Chapter 197 The Dark Forest Theory, Skynet Production Team is the Real Dealer

【Hiss, the concept of the Chain of Suspicion seems pretty badass!】

【According to Luo Ji, it's impossible to see the Chain of Suspicion on Blue Star because humans are a shared species and have similar cultures!】

【Yeah.】

【Living in the same interdependent ecological chain, at such close proximity, in this environment, the Chain of Suspicion would extend at most one or two layers before being slowly dissolved by communication.】

【But in the universe, the Chain of Suspicion would be stretched very, very long. Before it could be dissolved by communication, the battle would have already occurred.】

【For example, the dark battle?】

【So, the reason for the failure of that Strategist from the Beihai Civilization was inevitable?】

【At first I didn't think much of it, but the further I read, the more terrified I feel upon deeper thought!】

Not to mention the real world, even Big History in the dungeon was deeply shocked by the Chain of Suspicion.

He took a puff of his cigarette, his solemn expression flashing for a moment: "It seems that the occurrence of the dark battle was inevitable."

Su Qiu smiled lightly: "That's right. The five ships of the Starship Civilization are merely five quasi-cosmic civilizations, not true cosmic civilizations, because they are all composed of the unified species of humanity, and their relative distance is very close."

"But even in this situation, the Chain of Suspicion still occurred."

"In other words, regardless of whether you or I are a benevolent civilization or a malicious civilization, the final result is the same."

"This is the most important property of the Chain of Suspicion."

【It has nothing to do with the civilization's own social structure or moral orientation; just view the civilization as points at the two ends of two chains.】

【Regardless of whether a civilization is malicious or benevolent internally, once it enters the network constructed by the Chain of Suspicion, it becomes the same kind of thing.】

". But what if you are much weaker than me and pose no threat to me?"

Big History took a deep puff of his cigarette.

He proposed a second possibility.

At this very moment, not only Da Shi, but countless viewers in the livestream were also anticipating Su Qiu's answer!

This weak Designer from a Zero-Level Civilization had now become mysterious and terrifyingly unfathomable in the eyes of the entire universe.

"That doesn't work either."

"Even if I am merely an infant civilization or a budding civilization, technological explosions will make you feel that I am still full of danger."

Da Shi looked at the sparks in the darkness near Luo Ji, not far away, and thought for a moment.

Then he continued:

"Then I can only choose to remain silent."

"Do you think that's possible?"

Da Shi sighed:

"That doesn't work either."

"If you are stronger than me, since I can discover you, you will certainly be able to discover me one day."

"Big History, you are very smart. Our deduction ends here."

After saying this, Su Qiu extinguished the cigarette in his hand.

"It's over just like that?"

"But we haven't figured anything out at all!"

"What about the cosmic picture you mentioned?"

Da Shi hadn't recovered yet; he was still immersed in Su Qiu's two topics.

Until Su Qiu, right in front of him, said this in a very cold voice: "After you learn of my existence, since neither communication nor silence works, then only one final choice remains."

【Rustle——】

A violent wind suddenly blew through the desert.

The wind blew out the cigarette Da Shi was holding, and the scattered sparks were completely extinguished at this last moment.

"Damn!"

Finally, as the sparks died out, such a crude word was spat out from Da Shi's mouth.

"Extrapolate this choice of yours to countless stars and countless civilizations, and the big picture emerges."

"This is too dark!"

Su Qiu nodded, then shook his head regretfully: "This is the real universe."

【The universe is a dark forest, and every civilization is an armed hunter stalking through the woods like a ghost, gently pushing aside the branches blocking its path, doing its utmost not to make a single sound.】

【. He must be careful.】

【Because the forest is full of other hunters just like him.】

【If he discovers other life.】

【Whether it is a hunter or not, whether it is an angel or a devil, whether it is a delicate infant or a tottering old man, whether it is a fairy-like girl or a god-like boy, there is only one thing he can do.】

【Open fire and eliminate it.】

【In this forest, others are hell, an eternal threat. Any life that exposes its existence will soon be eliminated!】

Boom——!!

Su Qiu's words were like a thunderclap, deeply resonating in the ears of countless viewers!

Real!!

It was truly too real!!

If they were Da Shi from the Three-Body World or others, when discussing the dark forest theory, they would at most feel shocked and not have many other thoughts.

Because they only learned of the cruelty of the universe from the dark forest theory, but had not personally experienced it!

Hearing about it is still slightly lacking compared to witnessing it!

But they were not people from the Three-Body World; they came from reality, from countless civilization players on the platform built by the "war era"!

They had seen and experienced hunters stalking in the dark forest opening fire!

【Civilization wars are wars protected by the Skynet Production Team platform, but the momentum of wars initiated between two civilizations is very, very large, so large that it is still possible for them to be discovered by other hunters.】

【This situation is reflected more vividly in higher-level civilization wars!】

【Because the weapons used in high-level civilization wars are terrifying, and the momentum they cause is also incomparably terrifying!】

【This commotion will be discovered by other hunters stalking in the forest.】

【Suppose one hundred thousand hunters discovered the two of them; among them, perhaps ninety thousand would remain on the sidelines, but there would definitely be ten thousand who would choose to move closer to watch!】

【And among these ten thousand people, perhaps nine thousand would choose to just watch, but there would definitely be one thousand who would choose to open fire!】

This is the cruelty of the universe!

To survive in the terrifying dark forest, one must either have the power to ignore everything, or hide oneself well.

Do not be discovered by other hunters in the forest.

【According to this, civilization wars are inherently wrong? Even the side that wins in a civilization war is very likely to suffer a catastrophe!】

【Terrifying upon deeper thought! It really is terrifying upon deeper thought!】

【This kind of example has actually happened in the real universe, this, this...】

【What exactly is the original intention of the Skynet Production Team in creating the "war era"? To let the vast majority of civilizations expose themselves, and then be swallowed by the highest group of people?】

【In other words, are we all just nutrients?】

【Damn!】

【There is an even more outrageous possibility, and that is... the Skynet Production Team is that highest-level civilization, and they are making us expose ourselves through constant slaughter!】

【No, no, no! The Skynet Production Team knew all of our coordinates the moment they created the "war era"; they have no need to use such methods to make us expose ourselves.】

【I guess...】

【They want us to become stronger through slaughter, and then, swallow us up.】

【After all, the difficulty of exterminating one ant is far simpler than exterminating one hundred million ants.】