The picture changed.
It is still the tidally locked planet, but the landscape has undergone earth-shaking changes.
A red line surrounds the twilight line, dividing the sunward and sunward sides of the planet.
One side is green and the other side is red.
As for the colonial ship, it is no longer visible.
Not sure if it was an illusion, but Jiang Chen felt that the planet was moving.
It's as if the planet is a living thing, not a dead thing.
"Where's the Era of War?" Jiang Chen couldn't help but ask, overlooking all this.
At this moment, a figure appeared next to him.
Wearing a dragon robe and a dignified appearance, she stood with her hands behind her hands and stared straight ahead solemnly.
"The era of war is over, now is the era of harmony."
"It's over? Did humans lose?"
"No."
"Did the aliens lose?"
To Jiang Chen's surprise, she shook her head again.
"nor."
"Then what happened in the end?" Jiang Chen asked.
"Co-prosperity."
She only said two words and then drifted towards the planet.
At the same time, driven by force majeure, Jiang Chen also flew over.
"Humanity has spent hundreds of years failing to eradicate mosquitoes and cockroaches. We are no greater than our ancestors, and we have spent thousands of years unable to eradicate our enemies. Therefore, there is no winner in this war. Both sides do Concessions were made. In other words, both sides made sacrifices for themselves."
"I don't understand what you mean." Jiang Chen frowned.
“We chose integration.”
Recalling what Academician Qin said to him, Jiang Chen seemed to understand something, but he didn't understand why they took this path.
"Steel is the cornerstone of industry. However, the metal mineral deposits on this planet are extremely scarce, and the cost of space mining is too expensive. It is unimaginably difficult to develop industry on this planet. On the other hand, it is subject to frequent blows from red dwarf stars. Due to the influence of solar wind, our electronic equipment has a high damage rate."
"Our industry has reached a dead end and even begun to decline. There is no support from production capacity. We cannot arm more troops, and the balance of victory begins to tilt toward alien species. But at this moment, a great biologist stood up , proposed a new idea of civilization evolution—harmony. Here, the era of harmony begins."
"We replaced electronic chips with computing cells, and replaced quantum computers with high-power biological computers. Then, we modified our own genes, amplified 23 pairs of chromosomes to 139 pairs, and differentiated scientific research through selective expression. creator, producer, warrior, and commander.”
"All problems have been solved. We no longer rely on metals. This planet has abundant carbon, hydrogen and oxygen at our disposal. Every 'person' is both an individual and a 'cell' of this civilization. At the same time, we stopped The extermination of alien species. We talk to them, marry them, and eventually become one with them."
Grasshopper? My day!
"This is so crazy." Jiang Chen couldn't help but interrupt.
But for some reason, a lot of messy cartoons appeared in his mind, such as octopus and tentacles.
"Is it crazy for a black man to marry a white man?" she asked.
Jiang Chen was stunned and speechless.
"It was true in the 17th century, but not in the 20th century. It cannot be eliminated, only understood."
As she said this, she ignored this irrelevant topic. Pointing to the emerald green planet.
"It is like a big tree, with leaves facing the sun and trunks facing away from the sun. It took us a century to complete this project. The 'leaves' provide energy and nutrients for our civilization and generate an atmospheric environment for the planet. . Water circulates in the tendons, sending excess heat to the back side. And the 'trunk' is the living area, where everyone lives."
Jiang Chen looked in the direction she pointed, looking at the planet that was half emerald green and half flesh red, and murmured.
"Then this tree is too big."
"It's not big. Compared to the entire sea of stars, it's more like a seed." She said calmly.
"What about humans?" Jiang Chen asked.
"All new humans live under the leaves, all as individuals. And as a whole."
"Then who are you?"
As soon as he said this, Jiang Chen saw the phantom changing form. A dignified and elegant princess dress replaced the dragon robe. The yellow face turned pale and had a hooked nose.
"I am the main consciousness of the brood, and all individuals are born from me, so I am the queen. As for the shape, I can be Wu Zetian, Elizabeth, or Catherine. We no longer have the concept of 'art' , so I can only search out these images that have appeared in history from the literature and display them in front of you."
"...What do you want to say when you show me these?" Jiang Chen asked.
The queen looked at Jiang Chen.
"To spread the seeds of civilization farther away."
Jiang Chen's breath froze, although as a conscious body he didn't need to breathe.
The Queen continued.
"We confirmed the condition of the parent star by building a high-magnification biological telescope. Although the images observed were all from 20.5 years ago, through historical comparison, we confirmed that we have not entered a parallel world, and we are still living in the original world."
"Yours lags behind ours."
"So we decided to come back."
"It wasn't until 94 years ago that we finally built the colony ship Survival of the Fittest. In order to avoid another dimensional jump, we chose to sail in the three-dimensional universe."
"We will bring you civilization and we will help you become one with nature."
Like a declaration of war, the Queen read out this cruel fact.
"But we don't need your help." Jiang Chen said with some difficulty.
Although he knew that even if he said this, they would probably ignore it.
just like…
"Just like the tribes of Homo erectus and Neanderthals were eventually defeated by the Homo sapiens tribe. Human beings evolved into 'modern humans' with Homo sapiens as their ancestors. The evolution of civilization is inherently accompanied by blood. And we agree with this bloodshed." The Queen whispered these cruel words.
"Wait a minute, didn't you say that you traveled to a parallel world?" Jiang Chen asked hurriedly.
"Yes." The queen blinked slightly. He looked at Jiang Chen expressionlessly.
That sight made him feel intensely uneasy.
Unfortunately, the Queen's next words turned his uneasiness into reality.
"We are now in your hometown."
This is impossible!
Jiang Chen's heart suddenly tightened.
How could she know that I could time travel! How could she confirm the coordinates of my world!
etc. Lin Ling…
Jiang Chen suddenly opened his eyes wide, and he seemed to understand something. If Tingting resides in Lin Ling's body. So there's no reason why Lin Ling wouldn't know what she saw. The current situation clearly shows that Tingting can communicate with the so-called queen of the harmonious camp.
"Crane Particles." The Queen raised her hand, and a red dark light gradually gathered on her hand. "Wherever time exists, it exists."
"Have you obtained the communication channel between me and Lin Ling?" Jiang Chen said in a deep voice.
If Lin Ling can know the fourth-dimensional coordinates of his fourth-dimensional transmitter, there is no reason why Tingting would not know.
"Yes." The Queen said calmly. "We are surprised that you can travel freely between the two worlds. And the world you were born and raised in is exactly the world we arrived after passing through the wormhole."
real or fake…
Jiang Chen's eyes wandered back and forth between the planet and the Queen's face. Although he had a lot to say, he couldn't say a word.
After a while, Jiang Chen opened his mouth and asked softly.
"Then what's the point of telling me this?"
"We're going to convince you."
persuade
Jiang Chen frowned, unable to understand the meaning of her words.
The Queen took her eyes away from Jiang Chen's face, looked at the two-color planet, and continued.
"We thought that our connection with the original world would be cut off. The information we obtained during evolution would not be shared with the remnants."
"But things took a turn for the better."
"The Crane particles we launched into the original world finally responded. Not only did they successfully guide some believers who could hear our call, they used themselves as materials and transformed themselves using biotechnology. They set up an 'antenna' to communicate with us. .Under our guidance, he successfully evolved into what we hoped and successfully communicated with the creatures in the entire area. Most importantly, he even successfully differentiated an egg."
"We selected 12 citizens, converted their hearts into Crane particle waves, and sent them back to the egg through the transmitter. If the physical body cannot cross the distance, then use information to cross it. Fortunately, we Found a way to return to the original world."
"However, what I don't believe is that this egg was destroyed by your stupid behavior. But we are still lucky, and it can even be said to be accidental to retain an individual."
"She was imprisoned by the intelligent program in the shelter. She was imprisoned in the virtual world, and then she met you."
Egg destroyed? Could it be Liuding Town’s military operation against an extremely mutated creature? He had heard Chu Nan talk about that military operation. The biological cannon that fired red beams annihilated electronic equipment in the entire airspace.
It turns out that it was not an extremely mutated creature at all, but a "paratrooper" released by the Harmony camp to the world.
After swallowing, Jiang Chen spoke with difficulty.
"Then you discovered me through Lin Ling?"
"That's right." The Queen nodded slightly.
"It's a complete surprise to find you. If you are willing to join our camp, I promise you that we will keep you even if the Natural Selection arrives on Earth in the new world."
"Keep me? What about the others..."
The Queen said without hesitation.
"They will contribute their own organic matter."
Become food? Just like the natural selection faced by humans in ancient times, the Homo sapiens tribes chose to use them as food after destroying the Homo erectus and Neanderthal tribes.
Thinking of this, a drop of cold sweat slipped across Jiang Chen's forehead, although he was just a pure thinking body now and did not have the concept of sweating.
"I'm afraid I have to disappoint you. Since you also know that I can travel between the two worlds, you should know that it is impossible to catch me."
"It doesn't matter." The Queen said in a tone without any emotion.
Conquering the Earth in the new world is the main plot. As for the "dead" Earth in the original world, it can only be regarded as a sentiment at best. If Jiang Chen is unwilling to surrender, they will at most express regret, not even regret...
Jiang Chen fell into silence.
"What's your choice?" the Queen asked calmly.
"...I refuse." Jiang Chen said calmly.
The Queen was silent for two seconds.
"This is a wrong choice. You have no ability to stop us."
"Really?" Jiang Chen said softly.
"If I guess correctly, the world you are in now, which is what we call the 'original world', has been ruled by the Supreme Being. They are a strong opponent, although they are powerless in front of us."
Crane particle rays can destroy most electronic devices.
"Domination? It's too early to say domination. It's just you who lose, and I haven't lost yet." Jiang Chen said calmly.
"In our opinion, you do not have the ability to resist them." The Queen said lightly.
In the face of space-based weapons, all road-based weapons are scum. Moreover, the damage to soft targets such as alien species is indeed considerable, but for the supreme being who has abandoned his body, the damage is very pitiful.
The only one who can take action is EMP, although there are many ways to fight EMP with the technology of the 22nd century.
What a disaster, the invaders from the harmonious camp are on their way to the present world, and the supreme threat breaks out in the end of the world.
Jiang Chen's eyes flickered slightly.
"I'm curious, how can you conduct interstellar navigation without relying on machinery?"
"Why do we need machinery?" the Queen asked.
Jiang Chen was stunned.
No need for machinery
Perhaps out of the pride of advanced civilization, the Queen did not shy away from this question and continued.
"Have you ever heard of a tardigrade?"
"What is that?" Jiang Chen is not good at biology and is very unfamiliar with this name.
"The common name for organisms in the phylum Tardigrade. Although the smallest is only 50 microns, it is the most vital organism known on the earth. It can survive in outer space without protective measures. Facts have proved that without the help of foreign objects Next, living things themselves can also achieve interstellar navigation. Living things that are 50 microns can do it, and nature that is 50 kilometers can also do it."
"The Ark of Evolution is heading towards you. Since you have refused, at the end, I will let you see the strength of my army."
As soon as she finished speaking, the Queen waved her hand and the scene changed again.
It was a giant squid, slowly squirming its tentacles behind it, and sailing quietly in the boundless universe.
Sailing bug.
Quite suddenly, this strange name appeared in Jiang Chen's mind.
The sailing bug is fifty kilometers long and ten kilometers wide. Spindle-shaped, porous laterally and ciliated at the back. There is an umbrella-shaped fleshy membrane in the middle, which can be contracted, and the full opening radius can reach 40 kilometers.
Dazzling light particles flickered behind the flesh membrane. Although he couldn't guess its principle, Jiang Chen could vaguely feel it. The fleshy membrane is like a large solar sail, propelled by the light pressure generated by light particles.
From a structural point of view, this should be regarded as a non-working fluid propulsion engine. Jiang Chen couldn't guess its speed just by looking at it, but he thought it wouldn't be very low.
Is this natural selection
Jiang Chen just watched the sailboat sail past him and watched it sail into the distance.
He opened his mouth, wanting to say something else, trying to get more information out of her mouth.
"etc!"
However, at this moment, his vision fell into darkness again... (.)