Chapter 1426: Don't Answer (II)

Hey, this novel of yours is pretty interesting—did you write it yourself?

In the room, Ye Zhining had just finished reading *The Three-Body Problem* and asked Luo Quan.

"Of course I wrote it myself." Luo Quan said without blushing or her heart racing.

If this world didn't have a person named Liu Cixin. Luo Quan then added silently in her heart.

"Your imagination is not bad, but this dark forest law is a bit outdated—what era are we living in now? Which civilization would start fighting as soon as they meet?"

Ye Zhining put down Luo Quan's phone and pointed out some aspects she thought were not good.

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After all, the state of the universe is inherently complex, and the arrival of a great era of peace is merely a matter of a few hundred thousand years.

Moreover, this peace applies only to high-level, top-tier, hegemonic civilizations; wars between mid- and low-level civilizations are common, and due to the existence of hegemonic iron laws, higher-level civilizations find it difficult to intervene.

She didn't mean to do it—she was just so hungry that she used more force than intended.

Furthermore, reviewing memorials is still a very tedious task.

When the host asks a question, the system cannot avoid answering, and ultimately gave Luo Quan clarification in a tone devoid of fluctuation.

"Have you already been elevated to divine work status this quickly?"

"As long as you don't feed Luo Ning hard candy aggressively, chewing on soft and chewy things will have no effect."

"Can you tell me where this law is wrong?" Luo Quan had Ye Zhining look at this book precisely to seek clarification and resolve doubts.

However, Luo Quan's views in this *Three-Body Problem* are still quite correct—for example, how vast the universe is, the life and death of a few civilizations are utterly insignificant, even the destruction of a star system, star cluster, or galaxy cluster is not worth mentioning.

I just don't know if this will affect my daughter's dental and hair development—if her baby teeth come in crooked, that would be too ugly.

Therefore, not only you, but even we, as a top-tier cosmic civilization, do not actually know how vast the universe truly is.

Individuals, society, nations, and civilizations are all like this—there's no need to judge everyone harshly based on isolated examples.

After returning to her room, Luo Quan, as usual, held her daughter in her arms and lifted her clothes.

After all, *The Three-Body Problem* is indeed a masterpiece in science fiction, and those who finish it generally praise it.

Even as a system, being used to look up such pediatric issues—anyone hearing this would likely say Luo Quan is absurd.

"Luo Bao, I don't want to look at swimwear anymore—can't we just hurry up and film *The Three-Body Problem* for everyone? I'm begging you to have the Unreal Studio recreate all those grand scenes from the book."

"Ge~~~"

Luo Ning, with a satisfied expression, let out a milky burp, releasing a sweet fragrance.

If she were a monarch, having to handle such massive state affairs daily, attending court for several hours each morning, and spending even more time reviewing memorials, she would indeed become just like Ye Zhining.

An entire night's time should be enough for them to finish watching the first part of the black, right?

"Ningning, now that you've grown teeth, you can't bite so hard anymore—Mommy will hurt."

Such civilizations usually don't last long; they easily provoke higher-level civilizations and are then directly blown up.

"You spend three days fishing and two days drying nets—don't the ministers ever offer advice?"

After taking care of her daughter's food and warmth, Luo Quan opened her computer, wanting to see how netizens had evaluated *The Three-Body Problem* overnight.

"Who dares to offer advice?" Ye Zhining's tone turned sharp: "Now the realm is peaceful, the weather is favorable—what's wrong with me slacking off a bit and playing around?"

"Besides, my usual role is merely to stamp approval on the ministers' memorials—my workload is inherently light."

"However, her understanding of the universe is still somewhat limited, but that's normal—after all, Luo Quan has only been in the cosmos for a short time, and such limitations are understandable."

"Before reading *The Three-Body Problem*, I thought it would be like Jules Verne's sci-fi works—*Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea*, *Around the World in Eighty Days*—at first glance it seemed decent, but upon careful reading, I found it truly ordinary, lacking in imagination."

"If any problem arises, the Prime Minister, his old self, would certainly be more anxious than I am—now that he's not anxious, what do I have to be anxious about?"

Today she ended court early, had nothing to do, and coincidentally Luo Quan was in Xia Weiyi, so she came over directly.

Therefore, the destruction of civilizations and the explosion of planets are common occurrences.

Upon seeing her, Luo Quan eagerly handed her a novel to read, asking for some guiding opinions.

Repeating a task you dislike every day is actually very tormenting.

"How could I have such a broad mind?" Luo Quan quickly denied.

Now, you should probably be able to see some praise for *The Three-Body Problem*, right?

I never expected that upon logging into Bilibili, I would see the second trending topic clearly displaying: "Three-Body Problem becomes a god-tier hit."

Occasionally, when interest strikes, one might still do things with full energy, but most of the time, one would rather find any excuse to start a vacation and slack off.

But if you, like the dark forest law, directly initiate attacks, then your response will only be 100% hostility.

After all, my daughter does not possess a pure immortal body like hers.

One night's time may not be long or short, but it's certainly enough for everyone to appreciate its beauty.

"What's the rush? Luo Bao is currently filming swimwear in Xia Weiyi—she probably can't shoot a TV drama in a short time."

After all, the other party is one of the rulers of a cosmic hegemony—her perspective is certainly far superior to that of a commoner like her.

"The system isn't Baidu Baike—this kind of thing you can look up with a few taps; it's better to just use your phone."

Luo Quan chuckled: "That's true—warfare will definitely kill many people."

Thinking this way, Luo Quan instantly understood Ye Zhining.

"Aren't you supposed to adapt this book into a TV drama? When are you taking action?"

Ye Zhining gently shook her head: "One hundred fifty billion light-years is merely the observable universe size you can reach; the actual figure is several dozen times this, and there exist various completely unobservable sub-universes, two of which have volumes not smaller than your so-called 150 billion light-years."

"This book is truly popular now—Weibo is full of praise, Douban rating 9.5, a masterpiece among masterpieces!"

However, my daughter might also be uncomfortable due to newly grown teeth, so she likes to bite hard on soft things.

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"I really didn't expect Luo Bao to make a sci-fi novel this exciting—I just finished the second part, and it felt like completing a human epic; until now, I'm still extremely excited, my heart pounding as if it were about to burst out of my throat!"

"Perhaps it's because I didn't sleep all night, causing my autonomic nervous system to go haywire?"

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Luo Quan's expression froze at the question, and she stammered, "Uh... don't know, should be over a hundred light-years, but it's still expanding, so not sure exactly how big it is now."

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"Just a passerby, usually like reading a bit of Tokyo housewife-style little h-texts, no highbrow pursuits, keep a respectful distance from slightly more serious literature, but Three-Body really attracted even a vulgar person like me, really good!"

Luo Quan listened somewhat speechlessly, then changed the subject: "How many days are you here to play this time?"

"Entered sage time, so awesome."

"So you all don't want to be lewd anymore? Turns out sci-fi arouses men's desires more, huh?"

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"Wrong, very obviously."

Luo Quan looked at her daughter and said with a smile.

However slow-burn Three-Body is, reading a third of its length will definitely deeply attract you with its plot.

"These aren't things we should consider. You wouldn't have really become broad-minded enough to embrace the universe just because you became a Holy Mother, would you?" Ye Zhening looked closely at Luo Quan, wanting to observe if she had been brainwashed by religion.

By that time, the high-dimensional channels to parallel universes would probably have been opened long ago.

"But I really can't stop, I've already watched for ten straight hours, I didn't even study this seriously during my college entrance exam year, so interest really is the best teacher, hahaha."

Retreating ten thousand steps, you encounter an alien civilization, you proactively show goodwill, the answers you get are two kinds: half benevolent, half malicious.

Of course, Luo Quan wasn't really in pain, after all she was a genuine Vajra Indestructible Body.

Not knowing the other side's strength makes it even more no different from courting death, because your civilization is just a low-level civilization that just walked out of space.

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Finally reaching philosophical reflections on human nature and social development, elevating this book's ideological depth another level.

"Indeed." Luo Quan gave Ye Zhening a thumbs up, feeling these words were truly flawless.

"Perhaps it's not a masterpiece in serious literature, but it absolutely qualifies as a masterpiece in science fiction novels!"

Ye Zhening from Luo Quan said with a smile: "Every civilization has its own view of good and evil, excluding some militarists and those taking the iron-hearted extermination route, most have a certain moral bottom line.

Luo Quan spoke while putting on a coat, bringing Ye Zhening to the hotel front desk, opening a room for her.

She was afraid her daughter would use too much force and knock out the teeth just trying to grow in.

It's precisely because similar things happened too many times that cosmic law now has quite a lot of restrictions, for example: no supernovae unless necessary, high-level civilizations must not interfere with low-level civilization development, stellar wars must control intensity, things like that."

Ye Zhening thought for a moment, replied: "Two or three days, anyway several cabinet ministers are helping handle state affairs, Zhen doesn't need to rush back."

Even if the universe stopped expanding now, at this growth level, filling it would take at least five billion years.

Netizens' reviews were pretty much as Luo Quan imagined.

Luo Quan decided to go to the supermarket later to buy a few pacifiers, let her daughter suck on them to play when bored.

Indeed written well, grasp of human nature very accurate.

Hot search #1 was of course the Consumer Gala she requested to be pinned, so if not for this order, Three-Body's hot search should have already topped the list.

"If that could really be done, that would be too fucking awesome."

Ye Zhening couldn't help laughing: "Beloved Consort, do you know how big the universe is?"

"Since you're on vacation, play well, I'll go open a room for you first."

"Same didn't sleep either, although the book is really exciting, I still don't mind everyone grinding like this, if you finish the book in one go, how will you endure the time after that?"

But Luo Quan also had her own argument: "Moving hands isn't as convenient as moving brains, I think about this problem in my heart and you can answer it."

"As for whether what awaits us is an empty unowned treasure land, or a new world full of civilizations, either way survival pressure will definitely be greatly reduced."

"So wanting the universe to be filled isn't something we should consider at all. Anyway, as far as I know, for a billion years the growth of civilizations in the universe has maintained a not particularly high level, and quite stable."

"Since you believe you're not alone in the universe, what makes you think you'll definitely be stronger than the other side?"

Hearing Ye Zhening's words, Luo Quan seemed to have opened a new world, eyes full of curiosity asked: "But if low-level civilizations are protected this much, wouldn't life in this universe increase more and more, wouldn't it be filled up soon?"

"Any intelligent being would think of this kind of thing, so attacking on sight is even more impossible."

The System was obviously very dissatisfied with being underutilized.

Although baby teeth fall out by age ten at most, they still accompany the child for several years.

Luo Quan held expectant thoughts, wanting to see how netizens were praising Three-Body.

"That's too self-deprecating. Maybe can't compare to Xu Yanqing, but Luo Bao you're already very very big." Ye Zhening laughed teasingly.

"Thanks." Luo Quan laughed expressing gratitude.

"Sorry Mom, I'll pay attention in the future." Luo Ning replied very apologetically.

So Luo Quan asked the System.

"If an underbite affects appearance, and then affects daughter's self-esteem, that would be trouble."

After Ye Zhening's long discourse ended, she added: "Of course, doesn't exclude some low-level civilizations that are just reckless fools from top to bottom, fearless because of ignorance, daring to bare claws at anyone they see."

"Physical pleasure is fleeting, only spiritual fulfillment is eternal."

But after reading Three-Body I discovered how naive my thoughts were, this book's brain holes are really too big, almost fusing all golden ideas from a century of sci-fi novels, from suspense to aliens to war epics.

"And now Bilibili and Weibo both have hot searches, Douban score is still 9.5 such an exaggerated number, will definitely attract countless bandwagoners."

"Then one tells ten, ten tell a hundred, Three-Body blowing up should just be a matter of time."

"No, accurately speaking, Three-Body is already popular now!"