Chapter 174 Trisolaris Dark Battle_1

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Originally, Brainwave Blockers were only used among the top echelons and the Strategy Research Team, and most people were actually quite resistant to using them. However, after being forced to use them for an extended period, the strategical level of the members within the Trisolaran Strategist Advisory Group significantly improved.

Meanwhile, certain Trisolaran scientists were also required to use the Brainwave Blocker, and after long-term use, there was a surge in technological breakthroughs by these Trisolaran scientists.

Seeing the impact of the Brainwave Blocker, some Trisolarans also began to voluntarily use it, and after long-term use, no one wanted to take it off anymore.

As for the restrictions on the access to Brainwave Blockers, the Trisolarans weren't inclined to use them in the first place. In their view, there was no need for restrictions.

This is completely different from human society, where control over permissions is most strict, while Trisolarans have collective thinking and generally don't engage in permission control.

An example is the case of Sophon 1379, which was capable of emitting star-level messages without the strictest permission restrictions; let alone Brainwave Blockers.

The long-term use of Brainwave Blockers would stimulate the most primitive selfish genes of the species. Combining this with the nature of Sophon 1379's defection, we can speculate that Brainwave Blockers will lead to countless individuals like Sophon 1379 for the Trisolarans.

The Trisolaran upper echelon may have realized what Brainwave Blockers would bring to Trisolarans, or maybe not, but they first judge whether a new ideology emerging in society is harmful to civilization.

If it is deemed harmful to civilization, it is directly destroyed, and if it cannot be determined, it is often tolerated.

And within the Trisolarans, there are no reliable standards; much needs to be referenced from historical events, which Trisolarans probably value the most.

The emphasis Trisolarans place on history is apparent through the Trisolaris game, and even though their home star endured disasters like the Great Rip, being torn into two halves, they still have a clear understanding of their early civilization's developmental and evolutionary process.

Trisolarans are known for their absolute efficiency, and such high regard for history shows its tremendous importance to them, suggesting many of their current decisions need to reflect on history.

Trisolarans also have a trait: highly vigilant against external threats, even appearing timid, but incredibly tolerant internally, with virtually no defense in place.

All this led to the widespread use of Brainwave Blockers, and their dangers went unnoticed.

Because Brainwave Blockers existed, neither the Warring Faction nor the Escapist Faction remained pure, and each became intricate and interwoven.

Humans choose their faction mainly based on interests, but there are no such entanglements of interest among Trisolarans. The original set of rules, influenced by the Brainwave Blockers, no longer worked.

These would not yet lead to a severe social crisis, but 130 years into the crisis, an event of great significance occurred, causing the social crisis to fully erupt:

The Second Fleet of Trisolaris defected.

Because a large amount of resources had been allocated to the construction of Sophons, there were few resources left to build the Escape Fleet. The Second Fleet had only built a small number of warships—merely 200 had been completed.

According to calculations, to evacuate everyone, Trisolarans would need to construct 100 fleets the size of the Trisolaris First Fleet. With Trisolaris' resources, this was an impossible feat.

Even if it were possible to build that many warships, it would take 5,000 years. A full-scale evacuation was unattainable.

No one knows how the Trisolarans, with their collective thinking, experienced a large-scale collective defection. Possible reasons for this might include:

First, the Trisolaran upper echelon decided to limit the use of Brainwave Blockers. Trisolarans take their factions very seriously, but within these factions, there would appear individuals who were alternately part of the Escapist Faction, then the Warring Faction, and even the Survivor Faction.

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Trisolarans were incapable of dealing with such matters, which had never occurred in Trisolaran history, and this happened during a sensitive period of Trisolaran division. The leadership believed that the Brainwave Blocker would conceal Trisolaran thoughts, so after several discussions, the Science Advisory Board decided to limit the use of the Brainwave Blocker.

Restricting the use of the Brainwave Blocker became the catalyst for the defection incident. Many who had long used the Brainwave Blocker were clearly aware that once the Brainwave Blocker was removed, their death would follow.

Secondly, the Brainwave Blocker had given rise to a selfish gene in many people. The Warring Faction almost didn't need to consume current Trisolaran resources at all; all the resources could go to the Escapist Faction.

But even within the Escapist Faction, there were struggles over resources and escape slots.

Don't think that Trisolaran thinking is transparent and devoid of suspicion chains. If Trisolarans were in different factions, the chains of suspicion would be even heavier, especially when the factions were still unclear.

Thirdly, many of the lower-tier Trisolarans were dissatisfied with Trisolaran rule, yearning for freedom and beauty. They even had a slogan, "Eradicate the Trisolaran tyranny, embrace democracy and freedom," which was clearly influenced by human society.

Although the leader had long since blocked information about human society from the lower tiers, a lot had been disseminated earlier. Additionally, members of the Trisolaran elite who were part of the Escapist Faction often leaked news about humans, leading many to have a superficial understanding of human society.

The lower-tier Trisolarans knew that even if Trisolarans chose to flee, it was very likely they would be left behind. Those who escaped first would definitely have an advantage and be less likely to be discovered, while those who escaped later would only escape if ships in front were detected, causing searches near Trisolaris, meaning that the rest would not be able to escape.

Of course, there may have been other reasons that led the incomplete Second Fleet to defect.

The Escape Fleet was hastily assembled, which also sparked the Dark Battle. The Second Fleet currently only has 200 warships, yet 10 million people were crammed aboard. So many people weren't squeezed in because they wanted to lead a large number of escapees, but because everyone on board was food, was fuel.

The decision-makers also forgot one thing: no one willingly wants to be food or fuel, especially those who had long used the Brainwave Blocker, and many of those who chose to escape had even developed independent personalities.

They dared not dehydrate themselves, for once dehydrated, their fate was no longer their own. They could no longer trust their companions, and Trisolarans had lost their most precious quality.

With everyone refusing to dehydrate, the consumption of the warship's materials was extremely severe, necessitating the use of violent measures to force most people to dehydrate. Subsequently, the Dark Battle broke out, with anyone inside the warships being untrustworthy, and even facing strikes from other warships.

The Dark Battle of the Trisolaran Escape Fleet lasted half a month, leaving only 80 warships. There was no need to count the dead since the dead could be used as food and raw materials, and so could the living; it was all the same.

Facing the escape of the Second Fleet, the leader realized that there indeed was a major problem within Trisolaris, the greatest treasure of Trisolarans was their purity, and now that it was lost, it was time for a purification operation!

If I had never seen the sun, I could endure the darkness, but once Trisolarans experienced "sunlight" under the Brainwave Blocker, it became very difficult to return to that "darkness."

A rebellion arose among the ordinary Trisolarans. Although the rebellious force was small, Trisolarans typically do not defend against their own kind, which led to the rapid expansion of the rebels.

Both the Warring Faction and the Escapist Faction acted to suppress the rebels. The leader's purification operation continued, and the Dark Battle spread from the Escape Fleet to the surface of Trisolaris, marking the beginning of a protracted battle.

The Dark Battle of the Escape Fleet was about the struggle for resources, while the one on Trisolaris was for the consciousness of freedom.

The Dark Battle on the homeworld lasted nearly 30 years, reducing the Trisolaran population by 16%. This is the deep trough that Lin Sen's resource exchange plan and the Brainwave Blocker brought to the Trisolarans.

PS: This chapter was poorly written. Firstly, the society of the Trisolarans is too hard to comprehend, and the author's literary skills are very poor, making it difficult to clearly describe that kind of society.

Secondly, as for the Dark Battle on Trisolaris, the author initially wrote a lot. There were two chapters on the Dark Battle, but as it progressed, it became apparent that the writing was poor, the logic inconsistent, and hard to make self-consistent, so it felt better to delete it, thus leaving it unfinished. The main issue is that I couldn't write the circumstances of the Trisolaran civil war well, so please understand.

In this regard, perhaps readers would not want the author to write too extensively either. Everyone has their own interpretation of Trisolaris. The social structure of Trisolaris in the previous chapter had some basis, but their civil war did not. Moreover, even Liu Cixin couldn't clarify it; I'm even less able.

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