Ten thousand I am across the heavens

Chapter 735 Epilogue
Standing still for ten years.Lan Nuo's body was already a little shriveled, and as he moved, there was a creaking sound like wood rubbing against him, which made people feel sad.

His movements were slow, like a dying old man, but he finally pulled out the sword in his hand and opened his eyes at the same time.

For many years, with his eyes closed, his upper and lower eyelids were almost glued together.When it was opened, it seemed as if it was forcibly torn open, but Lan Nuo seemed unaware of the pain. The nano-probes on his body were withdrawn from his body one after another, and on his body, On the other hand, densely packed black scars appeared, which made people look almost densely phobic.

Theoretically, nanoneedles will not leave any scars, but no matter what kind of foreign body is inserted into the human body, it is impossible to leave no traces for ten years.

Lan Nuo put the sword blade between his hands, and then handed the blade to a young man who was closest to him. Everyone watched this scene silently, so that the young man who took the blade was still Didn't realize what was going on.

The blade in his hand is extremely heavy, not only because it contains a large number of controllable high-energy particles, the density of which is far higher than that of ordinary matter, but also because this sword once represented the most shining brilliance of human civilization.

The entrustment of this weapon represents not only the handover of the sword bearer, but also the delivery of the burden of human civilization.

"This...I...I'm not qualified yet, I..." The young man who took over the weapon was a little incoherent for a while. He never thought that he could become a sword bearer, let alone be a guide for human beings. future direction.

However, after he finished speaking, he found that the person in front of him was already frozen in place, like an extremely old machine that had finally stopped working. His hands also began to sink slowly, and he just stood there, losing all sound.

This is the curtain call for Lan Nuo, except for the main body who is returning in space, and Lan Nuo who is fighting against the Trisolarans on the Trisolaran planet, all of them have stepped out of their own life support cabins, and then put their sharp blades entrusted to those around him.

Their spirits have been uploaded to other people's bodies through the miniature space gate between the two worlds, and their bodies in this world, because of long-term motionlessness and high-speed thinking, are about to end their lives.

When someone realizes that something is wrong and prepares to rescue them, it is too late. The bodies used by Lan Nuo in this world have already reached the end of their life, and the only thing they can do at this time is A silent farewell.

In fact, no one would have enough spiritual will to drive such a body to complete his last obsession after experiencing all this. In a certain sense, this body is actually dead.

After all, what Lan Nuo did before is very different from hibernation. Although the body is no longer active, the activity on the mental level is extremely intense. It consumes a huge amount of energy every minute and every second, and it also affects the body in this process. caused a huge loss.

All major hospitals around the world dispatched emergency personnel immediately, but when someone arrived at the scene, they all shook their heads. There were no vital signs, and what was in front of them was a dead body. Inside extract several sea cells that remain intact.

The person in front of him didn't seem to have just died, but he seemed to have died for several hours or even longer. Perhaps he was already dead if he wasn't waiting for the victory of the human war.

This made those who took over the blade feel that the burden on their shoulders was even heavier.

Lan Nuo himself did survive, but the sacrifice he made for civilization, at least in the eyes of the earthlings in the Trisolaran world, is probably unprecedented and unprecedented.

Even in the decisive battle with the Trisolaran spacecraft, the number of soldiers who died in battle was not as large as that of Lan Nuo who died at this moment.

While people were grieving, they did not stop the functioning of society.Because Lan Nuo, who was returning to the voyage, passed back his own words to them: "Civilization lies in passing on the torch from generation to generation. Some people will burn themselves out, and those who have taken the fire will continue to go on and do what you should do." thing!"

What should human beings do now?That is naturally to re-establish the synchronous orbit information blockade. When Lan Nuo and the others sacrificed, the shielding field they established also disappeared, and the earth was exposed again to the surveillance of the Trisolarans.The major accelerators have lost their function again.

But now facing such a desperate situation again, no one will despair, not only because of the more advanced human technology, but also because in the process of victories and sacrifices, people finally realize the power of human beings, and life will always find The way out, and so is civilization.

Human beings began to select quickly, and a large number of Nirvana people participated in the selection, and those with the most complex intelligence were screened out, and they will serve as the new generation of sword bearers. Facts have proved that human beings are capable of using more The huge number of orders of magnitude of controllable high-energy particles completely shields the sophons.

Since Lan Nuo can do it, there is no reason why they can't do it. Maybe 1 people are not enough, so more people will form a spiritual network. Maybe they can't last ten years, so they should select more people for rotation.

There is always a solution to the problem. The future of civilization must not be bet on a certain person. Although Lan Nuo had let go before, it was obviously not thorough enough at that time. Human civilization still relies on him, and this time , After witnessing one after another Lanuo wax torch turned into ashes, human beings finally understand that the next road is up to them to walk.

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Global Orbit Accelerator, a dilapidated spaceship is slowing down in the accelerator. A large number of hand-welding processes on the spaceship prove that this is a hand-built private spaceship. The surface of the spaceship is uneven, with scratches of various depths. , it proves that he has experienced long voyages, and interstellar dust has left traces on his body.

When the spacecraft finally decelerated and parked in the synchronous orbit of the space elevator, the hatch finally opened after docking, and on the square in front of the hatch were almost all the staff of the space station, as well as important representatives of the United Nations and other countries on Earth.

And the only one worthy of such a welcome is Lan Nuo who returned from the deep space.

The dilapidated spacecraft was connected to the space station, and the gate slowly opened, but the scene inside was shocking, because there was no one in the spacecraft, and it turned out to be returning by autopilot.

It stands to reason that the controllable high-energy particles have been monitoring the situation inside the spacecraft. How could there be no one in the spacecraft?

An autonomous machine flew out of the spaceship, and then used holographic projection to project a letter in front of everyone.

"When everyone reads this letter, I should have left the solar system and embarked on my voyage.

My historical mission has been completed, and the rest of my life will be spent exploring the endless starry sky and sowing the seeds of human civilization among the starry sky.

Maybe one day, when you come to the starry sky, you will see civilizations looking up at the starry sky one after another, and those may be the traces I left behind.

I will take the seeds of human beings and travel to every corner of the starry sky. Regardless of the fate of the earth and the Trisolaran galaxy, human beings... will surely exist forever! "

It seems that the message should end here, but the self-discipline machine turned the letter paper over, and on the back of the letter paper was another piece of information.

"I don't know if my old friend from the past will come to the scene to welcome me back? I'm sorry, but we haven't been able to fulfill our promise to the end. Dr. Luo Ji, I think after I leave, the secret of the law of the dark forest of the universe , it's up to you to uncover it.

Sorry, I deceived all human beings. We originally had a way to eliminate the Trisolaran crisis without any sacrifice or effort, but I concealed it, and today, it is also possible to eliminate it. It's time to announce everything.

Luo Ji, tell everyone! "

……

In the space station, everyone's eyes couldn't help but focus on Luo Ji in Lan Nuo's relatives and friends area. He thought he was just reuniting with an old friend, but he didn't expect to face such a situation. He sighed helplessly: "Well, all this time, Lan Nuo did hide something.

Included in the materials of the Trisolarans, there is also a part of the data that is missing, that is, the content about the law of the dark forest.Since Lan Nuo gave me the task of explaining all this, I will explain it briefly.

First of all, we need to find out two axioms for the civilization of the universe: [-]. Survival is the first need of civilization.[-]. Civilizations continue to grow and expand, but the total amount of matter in the universe remains the same.

The universe is big, but life is bigger!This is what the second axiom indicates.The total amount of matter in the universe is basically constant, but life is growing exponentially!

Then let's assume that there are two planets, let's call them your world and my world. You know my existence, but you don't know the details, and I don't know your existence at all.

Two concepts are defined below: goodwill and malice among civilizations.Words such as good and evil are imprecise in science, so they need to be limited in their meaning: good intentions mean not actively attacking and destroying other civilizations, while maliciousness is the opposite.

Now that you know of my existence, how should you choose?Should you communicate with me? If you communicate with me, it means that your position will be exposed.

If you communicate with me, and I am malicious, it means danger.And you have no way of judging whether I am benevolent or malicious, and I am the same. A new concept is introduced here, that is, the chain of suspicion.

Even if you communicate with me, I can't be sure whether you are benevolent, and you can't be sure whether I think you are malicious. Even if I may be good, I may think you are malicious and launch an attack.

Such a chain of suspicion is easy to break down on the earth, and we can easily build trust as long as we communicate face to face, but in the vast universe, this chain of suspicion can be extended infinitely.

In other words, whether my civilization is good or malicious, it is the same to you, and if my civilization is much weaker than yours, is communication safe?
The last concept needs to be introduced here, that is the technological explosion. The relationship between us and the Trisolarans is already the best proof. The modern technology of human beings has only been developed in the past 400 years, and this time is in the universe. During the voyage, it is only fleeting.

Even though the Trisolarans have tried everything possible to block our technological development, they are still being quickly drawn into the gap by us. If the two civilizations are not as close as we are, when the spaceship of one reaches the other, even a weak civilization may be It will also become stronger than a powerful civilization in the technological explosion.

In other words, if I am strong, then since you can discover me, I will be able to discover you sooner or later, and there is a chain of suspicion between us, and being discovered itself means danger.

And if I am weak, I may have a technological explosion at any time, surpass you in technology, and discover your existence, and this is also dangerous. "

"To sum it up, it's dangerous for me to let you know of my existence and let you continue to exist." Da Shi beside Luo Ji muttered, "And then?"

"There is no more, our deduction is over here. After learning of my existence, communication and silence will not work, so you have only one choice left."

All the people present were smart people. After hearing this, they also roughly understood what Luo Ji wanted to express. Communication and silence were not enough, so the only option was to attack. For a scale as vast as the universe, for a The cost of launching an attack by civilization may be much lower than the cost of investigating him.

"So, we have always had a way to win without bloodshed, and that is to use our sun to broadcast the coordinates of Trisolarans to the whole universe. We don't even need to broadcast, as long as we use this as a deterrent, we will It is enough to make the Trisolarans give up their invasion of us. And this is what Lan Nuo has been hiding from us all along."

"Yes, shortly after Dr. Luo Ji realized the law of the dark forest, I also got a similar conjecture, and later got corroboration from Trisolaran, but I, or my clone, still chose to use this Everything is concealed, and this will inevitably cause huge casualties to human society. Let us pay a huge sacrifice in participating in the confrontation of the Trisolarans, and my own existence is included in obtaining this sacrifice.

But if I am given another chance to choose again, I will still conceal the law of the dark forest. Well, right and wrong, future generations will judge, but no matter what the future holds, I think I have the right to be judged by others. It's hanging on the wall. "

After the last message was played, everyone at the scene and the people on the earth watching the live broadcast fell silent, but soon, one after another raised their heads and looked at the blue sky and starry sky above their heads. Come to comment, because today, human beings no longer need the protection of deterrence.

[To be continued]

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