327: Chapter 326 Underground Civilization! Deep-Sea Civilization! Geodude, Cthulhu...

Quantum blind spot? Entanglement chaos? Higher-dimensional civilization? Hearing these sci-fi terms, everyone in the laboratory stared at each other in bewilderment.

"Omniscient and omnipotent Lord..." Smith, who was leading them, spoke respectfully. "May I ask what a higher-dimensional civilization is?"

As soon as Smith finished speaking, new English text appeared rapidly on the white board.

[A higher-dimensional civilization is a civilization higher than three dimensions.]

The emotionless, synthesized female voice sounded, but after saying that one sentence, there was no follow-up.

That... that was it?

Everyone was stunned.

Smith spoke again, asking, "Please forgive my dullness, my Lord..."

"What exactly is this civilization higher than three dimensions?"

The synthesized female voice sounded again. [A civilization higher than three dimensions is a higher-dimensional civilization.]

Smith's chest heaved, and he began to roll his eyes inwardly. Why was communicating with this alien so difficult?

To Smith's right, the famous astrophysicist of Japanese-descended, Dr. Nakamura, couldn't help but ask. "My Lord!"

"The Trisolaran Civilization you belong to is so prosperous, so great, and so intoxicating!"

"Have you already broken through the three-dimensional limit to become a higher-dimensional civilization in the vast universe?"

After a full half-minute, Sophon finally responded. [Your ignorance leaves me at a loss.]

Dr. Nakamura's excited and admiring expression quickly turned awkward.

Perhaps it was because of Dr. Nakamura's question that Sophon finally realized everyone's ignorance, and the English letters on the white board continued to flicker.

[What you call the vast universe is the three-dimensional material universe.]

[Under normal circumstances, intelligent life born in the three-dimensional material universe can never escape the three-dimensional world.]

[An intelligent civilization composed of three-dimensional life can, at most, develop and evolve to a Level 3 cosmic civilization by exhausting all means.]

"Level 3 cosmic civilization?"

"Is the Trisolaran Civilization the Lord belongs to a Level 3 cosmic civilization?"

To Smith's left, Dr. Joss, the famous American astrophysicist and Nobel Prize winner in Physics, asked.

[Level 2.]

The English letters on the white board flickered continuously, and the synthesized female voice continued unhurriedly.

[The Trisolaran Civilization's definition of cosmic civilization levels.]

[Level 1 Civilization.]

[Preliminary exploration of the basic laws of the three-dimensional material universe...]

[Preliminary mastery of infinite energy, possessing the technological level to extract all available resources from the home planet...]

[Unable to leave the current star system...]

[It is estimated that in 2 years, the Blue Star civilization will formally develop and evolve into a Level 1 cosmic civilization.]

[...]

[Level 2 Civilization.]

[Able to basically utilize most of the laws of the three-dimensional material universe...]

[Preliminary exploration of the basic laws of higher-dimensional cosmic space, able to develop and utilize higher-dimensional technology in the most superficial way...]

[Highly developed technology, possessing 1/20 to 1/10 speed of light navigation technology, capable of inter-star system long-distance travel and colonization of outer star systems...]

[Unable to leave the Milky Way galaxy...]

[...]

[Level 3 Civilization.]

[Fully controls all basic laws of the three-dimensional material universe...]

[Able to basically utilize the basic laws of the higher-dimensional universe, mastering the technological level to develop various higher-dimensional weapons...]

[Possessing 90% to 99% speed of light navigation technology and space jump technology, capable of traveling to deep space outside the galaxy...]

[Interstellar fleets are spread throughout the entire three-dimensional material universe, capable of completely avoiding the destruction of the civilization to a certain extent...]

[...]

[Cosmic civilizations of Level 4 and above are higher-dimensional civilizations.]

[For three-dimensional life, higher-dimensional civilizations are undetectable, indescribable, and cannot be looked at directly.]

[...]

[According to the Trisolaran Civilization's quantum supercomputer simulation, there are currently over 374 million star systems in the Milky Way where intelligent life has existed...]

[There are approximately 342 to 485 intelligent civilizations capable of developing and evolving to the Level 1 cosmic civilization stage...]

[There are approximately 8 intelligent civilizations capable of developing and evolving to the Level 2 cosmic civilization stage...]

[There are currently no intelligent civilizations that have developed and evolved to the Level 3 cosmic civilization stage...]

[The Trisolaran Civilization has currently entered a new round of dimensional technology explosion, with basic Science constantly undergoing leap-forward development, and is expected to evolve into a Level 3 cosmic civilization within 8,320 years.]

Sophon's introduction suddenly revealed a vast, mysterious, and magnificent three-dimensional material universe right before everyone's eyes.

The scientists' long-established worldview of the universe was suddenly forcibly refreshed, and everyone's faces were filled with excitement, feeling the ultimate pleasure of exploring the greatest mysteries of the universe.

"Sugoi..." Dr. Nakamura raised his hands high, looking slightly upward with extreme piety, his eyes filled with intoxication.

"Thank you, omniscient and omnipotent Lord..."

"Allowing us ignorant people to appreciate the mysterious beauty of the vast universe!"

"We humans are indeed too ignorant!"

"The universe is so big, our Milky Way alone has 2.5 quadrillion stars!"

"And above the galaxy, there are galaxy clusters, galaxy groups, superclusters, and galaxy filaments!"

"And this is just the observable universe!"

"In this almost infinite cosmic space, how could we humans be the only intelligent life?"

For a long time, many Blue Star scientists firmly believed that Blue Star humans were the only intelligent life in the vast universe.

And now, everything has been broken by the omniscient and omnipotent Lord!

"Sigh!"

"It's truly ridiculous..." Joss shook his head and sighed.

"Humans are indeed too ignorant!"

"As the only intelligent life on Blue Star, we are too arrogant, too lonely, and too narrow-minded!"

"It's nothing but war, nothing but profit!"

"If we had known earlier that there were so many intelligent civilizations in the universe!"

"As the hegemon of Blue Star, how could we, the Eagle Nation, have been entangled with other countries for such petty interests?"

This sentiment was quickly recognized by many, and everyone spoke up in agreement.

"That's right!"

"If the previous Eagle Nation administrations could have listened to us!"

"If we had built the Eagle Nation into a free and open academic paradise, we would never have ended up in this situation today!"

"It's a pity that everything is too late now..."

Everyone spoke one after another, mourning the past once again after the fall of their country.

At the very front, Smith, sitting cross-legged, looked calm, but he was sneering inwardly.

If the Eagle Nation didn't seek hegemony, didn't suck the blood of other countries, where would your research funding and high benefits come from?

If it didn't seek hegemony, and practiced benevolence on Blue Star, would other countries have followed the Eagle Nation's lead obediently?

It must be said that these famous Eagle Nation scientists were truly foolishly cute when it came to political minds!

If it weren't for the fact that the restoration of the Eagle Nation relied on these scientists who were dedicated to serving the Eagle Nation, Smith would have long since stopped wanting to stay with these political idiots all day, forcing himself to cultivate relationships!

Just as everyone was talking, a string of English text suddenly jumped out on the white board, and Sophon's voice sounded again.

[There is an error in Joss's statement.]

[Humans are not the only intelligent life on Blue Star.]

Hearing this, everyone looked at each other.

"My Lord, what do you mean..." Smith asked hesitantly.

"Are there other intelligent species on our Blue Star?"

[Besides humans, there are 2 other types, both are carbon-based life forms.]

On the white board, it first returned to the typical Young's double-slit interference pattern, and then changed regularly.

Everyone looked carefully, and could vaguely see a pattern in the interference pattern, which was a kind of humanoid creature that everyone had never seen before.

The main morphological characteristics of this humanoid creature were very similar to Blue Star humans.

It had a head, facial features, a torso, and limbs, but its body proportions were completely disproportionate, with very large differences from humans.

The more Dr. Nakamura looked at it, the stranger he felt, and in the end, he blurted out a sentence.

"Ge... Geodude?"

Nakamura rubbed his eyes hard and looked at the white board again.

He saw that the main torso of this humanoid creature was round, with two extremely long and unusually thick arms extending from the left and right sides.

The eyes were huge, occupying a large proportion of the head.

And the legs seemed to have completely atrophied, leaving only two huge feet exposed.

The more Nakamura looked, the more absurd he felt. Wasn't this just Geodude from Pokémon?

Just then, Sophon began to introduce this creature.

[Subterranean Dwarves.]

[Average height is 0.6 meters to 0.8 meters, single arm length is 0.5 meters to 0.9 meters, average weight is 50 to 75kg.]

[The Subterranean Civilization developed from the Subterranean Dwarves lives extensively in the fault cavities at a depth of 2000km to 2500km in the lower mantle of Blue Star.]

[By utilizing Blue Star's geocentric energy to form the foundation of technological development, the current civilization level has reached 0.5.]

Mantle layer?

The scientists present looked at each other, their eyes full of shock.

At this time, Dr. Henry, a famous geological physicist of the Eagle Nation, spoke.

"At the end of 2007, I led a research team to specifically go to the Himalayas in China to conduct an in-depth geological study!"

"In that geological experiment, we used the most advanced seismic wave detectors to scan the geological landscape inside Blue Star, and finally determined that countless large cavities are widely distributed below the surface of Blue Star!"

"We even detected giant faults higher than Mount Everest not far from the center of the Earth!"

"Normally, the temperature at the center of Blue Star can reach 6,000 degrees Celsius!"

"But it is obvious that due to the uneven heating inside Blue Star, the temperature in these cavity areas is not high!"

"Plus, the closer you get to the center of the Earth, the smaller the gravity of Blue Star!"

"The atmospheric pressure in these cavities might be much smaller than on our surface, which could completely become a paradise for intelligent creatures to survive!"

Dr. Henry paused, his face full of solemnity.

"The most surprising thing is!"

"Not long after that geological experiment was completed, a rare and persistent strong earthquake occurred in the seismic belt where the Himalayas in China are located!"

"That strong earthquake appeared without warning, triggering a huge natural disaster in Southwest China!"

"So I firmly believe that this was a warning from the geocentric creatures to us humans!"

"A warning for us to stop exploring the underground!"

Speaking of this, Dr. Henry shook his head.

"Previously, our team even published relevant papers in Nature Science, specifically arguing for the possibility of intelligent life existing in the center of the Earth!"

"It's a pity that at the time, everyone thought I was talking nonsense!"

"Now,"

"The great Lord has finally revealed the answer for me!"

Dr. Henry's words were met with Dr. Nakamura, who had no psychological pressure about the "Geodude," smiling and speaking.

"Dr. Henry, stop guessing blindly!"

"I have already read your paper, it was purely fantasy and nonsense!"

"That earthquake was clearly caused by tectonic plate activity, you insist on saying it was done by geocentric creatures, who would believe that?"

Suddenly being scolded, Dr. Henry became angry and immediately retorted: "You are the one talking nonsense, the Lord has already vindicated me!..."

Dr. Nakamura shook his head and smiled.

"Dr. Henry, the Lord has precisely not vindicated you!"

"Think about it, the Subterranean Civilization only has a 0.5 civilization level, while our Blue Star civilization is almost approaching Level 1!"

"I guess they are still in some feudal society!"

"This Geodude... uh, Subterranean Dwarf, how could it cause any impact on our surface, don't you think?"

As soon as Nakamura finished speaking, before Dr. Henry could speak, Sophon had already begun to respond.

[There is an error in Nakamura's statement.]

[Excluding the Chinese factor, the Blue Star civilization is only at 0.3!]

Hearing this, Nakamura was choked so hard he almost spat out his saliva.

"0.3???"

"Are you mistaken? Our Eagle Nation's technological level is not even comparable to Geodude???"

Sophon's cold, synthesized female voice came.

[A typical symbol of a 0.5 civilization is the comprehensive mastery of Controlled Nuclear Fusion technology.]

[Excluding the Chinese factor, it will take at least 50 years for the Blue Star civilization to initially realize Controlled Nuclear Fusion.]

After hearing Sophon's explanation, Nakamura fell silent immediately.

Others also fell into silence one after another. Even the humanoid creatures hiding underground could technically crush their Eagle Nation. To be honest, everyone's mentality was somewhat shattered.

At the very front, Smith asked thoughtfully.

"My Lord..."

"Is there a possibility of cooperation between us and the Subterranean Civilization?"

"As long as we can eliminate China and achieve the restoration of the Eagle Nation, we can accept cooperation with anyone or any force!"

[There is an opportunity for cooperation, but not now.]

Sophon responded.

[The Subterranean Civilization cannot withstand the surface atmospheric pressure and will not leave the lower mantle of Blue Star.]

[I will communicate with them.]

[To eliminate the Chinese civilization, every possibility must be seized.]

Smith nodded happily. As long as there is a possibility of cooperation!

A civilization that can break through Controlled Nuclear Fusion technology, how bad could it be?

"Thank you, my Lord!"

"May the glory of the Trisolaran Civilization shine forever on Blue Star!"

After Smith prayed sincerely, he asked again.

"My Lord, I wonder what the second kind of intelligent life on Blue Star looks like, and is its civilization level high?"

"Is there a possibility of cooperation?..."

On the white board, a brand new pattern quickly flashed.

Looking at the appearance of this new creature covered in tentacles on its head, all the Eagle Nation scientists were stunned.

"Cthulhu...?"

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