Today, the PDC Planetary Defense Directorate once again held a regular meeting in that shielded room.
Of course, the content and topic they discussed was nothing else. It was just about Anne, who was of unknown origin to the people on earth. At the same time, there was no way to confirm the origin, let alone identify friends and foes.
The identity of the little alien girl is true or false and how the earth should treat it.
Although many days have passed, due to the lessons learned from the Trisolaran civilization about the earth, even if Annie did not show any hostility, even if she actively cooperated and told many situations, even if she expressed her willingness to provide certain help, she could still
For the PDC, it is still somewhat difficult for them to easily and completely believe in an alien.
Because of this, they discussed, argued, and thought for more than half a month, but in the end, they still didn't understand what their Earth side could offer the other side or what it was worth.
Something of equal value that the other party covets!
Yes, in the opinion of the PDC executives, even if there are aliens who are really willing to help them, it should be because the other party has some plans for their earth or is asking for some kind of reward. But as a result, they are
After many days of debate and discussion, I was disappointed to find that the situation was: not at all?
Or maybe they can't figure it out?
Anyway!
They really can't figure out why the other person came to Earth, nor do they understand what the other person wants from their Earth.
And if the other party just wants their earth to serve as a colony like the Trisolaran civilization, based on the mass effect engine and efficient super-light navigation capabilities mentioned by the other party, the other party's fleet should have arrived on Earth long ago.
Or the solar system, then we should either directly occupy them arbitrarily, or directly destroy these bugs like the Trisolarans?
And if the other party wants some minerals or special products that are only available on earth, the other party should also come forward and make a request for negotiation and trade?
If that were the case, maybe they could finally breathe a sigh of relief and happily agree to something.
After all, compared to the danger of genocide, the PDC and even other countries around the world would definitely not be too stingy with just minerals or special products.
However, the other party did not!
The other party did not show up, there was no communication or contact, there was no fleet or messenger, only the article about 'Mass Effect' that suddenly appeared in N City and published on the Internet came into their sight, and then successfully attracted attention.
The little girl who frightened the Trisolarans and Tomoko and caused ETO to assassinate her several times, is that all?
As for the outrageous statement of the little alien girl who said that she came through the portal and was just there to have fun without any other purpose, obviously none of the informed PDC executives present believed it.
Even, they are unwilling and dare not believe it!
Because if that situation is true, they will have to face a more terrifying situation, that is: when the power behind that little girl can open a single interstellar portal at will, then any little girl will know it.
What should they do when Mass Effect's force, which is enough to support the technological advancement of a civilization, comes and discovers their earth?
It is conceivable that when the time comes, the attitude of the other party will almost determine the life or death of their entire human race!
You know, judging from their analysis during this period, if everything the little girl said is true, then the forces behind her will definitely not be able to destroy their earth, or even eliminate the Trisolaran civilization.
If it's even harder, that's definitely not something to laugh about.
Moreover, the key point is that they don't dare to do anything to the little girl now, let alone the idea of ​​completely annihilating and erasing the traces of the little girl's existence. After all, they don't dare to bet that such a person can make them better than facing the Three-Body Problem.
The civilization is even more desperate. The super civilization forces that are countless times larger than the Trisolaran civilization have no relevant means of investigation and traceability.
Even if the little girl is really just an ordinary person, once people with occupations similar to "police" in that civilization follow the traces and come to the door, the earth will probably not be able to eat them, right?
Anyway!
This is probably the current situation. The PDC Earth Planetary Defense Council has been discussing it for more than half a month, but as a result, it has not been able to come up with an effective plan or charter.
Isn’t this?
They are still discussing it now...
"Dear colleagues..."
“I highly recommend proceeding with caution!”
"We all know that the Trisolarans and ETO have that 'miraculous plan'. I'm a little worried. Is the little girl also their conspiracy?"
"Indeed!"
"Three-body people don't lie, there's no doubt about it!"
"But those Earth traitors in ETO, they will. We must admit one thing, that is: Earthlings know how to deal with us Earthlings better than aliens!"
"And if there weren't those damn traitors, things would probably be much simpler."
I don’t know how long the meeting lasted. At this time, seeing that the discussion was getting anxious again, a director of the Planetary Defense Council from a certain country spoke up and raised an issue that everyone had to pay attention to.
The 'Miracle Project' was a plan carried out by the Trisolaran Earth rebel ETO before the Era of Crisis. They aimed to use some false phenomena to create some 'miracle' phenomena to curb the scientific research of earth scientists.
Project to make them believe in the existence of the Creator, thus completely destroying the scientific beliefs of human scientists.
Judging from the situation in which a large number of theoretical scientists despaired and committed suicide in the first year of the Crisis Era, that plan was undoubtedly very successful.
But it is obvious that those scumbags from ETO alone cannot complete those 'miraculous' phenomena and plans. Therefore, looking at the root cause, that project and plan must have Trisolaran people behind them to support and provide them.
Technical support.
Later information obtained also showed that the situation at that time was: the Trisolarans first used "sophons" to lock down basic human science, and then the ETO group began to use the "farmer" theory to confuse those with fragile minds.
Scientists, which led some of them to join them, while others chose to commit suicide due to the collapse of their beliefs and ideas.
At that time, in order to show a certain miracle, they used sophons to change the frequency of cosmic radiation in a certain size of the universe, and turned the irregular blue shift phenomenon into a regular radiation, thus changing the
Are certain physicists being intimidated to prevent them from continuing to develop nanomaterials and certain microscopic particles?
In short, some of the goals of ETO and Tomoko are undoubtedly very successful, and their influence is still far-reaching to this day, making the PDC executives present as well as representatives and directors of various countries feel vaguely like they are afraid of being bitten by a snake for ten years.
'A sense of absurdity.
But absurdity is absurd. When faced with things that they cannot understand, phenomena that they cannot understand, or certain things that they find difficult to completely trust, such as new aliens, they will of course take it as a matter of course.
If things go in the direction of some conspiracy theories, that is a fact that cannot be questioned or disputed by all the participants present!
"We all know it!"
"From her saliva after a meal, we extracted, obtained and studied her genetic sequence. It is complex and orderly, and even contains powerful energy. It is simply a miracle. Even a large part of it is unknown to our researchers.
I can't figure it out..."
"If we ordinary people are just a bunch of people who can barely run a single diesel engine, then she is a sophisticated and advanced spacecraft that runs perfectly, and is it even more terrifying?"
"The key is that its genetic sequence is less than 20% similar to that of humans on Earth..."
"In comparison, the genetic similarity between a banana and our human genes is 60%!"
"Because of this, I am skeptical about her. I always feel that she may really be a genetically modified person created using the advanced technology of the Trisolarans. Her purpose is to paralyze, mislead or even destroy us?"
As he talked, the director of the council couldn't help but sigh with emotion, and provided what he thought was more convincing evidence for one of his points.
"I object!"
However, just as the director finished speaking, another representative spoke up and raised objections.
"To deal with the Three-Body Problem against us, Sophon is enough. There is no need to add extraneous problems."
"They don't have the technology to directly deliver a human from Trisolaran to Earth, and ETO can't have that kind of cloning technology either!"
"If there is such cloning technology, the Trisolarans will no longer come to the earth, and they can optimize their species to adapt to a harsher environment?"
"in addition!"
"We cannot expect that the genes of a human from a different universe and different planes will be too similar to ours. After all, they did not evolve on the earth like us."
"And if you want to seek similarity, you might as well seek something else."
"For example, cows and humans are about 80% similar; mice and humans are more than 90% similar?"
"After all, they are creatures that have evolved from different ecological circles. Coupled with advanced technology, I am afraid that they have gone through countless generations of adjustments. Now that we can have a 20% similarity, it is already worthwhile for us.
I'm glad."
"Does that mean that humans in different universes still have some similarities with us?"
"So, judging from the reactions of Tomoko and ETO, I think we can still trust each other, or at least we can choose to maintain the status quo?"
After saying that, the representative first cast an apologetic look at the director who had spoken before, indicating that he was just discussing the matter and had no other intentions. Then he looked at everyone present and waited for everyone's opinions.
"I agree!"
"I also think that neither Trisolarans nor ETO would be so stupid as to clone an alien in human form and join us as a public alien. There is absolutely no logic in that!"
"I tend to think that she is really an alien, and she came to us by chance. That is an opportunity given to us by God, and we must seize it!"
"Oh!"
"What if it is really the conspiracy of ETO and the Trisolarans, and they are performing a torture trick on us?"
"That's unreasonable!"
"If it was a torture trick, then the little girl shouldn't reveal her identity as an alien directly to us!"
"Besides, if you really want to implement the torture plan, don't you think it would be more reasonable to find a physicist, publish the 'Mass Effect' paper in the other person's name, and then arrange for Sophon and ETO to assassinate him?"
"There's another situation!"
"Before that little alien girl Annie was assassinated, we didn't even know who she was or why she was assassinated. There is no need to go to that level with the torture plan."
"Well..."
"That makes sense!"
"But……"
"I think we should continue to observe and observe..."
"Anyway, everyone knows that it will be several centuries before the Trisolaran fleet arrives on Earth. We still have a lot of time, don't we?"
"You are just a little alien girl. No matter whether she is real or not, we just have to raise her well."
"Leave everything to time. When the time comes, everything will be revealed."
"It makes sense, but..."
"I'm just afraid that we don't have that much time."
"What are these words?"
"It's nothing, it's just that the opportunity is now in front of us, and Tomoko and ETO's reaction is so strong. If we don't seize the opportunity, once she suddenly leaves, or her family suddenly appears and picks her up, we can
It’s a completely missed opportunity.”
"That's better!"
"We can wait until her family members show up to negotiate?"
"ha!"
"I'm afraid...the other party won't bother to negotiate with us then?"
"Why?"
"Why else?"
"Three-body people look at us humans like a swarm of ants, but they are countless times stronger than Trisolaran people. They can even open teleportation gates for single-person teleportation, and even teleport across planes. Do you think they
What do you think we are looking at?"
"Bacteria?"
"You think you're going to have a conversation with a bunch of bacteria?"
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"So, I think that little girl is an opportunity. After all, trying to fool... well, trying to win the favor of a little girl who is inexperienced in the world, trying to win the favor of an alien larvae, is better than negotiating with an adult individual.
It’s so much easier.”
"But your Excellency!"
"That is based on the fact that the other party's identity is true and valid. How do you ensure that everything she says is true?"
"But you can't prove that she is fake and is the product of a conspiracy created by ETO and Trisolaris!"
"this……"
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In this way, as the conversation continued, the meeting went back to its usual state, with the high-level PDC officials and representatives and directors from various countries present starting to argue and become deadlocked in discussions.
"Okay!"
"Everyone, please stop it!"
"There is no point in continuing the discussion, it's time to make a decision!"
Finally, seeing that the meeting was beginning to spread towards disagreements and confrontations as before, Garnin, the rotating chairman of the PDC Planetary Defense Council who was sitting at the head of the meeting, had no choice but to reach out and signal for everyone to stop.
Then, looking at the representatives and directors who were looking at him one after another, he thought for a while and pondered for a long time before finally expressing his opinion:
"Everyone!"
"Although I don't want to admit it, everyone here actually understands that we have no more choices..."
"Faced with that little alien girl Annie, there's not much we can do..."
"If the other party's identity and what they say are true, and if we choose to trust the other party, then there will be two possible endings with a high probability."
"First: the Trisolaran civilization was defeated by the other party, and the Trisolaran people perished, but we humans on Earth survived; second: the Trisolaran civilization was defeated by the other party, and Trisolaran perished, and we humans on Earth were also destroyed by the other party."
"And if we choose not to believe it, it will also lead to two endings."
"First: the other party left after a while, and Trisolaran civilization defeated us after a few centuries, and we humans on Earth were declared extinct; second: the other party took the initiative to help, and Trisolaran civilization was unable to defeat us, and we humans on Earth survived.
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At this point, Garnin stopped and looked at everyone. After seeing that there was no intention to refute on their faces, he continued:
"And if the identity of the other party and what he said are all false, they are all fabricated, and it is a conspiracy..."
"Just like what the Director of Country A just said, the other party is a genetically modified person created by the Trisolarans under the command of ETO for a certain conspiracy. Then our situation seems to be not much different from now and before the other party appeared?
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"Under the surveillance of sophons and their blockade and destruction of microscopic particle science, no matter how we struggle, in the end our only end seems to be destruction?"
"In that case, do you think they still need to go out of their way to create a fake alien girl?"
"In summary……"
"If we choose to trust each other, there seems to be a glimmer of hope?"
After saying that, Garning, the rotating chairman of the PDC Planetary Defense Council, sighed again and pondered for a long time before looking at the attendees.
Obviously, he no longer wants to continue this endless and meaningless discussion, and wants to force the PDC senior leaders, representatives and directors of various countries present to make a choice today.
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Seeing this, the PDC senior officials, representatives and directors of various countries present looked at each other in silence for a while, and then one of them sat up slightly, looked at Garning and asked:
"Your Excellency Garning!"
"You mean..."
"Are you willing to risk it all?"
"Choose to believe her as a life-saving straw?"
"Are you sure?"
Although he had roughly guessed the decision and thoughts of PDC Rotating Chairman Garnin from what the other party just said, but in view of the importance of the matter, he still hesitated after thinking about it.
"Isn't this a little too risky?"
"just in case……"
Of course, there is nothing unforeseen. Now if they choose, they will die at most, and if they don't choose, they will die. It's just that he seems a little unwilling to take responsibility.
Thinking about it, if this thing succeeds, it would be fine, but if it fails, it will really be nailed to the pillar of shame in human history and will be infamy for thousands of years!
nature!
It is very likely that there will be no more than 10,000 years. Humanity will be collectively finished in a few centuries, and by then there will naturally be no so-called history.
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Garning didn't answer, he just sat on the main seat with his eyes and nose in mind, and he didn't know what he was thinking.
After a long time, he slowly said:
"Isn't the wall-facing plan in its final stage and about to be announced soon?"
"Judging from the current situation and the intelligence fed back within ETO, it seems that Tomoko and ETO still don't know the alien identity of the little girl?"
"In that case..."
"Then we might as well add another name to the list?"
Having said this, the PDC rotating chairman Garnin stopped and once again looked at the PDC senior officials, representatives and directors of various countries present with his firm eyes.
And what he said about adding one more person to the list of the "Wallfacer Project" and who the name is is obviously self-evident.
"!?"
"this……"
Hearing this, the director who asked just now was startled, and he was about to say something, but thinking of Garning's summary just now, he couldn't say anything in the end, and had to sigh with a wry smile.
He sighed and hung his head in his seat in frustration.
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The same goes for the PDC senior officials and representatives and directors from various countries present. After they looked at each other and silently exchanged certain opinions, they also chose to acquiesce.
Because they all know that they really have no choice now, and it doesn't seem like a big deal to add another one to the list of wallfacers now?
After all, the worst-case scenario is just the extinction of mankind. They all know that situation deep down in their hearts, and they are just struggling for the last glimmer of hope.
They are actually like gamblers who have put all their bets on and still can't see any hope of winning. Now, since someone has come up with new chips and is willing to lend them, although they know that borrowing them will not
They may still lose despite the pressure, but they are already red-blooded and have nothing to lose. They feel that the situation cannot be worse, so they still have to choose to accept the reality and do that.
"No one objects anymore?"
"very good!"
"Since everyone agrees, let's let the matter be decided."
After saying that, after seeing that none of the participants present had any objections, Garning, the rotating chairman of the PDC Planetary Defense Council, sighed again, then slowly stood up and formally announced:
"I declare!"
"When the Wall-Facing Project is expanded, the little girl's name will be added, and any information about her being an alien will be destroyed!"
"No one present shall disclose it to the outside world!"
"above……"
"This is the final decision of this round of meeting!"
"I will personally report to the Secretary-General of the United Nations later!"
"Let's adjourn the meeting!"
After saying that, Garnin waved his hand with some complicated emotions, indicating to the directors and representatives that the meeting could be dismissed.
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Chapter completed!