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In the fifth episode of 3 Body Problem, the awkwardly titled Netflix adaptation of Liu Cixin’s best-selling sci-fi novel, a strange act of violence takes place. The United Kingdom’s Royal Navy, in conjunction with a shadowy intelligence agency, deploys advanced nanofiber technology, created by idealistic scientist Auggie Salazar (Eiza González), to ambush a secret organization’s rogue ship. They use the nanofibers to create lengthy, all-but-invisible piano wire that essentially juliennes the ship, slicing it and everybody on board in half, all to acquire a small hard drive of data.