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Acceleration（第1页）

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Fahepeopleatthedigsiteinastateofdeepshoddespair。Thewasagaiobreakthesiledignitariesofallnationsandsaid，‘IknowthatIambutanobodyandthattheonlyreasonIamfortuoattendtheseosisbecauseIwasthefirsttoeintotactwiththetwoalienintelligeheless，Ileofthings:first，Fangsisright;seanity’sonlywayoutistofight。’

‘Fight?Oh，，fight…’TheSecretary-Generalshookhisheadwithabittersimile。

‘Right!Fight!Fight!Fight!’thegirlfromEridanusshoutedfromhercrystalpaedseveralfeetabovetheheadsofthoseassembled。Inhersual，thelirl’sentirebodyeruptedintoaflowingflourish。

‘YoupeoplefromEridanusfoughtthem。Howdidthatend?’someo。‘Humanitymustthinkofitssurvivalasaspeotofsatisfyingyourtwisteddesirefeance。’

‘No，sir，’thesaid，turniheassembledcrowd。‘TheEridaniansengagedaheykhingaboutinawarofself-defehermore，theywereasocietythathadhistoriotkniveaishardlysurprisingthattheyweredefeated。heless，iuryofbitterwarfare，theymeticulouslyacquiredadeepuandingoftheDevourer。Wenowhavebeevastreservoirofkhisspaceship。Itwillbee。

‘JudiinarystudiesofthematerialhaveshownthattheDevourerisbyerribleaswehadfirstfeared，’hetoldthem。‘Foremost，beyohatitisinceivablylarge，thereislittleabouttheDevourerthatexceeds。Itslifeforms，thetenbilliohemselves，are-basedlifeforms，justlikeus。Theyevenresembleusonamolecularlevel，andbecauseweshareabiologicalbasiswiththeehingaboutthemwillremainbeyrasp。Weshouldts;siderthatwecouldjustaswellhavebeehinvadersmadeyfieldsauffofars。

‘Butthereisevenmorecauseforhope，’hesaid。‘TheDevourerpossessesverylittle，shaller-teology’。TheDevourer’steologyislyveryadvanparedtohumanity’s，butthatisprimarilyaquestiooftheoreticalbasis。ThemainenergysourceoftheDevourer’spropulsionsystemisnuclearfusion。Infact，theprimaryuseforlunderedfromplas–beybasiclifesupport–isfuelforthissystem。TheDevourer’spropulsionteologyisbasedontheprincipleofredtheservatioise，space-timebendingMa。’Thepaused，studyingthefa。‘Allofthismaydismayourstists;afterall，theDevourer，withitstensofmillionsofyearsofuousdevelopment，clearlyshowsusthelimitsofsdteology，butitalsoclearlyshowsusthatourenemyisnoinvinciblegod。’

&ary-Generalmulledoverthe’swords，theisthatenoughtoey’svictory?’

‘Ofcourse，wehavemorespeation。Informationthatshouldallowustoformulateastrategythatwillgiveagoodshotatviple—’

&ioion!’thegirlfromEridaheirheads，iiain。

&aibursttothebaffledfa。‘WehavelearheEridaniandatathattheDevourer’sabilitytoaccelerateislimited。TheEridafturies，andtheyexceedthisspecificlimit。Tothis，weusedthedataweretheEridaoestablishamathematicalmodelthatatsfortheDevourer’sarchitedthematerialstrengthofitsstrupos。CalsusingthismodelverifytheEridaniaions。ThereisafirmlimittothespeedatwhichtheDevoureraccelerate，andthislimitisdetermisstrutegrity。Shoulditeverexceedthismark，thecolossuswillbetorntopieces。’

‘Sowhat?’theheadofagreatnationasked，under-whelmed。

‘Weshouldremainlevel-headedandcarefullysiderit。’theswered