On the large screen display, the engine that devoured the spacecraft had been turned off, and at this time, the two had not yet staggered.

If the moon still has the ability to change orbits, the mothership that devours people will not be able to escape, 800 kilometers is a very small distance, such a close distance, the gravitational pull of the moon alone is enough to devour people and drink a pot.

Not immediately moving away from Earth proves that the Devourer ship has also reached its limit.

The spacecraft dodged a direct attack from the moon, but was still hit hard by extreme acceleration and gravitational pull.

"It seems that acceleration exceeding the limit value is not without a price, it is torn," said the marshal. ”

Everyone found that the rifts on the spacecraft were thousands of kilometers long, and there were several of them, and it was disintegrating due to centrifugal force.

Some of the smaller debris was ejected and disappeared into the dark starry sky, only the occasional explosion to keep them alive for a short time.

The larger fragments are broken, but the superalloy that supports the structure is breaking inch by inch.

Blue flames erupted from the ring's rarely started spinning engine, and they were trying to stop the ring's rotation.

Someone proposed: "There are hundreds of thousands of nuclear bombs on the moon, dig them up, and give them all." ”

"I'm willing to be a death squad, Mr. Chen Xi, and I hope you can send me to the steering engine."

Chen Xi looked at the marshal, you are the supreme commander here, you decide.

The marshal shook his head and said: "The Devouring Empire will not perish due to the disintegration of the Star Ring, there will be quite a lot of dinosaurs alive, they will definitely land on Earth from the wreckage of the Star Ring, we must leave enough nuclear bombs for orbit change, this is the last resort to the same end." ”

"Moreover, if all engines cannot be destroyed in an instant, they can forcibly change orbits, the star ring will hit the earth, and human civilization will perish."

If the earth is lost, the moon will hit the earth, and although the moon is a quarter smaller in size at the moment, the consequences of its impact on the earth are still a super disaster at the end of the world.

"I don't think we need to do it, they won't have time to reduce the speed of rotation below the destruction value."

But no one was happy, because the Devourer ship started its engines again, as if trying to return to its original orbit.

Someone calculated: "As long as there is enough gravitational force to overcome the centrifugal force generated by the rotation of the ring, it will not disintegrate." ”

Where does gravity come from, it is clear that the Devourer wants to swallow the Earth, borrowing its gravitational pull to maintain the structure of the ship.

The marshal lamented and said, "Gentlemen, adjust the orbit of the moon so that it becomes a planet orbiting the sun. ”

The nuclear bomb roared again.

Twelve hours later, the Devouring Empire swallowed the Earth, during which time the United Nations made no attempt to stop it.

They feared that the Empire would crash into Earth with a massive star ring, and if they did, billions of people hiding in the base of the Lithospheric War would be able to return to the West.

When the Devourer ship is firmly trapped on Earth, they lose the means to break the net.

Before the official start of the war, the UN Secretary-General proposed a summit meeting, and the Devouring Emperor agreed.

Big Tooth, who is most familiar with human beings, became the driver of the three, bringing the secretary general, the 'marshal', and Chen Xi to the palace.

The splendid palace was full of cracks and had obviously taken a beating.

The palace was long, and many large dinosaurs were quietly watching the little bugs that had stepped into the center of the temple of power that devoured the Empire.

Before seeing the dragon, the emperor praised him: "Mankind, you are the first weak civilization to push the devouring empire into a desperate situation, and you have won our respect with practical actions. ”

Ladders rose one after another, ladders to suit the height of a human, and the stairs stretched all the way to the Devouring Emperor.

"Tell me why you want to see me."

The Secretary-General said sincerely: "Surrender, swallow the empire and surrender to human civilization, while there is still room for détente." ”

The general war, even if it has been deduced countless times, still comes to the conclusion that it is necessary to destroy several generations of mankind.

The price is too high.

The emperor said calmly: "In this war, the Devouring Empire has suffered unprecedented trauma, and more than a billion people have died in the Great Ring Tearing, and we have not let go of the possibility of hatred. ”

The Secretary-General was equally calm: "In this way, things will be simple, fight until one side is extinct, human civilization will not accept your surrender, and you will lose your last chance to multiply." ”

The Secretary-General took a few steps back and gave up the throne to Chen Xi.

Chen Xi looked at the 'marshal' and motioned for him to come first.

The 'Marshal' nodded, and his appearance changed for a while, and he became a berry-like Bojiang people, and their biotechnology advanced.

"The wisdom of the crowd manager - the candle flame, on behalf of the Bojiang civilization, declares war on the devouring empire."

"From now on, either you die or I die."

The surrounding dinosaurs were in an uproar, and some dinosaurs remembered the civilization ark: "You have arrived in the solar system?" ”

The tone was filled with surprise and curiosity, how could a small spaceship run for 60,000 years and fly over 10 light years.

Candle didn't answer, there was really nothing to say to the enemy and the enemy.

The emperor looked at Chen Xi, whose status was obviously higher than that of the leaders of the two civilizations, and felt that this was the culprit.

Chen Xi flipped his hand and slapped a stone tablet on the ground, the unit is meters, and the ratio of three sides is 1:4:9.

"Everything that hurts and oppresses people is inhuman, and everything that is extremely sinful is one of the core purposes of the Pan-Human Council."

"It is a pity that you have rejected the peace offer, and after today, you will have only one way to perish."

"Member of the Pan-Human Joint Council, Chen Xi, I carved a monument for you today, which is part of my work."

"Until the Devourer civilization is destroyed, the Obeli will record all the history you know."

"I will put the tombstone in the library, and the history, spirit, and culture of the devouring civilization will be passed on."

The dinosaurs were silent, and they didn't dare to breathe.

Everything makes sense, why the Bojiang civilization appeared here, and why human beings have high-dimensional technology.

The emperor was a little nervous, and he didn't even dare to sit on the throne: "Sir, are you a civilization of several dimensions?" ”

They had never heard of the civilization or organization of the Pan-Human Joint Council.

Chen Xile smiled: "You don't have to care about this, I just give the two civilizations a chance to fight a fair war with you, this opportunity is earned by themselves, I will not participate in the war." ”

"Now, I have a question that I hope you can answer."

Hearing this, the Devouring Emperor nodded wildly.

"Why don't you stop and find a stable star system to settle in?"

"Compared to the sun, the mass of the huge devouring mothership is only one in two hundred thousand."

"You've traveled through so many star systems, and you have so many suns that you don't use to swallow some insignificant scraps?"

To be honest, Chen Xi was a little angry, the Trisolarans have been pursuing a stable star system for hundreds of millions of years, and you can lose it casually.

The new home that the Star Federation and the Earth Federation longed for but didn't dare to ask for, you just threw it away?! Unreasonable.

The Devouring Emperor was silent for a long time, he did not know the answer to this question: this is a generational ship, all Devourers have lived here since birth, and all of them serve for the continuation of it/civilization, but they do not know where it/civilization will eventually go.

Can you stop? Yes, just find a stable star, slow it down, and be captured by it as a planet.

What do you get by stopping? Energy, energy that lasts for billions of years without being exhausted.

……

The emperor thought for a long time and came up with an answer: "As soon as you stop settling, the population will skyrocket." ”

There are no natural predators, the environment is suitable for survival, and the population is growing at the same rate as the rabbits that invade Australia.

"When the population skyrockets, resources are not enough."

Ten billion rabbits, grass, bark, bush leaves, eat everything, destroy the environment, and then starve themselves.

The Devouring Empire does the same thing on a cosmic scale, destroying planets, whether they are livable or not, and whether they can be transformed into habitable planets.

The universe is boundless, but there is not much space that is truly suitable for higher carbon-based organisms.

Devouring the Empire has destroyed an already small world.

“……”

"Hehe, no wonder after 60 million years of development, your technology is only a little higher than that of human civilization."

"You are not civilized, not much different from beasts."

After speaking, Chen Xi opened the door and left, and the two followed.

……

According to the Pan-Human Joint Council Programme, civilization should limit its own population growth and its insatiable desire for expansion.

Taking the Earth Federation/Star Federation as an example, to solve the problem of food and clothing through technical means and control the population size at about 3.6 billion people, even if the existing benefits are maintained, including but not limited to everyone's survival and development resources, and even private spaceships, interstellar voyages and other benefits, only a stable star system is needed.

The lifetime of stars is measured in billions of years, and it is a question whether civilization can last for 100 million years.

(End of chapter)