Wander!blue star

The singer's spirits lifted, but he was not in a hurry to fire the hunter's crossbow towards this coordinate.

He instinctively felt a little strange.

I am here - this does not seem like a death declaration of a civilization that knows nothing about the Dark Forest, but rather a challenge to the entire Dark Forest from someone who knows the rules.

This can be seen from the level of detail of the information.

The civilization that sent the information has a deep understanding of the universe. They can accurately recognize which cosmic web, supercluster, or galaxy group they are in.
The singer hesitated for a few seconds, but ultimately did nothing.

Although this was a very sincere coordinate, he did not know the level of the civilization that issued this broadcast.

At least there is a way to defend against mass points and bi-foils, right?

Otherwise, why would we challenge the Dark Forest?
Since he can resist the two-dimensional foil, there is no need for him to do so.

It would be totally not worth it if we ended up retaliating against that civilization and losing our precious lives in this doomed destruction.

The singer silently marked this coordinate in the main core.

If other sweepers of the civilization also received these coordinates, he suggested that everyone ignore them.

The dark forest is full of hunters.

Some hunters have lost their minds over a long period of time and have turned into destructive machines that can only mindlessly fire bows and crossbows. It is better to leave strange coordinates like these to them to deal with.

The singer sneered.

A long, long time ago, when the major civilizations in the universe had just begun to fight each other and the Dark Forest was taking shape, some civilizations also sent out broadcasts similar to "I'm here".

There are many civilizations among them that are more powerful than their parent civilization, but what is the result?

Those civilizations have all disappeared.

Most of them were torn to pieces by other hunters in the Dark Forest, while a small number of them were severely injured and dived into the darkness to lick their wounds, never daring to speak loudly in the Dark Forest again.

so.
This civilization will suffer the same fate!

Although he did not intend to attack this coordinate, he decided to observe this coordinate to see how powerful the civilization on this coordinate was that dared to send out such a fearless broadcast knowing that there was a dark forest.

The singer initiated the process of "Big Eyes".

He seldom did this because it was an act of exceeding his authority. Although he had the authority to activate "Big Eyes", he needed the permission of the elders to use this authority.

"What are you doing? Big Eyes is very busy now." The elder replied.

There are so many places in the universe worth observing.

The singer replied: "There is a civilization that challenges the Dark Forest. I want to take a closer look."

"Oh? Interesting." The elder replied.

A civilization that challenges the Dark Forest is rarer than a civilization without hidden genes, because the latter is ignorant and fearless, while the former is knowledgeable and fearless.

The difference between the two is greater than that between meteorites and stars.

In his long life, the singer had never seen a civilization without hidden genes, nor had he seen a civilization that challenged the Dark Forest.

The elders haven’t seen it either.

He looked through the singer's thoughts and confirmed what the singer said.

"Okay, I allow you to activate the big eye." He agreed to the singer's request, "I will watch it with you."

A powerful observation instrument was activated.

After a long waiting period, a clear picture appeared in front of the singer, but the singer did not have the control over the picture.

This is a lifeless galaxy.

A dead planet slowly revolves around a star in its prime, and there is no sign of life in the simple celestial structure.

"Hmm?" The elder was a little confused.

He did not suspect that the singer had deceived him, because he had looked through the singer's thoughts and found that the singer had indeed received a very courageous broadcast. Was it a prank?

Occasionally, a civilization would play pranks by broadcasting from far away from their own civilization to attract nearby hunters, sometimes causing the hunters to fight each other. They were so bored that they took it for fun.

The elder suddenly lost interest and closed his big eyes.

"This is a prank," he concluded. "Just do your job well and don't be extra curious."

The singer pursed his lips.

Cleaners are the lowest-ranking job in civilization and are always looked down upon.

"Admiral Liu Peiqiang."

MOSS's camera moved to Liu Peiqiang who had just woken up from the hibernation capsule.

Liu Peiqiang looked around.

The hibernation capsules of all the crew members have been opened, which means that MOSS has made a major discovery, which is likely related to the Singer civilization.

"How long have I been asleep?" Liu Peiqiang asked methodically, "Has there been any progress?"

Liu Peiqiang was equipped with various super soldier technologies including but not limited to nano battle suits. He did not feel any discomfort due to having just awakened from the hibernation capsule and quickly got back to work.

"You have been asleep for six years."

"In the past six years, we have been observed from a distance from five different locations and have been the target of 5 destructive weapons."

MOSS reported without any emotion.

Liu Peiqiang raised his eyebrows: "Our signal is transmitted at the speed of light, which means that there are 29 hunters gathered within a radius of six light years, and these are just the ones attracted by us."

He sighed: "The density of civilizations in the Three-Body Universe is very high!"

Even in a dark forest full of dangers, life has found a way to thrive.

"These 29 hunters may not all be from different civilizations." MOSS paused and then said, "I have locked their positions and can perform space jumps at any time."

Compared with the cosmic civilization in "The Three-Body Problem" which lacks materials and cannot move at superluminal speeds, the United Government has a huge advantage in mobility.

Liu Peiqiang asked curiously: "Have you found the Singer civilization?"

The Singer civilization is the only advanced civilization that is clearly written about in "The Three-Body Problem" and has special value.

"Found it." MOSS projected a projection onto the wall.

In the projection, there was a singer humming a ballad.

"The Singer civilization used long-distance observation methods to take a look here. I captured their observations and used reverse positioning to finally find them 5.3 light-years away."

For some weak civilizations, even looking at others from a distance may expose themselves.

The United Government possesses many materials that do not exist in the Three-Body Universe and technologies derived from these materials. MOSS easily discovered the singer who was peeking at him.

"I translated their language, and based on the content of the ballads, I confirmed that it is undoubtedly the Singer Civilization." MOSS said calmly.

The next second, soft singing sounded in the room.

【I saw my love】

I flew to her side

[I hold out a gift for her]

[That is a small piece of solidified time]

"I don't understand it, but it feels good." Liu Peiqiang stretched his body.

"Lock on the singer and start space jump!" (End of this chapter)