Chapter 2940 (((┏(;￣▽￣)┛Science is Dead
United Nations Headquarters…
Or, more accurately, should it now be the headquarters of the PDC Planetary Defense Directorate?
"..."
At this time, in an office at the highest level of the PDC Planetary Defense Council headquarters, Say, the former United Nations Secretary-General and current PDC Secretary-General, was immersed in her office reviewing and approving documents one after another.
Because, since the Guzheng Project, humans have learned more about the existence of the Trisolaran civilization, and have learned that sophons have arrived on the earth, locking up basic microscopic science and research of humans; they also know that sophons are conducting all-round monitoring of humans;
He also learned the terrifying fact that thousands of Trisolaran space fleets are heading towards the solar system and are expected to arrive within a few centuries.
Ever since, when human society began to fall into panic, governments of various countries also began to become unprecedentedly united, and established the Planetary Defense Council based on the structure of the original United Nations, which is now the PDC Planetary Defense Council, allowing the PDC to directly
Replace the United Nations and use the PDC as the highest authority to unify all countries and study countermeasures to deal with the invasion of Trisolaran civilization.
Therefore, there is no doubt that the most powerful person on this earth now threatened by Trisolarans is Say, the Secretary-General of the PDC Planetary Defense Council!
Of course, the highest power is only nominal, it is not absolute.
Even Secretary-General Say will be subject to various constraints and supervision, such as the newly established International Court of Humanity, etc. Moreover, even the Secretary-General cannot directly order and mobilize the space forces of various countries or continents.
Because, after all, the PDC is just a organization that allows countries around the world to unite and pool resources, manpower and material resources to fight against the Trisolarans. It is similar to the original United Nations, but its functional power is much greater than that of the original United Nations, which was like a puppet and a place for quarrels.
Just a new United Nations organization.
But no matter what, although each country still has the autonomy to govern its own internal affairs within the global framework, no one can deny that the PDC Planetary Defense Council is the three-level body jointly recommended by all human countries, and even the human race itself.
Facts about body civilization and the highest functional department that handles matters related to the Three-Body Problem!
Therefore, of course, Secretary-General Say is indeed one of the most powerful people on the planet elected by various departments and countries.
but……
This position is not easy, but rather heavy, especially now that humans have almost no chance of winning against Trisolaris?
After all, few people are fools!
In the face of the advanced technological civilization of Trisolaris, which can launch intelligent 'sonons' capable of moving at the speed of light towards the earth to interfere with and monitor the earth, and can also send thousands of warships on expeditions to the earth, the earth is untouchable.
A civilization that barely enters space and struggles within the solar system is really too weak, so weak that it may lead to despair?
But even then, human beings have not given up, at least most people have not!
Therefore, the PDC Planetary Defense Council was established, and the space forces of various countries and continents were established. Although it is inevitable that there will be some different voices or traitors within human beings, in general, human beings are still united more closely than ever before.
Together, the whole world entered a wartime economy, fully preparing for the inevitable racial war that would come a few centuries later.
Anyway!
Although the road ahead is very difficult and there is almost no hope, for the survival of the human race, all people who still have faith, unwilling human scientists, dedicated soldiers, and all living beings from all walks of life, they still must
I am working hard in various positions with full strength.
Isn’t this?
Although today is a rest day, given that there is an important meeting today, there is an important thing to announce to the world. In view of the current predicament of mankind, even as the Secretary-General with the highest power, Say does not have that ability.
She didn't want to take a rest as planned, but came to her office as usual and went straight to work.
At this time, outside her office, on the sea far away from the huge floor-to-ceiling windows, a terrible thunderstorm was raging.
Boom——!
The sky was completely swallowed up by thick dark clouds, and the blue sky and white clouds had long since disappeared, leaving only a few terrifying rays of lightning that cut through the darkness from time to time and hit the turbulent sea.
Thunder roared, and the deafening sounds came one after another, like a harbinger of the doomsday judgment, and like the oldest war drum in the world, shaking the space where humans depended on for survival with every roar.
In addition to lightning and thunder, under the raging wind, huge waves rolled on the sea, and the waves were played wantonly by the strong wind. Those huge waves that were stirred up in the flash of lightning quickly collided with each other and eliminated each other.
Not to mention the rain!
At this time, they were no longer gentle filaments, but turned into beans. With the power of the strong wind, they smashed crazily onto the sea surface, stirring up layers of white foam and ripples that were almost visible to the naked eye.
The thunder and lightning intertwined into thrilling movements.
And in the high-rise office of the PDC headquarters, even if the sound insulation is very good, the terrible howling sound of the strong wind can still be faintly transmitted through the small gaps in some windows; the huge raindrops are even more powerful in the strong wind.
With the help of power, it violently hit the huge floor-to-ceiling window and made a dense crackling and vibrating sound.
The wild power of nature is vividly displayed at this time, just like the earth is sending a warning and unwilling roar to humans through wind, rain, thunder and lightning.
"..."
However, Secretary-General Sai has been turning a deaf ear to everything from the outside world, and is still sitting behind her desk, concentrating on reviewing and approving her documents one after another.
I don’t know how long it took until the huge floor-to-ceiling window suddenly turned black and turned into a huge screen. Then a call channel showed that it was connected. At the same time, there was a voice message from the staff in charge of the transfer that the communication with a certain space station had been restored.
It was normal, and after the person in charge of a certain space station planned to report to her, the secretary-general, in person, she realized what was probably going on, and then she slowly raised her head and looked at the huge screen with some solemnity.
"I see."
"Put it through!"
After thinking for a few seconds, she put aside what she was doing without much hesitation. After making some mental preparations, she slowly looked at the screen.
Soon, three figures wearing spacesuits appeared on the big screen, and one of them was none other than the famous physicist Ding Yi on Earth. Who was it?
The other party is one of the best physicists in the world, and he is also the person in charge of the particle collider experiments of several space stations that mankind has spent trillions to build.
Of course, the identity of the other party is not important, what is important is the result of the particle collision experiment hosted by the other party, because based on time, the result should be out within three or two days, but the communication was completely interrupted during the experiment.
"Dr. Ding Yi..."
"How's the situation?"
Therefore, Sai, who knew what the experimental results meant, had no intention of nagging the other person. Still sitting behind her desk, she looked directly at the other person and couldn't wait to ask.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Sai!"
In the communication interface, Dr. Ding Yi, who was wearing a space suit with messy hair, a depressed expression, and bloodshot eyes, and who had not rested for an unknown period of time, just floated on the screen and said in an extremely frustrated tone:
"Failed..."
"This time, the comparison of the experimental results of those expensive collider machines is all invalid!"
"I think..."
"The information we got from ETO may be wrong. There are definitely more than two sophons!"
Yes, the intelligence originally obtained from ETO showed that there were two sophons. Then in order to solve the other party's interference with the experiment, they spent huge sums of money to build space stations and particle colliders in different places in the solar system, in order to allow
Those wise men are too busy.
After all, even if sophons move at nearly the speed of light, it still takes time for light to propagate within the solar system. As long as the relative distance is enough and as long as the experiments are carried out at the same time, those sophons will be too busy to care about one thing and the other!
In this way, they can completely break the sophon's blockade on experiments at the microscopic particle level of the earth, thereby accelerating research in the hope of finding a way to defeat or protect the earth within a few centuries.
However, the ideal is very full, but the reality is very skinny...
After they finally finished the trouble and started the experiment, they were horrified to find that all the experiments had been interfered with. In other words, there were far more than two sophons, and they had been struggling for so many years in vain!
"That……"
"How many do you think there will be?"
Frowning, Secretary-General Sai didn't have much reaction when he heard that the experiment failed. He just had a frighteningly cold face and continued to ask with a frown.
"ha……"
However, Dr. Ding Yi shook his head in despair, and then said bitterly and in a hoarse voice, dumbfounded:
"It makes no sense to consider the number of sophons now."
"The relative distance between several colliders can, in theory, effectively block Sophon's multi-threaded operations close to the speed of light, causing them to focus on one thing at the expense of another, allowing us to obtain data for at least one set of experiments."
"but……"
"The experimental results showed that all the data were disrupted by sophons."
"So, the facts have fully demonstrated that there are definitely more than two of them!"
"And since they can release more than two sophons to the earth, it means that they can also release dozens or even hundreds of sophons, or more?"
"This is just like the nuclear bombs we have on earth. The cost is very high. It may only take two or three to destroy a city, but if necessary, we can also launch dozens or even hundreds of them into one place..."
"Anyway!"
"From now on, human research at the microscopic particle level will no longer be able to study any laws or discover any problems..."
"Without rules, experiments, and data, all research and theory will be impossible."
"Under Tomoko's supervision and interference..."
"Our human science can basically be declared dead now..."
"us……"
"A complete failure."
Although it was painful and he didn't want to admit it, Dr. Ding Yi clearly conveyed his point of view to Sai, the Secretary-General of the PDC Planetary Defense Council, and then hung his head in frustration regardless of the other party's increasingly ugly expression.
Whimpering.
You know, several space stations and several super large colliders can almost be said to have smashed into the entire earth's GDP and various precious resources in the past two years, but in the end, they got nothing.
This made him and the tens of thousands of scientific researchers and astronauts who had been working hard for many years feel extremely frustrated, and they no longer knew how to face their compatriots on Earth.
"Yeah……"
However, even after hearing the worst result, Secretary-General Say quickly recovered after being silent for a while.
"I see!"
"Thank you for your hard work."
Then, she did not criticize Ding Yi and others, but smiled indifferently, as if the expensive collider and space station projects were just small toys that could be thrown away, and she was still in the mood to comfort the frustrated people.
Ding Yi and others?
"Don't have any psychological burden."
"I'm actually mentally prepared."
"Although you failed and it cost a lot of money, it also made us humans more aware of our situation."
"so……"
"Everyone, even if you fail, you are still the heroes of the earth and mankind!"
"Please prepare to return!"
"Afterwards, there may be more important work waiting for you to take over."
Then, under the astonished eyes of Dr. Ding Yi and others, Sai continued to smile and issued new orders after explaining the situation and how she was not very optimistic about the space station and collider plans from the beginning.
"The return journey is certain, but..."
"Work?"
"Oh……"
Seeing that the Secretary-General did not intend to blame people like himself, Ding Yi was moved but also a little sad, and then began to smile bitterly, and crystal tears began to pop out from the corners of the pair of cloudy eyes in the communication.
.
"Secretary-General..."
As he spoke, Ding Yi, like the two assistants next to him, no longer tried to hide the misery on his face, and just let the tears float out while sobbing.
"The existence of us people has no meaning anymore!"
"We have nothing left to study..."
"What's the use of going back?"
"Everything is over..."
It can be seen that the fact that the microscopic particle experiment was completely blocked by sophons really touched scientists like them very much. The things that were often said in the past about men crying and not letting go are all bullshit. They are just...
It's just that it's not sad. Otherwise, in the early years of the Crisis Era, there wouldn't be so many theoretical scientists who were so desperate that they committed suicide.
You know, it is a kind of despair that only those at the forefront of scientific research, the top researchers and scientists, can deeply understand!
because……
From now on, the principles of human progress, physics, microscopic particle science, etc., have been completely blocked by the Trisolarans and sophons. The key is that they still have no way!
"No problem!"
"You will know when you come back."
"Please be quick!"
"We are waiting for you on Earth!"
However, Sai did not react much. He only gave Ding Yi and others an encouraging look and ordered them to return as soon as possible before turning around and closing the communication.
"..."
However, she didn't seem as calm as she had just shown.
Anyway, the moment the communication was shut down, she grimaced, and then clenched her fists tightly with both hands. She was obviously very indignant towards the Trisolarans and Sophon's shameless approach of blocking the earth!
"..."
However, knowing that her anger was meaningless, she finally calmed down, and then walked slowly and silently to the huge floor-to-ceiling window that had been turned into glass again, and stood there silently looking at the storm outside the window and the dark and boiling water.
Dahai, I don’t know what I’m thinking about.
for a long time……
Tuk! Tuk!
When she heard the knock on the door, she seemed to be awakened, then turned around and walked quickly to her desk, shouting softly:
"Come in!"
soon!
When the door was opened, she had already sat back down behind her desk and adjusted herself to get back to work.
"Secretary-General!"
Soon, she saw a burly middle-aged man in a suit striding in and thoughtfully bringing her a cup of coffee with a sugar cube.
"Please use it slowly?"
And that person was none other than Garnin, the rotating chairman of the PDC Planetary Defense Council, who was also the second-in-command of the PDC.
And if Secretary-General Say is the 'head of state' of the PDC, then Garnin is probably equivalent to the role of the 'prime minister' of the PDC.
"Um."
"You're here?"
Seeing that the person coming was Garning, Sai pondered for a while, then looked at the coffee the other person placed in front of her. Then she thought about it, then slowly put down the pen in her hand and picked up the coffee and looked towards
The other party also said:
"I just received a report from the space station. All collision experiments failed."
"There are more sophons than we thought."
Thinking that the other party was here for that, Sai directly told the bad result.
"Oh!"
"I know, I have actually been mentally prepared for it."
"To be honest, I wasn't very optimistic about that plan at first. The reason why I didn't object was just to make some people give up completely!"
"Otherwise, it wouldn't be easy to unify our thoughts?"
Shaking his head and smiling bitterly, Garnin stood in front of Sai's table openly and said that he was not surprised by the result.
"..."
After hearing this, Sai was silent for a while, stirring the coffee with a spoon, and then suddenly asked:
"How's the meeting going?"
"There are also relevant personnel..."
"We're here now?"
Saying that, Sai did not forget to look at Garnin with that serious look, obviously he was very serious about something.
"That's almost it."
"The players and the little girl are all on their way here. I guess it will take more than three hours, right?"
"You can take a rest first."
"Then, when the time is almost right, I will invite you to host the meeting?"
After looking at the delicate little alarm clock on the office desk and confirming the approximate time, Garnin advised softly.
Because he knew that Secretary-General Sai had not rested for half a day.
"..."
However, Say ignored the rest. Instead, after pondering for a while, he suddenly raised his head and looked at the rotating chairman of the PDC, Garning, with a stern look:
"That little girl..."
"Have you really decided?"
It can be seen that she seems to be a little hesitant about a certain person, that is, the 'little girl' in her mouth.
"It's not our decision, but..."
"We have to do it!"
After staring at Say's serious expression for a while, Garnin, the rotating chairman of the PDC, finally smiled bitterly and said:
"You just heard that the experiment failed and our human science is dead. Under the supervision of sophons, we will no longer be able to obtain any summary and development in the microscopic field."
"There is no road ahead of us. It is a cliff..."
"But now, a single-plank bridge suddenly appeared in front of the cliff..."
"Do you want to leave or not?"
"If you don't leave, you will definitely die!"
"And if you walk up..."
"The worst-case scenario is that it just falls?"
"It's all death anyway!"
"So, we have no way to make a decision and can only leave everything to fate."
After saying that, Garnin did not wait for Sai to refute, he gently walked aside and thoughtfully helped the other party use the equipment to raise the indoor temperature by two degrees.
Because there is a thunderstorm outside now and the temperature is a bit low, it is best not to turn the air conditioner too low.
"Destiny?"
Hearing this, a rare trace of confusion and hesitation appeared on Sai's face. Then, after thinking about it, she stood up again and walked to the window and began to look at the storm outside in a daze.
"I see."
"You go out first, I'll take a rest..."
After thinking about it for a long time, she nodded tiredly and sighed, indicating that Garning could go out.
"..."
Seeing that the Secretary-General seemed to be ready to be quiet, the rotating chairman of the PDC, Garnin, naturally did not dare to say anything or interrupt. He just nodded lightly, turned around obediently, and was about to leave.
"Garning..."
"I just hope..."
"You and I will not become sinners of mankind?"
But just before Garnin was about to go out, Sai suddenly turned around and said this to him abruptly with a hesitant expression and empty eyes.
"Oh……"
"Sinner?"
After staring at Sai's seemingly helpless expression, Garning sighed with some bitterness and emotion:
"Secretary-General..."
"For so many years, we humans have been busy fighting among ourselves..."
"Countries are elbowing each other, confronting each other, and even going to war..."
"If we humans could unite earlier, why would we be here now?"
"us……"
"Actually, I have already become a sinner..."
After saying that, before Secretary-General Sai, who was becoming more and more hesitant, could say anything, Garnin turned around and left and gently closed the heavy door of the PDC Secretary-General's office.
"..."
In the office, of course, only Saye's figure, who suddenly became a little lonely and desolate, was left standing alone in the quiet office with excellent sound insulation.
Boom——!
Outside, the thunderstorm was falling even harder.
The strong wind whipped the waves and the raindrops as dense as arrows roared, impacted and rolled...
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Chapter completed!