NCCnovel Chapter 192 We Agreed
Chapter 192 We Agreed
"A decisive blow."
Lin Xuan placed her last piece on the chessboard, completing her entire strategic layout.
At this moment, the white piece fought its way out from under the heavy encirclement of the black pieces, creating a gap in the originally impenetrable encirclement that could be fatal to the tomoko at any moment.
"A brilliant plan, Mr. Lin Xuan. I must admit that you are the Trisolarans' teacher in terms of strategy and planning. Even now, we still cannot defeat you in terms of strategy."
Zhi Zi's expression showed neither joy nor sorrow. Ever since Lin Xuan divided the battlefield into two places, she knew that the enemy's trap had been set. No matter what the Trisolarans chose, they would have a piece of their flesh cut off.
"Although you and humanity have won in the local war, this has also exposed all your trump cards. Just like the Hundred Regiments Offensive, if the overall war situation does not change, then this brilliant move will only prolong the life of human civilization for a few more years."
As Zhizi spoke, she placed another piece, and compared to her previous roundabout tactics, her offensive became increasingly fierce.
After Lin Xuan exposed all her methods, she had nothing left to fear.
"Human ingenuity is insignificant in the face of the absolute power of the Trisolaran civilization."
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Meanwhile, Centaurus.
The three suns moved erratically towards each other, their immense gravity tearing apart everything that tried to stabilize this space.
With these three stars in existence, the Trisolarans have virtually eliminated the possibility of moving their home planet and building their ark spaceship.
Just as the sixth observer, Earth, once assessed them, as long as the Trisolaran civilization did not solve the problem of having three suns, they would never have the chance to become a Type 3 civilization in their lifetime.
Compared to humans, the Trisolarans do not have many options for solving the Trisolaran problem.
The reason why humanity did not choose to wander Earth, aside from the Dark Forest Theory itself, is more due to insufficient time. With the threat of the Trisolaran civilization, humanity simply did not have enough time to build enough planetary engines.
The reason why humanity did not choose to build an ark spaceship to accommodate most of the human population to escape is that the remaining half of the population would definitely not agree to this plan.
In any case, this seems to be a subjective issue.
But the Three-Body Problem is different; he had no choice between the two. He faced objective problems that prevented him from doing so.
The absolute gravitational pull of the three stars tearing each other apart would have been enough to shred planets and warships to pieces in the very early stages of these two projects.
As for the idea that someone once proposed detonating a star to solve the three-body problem... the scientist who proposed this idea has been designated by the Führer as the first to be executed.
Detonating a star?
You really don't want to die fast enough.
By slightly altering the position of one of the stars, all three stars will collide due to their gravitational pull. At that point, an area within a 1-light-year radius of Centaurus will be engulfed by the lava hell of exploding stars, forming a no-life zone.
The only way to solve this problem is through another civilization.
This is the fundamental reason why the Trisolaran civilization insisted on occupying Earth; there is virtually no possibility of reconciliation between the Trisolarans and their civilization.
Once the Trisolarans conquer Earth, they can continuously transfer their people from Centaurus. Even if Earth is not necessarily suitable for the current Trisolarans to live on, it will still serve as a stepping stone.
At least the Trisolarans can build larger warships, and the idea of spaceship colonization can be realized on Earth.
Otherwise, given the situation with Centaurus, building a planet-sized spaceship like the Navigator would be a pipe dream. All their technology is locked at the pinnacle of a Type 2 civilization, with no possibility of breaking through.
"Your Majesty, the handover of the Swordholder has been completed. The successor to the second Swordholder is Thomas Wade."
The intelligence officer reported the situation on Earth to the Trisolaran leader in detail, who remained silent for a long time, lost in deep thought.
"understood."
After a long while, the Trisolaran leader finally brought its attention back to reality; it no longer had the energy to be angry.
Since Lin Xuan appeared, the Trisolarans' war plans on Earth have almost always failed. The advantage they had built up over the centuries is gradually disappearing. Furthermore, because their technology is locked at the level of a Type II civilization, their development is being gradually caught up by humans.
This put a slight sense of pressure on all the high-ranking members of the Trisolaran leadership.
"Your Majesty, it seems we have completely lost the possibility of conquering Earth. Shouldn't we discuss with Vader whether we can gain some benefits from the construction of the ring?" the newly appointed Science Administrator asked.
"After all, judging from the recent moves of the Star Ring Corporation, Wade seems to care a lot about the development of warp drive spacecraft. Maybe he really will agree to our plan to build the Ark?"
The Ark Project was an alternative plan established by the Trisolaran civilization when they first discovered Earth. After successfully conquering Earth, the Trisolarans would build a spaceship in the solar system the size of a planet, large enough to accommodate their entire race.
In this way, even if the coordinates of the two civilizations are accidentally exposed in the future, the Trisolarans can still escape in their spaceships and find a new home.
However, the education official standing nearby voiced his opposition.
“If the Swordholder is Luo Ji, our proposal might still be adopted, but if it is Wade, then our proposal would undoubtedly expose our intentions, which would be detrimental to the construction of the Ark.”
"You have missed your last chance. I said before that I would suggest to Luo Ji that the Trisolaran civilization and human civilization jointly build the Ark. Your hesitation and your arrogance have caused us to lose our last chance to escape!" the Science Administrator said angrily.
"This is not our fault. If we had followed the original plan, we should have already completed the occupation of Earth by the year 61 of the Deterrence Era. The construction of the Ark would have been carried out simultaneously. Before Lin Xuan appeared, none of you here thought we would be defeated so completely, right?" Although the military governor was in the wrong, he still retorted.
If the Trisolarans had chosen to abandon their occupation of Earth and cease their treacherous schemes when Luo Ji was the Swordholder, then Luo Ji might very well have agreed to let the Trisolarans build an ark in the solar system.
After all, the Trisolarans clearly intended to leave and never return, planning to go elsewhere and never bother humanity again.
However, the Trisolarans were greedy; they were too confident in themselves and believed that they still had hope of conquering Earth.
Therefore, they did not take the initiative to discuss this matter with Luo Ji. Now, this has backfired, making the Ark Project completely impossible.
Given Wade's personality, even if he knew that the Ark Project was a move by the Trisolarans to cut off their tails and survive, he would not give them that opportunity.
To him, the only fate of the Trisolarans was to be exterminated!
"enough!"
The Trisolaran leader took a deep breath to calm his agitated emotions.
"We haven't lost yet. If Lin Xuan could turn the tide, so can we."
"But... I don't intend to gamble with the fate of the entire civilization. That's too risky. Even if we do have the opportunity to build an ark in the solar system in the future, that will be a long time from now, and we may not be able to survive until then."
"We need to prepare for both possibilities."
Upon hearing this, all the officials below changed their expressions and looked at the head of state above.
Everyone knew what the leader's other contingency plan was.
"Help me contact Big Tooth and tell him that we have accepted the invitation from the Devouring Civilization. The Trisolaran Civilization will fulfill its promise and become a subordinate civilization of the Carbon-Based Federation together with them."