mynovelweb Chapter 227: 6 lines of text
Chapter 227: 6 lines of text
Just as Jamie, Peak, and the others were wondering what was going on, two beams of light suddenly flashed in the conference center, and Zhou Yuan on the stage and Panna below the stage suddenly disappeared.
Zhou Yuan seems to have lost interest in playing along with humanity anymore; this time, he's decided to go all out.
Jamie and Peak exchanged a glance and simultaneously looked down at the audience. Peak's seat was empty; the identical Peak was gone. Screams of alarm erupted from the stands, and many people rushed out of the doors, creating a chaotic scene.
The world is paying unprecedented attention to the mysterious disappearance of Zhou Yuan and Panna, while suspicions abound regarding Zhou Yuan's "magic" performance at the Academy of Sciences conference center. Television and the internet are divided, debating the matter. In particular, Zhou Yuan's statement, "Okay, none of us exist; we are all illusions," has been repeatedly hyped.
When the special forces searched Zhou Yuan's office, they found many CDs in a locked drawer of his desk. Each CD cover was labeled with terms like "Gene Cloning," "Deep Hibernation," "Teleportation Portal," "Light Speed Travel," "Hyperspace Travel," "Consciousness Transplantation," "Sky Arrow," and "Sky Bowl," which seemed to be related to a cosmic war game. When the organization's top scientists opened these CDs, top scientists like Peak and Michael were dazzled and stunned by the complex high technology inside. The contents of the CDs were all about the principles, manufacturing techniques and methods, required materials, functions, and uses of each technology. The content was very detailed, showing great care and effort.
When the special forces arrived at the UWAR building, Panna's secretary, Mei Ruolan, handed a letter from Panna and a CD to the leading councilor, Gu Li.
Three days later, a large roundtable meeting was held at the Capitol, where seven members of parliament, senior federal government officials, senior members of the Academy of Sciences, and top scientists sat around the roundtable.
"Tocaro, I'm very pleased that you've deciphered the information from the holographic film from 204 years ago. Could you please demonstrate it?"
"Yes, Speaker."
Although Tocaro and his subordinates had opened the holographic video in the basement of the research institute yesterday and were extremely familiar with its contents, his hands still trembled slightly when he opened it here in the parliament building today.
In the center of the round table, a light blue dome was unfolded.
"Halt! Don't move!" A voice came from the holographic screen. After the voice, one man and three women appeared, followed by thirteen special forces soldiers. Above their heads floated guns, all pointed at the special forces.
Tocaro played the holographic video twice, then fixed the image on the man and three women, and then zoomed in on the image.
Of the forty-five people at the round table, only Tocaro was making a move; the rest of them were speechless, staring blankly at the man and three women.
"It's obvious that the man's build resembles Zhou Yuan's, and the young woman's build resembles Panna's. Their faces don't match Zhou Yuan and Panna's, but their facial features do. Zhou Yuan and Panna have clearly disguised their appearances in some way."
"If that's really the case, then the ancient gods are Zhou Yuan and Panna?"
Peak's question stirred up quite a ripple in everyone's hearts. Historical records clearly state that a small bee-shaped spaceship led them to Earth, confirming that Earth was safe. Then, after 30,000 ancestors descended to Earth, a huge town base allowed 30,000 people to survive. These 30,000 people then saved more than 70,000 people after the space city crashed into the East China Sea, allowing human civilization to continue and prosper.
"Yes, that's right. My ancestor Tommy, who recorded this precious holographic video, instructed his children and grandchildren to pass on his extraordinary experience from generation to generation. He said that God was guiding and protecting us humans."
When everyone heard that Tocaro was actually a descendant of Tomi, they couldn't help but feel respect. Tocaro was indeed a low-key person.
Tocaro took a transparent plastic bag from a file folder beside him. Inside were two toys: a spaceship and a robot. No one knew why Tocaro had taken out these toys.
“Everyone, this toy is no ordinary one.” Tocaro tried his best to recall, “It was a gift that Zhou Yuan ‘conjured’ out of thin air three years ago for my son, Toler.”
As everyone looked at the two toys, they couldn't help but recall the strange events that had occurred three days earlier at the Federal Academy of Sciences Conference Center.
Speaker Tang Qianyu looked around and glanced at everyone. "Panna entrusted her secretary, Mei Ruolan, to give us a letter and a CD. The CD contains the fourth edition of the Cosmic Wars game, but let's not talk about that for now. The key is the letter she wrote to us, of course, a printed letter."
Tang Qianyu waved his hand, and the staff standing behind him distributed the pre-prepared printed letters to everyone. Everyone couldn't help but be curious, so they unfolded them and saw that the contents were not much, only six lines.
"The four versions of the Space Battle game are a reflection of what we have experienced."
“Take a good look at the various high-tech features contained in the CD that Zhou Yuan gave you.”
"On the planet Wolf, 14 light-years away from Earth, the descendants of the Western Tu Kingdom have formed an interstellar fleet. They set sail two days ago and are currently traveling at 25% of the speed of light."
"Beware of the replicant fleet 22 light-years away from Earth. They are likely to appear when you reach 80% of the speed of light."
"Remember, never try to destroy your sun or any star; this is our advice."
“We will now go and see other worlds, and we will return in the year 1000 of your new era.”
Six lines of text, each one striking a heavy blow to the hearts of forty-five people: Descendants of the Western Kingdom on Wolf Planet? A fleet of replicators? A star destroyer? Another world?
"Based on this letter, combined with the Cosmic War game and the technological revelations left behind by Zhou Yuan, I believe that the settings and technology in the Cosmic War game are indeed what they experienced and possessed."
"One question is, why are Zhou Yuan and Pan Na so generous in saving us and giving away scientific and technological materials for free? Although many of the technologies contained in these materials are currently beyond our capabilities."
“From a behavioral and psychological perspective, either they are truly gods who take it upon themselves to save all living beings, or they need us.”
"The game 'Cosmic Conquest' has four versions, which seem to roughly divide the development of civilization into several stages. We are currently still in the early stage."
"Let's discuss those later. Right now, the most important thing is to prepare for war. First, we need to defeat the descendants of the Western Kingdom, and then the replicator fleet."
"The fleet of descendants of the Western Tu Kingdom will arrive in the solar system in about 56 years. We must vigorously develop science and technology and military, and manufacture warships and space defense systems."
"Within fifty years, we can manufacture small sniper ships and energy shields from Zhou Yuan's legacy technology. These two are the most reliable. Space-based weapons will mainly consist of railguns and lasers, while ground-based weapons will be ballistic missiles and nuclear bombs."
Everyone knew that if the small sniper ships weren't effective, they would essentially be wiped out by the descendants of the Western Kingdom, making the small sniper ships crucial. The weapon launcher structure of the small sniper ships was similar to a high-energy particle collider, which was quite close to current technology.
The fourth edition of the game was put into storage by the Council, which believed that the current mission was to target the Western Origin Descendants fleet and the Replicant fleet on the planet Wolf.
The council released Panna's letter and regretfully announced that, in order for all citizens to fully devote themselves to production and construction in science, technology, military, and engineering, the Space Conquest game server would be temporarily shut down until the enemy was defeated.
After learning of the fleet of descendants of the Western Turks and the fleet of clones, people expressed concern that the scene from four hundred years ago would repeat itself. Under government mobilization and propaganda, enthusiasm for military service surged, and the space shipyard began formally producing warships.
Fortunately, significant advancements have been made in artificial intelligence and intelligent machinery, eliminating the need for strong human intervention in many complex calculations, controls, and transportation processes.
Of course, various astronomical telescopes have been pointed at Wolf's star system, with a focus on observing Wolf and its sun.
In the year 224 of the New Era, many observatories around the world observed a regular, long-duration flickering phenomenon in the Wolf Sunlight. After careful analysis, it was discovered to be a type of Morse code, or "Morse light code." The message displayed in the Morse light code was roughly as follows: The descendants of the Western Kingdom wish to reconcile with the descendants of the Eastern Kingdom, cooperate for development, and break out of the Milky Way. Six years before this message was sent, we had already dispatched a fleet of messengers, which will arrive in the solar system in about fifty years. Please respond to this message, fellow human beings on Earth.
This information baffled the members of parliament and government leaders. If the fleet of descendants of the Western Turks had truly come to invade and retaliate, they would not have needed to send a message to inform humanity. This light wave message seemed to indicate that they had come sincerely to negotiate.
“No, they have ill intentions,” Peak said bluntly at the roundtable meeting.
Everyone looked at him. "Gentlemen, can we respond by sending Morse code or something similar? Obviously not, they are testing our strength!"
Many people were taken aback; this was a rather sophisticated scheme.
How did they manage to transmit Morse code from sunlight?
"Dyson spheres and Dyson clouds have different light-blocking frequencies."
"Aren't the descendants of the Western Kingdom worried about being discovered by other advanced civilizations, so openly building Dyson spheres or Dyson clouds?"
"That is indeed possible, but the Milky Way is so vast that Wolf's sunlight would take a very long time to travel before being observed by other civilizations. Our Earth, however, is very close to Wolf, only fourteen light-years away. If they were to conquer Earth, sacrificing Wolf would not be out of the question."
"So, the descendants of the Western Turks are far more technologically advanced than us?"
"If it's a Dyson sphere or a Dyson cloud, it means they are at least sixty years more advanced than us."
"Damn, if they can build a Dyson sphere or a Dyson cloud, their fleet's speed will definitely be more than 25% of the speed of light."
This caused an uproar.
"How do we know the speed of their fleet?"
"If their fleet travels at half the speed of light, the mass effect will be very obvious, dragging the starlight. Even so, we will only be able to detect this dragging effect 14 years later. At that time, we can infer the speed of their fleet based on the star's spectrum."
"Anyway, we have at least fourteen years to deal with it, right?"
"Yes."
"Gentlemen, I have a suggestion. The main advantage of the Western Tu Kingdom's descendants' fleet is their warships. We can build underground cities deep underground, based on the existing urban network and pipelines. We currently have advantages in population and resources. We can then wage guerrilla warfare to wear them down."
"Hmm, that is indeed a defensive strategy."
After an hour of discussion, the parliament decided to begin construction immediately on an underground city capable of accommodating at least half of the world's population.