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

This is why we cannot observe light from 144 billion light-years away. Theoretically, their expansion speed is higher than the speed of light, so the light cannot reach the earth, but in reality this is not the case.

This is a bit off topic. To put it simply, humans' previous understanding of the universe was nothing more than their own subjective judgment. In fact, the expansion speed of the universe does not exceed the speed of light.

The reason why it can theoretically exceed the speed of light is simply because you, as the observer, and the observed object are flying in two opposite directions.

Just like you are standing on a bus and watching the cars on the other side of the road speeding away, can you say that your bus is traveling at 300 kilometers per hour?

Are you flying a plane?

Therefore, when humans have mastered the technology to travel at the speed of light, they can take some different approaches to the study of certain energies.

Especially in the research and development of vacuum zero-point energy, if we can observe and capture its energy in an environment where relative time is zero, we may discover something different.

In essence, there is no conflict between vacuum energy and curvature drive technology. One is a way of energy supply and the other is a way of flying. The relationship between the two is the same as that between engines and fuel.

It’s just that Geolink is relatively poor and cannot simultaneously conduct research on both projects, so we have to make some trade-offs.

If you really have money, of course you want to grab it with both hands and make both hands strong.

After all, the speed of light is the limit. The next step after the curvature engine is jump technology, which is theoretically the only technology that can allow a spacecraft to travel at superluminal speed.

After much haggling between the two women, they finally agreed on the investment project. The Star Ring Group suffered a slight disadvantage because, after all, they were cooperating with a government department, and if they didn't give up some profits, they wouldn't be able to do business.

Besides, Wade doesn't really care about that little money. At most he can just deduct it from Ai AA's salary.

After discussing the serious business, it was time for the two of them to have a private chat.

Ai AA looked Cheng Xin up and down in surprise. The latter felt a little uncomfortable being stared at and turned her body slightly.

"Cheng Xin, do you have a boyfriend?"

Ai AA said something shocking, and right at the beginning he asked a question that stunned Cheng Xin on the spot.

"I?"

Cheng Xin didn't know how to answer for a moment.

If you say there is no such person, Chieko told me clearly that Lin Xuan is my lover, but if you say there is such a person, there is no such person in my memory at all.

"I can't remember."

"Can't remember?"

Ai AA was stunned for a moment, then reacted in shock.

"You mean you were given an amnestic?"

"Yes."

Cheng Xin nodded slightly, and then briefly recounted her experience to Ai AA.

However, she concealed the part about her contact with Tomoko. After all, others did not know her identity. Tomoko was the representative of the Trisolarans after all. As one of the officials of the Earth Union, she would be investigated if she had secret contact with Tomoko.

"I see. It seems you are someone with a story." Ai AA revealed her lively side. She only looked like a little girl when she was not working.

"how about you?"

Cheng Xin asked this question for some unknown reason.

"Me? I don't have a boyfriend, but I had a few girlfriends before. Uh... don't be surprised, it's just what you think." A playful smile appeared on Ai AA's face.

"I want to ask if you have a boyfriend. If not, I can..."

"I have!"

Cheng Xin wiped the cold sweat from her forehead and said quickly.

Don’t worry about whether Lin Xuan is really related to you or not. Just get through this hurdle first and talk about the future later.

Her sexual orientation is very normal, there is absolutely no way she could be turned into a lesbian!

"Oh, that's how it is……"

Ai AA was suddenly a little disappointed.

Seeing her like this, Cheng Xin couldn't help but feel relieved.

This is too scary. It turns out that people in the Deterrence Era are not normal.

She said this, just about to take a sip of coffee to calm her shock.

But Ai AA's next sentence was once again shocking.

"It doesn't matter. It's okay if you have a boyfriend. I can marry him with you."

"puff!"

Cheng Xin spat out the coffee in her mouth.

At the same time, Lin Xuan, who was playing chess with Tomoko, was confused when he heard the system prompt sound in his mind.

"Shock value from Cheng Xin +99."

"Shock value from Ai AA +99."

He couldn't help but frown. For some reason, a very bad premonition came to his mind.

"These two women...are they planning something big again?"

However, Lin Xuan quickly shook her head and put the idea behind her.

In order to deal with Cheng Xin, he has already laid enough deadly moves. Even if he is trapped here now, those back-up plans will prevent Cheng Xin from becoming the Sword Holder. Generally speaking, as long as Cheng Xin does not serve as the Sword Holder, there will be no big problem.

Chapter 181 I Want to Run for the Sword Holder

The 82th year of the Deterrence Era, 2297 AD.

The cooperation between StarRing Group and Geo-Union is going quite smoothly. Under the leadership of Cheng Xin and Ai AA, the research and development of curvature drive technology has been listed as one of Geo-Union's important scientific research projects.

Luo Congmin did not let this wave of benefits flow into the fields of outsiders. The people in charge of this project were Bi Yunfeng and Cao Bin.

The two had previously been working on the Solar Accelerator project, laying the foundation for the early stages of the Halo Project.

However, they will not be needed for the construction of the later ring belt for the time being. This kind of giant space project should be done by Wang Miao.

Therefore, Bi Yunfeng and Cao Bin were arranged to go to Wade to help.

If Lin Xuan were here, she would definitely joke that things have changed.

In the original plot, after Star Ring Company was taken over by Wade, Cao Bin and Bi Yunfeng were Wade's deputies. But now they have suddenly become Wade's client, which is really interesting.

Of course, because Cheng Xin successfully negotiated this project, she was directly recommended to the Ministry of Science and Technology, the superior department of the Investment Department. The speed of her promotion was simply like climbing to heaven overnight.

If I say that there was no interference from Chieko, I guess no one would believe it.

In the first month of Cheng Xin's tenure, 13 local officials who had opposed her promotion met with an accident and were assassinated by Chieko.

But no one connected this matter with Chieko, and just thought that there was an important backer standing behind Cheng Xin.

So they began to ask around about who was behind Cheng Xin.

It would have been fine if they hadn't asked, but once they did, everyone was shocked.

Cheng Xin is actually related to Lin Xuan!

This answer was unexpected to everyone.

But if you think about it this way, everything seems to make sense.

After all, Cheng Xin is so beautiful, but she has always remained single, which makes it difficult for many people in the Weiwei Era to understand.

In the minds of the people of the Deterrence Era, even hibernators should have had at least one or two lovers within a few years of integrating into this new world.

And when they found out that the person behind Cheng Xin was Lin Xuan, they seemed to finally understand why Cheng Xin never mentioned the topic of her lover.

However, they may not have thought that the reason why Cheng Xin never talked about this topic was because she didn't want to fall in love at all.

For some reason, whenever love was mentioned, Cheng Xin always felt like there was a thorn in her heart that was always poking her, making her feel very painful.

She guessed that this should be related to her deleted memory, but now that memory has been completely destroyed and cannot even be found in the Mewtwo database.

She also had no way of knowing what she had hidden in her memory.

……

New York: Land Union Building.

It is rare today that one-third of the local federation members attended the meeting.

During ordinary meetings, only a handful of these committee members would be present, because everyone knew that all matters could be decided with the presence of only a few key figures, and the rest were just supporting roles.

And the fact that so many people suddenly came today was obviously a bit unusual.

The meeting started soon. However, before President Luo Congmin could speak, the chairman of the local federation committee spoke first.

"We are all gathered here today, and we have all taken time out of our busy schedules to hold this meeting. So there is no need to waste everyone's time. Let's get straight to the topic of this meeting."

"I hope to establish a complete set of laws for the Sword-Bearer system and clarify the order of succession for the Sword-Bearer."

After these words were spoken, Luo Congmin, who was sitting on the stage, couldn't help but frown slightly.

Sure enough, as she had expected, someone had set his sights on her father. Lin Xuan had told her long ago that Luo Ji could not be the Sword Holder for life, even if he was willing, humans would not agree.

And now, Lin Xuan's words have come true, and someone has actually begun planning the succession of the next Sword Holder.

Moreover, judging from the expressions of surprise among the committee members in the meeting hall, only a few of them had already discussed it among themselves in private. There should be quite a few supporters of the chairman's proposal.

In fact, Luo Congmin was not too surprised that the Chairman would suddenly make this proposal today.

Because she could clearly feel that in recent years someone had been constantly diluting the deterrent image her father had established in people's minds, making the identity of the Swordsman dispensable.

The first thing they attacked was the teaching materials, but they were quickly stopped by Luo Congmin.

Then they set their target group on the younger generation.

The young generation is the easiest group to be instigated and deceived. It is easy to brainwash them by just doing a little bit of manipulation on the things they are interested in and using thought stamping technology.

This kind of means coming from the dark is the most difficult to guard against, especially when one does not know who the enemy is. Luo Congmin's work of cleaning up the internal affairs of the Ground Alliance becomes extremely difficult, and he has the illusion that the whole world is his enemy.

The enemy does not only come from outside, but also from within humanity itself.

Those who pushed for this proposal included the Trisolarans, doves, hawks, and some ambitious people who attempted to succeed the Sword-Bearer.

But the only one who opposed this proposal was Luo Congmin.

He doesn't have Lin Xuan's shrewdness or Luo Ji's foresight.

Luo Congmin, who has the status of president, has become the most ordinary one. In terms of ordinary people's wisdom, she has done well enough, but if she wants to completely suppress the various forces, Luo Congmin's ability is still beyond her ability.

With a long sigh, Luo Congmin looked at the chairman in the audience with a bitter smile on his face.

"How long have you been preparing for this day?"

The chairman looked directly into Luo Congmin's eyes, and behind him, there were hundreds of millions of eyes staring at Luo Congmin.

They are the entire human civilization.

They represented the name of humanity, as if they were going to hold a trial against Luo Congmin, the president who had been in power for two centuries.

As if sensing that something was wrong with the atmosphere, Diaz slowly walked in from the door holding a Gauss rifle.

Behind him was a row of clone troops wearing power armor. As soon as they entered the venue, they semi-surrounded Luo Congmin and protected him behind them.

The two sides looked at each other across a table.

"enough."

Seeing that the atmosphere was becoming increasingly tense, Luo Congmin patted Diaz's shoulder, which was protecting her like a high wall, and motioned for him to move aside a little.

When Luo Congmin looked into the eyes of the local federation members in the meeting hall again, a great sadness suddenly swept over her heart.

The day finally arrived.

If it had happened 50 years ago, no one would have dared to even mention opposing Luo Ji.

But now, it seems that except Luo Congmin and other people from Lin Xuan's faction, almost no one supports the resolution to continue to let Luo Ji serve as the Sword Bearer.

As for why no one opposed Lin Xuan?

Because Lin Xuan and the others couldn’t beat them.

Such is human nature.

Is Luo Ji good to humans?

well.