The Wallfacer: Everyone wants to break through my wall.

"Is there anything else?" Lin Feng asked.

The US president said, "Mr. Taylor, in the end, this matter will not benefit either of us. Taking a step back can reduce unnecessary losses."

"That depends on whether other people are willing or not; it's not up to me to decide."

Lin Feng's gaze drifted to the other representatives in the space politics circle.

The US president glanced over there before turning to Lin Feng and asking him a question.

Tell me your conditions.

Lin Feng said, "Those who hid in the Taylor system, promoted the original democratic ideas, stirred up trouble, and then immigrated to other space cities outside the Taylor system, hand these people over to us."

The US president looked at the representatives of the space politics circle, who then gave a response.

"can."

Lin Feng added, “Because of the democratization movement, the Taylor Group is not in a good situation at present, so the action of arranging for democrats to immigrate will not stop. However, we can guarantee that we will no longer use such a crude method to achieve population transfer. The airdrop operation will stop, but the Taylor Group’s output still exceeds demand. We, the Taylor Group, are willing to sign international trade agreements with all parties to distribute the surplus goods to all parties until our internal consumer market returns to balance.”

"can."

The newly elected US president responded.

After pondering for a moment, Lin Feng replied.

"Within the Taylor system's space city, there are still some terrorists who carry out terrorist attacks under the banner of democracy and freedom. In order to protect the normal residents within the space city, the Taylor system will continue to maintain armed security within the space city. If there are tourists from all parties visiting the Taylor system, we hope that all parties can notify us in time and take them away."

"can."

Each of the demands was made, and the new US president agreed to them.

After stating his requirements, Lin Feng sat down again.

"Shouldn't we have done this a long time ago? If everyone were more honest and less manipulative and scheming, so many people in the human world wouldn't suffer."

“Mr. Taylor, please don’t think that our concessions to you now mean we will indulge you without any limits,” the Space Force representative reminded him.

"I understand, I understand, everything should be for the greater good."

Lin Feng nodded seriously, "Since the overall situation is the priority, we have to think carefully about how to prepare more antimatter on a large scale if the low-cost production of antiprotons proves to be infeasible. What do you all think?"

Chapter 184 Antimatter Engineering Project

Lin Feng proposed the antimatter engineering project at the meeting.

That is, if humans cannot find an efficient way to produce antiprotons, how can they produce large quantities of antiprotons to produce antimatter?

Creating antiprotons and creating positrons are not the same thing, and the energy consumed in creating antiprotons would seriously hinder humanity's macro-electron energy storage plans.

The production of antiprotons is not a one-to-one energy conversion. Every antiproton produced is accompanied by the consumption of energy far exceeding its mass. This is like exchanging one hundred dollars for another currency worth one dollar, with the remaining ninety-nine dollars evaporating in the process.

As electricity becomes directly linked to currency, and as the population grows, the demand for energy from industries around the world is increasing, making the electrical energy stored in macroelectronics increasingly important to humanity.

Can humans create energy out of thin air?

No, it's not possible to do that in the foreseeable future.

Therefore, storing energy is never a bad choice, especially when the Trisolaran fleet arrives in the solar system centuries from now, and humanity needs to stockpile enough energy to fight off the invaders.

Since the popularization of macro-electronic energy storage technology, mankind has become aware of energy storage. Because of this, there are many voices of doubt in the human world regarding the creation of antimatter.

Is it worthwhile for humanity to expend energy to create antimatter?

If humanity develops weapons superior to antimatter and more advanced weapon technologies in the future, is humanity's pursuit of antimatter at any cost a highly irrational act?

Or, if an efficient method for producing antiprotons exists, would the current large-scale use of macro-electron stored electrical energy to produce antiprotons seriously affect humanity's future war against the Trisolaran fleet?

These concerns have troubled the human world, preventing it from making a firm decision to invest resources.

Now, Lin Feng has given them the answer.

Since no efficient method for producing antiprotons can be found, we can simply assume that no efficient method for producing antiprotons exists. On this premise, we can find a method that does not affect macro-electron energy storage and can still produce a large number of antiprotons.

The antimatter engineering project involves building artificial structures around the sun to utilize the sun as a natural radiation source, producing large quantities of antiprotons, and then combining these antiprotons with positrons to obtain antimatter plasma.

The sun's radiation is natural, a byproduct of the energy released after the sun's nuclear fusion. Human use of it will not have any impact on the sun. In addition, humans only need to pay for the construction costs of man-made objects, which is economical, environmentally friendly, and highly sustainable.

Lin Feng's proposal of this construction project immediately sparked heated discussions among human representatives from both the space and Earth political spheres.

The discussion went smoothly, and no one was arguing unnecessarily, because there really wasn't anything worth arguing about regarding this antimatter engineering project.

Compared to traditional methods of producing antiprotons, antimatter engineering projects are exceptionally energy-efficient. This is not because the energy cost of producing antiprotons is reduced, but because this energy cost is transferred to the sun, a natural energy source. As a result, the energy cost borne by the human world is significantly reduced, and the human world only needs to pay for the energy consumption of artificial creations to maintain the electric field.

Secondly, this utilization of solar energy poses no harm to the sun itself. Regardless of whether humans have placed artificial structures in the sun's orbit to produce antimatter, the sun will release high-energy radiation every moment. The sun's lifespan will remain the same, whether it was originally billions of years or after artificial structures are placed.

In short, the entire meeting can be summarized in one sentence: those with money should contribute money, and those with strength should contribute strength. Competition among various forces is acceptable, but they cannot manipulate this project; doing so will make them public enemies.

However, as the meeting progressed into the latter half and the issue of the distribution of man-made artifacts came up, the opinions of the parties were no longer as unified as before.

People in the space politics circle want to exclude the Taylor system, the Earth politics circle, and the Martian politics circle.

The Taylor system only needs to focus on engineering and construction. The area extending from the asteroid belt to the sun is under the control of the Alliance. Don't let your Taylor system's tentacles stretch too far.

Earth's political sphere, Mars's political sphere, what do you need antimatter for? Your planetary surface environments aren't suitable for storing antimatter, and mismanagement could easily lead to disaster.

Everyone knows that antimatter is the lifeline of the future of the human world. Whoever can control the artificial creations in the solar orbit will have a greater say in the future political arena of the solar system.

"I have no doubt that one day in the future, even if I just go out to bask in the sun, I will be charged a sun tax." At the meeting, Lin Feng sneered at the representatives of the space political circle who were 'protecting their food'.

“Mr. Taylor, dangerous weapons should be in the hands of rational people. If irrational people wield dangerous weapons, it could be the end of humanity if they do so one day.” The Space Force representative retorted, not forgetting to belittle Lin Feng as an irrational madman.

At the behest of representatives from the Martian and Earth political circles, the rotating chairman of the Solar System Fleet Joint Conference struck the gavel, and the heated debate subsided.

He solemnly stated, "The sun belongs to all humankind as a common asset, not to any one person or any particular group. I hope everyone can remain calm."

A representative from the Martian political circle spoke out, saying, "The resources of the sun should be developed by all mankind, not monopolized. This is the theme we should advocate. Otherwise, conflicts will increase in the future, and internal strife will be inevitable."

“Why don’t we divide the ownership of artificial creations according to the original allocation method for space cities? In the future, artificial creations will inevitably exist in multiples. Only by achieving economies of scale can the production of antimatter be increased,” the Australian representative proposed.

The Australian representative's proposal received widespread approval, and Lin Feng did not object.

"The solar system is about to enter a new era of large-scale construction, and the Taylor system warmly welcomes your orders."

At the end of the meeting, Lin Feng wore a shrewd businessman's smile. Although the Taylor system was not the only one in the human world with a space industry, the Taylor system specialized in space construction and was among the best in the human world in terms of engineering construction. Only the Taylor system was able to carry out engineering construction itself while also having the spare resources to help others with construction.

Of course, the construction costs are very high.

……

After the meeting ended, Lin Feng had barely sat back down on the sofa when a virtual image popped up in front of him.

"what happened?"

Lin Feng raised an eyebrow.

The person in the video reported to Lin Feng with a joyful expression.

"Completed, Mr. Taylor. We have fully integrated the algorithm from the oil painting you brought back, which transforms three-dimensional objects into two-dimensional ones, into the computer."

"In this way, if we can discover the physical phenomena that interfere with nine of the eleven dimensions of the proton, we might be able to create sophons belonging to humanity, just like in the Three-Body world!"

Chapter 185 A Long and Arduous Road Ahead

The subordinate in the video was excited, although Lin Feng found it hard to understand the reason for his excitement.

Can we create sophons?

That's true, but the exaggeration is a bit too much.

It's like someone solving an addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division equation and then shouting that they can build a nuclear bomb.

Lin Feng couldn't help but pour cold water on the idea, "This is probably very difficult. The mysterious observation ability of the Sophon is a big problem. All of humanity's current observation methods are still limited to the collision of one particle with another, and then the colliding particles carry information back to achieve the observation behavior. Apart from this, there are many things about the Sophon that cannot be explained."

Creating sophons is not easy for humans. Even if algorithms allow humans to understand the coordinates of a proton after it is unfolded in two dimensions, and then perform circuit etching and fold it back into a three-dimensional state, it will not be easy.

However, the abilities of the Sophon are still unclear. For example, to observe and direct the Sophon to collide with a certain particle, the first thing to do is to know where that particle is located, right?

And then what? What methods are used to observe the position of this particle? Photon? Neutrino? Gravitational wave?

Besides this, there is a movement mechanism that is not yet understood. Sophons certainly cannot use propellant propulsion because that would damage their own mass. But if they don't use propellant propulsion, what should they use?

Oh, no propellant, but the problem is that propellantless propulsion technology only has curvature propulsion, and radiation propulsion is also a type of propellant propulsion.

Therefore, algorithms alone are useless; humanity still has a long way to go before it can create sophons.

The subordinate in the video was naturally aware of this as well. After Lin Feng poured cold water on his excitement, he calmed down and coughed lightly.

"I know I'm just saying this, but with this algorithm, we have a basic understanding of how to etch the circuit after the two-dimensional unfolding of the sophon. It may seem like a small step, but it is actually a giant leap for mankind. It is a transformation from 0 to 1. With this algorithm, we have a formulaic basis for both the two-dimensional unfolding of the proton, circuit etching, and folding back into three dimensions."

"You really hit the jackpot with this discovery in the asteroid belt."

Previously, sophons were considered part of the 'theology' in the scientific community.

Now, thanks to the emergence of algorithms, sophons have finally been relegated from the realm of 'theology' to the realm of 'science' and can be explained by formulaic theories.

To put it more vividly, it's like humanity finally lifting just a small corner of Somog's skirt.

The subordinates admired the painter who created that two-dimensional oil painting, and at the same time admired Lin Feng even more.

Imagine if Lin Feng hadn't gone to the asteroid belt and hadn't cared about the lives of the humans there; humanity would have inevitably missed this painting, and even more so, the two-dimensional algorithm we know today.

What a tremendous loss this is for human civilization!

Lin Feng shook his head slightly and chuckled, "There's no such thing as striking it lucky. It's just discovering gold hidden in the dust. If it were in a normal environment, the painter of that painting would have been world-renowned long ago. It's a pity he was born in an abnormal environment."

“Poverty does not mean being useless, and wealth does not mean being talented. The world of capitalism is very distorted. Talented people may not be able to give full play to their abilities in such a world. That is why I used the New Ireland Community as an example to warn others.”

"Let those idiots in other space cities know that I don't care how they make money, but if they mess around and hinder humanity's grand plan to counter the Trisolaran fleet, they'll be hung on a street lamp, no matter how young or old, one by one, without any room for negotiation," Lin Feng replied decisively.

Lin Feng didn't care about laborers or capitalists; he had long since transcended those notions.

From a higher perspective, social structures like the New Irish Community, which prioritize economics over humanity, are inevitably targets that Lin Feng aims to overthrow.

This social structure does not benefit human civilization; on the contrary, it hinders it. Talented people have no opportunity to use their talents, and even if they become rich, they must act within the framework of capitalism, considering profit in everything they do, and refusing to do anything without profit.

"No wonder the Space Force was so restrained in this matter."

The subordinate in the video nodded knowingly. He was slow to understand politics, and the Space Force's unusually low profile had puzzled him for a long time.

So it turns out that the Space Force was happy to see what the Taylor Group had done.

"Speaking of lying down... why don't the Trisolarans lie flat on their backs?"

When the topic turned to the New Irish Community, Lin Feng's mind flashed back to those people who had been lying flat near the factory.