socalfunplaces Chapter 21 Earth Civilization: Something's Wrong with the Trisolarans!
Chapter 21 Earth Civilization: Something's Wrong with the Trisolarans!
In the Three-Body Universe, on Earth, at the World Academy of Sciences, high-ranking officials of the Academy are gathered in a high-level conference room.
After watching the entire conversation between liaison officer Su Mian and the Trisolaran civilization, Thomas von Neumann, director of the Technical Intelligence Analysis Bureau of the Academy of Sciences, said with a serious expression: "The Trisolarans are definitely suspicious!"
"There is definitely a problem!"
Chief Ethics Inspector Su Wenyuan nodded emphatically and continued, "This situation started more than two weeks ago, to be precise, seventeen days ago!"
Some high-ranking members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences who were unaware of the situation looked at him. Su Wenyuan said, "At that time, we sent a message to the Trisolarans, asking them to send a few more scientists specializing in molecular biology to guide us. The Trisolarans replied that their scientists specializing in molecular biology were involved in a major scientific project and could not spare the time at the moment, asking us to wait."
"They also very sincerely showed us which technologies we needed more scientists to guide, and provided a list, which they will then prepare manpower for according to the list."
"We initially thought their scientists genuinely didn't have the time, but until today..."
Su Wenyuan took a deep breath and glanced at the other senior members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences present.
"We haven't even met a single Trisolaran scientist, and they haven't sent us a single piece of data!"
Upon hearing this, the high-ranking officials of the Academy of Sciences all looked grave. If this were true, then human civilization on Earth might be in big trouble.
The fact that the Trisolarans are not transmitting technological data to them is a minor issue; what is truly terrifying is that Earth's deterrence against the Trisolarans may have become ineffective, which is a life-threatening matter!
"Could it be that the Trisolarans have indeed been very busy lately?" said Elena Vasilyeva, head of the Theoretical Physics Department.
Thomas von Neumann shook his head and said, "Impossible! After failing to get the Trisolarans to send more scientists specializing in molecular biology, we subsequently sent them several technical assistance requests. For some projects, we didn't ask them to send scientists to guide us; we just asked them to send the data."
"But they all made excuses to avoid it..."
At this point, Thomas von Neumann gave a cold laugh: "Some excuses are that the data is too scattered and needs time to organize; others say that the data and documents need detailed proofreading and translation so that we can understand them..."
Thomas von Neumann slammed his fist on the table. "Excuses! All excuses! They just don't want to send us any more data!"
Elena Vasilyeva frowned and said, "But the Trisolarans don't lie or deceive. Why would they make up excuses?"
Academy of Sciences Secretary General Ken Okafor said, "That's no longer the key issue! The key issue is, if this is true, why would the Trisolarans dare to lie to us? Aren't they afraid we'll broadcast gravitational waves and subject them to the Dark Forest Strike?"
This is precisely why this group of high-ranking officials from the World Academy of Sciences are gathered here today!
Chen Qiang, head of the Strong Interaction Materials Research Department, asked, "Could it be that the Trisolarans have found a way to circumvent the Dark Forest attack?"
This possibility cannot be ruled out; in fact, it is the most likely one. Otherwise, there is no way to explain why the Trisolarans would suddenly dare to deceive them and find excuses not to transmit data to them.
Previously, the Trisolarans had almost always granted their requests; they would send them whatever information they asked without hesitation.
Yuki Yamada, head of the Quantum Intelligence Department, seemed to realize something. She looked at the head of the Astronomy Department and asked, "Any unusual activity in space?"
If the Trisolarans had truly found a way to circumvent the Dark Forest attack, they should have sent the "Droplet" to launch an attack on them. And if the "Droplet" were active, it would leave traces, which would then be discovered by them.
Tian Shen, head of the Astronomy Department, shook his head and said, "No! Our 'early warning system' deployed in the solar system has not detected anything."
This was strange, and the higher-ups at the Academy of Sciences were increasingly puzzled as to what was going on.
At this moment, Su Wenyuan said, "I've found some interesting information, and I'd like to share it with you!"
Su Wenyuan tapped a few times on the holographic screen in front of him, sharing a document with the others in the conference room.
Upon seeing the shared information, Thomas von Neumann slammed his fist on the table again: "Are all the people in the Crisis Era idiots? To come up with such a stupid plan, I bet their brains are blocked with shit!"
Irene Vasilyeva, sitting next to Thomas von Neumann, frowned at his vulgar words. They were all outstanding individuals standing at the pinnacle of human civilization; could they please refrain from such crude language?
However, the plan in this document is indeed a bit stupid. Sending a human brain into the Trisolaran civilization, what kind of genius came up with that idea?
Under the pervasive surveillance of the Sophons, human thought is one of the few black boxes in the Trisolaran world that cannot be seen through.
In this plan, sending human brains to the Trisolaran world is euphemistically called sending them there as spies, but in reality, it's just giving human brains to the Trisolarans for research.
The Trisolarans' technology far surpasses theirs. If they could study this brain and understand how their consciousness arises, and find a way to read their memories and thoughts, wouldn't that be terrible?
Moreover, the Trisolarans may very well have learned to deceive and lie through this brain, turning the originally honest and easily fooled Trisolarans into expert liars.
If the chefs of The Three-Body Problem don't look at recipes but instead study military strategy, how will they sell their dishes?
Elena Vasilyeva said, "You believe this plan taught the Trisolarans to deceive?"
Thomas von Neumann said, "I can't think of any other possibility. The Trisolarans must have obtained the brain in this plan and, through studying it, learned how to deceive!"
Yuki Yamada said, "Mr. Thomas, your guess makes some sense, but you've overlooked a crucial issue: the timing doesn't match."
Everyone looked at Yuki Yamada.
"In this plan, Yun Tianming's brain was launched in the 7th year of the Crisis Era. It was accelerated to one percent of the speed of light and flew towards the Trisolaran world. It would take at least four hundred years for it to fly there on its own."
"It has only been 205 years since the Crisis Era 7, which means that Yun Tianming's brain could not have flown to the Trisolaran world on its own. If the Trisolarans captured Yun Tianming's brain, there is only one possibility: it was through the fleet they sent."
Yuki Yamada continued her analysis: "However, at the speed at which the Trisolaran fleet is heading towards the solar system, it would take at least 220 years to encounter and capture it. Even with a few years' margin of error, it would be impossible to capture it now."
"Moreover, for the Trisolaran fleet to capture Yun Tianming's brain, their course must be aligned with the course of Yun Tianming's brain. However, the Trisolaran fleet has already changed course and deviated from its route toward the solar system."
"In the vastness of space, it's highly unlikely that the two will ever meet again!"