Chapter 222 “Old Friend”

Year 4 of the Crisis Era.

Particle colliders can still be used today, as if the changes that almost affected the entire world were just a joke played by God on them.

But obviously, no.

“The results from the astronomical telescope are out. The Trisolaran system has not changed at all. It is the same as usual.”

“It seems that Sophon’s disappearance was not caused by problems with the Trisolarans themselves.”

“So, excluding other low-probability events, the most likely one is…”

“Yes, our ‘old friend’.”

They said they were old friends, but those of them who knew the inside story of that time knew that this was just a friend they considered themselves to be.

After all, since this “friend” disappeared, there has been no other trace except the most likely elimination of Tomoko.

Even though they have ranked the quantum field as equally important as aerospace and basic physics.

But still nothing was found.

“Perhaps, our friend is also preparing something! If he is really so invincible, he would not wait until the particles collide to “catch” the sophon.”

Although three years is not enough time for explosive technological advancement, it does not mean that they cannot restore what happened.

Of course, this is just a guess, and the gap in technological levels means that they can only understand the actions of these people based on their own knowledge.

But even they themselves don’t know how much of it can be called true.

After all, when Zu Chongzhi saw the thousand digits of pi, he probably just thought: how many times do I have to cut the circle to get 1000 digits of pi?

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“Yes, we can’t fall down!”

………………

In an unknown basement somewhere.

The man lay motionless on the bed, he used to be a member of the ETO Advent sect, but unfortunately, ETO has now fallen apart to some extent.

You know, there was intelligence that humans had briefly “won” the confrontation with the Trisolarans.

No matter how much they don’t believe it, there is one thing they have to be sure of – the particle collider experiment has indeed been resumed. In fact, with the integration of resources from various governments, the number of particle colliders has now reached ten.

Even in the past few years, the “Lord” has not contacted them again.

These things really seem to indicate that the Trisolarans were defeated.

This is undoubtedly a huge blow to all eto members. After all, this is their “master”!

How could the Lord fail?

Just like the gods in mythology, when they bleed, they are no longer gods.

But the men believed that this was just a test from the Lord.

But even the most loyal believers will give up one day.

Just when he decided to end his life, a string of subtitles appeared in his eyes.

Please don’t do this, we need you.

“Oh, damn, am I hallucinating?” the man said. [This is not an illusion, I am talking to you.]

“But how do you prove that, damn it, we talk to our own hallucinations.”

[Just now, because you hadn’t fed the dog for a long time, the stray dog ​​you picked up started twitching after accidentally eating a piece of chocolate.]

Seeing this, the man quickly stood up and looked at the original position of the stray dog, which was exactly the same as what was shown in the subtitles.

“Lord, you are back!!”

[Because of that data life, one of the sophons was captured, but we are sure that the technology of that civilization is far from the level of directly capturing a sophon, so we launched another sophon. ]

“But, since that data life form is so powerful and is directly on this planet, why doesn’t he just destroy humans?”

Although it is not clear why the Trisolarans will definitely destroy humanity, Evans once said that when the Trisolarans come to Earth, all humans will die.

This point has been confirmed by the Trisolarians themselves.
This is the Advent movement.

Unlike the Salvationists’ expectation that aliens would lead humanity toward a more civilized society, the Adventists were disappointed with humanity and had been hoping that some external force would exterminate the entire human race.

And the Trisolarans are what they have been waiting for.

[We don’t know. In our guess, they may have arranged something in some external universe or in your own genes, and have completely controlled you.]

Although humans have the possibility of technological explosion, the Trisolarans do not believe that the civilization on a planet has no backup plan. In fact, human civilization is a lantern pushed out by this civilization and exposed in the universe, attracting other civilizations to come and then swallow them up.

“If that’s the case, then there’s no need for humans to exist!”

It is hard to imagine that this sentence actually came from the mouth of a human being.

“Lord, what do you need me to do?”

[Mobilize hatred between humans and that civilization, and do everything possible to prevent humans from leaving the solar system. ]

“It’s easy. Humans don’t even trust their own companions, let alone believe in beings that are not of the same species as themselves.

As for escaping, it is impossible. Conflicts between people cannot be mediated. Humans will never watch others leave while they suffer. No one would mind pulling others back when they are out of the sea of ​​suffering, especially when they themselves are still in the sea of ​​suffering. “

The Trisolarans apparently asked nothing: we are also a topic for another race.

In the eyes of most people, aliens are enemies, and it just so happens that the Adventists want enemies.

What they are going to do is not much different from “wanting revenge so they assassinate the emperor and let the emperor exterminate their entire clan.”

The most important thing is that they are still missing the link of building “relationships”, after all, they are human beings.

Even the missions assigned by the Trisolarans hit the Adventists’ G-spot. If that civilization is willing to destroy humans, that would be great. There would be no need for the alien monarch to come, the local slave owners could just destroy them directly.

[It is difficult to mobilize the conflict between humans and that civilization. Although their original form is not clear, the way they contact the world relies on data. In other words, even the slightest action on the Internet may be discovered by them.]

“Then how should I contact other members?”

[You will gain the power to directly contact the Sophon]

“Thank you for your generosity!”

There is no way. Although Sophon can no longer stop humans from developing technology, their enemy now is no longer humans, but a more terrifying civilization lurking under the guise of humans.

They have to be used if necessary, otherwise when they reach the solar system, let alone the hidden civilization, they may not even be able to defeat humans.

(End of this chapter)