Chapter 124: Heavenly curtain exposes the Wise Son sealing humanity's technology; Three-Body leader: It's over

Land of Light, Space Guard Headquarters.

The atmosphere, originally as joyful as a festival, instantly dropped to freezing point after the heavenly curtain spat out the four bloody red characters "Invading Humanity".

Saiwen's hand, which had already been reaching for the communication panel, froze midair.

The pity in his eyes was gradually replaced by a sense of absurd astonishment.

"Invading... extermination?"

Tairuo's voice rose eight degrees: "Did I just see that right?"

"That group of 'pitiful people' struggling desperately in the Chaotic Era, about to turn and wipe out another civilization?"

Father of Ultra drew a deep breath, his eyes locked firmly on the bluish Earth image, his tone heavy:

"Let's keep watching."

"The transmission of information in the universe often contains deviation."

"I hope this is merely a huge misunderstanding, or that the Three-Body people have some unavoidable reason to fight."

However, the heavenly curtain had no intention of giving the Three-Body people any face-saving leeway.

The icy mechanical narration sounded again, carrying a judgment-like coldness.

【The fear of the Three-Body civilization stems from calculation of the unknown.】

【They discovered that the evolutionary history of Earth humanity is an illogical miracle.】

The picture began to rapidly sweep through humanity's progress.

【From learning to use fire to establishing a cold-weapon civilization, humanity took hundreds of thousands of years.】

【From the birth of gunpowder to the roar of the steam engine, humanity took several thousand years.】

【However, from laying the first power grid to launching artificial satellites, and then confining nuclear energy in reactors, humanity took only a few short decades.】

【Such exponential technological leap is called——technological explosion in the eyes of the Three-Body civilization.】

On the heavenly curtain,

a steep, nearly vertical red curve,

mercilessly pierced the gentle green line representing Three-Body technological growth.

【The Three-Body fleet needs four hundred years to reach Earth.】

【According to this explosive speed, the Three-Body people horrifiedly discover that when their warships descend into the solar system, what awaits them may not be primitive spears but an interstellar cannon capable of utterly erasing them.】

【For survival, they must……cut off humanity's future!】

The picture suddenly became strange and magnificent.

In the outer space of the Three-Body star system, an ordinary proton was locked by a violent magnetic field.

Under the astonished gaze of the myriad worlds civilization, this microscopic particle began to frantically expand in higher dimensions.

One-dimensional, two-dimensional, three-dimensional…

Until that proton actually unfurled in vacuum, becoming a gigantic reflective mirror large enough to envelop an entire planet!

That is the ultimate fusion of technology and art, and also the most vicious trap in civilization's history.

【This is the Three-Body civilization's proudest masterpiece——the Wise Son.】

【They performed nine-dimensional expansion on the proton, etched micro-integrated circuits on a two-dimensional plane, transforming it into a supercomputer possessing higher-dimensional vision, capable of light-speed navigation, and endowed with self-consciousness.】

【Two Wise Sons, crossing light-years, arrived before the fleet on Earth.】

The picture returned to Earth.

In the world's top laboratories, countless physicists eagerly activated the high-energy particle accelerator.

However,

Under the Wise Son's interference, those particle collision results that should have been regular turned into a mess of gibberish.

【The Wise Son infiltrated the high-energy accelerator, using its own body to replace the target nucleus and take the hit, completely disrupting the experimental results.】

【For scientists, this is no less than the collapse of a miracle.】

【When physics no longer possesses logic, when the universe's background becomes a mad scribble, the collapse of faith begins.】

In the dim office,

Yang Dong despondently gazed at those chaotic data,

that bleak testament appeared on the heavenly curtain:

"Physics never existed."

Then came her eyes, forever closed.

And many more scientists, under the Wise Son's interference, suffered mental breakdowns and walked toward death.

The picture shifted, focusing on Wang Miao's retina.

That string of jumping numbers, icy as a death god's countdown, was etched into the pupils of all viewers.

【1192:54:08】

【This is the death countdown bestowed upon Earth civilization by the Three-Body people.】

【The Wise Son blockaded humanity's basic science, turning Earth into a technological prison.】

【They intend for humanity to despairingly await Judgment Island during four centuries of stagnation.】

……

Three-Body world, Luo Ji's manor.

Luo Ji's originally lazy posture had long vanished; he was practically half-crouched before the sofa, still clutching half an uneaten apple.

"Pfft——"

Luo Ji spat out a mouthful of fruit flesh,

He looked at the image on the heavenly curtain, somewhat incredulous,

"Lao Shi, did you see that?"

"Their reason for invading us is actually that they're afraid we'll develop too fast, so they came to shoot us down?!"

Shi Qiang spat, gave a hey-hey cold laugh, and said: "This is the logic of that bunch of bastards?"

"Because they're afraid we'll develop too fast, they came first to trip us up?"

"Moreover... on one hand, they're kowtowing to Ultraman in the chat group, playing the victim to gain sympathy; on the other hand, they're shoving a countdown in our eyes."

"This maneuver—I've been in criminal investigation for so many years, and I've never seen such a shameless suspect."

"What is this called?"

Luo Ji pointed at the few humble words still flashing on the sky screen of the Trisolaran officials,

"This is called 'being a slut and still wanting to erect a chastity arch.'"

"On one hand invading our Earth, on the other hand still wanting to sell their misery for people to see."

"I just want to see what expression those Ultramans who claim to be justice enforcers have now."

The Wandering Earth world.

Liu Peiqiang stood at the porthole of the space station, looking at the "Sophon blockade" on the sky screen, his face grim.

"Despicable."

Liu Peiqiang squeezed out two words from between his teeth,

"Both facing desperation, we chose to flee with Earth, while they chose to kill the neighbors to steal their houses."

"This is not some helplessness of civilization; it's a plundering nature in their bones."

Marvel world.

"Turning a proton into a supercomputer? Locking basic science across light-years?"

Tony's pupils contracted sharply,

"Have to say, those Trisolarans in this 'oven' environment have indeed honed a chilling mindset."

"But this method... is too dark."

Tony snorted, battle igniting in his eyes: "If a Sophon dares to come to my lab, I'll make it know that a genius's mind cannot be locked by a few countdowns."

Cybertron.

Megatron let out a grating electronic laugh, his red optical sensors full of greed.

"What fascinating technology... integrated circuits of the microscopic world!"

Megatron's massive metal finger rubbed his chin,

"If the Decepticons could master this means called 'Sophon', we wouldn't need to play those foolish ground wars with the Autobots."

"We will impose this blockade on the spark of every rebel!"

……

Just as the myriad worlds were in an uproar because of the Trisolarans' "double-faced" conduct,

Trisolaran First Fleet, flagship.

The Leader felt his thought core about to blow.

Originally, they were immersed in the ecstasy of soon hugging Ultraman's thigh, even beginning to plan how, under the protection of the Land of Light, they could not only take Earth but also remake the Trisolaran homeworld into a cosmic holiday resort.

But the sky screen's "universal unboxing" directly pulled down the Trisolaran civilization's pants.

Especially seeing Yang Dong's suicide and Wang Miao's countdown being broadcast in detail as these "battle results",

The Leader's brainwaves, generated from extreme embarrassment and fear,

in the command cabin surged forth as sharp noises.

"No!!!"

The Leader let out a desperate thought-scream.

……