Just after Fang Er and Wang Xuance departed, the Trisolaran commander immediately convened a high-level meeting.
Their technology was advanced, but in the process of developing it, their home planet had inevitably suffered severe damage.
Oh no, "damage" was too mild a word; it should be called overdrawn!
The entire planet's resources had been depleted by them!
The environment was desolate, the atmosphere polluted. Apart from the Trisolarans themselves, all other life forms had gradually gone extinct thousands of years ago.
It wasn't that they enjoyed the nutrient paste that tasted like excrement; it was simply that there was nothing else to serve as food besides this artificial synthesis!
Therefore, the theme of this meeting was to make preparations for the war against Planet Aut.
Ambition was a mistake that most commanders could make, and the Trisolaran commander made this mistake.
In his view, if they could capture Planet Aut, the entire fleet would receive unparalleled glory.
And if the news was sent back to headquarters prematurely, it was likely that he would have little to do with it in the end.
The meeting lasted for more than ten hours, with every detail meticulously arranged.
After the attending Trisolarans left, the commander once again ordered Fang Er and Wang Xuance to be brought to the bridge. Upon meeting them, he put on a friendly demeanor and personally poured a drink for Fang Er: "My friends, have you rested well?"
"Not very well. The bed planks on your warship are too hard!"
Fang Er deliberately shook his head and sighed.
While haggling with the commander, he observed the other Trisolarans in the cabin and quickly made a decision.
There weren't many Trisolarans present, only about fifty, and most of them were engaged in administrative work. Only the ten Trisolarans standing behind the commander seemed to be guards.
He subtly signaled Wang Xuance, who, having been prepared for a long time, immediately took action.
He didn't charge forward to engage in close combat with these Trisolarans; that would be too risky.
Instead, he extended his brainwaves, continuously adjusting the frequency to affect the Trisolarans' bodies.
Before long, a guard reacted. The Trisolaran, who had been standing like a wooden post, suddenly began spewing a stream of foul matter, then curled up on the ground and writhed in agony.
"Ow... It hurts so much..."
He screamed while clutching his stomach, his facial features contorted to the extreme.
At that moment, he felt his internal organs contracting violently, as if something had ruptured. The piercing pain caused him to collapse on the spot.
Before the Trisolaran commander could react, he discovered that this individual was already dead.
"What's going on!"
He glared angrily at the others.
In his opinion, this guard must have succumbed to some kind of illness.
As his personal guard, it was absolutely unacceptable that no one had reported such a severe illness to him!
Who knew if this disease could be contagious to him?
And what he feared soon happened.
While the other guards were still bewildered, another guard clutched his stomach and collapsed, exhibiting the exact same symptoms as the first!
In less than a minute, he too had lost all signs of life.
Now the commander couldn't sit still and hastily ordered the medical team to arrive as quickly as possible.
However, when the medical team arrived and examined the two corpses on the ground, they found no external injuries, but the internal organs had inexplicably atrophied!
Moreover, as these organs withered, organ rupture had also occurred.
"Commander, this seems to be some kind of..."
"Gasp..."
The person in charge of the examination hadn't finished speaking before he collapsed in pain.
But he was far from the last!
Seeing that these Trisolarans didn't suspect him, Fang Er began to make his move.
This was the first time he had used his ability to condense water on living beings. His brainwaves were released, locking onto the medical personnel closest to the commander.
Being inside the spaceship, these Trisolarans were not wearing spacesuits, only a form-fitting garment made of some unknown material.
Under these circumstances, Fang Er's brainwaves, like an X-ray machine, scanned the person thoroughly, inside and out.
Soon, brainwaves condensed in that person's hands, and began to adjust continuously.
The Trisolaran, who had been frowning and pondering what disease could cause such a death, suddenly cried out as he looked at his hands.
Then, everyone present saw a stream of water shoot out from his fingertips, like a fountain.
The stream of water continued, and the Trisolaran's hands and arms began to shrivel at a visible rate.
After his arms had completely shriveled, he suddenly opened his mouth, and a thicker jet of water erupted from his mouth and nose.
Everyone who witnessed this scene was terrified and retreated repeatedly.
Seeing this, the commander berated the medical personnel and forcibly ordered them to go and save the man.
But as two Trisolarans approached and reached out to grab the man's arm, a horrifying sight unfolded.
As soon as the man's arm was touched, it scattered into powder!
Like sand blown by the wind...
The two medical personnel were so frightened that they collapsed to the ground, their minds almost lost.
The commander, both shocked and furious, roared at everyone, "Can anyone tell me what in the blazes is going on!"
But his only response was stunned silence.
Inside the entire bridge, apart from the cries of those falling one after another, no one could answer his question!
"Quarantine! Everyone quar..."
The commander was about to order everyone present to be quarantined, but before he could even utter the last word, he clutched his abdomen in terror.
He could clearly feel something rapidly expanding within his abdomen!