Three-Body: I ​​have a small universe

"You knew we were coming?" Ding Yi replied subconsciously, and then he asked, "I haven't asked you yet, who are you?"

"My name is Di'an, from the Yaling tribe." The old man on the metal throne looked at Ding Yi and the others and explained, "I knew you would come. I've been waiting for you for too long, too long..."

"This..." Ding Yi, Zhang Tianzhi and the others looked at each other in bewilderment. This was simply outrageous. This was outrageous to the extreme!

"This is the innate ability of our Yaling clan, which allows us to predict our own destiny." Seeing the shocked expressions of Ding Yi and the others, the old man explained.

"Know your destiny!"

Ding Yi secretly clicked his tongue and looked at Di An with a complicated look, which was filled with shock and a hint of doubt.

On the other hand, Tomoko was much calmer.

"Don't be surprised. Although my clan possesses the ability to foresee the future, we can't predict everything." Di An sighed, "We can only foresee a certain part of the future at a specific time."

"There are restrictions, which makes sense!"

Ding Yi nodded slightly.

"But, your clan possesses the ability to predict the future, so how could it be..." Zhang Tianzhi couldn't help but ask, "How could you have fallen to this point?"

If Zhang Tianzhi saw correctly, this place should be in ruins. And this old man with white hair and beard was probably just struggling to survive.

Judging from their appearance, they should be an advanced civilization in the universe.

Living in a four-dimensional space, it shouldn't be like this. But when they came over, they saw a dilapidated scene.

This is hard to understand.

Could it be that the Dark Forest Law also applies to higher-dimensional worlds? If so, is there any safe place in this universe?

The future of mankind is really too difficult!

"Don't worry, young man."

The old man in white supported himself on the armrests on both sides and slowly stood up from the metal throne. "The universe is very complex, but I will tell you everything. Before that, I'd better reveal my true form so that everyone can get to know me!"

After Di An finished speaking, he walked towards them.

As he walked, it was as if a layer of illusion was burned on his body, gradually revealing his true form.

From the image of a human old man who was only about one meter tall, he transformed into a giant who was more than three meters tall. His body was like a piece of old wood, but with sharp edges and corners.

It is neither too soft nor too hard and does not hinder his movements.

The face only has a mouth and eyes.

Atop his head is a crown made of interwoven branches. Upon closer inspection, it's revealed to be part of his body! On humans, it's likely an organ similar to hair, right?

"Yaling Di'an, nice to meet you all." Di'an's greeting was very strange, and the gesture was not any of the kind that Ding Yi knew.

However, thinking of his alien identity, Ding Yi felt relieved.

"Human, Ding Yi."

"Human, Zhang Tianzhi."

Ding Yi and Zhang Tianzhi introduced themselves, but it was not appropriate to shake hands at this time, so they bowed slightly in return.

At this time, Tomoko also found that she could move!

She looked at Di An's true form, hesitated for a moment, then stood up and walked slowly towards them.

She had been inside this four-dimensional fragment for some time. Originally, she had been collecting various data from this four-dimensional space, intending to take this data out and transmit it back to the Three-Body World.

However, just as she was about to leave, she was brought here. Then, this person, Di An of the Yaling tribe, read her data and instantly knew everything about the Three Body and humanity.

Then he imprisoned himself.

He transformed himself into a human, saying he was waiting for some guests to arrive. It was only when Ding Yi and the others arrived that Chieko No. 2 realized that he was waiting for humans from Earth.

And the way she is now is also Di An's trick.

Logically, her true form was just a proton. She wasn't like this. That was Number 1's own appearance, but he had managed to make himself look like this.

No. 2 Tomoko didn't know what he was thinking.

...

"My people and I originally lived in the four-dimensional universe." Di An's face showed a look of reminiscence. "However, as the cosmic war intensified, some people went ashore. Some, like my people, remained in the grave..."

"Go ashore? What do you mean? And this is a grave?"

Ding Yi was itching to try it out. He was so curious about everything in the four-dimensional universe! And now, right before his eyes, there was an alien from the four-dimensional universe!

This time, he really came to the right place!

He didn't know what the Trisolarans looked like. But now, they were the first humans to come into contact with aliens! They had come into contact with this "tree man" of the Yaling tribe named Di'an!

"You also know the law of the dark forest."

"In the four-dimensional universe, they brought war and darkness. The flames of war spread throughout the four-dimensional universe until everyone went crazy and killed each other! They no longer cared about the damage to the universe..."

"They destroyed the four-dimensional universe and then ran into your universe." Di An said bitterly, "And I and the four-dimensional space fragments we are in now are the remains of the previous four-dimensional universe."

"In other words, coming ashore means they used some technology to come to the three-dimensional universe, our world?!" Ding Yi was shocked.

"Yes!"

Di An nodded and said, "Furthermore, a new round of fighting has begun in this world. Everyone is using dimensionality-reduction weapons recklessly, wantonly plundering and exploiting the universe's resources. Sooner or later, this universe will follow the same path as the four-dimensional universe."

"There's also the matter of the grave." Zhang Tianzhi looked at Di An, who was in a low mood and no longer spoke, but gave him a slight reminder.

Di An looked towards Zhang Tianzhi.

The team members around Zhang Tianzhi became nervous, sweating from the energy guns in their hands, and were on high alert.

"The grave is the black realm."

Di An said in silence, "Our Yaling civilization isn't considered advanced in the four-dimensional universe, and we haven't mastered the technology to reduce ourselves to a lower dimension. At that time, our universe was already close to shattering."

"So, we can only build a tomb for our own civilization. We mobilized trillions of light-speed spacecraft to turn a star field in the four-dimensional universe into a black field."

"Isolated from the four-dimensional universe! Slowly awaiting the death of civilization!"

"So, those civilizations that downgraded themselves and escaped to the three-dimensional universe are the fish that came ashore?" Sophon No. 2 said. "They destroyed their living environment, then left, and now they're here to destroy our universe?"

"Then they really deserve to die!" Ding Yi said angrily.

"But how did you end up in the three-dimensional universe?" Zhang Tianzhi thought he had found a loophole in Di An's words. "Weren't you supposed to have been destroyed along with the four-dimensional universe? How did you end up in the three-dimensional universe now?"

Ding Yi gave him a reproachful glance.

If you don't speak, no one will think you are dumb, okay?

However, Di An didn't blame Zhang Tianzhi when he heard him say this. His state of mind was beyond the comprehension of ordinary people.

"The universe has ten dimensions, and they coexist. Just like four sheets of paper stacked together, when the higher-dimensional world shatters, it will naturally curl up towards the lower-dimensional world."

"That's how we'll come!"

"When the previous piece of paper burns out, there are always some small fragments that have not yet burned out. They fall onto the next piece of paper. These are the fragments of four-dimensional space."

"In fact, this four-dimensional fragment we are in won't exist for much longer! It will eventually disappear and curl up into a lower dimension..."

"I see!"

No. 2 Tomoko was filled with emotion.

Combining the information in the database, it finally understood why the high latitudes were curled up! You know, its manufacturing process involves knowledge of dimensions!

She knows this better than Ding Yi and the others!

After hearing Di An's explanation, everyone was shocked. To have learned the truth about the universe in such a short period of time was a cruel fact they couldn't accept.

The universe is so cruel and civilization is so dark.

So what is the meaning of civilization?

No matter how hard they try, they can't possibly defeat those civilizations that have descended from higher-dimensional worlds, right?

So, they are still bugs?

The Three-Body Problem is just a larger bug!

"wrong!"

Ding Yi suddenly said, "Since the three-dimensional universe cannot escape the fate of ultimate destruction, then why do you say you've waited for us for so long?"

"I'm afraid there's nothing on us worth your covetousness, right?" Ding Yi stared at Di An with bright eyes.

"You are very good!" Di An exclaimed in praise.

"Because I foresaw your arrival! And, I saw that I would live with you in the future! Therefore, you have something worth coveting!"

"You mean survival?"

Ding Yi's eyes lit up and he thought of something.

Meanwhile, Sophon No. 2 added, "Survival is always the primary need of civilization! That's why you've imprisoned me and prevented me from taking the data from the four-dimensional space out, right?"

"Yes, that's it!"

"No matter which of you gets out, you can use the data and information collected from this four-dimensional space fragment to achieve a technological explosion for your own civilization."

"And this will lead you to destruction."

"Dark Forest!" Zhang Tianzhi exclaimed.

Then, everyone fell silent. This situation seemed to have become unsolvable. The Trisolarans had shot themselves in the foot...