touchnovel Chapter 169: Awe Of The Three-Body Problem
Chapter 169: Awe Of The Three-Body Problem
The stellar explosion destroyed everything in the Trisolaran Galaxy. Most of the escaping spaceships and space cities in the galaxy were destroyed, and only a handful of spaceships managed to escape.
At that time, these spacecraft were behind two other suns, and these two unstruck stars acted as shelters during the explosion.
From now on, the remaining two suns will form a stable binary star system.
The stable environment that the Trisolaran civilization has longed for all its life has finally arrived. Unfortunately, there is no life left to enjoy this regular sunrise and sunset.
The exploding stellar material and broken planets formed vast accretion disks around the two suns, like two gray graveyards.
Witnessing this purgatory scene, both the humans on the screen and the audience outside the screen fell into silence.
【Black, so dark!】
[The "060" Three-body civilization has been competing with human civilization for so many years, but I didn't expect that it would be destroyed so easily in the end...]
[This is the cruel picture of the universe! No, this can only be regarded as a cold shot in the dark forest! No one knows how many guns in the universe have been pointed at the earth!]
After recovering from the shock, the hearts of the humans became increasingly heavy.
"How many people escaped?" Cheng Xin asked gently.
"Including the fleet that has already sailed away, it is less than one thousandth."
Tomoko answered softly. She was still concentrating on the tea ceremony and did not raise her head.
Cheng Xin had many things to say to Tomoko, but she was a member of the human race, and the gap between her and Tomoko could no longer be crossed.
Thinking of this, she couldn't say anything. She could only ask the questions that the higher-ups on Earth had instructed her to ask.
"How long do we have?" Cheng Xin asked.
“It’s not certain that the attack will come at any time, but according to the probability, it will take some time, maybe as long as one or two centuries, just like the last test you conducted.
Zhizi glanced at Luo Ji, who was sitting upright and calm.
"But......"
"The situation in Trisolaris is different from that in the solar system."
Sophon explained to Cheng Xin: "First of all, what was broadcast was the coordinates of the Trisolaran Galaxy. If you want to use this to detect the existence of earth civilization, you must consult the data of the first communication between the two parties nearly ten centuries ago.
"While these communications are bound to be discovered, the probability of both review and decision to strike is relatively small.
"Therefore, a dark forest strike against the Earth will definitely happen, but it will take time. Of course, the more important point is that from a distance, the Trisolaran galaxy looks more dangerous than the solar system."
Cheng Xin glanced at Luo Ji in surprise, but the latter remained calm. She asked, "Why?"
Tomoko shook her head firmly: "I can never tell you this."
Seeing this scene, the expressions of many smart viewers immediately changed slightly.
[Sure enough, the Trisolarans have learned to conceal it!]
[But even so, Tomoko did reveal a lot of key information to humans. 】
[This is considered the death of civilization, is it a good thing to say?]
[Come on, Tomoko has obviously hidden some crucial clues. No one knows whether what she said before is a deliberate strategy to mislead mankind!]
Cheng Xin naturally had no way of knowing what the audience was arguing about. She took a deep breath and could only try to get the conversation back on track.
She continued to ask: "The two Dark Forest strikes that have been observed so far use light particles to destroy stars. Is this a common strike method? Will future strikes on the solar system be like this?"
"Dark Forest Strikes all have the same two characteristics: first, random; second, economical."
"Can you explain it to us?"
Tomoko nodded and said: "This is not a regular interstellar war, it is just a matter of eliminating possible threats.
"The so-called random means that the coordinates are released as the only basis for the strike. The target will not be directly detected at close range, but will only be launched to strike.
"Because for super civilizations, close-range detection is more costly than strike."
"The so-called economic means only carrying out the lowest-cost strike, using small and cheap missiles to induce destructive energy in the target galaxy."
"Inducing the energy of stars?" Cheng Xin asked.
"That's what we're seeing so far."
"Is it possible to defend?"
Finally, Cheng Xin asked the question that everyone was most concerned about.
Tomoko smiled and shook her head, as if explaining her naivety to a child..
"The whole universe is in the dark, and we are in the light. We are a little bird tied to the top of a tree in a dark forest, illuminated by a spotlight, and blows can come from any direction.
Cheng Xin understood the hidden meaning of Tomoko's words, but she was still unwilling to give up her last hope.
"Judging from the nature of the two strikes, there should be the possibility of passive defense. Trisolaran also has spacecraft that survived in this system.
"Please believe me, humans will never survive the attack. Run away."
"If we conduct an interstellar escape, not even one thousandth of the people we can escape will be able to escape."
Tomoko smiled and said: "That is better than being wiped out."
"From our values, not necessarily." Cheng Xin thought to herself, but she did not say this out loud.
Just when Cheng Xin was about to continue questioning, Zhizi interrupted her.
"Let's not talk about this anymore, okay? Please don't ask any more questions. All I can tell you is the above. Today, I'm here to invite you friends to drink tea."
Tomoko bowed to the two of them as he spoke, and then handed two bowls of green tea to them respectively.
Cheng Xin still had many questions about the reservation that she had not asked. She was very nervous when she took the tea, but she knew that it would be useless to ask any more questions.
Luo Ji, who had been silent until now, still looked very calm. He calmly took the tea from 3.0 Tomoko and tasted it carefully.
He drank slowly until the clouds outside the window were stained with the golden color of the sunset. He finished his tea. Then Luo Ji slowly put down the bowl and looked at Tomoko and said the first sentence.
"Can't I ask any more questions?"
Facing this former sword holder who had once made the Trisolarans helpless, Tomoko showed a completely different attitude than when facing Cheng Xin.
Cheng Xin also noticed this.
Unlike the gentle kindness shown to him, Tomoko was full of awe towards Luo Ji.
Whenever she faces Luo Ji, this awe will be revealed unabashedly in her eyes.
She always kept a farther distance from Luo Ji than Cheng Xin, and bowed slower and deeper to Luo Ji.
Only then did people realize how much importance Trisolaris attaches to Luo Ji!