Chapter 85 Strategy Governor No. 7_1

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Supreme Leader: "Your analysis is correct, despite the incredulous aspects within it, but this might be the most reasonable explanation."

Science Governor: "I agree with No. 7's analysis, Lin Sen has anticipated our anticipations.

"Although we are still unable to fully understand the fundamental reason behind this ability."

Strategy Governor: "We underestimated Lin Sen.

"Alas... the Smartmachines plan didn't even start before it was over. We had hoped to stall human development, but instead, we ended up delivering the most critical technology to them.

"The Poison plan is no longer necessary. Those two plans were designed to complement each other; without one, the effectiveness of the other is greatly reduced. It won't pose much harm to humans now and may even be used by them to accelerate their development.

"Moreover, we no longer dare to trust the ETO. The First Emperor of Qin made us realize this point: Humans are absolutely unreliable. The only thing we can rely on is ourselves."

Supreme Leader: "Science Governor, predict the extent to which human technology will evolve after they obtain quantum computing technology."

Science Governor: "After humans obtain quantum computing technology, they will have broken through the key technological shackles to enter space. Other technologies will be able to break through in succession with the help of quantum computers; nothing can stop them from entering space now.

"Their computational power will greatly increase, and this will also promote the breakthrough of third-generation controlled nuclear fusion technology. Lin Sen's analysis was right; we can't interfere with their computational results. It's meaningless.

"Moreover, we can't interfere. At the quantum level, every interference by us yields different results. They just need to run the calculation a few more times to detect our interference.

"They are about to encounter a small technological explosion. We estimate that within 50 years, their warships will reach 5% of the speed of light, and within 150 years, 15%. The scariest part is their construction capability.

"In 200 years, they will have maximized applied physics to the extreme, like ancient soldiers wielding bows and arrows that even modern people would find astonishing. They have optimized the power of the bow and arrow to the extreme, with a range even longer than firearms, and crucially, they still have a large number of them.

"This is not the key issue; what we are truly worried about is the possibility they might enter another domain, although its threat is not substantial."

War Consul: "In the battle of Armageddon, on the direct battlefield, humans have no possibility of victory.

"Even so, we do not have a guaranteed victory; human cunning is too surprising, impossible to guard against.

"Without the assurance of eliminating Lin Sen and Logic immediately, we absolutely cannot start a war."

Supreme Leader: "Next, do you have any plans for a response?"

Strategy Governor: "Due to the failure of my strategy this time, which has caused us great loss, I need to take responsibility and face trial."

Supreme Leader: "That is a choice to evade responsibility. You will be executed, but what we need now is to move forward!"

Strategy Governor: "Thank you, Supreme Leader. This will ease my pain somewhat. I no longer have any courage to face the humans. In front of them, I am like a child. All we can do is lie low and wait for the last opportunity."

Supreme Leader: "Very well, let the trial commence. The Strategy Governor failed to implement the plan successfully and caused severe loss to the Trisolaran world. You are sentenced to be used as fuel.

"The Sophon Governor failed to detect Lin Sen's intention in advance, leading to humans obtaining the most critical technology and our loss of the ETO. You are sentenced to eternal dehydration."

As the Trisolarans evolved in cunning and longed for a new world, their judgments for life and death were no longer solely based on guilt and innocence; the punishment of eternal dehydration was added.

This was also an emotionally easier decision to accept, influenced by Earth's culture.

The Sophon Governor and Strategy Governor were led away. Their fates were sealed, but the path of the Trisolarans had to continue.

Sophon Monitor No. 7: "Supreme Leader, the First Emperor of Qin has suggested at last that we lay low and wait for future humans to make a move on Lin Sen.

"Silence is the greatest arrogance; we cannot continue being arrogant.

"He believes that in the future, we might consider communicating with humans, letting them not take us seriously.

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"Lin Sen's current position is unparalleled, and we need to wait for a force within future humanity that can deal with him,"

"If human technology undergoes massive development, they might disregard us entirely. At that time, their first thought will be to eliminate Lin Sen and Logic."

"I believe this is the best suggestion. It has been proven that humans, or to be precise, Lin Sen, possess strategies far superior to ours. We cannot surpass him in this regard; we can't even see through their actions that deceive us."

"However, I have studied human history. As long as we are no longer arrogant and lower our stance, with long-term inducement, promoting freedom, kindness, and love to them,"

"Humans will not allow Lin Sen to stay atop forever. Even though Lin Sen or human elites will see through our ploy with a single glance,"

"But... this is an overt scheme. They know it's our strategy, which instead indicates that humans already have the capability to threaten Trisolaris. They would indeed deal with Lin Sen, and even after they eliminate Lin Sen on their own, they could deal with us."

"If we ignore them, they will become suspicious. They will treat Lin Sen as their last card, suppressing, but not giving up on him."

"All we need to do is lower our stance, and they will inevitably engage in conflict. It is human nature; they cannot avoid it."

After undergoing this metamorphosis, Sophon No. 7 seemed to have matured in an instant, ascending another level in cunning. He had learned to exploit human nature.

Leader: "A very good suggestion. We need to change our mode of interaction with humans. Through the Brainwave Blocker, we have made great strides in strategy, and I think we can now consider a plan for communication with future humans."

"Modern day Common Era People should not be underestimated by anyone, especially the PDC leadership. Even Logic's contact, Kent, managed to deceive us."

"We need to wait until we have a basic ability to recognize common human deception and lies before we can engage with them."

"But we must always be aware that compared to the top strategists among humans, such as Lin Sen, we still have a long way to go; we must never forget this at any time."

"Now, because Lin Sen enjoys momentary splendor and humans blindly worship him, in addition to the PDC leadership all being human elites, we cannot communicate with them yet. We will wait until they make significant progress in the future, then we will communicate with them and through long-term inducement, make them disregard us."

"At that time, they will surely take action against Lin Sen. We'll continue to lie in wait until The Waterdrop arrives in the Solar System."

"Just as Lin Sen dares to face the universe, just as he faces the flaws of humanity, so too must we face our own."

"We fear strategy, hence we need to confront it and overcome it."

"The Earth civilization poses the greatest obstacle to our journey to the sea of stars. Once we overcome it, our future will be the sea of stars."

"The plan for future contact with human leaders will be overseen by Sophon Monitor No. 7. Effective immediately, Sophon Monitor No. 7 replaces the Strategy Governor."

Sophon Monitor No. 7, no, now the Strategy Governor, who shall henceforth be known simply as No. 7: "Yes, Leader."

"I need to request authority over Sophon monitoring. I need to study human strategies autonomously and engage directly with humans in the future."

Leader: "Agreed. What you need is to learn, to lie in wait, and to seize the opportunity when it comes!"

A new Sophon Governor was also selected, and from the current situation, the newly appointed Sophon Governor ranked below No. 7.

With just one move, Lin Sen had not only achieved a tremendous victory on Earth but also eradicated two experienced Governors in the Trisolaran world.

Especially the Strategy Governor, who had surpassed the average Trisolaran by a large margin in terms of strategy, yet Lin Sen's action had sapped all his vigor. Even if the Leader didn't sentence him to death, he couldn't survive.

In the end, No. 7 became the Strategy Governor. He even gained a certain authority to lead the Sophon Governor and currently stands as the third ruler of the Trisolaran world.

No. 7, this extremely intelligent Trisolaran and the one who betrayed the First Emperor of Qin — for betrayal happens either zero or countless times.

Where would he lead the Trisolaran civilization next?