Those who face the wall, but are in the Nascent Soul stage.

Chapter 101 Second Fleet
Three-body World
The leader ordered an emergency meeting of all governing officials of the Trisolaran world.

"In the past hundred years, our civilization has encountered a potential crisis. The super-individual from an unknown civilization went out of control during another Wallfacer experiment. He flew towards the Trisolaran star system at a constant speed of 1% of the speed of light."

"His speed of travel in the universe far exceeds all our calculations about this super-individual. His power has increased exponentially today, which has instilled fear in us. Under this fear, we have made many irrational decisions. For example, I once ordered a full-scale armed defense of the orbital space of the Trisolaran system. If this order is carried out, it will break through the Trisolaran civilization's last resource allocation and value exchange system. As the leader, such decisions made under such emotional circumstances are unreasonable."

"Therefore, I am guilty."

The leader's mind calmly displayed this statement.

The council chamber was silent.

"After I step down, I will burn as the spark that ignites the Second Fleet, but before that, I will fulfill my duties as head of state."

The leader's words did not disturb the atmosphere in the room. Everyone calmly examined his transparent thinking. As the leader of 20 billion Trisolaran individuals, he possessed almost unlimited power and also bore almost unlimited responsibility. This simple system of 'power versus responsibility' was the premise for the Trisolaran civilization to maintain its high-pressure, centralized political system.

He is a qualified commander.

"Scientific administrator, you speak."

The scientific governor's thought membrane revealed: "Under the observation of the sophon, this super-individual has stopped in Jupiter's orbit and has begun its return. Our current science still cannot explain all the power it exhibits, and can only roughly assume that it is a super-individual from an unknown civilization, and record all its data as it is. But I do not believe that this record is valid."

"why?"

"Because his data keeps growing. Another pessimistic fact is that the power of the super-individual is growing far faster than our technological development."

"Doesn't this mean we can never defeat him?"

“From the moment he became immune to macro-fusion attacks and could collapse into a state of destruction at any time, killing him became virtually impossible. I admit that urging the Earth-Trisolaran Organization to use macro-fusion weapons was a mistake, but at the time no one could have predicted that this super-individual could return from the quantum world.”

“But we’ve reached the end of the road in quantum mechanics. We have enough technology to conduct large-scale macro-fusion experiments. We can build a quantum fleet and kill him in the quantum realm,” the military governor joined the discussion.

The scientific governor's mind trembled: "We have never fought a war in the quantum world, and we do not understand the methods and consequences of fighting in the quantum world. It is unknown whether a person in a quantum state can be killed again, let alone that he can collapse back into the macroscopic world at any time."

Furthermore, your line of thinking overlaps with that of the Wallfacer on Earth named 'Taylor'.

The military governor revealed his thinking: "I am only borrowing his ideas; whether they are feasible is a matter for you scientists."

Education and Culture Commissioner: "Can we negotiate with him?"

The scientific governor scoffed: "Earth civilization and Trisolaran civilization have no basis for negotiation. The Trisolarans must fight for the solar system. Even if there are super-individuals waiting for us in the future, there is no turning back."

The Minister of Education and Culture stated: "There was once a faint voice within Earth's civilization that suggested ceding Mars to us in exchange for the safety of our home planet. I think this is a very good idea."

The science governor's laughter became even more sarcastic: "If we had expressed goodwill from the beginning and gained the trust of that supra-individual, it would have been feasible, but what did we do before? We mocked them as insects."

“Now they have a super bug, a super bug that can’t be steamed, boiled, pounded, or fried—a truly formidable one.” The Science Administrator quoted a line from Earth literature to describe Luo Qing. The Education Administrator remained silent: “Arrogance has destroyed our escape route.”

“That’s right.” The science administrator nodded.

The military governor looked at the leader of state, "Your Majesty, should the Trisolaran system continue its armed operations?"

The leader hesitated: "The creation of the seventh set of sophons and the construction of the second fleet have consumed the last of the Trisolaran civilization's resources. The plan to arm the Trisolaran system cannot be advanced in the short term, and if it is only for defense against superindividuals, the weapon mode will also need to be changed, which will come at a high cost."

"Why are we still arming ourselves? Hasn't that super-individual already started returning to Earth? We're safe!"

"This is temporary; nobody knows if he will charge again."

"It would take him at least 40,000 hours to rush over, which gives us plenty of time to prepare our defenses."

"I have said that super-individuals are likely to experience a second exponential increase in power, such as when their flight speed reaches 10% of the speed of light! At that time, the balance of power between friend and foe will be completely reversed."

The debate over whether Luo Qing would take a desperate gamble and attack the Trisolaran system alone continued for a long time, but no conclusion was reached in the end.

Whether Luo Qing will choose to attack the Trisolaran system is a Schrödinger's cat event.

Finally, the head of state made the decision:

"We will not completely abolish space armaments; we will maintain limited space armaments, but we must ensure the fragile balance of the Trisolaran society."

Head of State Order 1
[Our civilization has never experienced a war against a superindividual, and we need to simulate this war using computers. In the simulation, the superindividual's data will be adjusted tenfold based on known data. We will use strong interaction materials, matter-antimatter annihilation weapons, and strong magnetic field weapons, combined with macro-fusion to mass-produce quantum fleets, to conduct dual war drills in both the macroscopic and quantum worlds, ensuring the safety of our world even if we cannot defeat the superindividual.]
Head of State Order 2
[Get the Strong Interaction Probes to the Solar System as soon as possible. If these ten probes can contain the super-individual, then we still have a chance of winning this war. If the Strong Interaction Probes cannot contain the super-individual, then wait for the First Fleet to arrive in the Solar System.]
Head of State Order 3
[Psychologists need to counter his psychological weaknesses, such as using humanity as leverage to create a deterrent effect. If he breaks through the First Fleet's interception and heads to Trisolaris, we will threaten to annihilate all of humanity.]
After issuing three decrees, the head of state gave another order in front of all the consuls.

"From this moment on, I authorize the Second Fleet to be equipped with a complete ecosystem."

All the preceding orders combined didn't have as much impact as this one. Every governor present knew what an expeditionary fleet equipped with a complete ecosystem meant.

The minds of all the officials were abuzz with excitement.

"Is this the result of your consideration?" the military governor asked.

"The dark theories in the book are about to be put into practice," the education official said.

"Our civilization has taken a crucial step in its development," the science official said with excitement.

The leader nodded slowly, his eyes fixed ahead: "I must take responsibility for the entire civilization. If the civilization and the fleet are destined to be shattered by the expansion of the sun and the attacks of the super-individuals, then preserving a seed will be of utmost importance."

(End of this chapter)