Lighting up super-god technology in the Three-Body World

Chapter 112 Dark Forest!

After the virtual meeting, Jiang Fan received a message in a private channel from Luo Ji.

"Old Jiang, this is totally out of character for you. You must be hiding something from us!"

Jiang Fan smiled and replied in the private channel as well.

"There's something I need your help with. I'll ask Xiling to get a room alone so we can talk."

Luo Ji replied immediately.

“Send me the link.”

The scene changes, and the two return to Yang Dong’s tomb, which is where the whole story begins!
Luo Ji looked at the surrounding scene and said with emotion,

"You remember it so clearly. I almost forgot it all."

Jiang Fan replied,

"It's not that I remember it clearly. Xiling used satellite imagery to reconstruct all of this. I only provided some vague descriptions."

Luo Ji looked at the woman standing obediently beside Jiang Fan and praised her sincerely,
"Xi Ling, you are truly an almighty goddess!"

Xiling lifted her skirt and bent slightly.

"Thank you for the compliment, Dr. Luo Ji."

Luo Ji's eyes moved between the two of them, and he said jokingly,

"Given my relationship with Lao Jiang, there's no need for us to be so polite, right?"

Xi Ling replied calmly,

"It's etiquette."

Okay, Luo Ji finally figured it out. Apart from her emotional fluctuations towards Jiang Fan, Xiling always appeared rational when facing others.

He turned his attention back to the man.

"Tell me, what are you hiding from us?"

Jiang Fan looked at the sunset in the distance. Even though this was in the virtual world, it still made him reminisce endlessly.

Hearing Luo Ji's question, he made a leisurely sound.

"Lao Luo, that old woman was Ye Wenjie, the one who opened Pandora's Box!"

"what?"

Luo Ji was extremely shocked.

"How did you know?"

Jiang Fan did not answer this question, but sighed to himself,
"She released the devil, but she also left hope in you and me."

"What do you mean?"

Snapped!
With a snap of fingers, the whole world fell into darkness, with only Jiang Fan's voice echoing like a ghost.
"Remember those two self-evident axioms?"

"First, survival is the primary need of civilization. Second, civilization continues to grow and expand, but the total amount of matter in the universe remains constant."

Of course Luo Ji remembered it. He always felt that there must be something hidden in these two sentences, but he still couldn't decipher it until today.

"Any questions?"

Jiang Fan's ethereal voice spread again, accompanied by countless sparks of light transformed by Xi Ling.

"If these lights in the dark universe are civilizations, what do you think should be done to ensure their eternal existence and continuous expansion?"

Luo Ji seemed to see a door with incomprehensible words engraved on it, but Jiang Fan's hint made him vaguely understand it.
"Continuously draw fuel from the surrounding space and continue to grow stronger."

As his voice flowed out, the flames grew bigger and bigger, until the two balls of light could illuminate each other. Jiang Fan asked his soul-searching question,
"When the flames grow large enough, the two civilizations will inevitably meet. What will happen then?" Luo Ji saw the door collapsing, and the historical process of human civilization flashed through his mind like a passing scene. He blurted out subconsciously,

"The strong devours the weak!"

In an instant, the two balls of fire turned into golden swords and iron horses, fighting and conquering each other until the only winner emerged!
Jiang Fan stretched out his hand to restore everything. The two flames separated from each other and returned to the moment when they could not illuminate each other. He said,
"I'll give you a chance to start over. If you were the king of one of these civilizations, what would you do?"

Countless thoughts were churning in Luo Ji's mind, intertwining and tangling with each other, outlining a terrifying picture!

"I need to hide myself."

One of the flames began to shrink, but the other one continued to expand.
"Your civilization can be hidden, but you cannot determine the development of other civilizations. The light will continue to expand, and one day it will illuminate yours. What then?"

Luo Ji's eyes flashed with terrifying murderous intent. He had already put himself in the perspective of the head of civilization and said,
"Then, while he's weak, destroy him!"

Jiang Fan Road,
"Okay, but how can you be sure you have the ability to destroy Him? Or, when you attack, how can you be sure He can't fight back?"

Luo Ji immediately said,
"Information! We need to obtain information about this civilization!"

Jiang Fan controlled a tiny particle to fly from one ball of fire to another.
"That's right, but given the distance, the process of obtaining information will be very long. This period of time may be a hundred years, a thousand years. Can you afford to wait?"

A ferocious beast was opening its bloody mouth towards Luo Ji. In order to avoid being swallowed, he could only think of one way: kill it!

"So, if I discover another civilization, I must do my utmost to destroy it! To prevent future troubles!"

The flames in the darkness began to stir, with endless attacks, continuously striking all visible light!

Snapped!
Just when Luo Ji was expecting the winner, Jiang Fan snapped his fingers again, causing the darkness around them to dissipate. The two of them remained standing in the same place.
"Lao Luo, this is the operating principle of the Star Society. Do you understand?"

Luo Ji's expression was stunned, as if he was unwilling to accept this fact. After a long while, he raised his head and looked at Jiang Fan.

"The starry sky is not beautiful, destruction is the norm! Did you know that a long time ago?"

Jiang Fan originally wanted to cooperate with Luo Ji to be serious, but he couldn't hold back at the last minute.

"Hahaha, Lao Luo, you look so lost and dejected that you really do look like a homeless person."

"Don't be ridiculous, did you already know this?"

"Well, when Ye Wenjie stated these two axioms, I knew it."

"Then why are you still leading humanity in the development of aerospace? It's completely meaningless!"

Jiang Fan stopped smiling.
"Because under the laws of the Dark Forest, I thought of another possibility."

Luo Ji stared at him and asked,
"what?"

"The Law of Grand Unification."

Jiang Fan didn't need to explain at all. Luo Ji immediately understood what this meant and asked with a frown,

"Even if there is a great unification, who can guarantee that we can survive until that time? The Trisolaran civilization is right before our eyes."

Jiang Fan waved his hand nonchalantly.
"Who said we have to wait for unification?"

"Why not?"

"Can't we create a great unity?"

Luo Ji looked at Jiang Fan with eyes wide open in disbelief, as if he had heard a huge joke.
"Oh! Do you think it's possible?"

"It's man-made."

"But we can't even get past the Trisolaran civilization right now. And judging by their behavior, they're just scraps like us, barbarians who've never seen another civilization! Who knows how far other civilizations have progressed!"

Jiang Fan nodded in agreement.

"Yes, that's right, but I have a question: will the development of science never end?"

(End of this chapter)