The Wallfacer: Everyone wants to break through my wall.

Those in positions of power must make a difference. If Lin Feng were to openly slack off and do nothing like Luo Ji, the United Nations would come looking for trouble with him in a few years and force him to work through special means.

For example, you could use family chains to restrict them, so that if they don't work, they'll never see their wife and children again.

Otherwise, given Luo Ji's personality, how could he possibly face the wall and end up becoming the Swordholder?

Lin Feng believes that the United Nations has more than one way of forcing people to comply.

He didn't want to end up in that situation, so no matter what, he had to have at least one plan out in the open, a plan that seemed capable of defeating the Trisolaran fleet.

That way, the United Nations can let him slack off.

Lin Feng's silence strengthened von Neumann's resolve to break through the wall. He believed that Lin Feng's mind was now severely damaged because his 'real' wall-facing plan was being announced.

Von Neumann continued, "After realizing that the plan you announced was not your true strategic intention, I began to wonder, what exactly is your true strategic intention?"

“I know all your whereabouts and all the orders you have issued. Apart from that overtly obvious disguise plan, it seems that you are only interested in nuclear fusion reactors.”

"To put it another way, your excessive enthusiasm for 'energy' makes me suspicious."

Lin Feng said irritably, "What does what you're saying have to do with the 'survival' I mentioned earlier? My plan was to accumulate a large amount of energy and then use this enormous energy accumulated over hundreds of years to help future humans defeat the attacking Trisolarans."

Von Neumann nodded as a matter of course.

"Yes, your enthusiasm is reasonable and in line with your strategic intentions. For a period of time, I also thought so, and my attention was not focused on this."

"I can honestly say I was almost fooled by you..."

"...to package your real strategic plan, disguise it as a seemingly fake one, and openly display it to everyone, telling them that this is your true strategic plan, am I right, Mr. Taylor?"

What the hell?

You said my plan was fake before, but now you say it's real?

Are you deliberately teasing me?

I don't understand what you mean.

Lin Feng really had no idea what this wall-breaker was trying to say.

"It's no use denying it; that's just the truth. In Chinese terms, it's called 'the darkest place is under the lamp.'"

"I'm denying it! I have no idea what you're talking about!" Lin Feng thought to himself.

"Then tell me, what is my real plan?"

Von Neumann smiled confidently and said, "Your plan requires a lot of energy and macro-electrons, but this energy is not used to help the future human fleet destroy the enemy, but to destroy the entire Earth, including humanity!"

Lin Feng's pupils shrank sharply, his shock evident on his face. Besides him, the onlookers in Washington Square were equally shocked.

"My God! The Wallfacers want to destroy us?!"

"real or fake?!"

"What? He's going to kill us all! And everything on Earth!?"

"That's impossible! Why would he do that?"

Von Neumann pressed his advantage, determined to expose Feng Taylor's "true" Wallfacer plan to the world!

"From the very beginning, you did not intend to confront the Trisolaran fleet that would arrive hundreds of years later. Your plan was to detonate the ball lightning, which was deployed around the world and stored enormous amounts of energy, at the right time, turning the entire Earth and all of human civilization into quantum ghosts!"

Chapter 10 Turns out they were on our side!

"...Why would I do that?"

Lin Feng sorted out his thoughts and roughly understood the reason why the person who broke through the wall wanted to make everyone on Earth a quantum ghost, but he was not sure if his thoughts were the same as the person who broke through the wall's thoughts, so he asked this question.

But to the person breaking through the wall and to others, these words sound like the wall-facer making a final struggle.

"Because you believe that such a civilization cannot be destroyed by the Trisolarans—a civilization that has already been destroyed cannot be destroyed again, and people who have already died cannot die again!"

"He had the same idea as your father, but even more insane. He just wanted to murder the future human fleet and create an indestructible fleet, while you..."

"They want to murder all of human civilization and create an indestructible civilization!"

Ah this...

Lin Feng barely managed to snap out of his daze.

Brilliant! How come I didn't think of that! This plan is absolutely brilliant!

Since it is an objective fact that humanity cannot defeat the Trisolarans, why should humanity engage in a head-on confrontation?

Insects can survive despite human extermination efforts. Is it because insects are stronger than humans?

No! The insects have simply found a way to survive!

If all of humanity becomes unkillable, what can the Trisolarans do? What can the strong interaction material of the droplets do, no matter how hard it is? What can the other weapons of the Trisolarans that did not appear in the original work do, no matter how powerful they are?

Lin Feng's gaze towards von Neumann changed. At that moment, he thought of Yun Tianming and Zhang Beihai.

They all share a common characteristic: due to the Trisolaran surveillance, they are unable to express their own thoughts and can only put their ideas into practice through hints and subjective actions.

Lin Feng was facing the same wall-breaker, John von Neumann.

In the original work, it was indeed his act of breaking through the barrier that caused Frederick Taylor to break down and commit suicide. However, through this action, he also gave humanity a preliminary understanding of the Trisolarans' strength.

Lin Feng now has a thought: could it be that the Wall Breaker is actually similar to Zhang Beihai and Yun Tianming?

Is it possible that some people disguised themselves as anti-human elements, infiltrated the ETO organization, and used the resources of Trisolaris to find a way out for humanity?

Thinking about it carefully, after the Wallbreaker saw through the Wallfacer's plan, there was no need for him to specifically come out and tell the Wallfacer that he had been broken through, and there was no need to make it public.

Because the course of action is fundamentally flawed, allowing it to continue unchecked will only deplete humanity's available war resources.

Considering the distrust of the ETO organization by the Trisolarans in the original work, Lin Feng felt more and more that some people in the ETO were actually using anti-human elements as a disguise to deceive the Trisolarans into allocating some resources to help humanity find a way out. Otherwise, how else could it be explained?

The thought that someone risked their life to infiltrate ETO for the sake of all humanity, only to be branded a traitor to humanity, filled Lin Feng with awe.

I used to call you inhumane and even thought of using you to kill you and break your spirit. I'm so sorry, it turns out you're one of us...

“Mr. Taylor, I admire you for having the courage to devise such a crazy plan and to execute it so resolutely. After first learning about your plan, I was so terrified that I couldn’t sleep all night.”

When von Neumann's words reached Lin Feng, they took on a different meaning.

I understand, I understand, it's irony. You can't sleep because you're worried that the three spirits will notice, right?

Don't worry, although I, Lin Feng, am not a qualified Wallfacer and always want to slack off, I am not the kind of pig who would harm my teammates. I will cover for you.

"I have a question," Lin Feng said.

"Please speak."

Lin Feng asked, "Assuming what you're saying is true, isn't this kind of plan good? The quantumized people are alive, but due to the influence of the probability cloud, all of humanity has become quantum ghosts, and no one will be alone."

"Macroscopic quantum states do indeed have the drawback of spreading in space over time. The probability cloud becomes thinner, making the quantum probability at any point in reality smaller and smaller. Eventually, the probability cloud spreads out to the entire universe on average, and the probability of a quantum state human civilization appearing at any point in space is almost zero, which is equivalent to the destruction of human civilization."

"But... so what?"

"Human civilization in the quantum state is immortal because it has already been destroyed, and with the spread of the probability cloud, Earth can reach other stars and travel around the universe without relying on any tools."

"As for the probability of it spreading to the entire universe and approaching zero... How big is the universe? The observable universe is over 13 billion light-years wide. The speed at which the probability cloud spreads cannot exceed the speed of light. Quantum-based human civilization can last for at least 10 billion years, which is longer than the sun. The history of Earth from scratch is only over 4 billion years."

"Isn't this good?" Lin Feng retorted.

That's why he thinks von Neumann's earlier idea of ​​the quantum ghostification of human civilization is a brilliant one.

Lin Feng had read the original novel, and he knew what the future would be like. Even without the Trisolaran civilization, humanity would still be destroyed by the Singer civilization.

why?

Because there are countless Singer civilizations in the universe, and each Singer civilization has countless Singers. Singers are like strategic nuclear submarines on Earth, hiding themselves and keeping a close watch on things.

Who to eliminate? Insects and enemies. Even if you can't defeat them and get captured, it doesn't matter. The Singer won't carry any information related to any Singer civilization.

At this rate, it's only a matter of time before humans are discovered by the singers.

So, can humans defeat them?

Humanity can't even break through the Trisolaran technological blockade, so what can it use to fight the Singers?

Some might say that humanity will develop new technologies in the future, but Lin Feng wants to ask: is the Singer civilization destined to stagnate? Are only humans entitled to make progress?

The Trisolaran civilization was suppressed by three stars, and each time it developed, it was destroyed. The countless Singer civilizations in the universe did not have this kind of suppression.

In terms of resources, technology, and development time, we cannot compete.

Even in terms of population, what is a mere billions of people on Earth compared to a powerful interstellar civilization with over a dozen colonies? It's probably not even a drop in the ocean.

What can humans use to fight against a singer? Even if all of humanity were to risk their lives, the singer wouldn't care!

Compared to Luo Ji's Dark Forest deterrence in the original work, Lin Feng felt that turning all of humanity into quantum ghosts was a better idea, at least they wouldn't have to worry about attacks from two-dimensional foils, light particles, and the like.

"Perhaps you believe that everything you've done is to save all of humanity, but I must remind you—if ball lightning were truly so useful, capable of making civilization immortal without any drawbacks, why don't the Trisolarans do it?"

"Your gamble is only driving humanity into an endless abyss, not saving it."

When von Neumann's words reached Lin Feng, he reinterpreted them—while turning all of humanity into quantum ghosts was a good idea, ensuring that human civilization wouldn't be destroyed by the Trisolarans, the plan had its drawbacks.

Chapter 11 Humans Don't Thank Lin Feng

Although he, as the proposer, failed to understand the drawbacks, it can be judged from the actions of the Trisolarans that the quantum ghostification of civilization has serious drawbacks. Otherwise, why didn't the Trisolarans use it to solve the survival crisis caused by the three stars?

The Trisolarans are not stupid; their internal systems are even more efficient than human civilization. Based on this, there is reason to suspect that the Trisolarans are aware of the drawbacks of quantumization that they are unaware of.

The plan to turn all of humanity into quantum ghosts can only be used as a last resort when all of humanity has no way to avoid destruction.

"I understand, I understand. Don't worry, I won't rashly carry out this plan," Lin Feng replied confidently.

"It was an honor to break down your barrier. Goodbye, Mr. Taylor."

Having broken free of his own barrier, Lin Feng's 'plan' was fully revealed. Staring at the other party's gloomy face, von Neumann knew he didn't need to do anything more and turned to leave.

"Excuse me, Mr. Wallbreaker, please come with us."

Several CIA agents in black suits blocked von Neumann's path; clearly, they had no intention of letting this ETO wallbreaker go.

This won't do! These are our own people! We can't let the heroes who sacrificed themselves for humanity bleed and weep again! Lin Feng thought to himself.

At that moment, Lin Feng's gloomy expression changed slightly, and a deep voice came out.

"That's enough, let him go."

Von Neumann took one last deep look at Lin Feng, who seemed to have been abandoned by the world, then turned and left without looking back.