The Three-Body Problem: The Most Competent Wallfacer of All Time

Chapter 91 Civilized Inferiority
Chief Ji asked the driver to bring a sledgehammer, and when the driver picked up the sledgehammer, he gave Black Fang a hit.

Jiang Yu and Chang Weisi took a closer look, but there was not even a white seal.

This made Jiang Yu think of "water drop", but "black square" is much bigger than "water drop".

Jiang Yu knelt down and touched "Heifang", it was very moist, a bit like freshly peeled lychee flesh, very smooth but extremely hard.

He muttered to himself: "You bastards, why do you like to show your strength in this way?"

Chief Ji asked, "What?"

Jiang Yu knew he had made a slip of the tongue, so he lied: "I said that I felt an unspeakable power on the 'Black Square'."

"That's right," Chief Ji said, "Damn it, it's fine that the Trisolarans who are four light years away threaten to sterilize us, but we didn't expect there to be such a thing right under our noses!
"What do you think I am? Plasticine? You can pinch it as you want."

Jiang Yu and Chang Weisi looked at each other, it was the first time they saw Chief Ji angry.

Chief Ji took a deep breath and quickly adjusted his mood: "Let's go to the meeting."

The meeting was held in a spacious military tent. There were already more than a dozen people in the venue. Director Ji took the first place, and Jiang Yu and Chang Weisi sat beside him.

At the beginning of the meeting, Director Ji first pointed to Jiang Yu and Chang Weisi: "I believe you all know them, so I won't introduce more, they will join this group in the future, and one of them will even become your direct leader.

"Well, tell me, do you have any new discoveries?"

Jiang Yu glanced at Chang Weisi, he estimated that everything about the "black side" might be handed over to Chang Weisi, because Chief Ji hadn't talked to him so far, so he probably wouldn't let him be responsible for this aspect of work.

Then he suddenly felt helpless. In the morning, he was just happy that everything was back on track, but he didn't expect to make trouble in the afternoon.

A white-haired old man said: "We still have too few clues, so far we roughly know the size of the 'black square'.

"No detecting instrument has been able to penetrate the surface of the black square, and now we don't even know if it is hollow or solid.

"So we suggest that, before new discoveries are made, we should have a reasonable guess about the construction or formation of the 'Black Square', and then it is possible to guess its builder or the process of formation."

Director Ji nodded: "Having an idea is better than nothing."

The old man is obviously the leader of this group, and he reported again: "At present, our main debate is that the black side" is formed naturally?Or was it built by the ancients?

"Leader Xu and some scholars believe that 'Black Square' is a product created by the ancients through a special process that has been lost.

"The key now is to find out the processing technology of 'Black Square' as soon as possible, and who carried out the processing."

The old man added an accent to the word "ancient man", as if Jiang Yu and the others were emphatically conveying that he was referring to "ancient human beings"!
After finishing these words, a middle-aged man in his forties nodded, and Jiang Yu judged that he should be Team Leader Xu.

The old man continued: "Another group of scholars believe that this is a natural product, because it is almost impossible for the ancients to have this technology because of the production process that modern technology cannot master.

"And until now, all models of the universe have been based on purely logical forms.

"Who knows whether something similar to 'black square' was produced during the formation of the universe, the Milky Way, the solar system, and the earth?"

Chief Ji looked at Chang Weisi, then at Jiang Yu: "What do you two think?"

Jiang Yu glanced at the recording pen in front of Chief Ji. He listened too carefully to the old man's speech just now, and he didn't realize when Chief Ji turned on the recording pen.

Chang Weisi said: "I think it is still necessary to start with the material. Only after clarifying the material can we have further clues and make further guesses."

Jiang Yu said: "I once studied history for a period of time in order to improve my professional quality. I think that the guess that the 'Black Square' was built by the ancients can basically be ruled out."

Group leader Xu and several others discussed in a low voice, but the meeting table quickly returned to silence.

Jiang Yu continued: "As far as I know, our ancestors began to record events in Jiajin script more than 3000 years ago.

"If such a large project is done by our ancestors, there will definitely be sacrificial activities. As long as there are sacrifices, there must be records.

"Even if this project was carried out before writing was invented, there would be some legends handed down.

"But now there are neither records nor legends. Moreover, with the productivity of the legendary era, it is impossible to complete such a huge project."

The old man who spoke just now asked: "Mr. Jiang thinks that 'black square' is formed naturally?"

"No!" Jiang Yu denied: "I believe everyone already has the answer in their hearts. It is not built by humans, nor is it a product of nature!"

Team leader Xu suddenly got a little excited and said: "We all know the existence of Trisolarans, but we can't think that everything was created by aliens!

"We also create a splendid civilization and a glorious history!
"'Black Square' must be a product of human creation on Earth, but we don't know the specific craft yet!"

Jiang Yu smiled and said, "Leader Xu, don't get excited, you need to be a little more imaginative to guess this kind of thing, everyone, don't push yourself so hard.

"Then let me give another guess, would there have been a prehistoric civilization on the earth before? Is 'Black Fang' their product?
"Sorry, I was a bit reckless in my guess about aliens just now, after all, there is a huge loophole in this guess, that is, none of us have ever seen aliens!
"Aliens who have the ability to build a 'black square', even if they have left, will definitely leave some of their products on the earth."

Team leader Xu and the others looked slightly calmer. They seemed to agree more with the speculation of prehistoric civilization than with aliens.

Jiang Yu suddenly raised his voice: "Everyone, the more you encounter such incomprehensible things, the more you need to let go of your thinking! Expand your imagination, and then make a reasonable argument!

"The universe is much wider and more complex than we imagined, so don't limit yourself to thinking about humans and nature!
"I know that the appearance of the Trisolarans has made everyone's hearts tense, fearing that our civilization will perish in the future!
"Now that I have discovered the 'Black Square', I am afraid that there is something wrong with the 'heel' of our own civilization, which will lead to confusion in self-cognition!"

After two years of experience, Jiang Yu has become very experienced in speech, and he waved his hand to express his firmness: "As Team Leader Xu said, we have a splendid civilization and a glorious history.

"Please don't be civilized and inferior, bravely facing our shortcomings is the way to show our courage!"

This speech drew warm applause from everyone, especially Team Leader Xu. While applauding, he quietly let out a sigh of relief. Somewhere in his heart seemed to be much firmer.

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(End of this chapter)