Lighting up super-god technology in the Three-Body World

Chapter 187 Main Tasks
Seeing that he remained silent for a long time, Chen Zhou thoughtfully added a sentence.
"President Jiang, weapon development requires specific targets. Although the power to destroy a star could certainly destroy the Trisolaran civilization or human civilization,"

"But if the goal is simply to destroy the Trisolaran or human civilization, then there is absolutely no need to develop weapons capable of destroying stars,"

"First, the research is too difficult, and second, it is a waste of resources. It is like making a hydrogen bomb just to kill an ant, which is not worthwhile."

"If you want to advance the development of weapons, you first need to identify a target. This could be any celestial body or intelligent life, depending on your will."

This viewpoint on weaponry has taught humanity a lesson.
Prior to this, everyone, including Jiang Fan, had only the concept of weapons that were powerful, had a wide range, and were highly lethal.

This completely ignores the fact that weapons are essentially a means of striking the enemy!

It cannot be said that it was ignored.

For thousands of years, humanity's history of warfare has been marked by treating fellow human beings as 'enemies,' leading to a subconscious belief that weapons capable of causing significant damage to oneself are powerful weapons, and that developing along this path is the right way.
As everyone knows,
If the enemy is not a carbon-based life form, and doesn't even need to rely on a star system to survive, its form is more likely to be a ghostly or particle-like entity.

What's the point of developing star-destroying weapons? They might not be as effective as a 'peach wood sword'.

Therefore,
Jiang Fan was in an awkward position.
Fortunately, everyone at the meeting was an old acquaintance. Luo Ji chuckled and patted him on the shoulder.

"Hehehe, Lao Jiang, you miscalculated, didn't you?"

Jiang Fan gave him a disdainful look, raised his hand to slap away his pig's trotter, and said...
"Shen Zhou is right. The premise of developing weapons is to assume the existence of the enemy; otherwise, it is just blind development with your eyes closed."

After speaking, Jiang Fan turned to look at Luo Ji.
"You're still laughing? Isn't pre-determining the existence of the enemy precisely what your Star Advisory Department does?"

"What are the results? What are the conclusions? What are the answers? Can they support the Humanitarian Alliance in preventing or combating potential enemies? Hmm?!"

At that moment, he resembled a boss demanding performance results from his employees.

Luo Ji chuckled sheepishly and shrank back into his seat, shrugging and spreading his hands.
"There's no reference point, so how are we supposed to make assumptions? We can't just use fictional races from online novels as our hypothetical enemies, can we?"

"That's too far-fetched. What kind of cosmic behemoth is that, bigger than the sun? Is that even possible? How slow would its reaction time be?"

"And there are ghosts too!"

At this point, he gestured with his chin toward Taylor.

"In other words, the ghostly life form that Lao Tai mentioned earlier, using this premise to develop weapons, isn't that just talking about survival in the community—utter nonsense?"

Pfft!

Everyone in the room couldn't help but burst into laughter, except for Chen Zhou.

It has to be you, Lao Luo! The number one person to directly satirize a leader!
Jiang Fan also had a look of being both amused and exasperated. It's already the second season of the new era, how can someone still shift the blame so naturally?
Xiling quietly added this proverb to her vocabulary dictionary; she really loves it!
Noticing someone's subtle movement, Jiang Fan turned his head and glared at them, then said in the private channel,

"You're not allowed to go astray!"

Xiling: "(Playful face) (sticking out tongue) I want it~"

One after another, they were all a handful. The leader, who had evolved from Jiang Dafan to Jiang Laofan, sighed almost imperceptibly.

"Ugh"

Then, looking at Luo Ji with great helplessness, he said...

"Let's first filter out some possible life forms."

He then looked at Randall and Ding Yi.
"Old Lan and Old Ding also helped to check the possibility of the existence of alien life from biological and physical perspectives."

"It's over," he said with a forced smile to everyone.
“Alas,” “It is said that offense, defense, and escape are all three. If you can master any one of them, you will be invincible. If you can master all three, you will be invincible and never be defeated.”

"I always thought attacking was easy, but defending was difficult,"

"Now it's even better; the more they develop, the harder it is to attack, and even harder to defend!"

"No one knows what the enemy looks like, so it's even less likely that we'll know what their attack methods are!"

"Therefore, we still need to work on our escape and concealment skills!"

"Furthermore, this also tells us one thing: never, ever expose yourself to the view of the universe!"

"Otherwise, it's truly unimaginable that billions of civilizations could launch a casual attack on us in all sorts of bizarre ways; it would be impossible to defend against such an attack!"

Jiang Fan became increasingly serious as he spoke, successfully shifting everyone's expressions from playful to thoughtful.
Is there any truth to this?
No need to think about it, it's absolutely correct!
As long as the forms of life are different, the methods of attack will definitely be different as well!

Once interstellar coordinates are exposed in the universe, it's like yelling at countless civilizations, "Come here!"

Then, attacks of all kinds followed one after another, which was more and more terrifying to think about!
Everyone present felt a chill run down their spine.

They finally realized from the bottom of their hearts how terrifying the deterrence system truly is!
The broadcast is not a broadcast, but a summoning device for ferocious demons, a death rope from the deepest hell, and the opening act of endless attacks!

No wonder the Trisolaran civilization was terrified of this; everyone felt the same way!

Da Shi shuddered violently.

"Holy crap, so we built so many devices to broadcast interstellar coordinates? That's terrifying!"

Jiang Fan rolled his eyes at him.
"It's good that you understand. Otherwise, why would I go to such lengths to integrate the Trisolaran civilization with human civilization? Don't forget that the Trisolaran civilization also has the means to broadcast interstellar coordinates, and it's even more advanced and precise than ours!"

The way the group looked at Chen Zhou changed instantly. The Three-Body Department and its leader were no longer dispensable in their eyes.

I must eliminate all unsettling factors that are beyond my control, otherwise I won't be able to sleep soundly!
Comrade Chen Zhou, you'd better step up!
Having inexplicably gained the friendship and attention of everyone, Chen Zhou looked around and gave a polite smile.

Zhang Beihai slammed his fist on the table and said decisively,

"Our main task now is to fully integrate with the Trisolaran civilization. We must nip any potential risks of revealing our coordinates in the bud!"

Yes, yes, yes, yes!

No one disagreed.

Jiang Fan couldn't help but laugh at the sight. In the original story, humans completely disregarded the deterrence system; in the first life, there were even people on the internet who supported Wade's rise to power.

The template that best fits the standard of the Swordholder is Luo Ji, who has both the courage to suppress and the compassion to not suppress!
The candidates for the Sword of Humanity were ultimately chosen based on either courage or compassion, a classic case of idiocy, showing a complete lack of understanding of how a deterrence system should function.

As for what Luo Ji in the original novel said...

The depth of thought is there, but the breadth is still insufficient.

He knew about deterrence and its terrifying aspects, but he didn't choose the best way to use it.

The two civilizations remain two civilizations; the divide between them has never disappeared since the Deterrence Era, and they both wish they could destroy each other.

In this situation, collapse is inevitable in the end.

(End of this chapter)