Wander!blue star

On its way to the Andromeda Galaxy, the Creator Civilization saw many relics left by galactic civilizations that perished due to the forgetting factor.

There are not even any traces of struggle in those ruins.

It is foreseeable that the Trisolaran civilization will not make any noise when it dies.

They will only silently forget everything they once had, and in the end, like other civilizations that encountered misfortune during their growth, they will be quietly swallowed by the dark universe.

No one will care about them.

In the dark deep space of the universe, a huge fleet hovered, seemingly resting.

This fleet looks a bit crude. Not only does it not have any painting, there are also many pipes exposed, without even a protective shell. Although this will not affect their function, it looks extremely unsightly.

Except for a very small number of civilizations that regard ugliness as beauty, most civilizations will not build such warships.

After all, it doesn’t take much to add a layer of paint and a protective shell, but this is not the case for the Trisolaran civilization. Ever since they became a wandering civilization wandering in space, their resources have been extremely scarce and they really have no spare energy. These surfaces are engineered.

The Trisolaran civilization used to think that they were very tough, but during their wandering period, they deeply realized the importance of having a resource-rich planet.

Although Trisolaris is dangerous, it at least provides them with all the resources they need to transform from primitive civilization to interstellar civilization. In the empty space, they can only rely on the occasional capture of asteroids to replenish resources randomly.

They have been in a state of use for a long time, and they don't care about the performance, let alone waste resources on painting and protective shells for the fleet.

Fortunately, they made a breakthrough in navigation technology and expanded their scope of activities a lot.

Although the planets they encountered were all poor in resources, they were able to maintain the size of their fleet and prevent it from wandering around.

"Everything will be fine when we get to Earth."

The Führer comforted his compatriots in this way.

After research, the Trisolarans discovered that the coalition government had left here and went somewhere unknown.

They believe that the coalition government has mastered navigation technology that does not match its own strength. It is like a child wandering in a dark forest carrying meat. It must not be able to stay in one place for a long time, let alone reappear in the same place.

Based on this understanding, the Trisolarans proposed the "Return to Earth" plan.

Their fleet has reached the speed of light and can reach the earth within five years. Considering that they have nothing to lose, this trip must be a profit but not a loss.

If the people on earth agree to negotiate, then they can get a livable planet with rich resources; if the people on earth break the net and broadcast the coordinates of the solar system to the universe, they can also plunder a wave of resources in the solar system.

Those who are barefoot are not afraid of those who wear shoes. Anyway, it is not a loss.

After the Trisolarans came to this conclusion, they were overjoyed, so they headed towards the earth in a mighty way.

At this moment, the entire Trisolaran civilization is on this huge fleet.

In a sense, this is also a big gamble.

They bet that it would be impossible for the people on Earth to experience a technological explosion within the next five years and become more powerful than them.

If the bet loses, they will come to die.

For this reason, they specially launched two sophons to monitor the earth before departure, and caused some trouble for the earth's scientists.

So far, so good!
  "Führer, urgent discovery!"

"A cube of unknown origin appeared in front of the fleet. After our calculations, it is a perfect cube that only exists in theory!"

“It has our words written on it!”

"Say it's a gift to us!" The head of state felt the electrical signals that were continuously coming into his body, and he couldn't help but feel doubtful in his heart.

Perfect cube? A gift to us?

"Does a perfect cube really exist in the real world?" the Führer asked the Science Archon.

The Science Archon replied: "It is impossible for a perfect cube to exist in reality. I think the civilization that made this cube is too advanced, and our observation methods are not enough to see the flaws in this cube."

The Scientific Archon was recently promoted.

The original science consul was given to the coalition government by the head of state, and now serves as the leader of the Trisolaran scientific research team of the coalition government.

The newly appointed scientific consul lacked knowledge and found it difficult to convince the public.

In order to maintain his status, he always stayed by the head of state's side when he had nothing to do, and provided advisory services to the head of state [-]/[-].

"What's going on with the words above?" the head of state asked again.

The Science Archon flashed a few times, conveying a hint of hesitation: "The other party obviously has a certain understanding of us."

The Führer fell into deep thought.

He had a slight guess as to the origin of the cube, and this speculation left him distraught.

"Picture of the cube! Show me!"

he ordered.

The next second, the projection showed the picture captured by the spacecraft in front of him.

In the space directly in front of the fleet, a box emitting white light floats quietly. The six sides of the box have the same content written on them: This is a gift.

"Familiar handwriting." The head of state was silent for two seconds, "It is from the person who took office as scientific consul."

His guess was correct.

This cube comes from the civilization that blackmailed them before, because that civilization took away the last scientific archon.

But he couldn't figure out who sent the box.

Whether it was given by the civilization that blackmailed them or by the previous scientific consul, there was a huge gap between the two.

If it's the former, this is undoubtedly a threat.

This box appeared sooner or later, but it just happened to appear when they were heading to the solar system. If this wasn't a threat, what could it be?
  If the box was sent by that civilization, it meant warning them not to go to the solar system.

Thinking of this, the head of state exuded a color symbolizing anger.

The Trisolaran civilization has become a wandering civilization. There is no home planet to be threatened. Even if that civilization appears again, they have nothing to fear!

But if it was sent by the former science consul, it means that the former science consul is still thinking about the Trisolaran civilization. He may have developed some amazing technology and shared it with them specially.

For example, super-light navigation technology?
  "Capture this cube!" the Führer ordered. "This may be a gift from the former Science Archon, or it may be an enemy bomb. You know what to do."

A small battleship flew out of the fleet.

The battleship took some time to arrive near the cube. The Trisolarans on the battleship opened the hatch and pulled the cube in. (End of chapter)