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In the darkness, a bright light suddenly appeared.

The point of light is suspended quietly.

Lines of rapidly flowing subtitles appeared at the bottom of the screen, filled with a large number of physics terms, which were dazzling to read.

Then, bright light spread outward from the light spot, almost instantly filling the entire screen.

This light flashes continuously.

After a while, the light converged towards points in ripples, forming galaxies.

Accompanying this process are subtitles that flow just as fast.

A few minutes later, the directors looked at the projection of the scientist in the air in confusion. They were full of questions, but no one spoke first. Instead, they waited for the scientist to explain to them.

"Before we had a detailed picture of the Big Bang, we thought that the singularity had always existed somewhere and at some point it suddenly exploded."

The scientist smiled and said: "But according to the information we have now, the singularity that created the universe was not actually here before the explosion, nor did it explode 'suddenly'."

"It suddenly appeared here, and then exploded after a long preparation period, which is the demonstration content at the beginning of the picture."

The directors nodded slightly.

Scientists turned the video to the beginning and could clearly see a spot of light appear out of nowhere in the darkness, and then float in the darkness motionlessly.

“Let me emphasize this.”

The scientist raised his voice: "This picture is simulated using the collected information. It is not that there happened to be a camera recording the picture at the time of the Big Bang."

The scientist had an excited expression on his face.

After he saw that the directors all understood, he continued, "Previously, we believed that after the singularity exploded, the universe expanded to dozens of light years in a few seconds."

"But now we find that the general size of the universe is actually determined at the moment the singularity explodes."

"That is, there is no long period of expansion. The universe has been as big as it is now since its appearance, and from the Big Bang to the present, the boundary of the universe has only undergone some tiny changes that are negligible on a cosmic scale."

“This is undoubtedly counterintuitive.”

"But what is even more counterintuitive is that after the singularity exploded, all the major physical laws, including the speed of light, appeared instantly, and then fluctuated rapidly in a very short period of time, and finally fixed to the current value."

“Every wave is a step wave.”

“From one to two is from one to two, not from one to a point one, then to a point two, and then smoothly increasing to two.”

The scientist's tone became more and more excited, and even though it was just a virtual projection, the directors could see the abnormal blush on his face.

“The most incredible thing is!”

"All physical laws existed in a special unified form at the beginning of the Big Bang. Just as all matter was originally pure energy, all physical laws were also originally a special kind of thing."

The directors looked bewildered.

All matter is originally pure energy, they can understand this, it’s the mass-energy conversion equation!
But matter and energy are things that can be seen and touched.

Physical laws
The scientist said excitedly: "The divine civilization calls it the cosmic cause, the cause of all truth in the universe!"

"In theory, as long as you master the method of creating and manipulating the cosmic cause, you will completely master the truth of the universe, because you can use the cosmic cause to change or create physical laws by yourself."

The scientist's voice was full of temptation: "This is the ultimate truth that transcends everything!"

The directors' eyes gradually became clear.

They are not scientists and do not know what the cosmic cause is, but they have understood its importance.

The cosmic cause is the last piece of the puzzle that the United Government lacks in the single universe.

"The main gods of the Warhammer universe and the Infinity Stones of the Marvel universe were actually born around the Cosmic Cause."

"Especially the Infinity Stones of the Marvel Universe."

"After in-depth analysis, it is found that the process of making Infinity Stones is actually to first create a special substance similar to the cosmic factor, and then use the cosmic factor to copy the laws of the universe. Ultimately, the owner of the Infinity Stones can manipulate the laws of the universe within a certain range."

"The power that the Infinity Stones bring to their users is weak, but the method of creating quasi-cosmic factors and using quasi-cosmic factors to manipulate the laws of the universe is priceless!"

The power of the Infinity Gems is weak. Only an advanced civilization like the United Government can say this.

In many lower civilizations, the owners of the Infinity Stones are like living gods.

The scientist became more and more excited as he spoke.

"We don't know about the main god position in the Warhammer universe yet, but it is probably a similar process. It's just that the quasi-cosmic factor that produces the main god position is more powerful than the quasi-cosmic factor that produces the Infinity Stones."

A long time ago, the scientific community has been searching for true "grand unification".

Now we have finally found it, that is the cosmic cause, a thing that can transform freely between physical laws, matter and energy.

"Our next research direction is to explore ways to create quasi-cosmic factors, until we create a real cosmic factor, or a quasi-cosmic factor that has the functions of a real cosmic factor."

"The only technology we really have that is related to cosmic factors is the Marvel Universe's Infinity Stone manufacturing technology."

"With only this technology, we can hardly conduct research on quasi-cosmic factors." The scientist showed a pleading expression and said solemnly: "In the Three-Body Universe, civilizations that have mastered the knowledge of cosmic factors are called critical civilizations."

“I’m advocating on behalf of the scientific community.”

"I hope the United Government can get in touch with these critical civilizations as soon as possible, exchange information, and obtain all the knowledge about the cause of the universe!"

The directors took a deep breath.

Critical civilization is a god-level civilization, a powerful civilization that has mastered all knowledge except the cause of the universe. Frequent dealings with civilizations of this level pose considerable risks even for the current coalition government.

According to the information provided by the divine civilization, different critical civilizations have different diplomatic tendencies, and the more warlike the critical civilization is, the more knowledge about the universe it possesses.

The scientist's projection disappeared.

Suna was the rotating director today. She spoke first: "To acquire a large amount of knowledge about the cosmic factor in a short period of time, the United Government will bear a great risk of war."

There was no expression on her face, but her words fully expressed her attitude.

"Our foundation is weak, and we may not be able to compete with some critical civilizations in the Trisolaran Universe that have been operating for a long time."

“I wouldn’t recommend being too aggressive.”

"But I think we can visit several non-belligerent critical civilizations that the Divine Civilization knows about, try to trade with them, and obtain the cosmic knowledge they possess."

Zhang Weilai thought for a few seconds and then spoke: "I agree with Director Suna's suggestion. We should first communicate with critical civilizations with moderate diplomatic tendencies, obtain their cosmic knowledge, and strengthen the armed forces of the United Government. Then we can consider communicating with critical civilizations with fierce diplomatic tendencies."

The universe in "The Three-Body Problem" is like a huge Gu pot.

Compared with the Marvel multiverse, the "Three-Body" universe is much more dangerous. There is the Dark Forest Law at the bottom and many critical civilizations trapped in a single parallel time and space at the top.

Any of these critical civilizations are no weaker than the Celestials in the Marvel Multiverse.

In 4.6 billion years, no one knows how much knowledge about the cause of the universe the best of these critical civilizations have mastered.

But after understanding how the universe was born, and revisiting the finale of "The Three-Body Problem", it is obvious that the critical civilization advocates restarting the universe and they have mastered a lot of knowledge about the cause of the universe.

How does the United Government compare to these critical civilizations?

Considering the rapid pace of development, a lot of knowledge has only been mastered but not thoroughly digested. If the United Government is placed among the critical civilizations in the "Three-Body" universe, it may only be ranked in the middle and lower reaches.

Therefore, when doing anything in the "Three-Body" universe, you have to be more cautious than in other universes.

"And one more thing."

Rogoff spoke up, his face solemn: "The birth of the universe is full of human traces, which means that there may be a true multiverse-level civilization in the multiverse where we exist."

Zhang Weilai nodded slowly.

According to the definition of the United Government, a true multiverse-level civilization is not a civilization that can travel between multiverses, but a civilization that has mastered the laws of the multiverse and can influence a single universe from the outside.

This impact can be large or small.

From the birth and death of the universe to the movement of the universe, the means that cause these influences are incomprehensible to the civilization living within the universe.

"This matter is important, but it doesn't matter." Zhang Wei said.

The United Government has only been developed for one or two hundred years. Not to mention for a multiverse-level civilization, even for the Singer civilization, it is a period of time that is almost negligible.

It is unlikely that a multiverse-level civilization would notice the United Government.

Rogoff nodded first, then shook his head. He said in a deep voice, "We should adjust our strategies towards each universe, focusing on observation and reducing interference in each universe, so as to delay the time when we are noticed by multiverse-level civilizations as much as possible."

The directors were slightly startled.

"We still don't understand why the entertainment works on Earth correspond to the situations in other universes. Now it seems that this is very likely the work of a multiverse-level civilization."

Rogoff looked around the room and said seriously, "If we continue to rashly change the development trajectory of other universes, we might attract the attention of multiverse-level civilizations."

"So I propose to change our exploration strategy. Even if we encounter Earth civilizations in other universes, we will only act as silent observers."

With that, Rogoff initiated a vote.

After a period of contemplation, the directors gradually agreed to Rogoff's proposal.

In the past, the United Government vigorously interfered in other universes because it had no understanding of multiverse-level civilizations, and the United Government at that time was still very weak and needed to interfere in other universes to promote its own development.

However, the current joint government only lacks knowledge about cosmic factors. There is basically no benefit in interfering in other universes, and it will also bring itself the risk of being noticed by multiverse-level civilizations.

It's time to change this exploration strategy.

After Rogoff's proposal was passed unanimously, Suna also initiated a vote, and her proposal was also passed unanimously.

As the coalition government develops, it becomes increasingly easier for proposals at council meetings to be passed unanimously.

Because the United Government has resolved all disputes within the civilization with its extremely high level of technology, the national system exists in name only.

Today, the directors of the coalition government have almost no selfish desires, and their proposals and thoughts are all based on the perspective of the entire civilization, so the support rate for the proposals has naturally increased.

"In addition, we received a message from the Earth's consciousness from Infinite Terror." (End of this chapter)