svetikya Chapter 29 "Tooth Extraction and Feather Clipping," Harmless Disposal
Chapter 29 "Tooth Extraction and Feather Clipping," Harmless Disposal
Upon seeing the text displayed on the Sophon Mirror Sphere, the Chief of Staff of the Solar System Fleet slammed his fist on the table: "Impossible! What's the difference between these conditions and our unconditional surrender?"
"To agree to such conditions is to commit a crime against all humanity. I would rather die than agree."
A line of text floated lightly onto the mirror sphere of the Zhizi: "Your Excellency Chief of the General Staff, this is a notification, not a discussion with you. We do not need your consent."
These words instantly brought some of the still-sharp-headed people in the meeting room to their senses: Yes, they are the losers now, and have no right to bargain with the winners.
Bitterness, frustration, and resentment rose in their hearts. If they agreed to these conditions, would human civilization even have a future?
The Chief of the General Staff said, "But we should at least leave something behind. Humanity is a civilization, and it deserves dignity!"
Zhi Zi ignored him and didn't bother to reply. The Chief of the General Staff turned his gaze to Luo Ji, hoping that Luo Ji could put in a good word for him.
It's obvious to anyone with eyes that the Trisolarans seem to have a pretty good attitude towards Luo Ji.
Ignoring the Chief of the General Staff's gaze, Luo Ji asked his fourth question: "You're leaving us on Earth; don't you want to conquer it?"
After asking the question, Luo Ji chuckled self-deprecatingly and answered himself, "That's right! You've mastered faster-than-light travel technology, so you no longer need Earth."
As Luo Ji finished speaking, Tan Xueqiu clenched his fist and addressed the mirror sphere of Zhizi: "Since you have already mastered faster-than-light travel technology, why are you still attacking our Earth and imprisoning us?"
Don't you yourselves know the answer to this?
Tan Xueqiu sat back down, feeling utterly helpless. He knew the answer in his heart: because they posed a threat, they were confined and prevented from developing further.
Having been ignored by Tomoko once, Tabuka suddenly realized something and asked in terror, "Are you going to pursue our fleet?"
The others in the conference room realized that they had selected some human elites to board the ship and go to space, so that even if Earth fell, there would be seeds to continue human civilization.
But this is based on one premise: the Trisolarans cannot catch up with their starships!
The harsh reality is that the Trisolarans have mastered faster-than-light travel technology and will inevitably catch up with their starships, even the two warships that successfully escaped after the Dark Battle.
Originally, their feelings towards the two warships, "Bronze Age" and "Blue Space," who had escaped, were unforgivable, and they had to be tricked into returning to face trial.
But now, Tian Shen, Tan Xueqiu, the Chief of Staff of the Solar System Fleet, and others are thinking: Don't come back, don't come back, please don't come back, this is not home!
Unfortunately, they had already sent a message to the "Bronze Age" and "Blue Space" two and a half years ago, and the two warships were already on their way back to Earth.
The two warships that they considered traitors, whom they had tricked into returning, now hope never to come back!
The mirror sphere of the Sophon did not display any text, once again ignoring Tian Shen's question, but this ignoring already showed its attitude: the Trisolaran civilization was determined to eliminate the threat of human civilization.
Luo Ji had no more questions. He stood up and bowed slightly to Zhi Zi. He wasn't paying homage to Zhi Zi, but rather to the enemy four light-years away.
"Thank you for satisfying my curiosity. I have nothing more to ask. Please give my regards to the Supreme Ruler. He must have orchestrated all of this. You have an extraordinary Supreme Ruler."
Although human civilization has ended, Luo Ji felt little sadness, but rather a sense of relief. He was certain that he was going further and further down the path of being inhuman.
The Sophon Mirror Sphere flickered, as if some words were about to appear, but they were suppressed and became: Mr. Luo Ji, I wish you a pleasant life on Earth.
Luo Ji just smiled and didn't say anything. Earth is controlled by the Trisolarans, how can life be pleasant?
In the newly built safe house in the Alien dimension LV-223, Cheng Yuan looked at Luo Ji through Zhi Zi. He originally intended to recruit Luo Ji, but after thinking about it for a while, he gave up the idea.
In the original novel "The Three-Body Problem," Luo Ji is one of the people he admires most. The first is Lao Zhang, the second is Shi Qiang, the third is Luo Ji, the fourth is Wade, and the fifth is Chu Yan...
Old Zhang and Da Shi are already dead (Note 1). Although the other three are still alive, they are not easy for Cheng Yuan to recruit.
First, all three are of iron will and unwavering character, making them difficult to recruit; second, Cheng Yuan is worried that if he recruits them, these three will give him some big tasks, since he is now the supreme ruler of the Trisolaran civilization and led the Trisolaran civilization to defeat their civilization.
Instead of recruiting them and then constantly guarding against them, it's better to let them stay on Earth and live a good life.
Suddenly, a tremor like an earthquake struck, causing the conference room to shake violently several times. Some people grabbed onto the table to steady themselves.
Once the shaking stopped, someone seemed to realize something, and Tomoko Oki asked, "What did you do?"
They're not doing anything special, just "pulling teeth and clipping wings." If you want more people to survive, please send rescue personnel as soon as possible; it might save some lives.
Upon seeing these words, many people in the conference room felt both indignant and aggrieved. "Pulling teeth and clipping wings"—whose teeth are being pulled, and whose wings are being clipped?
They pulled out the teeth and clipped the wings of human civilization. They used to pull out the teeth of wild beasts and clip the wings of birds of prey to make them harmless.
Today, the Trisolarans are treating them the same way!
After being "extracted and clipped," they will completely lose the ability to resist the Trisolarans, and will never be able to set foot on the stars again, trapped on Earth.
After this person asked the question, the others also realized what was going on:
The fact that Sophon is here communicating with them does not mean that the Trisolaran attacks have stopped; in fact, they are still ongoing.
Without a doubt, the Trisolarans are destroying their military factories, advanced research institutes, and quantum supercomputing centers...
Tan Xueqiu angrily questioned, "You have destroyed the gravitational wave antenna, and we have lost our ability to broadcast. Couldn't you have consulted with us before launching the attack so that we could notify them to evacuate?"
The Sophon Mirror Sphere replied indifferently: No, we don't want to take unnecessary risks.
Four years ago, our lack of caution led to our defeat. Four years later, under the leadership of the Supreme Leader, we will not make the same mistake again.
Tan Xueqiu remained silent, unsure of what to say next. This was a war of civilizations!
The Trisolarans only wanted to neutralize them and confine them to Earth; not completely destroying them was already quite merciful.
Outside the conference room, the earth was burning and exploding in many places, and in some places, mushroom clouds could even be seen rising.
The new generation of faster-than-light droplets from the Trisolaran civilization attacked humanity's advanced research institutes, military bases, observatories, supercomputing centers, and military storage warehouses...
The same applies in space; water droplets traveling faster than the speed of light are destroying human warships.
Note 1: If Da Shi did not appear in the Deterrence Era, then his whereabouts are unknown, and if his whereabouts are unknown, then he is dead.