Natural Selection's massless fusion thruster emitted blue tail flames and flew past the Mantis, which was about to capture water droplets.

"If we say goodbye here, it will be a long time ago!"

The gray-haired Ding Yi was wearing a space suit, standing still and watching the trail of flames streaking across the starry sky fade away and slowly turn into a point of light. A word that only he could hear rang from his heart.

He is a physicist, he was one two centuries ago, and he is still teaching cutting-edge physics at the university. Now he is the first person to come into contact with water droplets, which is indeed what everyone expects.

Ding Yi actually knew it in his heart, but he didn't say it.

There are no songs or praises, only the accelerating light spots shouting, look...this is the hope of mankind.

Natural Selection will accelerate to 15% of the speed of light in the near future, and only then will the crew of Natural Selection wake up from the deep-sea accelerating fluid.

The sleep in the deep-sea accelerating fluid was so wonderful that Chu Yan, who was as steady as an old dog, also led all members of the Blue Space to immerse themselves in it.

Ding Yi did not continue to sigh, because the entire space fleet was ready. A total of 2,015 warships were lined up in a neat queue. The sunlight five astronomical units away reflected the light of technology on their surfaces. This was the entire space fleet.

Humanity has devoted its utmost resources to create space power over two centuries, and their powerful ships and cannons are quietly waiting for the arrival of water droplets.

The neat fleet array all illustrates the achievements of mankind in the past two centuries. In this way, mankind solemnly tells the Trisolarans: the era of intimidation has passed, and from now on, the offensive and defensive momentum has changed!

?The fusion engines of the entire combined fleet sprayed fireworks to adjust their attitude. Soon after, a thousand kilometers away from the target, the combined fleet was synchronized with the speed of the water droplets.

Most of the warships have turned off their fusion engines and are floating quietly above the abyss of space. The huge metal hulls reflect the faint sunlight, like abandoned space cities. The entire fleet array is like a silent ancient boulder.

The 1.2 million people in the fleet held their breath and watched the short voyage of the "Mantis".

???"Like a drop of Virgin Mary's tears." A voice of admiration sounded in the channel!

The Mantis has adjusted its speed to synchronize with the water drop, and then the mechanical arm slowly stretched out, and then firmly clamped the water drop.

"Be careful, don't get scratched!" A voice sounded in the communication channel, telling the robot arm operator.

But the scratching finally didn't happen, and the robotic arm began to retract.

Although the water droplet has an absolutely smooth surface, its surface is still curved. The Mantis's mechanical claws just happened to grab the two sides of the convex part in the middle, so this grasp caught the absolutely smooth water droplet.

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The water drop was as motionless as a cicada, and then the mantis, the Mantis, pulled it back to the main cabin.

The self-destruction of the water droplet analyzed by military experts did not occur. So the current situation confirms people's speculation: if it is really a military detector, it will definitely self-destruct after falling into the enemy's hands. Now it can be determined that it is a Trisolaran missile.

A gift to humanity, a signal of peace in a way that this civilization is difficult for humans to understand.

The world rejoiced, and people rejoiced enthusiastically and forgetfully, because judging from the current performance of the Trisolaran detector, mankind has succeeded.

The appearance of the United Fleet in space has given the public an image of the power of mankind. Now, Earth's civilization has the confidence to face all kinds of enemies calmly.

"First do an analysis of the material composition!"

"Switch to electron microscopy mode..."

After using the electron tunneling microscopy mode to magnify 10 million times and unable to see the uneven surface of the water droplets, Ding Yi thought that the magnification equipment was wrong. However, after I tried to magnify the cuffs of my clothes, he confirmed that the amplifier was not working properly.

An error occurred.

Because this was a historic moment, every move Ding Yi made was broadcast live.

It was then that he realized something was wrong.

"Geological hammer!"

"Give!"

Ding Yi took the geological hammer, raised his arm and hit it hard. The hammer's shock force almost made him lose his hand.

Then he took the amplifier that had been adjusted to the maximum magnification and moved it over to the place where he hit it.

The amplifier under electron tunneling microscopy remains the same, smooth and without any undulations or pits.

The researcher who was witnessing history next to him also saw Ding Yi's actions. At this time, he noticed that Ding Yi's face was solemn, so he asked: "What kind of material are water droplets made of?"

???"I can only guess." Ding Yi raised his head and said, "The molecules of this thing are arranged neatly like an honor guard, and they are bonded to each other at the same time. Do you know how strong this bonding is? The molecules are like being nailed to death.

Generally, the self-vibration disappears.”

"What force could do this?"

"There is a strong interaction force!" Ding Yi said, with cold sweat on his forehead.

"Then...what does it do?"

"Who knows? Maybe it is really a messenger, but it brings another message to mankind..." Ding Yi said, while looking away from the water droplets.

????"What?"

????"What does destroying you have to do with you?"

This sentence brought a moment of dead silence. Just as the other three members of the expedition team and the millions of people in the combined fleet were chewing on its meaning, Ding Yi suddenly said: "Run quickly." These two words were whispered.

, but then, he raised his hands and shouted at the top of his lungs: "Silly children, run quickly!"

Before Ding Yi shouted, the water drop remained motionless and quietly let him inspect it, allowing him to recognize its material and its technological content. From this point of view, the Trisolarans had learned the strategy, and they wanted to

Water droplets destroy human belief in resistance.

Presumably at this moment, the Trisolarans watching all this through Sophon real-time communication must have laughed. If they have such rich emotions.

The moment Ding Yi shouted, the water droplet moved, and a blue halo appeared at the tip of the tail of the water droplet. The halo was small at first, but became very bright, covering everything around it in blue light, and it expanded rapidly.

, the color changes from blue to yellow and finally to red, as if the halo is not produced by water droplets, but just emerges from the ring.

As the halo expanded, its luminosity also weakened. When it expanded to about twice the maximum diameter of the water droplet, it disappeared. As it disappeared, a second small blue halo appeared at the tip, expanding just like the first one.

, changed color, weakened in luminosity, and quickly disappeared. The halo continued to appear and expand from the tail of the water droplet, with a frequency of two or three times per second. Driven by the halo, the water droplet began to move and accelerate sharply.

Ding Yi's voice could not be heard in the end because the strong interference caused by the water droplet disrupted the signal. The Mantis also melted in the halo of the water droplet.

When the water droplet flew three hundred kilometers, it had exceeded the third cosmic speed, and the acceleration was still continuing. It passed through space battleships, and part of the nuclear fuel was passed through. When it passed through, the ultra-high temperature that propelled the halo triggered a nuclear fusion reaction, and the heat

After the fireball of the nuclear explosion appeared at the impact site, it expanded rapidly, and the entire fleet was illuminated by strong light, standing out against the black velvet-like background of space, as if the entire galaxy's star sea was eclipsed.

The water droplets continued to fly on the long side of the rectangular array, penetrating one Space Force warship after another at intervals of less than a second. There were explosions of light and shadow everywhere, and the hulls that were completely melted by the ultra-high temperature exploded.

Tens of thousands of tons of dark red glowing molten metal burst out radially, like blooming flower buds. The molten metal flew away in space without any resistance, forming a torrential rain of hot metal magma in all directions.

One minute and twenty-one seconds later, all one hundred warships in the second queue were destroyed. Then the water droplet made another sharp turn, and the third queue also turned into fireworks two minutes and thirty-five seconds later.

At this time, the engines of all battleships in the fleet have been started, and the rectangular array has been completely disrupted. Water droplets continue to attack the evacuating battleships. The speed of destruction has slowed down, but there are three to five nuclear fireballs on the ship at every moment.

The swarm burned, and under their death flames, the light of the battleship engines was eclipsed, like a group of frightened fireflies.

"Water droplets! The attacking object is water droplets!" As time went by, people finally knew that it was water droplets that attacked them.

"Strawberry M's water droplets! Yeah...go to hell!!!" shouted a Zaun gunner on the remaining battleship.

"Death to the garbage Trisolarans!"

The gamma ray laser fired by the Zaun gunner's ship-borne laser weapon only caused a perfect refraction on the surface of the water droplet, leaving the water droplet unscathed.
Chapter completed!