The giant corporations that started from Night City

Chapter 502: Blind Spot of Thinking! The Water Drop is the Three-Body Battleship!
"The technology of the Earth humans here has been locked by the Sophon, but similarly, the technology of the Trisolarans has also been locked by a higher civilization, although this was not intentional."

"But a regular weapon attack throughout the universe would be like a serious nuclear explosion on Earth. Everyone would be deeply affected."

During this time, Dr. Halsey repeatedly savored and pondered the Three-Body Universe that Leon mentioned. In this desperate universe, even the seemingly powerful Three-Body civilization is just a newly established primitive tribe.

The real culprits behind the collapse of the universe may never show up from beginning to end, and even the giant corporations may not be able to force them out for negotiations.

Jack Wells' expression also turned serious. They also knew how terrifying the enemies of this universe were. Even the seemingly insignificant Three-Body Civilization had to be fought with all their strength.

We must be meticulous in how to deal with the Trisolarans and what issues should be taken into consideration.

"Do we need to worry about the Nullifier civilization now? For example...what device should we use to detect the Nullifier's eleven-dimensional home?" Jack Wells inquired.

Dr. Halsey shook his head. "This is not something we should consider right now. Let's deal with the Trisolarans first."

It is not a problem for the global giant to defeat the Three-Body Civilization. The only difficulty lies in how to do it. They have to come up with a complete plan as soon as possible.

Soon, led by Dr. Halsey, head of the Science Hub, and Ott Cunningham, senior executives of the giant company came to the conference room. Leon watched through remote projection and made the final decision on the plan.

"Everyone, our parliamentary goal today is very simple, which is the drop of Trisolaran civilization."

Dr. Halsey brought her research results online. After a period of research and viewing the footage of the destruction of Fleet International's warships, she basically figured out the principle of water droplets.

"The shell structure of the water droplet is composed of a large number of compact metal-like atomic nuclei under a strong interaction force field. Inside it are artificial intelligence computers, strong interaction force generators, thrusters for compressing electron rain, and space force field engines."

Dr. Halsey's analysis is quite detailed. As an outstanding scientific researcher, it is not difficult for him to produce such an analysis chart.

"The core components of the drop are quite simple, so it weighs about the same as a truck, and the Mantis's robotic arm can easily grab it."

Listening to these things, Jack Wells frowned in annoyance. He was not that interested in this stuff. He just wanted to deal with these Trisolarans as soon as possible.

"Dr. Halsey, just tell me how we can capture this thing, or destroy it directly."

"This thing is not difficult to manufacture. If we hand it over to the people in the Science Hub and Engineering Department, they will be able to make it within a month."

Halsey nodded. "It's easy to destroy the drop."

"In essence, water droplets use a special force field to change the atoms that were originally bound by electromagnetic force to be bound by strong interaction force."

"As long as the energy density is high enough to disassemble the atomic nucleus, the 'bonds' between the atoms that make up the water droplets can be easily broken, but this is of course impossible for humans on Earth today."

"But the most troublesome part of the water droplet is not its structural strength, but its internal propulsion method."

After he finished speaking, Halsey pulled up another piece of information and talked to everyone:

"The propulsion method of water droplets adopts the vortex ring principle. The propulsion ring is called the vacuum Valsex electric field vortex ring."

The Universal Corporation has explored more than a dozen universes in the past hundred years, and has basically used up all the technological points that can be gained. Simple principles like this can be used to find several types through AI analysis.

The outer shell of the water droplet was held down tightly by the overflowing strong interaction force, and the electrons outside the nucleus also underwent a qualitative change.

They are no longer in the state of electron clouds, but flowing electron rain. This electron rain is still in a quantum state, but it is in uncertainty. Therefore, the key to propelling water droplets lies in accurately controlling the timing of the collapse of the electron rain at the head of the water droplet.

Halsey used a holographic screen to play a deduction diagram generated by AI: "First, the special force field used by the water droplets forces the electron cloud to condense electron rain outside the shell."

"Then the electron rain quickly converges toward the tail end of the water droplet in the form of pulses along the absolutely smooth surface of the strong interaction material."

"Because the water droplet is streamlined, with a large head, thick waist and a thin tail, the force field that drives the electrons is also in this state."

"As you get closer to the tail, the space becomes smaller and the force field becomes stronger. The electrons are compressed very tightly and the electric repulsion between them is very strong."

"When they reach the tail end, a huge number of electrons will be tightly compressed into a very small space, and under the huge electric repulsion, the energy stored in the electrons reaches the level of a nuclear explosion."

"The force field stops at this moment, and under the inertia and repulsion of the high-voltage electrons, the electrons burst out, forming the electron vortex ring we see."

Dr. Halsey's explanation was quite professional, which made many executives present nod their heads repeatedly. These basic principles were not obscure technological points for giant companies.

It is indeed not difficult to replicate a water drop of a giant company's brand.

After talking about the electron vortex ring, Dr. Halsey then talked about the source of the water droplet's propulsion:
"New pulse electron rain is constantly formed on the surface of the water droplet, and the electric field direction of this electron rain is the same as the axial electric field of the electron vortex ring ejected from the tail of the water droplet."

"So the two generate a strong electric repulsion, which will constantly squeeze the waist of the water droplet, causing the water droplet to continue to rush forward."

"During this process, the electron vortex ring will consume less and less energy as it does work, so the color will change from blue to red until it is completely exhausted."

"After losing energy, the exhausted electrons return to a quantum state and are precisely controlled to collapse at the head of the water droplet. As new electron rain is formed, a new vortex ring is constructed, which then pushes the water droplet forward."

Dr. Halsey explained the working principle of the water droplets in a simple and easy-to-understand way, so that even a rough soldier like Jack Wells could understand its meaning.

"According to what you said, the maneuverability of a water droplet in a vacuum can be achieved almost without any blind spots, just like the tip of God's pen sliding freely."

V immediately realized the seriousness of the problem. If he used conventional antimatter missiles or other weapons, he would not be able to hit the water droplets.

After all, a water droplet is originally very small. When placed in space, it is like a drop of water melting into the vast ocean. With its incredible maneuverability, almost no missile can successfully hit it.

In the Doomsday Battle, the reason why the water droplets did not avoid the laser cannons and electromagnetic shells of the United Fleet was mainly because there was no need to avoid them.

If it really wanted to hide, it could find all kinds of incredible angles to dodge, and human cannons would have no chance of hitting it.

So from this perspective, conventional antimatter missiles will definitely not be used.

The propulsion capabilities of water droplets are a bit tricky.

"Does the Trisolaran fleet engine also use this kind of propulsion method?" V asked curiously.

If the Trisolaran fleet also used this propulsion principle, their warships' maneuverability would probably be comparable to the Prometheus Legion of the Didact. However, Dr. Halsey shook his head and said, "No, the Trisolaran fleet uses a conventional antimatter annihilation engine, which relies on grabbing the basic matter in the universe."

"If they can really use this vacuum Valsex electric field vortex ring propulsion system on warships, the travel speed will definitely not be one tenth of the speed of light."

"I think this has something to do with the Trisolarans' philosophy of technological development."

At this time, Qiansihu added: "Have you noticed that the most amazing technological products of the Trisolarans are often things in the microscopic field?"

"Smart particles, water drops, each of these creations is quite ingenious and interesting, and human inertia of thinking is that powerful technological creations must be large enough."

"From the early tanks of World War I to the aircraft carriers of World War II, and now to the space battleships, humans have always been accustomed to believing that only huge creations can be intimidating."

"But the Three-Body Civilization has done the opposite. In the microscopic world, they can already control nine dimensions out of the eleven dimensions. The more precise and tiny their creations are, the more powerful they are."

The most obvious evidence is the Trisolaran intelligentsia.

This little thing is only the size of a proton, but it consumes the resources of the Trisolaran space fleet. There is no doubt that the Sophon is the pinnacle of Trisolaran civilization's technology.

And the water droplets are pretty much the same.

In a space of only three meters long, the inside of the water droplet contains the most advanced materials and propulsion technologies of the Trisolaran civilization. Although the technological content is not as abnormal as that of the Sophon, this thing is also something that humans on Earth cannot afford to offend.

On the contrary, the huge Three-Body fleet of more than a thousand ships was the most embarrassing existence in this doomsday battle.

Half of the troops were lost just in the process of crossing two interstellar dust belts, resulting in extremely serious non-combat casualties.

If the hull and propulsion method of the Three-Body Fleet were the same as those of the water droplets, they would never have suffered such serious casualties.

The only explanation is that the Three-Body Civilization is a one-sided student. Their attainments in the microscopic field are far superior to those of humans, but when it comes to large creations like battleships, their technical level may not even be able to match that of humans who have been blocked from technology.

"In that case, the water droplets are actually the real 'battleships' of the Trisolaran civilization. Those fleets that have come here in a hurry are just transport ships and do not have much combat power."

Jack Wells suddenly realized that everyone was confused by the inertia of old thinking. Who said that warships must be a fleet of huge steel monsters?

Can’t ten water drops be the Trisolarans’ battleships?
"So, the Sophon is the real detector of the Trisolaran civilization. It came to Earth early to block human technology and monitor every move of human civilization."

"The water droplets that Fleet International mistook for tokens are actually the 'main force' sent by the Trisolarans to kill human warships!"

V followed this line of thought and thought, no wonder the water droplets would rush directly into the range of human observation.

If this thing is really a detector, the first thing it needs to be is concealed. Even the AI ​​drones of giant companies have to be equipped with optical camouflage materials, so how can water droplets appear so clearly?

Only Sophon can be the detector of the Three-Body Civilization!

After such analysis, the executives of the giant companies realized how biased their original ideas were. It was completely wishful thinking to regard the water droplets as detectors of the Three-Body Problem.

According to this line of thinking, the actions of the Combined Fleet were suicidal from beginning to end!

Facing the main force of the enemy, not only did they not prepare for battle, but they took the initiative to shrink their front line and ran over to die, and also pulled the water drop to the center of the team.

These people really showed their ignorance, weakness and arrogance to the fullest!

"So, those ten water droplets are the main combat force of the Trisolaran civilization."

V seemed to be thinking about something. This battle was different from the previous battles between huge ships and cannons. The two sides would compete in a technical game at the micro level rather than the traditional boarding and landing.

"That's right, so we must never treat water droplets as ordinary detectors again. They are the most important armed force of the Trisolarans!"

Dr. Halsey nodded seriously.

"So how do we get the water drop next?" Jack Wells asked.

They now know that the water droplets are not detectors, but the problem remains: what method should be used to destroy the water droplets or capture them.

The water drop is very fast and has strong maneuverability. The world's giant companies really can't find an AI drone that can compare with the water drop for the time being, and it is too late to build one on site.

"Is there any way to slow down the speed of the water droplet, or limit its movement angle so that it cannot evade our attack?"

As soon as Jack Wells finished asking the question, V shook his head and denied it: "If it's at close range, we might be able to use psychic power to trap it."

"But there is no psychic energy in the Trisolaran Universe, and we can't use supernatural power to force it to slow down. If we use a superluminal inhibitor, we are worried that it will cause other troubles."

"Now is not the time to use law-level weapons."

The problem now facing the giant corporations in the universe is very embarrassing. To destroy the water droplets, they will inevitably need to use regular-level weapons and devices, but they are worried that using them will attract the attention of other advanced civilizations.

Without it, it would be a bit difficult to handle this tricky little thing.

Even if you want to use a weapon system like a gravitational field, you have to wait until the water droplets enter the range, otherwise there is no way to trap the opponent.

But Chieko was keeping a lock on the Infinity-class aircraft carrier the entire time, so it was impossible for the water droplets to get close to it easily, and they would be able to react immediately if there was any danger.

This seemingly simple task actually becomes so complicated and difficult!

Just as everyone fell into silence and started brainstorming, Li Ang's holographic projection suddenly flashed, and he stated his solution: "Everyone, my plan is--"

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(End of this chapter)