SFS Chapter 165 The Observer Tianchen
Chapter 165 The Observer Tianchen
The observer quickly arrived on the ground, but there was no grand entrance as expected, no pretentious lines, and his arrival didn't even cause a ripple on the planet.
Shi Qiang and Liu Chang looked at each other, a hint of doubt rising in their hearts at the same time.
"Why is it so ordinary?"
Indeed, their first impression of the other person was that they were ordinary, extremely ordinary.
She has an ordinary appearance, ordinary clothes, and even her behavior is so ordinary and casual that she seems like she would disappear into the crowd at any moment.
This was completely different from the flamboyant feeling that Lin Xuan gave the two of them.
If Lin Xuan's existence is like a sun, making it hard to ignore her, then the man in front of you is more like a fallen leaf, whose existence can be easily overlooked.
"Could this be... what an observer should look like?"
Shock level from Shi Qiang +50!
The man didn't seem too surprised to see Shi Qiang and Liu Chang, and said expressionlessly.
"Which Earth are you from?"
Shi Qiang was stunned upon hearing this.
"Are there several more Earths?"
"Of course, this green planet beneath your feet was originally an Earth."
Shock level from Shi Qiang +99!
Principal Liu also contributed a wave of shock points, and then asked a question.
"How...should we address you?"
For some reason, Liu Chang couldn't feel any awe towards the man in front of him, even though the man's status was extremely noble. It seemed that because he and Lin Xuan were so familiar with each other, he had begun to have some different views on the identity of the observer.
"I am the observer of this Earth. You... can just call me Tianchen."
"Tianchen?"
"Yes, there are six observers in total. According to the order of wind, fire, mountain, forest, heaven, earth, I am the observer of planet number 5, so my code name is Tianchen."
"Then... we should be Earth-4."
Liu Chang quickly realized the sorting method. Lin Xuan should be Lin, so she should be the observer of Earth No. 4.
Tianchen laughed. He was deliberately probing the other party's background to see if they knew that there were observers on their Earth.
"Lin Xuan?"
Tianchen seemed to be lost in a long memory, and after a while, he slowly spoke.
"Lin Xuan is someone I know. He's a very kind person who doesn't like to show off or appear in front of humans. As far as the observer is concerned, he's the most suitable one among the six of us."
Upon hearing Tianchen's description, Shi Qiang and Liu Chang were filled with questions.
"Don't like being in the spotlight?"
"You also don't like showing yourself in front of humans?"
"Are you sure... this is about Lin Xuan?"
When the two thought about what Lin Xuan had done over the years, they felt that Tian Chen was talking nonsense. His description of Lin Xuan was not only not exactly the same, but completely unrelated!
Seeing the strange expressions on their faces, Tianchen assumed they had never met Lin Xuan before, and laughed.
"That's right. You probably haven't met Lin Xuan yet. He always likes to hide himself and never actively interferes with the development of humanity."
Liu Chang's lips twitched immediately.
"Indeed, Lin Xuan did not interfere much with the development of humanity. She only unified the Earth, created the Human Alliance and the Earth Alliance, and participated in the Wallfacer Project against the Trisolarans."
Da Shi scratched his head.
"By the way, I still don't understand what an observer is."
Tianchen smiled upon hearing this.
"Observer, literally, is someone who observes the entire process of human growth within the large container of Earth, and is responsible for recording experimental data and completing the entire experimental process."
"However, due to the observation effect... you should understand the observation effect, right?"
Shi Qiang looked bewildered and turned to Liu Chang beside him, who then explained.
"Are you referring to the observer effect in quantum physics, where the observation itself can cause changes in experimental data?"
Tianchen nodded slightly.
“In an experiment, controlling variables is the most basic principle. In quantum physics, the act of observing an experiment itself is also considered a variable in the experiment. Therefore, the observer is born. We are the only recorders of the experiment and the least likely to interfere with its progress.”
"That……"
Liu Chang wanted to ask Lin Xuan what was going on, but Shi Qiang stopped him.
The two exchanged a glance and immediately understood each other's meaning.
Lin Xuan may have undergone some unknown change, but Tianchen is unaware of it at the moment, and the two of them cannot expose Lin Xuan's strange phenomenon.
"What if the observer interferes with the experiment? Or what serious consequences might there be?"
Shi Qiang asked.
This is what he cares about most. Lin Xuan has obviously seriously violated the experimental guidelines, but it seems that no serious consequences have been seen yet.
Tianchen was taken aback when he heard Shi Qiang's question.
“Generally speaking, it is unlikely that an observer would do this.”
"What would happen if we did it?" Shi Qiang pressed on.
"This makes no sense?" Tianchen asked, puzzled.
"The purpose of an experiment is to obtain a result. If the observer actively intervenes in the experiment, it is equivalent to manually obtaining a result. What is the point of the experiment then? If the experiment has no meaning, the existence of the observer also has no meaning."
"What if the existence of the observer is meaningless?" Shi Qiang continued to ask.
"You have so many questions," Tianchen said with a smile, but it seemed like he hadn't spoken to a human in a long time, and he was still happy to answer Shi Qiang's questions.
"If the observer's existence becomes meaningless, he will be automatically erased from this world. Similarly, the failed experimental vessel, namely your Earth, will also be erased."
Shock level from Liu Chang +99!
"Erase..."
Liu Chang was somewhat shocked; he hadn't expected it to be like this!
Tianchen glanced at Liu Chang.
"If I'm not mistaken, you're a biologist, aren't you? Judging from all those bottles and jars you have, you should easily understand what I'm saying. If all the bacteria in a lab dish die during an experiment, would you keep them? Of course you would just throw them away."
Tianchen smiled again as he said this.
"Of course, Lin Xuan would never violate the experimental rules, otherwise you would all have been eliminated along with her, instead of being here talking to me."
Upon hearing Tianchen's words, a hint of surprise flashed in the eyes of both Liu Chang and Shi Qiang, but they hid it well and did not show it.
"Who exactly set the experimental guidelines, or who conducted the experiments, and who is the one trying to eliminate us?" Liu Changfa asked.
"I can't tell you that," Tianchen said firmly.
"What if there are special circumstances, such as an alien invasion of Earth? Can't the observers violate experimental guidelines and take action?"
Upon hearing this, Tianchen gave a wry smile and pointed to the three tree-men in the distance.
"My Earth Five was destroyed by them. Did you see me take action?"
Upon hearing this, Liu Chang was speechless.
Although Tianchen answered his question, an even bigger question arose in his mind.
Why was Lin Xuan able to disregard experimental guidelines?
"So your Earth has been destroyed, what are you doing now?"
"I don't know. My programming is to observe Earth. Now that Earth is gone, I really have nothing to do. I occasionally travel around the surrounding star systems, waiting for the moment of showdown to arrive."
"The moment of confrontation?" Shi Qiang keenly grasped the key information in the other party's words, a professional skill he had honed over many years of interrogating prisoners.
"I'm sorry, this is also part of the experimental guidelines... Although my experiment has failed, I still can't tell you," Tianchen said.
"Okay, let me rephrase the question: how many Earths are left in the world now?"
"There should be four: Fengye's Earth No. 1, Huohou's Earth No. 2, Shanyue's Earth No. 3... and you guys."
"My experiment with Earth on Earth has failed. Earth was destroyed many years before I was. Back then, Earthlings came up with some kind of 'Wandering Earth Project,' which was to install a super-large engine on Earth and turn it into a super-large spaceship that could fly in the universe. As you can imagine, less than ten years after it went out, it was hit by a beam of light, and the entire star system was directly destroyed."
"So ruthless?" Shi Qiang exclaimed in shock.
"It can only be said that their thinking was too advanced. Moving one's own planet is a very dangerous thing, at least for other civilizations."
"why?"
Shi Qiang was puzzled.
No matter how you look at it, moving a planet seems like a perfectly normal operation, except that they built a larger spaceship.
The current Voyager spacecraft is larger than some planets, yet it moves around without any problems, doesn't it?
After thinking for a long time, Tianchen looked at the Navigator, which was the size of a planet in space, before speaking.
"It's alright to tell you, since you've already embarked on the right path. Moving planets is something other civilizations would never allow; it's even more dangerous than broadcasting your own coordinates."
"The act of moving planets itself does not pose a significant threat to the universe, but the problem lies in the fact that if this plan succeeds, this civilization's technology tree may evolve in another direction... moving stars!"
"Can stars move?"
Liu Chang exclaimed in shock.
"Yes, there is something that can do that, we call it the Phase Engine."
"The basic structure of this thing is roughly like this."
As Tianchen spoke, he waved his hand and revealed something in front of the two of them.
The two were startled the moment they saw the thing!
"Isn't this a Dyson sphere?"
But Liu Chang quickly realized something was wrong.
"This device... looks a bit different from a Dyson sphere."
Seeing that the two were so engrossed in watching, Tianchen warned them.
"I hope your civilization hasn't built such a thing, otherwise you will surely be attacked by a higher-dimensional civilization!"
"Why?" they both asked at the same time.
"The reason is simple. I'll explain it to you now to prevent you from building these things out of curiosity. Lin Xuan, as an observer, probably can't tell you this, but I'm not an observer from your Earth 4. The fact that we met here means it's also your destiny," Tianchen said.
"The fundamental purpose of this device is to ascend to higher dimensions!"
"Dimension promotion?"
"Yes, for example, you are currently in a three-dimensional world, but you can only choose to reduce to two-dimensional beings. This technology can be achieved when you reach around the fourth level of civilization, but dimensional ascension is not allowed and is absolutely not permitted by the universe."
"why not?"
"That's all I can say about dependency theory. It's just a general direction. You don't need to know too much about it. Just know that ascending to a higher dimension is an absolutely dangerous thing."