The Wallfacer: Everyone wants to break through my wall.

Edith smiled bitterly, "I don't know, but I can tell that Taylor is afraid. He was in the same state in the days before Luo Ji negotiated with the Trisolaran world, because he was uncertain at the time. He couldn't be sure whether the deterrence would succeed. If it failed, all of humanity would inevitably face destruction along with the Trisolarans."

"The fact that he, who was lazy, suddenly showed enthusiasm for work indicates the seriousness of the problem."

“I had Suzumiya stay by Taylor’s side. She knows more than we do and can talk to Taylor. At least she won’t let Taylor brood over and develop mental health issues.”

"But that's all there is to it. I can't help him solve any more problems..."

Edith can't read minds; she just knows Lin Feng's habits very well, so she can only glean this level of information from his behavior patterns.

At this moment, Edith desperately hoped that ETO had not yet been destroyed, so that she could capture a Wallbreaker and ask Lin Feng what he was worried about, and thus be able to help him in some way.

She had considered asking Liang Gong for clarification, but she was worried that the questions Lin Feng was pondering involved the Three-Body Problem world.

If Haruhi reveals information about the Trisolaran world, he will die immediately, which is something Edith does not want to see, so she never asks Haruhi about anything.

Davis nodded; he understood Edith's thoughts.

“You’re right. Mr. Taylor already has enough work to do. We can’t help him solve the fundamental problem that’s troubling him, but we can at least lighten his load.”

"I'll contact the fleet to deploy."

……

An industrial fleet that was routinely inspecting its antimatter production facilities near the Sun's orbit immediately ceased its ongoing work and set sail for space upon receiving orders from Davis, the headquarters of the Taylor System on Jupiter.

While orbiting Venus, the Industrial Fleet observed their mission objective, while another Space Force Industrial Fleet was approaching their objective.

This was a joint operation. The Taylor-affiliated industrial fleet did not continue to approach, but instead activated its onboard weapon systems and targeted the mission objective.

The Space Force's industrial fleet then moved closer and sent a message.

"Unknown fleet, report your location."

"We are part of the Earth Star Construction Group, the Domonge Industrial Fleet. We have been assigned by the Earth government to undertake a space construction mission to build an antimatter facility in the solar orbit."

This was the reply from the Space Force's industrial fleet.

The Space Force's industrial fleet replied, "Reply to the Domonge Industrial Fleet, we have received an urgent order that your fleet is transporting antimatter bombs, which are extremely dangerous. Please stop immediately and cooperate with our inspection."

The commander of the Domonge Industrial Fleet was about to refuse the inspection request when he felt a cold, hard object pressing against the back of his head.

"I'm sorry, Commander."

"Jasmine, you betrayed us!" The fleet commander's eyes turned cold.

The people on the bridge also realized what was happening and pulled out their sidearms, aiming them at the woman who was holding a gun to the back of the fleet commander's head.

Jasmine showed no fear despite having so many guns pointed at her.

Jasmine said, "There's no need to risk everyone's lives for a plan that's destined to fail. Even without us, this operation was doomed to fail. The Trisolarans aren't blind; they won't let you take action."

Just then, Aegean stepped forward, pointing one gun at the others and the other at the immobilized fleet commander.

Aegean said, "Jasmine is right. We are trying to save you. I hope you can think this through rationally. The operation has not yet started, so all your crimes can be lightly punished. Once the operation begins, you will only have one crime left, which is the death penalty."

“I know everyone is prepared to die to do this, but is it worth it? It is destined to fail, and your sacrifices will be meaningless.”

Seeing that some people were already hesitating, Aegean continued.

“We have communicated with the Earth government, and they understand everyone’s concerns about the future of humanity. If everyone can give up resistance, the maximum penalty for crimes is two or three years. Only the few people who lead us will be punished the most severely.”

"Everyone, let's face reality!"

A standoff remained on the bridge, and because of this standoff, the fleet commander was unable to issue any other orders to the entire Dormont Industrial Fleet. As a result, the ships were taken over by the approaching Space Force Industrial Fleet.

Soon, the flagship industrial ship was forcibly landed by the Space Force, and as Space Force soldiers poured onto the bridge, more and more people began to resist.

The arrested fleet commander glared fiercely at Jasmine and Aegean through gritted teeth.

"You two damned traitors!"

"Enough with the nonsense, let's go!"

The space force soldier who arrested the fleet commander, seeing that the target still dared to threaten him so arrogantly even after being arrested, immediately punched him and shoved him away.

The captain of the Space Force's boarding team smiled warmly at Jasmine and Aegean.

"Thanks to the secret cooperation of the two of you, this capture operation was able to proceed so smoothly. If they had resisted, the Taylor Group would have had to kill them all, ship and crew. You have saved many ships for Earth."

The captain of this boarding team from the Space Force was born on Earth. In addition to being a member of the Space Force, he was also a member of the Earth government.

“They also have people within the government, especially the military. How are you going to deal with that?” Jasmine asked.

Recalling the vicious intimidation inflicted on the target of the arrest earlier, the squad leader was not surprised by Jasmine's question.

The squad leader replied, "Dismissal and investigation. This matter has had an extremely negative impact; no amount of connections will be of any use now."

"Are you two worried about retaliation afterward?"

"More or less." Aegean nodded.

The squad leader chuckled understandingly and replied, "As long as you can guarantee that the list you provide includes all the hawks, this problem won't arise."

Aegean shrugged with a wry smile, "We can't guarantee that, which is why we're worried about our safety. We hope to join the Earth government."

Joining the Earth government means becoming a member of the government. Naturally, a member of the government cannot be killed so easily, otherwise, where would the Earth government's face be?

What will other people in the government think?

They were asking the Earth government for a life-saving charm, and that's how the team leader understood it, hence his answer.

"I will communicate with the higher-ups."

With the dust settled, the hawkish plan to seize the sun ended in complete failure before it even began, due to the betrayal of two traitors.

Jasmine and Aegean, exhausted, lay on their beds back at their temporary lodging.

Looking at the news reports of major events, including the imprisonment of the leader of the hawks, Aegean murmured.

"With Commander-in-Chief Wang Han arrested, the biggest protector of the hawks has been lost. More and more hawks will have nowhere to hide. Hopefully, our choice is the right one."

Jasmine said firmly, "It has to be the right thing to do, otherwise everything we do will be meaningless."

……

The hawks have been purged!

When Lin Feng first learned of this news, he was stunned. Subsequently, other information about the hawks followed one after another.

"Hawks were being purged in large numbers?"

"They intend to destroy the satellites that block solar broadcasting capabilities, use the solar broadcasting coordinates to blackmail the Trisolaran world into handing over all its technology, and collectively dehydrate themselves to go to Earth and be controlled by the human government?"

"Were they the ones who carried out the last attack? Was their aim to use me as a hostage to deter the Trisolaran world?"

Because the hawks were doing a lot of things behind the scenes, it took Lin Feng some time to learn about this information.

"This information was obtained through interrogation and is highly credible."

Edith replied, pausing before adding, "However, please don't worry, the problem is solved now. The hawkish fleet that went to the solar orbit has been recovered by Earth, and all the hawks have been captured."

Upon hearing Edith's report, Lin Feng decided not to focus too much attention on the matter, trusting in Edith's competence.

"I'm not worried about these people. It's good for the human world to have a few crazy people. A society that's too normal can't be stable," Lin Feng said.

Lin Feng was telling the truth. Because of the original work, he was actually more afraid of someone like Cheng Xin going on stage. Although she was an idiot who didn't use her brain and just thought that intimidation could solve everything, she was still not good to go on stage. However, since the original work did not describe what would happen to such a person after going on stage, Lin Feng still felt that Cheng Xin was more dangerous.

He's been considering whether or not to get rid of Cheng Xin ahead of time.

Chapter 269 Perhaps their brains have all gone mad.

The reason for his hesitation is that this is a living world, not a dead one. If Cheng Xin doesn't want to be a sword bearer, then killing him like this would be too much.

Luo Ji's near-fatal death made Lin Feng realize that the Trisolarans might not be successfully deterred, and Cheng Xin might not even be nominated for the Swordholder.

According to the original story, after Cheng Xin explicitly refused to run for the Swordholder, the Earth government would be more likely to choose a decent person from the effeminate society to replace her.

Because at that time, human society hoped that the firing button held by the swordsman could be 'steady'.

Wid and the other candidates were just people the government put on stage for show, to demonstrate so-called democratic multiple choices. The people never intended to vote for them in the first place.

Now, Cheng Xin poses no threat to human safety; she is still in hibernation. The incident in the original story where Cheng Xin caused the deterrence to fail is decades later, when Luo Ji is so old that he walks with a slight tremor.

The biggest problem facing humanity right now is not that Cheng Xin might cause the deterrence to fail, but that the tracks left by the Trisolarans' research on light-speed warp drives might attract a Black Forest strike.

The Trisolarans have been attacked. The solar system is only a little over four light-years away from the Trisolaran system. Will the hunters take a look at it as well?

If it were to take even a glance, it would surely deliver a devastating blow to humanity.

Then, considering that there are two civilizations in this area, the density of civilization distribution may be relatively high. The hunter then looked at the surrounding star systems and decided that none of the human colonies, such as Davis and Negan, would be left behind.

Then, what will be the fate of these human fleets in Fleet Worlds, which haven't even flown very far, when faced with the explosion of so many stars? A near-certain death or certain death—both are possible.

The only ones with a relatively high probability of continuing human civilization are Negan and Zhang Beihai.

After establishing human colonies, the cyborg Negan did not hesitate to use the resources collected from that star system to continue his escape to even more distant places.

As instructed by Lin Feng, Zhang Beihai continuously moved away from all star systems at maximum speed, fleeing to more distant places. The fleet world was somewhat inferior because its large scale and acceleration consumption were also enormous, resulting in a speed that could not compare with Zhang Beihai's fleet of a similar size.

As Lin Feng pondered, his thoughts drifted to a crucial technology.

"Is there any progress on the technology that allows for seamless consciousness transfer?" Lin Feng asked Edith.

Edith replied, "The current bottleneck is difficult for human technology to overcome. The principle of this technology is to transfer the quantum information of the human brain to the quantum in another carrier in an instant through quantum entanglement. At the moment the transfer is completed, due to the collapse of the probability cloud, the quantum part in the human brain will disappear, leaving only the human brain quantum in another carrier."

"This technology requires humans to have more efficient microscopic measurement techniques. The position information, momentum properties, spin state, and so on of quantum particles inside the human brain need to be understood in an instant. Only in this way can seamless consciousness transfer be achieved."

"It is obvious that with current human technology, this is simply impossible."

Lin Feng nodded. It was for this very reason that he went to find the Trisolaran envoy, hoping to obtain the Sophon technology as soon as possible.

Sophons may not be able to instantly understand all the quantum information in the human brain, but they are certainly more efficient than human technology.

He is having Edith say these words not for himself, but for Tomoko in the room.

“Some time ago, I contacted the Trisolaran envoy and proposed a trade for Sophon technology to the Trisolaran world,” Lin Feng said.

Edith replied without hesitation, "It's impossible."

The Sophon's technology, which blocks humanity, can also be used as a probe that travels at the speed of light. Once humanity possesses this technology, all the secrets of the Trisolaran civilization will inevitably be exposed to human eyes.

Edith, who was unaware of the matter of the flight path, believed that unless the Trisolaran leadership had lost their minds, they would never agree to Lin Feng's proposed deal.

“But they didn’t explicitly refuse either,” Lin Feng added.

"why?"