The giant corporations that started from Night City

Chapter 511: Strong electromagnetic field! Microscopic battle! The true face of Mount Lu!
"The countdown is now one minute. You can continue to remain silent, but in one minute, I will press this button to activate the War Moon to leave the solar system."

After saying that, V started counting on his own, using the device on his left wrist to display a 60-second countdown. When the seconds reached zero, it was time for him to press the switch.

He would not give the Three-Body Civilization any chance to regret.

Time passed by little by little, and until the last ten seconds, the Trisolarans did not make any response. They seemed not to believe V's words at all.

But V didn't seem to worry at all that the other party would ignore him. He just stood calmly outside the empty base, with his fingers slightly bent, ready to press the switch at any time.

Five, four, three...!
Just before the countdown was about to reach zero and V was about to press the switch, three lines of large characters finally appeared in front of his eyes. They were all words generated by Zhizi:

stop--!!

The three Sophons appeared at the last moment. In the past short minute, they had been observing V's expression and movements, trying to figure out whether he really wanted to die together.

V’s acting skills were superb. The Trisolarans were unable to see through his heart, so they chose to surrender at the last moment.

Seeing Tomoko finally appear, V knew that he had won this level.

At this moment, the Trisolarans have sent all of their sophons to the Moon of War. Except for the three sophons in front of V, the remaining two are still conducting a carpet search, trying to find other signal towers.

Of course, it is impossible for the Trisolarans to find the other ten or so signal towers. After all, something that does not exist can never be found. And to confirm whether something exists is more difficult than to find it directly.

It is simply impossible for Chieko to fully understand the internal structure of the entire War Moon in such a short period of time.

But in order to confirm whether V was lying, they had to do this. After all, this was related to the survival of civilization, and the Trisolarans did not dare to take the risk.

Therefore, at the last second before the countdown was about to reach zero, the Trisolarans finally gave in and reluctantly revealed their existence to V.

This is the defect brought about by the transparent thinking of the Trisolarans. They are always at a disadvantage in the psychological game.

If it were another human decision maker, they might have ignored V's mumbling from beginning to end and just let him stand there awkwardly.

But for the Trisolarans, V's pretentious behavior is 100% deterrent. Lying is too counterintuitive and difficult to understand for them.

They dare not gamble when they cannot be sure of the truth.

It is precisely because of this that the Trisolarans sent all of their sophons to the Moon of War to collect intelligence and information while negotiating with V.

Now, the five sophons that arrived at the Moon of War were completely unaware that this negotiation was a conspiracy designed against them.

The distance between the Earth and Jupiter orbits and the Moon of War, as well as the maximum speed of the flight, were all within V's precise calculations, and the entire process was arranged in a tight schedule.

Seeing that his goal had been achieved, V simply stopped pretending and threw the switch in his hand away, as if he had never used the signal tower as a prop to threaten the Trisolarans.

At the moment when V threw the switch button, the Trisolaran intelligent beings were unable to come to their senses and figure out what V's intention was. It took them a long time to realize it.

The Universal Corporation never intended to use any signal tower to threaten them. The real intention of these people is Sophon!
However, by the time the Trisolarans came to their senses, it was too late.

The Science Hub Department quickly launched the transformation program, and through instructions, the planetary engine was quickly transformed into a designated strong electromagnetic launch device.

As the fire energy spread and the brilliant blue electric light flashed, the dense electromagnetic launch devices immediately emitted a powerful magnetic field. The huge energy gathered by hundreds of planetary engines formed a strong electromagnetic field above the Moon of War.

All the intelligent beings were trapped here, and they couldn't escape for at least a while.

Faced with this sudden change, the Trisolarans were completely unprepared. They originally wanted to sit down and have a good talk with V, but they didn't expect to be stabbed in the back so decisively.

After realizing the true intentions of the world giant, Sophon also wanted to rely on its own microscopic state to break through the strong electromagnetic prison. For a long time in the past, Sophon was in an invincible state.

Relying on its microscopic advantages of fast speed and small mass, no one can do anything to it.

But now, the strong electromagnetic network composed of planetary engines is like the shackles of heaven, pinning Sophon to death inside the Moon of War.

There is no gap in the magnetic field for the sophon to pass through. If it wants to leave here, the sophon must find a suitable electron to neutralize its own positive charge.

But it is extremely difficult to find an exactly identical electron. Even Sophon would need some time to do so. However, V would not give Sophon too much time.

After activating the strong electromagnetic field, V immediately ordered the staff of the Science Hub to start shrinking the range of the magnetic field and continuously oppressing the activity space of the sophon.

At the same time, Ott Cunningham also arranged some miniaturized AI robots to fight against the Sophon in the microscopic field.

AI Red Queen, AI White Queen, AI Transcendent Europa, AI Batmos, AI Spider Murphy and other units.

They will provide quantum field equipment to shrink down to the subatomic level and enter into multiple dimensions at the microscopic level to carry out the task of arresting and attacking the sophons.

Although their speed is far inferior to that of the sophons that can move at the speed of light, the range of the strong electromagnetic field outside is constantly shrinking and oppressing. After the sophons have no space to move, they can only fight these AI killers in the "poison circle".

This is V’s full plan.

This is the only way to arrest Tomoko at the lowest cost.

After returning to the War Moon headquarters, V finally breathed a sigh of relief and asked Ott Cunningham how things were going.

"Our AI killers are about to enter the microscopic realm, but the enemies they will face are not as simple as protons. In higher dimensions, the complexity and structure of particles will increase dramatically."

"A seven-dimensional perspective would be equivalent to the solar system, an eight-dimensional perspective would be equivalent to the Milky Way, and a nine-dimensional perspective would reach the scale of the universe. We are not yet sure in which dimension the sophon will appear."

Ott Cunningham's narration allowed V to imagine a scene of a cross-time and space chase, with several killers constantly crossing time and space dimensions and shuttling back and forth in pursuit of their targets.

The world in their eyes can change into a new appearance at any time. Sometimes it is the ancient capital of a dynasty, sometimes it is the majestic Roman city, sometimes it is among the mountains and rivers of Fusang, and sometimes it is in the cold Nordic tribe.

Each killing action traveled through billions of time and space in milliseconds, and then overlapped together to form a magnificent and psychedelic picture.

"This is not an easy task. Humans are clumsy and have slow thinking abilities, so they are simply not up to the task."

V said this from the bottom of his heart.

The only thing that can kill a supercomputer is a supercomputer. The internal structure of Sophon itself contains a very strong AI, and it just so happens that giant companies are not short of powerful AIs, such as the Red Queen, the White Queen, and Europa.

They are all old AI monsters that have consumed huge amounts of data from giant global companies over hundreds of years. They are no worse than the five intelligent beings of the Trisolarans.

Ott Cunningham nodded calmly, agreeing with V's opinion that the sophon could present any form or thing in the microscopic world, which could not be recognized by humans with naked eyes.

On the contrary, it is easy to get lost in the microscopic world and never get out.

No one would be stupid enough to shrink humans to the subatomic level to fight against Sophon.

At this moment, the strong electromagnetic field that blocks the sophon has been reduced to a few hundred kilometers. Next, it will gradually shrink to a few thousand meters, a few hundred meters, or even the size of a laboratory or a basketball.

In order to prevent Zhizi from collecting electrons and breaking out, the AI ​​killer has been released in advance by Ultra.

Through the AI's first-person perspective, V first saw bacteria with long flagella swimming freely, and then found that tardigrades, like mysterious giant beasts, were lazily passing by.

Smaller viruses take on all sorts of bizarre shapes. Most viruses have spikes protruding from their surfaces, making them look like strange devil fruits.

But these things only appeared for a while. As AI continued to delve deeper into the microscopic world, its perspective became wider and wider, and a cell could present a vast space like the Milky Way.

V, David Martinez, Jack Wells and others stared blankly at the scene in front of them. The AI ​​that arrived at the molecular world quickly saw a huge spherical structure like a planet.

Those are the extranuclear electrons and the atomic nucleus that make up the atom.

"I never thought that the nucleus could be so large. It contains protons and neutrons, and then quarks and gluons."

David Martinez sighed in surprise.

V remained silent, staring at the holographic screen in front of him without moving. He had seen Europa and other AIs landing on an atomic nucleus.

The probability clouds around me were like a psychedelic paste, constantly changing colors and lines.

Disorder and randomness make these things particularly fascinating.

This may be what string theory and membrane theory say, that the basic structure of matter is lines and surfaces in a constantly vibrating state, and the frequency of vibration determines different subatomic forms.

There are no exquisite and orderly buildings here, nor any beautiful kingdom in fairy tales, but only bizarre colors and lines.

But it is these ever-changing and intertwining colors and lines that form a colorful microscopic world.

"It's so beautiful, it's like a place that only appears in a child's dream."

Song Zhaomei's sigh was agreed by all scientific researchers. The dreams of adults are always too realistic and real, with some specific images.

Only children's dreams have colorful colors and imaginative objects.

"Sure enough, the shape of each electron is different!"

As a scientific researcher in a giant enterprise, Qiansihu's understanding of these colors and lines is not limited to their appearance, but what their properties mean.

Through the AI ​​killer's microscopic perspective, they saw that the morphology of each electron was different, which is very different from the scientific community's view that the mass, charge and structure of electrons are fixed.

"Humans still have a long way to go before they can truly understand the microscopic world." Qiansi Fox sighed.

If we continue to observe in more detail, perhaps even matter like quarks will have different characteristics.

At this moment, the AI ​​killers who were carrying out the hunting mission were completely unaware of what the scene before them meant to the humans outside.

After checking their weapons and equipment, the AI ​​killers took action.

After shrinking to this microscopic level, these AIs are no longer able to perceive what the macroscopic world outside is like.

Without the help of the matrix's information receiving and sending system, V, Ott Cunningham and others would have no way of seeing what the situation was inside.

After all, if any sensor is miniaturized to the subatomic level, all electromagnetic waves will be longer than the sensor itself, so it will naturally no longer be able to be used normally.

It is precisely because of this that, for a long period of time in the past, human civilization had no way to deal with intelligent machines. The competition between the two sides in different dimensions made it impossible for humans to find any suitable focus.

"The good news is that Sophon is now trapped in this strong electromagnetic field, and has shrunk to the size of a proton, making it unable to continue detecting the various realms of the Moon of War."

"The bad news is..."

Ott Cunningham hesitated, then said: "This battle in the microscopic world is likely to last for several months, or even several years!"

At the moment when Ultra was speaking, the image of Sophon had already appeared on the holographic screen. At this moment, Sophon was standing still, not moving, which was a very abnormal phenomenon.

Under normal circumstances, the sophon needs to move at a speed close to the speed of light at all times in order to maintain its own multi-threaded operation. Stopping means a strike.

"No, Sophon didn't stop. It's stripping electrons from atoms. It has found the right electrons!"

As soon as Dr. Halsey finished speaking, AI Europa jumped out first, flying from one atomic nucleus to another, shuttling between the probability clouds formed by electrons.

Everything around is changing rapidly, like a bizarre dream.

The world's giant corporations have fought too many exciting space naval battles in the macroscopic world, but this is the first time they have encountered a microscopic battle that is so detailed and precise at the quantum level.

The so-called quantum refers to the smallest unit that exhibits the characteristics of matter and physical quantities. The theory used to describe the microscopic physical world is quantum mechanics.

Based on this point, AI killers such as the Red Queen and Europa have already entered the first level of the quantum field, the microscopic world with a subatomic scale.

There are all kinds of uncertainties here, and it is impossible to predict what will happen next.

Soon, Europa and other AI killers finally arrived at the atom where the sophon was located. After passing through the foggy probability cloud, they landed on the nucleus like astronauts landing on the moon.

Here, humans finally got a glimpse of Sophon's true face. This demon that has locked down human civilization for more than two hundred years has finally revealed its true colors!
(End of this chapter)