The Wallfacer: Everyone wants to break through my wall.

Several captains, including Kazuo Koizumi, stared wide-eyed. The directing staff wouldn't joke about something like this; if they said it, it meant it was true.

However, the directing department does not have the authority to demote an active-duty captain.

"Why? The directing department doesn't have that right!" a captain asked emotionally.

The director shrugged. "We don't have it, but the Wallfacer does. Enhancing the Trisolaran fleet was also his request."

"If anyone protests, the Space Force will be demoted, and the player will be banned from joining the Space Force forever. Protesting over something like this shows they're nothing special. Humanity is fighting against aliens, and no matter how overpowered the aliens are, it's still too much. As members of the Space Force, you should understand your identity and obligations, and always be aware of the kind of enemy you are facing—these are the Wallfacer Feng Taylor's original words."

"If you still have any objections, you can go and give him feedback in person."

The director's staff extended their hands towards the door, gesturing for the people to leave.

He couldn't afford to mess with the Wallfacer, Feng Taylor. If these people wanted to die, there was no need for him to stop them.

Chapter 111 Are you deceiving me or protecting me?

Lin Feng's use of his Wallfacer powers to interfere in the Space Force's affairs, particularly by demoting an active-duty captain, is a serious issue.

The Wallfacer program revolves around the Space Force.

In other words, the Wallfacer program cannot affect the Space Force.

Lin Feng's initial interference with the spaceship's propulsion was based on the reason that he "did not want to slow down the application of controlled nuclear fusion," and he also had a plan involving a player fleet.

Therefore, the PDC approved of Lin Feng's intervention in the Space Force's spacecraft propulsion technology, and the reasons were very good. Moreover, even if Lin Feng did not intervene, the PDC would have considered intervening after noticing it, so that the Space Force could make a decision as soon as possible and not affect the accelerated application of controlled nuclear fusion.

Now, Lin Feng has been demoted as an active-duty captain for interfering with the Space Force because of a virtual battlefield exercise.

There was no longer a sufficient reason, and it even had a hint of overstepping authority.

When Lin Feng was communicating with Domon William, Domon William immediately complained to Lin Feng with a headache.

"You've really given us a big problem this time."

"what happened?"

Sitting by the porthole, Lin Feng sipped his self-made coffee, his gaze not on the 3D projection of Domon William, but on Jupiter outside the porthole.

In the 3D projection, Domon William rubbed his forehead in exasperation.

"Not only did you arbitrarily increase the difficulty of the virtual war, but you also demoted an active-duty captain. Such direct interference in the Space Force is likely to provoke the PDC's resentment towards you."

"The main issue is the downgrading of active-duty ship captains. We consulted with the Asian Fleet for a long time before the situation was brought under control."

Regarding the issue of demoting an active-duty captain in the Asian Fleet, Lin Feng used his Wallfacer rights to issue the order, and the Asian Fleet complied.

This still made some people within the Asian Fleet dissatisfied, after all, Lin Feng in this era could only be considered a very prestigious 'ancient person', not their commander or superior.

People living in space are just like those on Earth; they have intricate networks of interests and relationships, and the demoted captain was no exception.

It took Domon William a long time of negotiation and the use of some of the Taylor faction's resources to resolve these troubles.

"What's the point of negotiation? They want to complain to the PDC about my behavior? If they have the guts to complain, then let them complain. I want to see what they can say to the PDC."

"In an exercise, the Space Force actually had to rely on the directing staff to weaken the enemy in order to defeat them. Tell me, what does that mean?"

Lin Feng put down his coffee and turned to question Domon William.

Domon William's expression was somewhat strange. He naturally knew what a virtual war exercise was, but he didn't expect Lin Feng to be so angry.

Without doing this, virtual warfare would be far too difficult. With weapons like the Sophon that allow the entire map to be revealed and easily obtain every command from the human fleet, even with weapons of the same level, the human fleet would be crushed.

The Space Force leadership's initial demand to appropriately weaken Sophon's capabilities was largely motivated by a desire to alleviate the prevailing defeatism within the Space Force.

The idea of ​​the Space Force leadership at that time was to first build up confidence and then gradually increase the difficulty.

Under normal circumstances, military training would indeed become more difficult, and the space force would indeed have victories and defeats, but this time the goal was to demonstrate some achievements in front of Lin Feng, so the difficulty would naturally be reduced.

Otherwise, if the Trisolarans accidentally win, how will the Space Force boast to Lin Feng about how powerful they are now?

"That's... that's the usual practice."

Domon William was somewhat embarrassed and didn't know where to begin his explanation.

"Is this the usual practice? I know it's the usual practice, that's why I'm so angry," Lin Feng said, dissatisfied.

"What is the purpose of the exercise? It is to discover more problems and make improvements before the real war comes, and to summarize more lessons learned from failures, so as to avoid stumbling on the battlefield with the enemy in the future."

"What I find most unbelievable is that not only do the lower-level members of the Space Force not understand this principle, but the higher-ups in the Space Force also don't understand it! Can you believe it? The entire Space Force has floated into the sky, their butts not touching the ground at all!"

Lin Feng felt angry and helpless when he thought about how, when Luo Ji woke up, humanity's two thousand warships would be like firecrackers in space, completely useless except for exploding when facing the water droplet.

I am indignant at human arrogance, but helpless that this is an inevitable outcome.

To avoid defeatism, humanity will exclude those who possess defeatism from the Space Force. As a result, the entire Space Force, from top to bottom, will believe that the Space Force is invincible.

This situation is most likely to breed 'arrogance', and as long as the Space Force maintains this practice of excluding defeatism from the Space Force, this inflated self-confidence of the Space Force will not diminish.

If it were only the lower ranks of the Space Force who thought this way, Lin Feng wouldn't be so angry. But from the general who accompanied him to view the human space fleet, it was clear that the higher-ups of the Space Force were also influenced by this overconfidence.

Ultimately, even the most capable leaders are still human. Humans are inevitably influenced by their environment. While they may be highly capable, even the most outstanding individuals are still affected by those around them.

The current senior leadership of the Space Force is much the same.

Lin Feng believed that none of the high-ranking officers in the space force before he went into hibernation could have imagined the current situation.

Or perhaps they realized that after weighing the pros and cons, the problem wasn't significant. Defeatism couldn't even afford to take up arms in resistance, while victoryism could at least take up arms and fight the enemy.

The Space Force is basically floating in space; they really don't touch the ground... Domon William thought to himself.

Seeing Lin Feng's burning anger, Domon William didn't dare to voice his complaints. He didn't want to risk offending Lin Feng at this time by worrying about the Space Force.

Lin Feng then shifted his gaze from the 3D projection of Domon William to Jupiter outside the porthole.

A few minutes later, Lin Feng suddenly asked Dormon William.

"Is my research team still around?"

"They disbanded after you went into hibernation and were absorbed by the Taylor Group and various countries," Domon William answered truthfully.

Lin Feng nodded, without blaming anyone. After half a century, it was already quite remarkable that a Taylor lineage had survived.

It's impossible for a research team to be passed down for such a long time.

Lin Feng added, "Help me contact the Space Force; I need to talk to them."

"You have a new Wallfacer plan?" Domon William asked, somewhat surprised.

Based on Lin Feng's previous questions, Domon William believed that Lin Feng was planning a new "Wall-Facing" program.

Domon William often heard his grandfather say that Feng Taylor was a godlike figure, and you could never guess what he was really thinking. Any behavior that seemed to go against the grain would be proven to be useful and prescient in the future.

Could it be that I too will witness Feng Taylor performing his 'miracle'?

With this somewhat excited feeling, Domon Williams contacted the senior leadership of the Space Force.

Domon Williams was a member of the Space Force, so contacting the Space Force's top brass was not difficult. After a brief notification, the Space Force's top brass dispatched a spaceship to Jupiter's orbit.

The Space Force's top brass couldn't possibly remain inactive. All Domon William needed to do was tell them that Lin Feng had a new plan that required the Space Force to execute, and the Space Force would have no choice but to send some high-ranking officers to contact Lin Feng.

It took about two weeks for the military spacecraft carrying high-ranking officers of the Space Force to arrive at Jupiter. After establishing network contact with the spacecraft carrying Lin Feng, they held a virtual meeting on a virtual social platform.

The meeting between Lin Feng and these high-ranking officers of the Space Force was not tense, and no one mentioned the demoted captain.

After exchanging a few pleasantries, Lin Feng began, "Everyone, since I awoke, I have witnessed your efforts for all of humanity: an increasingly healthy Earth, ever-expanding space cities, space farms and agricultural fields that produce far more crops than before my hibernation, and in three years, the enormous ring that can simulate the pressure of a neutron star will be completed, and our warships will even be able to reach speeds of five percent of the speed of light..."

"This era is a powerful one. Humanity has reached yet another technological peak. This is my assessment of this era after waking from hibernation," Lin Feng said earnestly.

However, after scanning the high-ranking officers of the Space Force, Lin Feng's expression darkened again.

"However, after I came into contact with the Space Force and watched the entire virtual war exercise, I realized that my idea was completely wrong."

"This era is all show and no substance. The Space Force actually needs to weaken its exercise targets in order to defeat its opponents. What kind of nonsense is this? I really want to ask, are they deceiving me?"

The senior officers of the Space Force exchanged glances. Before they arrived, they had more or less guessed that Lin Feng would talk about virtual war exercises.

They were also prepared to be blamed.

This is their fault. They hoped to show off the strength of the Space Force in front of Lin Feng, but they messed up the performance. If they hadn't boasted about the Space Force's strength in front of Lin Feng, nothing would have happened.

“Based on your question, we can explain,” a senior Space Force officer stepped forward and said.

Lin Feng glanced at the other party's rank; he was a lieutenant general.

Lin Feng nodded and said, "Tell me about it."

"The strength displayed by the Trisolarans in the virtual war exercise is based on existing intelligence and speculation. The purpose of the exercise is to enable the human fleet to better adapt to the battlefield environment of future combat with the Trisolaran fleet. If the strength of the Trisolaran fleet is exaggerated, it will not only fail to achieve good training results, but will also easily breed defeatism," the Space Force lieutenant general explained.

Lin Feng sneered, "Easily breeds defeatist sentiment? That's called a lack of willpower. You dare to use people like that in your space force? What if the Trisolaran fleet is stronger than the Trisolaran fleet playing the role in the exercise? Wouldn't they be afraid and desert in the face of battle?"

Because of the fear of fostering defeatism, in the era when Luo Ji awoke from hibernation, the human fleet was easily destroyed by a surprise attack from the droplets.

The fact that those fleets launched their attack on the droplet and destroyed a row of warships before belatedly starting to counterattack shows just how low the vigilance of the space forces of that era had fallen.

Then came the counterattack. They fought until they were out of ammunition and supplies before trying to escape. However, because there were clouds of warship wreckage everywhere, their acceleration was not as high as that of the water droplets, and they did not have enough nuclear fuel to increase their speed.

Two thousand warships were thus surrounded and destroyed by a single drop of water.

And now, the culprits behind all this, the people Lin Feng is currently meeting with, are among them!

Lin Feng didn't really want to give these people a friendly look. If they knew what was going to happen in the future, they would probably slap themselves hard.

Some of the high-ranking officers in the Space Force frowned at Lin Feng's words, their faces showing dissatisfaction.

To unjustly accuse a soldier of desertion would be a tremendous insult to any soldier who heard it.

The lieutenant general said, “Please be careful with your wording. The Space Force is the last bastion of human civilization. We will not surrender. The sense of defeat I just mentioned does not only include the Space Force, but also all of humanity. People need to know that ‘the Space Force can protect them.’”

It would have been better if the lieutenant general hadn't said anything; Lin Feng felt even worse after he did.

Lin Feng raised an eyebrow and retorted, "So the virtual battlefield environment that I painstakingly built half a century ago has become a stage for you to perform for the public? The Space Force has become nothing more than empty shells? Is this deception or protection? Do you lack confidence in yourselves? If you have confidence, why would you engage in such operations?"

Noticing the barely concealed anger in the eyes of the high-ranking officers of the Space Force present, Lin Feng not only did not stop talking, but continued to question them.

"And then there's the 'based on existing intelligence speculation' argument. How much do you think you know about Trisolaran technology? Antimatter, sophons, one-tenth the speed of light? What else do you know? Trisolaris is a civilization, a civilization with a complete technology tree, and they only possess three technologies that surpass humanity's?"

"Will the weapon range be longer? Will it fire directly outside the detection range of human radar? Can our radar detect the enemy fleet? What if the enemy warships use radar-absorbing armor to absorb electromagnetic waves? In that case, the fleet's radar would be blind."

As Lin Feng rebuked them, some of the high-ranking officers in the Space Force shifted their initial anger to thoughtful contemplation.

Lin Feng's words were not without merit; it was common knowledge that the Trisolaran civilization's technology was superior to that of humans.

In other words, the Trisolaran civilization could not possibly only possess three technologies that surpass humanity: antimatter, sophons, and one-tenth the speed of light. The Trisolaran fleet also possesses many advanced technologies that humanity has yet to master.

The examples Lin Feng cited were not technically advanced; they could even be considered extensions of human technology. But even such extensions were enough to plunge the human fleet into a bitter struggle.