chsdbacks Chapter 287 Giving the Trisolarans 1 point of the World Ring is shocking.
Chapter 287 Giving the Trisolarans 1 point of the World Ring is shocking.
Chapter 287 Giving the Trisolarans a Shock with the World Ring
Just then—
The piercing alarm stopped abruptly, the flashing red holographic projection went out abruptly, and the command center fell into an eerie silence.
Immediately afterwards, a soft ray of light pierced through the hall and quietly fell upon each of the kneeling Trisolarans.
The light instantly dispelled the frost that had formed on their bodies due to the extreme cold of the Chaotic Era, and even their bodies, which were covered by heavy electric heating suits, felt a long-lost warmth.
"What...what is this?"
The leader raised his head with trembling hands, his thoughts filled with bewilderment.
This was clearly a chaotic era, with bitter cold enveloping the entire planet.
But where is the sunlight right now?
A supernova explosion?
No, then they would have long since vanished without a trace.
The surrounding officials also looked up and exchanged bewildered glances.
"Chizuru! What happened?!" the Science Administrator called out urgently, a hint of relief in his thoughts.
The next second, a pale blue holographic projection lit up in the center of the hall.
"Alert lifted. Detection indicates that the Trisolaran homeworld and command center have deviated from their original coordinates. Current location: Unknown."
"What?!"
All the high-ranking members of the Trisolaran leadership froze on the spot, the lingering fear on their faces instantly washed away by extreme shock.
The head of state suddenly stood up, his legs trembling from excessive excitement, and he almost stumbled to the front of the observation platform.
The place, which was originally broadcasting live the terrifying scene of two supernovae expanding wildly and devouring the star field, is now just an endless darkness. Even the original stellar trajectories of the Trisolaran system have disappeared without a trace.
They are not in familiar star systems, not on known cosmic maps, and not even in outer space!
"What a joke! There's actually land beneath our planet?!" The Tech Administrator's thought waves suddenly shrieked, like metal being torn apart.
Sophon simultaneously projects an image of the planet "below".
It wasn't the deep vacuum of space, but a vast, boundless landmass, exuding an indescribable weight and grandeur.
"Even with the speed of light, a sophon cannot reach the boundary of this landmass?"
The scientific administrator felt that his centuries of accumulated knowledge was collapsing, and his thought processes were in complete disarray.
"What's even more terrifying is that the gravitational strength of this land is thousands of times that of an ordinary planet! The hardness of the sand is even hundreds of times stronger than the warship alloys we manufacture."
"Absurd! With such terrifying gravity, why hasn't the Trisolaran planet been torn apart? Instead, it's able to float stably!"
The leader's thoughts were also fluctuating wildly, and his tone was full of disbelief.
"Even with our latest fleet operating at full speed, we can only reach sub-light speed at most. Yet that unimaginable, mysterious civilization can instantly teleport an entire planet and keep it intact on land with gravity thousands of times stronger?"
"My God, how much energy would that take?"
"Oh My God----"
Everyone was restless.
The entire Trisolaran planet is currently suspended tens of thousands of kilometers above that boundless continent. If the gravitational field that maintains the planet's balance were to fluctuate even slightly, the entire civilization would not be able to withstand it for even a second and would be reduced to dust in a planetary collision.
"Quickly check how far we are from the original star system," the leader said to the science governor.
If the Trisolarans could sweat, the Trisolarans present would have been drenched in sweat long ago.
The scientific administrator frantically retrieved the sophon's detection data, but only a string of chaotic gibberish appeared on the screen, with a glaring red warning message: "Spatial fluctuations exceed the resolution range, coordinate positioning failed — energy field type unknown —"
"How come we can't even contact Zhizi?" The Science Administrator found it somewhat unbelievable.
"We—may have already escaped the three-dimensional universe we inhabit."
The leader's thoughts were so low they were almost inaudible.
"It's also possible that we've already crossed the boundaries of the light cone and entered a realm we can never comprehend—"
"My lord, you—have you destroyed them?"
In the original three-dimensional universe, Luo Ji looked at the vanished Trisolaran star and turned to ask Xu Qing beside him.
Although both stars have already exploded as supernovae, the vast universe is not something that can be overcome in a short time.
The endless stream of scorching plasma, enough to destroy the Trisolaran planet, and the endless beams of light would take several minutes to reach the Trisolaran planet.
But just now, that planet vanished without a trace, as if erased by an eraser, leaving not a single trace of matter behind.
Luo Ji turned to look at Xu Qing beside him, his eyes filled with disbelief.
With a flick of Xu Qing's fingertip, a silver-gray ring landed steadily in Luo Ji's palm.
"They're right here."
"In here?" Luo Ji asked, clutching the ring.
This thing looks ordinary; how could it possibly contain a planet?
The moment he had the thought of "taking a look inside," an invisible force enveloped his consciousness.
It wasn't a physical pull, but rather a sudden tug on the mind into a vast dimension far beyond imagination.
"This—this is a spatial ring?" Luo Ji's consciousness floated in the dimension and reacted instantly.
This was a setting he had seen in online novels, but it had become reality.
"But how the hell is this spatial ring so big?"
Mr. Luo Ji couldn't help but swear.
Vast.
This was Luo Ji's first impression.
In this space, solid land stretches to the edge of what the mind can perceive, and liquids gather on the surface to form a giant lake larger than the Earth. There are no stars in it, but there is a faint light and warmth, and even wind.
This place has all the conditions necessary for life to survive.
It's just that the scale of the entire world is ridiculously large.
His consciousness slowly descended, and he finally saw the center of this world, a planet with a diameter of over ten thousand kilometers, quietly floating above the land.
That was the Trisolarans' home planet.
From Luo Ji's perspective, the Trisolaran home planet that once filled Earth's civilization with dread now seemed like a grain of sand in a desert, utterly insignificant.
The Trisolarans on the planet are smaller than bacteria attached to sand and dust, seemingly as small as an atomic nucleus.
Meanwhile, inside the Trisolaran command center, the Sophon's detection data was finally updated, and the red numbers on the holographic projection pulsed like a red-hot iron.
"Land boundary detection successful—land data—diameter 1 million kilometers!"
"1 million kilometers—how is that possible?!"
Upon hearing this data, the thought processes of all the Trisolarans nearly ceased.
One hundred million kilometers, even traveling at the speed of light would take several minutes, yet such a vast space is filled with condensed matter.
For a race capable of interstellar travel, matter is energy. For the Trisolarans, converting rocks into energy and burning rocks is a very easy thing to do.
In a barren universe filled with the Dark Forest theory, energy is everything.
Otherwise, where would the hunters and prey come from?
In this universe of limited resources, all matter is precious.
No one should be allowed to touch any extinguished sun or any dead star!
All that is seen shall be destroyed!
But at this moment, they suddenly found themselves in a world where there was no sun that could destroy civilization at any time, and where there seemed to be no hunters.
Looking out, there is an almost inexhaustible supply of energy right before your eyes.
Is this world of such wealth and extravagance heaven or hell?
The hall fell silent once more, with only the faint buzzing of the brainwaves between the head of state and the regent highlighting the insignificance and powerlessness of the entire civilization.
Luo Ji's consciousness returned to his body, and he looked down at the ring in his palm, his entire hands trembling.
The ring in his hand still felt light, but Luo Ji felt that what he held was heavier than a star.
A vast expanse of land spanning 1 million kilometers, and an entire civilization, are contained within this seemingly ordinary ring.
Is this Xu Qing's power?
"it's over."
Xu Qing suddenly spoke.
"You can handle the rest yourself."
Upon hearing this, Luo Ji suddenly looked up, clutching the ring in his hand, staring at Xu Qing with his Adam's apple bobbing, his expression filled with disbelief.
"Master, do you mean—you're just going to hand the ring to me like this?"
"Otherwise what?" Xu Qing turned his head, a faint smile flashing in his eyes, tinged with a casual teasing. "Do you expect me to be your nanny, managing the life and death of this entire civilization for you?"
He flicked his fingertip, and a layer of silver-gray light shimmered on the surface of the ring in Luo Ji's hand.
"I haven't calculated the exact lifespan of this World Ring, but it's at least tens of millions of years. The energy within is enough to support the unlimited development of Earth's civilization. Without the threat of the Dark Forest or the spying of other civilizations, it can develop peacefully for ten million years. Is that enough?"
For the Trisolaran civilization, the value of a World Ring is unimaginable, but for Xu Qing, it's just a drop in the ocean.
A world ring spanning 1 million kilometers sounds impressive, but in the resource-rich Swallowing Star universe, it would only cost a few Chaos Units.
Luo Ji gripped the ring tightly, his knuckles turning white.
He couldn't believe it.
Such an important thing, and you just handed it over to me so easily?
How could I obtain such a treasure without giving anything in return?
Are you sure you weren't killed instantly by the water droplets and then hallucinated before you died?
Ten million years is an unimaginable timescale for humanity, which has entered the interstellar age in just a few hundred years.
Human history as a whole is only a few thousand years old.
This ring contains not only inexhaustible energy, but also the Trisolaran civilization, which is completely under its control.
This is like winning the lottery!
"As for the Trisolarans—"
Xu Qing said calmly, "Whether you exterminate them, keep them in captivity, or let them coexist with humans is up to you. Their fate is in your hands."
"Whether your Earth civilization can develop further or self-destruct is none of my concern. I have more important things to do."
Before he finished speaking, Xu Qing's figure began to become transparent.
"Wait a minute, Mr. Xu!"
At this moment, Luo Ji finally snapped out of his daze and subconsciously tried to reach out and grab Xu Qing.
But all they managed to catch was a round thing.
At the same time, the world suddenly spun, the Milky Way reversed, and the cosmic vacuum silence around us was instantly shattered.
The lifeless universe has vanished.
The deafening roar of voices and cheers surged into my ears once again like a tidal wave.
"The messenger of the gods has returned!!"
"Praise be to God!"
"The great and supreme Lord Luo Ji!"
Luo Ji suddenly came to his senses and found himself still standing in that desert.
In the darkness, surrounded by a dense crowd, each face beaming with the ecstasy of surviving a disaster and a fervent adoration for Luo Ji's reappearance.
This is the scene when he left Earth.
Xu Qing has vanished without a trace, as if he had never existed.
The only difference is that the world ring in Luo Ji's hand is still there.
And there was that thing I grabbed when I caught Xu Qing.
He opened his palm, and there was a pill the size of a finger.
As soon as the pill appeared, it suddenly floated in mid-air. The crystal-green pill robe shimmered with seven-colored light, and its surface was covered with mysterious patterns, as if a galaxy was condensed within it.
Information flooded into Luo Ji's mind like a tidal wave; it was a gift left behind by Xu Qing.
This divine pill can grant him a lifespan of tens of millions of years, an immortal body, and even more, the supreme power to pluck stars from the sky and overturn rivers and seas.
The moment the information flooded in, the pill transformed into a warm torrent of energy, flowing into his body through his palm.
Luo Ji felt as if his meridians were being washed by a warm current from the Milky Way, his bones cracking, and every particle in his body was being transformed under the tempering of energy, causing his vision to suddenly rise higher.
In an instant, he could clearly see the pores on every face in the crowd. His six senses were constantly enhanced, and his naked eyes could penetrate the atmosphere to see the craters on the surface of the moon and gaze at the Kuiper Belt at the edge of the solar system.
His thinking speed is approaching the level of a supercomputer.
Even the movement of light seemed as slow as a snail to him.
A terrifying power.
"I was once a Wallfacer, and although I bore the heavy responsibility of saving humanity, there were still people who called me a dictator —"
Feeling the surging power within him, Luo Ji's Adam's apple bobbed, his heart filled with complex shock.
"But now, I've become a true god?"
"But does a spoiled brat like me really have the right to control the entire Earth's civilization, or even decide the fate of two civilizations?"
The revelry continued all around, with crowds kneeling on the ground, foreheads pressed against the scorching desert, their shouts echoing through the night: "Divine Envoy Luo Ji! Save us!" "You are the savior of Earth!"
His fervent faith enveloped him like a tidal wave, yet it only made him more lucid.
This power is not meant for enjoyment or worship.
What is the Trisolaran civilization anyway?
Beyond Earth, countless shotguns are aimed at this galaxy that has just escaped threat.
The next second, destruction may come.
Thinking of this, Luo Ji had a thought, and an invisible pressure instantly enveloped the surrounding area, causing the originally restless crowd to fall silent.
"Gentlemen," Luo Ji's voice boomed like thunder, echoing through the night sky, "the Trisolaran civilization has surrendered."
These words were like a refreshing rain, nourishing everyone's hearts.
The jubilant crowd fell silent for a moment, then erupted in deafening cheers. Some wept with joy, some embraced each other and wept, and some knelt down in a frenzy in the direction of Luo Ji.
On this day, the communication channels between Earth International and Fleet International were instantly paralyzed, and all the leaders were filled with disbelief and shock.
On this day, hundreds of millions of people around the world gather in the streets, waving flags and shouting "Long live Luo Ji!" and "May the Earth live forever!"
The shadow of the dark forest that once loomed over humanity has now been completely dispelled by this sudden victory.
Just one day ago, everyone was still shrouded in the shadow of the impending destruction of the Earth.
One day ago, the entire Earth fleet was destroyed by the droplet probe.
Even so, no one doubted what Luo Ji said.
Because he demonstrated abilities beyond what earthlings could imagine.
The moment he gained power, he moved the entire Trisolaran planet out!
When the entire Trisolaran planet orbits Earth once, all doubts will vanish, and everyone will lose the courage to speak.
What kind of power is this?
Does God really exist in this world?
Such terrifying power made even familiar faces like Hai Shi unable to believe that the person before them was still Luo Ji.
Although he was in the Trisolaran universe, Luo Ji was unable to grasp the laws, possessing only the purest psychic power and physical abilities, and even lacking an inner world.
But with the power of a world ring spanning 1 million kilometers, he can still act like a god.
If he wanted, he could even capture the sun into the world ring.
But looking at the reveling crowd below, Luo Ji felt no excitement, only a sense of exhaustion.
This kind of life will continue for 1000 million years.
But can one's willpower last that long?
This is not the end, but a new beginning.
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