The Wallfacer: Everyone wants to break through my wall.

……

"I really want to finish this mission as soon as possible."

An atomic being, acting as a medium to transmit data, said idly to his teammate.

Half a year has passed since the battle with the Taurus civilization, and only half of the data left by the Taurus civilization has been transmitted. At the current rate, it will take at least another half a year to end.

Anyone would find it unbearable to stay in one place for a whole year, staring at a bunch of incomprehensible data.

"The most dangerous phase of the mission is over. You're only now realizing you're scared? Don't you think you're being a little too late?" his companion complained.

“I want to end this mission sooner, not because I’m scared, but because…” Atom paused, then asked, “You know about the new ethical guidelines recently promulgated by the Council of Ten, right?”

"You mean 'your marriage partner should at least have a certain level of intelligence'?" the companion countered.

Atomic Man exclaimed joyfully, "Yes, yes, that's it! That new ethical view means that I can finally be with the person I love."

Her companion was immediately shocked. "Oh...so your views on love are so twisted? Tell me, is it E. coli, T virus, or something else?"

Upon hearing this, Atom Man had an urge to slap his forehead. He explained, "What are you thinking? My views on love are perfectly normal, okay? I want to create the two-dimensional goddess I fantasized about as a child, understand?"

His companion was taken aback. "A two-dimensional goddess? Created? That's impossible. Two-dimensional doesn't mean two-dimensional. It's just a product of human imagination, nothing more than fantasy."

Atomic Man said, "That's right, the two-dimensional world is just a fantasy, but with current technology, it is entirely feasible to make these things concrete and physical."

"Think about it, if a person's appearance is a three-dimensional representation of a two-dimensional character, and her memories, thoughts, and abilities are completely identical to those of the character in the two-dimensional story, then can we also consider that the person in the two-dimensional story and that person who is the embodiment of fantasy are the same person?"

After hearing the Atom's answer, his companion fell silent. He thought for a moment and then replied.

"...I don't know how to answer you about this. There are too many things involved. It can be said that it is not. People are independent individuals, and their independence cannot be replicated."

Atomic Man said, "Whether it is or not, it is exactly the same as my dream lover. She is my ideal other half. As long as she can do that, that's enough. The essence of the world's meaning to people comes from cognition. I have cognition, so the world has meaning to me."

“In the past, I was mainly worried about the ethical issues involved, since it involves creating humans. But now it doesn’t matter anymore. This restriction has been lifted, thanks to those perverts who like to take risks and like all sorts of weird things,” Atom Man said.

If it weren't for concerns that using technology to create 'humans' would be against human ethics, the Atomic Man would have already created his own dream lover.

He had actually been waiting all along. He knew that as technology advanced, people's minds would become more open, and the restrictions of the past would inevitably be lifted. Just like how women in feudal times could not show their arms, if the women he hibernated before were to return to the past, they would be regarded as prostitutes and harlots.

For this reason, he resolutely chose to hibernate.

“On this point alone, I don’t think you have any grounds to criticize them,” his companion said.

"Tell me, who is your favorite anime goddess? You don't mean that every anime woman is your goddess, do you?" his companion couldn't help but ask.

"How could that be? I'm very loyal. My beliefs haven't changed all these years. Do those who change them without permission even deserve to be called 'anime fans'? Those who keep calling someone 'wife' are just a bunch of old perverts." Atomic Man said disdainfully, then changed his tone and excitedly introduced his anime goddess.

"The angel I like named Icarus, who was originally a versatile angel, was later sealed away and became an entertainment angel. She's capable in both formal and domestic settings, and quite adorable. She's practically the perfect partner, hehehe..."

As he spoke, Atom couldn't help but chuckle lewdly. Although Atom had no face, his companions could sense the lewdness in his words.

"Tone it down. If you want to fantasize, don't do it in public. People will think you're a pervert if you do that," your companion warned.

"If you're a pervert, then you're a pervert, but can you please not add the word 'dead'? Saying that word too often is taboo," Atomic Man said.

My companion complained, "This is the space age, how can you still be so superstitious?"

"This isn't superstition, is it? This is..."

The Atom Man, who was trying to pass the time by arguing, was suddenly interrupted by his companion.

"Wait a minute, something's happened!"

"What's wrong?" The Atom Man immediately became alert.

"Take a look at the gravity value you calculated," his companion said.

The Atom Man was stunned. The gravity sensing mechanism built into his atomic computer indicated that there was a large mass source nearby, but this was intergalactic space!

There's simply no way there could be anything of high mass here!

"Mass point? Where is it?" the Atom Man asked.

A colleague analyzed, "The gravitational fluctuation is too large. The fact that we can't observe it means that this point of mass is either a black hole or some other extreme thing."

“That means…” the Atom Man murmured.

It is related to an advanced civilization!

Subsequently, a message was transmitted through the atomic network to the various atomic beings in the interstellar battlefield.

[Abandon the current atom and transfer the main body to another branch, using the current location of your main body as the center point. The coordinates of the branch to which you transfer the atom cannot be less than 300 light-years away.]

Chapter 352 We Need More Intelligence

The anomalies on the battlefield of the Golden Bull Civilization naturally alarmed everyone in the unified entity, and the higher-ups received the news immediately.

"How many people were lost?" Lin Feng asked.

Davis reported, "No one was lost; they safely transferred to other atomic units through quantum entanglement."

By abandoning their original atomic mainframes and transferring themselves to atomic subframes, all atomic beings disengaged from the battlefield the instant they noticed the anomaly on the Taurus Civilization battlefield, severing all quantum entanglement connections with the Taurus Civilization battlefield.

In this way, unless the enemy can break the causal chain, it will be impossible for them to find the escaped atomic people.

"What's the situation on the battlefield?" Lin Feng asked again.

Davis replied, "The Sophon is still getting closer; it will take another 56 years to find out what's happening there."

Due to the urgency of the situation, the atomic beings who were evacuating the battlefield did not have time to think things through and also severed the quantum entanglement of the sophons, causing the unified entity to lose its ability to know what happened next on the battlefield of the Taurus civilization.

The closest sophons to the battlefield of the Golden Bull civilization are 56 light-years away. Even if they approach the battlefield of the Golden Bull civilization at near the speed of light, it would still take them 56 years.

Lin Feng's virtual form nodded, then looked at Davis's virtual form and said, "What do others think about this? I've heard some negative comments recently."

Davis replied, "Several representatives from the Martian government, the Earth government, and the Space City Federation proposed to try to make contact with this galactic overlord civilization, and two representatives from the Trisolaran side also support this idea."

Lin Feng frowned slightly and asked with a strange expression, "What does Liang Gong mean?"

Davis shook his head slightly, denying Lin Feng's question. He said, "It shouldn't be. She didn't express her opinion at the meeting."

Lin Feng asked wistfully, "Why would they believe that the galactic overlord civilization that came all the way from Andromeda would have goodwill towards our unified entity?"

Davis explained, "That dominant civilization in the galaxy was willing to abide by the agreement and let the Taurus civilization leave the galaxy instead of destroying it after using it. If we hadn't attacked the Taurus civilization, it wouldn't have been destroyed after only a few hundred light-years away from the galaxy. From this point of view, this civilization was indeed quite benevolent."

“At least this civilization has the potential to bring stable order to the chaotic galaxy, and that's enough,” Davis said.

The 'goodness' of civilizations in the universe is not like Cheng Xin's hypocritical goodness. Their moral foundation for goodness is even lower, which is simply not attacking. Not attacking is goodness, while attacking is malicious.

The fact that the galactic overlord civilization was willing to reach an agreement with the Taurus civilization meant that this galactic overlord civilization in the Milky Way was at least a civilization that kept its promises. This greatly won the favor of some people in the upper echelons of the Unified Body, who believed that it would at least not be as crazy as the hunters in the Dark Forest.

We can talk, we can communicate, we can cooperate, and even in the worst-case scenario, we can surrender.

Upon hearing Davis's words, Lin Feng looked at Davis with a hint of amusement and asked, "Davis, you also support the Martian government's representatives, right?"

Davis didn't hide anything and readily admitted, "Yes, I do long for the situation in the Milky Way to stabilize so that we can return to the Solar System."

"The solar system is gone," Lin Feng reminded him regretfully.

Davis replied, “But we can try to restore it. We have enough complete physical data to reshape a solar system and an Earth. It’s not impossible. Besides, the remnants of the solar system are still there, and the Earth’s crust has only been torn apart. With some repairs, I believe it can be restored to its original state very soon.”

Davis paused for a moment, then added, "However, while I hope the galaxy will become more orderly, I did not take a position at the meeting because I know that you are more suitable than I to make this judgment on behalf of the entire Taylor galaxy."

Lin Feng's virtual form scratched his head, looking troubled, and said, "You're putting a lot of pressure on me by throwing this kind of question at me again."

“There’s nothing I can do, you’re always right,” Davis replied matter-of-factly.

Looking at Davis's self-righteous demeanor, Lin Feng was at a loss for words.

Lin Feng organized his thoughts and then said, "I actually hope that the Milky Way will restore order, but I oppose the Unified Body making contact with that galactic hegemon-level civilization. Contact and communication would mean that the Unified Body's non-existent strategy would be completely dismantled, and the Unified Body would completely lose all its defenses against that civilization."

“They already know we’re here,” Davis said.

Lin Feng nodded, "That's right, but it was just a leak of information, and not much of it. They probably don't know who we are yet. Judging from the fact that everyone escaped safely, that galactic overlord civilization probably only knows that an unknown civilization destroyed the Taurus civilization, which had already escaped the Milky Way..."

As he continued, Lin Feng suddenly shook his head and added, "...However, these are just my speculations. We should still prepare for the worst."

Caution is paramount; a single misstep could lead to the destruction of civilization, a gamble the unified entity cannot afford!

Davis nodded in understanding.

Lin Feng continued, "In addition, we lack intelligence and are too passive. We need an intelligence network that can closely monitor the Milky Way."

Davis replied, “This would require establishing sophon engineering bases in multiple locations across the galaxy, but as the number of such bases increases, the likelihood of them being exposed also increases. As you know, doing so would contradict the strategy of non-existence.”

Lin Feng said helplessly, "But we have no choice. Without a strategy, the only thing that can threaten the unified entity is an accident. And the only way to avoid an accident is to obtain as much intelligence as possible and take cover before the crisis arrives."

“I understand what you mean, and I will try to find ways to expand our current intelligence network,” Davis said.

……

Several hours after the atomic beings fled the battlefield of the Taurus civilization, a wormhole with a diameter of one light-year opened up. Along with the wormhole appeared, powerful gravitational waves radiated out, disturbing the Taurus civilization's spaceship formation and causing it to become chaotic.

Two orbs of light emerged from the wormhole, like two small suns, too bright to look directly at.

After a brief inspection, one of the orbs of light said to its companion, "Other races and communities are hidden beyond the Star Sea."

"This is a very clever race that silently destroyed the fleet of races that escaped the Sea of ​​Stars by manipulating these modified particles through action at a distance."

"It seems that there are far more troubles to deal with in this Sea of ​​Stars than we initially thought. Eliminating such a racial group is very troublesome."

Another ball of light replied, "We can't afford to spend too much time thinking about these things beyond the Star Sea. Our time is limited, and we need to seize control of this Star Sea before the Black Tide arrives."

The light cluster then asked its companion, "So, we're not taking these gravimetric templates back with us?"

After a moment of silence, his companion replied, "...Take it with you; you might need it for cleaning later."

Chapter 353 Feng Taylor bears full responsibility

In the Atomist society, many things cannot be hidden, and no one intentionally tries to conceal them. The news of the existence of a galactic overlord civilization, and what they are doing in the Milky Way, caused an uproar among all the Atomists in the Unified Body.

After all, this is breaking the Dark Forest of the Milky Way. What a feat! Compared to this, all the architectural wonders in human history are nothing. You may be an architect, but this guy is reconstructing the rules of the galaxy. He's more like a god than a god.

To put it bluntly, it's like the arrival of the county magistrate means the arrival of justice.

Therefore, it was natural for some to advocate that the unified entity should make contact with the galactic overlord civilization and then join its side to contribute to ending the chaotic era in the Milky Way.

To be honest, no one likes the Dark Forest theory. We were originally human, but now we have to be reduced to the level of animals in order to survive. Before, we had no choice, but now we have a choice, so why lie down?

A significant number of Atomians support contact with the galactic overlord civilization, while others remain hesitant, believing that they should first determine whether the galactic overlord civilization is benevolent or malevolent towards humanity before considering contact.

Of course, there are also those who oppose it. These people are firm believers in the Dark Forest Theory. They are generally former hibernators who have experienced the Crisis Era, the Doomsday War, the Deterrence Era, and so on. They have seen too many crises, so they have a particularly strong sense of crisis and do not believe that any civilization would have even the most basic goodwill.

The two groups started arguing in the Atomic Network, and the argument spread wider and wider, with more and more Atomic users joining the discussion.