The Wallfacer: Everyone wants to break through my wall.

"The viper ambushed its prey."

Grant, sitting in the captain's seat, smiled knowingly after receiving the report from the Atomic Legion.

……

Although the armed group of the Finnish International Space City was captured alive, the things they promoted still attracted public discussion.

There is indeed a concern about atomization, and now that concern has been brought to light by this armed group.

Did your Taylor faction actually defect to the Trisolarans?

You say it's with the Three-Body Alliance, how can you prove it?

Since it's an alliance, why didn't you dare announce it before?

If you're upright, you have nothing to fear. Are you hiding something because you have some other motive?

Why does atomization appear as a form of transparent thinking?

The essence of atomization is actually the tribosome transformation of humanity, right?

That's why the Three-Body Problem has connections with the Taylor lineage, because the Taylor lineage obtained a large amount of technology in exchange for betraying humanity, right?

Liang Gong looked at the latest political news and asked Lin Feng beside her with a strange expression.

"Passerby A, why do they always like to doubt you? I've observed humans for so long, and I still can't understand it."

The girl couldn't understand why there were always people who refused to believe Lin Feng.

Lin Feng took a sip of coffee and said casually, "Because people will only believe what they want to believe. They think I'm terrifying, so they tend to believe that I led the Taylor Group to betray humanity."

The girl asked, puzzled, "Isn't the reason for atomization explained very clearly?"

Lin Feng put down his cup, shrugged as if it were the most natural thing in the world, and asked in return, "So didn't I already say that they don't respect the facts because they just want to believe it? The facts don't matter to them at all."

“They think I’m mentally challenged, and I am mentally challenged. They won’t try to prove it or find out by looking up documents that I really am mentally challenged.”

The girl frowned slightly, pondered for a while, but still couldn't understand the logic. The Trisolarans wouldn't have such thoughts; from their perspective, it was too strange.

"Strange line of thought. If all humans are like this, then how could human science have developed to its current state?"

If humans only believe what they want to believe, human science will never be able to develop.

Lin Feng said, "The significance of heroes lies in the efforts of a few. The majority of people below the heroes are like beasts without intelligence, or perhaps they have intelligence but are unwilling to use it or think about it."

Lin Feng paused for a moment, then continued.

"That's nothing. There are even stranger things. For example, if you successfully refute someone's point of view, that person will feel humiliated and that you are maliciously targeting them, even if you have no ill intentions towards them and simply want to correct the errors in their view."

"Or, when everyone agrees that you are a good person, if you do one bad thing, everyone will criticize you, as if you are the most heinous person in the world. But if everyone agrees that you are a bad person, even if you do all sorts of bad things, as long as you do one insignificant good thing, everyone will praise you, as if you are a saint."

Liang Gong nodded as if she understood, but she still couldn't comprehend this kind of logical thinking. In her view, it was completely incomprehensible and didn't even form a rigorous logical chain.

Edith, who was standing to the side, couldn't stand it anymore. She put her hand to her forehead and said, "Stop it here, Maple. How can you instill such negative energy from human society into Haruhi Suzumiya?"

"Edith, what you said reminds me of a joke from the Soviet era."

Lin Feng smiled knowingly, then began to speak on his own.

"This person is spreading negative energy."

What did he say?

"He stated the objective facts."

Neither Haruhi nor Edith laughed. The former didn't understand the joke, while the latter understood its underlying meaning all too well.

Edith sighed softly, closed the file in her hand, and said to Lin Feng, "Let's talk about something serious. This kind of atomization of transparent thinking is hard for human society to accept because everyone likes to live with a mask on, and people need privacy."

From the perspective of the Trisolarans, human society is a nightmare; from the perspective of humans, the Trisolaran society is also a nightmare. In such a transparent society, petty tricks like stealing chickens and dogs would no longer exist.

Lin Feng rolled his eyes and said, "Come on, isn't it just that you want to hide your little dirty thoughts in order to maintain your public image? There's no need to make it sound so high-sounding."

“Having a little secret isn’t necessarily sordid. Take you, Maple, for example. You have your own secrets too, don’t you?” Edith countered.

Lin Feng was taken aback, and looked at Edith with a subtle expression.

"What did you figure out?" Lin Feng asked in return.

Edith smiled faintly and replied, "I didn't see anything."

"But I think that as a Wallfacer, closing off one's own mind is necessary, isn't it?"

Lin Feng said, "Then, the Trisolarans will have objections, and the social conflicts between the two sides, based on their physiology, will extend from the macro to the micro level?"

"So what do you plan to do?" Edith asked.

"Well..."

Lin Feng pondered for a moment, and Edith then brought up her own idea.

"A switch can be set so that the Atom Man can decide whether to make his mind transparent. First, we can put the Trisolarans and humans into one race, and then the rest will just be a matter of personal preference."

"Let's do it this way. Go and tell Davis," Lin Feng said.

Watching Edith leave, Suzumiya, who had remained silent and hadn't participated, suddenly looked at Lin Feng.

"Hey, you don't really think that way, do you?"

Lin Feng said, "Edith's suggestion is very appropriate. Atomization technology has just been developed and there are many aspects that need to be improved, such as using quantum entanglement for cooking. So I don't plan to do anything new yet."

"However, when the time is right, I will no longer solve problems in such a gentle way. The accelerator of the times always needs to be stepped on hard by someone."

Chapter 304 The Society After Atomization

"What's wrong? You're not feeling as good as before after going out."

Director Frando looked at Dorland William, who had returned from outside with a worried expression, and asked him with some curiosity.

Five years after the successful atomization research, the lockdown order at Laboratory 277 has finally been relaxed considerably. Some researchers in the laboratory are now able to apply for a long vacation to go home and visit their families, or travel to Earth to relax.

“Some people’s views on atomization worry me,” Dorland replied.

Flander raised an eyebrow, somewhat displeased, and asked, "Is it that same old argument again that atomization equals formatting human thought?"

Although Laboratory 277 was forbidden from connecting to the internet for a long time, Director Flander was aware of what was happening on the internet.

Two years ago, an armed group seized control of the Finnish international space city in Venus orbit.

The debate over whether atomized humans are still themselves has never completely subsided.

Because of this incident, some people have a skeptical attitude towards atomization. Microsizing and nanosizing are fine, but atomization... well, they don't want to try it unless absolutely necessary.

Dorland shook his head slightly and replied, "No, that's only what some people believe; others are worried about other issues."

Frondo was taken aback, and couldn't help but become curious.

"What's the problem?"

Dorland explained, “Modern human civilization is built on the relationship between supply and demand. If you don’t work, you don’t have money, and if you don’t have money, you will go hungry. It’s a very real situation. Microscopic nanohumans also use this social structure, except that their dependence on organic matter has changed to a dependence on electricity.”

“But atomization is different. All they need is to get an electron from the outside and then discard one of their own electrons to reduce entropy. Electrons are everywhere in nature. As long as it’s not absolute zero, there are free electrons moving around even in the coldest places.”

Flander put down the research data in his hands, and his relaxed expression gradually turned serious.

Dorland continued, "Since people can't starve to death, why should one person obey another's orders? Anyway, I won't starve to death, and I can travel around the universe at near the speed of light. In the foreseeable future, I can live until the heat death of the universe, so why should I listen to your orders?"

Money? Power?

"These things come from people's consensus. When humanity becomes completely atomized, it may mean that human civilization will collapse."

Human society will collapse due to atomization, which will reduce humanity's need for material things to a very low level.

People can survive without working.

So why do humans still do jobs they don't like?

Why would they, who can easily move at near the speed of light, obey the commands of certain people?

At that time, the order of human society will likely be completely destroyed, and those who developed atomization research will become sinners in the history of human civilization.

This is precisely where Dorland felt lost and frustrated.

Flando nodded; he had a general understanding of Dorland's troubles, troubles he himself had experienced for some time.

“I understand what you mean. I’ve actually thought about similar issues and submitted a proposal to the higher-ups,” Frando said slowly.

"Humans are not simply creatures that pursue interests. Even if the supply and demand of interests are lost, people still have bonds such as friendship, family affection, love, and faith."

"I envision a political system where humans form families as the unit, and this political system is responsible for macro-control of each family and meeting the practical needs of each family."

"For example, if an atomic human family wants to go to the end of the universe or the heat death of the universe, then the members of this family must move at close to the speed of light in order to slow down their own entropy increase. This requires planning a very long and safe route in the universe. There must be no dangerous objects such as black holes and neutron stars on the route that can threaten the life safety of atomic humans. This is where the demand comes in."

As the leader of the atomization research, Flanders naturally thought further ahead. He had long conceived of what changes society would undergo after humanity was fully atomized, and then figured it out.

Therefore, Dorland's problems do not put much pressure on him.

Dorland raised the question, "The people who formed this regime must be the atomic humans themselves, so why should these atomic humans act as the executors of the government? Why should they bear this responsibility and obligation?"

As the implementers of the government, we naturally have to bear responsibilities and obligations. Since everyone is well-fed and clothed, why should people take the initiative to assume such social responsibilities and obligations?

"What are the motivations of government officials today?" Flanders asked.

Dorland replied, "Rights and responsibilities, mainly rights."

Flander shrugged and smiled easily, replying, "Then there's no problem. Becoming the executor of the government means possessing judicial, legislative, and executive power. The needs of the collective provide the foundation for the regime, and the regime consolidates rights. Those who pursue power shoulder the collective responsibility of leading everyone, just like in the macro world."

Dorland shook his head, not quite agreeing with Director Flando's point of view. Atomized humans are very special, and applying the methods used for macroscopic humans to atomized humans is completely inapplicable.

"It's hard to say whether the law is even useful, let alone the three powers. Violators can escape after breaking the law. The universe is so big, they can go anywhere they want, and they will not be punished at all."

If a criminal commits murder and can escape to the ends of the universe at near the speed of light, can the police catch up with him and bring him to justice?

Can't you?

The capture would be fruitless even if it went to the heat death of the universe, because atoms move at near the speed of light, and their entropy increase is very low compared to atoms in a low-speed state. To put it simply, time slows down. One second that passes for them may be a thousand, ten thousand, or even a hundred million years for low-speed atoms.

As long as it gets close enough to the speed of light.

In a macroscopic context, criminals may not possess any particularly outrageous abilities; however, atomized human criminals can utilize time to evade capture.

Flando laughed dismissively, believing Dorland's concerns to be completely unnecessary, since humanity would inevitably develop targeted technologies due to pressing needs.

If such criminals were to actually emerge, it would actually be a good thing, because it would mean that humanity still needs the violent apparatus of the government to protect human groups based on family units.

"This is related to technology. How to ensure safety is not our task. Our task is to make atomized humans more perfect."