Let you be the wall-facer: you turn around and join the Three-Body Problem?

After hearing this, Su Zilin felt that what Himoses said made sense, so he wanted to turn around and leave.

But Lin Xuan on the side generously took out a 100-yuan note with the largest denomination from her wallet and stuffed it into the old man's bowl in front of everyone's shocked eyes!

"Thank you, Master, thank you, Master!"

The old man thanked him repeatedly, but before he could finish his words, he saw Lin Xuan reaching out again and starting to rummage in his bowl.

Then, everyone just stared at Lin Xuan as they took change from the old man's bowl. After counting, there was exactly 100 yuan.

"Shock value from Kosowhite +31!"

Everyone was shocked by Lin Xuan's action.

Although I guessed that Lin Xuan was unlikely to donate money to these scammers, who could have thought that he would directly exchange change from their bowls!

And the most important thing is that the money Lin Xuan stuffed into the old man was from the Spiritual Earth!

How can you let them spend the money?

Chapter 300 How to break the situation

"How long have we been sailing?"

On the flagship of the First Fleet, Chang Weisi woke up from the hibernation capsule. Although he had taken the potion of immortality, he was old after all and could no longer concentrate for a long time to complete his work.

So most of the time, the daily affairs of the First Fleet were left to Yun Tianming.

"One year and three months. If you feel uncomfortable, I can get you a cup of coffee."

Uniformed staff helped Chang Weisi to stand up and wiped the water stains off the veteran's face with a towel.

"No need, just make some tea."

"it is good."

A plate of Pu'er tea was brought up, with matching pastries next to it.

When Yun Tianming chose to leave the Earth Union, he brought a lot of good things from Earth. Now they no longer have to worry about food and clothing. The agricultural system inside the spacecraft alone is enough to complete the internal cycle of self-production and self-sales.

Today, the First Fleet has already left the solar system. According to the estimated data on the star map, they are still about 32 years away from their destination.

32 years, what a long number.

However, if the entire fleet enters the warp engine state, it will only take a blink of an eye for them to reach their destination.

Of course, it was just a blink of an eye for them, but it was possible that hundreds or even tens of thousands of years had already passed for the outside world.

So Thomas Wade did not agree to this plan, but let the First Fleet continue to move forward at normal speed.

"If we are too eager to reach the destination, the journey will become boring. Since we don't have a clear destination, we might as well find something interesting in space."

Thomas Wade took a bottle of whiskey out of the refrigerator, which was still steaming, poured it into a glass full of ice, and used silver tweezers to pick up a piece of mint and put it in.

"cheers!"

After saying this, he drank the wine in the glass.

Yun Tianming, who was sitting opposite Wade, also picked up the wine glass helplessly, but compared to Wade, he just took a small sip.

Ever since the First Fleet left the Earth Union, Wade has become very Buddhist. Except for his name which is still known by people, his other living habits have gradually become similar to Taylor's.

Looking at the dark universe outside the porthole, Yun Tianming was a little dazed.

"You said, there is really no way to break the Dark Forest Law?"

Upon hearing this, Wade smiled and refilled the glass.

"no way."

"Why? Actually, this theory has many inconsistencies from the beginning."

"for example?"

"For example, isn't human society a good example? If our human society all followed the Dark Forest Law, then there would be no concept of society. People would be unable to communicate with each other, and the only choice would be to kill each other. But now, look, aren't we all doing fine?"

Yun Tianming has been troubled by this question for a long time. He didn't have the chance to think about it before, but now that the Three-Body Civilization has been completely destroyed, he has time to continue thinking about these problems.

Wade smiled, pushed the glass forward, and motioned for Yun Tianming to pour him some wine.

"If you think this way, then you are confusing the law of the dark forest with the law of the jungle where the strong prey on the weak."

"The Dark Forest Law is an extreme measure taken in desperate circumstances, and is supported by three fundamentally irreconcilable premises."

Yun Tianming seemed to be thinking about something.

"I've had similar thoughts to you before. I've always believed that the Dark Forest Law that Luo Ji researched is the law of the jungle, and that we are weak, so we are threatened by the Trisolaran civilization. But now that our civilization's overall strength has surpassed that of the Trisolaran civilization, I've realized that the so-called Dark Forest Law is not as simple as it seems."

As if to facilitate the demonstration, Vader spread a piece of paper flat on the table.

"The Dark Forest Principle has a very important premise, which is the cosmic resource hypothesis?"

"The cosmic resource hypothesis?"

"Yes, the resources of the universe are limited, and are even shrinking. It is precisely because of this hypothesis that wars between civilizations are inevitable."

"When humans first came into contact with space, our detection range and means were only at the level of a first-class civilization, which led our scientists to come up with an extremely wrong view - the expansion speed of the universe is infinite."

"Later, Luo Ji proposed the Dark Forest Hypothesis, which completely refuted this view, namely: the resources of the universe are fixed, and any new generation of civilization will take away a portion of the resources."

As Vader spoke, he tore the paper in front of him into several pieces.

"If you approach this war from the perspective of an advanced civilization, you will find out why the Dark Forest Law is a dead end that cannot be broken by any form of communication."

"If you are an advanced civilization, and your cosmic resources are limited, what is your attitude towards lower civilizations, or the same civilization?"

"Kill them as much as possible."

"Yes, because of the technological explosion, any advanced civilization has the possibility of falling behind. Remember, it is any civilization. We may also fall behind some other unintelligent civilizations again."

“But this theory doesn’t make sense.”

"Yes, I know. You mean that the resources on Earth are also limited, but the concept of a country still exists. So if the total resources of the universe are limited, it is not enough to cause the major civilizations to go to war with each other."

"After all, society is complex, and the exchanges between civilizations are even more complex. Any tiny variable may lead to completely different results."

"But after I learned about the existence of the Carbon-Based Federation, some of my doubts were answered."

Wade stacked the torn pieces of paper together again and said.

"The universe is not a flat surface, but a thousand-layer cake made up of multiple dimensions stacked together, and the fourth-level civilization is the intersection layer of this cake."

"We have always had a misconception that high-dimensional civilizations must be stronger than low-dimensional civilizations. This thinking stems from our ignorance and the arrogance of us living in three-dimensional creatures."

“In reality, this is a form of survivor bias.”

Yun Tianming seemed to understand what Wade meant.

"You mean that creatures from higher-dimensional civilizations are not necessarily stronger than us. The reason for this illusion is that the creatures from higher-dimensional civilizations that we can see are already the strongest in that dimension."

Vader nodded.

"The standard for classifying civilization levels is based on the degree to which a civilization utilizes resources, not on the level of technology. A level one civilization can only utilize the resources of its home planet. By level two, unless they are unlucky like the Trisolaran civilization, they should have mastered the use of the resources of their own star system."

"As for the third-level civilization, it is based on the resources of the star cluster it is in. I used to think that the fourth-level civilization should be a step up and reach the galaxy level civilization. But now it seems that we were wrong. The fourth-level civilization is far more powerful than we imagined. It can control the resources of an entire dimension."

"This means that every dimension has level one, two, and three civilizations, but only civilizations that have reached level four have the ability to change their own dimensions."

"After knowing this, we have obtained another prerequisite."

“The universe is constantly reducing its dimensions.”

"Level 4 is not the only one, but one of them."

"So, if you are a level 4 civilization, and the civilization with the most unfavorable conditions in the entire dimension, what would your choice be?"

"Change your own dimension."

This question almost doesn't even need to be thought about.

If there really is a civilization that is being suppressed in its own dimension, then instead of waiting to die, it might as well lower its own dimension and try its luck in a new dimension.

However, the universe is ranked. When the last civilization chooses to land in its own dimension, the last position will automatically be given to the second to last one.

This situation, which is extremely unfavorable to a civilization, will not disappear just because the civilization changes its own track, but will only be transferred to another civilization.

This cycle will only increase the number of civilizations in the lower dimensions.

Even if you are careful enough, you can use some props to lower your own dimension, destroy the entire dimension, and force other civilizations to reduce their dimensions along with you.

There is no need for everyone to do it. As long as the first civilization takes the lead, the dimension will naturally enter a vicious circle.

The resources in the dimension are constantly decreasing. Because of the continuous reduction in resources, the competition among civilizations becomes fierce. Because they cannot compete with other civilizations, they choose to lower their own dimensions and look for opportunities in the lower dimensions.

Before leaving, throw a pile of shit into this place to pollute the entire dimensional pool.

Aren't you targeting me? Then let's all lower our dimensions. I will lower my dimension before you, and you will be later. Once I have established a foothold in the universe of the next dimension, when you come, I will beat you to death!

"No one knows how many dimensions the highest dimension of the universe has been reduced to. In the worst case, if there are only four dimensions left, we will soon see a large number of four-dimensional civilizations appearing in the three-dimensional world."

After listening to Wade's analysis, Yun Tianming couldn't help but take a breath.

"So, this is why the Dark Forest Law must exist?"

"Yes, because this war for resources is not just happening in the same dimension, but in multiple dimensions at the same time. Even if you can convince all the civilizations in the same dimension to give up the fight for resources, how can you convince the civilizations that have descended from the previous dimension?"

"I think someone must have done this to convince the entire universe a few years ago. The existence of the Carbon-Based Federation is actually the best proof of this."

"Indeed."

The Carbon-Based Federation is not so much a powerful collection of civilizations as it is a group of civilizations in the same dimension that are huddled together for warmth.

What they have to deal with are the high-dimensional life forms that may descend on this universe at any time, while also having to guard against backstabs from civilizations in the same dimension.

“This is actually what I find most puzzling.”

Wade took a puff of his cigarette, the smoke spread out, and Yun Tianming was choked and couldn't help coughing twice.

"Unless they have some means to limit the explosion of technology."

"Something like Tomoko?"

Speaking of this, both of them couldn't help but recall the fear that Tomoko brought to them during the Crisis Era.

"No, that's too low. Besides, Tomoko's technical blockade is not 100% safe. Look at Lin Xuan. Doesn't he look like he's afraid of Tomoko's blockade?"

Both of them fell silent.

"Ah, Lin Xuan...that's true."

If there was any fatal loophole in the Three-Body's technological blockade of humanity, it would be the unexpected incident of not killing Lin Xuan sooner rather than later.

As long as the level of their actions against Lin Xuan is higher than that against Luo Ji, the game between the two sides may continue for some time.

But unfortunately, there are no "ifs" in history, so the so-called theoretical complete technological blockade is simply impossible. The only way to achieve this goal is to utilize some kind of cosmic rules.

"So, there must be something we don't know, or there must be some kind of universal axiom similar to the Dark Forest Law. It's just that we have too little information now. Also, I think with our brains, even if we really know the information, we can't deduce it."

Yun Tianming thought about it.

"Actually...if you want to know the answer, I have a way!"

As he spoke, he stood up and walked into his room. After rummaging around in there for a while, he took out something that looked like crystal and was translucent.

"what is this?"

"This is a token of the Kana people, used to contact them. I found it on the ship of the Second Fleet. I originally thought that it should be in the hands of the Head of State, but I didn't expect it to be taken away by the Second Fleet. It seems that the Head of State and his people should have anticipated that the Trisolaran civilization would face such a disaster."

"So, you mean to contact the Kana people and ask us to take over the Three-Body Civilization and join the Carbon-Based Federation?"

"This is just one of my ideas. I think it's worth a try. At least joining the Carbon-Based Federation is better than wandering around in this universe."

"Not going to your star?" Wade was a little surprised.

After all, the plan everyone made at the beginning was to settle down on the star purchased by Yun Tianming. Wade didn't know whether this was the unique romance of Asians or whether Yun Tianming had other deeper meanings, so he never objected.

Anyway, for him, his mission had been completed when he lost his identity as the Sword Bearer.

Now, he just wants to live the rest of his life wonderfully.

Yun Tianming thought for a moment and couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

"No, let's contact the Carbon-Based Federation. If we are lucky enough, maybe one day in the future, we will have a chance to meet Lin Xuan and the others again."

No one knows what changed as a result of this conversation between the two sides.

Everyone in the First Fleet only knew that after today, the route that had been sailing for a long time was suddenly cancelled, and what followed was a new battlefield.