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

Chapter 71 Dinosaurs (Seeking first subscription)

The ETO has been in a bit of a mess lately.

Literally, it means being beaten up and thoroughly humiliated.

In fact, ETO had anticipated the attack from PDC. With the advance intelligence provided by Somo, ETO could at least avoid and survive, if not withstand the encirclement and suppression of PDC.

However, neither the ETO leadership nor the Trisolaran civilization behind Sophon anticipated that Luo Qing would directly intervene in this war between PDC and ETO.

Caesar, in particular, nearly died at Luo Qing's hands.

It was during one of Caesar's remote commands that he was ordering peripheral members of the organization to burn records and documents related to their communications with the organization. However, Luo Qing's sudden arrival terrified Caesar.

Luo Qing took about 0.03 seconds to determine if there were any innocent people there, and then with a single sword strike, he wiped out this large ETO outer base, and all the data was seized.

The most crucial thing was that Luo Qing learned Caesar's approximate location by following the telephone line.

At the time, the two were about 700 kilometers apart. It was this distance that saved Caesar's life. Luo Qing ultimately failed to pinpoint his exact location in the vast sea of ​​people.

Leaving aside Caesar's narrow escape from death, Qin Shi Huang's life was not easy either.

Pope Gregory was ousted by Qin Shi Huang, Queen Victoria died at the hands of Luo Qing, King Zhou was a member of Qin Shi Huang's lineage, and King Wen of Zhou was a scholar who secured his position purely through his own abilities and his good personal relationship with Ye Wenjie at Tsinghua University. He posed no real threat. As for Kublai Khan...

— Rumors circulate that Kublai Khan was a subordinate of Qin Shi Huang, whose actual status was likely incredibly high.

And Caesar.

After Pope Gregory's withdrawal and Victoria's death, the balance of power between the East and West in the Council of Seven became unbalanced, and Caesar at this stage is completely avoiding the brunt of Qin Shi Huang's power.

King Wen of Zhou judged that Qin Shi Huang would likely become the third ETO leader after Ye Wenjie and Evans.

The organization suffered such severe damage that if ETO were a person, then at this moment, the ETO organization would be almost entirely reduced to its brain. Its internal organs, limbs, torso, mouth, nose, eyes, tongue, ears, and even brainstem had all been cut off by Luo Qing with his sword.

In this situation, it would be meaningless for Qin Shi Huang to become the third leader, and King Wen of Zhou had no idea what Qin Shi Huang was planning to do next.

But one thing is clear to everyone: as long as Sophon exists and as long as Sophon has a need for ETO, the soil for the creation of ETO will always exist, and ETO will not be completely destroyed.

King Wen of Zhou was not worried about the fate of the organization; he was only worried about whether his discovery, which he had devoted his entire life to, would be known and accepted by the people.

King Wen of Zhou, an old man who was halfway to his grave, still hoped to leave his mark on history.

Whether or not history itself can still exist is a false proposition.

Just imagine, dinosaurs once existed as a civilization, how cool is that?

But why can't the manuscript be approved? Damn reviewers.

In fact, King Wen of Zhou knew that his discovery had many flaws. He himself believed that, given the underdeveloped forelimbs of dinosaurs, the possibility of building a technological civilization no less advanced than that of humans from scratch was extremely low.

The table was covered with documents demonstrating the dexterity of dinosaurs' forelimbs.

The fact that dinosaurs didn't have proper 'hands' is an inextricable flaw that even the Trisolarans couldn't provide a reasonable hypothesis about.

The night wind in the Gobi Desert outside the window suddenly became biting, scattering the mountain of documents piled up inside the tent. Those unsecured documents and arguments now fluttered like pale butterflies under the spotlight.

A strange voice suddenly rang out. "Are you Zhou Chang, Professor Zhou from the Institute of Paleontology?"

The sudden noise startled the female student, causing her to knock over the wooden frame. King Wen of Zhou climbed out of the pit and stared at the uninvited guest in the shadows for a while. The moment he recognized the person, he suddenly felt his heart sink into a deathly silence.

It's Luo Qing.

"Heavens! Luo Qing is Qing Xian!"

The female student screamed after recognizing the person, and only then did King Wen realize that his student had rushed over without him noticing. She grabbed a pen, haphazardly pulled out an A4 sheet of paper, and exclaimed, "Mr. Luo Qing! Can I get your autograph? I'm a fan of your movies! A fan of your books! A fan of 'Wallfacer'! A fan of 'Cultivation of Immortals'!"

King Wen of Zhou: "..."

This ungrateful little girl is surprisingly efficient when moving dinosaur fossils.

After signing her name, Luo Qing ignored the older female PhD student who was happily embracing her autograph and smiled at Professor Zhou.

Although King Wen of Zhou had no expression on his face, he had actually been dead inside for quite some time.

King Wen of Zhou forced a smile and asked, "Professor Luo, what brings you here?"

Luo Qing said, "If you need anything, come find Professor Zhou."

"No, no, you can just call me Old Zhou," King Wen of Zhou, who had wasted his life, waved his hands repeatedly.

As the youngest full professor in the School of Physics at Tsinghua University, Luo Qing had the most direct suppression of Zhou Wenwang, an old man who had wasted half his life and was still an associate professor.

For King Wen of Zhou, the oppressive feeling brought by identities such as the Wallfacer or the Immortal Cultivator was not as great as the oppressive feeling brought by Luo Qing's senior professional title.

A thirty-year-old expert at the highest level is terrifying!
Luo Qing was unaware that King Wen of Zhou was struggling with the issue of 'primary' and 'secondary'. He exchanged a few pleasantries with King Wen and then used people and events at Tsinghua University to build a closer relationship before getting straight to the point.

"Professor Zhou, I've come to see you because I heard you've made some discoveries about dinosaurs."

"As a Wallfacer, you're still concerned about this?" King Wen of Zhou seemed somewhat surprised. He found Luo Qing a chair, and the two sat by the pit, facing the Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil in front of them, and began to chat.

Luo Qing smiled and said, "I can't ignore it. I've read your paper, which is about dinosaur civilization. It's very bold and imaginative."

King Wen of Zhou waved his hand and said, "It's all nonsense. I'm over fifty now, so I'm looking for something to study. I don't understand things in the heavens and the future, so I'll study things on earth and in the past."

“Professor Zhou, please don’t belittle yourself.” Luo Qing said seriously, “I first saw your article on Tsinghua’s intranet two years ago. I was amazed by your discussion of dinosaur civilization and have always wanted to talk to you about it. But I haven’t had the time since becoming a Wallfacer. I finally finished dealing with all sorts of things these past few days and was able to think of contacting you. I didn’t expect you to be in Shandong instead of Beijing.”

"These are just some random discoveries, without any concrete evidence. Those who are facing the wall should not take them seriously." After the first part of the conversation, King Wen of Zhou gradually felt relieved.

Fortunately, the other party did not seem to have realized his true identity.

I don't have to die.

“Your discovery is no random occurrence,” Luo Qing corrected. “Although the scientific community hasn’t paid much attention to your discovery yet, the Trisolarans have! The Trisolaran civilization’s technology is so far ahead of ours, yet they have accepted your theory about dinosaur civilization. What does that mean? It means that your discovery is real, and that dinosaurs may have really existed as a civilization. That’s incredible.”

Upon hearing this, King Wen of Zhou's expression froze.

(End of this chapter)