The Dark Forest Law is a derivative of the Fermi Paradox. Its basis is that survival is the first priority of civilization. Everything in the universe is limited, and civilization must continue to expand and grow. In this way, conflicts between civilizations in the universe are inevitable. If you want to obtain more resources, you must occupy other civilizations. In addition, communication between civilizations is very difficult. The idea that those who are not of my race must have different hearts makes it difficult for civilizations in the universe to show goodwill to each other. Based on what Yan Xia has seen and heard now, the universe within his vision is not much different from the view of the Dark Forest Law. Just like their conflict with the Hundred Eyes. The Hundred Eyes attacked them immediately because they did not judge what the Hope was doing in their star field. They had no way of knowing whether Yan Xia had any ill will towards their civilization. They also could not judge whether Yan Xia thought they had any ill will towards Yan Xia himself. In the case of everything being unpredictable, it is best to attack first to avoid being attacked first by the enemy.
The development speed of the Hundred Eyes is also very different from that of humans, which also proves another argument of the Dark Forest Law, technological explosion. Even so Yan Xia himself still does not agree with the Dark Forest Law. The most important one is that "after a coordinate is exposed, no matter whether there is a civilization at this coordinate, it will inevitably be attacked at random." For example, there are 1 million civilizations in the Milky Way. When the coordinates of a civilization are exposed, 900,000 of them choose to stand aside and watch, and 90,000 choose to explore. There must be a civilization that makes a different choice from the first two, that is, to attack in that direction at random. Under this premise, the Dark Forest Law is established, and all civilizations in the universe try their best to hide themselves, like hunters lurking in the forest. But in development, a level 1 civilization cannot detect whether the outside world is in a dark forest. Just like the 10,000 civilizations that choose to attack, there must be civilizations that choose to expand and grow blindly and rapidly, and there will definitely be many such civilizations. The fastest speed in the universe is the speed of light. If a civilization does not find other civilizations within 100 light years after 10,000 years of observation, can it use these 100 years to expand to other star systems? Moreover, if there is a supreme civilization in this universe, and this civilization has not been able to detect any civilization higher than itself in this universe, they can only develop by breaking through this universe and seeing the world outside this universe, and this requires them to integrate the energy of the entire universe? Will the Dark Forest be unable to sustain? There may not only be hunters and prey in this forest, but also hikers with bonfires, tigers fighting for territory, hawks hovering over the forest, mice who think they will not be discovered, and even civilizations like the Trisolarans who have to migrate because of their own environmental problems. In this way, how can the Dark Forest be sustained? The Dark Forest Law avoids these points, putting civilizations at an extreme, hidden hunters and discovered prey. But Yan Xia could not refute that the Dark Forest Law was wrong. Because the Dark Forest Law itself was the result of the reverse deduction method. As he observed, he did not find the entire universe full of vitality and noise, but only silence. But in the 4-light-year journey, he has encountered two high-level civilizations. Yan Xia doesn't care whether the Dark Forest Law is right or wrong. Because he has enough time to verify what this universe is like. The only thing that Yan Xia finds ridiculous is the civilization that truly follows the Dark Forest Law.
Hiding oneself will inevitably reduce the means of detecting the outside world. In this way, if there is a real troublemaker, the civilization can only be killed in the case of information asymmetry. If civilization is a hunter, it will also be hungry, tired, confused, and impatient. They will want to know whether there is an imaginary enemy behind the tree opposite. So hunters will not only wait and see, but may also take the initiative to attack. While a civilization is trying its best to hide itself, it should also pay attention to whether there is a pair of eyes in the forest that are always staring at them and observing them. Yan Xia calls this civilization an observer. It may be the supreme civilization, or it may be the 90,000 civilizations that can't help but explore. Among these 90,000 civilizations, 89,000 found nothing, but 1,000 civilizations found the target civilization. They lurked and observed, drooling, and staring at them. And now, Yan Xia is the observer of the civilization on Proxima b. And this observer has already started preparing things to enjoy this dinner. "Ella, is it finished?" It has been 50 years since the exploration of the civilization on Proxima b. In these 50 years, Yan Xia has been asking Ella to do one thing. Collect materials from the surrounding asteroids to build something. "It's done, Yan Xia!" Ella replied and released the image of the object. It was a behemoth, and the Hope looked very small in front of it. It was 27,300 meters high and 5,439 meters in diameter. It was a huge cylindrical tower, like the Tower of Babel in ancient Babylonian mythology. In fact. This is indeed the Tower of Babel. It is the pinnacle of all Ella's current technologies. The exterior uses light civilization alloys, and its own technology also uses a combination of light technology and positive and antimatter technology, and is equipped with the largest magnetic shield. Virtual reality technology and holographic projection technology are widely used. It is a huge tower of challenge. To reach its highest level, you need to enter from the bottom and reach the top 200 floors. "According to your observation, does the civilization on Proxima b have the ability to break its defense?" Ella was confident. "The energy of this civilization is actually similar to that of human civilization, and it does not have particle weapons at the level of photons or quarks." "We have injected 90% of the antimatter accumulated over the years into the Tower of Babel. Even if all the weapons of this civilization bombard it, it can block 7 to 10 Earth days." "With the plan you came up with, Yan Xia, it should be foolproof. In my simulation, the success rate is as high as ." Yan Xia frowned.
He felt that the probability was not enough. "Wait a little longer." "Start when the probability reaches 90%." "Another plan can be implemented." Ella nodded vigorously and saluted in front of Yan Xia. "Yes, Captain!" Since exiting the virtual world, Ella has become more agile and sometimes gets crazy for no apparent reason. Yan Xia ignored it and looked at the information in his hand over and over again. The latest news is. The robot has begun to hack into the information network of Proxima civilization and spread a large amount of news about the invasion of advanced civilizations, and predicted that a tower will come. This kind of information is not conspicuous in the civilization and has not attracted any special attention. However, it has been widely spread, and a large number of Proxima b creatures have seen the information, which is exactly what he wants to achieve. "This will be a conquest without gunpowder." After such a long time in the virtual world, Yan Xia has also grown more. Especially when he was the king in it, it gave him more rich experience and experience. How to use information and psychology instead of violence to fight.