RNP Chapter 24 Earth Civilization: What Should We Do?
Chapter 24 Earth Civilization: What Should We Do?
Another person asked, "How did the Trisolarans develop the technology to avoid the Dark Forest Strike? Weren't the World Academy of Sciences and the Planetary Defense Council always watching? What were they doing?"
Luo Ji calmly said, "What's done is done, and there's no point in assigning blame now. What we should be considering now is how to deal with this crisis."
Yes, it's pointless to hold anyone accountable!
If the situation is really as Luo Ji said, the entire civilization could be destroyed and everyone would die. Even if some people are found to have neglected their duties and are punished, what is the point?
Luo Ji said, "I have compiled the specific information into a document and sent it to everyone. You can take a look at it first."
The room was completely silent, and everyone was carefully reviewing the documents in front of them.
This document not only fully records Luo Ji's conversation with the Three-Body World, but also the report submitted to him by the World Academy of Sciences.
After watching it, a somber and oppressive atmosphere enveloped the venue, as if we had returned to the time of the apocalyptic war.
At this moment, Ken Okafor, Secretary General of the World Academy of Sciences, clapped his hands: "Everyone, please cheer up, our civilization has not been destroyed, things may not be so pessimistic."
The chairman of the Planetary Defense Council said, "There's an analysis in this report from the World Academy of Sciences that I think is very accurate: if the Trisolarans truly possessed the technology to avoid the Dark Forest attack, then they should have already sent droplets and fleets to us. The fact that we haven't observed any indicates that they haven't sent them yet!"
"Given the Trisolarans' covetousness of Earth, they couldn't have chosen not to send troops. So why didn't they?"
"I think there's only one possibility: they don't actually possess the technology to avoid the Dark Forest attack; they're faking it, they're trying to deceive us!"
"Four years ago, they were defeated by Mr. Luo Ji's schemes. After these four years of development, they have learned some of our schemes. The Trisolarans are deceiving us!"
The Chief of Staff of the Solar System Fleet nodded and said, "That makes sense, but there's another possibility: they've already sent something over, but we just haven't been able to detect it."
Tian Fuka, head of the Astronomy Division of the World Academy of Sciences, retorted: "Your Excellency Chief of the General Staff, you may not have a deep understanding of technology, which is why you made this statement. We have already refuted similar statements in our submitted reports."
Thomas von Neumann, who was also in the meeting, froze for a moment.
"With the technology we have now, it's almost impossible for the Trisolarans' droplets and the fleets they previously dispatched to evade our detection. If they really have something that can evade detection, it can only be something newly launched from the Trisolaran world, equipped with their latest technology."
"But the Trisolaran world is 4.22 light-years away from us. Even if the new thing launched by the Trisolarans travels at one-tenth the speed of light the whole way, it will still take 42 years. And the Trisolarans do not have the technology to maintain one-tenth the speed of light the whole way."
"Furthermore, the closer it gets to the speed of light, the greater the disturbance to space, and the harder it is to conceal the traces it leaves in the universe. It's impossible for us not to notice it. Unless this thing travels faster than the speed of light!"
Tian Shen analyzed seriously: "But if the Trisolarans mastered the technology to exceed the speed of light, then they wouldn't need to come to Earth anymore. They would have more options in the universe."
This analysis was agreed upon by the vast majority of people in the room, but it also made them more confused: Why didn't the Trisolarans attack them?
Did the Trisolarans suddenly become pacifists overnight and come to understand that there should be great love between civilizations?
Even the skinny little monkey at the zoo wouldn't believe this if I told them!
Meanwhile, inside the safe house on the Trisolaran planet, the brainwaves of the Trisolaran prime minister and his officials pulsed with pleasure:
These foolish Earthlings ruled out the correct answer from the outset.
Foolish Earthlings, the faster-than-light spaceship is already heading towards your Earth, and it has been traveling for fifteen days. It will arrive in another thirty-three days.
We did make a move, but you just didn't notice!
Inside the meeting room, the human leaders discussed the matter for a while, but they still couldn't figure out what the Trisolarans wanted to do. This unknown made them feel deeply worried.
Seeing that the discussion had not yielded a result, the head of the Solar System Fleet's intelligence department said, "Let's talk about why the Trisolarans lie. I think Mr. Luo Ji's analysis makes a lot of sense. The Trisolarans lie because they obtained Mr. Yun Tianming's brain from the 'Stairway Project'."
"This is a very foolish plan, but now is not the time to discuss just how foolish it is. We need to think about how to deal with this situation!"
One person said, "I think we can awaken Ms. Cheng Xin and ask some people from the same era as Mr. Yun Tianming to communicate with him. Even if he may have joined the Trisolaran world, Earth is still his birthplace."
On the surface, he was very polite, addressing her as "Mr. Yun Tianming," but in his heart he was cursing: "Damn traitor! We sent you to be a spy, but you betrayed humanity and joined the Trisolarans!"
Although playing the emotional card is an old trick, it's fine as long as it works.
The proposal was quickly approved, and hopefully Mr. Yun Tianming still has deep affection for Ms. Cheng Xin.
One person asked, "What do you all think about the Trisolaran Supreme Administrator's statement that if we give up the gravitational wave antenna, he will allow us to live safely on Earth?"
The Chief of Staff of the Solar System Fleet sneered, "What do you think? What can you think! He's telling us to dismantle the gravitational wave antenna and live on Earth as a harmless species. What does he take us for? A kind of poultry that can be kept in captivity and raised?"
"So, will they then euthanize us at sixty and serve us as food on their tables?"
"We are human beings, an intelligent species, not a flock of poultry!"
The Chairman of the Planetary Defense Council said, "The Chief of Staff is absolutely right. We are human beings, not livestock, and we are the original inhabitants of Earth. Why should we need his permission to live here? Mr. Luo Ji's rejection of his request is commendable!"
The others chimed in, asking what the Supreme Ruler of the Trisolaran world thought of them. They argued that humans also had dignity.
There's nothing to discuss. Even if the Earth is destroyed and human civilization perishes, I will never accept it.
One of them took a deep breath and then spoke: "Although based on our current assessment, the Trisolaran world will not launch an attack against us at present, or more accurately, it cannot do anything to us, we must still prepare for the worst!"
This man was Tan Xueqiu, the head of the Deep Space Operations Department of the Solar System Fleet. He continued, "What if—I mean, what if the Trisolaran world uses some method we don't know? What should we do? I don't want the scene of the water droplets entering the solar system and tearing our warships apart to repeat itself!"
"Moreover, if the Trisolarans really launch another attack on us, they will definitely learn from their previous experience and will not give us another chance to turn the tide."
Tan Xueqiu clenched his fist tightly, which made his expression look somewhat ferocious.
"I'd rather civilization be destroyed than see that happen again!"