The Space City Federation, the Space Force, and the Martian Government have each built their own gravitational wave broadcasting systems. The Space City Federation has set up its systems on several of the largest space cities, while the Space Force has set them up on warships, similar to the Taylor system.

The Earth government is different from other human political entities because they already possess gravitational wave emission devices, so they do not need to build them; they only need to hand over the emission authority to the Swordholder.

Luo Ji was the first Swordholder, and his relinquishment of the right to broadcast coordinates was a very historic event. Therefore, the handover ceremony of the Swordholder on Earth received more attention than the broadcast granting ceremony of other human political entities.

In order to expand its influence, the Earth government allowed major media outlets in the human world to broadcast the ceremony of the Earth Swordholder transferring power live.

Lin Feng was also paying attention to the handover ceremony of the Swordholder, but he was not flustered at all because Cheng Xin was under his control. He had also seen the Swordholder chosen by the Earth government, a woman named Ling Moli, who had been a member of the Hawk faction.

Although he later betrayed the Hawks, Lin Feng didn't care about that. What he cared about was the Swordholder's aggressiveness. Compared to this woman, Cheng Xin was worlds apart.

Women who can join the hawks have no hesitation about whether or not to press the deterrent switch.

Through the live broadcast, ordinary people learned for the first time how different Luo Ji's life was from the life of the Swordholder they had imagined.

On a sparsely populated island, a family of three lives in a small bungalow near the beach. Their appliances are all old-fashioned, and the house is powered by a small nuclear fusion reactor. The interior furnishings are even simpler than those in the city.

It's not that life is terrible, but it's definitely not luxurious at all.

Those voices on the internet who used to accuse Luo Ji of abusing his power as the Swordholder and exercising special privileges have suddenly fallen silent.

Aya Mari stepped off the airship, her feet sinking into the soft sand. The sea breeze ruffled her short hair.

The PDC chairman led Jasmine to a rocky outcrop on the beach, where Luo Ji sat and looked out to the horizon.

The PDC chairman and others stopped what they were doing and remained silent, standing at a distance from Luo Ji, gazing at his lonely figure.

There were still a few minutes before the handover ceremony was scheduled to begin.

The sea breeze whistled in their ears, and even those watching the live stream could hear it through the screen, as if they were on the beach of that small island.

A few minutes later, the PDC chairman announced loudly.

"The time has come for the handover of supreme control of the gravitational wave cosmic broadcasting system."

Luo Ji stood up from the reef, his hands never touching the reef as he went from sitting cross-legged to standing.

Luo Ji gazed at the distant horizon, then bowed deeply, stepped down from the reef, and walked towards the PDC chairman and his group.

The PDC chairman introduced, "Mr. Luo Ji, this is Aya Moli, the second person in charge of the gravitational wave cosmic broadcasting system. Please hand over the broadcast activation switch you are holding to her."

Luo Ji shifted his gaze from the PDC chairman to Ling Moli. Their eyes met, and for a moment, Ling Moli felt as if she had become transparent from the inside out. However, she could not see anything in Luo Ji's deep eyes.

Luo Ji handed the switch to Ling Moli, then walked past them and headed straight for his home. From the moment he handed over the switch, everything was no longer his concern.

The PDC chairman turned around, preparing to lead Aya Matsuri away from the island.

But the next moment, something completely unexpected happened.

"Trisolaran world, I demand that you immediately disarm all your forces, hand over all your technology, grant sophon access for human surveillance of the Trisolaran system, and have all Trisolarans dehydrated and transported to the Oort Cloud by cargo ships, and then picked up by human ships and transported to the solar system."

"The migration across light-years must be completed within one year from organization to departure. All the remaining Trisolarans who cannot leave the Trisolaran homeworld must be burned alive."

"I'll give you only thirty seconds to decide."

Chapter 282 The Magic of the Radicals

A large crowd poured out of the tall building, chatting animatedly about the magic show they had just witnessed.

A slender man led two women through the crowd.

"Thank you for coming with me to see this magic show."

Wang Han thanked the two women who were willing to accompany him to see the magic show.

Aegean said with considerable surprise, "Commander-in-Chief, you've recently taken a liking to magic?"

Wang Han smiled and shook his head, "Hehe, I've always loved magic. I used to be so busy, but now that I finally have some time, I want to see a magic show in person."

"Which magic trick did you like best this time?" Wang Han's gaze moved between Ling Moli and Ai Qin.

Aegean hesitated for a moment before replying, "Um... that position-switching magic trick, I guess."

Ayaka hesitated for a moment before replying, "I prefer cutting magic, even though I know it's fake, I can't tell the difference."

Wang Han explained, "The essence of magic is that even if everyone knows it's fake, it can still fool everyone. That's the charm of magic, and that's why I like magic."

"The principle of all magic tricks is to attract everyone's attention with a fact, fix people's perception, and then use this fixed perception to cover up the true principle of the magic trick, deceiving everyone except the magician and his accomplices."

"Just like Jasmine said, she knows the cutting magic is fake, and the people on stage are not actually cut to death, but from her perspective as an audience member, she can't see why they didn't die."

Their gazes fell on Aya, and Aegean playfully nudged her with her elbow.

The three of them looked like close friends, but there was something else hidden in their deep eyes.

“Your understanding of magic is truly profound. So, what kind of magic do you like?” Aegean asked with a smile.

Wang Han said, "I prefer simpler magic tricks, preferably ones that are closer to our lives, like making these two coins go from my hand to your pockets."

The two checked all their pockets beforehand to make sure there were no coins placed there beforehand. Only then did Wang Han take out two coins from his pocket and place them in his palm.

The two watched as Wang Han covered the coin with his slender palm, rubbed it together, blew on it, and when he opened his palm again, it was empty.

“Look, it’s gone.” Wang Han smiled.

Aegean and Ayame then checked their pockets again and each found a coin on their person.

"Amazing!"

"I never expected Commander-in-Chief to have this trick up his sleeve!"

Ling Moli and Aiqin looked at Wang Han with great surprise, but their eyes, filled with surprise and admiration, also contained a complex look of knowing their mission.

The hawks have completed their task.

"Haha, it was just a little hobby from before," Wang Han laughed smugly.

"Can we learn it?" Aegean suddenly asked.

Wang Han was taken aback, his smug smile gradually fading as he looked at Ai Qin and Ling Moli with the loving gaze of an elder.

"Of course, I can teach you anytime you want to learn."

This is a magic show, a hawkish performance for the Trisolarans and humanity, a performance that comes at the cost of lives.

……

Ayaka was pulled back from her memories, her slender fingers pressing the switch button for the gravitational wave broadcast.

The gravitational wave broadcast switch is shaped like a sword hilt, with a total of four buttons, one of which is located at the top. This design is to prevent accidental activation. To start the gravitational wave broadcast, you not only have to press these buttons very hard, but you also have to press them in a certain order for them to take effect.

But these were not problems for Aya, the swordswoman. She knew the order and was not as weak and incompetent as Cheng Xin. Three of the four buttons had already been pressed, and she only needed to press the last one to bring down the Sword of Damocles hanging between the two worlds.

Ayaka's gaze fell on the still-dazed PDC chairman, and she issued a loud warning.

"Mr. Chairman, please notify all gravitational wave broadcast control stations to immediately cease the operation of shutting down the gravitational wave broadcasting devices. We have already deployed personnel to infiltrate the control stations, and they will inform me before you successfully shut them down."

"The gravitational wave broadcast will be launched immediately."

After saying that, Ayaka Marie began to exert force on the last button.

The PDC chairman cried out in alarm, "All control stations, did you hear that? Cease all operations immediately!"

Because it was a live broadcast, everyone could hear Aya Marie's warning immediately. The original plan of all the control stations to temporarily disable Aya Marie's ability to broadcast coordinates by manually shutting down the gravitational wave broadcasting devices was all halted.

The live stream was planned from the beginning, so that the control station could hear Ayaka's warnings in time.

Wang Han is not the only core figure in the hawk faction. Just like in magic, Wang Han is merely a target in the open, covering up the fact that the others are hidden even deeper.

Thanks to these people, Ayame avoided the Swordholder's virtual test and exposed her potential early on.

Ayaka knew very well that once everything settled down, she would perish completely, just like those moths drawn to a flame, but she still chose to carry it out steadfastly, because she was merely a prop in the magician's hands.

To perform until the very end for magicians who have already passed away.

A sphere appeared in mid-air; it was very large, with a radius that, when observed with the naked eye, was approximately six meters.

Reckless actions will only lead to destruction.

A line of text appeared on the sphere.

"Wouldn't sitting and waiting to die just invite destruction?" Ayame asked through gritted teeth.

"Who are you trying to fool with your clumsy lies? Your Sophon blockade has been ongoing all along, deliberately creating false physical parameters to mislead human scientific research and hinder human technological progress! The consequences you are in are all your own doing, you damned beasts!"

"There is no peace between us! The deterrence system will inevitably collapse due to your continuous technological advancements, and the final outcome will be your destruction of humanity!"

"Agree to my demands immediately, or I will broadcast the coordinates of the Trisolaran system! If humanity is destined to be destroyed by you, then you will not survive either!"

Ling Moli held the switch for the gravitational wave broadcast aloft, her fingers already gathering power, ready to press the switch at any moment and send the coordinates of the Trisolaran galaxy into the universe.

[Our solar system is very close to the Trisolaran system. The exposure of the Trisolaran system's coordinates means that the coordinates of your solar system will also be exposed, and an attack will come soon.]

The Three-Body Problem provides the answer.

“But you will perish, while humanity will not,” Ayame replied coldly, her gaze fixed on the sphere in the sky, asking, “Thirty seconds have passed. What is your answer?”

We can actually talk again.

Upon seeing the information displayed on the sphere in the sky, Ayaka shed a tear and pressed the switch to broadcast the gravitational wave without hesitation.

All of humanity was stunned at that moment, staring blankly at what was happening, as if they were still living in a dream, feeling very unreal.

Gravitational waves have been broadcast!

Chapter 283 The Sun Ascension Plan

The major gravitational wave control stations on Earth immediately took action to continue shutting down the gravitational wave broadcasting devices, but it was already too late. Human hands cannot move faster than the speed of light. By the time they successfully shut down the gravitational wave broadcasting devices a few minutes later, the gravitational wave broadcasting coordinates had already been looping dozens of times.

These superimposed gravitational wavebands will allow coordinate information to be transmitted to more distant places.

The PDC chairman was stunned. The moment he saw Ling Moli broadcast the coordinates of the Trisolaran system, his mind went blank, and he collapsed to the ground with a thud.

"It's over... it's over..."

At this very moment, a voice kept echoing in the PDC chairman's mind.

Human civilization has come to an end!

The ships that were on guard duty a few nautical miles from the island arrived late. The Marines quickly landed on the island in aircraft and arrested Ayaka, who had no intention of resisting.

Meanwhile, at the Taylor system headquarters in Jupiter's orbit, Lin Feng's mind was also blank as he watched Aya Mauri broadcast the coordinates of the three bodies.

After a long while, Lin Feng finally reacted and shouted urgently.

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