The giant corporations that started from Night City

As the two were talking, the incandescent lights around them suddenly turned into a dazzling red, and the flashing red indicator lights seemed to indicate that the end of the world was coming.

This is the highest alarm at the experimental base.

Soon, a holographic screen popped up in front of Luo Ji, and a line of large white characters appeared: [The latest position of the water droplets has been locked. There are nine of them. They have been divided into three formations and have passed the orbit of Pluto and are heading towards the Earth! ]

All of these warning information comes from the early warning system established by the Snow Project, which detects the traces left by water droplets in flight through the oil film formed by the detonation of a stellar-level hydrogen bomb.

This is the most reliable method of reconnaissance currently available to humans.

The global giant does not need such low-level and backward technology. It can rely on its own AI drone technology to lock the location of the water droplets, but Paul does not intend to help these humans find the water droplets.

After all, the giant corporations in the universe are doing everything, and the humans here will only continue to fight among themselves and make trouble behind the scenes. He will not let these humans sit idle.

Luo Ji frowned. He knew the water drops would come, but he didn't expect them to come so soon.

Almost as soon as he finished reading the latest warning notice, the Snow Engineering Early Warning System sent another message:
[Six hundred and seven flight tracks of the Trisolaran fleet have been discovered. They have entered the solar system and are approaching the Earth.]

Contrary to what everyone had expected, the Droplet and Trisolaran fleets did not join forces to invade the solar system, but chose to disperse and attack from both sides.

Nine water droplets entered the solar system in the opposite direction of the Three-Body Fleet. This arrangement is forcing humans to make a choice as to which enemy to attack first.

Judging from the current space military power of human civilization, no matter which front is taken care of first, it will lead to the situation of neglecting one thing while focusing on another, and ultimately lead to the fall of the Earth.

However, if the troops are divided temporarily to attack, neither side will have much chance of winning. It seems that letting the Asian fleet stay on Earth for defense is the most appropriate option.

But the problem came again.

On the way forward, the water droplet will inevitably pass by the Jupiter Orbital Base, which has been built by Fleet International for two hundred years and has a large number of defense facilities and countless resources stored.

These are precious things and cannot be given up at will, which requires the Asian fleet to be stationed there.

In short, no matter which option is chosen, sacrifices must be made, either to protect the Earth or to protect the Jupiter base.

Just when Luo Ji was unsure about the next decision, Paul beside him decisively gave the order:
"Notify the Asian Fleet immediately and dispatch all troops to intercept the water droplets!"

The water droplets are the elite force of the Trisolarans, and the Trisolaran fleet behind them is just a cover, currently to cover the water droplets' entry into the earth.

With the simultaneous arrival of the water droplets and the Three-Body Fleet, the situation in human society on Earth has reached an unprecedented level of tension.

After fighting the Three-Body Civilization for more than two hundred years, they cannot see the intelligent particles in the microscopic world, and even water droplets are so small that they need snow engineering to be visible.

Only when the Three-Body Fleet really appeared in outer space and they could see it when they looked up, could they feel the fear buried deep in their hearts.

The news of the Asian Fleet's attack spread quickly, and it was impossible to hide such a large-scale military mobilization from the public.

The public's attitude at this moment was completely different from when the Combined Fleet set sail. The vast majority of people believed that this journey would be a one-way trip.

Under the threat of nine water drops, the seven hundred star-class battleships were clearly like a mantis trying to stop a chariot and an egg trying to stop a rock.

Of course, there are also many people among the people who have faith in Paul. After all, he once destroyed a drop of water. Since the water drop is not invincible, it means that mankind is not completely hopeless.

Countless people watched the Asian fleet set sail with anxiety and doubt. This battle took place near the orbit of Jupiter, and humanity and the Three-Body Civilization were about to have a decisive battle!

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Here, at the other end of the direction in which the water drop was moving, the Three-Body Fleet was like a group of neatly arranged stars, solemnly sweeping towards the Earth. Their formation was quite neat, just like an iron army.

This Trisolar fleet actually had more than 1,200 warships, but because the formation was too far apart, the snow engineering team only discovered one-third of them.

However, this error was quickly corrected because the antimatter thrusters of the Three-Body Fleet had formed more than a thousand small suns in space, leaving long light-speed trails behind them.

They don't need the oil film material of the snow engineering project; the size of the Trisolaran fleet can be seen just by looking at the traces behind them.

The warships of the Three-Body Civilization still maintain a simple, clean and neat style. Their surface is silver-white, and the entire warship looks like it is cast with mercury.

But the difference is that the hull of the Tribody battleship is not made of strong interaction force materials.

The seemingly smooth surface of the ship is actually not as beautiful as a water drop. It can only be said to be a larger water drop.

The detectors of the Universal Corporation have long determined the true combat capability of these warships. They don't even have many proper naval guns, and the internal space is basically used to transport the Trisolarans.

Therefore, these warships cannot be called warships at all, they should be called transport ships.

Among these spaceships, the colonists who carried the hopes of the Three-Body Civilization finally woke up after a long period of dehydration and hibernation.

The dehydrated Trisolarans looked like a shriveled human skin, but the difference was that this human skin was pure silver, some resembled tinfoil, and when stacked up layer by layer it looked like a large piece of cold metal.

They gradually recover from their shriveled and dehydrated state by slowly replenishing water.

After replenishing water, the shriveled limbs became strong and tough, and the smooth face without facial features looked like a smooth convex mirror.

The Trisolarans do not communicate through language or listening. All they need is a simple eye contact. They can see each other's reflections in each other's mirrors, and the overlap of their lines of sight can enable efficient communication.

Therefore, for the Trisolarans, the two actions of "thinking" and "saying" are inherently consistent. When this idea comes into mind, anyone can easily see it.

This is the transparent thinking of the Trisolarans. When they communicate face to face, all communication behaviors are 100% real and there is no possibility of deception.

There is absolutely no possibility of lying.

It's not just face-to-face communication. The Trisolarans can also communicate from a considerable distance, and they also have internal communication channels similar to collective consciousness.

For example, when commanding the Trisolaran fleet, these Trisolarans do not need to rely on any communication equipment, they only need to communicate through the shared brain wave transmission network.

For them, controlling thousands of warships is just a matter of "a thought".

"After so many disasters and setbacks, we have finally arrived at our long-awaited new home. There is hope for our civilization."

The smooth mirror-like face of the commander of the Three-Body Fleet reflected the planets in the solar system. Among them, the bluest and most vibrant planet was the paradise where their civilization would be revived.

In order to get here, the Trisolar Fleet had gone through a long voyage of more than two hundred years. If they had not experienced a technological explosion, it would probably have taken another two hundred years to get here. During the first two centuries of sailing, almost everyone on the warship spent their time in dehydration and hibernation.

Only a few monitors and commanders were left to direct the affairs of the warship and wake everyone up in case of emergencies.

To date, several monitors have spent long and lonely lives on board spacecraft, forced to dehydrate after becoming incapable of working.

The dehydrated dry fibrous bodies were immediately thrown into the fuel depot and burned. This fleet, tasked with the revival of the Three-Body Civilization, would not keep idle people.

But now, some changes have taken place within the Trisolaran fleet. More and more Trisolarans are paying more attention to their own thinking, and the collective consciousness is gradually splitting.

This is the change brought about by the Renaissance thought of mankind.

Fixed group thinking kidnaps and coerces everyone to make sacrifices for the collective and ignores individual development.

This is also the reason why the Three-Body Civilization's technological development is slow.

But after some ideological restrictions were liberated, some gradually enlightened Trisolarans led technology into a period of explosive growth. They were called "Newton", "Da Vinci" and "Galileo".

In order to highlight their own individuality, the Trisolarans, who never needed names but only numerical codes, also began to learn to name themselves like humans.

But at this moment, the Three-Body Fleet was still in the early stages of ideological liberation, and the vast majority of people still continued with their original thinking habits.

At this time, the Trisolaran who was in charge of monitoring reported through brain waves: "The human fleet has all set out to intercept the water droplets. The earth is in a defenseless state."

The fleet commander did not rush to order the advance, but continued to ask: "According to the last message sent back by Sophon, there is a planet called War Moon in the solar system, right?"

"Yes, it was precisely because we were caught off guard that Sophon fell into the strong electromagnetic field trap designed by humans. There has been no news so far."

The monitor responded.

"This may not be a bad thing. Humans cannot destroy Sophon." The fleet commander thought thoughtfully.

"I don't understand what this means, Commander."

"Humans are a species with extremely chaotic minds and unstable emotions. They can easily be driven out of control by various factors."

"Deception is their only advantage. The information sent back by Sophon will also interfere with our decision-making to a certain extent."

Within the Three-Body Fleet, the word "deception" is definitely a very high-sounding word. Even the usually smart fleet commander took a long time to reluctantly accept the meaning of this word.

The reason why the Three-Body Civilization was deceived time and time again before was because they were unable to discern what humans’ intentions were.

Therefore, both the water drop and the sophon fell into the trap designed by humans and ended up being destroyed.

It is precisely because of this that the Trisolarans are afraid of the ETO organization, because they simply cannot tell whether this is a counter-espionage plot by humans or whether there really is such a group of loyal lackeys.

Humans' chaotic thoughts and emotions can cause them to act against their conscience at any time, and the Trisolarans are completely unable to avoid it in advance.

For the Three-Body Civilization, transparent thinking gives them an extremely stable social structure, and all resources can be utilized to the maximum extent.

But at the same time, the price the Trisolarans have to pay is also quite obvious.

Transparent thinking means that there is no privacy at all. Individuality is not respected in the Three-Body World, and everyone's thinking tends to be consistent.

Scientific and technological knowledge relies on the continuous accumulation of generations. It is almost impossible for the Trisolarans, who lack new variables, to usher in a technological explosion like humans.

"But we are not completely unsuccessful. Although we are always deceived by humans, we are constantly learning their systems and understanding different information."

"We just lack a certain part of the organs that prevent us from truly understanding what deception is, but it won't be too difficult to fill this gap."

The commander of the Three-Body Fleet is not an old-fashioned person who refuses to change. He is willing to accept progress and change. If there had not been a technological explosion within the fleet, it would have taken them at least two hundred years to reach the solar system.

Change and evolution are the only way out for the Three-Body Civilization.

If the Trisolarans could obtain a human brain, study it, and make a series of modifications to themselves, they might also be able to think like humans and give rise to abstract thinking that does not exist in the Trisolarans.

variable.

The Trisolarans’ thinking lacks variables too much, and the flashes of inspiration of humans are something that the Trisolarans can never understand or reach.

If the Trisolaran civilization could maintain its existing stable social system and add human's unique thinking ability, the technological development of the Trisolarans would certainly be much better than it is now.

Even achieve a leapfrog development speed!

"The significance of Sophon is not only to block the technological development of mankind, but more importantly, to use the information gap to continuously widen the development gap between the two civilizations."

The fleet commander said calmly.

War does not only bring destruction and devastation, but will also, to a certain extent, accelerate information exchange and communication, as well as technological development between two civilizations.

The Persian Wars more than 2,000 years ago opened up channels of communication between Eurasian civilizations, led to the improvement of heavy infantry equipment and phalanx tactics, and naval technology and port development reached unprecedented heights.

These changes are essentially phenomena caused by information exchange.

But with the help of the Sophon, the Trisolarans can become the party with absolute advantage in information exchange in this battle.

If it were not for the existence of the ETO organization, humans would never be able to understand what the social world of the Trisolarans is like and how their technological development is.

"Our only mistake was to allow the ETO to be established. They left our information to humans. We should have kept silent from the beginning and crushed humans like insects."

The fleet commander stood still, looking at the earth getting closer and closer.

"Perhaps you are right, Commander." The monitor responded humbly. It didn't care much about these changes and just did its job numbly.

The disappearance of Sophon made the fleet commander feel a little melancholy. Without Sophon's eyes, they could no longer understand the situation within the human race.

The Three-Body Fleet and the Water Droplets are certainly powerful, but who knows what kind of killer moves the giant corporation behind humanity has hidden? (End of this chapter)