From Terra to Terra, the Star Emperor's Holiday

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Chapter 268: 'Spark' Humanity

“…This is truly an exaggeration.”

Anyone who sees the giant spaceship that looks like a mobile base will be amazed, and Luo Ji is no exception.

"Luo Ji... I'm still a little confused. Have we been captured by aliens?"

Shi Qiang's burly body huddled in the seat, his hands covering his head and his brows furrowed.

While Si Ye and Luo Ji were communicating, this tough guy relied on his strong physical fitness to wake up several times, but was knocked unconscious again by the Imperial agents. So now he has a mild concussion, and headaches and dizziness are unavoidable.

“…Is it? Or isn’t it?”

Luo Ji's tone sounded a little relaxed. Without the responsibility of being a wall-facing man, he felt relaxed all over.

"Perhaps this can be considered a form of escapism or defeatism? In any case, the continuation of civilization is a good thing. I just don't know what will happen to Earth in the end. It's hard to imagine that the saying 'it's hard to leave one's homeland' will one day affect a wanderer like me. It's really hard to imagine."

Luo Ji looked back, but could only see asteroids filling his vision and the giant armed wings of the Overlord. The Earth was no longer visible.

When humans really leave the little blue ball that gave birth to and nurtured them, that feeling of emptiness and loneliness will truly permeate their hearts.

"...I know you're a Wallfacer, so it's normal for you to be so reserved, but I really can't follow your train of thought."

Shi Qiang rubbed the lump on his head, not knowing how to respond to Luo Ji.

"But judging by your tone of voice, which seems like you're about to jump up and down, this must be a good thing. It's really novel that a two-century-old antique like me can one day ride on a spaceship."

"It's a good thing for me, but it may not be good for people on Earth."

[The spacecraft is docking. The 'Spark' project habitat has arrived. Please disembark in an orderly manner. Hibernators will be awakened in 4 Earth hours. If you have relatives or family members in the hibernation queue, please find the habitat staff to register.]

A gentle voice echoed in the cabin. The humans, feeling uneasy, were driven off the spacecraft by the synths like ducks, but they saw the starship crew who had no news at all on the platform. Many of them had a breakdown and ran madly towards their relatives who they thought were gone forever.

"Oh, it seems that it is a good thing for many people."

Looking at the scenes of relatives reuniting, Luo Ji shrugged his shoulders and began to wonder where the staff on the broadcast were. He was a little impatient to see his wife and daughter.

"So... the families of those starship crew members disappeared because they were brought here to be reunited... These aliens are pretty nice."

Shi Qiang became even more confused, but he still followed Luo Ji with a slightly stiff step.

"Then we will just ignore the people on Earth?"

"Survival is the first priority of civilization, not giving civilization to the years and giving years to civilization."

Shi Qiang was a policeman after all. Although his job was rather unconventional, his sense of justice was undoubtedly strong. Therefore, Luo Ji had to suppress his longing for his wife and daughter and explained to Shi Qiang:

"The ultimate goal is to ensure the continuation of civilization. The Planetary Council has a plan I left behind that will be enough for them to intimidate the Trisolarans. If they are willing to take on that responsibility, then human civilization will naturally continue. If they are unwilling, we will be the 'spark' that keeps human civilization going."

"...In other words, you left your Wallfacer project on Earth. If Earth succeeds, we'll be escapists. If Earth fails, we'll be humanity's last hope?"

Shi Qiang followed Luo Ji's train of thought.

As for hedging your bets, similar plans have existed since the old days, but in order to curb the spread of defeatism, such plans have only existed on paper and have never been implemented.

"That's right, but the ones who came to rescue us weren't aliens. They said they were some kind of pan-human community, affiliated with the Star Empire, and that they were humans from another world. You better mind your mouth."

"…this sounds like one of those messed up novels my son read in high school…"

"Oh, I had the opportunity to look at the list of this group of people earlier. Your son Shi Xiaoming is also on the list, and your grandson..."

Shi Qiang quickly raised his hand and covered Luo Ji's mouth to prevent him from saying the weird name that his son Shi Xiaoming had given his child to tease his father.

"...This Xinghai Empire allows people to change their names..."

Seeing the mockery in Luo Ji's eyes, Shi Qiang scratched his head angrily and muttered softly:

"That bastard Shi Xiaoming named his child 'Grandpa Shi Qiangzu', and he's not afraid that his child will be laughed at by his peers. I'll still give him a beating if I see him!"

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"Starship Human Zhang Beihai, your application has been approved. His Majesty is waiting for you in the captain's room. You have 30 minutes to meet with him."

In the library, Zhang Beihai looked as haggard as Ding Yi, but Ding Yi was exhausted from studying various knowledge, while Zhang Beihai was shocked by the history of the Human League.

He ascended to space in 2200, became invincible in 2451, defeated the final disaster in 2503, and completed the feat of unifying the galaxy in 2694.

The predecessor of the Star Empire, the Human Federation, took 500 years to complete the great feat of unifying the galaxy. Even though the history book in his hand was a children's book and omitted many details, the brief records of the Human Federation's founding war, the extermination of the Starfish, the awakening of the Great Khan, the War in Heaven, and each battle were enough to make Zhang Beihai feel refreshed.

"Hmm? Beihai, what did you apply for?"

Hearing the notification from the self-discipline machine, Ding Yi, who was immersed in a sea of ​​questions and seemed to have returned to his student days, raised his head.

"I've been thinking about this for a while now. According to the rules and regulations of the Pan-Human Community, as the 'sparks' of human civilization in this world, if we can demonstrate sufficient value and qualities, we might be able to secure the status of a secondary member state. From a long-term perspective, this would undoubtedly be meaningful."

"Beihai, there's no need to think so much. You're too tired..."

As a scientist from the old world, Ding Yi had seen all five wallfacers. In his eyes, Zhang Beihai was more like a wallfacer than those wallfacers in some senses.

"…Thank you for your concern. Just like you are still diligently learning new knowledge, I feel that a life of comfort and enjoyment is not for me, nor for those who are still ambitious. I want to strive for more."

Closing the book, he watched it sink into the desk and be automatically stored back in place in the nanotubes. Zhang Beihai wiped his face and said to the autonomous machine:

"Please lead the way..."

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Chapter 269 The Little Broken Ball Derailed Again

cause and effect,

You can think about the cause and understand the result, or you can understand the result and understand the cause.

When Shu, who possessed this power, became curious about Si Ye, the future between the two was already doomed.

Therefore, although Shu and Siye's relationship did not have the intensified passion of Nian, it was more natural and relaxed.

Since there was no ill feeling between him and Si Ye, the subsequent events would naturally come naturally.

that is…

"Well...I always feel sorry for Nian."

Xu, who was curled up in the quilt, had a strange tone in his voice, but his long white dragon tail was still tightly entangled with the black dragon tail that Si Ye had specially conjured up.

The ethics and worldview of the giant beast should be different from those of ordinary people, but in Shu's family, the eldest sister who is not the eldest sister often cares too much about these things, adding a sense of immorality.

"You do this first... then that... isn't it..."

Snapped!

Si Ye, who had taken advantage of the situation and was ungrateful, gave Shu some bad advice, but was slapped on the body by Shu with a shy and angry hand.

"Such embarrassing words... Hey! You didn't come up with all these weird little tricks on Nian, did you?"

"How could it be, how could it be, I..."

Facing Shu's death gaze, Si Ye could only touch his head and pretend to be stupid, wanting to slip back into bed.

But the leaping nanometal wiped out the ambiguous atmosphere between the two. This was an emergency communication signal. Did something happen again?

Si Ye felt that this scene looked familiar, and his eyes twitched.

"Since you have something to do, then go and get back to your business. A real man shouldn't linger on the pleasures of bed. We...we have plenty of time in the future."

Shu lifted the quilt to cover himself and began to wag his tail to drive away Si Ye.

“…I’ll be back quickly so I don’t delay tomorrow’s trip.”

Just as Shu said, they have plenty of time later, and Si Ye still has a scale in his mind to prioritize things.

In the orbit of Jupiter on the Wandering Earth, the temporary outpost has been built with the diligent work of autonomous machines, and the cross-world portal is about to enter the final stage of construction.

Si Ye quickly landed on the ground, covered in psychic flames, and quickly activated various data links. The initiator of the emergency communication and the people who might be involved lit up their projections one by one, and an emergency meeting began.

"what's up."

"Your Majesty, the Academy of Sciences has detected unusual fluctuations in the observation link of the gate numbered [1 The Wandering Earth/Three-Body Problem]. Based on your authority, we are investigating whether you used the beacon to land between the two worlds a few days ago."

The initiator of the emergency communication is the scientific hub of the experimental star field. In addition to continuously developing various technologies for the cross-world plan, they are also responsible for monitoring and supervising the situation of various cross-world gates.

"It's true. I performed a short transmission. Did this transmission cause any adverse effects?"

The Star Sea Empire's understanding of the concept of the world is still very superficial, and cross-world plans also have a lot of hidden dangers. This is why Si Ye always acts as a pioneer.

If the boundary gate collapses after the cross-world operation, only Si Ye, the master of psychic power, has enough psychic power to forcibly drive the cross-world engine back to the Star Sea Empire.

"No, or perhaps it was a blessing in disguise, as it allowed us to discover some of the hidden dangers of this unique cellular world in advance."

Several schematic diagrams were projected into the air. On these diagrams, the Three-Body World and the Wandering Earth World looked like two soap bubbles tightly pressed together.

"The opening of a cross-world gate will cause a strange siphon effect. This siphon effect isn't a one-time event. Instead, after the most intense siphoning, it flows like a 'stream,' continuously. For a single world, this 'stream' wouldn't have any impact, but this world has a peculiar twin cell structure."

"Your Majesty conducted a large-scale short-frequency transmission from the Wandering Earth to the Three-Body World. The Hub immediately observed an imperceptible interaction between the two worlds, with some dark matter from the Wandering Earth falling into the Three-Body World."

"The Overlord [Speaker's End] formation did not notice any abnormality..."

The commander of the Kuiper Belt in the Trisolaran World had a changed expression. Before the Matrix Sentinel was completed, it was his job to monitor everything inside and outside the solar system.

"This fluctuation is so small that we might have overlooked it if the Hub hadn't been equipped with a specialized world probe."

The Academy of Sciences explained on behalf of the Overlord Commander and then continued with the report.

"If it's just a projection like your Majesty's, it won't cause much of an impact. However, if the entire gate is opened, the cell structure will likely be destroyed. The two worlds will have to exchange matter once or even several times until the cell structure stabilizes again."

"The gate to the world, the gateway to the Three-Body World, has opened..."

Si Ye stopped rubbing his fingers and looked at the projection of the researchers from the Academy of Sciences.

"Does this mean the gate to the Wandering Earth world can't be opened, otherwise it will cause material exchange? How big is the scope of this material exchange?"

"With the world coordinate starting point as the core, the lowest probability is to cover the entire planet, and the highest probability is to spread to the edge of the entire solar system."

The answer given by the Academy of Sciences made Si Ye's expression very subtle.

The world coordinates are a product involving high-dimensional concepts. They will not change with the movement of the material world. The coordinate changes of the boundary gate are nothing more than a means of secondary induction, and do not have the ability to actually change the origin of the world coordinates.

The starting point of the world coordinates of the Three-Body World is Mercury. If Mercury is gone, it will be gone without any impact, even if the sun next to it is taken away with it.