chsdbacks Chapter 286 The Destruction and Fireworks of the Three-Body Galaxy
Chapter 286 The Destruction and Fireworks of the Three-Body Galaxy
Chapter 286 The Destruction and Fireworks of the Trisolaran Galaxy
As soon as Xu Qing finished speaking, he flicked his fingertips lightly.
The two energy-encased Trisolaran ships sped away like arrows along the edge of the Oort cloud, their pale blue hulls leaving two thin trails in the darkness before disappearing into the cosmic dust in an instant.
There were no extra restrictions or warnings; it was as if they had simply let two insignificant flying insects go.
Within the fleet, as if finally realizing what was happening, hurried conversations resumed.
[Commander of the Trisolaran Fleet: What is that being doing? Are you going to leave us alone?]
The commander of the Trisolaran fleet could hardly believe it.
Although the vast majority of the warships were destroyed, there were a great many Trisolarans in the fleet.
After all, they only need to dehydrate to hibernate and preserve themselves, and the living space they need is far less than that of Earthlings.
The warships were not all soldiers; there were also many civilians who were simply there as interstellar colonists.
With these dehydrated Trisolarans added to the mix, there are now hundreds of thousands of Trisolarans remaining in the two remaining fleets.
In contrast, hundreds of millions of Trisolarans turned to ashes.
Their probes destroyed millions of Earthlings, and just one day later, hundreds of millions of Trisolarans had died.
To die without any value.
[Fleet Observer: Sir, we've strayed off course, but we have enough energy left to change direction. Should we continue towards Earth, or return to the Trisolaran system?]
[Commander of the Trisolaran Fleet: Idiot!]
The commander's angry rebuke came through the channel.
[Commander of the Trisolaran Fleet: Heading to Earth is a dead end, and the Trisolaran system will eventually be destroyed! All personnel undergo dehydration and hibernation. Head towards the nearest star system and gamble on survival—]
"It's time to go," Xu Qing said calmly to Luo Ji.
Before Luo Ji could even process the shock Xu Qing had brought, and before the fireworks from the countless interstellar warships before him had faded, the surrounding spacetime was once again thrown into turmoil.
The feeling of time flowing backwards returned, and the countless flames twisted and flowed at an even faster speed. Darkness surged in like a tide, completely swallowing the last glimmer of light in the solar system.
Luo Ji subconsciously held his breath.
A small portion of Xu Qing's shared consciousness is still active, allowing him to clearly "see" dust particles floating billions of kilometers away, even in the endless void.
This time, the reversal of time has no clear trajectory of the stars in the solar system, only boundless darkness and chaos.
The floating cosmic dust and fragmented meteorite debris are all moving against inertia, as if being pulled by an invisible hand, heading back to some unknown coordinate.
Luo Ji felt the darkness before him spinning and shrinking, as if he had fallen into an endless vortex, and even his thoughts became hazy.
This time, unlike before when he hadn't noticed anything, he carefully sensed everything.
The sensory impact of faster-than-light travel is far more revolutionary than Luo Ji imagined.
After an unknown amount of time, a faint ray of light suddenly pierced the darkness, like a touch of gold on an ink-black canvas.
The light grew brighter and brighter, quickly spreading into a sea of blazing light. Luo Ji subconsciously squinted, but he could still feel the scorching heat that penetrated his mind.
When the light and shadow finally stabilized, his pupils suddenly contracted, and his heart sank sharply.
There were no blue planets or regular orbits in sight, only three stars dancing wildly in the universe.
As Luo Ji approached the three stars, he saw them sometimes close to each other, the scorching orbs of light almost colliding and bursting out with flares powerful enough to incinerate everything, and sometimes rapidly separating, leaving long streaks of light in the darkness.
Flames and plasma on the surface of the star surged and erupted like boiling magma, while chaotic red and gold lights alternately enveloped the surrounding space.
Between the gravitational pull of three stars, a scarred planet is struggling to orbit.
When Luo Ji saw this planet and those three stars, he understood everything.
That is the Trisolaran planet.
This is the Trisolaran system.
Luo Ji looked down at the planet, his mind clearly transmitting the details of the surface: the vast scorched earth was covered with bottomless fissures, and the black rocks gleamed with a cold luster under the starlight.
There is no large area of vegetation, only scattered, strangely shaped plants that resemble black moss clinging to the rock face, barely surviving in the alternation of strong light and extreme cold.
"Is this the home planet of the Trisolaran civilization?"
A world ruled by three stars, without stable day and night or seasons, where even survival depends on dehydration and hibernation in a gamble.
Looking down at this planet struggling under the gravity of the star, Luo Ji suddenly felt a complex and indescribable emotion welling up inside him.
The Trisolaran civilization was so powerful and terrifying that it plunged Earth's civilization into centuries of panic.
Even just a day earlier, sending out a single probe nearly pushed humanity to the brink of death, almost destroying all of humanity's ability to resist.
If they wanted to, the Trisolaran civilization could have destroyed the entire Earth civilization back then.
Yet even such a civilization, faced with the ravages of three suns, was as insignificant and helpless as a moth to a flame or an ant in a storm.
Every step of this civilization's development has been a race against death.
The fate of the Trisolarans seems to have been predetermined from the very beginning of its existence.
One day, it will be swallowed by a sun and meet its inevitable destruction.
The civilization that arose on the Trisolaran planet would also be destroyed.
As a civilization born on this planet, the only way for the Trisolaran civilization to escape this fate is to leave the Trisolaran system.
In Luo Ji's perception, the same scene was unfolding on the Trisolaran planet, just like the one with the Trisolaran fleet.
Three-Body Star Command Center.
The head of state sat at the highest control console, while the officials of various ministries surrounding him were filled with utter panic.
"Fleet Commander, repeat the report you just gave!" The leader's usually calm mind began to tremble slightly.
"Your Majesty, the unknown attack came without warning. No energy reaction was detected, and there were no warning signals. The fleet's defense system was not even activated before it was instantly destroyed. Nearly 100 million interstellar immigrants and warriors—not a single one survived."
"Impossible!" The military governor's thoughts suddenly sharpened. "Our fleet is equipped with state-of-the-art gravity barriers, capable of withstanding even a stellar eruption for a moment. How could it be completely defenseless?"
"I already said it wasn't a conventional attack!" The fleet commander's thoughts trembled with despair as he repeated Xu Qing's attack once more.
Upon hearing those words, which sounded almost like nonsense or the pronouncements of a madman, the consuls and the head of state fell silent.
How could simply conquering that already sealed-off planet encounter such immense obstacles and lead to such a terrifying and mysterious civilization?
The scientific governor retrieved the last vague data transmitted back by the fleet, which formed a huge model of an unknown life form.
In the hands of that unknown life form, the Trisolaran fleet was like dust.
"It seems the Trisolarans are finished."
Looking at the enormous, unknown life form that resembled a star system, the leader chuckled.
The hall fell into dead silence.
In the past, they regarded Earth's civilization as their own and humanity as lambs to the slaughter, never doubting their ultimate victory.
But now, their fleet, built with countless years of painstaking effort, has been instantly destroyed, and a previously unknown super civilization has emerged, crushing all their confidence and arrogance.
"Scientific Administrator, what are the chances of our entire Trisolaran civilization surviving if we were to evacuate Trisolaris?"
The head of state suddenly spoke, his thoughts focused on the science governor.
Now they have no choice but to abandon their doomed home planet and venture into the unknown cosmos.
"Reporting to the leader, according to data transmitted from Earth and the Trisolaran fleet, as well as the calculations of the Sophon, that mysterious unknown life form has mastered some kind of faster-than-light travel power. It can reach here in a day at most, and in the worst case scenario—it may even arrive in the next second."
"In such a short period of time, we can only evacuate at most one-tenth of the Trisolarans; it is impossible to evacuate them all."
The science governor delivered the news with a wry smile, silencing everyone.
Just as the head of state was about to give an order after hearing the scientific governor's report, a voice suddenly rang out throughout the command hall without warning.
"To submit, or to perish?"
The voice was cold and indifferent, devoid of any emotion, yet it possessed an overwhelming sense of dominance, directly imprinting itself deep within the consciousness of every high-ranking member of the Trisolarans.
Those six words, like a neutron star crashing into a calm lake, instantly shattered all hope.
"What?!?!"
The leader abruptly stood up, his pupils contracting to their maximum size. The thoughts of the various ministers were in utter chaos, fear gripping everyone's consciousness like vines.
"Is it that mysterious life form?!"
"How could He arrive so quickly?!"
"It's over. Is everything for my Trisolaran civilization finished?!"
The officials were all terrified and looked towards the horizon.
Before they could react, the astronomical observation panel in the center of the hall suddenly emitted a piercing alarm, and red light flashed wildly.
"Warning! Alpha star energy response surges! Warning! Supernova explosion detected!"
Everyone's eyes were instantly drawn to the three-body galaxy model in the holographic projection.
Of the three stars, the brightest, Alpha, exploded violently in a manner completely inexplicable by physics. The blazing sphere of light rapidly intensified, expanding outwards and engulfing the surrounding darkness.
This is a message from the Sophons, who are monitoring the movements of the three stars, saving the Trisolaran civilization from destruction.
From Luo Ji's perspective, the star that had nourished and tormented the Trisolaran civilization for countless years suddenly emitted a world-destroying light.
The blazing light core expanded wildly, golden flames tore through the plasma cloud, and boundless electromagnetic pulses surged outwards, instantly melting all surrounding interstellar matter at temperatures of billions of degrees.
Everything was expanding, exploding, and pouring outwards at an incredible rate!
The light surged like a waterfall, painting the dark universe with a tapestry of shimmering gold and deep purple. The filamentous remnants of nebulae spread out in the energy shockwaves, breathtakingly beautiful yet carrying an aura of absolute destruction.
This is the most beautiful and terrifying natural phenomenon in the universe: a supernova explosion.
Luo Ji felt as if his heart was being gripped by an invisible hand, both amazed by the cosmic magnificence and chilled to the bone by the terrifying power behind it.
But this was not a natural celestial phenomenon; it was merely a casual act by Xu Qing.
Inside the Three-Body Command Center, everyone's eyes were fixed on the holographic projection.
Although the area affected by the supernova explosion was still very far away, and even if it expanded at the speed of light, it would take them several minutes to see it with the naked eye, the real-time images transmitted by Sophon had already made them tremble all over.
The flames from Planet A continued to spread, and the energy readings exceeded all measurement limits—a power powerful enough to instantly destroy the entire Trisolaran system.
"No—this is impossible!" The scientific administrator's thought process was on the verge of collapse. He frantically retrieved data, only to find cold, hard facts.
Several officials had already collapsed to the ground, awaiting their deaths.
The supernova explosion has reached its peak, and its power is enough to vaporize any planet.
Even if everyone boards the ship now, the Trisolaran civilization is already doomed to destruction.
Before they could recover from the shock, that indifferent voice echoed once more in the depths of their consciousness, its oppressive force even greater: "Submit, or die?"
Before the words were even finished, a second alarm ripped through the silence of the hall, sharper and more urgent than before: "Warning! Beta Star's energy reaction has surged! A supernova explosion has occurred on Beta Star!"
boom!!
Although sound cannot travel in the vast universe, Luo Ji seemed to hear a huge explosion, which seemed to shake the universe and sweep across the heavens and earth.
From Luo Ji's perspective, the second star, β, also emitted a dazzling light.
The light from the two supernovae intertwined, filamentary nebulae floated like silk, and energy shockwaves spread out in layers.
The time that the two stars had spent together for billions of years came to an abrupt end at this moment. Countless colors emerged at this moment, and countless substances and elements were destroyed and born at this moment.
That terrifying power that destroys everything and gives birth to everything is erupting wildly outwards at this moment! Countless rays, countless particles, and countless substances are colliding with each other!
The scene was breathtakingly beautiful, yet it carried an irresistible will to destroy, making Luo Ji truly feel that in the face of absolute power, the struggle of any civilization seemed so pale.
These dazzling fireworks will reach the Trisolaran homeworld in minutes, destroying everything there and annihilating the civilization that has endured countless years of suffering and death.
Its brilliance will reach Earth in four years, allowing people all over the world to witness this magnificent spectacle in the universe, a sight rarely seen even once in billions of years.
Over the next hundreds of thousands of years, countless civilizations throughout the Milky Way will witness this history.
The destruction of the Trisolaran system.
"Is this the fireworks that Lord Xu Qing was talking about?" Luo Ji finally had a glimmer of understanding.
Destroying an entire galaxy is nothing more than lighting a firework for Xu Qing.
Inside the Three-Body Command Center, deathly silence replaced all other sounds, with only the frantic wailing of alarms echoing through the room.
The light from the two supernova explosions, projected holographically, seemed to scorch the skin. Every Trisolaran was utterly crushed by this cosmic-level power, their will to resist completely shattered.
That mysterious entity instantly destroyed the fleet.
It will then traverse several light-years and trillions of kilometers, and is about to destroy the Trisolaran galaxy.
They hadn't even seen the enemy's face in the minutes before their deaths, and their fate was sealed.
A fate that is impossible to resist no matter what.
This power was beyond their comprehension.
Now they only have one choice left.
With a bang.
The head of state staggered and knelt on the ground, his forehead pressed against the cold metal floor, his former majesty completely gone.
Immediately afterwards, the military governor, the science governor, the diplomatic governor—all the high-ranking officials—knelt down, their thoughts filled with extreme fear and humble supplication.
"Great being! We submit!"
The leader's thoughts were tinged with tears.
"Please forgive our ignorance and offense! The Trisolaran civilization is willing to become your vassal and obey all your commands!"
"God! Please spare Trisolaris! Please spare our civilization!"
A jumble of prayers echoed through the command hall.
The Trisolarans, who once viewed Earthlings as "insects," now grovel on the ground like ants.
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