"If we find him, we still have a chance..."
Liang Bing continued.
But even if she said this, Guan Yifan still didn't react much, and he didn't even show the slightest intention to help her find the enlightener. He asked instead: "Isn't a hundred thousand years enough?"
He has said before that whether it is the end of the universe or the so-called restart of the universe by Zero, it is still a very distant thing for them now.
As long as you control your life time within a hundred thousand years and move within a nearby range of a thousand light years, it is enough to live a happy life.
Yes, isn't one hundred thousand years enough?
At this time, Liang Bing began to ask himself questions in his heart.
But then her heart became determined again. It was not enough. One hundred thousand years was not enough.
At least, one hundred thousand years is not enough time for her to return to the known universe.
No matter how good this universe is, no matter how advanced its basic technology is compared to god-making technology, it is still not home to her.
Moreover, this universe was not good at all. It could even be said to be terrible. She didn't want to stay there for a moment longer.
The reason why she has been able to persist from before the solar system was reduced to the present is precisely because she has a belief in escaping that supports her.
If you give up this belief in your heart now, it will really be over!
"Humans have always been creatures with insatiable desires. It is true that I long for stability now, and I also believe that one hundred thousand years is indeed not a long time. I should be content."
"But it doesn't mean that I will still think so when the end of the universe comes, or even everyone will still think so."
"Including you two, if when that day comes, there is an opportunity in front of you, you can go to the new universe without having to follow the destruction of the universe."
"At that time, will you choose to seize this opportunity, or will you choose to try again and get a chance to live in a new universe?"
Liang Bing looked at Guan Yifan and Cheng Xin seriously and said.
She has never been unfamiliar with human nature, and she absolutely believes that people who say one hundred thousand years are enough now will definitely not think the same way when faced with the decision of life and death.
Facts have also proved that in the real three-body universe, at the end of the zero cycle of the previous universe, both Cheng Xin and Guan Yifan chose to seize the opportunity to go to the new universe.
Faced with Liang Bing's sharp questioning, Guan Yifan and Cheng Xin both chose to remain silent!
Yes, even if both of them now think that one hundred thousand years is not a long time, it is hard to say whether their thoughts will change in the future.
After all, neither of them are strong characters.
If they had that kind of blood, they wouldn't be alive until now, and they would have been destroyed along with the humans on Earth in the solar system.
Cheng Xin survived again and again before surviving until now.
The Blue Space and Gravity where Guan Yifan was originally were both part of the escape fleet.
In other words, when facing the Trisolaran civilization, they have a history of fleeing directly.
In this case, there is no guarantee whether we will really have the courage to destroy the entire universe in the future!
"So, we need to be prepared for a rainy day. The more preparation we have now, the more calm we will have in the future."
"No, we will have to pay a heavy price when the time comes!"
Seeing that Guan Yifan didn't refute him anymore and Cheng Xin didn't interrupt, Liang Bing continued to hit the railroad while it was hot.
Compared to looking for Zhang Heng like a headless fly, if Guan Yifan can mobilize the humans in several of their worlds to search together, the chances will definitely be greater.
Moreover, Zhang Heng might also be in those worlds.
After all, humans are social animals, and she didn't believe that Zhang Heng would be alone for so many years.
"Okay, let's talk about the inspirer."
Hearing this, Guan Yifan had no choice but to relax and said that if he had the ability, he would do his best to find it.
"He is the one I mentioned before, Zhang Heng."
Liang Bing said.
"Zhang Heng?"
"professor Zhang?"
Guan Yifan and Cheng Xin said almost in unison.
"What? Ms. Cheng also knows about him?"
Guan Yifan looked at Cheng Xin again.
So, Cheng Xin took Liang Bing's words and began to introduce Zhang Heng, but she only introduced what she knew: "That man is our contemporary, or he was born in an earlier era than ours. That man The era is called the Golden Age by humans, which is from 1980 AD to 201X."
"At this time, before the coalition government discovered the existence of Trisolaran civilization, he was also one of the first people to know about the existence of Trisolaran civilization..."
"Later in the Crisis Era, around 201x-2208 AD, he came together with Wallfacer Luo Ji. During this period, many Wallfacer projects that could affect the future also had his shadow presence..."
"It wasn't until the Deterrence Era, when the former Wallfacer Luo Ji established Deterrence, that he disappeared."
"Disappeared without a trace..."
The above mentioned by Cheng Xin are all things that were widely known to the public when Zhang Heng was on Earth.
The most important thing she hasn't said yet is that she once met Zhang Heng in private.
After hesitating for a while, she finally chose to tell Guan Yifan: "Actually, when I graduated from college, he took the initiative to find me."
"It's just that I didn't quite believe a lot of what he said at that time..."
After all, what Zhang Heng told her at that time was like predicting the future.
No normal person would believe such a ridiculous thing, let alone her with a PhD in aerospace?
However, everything that happened later seemed to confirm that what Zhang Heng said at that time was true.
"You mean, when he gave you the airplane model, he might have already possessed curvature technology?"
After listening to Cheng Xin's words, Guan Yifan was also a little shocked.
After all, when faced with the Trisolaran civilization, human beings at that time were all insignificant beings, and it was impossible for them to have such technology that even the Trisolaran civilization did not have.
So where did the curvature technology that Zhang Heng knew come from?
And why not make it public directly instead of handing it over to Cheng Xin?
Although Zhang Heng knew that Cheng Xin could lead the direction of human civilization in the future through so-called future predictions, so he hid the curvature technology in the airplane model and gave it to Cheng Xin.
However, if he really wanted to save mankind and announced it at that time, wouldn't mankind's chances of winning against the Trisolaran civilization become even greater?
Why take such a big detour?
If Zhang Heng had really done this, history would have been rewritten.
After all, humans, who possess curvature spaceships earlier than the Trisolaran civilization, can counterattack the Trisolaran civilization and save themselves by leaving the solar system before the Trisolaran civilization can fully react.
When Guan Yifan expressed this series of doubts in his heart, Liang Bing stood up and said, "That's because you don't understand him well enough, or you don't understand the social situation at that time."
Of course, she didn’t understand Zhang Heng herself.
However, she obviously still knows more than Guan Yifan and Cheng Xin.
At least, based on the way Zhang Heng acted in the known universe, she could tell some nonsense.
"If my guess is correct, when he saw his best friend Luo Ji being treated unfairly by humans, he also felt disappointed and despairing towards humans."
"So, he didn't want to save humanity at that time."
"Giving the curvature technology to Cheng Xin is actually just to give a glimmer of hope to future humans..."
What she said was objective.
After all, she also came from that era.
What was the state of human society at that time? Let alone normal people, in fact, even she, the former King of Demons, felt uneasy all day long!
I'm afraid that when I wake up tomorrow, the Trisolaran civilization will come calling.
She lives in such a desperate and disturbing society, and the people around her are repeatedly persecuted by humans. If it were her, it would be great if she didn't bring down the entire human race. How about saving?
In other words, Zhang Heng left curvature technology to give future humans a glimmer of hope. In fact, it was just a matter of affection and he did not think it was his duty.
While several people were talking, the spacecraft seemed to have reached its final destination, and its speed began to drop slower and slower.
"Okay, we can talk about this later. The most important thing now is to show you our world first."
Feeling that the spacecraft was about to enter a parking state, Guan Yifan stood up again and said to Liang Bing and Cheng Xin.
They have a total of four worlds, one is in the "Light Tomb", and the remaining two are still pioneering.
So, the place we are now is naturally the world that has been developed.
Guan Yifan did not lie to them. Although this world was not too bad, it was indeed not as good as the "Blue Star" they had visited before.
However, just after Guan Yifan led them off the spacecraft, he received a message.
Yun Tianming, whom Cheng Xin asked about before, also appeared, but not here.
Instead, it landed on Blue Star more than three hours ago.
In other words, as soon as they left, Yun Tianming arrived at Blue Star.
This news came back from the latest expedition team that went to Blue Star to replace Guan Yifan, and it should not be false.
"oh!"
Upon receiving this news, Cheng Xin responded mechanically.
It seems that he is not as happy as expected.
"Can we communicate directly with Blue Star?"
But after a while, she still tentatively asked Guan Yifan.
However, Guan Yifan replied: "Try not to do it, it is dangerous to communicate like this!"
"Then do you want to choose to return?"
Then, Guan Yifan asked again.
But he seemed a little absent-minded at this time, because Yun Tianming's appearance also confirmed their previous guesses.
It is very likely that the Trisolaran First Fleet also established a colony nearby, within a hundred light years from here.
After all, Yun Tianming has always been in the Trisolaran fleet, and his appearance means that the Trisolaran civilization is also here.
Hearing this, Cheng Xin looked at Liang Bing.
Facing Cheng Xin's questioning gaze, even though Liang Bing didn't want to go back, if Cheng Xin insisted on meeting Yun Tianming, she could only go along.
"You just decide."
Helpless, she could only reply like this.
But an ominous premonition suddenly arose in her heart, and she always felt that her return would not go smoothly.
"Since you all want to return, let me give you another ride!"
Guan Yifan said.
Then, the spacecraft was accelerated again to leave this world and return to Blue Star.
The reason why he was so enthusiastic was actually that he wanted to go over and meet Yun Tianming and find out the existence of the Trisolaran civilization.
However, when she returned to the galaxy where Blue Star was located, Cheng Xin screamed: "What are those lines?!"
"It should be a star."
Although Guan Yifan's answer was simple, he was actually as shocked as Cheng Xin.
The stars in the space had turned into thin, glowing lines. The linear stars seemed familiar to Cheng Xin. She had seen long-exposure photos of the starry sky many times. Due to the rotation of the earth, the stars in the photos had become line segments. The length and direction are the same.
But now, the stars have become lines of different lengths and directions. The longest bright lines almost run through one-third of the space. These bright lines intersect with each other at various angles, making the starry sky look more confusing than before. A lot of chaos.
"It should be stars." Guan Yifan said again: "Starlight has to pass through two interfaces to get here. First it passes through the interface between the speed of light and the slow speed of light, and then passes through the event horizon of the black hole, and it becomes like this."
"Are we in the dark realm again?"
No wonder it seemed familiar. Cheng Xin immediately realized her current situation.
"Yes, we are in the Tomb of Light."
The DX3906 galaxy has turned into a low-light-speed black hole and is completely isolated from the rest of the universe. The starry sky composed of numerous silver lines will always be an elusive existence.
Liang Bing's face was also ugly. Although he didn't say anything on his lips, he was already scolding her in his heart.
Damn, my intuition turned out to be correct.
But why does a dead line appear here and surround the entire galaxy where Blue Star is located?
"Has the dead line spread?"
Liang Bing asked doubtfully.
She and Cheng Xin escaped from the black realm once surrounded by a dead line before coming to Blue Star.
Although the dead line encountered before is not very close to here, it is not very far either.
Could it be that the dead line encountered before has also spread here?
"It should be, it has spread to the entire star system, and we are stuck here."
Guan Yifan was also a little unsure.
"Could it be because of the disturbance from Yun Tianming and the Trisolaran civilization's spacecraft?"
At this time, Cheng Xin mentioned a possibility.
After all, everything was fine before Yun Tianming came.
"I don't know. It's possible. They may not know that there is a dead line near this galaxy."
Guan Yifan sighed.
But fortunately, although they are all trapped in the dark realm, they have nowhere to go.
The black domain only surrounds the entire galaxy, and Blue Star and the others can still land again.
When the spacecraft slowed down again, the orbit dropped sharply, and it entered the atmosphere of the blue star and landed in the violent vibrations.
"Let's go down."
After the spacecraft stopped, Guan Yifan said.
"Perhaps tens of thousands of years have passed outside the Black Territory."
Cheng Xin murmured as she set foot on Blue Star's apprentice again.
After all, according to past experience, every time you fall into the black realm, no matter how fast you escape, the time will pass a long time compared to the normal time outside.
"Maybe longer than that."
Guan Yifan looked at the depths of the forest above Blue Star and said melancholy: "But now, what is the difference between tens of thousands of years and hundreds of thousands of years?"
Indeed, if they cannot leave, it means that several people will be trapped here forever.
"Huh? Why are you so calm? Don't you think it's terrible to be trapped here forever?"
Guan Yifan also noticed that Liang Bing and Cheng Xin seemed to be disapproving of being plunged into the dark realm, and Guan Yifan was a little puzzled.
(End of chapter)
