lcionline Chapter 150 Gravitational Telescope
Chapter 150 Gravitational Telescope
The 2rd year of the Deterrence Era, 2217 AD.
At this point, about two and a half years had passed since humanity successfully established a deterrent.
After learning how to manipulate gravitational waves, humanity immediately prioritized the construction of gravitational wave research facilities.
In just two years, three gravitational wave transmitters have been built, located in Europe, Asia, and North America respectively.
In the coming years, humanity will continue to complete the construction of the remaining 97 gravitational wave transmitters.
Luo Ji scoffed at the resolution, believing that there was no need to build so many gravitational wave transmitters. After all, just one of them would be enough to destroy two civilizations, and building so many would only create unnecessary trouble.
But humans are afraid.
They felt uneasy without building 100 gravitational wave transmitters, considering it as preparation for future wars. The 100 transmitters were distributed in a few places, so that even if something happened, it would take the droplet a certain amount of time to destroy them.
Luo Ji couldn't persuade them otherwise, so he stopped talking.
Humanity has now collectively developed a "fear of insufficient firepower." Regardless of whether building more of these things is actually useful, the more people build, the more at ease everyone feels.
Due to their inherent characteristics, gravitational wave transmitters cannot be miniaturized, so each gravitational wave transmitter is built to be enormous and cannot be moved.
However, Lin Xuan still offered a highly feasible solution.
"Why don't you just build the gravitational wave transmitter on a starship?"
After thinking about it, everyone agreed that this was indeed a highly feasible plan, and so they did it.
First, they removed most of the redundant modules from the starship, then replaced the engine with cold nuclear fusion power, and finally, the main attraction, an entire gravitational wave transmitter, was integrated into the starship.
And this warship was given a new name—the Gravitational!
During this time, Wang Miao was also busy. He carried out a revolutionary upgrade to the rare materials that mankind currently has, and combined them with Ding Yi's controlled nuclear fusion technology to create the first fusion bomb.
The appearance of this thing has raised the power of human weapons to a new level. However, due to its excessive destructiveness and the lack of suitable enemies to test the explosive effects of this weapon, it can only be used for planetary mining.
Actually, if used to deal with the deployed Somozon, it can be destroyed with a single shot, but only if the Somozon is foolish enough to wait there for you to blow it up. Otherwise, it is impossible to destroy the Somozon.
There are better ways to deal with Tomoko.
Previously, Lin Xuan had asked the Trisolarans for the weaknesses of the Sophon and how to deal with them, and the result was almost exactly what everyone had imagined.
All it takes is to reduce the protective force field of the sophon shield to a beam of light. Its specific effect is somewhat like optical tweezers, so Wang Miao gave it a very fitting name—sophon tweezers.
However, the specific theory involves the characteristics of this special force field itself.
To put it simply, the previous sophon shielding field was used to keep sophons at the outside of the field, while the current shielding field is used to trap sophons inside the shielding field.
With this thing, the Trisolarans dared not easily use sophons to explore some of humanity's military strongholds, since that could very likely cause them to lose a sophon.
Although this thing wasn't worth much, the inexplicable loss still upset the Trisolarans, especially since there was such a disgusting person as Lin Xuan.
You never know when he might suddenly pull out a pair of sophon tweezers from his pocket and fire two shots at the person next to him.
At first, they thought Lin Xuan had discovered the existence of Zhi Zi, which was why he casually eliminated it. However, after observing Lin Xuan from a distance with Zhi Zi, they realized that he couldn't see Zhi Zi at all and was just bored.
Meanwhile, Lin Xuan could determine the number of sophons she had destroyed by using the shock value transmitted back by the Trisolarans.
This is one of his few hobbies.
Finally, the Trisolarans could no longer tolerate it, and they decided to carry out a comprehensive upgrade of the Sophons. The second generation of Sophons was modeled after the human form.
After repeated experiments, the scientific governor finally created the first second-generation sophon.
Its image was repeatedly discussed and agreed upon by the Trisolaran world, and it was finally decided that the image of a woman from an East Asian island nation would be used as the design prototype.
There is a great deal of scientific evidence to support this choice.
People tend to be more accepting of Asians than other races, and East Asian women have always been perceived as approachable.
This is also the image the Trisolarans want to present to Earthlings, so that Earthlings will gradually relax their hostility towards the Trisolarans. This is also the first step in cultural invasion.
Initially, the Trisolarans wanted to use Chinese women as a reference for their imagery. However, considering that both Daolin Xuan and Luo Ji were Chinese, this approach might cause them dissatisfaction. Later, by tracing history, they chose the island nation, which shares the same lineage as the Chinese, as their imagery reference.
This humanoid Somoko, while losing the ability to travel at the speed of light like the first-generation Somoko, can now influence the macroscopic world.
The Trisolarans created three such sophons, who will appear openly in human society as representatives of the Trisolarans.
"Your Majesty, the launch of the sophons is complete, and they will arrive on Earth in five years," the Science Administrator reported.
Upon hearing this, the Trisolaran leader was immediately delighted.
"Have Lin Xuan and Luo Ji been informed yet?"
"I've informed them, and Luo Ji, the Swordholder, didn't have much of an objection, but what about Lin Xuan..."
"What did he say?" The Trisolaran leader suddenly had a bad feeling. They were already on edge. The name Lin Xuan had become a synonym for terror in the Trisolaran world.
"He had a condition: he said he would send the Sophon to Earth, but we had to use the Droplet to help him pursue the Navigator and the more than one hundred international fleet defectors."
"If I remember correctly, the water droplets have been doing this job all along, haven't they?"
"Yes, Your Majesty. Since the start of the Doomsday War, our three strong mutual detectors have been clearing out the remaining fleet, and this work only stopped when the Deterrence Era began."
"When we tried to give chase again, we found that the Navigator had disappeared, and even the Sophon had lost its exact location. The fleet that was originally responsible for chasing the Navigator has now begun to scatter and flee."
"However, according to the information sent back by Zhizi, Chang Weisi has been transferred from the Navigator to the Natural Selection, but we still haven't found the exact coordinates of the Navigator. Should we have the Droplet sink Chang Weisi's vehicle now?"
"No, stop the water droplets immediately!" the leader exclaimed.
"We can't fall for Lin Xuan's tricks again."
"Is Lin Xuan deceiving us?" the Science Administrator asked.
“I don’t know. Lin Xuan is a venomous snake. Nine out of ten of his words are lies. We can’t trust him, and we certainly can’t agree to any of his conditions.”
"Since he wants us to pursue the Navigator, it means he must be wary of something. So let's do the opposite!"
"Is it possible that they are wary of them revealing the coordinates of the two civilizations?"
“Impossible. I checked with the sophon. The fleet was quite scattered in order to guide the droplets to attack them. In fact, even if we don’t pursue them, most of the fleet members will not live for more than ten years and will become ghost ships in space due to energy depletion. What I’ve been really concerned about is the missing Navigator. We lost its location information. The reason we sent the probes to pursue it before was that only by sinking all the warships could we compare the original data and roughly deduce what the Navigator took away.”
"Pass on my order: have Zhizi continue searching for the Navigator. As for the remaining fleeing fleet, if necessary, Zhizi can assist them in escaping danger. Once our Second Fleet arrives, we will recover them one by one. If I'm not mistaken, the key to defeating Lin Xuan must be hidden among these people," the Trisolaran leader said confidently.
Upon hearing the head of state's analysis, the science official suddenly understood.
"Your Excellency's insight is brilliant!"