chsdbacks Chapter 57 Arrival at Earth
Chapter 57 Arrival at Earth
The Qin Dynasty plane is too small, and the Trisolaran universe is too dangerous. Making big moves might be discovered by advanced civilizations, and if they were to launch a two-dimensional foil, the Trisolaran civilization's current technology would not be able to withstand it.
Therefore, the Trisolaran civilization's primary development goal is still the Alien universe.
The Alien universe is great; it's not as small as the Qin Dynasty universe, it has many star systems to develop, and it's not as dangerous as the Three-Body universe.
The "Engineers" have been roaming the universe for so many years without being wiped out, so the concentration of the Dark Forest Law is obviously not high.
In the Alien universe, on May 15, 2096, a spaceship rapidly approaches the solar system from outer space.
This spaceship is the "Prometheus" that was captured on LV-223.
At this moment, on planet LV-223, Cheng Yuan and many Trisolaran governors are watching the Prometheus approach the solar system of the Alien world.
A normal interstellar civilization would naturally deploy defenses outside its own star system to prevent other interstellar civilizations from launching surprise attacks.
However, the Engineers in the Alien universe and the humans on Earth are clearly abnormal.
The Prometheus had already passed the heliopause and entered the Kuiper Belt. Its Trisolaran reconnaissance equipment did not detect any defensive or early warning fortifications. The Prometheus thus swaggered into the solar system from outer space.
After entering the solar system, the number of spaceships increased. Some were departing from the solar system and flying outwards, while others, like the Prometheus, were returning from outer space. However, there were no defensive or security measures within the solar system.
There are no space patrol forces, space customs, or space border control units.
The doors of Earth are always open; you are welcome to visit at any time.
Even though they had heard Cheng Yuan say that the "engineers" of this world and the humans of Earth lacked the rigor and professionalism that interstellar civilizations should have, and were instead extremely amateurish and reckless, seeing the Prometheus fly out of Earth without any hindrance still made the governors feel very uneasy.
This is your home star system, your home planet! Don't you have any defense measures in place?
Aren't you worried about other interstellar civilizations launching attacks against you?
The eavesdropping governor commented, "Human civilization in this world is living too comfortably, without any sense of vigilance."
If this civilization existed in their own universe, even if they possessed faster-than-light travel technology, they would have been wiped out by other civilizations long ago. In fact, the faster faster faster faster-than-light travel technology developed, the sooner they would perish.
In the Three-Body universe, a group of old men lurking in the shadows were startled when they saw a cute little creature flying past them at faster-than-light speed: What is that thing that can travel faster than the speed of light?
This might be a very advanced civilization; we can't afford to mess with it. Let's stay in the shadows and observe for now.
After observing for a while, they discovered that this little cutie was completely incompetent in everything except for faster-than-light travel technology. It hadn't even set up any defensive measures for its home star system and home planet. So, the Sixth Brothers were going to have to be ruthless.
In the end, the little cutie civilization was completely devoured by the six big guys, and even their home planet and home star system were blown up.
The military governor said, "But that makes things easier for us, doesn't it? If they're wary, it will only cause us more trouble."
Without any obstruction or inspection, the Prometheus spacecraft, under the command of the Weyland Corporation's ground control tower, headed towards Weyland Corporation's shipyard.
But that was no longer important. After entering the solar system, the various reconnaissance devices that the Trisolaran scientists had placed on the Prometheus spacecraft had been detached from the ship and dispersed throughout the solar system, with most of them heading towards Earth.
From space, Earth in the Alien universe looks almost identical to Earth in the Trisolaran universe.
From a great distance, it is a dim point of light that is almost negligible in the vast universe; up close, it is a beautiful, solitary blue-white marble; and even closer, it is a huge curved surface full of detail and vitality.
Upon seeing the images of Earth transmitted back through the reconnaissance equipment, the governors fell silent.
What immense power could create the same planet in two different universes?
As the reconnaissance equipment zoomed in, the scene of Earth in the Alien universe became increasingly clear.
You can see cities on the ground, green or brown landforms, polar ice caps, and storm vortexes on the blue ocean.
As the camera zoomed in further, the scenery on the ground became clearer, and clear scenes of major cities were transmitted back.
The footage showed that the city's houses were still mostly made of reinforced concrete, and the roads were still mostly filled with cars. The people's clothing was no different from that of the 2010s and 2020s.
In the office building, white-collar workers are busy working, while on the construction site, you can still see pure manual labor. The construction machinery used by the workers is also the kind that Cheng Yuan is familiar with: excavators, loaders, concrete mixer trucks...
Seeing these images, Cheng Yuan felt as if he had returned to the real world of 2026.
Even though human civilization in this world has become an interstellar civilization and has begun interstellar colonization, the home planet Earth seems to have remained stuck more than half a century ago. It seems that mastering faster-than-light travel technology and entering the interstellar space age has not brought much change to the entire civilization.
That's true, at least on Earth!
The reconnaissance equipment connected to the world's network without encountering any obstacles and successfully infiltrated the most confidential data centers of various countries and major companies, as naturally as someone getting a glass of water from a water dispenser when thirsty.
A large amount of classified information was transmitted back to LV-223, and the governors began to get busy, leading their teams to analyze the information.
Cheng Yuan was looking at military materials, but he couldn't hold back for long.
According to the description in the data, the most powerful weapon is still nuclear weapons (Note 1), and the power that possesses nuclear weapons is the top power on this planet.
But this is actually quite good; these guys never expected to turn a faster-than-light engine into a weapon.
This is also a very interesting phenomenon in the movie: neither the "Engineers" nor Earth humans ever thought of weaponizing the faster-than-light engine.
Of course, if humans in this world become smarter and develop advanced weapons, what chance do aliens have to fight against humans?
After reading some military materials, Cheng Yuan started looking at materials related to aliens. Before long, he discovered records related to the Predator race.
According to records, the Predator race came to Earth a thousand years ago, selecting warriors from the ancient people to hunt. Every few years thereafter, Predators would come to Earth to hunt, and more than ten years ago, Predators were still found to have come.
Seeing this, Cheng Yuan really wanted to complain: Since you have already discovered the Predators, why don't you deploy defenses in the solar system and on Earth, allowing the Predators to come and go as they please?
The screenwriter and director are both incredibly talented.
Note 1: I didn't make this up. In Alien 4, Earth was turned into a scorched wasteland by a nuclear war.