Chapter 487: Escape to the faster-than-light black zone with the Three-Body Star!

“Because the speed-reducing attacks in the Trisolaran Universe are already quite common, and the Trisolaran fleet itself is limited in capability, they are unable to achieve large-scale space warps and can only travel at one-tenth the speed of light.”

“In order to prevent the Earth civilization from experiencing a technological explosion before the Trisolaran fleet arrives, the Trisolaran civilization has spent a lot of resources to create a powerful weapon – the sophon.”

After he finished speaking, Li Ang began to introduce this extremely special technological product to everyone in detail.

The Sophon is a microscopic particle device with artificial intelligence formed by the Trisolarans by unfolding the eleven-dimensional proton in two dimensions and etching it into a supercomputer, and then folding it back into a higher dimension.

Through quantum entanglement, the sophon can achieve instant long-distance communication and transmit information to the Three-Body World at any time.

If the world’s giant companies can also obtain this technology, they will also have an additional very good monitoring and communication device.

Of course, the technology that Le Ang wants is not just a little thing like the Sophon. He wants all of the two-dimensional foil of the Singer civilization and the microcosm technology of other god-level civilizations.

However, if you want to obtain the above-mentioned technological points from these civilizations, you will inevitably come into conflict with them, and a brutal war is unavoidable.

Whether it is the Trisolaran intelligentsia or the two-dimensional foil of the Singer civilization, it is impossible for Leon to obtain technology points through negotiation.

They will not give up until they defeat the other party and convince themselves.

However, Leon did not want to engage in a too brutal war with the Trisolarans, because the two sides had not reached the point of life and death at all.

All the Trisolarans need is a stable home, and what the giant corporations lack the least is a new home, while other advanced civilizations want cosmic materials!

There is no fundamental conflict of interest between the Universal Corporation and the Three-Body Civilization. Only the group of old Dengs who grab matter to create small universes are the biggest concern of the Universal Corporation.

If one wants to force the Trisolarans to bow to the giant corporation without resorting to destructive-level warfare, the most appropriate approach is to give them an option.

As for what the plan is, Li Ang already has a specific plan in mind.

“Everyone, I plan to send people to the Trisolaran system to install a planetary engine on the Trisolaran star and drive that planet to this side of the solar system.”

The plan proposed by Li Ang is not a fantasy.

As early as half a century ago, the Universe Corporation already had the technical capability to travel with planets. The giant stellar arks in the Halo universe could be moved to the main universe.

What’s more, it is just a small three-body star.

You know, even the mobile platform where Leon is located is essentially a mobile planet. No one knows better than a giant enterprise how to make a planet run all over the universe.

However, there are several difficulties in realizing this plan, namely time and difficulty of execution.

The three stars in the Trisolaran system create a very strong gravitational force, and their operating rules are difficult to calculate and grasp, which means that if a giant enterprise wants to take the Trisolaran system out, it will be very difficult.

The difficulty was undoubtedly that the little yellow-haired boy took the girl away from home in front of her father and two brothers.

The most important issue is not the difficulty of implementation, but the issue of time.

The speed of light in the Three-Body Universe is forcibly limited, which means that any jump engine function cannot be effective. It is simply impossible to complete this project in a short period of time.

When Otto Cunningham raised the difficulties of these two problems, Leon nodded. He certainly took these two points into consideration, but even so, the Trisolarans had to accept this plan.

Although the Universal Corporation cannot achieve superluminal travel in the Three-Body Universe, it is still possible to achieve travel at speeds as close to the speed of light as possible.

To travel back and forth from the solar system to the Trisolaran system, including the engineering work in between, would take at most 20 to 30 years for one generation.

Li Ang didn’t believe that the Trisolarans didn’t even have the patience for this little bit of time.

However, if they want the Trisolarans to accept this plan, they still need to fight a real battle with them and establish their authority in front of the Trisolaran civilization.

There is no other way. Dignity and survival must always be obtained through strength. If you want the Trisolarans to obey the giant corporation, you must demonstrate your strength in front of them.

“In fact, the Trisolarans did give Earthlings a chance. They once used a three-body game to let Earthlings find a way to solve the three-body problem.”

“There are many people participating in this game. They are basically the elites of the Earth, people with high IQs. However, they have not been able to find an effective way to crack it after many attempts.”

“The Trisolarans also invaded Earth out of despair. From the perspective of Earthlings, we can criticize the Trisolarans for their brutality and meanness, but from the perspective of civilizational survival, this move is understandable.”

The reason why Li Ang told these things to the executives of the giant company was not because he empathized with the Trisolarans, but because he wanted them to correctly understand the situation in the Trisolaran universe.

The vast majority of humans in this universe are complete troublemakers. People like Zhang Beihai are extremely rare, so it is not a pity even if they are heading towards destruction.

As for the Trisolarans, the world’s giant corporation must fight against them.

But you can’t beat the other party to death. You have to know when to stop and have a good negotiation when necessary.

There is no need for both sides to fight to the death.

If the Three-Body Civilization is willing to cooperate, Li Ang is even willing to bring the other party into his own world trade circle.

In short, there will definitely be a war between the Universal Corporation and the Three-Body Civilization. Le Ang can only wait patiently for the war to end, and then find a way to form an alliance with the other party and obtain all of the other party’s technology points.

Just as Leon was thinking about how to take specific actions, Dr. Halsey suddenly sent them an urgent message with new experimental results.

Immediately, Dr. Halsey’s holographic projection appeared in the huge conference room. She said to everyone with a serious face:

“Everyone, I have to tell you some good news and bad news. This universe is too dangerous. In order to boost morale, I will tell you the good news first.”

After he finished speaking, Dr. Halsey presented several messages from the main universe. The Emperor said that everything was normal on the main universe side, and their Xeelee night fighters could be used normally to help them contact the main universe.

However, this good news did not boost everyone’s morale much. After all, for a world as difficult as the “Three-Body” universe, some people have already prepared themselves mentally for the failure of the mission.

Even department heads like Otto Cunningham and Song Zhaomei were more or less hesitant and no longer had the fearlessness they once had.

Only V, Morgan Blackhand and other veteran employees of the development department were as confident and resolute as ever, ready to sacrifice everything they had with the belief that they would die if they didn’t succeed. “Just tell me the bad news. The development department of a giant company doesn’t need good news to dispel fear and difficulties. We will face it head on.”

Jack Wells said in a muffled voice that he was still as brave and fearless as ever.

Dr. Halsey nodded. “The bad news is that our hyperdrive has completely failed, and even our communication equipment can only use antiques from eighty years ago.”

“Forget about the engine’s jump function. From now on, we can only use sublight speed engines that are barely close to the speed of light. Forget about the superlight speed engine.”

“It’s best not to use any devices related to faster-than-light speed right now, as that could bring us trouble.”

Dr. Halsey’s words made the senior executives of the Development Department present frown subconsciously. They obviously did not want to give up the use of the superluminal engine.

“Is there no other way to use the hypersonic engine? I don’t believe that all the god-level civilizations in the Three-Body Universe are slow turtles.”

The missionary was the first to jump out and express his confusion. Many of his tactics revolved around the agility and high maneuverability of the hyperdrive. Without the support of the hyperdrive, the offensive power of his knight troops would be greatly reduced.

“Of course there is, but the FTL travel methods available to us are extremely limited. In the past, we relied on engines to tear apart high-dimensional space channels and take the fast lane to achieve FTL travel.”

“But most of the high-dimensional space in the Three-Body Universe has already collapsed and annihilated, so our various hyperspace navigation technologies are completely unusable. And if we want to achieve superluminal speed in three-dimensional space, there is only one way.”

“That’s the warp drive technology!”

When they heard about this relatively old faster-than-light travel technology, V and Jack Wells frowned slightly. They had not heard the name of this technology for a long time.

Because the speed increase of this superluminal technology is quite limited, at most it is 20 times the speed of light. Even if the curvature drive of other god-level civilizations is better and the efficiency is increased by 10 times, it is only 200 million times the speed of light.

However, the worst superluminal travel method used by the giant corporations in the main universe can at least achieve a travel efficiency of 10 million times the speed of light.

Seeing the disdain and disappointment on the faces of the executives, Dr. Halsey smiled and reminded and corrected everyone’s thoughts:

“I have to tell you in advance that you can’t use this ancient technology if you want to, because it will bring us more trouble.”

Curvature drive technology refers to reducing the curvature of the space behind the spacecraft through the engine. It can be roughly understood as using an iron to flatten the wrinkled space in the universe, making the curvature in front higher, thereby generating propulsion.

But in this case, the warp spacecraft will leave an extremely clear navigation trace during its voyage, which will cause the spacecraft of the giant enterprise to be exposed to the sight of other civilizations.

In addition, the traces left behind will permanently change the spatial curvature of the area, reducing the speed of light in that range.

If superluminal travel is carried out over a large area, the speed of light in that area will be reduced to the third cosmic speed, which is 16.7 kilometers per second.

Compared with the normal speed of light of 30 kilometers per second, this is not only a halving, but a complete plunge to the extreme. This range will also form an absolute black zone, existing as a defensive low-speed of light barrier.

The civilization in the black domain can never get out again, and similarly, the civilization outside will almost never find the civilization in the black domain. This is the inevitable price of using superluminal travel.

“In summary, I think it is best not to use superluminal navigation technology unless it is absolutely necessary. You can only use subluminal engines that are close to the speed of light.”

Dr. Halsey’s words made everyone feel depressed, especially the executives of the Development Department. The sudden loss of all FTL engine options made it somewhat difficult for them to adapt.

After all, many of the current naval battle strategies of giant companies are based on the superluminal engine.

Without the faster-than-light speed that allows them to move as fast as the wind, many of their advanced tactics would simply not work.

Even if we forcibly implement the previous naval warfare tactics, the results will definitely not be as good as before.

Coincidentally, Dr. Halsey soon received another latest message and immediately reported to everyone:

“In addition, not long ago, our star gate caused some resonance in the low-dimensional and high-dimensional space of the Three-Body Universe, and it is very likely that it has caused some unexpected disturbances.”

“If we want to activate the star gate again, we must be mentally prepared to face a god-level civilization in advance.”

Hearing this, Jack Wells, who had just experienced the Warhammer Universe Integration Operation, couldn’t help but say, “What’s the echo? Hasn’t the high-dimensional space of the Three-Body Universe been destroyed?”

“Could it be that there is a high-dimensional space like subspace here?”

Dr. Halsey shook his head. “At this stage, most of the three-body universe is in a superposition of two-dimensional, three-dimensional, and four-dimensional space. The creatures in the four-dimensional space are facing extinction because the fourth dimension is collapsing.”

“The civilization in two-dimensional space is waiting for the arrival of dimensionality reduction attack, and the civilization in three-dimensional space is facing continuous two-dimensional foil attack.”

“But god-level civilizations like the Null Repositors may still have a free domain with all dimensions. From one dimension to eleven dimensions, they can travel freely.”

“In other words, these god-level civilizations standing in the eleventh dimension can use more advanced technology and a broader perspective to spy on the ants of the low-dimensional civilization.”

“And a technological product like the Stargate, which is far beyond three-dimensional space, is undoubtedly pushing open a creaking old door in the silence of the night.”

“The sleeping noble master may have been awakened by us, a bunch of strangers who suddenly visited.”

Dr. Halsey’s words immediately made the executives of the giant companies present feel their scalps tingling. If this was really the case, then their every move and every word were probably under the watchful eyes of the Zero Civilization.

Seeing everyone’s expressions change from initial disdain to solemn silence, Halsey couldn’t help but smile, and then said in a comforting voice: “You don’t have to be so nervous.”

“Even if we really alerted the Null Repository civilization, it would take them some time to search the solar system. It would take them a while to find us if they searched the space, distance, and dimension one by one.”

“So we still have some time, but we’d better hurry up, because the Null Sector civilization will find out about the arrival of us outsiders at any time.”

Leon was quite satisfied with Halsey’s analysis results. She almost completely said the points that he wanted to remind everyone, which is why Leon chose to go into battle lightly.

From opening the star gate to closing it, all arrangements were decided after careful consideration.

This integrated operation was handed over to other executives to carry out, but there was a fear that they would be caught by the Zeroers as soon as they arrived in the Three-Body Universe.

If the Universal Corporation wants to open the star gate again, they must either complete the integration mission or leave the Ether Phase Engine to drain all of this and they will all leave and return to the main universe.

(End of this chapter)