Lin Fan was reborn, more than once.
More precisely, Lin Fan was reborn over a thousand times, until he finally caused a huge mess and had no choice but to flee with humanity.
“Good news: after a thousand time jumps, I finally found the perfect solution.”
“Then what’s the price?”
“Bad news: those thousand rebirths seem to have left a conspicuous mark on the space-time background of our existence. From a distance, that mark can be spotted on a galactic scale.”
“Like the curvature-drive trails in The Three-Body Problem?”
“Exactly. Inside the ‘trail,’ time flows at a different rate from the universe at large. You can tell by observing starlight, or in theory, a tachyon radar could detect regions where time flows abnormally.”
“So you haven’t solved the problem at all?”
“We’re already running away. What’s left to solve?”
“…”
“Just tell me whether the problem’s solved or not. By the way, why did I want to use time jumps in the first place?”
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Also known as The Obsessive, Science-Minded Author and His Super-Awesome, Self-Indulgent Frankenstein Novel
So far, I’ve stitched together bits of technological worldbuilding from at least twelve novels, including Chen Erlan’s nine-tier civilization system, a few technical details from Chide Xiongmao (this one’s the real deal. Hats off to the master, and I’m borrowing those technical details with great trepidation), as well as technology from other excellent hard sci-fi novels on and off this platform.
Guess what I’ve stitched together. No prizes!
Is it okay to get five stars for my own book?