stars.”

Incidentally, the Star-Bearer civilization is an S-level wanted civilization in the universe.

Because it has created countless living planets/stars, it has caused massive damage to many star systems.

However, because the Star Cultivators possess the ability to travel between dimensions and hide by reducing their dimensions, they are very difficult to capture.

Li Ye was somewhat surprised.

The Star Cultivator, an entity capable of creating living planets and dimensional travel, is not even the most wanted.

What would a wanted civilization of SS or even SSS level be like?

He asked one last question.

That is the Zeon Galaxy, which has been closed to the outside world for 1321 million years.

From the other party, Li Ye learned the reason.

For thousands of years, the Zeon galaxy has been engulfed in a civil war that has swept across the entire galaxy.

After the great war, the entire galaxy was devastated and everything was in dire need of repair.

To avoid being coveted and attacked by other star systems, the Zeon Star System authorities activated an interstellar device to completely seal off the entire star system.

No one can enter the Zeon system by any means.

The Zeon system can now focus on rebuilding and gradually restore its strength to pre-war levels.

"So this kind of technology exists?" Li Ye asked in surprise.

While this technology is indeed safe and reliable, each activation/deactivation of the interstellar containment device takes at least 5000 million years.

During this period, the galaxy was completely cut off from the outside world.

Therefore, leaders are often extremely cautious when activating interstellar containment devices.

"Alright, do you have any other questions?" KS16 looked at Liye.

After regaining his senses, Li Ye gently shook his head.

"That's all, thank you for your series of science popularization articles."

He felt a little embarrassed.

They came here to discuss engineering projects, but somehow it turned into a Q&A session.

KS16 waved his hand dismissively.

"Providing scientific education to civilizations that have just embarked on their space journey is an unwritten rule in interstellar space. I hope that the scientific knowledge I introduce can help the development of your civilization."

The two continued their conversation.

Within a galaxy, regions of space are called "cosmic domains".

Each region of the universe is vastly different in size and has its own unique number, facilitating location by authorities and galactic civilizations.

To date, the Dagon Galaxy has completed the measurement of the cosmic domain.

The entire Cologne galaxy is divided into hundreds of thousands of domains, which are sufficient to accurately locate almost all areas within the galaxy that have strategic value or the presence of civilizations, and the authorities can effectively manage this vast territory.

The types of cosmic domains are also quite different.

Resource areas rich in special minerals or energy.

Vast expanses of space, used to house civilizations in colonial territories.

Located in a key position with convenient transportation access.

It is a high-risk region filled with dense asteroid belts, unstable stars, and a range of dangerous entities.

"Well, based on the current strength of human civilization, I suggest you take over four universes simultaneously," KS16 said.

(End of this chapter)