Chapter 91 Earthlings' Last Stand!_1

At that moment, Ding Yi was still marveling, wishing there was a mortal God who could control time and the world.

According to his thoughts,

to solve a higher-level technological civilization, following the normal train of thought, would undoubtedly require a technological tree!

But merely having a technological tree wouldn't be enough, given that the development of technology is also filled with chance. Every direction might consume all the energy of a civilization.

It's also possible that before the technology can even develop, the civilization might suffer severe setbacks or even be destroyed for various reasons.

Therefore, a mortal God who could interfere with the world is needed to give a civilization the right direction and a good living environment, at least not like on the Trisolaris Planet.

No matter what direction of technology development or what kind of possibilities,

all require time!

So this is what Ding Yi was saying, the need for a mortal God who can control time, who can control the world.

But such a mortal God,

how could that be possible?

Ding Yi himself felt that his ideas were a bit ridiculous, the existence of such a being would be a complete violation of scientific theory.

The probability of encountering a being that defies scientific theory is ten thousand times smaller than the current odds of Earth defeating the Three-Body Civilization!

Logic seemed to be deep in thought.

He didn't share what was on his mind because he was no longer human, but a Wallfacer.

The most basic requirement of a Wallfacer is to deceive everyone, to hide what's truly in their heart.

Once he found the answer in his mind, he immediately changed the subject, "The civilization of Three-Body is indeed powerful, but we have to try. I used to work on theory before, but now that I can't work on theory anymore, I can only get involved in practice. How to bring theory into practice, I want to learn from you."

Logic's emergence was only a short few years, but in mathematics and algorithms, he had been dazzlingly brilliant. His various creative ideas and understanding of the world and universe had caused other scientists to marvel.

But when it comes to projects,

Ding Yi was more experienced than him.

After thinking it over, Ding Yi shared his feelings, "Working on scientific projects and scientific research are two different things. Scientific research can be done by one person, but scientific projects require a lot of people to participate."

This is about the individual and the collective.

The capability of an individual is very important, but to accomplish truly great things, you still need the power of the collective!

"Because humans are flawed, they can't work nonstop without resting or thinking like machines. They can only focus on one thing at a time—too much distraction and problems will arise!"

One can't be in two places at once.

Logic was reminded of the Three-Body Civilization, all of whose individuals had independent thoughts yet could communicate transparently. They were constantly sharing the latest ideas, the newest wisdom, and the freshest inspiration.

In other words,

their knowledge was shared.

All their ideas were visible to other Trisolarans, and as ideas collided with each other, inspiration and new thoughts emerged.

This was a good thing,

and also a bad thing.

For the development of civilization, it was a fairly good choice.

Logic noted this, and continued to listen to Ding Yi's thoughts. Having known Ye Wenjie before and Ding Yi now, he realized even more how his own ideas were limited.

He needed more brains to think for him!

"Thank you, Dr. Ding Yi…" As Logic bid farewell to Ding Yi, he said mysteriously, "Actually, I tend to believe in mysticism. The God you just mentioned sounds good. When I get home, I'll burn incense and worship the Three Pure Ones, maybe I could invite an old immortal to descend to the mortal world!"

Ding Yi was completely befuddled.

Burn incense?

Worship the Three Pure Ones?

I...

Ding Yi's mind was a whirlwind of emotions, feeling as if ten thousand 'grass mud horses' were trampling over his heart, leaving his inner world muddied and chaotic.

By the time he came to his senses,

Logic had already vanished from sight, having departed.

With a helpless sigh, Ding Yi could only continue to sit at the desk, deeply engrossed in his own ideas; he was researching a mysterious weapon, inspired by a captured ball lightning.

He discovered the macro atom.

The macro atom that earned him a nomination for the Nobel Prize, a place in textbooks, and the right to name it.

This thing used for weapon production, its power... was the only method he could think of that could contend with the Trisolarans...

"Oh right..." Ding Yi frowned slightly, realizing he had not yet named this weapon.

He pondered for a moment, and then immediately wrote down a few characters on the paper.

"The Ashes of Tai Shang Lao Jun's Furnace!"

Heh...

This name.

Trisolarans! If you can guess it, I, Ding Yi, will eat shit! The big, lumpy kind!

Meanwhile, in another place.

At this moment, Logic was contemplating how to become a God among men; the kind Ding Yi spoke of, being able to control the world, able to control time.

He had that power!

He possessed the most basic of universes.

It was not big, very small in fact—a universe within the Three-Body Universe that could be deemed a god-like civilization, the Demon Eye Civilization.

The universe of the Demon Eye Civilization was just a proton, yes!

Their universe was a proton.

The Trisolarans could even be hailed as their creators since, during the creation of Sophon, they infinitely up-scaled a proton, and the Demon Eye Civilization came into being.

Their technology developed rapidly within an extremely short period, accurately speaking, a very short time relative to the Trisolarans.

When the Trisolarans down-scaled the proton, the Demon Eye Civilization quickly realized their universe had undergone a dimensional assault, quickly responded, adjusted, and adapted to a two-dimensional life.

What followed was the most terrifying.

The Demon Eye Civilization actually managed to control the entire proton, to be precise, their universe.

How vast is the universe?

From the human perspective, the observed universe is already nine hundred billion light-years, and that's still a very small part of the immense universe.

The Demon Eye Civilization, being able to control a universe, possesses a level of science and technology that probably surpasses all civilizations, even the Returners couldn't do it.

And their actions were done in an instant, shrinking the entire universe all at once.

They observed their creators, the Trisolaran civilization existing outside the universe, and also observed the actions of the other party.

They used their entire universe for vengeance.

They shrank the universe into a mirror-like surface, like an eye, reflecting sunlight, reflecting terrifying energy onto the capital of the Trisolarans, causing the Three-Body Civilization to suffer severe repercussions.

Just a pity.

After all, it was only a Microverse, their universe was too small, hardly having enough matter for their use; otherwise, the Three-Body Civilization might have collapsed that one time.

And now, Logic wanted to become a God among men, to recreate a Demon Eye Civilization.

He possessed Sophon technology!

Create his own Microverse!

Compared to the Trisolarans.

He had even better conditions, he had endless time, he could let the Microverse continuously experiment and make errors, repeatedly destroy, and recreate!

Until he was satisfied!

But the consequences of such a choice...

"Am I...", Logic appeared somewhat dazed, "destroying the Three-Body? Or am I destroying myself?"

ps: Today's word count is 6,400.

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It's about a modern civil engineering tycoon traveling through the Three Kingdoms era, supporting Liu to revive a prosperous age, and creating a romance for a group of men.

It's along the lines of technology development and infrastructure; you might want to take a look, it's quite good, from an experienced Grade-5 author.