Necessary Sin

In the fifth year of the Deterrence Era, astrophysicist Lin Wei proposed a cold plan to desperate humans: if civilization wants to survive, it must actively break its wings to fly to the stars. Her "cradle" theory quickly swept the world - human beings should lock themselves in the information age and exchange absolute "harmlessness" for the right to survive in the dark forest. When millions of people worshiped her as their savior, and when three thousand children were about to be the first to undergo "cognitive castration," two iron curtains of truth tore everything apart: She discovered that hidden in the core code of the "Cradle" project was an invitation to coordinates sent to deep space. The manuscript left behind by my mother reveals that the shotgun never moves away because you curl up - it only cares about whether you are worthy of being collected. At the same time, 1.5 Light-years away, an existence that has analyzed human technology is speeding towards us. Its communication signature is the same as the codename of the top controller of "Cradle": "Gardener". Lin Wei was forced to face the altar he built with his own hands. When meekness becomes a sacrifice, when safety becomes a trap, she must commit the final and necessary crime - not to save civilization, but to regain the freedom of civilization to choose the way to perish. This is an escape that begins with self-castration and ends with self-sacrifice. And the universe's answer is always cold: survival is never noble, it is just an arithmetic of cost. (Note: This work is a derivative creation of "The Three-Body Problem". The characters and basic world view are derived from the original work, while the story, setting and plot are all secondary creations. The copyright of the original work belongs to the original author.)