Chapter 232 Post-War Statistics

Humanity throughout the Solar System together witnessed this great historical moment, as we finally defeated the Trisolarans and stepped into a new era of peace.

This moment, whether it signified the dawn of lasting peace or represented merely a temporary truce, was undoubtedly the most brilliant and glorious moment in human history.

Media outlets across the Solar System also vied to report on this significant moment. Their reports spread to every corner of the world, allowing more people to share in the joy of this victory.

Government leaders and scientific elites joined the celebration as well. They delivered speeches, praising human courage and wisdom, and encouraged people to continue venturing into the unknown, to press forward with determination.

However, humanity also paid an extremely painful price.

In this war with the Trisolarans, the fleets and soldiers that directly engaged The Waterdrop experienced its unbelievably high maneuverability and attacking power.

Like ghostly entities, that unstoppable despair was deeply etched onto their souls.

The deepest impact was felt by every individual on Earth, as The Waterdrop crashed towards the Earth at ten times the third cosmic velocity, a sense of indescribable fear surged within them, as if foreseeing the impending doom of humanity.

The atmosphere seemed twisted, and deafening sonic booms rang out, as if space itself was torn apart by this force, and the entire globe could feel the ground trembling.

But at the most critical moment, it was the Wallfacers who saved humanity—they defeated The Waterdrop, as formidable as a Heavenly God.

The plans of the five Wallfacers were revealed, these myth-like strategies, step by step luring the Trisolaran Droplets into their carefully laid traps.

Their names were eternally engraved in human history at this moment, becoming god-like figures.

Since all Wallfacers belonged to Common Era People, people around the world also became objects of praise for a time.

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In year 202 of the Crisis Era, one day after the battle of the apocalypse, the statistics for war damage were collated.

First War Zone.

The federal fleet engaged with two Droplets, and although they successfully destroyed one Waterdrop, they paid the price with over 900 human warships destroyed.

The final count showed that the casualties reached over 400,000. Compared to the federal fleet's massive personnel number of over 2 million people, nearly a fifth had been lost.

The federal fleet's warships were highly automated and intelligent, requiring only about 700 crew members per ship.

The federal fleet's warships, unlike those in the original, resembled submarines more in their overall structure, with crew living areas spanning the interior of the ships.

The personnel of the federal fleet's warships were directly immersed in Deep-Sea Acceleration Fluid during combat, with daily living quarters being shut down during engagements.

The sections of the warship that required human operation were all handled by artificial intelligence or remote-operated robots, a technology matured during the Underground City Era.

The greatest casualties occurred during The Waterdrop's self-destruction, with almost no survivors from the warships surrounding it.

Second Battle Zone, Wallfacer Headquarters.

This was the most fiercely fought battle zone, engaging with seven Droplets in total. Although they destroyed two Droplets and captured four, the cost was also immense.

50 advanced warships were destroyed by the Droplets, with 40 being lost, and among the over 400 modified old warships, more than 250 were destroyed by the Droplets.

As the old warships required more personnel to operate, and both the Global Broadcast Station and the Positive and Negative Macro-Atom Excitation Zone were also destroyed by The Waterdrop, the total number of sacrifices exceeded 500,000.

Humanity also immediately launched rescue operations after the battle, but the results were not substantial.

These warships, due to The Waterdrop's direct impact on the fuel storage triggering a secondary explosion of the fusion fuel, were entirely engulfed by the intense explosive fireballs. The soldiers aboard, along with their warships, valiantly perished in the inferno, with none surviving.

The command of the warship fleet was the responsibility of Rey Diaz. This commander, known for his iron-fisted methods, truly demonstrated his ruthless side on the battlefield.

The sacrifice of the human warships was to a large extent a strategy, designed to lure the Trisolarans into a trap set by humanity.

Third Warzone, Fourth Warzone, Fifth Warzone.

They were the ones engaged with The Waterdrop for the longest, or more accurately, they were constantly fleeing.

During the 20-plus hours of being pursued by The Waterdrop, a total of more than 1100 warships from these three warzones were destroyed, mostly completely devoured by explosions.

Differently, facing the pursuit of The Waterdrop, many warships took emergency measures, jettisoning escape pods to ensure the safety of the crew members, who now could only wait for rescue personnel to arrive.

Although countless rescue teams were dispatched, survival depended solely on individual luck, after all, this escape route stretched nearly two astronomical units.

Although no precise death toll is currently available, it is estimated to be around 400,000.

Sixth Warzone.

The Sixth Warzone suffered the most severe casualties in this battle. In fact, there was no such warzone defined by humanity; it was simply an area that was affected by the repercussions of the frontline battle.

The Sixth Warzone includes Earth and all areas of Earth's orbit.

There were six battlefields here, the first three were the areas where Feng Zi ambushed "meteorites," and there were no casualties in these areas.

The latter three were the locations where The Waterdrop destroyed the Global Broadcast Stations, with tens of thousands of casualties at each of the Global Broadcast Stations on Earth's orbit on either side of the Sun.

However, the destruction of the Global Broadcast Station on Earth led to catastrophic losses, with casualties several times the total of other warzones combined.

In this disaster, including the Earth planetary defense system and everyone within the shockwave's reach, a total of over five million people tragically perished, and the number of injured exceeded this figure.

The main cause of such massive casualties was the tremendous shockwave and the devastating sonic boom created by The Waterdrop striking Earth at ten times the Third Cosmic Velocity.

This unparalleled force, like a hammer of world-ending might, obliterated a region spanning ten thousand square kilometers with a single strike.

The surrounding five large Underground Cities also collapsed due to The Waterdrop's impact, burying countless people alive. The impact even caused changes to the Earth's crust, with numerous lives disappearing in the disaster.

This calamity deeply impressed upon humanity the cruel nature of a civilization's war.

Especially those more than five million lives lost on Earth, who were merely affected by the residual waves of the battle.

The Earth planetary defense system turned out to be almost entirely ineffective.

It is difficult to imagine, if the Trisolarans' actual goal had been to inflict casualties on humanity, the consequences of the war would have been even more unimaginable.

This war began abruptly and ended just as swiftly, without escalating into a full-scale comprehensive conflict.

Otherwise, with all of humanity's current forces, they could at most contend with three Trisolaran Droplets.

Such a reality made humanity more acutely aware that, in the face of a higher-level civilization, there is a long road ahead.