The Science Fiction World of Xueba

The live broadcast is still going on.

The small research spacecraft "Mantis" released by the Quantum spacecraft, carrying Lynch Clark and others, turned the engine nozzle of the spacecraft, turned the bow of the Mantis towards the direction of the fleet, and slowly slowed down to approach the water droplets.

Inside the lens, the smooth surface of the water droplet reflects the starry Milky Way.

At the head of the water droplet, you can see the huge rectangular fleet array a thousand kilometers away reflected in the mirror.

This shot reminded Pang Xuelin of the Three-Body Problem short film "Water Drops" he had seen in the real world.

In that short film, through the mirror reflection of water droplets, it is gradually enlarged from the atomic level, and the human fleet that looks majestic at the macro level, even with a "sense of design", is not rigorous, rough, and even looks like a piece of waste paper at the micro level. The general surface is exposed.

Coupled with the reverse order of human interview voices, it perfectly shows the small, ignorant and arrogant character of human beings, and has a magical power that makes people open their mouths more and more.

That short film left a deep impression on Pang Xuelin.

Now, Pang Xuelin really felt such a scene.

"The main fleet is too close to the water drop!"

Pang Xuelin frowned.

The distance of 1,000 kilometers may be crossed by water droplets in a few seconds.

According to his request, the Fifth Fleet was far away on both sides of the main fleet, and the distance from the water droplet was even 100,000 kilometers.

Xu Shaomin said: "Commander, don't worry, we have so many warships, there shouldn't be any problems."

Pang Xuelin pondered for a moment and said, "Help me connect to Steven Eddie!"

Xu Shaomin was slightly taken aback, nodded and said, "Commander, wait a moment!"

Soon, the figure of Steven Eddy, the commander-in-chief of the solar system fleet, appeared in front of Pang Xuelin again.

"Professor Pang, what's the matter?"

Steven Eddy looked impatient.

Pang Xuelin said: "Mr. Eddie, the fleet is too close to the water droplet. I suggest that the distance between the fleet and the water droplet should be increased to more than 10,000 kilometers, and all warships should be kept in a deep-sea state so that they can carry out combat missions at any time. The enemy we are facing now , is the Three-Body Civilization that has overlooked us for two centuries, don't underestimate the other party just because the other party is just a small detector!"

Steven Eddy laughed and said: "Professor Pang, if you enter the deep sea state, the fleet members will not be able to watch the historic moment when humans first came into contact with water droplets. As for the distance, don't you think this distance is just right?" Can it show the oppressiveness of the fleet? The momentum will be much weaker if it is farther away. And we now have a total of 2,500 star-class warships. In front of such a fleet, no matter how much the opponent's detector Advanced, how many waves can it cause?"

After a pause, Steven Eddy continued: "Okay, Professor Pang, before I entrusted the Fifth Fleet to your command, it was entirely out of respect for my predecessors and you as the founder of Fleet International. I hope you I can recognize your position, now is the 205th year of the Crisis Era, not the 38th year of the Crisis Era!"

After all, Steven Eddie didn't give Pang Xuelin a chance to refute, and his figure disappeared directly in front of Pang Xuelin's eyes.

"How can Mr. Eddie talk like that!"

Zhuang Yan who was standing beside Pang Xuelin said indignantly.

Xu Shaomin frowned, and turned his gaze to Pang Xuelin: "Commander..."

She was a little worried.

Although she disapproved of Pang Xuelin's order from the bottom of her heart, it was obviously extremely detrimental to Pang Xuelin's future development to have such a quarrel with the commander of the solar system fleet.

As for the senior officers in the "Natural Selection" such as Dongfang Continuation, there was an expression on their faces that wanted to laugh but didn't dare to laugh.

They feel secretly happy that Steven Eddie can directly attack Pang Xuelin like this.

After all, it was Pang Xuelin who made the Fifth Fleet miss its first chance to fight an aircraft of extraterrestrial civilization.

Pang Xuelin smiled faintly, and was not angry at all with Steven Eddie's arrogance. He turned his gaze to Dongfang aside and continued: "Dongfang,

Switch the communication system to the public channel! "

Dongfang Yanxu was slightly taken aback, frowned and said, "Professor Pang, what are you doing?"

Xu Shaomin said: "Dongfang, have you forgotten what I said before? You can just switch, the commander's order is my order!"

"yes!"

Dongfang continued a little aggrieved.

Soon, the voice of Pang Xuelin sounded in the entire fleet: "I am the founder of Fleet International, the former Wallfacer Pang Xuelin, and now I am speaking to all captains of the Solar System Fleet! As a Wallfacer who has had direct communication with Trisolaran civilization, I hope everyone can listen to my advice, the Trisolaran civilization is not as simple as we imagined. Before it is determined that the water droplets are no threat to us, all warships will enter the deep sea state immediately! All warships will enter the deep sea state immediately! I hope everyone will remember Remember, weakness and ignorance are not obstacles to survival, arrogance is!"

In just a few seconds, all the 3,000 star-class warships on the scene received Pang Xuelin's message.

For a time, the entire fleet became lively.

Some captains directly asked the command ship whether they should obey Pang Xuelin's orders.

There were also some captains, with mocking smiles on their faces, directly ignoring Pang Xuelin's speech.

Only a small number of captains listened to Pang Xuelin's speech and ordered the battleship to enter the deep sea state.

Soon, Steven Eddie's distorted face appeared in front of Pang Xuelin again.

"Professor Pang, what are you doing?"

Pang Xuelin smiled and said, "I am doing my duty as a human being!"

Steven Eddy said: "Professor Pang, this is an act of ultra vires. After the Trisolaran detector is successfully captured this time, I will directly submit your act to the Fleet International Supreme Committee!"

"casual!"

Pang Xuelin said lightly: "Mr. Eddie, I hope you can remember what I just said, don't be arrogant, arrogance will destroy the future of mankind!"

"Professor Pang, I am a veteran soldier with more than 40 years of experience in the space force. I understand modern space warfare better than you!"

After speaking, Steven Eddy's figure disappeared in front of Pang Xuelin again.

...

At this time, the Mantis spacecraft was already within two kilometers of the water droplet.

In the circular cabin of the spaceship, Professor Lynch Clark, who was wearing a space suit, and two other officers from Fleet International also received the information from the public channel.

One of them, a tall and handsome major officer, Xizi, smiled and said, "This Professor Pang takes himself too seriously. I don't think many people will listen to his opinion!"

Another lieutenant colonel nodded in agreement.

Lynch Clark was staring at the picture of the water droplets captured by the camera of the Mantis. The flawless appearance of the water droplets gave him a vague premonition.

He said lightly: "Child, don't underestimate the suggestion of a Wallfacer. I also came from that era. Professor Pang is one of the most remarkable figures in human history in the past two hundred years. When the crisis era first began, he He once warned the nations of mankind to pay attention to the possible trough. Unfortunately, mankind did not listen to him. Later, because of his foresight, mankind was able to overcome the threat of hunger in just a few years. It is also because of his efforts As a result, the current Fleet International and the Solar System Fleet came into existence... Now his advice to the Solar System Fleet reminds me of his advice to all human nations back then! Man, it is easy to die of arrogance!"

Xizi was taken aback for a moment, and asked with some doubts: "Professor Clark, do you think water droplets will be dangerous?"

Lynch Clark said: "Don't be deceived by its beautiful appearance, some things with extremely beautiful appearance often hide great horror..."

After all, he transferred the communication system of the Mantis to the Quantum not far away.

"Captain Fan, let Quantum enter the deep sea state, just in case!"

Soon, there was a response from Fan Mingcheng, the captain of the Quantum: "Professor Clark, is there any problem with the water droplets?"

Clark said: "I haven't found any problems yet, but I have a bad feeling that the Quantum is ready to evacuate at any time!"

"Then... let's do it!"

Fan Mingcheng hesitated for a moment, but still accepted Lynch Clark's opinion.

At this time, the distance between the Mantis and the water droplet was less than 100 meters.

The artificial intelligence on the Mantis slowly drove the Mantis close to the water droplet, and then the mechanical arm opened, successfully captured the water droplet, and slowly put it into the scientific cabin of the Mantis number!

There were no issues with this process.

The real-time images were simultaneously transmitted to the nearby 3,000 solar system fleets, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Inside the bridge of the Natural Selection, there was even a burst of cheers.

Dongfang Continuation looked at Pang Xuelin proudly, as if asking if you were worrying too much.

Pang Xuelin didn't care about the comments and gazes around him at all. He stared at the real-time broadcast from the Mantis without blinking!

Lynch Clark and the two Fleet International officers floated into the science module in their space suits.

The water droplet was suspended in the center of the science cabin. Compared with the image seen through the camera outside the cabin before, its color has completely changed, and it has become much darker and softer.

This is obviously due to the different reflections of the external scenery on its surface, and the total reflection surface of the water drop itself has no color.

Lynch Clark slowly floated up to the drop, placing a hand on its surface. He can only touch it with gloves to prevent frostbite from the absolute zero mirror.

Then, Xizi and the lieutenant colonel officer also started to touch the water droplets.

"It looks too fragile, I'm afraid it will be broken." Xizi said in a low voice.

"I don't feel any friction." The male lieutenant colonel was surprised, "Its surface is too smooth."

"Use a microscope to observe the surface of a water droplet!"

Xizi found a cylindrical instrument from the shelf next to the science cabin, which was a microscope.

She touches the wet surface with the lens, from a small display attached to the instrument. A magnified image of the surface can be seen.

What is displayed on the screen is still a smooth mirror.

"What is the magnification?"

Lynch Clark said.

"A hundred times."

Xizi pointed to a number on the corner of the microscope display, and at the same time adjusted the magnification to a thousand times.

The enlarged surface is still a smooth mirror surface.

"Is the microscope broken?"

The lieutenant colonel said.

Xizi picked up the microscope and pointed it at his spacesuit mask.

The spacesuit mask looks as clean and flawless as water droplets to the naked eye, but after being magnified a thousand times by a microscope, it becomes as rough as a rocky beach on the screen.

"Amplify the multiplier by ten times."

Lynch Clark said.

This is beyond the ability of optical magnification. Xizi has performed a series of operations to switch the microscope from optical mode to electron tunneling microscope mode, and now the magnification is 10,000 times.

The magnified surface is still a smooth mirror.

"Adjust to 100,000 times." The lieutenant colonel said.

What they see is still a smooth mirror.

"A million times." Smooth mirror.

"Ten million times!"

At this magnification, macromolecules can already be seen, but what is displayed on the screen is still a smooth mirror surface, without any signs of roughness, and its smoothness is no different from the surrounding surfaces that have not been magnified.

"Amplify the multiple again!"

Lynch Clark's voice trembled slightly.

Xizi shook his head and said, "Professor Clark, this is already the extreme value that the electron microscope can achieve."

...

The weird atmosphere in the science cabin seemed to have spread to the three thousand battleships watching the live broadcast.

Inside the Natural Selection, Pang Xuelin was expressionless and said in a calm tone, "Commander Xu, have you heard of the science fiction "2001: A Space Odyssey"?"

Xu Shaomin looked at Pang Xuelin in surprise, shook his head and said, "I don't know."

Pang Xuelin said indifferently: "This book was written by a science fiction writer named Arthur Clarke in the Golden Age. He described a black obelisk left by an alien super civilization on the moon. The investigators measured the three sides of the obelisk with an ordinary ruler. The length ratio of the sides is 1:3:9. In the future, no matter what more accurate method is used to measure, the ratio of the three sides of the obelisk will still be exactly 1:3:9 after exhausting the highest precision of measurement technology on the earth. Any error. Clark wrote in the book: In this way, that civilization showed its power arrogantly! Now, the Trisolaran civilization is showing us an even more arrogant power."

"Professor Pang, do you mean that water droplets are dangerous?"

At some point, the expression on Dongfang Zhan's face also became serious.

Pang Xuelin said: "Only the surface of a neutron star can achieve this level of smoothness, but its mass is normal, so this cannot be a neutron material. According to the data sent back by the Mantis, the surface of the water droplet has reached absolute zero." , this can only show that the molecules of this thing are neatly arranged like a guard of honor, and at the same time are solidified with each other. Do you know how strong this joint is? The molecules are like being nailed to death, and their own vibrations have disappeared. Only Strong interaction force can achieve such an effect. This kind of material is a hundred times stronger than the strongest matter in the solar system. All matter in this world is as fragile as a piece of paper in front of it. It can be like a bullet It can pass through the earth like cheese, without the slightest damage to the surface. At present, in our human physics world, this kind of material only exists in the imagination of some scientists. To do this is equivalent to shooting a bow and arrow into On the moon! Trisolarans did it!"