447: Chapter 446 Dogmatism Kills People

"Or,"

"in other words,"

"if you were the leader of the Trisolarans,"

"would you believe that a peerless genius of a nascent civilization, bright as the morning sun,"

"a leader of the era who has just guided their entire civilization onto the journey of space exploration,"

"would choose the worst possible strategy of 'mutual destruction'?"

General Li Jingwu gazed at Lin Mo and spoke solemnly.

"Comrade Lin Mo,"

"achieving a strategic deterrence with other hostile forces is extremely difficult!"

"There are three key elements to this."

"First, strength!"

"Second, determination!"

"Third, ensuring the enemy knows your determination!"

"Only by constantly telling the enemy that we possess not only the strength to destroy them but also the determination to perish together, and only when the enemy finally truly believes it, can our goal of strategic deterrence be considered achieved."

"Ask yourself,"

"have you truly made that determination?"

After a long silence, Lin Mo finally came to his senses.

"...I haven't..."

General Li Jingwu slammed the table and spoke bluntly.

"Even you haven't made up your mind,"

"so how could you possibly use this to deter an alien enemy countless times stronger than us?"

"In that case,"

"I dare to assert right now!"

"After Sophon made contact with you, the foremost wise man of China, she quickly saw through your reality!"

"The cooperation framework agreement she signed with you was merely a smokescreen and a delaying tactic to temporarily appease you!"

"The foundation for your cooperation,"

"never existed from the very beginning!"

Boom... A thunderous sound echoed in his mind.

With General Li Jingwu's reminder, Lin Mo finally realized where his greatest problem lay.

Influenced by memories of his past life, he had always dogmatically believed that the objective conditions of this parallel universe of Trisolaris were immutable, including the transparency of the Trisolarans' thoughts and the fact that humans could achieve a strategic deterrence balance with Trisolaris through gravitational wave broadcasting devices...

But he had overlooked the most important point: Trisolaris is a living, Level 2 cosmic civilization, not some NPC in a game!

With the arrival of his "butterfly" effect, armed with a system cheat, China in this parallel universe had ascended to the pinnacle of the Blue Star in a very short time, incidentally triggering massive changes in the world line of the entire Blue Star and even the surrounding universe.

Facing such a formidable character, Trisolaris would inevitably treat him with the utmost seriousness, employing every possible means to formulate targeted strategies and respond with flexibility.

And as a navigator of the era for China, he was certainly not the type of person who had nothing to lose. Even less likely was he an extremely rational Machiavellian (rational to the point of almost losing all humanity).

In the eyes of the Trisolarans, he, the so-called foremost wise man of humanity, was most likely characterized by extreme self-confidence—believing that he possessed the ability to lead the entire human civilization, step by step, up the technology tree until they could confront Trisolaris head-on. And this fact was very easy to analyze...

In that case, this strategic deterrence was likely a joke from the very beginning!

At this thought, Lin Mo's lips curled into a wry smile.

Strictly speaking, he was still the so-called "Swordholder" of human civilization. But in the Trisolarans' personality analysis, his deterrence level was likely not even 10%, making him no better than that saintly Cheng Xin...