The Heavens: A Civilization Mentor of a Certain Trisolaran

Chapter 9 Aliens? Planet LV-223?

After these "small stones" entered the dimensional portal, clear images of the scene were transmitted back.

Across from the door lay a desolate land, its surface covered with gray-brown rocks and gravel, devoid of any flora or fauna. In the distance stood massive mountain ranges, some of which may have exceeded ten thousand meters in altitude.

The height of the mountains is not the point; the point is that some of the mountains have a white layer on their slopes.

That's most likely snow.

The sky was leaden gray, giving a feeling of insufficient light and a dull, oppressive atmosphere. Clouds moved rapidly through the sky, and lightning flashed across the clouds from time to time.

Although nothing unexpected happened on the other side of the door, the Trisolaran engineers controlling the reconnaissance vehicles dared not relax for a moment, carefully operating the probes to explore this unfamiliar world.

Cheng Yuan watched the transmitted images back and forth, eager to know what kind of world was on the other side.

Suddenly, the Trisolaran Security Administrator said, "Enlarge image number 17."

Cheng Yuan looked at screen number 17, which was a real-time image taken by a probe from the air: on a land covered with gray-brown rocks and gravel, devoid of any life, a hemispherical stone building appeared.

To be precise, the part exposed above the ground is hemispherical, surrounded by a wall that is not closed, with a gap on the outside.

The building is situated in a valley, surrounded by mountains that are much taller than it, making it appear very small.

The moment they saw the building, the entire Trisolaran leadership went on alert.

Such a well-proportioned building is unlikely to have formed naturally. If it did not, it means that there is likely an intelligent species here that built this structure.

The existence of intelligent species means that they may pose a threat!

Cheng Yuan stared intently at the buildings in the image and said, "This could be LV-223 from Prometheus."

Prometheus?

Planet LV-223?

"If you don't know, ask," the Trisolaran leader said. "Mr. Cheng Yuan, may I ask what kind of world this is? Is it also a world created by a higher-dimensional being, like ours?"

Cheng Yuandao: "The world of Prometheus is indeed a world created by a higher dimension, but it is not the world in the novel, but the world in the movie."

"This is a film series that mainly tells the story of a monster called 'Alien' fighting against humans. 'Prometheus' is one of the films in the series."

"This movie tells the story of a group of Earthlings who come to planet LV-223 in search of the secrets of the 'Engineers', only to be nearly wiped out."

The Trisolaran leader then asked, "Mr. Cheng Yuan, will the Xenomorphs, 'Engineers,' and Earthlings in this world pose a threat to us?"

The Science Administrator then asked, "Mr. Cheng Yuan, do humans also exist in this world? Why are they searching for 'engineers'? What does 'engineer' refer to?"

The monitoring officer asked, "Mr. Cheng Yuan, how far is Earth from this planet LV-223?"

The problems facing the Three-Body leadership are piling up one after another.

Cheng Yuan smiled and said, "I only made this guess after seeing that building. I can't be completely sure yet; I need to go inside the building to get more information. If it really is the world from the Alien movie series, it shouldn't pose much of a threat to you."

"Alien is a monster created in the movies, where it is called a 'perfect creature'. Its genes have the ability to 'optimize and select DNA,' allowing it to absorb the superior genes of its host and evolve into different forms. For example, if it hosts a bird, it may absorb the bird's genes, grow wings, and gain the ability to fly."

"The Xenomorphs are highly adaptable to their environment, grow extremely rapidly (from birth to adulthood in just a few minutes), have an extremely high aggression drive, possess senses far stronger than those of ordinary humans, and their blood is highly acidic..."

"But in reality, aliens are far from being 'perfect creatures.' They can be burned to death, shot, run over, or frozen to death. With your technology, killing an alien would be no more difficult than stepping on a bug."

"In the movie, the aliens and humans fight back and forth, and the aliens are even slaughtered because the humans in the movie are weakened."

If the humans in the movie weren't so stupid and could kill the aliens in no time, then what's the point of watching the movie? Audiences like monsters chasing and killing people, not people chasing and killing monsters.

"Of course, you cannot let your guard down against the aliens because of my words. As I said before, 'weakness and ignorance are not obstacles to survival, but arrogance is.' You can despise the enemy strategically, but you cannot despise them tactically."

The Trisolaran leader said, "I will remember your teachings!"

Cheng Yuan continued, "The Alien universe also has an Earth. You might be wondering, why Earth again?"

"This is because there is also an Earth in higher dimensions. My hometown is a higher-dimensional Earth. The Earth in your world and the Earth in the Alien world are both based on higher-dimensional Earth."

"As for the 'Engineers,' they are an alien race in the Alien universe. The origin of humans on Earth in the Alien universe was not natural evolution, but rather they were created on Earth by the 'Engineers' using their DNA."

"But later, the 'Engineers' believed that humanity had deviated from their design and wanted to destroy humanity, so they created a biological weapon on LV-223—Blackwater."

"I don't know much about the specifics of the blackwater, but it can actively infect organisms, break down their DNA sequences, and recombine them."

"To you, this technology shouldn't be considered advanced technology."

Although Cheng Yuan had seen the Alien film series, he did not have a detailed understanding of the film's setting.

He doesn't write Alien fan fiction, so why would he need to know so much detail?

"Trace and medium amounts of black water can cause DNA to decompose and recombine, creating new species, from which aliens are born. Or, to put it another way, species created by black water infecting organisms will eventually become aliens."

"Excessive use will directly decompose and carbonize the organism. You should be able to figure out the underlying principle."

"After the 'Engineers' created enough black liquid to destroy humanity on LV-223, an accident occurred before they could reach Earth. Only one 'Engineer' on LV-223 escaped to the ship's deep sleep pod and survived. This building was the 'Engineers' base for creating black liquid and also the ship's docking place."

"If nothing unexpected happens, that 'Engineer' is still inside. Don't worry, the 'Engineer' race, like the Xenomorphs and Earth humans, poses little threat to you."

"They belong to a race that is technologically advanced but not very intelligent. Your intelligence is somewhat superior to theirs."

The Science Administrator said, "So, the humans on Earth are searching for 'Engineers' in order to find their creator?"

Cheng Yuan nodded and said, "Yes. Planet LV-223 is 34.5 light-years away from Earth, but with the technology of humans in this world, they only took two years to reach Planet LV-223."

This caused the Trisolaran leaders' brainwaves to fluctuate. The 34.5 light-year distance could be traversed in just two years, a technology far surpassing theirs.

If they could master this technology, how could Luo Ji possibly turn the tables on them?