Meeting and the Three-Body Crisis

In the end, they recovered a total of 28.4 GB of data from the Judgment.

The data contained little grand narrative about the Three-Body World's social structure or political system.

The vast majority of those 28.4 GB documented the contents of the Three-Body game, recounting the history of the Trisolaran Civilization's development.

The other portion was the story of a listener designated 1379.

The Three-Body World was a planet alternately scorched and frozen by three stars.

Stable Eras were brief carnivals; Chaotic Eras were long periods of hibernation.

In order to survive, the Trisolaran Civilization had evolved a social form of near-absolute rationality.

Emotions were luxuries. Individuals were expendable.

To ensure their civilization endured, they could dehydrate, burn, and cast aside every unnecessary burden.

There was no art, no literature—only the cold laws of survival.

Everything about this civilization existed for the sake of survival.

It was precisely for this reason that Listener 1379 believed they would bring nothing but disaster to Earth.

Thus, after receiving Ye Wenjie's transmission, he chose to issue a warning at once.

But unfortunately, those who bore goodwill toward Earth were only a tiny minority within the Trisolaran Civilization.

Even more chilling were the detailed engineering logs concerning the "Sophon."

What could the Sophon do?

The logs made it very clear.

It could interfere with the results of every high-energy physics experiment on Earth, ensuring that humanity's fundamental science remained forever stalled in place.

It could move between any two points on Earth at near-light speed, reading any information it wished to read—whether words on a computer screen or reflections on a human retina.

It was everywhere. It knew everything.

A few days later.

New York, United Nations Headquarters, Security Council Chamber.

The enormous circular conference table was made of precious African rosewood, polished to