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"He... he what?"

Watanabe stammered,

He didn't react for a moment.

"Three... three..."

Watanabe's eyes suddenly widened,

As if he had seen some unbelievable and terrifying sight.

"Three-body??!"

"He knows about the existence of the Three-Body Civilization??!"

Invisible fear surged like a tide,

Everyone began to tremble,

Like fallen leaves in the autumn wind, unable to control themselves.

"Damn! What's going on, what the hell is going on??"

"Why does this damned Ren Yi know about the existence of the Three-Body Civilization?"

"Then what about us?"

The crowd asked in fear,

Kawataro, as the leader of the first generation of the three-body organization, did not answer.

Kawataro frantically called out to Sophon in his heart,

But Sophon did not reply quickly as usual,

As if she had suddenly disappeared.

This was so abnormal,

Large beads of sweat gradually appeared on Kawataro's forehead,

His originally fair complexion also turned pale due to panic.

...

At this moment.

There was a commotion on the square.

On the awards stage,

Ren Yi suddenly froze halfway through his speech,

Standing still without moving.

Dozens of seconds passed,

Because Ren Yi had been silent for too long,

The commotion at the scene grew larger and larger.

"Chief Engineer Ren, Chief Engineer Ren!"

The staff's faces were anxious,

Calling out softly from below the stage.

"It's fine."

After a long time,

Ren Yi finally came back to his senses.

[Successfully carried out a strategic deterrence against the Three-Body Civilization, gained points: 1 billion!]

Recalling the system prompt from not long ago,

A sharp glint flashed in Ren Yi's eyes.

You've finally shown your hand,

Three-Body Civilization!

Ren Yi let out a long breath,

His heart settled greatly.

A week ago,

Since learning about the existence of the "Three-Body Civilization" from the system upgrade task settlement reward,

Ren Yi tried various methods every day,

Racking his brain to try and probe in various ways.

But no matter how Ren Yi probed,

He never received any response from the Three-Body Civilization,

Nor did any traces of Sophon activity appear on Earth, such as disordered particle accelerator experimental results or other signs of "physics not existing".

Ren Yi was extremely depressed,

The system had already given the specific requirements for the next side quest in advance,

Explicitly requiring him to form a space fleet to actively engage the three-body fleet,

But he couldn't even find the shadow of the main party,

How the hell was he supposed to complete the mission! ...

He even couldn't help but wonder before,

Could it be that the system was malfunctioning and reported the task incorrectly,

That there was no such thing as a "Three-Body Civilization" in this World?

And now, through the new round of system prompts,

And the soaring 1 billion points in the system interface,

Ren Yi finally confirmed,

That the "Three-Body Civilization" truly exists!

Moreover,

This "Sophon" has already arrived on Earth!

But...

Why is it that the ubiquitous "Sophon", which can monitor the entire Earth in real-time,

Didn't respond no matter how he called out before,

But today, when he gave a speech to the World,

He could deter the Three-Body Civilization?

Shouldn't the low-level civilization technology he's currently tinkering with be like "toys" in the eyes of the Three-Body Civilization?

This "three-body" in the three-body parallel universe,

Is there a huge difference from the "three-body" described in the novel,

Or is it just a coincidence?

Or perhaps,

In this parallel timeline,

The Three-Body Civilization is not that powerful,

The functions of "Sophon" are not that complete or omnipotent,

Is it just a "retarded version"? ...

Countless question marks flashed through his mind,

But a smile appeared on Ren Yi's lips.

Although shrouded in confusion,

The stone that had been hanging in his heart could finally be put down.

All fear stems from the unknown.

"...I'm sorry, I was just recalling a scene from a dream and got distracted for a moment."

On the awards stage,

Ren Yi pondered for a moment,

And immediately tried speaking again.

"The Three-Body Civilization, which I dreamed of in my third dream, is the greatest enemy of Earth People!"

"Their planet experiences destruction and rebirth every day due to the irregular movement of three stars in the Alpha Centauri system!"

"Because of this, they are desperate to escape their home planet..."

While recalling his knowledge of the three-body,

He also gave a simple description of the most basic environment and background of the three-body World.

Immediately after,

System prompt sounds kept popping up in his mind.

[Successfully carried out a strategic deterrence against the Three-Body Civilization, gained points: 100 million!]

[Successfully carried out a strategic deterrence against the Three-Body Civilization, gained prestige points: 500 million!]

[...]

Listening to this pleasing series of system reward prompts,

Ren Yi smiled so wide his mouth almost reached the back of his head.

Unfortunately,

In just two and a half minutes,

The system stopped popping up new reward prompts...

Oh three-body, oh three-body,

Aren't you a little too easily scared?

Having no choice,

Ren Yi had to give up.

What he didn't know was,

For the People of China who were watching the ceremony, his previous words were like,

A pot of boiling hot oil being poured onto cold water,

Everyone instantly exploded.

"What was Chief Engineer Ren just saying? I couldn't understand a single word??"

"Three-body, an alien civilization??"

"Is Chief Engineer Ren saying that we are going to encounter aliens next?"

"Are you kidding me? Is it real or fake?"

"Is Chief Engineer Ren dreaming, or is he telling the truth!"

"Impossible, this must just be a dream!!"

"Have you forgotten Chief Engineer Ren's previous two dreams??"

"Holy crap... I can't tell..."

Suddenly hit hard by the information,

Many People's brains completely turned to mush.

Today's celebration ceremony,

With wave after wave of extreme shock,

Shocked everyone to the point of almost losing the ability to think.

Perhaps,

The State had already discovered traces of alien civilizations long ago,

But was afraid of causing public panic before, so it wasn't easy to announce?

Now that technology is strong, they can wrestle with the Three-Body Civilization,

That's why they specifically used the opportunity of the celebration,

To let Chief Engineer Ren make the announcement in this roundabout way?

...

Area behind the awards stage.

The high-level officials all changed color.

"So the three-body that Comrade Ren Yi repeatedly mentioned in the past few days... is actually an alien civilization?"

Everyone recalled Ren Yi's abnormal behavior in the past few days,

Their faces were very solemn.

"Everyone, what do you think, is this... really a dream?"

No one answered,

Even if they answered, they couldn't give a definite answer.

Unless Ren Yi spoke himself,

No one could tell.

"Let's ask Comrade Ren Yi. His speech is over and he's preparing to come down. We'll know as soon as we ask!"

...

At the same time.

Alpha Centauri.

4 light-years away from the Solar System.

A fleet of thousands of interstellar spacecraft shaped like water droplets,

Were coming towards the Earth system.

On the pointed tip at the very front of the space warship,

A giant magnetic field spread out,

Forming a huge funnel-shaped magnetic shield in front of the ship's tip,

Constantly collecting antimatter particles in the deep dark space.

And at the rear of the warship, the antimatter propulsion system was running at full power, with matter and antimatter constantly annihilating,

The terrifying energy generated allowed the warship to maintain a speed of one-tenth the speed of light,

Drawing a golden wake in the deep universe.

Suddenly.

In the boundless dark space,

The golden wake disappeared.

At the same time,

The thousands of space warships belonging to the three-body First Fleet,

All shut down their antimatter propulsion systems!

3 three-body seconds ago,

3 supreme commanders issued the highest command to all space warships of the three-body First Fleet,

Translated into easily understandable words for Earth People, it was just four words.

[Stop advancing, stop advancing!]

...

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