The giant corporations that started from Night City

Chapter 514: Humanity mobilized! The starting point of time, the messenger of God!
This is the benefit of a civilization being able to reach the speed of light.

In the "Three-Body" universe where space jumps are almost impossible, light is the fastest information transmission medium that can be observed by various three-dimensional civilizations.

Once it reaches the speed of light, the Three-Body Fleet will be able to unexpectedly approach the city while being observed by humans!

"Has the Trisolaran fleet entered the solar system?"

Paul asked, if the enemy troops have entered the solar system, then they will not have much time to fight the enemy, so it would be best to send troops to stop the enemy now.

Jonathan shook his head and responded, "Not yet. If the Trisolaran fleet maintains the speed of light throughout the entire journey, it will pass through the solar system and pass by us."

"In order to dock smoothly into the solar system, the Trisolaran fleet needs to slow down sufficiently before entering the solar system. Only after the speed is reduced to 15% of the speed of light can it enter the inner solar system."

This is undoubtedly good news. After all, the deceleration of the Three-Body Fleet also gives humans a certain amount of time to react, so they don't have to be so hasty.

"In addition, the Trisolaran fleet has already reunited with the nine water droplets. I think they will join forces and launch a final general attack on us."

Chairman Galnin said in a deep voice, everyone can see that the Trisolaran civilization, which has suffered successive setbacks, has been forced into a desperate situation by the giant corporations of the universe, and the next battle is related to the life and death of the Trisolarans.

At this moment, the Trisolarans are like the Japanese army during World War II. With the idea of ​​dying together, they launch a frenzied attack on humans. If they win, they will survive, and if they lose, they will die.

“You did a great job and didn’t let me down.”

Paul shook hands with Galnin, Jonathan and others. During his absence, the humans here did not panic in the face of such a sudden change, and society remained stable.

This is already the best result.

Although the Universal Corporation has sufficient strength in space naval warfare, Paul cannot guarantee the level of the Trisolaran Fleet after the technological explosion.

The water droplets are indeed unable to break the energy shield of the giant enterprise battleship, but they can take a detour to attack the star-class battleships of Fleet International.

Given the agility of water drops, it is not easy for global giants to intercept them.

Therefore, no one can guarantee 100% whether the outcome of the next battle will be good or bad.

"Let's focus on dealing with the nine water drops for now. As for the Trisolaran fleet behind us, don't worry. I have plenty of ways to deal with them."

Paul knew very well that the core force of the Three-Body Fleet was actually the water droplets. Those huge Three-Body Fleets did not have much sufficient combat experience. As long as they could deal with the water droplets, the outcome of this battle would be decided.

Hines nodded and said, "Yes, the Trisolarans need a victory to stabilize the internal situation. I think the successive setbacks suffered by Sophon and Waterdrop will bring some turmoil to them."

"If we don't win another battle to stabilize the morale of the army, I'm afraid the Trisolarans will collapse first. The idea of ​​escapism is not unique to humans. They will also produce such a group."

Today, the most threatening weapon of the Trisolarans is still the water droplets. Although the Universal Corporation once seized the opportunity to destroy a water droplet, a large part of the reason was that the Trisolarans underestimated the enemy.

If there is no mistake, the water droplets will not be destroyed so easily.

However, the Trisolarans had been fooled once, and they would never make the same mistake again like humans did.

The Trisolarans have much longer memories than humans.

"Is there any way we can resist the attack of water droplets now?" Chairman Galnin asked a little anxiously.

In front of water droplets, any material in the human world is as fragile as butter. The arrival of water droplets is like a hot knife cutting butter. No city or large facility can stop the charge of water droplets.

If the Trisolarans wished, they could command the water droplets to penetrate the entire Earth, from the Russian region in the northern hemisphere all the way to the Chilean region in South America.

No human city can stop Sophon's progress. This time, the Trisolarans only need to target the accelerators and destroy large buildings, which will be enough to turn the human world into a chaotic and disordered hell.

A drop of water does not have the power to directly destroy a planet, but it can certainly kill most of the human beings on Earth.

The giant companies in the world do have many means of defending against water droplets, but they do not have enough time to make adequate preparations in a short period of time. What's more, water droplets come and go like the wind and will always find other angles to attack.

Simply defending is of no avail.

"We can't waste time on Earth to do any defense. We must take the initiative to attack. If the water droplets really reach the Earth, we will lose."

Paul's tone was serious and his expression left no room for doubt.

However, the expressions of Jonathan, Galnin and others froze. Paul's words reminded everyone of the scene when Fleet International took the initiative to attack.

To think that it was because Fleet International took the initiative to attack that they were wiped out by the water droplets. Are they going to repeat the same mistake now?

Those 1,300 shattered star-class battleships are an eternal pain in the heart of human civilization. People who have experienced the doomsday battle will no longer think about how to intercept the water droplets.

So they all took it for granted that they should put their hopes on defense instead of continuing to make mistakes and actively crash into the muzzle of the water drop.

"We can't stop the water dripping."

The person who spoke was Lin Yun, who had just been promoted from Commander of the Asian Fleet to Chairman of the Fleet International.

"Not to mention how strong the strong interaction material is, the propulsion system of water droplets is far superior to any human flying device."

"If we take the initiative to attack, we will only be played around by Tomoko, and our fate will be the same as that of the North American and European fleets two years ago!"

Lin Yun expressed strong opposition.

"Everyone, please be patient. We have prepared everything." Paul raised his hand to suppress everyone's doubts, but this did not make them understand what the specific preparations were.

The global giant company never revealed to them any plans to deal with the water drops. Even when Paul planned to ambush the first water drop, no one else knew about it.

It wasn't until the battle was over that I realized what was going on.

"Next, I will order all the star-class battleships of the Asian Fleet to set out. Our target is Jupiter orbit. We are going to intercept the water droplets here!"

After hearing what Paul said, everyone finally realized that he was serious and he really wanted to use the Asian fleet to intercept the water droplets.

But isn't doing so just walking into a trap? More than a thousand star-class battleships can't do anything to a single drop of water, let alone facing nine drops of water at the same time.

"Is it your plan to let the Asian fleet of less than a thousand star-class battleships intercept the nine water drops?"

Chairman Galnin looked at Paul in disbelief, feeling his head buzzing.

If Paul had not proven his vision many times, he would really suspect that the other party's brain was frozen after hibernation, and he would actually come up with such an outrageous plan.

But Paul's expression was extremely firm. He nodded and said, "Only humans can save themselves. It was like this before, and it is still like this now."

Chairman Galnin suddenly became excited: "We can work day and night to build tens of thousands of high-energy particle accelerators and try our best to break through the blockade of the sophon." "But we can't watch human warriors die in front of the water droplets again!"

The congressmen present thought that Paul would tell them, as he did last time, that they don't have to worry about the water droplets and just leave the most dangerous places to the global giants.

It is precisely because of this that people on Earth have not worried about the nine water droplets floating in outer space, but have instead focused on building more than 10,000 high-energy particle accelerators.

One tenth of the progress was completed in just two years.

But now Paul wants humans to face those nine nightmare-like water drops alone. How can they accept this?

"The blockade of the sophon has ended. The subsequent accelerator project can be delayed or even stopped." Paul said calmly.

"What did you say--!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the congressmen present were suddenly startled.

The technological blockade of human civilization by Sophon has lasted for two hundred years, so many people believe that conducting high-energy accelerated impact experiments is completely useless.

That's why there is the current Wallfacer Project of building 10,000 high-energy particle accelerators. Humans also take it for granted that as long as the high-energy accelerators are built, the Sophon will have no time to worry about the blockade.

Human basic physics can also be broken through from now on.

During the two years that Paul was in hibernation, scientists conducted high-energy acceleration experimental collisions every day, but they did not make a careful analysis of the data records.

After all, with Sophon around, it would be impossible for them to draw correct information from the data.

Seeing that Paul said with certainty that Tomoko had disappeared and described the operation to capture and kill Tomoko, Hines immediately sent someone to verify the situation.

Paul saw everyone's expectant and nervous expressions, and this result was completely within his expectations.

For the humans in the "Three-Body" universe, Sophon is the shadow that is tightly wrapped around their hearts and is a ghost that cannot be killed.

After a long period of living together, humans have gradually adapted to the existence of intelligent beings from their initial panic. Even the most sensitive nerves will become numb with the erosion of time.

They knew of the existence of the sophon, but were unable to sense it, and gradually they stopped taking it seriously.

It was not until Paul reminded them that they suddenly realized that the ghost that had haunted human scientists for two hundred years had disappeared!

Soon, after high-energy accelerated particle impact experiments in various parts of the earth and verification through data analysis some time ago, scientists really discovered that the blockade of the sophon had ended.

The results they get are no longer the chaotic, irregular, and erroneous data of the past.

"Oh my god... this is actually true!"

No one dared to imagine how the hunting operation in the microscopic world led by the global giant corporation actually happened.

Before this, they believed that only if the Three-Body Civilization took the initiative to let the Sophon lift the blockade could humanity escape the fate of being strangled.

The only way to build tens of thousands of high-energy particle accelerators is to use the most stupid method to force a breakthrough. The sophons are still there and will still interfere with their experiments.

But now everything has changed.

All the sophons in the solar system have been dealt with by the giant cosmic corporation. They can no longer provide the Three-Body Civilization with a steady stream of information as before.

The history of human technology being blocked by sophons has come to an end.

After learning that this was indeed true, the congressmen present were a little confused. They looked at each other, not knowing what to say.

They have been under Tomoko's surveillance since they were born, and have been accustomed to her surveillance since childhood. Everyone has long been accustomed to it. Now that they learn that Tomoko has suddenly disappeared, they are a little uncomfortable.

These people couldn't figure out what Sophon's disappearance meant to humanity for a while.

"Are you sure Sophon has been eliminated?" Chairman Galnin stared at Paul. He still couldn't believe that Universal Corporation could carry out such an outrageous plan.

The Wallfacer has unlimited power to lie, and he can deceive anyone at will without being held accountable.

"Yes, Sophon has been destroyed. From now on, the contents of our conversation will no longer be known to the Trisolarans."

Paul's tone was firm, and there was no intention of joking at all.

After the words were spoken, someone finally burst into tears of joy.

The white-haired scientists burst into tears. Lifting the technological blockade of Sophon has been the lifelong wish of human scientists of all generations. They could not imagine how a giant global company killed Sophon in the microscopic world.

But no matter what the process is, as long as the result is good, it is enough.

At this time, Luo Ji, who had been silent for a long time, found Paul and whispered, "Actually, you are not a branch of humans who escaped from Earth, right?"

Paul and Luo Ji's eyes met. He could see that there was no hostility or vigilance in the other's eyes, only calmness as calm as water.

"I am a wall-facer chosen by humans. You were one too. You know very well what a wall-facer will do."

Paul smiled. He did not directly answer Luo Ji's question, but left a meaningful explanation.

Misleading and deceiving are the most powerful weapons of the Wallfacer. Sometimes, he not only has to deceive his enemies, but also his own people, and even himself.

Keep your true intentions and thoughts buried deep in your heart forever, so that even your dreams won't reveal any truth.

"How on earth did you do it? I mean, how on earth did you come into this world?"

There was a light flashing in Luo Ji's eyes. The Big Bang assumed the starting point of time, which left room for gods.

Could it be that the world's giant companies are messengers sent by God?

All this is beautiful like a dream, but Luo Ji doesn't like good dreams, because beautiful dreams always magnify the cruel reality infinitely, and the destruction of beautiful things is nothing short of a nightmare.

Paul still didn't answer Luo Ji directly: "These things are long, I will tell you slowly if I have time. Now you should focus on the things in front of you."

After this period of contact, Paul could also see that Luo Ji was a very smart anthropologist. He had deeper insights than anyone else could imagine.

If he had time, Paul would naturally be willing to have a long talk with Luo Ji, but trouble was at hand, so he had to concentrate on the Three-Body Civilization for the time being.

(End of this chapter)