Chapter 80 Action Successful_1
Subtitle: "Strike in 80 seconds, any last words?"
In his final moments, the First Emperor of Qin's thoughts became especially swift, and he spoke very fast:
"Your plan is foolish, stop being led by the nose by Lin Sen. You think that an army of robots will deplete human resources, but this plan will only make humanity stronger. The strength of humankind has never been in their weapons, but in their determination. Once they truly unite, no matter how advanced your technology is, you will fail.
"Fortunately, humanity will never truly unite. Bonds of interest, once formed, can also be broken.
"My advice to you is, lay low, continue waiting, abandon all your plans.
"Tell those old faces to hide, they are no match for Lin Sen. As for the peripheral members, they're in danger now. All my information will be uncovered, and the human government may trace them through some of my data... just give up!
"Regarding Lin Sen, he calculated what you're afraid of, and he used those fears to threaten you time and again.
"No matter what, you must not be afraid any longer. You will have your chance in the future.
"The deeper the scheme, the more devoid of scheming the appearance. The more seemingly profound individuals are the less cunning. You naturally have an advantage here. When you understand that, it will show that your strategems are maturing.
"The highest state of hiding is making them think you're inconsequential, making them look down on you.
"In the future, when Lin Sen's prestige isn't so high, you could attempt to communicate with humanity. Negotiation and deception may be a way out.
"Humans are a paradox. Given enough time, once humans realize you're not that dangerous, there will be those who will help you against Lin Sen; perhaps a true communication with humans is the 'key' (he stressed these two words heavily) to our survival.
"You must wait, wait for him..."
The strike arrived, and the First Emperor of Qin was split in two from top to bottom, everything seeming cheap in the face of civilization.
The life of the First Emperor of Qin need not be lamented; all was sacrificed in the war of civilizations, where right and wrong are meaningless.
A man's final words are often good, and in his last moments, the First Emperor also understood the Dark Forest. He offered the Trisolarans a choice, a true communication with humans, seeking a path to break out of the Dark Forest.
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The Flying Blade Net had edges with small rocket thrusters, which also tightened the net as it advanced.
From a distance, the strike looked like a fast plane flying past, releasing a ring from its belly that rapidly expanded with its own flames, plummeting straight down from the sky and landing squarely on top of a building.
The ring landed without resistance, and the building seemed unchanged at first. But seconds later, all the floors inside collapsed, followed by the entire building falling apart like noodles.
The Fishing Net operation, a successful strike!
But when Lin Sen received the message that the "Fishing Net" operation was successfully executed, he appeared indifferent, without a trace of emotion on his face.
He then said to Kent, "Deploy everyone to clean up the building hit by the Fishing Net operation. The leader of the ETO is there, and so is the quantum computing technology humans most desire!"
Having said that, he prepared to head towards the building.
Kent and the dispatchers from various countries present were somewhat dumbfounded, though the quick-reacting ones already wore uncontrollable smiles. They had guessed that Lin Sen's actions were targeted, and that this target was surely the ETO, as no other target on Earth was worth the deployment of the Flying Blade Net.
It's just that no one knew Lin Sen's goal would be so specific, and that he would take down the ETO leader so easily. What's more incredible is that the quantum computer technology was also there. If that's true, is Lin Sen some sort of god?
In just a few months, traveling around to see the sights, he managed to destroy the ETO leader with a single move, clear and decisive, without any hesitation or dragging his feet. He even knew about the technology the target possessed, which is simply unimaginable. How did Lin Sen accomplish this?
Last time, during the guzheng operation, we obtained 28G of data. If the quantum computer is real, this time our gains would be even greater. (In the original work, human quantum computers have always been hindered by Sophons and haven't made a breakthrough; on one hand, it's technically difficult and not feasible at present, on the other hand, humanity has entered a mental deadlock, subconsciously fearing to challenge the Sophons' blockade. And after the Great Ravine, the new humans should be capable of making these breakthroughs, but they thought it unnecessary.)
The more the Trisolarans try to stop something, the greater its value must be. It could even contain technology to counter Sophons.
An astonished Kent, somewhat incoherently said, "Is this true? I will report to the PDC immediately, report to all of humanity!"
Saying this, he excitedly ran out. Lin Sen had never seen Kent lose his composure like this. Dispatchers from various countries were also excitedly rushing to make urgent contacts, coordinating all forces to the ruined building.
Strictly speaking, this was humanity's first direct victory against the Trisolarans. As for the actions against Doomsday's Ship, it was the Trisolarans abandoning the ETO, a victory given to humans by the Trisolarans themselves.
This time it was different, the Trisolarans cared very much, but humans still achieved success.
Kent reported the news to the PDC while informing the military to put the destroyed building under martial law and dispatched professionals to clean up the site, instructing them to be careful not to damage the laboratory equipment and data.
The Flying Blades had destroyed the entire building, and its collapse was bound to damage the laboratory equipment, so care was needed to avoid secondary damage during the cleanup.
The cleanup work also needed to be completed quickly. Aqua regia in the building, along with some other substances, could also damage the equipment, although the impact was not significant. For some key technologies, maybe just giving humanity's scientists a chance would be enough.
The cleanup progressed very swiftly, with thousands participating and all kinds of heavy equipment being mobilized.
By the next morning, the cleanup was largely complete, and the damage to the quantum photolithography machine was not too severe. The incisions made by the Flying Blades were very smooth, and humans would be able to quickly understand the principles and technology with the help of this machine.
When they saw the combination of mechanical processing equipment and quantum chips, all the experts shuddered. They understood that Sophons could control quantum chips; if combined with robots, it would be as if the Trisolarans had descended to Earth.
Their level of computing was surely higher, and even if humans could win against them in battle, it would cost a significant price.
Thankfully, there was Wallfacer, there was Lin Sen who averted this crisis and saved countless people.
Some of the human elite even realized that the Trisolarans planned to produce a vast army of robots to wage war against humans and reported this to the PDC.
The PDC understood that this operation not only obliterated the ETO leader and acquired quantum computer technology but also prevented millions of people from dying in battles against the Trisolaran robot army. This silenced the voices in the PDC that had been critical of the Wallfacer Plan, even making them inwardly acknowledge the Wallfacers.
After that, there was an outburst of ecstasy. Restoring the equipment was not a difficult task for these experts.
Just one morning, many experts had already deduced the technical principles of more than ten types of application materials, such as room-temperature superconductors and quantum tunneling effect materials...
Room-temperature superconductor materials were even heralded as the key that would unlock the Fourth Industrial Revolution, highlighting their importance.
The gates to human quantum computing had been flung open. As for the manufacturing processes for quantum bits and quantum gates, the experts, through various instruments and analyses, found that the remaining work was no longer a challenge for them.
That very morning, the PDC shared the news with all of humanity. Humans desperately needed this victory.
On television and radio, people were delving into this news, while social media became abuzz. The trending lists on major platforms were dominated by this news.
Lin Sen became the focus of everyone, he brought courage and confidence to the people, as well as boundless hope.