Three-body: The Most Competent Wallfacer in History

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Big Tree also mentioned, "The dwarf planet you see is merely an entrance. Inside this dwarf planet, there is space compression technology, similar to your microcosmos, but it exists on the same temporal axis as the larger cosmos."

"So the dwarf planet you see is vastly larger than it appears!"

"Throughout these spaces, there are defense mechanisms. To my knowledge, there is no weapon that can easily destroy this dwarf planet."

"The time these defense mechanisms buy is enough for all creatures to de-evolve."

"I'm telling you this because I want you to understand a principle. Since I dare to establish a de-mentioning civilization, it means I am confident enough to face challenges from every aspect."

Jiang Yu nodded, "No wonder, no wonder."

"After encountering us, you didn't immediately carry out a Dark Forest Strike because we are simply not opponents on your level."

"You're always sure you can completely annihilate humanity!"

Big Tree: "Correct, including destroying the microcosmos you created. But unless I am too bored, I generally don't exterminate everything."

"One reason is that you inherit a part of my genes to a significant extent. There's no point for me to annihilate you completely."

"Furthermore, the fact that you treat the Dark Forest Law as an iron law shows your weakness."

"When you become powerful enough, the Dark Forest Law will just become one of your options."

"Destroying a civilization is a form of respect for it and represents your concerns about your cosmos being uncontrollable."

"When you have the courage to choose not to carry out a Dark Forest Strike on a civilization, it means you have enough confidence in yourself, no matter what the other does, that you have confidence to control the development of the situation!"

Jiang Yu nodded, "I've taken note."

Then he asked, "Let's get back to the topic of de-mentioning. Is this the ultimate state of civilization?"

It's like freezing a civilization. When a civilization reaches its zenith, it immediately completes the de-mentioning of all its people.

Leaving behind only a fully functional and advanced intelligent computer, or a Wallfacer who has been modified by advanced bionic technology to remain awake.

Indeed, this would halt the conflicts within a population, like freezing one's own civilization in its golden age for a long time.

But is this really a good thing?

On Earth, in interstellar colonies, there are humans acting foolishly everywhere, or they have simply degenerated into great apes...

Thinking of this, Jiang Yu's heart suddenly tightened: Could humanity have come about this way?

The de-mentioning of an advanced civilization leaves behind a "Big Tree," and due to unknown circumstances, it becomes incapable of reversing the de-evolution.

So humans really turned into great apes and have spent millions of years without returning to their peak state.

Smiling bitterly, Jiang Yu shook his head. He dared not affirm such a guess, but also didn't know how to deny it.

Big Tree: "I cannot answer your question. Although civilizations are created by living beings, they gradually escape the control of these beings."

"The 'de-mentioning' method I use is a biological way to solve the problems of civilization, not a civilized way to solve the problems of civilization."

"I see that, in the distant future, you seem to have found a way for civilization to solve its own problems, and perhaps you can elevate life to a new height."

Jiang Yu was stunned, "You, you can see the future?"

Big Tree: "Yes, you don't think I am just the source of life in the three-dimensional universe, do you?"

"I am the origin of all life across both macro and micro dimensions!"

Jiang Yu immediately understood; Big Tree was a cross-dimensional creature.

Such creatures had only existed in Thirty-Six's theories before. They are different from Venus; Venus would be considered a dimensionally-reduced creature, originally from higher dimensions, now only able to live in lower dimensions.

A so-called cross-dimensional creature is one that can exist in multiple dimensions simultaneously.

Humanity can only be considered a cross-dimensional civilization, with humanity's presence encountered in different dimensions. However, individuals of humanity cannot achieve this.

For instance, Jiang Yu could not be in three dimensions and in the microscopic fifth dimension at the same time.

Big Tree obviously can do this, and perhaps Big Tree is the only creature in the whole universe capable of it.

Because the beginning of life is its peak.

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It's no wonder Big Tree dared to use such a method as intelligence stripping. Even if the god-level civilizations of the three-dimensional universe joined forces against it, as long as all the Big Trees in every dimension were not simultaneously destroyed, it wouldn't be significantly affected.

Big Tree added, "The probe has been sent back to you, so let's call it a day for the visit."

Jiang Yu dared not object. "Okay."

Guided by Big Tree, the probe returned to the surface of the dwarf planet.

The "Curtain," once captured by humanity, resumed its form in space, appearing to move slowly and even clumsily.

Big Tree said, "What a delightful exchange this has been! But as you humans say, 'All good things must come to an end.'

"All that's left here is a battlefield, and there's nothing interesting about that. I'll be leaving momentarily.

"Before I go, let me give you two gifts."

Then the probe received an electronic signal, and soon Song Xingrui reported, "This is a set of coordinates."

Big Tree continued, "These are the coordinates of the Singer civilization you have been searching for.

"Well, it's time for me to leave.

"However, we will meet again in the future."

Before Jiang Yu could say goodbye, the dwarf planet had disappeared without a trace.

According to the mothership's radar, the entity had appeared over five hundred astronomical units away, and then it performed another spatial jump, leaving the two thousand astronomical unit range of the radar.

It seemed that the previous "step" of moving five hundred astronomical units was a mere warm-up.

Then Jiang Yu thought, "Did he only give us one gift?"

It didn't seem likely. Could such a remarkable civilization, or rather, such a remarkable entity like Big Tree, go back on its word?

Jiang Yu guessed, "It looks like we have to find the second gift ourselves!"

He then asked, "Is the location given by Big Tree the direction we've been searching in?"

Song Xingrui replied with a wry smile, "It's quite different. According to our current search direction, it would take us several hundred years to find this place."

Jiang Yu took a deep breath. "Recall all probes! All units stand by at their stations in the Central Plains."

In the strategic game with the Singer civilization, humanity now had an absolute advantage.

Jiang Yu even speculated that the Singer civilization might have been so psychologically impacted by Big Tree that they had already retreated and was not actively seeking human civilization.

Regardless, humanity could now face the war with greater composure.

Jiang Yu asked further, "How is the retreat from the colonies to the microcosms going?"

Wei Xiang replied, "Half of the population has already been evacuated."

According to the constitution of the Solar System State, each colony system (including the numerous 'Shadow Star Systems') was required to have a microcosm to evade Dark Forest Strikes, and to set up multiple entry points.

But unless it was a planetary system that had just completed colonization, with populations often in the tens of millions or even billions, it was not possible to complete an evacuation quickly.

Wei Xiang asked, "Should we issue an order to immediately halt the evacuation process?"

Jiang Yu thought for a moment, then said, "We can slow down the evacuation pace, but let's not stop it for now."

It would be best to wait a few days to make sure Big Tree had left far enough away, then it wouldn't be too late to bring people back from the microcosms.

Jiang Yu then ordered, "Set up a panel of experts to analyze the intelligence and information we've obtained from this encounter."

The expert panel was quickly established, and many Wallfacers, including Jiang Yu, paid close attention to the panel's discussions.

The first piece of information the panels concluded was about the intelligence-stripping mode.

Many experts were reminded of the societal structure of "Heavenly Mother," which also operated on an intelligence-stripping mode, didn't it?

Yet the beings "Heavenly Mother" nurtured still retained a certain level of intelligence.

At the same time, people gained a deeper understanding of Heavenly Mother in her heyday.

The fact that she wanted to merge with the universe showed that she had found the deepest connection between life and the cosmos.