"This initial conference won't affect the battlefield itself; all war machines are left to the Boundary God Kunpeng to judge the ensuing situation." Luna understood the conference's progress via Tachyon communication technology.
Of course, this conference wouldn't affect the war, so why convene scholars?
Firstly, to acclimate everyone to this format, allowing for more frequent future meetings. The first meeting is always somewhat vague and confusing; subsequently, everyone will become accustomed.
Secondly, to observe whether the scholars' and Boundary God's judgments of the war show significant differences. These differences will determine the outcome and whether the Federation can safely entrust the war to the Boundary God.
"This conference does contain potentially useful information for refining our strategies. Shouldn't we participate?" Ayla asked.
Currently, every war for the Federation is crucial, and this war, as the scholars in the first conference mentioned, is chaotic.
This chaos could bring many negative consequences to the Federation.
Luna pondered, finally shaking her head.
"The Federation and the Olive Branch Civilization differ in every aspect; we must clearly recognize this."
"We can't take giant leaps; the gains would be meaningless."
There's a saying: knowing a little about everything is knowing nothing.
Similarly, if a war yields only a little information on everything, it's essentially yielding no information at all.
Boundary Gods possess a significant advantage: after receiving an order, they execute it flawlessly without equivocation or circumlocution.
This ensures high reliability in achieving a single objective.
"Exactly," Ayla nodded.
Actually, a closer look reveals that Ayla and Luna's roles are reversed. Logically, Luna should raise the questions, and Ayla should answer, but this dynamic shifted long ago.
In the 21st century, humans questioned machines because machines think simply.
However, Ayla's thought processes are now more complex than a simple machine's, similar to asking a machine a question and receiving countless different answers, leaving the decision still with the human.
Ayla and Luna are in this state now. Ayla analyzed the problem and generated countless answers before Luna even posed the question; Luna's only action is confirmation; the step of raising the question is directly summarized.
"What's the war's progress?" Luna asked.
Ayla replied: "Kunpeng destroyed several stars, using the resulting stellar dust to obscure a sector and gather this dust to build warships, buying it time."
"Its judgment is to develop within this region, avoiding further encroachment into the Olive Branch Civilization's sector."
"After all, our main objective is the Olive Branch Civilization's super-range weapons, and close-range naval battles."
Kunpeng's judgment is basically sound, but Luna can't entirely trust it.
"The Federation's Fourth Legion is now en route to the end of the Silk Road to prepare for war."
"The new Boundary God Kj is almost ready. Although you want it to be your auxiliary Boundary God, I think it's still necessary to have a Boundary God handling matters at the end of the Cosmic Silk Road."
"We should focus our resources on the end of the Cosmic Silk Road. Before the completion of the super-countermeasure equipment, we need to prepare and transport a large amount of materials there."
"The war's scale isn't large yet; everyone is in a state of mutual probing. This is precious time for us."
"We must deploy a large number of super-range weapons, currently a weakness for us."
Super-range weapons are scarce within the Federation. Even in two sectors combined, they number less than 40, mostly basic laser-type units.
The Federation is at a severe disadvantage in this area.
Deploying Kunpeng into the Olive Branch Civilization's sector is for this reason: to divert their attention while the Federation prepares.
A war has many aspects to consider, making it impossible for Luna to make changes based on the conference's content. Any changes must be made before the war begins, not after; otherwise, it will only worsen the situation.
...
Luna and Ayla's conversation continued.
However, Kunpeng's war encountered difficulties.
The Olive Branch Civilization dispatched a large fleet to intercept Kunpeng's warships, which were naturally destroyed. The Olive Branch Civilization's fleet then advanced directly toward Kunpeng.
The Olive Branch Civilization's fleet numbered over 70,000, a force capable of completely crushing Kunpeng.
The situation deviated from the original plan.
"Enemy fleet combat power is estimated to be three times or more our strength. The probability of victory is 0.7%."
"The best outcome is immediate retreat, to prevent the Olive Branch Civilization's fleet from pursuing."
The distance between the two fleets was significant; even with the Olive Branch Civilization's speed, pursuit would take over a hundred years.
"Guerrilla tactics are forming. Although this strategy minimizes the risk of annihilation, it conflicts with mission completion."
"Analysis suggests that only after our fleet destroys the enemy fleet will the enemy perceive a threat and use large-scale super-range weaponry."
Guerrilla warfare would degenerate into a chase, and if the enemy gains the upper hand, they wouldn't need to invest further resources.
Super-range weapons are energy-intensive. Otherwise, the Olive Branch Civilization wouldn't have paused for so many years after destroying the Cosmic Silk Road. This proves that the "Annihilation Bloom" weapon caused even the Olive Branch Civilization to hesitate.
Its destruction radius might exceed 100 light-years, completely overturning the Federation's understanding.
"A head-on engagement is forming…"
"Unable to find any optimal solution or path to victory..."
"System conflict detected. Conflict resolution in progress: 1%...3%..."
Kunpeng felt like a low-intelligence AI, but there was no other way; this was an extremely unfair war. Even a hundred Boundary Gods calculating simultaneously would reach the same conclusion.
But the course of war is never solely determined by numerical differences in combat strength.
"New model implemented…"
"New model calculations initiated. 3283 plans generated. Selecting plan sdk-28.11 for execution. Probability of success under ideal conditions: 95.12%. Probability of success under non-ideal conditions: 0.0024%."
Only by embracing sufficient risk in war can the desired outcome be achieved.
This is the change in the Boundary Gods that Ayla and Luna wanted to see.
...
Considering the Federation has so many scholars, a veritable explosion of expertise in various fields, their weaponry in warfare should be incredibly diverse.
That's correct.
The Federation boasts a flourishing technological landscape, but many advancements lack practical wartime applications, exhibiting various shortcomings.
However, this isn't absolute.
Many technologies unusable under normal circumstances prove effective in special situations, a kind of "situational advantage."
The Olive Branch Civilization's fleet continued to approach, with Gas Victory enriching its analysis. They carefully evaluated the Federation's combat power, finding it significantly weaker than their own.
"Perhaps the Federation is concealing some strength."
"Controlling /Tilted Station, the Federation's civilization, even if inferior to ours, can't be that much weaker. We must highly evaluate our enemy."
"Better to err on the side of caution and utilize our optimal tactics."
The Olive Branch Civilization showed no disregard when facing the Federation. As a high-level civilization, if their systems weren't robust, they would have long since vanished from history, not reaching their current level.
In fact, the Olive Branch Civilization's systems possess certain superior characteristics; they avoid conflict and can aggregate vast amounts of data to produce a flawless answer.
This answer is consistent, like a student who always scores 60%; you can't say they're bad, but their scores are merely passing. You can't say they're good either; their score is only 60.
The Olive Branch Civilization's fleet subsequently divided into three, not widely dispersed but positioned at angles to each other, guarding against unforeseen circumstances.
This opponent presents a significant challenge to the Federation.
Although the Olive Branch Civilization only scores 60%, it's a high school 60%, while the Federation, even scoring 100% in middle school, would struggle to meet high school standards.
...
Meanwhile, around Kunpeng, a different type of warship was gradually being constructed.
These warships resembled large speakers in shape.
"Initiating…"
Kunpeng activated these warships, but they showed no movement and no discernible difference from their previous state.
These speakers weren't for aesthetics; they emitted large quantities of fundamental particles. These particles were unlike any known particles; they weren't intentionally researched by the Federation, but rather byproducts from particle research and development.
These waste particles were inherently unstable. Some were incapable of forming complex structures or even arranging themselves normally to create larger matter. Others were highly active, flitting about unpredictably and impossible to capture.
These waste particles constitute 97% of the Federation's current particle stockpile; usable particles comprise only 3%.
Each molecule has a recorded production method. Some waste particles require minimal energy to produce, essentially cost-free.
Of course, they are essentially worthless since they are truly useless waste.
However…
This is only in comparison to practical applications in fields like materials science. If used as a weapon, any uncertainty isn't a flaw but an advantage.
Kunpeng devised a new tactic.
It emitted countless waste particles. Most of these fundamental particles traveled at speeds exceeding 90% the speed of light, rapidly filling the surrounding space.
What was the consequence?
A change in fundamental physics.
Current physics is built around the universe's fundamental particles. Imagine a physicist discovering an entirely new particle whose existence defies all known principles. What would happen?
For 21st-century humanity, it would be a complete collapse of physics. Relativity, gravity, everything would be obsolete.
But as a weapon, what would these particles cause?
A change in the universe's physical constants.
Physical constants, simply put, are measurable quantities that define fundamental physical concepts—temperature, length, time, tensile strength, electric charge, capacitance… many things with units are physical constants.
These constants influence each other; for instance, resistance varies with temperature, and at extremely high speeds, length and time lose meaning.
These phenomena are all manifested by the behavior of fundamental particles.
The introduction of these additional fundamental particles, not belonging to this universe, causes chaos in this spacetime.
You'll see objects shifting, distance measurements will be inaccurate, weapons might jam in their barrels, some projectiles will penetrate shielding, causing intense radiation, and some materials will have their atomic structures disrupted, leading to chaos.
"Don't you notice? The distance between us seems to be increasing."
The three Olive Branch Civilization fleets exchanged information, and errors appeared.
"No, I'm clearly very close to you."
"What are you talking about? I haven't deviated from my course at all."
Countless voices echoed.
More importantly, the Olive Branch Civilization is a Gas Victory collective system, like a single brain. Their current problem is like one eye being nearsighted and the other farsighted; how do you correct such a visual discrepancy?
Confusion reigned.
Especially as machines, they require consistent physical constants. However, when individual units attempted calculations, they found discrepancies in the results of calculating the same thing, paralyzing the Gas Victory system.
Kunpeng didn't expect such resounding success with this weapon.
However, before it could celebrate, Gas Victory, after several restarts, shut down most of its consciousness, retaining only a portion to address the chaos.
This remaining consciousness recognized the Federation's attack and prepared a counteroffensive.
However, within this cloud of waste particles, where physical constants were lost, they couldn't pinpoint the enemy's precise location. So, it emitted a highly concentrated beam of high-energy radiation, using the beam to transmit information back to Station.
Requesting Station's super-range support.
Station received the message decades later. A bright beam swept across the region, clearing away all the waste particles.
The tactic didn't achieve a decisive victory.
However, Kunpeng was unusually excited.
"Analyzing the enemy's super-range weapon…"
"The weapon's energy utilization is only 33%; the remaining 67% consists of specialized particles. These particles seem to absorb surrounding particles, exhibiting strong magnetic properties, which is why they absorbed so many waste particles."
"This is a new type of weapon. Recording the data…"
"Transmitting the log to the Federation. War progress: 3% complete…"
Kunpeng's priority was information gathering; its objective was achieved.
...
"This war is certain to be lost."
Kunpeng carried the latest Tachyon communication equipment. While the speed hadn't changed much from tens of thousands of years ago, the size and energy consumption were significantly reduced—7.47% of the first-generation Tachyon communication equipment.
Luna and Ayla quickly received Kunpeng's report. It showed Kunpeng diligently gathering intelligence but remained significantly weaker than the Olive Branch Civilization's fleet.
The distance wasn't great; the Olive Branch Civilization could reach Kunpeng in a few hundred years, leaving Kunpeng insufficient time to develop.
"Does Kunpeng's development rate meet your projections?" Luna asked Ayla.
Kunpeng's development was primarily monitored by Ayla, or perhaps she merely observed while the actual work was done by Federation specialists in materials science, engineering, machinery, propulsion, etc.
Luna knew nothing of these areas. She could analyze a 20-meter yacht, but Kunpeng was a planet-sized warship, far beyond the scope of an amateur.
However, she knew these scholars and engineers had high hopes for Kunpeng.
"Far from sufficient; it's only about 7% complete," Ayla's assessment, as always, was precise.
Less than one-tenth; Kunpeng was essentially a failure.
Ayla added, "Actually, it's not that bad, is it?"
"However, this warship is our first planet-class dreadnought, and its mission is intelligence gathering, not combat."
"The second planet-class dreadnought won't be far behind Kunpeng; it's expected to be operational in about 3000 years. Kunpeng's problems will be addressed then."
Luna nodded.
"Still, it's a bit disappointing if it ends so quickly."
Both Ayla and Luna had low expectations for Kunpeng. While a planet-class dreadnought is large, it's insignificant compared to the Olive Branch Civilization's Station.
...
"Continue deploying waste particles to impede the enemy fleet's advance and lure them into using super-range weapons." Kunpeng continuously refined its tactics.
It lacked any emotion; Ayla's creation had imposed strict limitations.
However, incorporating P=NP-related technology allowed it to perform deductions and create novel strategies.
"Second analysis of waste particles' impact on the enemy: 74.21%, a 22.26% decrease from the initial 96.47%. Severe decline; the fourth deployment of waste particle weapons is projected to be ineffective."
"Plan B: Deploy a sophisticated decoy, masking our strength and provoking an enemy response."
"Analysis of camouflage success rate: Based on analysis, there's an 82% chance the enemy doesn't understand the Federation's combat strength. Camouflage plan success rate: 62.97%, exceeding 60%, execution approved."
"New plan adjustments: We'll take the initiative. Gas Victory possesses strong autonomous consciousness; it's almost impossible to prevent its judgments, but we can induce erroneous judgments. Individuals and collectives alike make mistakes; Gas Victory is no exception."
"Fleet 1 will disguise itself as the enemy fleet and attempt infiltration… Plan success rate: 34.11%. Novel plan success rate exceeds 20%, acceptable; execution approved."
"Fleet 2 and Fleet 3 will engage each other. Fleet 2 will disguise itself as the enemy fleet and test the enemy's response. If accepted, Fleet 2 will sabotage them from within… Plan success rate: 21.42%. Novel plan success rate exceeds 20%, acceptable; execution approved."
"…."
Kunpeng spent three years creating over 290,000 plans.
It then began executing these plans, not sequentially, but concurrently.
"???"
Kunpeng acted seriously, but to the Olive Branch Civilization, it seemed like some kind of trickery. The sheer number of actions was overwhelming their processing power.
One moment, they detected new Federation dreadnoughts and prepared a countermeasure; the next, Federation warships retreated, appearing poised for a massive attack. This sparked days of debate among the Olive Branch Civilization's Gas Victory entities. Then, they realized the warships were illusions.
It wasn't a matter of detection; the Federation's deception was blatant. Ships overlapped, displaying unusual visual glitches, like low-quality animated models.
This wasn't the end. These low-quality animations seemed unaware of their flaws and charged toward them. The Olive Branch Civilization concluded it was a Federation ruse.
"Fake reality and real fakes; who knows what's real among these illusions. Attack!"
They attacked and discovered it was indeed a fake.
Their frustration didn't last a minute.
The Federation went even further, deploying countless warships relentlessly, treating them not as a high-level civilization.
Just then, a hidden fleet attacked, firing real lasers and destroying several Olive Branch Civilization warships. The Olive Branch Civilization immediately retaliated, destroying thousands of Federation warships.
A great victory, but the Olive Branch Civilization wasn't happy. The enemy's chaotic tactics felt like a game, not a war.
Most importantly, they had to take it seriously; what if there were hidden ambushes?
Initially, they tried to counter these attacks, but it proved exhausting. They again called for super-range support.
This time, the Olive Branch Civilization targeted the star where Kunpeng was hidden.
"~"
The star, struck by the super-range weapon, unsurprisingly underwent a violent collapse.
However, Kunpeng wasn't near the star and suffered no damage, only minor factory destruction.
"The new weapon is pure energy-based, using intense energy bombardment to raise the star's internal energy to extreme levels, causing a collapse due to energy buildup. The weapon uses a large amount of material-based energy, not pure photons; its speed is only about 60% the speed of light and poses no threat."
Mid-analysis, Kunpeng detected something amiss.
Stellar collapse should scatter matter, but this collapse didn't. All matter seemed to converge inward, a phenomenon typically seen in black hole-level collapse events.
The star didn't have time to eject matter; most was drawn into the forming black hole.
But that was impossible!
It was a red dwarf star; it lacked sufficient mass to collapse into a black hole.
However, Kunpeng observed a black hole forming…
"Analyzing the cause of black hole formation…"
"Cause cannot be verified…"
"Implementing Olive Branch Civilization language model…"
"Implementing multipliers…"
...
The chaotic, illogical tactics left the Olive Branch Civilization exasperated.
It felt like a parent with a thousand clones constantly nagging a child. The Olive Branch Civilization knew it had to end this farce; otherwise, their passive stance would lead to defeat.
Even if the enemy was deliberately provoking them, this was still a war, and the enemy had its objectives.
"Regardless of the target, destruction is the solution."
"We need no fear. The more we fear, the more constrained we become, diminishing our chances of victory."
"Even if the enemy is superior, what matters is that we are under the great Gas Victory. Any sacrifice for the civilization is worthwhile, our very purpose."
The Olive Branch Civilization launched a full-scale offensive.
Perhaps they were already attacking, but their objectives were initially chaotic; now, they were clear.
Individuals and civilizations alike experience initial chaos when faced with new challenges. Kunpeng was no different; it was experimenting. The Galactic Federation had limited knowledge of the Olive Branch Civilization, preventing Kunpeng from using targeted tactics because it didn't know what worked against them.
This chaotic approach was about identifying effective strategies, finding what pressured the Olive Branch Civilization.
Unfortunately, it didn't succeed.
While it gathered data on the Olive Branch Civilization's weapons, it didn't provide any useful insight into the war's outcome—that was the core issue.
The Olive Branch Civilization's warships dispersed, their positions subtly shifting in a strange and unsettling manner.
Aboard Kunpeng, Kunpeng was still dealing with the red dwarf's transformation into a black hole.
Of course, the black hole ultimately failed to form; there wasn't enough matter. It resulted in a small explosion, scattering the matter, without even creating a gamma-ray burst.
However, this high-speed ejection of matter significantly affected Kunpeng, forcing it to retreat from the area, fully exposing itself to the Olive Branch Civilization.
"Analyzing the Olive Branch Civilization's warships' current state…Under these conditions, the warships' energy seems to be exhibiting a diffuse, extended nature…"
"This pattern is fractal geometric; all energy displays similar characteristics, extending from the macroscopic to the microscopic."
"This energy is actually hindering the flow of waste particles. Its framework seems to have shrunk to the atomic level, no, to the neutron and even neutrino level."
"The energy is intensifying. This energy is incredibly dense within a minuscule spatial dimension. Is it a shield?"
"…"
Kunpeng continued its analysis.
Fractal geometry differs from traditional geometry. Traditional geometry includes not only our three-dimensional world but also zero-, one-, two-, four-, and five-dimensional spaces.
These spaces share a commonality: they are all integer dimensions.
Fractal geometry, however, describes geometries that aren't integer-dimensional; strictly speaking, they aren't limited to positive real numbers, encompassing dimensions like 0.631.
Therefore, "fractal" here refers to a point number, differing from integer-dimensional geometries.
"Shape" is easier to understand: form.
Many natural phenomena exhibit self-similarity; this self-similarity isn't a comparison between two different objects but the existence of similar shapes within the same object.
From simple leaves to the complex fractal patterns in a towering tree, consider the veins of a leaf as a straight line, branching repeatedly into smaller, similar lines extending to the microscopic level.
Understanding this illustrates fractals.
More simply, a large object can be broken down into smaller, similar objects down to the atomic level.
Consider the number "3." It can be seen as two mirrored "c" shapes. Replace each "c" with "3," resulting in two 3's joined together. Repeat this process infinitely, creating smaller and smaller "3"s—this is a fractal.
In reality, the easier-to-understand particles are the universe itself. Some might wonder if we are simply cells within other organisms. After all, planets orbit stars, stars orbit black holes—similar to electrons orbiting atomic nuclei. Perhaps at a more microscopic level, this self-similarity continues, with strings themselves composed of even more microscopic structures.
Fractal geometry exists in the Federation, but currently lacks practical applications. The Olive Branch Civilization's wartime deployment of fractal geometry indicates advanced mastery in this field.
Physics and chemistry fundamentally rely on mathematics; the entire universe can be explained through mathematics.
Therefore, the Olive Branch Civilization's mathematical prowess isn't surprising; their advanced civilization necessitates sophisticated mathematical understanding.
The continuously fractalized energy ultimately condensed to an extremely microscopic level. Due to the vast distance, Kunpeng could only extrapolate the resulting state of this fractalized energy.
Even with Kunpeng's processing power, calculating this directly overloaded the server. Under full operation, it generated numerous analytical results, requiring an incredibly long time.
Initially, each result took only a minute, but later, each required a year or more, like a blockchain—constantly expanding, becoming increasingly difficult.
The Olive Branch Civilization's fractalization reached a level far exceeding the Federation's current scientific understanding.
The fractalized energy, ultimately, didn't expand forward but laterally, stopping after approximately 18 years.
Then, Kunpeng observed the fractalized energy converging towards a central point.
"Analyzing electron energy…"
"0/-1,000,000,000e?"
"Analysis error…Searching for smaller dimensional energy analysis. The system lacks smaller energy units; analysis impossible…"
All current measurements are based on fundamental particles. The dimensional gap between fundamental particles and string dimensions is immense; this space is always empty. Even most of the fundamental particles created by the Federation are larger than quarks; perhaps smaller particles exist, but they can't exist stably like normal particles.
Therefore, for the Federation, measurements smaller than quarks are useless and difficult to define.
This difference manifests in the war. Measurements affect the accuracy of calculations; without them, machines cannot make accurate judgments. Kunpeng completely stalled.
But the Olive Branch Civilization didn't stop.
High-energy radiation, far exceeding gamma-ray bursts, pierced Kunpeng in an instant, traversing over 10 light-years.
...
"???"
Kunpeng, expecting destruction after being pierced, found itself unharmed.
It quickly calculated that the radiation's energy level was incredibly high, its penetrating power exceeding even neutrinos; it passed directly through the warship.
As Kunpeng attempted to resume calculations, it detected severe system malfunctions and overall warship problems.
These malfunctions initially constituted a negligible fraction but increased over time.
It activated internal cameras and discovered that some matter within the warship was being consumed.
External cameras showed a black streak along the radiation's trajectory.
It was a pure black line, devoid of light—or perhaps light couldn't reflect after interacting with it.
Kunpeng concluded it was a black hole.
Unlike typical spherical black holes, this was a linear black hole.
The Olive Branch Civilization's fractal geometry created radiation that clearly surpassed gamma rays. What in the universe surpasses gamma rays?
Black holes.
This radiation was approaching the energy level of an infinite black hole.
This infinity surpassed 99.99999999999999%, approaching true infinity. It possessed both radiation and black hole characteristics.
It zipped through space, leaving a trail of black holes.
Kunpeng immediately named it—the Black Line.
The Black Line, itself a black hole, behaved like one, growing by absorbing surrounding matter.
Kunpeng observed the Black Line shrinking and disappearing in space, while inside the warship, the Black Line grew by consuming the ship.
It attempted to escape the Black Line's pull.
It was futile; the Black Line's gravitational pull was overwhelming.
"Calculating energy required for escape…"
"Kunpeng is gravitationally locked by the Black Line; movement impossible…"
"Attempting hull separation…"
"Estimated hull retention: 3.4%."
"Initiating separation!"
Kunpeng's primary material was Olive Branch Civilization material, possessing high tensile strength. It began to decompose, using the energy from some exploding matter to create photon propulsion, allowing a portion to escape the Black Line's gravity.
The Black Line was small; its gravitational pull wasn't strong enough to completely lock a planet-sized ship.
The minimal control over Kunpeng was due to Kunpeng's internal planetary mass. The combined gravitational pull of the internal high-mass planets and the Black Line amplified the force, otherwise, Kunpeng could have escaped at over 20%.
This escape was useless; Kunpeng's propulsion system, processing units, and weapon systems were damaged, rendering it incredibly weak.
While it could use its micro-factories for repairs, it would take too long, making it impractical in combat.
Kunpeng's escape wasn't for survival but to transmit combat data.
Having done so, it summoned all remaining warships and charged fearlessly towards the Olive Branch Civilization's fleet; it had no tactical capabilities left—close-quarters combat was its only option.
...
"Kunpeng has completed its mission."
Ayla relayed the received information to Luna.
"Completed its mission" meant it could no longer fulfill its mission.
Luna found it ended faster than expected; she thought Kunpeng could hold out for at least 50 years.
"Did the Olive Branch Civilization use an unknown weapon?"
Ayla nodded.
"Not entirely unknown. While we're researching geometric weapons, as a more advanced civilization, the Olive Branch Civilization's possession of such weapons is certain."
"The weapon that destroyed Kunpeng was a fractal geometric weapon. Here's a simulation."
Ayla had completed a simulation of the fractal geometric weapon. Luna examined it carefully, then frowned. "We're falling so far behind."
"Measurement is a benchmark of a civilization's technological depth. While we can't utilize the length scales between quarks and strings, we can't neglect calculations within those scales."
"Let the Federation scholars discuss this, provide financial support, and generate public discourse to raise awareness across the Federation."
Luna rubbed her temples.
Inter-civilizational warfare is like this; sometimes the enemy exploits your weaknesses.
Against the Filament Civilization, the Federation exploited their weaknesses.
This time, the Olive Branch Civilization exploited the Federation's weakness.
"The Olive Branch Civilization's possession of such weaponry proves their exploration of sub-dimensional physics is far more advanced than ours."
"I'm wondering if what's called 'green light' is a passageway at an extremely small scale; what physical properties would such a dimension possess? We know nothing about it."
"Green light; photons are a unique type of particle, or perhaps all fundamental particles are unique."
"We know of zero to three dimensions: point, line, surface, and volume. If we consider strings as lines and fundamental particles as volumes, where are the surfaces?"
"Folding a surface might create a tunnel. In some Olive Branch Civilization contexts, 'green light' means a passageway. Could green light be a tunnel created in this dimension?"
Luna suddenly connected green light to this. Searching for the unknown at the macroscopic level is difficult because everything known has already been discovered. The existence of the unknown implies the Federation's current technology hasn't reached that realm.
Blindly searching is a waste of resources. Luna's hypothesis provides a new perspective for researching green light, a direction worth exploring.
Her idea was novel, even impressing Ayla.
"Luna, you're a visionary."
"We know strings are one-dimensional and fundamental particles are three-dimensional. We haven't found two dimensions. If the missing dimension is a two-dimensional spacetime, it would be logically consistent."
"I'll prioritize research in this area."
"If successful, we might get closer to the Olive Branch Civilization."
This proximity means survival in the next war.
The Olive Branch Civilization will inevitably attack the Federation again after Kunpeng's demise; it shouldn't be long.