The giant corporations that started from Night City

But suddenly, the singer thought that since this civilization has learned how to hide its tracks, the conventional light particle attack may not be absolutely clean and neat.

As a professional cleaner, it will never allow the civilization it cleans to leave any remnants. To completely eradicate the problem, it needs to use more advanced cleaning tools.

The singer first thought of using the two-dimensional foil, but he did not have enough authority and needed to apply to the elders in advance before he could use it.

"I need a piece of two-dimensional foil for cleaning." The singer submitted an application to the elder. Unexpectedly, the elder gave it to the singer readily.

Looking at the two-dimensional foil that was transmitted and suspended in front of him, the singer felt a little uneasy. He tentatively asked, "Why did you give it to me so readily this time?"

In the past, the elders would not be in a good mood to let him use such advanced cleaning tools.

"It's not something valuable." The elder's attitude was still cold, as if he was talking about a trivial matter that was very annoying.

"But using this thing too much is never good."

The singer's pretentiousness made the elder more and more impatient. It was him who wanted Er Xiang Bao, and now he is the one who thinks something is not good. What's wrong with this kid today?

"There are many people in the universe who use this thing."

The elder stared at the singer, looking him up and down.

"Yes, it is used everywhere, but we were very restrained in the past, at least not like now."

Now the elder understood what the singer meant. He asked the other party if he knew something and began to search for some traces in the singer's mind.

This frightened the singer, and he quickly revealed the truth.

In fact, this is not a sin. The mother world has already made public this secret which is not a secret.

The war between the mother world and the marginal civilization is not going smoothly and has even fallen into a crisis stage.

Marginal civilizations control weapons based on mathematical laws and can modify physical constants, which can directly change the structure of the universe. In the three-dimensional universe, the opponent's advantage is simply too great.

In addition, the marginal civilization also controls the super-membrane broadcasting technology, which can send the opponent's location coordinates to the entire universe, which can directly destroy the rear base of the singer civilization.

The mother world and the marginal civilization have fallen into a life-and-death war. There are only two options: either destroy each other or go to destruction.

but……

There is also a path of slow death, a path of necessity.

"Is the mother world ready for full two-dimensionalization? We are giving up this war."

The singer risked his own death to ask the elder, if this was true, then there would be no difference between dying now and later.

It's all the same anyway.

The elder did not answer, which was considered as tacit agreement with the singer's guess.

At this moment, the singer felt an unprecedented sadness. If the mother world was really going to be completely two-dimensional, then it would really become a homeless prodigal son, and would never be able to find the way home again.

It is impossible for three-dimensional creatures to live in a two-dimensional world.

But the singer quickly deleted this thought from his mind. This was not something he should consider. Two-dimensionalization was a long process.

Perhaps after completing its work targets, it will have a chance to go home and take another look. Thinking of this, the singer hummed an unknown ballad again, picked up the two-dimensional foil with his force field tentacles, and threw it towards the Three-Body Galaxy.

……

The reconnaissance system deployed by the global giant company outside the solar system and in the Three-Body System discovered an unidentified flying object.

That thing is rushing toward the outer side of the Oort Cloud at the speed of light.

This unidentified object is very large, and the radiation caused by its collision with dust when flying at the speed of light is also quite strong.

In addition, the object even made a subtle angle turn during its flight, avoiding an interstellar dust belt in front of it, and then returned to its original route.

Judging from the above circumstances, it is almost certain that it is an alien spaceship.

After learning the news, Li Ang personally came to the conference room to discuss with senior executives from various major companies.

They didn't expect that the dark forest attack from other civilizations would come so soon. It seems that the change in the situation has been somewhat beyond expectations.

"How's the situation?"

Li Ang came to the center console and asked the transcendental AI Europa.

"The observed spacecraft has already left, but before leaving it launched some kind of transparent object towards the Trisolaran system."

"Based on the current information, it is not a light particle, because we did not detect the collision radiation of the light particles during flight, nor did we check the corresponding electromagnetic band."

After the words fell, Ott Cunningham on the side added: "This thing is continuously emitting weak gravitational waves, with a constant frequency and intensity, and it does not carry any information."

"This means that it is most likely some kind of weapon used for strikes. According to the details shown in the headquarters database, we have reason to suspect that it is a two-dimensional foil."

Li Ang seemed to be thinking about something. It was too early to determine whether it was the two-dimensional foil used by the Singer civilization. Before it was completely confirmed, the civilization that launched the attack might be another civilization.

Soon, Li Ang ordered the mobilization of the AI ​​detectors and sophons deployed by the giant enterprise in the Trisolaran system.

Since absorbing the entire Three-Body Civilization, the technology of Sophon has naturally become a part of the giant enterprise.

Relying on the No. 1 Sophon that remained in the Three-Body System, the Universal Corporation could clearly observe the details of the impending Dark Forest attack.

As for the other AI drones, they provide assistance by continuously sending data to Zhizi, which then transmits the information through the quantum sensing array to achieve real-time communication and observation.

The monitoring system formed by the No. 1 Sophon and multiple AI drones is the eyeline left by the world's giant companies in the Three-Body Galaxy.

Not long after, the AI ​​Scorpion Tailed Lion drone locked onto an unidentified object that entered the Trisolaran system.

The speed of that thing dropped sharply from the initial speed of light to one thousandth of the speed of light. It seemed that this was its destination.

Several AI drones quickly approached and transmitted all the clear images they saw back to the War Moon Headquarters.

At this moment, everyone saw clearly what that thing was, a white, translucent piece of paper!

If you don’t know the shape, you might think it’s a flyer sent by an alien civilization, traveling across several light years just to promote themselves.

But in fact, this piece of paper does not have any readable information, and at first glance it looks like a transparent mint piece.

"As expected..." Li Ang understood the origin of the thing at a glance.

A two-dimensional foil released by the Singer civilization.

In outer space, the intensity of the gravitational waves emitted by the paper is still weakening. Based on the information sent back by the AI ​​drone, Qiansihu can be sure of one thing:
"The outer layer of the two-dimensional foil is wrapped with an encapsulating force field. Now this force field is constantly evaporating and disappearing. Soon it will be unstoppable!"

Luo Ji, who had just arrived, didn't quite understand the use of the two-dimensional foil. He curiously asked the people around him, but everyone just looked at him silently and then turned their attention to the holographic screen.

It was as if telling Luo Ji, don’t worry, you will see it soon.

In front of the center console, Leon was wondering why the Singer civilization would throw two-dimensional foil at the Three-Body Galaxy. After all, only one light particle would be enough to clear this galaxy.

But they used this weapon in a rather wasteful way.

This shouldn't have happened like this, but it did.

The emergence of the two-dimensional foil has completely determined the fate of the Three-Body Galaxy.

The only thing the global giant can do is to observe carefully and collect as much information as possible.

The encapsulating force field on the outer layer of the paper lasted for half an hour before it was finally evaporated. During this period, everyone opened their eyes wide and witnessed the moment when the two-dimensional foil displayed its power.

Soon, when the sugar-coated poison began to evaporate, the real god of death finally arrived.

The two-dimensional foil finally revealed its true form, but it was nothing. There was only empty space inside, and it looked no different from the surrounding area.

But if you look closely, you will find that those spaces are not three-dimensional, but appear in two dimensions. Everyone can see that the space is flowing, collapsing, and compressing into the thickness of a piece of paper.

The two-dimensionalization of the Three-Body Galaxy has officially begun!
It was as if a flat abyss of death appeared out of thin air, and the space around the two-dimensional foil continued to flow into it. This was the process of the three-dimensional world collapsing and falling into the two-dimensional world, and the three-dimensional space became a picture with zero thickness.

The AI ​​drone close to the two-dimensional foil transmitted the image back to the headquarters before being swallowed by the two-dimensional abyss, but all Leon and others could see was a glowing gap.

After that, the AI ​​drone could no longer send back new images.

In fact, the drone was still filming the scene, but the only thing that could be seen was a thin white glowing line, nothing else.

Fortunately, there were far more than one AI drones left behind by the giant global enterprise. AI Europa quickly switched to the perspectives of other drones and continued to approach the two-dimensional foil that was unfolding in two dimensions to take pictures.

I saw that the location where the AI ​​drone was just now had turned into a strange pattern.

The drone has been completely flattened on a flat surface, revealing its extremely complex internal structure. Chaotic circuit diagrams and electronic components overlap, interweaving into a dazzling pattern.

This is a two-dimensional AI drone. The reason why the picture it sends back is a line is because this is the only thing that a three-dimensional machine can capture in two dimensions.

At this moment, this two-dimensional plane is still expanding, and all matter that comes into contact with this two-dimensional plane is like a pancake pressed at the bottom of a pot.

Wherever the two-dimensional foil goes, it becomes a pattern with no thickness, no volume, only area.

Before long, more and more AI drones were swallowed up by the two-dimensional foil. The two-dimensionalization swallowed up a large amount of matter like quicksand, and the original three-dimensional structure turned into an extremely complex two-dimensional picture.

Such a bizarre Dark Forest attack method gave goosebumps to many executives of giant companies present.

"This is a dimensionality reduction attack..."

Luo Ji whispered, this was the first time he experienced the coldness and terror of the dark forest so closely.

Neither the Trisolaran intelligent beings nor the water droplets could bring him such a strong sense of oppression, but the Two-Dimensional Foil did it.

Not only Luo Ji, but other executives of giant companies present had the same feeling. Such a unique way of killing had never been seen before among the giant companies in the world.

This also allowed the staff of the Science Hub to witness with their own eyes what the falling process of the Three-Body Universe dimension was like.

Li Ang did not order these AI drones to withdraw, because the two-dimensional deployment speed has reached the speed of light, and these drones cannot outrun the speed of light.

Just like that, the two-dimensional foil devoured the few celestial bodies, meteorites, and AI drones in the Three-Body System one by one, and all the images gradually turned into a straight line.

Only the sophons that can move at the speed of light can hold on a little longer and bring more information to the headquarters of the giant company.

Soon, one of the stars in the Trisolaran Galaxy was also affected by the two-dimensional foil and began the process of falling into two dimensions.

The two-dimensional fall process of the entire star is relatively long. In a sea of ​​blood-red fire, the planet is slowly decomposed and melted into planes, forming a dazzling and magnificent picture.

The star took an hour to sink, and only after it was completely two-dimensionalized did people see that the star had turned into a glowing ellipse.

Some employees of large companies who love art will exclaim at this moment that this painting looks exactly like Van Gogh's "Starry Night".

Perhaps Van Gogh once saw the true face of the universe with his misty and tearful eyes on a certain night when he was half asleep and half awake. The once-in-a-lifetime inspiration made him create that painting that metaphorically represents the truth of the universe.

It was not until hundreds of years later that people realized it.

It turns out that they had already witnessed the two-dimensional universe.

With the fall of this star, one third of the Trisolaran Galaxy has been swallowed up by the two-dimensional foil in the two-dimensional plane, and colorful colors and complex patterns are rapidly rushing in all directions.

The wildly spreading two-dimensional foil is like Van Gogh pouring buckets of paint onto the canvas.

Nothing can stop the process of this dimensionality reduction attack, and the unstoppable two-dimensionalization quickly engulfs everything around it.

Finally, the two-dimensional Three-Body Galaxy was presented on the holographic screen.

A great cosmic work that surpasses Van Gogh's "Starry Night" was born. In this super painting, all the details of the Three-Body Galaxy can be seen.

Its precision reaches the atomic level. Every atom in the Three-Body World is projected to the corresponding position on the two-dimensional space plane in a predetermined order and pattern.

It was a beautiful picture, but it was suffocatingly cold.

The Singer civilization used two-dimensional foil to seal a three-dimensional world in a solidified, lifeless painting.

When seeing this painting, everyone's first reaction was that it didn't seem real, but the heavy reality kept reminding them that what they had just seen and heard was the truth.

This is the dimensionality reduction attack that keeps happening in the "Three-Body" universe!
And paintings like this are created every moment by someone using the power of two-dimensional foil, and countless three-dimensional worlds are sealed in a flat pattern.

The three-dimensional creatures that have been reduced to two dimensions will not continue to survive in another world, but will become motionless dead objects in the painting.

This irreversible process is still intensifying in the universe. (End of this chapter)