The most shocking part in the original work of Three-Body Problem is probably the part where the Three-Body Problem detector destroyed the international fleet of human beings. A detector that was only the size of a car and shaped like a water droplet, but in a very short time,
Within a few days, it destroyed two thousand stellar-class battleships of the human space fleet, so much so that it was said to be a two-thousand-gun battle.
But in Lan Nuo's view, the three-body water droplets are not as strong as he showed. The most important reason why the human space fleet will be destroyed in such a short period of time is to welcome the water droplets. They are arranged in space.
With an extremely dense formation, the water droplets using impact as their attack mode can quickly destroy every warship in a very short time.
If these battleships are distributed in the vast starry sky, then even if the water droplets want to destroy them, it will take a lot of time, and in this process, humans may not be able to find a way to deal with such detectors.
In fact, as early as after knowing that the world he came to was the Trisolaran universe, Lan Nuo was already thinking about how to combat weapons like water droplets from a tactical level.
The water droplet has a strong interaction material as its shell. Any material in the solar system is fragile in front of it. Almost all human attacks cannot destroy its shell. The atoms and the structure that are closely connected together are the existing technology of mankind.
unbelievable.
In addition, it also has the ability to turn at an acute angle regardless of inertia in a short period of time. Even if it accelerates to an extremely high speed, it can complete the direction change within a very small radius, which gives it great flexibility in space.
Almost unparalleled.
It also allows him to destroy one star-class battleship after another just by relying on the most primitive impact.
In the process of destroying the fleet, the water droplet accelerated to its highest speed, which was a full 170 kilometers per second, exceeding the third cosmic speed of the solar system.
It seems that humans have no way to deal with this invincible opponent. Even if the artillery can lock on him, there is no way to really break his outer shell and damage his internal structure.
But Lanno saw the hope of defeating water droplets in nanomaterials. The strength of materials is sometimes not the only factor that determines the outcome of a war.
To give a simple example. The metal used in a sharp spear is much stronger than soil, but if the spear is pierced into the swamp, no matter how sharp it is, it will take a lot of effort.
Pull yourself out of the trough.
In terms of strength, nanomaterials are definitely incomparable with strong interaction materials. It is not an exaggeration to say that there is a huge difference between the two.
But what Lan Nuo needs is not a head-on confrontation with the strength of the water droplets, it is enough for him to be able to withstand the power of the water droplets.
The reason is very simple. Let us use the simplest metaphor. It is also an extremely sharp spear. After being waved among the water plants for a while, it will be entangled with countless water plants. No matter how much the spear is waved in the air, it will be very difficult.
Relying on the power of his own swing, he can cut off the water plants wrapped around his body. As more and more of these water plants become entangled, the speed of swinging the spear will also be greatly reduced.
Space is such an environment with nowhere to draw on. If nanomaterials are made into large nets or thin wires and let them wrap around water droplets, then in space, an empty place with nowhere to draw on, even water droplets can
Even when turned at an acute angle, its smooth outer surface makes it difficult to destroy nanomaterials.
As long as there are enough nanomaterials in space to wrap the water droplet, its flight will become more and more difficult, and the mass wrapped around the outer shell will become larger and larger. In the end, even if it can turn at an acute angle, it will lose its ability to maneuver in space.
flexibility in.
At that time, humans can even directly coat the water droplets entangled with nanomaterials with cement, making the entangled sphere become heavier and heavier, reaching a weight of tens of thousands of tons. The water droplets are ultimately detectors. Maybe they
A fighter jet equivalent to a Trisolaran is already a very powerful detector, but its power is limited after all. When the mass becomes so huge, the speed of movement will become extremely slow.
The warship can capture it and install thrusters on it. The number of thrusters can completely make up for the power gap between it and the water droplet. When humans cannot move quickly on their own, humans have all the means to break through the powerful water droplets.
Interactive materials.
There is no way to destroy this material on the battlefield because the battlefield conditions are limited. After the target is completely restricted from moving, humans can move it near the high-energy particle collider in space and give it a burst of accelerated particles.
High-energy particles approaching the speed of light can definitely penetrate materials with strong interaction force. The only flaw is that this thing cannot be used as a weapon in a battleship.
As long as the shell of a water droplet is broken, the internal structure is actually very fragile. This can be seen in the original work. In the original work, Blue Space and Gravity used fragments of four-dimensional space to destroy the water droplet from the inside. Blue Space was even just
Let astronauts wear space suits and use the simplest individual weapons to instantly destroy the structure of the water droplet from the inside. If high-energy particles penetrate the inside of the water droplet, it will also cause similar effects. Even if it cannot be destroyed at once, the water droplet has been destroyed.
In the case of capture, there is also a chance for a second try.
This was one of the important reasons why Lan Nuo found Wang Miao. The two had a great conversation and exchanged their respective understandings of nanomaterials.
"Dr. Wang, I hope to develop a high-temperature resistant nanomaterial. In this way, after the breakthrough of controllable nuclear fusion technology, I can try to directly guide the energy in the cataclysmic ring and launch it through the thruster.
In this way, although it is not propulsion without working fluid, the reaction force provided by the high-energy particles ejected at ultra-high speed is similar to propulsion without working fluid.
But this places extremely strict requirements on the materials of the engine, which must be able to withstand temperatures of hundreds of thousands of degrees and must be strong enough to restrain high-energy particles.”
Wang Miao smiled and said: "It's not like your technology can be used on mechas. Even if I successfully develop this kind of material, will your body be able to withstand this kind of acceleration? I think this is your idea.
It is very suitable for interstellar battleships. Although it still uses working fluid for propulsion, the consumption of working fluid is already minimal and can be completely ignored.
Theoretically, as long as the spacecraft carries enough water, it has a high probability of completing an interstellar journey. However, no matter where this technology is applied, the technical direction you proposed is worth trying.
In fact, we are also trying various nanomaterials with different properties, including high-temperature resistant types. The above has also assigned us relevant tasks. Future battleship thruster nozzles will need such high-strength materials. Yours
The requirements can be fully met.”
"That's great! I also have some design ideas about nanomachines. You can refer to them. Although our technology is blocked by sophons, there is still considerable room for development on the road of nanomachines.
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Lan Nuo quickly changed the topic to another direction. High-temperature-resistant nanomaterials are needed because water droplets will generate high temperatures as they advance. This can be seen from the final outcome of Dr. Ding Yi in the original work.
Well, if the nanomaterial used as the capture net itself does not have enough high temperature resistance, it is very likely to be burned by water droplets.
However, according to Lanno's experience in developing technology in many worlds, it is not difficult to develop nanomaterials that can withstand the high temperatures produced by water droplets. If there is no such material in the original work, it will also be difficult for the engines of the stellar battleships.
successfully produced.
"You see, this is my idea, using biological genes as the operating system of nanomachines. In fact, bacteria and viruses are very sophisticated nanomachines, but we currently have no way to control such nanomachines.
, there is no way to make them evolve exactly according to our requirements.
But if we combine biological genes with tiny nanomaterial shells, we may be able to produce nanomachines that are completely under our control and can be controlled by the outside world through electromagnetic waves or even neutrinos.
These things can be used in medical treatment, battleship damage control, and even synthetic food in the future. If the two branches of nanotechnology can be combined with each other, our technology still has great potential for development.
Although the Trisolarans have far surpassed us in theoretical physics, under the same technology, the breadth of technology may not be something we can catch up with or even surpass. Although it will still be difficult to defeat the Trisolaran fleet, but..."
When Lan Nuo said this, he stopped talking and changed the topic.
"Does Dr. Wang know anything about biotechnology? In addition to immortality technology, one of the topics I am most concerned about recently is the cheap synthesis of organic matter."
Wang Miao was still very interested in the topic just now, but he didn't want Lan Nuo to stop mid-sentence. However, he still followed Lan Nuo's thoughts and asked: "The span between organic synthesis technology and longevity technology should be very large.
Well, why did you suddenly shift the research and development direction to this?"
Lan Nuo sighed, took out a world map and laid it on the table. This world map was not a political map or a topographic map, but a distribution map of animals and plants.
"Although I am not an environmentalist, and I firmly believe that the earth's resources should be used by people, the earth's government, which is now in panic, has gone too far in its use of resources.
Look at the map. This area in North China was originally covered with relatively dense vegetation, but now it is no different from the Loess Plateau. Although I am not an expert in this field, I can roughly infer that in the next
In the next few years, signs of desertification will gradually appear in Northeast China, North America, the Great Lakes, and the Mississippi River Basin.
The pollution level in the Ganges River Basin has become increasingly serious, and major grain production areas in the world will experience large-scale reductions in grain production. This is undoubtedly a huge decision-making mistake made by mankind in panic, and it also means that in the near future, mankind may
Facing a great famine.
I don't have much confidence in using my own thinking to deceive Trisolarans, but I still have some confidence in my brain. I can probably make organic synthesis technology cheap and popular before the next great famine.
Transformation can at least help mankind survive this current crisis."
Wang Miao looked at the areas on the map that were originally forests. Now they have been reclaimed into farmland and industrial areas, and there are signs of desertification. The expression on his face gradually became serious. His area of concern did not include the natural environment, but from now on
Judging from the situation, the deterioration of the environment has indeed become quite obvious.
Perhaps global large-scale desertification will not happen as quickly as Lanno said, but it is already a major trend and is almost inevitable. Under this situation, it can be foreseen that the future of mankind is indeed extremely uncertain.
There is a big possibility of facing a super famine.
In that case, of the nearly 8 billion people in the world, less than half would be able to survive.
In fact, the cause of the Great Depression in the original work was land desertification and a massive famine caused by a large-scale reduction in food production.
In the original book, during the Great Depression, the human economy had collapsed. However, the economy collapsed under military control, and people were still able to maintain basic survival. However, famine became the last straw that overwhelmed mankind.
Not having a job, not being able to repay loans, these are all problems that can be solved through political means. They can be solved by changing policies, issuing subsidies, and redistributing social resources.
But there is no way to solve the problem of food shortage through political means. If there is not enough food, some people are destined to starve to death. This is not based on human will. This is why the human economy has survived the collapse of the economy for so many years.
, an important reason why it completely collapsed during the great trough.
Lan Nuo will never allow the Great Trough to appear again in this world. Eight billion people died and only more than two billion were left. It is simply the biggest failure in human history. If these people can survive, what will happen to the future of mankind?
Productivity can be increased several times, and with targeted tactics, in two hundred years the Trisolarans will be able to defeat the Trisolarans' detectors, even if they can only allow water droplets to reach the solar system at most.
, and can even defeat the Trisolaran detector at a relatively small cost.
In that case, even if the technology is blocked and the enemy's detector is captured, quite a lot of technology can be reverse-engineered. Lan Nuo's ultimate goal is to defeat the Trisolarans without deterrence. The dark forest deterrence is only his last resort.
A means used to hide the truth.
As for the looming food problem, Lan Nuo is very familiar with it. When he first traveled to the world of Resident Evil, he developed and improved various high-yielding bugs and mushrooms, creating enough food sources for refugees in the apocalypse.
, after crossing one world after another, the technology in this area has become more and more mature. This time it is the turn of the Trisolaran World, Lan Nuo believes that he can definitely do better.
