Chapter 488 Natural Selection! Escape is a fact but I did not betray!

“The Three-Body Universe is truly a hopeless world. From the very beginning, we must be as vigilant as a thief.”

V couldn’t help but sigh.

However, what made him feel more desperate was not his own situation, but these civilizations that were forced to reduce their dimensionality and were experiencing the pain of dimensionality reduction.

The civilizations in higher-dimensional space have more advantages in technology and laws, but the constant attacks of dimensionality reduction force them to abandon their own high-dimensional space and must be downward compatible to reduce dimensionality.

All the technologies they once excelled in will be torn down and rebuilt just to gain a chance for the race to survive.

When they arrive in the new dimension, what awaits them will not be permanent victory, but attacks and annexation by other low-dimensional civilizations.

Wanderers are doomed to be alone and helpless.

The civilizations in low-dimensional space will one day be forced to undergo dimensionality reduction and become one of the army of dimensionality reduction, turning into wanderers who have lost their homes.

But the instigator of all this can sit in his own omni-dimensional domain and watch it all silently, and influence the survival of cosmic civilization with his invisible tentacles.

This universe has begun to exploit and oppress since the moment of the Big Bang.

“Now we have to use antiques from decades ago to carry out our missions. It’s a nostalgic feeling to go back to the time before liberation.”

Jack Wells was a little amused and helpless. Since this matter had become an fait accompli, then let it be. It was impossible that without the superluminal technology, their pioneering department would not be able to complete the mission.

“This may not necessarily be a bad thing for us. The more complex the universe is, the more it can train our ability to deal with problems.”

“In my opinion, the possibility of successfully integrating the Three-Body Universe this time is not low.”

Xu Shiming was very optimistic. As a well-versed reader of Chinese classics, he understood the principle that the opposite is the movement of the Tao. Nothing would remain strong and unchanging forever. Their global giant was the new variable.

However, the missionary from the Halo universe obviously did not understand this truth. He still insisted: “I don’t think so. The possibility of the unification of the Three-Body Universe is shockingly low. If there is no turning back, I don’t want to stay here for even a second.”

The missionary doesn’t like to play in a disadvantageous situation. In his opinion, he would just use the ether phase engine to blow up the entire universe right from the start, so that they don’t have to worry here.

After all, in a civilization like the Three-Body Universe that adheres to the law of the Dark Forest, they may be hit by light particles or two-dimensional foil at any time because of exposing their position.

Even more terrifying are the cosmic law-level weapons. Every minute and every second they are in the solar system, they are running the risk of being annihilated.

Anyone who thinks that they can complete the integration mission under such a high-pressure environment is either crazy and talking nonsense, or simply wants everyone to die together.

When the missionary directly expressed his inner thoughts to the crowd, he actually gained tacit approval from many people. No objection was equivalent to agreement. Seeing this, Li Ang thought that he needed to do some ideological work for the crowd.

“The biggest benefit of the Three-Body Universe to us is that the god-level civilization is likely to still have an eleven-dimensional domain, which is of great benefit to our god-making plan.”

When conflicts occur within the team, an excellent leader will never appease different factions one by one or take care of everyone’s emotions. Instead, he will quietly cut off their retreat and tell them that the benefits ahead are enough for them to risk their lives.

What’s more, even he, the leader, is risking his life together with his subordinates, so what do these people who only need to follow orders and do their work have to be afraid of?

“Currently, the Science Hub defines the universe as having only nine dimensions. The dimension occupied by the Zero-Returnable civilization is very likely to be above nine dimensions, or even to have a complete eleven-dimensional domain.”

“If we can obtain the domains of god-level civilizations such as the Zeroers and the technological points of hundreds of thousands of cosmic civilizations, then the Universal Corporation may be only one step away from a true god-level civilization.”

Li Ang’s voice was not loud, but it could be clearly heard in every corner of the meeting room. He did not directly refute or appease the missionaries’ dissatisfaction and concerns.

Instead, slowly explain all the pros and cons.

The god-making plan implemented by the Global Corporation in the Warhammer universe has indeed put the corporation on the road to god-level civilization, but this is only the beginning.

If becoming a god-level civilization is seen as climbing a mountain to the top, then today’s giant enterprises have not even reached the halfway point of the mountain, and at best they have just left the foot of the mountain.

“The dimensionality reduction and light speed reduction of the Three-Body Universe are not completely impossible to reverse. Perhaps we can find a way to delay the collapse of the universe, or give it a new lease of life.”

“Even if things get worse, we can still use the Nullifier’s eleven-dimensional field technology to create a brand new world in other universes.”

“You may as well imagine boldly that we have created a fantasy world with eleven dimensions in the birch world, where there are ancient mythical beasts, immortals who have never appeared in the world, and a war between gods and demons that shakes the world.”

“But everything that happens is under our watch.”

Li Ang’s ability to paint a rosy picture was as good as ever. With the continuous guidance of his words, everyone seemed to have seen that magnificent and dazzling world.

That is different from the illusory electronic signal simulated in the matrix, but an established fact that truly exists in the universe.

In the past, humans always said in front of the temple that the almighty God created humans in his own image, but now humans are shouting with their actions: “The almighty man created God in his own image!”

This is a cause worthy of the dedication of all mankind, an unprecedented feat, and now that there is an opportunity to realize their ideal, how can they retreat?

“Of course we can just walk away and blow up everything here with the Ether Phase Engine, and then we’ll miss the treasure hidden in the seabed forever.”

“I’m sorry, I’m a greedy captain. I can’t bear to see the gold slowly sinking to the bottom of the sea in front of my sight. The reason why I asked you to come and dig for treasure together is because I think we are the same kind of people.”

Li Ang is indeed a natural leader. These few words accurately hit the desires in everyone’s heart.

In fact, for people who sit in their position, personal wealth, desires, and even power can no longer satisfy them. What they want is to be remembered in history with Li Ang and realize their personal value.

This is in line with Maslow’s hierarchy of needs theory.

The distance between human civilization and uncovering the ultimate truth may only be a matter of seconds before they realize it.

They turned around and left so easily, as if they had returned to the Yongle period, when the Ming Dynasty fleet arrived on the east coast of Africa in a mighty manner.

If Zheng He could continue to lead the fleet south to the Cape of Good Hope and then head north, there would be the American continent covered with gold waiting for the arrival of the tired Ming army to welcome them.

Today’s giant enterprises are no different from the Ming Dynasty fleet of the past, except that the endless ocean that had long been fully explored by humans has turned into a dark forest like the abyss before us.

They have come this far and have no way to retreat. If they take a step back, human civilization will remain where it is. But if they can take one more step forward, even if they all die heroically.

The Emperor will also continue to lead human civilization and the cause of the world’s giant enterprises forward.

Immediately, Ott Cunningham, on behalf of the Science Hub, was the first to express his full support for Leon’s decision. From now on, no matter what troubles occurred, they would never ask for evacuation.

Unless Leon personally gave the order. “I also agree to continue the mission. Anyway, opening the star gate again will attract the attention of the god-level civilization, so why not do as much as possible.”

“It is said that the Ether Phase Engine has a 30% chance of blasting all the living consciousness in a universe into a completely new realm. This probability is not low, and it is worth a try.”

Xu Shiming raised his hand with a smile on his face to express his opinion.

As one of Leon’s most trusted confidants, his loyalty to Leon is no less than that of V and others.

He did whatever Li Ang said.

Even if there are doubts in your heart, you have to wait until the mission is completed before questioning it, because countless experiences in the past have repeatedly proved the same thing, that is, Leon’s orders are always correct.

Soon, another large group of people followed Xu Shiming and raised their hands to vote, indicating that they would continue to carry out the mission.

After a moment of silence, the missionary exchanged glances with V and the others, then raised his hand to express his opinion: “It’s not that easy for us to escape anyway, so let’s find a way to take something away.”

At this point, everyone in the conference room had approved this action plan. After unifying the internal thoughts, there would undoubtedly be fewer obstacles in completing the next tasks.

Seeing that there was no other voice in the team, Leon nodded. Just as he was about to give a formal order, the ship-borne AI Loki suddenly sounded a prompt.

Several red dots appeared in the holographic projection of the solar system. They were breaking away from the orbit of Jupiter and speeding towards the giant enterprise at a mad speed.

“What’s going on? Have we been discovered?”

Morgan Blackhand frowned. Logically speaking, it was unlikely that they would be discovered by the human warships here. After all, there was a big gap in technological levels between the two sides.

“I don’t think so. If they really came to arrest us, what would be the point of sending such a small number of troops? Besides, their route is very scattered.”

V looked at the routes and directions of the warships and found that they were not heading directly towards the Moon of War. It was just a coincidence.

Their goals are unclear.

And most importantly, one of the red dots has obviously left the queue and rushed to the front alone, while the red dots behind it are still arranged in neat triangles, as if chasing the red dot in front.

There seems to be a defection within this human fleet…

Could it be Zhang Beihai’s ship, the Natural Selection?

When he thought of this possibility, Li Ang immediately asked someone to zoom in on the designated location and switch the screen to the real scene.

Soon, against the huge backdrop of Jupiter, everyone saw a spaceship struggling to leave Jupiter’s orbit at full speed, and behind the spaceship, several warships were accelerating and approaching.

[The other party’s communication channel has been intercepted and is being received and transmitted to headquarters. ]

With the rapid response of the ship-borne AI Loki, the intercepted communication signal immediately resounded in the headquarters command room, and everyone clearly heard the warning from the other side –

[Natural Selection, stop immediately, you are defecting! ]

As expected, the spaceship traveling alone was the star-class battleship taken away by Zhang Beihai. The Natural Selection and the following battleships will be the few surviving battleships of mankind.

It preserves the spark of hope for human civilization.

At this moment, Natural Selection has passed through the orbits of Jupiter’s sixteen large satellites in turn, and when crossing the orbit of Callisto, it has accelerated to reach Jupiter’s escape velocity.

Looking in the direction of the three fleet base headquarters, the silhouette of the Natural Selection has gradually faded.

But for the next week, they could still see traces of the defecting spacecraft.

The faint trajectory was like a shallow but painful scar, casting a shadow over the human fleet that had not yet set out.

The high-spirited human fleet was eager to capture this defecting coward and kill him as a sacrifice.

After a while, Natural Selection’s response came over the communication channel:

[I am Zhang Beihai, the captain of the Natural Selection, and I am now going to talk to the fleet commander.]

Fleet Commander: [I’m listening.]

Immediately, Zhang Beihai said in a heavy and calm voice: [I am fully responsible for the Natural Selection’s departure from the voyage. This was all my fault and has nothing to do with anyone else.]

As soon as Zhang Beihai arrived, he cleared others of suspicion and criminal behavior and took the initiative to take all the blame. Of course, he did not think that what he did was a crime.

There was a distinct sound of heavy breathing from the fleet commander, as if the person on the other side was trying his best to calm down his inner rage, and then he continued to ask:
【What is the reason for your defection? 】

The tone of the question was calm, but everyone could clearly feel the anger that was being suppressed.

[It is true that I escaped, but I did not betray. 】

……

The communication conversation was suddenly interrupted at this point. After all, without the superluminal device, the functions of the information receiving and sending equipment of the Universal Corporation were far inferior to before.

Therefore, the signals they intercept are easily interfered by other space environmental factors and cannot maintain good signals all the time.

“It seems that something went wrong within their organization. Some people do not believe that humans can defeat the Trisolaran civilization at this stage, so they fled with the spark of hope for humanity.”

Morgan Blackhand rubbed his lower lip, fleeing before the battle was a heavy blow to the morale of the army. If there was no intervention from the giant cosmic corporation, I’m afraid the human fleet would suffer next.

“Boss, should we help stop that defecting warship? This may be an opportunity for us to get in touch with human civilization.”

Ott Cunningham inquired aloud.

Although this is the Three-Body Universe’s own business and it is not their turn to ask how to deal with it, the global giant company has just arrived and if they go straight to the other party, it may cause unnecessary misunderstandings.

What’s more, this is a battle that concerns the overall situation, and the world’s giant companies will definitely get involved. There is no need for the Natural Selection to continue running away.

(End of this chapter)