Starting as a Wallfacer, his defection to the Three-Body Problem shocked the world.

Chapter 176 Tree Civilization

March of the 80th year of the Deterrence Era, 2295 AD.

Zhang Beihai strode through the ship's spherical cabin and arrived at the living quarters in the rear section.

This is a place for the ship's crew to relax and have fun. The venue is similar to the bar in Earth Age. The drinks stored here are all aged wines that have been sealed for hundreds of years. One sip will definitely make you feel incredibly refreshed.

At this moment, Chu Yan was already waiting here. Upon seeing Zhang Beihai arrive, he smiled and handed him a glass of wine.

"I still need to command the warships, no need."

Zhang Beihai declined Chu Yan's offer and poured himself a glass of water, which he then drank.

"Boring."

Chu Yan didn't make things difficult for the other party. Through the years of getting along, he had come to know Zhang Beihai's personality well. He was meticulous in everything he did, just like a wound-up machine.

"The ship's command system can be completely handled by Cheng Xing. With that AI's control capabilities, it can even do a better job than you or I. Besides, the spaceship will stay in orbit around this green star for several days, so you can completely ignore it."

"Ok, I know."

Zhang Beihai gave a casual reply, but Chu Yan knew that this guy was just trying to appease him.

"How much longer will it take for Da Shi and Principal Liu to arrive?"

"I only gave them four years. If there is still no progress in the research within four years, then I will have to leave temporarily."

More than a decade ago, after the observer Tianchen left Green Star, Principal Liu said he wanted to study this planet.

After all, this was the first time that human civilization had encountered the existence of another human civilization.

So the research began.

After a series of terrain surveys, Principal Liu discovered that this planet was almost identical to their Earth.

Before they were destroyed by the willow tree, the planet's technology had almost reached the nuclear age, and it was only one step away from developing controlled nuclear fusion.

However, the appearance of willow seeds dashed all possibilities.

However, this also validated a new theory for Liu Chang: the environment does indeed change as people change.

Yang Dong conducted this experiment a long time ago. If there is no life on Earth, then Earth will eventually be nothing but a wasteland.

It is precisely because of life, a low-entropy entity, that the Earth exists as it is today.

This planet was similar; when it had human civilization, its environment developed resources similar to those of Earth: oil, coal, monsoon climate, and so on.

These are all things that came into existence after life itself.

So Liu Chang thought of a new research topic: humans used to be the masters of this planet, which is why this environment exists. Now that the masters of this planet have become willow trees, how will the environment of this planet change?

Thinking of this, Liu Chang immediately contacted the three tree people and asked them to work towards the path of planetary environmental modification, and to see if they could develop their own technology tree system based on the actual conditions of the planet.

Without hesitation, Liu Chang had Cheng Xing awaken a group of biological researchers to travel to Green Star and begin tracking and studying this nascent civilization.

However, the formation of a civilization requires hundreds or thousands of years of accumulation. Although the Tree People civilization is developing very rapidly and has the technological support of humans, it may still take many years before it can bring about substantial changes to this planet.

Left with no other choice, the Navigator remained there for more than a decade, quietly waiting for change to occur.

However, during this time, Liu Chang also discovered some very interesting things.

The Tree People seem to be very interested in the music and art of human civilization, and the more they learn about these things, the faster their technology develops.

This discovery was purely accidental.

Initially, it was because Shi Qiang found that he had nothing to do on this planet, so he started bragging to the Triangle Tree and other tree people, telling them stories about his time as a criminal police officer.

“I once handled a case where a woman cut off her husband’s genitals. Do you know what weapon she used? A fish, a tilapia that had been frozen in a refrigerator. Once the fish was frozen solid, the row of spines on its back looked just like a knife.” Shi Qiang said, gesturing with his hands.

What is a refrigerator?

The tree people's focus was clearly a bit peculiar, but considering that they had never actually seen a refrigerator before, Shi Qiang had no choice but to start explaining the relationship between refrigerators and compressors to them.

As a former veteran detective from the intelligence department, Shi Qiang understood the principles of some basic machinery. He just didn't seem very educated on the surface, but upon closer examination, he knew that among those who could work at PDC, the one with the lowest educational background was probably Lin Xuan.

Over time, the tree people began to deduce some basic scientific knowledge from Shi Qiang's story, and soon they had their first creation.

It was something that looked like a Chinese rolling lantern.

The whole thing is spherical, formed by branches, and inside the part is a tree seed that serves as the core power source.

This thing absorbs energy through photosynthesis and can keep running forward. Although Liu Chang hasn't figured out its specific function yet, it is the first invention of the tree people, which surprised him.

He quickly had the team members upload stories and artworks about human civilization to the storage chip, and then fed them all to the Tree Man.

An unexpected thing happened: in just three months, the development of the Treeman civilization skyrocketed like a rocket.

They even built a magnificent building of their own on the equator of Green Star, leaving the crew of the Navigator completely stunned.

"Technological explosion!"

Liu Chang looked at the giant building in the distance, which was about six stories high. The structure of the thing was somewhat like a bird's nest, but the steel bars were all replaced by thick tree branches.

This is the real Bird's Nest.

Humanity has experienced this rocket-like pace of technological development at least three or four times, so it is not unfamiliar to us. However, Liu Chang saw something far more profound in it.

"What triggered the technological explosion of the Tree People civilization? The answer is obvious."

Renaissance!

Human cultural artifacts provided the Tree Man civilization with ample imagination, enabling their technology to advance rapidly in a short period of time.

The same premise applies to the technological explosion in the development of human civilization.

Therefore, by comparing the situations of the two civilizations, Liu Chang arrived at an axiom!

The prerequisite for a technological explosion is the accumulation of humanities and social sciences, and the enlightenment of thought guides the future of science and technology.