Chapter 172 Departure, Heading Towards a New Home [End of Previous Chapter]

Chapter 172: Departure, Heading Toward a New Home 【Prologue Ends, War Initiated】

【Thump, thump.】

Divine River and Wang Miao soon arrived beneath the giant pendulum.

This tombstone, symbolizing the Trisolaran Civilization's path to self-salvation, emitted a violent sound; it seemed to be declaring the end of a civilization.

"It is over."

The Secretary-General beside them shook his head, speaking up about the pendulum's oscillation.

"It is over? What does that mean?"

Hearing this, Wang Miao asked Einstein with confusion.

As Einstein played the beautiful strings, the Secretary-General explained to the two players who had traversed several eras: "The giant pendulum was not built for salvation, but as a monument to commemorate the end of our civilization's path to self-salvation."

"The efforts to find the laws of the sun's movement should end here."

"..."

Wang Miao fell silent.

He did not immediately respond to Einstein's words.

After exchanging a glance with Divine River.

He took out the mathematical model he had obtained from Wei Cheng and handed it to the Secretary-General: "I believe there is still hope. I have brought a mathematical model that can solve the three-body problem; you might want to take a look."

The advisor beside the Secretary-General briefly looked at the mathematical model and exclaimed: "You two are truly geniuses!"

"Anyone who can come up with this kind of algorithm is a genius."

"Do you mean that besides me and Divine River, others have also created this kind of model?" Wang Miao was somewhat shocked.

The advisor nodded gently: "Yes, besides this model, others have created dozens of models far superior to it."

"However, even using these dozens of models, the three-body problem cannot be solved?"

"Mr. Divine River, you are very smart."

The advisor and the Secretary-General nodded with a smile, solemnly stating to the two:

"These countless years of effort have proven that the three-body problem is unsolvable!"

"The three-body problem itself is chaotic!"

"Its movement laws cannot be fundamentally predicted!"

"Furthermore."

"Our astronomers have made a new discovery: in the distant past, our galaxy once had twelve planets!"

"Now, of the twelve orbiting planets, only ours remains!"

"This means those eleven planets were all annihilated by the three suns as time passed!"

"We are merely the lucky ones who survived!"

"It is already a coincidence that our civilization has been able to regenerate continuously through 192 cycles, but how much longer can this coincidence last?"

"The next time, the time after that, or the time after that?"

"It is only a matter of time before our civilization is eventually consumed by the suns."

At this point.

The tune Einstein was playing became high-pitched.

He said, accompanied by the music:

"We cannot stay in this hellhole waiting for death anymore!"

The Secretary-General nodded in agreement:

"Right, we cannot continue to stay in this hellhole waiting for death. The only way out for the Three-Body World is to gamble with this damn universe!"

Hearing this, the idea that had long been budding in Divine River's mind was thoroughly confirmed.

He took over the Secretary-General's words and said very calmly:

"This gamble of yours, is it an attempt to fly out of the star system surrounded by three suns, travel to a more vast universe, and find a planet in the boundless world where Trisolarans can live?"

"Exactly!"

The Secretary-General gave an affirmative answer.

It was also at this moment that the countdown for the giant pendulum's activation ended.

He withdrew his attention from Wang Miao and Divine River, turned to everyone in the pendulum square, and said solemnly: "I announce, the pendulum is officially activated!"

"Rumble!"

The suspension rope was cut, and the giant pendulum fell straight down from the highest point, emitting an incomparably dull sound!

This was the Trisolaran Civilization's declaration of war on the universe!

They had issued their cry!

It was also at this moment that a new prompt from the three-body game appeared before Wang Miao and Divine River:

【Civilization No. 192 perished in the catastrophe.】

【The oscillating giant pendulum of Civilization No. 192 became a monument for the Trisolaran Civilization, symbolizing the beginning of the Trisolarans breaking away from their self-salvation philosophy, abandoning the study of solar laws, and heading into the universe!】

【From then on, the Trisolaran Civilization's goal changed to: fly into the deeper universe and search for a new home!】

【Because the game has reached its end, the three-body server is about to close. Next, players will be transferred directly to the final perspective!】

"Zzz — —"

The prompt ended, and a bright blue stream of light flickered before the two.

Subsequently.

The scenery around the two began to shift.

A brand new scene of the future Three-Body World appeared in their field of vision once again.

"Divine River, look!"

Wang Miao, having discovered something new, exclaimed to Divine River.

Following the man's voice, Divine River saw a vast crowd, Trisolarans, covering the entire world as far as their eyes could see!

"Hiss, is this a grander ceremony than the activation of the pendulum?"

Divine River withdrew his gaze from the dense crowd of heads in front of him, looked around, and finally turned his gaze to the high firmament!

At this moment,

He and Wang Miao saw an extraordinary starry sky in the Three-Body World.

The stars in the starry sky were undergoing incredible changes; they were arranged in an orderly fashion, like a well-trained army.

Oh, wait!

Not like, that is exactly what it is!

It is the Trisolaran interstellar fleet!

"Look, this is the achievement of our Trisolaran development to date!"

"The countless interstellar fleets above your heads, each one of them has a cruising speed of one-tenth the speed of light!"

"The great Trisolaran fleet is about to set sail."

"Their goal is the other side of the star sea; they are about to embark on an expedition to find a new home for us!"

Hearing this, Wang Miao had a very bad premonition in his heart.

He asked:

"Your goal is..."

The person beside him said proudly:

"It is Blue Star, four light-years away from the Three-Body World!"

Rumble — —

Accompanying these words, thunderous sounds erupted; this was the symbol of the vast Trisolaran fleet's expedition!

These thousands of 【stars】 hanging in the sky began to shrink continuously.

Their expedition began right then!

The destination is,

Blue Star!

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【As expected! It really is an Interstellar War!】

【The Trisolaran Civilization, possessing interstellar voyage capabilities, has launched a civilization war against Blue Star. This is a cross-level civilization war!】

【Impossible, Blue Star cannot win!】

【Every level of planetary civilization is like a chasm, impossible to look across, impossible to cross!】

【Facing the Three-Body World, which is like a god, does Blue Star have any chance of winning? No! Absolutely none!】

【The system also knows that Blue Star has no chance of winning against the Trisolaran Civilization, which is why it set a survival time for the players!】

【I calculated it; based on the Trisolaran fleet's travel speed, it is expected to take 400 years to reach Blue Star!】

【The most important thing is, the Strategists have no idea how long the Trisolaran fleet has already been sailing!】

【Yeah.】

【They must have set sail long before the three-body game appeared.】