The giant corporations that started from Night City

In the low-Earth orbit of the Trisolaran planet, a huge circular device is shining with a metallic luster. It is the giant particle accelerator used by the Sophon Project.

Judging from the current state of the space dock factory which has been almost dismantled, this giant particle accelerator has become the only large-scale engineering project of the Trisolarans.

They have invested all their resources into the construction of the Sophon.

The Sophon Project is an extremely resource-intensive project. The Trisolarans have to use up the construction resources of an entire space fleet to create just one Sophon.

In addition, Chieko's circuit etching also requires a lot of energy and time.

If a proton is expanded into two dimensions, its area can reach dozens of times the size of the entire Three-Body Planet, which would require thousands of engineering ships and tens of thousands of hours to complete.

The amount of resources, energy and time consumed is astronomical.

Before Sophon lost connection with the Trisolaran world, the only news the Trisolarans knew was that humans were building 10,000 high-energy particle accelerators in order to break through the Trisolaran technological blockade.

The Trisolarans could not tell whether this plan was true, but they had to build more intelligent machines to prevent humans from breaking through their blockade.

In order to create the sophon, the Trisolarans once again shelved their plan to build a space fleet and gave priority to the production of the sophon.

To this end, they even demolished part of the shipyard.

However, the Sophons simply do not possess any combat capability in the macroscopic realm, which means that after the destruction of the Trisolaran civilization's fleet, they no longer have any reliable military force to guarantee their own safety.

Even if there are enough intelligent particles to monitor human's every move and continue to block human technological development, without extra resources to build space fleets, how can they occupy the solar system?

At this moment, even if the Trisolarans produced more intelligent sondes, it would be of no avail, as the fleet of the Universal Corporation was approaching their doorstep.

At this moment, the Three-Body Civilization had just learned the tragic news of the demise of its fleet and the destruction of its sophons and water droplets. Before they could react, the large force of the Universal Corporation had already arrived.

When the advance troops of the giant enterprise appeared in the low-Earth orbit of the Trisolaran planet, the Trisolaran talents finally faced the reality. Not only had they suffered a crushing defeat, but they had also brought disaster upon themselves!
The Trisolarans on the ground looked at the warships flashing in the sky with their mirrored faces and sent out brainwave signals:

"It's humans. The human fleet is coming!"

For a moment, the Trisolarans were really in despair.

The sophistry blockade, the water droplets attack, the fleet presses forward, but human civilization is like an indestructible cockroach, always able to find hope for new life in desperate situations.

Did they choose the wrong opponent from the beginning?

But Ye Wenjie did not deceive them. Humans are a weak, ignorant and despicable species. But how could they defeat the powerful Three-Body Civilization?

No one could figure out the reason, but the gradually descending array of giant enterprise advance warships had already entered the atmosphere of the Three-Body Planet.

"What on earth is going on? How could humans arrive so quickly? Could it be that they have already broken through Sophon's technological blockade?"

The supreme leader of the Three-Body Civilization looked up at the sky, puzzled. The approaching fleet of the giant universe enterprise gave them a strong sense of oppression, and many people had begun to dehydrate themselves.

Just recently, the Trisolaran leader had just learned about the situation in the solar system. Before he could think clearly about the next decision, the human fleet had already counterattacked to the Trisolaran system.

The opponent's movements were so fast that they didn't even have a chance to breathe.

The current Three-Body Civilization is just like the humans who were building a particle accelerator five years ago. All resources are highly concentrated and redistributed.

The market economy has completely collapsed long ago, and all materials are given priority to the Sophon Project and the fleet program.

In addition, the Trisolarans have already decided to abandon this planet, so there is no need to waste resources to build any planetary defense system.

Since you are poor, you don't have to worry about thieves. If anyone really wants this planet, just take it.

In any case, in the eyes of the Trisolarans, this planet has long become a dangerous building.

At this time, facing the arrival of the fleet of the Universal Corporation, the Three-Body Civilization could only watch all this happen. They had no reliable technological creations except the Sophon.

After a while, the advance troops of the giant enterprise landed on the surface of Trisolaran first. During this period, they did not encounter any resistance or attack.

This is also because the Three-Body Civilization not only has no defense measures in low-Earth orbit, but also has no decent ground force units on the ground.

They have never thought that their homeland would be invaded by other civilizations one day, and due to the differentiated development of history, the Trisolarans have never experienced any internal strife since their birth.

This further leads to their lack of habit of building army units.

After all, it takes too much energy just to deal with natural disasters, so how can there be extra energy to fight internal battles?

Soon, Paul and Luo Ji brought some Trisolaran captives who had surrendered to humans, as well as a group of Astartes warriors to this harsh planet.

Because extreme weather conditions like the three-day sky-high event occur from time to time, there is simply no vegetation that can survive on the Trisolaran planet.

Most of the area is a desolate desert. In addition, it is dark at the current time period and the climate is extremely cold, so the entire earth is covered with a layer of white frost.

In the distance there were some towering buildings of the Trisolaran civilization, which looked like topological space structures without walls and independent rooms, inhabited by a group of Trisolarans who were looking towards them.

On the open-air anti-gravity platform, there is a holographic column that projects the operating data of the Three-Body Galaxy in real time. Hundreds of kilometers away from this platform is the palace of the head of the Three-Body civilization.

In fact, the Trisolarans did not leave many large buildings on the surface.

They mainly built densely packed modular underground hives underground to avoid natural disasters such as three-day sky solstice and extreme cold.

It only appears on the ground during the Heng Era when the climate is more suitable.

At first, Paul and Luo Ji thought that they would encounter fierce resistance from the Trisolarans. After all, this was their hometown, and they would definitely fight back desperately if invaded by outsiders.

But unexpectedly, their landing force did not encounter any effective resistance from beginning to end, only some curious Three-Body children threw some insignificant stones at them.

There is nothing else going on.

"Why do these Trisolarans look so calm? Aren't there any other actions?"

Penny Wells, who came along with them, looked around but couldn't find any Trisolarans who were hostile to them.

In the past, when Astartes warriors like Pani landed on alien planets, they would either encounter aliens with a strong desire to attack, or they would come with the intention of communicating and testing. They had clearly arranged for someone to send a signal to the Trisolaran leader, but no one came to pick them up.

It was not until Pani sent out several sentinel robots to capture a few Trisolarans for questioning that they figured out the situation. It turned out that most of the Trisolarans here were in despair.

Ever since the Trisolaran spacecraft that escaped back not long ago informed the Führer of the failure of the invasion plan, the entire Trisolaran world, which had been tense for a long time, was completely broken.

Countless Trisolarans chose to lie low and wait for the end of the world to come.

When they saw the arrival of the human fleet, these Trisolarans completely gave up and didn't intend to struggle any longer.

The outbreak of this war has dragged down the grassroots people of both civilizations.

Both humans and Trisolarans have sacrificed too much for the development of the macro-narrative of their respective civilizations. Most of them have contributed their blood, sweat, youth, and prime years in factories from birth to death.

The independence of life and the value of labor are not respected. Everyone is sent into the fire as fuel to be tempered. In times of war, everyone is a victim.

If humans fail, then they will become as passive and negative as the Trisolarans are now.

Faced with the human fleet that had already reached their doorstep, these Trisolarans just wanted to end it all as quickly as possible and did not even think about making any futile resistance.

Anyway, no matter how many defense facilities we build, they can only be blocked by one round of orbital bombardment, so why bother?

The Buddhist attitude of the Trisolarans did not make Paul feel at ease. He knew that the reason why the Trisolarans were so Buddhist was because of despair, and a species in despair is likely to do anything extreme.

With full of doubts and a heavy heart, Paul took the Skyhawk shuttle and quickly arrived at the palace where the Three-Body Leader was.

Unlike the somewhat sloppily constructed buildings outside, the palace of the Trisolarian leader is quite grand, but most of the buildings do not have any practical functions.

It exists purely for decoration.

Before entering the interior of the temple, the Three-Body prisoner who was responsible for leading the way had been frightened and began to become dehydrated. The sentinel robots on the side were afraid that the two prisoners would die, so they kept pouring water on them.

Paul didn't understand what was in this temple that could make the two Trisolarans so scared.

"Is this a forbidden area, or are there any scary monsters?" Paul asked curiously using the brainwave translator.

Soon, the Three-Body prisoner who received the brain wave signal responded.

It turns out that the social system of the Three-Body World is highly centralized, and all laws have been simplified into four words: guilty or not guilty.

But whether one is guilty or not is entirely up to the words of the Three-Body Leader. This extreme human rights system gives the Leader supreme authority and status.

Therefore, anyone who tries to enter the palace without the permission of the Three Body Leader will be thrown into the firewood by the guards and burned.

This is the authoritarian society of the Three-Body World. Individual lives are nothing but dispensable numbers. What is most lacking here are the Three-Body people who are treated like numbers and data.

However, the door of the Palace of the Head, which was regarded as a privileged forbidden area by the Trisolarans, was brutally cut open by Paul's order.

As several Astartes warriors began cutting with high-energy hard light weapons, the seemingly indestructible gate was easily broken open, and then collapsed with a loud bang.

What came into everyone's eyes was an empty interior space. There were no expected three-body guards, no secret treasures or monsters.

There is only a very wide white hall here. The interior walls are made of translucent material that resembles ice bricks. The floor and ceiling are clean white, making people feel as if they are in some kind of large laboratory.

Fortunately, not long after, everyone found a Trisolaran at one end of the hall. That Trisolaran looked no different from the ordinary Trisolarans outside.

At least as humans, Paul and Luo Ji could not tell the difference between these Trisolarans. However, when comparing the auras of the two, the Trisolaran in front of them was indeed a little different.

Paul did not sense any discomfort from the other person. The man was like an old monk who had been meditating for many years. He just quietly watched the Astartes warrior getting closer and closer to him.

Although the mirrored faces of the Trisolarans make it difficult for people to see each other's mental state, body language is still relatively common in the Milky Way.

Before the brainwave translator was invented, Paul and others could more or less judge the other person's mental state by their body movements.

For example, the previously captured Trisolarans showed panic movements with trembling bodies, or angry movements with struggling hard.

But the Trisolaran in front of them did not move at all, only its head moved slightly as the crowd moved. It was observing who was the real boss among the group.

"Is this guy the leader of the Trisolarans? Why does he look so weak?"

Penny Wells made this comment without hesitation.

As soon as he said this, a rustling electromagnetic sound was heard from all directions of the hall. Everyone suddenly felt as if they were facing a great enemy, fearing that this was a trap set by the Trisolarans.

Fortunately, the unexpected events that everyone expected did not occur. The Trisolaran looked at Paul and the others, and used the device in the hall to communicate with them:

"I am the head of the Trisolaran civilization. I don't know whether I should welcome you here. As you can see, Trisolaran planet may be destroyed at any time."

"You defeated our fleet, but you didn't get any of the spoils that the winner deserved."

Facing their own leader, the Three Body captives who accompanied them were so scared that they fell to their knees, but the Three Body leader didn't notice them at all and just stared at where Paul was.

If it remembered correctly, that human was the fifth Wallfacer, the savior of mankind from the Universal Corporation, Paul Atreides.

Seeing that the Trisolaran leader had the desire to communicate with human civilization, Paul took the initiative to step forward and said:

“We are not here to take spoils from you, but we come with a vision of peaceful development.”

As soon as he finished speaking, the Three-Body Leader used the device to emit a hoarse sneer, as if to express his inner ridicule and anger.

"Peace? I know humans better than anyone. You won't calmly accept another species living in the solar system with you. If we hadn't come, you wouldn't even be able to handle your internal racial conflicts."

The response of the Trisolaran leader immediately choked Paul, and he didn't know how to refute it for a while. After all, humans on Earth do have contradictory phenomena in this regard.

They couldn't argue back at all. (End of this chapter)