Let you be the wall-facer: you turn around and join the Three-Body Problem?

Chapter 152: The Wallfacer's Final Duty

After this incident, people also realized how dangerous it is to build too many gravitational wave transmitters.

If Lin Xuan had not planned ahead and predicted the actions of the Son of Earth, it is very likely that both humans and the Three-Body World would have suffered a devastating blow.

In response, the Geophysical Union urgently halted the construction of all remaining gravitational wave launchers that were still under construction, and dismantled the dozens of original launch devices, leaving only the last four.

In addition to the one on Gravity, one more was left as a backup on each of the three continents.

This time, there was no mass opposition to the resolution, and people just felt a lingering fear.

At the same time, they were also curious about how Lin Xuan could judge the development of things so accurately. It seemed that Lin Xuan could always guess what would happen in the future one step ahead of them, which was simply incredible.

However, the top executives of the Earth Union did not take this seriously. They knew that the control of a dispatching station in the third phase of the Super Dream Database was in Lin Xuan's brain, which meant that he could freely allocate the brain computing power of all mankind. God only knew how terrifying the brain computing power of billions of people could be. Maybe it could really predict the future.

The incident of the Son of Earth can be regarded as a wake-up call to both the Trisolarans and the people of Earth. In peacetime, the harm caused by extremists is even more destructive than the traitors who defected to the Trisolarans, so the Earth Union also began to consciously take the initiative to be friendly with the Trisolarans.

The most obvious manifestation is that their attitude towards the Human League has undergone a subtle change.

Before the Doomsday War, Zhang Beihai, Chang Weisi and others were the shame of mankind. After the Doomsday War, they became far-sighted heroes of mankind, preserving the spark of hope for mankind. But after the Deterrence Era, people's evaluation of them is more like two words - abandoned pawns.

That’s right, they did not condemn the other party’s escape. After all, it was an indispensable part of Lin Xuan’s plan, but they also felt that this group of people was quite pitiful, and the navigator was a victim abandoned by Lin Xuan.

In their eyes, Zhang Beihai, Chang Weisi and others were baits released by Lin Xuan to attract the three water droplets. They would never have the chance to return and were destined to become ghost ships drifting in space.

After all, no matter how you look at this matter, people who don't know the inside story will think that Lin Xuan abandoned them and brought down three water drops at the cost of their one hundred star-class battleships.

Therefore, the discussion about whether Lin Xuan's actions were in line with humanitarianism began to gradually arise, and the behavior of Sword Master Luo Ji who destroyed the star during his previous curse experiment was also strongly condemned.

Of course, everyone can only talk about it. After all, now all human beings, the Sword Bearer, the President and the Observer, are from the same family. Although their behavior can be criticized, there is definitely no fool who would really want to send one of these three people to a military court.

Luo Congmin had actually thought about resigning from the presidency and taking a break for a while. After all, compared to Lin Xuan's leisure and his father's power, he, the president of the Local Federation, was the only one who was truly working.

Luo Congmin always exceeds her daily workload, and almost all daily affairs, big and small, need to go through her hands to formulate response policies.

"President, we are running out of food."

"Then we should increase subsidies for farmers, ask the Academy of Agricultural Sciences to increase research on mass-produced food, and ask the Propaganda Department to help me spread the policy so that every household can grow some crops."

"Mr. President, programmers have launched a general strike movement to demand the protection of their basic rights."

"So, revise the commercial law and impose heavy penalties on a few companies to serve as a warning to others. Go ahead, don't I remember that there were a few corrupt companies that were never dealt with? Let them pay the state, or else expose them and impose heavy penalties. Once these big companies pay, the small companies will follow suit."

"President, there have been several serious cases in the country recently. Look..."

"Investigate thoroughly and find out who is behind the scenes. If you can't do anything about it, just mark it down and let them pay the money they should pay to replenish the treasury. If you can do something about it, don't rush to kill them. Give them a promotion in the next two months. Killing high-ranking officials will have an impact on the lower levels. Killing a few small shrimps is useless. Instead, it will cause public opinion below to start a conspiracy again."

Luo Congmin is more politically sensitive than ordinary people. If Lin Xuan is the wall-facer who can always turn the tide in critical moments, then Luo Congmin is the person who can best stabilize the overall situation during peacetime.

But Luo Congmin does not have the final say over the Local Federation. Sometimes, even if she gives the most correct solution, the lower levels will still pretend to obey her but actually go against her will and cause trouble for her.

For example, Luo Congmin once discovered that many middle and lower-level officials were in seconded positions, and their workload was not saturated, and it was often the case that a group of people would do a small task.

In order to solve this problem, she ordered all departments to streamline the number of public officials and keep everything simple. Once redundant positions are found, they will be punished accordingly.

Guess what, every policy has its own countermeasure.

After Luo Congmin issued this decree, the lower-level departments immediately set up a streamlining department, held a meeting to discuss and learn the spirit of the meeting, and formed relevant study groups to deal with the streamlining phenomenon within the department.

After going through the whole process, the number of public officials increased instead of decreased. Luo Congmin was so angry that he almost overturned the table. He cursed these old foxes from the PDC era, saying that each of them was more cunning than the other and always liked to bring their old practices into the officialdom of the Local Federation.

Later, Luo Congmin was so angry that she prepared to resign and run away. She first interviewed a teacher at her alma mater and submitted her resume.

Although Luo Congmin lived two centuries ago, he was still more than qualified to teach at a university.

As a result, her resume was rejected in the first round of blind review.

When Luo Congmin saw the reason for rejection in the blind review, he almost laughed out of anger.

"Sorry, Interviewee No. 8423, since big data detected that you have no record of promotion in the past five years, we have determined that your personal potential is low. Please continue to work hard."

Luo Congmin: ???

She was speechless. How could she get promoted in her current position?

If you get promoted again, you can only be a sword wielder.

In fact, she had also thought about whether she should become the second-generation Sword-Bearer in the future. However, Luo Ji said, if you dare to be the Sword-Bearer, I will immediately hand over the detonation switch to the Trisolarans.

She naturally knew that her father was joking. After all, Luo Ji was the only one who understood the danger and loneliness of being a swordsman, and he didn't want his daughter to become like him.

Over the past two centuries, Luo Ji went from being a dandy young man to being forced to become a wall-facer, then being forced to save humanity, and finally becoming a sword-wielder.

He was already feeling a little bored.

What supports Luo Ji now is only his limited sense of responsibility towards humanity and his concern for his family.

Just like Zhao Kaiming back then, he no longer lives for others. Luo Ji doesn't care whether mankind is destroyed or not. What he is doing now is just to fulfill his final duty as a wallfacer.

Chapter 153 Miss Tomoko

Year 8 of the Deterrence Era, 2223 AD.

The second generation of Sophon successfully arrived on Earth yesterday, causing quite a stir.

Major news media rushed to follow the report, and people flocked to the streets, wanting to see what this monster that had threatened humanity for centuries looked like.

In desperation, the Local Federation had to dispatch a large number of city defense forces to maintain order at the scene to prevent stampedes caused by the crowds.

At the same time, this news was reported to all staff and operations departments as a level one alert, so that they could be prepared to fight at any time.

After all, the visitors are Trisolarans, and any accidents may happen. Even if there is a deterrent now, everyone must make adequate emergency plans.

"Have Mr. Lin Xuan and Mr. Luo Ji been notified?" the Chief of Staff asked the adjutant beside him.

"I've already informed you that the sword bearer is in place, and we've reinforced the defense of the deterrence center. As for Mr. Lin Xuan, he has expressed no interest in getting involved in this matter."

"Not interested in?"

The Chief of Staff was stunned when he heard this. As the Sword Bearer, it was understandable that Luo Ji could not be present in person to participate, but what did Lin Xuan mean?

Is he planning to outright reject diplomacy with the Trisolarans?

However, no one could speculate on the other party's thoughts. Since Lin Xuan was unwilling to go, no one could force him to meet Tomoko.

Lin Xuan had his own reasons for not participating in this meeting, because he always felt that something was not right.

But I can’t really say what it is exactly.

The second generation Tomoko also appeared in the original plot. She was a gentle woman with an island-like appearance. Every time she met her, she would unconsciously relax her guard because of her friendliness. To sum it up in one sentence, this Tomoko was completely grown up in line with the aesthetic of all mankind.

She is not just beautiful. If Liu Chang wants to look good, he can clone a large number of wives of different styles, even the ones whose personalities can be customized.

But Chieko is different. The first impression it gives people can be described in just two words - harmless.

You don't feel any threat from Tomoko, and being around her makes you feel extremely safe.

Putting aside her identity as a Trisolaran artifact, the image of the second-generation Sophon is definitely the most pleasing artificial intelligence for all of humanity.

Sure enough, just as Lin Xuan guessed, when people saw Chieko's true appearance for the first time, they were shocked by her beautiful appearance.

Tomoko was wearing a blue kimono with a smile in her eyes. She tied her hair behind her head, revealing her delicate facial features. The loose kimono did not cover her figure, but instead highlighted her graceful figure.

Under the protection of a group of soldiers from the city defense force, Tomoko came close to the crowd. A faint smile appeared on her face, and then she bowed deeply to everyone present.

"Everyone, I'm Tomoko. It's an honor to meet you all here. If there's anything I can do to help you, please let me know."

There was an immediate commotion among the crowd.

"Is this Tomoko? She looks much prettier than I imagined."

"The Trisolarans understand human aesthetics. I love this look. It's exactly my ideal type."

"Brother, you are quite awesome. You even spared no robots. Are you Mr. Krabs?"

"What's wrong with robots? Don't you still like paper people? By the way, what can Tomoko do..."

"Of course you can, bro. Do you want to use the USB port or the TYP-C port?"

"I belong to Ms. Tomoko..."

In a short period of time, the news of Tomoko's arrival attracted the attention of all mankind. People were quite fond of this thing made by the Trisolarans. If Tomoko wanted to enter the entertainment industry, she would probably be able to make her debut today.

Sophon looked at the cheering crowd and expressed her gratitude repeatedly. Suddenly, people's fear of Sophon and the Trisolarans disappeared. They began to gradually indulge in the beauty of the moment and began to look forward to a peaceful life in the future between the Trisolarans and humans.

"Thank you, everyone. I didn't expect that everyone would be so enthusiastic. It seems that we were wrong before. Human beings are a great race. We should have established diplomatic relations with you earlier." Tomoko's face cooperated and showed a trace of regret. It seemed that they were also regretting whether the previous war against humans pushed a civilization that could have communicated well to the enemy.

But she changed the subject now.

"But it doesn't matter. I believe that through continuous communication, we can break the law of the dark forest and let the sun shine into this dark forest again."

Sophon's words also hit the heart of many people present. Since the Crisis Era, the war between humans and the Trisolarans has lasted for two or three centuries, during which countless people have died.

If the war could end earlier and the two civilizations could communicate earlier, perhaps the Dark Forest Law would not have occurred.

Just as everyone was sighing, Tomoko spoke again.

"Everyone, I came here this time with gifts for everyone."

As Tomoko spoke, she gently waved her hand, and the brain network of all mankind immediately received a letter from an unknown source.

After Lin Xuan's Super Dream Project entered the third stage, all mankind finally realized the operation of brain surfing the Internet.

Traditional communication devices such as mobile phones and laptops are gradually being replaced by brain networking. Nowadays, if you want to complete a call, you only need to dial the other party’s ID number in your brain.

There was a transition in between. Identity chips existed as early as 200 years after the Crisis Era. Their main purpose was to determine personal identity information, which was equivalent to a multi-functional electronic ID card.

Brain networking technology is also an upgraded technology based on identity chips, which can realize the operation of a series of traditional devices such as communication, video, class, and games.

Of course, the most important point is that there is no lag when playing games, and the picture quality is far better than that of many graphics cards.

In the future, when you play FPS games and get killed because of your poor performance, you can no longer make excuses saying that your network is slow. After all, the processing of data and images is compensated by the brain network inside the brain. If your network is slow, it only means that your brain is really not good and you need to draw on the brain computing power of other people to complete the operation.

And Sophon sent a letter to all human brains through the brain network.

After Lin Xuan, who was at the dispatch station, checked the incoming information and found that there was no danger, she allowed it to pass.

What Sophon shared with humanity was a short fable.

It tells the story of an apprentice who learned craftsmanship from an old carpenter in ancient times.

The apprentice was the old carpenter's only disciple. He learned very quickly and acquired a lot of skills from the carpenter. In just a few years, his skills were already on par with the old carpenter.

So the old carpenter let the apprentice figure it out on his own to see if he could make progress, or even surpass himself in technique.

But the apprentice had been following the old carpenter from the very beginning of learning the skills. Without the old carpenter's guidance, his growth soon reached a bottleneck and his skills did not improve at all.

The apprentice hoped that the old carpenter could teach him something, but the old carpenter said that he had already taught him everything he could and had nothing to hide.

The apprentice didn't believe it and kept pestering the old carpenter. The old carpenter had no choice but to tell the apprentice that he would teach him some of his best skills and that he should learn them well.

The apprentice was very happy to hear this. He nodded repeatedly and said that he would study hard and finish the course.

At the beginning, the apprentice learned the knowledge given by the old carpenter as usual, but as time went on, the apprentice found that what the old carpenter taught him was full of loopholes, and some parts even went against the basics.

Even many of the key nodes of this technology cannot be justified if you think about it carefully.

So the apprentice stopped learning the knowledge taught by the old carpenter and turned to study the technology on his own.

Finally, his skills surpassed the old carpenter, and the apprentice eventually became a better carpenter than the old carpenter.

This fable is short and the moral is clear.

But because it was announced by Sophon, humans are particularly concerned about it and have begun to interpret whether there is any deeper meaning in this story.

Especially when human society learned that this fable was made up by the Trisolarans who had learned human culture in the Trisolaran world, they were shocked!

"The Trisolarans admire human culture and art very much. In our world, human art works have received a good response from the masses. We like your culture very much and are trying to learn and imitate it. In this regard, humans are our teachers."

Chieko's words immediately caused an uproar in human society.

Everyone was pleased that human culture and art could be appreciated by the Trisolarans. A small number of people thought of cultural exports, and everyone thought it was a great thing.

Whether for the Three-Body World or for human society, being able to understand each other's culture and art and imitate it will lay the foundation for subsequent exchanges between the two civilizations.

However, the Trisolarans did not announce the existence of Yun Tianming. It is not known whether they were concerned about his current identity as governor or had other plans.

At the same time, different versions of the interpretation of Sophon's fable have been published, and the mainstream thinking has two answers.

First, the Trisolarans told humans that it is better to have no books than to believe blindly in them. Even if the Trisolarans transmitted relevant technologies to humans, humans should continue to pursue self-exploration so that both civilizations can progress at the same time.

Second, the Trisolarans claim to be the mentors of humanity, and humans are the cultural mentors of the Trisolarans. They hope to exchange human humanities and arts for Trisolaran technology. If this is true, it is definitely a very cost-effective deal.

When Lin Xuan heard Luo Congmin tell Lin Xuan the two interpretations speculated by everyone, Lin Xuan snorted coldly.