The Wallfacer: Everyone wants to break through my wall.

The discovery of the Sirius people left the Atomic People, who had recently moved to Sirius, somewhat bewildered, and they discussed it frequently.

After some preliminary exploration, some things are still uncertain, but some things are basically confirmed. For example, this strange civilization is not a native inhabitant of the Sirius system, but came from somewhere else.

Their reproductive pattern clearly requires a very complex ecosystem to develop, and Sirius has no planets, let alone a very complex ecosystem.

Their technology, which largely overlaps with that of humanity before the apocalyptic war, also indirectly confirms this point.

For long interstellar journeys, particle accelerators are definitely not feasible, as they consume too much energy. As a result, there has been no progress in basic science, only in other areas.

Sirius is a very barren star system. Even if interstellar travel were possible, there would be no need to go to a place without even planets.

Choosing such a place as a residence could only be to avoid the hunters of the Dark Forest. From the camouflage of their spaceship, the Atomic People were basically certain that the other party knew about the Dark Forest theory.

Chapter 317 The Destruction of Civilization is Universal

"What should we do? Contact them?"

Humanity wanted to make contact, but the Trisolarans were completely unwilling.

"Can't you humans be a little more careful? Don't just try to make contact with any alien you see. Our information will be leaked, and leaks mean we won't be able to avoid the conflicts in the dark forest."

"We can't just casually disclose our information; that would bring danger."

The attitude of the Three-Body Problem side also won the approval of some radicals on the human side, these atomic humans made proposals.

"They should be destroyed; their existence is a very serious threat."

"Their technical level isn't as high as ours, so what danger could they possibly be in?" someone asked, puzzled.

Some people on the Trisolaran side countered, "Human technology wasn't as advanced as Trisolaris's, so were we not a threat to Trisolaris back then? Existence itself is a threat."

"How about we don't make contact or attack? An attack will definitely leave traces, and it might even leak our information," someone else suggested.

The radicals questioned, "No, this civilization knows the Dark Forest theory. What if one day, due to internal conflicts, they broadcast the coordinates of their star system to the universe? What then?"

No one can predict the future. The other party is a civilization with multiple individuals with diverse thoughts. What they will do in the future is completely unpredictable.

"Then let's run away, we can escape anyway."

Some people replied that humans are now atomized and can easily reach near-light speed to escape into space. If the coordinates of Sirius were indeed broadcast, they certainly wouldn't be the ones who get hurt.

"You make it sound so easy. Don't you think about the future? Their technology will develop, and it's only a matter of time before they discover us?"

The leader of this group of 100 million colonists couldn't stand it anymore and stood up to speak, "Stop arguing, there's no point in arguing about this. Let's first interfere with their scientific research, lock down their particle accelerator, and then report to the Council of Ten and let them decide."

“That will take a long time,” some of the Trisolarans said.

The manager said, "Waiting a little longer is nothing; time is not a problem for us."

……

From Lin Feng's perspective, the events on Sirius were as if a hundred million colonists had just arrived and were already colonizing the planet, starting large-scale construction projects, all within minutes.

"Sirius people?"

Lin Feng was taken aback. He knew about the environment of Sirius. How could a civilization have been born in such a place?

Davis said, "Based on the reports, it seems they are not indigenous people, but came from elsewhere."

Not an indigenous person...

After thinking for a moment, Lin Feng naturally deduced that the other party already understood the Dark Forest Theory; otherwise, there would be no reason for them to run to a godforsaken place like Sirius.

Knowing the Dark Forest Theory, even those with less advanced technology than the current Atom Man would be extremely dangerous beings.

"What are you planning to do?" Lin Feng asked.

Davis replied, "We haven't reached a conclusion yet. Ms. Suzumiya and the two representatives from the Trisolaran side, along with myself, have all suggested eliminating them immediately. This is because this civilization is extremely uncontrollable and may expose the atomic beings on Sirius. Moreover, eliminating them is much easier than absorbing them, making it a safer option."

"One of the Three-Body Problem members and **** from the human side, the four of them proposed to absorb them into the Atom Man sequence. The unified entity should be more inclusive, and we cannot give up just because it is difficult."

With four sides facing equal support, the decision-making process reached a stalemate.

"What about the remaining two representatives?" Lin Feng asked.

The council of ten has a total of ten representatives. Now, eight representatives support different positions. Lin Feng wondered what the remaining two representatives were doing.

Davis explained, “They support bystanders. They believe that the conflict shouldn’t be as intense as it was between humanity and the Trisolarans. Intense conflict would only lead to worse results. Besides, the other side already knows about the Dark Forest Theory, and they are worried that things will get out of control.”

"Parliamentary systems are indeed unreliable," Lin Feng said.

While a parliamentary system can easily win everyone's approval, it is difficult for people to make quick decisions in highly controversial situations.

“What do you think?” Davis asked.

Hearing this question, Lin Feng roughly knew why Davis had come to see him.

They wanted to rely on him to quickly get the ten-member council to end the dispute and make a decision.

Although the Sun Ascension Project made everyone in the solar system except the Taylor system want to beat him up, his abilities were still highly regarded by the higher-ups in the human world.

Especially when it comes to decisions that concern the future of civilization, listening to the opinions of Lin Feng, a man who has been constantly accelerating the pace of the times for two centuries, is undoubtedly more reassuring.

Lin Feng said, "Whether it's absorption or elimination, I actually support it, but we absolutely cannot maintain the status quo. Maintaining a divide will only make the problem more and more serious."

"To be honest, in my opinion, this matter should not have been decided by your Council of Ten. The length contraction effect slows down the passage of time for us. Even if you make decisions quickly, the problem on Sirius will still escalate to a very serious level."

As Davis listened to Lin Feng's reply, he suddenly received a new message from Sirius indirectly.

Davis relayed the message to Lin Feng with some melancholy, "...I just received news that the alien civilization on Sirius has been wiped out by the colonized atomic beings."

"That's such a shame."

Lin Feng wasn't surprised; this outcome was highly likely, given that their time had been slowed down to this extent.

The destruction of the alien civilization on Sirius was a minor matter. Countless civilizations are destroyed every day in the universe. The birth and destruction of civilizations are common occurrences, at least in this universe. Lin Feng refocused his attention on the meeting between Yun Tianming and Cheng Xin.

It's somewhat ironic that Yun Tianming has regained his physical body, but Cheng Xin is now just an atom. Their situations are completely opposite to what they were two centuries ago.

Through sophonic communication, humans created a nanoscale projector for Cheng Xin, projecting her past human form to converse with Yun Tianming.

The scene was two screens facing each other, seemingly engaged in a tender exchange: one was an unfolded sophon, and the other was a nanoscreen.

The scene is... well, it's a bit awkward.

Lin Feng suddenly remembered something, "Now that the two sides are on good terms, isn't anyone going to take this opportunity to ask the Trisolaran First Fleet for the technology of sophons and light-speed warp drives?"

It's the honeymoon period now, so taking advantage of it will greatly increase your chances of success.

While humanity has already grasped the basics of light-speed warp drive spaceship technology, it's still just a hurdle. If we could directly access readily available, practical technology, it would undoubtedly save humanity a tremendous amount of time and resources.

Davis said, "Someone has already brought it up. The Trisolaran First Fleet replied that they hope we can offer something of equal value in exchange, as they don't want to be at a disadvantage."

Equivalent? Lin Feng thought for a moment, but couldn't think of what to exchange for the sophon and light-speed warp spaceship technology. The light-speed warp spaceship was easy enough, but the problem was what to exchange for the sophon technology.

"So what do you plan to use as collateral?" Lin Feng asked.

Davis replied, "Based on the detection data from Gliese 581, we have decided to send some atomic sub-units to Gliese 581 to learn the detailed process of the destruction of the Trisolaran Second Fleet, so that we can prepare in time if we encounter it in the future."

Indeed, the matter of the Trisolaran Second Fleet is something that people care about no matter how you look at it. They had light-speed warp drive ships, but they were all wiped out. It's impossible not to care about that.

The Trisolaran First Fleet was more concerned about this matter than the Atomians. The Atomians relied on atomization to move at near the speed of light, so their sense of crisis was not very strong. However, the Trisolaran First Fleet relied on light-speed warp drive ships to achieve light-speed movement.

The fact that light-speed warp technology can be blocked is undoubtedly something that could directly threaten their survival.

Lin Feng agreed with the decision; the more one knows, the better one can survive in the universe.

Lin Feng warned, "That's the broadcasting area, not a simple place. You must be fully prepared and guard against our information being leaked. As long as the information isn't leaked, there won't be any issues that threaten our survival."

“We will keep that in mind,” Davis replied.

Chapter 318 New and Unknown Strike Methods

Gliese 581 is 20.4 light-years from the solar system, and the time required to get there is approximately 5.1 times that of traveling to the Trisolaran system.

This is not a short period of time, even at near the speed of light.

If we assume that it would take five minutes for atomic humans to travel to the Trisolaran galaxy at near the speed of light, then multiplying by 5.1, it would take at least 25.5 minutes, close to half an hour, to travel to Gliese 581, which is 20.4 light-years away.

These atomic units, remotely controlled by atomic humans through quantum entanglement and moving at near the speed of light, did not go directly to the broadcast galaxy. Instead, they entered a nearby star system five light-years away to remotely observe Gliese 581 while dispatching a small number of atomic units into the broadcast galaxy.

This will be more troublesome, but it's always better to be careful. After all, that area has been watched by countless hunters in the universe. If some hunters' eyes haven't left yet, then we'll be in big trouble.

Gliese 581 is a red dwarf star with six planets. This star system is very similar to our solar system, with most planets having nearly circular orbits and low eccentricity.

The only difference between this system and our solar system is that most of the planets orbit relatively close to their stars. Gliese 581, a red dwarf star, has only one-third the mass of the Sun, so its gravitational pull is naturally weaker. If the planets are not close enough, they will be ejected and become rogue planets.

The planets of this star are numbered from b to g. Among them, Gliese d is located in the habitable zone with suitable temperatures and has a mass three times that of Earth. Therefore, unlike Mars, it does not have a thin atmosphere due to its small mass.

This is previous observational data of Gliese 581, but it is not quite the same now.

From distant observations of nearby star systems, the location of Gliese 581 does not contain the red dwarf star that should exist, but rather a stellar embryo that is being conceived.

Newly born stars continuously eject gas at speeds of nearly hundreds of kilometers per second. This gas violently collides with the gas and dust clouds surrounding the star, producing light.

Its structure is very similar to that of the Milky Way, with a constantly rotating accretion disk and jets running up and down. However, the center is a star, while the active disk is mainly composed of meteorites and nebulae, with no star-sized objects.

Such celestial bodies are not uncommon in the Milky Way, and they usually do not last long, lasting only a few thousand years. When stellar winds disperse the nebular material, the structure breaks down, and the displaced nebular material reassembles into planets.

Although the human side had a premonition to some extent that their mission to Gliese 581 to investigate the cause of the destruction of the Trisolaran Second Fleet would lead to some new discoveries about the Dark Forest.

But they never expected that such a significant discovery would be made from just remote observation.

The destruction of Gliese 581 was not caused by particle attacks, but by other types of attacks.

The reason is simple: it's too fast.

A light-particle bombardment would ignite a star, and the stellar material would disperse into a nebula after being detonated. Even if we were to force an explanation that this stellar material would recombine to form a star due to gravitational interactions, it wouldn't happen that quickly.

It hasn't even been a hundred years since the attack on the atomic beings began. Rather than believing that these scattered stellar materials slowed down and reassembled so quickly, it's more realistic to believe that these stellar materials are all atomic humans like them.

Even if Gliese 581's destruction was indeed caused by light particles, it was just a red dwarf star. Although red dwarfs are stars, they have small masses and small plasma radii, which means that the energy stored inside them is not very high, the temperature does not increase rapidly, and their lifespan is much longer than that of other types of stars.

Therefore, detonating a light-particle star may leave behind large pieces of planetary debris.

The discovery that the hunters were using a completely new form of Black Forest Strike was undoubtedly sensational, and immediately a variety of speculations arose.

For example, there's the gravitational bomb theory, which claims that a special bomb drastically increased the gravitational pull of Gliese 581, causing all the planets to fall into the red dwarf star. The star, subjected to successive impacts from the six planets, ejected large amounts of stellar material each time, thus forming the stellar embryos they currently see.

Another example is the antimatter bomb theory. The hunter launched multiple black hole weapons similar to antimatter bombs, which could form miniature black holes, causing all six planets of Gliese 581 to collapse into black holes. These miniature black holes were eventually destroyed in the singularity explosion. The black hole that collapsed in Gliese b was close enough to Gliese 581 when the singularity exploded, causing a large amount of stellar material to be ejected, thus forming the current stellar embryo structure.

All the arguments were reasonable and well-founded, and people debated endlessly, but only Lin Feng knew that these speculations were incorrect. He had read the original work and knew the characteristics of the Black Forest Strike.

Cheapness and casualness—these are the rules set by that 'God'.