446: Chapter 445 Seeking Advice on Military Affairs!

"Previously, we were under the illusion..."

"...that it would take an alien fleet at least 400 years to reach our Solar System from four light-years away."

"With such a long buffer period, under the leadership of Comrade Lin Mo, our technological level would surely catch up with this alien civilization."

"But now..."

"The enemy has truly arrived on Blue Star!"

"If we allow Sophon to stir up trouble on Blue Star, the consequences will be unimaginable!"

Everyone's expressions turned solemn.

A hostile alien civilization with a highly developed technological level.

If it truly was as Lin Mo speculated,

And they had already used the variable of 'Sophon' to quietly infiltrate human society,

Utilizing their technological level, which far surpassed that of Blue Star's humans,

To find every possible way to 'hold back' Huaxia,

Then a few hundred years might really not be enough!

Just then,

Chief Designer Bai Yannian, who had been looking up at the giant screen, suddenly spoke.

"Comrade Lin Mo."

"I want to confirm something once more."

"Did Sophon truly subjectively violate the framework agreement signed with you?"

Chief Designer Bai turned his head to look at Lin Mo, who was in the main seat, and said,

"What I mean is, is there a possibility..."

"...that Sophon actually didn't violate the agreement, but merely exploited loopholes in our Chinese language?"

Upon hearing this,

Lin Mo asked, "Chief Designer Bai, what do you mean?"

Chief Designer Bai explained to everyone.

"Just now, Comrade Lin Mo recounted the framework agreement he signed with the Trisolaran Civilization through Sophon."

"The most critical clause—'From this day forward, Sophon shall not monitor human activities on Blue Star...'—contains many obvious loopholes."

"For example."

"The phrase [on Blue Star] can be interpreted as being on the surface of Blue Star, which does not include outer space."

"Then there's the word [monitor]. In the context of our Huaxia language, it generally refers to active, continuous observation with clear hostility."

"But if the Trisolarans believe their observation is merely passive, non-hostile, and continuous,"

"Perhaps to them,"

"They haven't violated the rules."

After listening to Chief Designer Bai's words,

Many people fell into deep thought.

Chief Designer Bai explained further.

"This behavior of exploiting linguistic and grammatical loopholes..."

"...is not uncommon in our Huaxia history."

"Without looking too far back,"

"In the decades since the founding of Huaxia, the legal system was not sound at the beginning, and many legal provisions had various textual loopholes."

"Even now, there are still many blind spots."

"Taking advantage of these opportunities,"

"Some cunning lawbreakers secretly exploited legal loopholes. Not only did they escape legal punishment, they even built fortunes and became glamorous entrepreneurs."

"By the same token,"

"The preliminary framework agreement signed between Comrade Lin Mo and Sophon is clearly too crude..."

"What I mean is,"

"With the intelligence of the Trisolaran Civilization,"

"They are fully capable of breaking the constraints of the framework agreement while technically not violating its text."

Chief Designer Bai paused for a moment.

Then he continued.

"We can think a bit deeper."

"What was the basis for the framework agreement Comrade Lin Mo signed with the Trisolaran Civilization earlier?"

"Strategic deterrence!"

"A new type of strategic deterrence formed by using the establishment of a Gravitational Wave Broadcast Device to broadcast the coordinates of the Biling Star System into deep space as a means of threatening mutual destruction between the two civilizations."

"I don't believe Trisolaris would completely ignore the massive risk of civilizational destruction and refuse to fulfill the framework agreement signed with Comrade Lin Mo."

"If that's the case,"

"What we need to do now is to refine the framework agreement with the Trisolaran Civilization, plug all the treaty loopholes as much as possible, and secure the strategic buffer time for the future."

"Rather than rashly burning bridges right now."

As Chief Designer Bai finished speaking,

Most of the people nodded slowly.

This unique insight indeed made a lot of sense.

But General Li Jingwu, who had served as the Director of the Huaxia Strategic Intimidation Bureau for many years,

Was now frowning deeply.

"Comrade Yannian."

"The logic of the idea you just described is very self-consistent."

"But I want to ask you one more thing."

Chief Designer Bai was taken aback.

"Please, go ahead."

General Li Jingwu stared at Chief Designer Bai,

And said seriously,

"Are you sure that the new type of strategic deterrence based on mutual destruction has truly been established?"

"I..."

Ignoring Chief Designer Bai, who had fallen into thought,

General Li Jingwu turned to look at Lin Mo.

"'As Heaven maintains its vigor through movement, a gentleman should unremittingly practice self-improvement!'"

"This single sentence is the deepest foundation of Huaxia culture!"

"Our Huaxia rose from poverty to become a powerful nation, until now reaching the pinnacle of Blue Star and the entire population entering the space age. All in all, it only took sixty years."

"Sixty years of wind and rain are a vivid portrayal of the unremitting self-improvement of us Huaxia people!"

"Comrade Lin Mo."

"If you were a Trisolaran,"

"Would you believe that such a vibrant and enterprising civilization would choose the dead-end path of 'mutual destruction'?"

"..."