"The sophon carries a positive charge, which can essentially be understood as a proton. A strong electric field that repels positive charges is placed on the outer layer, and then a strong electrostatic field is placed on the outer wall. Even if the sophon breaks through the strong electric field that repels positive charges on the outer layer, it will be captured by the strong electrostatic layer of the sophon shielding chamber and lose the ability to move freely, let alone break through the outer wall of the sophon shielding chamber to enter the interior."

"At the same time, there is a uniformly distributed strong electric field inside. Even if the sophon successfully enters the shielded room, it will be repelled and collide with the walls by the uniformly distributed strong electric field inside. The inner wall is coated with a layer of radioactive uranium. If the sophon collides with the nuclei of these radioactive uranium atoms, it will be captured by the nuclei of the radioactive uranium atoms and split into two elements: barium and krypton..."

The other core members frowned as they listened. This sophon-shielding room was not only off-limits to sophons, but also to people. Anyone who went in would almost certainly go in vertically and come out horizontally.

Excessive nuclear radiation and strong static electricity can create an instantaneous current that can instantly carbonize a person, enough to turn any living person into a dead person in a short time.

Such a dangerous thing is actually being built on the other side of Earth?

The core members of the Taylor faction found it unbelievable; this was no way to court death.

One of the core members asked, "What about people? Radiation alone can kill anyone who enters, let alone strong electromagnetic fields."

“People can wear specialized protective suits,” explained a core member who proposed building the sophon shielding room.

Then someone asked, "What about its validity? How can it be proven?"

"It can't be proven, but it can't be disproven either. But something is better than nothing; maybe it will work?"

It's impossible to prove whether it's effective. Unless the Trisolarans have lost their minds, they wouldn't cooperate with humans to verify whether the sophon shielding room really has the ability to shield sophons.

Just then, Lin Feng interrupted everyone's thoughts.

"Alright, this thing is useless. It's just a waste of money and building materials." Lin Feng said, tossing aside the documents about the Zhizi shielded room in his hand.

"Can you prove it false?" someone asked.

Lin Feng said, "Just think about it simply. No proof is needed. Suppose a sophon enters your body and eavesdrops inside. Would this so-called shielded room still be able to provide the intended shielding?"

Even if the Sophon Shielding Chamber truly possesses the ability to prevent Sophons from approaching, once the human factor is taken into account, it will still lose the ability to prevent Sophons from approaching.

Entering such a dangerous room without wearing protective clothing is tantamount to suicide. However, if one wears protective clothing, Zhizi can also crawl inside and enter the shielded room with others.

Even if people don't wear protective suits, it's still okay. They can crawl inside a person's body and enter the room with them to eavesdrop and monitor.

This sophon-shielding room is less about shielding sophons and more about humanity's own self-comfort.

It's unbelievable that anyone would believe such a thing! Basic education still has a long way to go! Lin Feng sighed inwardly.

The topic of the meeting quickly turned to interstellar escape. Lin Feng demanded that all human colonies and fleets outside the solar system combine microscopic technology to move away from the solar system at near the speed of light.

The core members reported, "Regarding the content discussed at the last meeting, the colonies such as Davis and Negan have responded. They will abandon the colonies and, combined with current micro-scale technology, continuously launch miniature antimatter escape ships into space."

"By reducing its size, this spacecraft can reach more than 99 percent of the speed of light with very little antimatter mass."

Lin Feng nodded, and then asked.

What about Fleet World?

The core member replied, "They plan to wait a while longer, until our micro-scale technology breaks through to the atomic level."

"Fleet World has limited resources, and antimatter is a scarce commodity. Even if the demand for antimatter from miniature antimatter escape ships is far less than that of previous antimatter warships, it is still a considerable amount for them."

"If we can extend microscopy technology to the atomic level, the amount of antimatter required for miniaturized escape spacecraft can be further reduced."

When Fleetworld left the solar system, it didn't carry much antimatter. Drifting in the open space outside the solar system, they couldn't possibly obtain antimatter from stars at low cost like human colonies within star systems.

Just as Lin Feng was pondering whether he should send antimatter from the solar system to these fleet worlds, a pop-up window suddenly appeared on the conference table.

"Mr. Taylor, I'm sorry to interrupt your meeting."

Upon seeing the person in the pop-up window, Lin Feng's expression immediately changed. "The meeting is suspended. Please excuse me for a moment."

After saying that, before anyone else could react, Lin Feng immediately left the conference room.

Lin Feng naturally recognized the person who came to report: Cheng Xin, who was in charge of monitoring hibernation.

His report means there's a problem with Cheng Xin.

Lin Feng entered the empty room and asked directly, "What happened?"

The person in the pop-up window replied, "Cheng Xin has woken up."

"Who woke her up?"

Lin Feng frowned and asked calmly.

The Taylor group member who reported replied, "It seems there was a programming problem with the hibernation center's system, which changed a group of hibernators, including Cheng Xin, to the awakening sequence. If she hadn't wanted to contact the Trisolaran envoy, we might not have known that she had already awakened."

"What did Edith say?" Lin Feng asked.

"Miss Edith said that it was impossible for it to be such a coincidence, and she wanted to find out who was behind it."

The Taylor faction member paused, then hesitated before continuing, "Miss Edith asked me to report to you and, by the way, inquire about how to handle Cheng Xin's situation. Should we put her back into hibernation, or..."

As he spoke, the member of the Taylor faction who was giving the report made a throat-slitting gesture.

Lin Feng shook his head. "Don't do anything unnecessary. Go tell her that if she wants to see Yun Tianming, she should come to the Taylor Department."

Lin Feng wasn't worried that Cheng Xin wouldn't take the bait. Since it involved Yun Tianming, Cheng Xin, who was eager to know about Yun Tianming's situation, would definitely come to the Taylor Group headquarters.

After thinking for a moment, Lin Feng contacted Nigan, who was constantly shifting position outside the solar system, through real-time quantum entanglement communication.

Chapter 279 The Most Terrifying Demon in the World

Two months later, Cheng Xin was brought before Lin Feng.

Lin Feng sized up this female character from the original work who abandoned the broadcast Three-Body Coordinates and was disliked by many original readers and online readers.

Lin Feng had to admit that Cheng Xin was a very beautiful woman. No wonder she was chosen as the school beauty in college, and no wonder Yun Tianming was so infatuated with her.

Cheng Xin was also observing Lin Feng, the highest authority in the Taylor Group.

“I know you, the Wallfacer who is still working,” Cheng Xin said.

Lin Feng replied, "I know you too, Cheng Xin, one of the contributors to the Staircase Project. It was because of your proposal to deploy nuclear bombs along the flight path for pulse propulsion that humanity could reach one percent of the speed of light with that technology alone."

Hearing Lin Feng's praise, Cheng Xin felt no joy at being praised; instead, it aroused her guilt towards Yun Tianming.

Cheng Xin asked politely, "Excuse me, when can I meet with Yun Tianming?"

Lin Feng chuckled and sat down on the sofa next to him, answering with a relaxed expression, "It's easy to meet. Just get Sophon, who is still on Earth, to contact the Trisolaran First Fleet, and you can meet Yun Tianming even if you're just going to the bathroom."

"The premise is that the Trisolarans allow you to meet."

Cheng Xin listened to Lin Feng's emphasis on the last sentence, and her face revealed undisguised disappointment.

"Didn't you say you could arrange for Yun Tianming to meet me? You lied to me?"

Lin Feng did not answer immediately. He poured himself a cup of coffee made by Edith, took a sip, and then spoke.

"Although it is taken for granted that Wallfacers deceive others, this time they did not."

“In the entire solar system, apart from me, no one else has the ability to get the Trisolarans to arrange a meeting between Yun Tianming and you.”

As he spoke, Lin Feng turned his head and addressed a deserted spot.

"Zhizi, go and arrange for Yun Tianming and Cheng Xin to meet."

Cheng Xin looked in the direction Lin Feng was speaking, and waited for a while, but there was no movement.

This made Cheng Xin wonder about Lin Feng's actions. She curiously looked at Lin Feng again, only to see him sigh and shake his head.

After that, Lin Feng did something that Cheng Xin couldn't understand: he picked up the quantum communicator and spoke with Negan, who was outside the solar system.

"Negan, as I instructed you before, randomly broadcast the coordinates of stars within a 100-light-year range."

Then, the room fell silent. At Lin Feng's suggestion, Cheng Xin sat down opposite him and sipped the coffee Edith had brewed.

I waited for about five minutes.

A sphere suddenly appeared in mid-air.

Please stop!

The sudden appearance of the sphere startled Cheng Xin. Then she saw Lin Feng pick up the quantum communicator and tell the person on the other end of the communication to stop.

The appearance of Zhizi shocked Cheng Xin, who was unable to recover for a long time, while Lin Feng smiled and asked as if he were seeing an old friend.

"So what was your answer?"

We agree to arrange a meeting between Yun Tianming and Cheng Xin, but we need to add conditions; otherwise, we will not agree.

A line of text appeared on the sphere.

"What are the conditions?" Lin Feng asked.

They are not allowed to speak, only to meet once. If, during their meeting, they engage in any act that we suspect involves the passing of intelligence, Yun Tianming will be executed immediately.

Lin Feng took a sip of his coffee and then said, "Whatever. This was originally just a couple catching up after many years, but you all had to make it so complicated."

The sphere did not respond at all; it simply vanished as abruptly as it had appeared.

Cheng Xin was unsure what the Trisolarans' disappearance meant; it could be a silent protest, or it could be an agreement with the Wallfacer Feng Taylor's explanation.

Cheng Xin was stunned by Zhi Zi's sudden appearance beside her and her mind wandered, unconsciously thinking about the few words Lin Feng had just said.

The fact that the Trisolarans were so excited, and the words like 'broadcast coordinates' in their speech, gave Cheng Xin a vague sense of foreboding.

Could it be that, just because of this little thing she did, Feng Taylor broadcast the coordinates of the Trisolaran system?

Thinking of this, Cheng Xin felt as if she had fallen into an ice cellar, and a chill ran through her heart. Lin Feng, who was smiling, seemed to have transformed into the most terrifying devil in the world in Cheng Xin's eyes.

"Just now... you mentioned broadcast coordinates? Did you broadcast the coordinates of the Trisolaran system?" Cheng Xin asked cautiously.

"You know about the Dark Forest Theory and the deterrence system?" Lin Feng asked in surprise.

Cheng Xin nodded and explained, "I found out about it from someone else when I came here."

"Don't worry, I didn't broadcast the coordinates of the Trisolaran system, and the broadcast wasn't launched from the solar system, so it won't affect the safety of the solar system or the Trisolaran system," Lin Feng explained with a smile.

"Just now, the coordinates of other stars within a hundred light-years were randomly broadcast. The Trisolaran civilization has collectively moved away from the Trisolaran system, and the deterrent effect of broadcasting the coordinates of the Trisolaran system is decreasing over time."

"But if the coordinates of all the stars within a hundred light-years are broadcast, the Trisolaran civilization will have to choose a star a hundred light-years away as its new home. As the distance increases, the Trisolaran civilization will have less and less information about the space environment. The unknown represents risk, and the current Trisolaran civilization does not want to take such a risk."

Cheng Xin didn't know why the Trisolaran civilization collectively withdrew from the Trisolaran star system, nor did she want to delve into it. From Lin Feng's words, she confirmed one fact—there was indeed a world that was about to be destroyed because of the broadcast coordinates.

"How many stars did you just broadcast?"

Cheng Xin's voice trembled slightly; she found it difficult to remain calm. In just a few short minutes, the fates of several worlds had already been decided.

"Not many, five," Lin Feng said.

Cheng Xin said somewhat emotionally, "Then if these five worlds all contain civilizations, and it's just because you negotiated with the Trisolarans to help me that..."

Lin Feng interrupted her and asked a question in return.

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