The Wallfacer: Everyone wants to break through my wall.

The real-time transmission of information through quantum entanglement significantly slowed down this change, thus confirming to those concerned for Lin Feng's safety that the spaceship had entered a sub-light-speed state.

Other human forces outside the solar system gradually removed their hands from the launcher, closed the safety cover again, and the alert level dropped accordingly.

On Earth, Luo Ji remained relatively quiet, but the public discourse surrounding him was quite lively.

The hawks and doves were arguing fiercely. The hawks were completely disappointed with Lin Feng, so they turned their attention to Luo Ji, hoping to use Luo Ji's broadcasts to threaten the Trisolarans and demand technology from them.

The doves, on the other hand, strongly opposed it, arguing that using the broadcast system for intimidation was already a tightrope walk, and demanding that the Trisolarans hand over their technology in such a way was risky; what if the Trisolarans refused?

Could it be that the broadcast coordinates and the Three-Body Problem really did perish together?

Not to mention Lin Feng's actions in the Trisolaran system. Lin Feng clearly stated that he hoped humanity and Trisolaris would merge, which led the doves to believe that the Taylor system was already on their side.

As time went on, the conflict between doves and hawks became increasingly acute, and then, small-scale armed conflicts even broke out on Earth.

Lin Feng was unaware of what was happening outside. Despite having the technology of real-time information transmission through quantum entanglement, due to the length contraction effect, it appeared to outsiders that Lin Feng and Liang Gong inside the spaceship were 'frozen', and everything was moving very slowly, including the entropy.

From Lin Feng's perspective, the outside world was like a television set that had been turned on fast-forward, changing at an extremely rapid pace.

The world transformed into a ceaseless torrent, its source unknown, its destination unknowable, only ever moving forward, and Lin Feng and Liang Gong...

They are like the rocks on this torrent, watching it rush away into the distance, their own positions never moving.

From the perspective of the reef, the torrent appears to be moving through the water; from the perspective of the water, the reef appears to be constantly receding.

Chapter 241 The Wallfacers Have Arrived

Time flew by, and Lin Feng completed his round trip to the Trisolaran system in thirteen years, just as he had estimated when he set off.

When Lin Feng's spaceship passed through the Oort Cloud and arrived at the outer edge of the Kuiper Belt, he received a signal from an industrial fleet that came to meet him.

"This is the 1178 Industrial Fleet of the Taylor Group. Please dock according to the anchorage we have provided."

"This is the traveler, received."

Compared to a single engineering vessel of the industrial fleet, the spaceship Lin Feng was aboard was like a giant compared to a speck of dust; the warship Lin Feng was on was so insignificant.

From this point alone, Lin Feng could understand that in the short thirteen years since he left, materials science had once again made a breakthrough.

The airtight door opened, and Lin Feng, soaking wet, stepped out of the cockpit and led Liang Gong onto the docking engineering vessel.

As soon as Lin Feng stepped onto the platform, he saw a large group of people gathered in front of him. This sight made Liang Gong instinctively move closer to Lin Feng's back.

A middle-aged man, looking somewhat aged, walked over with great enthusiasm, carrying a bouquet of flowers.

"Welcome aboard this ship. I am Abner William, the captain of this industrial flagship and the commander of this industrial fleet."

The middle-aged man handed the flowers to Lin Feng and introduced himself with a smile.

On the way to the room arranged by Abner and the others, Lin Feng asked Abner, the flagship captain who was traveling with him, about the situation.

"Abner, our journey is back to Earth, right?"

"You want to go back to the surface?"

Abner was taken aback. He hadn't expected that Lin Feng, who had returned from a journey spanning light-years, would not think of resting first, but of returning to Earth.

Lin Feng nodded. "That's right. After drifting in space for so long, I miss the hometown that nurtured me."

Abner pondered for a moment, and after some hesitation, nodded in agreement.

"Understood, we will adjust this flight itinerary."

……

After personally confirming that Lin Feng and Liang Gong were both settled, Abner William finally returned to the bridge with peace of mind and then opened the remote communication with headquarters Davis.

"Is everything going smoothly?" Davis asked.

Abner stood with his hands behind his back on the bridge and answered seriously, "Successfully, Mr. Taylor and that Trisolaran lady have boarded the ship, however..."

“But what?” Davis asked, gesturing for Abner to finish speaking.

Abner replied, "Mr. Taylor asked us to come to Earth. He said he had been in space for too long and was missing home."

On the other end of the video call, Davis nodded.

“You did the right thing. Mr. Taylor’s orders are the Taylor Group’s top priority. The last doomsday battle was a tragedy that happened because the leadership ignored Mr. Taylor’s warnings. The Taylor Group must never make the same mistake again.”

Abner frowned. Davis agreed with his decision, but Abner himself didn't quite agree; he still had reservations.

"But is this really alright? You know, things haven't been very peaceful on Earth lately, what if..."

The Earth of today is not the Earth of thirteen years ago, and Abner does not want to see the core figures of the Taylor system injured or in danger.

"Unless something goes wrong, you will be responsible for Mr. Taylor's security. Everything he does has a purpose. Your job is not to stop him, but to find a way to complete the tasks he assigns you," Davis said confidently.

"You need to understand that every action he takes is part of a plan."

This is part of the plan, a phrase that has been heard repeatedly since Abner began fulfilling his duties to the Taylor Group.

This was a powerful statement, enough to suppress all of Abner's hesitation and doubt.

Abner replied, "I am worried that we are not strong enough on our own, and I request that more men be sent."

“Yes, I will send some people over there for you,” Davis replied.

……

Lin Feng's return not only affected the Taylor system, but also the entire human world.

In a remote, uninhabited mountain, a hiker stands on the edge of a cliff, talking to a sphere floating in mid-air.

"Lord, should we make contact with the one that Feng Taylor brought back to the solar system?" the traveler asked respectfully.

There's no need for that. Just focus on doing your own jobs.

The traveler nodded knowingly and then replied, "Please rest assured about the research on the light speed curvature spaceship. By deliberately guiding it in the wrong direction and cooperating with the sophon to change some particle observation parameters, we can guide the curvature formula toward incorrect results, thus causing the research on the light speed curvature to hit a bottleneck."

Currently, the spies that the Trisolarans have planted in the human world are relatively independent, with no contact, no intelligence exchange, and no cooperation among themselves.

Apart from The Three-Body Problem, no one knows who the traitor is.

The impact on the light-speed warp spaceship was all achieved by the Trisolarans breaking down a complete mission into multiple parts and assigning them to several spies who were unaware of each other's involvement.

Even if these traitors are aware of each other, they will not hinder the actions of other traitors, because their goals are the same: to steer humanity's research on light-speed warp drive in the wrong direction, causing the research to continuously invest resources but failing to achieve a breakthrough.

“Research teams from various countries are now saying that research on light-speed warp spacecraft is not feasible and that resources should be invested in other research directions.”

The traveler spoke with a proud expression.

The traveler continued, "I believe that it won't be long before the scientific community relegates the speed of light curvature to the sidelines, recognizing it as merely a theoretically feasible solution, like the 'white hole' in relativity, which is not practical in reality."

"At present, the only thing we need to worry about is Feng Taylor. As soon as he returned to the solar system, he demanded to return to the surface. There is likely other purposes hidden in this. We should prepare for the worst."

Couldn't you have staged some kind of accident to kill him?

Upon seeing the line of text displayed on the sphere, the traveler shook his head and replied helplessly.

"It's difficult. No country wants to see him die, so they will give him special protection."

“Those other human forces outside the solar system are already independent worlds. Feng Taylor has a great influence on these worlds. If Feng Taylor dies unnaturally, no one can guarantee whether these independent worlds will take any irrational actions.”

Assassinating Feng Taylor is an extremely dangerous act. If even one fleet world makes an irrational decision and broadcasts the coordinates of the solar system, the Trisolaran system will be doomed.

The traveler himself did not care about life or death, but he could not allow his lord to be in danger.

……

Inside a secluded room, a group of people were holding a meeting. The topic of the meeting was, naturally, Lin Feng's return.

“Feng Taylor is back, and judging from the course of the industrial fleet to which Taylor belongs, it went straight to Earth upon its return, clearly heading towards us.”

“In this way, our influence will inevitably be suppressed again, as Feng Taylor is a supporter of the doves,” someone worried.

"Don't be nervous. Feng Taylor's return to the solar system is both a disaster and an opportunity for us," said the meeting's host.

The meeting's moderator interrupted the discussion, announcing, "From now on, we will focus our actions around Feng Taylor."

"This time, success is the only option; failure is not an option. This is our last chance; there will be no next time," the host said firmly.

Chapter 242 Technical Bottlenecks

Following Lin Feng's instructions, the industrial fleet changed its course and headed to Earth.

Still some distance from Earth, Suzumiya, like a curious child, lay on the edge of the hanging window, watching the ever-rotating blue planet.

"Is that Earth?" The girl looked back at Lin Feng.

"You should have seen it with Zhizi, right?" Lin Feng shook his head with a chuckle.

"Seeing it with your own eyes is a different feeling; it's so beautiful."

After saying that, the girl turned back and continued to lean on the edge of the window, admiring the approaching Earth. Lin Feng could tell from Liang Gong's expression that she was excited.

Lin Feng pulled himself out of Liang Gong's thoughts; he had important business to attend to.

He left the solar system for thirteen years. A lot happened in those thirteen years. Lin Feng put aside other complicated matters and focused on understanding what he valued.

There are many documents. With the suppression of the sophon gone, human scientific research has made rapid progress. This means that the amount of information Lin Feng needs to understand in the past thirteen years is almost equivalent to the amount of information he would need to understand after waking up from fifty years of hibernation.

Lin Feng only finished reading these documents and information now that the industrial fleet was almost at Earth.

Lin Feng connected with Davis's video communication, which was a remote communication achieved through real-time transmission of information technology via quantum entanglement, so there was no delay or interference.

“I’m so glad you’re back safe and sound,” Davis said.

Lin Feng put down the document he had just finished reading and smiled with satisfaction, "Davis, you've worked hard these past thirteen years. The Taylor Group has recovered quite well."

“But it’s still not enough to compare with the Taylor system before the Doomsday War, and if we want to continue to develop our power in space, we need to clean up the space battlefield,” Davis replied.

Lin Feng frowned and asked, "Is it very difficult?"

Davis nodded and replied, "Yes, the other scattered debris is manageable, but the anti-hydrogen cloud is too dangerous for a spacecraft cleaning up space debris. The cleaning spacecraft needs to be equipped with a strong magnetic field outer armor to operate safely and normally."

"So, the political main body of human society has returned to Earth from space," Lin Feng said knowingly.

“Yes, the Solar System Fleet Joint Conference has reverted to the PDC, but don’t worry, the polarization still exists, and the Taylor system still holds considerable influence in the Solar System Fleet Joint Conference,” Davis explained, reassuring Lin Feng.

Afterwards, Lin Feng and Davis briefly discussed the future development direction of the Taylor system and the changes in the human world over the past thirteen years.

Then, they talked about scientific research.

"How is human scientific research progressing?" Lin Feng asked.