The Wallfacer: Everyone wants to break through my wall.

This discovery was something that WA Madman only noticed after reaching 99.99% of the speed of light, and it can be considered new information about the Trisolaran fleet among players.

After flying in this state for a while, a line of text suddenly appeared in front of the two of them.

There's no point in you two dragging this out.

I'll catch up with you all eventually and kill you. Everyone's time is precious, so why don't you slow down so I can kick you out of the game sooner? I'll treat you to barbecue later.

"You think you can bribe us with just two skewers? What do you take us for?" the Zuan man replied with utter disdain.

[Unlimited servings, it's on me, eat until you're stuffed.]

"..."

The people of Zaun fell silent.

If you don't like grilled skewers, you can also order other barbecue items, such as chicken wings, chicken legs, and saury.

"...That sounds pretty good."

The madman was moved, and the Zaunite was also somewhat tempted, but the Zaunite resolutely refused.

"No, our will cannot waver; our journey is to the stars and the sea!"

I know it's frustrating to be eliminated in a virtual space exercise, and you don't want to be killed by me, but what if I told you it was a girl?

A pop-up window appeared in their field of vision, showing a cute girl sitting in the driver's seat.

"..."

The madmen and Zaunites fell silent.

The human fleet wouldn't feel much psychological burden even if it lost, but the Trisolaran fleet is different. With its overwhelmingly advanced, futuristic equipment and top-tier command training, if it still lost, it would indicate serious problems with the individual abilities of its members.

[Please, brothers, have mercy! I don't want to go back and get yelled at by my boss...]

Looking at the pitiful-looking cute girl in the pop-up window, the two couldn't help but feel a pang of sympathy.

"...It feels a bit pitiful."

"Indeed, I feel some sympathy for her."

Since that's the case, then...

The cute girl's face lit up with joy, and she was about to say something when the two of them interrupted her.

"But I refuse!"

"Me too!"

【why? 】

The cute girl, who had just been all smiles, suddenly looked dejected.

"The thing I love to do most in my life as a player is to say 'no' to those who are self-righteous!" the player responded.

wa the madman continued, "And we understand one more thing: simps never have a good end. If we pity you, who will pity us?"

You're bullying me!

The cute girl, exasperated, pounded her fists on the cockpit wall.

[Just you wait! You won't listen to reason, so you'll have to suffer the consequences! I'll remember this grudge! Once your speed decreases, I'll see how I drag you two scoundrels out of the spaceship and hang you on my deck to dry!]

"That girl, there's no air in space, so drying out is also..." the madman whispered a reminder.

The cute girl immediately sneered.

[Hmph, you think you can't dry out in space without air? How naive! At the speed of light, the sparse particles in space become incredibly dense, and nebulae become like solid walls. Once I catch you, I'll let you experience what it's like to be constantly squeezed and rubbed between the spaceship's armor and the nebula...]

"Stop...stop talking, I feel like I'm getting hard..." Zuanren said, sounding embarrassed.

"Alas!"

【Alas!】

Both the madman and the cute girl in the light-speed warship expressed their disgust.

"Hey girl, can I ask you out after the exercise? I feel like we get along really well," Zuanren said.

Get out! You pervert!

Zuanren said, "If I curse a few more times, it feels pretty good. I think I've awakened something."

【…】

……

Lin Feng was listening to Edith's report on the battle damage from the virtual space exercise.

"The human fleet currently has 100,000 surviving ships, of which 80,000 are empty and the remaining 20,000 are controlled by players."

"The Trisolaran fleet has deployed sophons to monitor the precise locations of all enemy ships in real time. However, given that the Trisolaran fleet is significantly smaller than the human fleet, and both sides are moving at the speed of light, this virtual space exercise will last for a very long time on such a massive scale."

Lin Feng turned his gaze to Edith, "Do you think the Trisolaran fleet will win the final victory?"

"The human fleet cannot escape the Sophon's surveillance. Faced with the Trisolaran fleet, which possesses the ability to travel at the speed of light, defeat is only a matter of time," Edith admitted.

"The antimatter resources of the human fleet are dwindling with each use. Once they run out of antimatter and can no longer reach the speed of light, they will face nothing more than repeated massacres by the Trisolaran fleet's light-speed ships."

Lin Feng shook his head. "The space environment is complex. The longer the war drags on and the larger the scale of the war becomes, the harder it is to draw conclusions."

"Currently, humanity lacks a holistic view of space warfare. We don't know how to fight a real space war. In the past, we always thought it was like the kind of war depicted in science fiction movies and TV shows. However, after conducting virtual space exercises, the simulation and deduction of strategies and tactics have proven that it is not like that. I look forward to these players showing us a more macro-level strategic and tactical simulation."

“I will relay your words to the Space Force leadership,” Edith replied.

……

The Trisolaran world, four light-years away from the solar system, is also watching humanity's virtual space exercise. Now, humanity's virtual space exercise is also beneficial to the Trisolaran world.

The Trisolaran world is still researching light-speed spaceships. Even in the Trisolaran world, light-speed spaceships belong to the realm of science fiction, not to mention how the mode of warfare would evolve after possessing light-speed spaceships, and what suitable strategies and tactics would be adopted.

This requires a significant amount of time to familiarize oneself with and study.

But nowadays, virtual space exercises that observe the human world seem to eliminate these limitations.

"Humans are simulating combat scenarios involving light-speed spaceships in galaxies."

"The clearer they are about how to wage space warfare, the more dangerous the First Fleet will be on its way to the solar system."

At the council meeting, many councilors expressed their concerns.

With each advancement in human technology, they felt the Trisolaran First Fleet became increasingly dangerous, especially after witnessing the madness of the human players in the virtual space exercise.

Although reality and virtuality cannot be equated, there are things that humans are capable of doing in the real world that they can do in the virtual world.

"But we are powerless; we cannot interfere with the human world."

"We shouldn't have abandoned ETO back then. ETO could have been our puppet, to lure humanity into stopping its efforts to improve its strength."

The &o faction's rulers were extremely frustrated. If the ETOs still existed, they could remotely assign tasks to the ETOs in the human world, ordering them to stop humanity from continuing to progress.

"Don't mention those traitors from ETO anymore. They are not trustworthy. The entire group betrayed the Trisolaran world," an official said angrily.

Then another governor chimed in, "That's right, they betrayed the trust placed in them by the Trisolaran world, using the pretext of fighting their own kind to grow stronger in the Kuiper Belt and launch ships out of the solar system. A shameful betrayal."

&o betrayed the Trisolaran world, which is an indisputable fact, and it is precisely for this reason that the Trisolaran world abandoned eto.

But now, the Trisolaran world needs ETO, which is an indisputable fact.

"We need a group of puppets in the human world right now, that's a fact."

The &o faction's ruler reminded the assembled Three-Body world rulers of his recently conceived plan.

"The Trisolaran world can choose traitors from the human world. Those who are extremely disappointed with the human world and very dissatisfied with life are all worth contacting."

"We will no longer assign any important tasks to those human traitors, so even if they betray us, the Trisolaran world will not suffer much loss."

The officials' gazes were focused on the head of state, who remained silent in thought.

After a long silence, the head of state finally gave his reply.

"Do it this way, and do it as soon as possible."

"Yes."

Chapter 198 Develop the Engine First or the Weapon?

This virtual space exercise has attracted great attention from the top leadership of the Space Force.

Initially, it was because of Lin Feng's actions. As a great historical figure, Lin Feng had unique insight, and things that could attract his attention were naturally not so simple. Therefore, the high command of the Space Force paid close attention to this virtual space exercise.

Now, they have to admit that their initial idea was correct; this virtual space exercise is indeed very different from previous ones.

Despite the fact that the players in the human fleet staged a mass exodus, abandoning the solar system without any hesitation, their escapism was unmistakable.

However, after seeing the Trisolaran fleet's battle plan, the Space Force's high command had to admit that the players' war awareness was extremely keen. If they did not resolutely choose to leave the solar system, the human fleet would inevitably face destruction along with the entire solar system, with no way to escape.

At the meeting, senior Space Force officials discussed the strategies and tactics used by the players.

"In the end, they are still taking advantage of the virtual world. If their plan were implemented in reality, the result would be disastrous."

"Of the more than 100,000 warships, the vast majority will be destroyed when they encounter massive entities in the universe while traveling at sub-light speed, and only a small number of people will survive."

"The cosmic crises simulated by computers today are only those that humanity is currently aware of. There are still crises in the vast universe that we are unaware of. Using antimatter to achieve a sub-light speed escape has no direct value to humanity."

Most high-ranking officers in the Space Force do not approve of the escape tactics used by the players; at least, the Space Force will not choose to use them in reality.

The Space Force was established to protect humanity in the solar system from enemies. Choosing to flee the solar system without even hesitation contradicts the original purpose of the Space Force.

Therefore, the strategies and tactics used by the players were not well received by the Space Force leadership.

However, the skills used by the players are highly appreciated by them.

A space force officer said, "If this sub-light speed travel technology can be realized, the time it takes for our colony ships to traverse interstellar distances can be greatly reduced, which is of considerable value at least in this respect."

Another senior Space Force official countered, "The key issue is antimatter. With the current production of antimatter, if we invest this antimatter into research on the engines of colony ships, we won't have enough antimatter to experiment with and develop antimatter weapons."

"We need to make a choice between spaceships and weapons."

This reminder made the Space Force leadership realize that the production of antimatter was extremely limited. If this antimatter were used for experimental development of engines, the research into antimatter weapons would inevitably be slowed down due to insufficient antimatter mass for experiments.

Develop the engine or the weapon first? That is the big question!

The Space Force officer who had previously advocated for research into antimatter engines was the first to speak.

"I support prioritizing engine development. I don't think it's a big problem if the development speed of weapons is relatively slow."