Chapter 154 Civilization Backup Plan_1
Lin Sen: "This is within our expectations, no one can maintain their original mind forever, nor can any social moral concept remain in its purest and most idealized state indefinitely.
"The comfortable environment of the Moon has also gradually formed its own unique culture and values.
"Half a century of change was significant in the history of Earth, let alone in the current era of interstellar development.
"The Moon Base also needs Earth to exert appropriate pressure. To always remain sensible is a luxury, but rationality goes further when honed."
Feng Zi: "The current situation on the Moon indeed requires change, but the internal drive for change is insufficient. Perhaps only after suffering significant losses will they be able to persist in the long run through hardening.
"I am not worried that an Earth's surprise attack will cause us much damage, we even have an overwhelming advantage initially.
"But it's foreseeable that the development of the Earth Alliance is too rapid. In another 20 years, whether technologically or militarily, they could catch up to or even surpass the Moon Base."
Lin Sen: "This is the mission of our generation, and we must find a path to coexist."
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After the meeting, Lin Sen and Feng Zi came to a separate meeting room, where the presence of Sophon meant there was no possibility of eavesdropping.
Lin Sen: "The Moon Base and the Earth Alliance are now like entering a miniature Dark Forest.
"From the current situation, the relationship between the Moon Base and the Earth Alliance is a small-scale replica of the Trisolaris civilization and human civilization.
"The Moon Base has developed half a century earlier than the Earth Alliance and is superior in all aspects, but it is still a civilization model before a great trough.
"The Moon Base is actually a backup of Earth's civilization, the entire Moon Base is part of the civilization backup plan.
"To deal with the Trisolaris crisis, all means are permissible. No one knows how the future will unfold, and whether the Island Project will succeed remains to be seen.
"The civilization backup plan is to replicate the more vital aspects of human civilization to the Moon. They serve as a backup of human civilization, playing their role continuously, and the battle between Earth and Moon can also be seen as a clash between new and old human civilizations.
"The core of the plan is to use the great trough on Earth to execute the Island Project, employing the Island Project to reconstruct Earth's human civilization and initiate a new cycle of civilization.
"Initiating a new civilization cycle could fail. If it truly fails, then the Moon Base's backup civilization is our last hope.
"I am not optimistic about the backup human civilization defeating the Trisolaris civilization. After that, it will be time for another plan.
"Then, we will really need to execute the deterrence and escape plan, the meaning of which you can understand from its name. It's also the plan we least want to resort to.
"Now the Island Project has succeeded, and the Earth Alliance has entered a new cycle of civilization with stronger vitality.
"But it has also ushered the Moon Base and Earth Alliance into a new phase of the power struggle, a miniature Dark Forest.
"The Earth Alliance has greater development potential but is currently the weaker party. The Moon Base has exhausted its potential, but is currently the stronger party.
"For the Moon, the most rational approach would be to strike first, but that reason might also be the 'cage' that constrains us."
"What we need now is to break out of this Dark Forest 'cage'."
Feng Zi: "Your plan is too shocking, leveraging the entire progress of civilization with a minor Island Project. Such courage, vision, and determination demand utmost respect.
"No plan can ever succeed with one hundred percent certainty, and one must always be prepared for contingency. Compared to your plan, my decoy fleet is hardly worth mentioning.
"Civilization proceeds as if on thin ice, and only now do I truly grasp the meaning of these words.
"You once told me to carry out a plan to break the 'prison' of the Dark Forest Earth-Moon system, didn't you?"
Lin Sen, "Yes, that is the Lagrange Project.
"The soft power of the Earth Alliance is strong but difficult to maintain for several centuries.
"The strength of a civilization includes two aspects: the first is scientific power, in the mastery and application of natural laws, which is hard power.
The second is the intrinsic attributes of civilization, including decision-making, cohesion, innovation..., which is soft power. Soft power will not always be strong and usually declines after reaching a peak.
"There are only 130 years left until the 'Whirlwind Stomp' reaches the Solar System. Our hard power still needs to be developed further, and the soft power of our civilization also needs to be maintained longer through tempering.
"This is also the plan we need to complete. Are you ready?"
Feng Zi, "I'm always ready!"
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Lin Sen hibernated for nearly half a century. Some of his old friends chose hibernation and might reunite with their families in the future, while others had left this world forever.
After the success of their research in Mind Tactility, Marcus and Wu Yue handed over all their findings to the Future Intelligence Office. They had dedicated their lives to the study of the Trisolaris social model, making significant breakthroughs and having devoted their entire lives to their work.
The two elders spent their entire latter lives serving the Future Intelligence Office, passing away one after the other at over a hundred years of age.
Behind the scenes of the Future Intelligence Office was Wade, which also incorporated some of the elite from the Strategic Intelligence Bureau, though Wade was still in hibernation at this time.
Ding Yi felt that current scientific theories had reached their limits, and application technology was not his forte.
In the year of Crisis 37, Ding Yi applied for hibernation, hoping to see the world concealed behind Sophon in the future. Lin Sen had promised he would let him see it.
Wang Miao and Zhuang Yu, two distinguished figures in the field of nanomaterials science, not only achieved outstanding success in their field but also combined nanotechnology with other specialties, creating numerous high-performance new materials.
Their innovative achievements greatly enriched the human world's materials library, promoting technological innovation and progress in several fields.
They were also the chief designers of the Moon Base, overseeing the construction of nearly all projects large and small.
From Earth to the Moon, from space elevators to Moon Starport, even the Mars Starport, each grand project bore the imprint of their wisdom and effort.
Now aged and venerable, their contributions to humanity will forever be remembered. At the end of their lives, they perhaps only wished to see their old friends once more.
After waking up, Lin Sen got in touch with them, and they had a meeting. Although they were only in their eighties or nineties, their relentless work had taken a toll on their health. In an era when average people could live to 130, they would likely only live to about a hundred.
Their lives were such, young in the Golden Age, middle-aged during the Trisolaris crisis, and reaching maturity during a great depression.
Luckily, at the end of their lives, they witnessed human civilization emerging from the grand depression. A blooming age of technology, renewed in spirit, with the human world filled with endless vitality and hope.
For them, such a life was more than enough!
After meeting them, Lin Sen also said goodbye to the past.
A new era began...