Chapter 573: Jiang Yu's Trump Card_1

The naming of the Singer civilization came from Wallfacer Jiang Yu. He was the first to call the civilization that destroyed the Solar System the Singer civilization, and thereafter, everyone started calling it by that name.

Jiang Yu said, "According to the latest intelligence from the Academy of Sciences, a massive interstellar war is taking place about 26,700 light-years away from the Blue Maiden Star.

"The space affected by this war has already exceeded 1,300 astronomical units.

"We don't know whether traces of the Singer civilization exist there, but it is very likely a battle between two high-level middle-level civilizations, or possibly even a conflict involving two or more advanced civilizations."

Such a distance cannot be observed optically. Even if it could be observed, it would be a matter of the distant past.

The Solar System State now uses the 'Spatial Observation Method.' When a change occurs in a region of space within the Milky Way, it affects the curvature around it, which then spreads in a 'propagation effect.'

Humanity can collect these curvature changes to gain real-time knowledge of major events happening tens of thousands of light-years away.

However, the observational results are usually vague, and often only changes at the scale of hundreds of light-years can be observed.

Moreover, humanity currently divides middle-level civilizations into three tiers: high-level middle-level, upper-middle, and lower-middle. At present, humanity can only be considered a lower-middle-level civilization.

According to the latest human concepts, high-level middle-level civilizations are also called 'Galaxy-level Civilizations.' They can soar through the entire Milky Way at will, and their wars can affect the galaxy.

Jiang Yu continued, "Based on the intelligence we have, the Singer civilization should belong to the high-level middle-level civilizations. Therefore, it's very possible that one side in the war that happened over 20,000 light-years ago was the Singer civilization.

"But as of now, we are still far behind the Singer civilization. Firstly, projecting power to a location 20,000 light-years away is something we currently cannot do.

"Even using jump-drive engines, it would be over 4,000 years before we reach the destination, and by then, the war there may have already ended.

"We must work hard to develop ourselves so that one day humanity, too, can become a Galaxy-level Civilization.

"When that time comes, it won't be too late to avenge the destruction of our homeland. In the meantime, we must continue to monitor the Trisolarans' movements, constantly squeeze their living space, until they are extinct!"

Jiang Yu also said, "Defeating the Trisolarans is a splendid achievement by everyone of this generation, and will be heavily inscribed in human history.

"But humanity must not stop here. Everyone must have the Cornerstone Spirit. Your current efforts are the cornerstone for humanity to achieve greater accomplishments in the future.

"Only with such a spirit can we forge ahead unceasingly and with continuous progress.

"..."

At the end of the meeting, everyone also discussed how to clean up the aftermath of the interstellar battlefield.

Before the war began, no one imagined that interstellar warfare would leave such obvious traces. If a ship from an advanced civilization happened to fly past the battlefield area, they would probably take notice of it.

After a meeting that lasted five hours, Jiang Yu's speech immediately sparked a heated discussion.

Everyone was very confident in the achievements that humanity could obtain in the future. The impetuous mentality some had held was also dispersed by the "Cornerstone Spirit" advocated by Jiang Yu.

Jiang Yu looked over reports from all sectors and, judging that human society was relatively healthy, he then mostly withdrew from the daily management affairs of the Solar System State.

Now, he only focused on four things, the first being methods to erase traces of the interstellar battlefield.

As usual, the Academy of Sciences established an expert panel. Initially, an expert proposed simply using two-dimensional weapons to turn the battlefield two-dimensional, creating a Two-Dimensional Fragment several light-years across to cover up the interstellar battlefield.

However, this suggestion was quickly dismissed, as two-dimensional weapons are not Two-dimensional foil.

Two-dimensional foil reduces the dimensions of three-dimensional space at a slower rate, while the two-dimensional weapons currently controlled by humanity can convert an area into Two-Dimensional Space in a short period of time.

Such weapons would make the location of the interstellar battlefield easier to detect. If a large piece of Two-Dimensional Fragment suddenly appeared somewhere in the universe, it would be strange if it did not draw attention.

The expert panel is now actively discussing other methods to erase these traces. It seems it may take a few months to see results.

The second matter is about the methods and plans for dealing with the Singer civilization. Yes, following the current Wallfacer plan, it is now time to establish a special group dedicated to dealing with the Singer civilization.

Everyone knew that this group might not have any concrete results in the next half-century, but it could, like the Wallfacer Plan, burst forth with wisdom that transcended the era.

So the group was established.

However, now was different from the initial years of the crisis. In those early years, humanity had no choice but to passively accept the hostile relationship with the Trisolarans.

Now, humanity had enough confidence to defeat the adversary in the future, or at the very least, resort to underhanded tactics.

Soon, the group proposed the "Trap Plan," believing they could set up a trap in a planetary system that was relatively distant from the human world.

The way to arrange this trap was to broadcast the location of the planetary system, then lure the Cleaners of advanced civilizations to carry out a Dark Forest Strike.

In the end, they would be able to capture the opponent's ships en masse and contribute to human technology.

But upon hearing this plan, Jiang Yu said, "As of now, the risks of this plan outweigh the benefits.

"The benefits are certain, at most, we could capture an enemy's offensive ship, but the risk is that we are likely to encounter a large-scale search and attack from the enemy.

"The logic is simple. In a certain location in the universe, if a Cleaner ship of humanity disappears, would everyone take the disappearance lightly? Or would they prepare to launch a surprise attack against the adversary? "

Upon hearing this, the group members calmed down and stopped considering these shortcuts.

Jiang Yu reminded everyone, "At any time, when dealing with civilizations outside Earth, we must consider the Dark Forest Law.

"A trap laid by the weak only brings great risk upon themselves, and only hunters are qualified to set traps!"

The third matter that drew Jiang Yu's attention was Jiang Yan's research on consciousness in artificial intelligence.

With the rapid development of artificial intelligence, Avenger No. 2 had been restarted decades ago.

Allowing artificial intelligence to possess consciousness indistinguishable from that of humans now served the interests of both humanity and Avenger No. 2.

For Avenger No. 2, this was the outcome it had been longing for.

Humanity could conduct deeper research on life by studying the consciousness that evolved from nonexistence to existence in intelligent life.

The more advanced civilization's stride, the greater the quest for the meaning of life became.

This made researchers more eager to study the origins and development of life, perhaps finding the source of life would fully explain its meaning.

Besides biological research, the Academy of Science decided to use artificial intelligence for research on consciousness.

Of course, all this was under the precondition that the research projects were within controllable limits for humanity.

The last matter that Jiang Yu was concerned with was the continued plan to strike against the Trisolarans.

This was the issue dearest to Jiang Yu who always hoped to eliminate the Trisolaran threat completely within his lifetime.

This was the only group directly under Jiang Yu's command.

It made him feel as if he was back in the early years of the crisis, rediscovering the joy of working.

The difference was that now the roles of attacker and defender had changed; humanity now held the absolute advantage.

In Jiang Yu's hand, there was still a trump card that had not yet been used: decades ago, he had launched the Sophon the Trisolarans had left for him.

Now, that Sophon had traveled a sufficiently long distance.

At this moment, Jiang Yu lifted the blockade on the Sophon: "Calling Earth Organization!"