Chapter 574: "3 Bodies"
Chapter 574: The Three-Body Problem (3)
The scenery on both sides of the Gaillard Channel of the Panama Canal is no different from that on both sides of the river banks in China.
Because of the ongoing canal widening project, the tropical rainforests on the hillsides on both sides have become sparse, revealing large areas of yellow soil on the slopes, and the color can be said to have no aesthetic appeal.
However, under this loess, Liu Peiqiang and other soldiers from various countries were wearing lightweight mechanical exoskeletons provided by China, quietly waiting for orders from their superiors.
An hour ago, the Judgment Day had sailed from Gatun Lake into the Gaillard Channel.
"Observation Post No. 2 reports that the target has arrived in front of the trap and is about to pass through the 'net'."
A voice came from the communication device built into the exoskeleton.
In the pavilion on the shore, Shi Qiang and others were staring at the river surface between the steel pillars. It seemed that there was nothing there, but the net of death was already in place.
"The target is four kilometers from the net!"
"The target is three kilometers from the net!"
"The target is two kilometers from the net!"
The target was getting closer and closer. The canal was sparkling in the midday sun. Sweat was oozing out of Shi Qiang's forehead, and he didn't know when the cigarette in his hand had gone out.
"The target is 1.5 kilometers away from the net!"
The young Zhao Hailun was also staring at the river in the distance, his face solemn and no one knew what he was thinking.
"Dr. Zhao, after this operation is successful, you will be the Gaillard (the engineer who designed and built the Panama Canal) of the new century."
An equally young European officer looked at her beautiful profile and couldn't help but strike up a conversation with her.
"Ah, why?" Zhao Hailun looked confused.
“I heard that the material you developed will be the key to the breakthrough of the space elevator. It is actually a canal, isn’t it?
The Panama Canal connects two oceans, and the space elevator connects the earth and space. We are all looking forward to the completion of your 'Panama Canal'."
The enthusiasm of the European officers made Zhao Hailun feel a little overwhelmed, but she was very grateful, knowing that the other party actually wanted to help her get through this difficult time.
But it doesn't have much effect.
"The target is one kilometer from the net!"
The "Judgment Day" finally appeared in the sight of Shi Qiang and others, and also appeared on the big screen.
The sunlight shone diagonally from above, illuminating the huge tanker, casting a black silhouette on the shimmering river surface and showing off its mountain-like size.
Compared to its huge system, the Panama Canal below seems non-existent.
Zhao Hailun saw the specific situation of the "Judgment Day". The lower half of its hull was black and had an old feel. It should be the original hull.
The ship's superstructure should be newly built, painted snow-white, and contains a huge antenna.
The rumbling sound of the engine came from far away, and the crashing sound of the waves could be clearly heard.
As the distance between the "Day of Judgment" and the Net of Death shortened, Zhao Hailun's heartbeat suddenly accelerated, his breathing became rapid, and his face turned red as he watched the round bow push away the river water.
She suddenly had an urge to escape immediately, but a feeling of weakness made her unable to move, as if all her strength had been drained away.
"Are you okay, Dr. Zhao?"
The voice of the European officer seemed to come from a very far distance. Zhao Helen could not hear it clearly. She only saw the "Judgment Day" in the distance passing through the net of death.
Then the camera suddenly switched to the target's perspective, circling the "Judgment Day" at close range and coming to the deck of the ship.
At this time, some crew members were still cleaning the deck. The fully armed soldiers were holding weapons and joking with each other. The captain was chewing gum and controlling the ship with a relaxed look on his face. Everything seemed to be normal.
The cinema was as quiet as the scene in the movie. All the audience members watched the big screen with bated breath, and watched the ship slowly pass by two iron pillars erected on the shore.
Nothing happened, everything was so quiet, even the two big iron pillars were empty, but everyone knew what was going to happen next, and the result would definitely be bloody and horrific.
Afraid and yet love to watch!
The audience's mentality at this moment perfectly interprets this sentence.
In the movie, Zhao Hailun's hands were shaking while holding the telescope. At this moment, she hoped that there were problems with her research results, but she also had the absolute confidence of a scientist and knew that there was absolutely no problem with her research results.
Shi Qiang was also observing the movements in the distance through a telescope. When he found that the bow of the ship had already passed the "net" of death, but everything remained the same as usual, he couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.
Could it be that the strength of that nano "flying blade" was too low and it was broken by the steel hull?
Just at this moment, a small sign in the telescope disproved his doubts. He noticed that on the wide deck of the "Judgment Day", an ordinary crew member was washing the deck.
When this part of the boat moved between the steel pillars, the man's body suddenly froze, and the rubber hose in his hand broke, and white water spurted out, hitting the man. When the water flowed to the ground, it had turned bright red.
What followed was naturally a fancy cutting "performance". A fully armed foreign soldier obviously noticed something was wrong, and he raised his gun and looked around vigilantly. However, when the camera circled around him, the lifebuoys hanging behind him broke at one-third of the way and part of them fell off.
This guy is finished!
This thought popped up in the minds of all the audience members, and then the next second, they saw the human-shaped shadow on the wall break into three pieces.
Ding-ding-ding-ding.
The broken gun and dagger debris fell to the ground, making the only sound from the moment before, followed by a scream.
The crisp sound makes people feel their scalp tingling, as if they were electrocuted.
Obviously, there is no trace of blood in this shot, nor any scenes that make people physically uncomfortable like Hollywood horror movies, but the impact it gives people is unparalleled. And everything that happens on the ship next makes people feel cold all over.
The captain saw the chaos on the deck outside the window, but he didn't understand why and didn't know what had happened. By the time he realized something was wrong, he had been cut into pieces.
As for the objects on the ship, some lighter items, such as wires, ropes, towels, paintings, and even light bulbs, all suffered various damages or had half of them fallen to the ground as the camera moved forward.
It was as if the audience's sight was that invisible net, slowly sweeping forward, until the camera passed through the steel plate at the stern, left the dark cabin, and saw the bright sky again, and the audience breathed a sigh of relief.
This shot is amazing! This picture!
Countless viewers were shouting in their hearts. They really didn't expect that the scale of "The Three-Body Problem 1" would be so large and it would use such a big move right from the start.
Although there is not much blood in the whole plot, the reality and cruelty of the silent harvest of lives is even more terrifying than direct chopping with a knife or an axe.
If I really have to describe it, it's like you are riding a motorcycle on the road and then you encounter a horizontal kite string in front of you.
Just thinking about it is enough to wake people up from their sleep and break out in a cold sweat.
Moreover, there was clearly nothing in the movie, and the nano "flying blade" net was completely invisible, but after being filmed and produced by director Wang Hao, the audience seemed to see everything, and that feeling was very magical.
The story on the big screen has not yet ended, and Shi Qiang and his team's actions seem to have been successful.
The audience only saw that the "Judgment Day" was still moving forward at a constant speed. For a moment, apart from the miserable situation of the crew members on board, they could not see anything unusual.
But soon, the strange metallic twisting sound of an engine was heard from the speakers in the cinema, followed by a chaotic and loud noise.
The entire "Judgment Day" began to tilt and deviate from its course, and soon crossed the river and crashed into the left bank of the Panama Canal.
boom!
creak creak!
Click, click, click!
With a huge noise, the huge bow that rushed ashore deformed rapidly, breaking away the soft soil and stirring up turbulent earth waves.
At the same time, the steel-made "Judgment Day" began to disintegrate under the influence of external forces in the collision, like a Lego block being knocked over, scattered into countless large and small pieces, making a sharp sound, like countless giant fingers scratching glass.
"Oh!"
The audience exclaimed in amazement at this scene. At the same time, on the hillsides on both sides of the river, the special forces soldiers who had been camouflaged in advance had already lifted up the khaki canvas on their bodies, wearing lightweight [Xingtian Type 5] exoskeleton armor, and rushed to the broken steel tanker that was spread out on the river bank.
At the same time, a group of helicopters flew along the canal, across the river surface covered with a layer of colorful oil film, hovering over the wreckage of the "Day of Judgment", dropping large amounts of white fire extinguishing agent and foam, trying to control the fire spreading in the wreckage.
"finished?"
Zhao Hailun, who witnessed all this, asked in a daze. Her hand holding the telescope was still shaking. It was obvious that the massacre by the nano "flying blade" just now had a huge impact on her.
In contrast, Shi Qiang, who had witnessed many big scenes, remained calm.
"No, this is just the beginning."
As if to support his words, a large flame suddenly burst out from the wreckage of the "Judgment Day" not far away, and at the same time, the sound of "da da da" machine gun firing was heard.
Obviously, because the nano "flying blade" is not long enough, although Shi Qiang and others have tried their best to make up for it, there are still many survivors on the ship, and some of them are now fighting with the soldiers led by Liu Peiqiang.
Fortunately, this "capture" operation was somewhat effective. At least the disintegration of the ship put the enemy into a state of confusion for a while. Even if they were lucky enough to survive the impact of the "flying blade" net, the condition of these survivors was extremely bad.
Of course, there are also some special units among them. After all, the ETO organization had great scientists like Dr. Chen Ang in the past, and it also has a lot of black technology reserves.
I saw a blurry corpse pressed under the steel wreckage, suddenly struggling, and then a strong red light and heat came out of its body, followed by a violent explosion, which blew away a special forces soldier who happened to be searching next to it.
There was also a soldier from the ETO organization who escaped the disaster because he was lying in bed resting. He only suffered a minor injury to his arm.
After noticing the arrival of the special forces soldiers, he immediately took off his tattered clothes, let out a hoarse roar from his throat, and then his injuries healed quickly. At the same time, a layer of fine scales appeared on his exposed body surface and began to change color, helping him gradually blend into the background.
However, the exoskeleton armor on those special forces soldiers was not to be trifled with. When this guy was about to use his chameleon-like ability to sneak attack the special forces soldiers, his target turned around first and, with the help of the thermal imaging and radar scanning system, a sharp sword popped out from his arm armor and stabbed him straight through.
A fierce battle broke out in this steel wreckage, and Liu Peiqiang also got a lot of shots.
Compared with those foreign soldiers who have only recently obtained exoskeleton armor, he has already mastered the use of this equipment to the point where he can use it like an arm.
Therefore, in this battle to wipe out the enemy, his performance was the most outstanding.
In particular, there was an extremely powerful guy among the enemies. Even though he had just experienced a huge change, his suit was still straight.
At the same time, his physical fitness is extremely exaggerated, almost better than that of the "witch" Zhao Xiumei. Coupled with his superb Chinese Kung Fu, he alone dismantled two light mechas with his bare hands, causing two deaths and multiple injuries.
Fortunately, Liu Peiqiang arrived in time to stop him and defeated him, otherwise he might have jumped into the river and escaped during the chaos.
Finally, after some minor twists and turns, the "capture" operation was successfully completed. The nano "flying blade" made great contributions, and they also successfully searched for information data storage devices from the wreckage of the "Judgment Day" and the suit thug (played by Zhang Jin).
However, there was only one share of the spoils, and after victory, how to distribute them became a problem.
After obtaining the spoils, scientists immediately repaired the cut equipment. After extracting information from it, they found that the compressed information data was not only huge in quantity but also very confusing in content. It was obvious that a very complex encryption process had been performed.
Fortunately, the "quantum decoding system" that Qin Feng brought back to China not long ago is exactly the nemesis of this kind of complicated code.
So after many discussions, relying on the strong credibility of the Chinese government, Shi Qiang and his team successfully brought back the data. After being decoded and translated by the "quantum decoding system", the useful information was shared with other countries.
Just when Shi Qiang and his team returned to China with the data information, thousands of miles away in China, in the base of the special affairs department, Qin Feng had already led Ding Yiren on a brief exploration of the "Three-Body" game.
Unlike last time, perhaps because of a change of team leader, when they logged into the game, stood on the vast plain, and faced the strange dawn of the "Three-Body" world, they found that the situation they were facing had changed a lot.
(End of this chapter)