The giant corporations that started from Night City

Chapter 499 You are all bugs!! Restart the Wallfacer!
In addition to the water droplets that are about to arrive in the solar system, more than a thousand Trisolar warships will follow in succession.

After witnessing the absolute crushing strength, the humans on Earth finally understood who was the most ridiculous clown.

In this area, a string of information emerged from all humans on Earth, even including the crew members on the Infinity-class aircraft carrier and Paul and others.

Those were the words that Chieko left on the human retina through high-energy photosensitivity. Although it only lasted for three seconds, everyone could see that line of words very clearly.

[You are all bugs——!!]

The people on Earth had not yet recovered from the disaster of the annihilation of Fleet International, and now seeing Tomoko's provocative words, it was undoubtedly adding fuel to the fire.

In an instant, the fear in everyone's heart was ignited, and the world that had just been moving towards social harmony immediately turned into an extremely chaotic hell.

When the false pride was ruthlessly torn apart by the Trisolarans and thrown on the ground and trampled on, the great low and turbulent period of two hundred years ago seemed to be re-enacted on this land.

Two hundred years is a long and distant time for ordinary people. Except for the hibernators, no one else will recall the hardships and pains of that time.

The great depression periods learned from books and online information cannot remind the new generation of people what true despair and fear are.

But this does not mean that humans today do not know what fear is. This program engraved in genetic instinct was awakened with the demise of Fleet International.

When fear and despair hit, a turmoil no less than the Great Depression swept over.

Someone walked onto the street like a madman, swinging a half-full bottle of wine in his hand, muttering something, sometimes loud and sometimes sad: "We are all bugs, a poor bug, almost being stepped on to death!"

Someone else echoed, shouting cheers for the Three-Body Civilization, cheers for the coming of the end of the world, anyway, cheer for whoever you love.

All around them, people kept jumping down from heights. The good times nurtured too many people with fragile hearts, and the neat and tidy city forest became littered with corpses in the blink of an eye.

The crashed car caught fire. More and more people gathered around the fire. Some walked into the fire and burned themselves. Some threw clothes with flashing screens on them into the fire and sang and danced around the fire.

When the end of the world comes, all abnormal behaviors can be understood and supported.

Several broken underground pipes gushed out tall columns of water. Children, unaware that the end of the world was coming, frolicked in the puddles, occasionally letting out beautiful laughter like silver bells.

This forms a very strong contrast with the poor people outside who are busy committing suicide and smashing their brains to pieces.

Two groups of people appeared in different parts of the huge urban forest.

Some people with depressed mood and dull eyes would walk aimlessly towards the rooftop or railings, then jump unconsciously and die in despair.

Another group of people will be in a state of crazy excitement, relying on alcohol and illegal drugs to numb their nerves, and trying some substances that can make them happy and enjoy themselves in the moment.

The once strict and orderly urban traffic has fallen into complete chaos. The floating cars shuttling through the underground city forest crash from high altitudes from time to time, killing passers-by.

Riots and fires broke out in various parts of the city. Fire trucks and police cars were extremely busy, and all available stability maintenance units were put to use.

But it's still a drop in the bucket.

The whole world is in chaos. Even if there are still some normal humans left, they can only hide at home and tremble, not knowing what else they can do.

Obviously, Sophon's purpose of intimidation has been perfectly achieved, and humans are frightened by it.

Watching all this tragedy unfold, Paul on the Infinity-class aircraft carrier couldn't help but sigh and shake his head. He felt very sorry and regretful for the humans in the Three-Body Universe.

A human world that can say it has given civilization to the years would never be so filthy, but they did choose a path of self-inflicted destruction.

Use the most wrong thinking to look at a powerful enemy.

At this time, Morgan Blackhand came over and said to Paul, "There is a large group of people gathered below the Endless Level. I think they are here to ask for help and support."

Through the holographic projection released by the AI ​​detector, Paul could see that the desolate desert below was filled with a large number of vehicles.

These traffic flows turned into a sea of ​​fireflies in the dark desert, turning a large area of ​​the desert into a dazzling magic carpet of light, which was illuminated by the car lights and the interactive screen clothes on people.

"Go check out the situation and be careful."

Morgan Blackhand ordered.

It's not a good idea to let a group of people stay down there. Someone has to come forward to appease the humans, and Paul is undoubtedly the best candidate.

"Yes."

Paul came down to the ground from the Infinity-class aircraft carrier and walked into the crowd. At this moment, Fleet International and Earth International had simultaneously announced his true identity.

So these people knew Paul.

The moment they saw Paul coming, the crowd immediately surrounded them. Agent K and Luke Skywalker raised their weapons at the first moment to stop these crazy people and prevent them from getting too close.

Seeing this, the people at the front simply knelt down five meters away from Paul, shouting loudly: "Lord! Please save us."

As soon as the words fell, the crowd behind the man also knelt down, waves of light rose and fell, and they all prostrated themselves on the ground, begging Paul:

"Almighty and merciful Lord, please save this world that is about to collapse, please uphold the justice of the universe, and please save this humble species of human beings--!!"

Everyone who comes here has different beliefs and believes in different religions, but when faced with the upcoming Three-Body Civilization, they know that their Lord will not come to the world to save them.

Only Paul and his huge steel battleship are the only saviors of the human world.

At this moment, a man walked out from the kneeling crowd. He was the one who had never kneeled from beginning to end. Paul recognized him as Lin Yun, the representative of the Asian Fleet at the fleet joint meeting.

Lin Yun was once an outstanding aerospace technology expert in the Air Force. He joined the Space Force at the beginning of the Crisis Era and was one of the officers who awakened from hibernation earlier than Zhang Beihai.

He is a cold and capable person, a staunch materialist, who never believes in any savior. He believes that the only one who can save mankind is mankind itself.

"Mr. Paul, we meet again."

Lin Yun walked up to Paul and saluted him. This was a salute for the lives of hundreds of thousands of soldiers under his command. If it weren't for Paul's restraint, they would probably have become the dead under Shuidi's gun.

"I'm sorry, we questioned your judgment in the meeting, but now everyone knows the truth, you are right."

"It's true that we can't even intercept the Trisolaran probe, let alone be their opponent." After secretly rejoicing that the 700 star-class battleships of the Asian Fleet survived, Lin Yun became worried about the second half of the upcoming Doomsday Battle.

Humanity did preserve its last bit of manpower, but this was not enough to reverse the situation. The water droplets only needed a few rounds of light attacks to turn their warships into nothing.

In this doomsday battle, conventional human physical strength alone will be of no use.

"What are you going to do?" Paul remained calm. He had seen too many examples of people reaping what they sowed, and the casualties in front of him could not cause him any emotional fluctuations.

"The Fleet Command hopes that you can serve as the fifth Wallfacer in human history and lead the Universal Corporation, Earth, and Fleet International to fight against the Trisolaran civilization."

It is human beings themselves who are responsible for the current disastrous consequences.

Logically speaking, Paul had issued warnings, tried to stop Fleet International, and even offered his own plan, but they did not adopt it.

The situation is so bad now that Paul doesn't need to take any responsibility at all. It would be normal for him to even run away on an Infinity-class aircraft carrier.

Facing Lin Yun's invitation, Paul just smiled calmly: "Why do you think I can save you? Maybe our battleships are not much stronger than your star-class battleships."

"I don't know, but this is the only way." Lin Yun smiled bitterly. Who can they trust now?

At this moment, the people in the desert also cast eager eyes towards Paul. The global giant behind Paul is their last hope.

If the Infinity-class aircraft carrier chose to leave at this time, the humans here would truly be doomed, and suicide in despair might be a better way to get relief.

"Look at these suffering people. To religious believers, you are a messenger from God, bringing the gospel to save them."

"To atheists, you are the spokesperson for another superhuman civilization, a human hero with a compassionate heart and advanced technology. No one can save them except you."

Lin Yun was very smart and knew how to persuade people. Putting Paul on a moral high ground, it was difficult for him to refuse.

Sure enough, Paul nodded and sighed, "Well, you want me to do something for you."

Now Morgan Blackhand is Paul's direct superior, and Morgan needs to receive orders from Leon to do things. Before receiving further instructions, Paul can only act according to his own ideas for the time being.

Seeing Paul asking him what to do, Lin Yun was stunned for a moment, then replied: "You are now a wallfacer, and you can use any resources on Earth, including all the warships of the Asian Fleet."

"We act and do things according to your orders."

Paul was silent for a moment. Since the consul had no new instructions, it meant that the situation was not yet extremely tense. He just needed to continue to act according to the established plan.

"Then can I propose my own wall-facing plan?" Paul asked.

"Yes, you don't need to make any explanation, just give the order, and we will do our best to meet your requirements." Lin Yun nodded.

As a wallfacer, Paul certainly cannot directly express his intentions, but he always has to do some mysterious operations to mislead the Trisolarans.

After some serious thinking, Paul turned around and shouted to the people kneeling on the ground:

"I have to tell you that I have never been a messenger of God, let alone a spokesperson for a super civilization. I cannot save humanity by myself."

"But you can save yourself through your own efforts."

With the help of the Infinity-class aircraft carrier's broadcasting system, everyone in the desert can hear Paul's words clearly.

Naturally, these words caused a lot of murmurs and discussions among people, as they didn't understand what else they could do.

Paul then continued:
"Since ancient times, there has been only one way to reach Huashan. Now we can only choose a method that is even more stupid than building a joint fleet, a method so stupid that even the Trisolarans would sneer at it."

"That is to build more high-energy particle accelerators for impact experiments!"

Sophon mainly carries out technological blockade by interfering with human's high-energy particle accelerator experiments, which will prevent humans from conducting in-depth research on the structure of matter.

The rich world of microscopic realms will never open its doors to human beings.

Strong interaction materials like water droplets, or supercomputers like sophons, are essentially creations of the Three-Body Civilization's outstanding research in the microscopic field.

Humans are smart, but they fail at this point.

"If we can build enough high-energy particle accelerators, so that the sophons don't have time to interfere, we will always get the correct result."

"Once we break through this barrier, humanity's basic technology will be able to make a leap forward and gain the strength to compete with the Trisolaran civilization."

"..."

Before Paul could finish his words, Lin Yun at the side could not help but deny his plan: "This is a mission that can never be accomplished."

You know, sophons can move on Earth at a speed close to the speed of light.

With this speed, Sophon can patrol back and forth on any accelerator on Earth.

As long as humans start experiments, sophons can mislead at any time, causing deviations in experimental data. According to scientists' calculations, sophons can control 10,000 high-energy particle accelerators in an instant.

It takes at least two to three years to build a qualified accelerator.

During this period, wouldn't the Three-Body Civilization create more intelligent particles?

Lin Yun's doubts were not without reason, but Paul also had his own explanation: "The sophon would also require a lot of resources from the Trisolaran civilization, and it would take at least five years to get from Centaurus to the solar system."

"If the Trisolarans intend to join us in an arms race, relying on the creation of sophons to block our technology, it will take them at least ten years from the time they create the sophons to the time they deliver them."

Paul's words made Lin Yun more and more confused. Could it be that... Paul wanted humans to focus only on building high-energy particle accelerators for ten years?

This method is too clumsy and stupid.

Sure enough, Paul’s next sentence was: “Gather the strength and resources of all mankind to quickly build more than 10,000 high-energy particle accelerators on Earth!”

"Let's compete with the Sophons to see who is faster and whether the Sophons block more or we create more."

(End of this chapter)