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

Chapter 95 The Third Wall-Breaking Operation

"They say ETO are traitors and collaborators of the human race, but now it seems they're much better at killing their own people than we are."

"Indeed, the people in the organization couldn't create a disaster like the Taiyuan fire no matter what they tried, but their own coal gasification experts did it easily. Compared to that, killing an old aerospace engineer is no big deal."

"Iron meteorite bullets masquerading as a 'meteorite shower' is a brilliant idea."

"What's even more ingenious is that these people all came up with this method at the same time."

"Geniuses are always interconnected; it's just that their tacit cooperation is quite dramatic."

"No wonder the price of iron meteorites on the black market has been so high lately..."

Newton asked, "I remember there were some of our people in the Propellant Flying Ship faction. What happened to him?"

"You're talking about Galileo, right? He died too. His true identity was the eldest disciple of those old space pioneers, the leader among their disciples and grand-disciples. He was riddled with bullets and his body was destroyed in the explosion of the high-pressure oxygen tank."

Looking at the Three-Body Problem game with fewer than 30 players, Newton felt a pang of sympathy for Galileo, who had a good online relationship with him. He never expected that Galileo, who had escaped the Wallfacers' pursuit, would die so comically in the struggle for humanity's path.

Some say, "Propellant-based spaceships are undoubtedly the wrong direction. We in ETO have been helping Galileo promote the propellant-based spaceship faction. But now, those fanatical supporters of propellantless spaceships have preemptively killed them. Without the obstruction of the propellant-based faction, humanity will be on the right track and develop propellantless radiation-powered starships. Will this threaten the Lord?"

King Wen of Zhou said, "The ruler does not care."

Someone chimed in: "Even if humanity runs along the route of propellant-free radiation spaceships for another thousand years, it still won't be a match for the Lord."

Someone asked, "King Wen of Zhou, it's been a long time since we've seen you. What about the other leaders? Lately, we've only seen Qin Shi Huang online."

King Wen of Zhou spoke earnestly: "The true identity of Pope Gregory is a Vatican cardinal. He has been arrested, and the PDC found the 'Three-Body Problem' game on his computer. Everyone knows Queen Victoria; she was a hero who dared to confront cultivators head-on. She even briefly killed that cultivator who had faced the Wallfacer. Of course, she died too."

The man persisted, asking, "What about Kublai Khan, Caesar, and King Zhou?"

"Kublai Khan is a subordinate of Emperor Qin Shi Huang, Julius Caesar is recuperating and accumulating strength, King Zhou has his own affairs to attend to, leaving only this old man like me," King Wen of Zhou said calmly.

"Kazuko says you've already been exposed."

“That’s how it is.” King Wen of Zhou said frankly, “The Wallfacer has discovered my true identity. Considering that I am no longer trusted by the Lord, I will now withdraw from the Council.” As he spoke, King Wen of Zhou handed the scroll in his hand to Qin Shi Huang, who stood beside him like a statue.

Qin Shi Huang glanced at it but did not take it.

King Wen of Zhou laughed self-deprecatingly: "It seems no one is interested in a lousy old man who likes to study dinosaurs."

Some people are interested, such as Morgan.

Like Darwin and Mendel, he was a biologist in real life and was known as one of the three biological musketeers of ETO. He had participated in the reverse analysis of the Three-Body Problem biotechnology. The virus gene missile targeting Luo Ji was jointly edited by the three of them.

He asked curiously, "King Wen of Zhou, have you made any progress in your research?"

King Wen of Zhou immediately became interested: "Of course there are results. There was a prehistoric civilization on Earth, a dinosaur civilization! I will publish a paper on it in a few days."

Morgan scoffed, “I don’t believe it. Dinosaurs’ short forelimbs couldn’t even shoot down airplanes. Creatures that can’t shoot down airplanes can’t possibly develop civilization.”

King Wen of Zhou looked at Morgan with an approving gaze: "Can we fight? Of course we can! Ants can help dinosaurs fight off airplanes! This is the essence of symbiotic civilization: one is helped to fight while the other eats for free. Just you wait and see, I will overturn the entire archaeological community."

"What the hell? Don't ants really drown in a whole pipe?"

Morgan was shocked by King Wen of Zhou's outrageous theories, but he was soon drawn to King Wen's description of a symbiotic civilization.

It seems... that's really the case.

"Gentlemen, this is not the place to discuss dinosaurs and ants," Qin Shi Huang warned, tapping the ground with his longsword.

“I’ve sent you my email address privately. Remember to contact me offline. As payment, I’ll show you my vigorous and thriving fruit flies.” Morgan winked at King Wen of Zhou.

He then ignored Qin Shi Huang and the other attendees and logged off.

People have long been accustomed to this sudden offline behavior; a lack of discipline is a common phenomenon among the upper echelons of ETO organizations.

King Wen of Zhou did not go offline, but he obediently kept his mouth shut.

After the brief interlude, someone steered the conversation back on track: "Comrades, we can report to the PDC that those old spacefarers were deliberately murdered. I compiled a list through Zhizi, and a total of 17 people were involved in this murder, 5 of whom were indirectly involved, such as the final explosion of the hyperbaric oxygen tank, which was indirectly caused." "The ETO reported to the PDC, right? Are you sure you're not mistaken?" someone said sarcastically.

“I’m serious. PDC definitely won’t believe us, but we can release the video of Zhizi directly. That’s irrefutable evidence.”

Newton asked, "What is the point of whistleblowing?"

The man said, "We can arrest them and sentence them to avenge Comrade Galileo."

Newton said, "That doesn't change the fact that the propellantless spacecraft route has already been decided; it's all in vain."

Qin Shi Huang also spoke up: "The Lord believes that those who participated in the attack were basically staunch victors. These victors narrowly believe that as long as humanity has enough spaceships, it can win future wars, which is exactly what the Lord needs."

"Yes, I remember God once said that He wanted to wipe out all of humanity. If humanity falls into pessimism and defeatism and starts running around in spaceships, it will be harder to wipe them all out in one fell swoop." The speaker was Einstein.

The old man with the white beard's words made Qin Shi Huang frown slightly.

"Let's not discuss that much anymore, and there's no need to think about reporting potential murderers. This is all just child's play. If humans want to play with spaceships, let them play. The problem now is that the organization's significance to the main existence is reduced to just a few Wallbreakers. I think this is something no one wants to see. I have already foreseen the organization's demise."

Faced with Qin Shi Huang's somewhat pessimistic statement, the lackey Newton stepped forward.

"Don't say that, Your Majesty. As long as the Trisolaran fleet hasn't arrived in the solar system, the Lord will always need us."

"I hope so," Qin Shi Huang said, looking at Mozi, who stood tall in the crowd.

"Mr. Mozi, when will your wall-breaking operation against Radiaz begin?"

Mozi's "Breaking the Wall" project, the second "Breaking the Wall" initiative, is the third such project led by the ETO, following those of von Neumann and Evans. It is also the theme of this meeting—to listen to Mozi's "Breaking the Wall" plan.

When asked by Qin Shi Huang, Mozi arrogantly replied, "I will be fully prepared soon."

"I wish you success," said Qin Shi Huang.

...

"So you mean, a sudden meteor shower killed those veteran astronauts, and because of the oxygen tank explosion, there was no way to investigate without leaving a trace, right?"

After reading the information sent by Sai, Luo Qing rubbed his temples.

Sai's voice came through the phone with certainty: "That's right. Do you want to go up and investigate thoroughly? I don't really recommend bothering you with such a small matter."

Luo Qing frowned. If he wanted to investigate, he could probably find out the truth. It would just require casting a small-scale image rewind spell, a new technique he had recently developed by combining quantum states, which he had not yet practiced.

But Luo Qing still shook his head.

"There's no need. Accidents are always unavoidable during space operations. This serves as a wake-up call. Don't go into space to take pictures if you have nothing better to do."

As Luo Qing was speaking, he suddenly added a complaint: "We really need to change this kind of formalistic style. These are such trivial meetings, and afterwards we have to go out and take photos in space. Isn't that just a waste of time? We should have fewer meetings!"

On the other end, Sai reluctantly agreed, "Okay, I understand. I'll go and call a meeting to inform them about reducing the number of meetings. Let's call it 'Meeting on Reducing the Number of Meetings and Improving Meeting Efficiency'."

Luo Qing: “…”

Sai chuckled on the phone: "Professor Luo Qing, get used to it soon. Meetings are the most effective means of communication among humans, bar none. We also envy the Trisolarans' ability to resonate with each other's thoughts and inherit memories."

"After all, human communication relies on the sound waves produced by the contact of two pieces of flesh, with a transmission efficiency of only a few byte per second. Meetings can at least improve communication efficiency a little. Isn't the flame of human civilization passed down through word of mouth?"

"That seems to be true." Luo Qing recalled his past life. Even in the world of cultivation, the main way of communication was through the mouth. Whether it was transmitting with divine thoughts or teaching in dreams, it was all based on language.

"Now that you mention it, thought resonance and memory inheritance are indeed great skills. It's a bit of a shame that humans didn't evolve them."

“There’s nothing to regret; human civilization has 8800 million teachers to take this role,” Say said.

I have accumulated 4+1 chapters owed. Thank you, dear readers, for not killing me.

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