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For example, there are electromagnetic absorbing materials. Humans also have such materials, but they have limitations. They cannot absorb all electromagnetic waves. However, this does not mean that there are no materials that can absorb all electromagnetic waves.

Alternatively, it's not necessary to absorb all electromagnetic waves; absorbing all human radar waves would suffice.

Chapter 112 The Fleet from Zenith

Because of the sophons, humanity's materials science is unlikely to make any further progress. If the Trisolarans had such materials and equipped their spaceships with them, the human fleet would be blind.

It's impossible to observe and lock onto a distant target with the naked eye when it's hundreds of thousands of kilometers away, right?

In terms of electromagnetic railgun crossfire alone, the human warships would definitely be at a disadvantage.

Lin Feng continued to question, "Would a fleet that uses antimatter on a large scale be so weak? Even if they use electromagnetic cannons and lasers as their attack methods, their power would still crush the human fleet. You should know that the gamma rays produced by the annihilation of matter and antimatter have extremely strong penetrating power. If a warship is swept by high-power gamma rays, it may still be able to fight, but the people inside the warship will definitely die."

"Then there's the electromagnetic railgun. Antimatter has such high energy. If there's some technology that can efficiently convert thermal energy into electrical energy, the initial velocity of the projectiles fired by the Trisolaran fleet's electromagnetic railguns will only be higher. If antimatter propulsion can be added to the projectiles themselves, reaching 70% of the speed of light would not be a problem."

"If these shells were deployed on the battlefield, only a few thousand shells would be used, and the entire human fleet would be wiped out in less than a day."

The two methods Lin Feng mentioned are simple applications of antimatter. Even with such applications, the annihilation of matter and antimatter will release gamma rays with very high energy levels. The two types of matter that are annihilated are completely converted from mass into light energy.

The cannonball that Lin Feng mentioned, which reaches 70% of the speed of light, also utilizes antimatter.

Antimatter can accelerate the Trisolaran fleet's ships to one-tenth the speed of light. By applying the same antimatter propulsion technology to physical projectiles, accelerating projectiles that are many times smaller than the mass of the spaceships to seventy percent of the speed of light is not a problem, and even higher speeds can be achieved.

Faced with a cannonball reaching 70 percent of the speed of light, human warships would have no chance of fighting back. Even if radar waves could detect the cannonballs, by the time humans received the incoming cannonballs, it would be too late to dodge.

The examples Lin Feng gave are just rudimentary applications of antimatter. To say that the Trisolaran fleet doesn't have anything more powerful is simply unacceptable; the droplet is just the tip of the iceberg.

The Space Force leadership readily accepted Lin Feng's claims, as they were extensions of antimatter applications, and it was common knowledge that the Trisolaran Fleet possessed antimatter.

If Lin Feng were to say that the Trisolaran fleet possesses strongly interacting materials that can firmly bind the molecules of matter, with a density possibly approaching that of a neutron degenerate state, the Space Force leadership would only demand that Lin Feng provide proof to demonstrate the reliability of the information.

Lin Feng told these things to the senior officers of the Space Force in order to make them feel a sense of crisis.

The high-ranking officers of the Space Force in the virtual meeting did indeed feel a sense of crisis because of what Lin Feng said. Gamma rays and wave-absorbing materials aside, the projectiles that used antimatter to accelerate to near the speed of light were of great concern to them.

Faced with such bombardment, coupled with the powerful tool of the Sophon that reveals all maps, the human fleet might be reduced to space debris in a single encounter.

No material in human civilization can withstand such bombardment.

Humans cannot take any defensive measures against such artillery fire; their fate hangs in the balance within the cone of light. Humans need radar to obtain information about the battlefield situation.

If we had sophons, this weapon, though terrifying, wouldn't be a big problem. The problem is that humanity doesn't have sophons.

A high-ranking officer from the Space Force came forward to refute Lin Feng.

"This is not realistic. The Trisolaran fleet does not have such a high level of antimatter reserves. If they did, they could use it to travel at one-tenth the speed of light, including acceleration and deceleration, and reach the solar system in just over a century."

Before Lin Feng could answer, someone from the Space Force's high command spoke up.

"No, I think that with such a high level of antimatter reserves, and the existence of human civilization in the solar system, the Trisolaran fleet must leave enough antimatter reserves for their operations. Otherwise, what's the difference between them coming to the solar system and sending them to their deaths? Would you send troops without ammunition supplies to the battlefield?"

"I believe that the Trisolaran fleet adopted the method of collecting interstellar antiparticles and then accelerating them to one-tenth the speed of light precisely because it needed to have enough antimatter available for combat."

"Born in hardship, die in comfort," and there are still some in the Space Force who maintain a strong sense of crisis.

Perhaps due to the prevailing environment, or perhaps out of fear of being seen as a loser, whatever the reason for not paying attention to what Lin Feng said, Lin Feng's mood relaxed considerably after seeing the support of high-ranking members of the Space Force, no longer feeling as heavy as before.

Lin Feng added, "What I've mentioned is just antimatter. The Trisolaran fleet must have other technologies as well. If the virtual war exercise can't be set to the highest difficulty, it's a dereliction of duty to all of humanity. The space force is humanity's last line of defense."

"Next, I'd like to explain my arrangements."

"From now on, the fleets of the Three-Body players will be drawn from the Space Force and the players. The selections from the Space Force must be the elite of the elite, and the selections from the players must be ranked in the top ten in the entire game."

"Organize a group of weapon design talents to design antimatter weapons specifically for the fleet of the Trisolarans."

The technologies that Lin Feng just mentioned to the high-ranking officers of the Space Force will naturally appear on the fleet of the Trisolaran side, including materials that absorb electromagnetic waves, projectiles that travel at near the speed of light, powerful gamma rays, and so on. In addition, the Trisolaran map is fully open, and the powerful intelligence capability can even collect every command issued by the human side's captain.

As far as the human fleet was concerned, they were already being beaten like punching bags.

The Space Force leadership could already imagine how badly the human fleet would be attacked.

Among the Space Force's senior leadership, someone asked, "What if doing this incites a sense of defeat within the Space Force?"

"What do you mean, 'what to do'? If they're throwing a tantrum, just kick them out of the Space Force. The Trisolaran Fleet isn't going to play house with us. As for those who are defeatist but still want to stay in the Space Force, we can have them implanted in their minds." Lin Feng answered decisively.

Upon hearing Lin Feng mention using the Mind Imprint, the Space Force's high command fell silent. It was precisely because the Space Force wanted to avoid using the Mind Imprint that it appropriately weakened the Trisolaran fleet's strength during the exercise.

Lin Feng continued, "Next is the second arrangement, concerning the manufacture and storage of antimatter."

"Antimatter particles have been produced by humans using accelerators for half a century, but the quantity is very small, measured in atoms, and both storage and production require a lot of energy, which is consumed every moment."

"Now that we have controlled nuclear fusion technology, we no longer need to worry about energy production. Instead, we can use it on a large scale to produce antimatter."

This was Lin Feng's real intention in summoning the Space Force's top brass to Jupiter for a meeting.

After Domon William reported to him, he fell into deep thought.

The 'arrogance' of the human fleet seems to be an inevitable situation. It is a negative consequence of constantly eliminating 'defeatism'. No one, from top to bottom, has any sense of self-awareness.

When the highest leaders of the Space Force are blinded by the technological achievements before them, the arrogant and complacent atmosphere within the entire Space Force becomes uncontrollable.

Lin Feng pondered how to solve this problem.

But he found that the problem seemed unsolvable. What could he do? Stop the Space Force from eliminating defeatists? That obviously wouldn't work.

It will be more than a century before the droplet reaches the solar system. With such a long time span, will the Space Force really not eliminate the losers as Lin Feng requested?

Or will the defeatists steer the entire Space Force in another direction?

Will PDC just sit idly by and watch defeatism go unchecked?

These are all problems, but the key issue is that Lin Feng doesn't want to be a bystander and watch the water droplets destroy the human fleet.

So Lin Feng decided to go with the flow. It's just a water droplet, right? Let's deal with it!

No matter how hard a strongly interacting material is, it is meaningless in the face of antimatter.

A senior Space Force official pondered, “But this would reduce the energy inflow to the macro-electronic storage.”

Creating antimatter particles requires an enormous amount of energy, and storing these antimatter particles requires even more.

The existence of particles is probabilistic, so there must be a sufficiently strong constraint to limit the probability range of particles in order to store antimatter particles.

Otherwise, it would be a powerful gamma-ray release.

Lin Feng replied dismissively, "We can make more energy-producing things. It's not like we don't have the materials to make them. It's just a matter of energy. If we think it will affect the operation of other industries, we can continue to expand the scale of industry. Anyway, the solar system is still very large and there are still plenty of resources. If all else fails, we can modify the Dyson cloud and use an electric field to pick out antimatter particles from the solar wind."

"In short, whatever the Trisolaran civilization has, if we humans have the ability to create it, we must also have it."

Energy? The last thing humans, who live in the solar system, lack is energy!

At worst, we can expand our industry. With so many industrial fleets, the current industrial capacity of human civilization has long surpassed that of the human civilization in the original story.

……

In another round of virtual warfare, the players and the three fleets of the Space Force suffered an even more horrific devastation than before.

Many people, upon spotting the enemy on radar, were wiped out along with the warships they commanded.

The key point is that they didn't even know how they were wiped out.

These were the lucky ones; most people didn't even have any objects detected on the radar before being blown up along with their ships by a projectile traveling at near the speed of light.

"How... how can we fight ghosts like this?!"

"How the hell did I die? My radar didn't detect any target at all!"

"Directors' Department! Your cheating this time is even more outrageous than last time!"

"The enemy is in the command post!"

The players stormed the command headquarters in a fit of rage. Based on what happened last time, no one in the three fleets had the courage to confront the command headquarters this time.

But players aren't afraid of this; even if they can't join the Space Force, they can still join the Industrial Fleet to build infrastructure.

They care more about the gaming experience, and cheating is absolutely intolerable.

Having received prior instructions from Lin Feng, the directing department showed the players the configuration of the Trisolaran fleet's warships.

The players' eyes nearly popped out of their sockets when they saw it.

"What?! An antimatter electromagnetic railgun?! At 70% of the speed of light?!"

"A gamma-ray axial cannon?!"

"Sophon omnidirectional detection, fully loaded with antimatter, metallic hydrogen radiation shielding layer... This, this is terrifying..."

"I...I...I swear! Are we fighting the Zentradi or the Trisolarans?"

The players never expected that their opponents would be so overpowered.

This is now completely foolproof. Once the game starts, the fleet of the Trisolaran player opens the Sophon simulation, the map is fully revealed, and they directly lock onto all enemy units and launch antimatter electromagnetic projectiles that reach 70% of the speed of light.

Radar cannot provide effective early warning, and even if radar can scan for such shells, there is simply not enough time to dodge.

And that gamma-ray axial cannon fires directly at the speed of light, making it even more powerful than antimatter electromagnetic projectiles, rendering radar completely useless.

Because gamma rays are non-electric and have extremely strong penetrating power, many players are eliminated before they even see a target on their radar, which is due to this type of attack.

Players who are eliminated as soon as an object appears on the radar are those who were scanned; the object being scanned is the antimatter electromagnetic projectile.

The director rolled his eyes. "If it were the Zentradi fleet, you would only get crushed even more. It's already been said that the Trisolarans are aliens. No matter how overpowered aliens are, it's not excessive. If you can't win, that's your problem."

"How can we fight with such outdated equipment? And they have Zhizi monitoring the entire map!" the players complained.

The director replied with a smile, "You can have the Trisolarans shut down the Sophons so that humanity can continue to conduct basic scientific research and close the equipment gap."

"..."

Despite their protests, the players left voluntarily after the directing staff provided an explanation.

Players are driven by their own ambitions; even with such significant buffs and cheat codes, they still want to outmaneuver their opponents.

"Damn it! I refuse to believe I can't win!"

"If we can't hit them from a distance, we'll use a makeshift method: a 'waaaaa' attack!"

"it is good!"

The players have become shrewd. Before entering the game, they discuss their tactics and then devise a deception strategy to confuse the Trisolaran fleet.

They then relayed the tactics to the Space Force.

"The player intends to use boarding tactics."

"They were too impulsive. Sophon's surveillance will expose them."