vncnus Chapter 4 You are not only arrogant, but also foolish!
Chapter 4 You are not only arrogant, but also foolish!
As the spacecraft returned to base, Cheng Yuan stepped out, and the voice of his intelligent life assistant came through: "Are you satisfied with this proof?"
Cheng Yuan nodded and said, "Satisfied. It seems this is indeed a Trisolaran planet."
Based on what he saw, it was impossible for Earth's technology to achieve that in 2026.
The smart home assistant said, "The head of state wishes to see you. Would you be willing to grant him an audience?"
As soon as Cheng Yuan said "Yes", the scene inside the room changed, and in the blink of an eye, Cheng Yuan found himself in a large hall.
Looking around, apart from him, the entire venue was filled with Trisolarans, and at this moment, all three eyes on these Trisolarans were looking at him.
Being stared at by so many Trisolarans, Cheng Yuan was not afraid at all; on the contrary, he was somewhat excited.
When he first visited the Trisolaran planet, a bold idea came to him.
In his original world, he was just an ordinary laborer, destined for a mediocre life.
Now that he's been hit by the multidimensional portal and transmigrated to the Trisolaran planet, with this opportunity falling into his lap, Cheng Yuan doesn't want to remain mediocre any longer. Even if his idea might not come true, he still wants to give it a try.
Just like a system, even if you know that relying on a system may have hidden dangers, if a system really appears, how many people would refuse this opportunity that could change their destiny?
In the meeting room, a Trisolaran greeted Cheng Yuan: "Hello, Mr. Cheng Yuan. I am Tie 11086, the current head of the Trisolaran civilization. On behalf of the Trisolaran civilization, I welcome you."
In the Trisolaran world, the survival of civilization is the top priority, and everything else is kept as simple as possible, even naming. Therefore, Trisolarans do not have names like Earthlings; instead, they are usually named after an object with a number.
Beautiful names may have existed in those destroyed Trisolaran civilizations, but they do not exist in the Trisolaran civilization of today.
The human voice synthesized by the Trisolaran leader was that of a middle-aged man, steady and powerful, which was quite in line with his identity in the Trisolaran civilization.
Cheng Yuan said, "Thank you for your welcome, Your Excellency!"
Cheng Yuan had two guesses about the Trisolarans' politeness towards him: First, the multidimensional portal had been exposed, and the Trisolarans wanted to use it to escape their survival crisis.
Secondly, he was teleported to the Trisolaran planet by the Multidimensional Portal. This method far surpasses the Trisolarans' current technology. The Trisolarans tried everything but could not find out how he got there. They guessed that there was an unfathomable civilization behind him, and therefore treated him with courtesy.
The Trisolarans also bully the weak and fear the strong.
The Trisolaran leader went straight to the point: "Mr. Cheng Yuan, you appeared on our Trisolaran planet five days ago. This is the scene when you appeared."
A video played in front of Cheng Yuan.
Cheng Yuan saw in the video footage that he suddenly appeared out of thin air and landed in front of the giant pendulum monument, without any prior indication of anything unusual.
After the video finished playing, the Trisolaran leader asked, "Mr. Cheng Yuan, do you know how you came to be here?"
Cheng Yuan said, "I think I should know the answer to this question, but may I refrain from answering it for now?"
"Can!"
The Trisolaran leader allowed Cheng Yuan to remain silent for the time being, and then asked, "Based on our analysis of your life information, you should be a human from Earth. However, after comparing your genes with those of other humans on Earth, we found that you seem to have no relation to any humans we know of. What is the reason for this?"
Listening to the Trisolaran leader's question, Cheng Yuan thought to himself: As expected of the Trisolarans, they don't mince words and speak directly.
"Did the ID card also travel through time?"
"I think I had my ID card with me at the time."
Cheng Yuandao: "The above information is true!"
The Trisolaran leader said, "According to our investigation, there is indeed a Jingzhou City in Handong Province in the Eastern Kingdom, but there is no address at No. 69, Gongyuan Road, Dafeng Street, Guangming District. Can you explain this?"
Cheng Yuandao said, "The answer to this question is actually the same as the answer to the first two questions you asked, Your Excellency. Please allow me to refrain from answering for now."
Upon hearing Cheng Yuan's repeated refusal to answer immediately, some of the Trisolaran governors in the meeting room became restless.
This human thinks he's somewhere, daring to refuse three times, does he really think they won't use any tricks on him?
The Trisolaran leader still replied, "Yes!"
Instead of answering the question himself, Cheng Yuan asked the Trisolaran leader, "May I ask, Your Majesty, how many years of human civilization are we in now?"
The Trisolaran leader said, "According to the old human calendar, it is now 2211 AD, but in the present time, it is the fourth year of the Deterrence Era."
"Four years into the Deterrence Era?"
Cheng Yuan thought for a moment and said, "So, you've already been threatened by Luo Ji?"
The Trisolaran leader replied, "Yes!"
Cheng Yuan then asked, "Where is Yun Tianming?"
The Trisolaran leader said, "Yun Tianming's brain is still drifting in space and is expected to be captured by the First Fleet in seventeen years."
Cheng Yuandao said, "You all originally had an absolute advantage over Earth, but now you've fallen to the point of being intimidated by Luo Ji. Have you reflected on the reasons for this?"
The Trisolaran leader said, "We don't understand humanity enough, we were too careless, and we underestimated Luo Ji..."
Listening to the reasons given by the Trisolaran leader, Cheng Yuan shook his head: "If this is the result of your reflections, then, with all due respect, you will surely make the same mistake again in the future, because you have not reflected on the key points at all."
If you don't reflect on the key points, you'll definitely make the same mistakes again in the future.
The Trisolarans in the meeting room felt a jolt in their brains. Being intimidated by Luo Ji was already terrifying enough; if it happened again, the consequences would be unimaginable.
The Trisolaran leader asked, "Mr. Cheng Yuan, could you please point out where we missed the key point in our reflection?"
Cheng Yuandao said: "'Insufficient understanding of humanity,' 'excessive carelessness,' and 'underestimating Luo Ji' are indeed reasons, but they are only superficial reasons. You have not reflected on the surface to the deeper level and grasped the root cause."
"The reason why Luo Ji was able to turn the tables on you all boils down to only one thing: you were all too arrogant."
"Weakness and ignorance are not obstacles to survival; arrogance is. You Trisolarans are far too arrogant."
Cheng Yuan's voice transformed from sound waves into radio waves, echoing in the minds of all the Trisolarans present at the meeting.
"Your technology is revolutionaryly advanced compared to that of humanity, which is why you don't see human civilization as an adversary, but rather as insects. Now that you've been bitten by those insects, how does it feel?"
The Trisolarans present remained silent, and no one answered.
Cheng Yuan didn't care and continued, "If you weren't arrogant, you wouldn't regard humans as insects, and you would take your opponents more seriously; if you weren't arrogant, you only need to have Zhi Zi pay more attention to Luo Ji, and you would be able to discover the arrangements Luo Ji has made."
"Earth is monitored by your sophons, yet you still haven't discovered what Luo Ji is trying to do."
"Luo Ji deployed 3,614 nuclear bombs in space through the 'Snowfield Project.' Anyone with a little common sense can see that this could not have been done randomly."
"If you put in just a little effort and have your supercomputers, your sophons, and your top scientists calculate the effects of those 3,614 nuclear bombs exploding, you'll easily discover Luo Ji's purpose."
"Don't tell me your supercomputers can't figure it out?"
Silence remained; not a single Trisolaran spoke, for Cheng Yuan's words were true, and they could not refute them.
"You can say that humans are too cunning, that you can't see the true purpose of the 'Snowfield Project,' but after the droplets destroyed the Earth fleet, you had the opportunity to use the droplets to kill Luo Ji, and even destroy Earth's industrial system. But instead, you let Luo Ji go easily and didn't destroy humanity's industrial system. How do you explain that?"
Cheng Yuan glanced at the Trisolarans in the room, but none of them spoke; there was only silence.
"If you won't speak, then I will: it's all because of your arrogance and conceit. You think things are already set in stone, and that humanity can no longer be threatened by your droplets."
"So, you let Luo Ji off so easily, and you didn't destroy humanity's industrial system either."
"If you had swapped technologies with humans, your race would have been wiped out long ago!"
"You are not only arrogant, but also foolish!"