Chapter 215 Decisive Battle, The Trap for The Waterdrop_1

Trisolaran world, joint session of the Military Governors' combat meeting.

All Trisolarans were filled with an uncontrollable excitement, their consciousness brimming with the joy of victory.

The emotions of the Trisolarans were originally cold and devoid of emotional color. They only had contempt for humanity, attacking the human home without regard to humanity itself, purely out of necessity.

The greatest respect they could show to humans was their annihilation.

However, over the past 200 years, under the strategic suppression of Lin Sen, and amidst societal changes in Trisolaris, they had no choice but to strive to elevate their level of cunning.

Their individual emotions had become richer and their feelings more complex.

Now, having finally defeated Lin Sen, their adversary, and won the battle of civilizations, it was difficult for them to contain their emotions any longer.

The Military Governor said excitedly, "We've essentially secured our victory now. Any actions by humans will no longer pose a threat to us.

"Now that Rey Diaz is leading the fleet to flee, they are between the inner and outer layers of the Thick Fog.

"I suggest attacking all the warships immediately. They are still in pre-launch state, maintaining formation; now is the best opportunity to strike.

"Sophon, make sure to monitor closely. Observe the state of the inner layer of the Thick Fog. Although the fog obscures vision, short-range visible light can be observed, though it's extremely faint. The side of the fog facing the sun is better, but the back side is almost no different from the night.

"If the Universal Broadcast Military Harbor appears on the outer layer of the fog, The Waterdrop will directly move to destroy it."

No. 7 felt something was not right, a bit too smooth, and a smooth confrontation with Lin Sen was not good news, but nothing seemed amiss at the moment.

"I think it's safer to wait and attack the warships once they've flown out of the outer layer," he suggested.

The Military Governor, still in the grip of the recent victory, dismissed the concern: "I think a direct attack is feasible. Once the warships fly out of the Thick Fog, they'll be moving fast and scattering in all directions. Chasing them with The Waterdrop will consume more of the resources we're carrying.

"Additionally, though most of these warships are old, their speed is considerable. Intercepting them with The Waterdrop would take us too far from the fog, giving their broadcasts a chance to break out.

"After all, the Thick Fog Zone has a diameter of 1.5 million kilometers. If the Universal Broadcast Military Harbor were to fly out at full speed right now, there is a chance it could launch a broadcast. That risk is too great."

The Emperor nodded in agreement, "I concur with the Military Governor's opinion, execute the plan!"

At this moment, all Trisolarans were unaware that the Emperor had made his first mistake.

This mistake, in essence, would not affect the outcome of the battle, yet it would lead Trisolarans through severe emotional changes, step by step towards an abyss.

This was also an outcome of the study of Trisolaran thought processes; they were more prone to mistakes during intense emotional fluctuations.

The original character 1379 was the same, nearly destroying their own civilization's information after a severe emotional fluctuation.

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Upon receiving the message from Hines, Rey Diaz immediately commanded the fleet to start accelerating, preparing to burst through the fog.

The two Waterdrops were hurtling towards the warships inside the fog at 80 times the Third Cosmic Velocity, reaching them in 8 seconds.

At this moment, due to communication problems, the coordination among the warships was slow. Although they had initiated forward state 4, they still maintained a relatively intact formation.

In the brief span of 8 seconds, the Waterdrops entered the outer layer of the fog and, without hesitation, crashed into the nuclear fusion reactors and fuel stores of the closest warship.

What followed was the beginning of a catastrophic explosion of the warship.

The warship's fusion reactor was mercilessly breached, spewing out high-temperature plasma, while the nuclear fuel in the fuel stores, in combination with the extreme heat released by the propulsion halo of The Waterdrop, triggered a violent secondary nuclear fusion reaction.

The thermonuclear explosion's energy spread at an incredible rate, ultimately engulfing the entire warship. In an instant, the warship turned into a blazing fireball.

The intense light of the explosion illuminated the entire fleet, making them starkly visible against the celestial velvet backdrop of space, a sight so spectacular it made the stars of the Milky Way Galaxy seem dim in comparison.

A Space Battleship would not cause such a massive explosion if not breached from fuel stores through the reactor.

The defenses of a warship are not as weak as we might imagine; as long as the reactors and engines are not hit, it matters not how much damage the warship takes.

In space, a warship will not sink. As long as the crew is alive, and the reactors and engines are functioning, the ship can still run. Even if it is down to nothing but a skeletal frame, it's not truly destroyed.

In the next eight seconds, The Waterdrop penetrated another ten Star-level Warships. Each strike was precise and fatal, like the Reaper's scythe mercilessly reaping lives.

The slaughter and explosions began. Human Warships were continuously penetrated by The Waterdrop, like a string of firecrackers set off in space, each explosion accompanied by the disappearance of countless lives and the disintegration of the warships.

The killing did not stop; it had just begun as the second Waterdrop also joined the fray.

The formation of the warships was not a straight line; the piercing of the battleships by the two Waterdrops was like two red chains of flame intertwining and advancing in rotation.

Each penetration was like a sharp sword mercilessly stabbing into the heart of the warships, bringing destruction to vessel after vessel.

These moments of destruction were accompanied by nuclear fireballs exploding like fireworks in the universe, splendid yet brutal.

The fireballs burned fiercely in space, like angry fire dragons roaring, adding an even more tragic color to this massacre.

This was the war of civilizations, contempt to the extreme, what is it about your destruction that concerns me!

In a blink of an eye, this slaughter had progressed past its halfway point, with new warships constantly flying out of the Thick Fog Zone, to be greeted only by the fate of death.

At this moment, the two Waterdrops had reached the edge of the inner layer of the Thick Fog Zone, with two more warships preparing to rush out, and the Waterdrops immediately accelerated to intercept.

The outer-layer Sophons could vaguely make out the shape of their opponents.

No. 7 suddenly felt an inexplicable unease, and this feeling grew stronger and stronger.

No. 7 felt that there had to be something he had overlooked, peering at the edge of the inner layer of the Thick Fog Zone as seen through the Sophon's feedback, and at this moment, No. 7 finally understood what the issue was.

The Waterdrops were too close to the edge of the Sophon-Blocked Zone within the Thick Fog Zone, and the Sophon-Blocked Zone was movable.

There was no time left, No. 7 didn't even transmit his thoughts to the Emperor.

Instead, as the two Waterdrops were about to collide with those two warships at the edge of the inner layer, he forcefully controlled one Waterdrop to turn.

But it was too late to manipulate the second Waterdrop; the speed of the Waterdrop was simply too fast.

Lin Sen also timed his move to the split second, in the critical moment when the warship just left the Sophon-Blocked Zone, and the Waterdrop followed the preset direction to strike.

And at this very moment, under the control of the mind-sensing array, the Sophon-Blocked Zone rapidly moved forward, always keeping the fuel tank section of the warship within the range of the Sophon-Blocked Zone.

At such a high speed, the Waterdrop shot directly into the warship's fuel tank and thus entered the Sophon-Blocked Zone.

The Sophon-Blocked Zone had no effect on the Waterdrop or the controlling Sophon inside it in 11 dimensions. But the Waterdrop outside must follow an eye that can observe the outside world, which means this Sophon must at least unfold to 6 dimensions, to be able to provide information about the outside to the Waterdrop.

The Sophon, which had unfolded to 6 dimensions, entered the inner layer of the Sophon-Blocked Zone along with the Waterdrop, and immediately became unstable, losing the ability to provide the Waterdrop with information about the outside.

The Waterdrop, having lost the high-dimensional surveillance capabilities of the Sophon, was unaware of the death trap ahead, and still followed the original program, piercing through the outer armor of the fuel tank.

This warship was the Emperor-class battleship Chongzhen, modified by Rey Diaz a century and a half ago.

The primary cannon's power was greatly weakened, and four out of six large Controllable Nuclear Fusion Engines were removed. The area where these engines were removed served as fuel tanks.

If they had escaped, such a large amount of fuel would have greatly increased the survival capability of the warships, so the Waterdrops had to eradicate them all.

And the death trap for the Waterdrop lay inside the fuel tank, where Lin Sen had placed a large amount of antimatter that he requested from the PDC inside antimatter directional emitters.

As the Waterdrop pierced through the tank's armor, the antimatter emitters directly ejected the antimatter at high speed toward the Waterdrop in a directed manner.

As the Waterdrop pierced through the tank's armor at high speed, the antimatter emitters simultaneously sprayed the high-energy antimatter in a directed manner at the arrogant Waterdrop.

To ensure nothing went awry, the fuel tank was filled with these kinds of antimatter emitters.

Antimatter typically refers to antiprotons, positrons, all of which are confined in magnetic and electric fields, and they can be accelerated and ejected at high speed in a directed manner in an instant.

This was the trap Lin Sen meticulously prepared for the Waterdrops.

PS:

No. 7: You old trickster, you were just saying humans had been defeated and even prepared to end your own life, but in the end, all of you are drama kings, acting so convincingly.

I will never trust you old tricksters again.

Do you know what the cruelest thing is? I thought I was about to win, and then you tell me all of that was your ploy.

Rey Diaz: It's not my fault; it was Lin Sen who installed the antimatter. But Lin Sen, you really went too far this time, look how aggrieved our little brother No. 7 is.

Hines: Little brother No. 7, just take it easy, after this time, Lin Sen surely has no other tricks up his sleeve.

Logic: I'm familiar with this feeling... right right right, no more tricks indeed.