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

Chapter 40 Macro Fusion (Please continue reading)
Luo Qing's acquaintance with Ding Yi was not limited to their past lives.

When Luo Qing first transmigrated here, Ding Yi was one of the first people he met in this world.

Their acquaintance dates back to before the capture operation of Ye Wenjie and her core ETO members. Luo Qing, as one of the suicide victims of 'physics no longer exists,' was also invited to attend the operational meeting chaired by Commander Chang Weisi.

He was sitting next to Ding Yi at the time.

At that time, Luo Qing had not yet recovered his Nascent Soul cultivation and was clueless about the new world, so he was very cautious and maintained the persona of his predecessor.

Therefore, Luo Qing's acquaintance with Ding Yi was merely superficial.

Ding Yi knew Luo Qing, a junior with a good talent for physics.

In Luo Qing's eyes, Ding Yi was a theoretical physicist who seemed very impressive.

Five years have passed in the blink of an eye, and the two have met once again in this vast near-Earth orbit.

Luo Qing now knows the extent of Professor Ding Yi's prowess. This middle-aged man, who looks to be no more than forty years old, is second only to Newton and Einstein in the history of modern science.

Ding Yi's creation of macro-fusion weapons was eventually made public, and the macro-fusion deterrent he established ultimately forced humanity to establish its own macro-fusion deterrent in 2005, continuing the nuclear deterrence peace of the Cold War era and averting a potential Pacific War similar to the Cuban Missile Crisis. (See the Ball Lightning worldview)

At least in Luo Qing's understanding.

Nuclear weapons and macro-fusion. These two weapons likely represent the current limits of human military power.

The former was invented by Einstein, while the latter was created by Ding Yi.

If Luo Qing remembers correctly, the macro-fusion weapons currently possessed by mankind have a kill diameter of an astonishing several thousand kilometers, making them true continental-level lethal weapons and the only means that mankind can currently threaten itself.

Nuclear bombs can be dodged, but macro-fusion is much harder to avoid; the theoretical kill radius of macro-fusion is ridiculously large. According to Ding Yi's macro-atom theory, the ultimate kill radius of macro-fusion could cover the entirety of North America.

In comparison, nuclear weapons are indeed few and far between.

However, macro-fusion relies on macro-atoms captured by high-energy particle accelerators. After the sophon blocked the particle accelerators, it has become almost impossible to obtain macro-atoms. In the foreseeable future, humanity will probably never be able to reproduce a macro-fusion explosion again.

Luo Qing had always believed that the nuclear fusion hydrogen bomb was the most powerful weapon in humankind's possession. It wasn't until his second year in this world that he learned about humanity's true 'trump card'—macro-fusion.

Macro-fusion was the turning point for Luo Qing to see the potential of humanity in this world. It was also the existence of macro-fusion weapons that prompted Luo Qing to make the decision to run for Wallfacer.

Ding Yi's other derivative invention—the improved ball lightning—is also quite powerful, and ball lightning units have become a standard military branch of major powers.

Theoretically, ball lightning could also harm an unsuspecting Luo Qing, but considering its tortoise-like speed, the threat level is practically zero.

Despite his mortal abilities, Luo Qing still held Dr. Ding Yi in high regard, who had developed a method capable of threatening cultivators at the Nascent Soul stage or even higher.

Zhang Beihai clearly hadn't expected that Ding Yi, who had just been discussing cultivators and wall-facers with him, would turn around and start chatting with the subject of the conversation.

But he displayed the qualities of a soldier very well: silence.

Zhang Beihai listened quietly to Ding Yi and Luo Qing's conversation.

Therefore, Luo Qing did not notice this taciturn space force soldier.

Unlike his conversation with Wang Miao, Luo Qing's conversation with Ding Yi lasted almost the entire duration of their subsequent near-Earth orbit journey.

In terms of the range of topics, Luo Qing and Ding Yi discussed a wide range of issues. In front of Sophon, the two had a thorough and detailed discussion on how to break Sophon's blockade, resist the invasion of the Trisolaran fleet, and even how to counterattack the Trisolaran civilization.

Space Force officers, including Zhang Beihai, along with the experts on board and nearly three thousand Trisolaran experts from the Trisolaran civilization's Mingzi Council, listened to the two men's outrageous discussion on how to destroy the Trisolaran civilization.

Luo Qing said, "We must deliver a heavy blow to the Trisolaran civilization."

Ding Yi said, "Use macro-fusion explosion to send the Trisolarans back to the pastoral era." [Note ①] Luo Qing said, "Then drive all the Trisolarans into my Human Emperor Banner."

Ding Yi asked, "What is the Emperor's Banner?"

Luo Qing said, "It is a righteous ritual implement."

Ding Yi said, "I also want to decipher their science."

Luo Qing said, "We will train them severely with an opaque mindset of lies."

Ding Yi said, "We also need to drive the Trisolarans who are unwilling to submit to the fields to pick cotton."

Luo Qing asked, "What about the Three-Body Problem?"

Ding Yi said, "We can help the Trisolarans build planetary engines to push the Trisolarans to our solar system, and that will solve the problem."

Luo Qing said, "Great idea!"

The two looked at each other, then burst into laughter.

One of the space force officers listening in couldn't help but interrupt, saying, "Dr. Ding Yi, Professor Luo Qing the Wallfacer, before discussing how to lash out at the Trisolaran civilization, why don't you think about how to defend against the Trisolaran fleet four hundred years from now?"

Luo Qing and Ding Yi immediately stopped laughing.

"I believe in the wisdom of future generations," Ding Yi said.

"I will live to see that day," Luo Qing said.

The 'Open Space Station' entered geosynchronous orbit with the International Space Station. After complex debugging and docking preparations, the 'Open Space Station' finally completed docking with the International Space Station.

After its frenzied expansion in the early stages of the Crisis Era, the International Space Station has taken on the appearance of a 'space village,' with at least eighty independent space modules embedded in its core like pouches. While this may not be aesthetically pleasing, it maximizes the space available for human activities in space.

Given time, the International Space Station may become the first 'space city' built by humankind in space.

The number of permanent staff on the International Space Station has increased from the initial seven to more than 430. Now, astronauts are working outside the spacecraft almost every moment.

However, in order to welcome the Chinese physics experts and space force, the personnel who were working outside returned to the space station in advance to give them a warm welcome.

The people on the International Space Station showed great enthusiasm.

—Especially after they discovered that Wallfacer Number Five was also among the crowd.

But when they saw this Wallfacer traverse outside the International Space Station, exposed to the vacuum environment, curiously tapping and tinkering with the station, their enthusiasm turned to horror.

Ultimately, it was the officers from the Space Force who calmed down the space tourists from all over the world.

"He's always been like this."

"Has it always been like this?" a Frenchman asked, pointing at Luo Qing, who was drifting around outside the space station, his voice trembling.

The space force officer recalled the scene of Luo Qing's physical body traversing the atmosphere, approaching the first cosmic velocity in a spaceplane, and nodded firmly: "He's always been like that."

Finally, Bi Yunfeng came over, patted the French astronaut on the shoulder, and said, "Just wait, the truth will be revealed soon. Let us see just how amazing this Wallfacer really is."

In a corner unnoticed by everyone, Zhang Beihai gazed at Luo Qing's silhouette in space through the observation window, lost in thought.

Zhizi quietly recorded everything.

(End of this chapter)