blogombal Chapter 8, First Exploration of Another Dimension
Chapter 8, First Exploration of Another Dimension
"The planes opened up by the multiverse are unknown even to me, the master, until I have been there. They may be just an ordinary insect planet, or they may be a world full of cosmic civilizations."
"Therefore, before opening the multidimensional portal, we must deploy weapons and make defensive preparations."
"The weapons will naturally be your most advanced and powerful ones; if anything changes, we will launch an attack immediately."
"Defense is to prevent attacks that may come from another dimension after the passage is established."
"Encountering regular dimensions is fine, but the real fear is encountering dimensions capable of launching special attacks, such as mental attacks, memetic contamination, or concept-level attacks..."
The military governor of Trisolaris said with difficulty: "But we have no means to deal with mental attacks, meme contamination, or concept-level attacks."
Cheng Yuan waved his hand and said, "Then we'll prepare according to your existing technology."
"The third thing is to prepare reconnaissance methods. When conducting reconnaissance, be aware that some planes can affect electromagnetic wave communication, quantum communication, and gravitational wave communication. For example, if you send a sophon to conduct reconnaissance, the sophon may lose contact with you after it arrives."
The Scientific Administrator stated, "The environments differ across dimensions, meaning that technologies usable here might not work in other dimensions?"
Cheng Yuan nodded: "That's right, so you need to prepare more reconnaissance methods and not carry too much information related to your civilization."
"The above three things are the necessary preparations for opening up a new dimension. You can build upon these preparations. Please be reminded: traveling to other dimensions is risky; you may encounter a crisis that could destroy your civilization. Please make your decisions carefully!"
The Trisolarans themselves were aware that opening the multidimensional portal was risky, and Cheng Yuan's proactive reminder was to increase their trust in him.
The Trisolaran leader said, "Mr. Cheng Yuan, thank you for your reminder. Please rest for a while, and we will notify you when we are ready."
Cheng Yuan nodded, the light and shadow disappeared, and the room returned to its original state, exactly the same as when he woke up.
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After revealing to the Trisolaran leadership that he came from one of the seven Trisolarans from a higher dimension, Cheng Yuan arrived at a Trisolaran space station aboard his spaceship.
The Trisolarans placed the verification site for the multidimensional portal on the space station.
This is a very smart decision. Although it is more convenient to verify on the ground, verifying in space makes it easier to control and handle any unexpected situations.
If a dangerous object comes from the other side of the passage and arrives at the space station rather than the ground, they can contain the dangerous object within the space station to prevent it from affecting the ground and causing significant harm.
Even if necessary, hazardous materials can be disposed of by destroying the space station.
Even in the worst-case scenario, when they cannot control the dangerous object, the space station in space is some distance from the ground, giving the Trisolarans on the ground more time to react.
After a series of checks, Cheng Yuan put on a protective suit tailored for him by the Trisolarans and entered the experimental field. Accompanying him were the Trisolaran leader and several governors, all of whom were present in person.
These high-ranking officials from the Trisolaran Empire were demonstrating their sincerity to him; if an accident occurred and the space station was destroyed, they would die alongside Cheng Yuan.
Cheng Yuan was certain that the Trisolarans' most advanced weapon was currently aimed at the space station, and that they would launch an attack and destroy the space station immediately if anything went wrong.
The Trisolaran leader said, "Mr. Cheng Yuan, please open the multi-dimensional plane!"
Cheng Yuan said, "I must remind everyone again that opening multiple dimensions is risky. You may encounter powerful enemies that you cannot imagine. You can choose not to open them."
The Trisolaran leader said, "Thank you for your reminder. We have decided to open the multidimensional portal. If there are any risks, we will bear them ourselves."
The development of civilization is rarely smooth sailing. Even the Earth civilization they admire faces risks in its development. Moreover, they are currently being threatened by Luo Ji and are already in a huge crisis. There is no guarantee that Luo Ji will not strike again.
Because of Luo Ji's intimidation, they had no choice but to accept the extortion and blackmail from humans on Earth.
They were naturally unwilling to be intimidated by Luo Ji and extorted by humans, and the opportunity to break free lay in the multidimensional portal of this higher-dimensional being.
Opening up multiple dimensions is risky, but being intimidated by Luo Ji eliminates the risk?
If the verification is successful, they will not only be able to escape the crisis, but also have the opportunity to advance civilization further, which is worth the gamble.
Cheng Yuan nodded, and silver light flew out from between his eyebrows, instantly landing in the experimental field and transforming into a rotating circular passage.
Cheng Yuandao said, "Power the multidimensional gate and transmit the energy to the ring of the gate."
As soon as he finished speaking, dozens of refrigerator magnet-like devices were launched onto the ring of the multidimensional gate, and a huge amount of energy was input into the multidimensional gate through these "fridge magnets".
With the input of energy, the already rotating channel of the multidimensional gate rotates even more violently, and the size of the gate also increases.
In the previous two Three-Body scenarios, the increase in the volume of the multi-dimensional gate only stopped.
At this point, the multidimensional portal had grown from a diameter of more than two meters to a diameter of more than twenty meters. Fortunately, the Trisolaran space station was large enough, otherwise it might not have been able to accommodate it.
The rotating passageway stabilized, transforming into a spacetime portal radiating a silvery-white glow, and a powerful gust of air rushed in from the other side of the portal.
This phenomenon occurs because the experimental field is a vacuum environment with no air, while the other plane has air. Therefore, after the multi-plane gate connects the two planes, the air on the other side of the gate flows to this side.
These streams of air, pouring down from another dimension, did not disperse; they were blocked by invisible walls.
Without Cheng Yuan's prompting, the Trisolaran scientists, who were already prepared, began to use various instruments to detect the incoming airflow.
"Composition confirmed: 71.46% nitrogen, 21.35% oxygen, 3.71% carbon dioxide..."
"According to mass spectrometry analysis, the oxygen, nitrogen, carbon, argon, hydrogen, silicon and other elements in this air are the same as those on the Trisolaran planet, and there is no difference between them."
No signs of life were found in the air.
Although no signs of life have been found in the incoming air so far, the atmosphere on the other side of the door is likely to support life.
Life doesn't only arise in paradise-like environments like Earth. Life has also emerged on planets like Trisolaris, where the environment is so harsh.
The Trisolaran leader asked, "Mr. Cheng Yuan, can you tell which world this is?"
Cheng Yuan laughed and said, "There are countless worlds in the multiverse. Although I come from a higher dimension, I do not know all of them. Moreover, among the worlds I know, there are many that meet the above conditions. Based on these conditions alone, it is difficult for me to tell which world it is."
When answering the Trisolaran leader, Cheng Yuan saw dozens of "small stones" entering the multidimensional portal, some of which were connected to a "rope".