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

Even a serious person like Wade couldn't help but smile after hearing the good news.

He had waited for this moment for too long, and now, it was finally coming true.

"Immediately pass this message to the Earth Union and tell them that in a year we will build mankind's first light-speed spaceship. I will name it - Star Ring!"

"Yes!"

As the subordinates left, this message was pushed to the top management of the Ground Union in the most urgent manner.

For a moment, the entire Earth Federation was shocked.

Although the development of the curvature engine was a natural thing, a group of officials from the Ground Union had known about it a long time ago.

But when they actually got the project proposal for Ring Star, they were still very excited.

"StarRing Group has made outstanding contributions to the development of human science and technology. This is a great achievement that deserves to be recorded in history."

Byron, the 63rd Minister of Science of the Confederation of Earth Sciences, stood up and said that he was one of the few Confederation of Earth Sciences officials who never participated in the dispute between the two parties. He was a fanatical fan of Dr. Ding Yi and had always wanted to become a madman like Ding Yi who could devote everything to physics.

"I propose that the Earth Union should invest all its resources to advance the construction of the Star Ring."

As soon as Byron finished speaking, both the dove and hawk representatives raised their hands in agreement.

This is one of the few times since the establishment of the Local Federation that the two major parties have agreed on something. The last time... forget it, I won't let someone be whipped again.

With the technological support of the Earth Union, the construction of the Star Ring was about half a year faster than the planned completion date.

In just three months, humanity's first light-speed spacecraft, Halo, made its debut.

The early completion of the Star Ring brought the Star Ring Group great glory for a time. Almost all news media in the world were reporting everything about the Star Ring Group, even the news that Luo Congmin was about to run for the Swordholder was overshadowed by it.

Various marketing accounts have even praised Ring Star to the sky, saying that it is the most revolutionary spacecraft in human history and a new benchmark for human technological progress.

At least that was the case until the false alarm incident broke out.

On the first day of the Ring Star's completed test flight, everyone was stunned as they watched the curvature spacecraft disappear from people's sight in the blink of an eye at the speed of light.

It was not the extremely fast speed of the Ring Star that shocked people, but the fact that under the effect of the curvature engine, a long white tail was left in the space where the Ring Star passed.

It's just like an oil stain splashed on white clothes, it's so eye-catching.

At that moment, everyone finally understood.

No wonder the Trisolaran fleet did not dare to accelerate to its maximum speed directly in its home galaxy when it arrived on Earth. That's because they knew long ago that doing so would be no different from broadcasting their own position coordinates.

Human beings used to be a child holding a torch, but since he understood the law of the dark forest, this child holding the torch quickly extinguished the torch in his hand, and did not even dare to emit the slightest spark.

At the beginning of the Deterrence Era, many people did not even dare to use electronic communication equipment. Although they knew it was useless, humans still huddled together in fear in the dark forest.

And now, the curvature-drive spacecraft has reignited the fire, which almost instantly stimulated the already fragile hearts of mankind.

Soon, the discovery was sent out by the observatory at an alert level.

The ground-based defense system mistook this message for an alarm about a leaked broadcast location, which instantly drove the entire human society crazy.

The spacecraft parking area was thrown into chaos in an instant.

Even in today's Earth-connected era, only a small number of wealthy people can afford spaceships, so at this critical moment of life and death, conflicts are inevitable.

"Ignite, ignite, and leave the earth!"

"Damn it, there are only three seats on the spaceship, and one of the two children must stay!"

"Shoot quickly, those civilians have discovered us, kill them quickly!"

Gunshots rang out.

In order to prevent civilians from seizing the spacecraft, some people used the spacecraft's built-in machine guns to indiscriminately fire at the crowd below.

Some people abandon their children on the spot in order to save the next spot.

In order to escape, some people started the engines of their spaceships directly in the crowd. In an instant, thousands of people were burned to ashes in the little blue sun.

Seeing that there was no hope of escape, some civilians began their own counterattack.

Various kinetic weapons and laser weapons emerged one after another, bombarding the spacecraft that had not yet taken off.

"Since I can't survive, you can't either!"

……

This false alarm lasted for about an hour and a half and ended with nearly 50 million innocent people being shot and killed.

Afterwards, the Local Federation liquidated criminals, including 3142 Local Federation officials, in order to quell the public's anger.

Chapter 186 Polarization

After the false alarm incident, the attitudes of the top leaders of the Earth Union towards the construction of curvature spacecraft suddenly became polarized.

Scientists led by Byron insisted on building the curvature spacecraft. After all, the significance of light-speed spacecraft is revolutionary to the entire human civilization.

However, the civil service groups, led by doves and hawks, strongly opposed it.

The two sides argued about this issue dozens of times, almost to the point of beating their brains into pieces.

"The development of human civilization relies on curiosity about new things. The curvature spacecraft does put humans at risk, but this level of risk is within our acceptable range."

Minister of Science Byron slammed the table and shouted. His voice resounded throughout the entire GeoConfederation conference hall, causing a collective resonance among the scientists present.

“Humans have never been afraid of the future, because they know that standing still will lead to the destruction of the entire civilization!”

But as soon as Byron finished speaking, someone from the civil service group stood up to refute him.

"Mr. Byron, you are going against humanity!"

"The Dark Forest Law is already a truth recognized by human civilization and Trisolaran civilization. The development of the curvature spacecraft will definitely expose the coordinates of the Earth and Trisolaran civilization's mother galaxy. You want to kill everyone. We absolutely do not agree!"

"Yes, we absolutely disagree!" The other political and civil servants also echoed.

"We must not agree to the proposal of this group of lunatics who only care about science and nothing else. They are willing to sacrifice all of us for the so-called science!"

Listening to the increasing number of voices of opposition in the meeting hall, Byron couldn't help but reveal a hint of sneer on his face.

"We are crazy? Then what are you? You are just a bunch of frogs in a well clinging to the pitiful power in your hands. Do you really think that I only know how to do scientific research and don't understand politics? I have seen through your little tricks a long time ago. You just want to win more votes for yourself in the next general election!"

The handover ceremony of the sword-bearer has been scheduled for one year later, when Luo Congmin will step down as president and serve as the second-generation sword-bearer.

At the same time, the political landscape of the Federation of Local Authorities will also undergo an unprecedented reshuffle.

By then, some officials of the local federation will also re-conduct voter voting.

Now, the false alarm incident has made the grassroots people very dissatisfied with the proposal to build curvature spacecraft. Recently, there have even been large numbers of people protesting on the streets against the Star Ring Corporation.

To describe the current situation in one sentence, as long as you stand up and propose to cancel the development of the curvature spacecraft, you will definitely be worshipped as a god by the grassroots people and be called a good official who speaks for the people.

Therefore, except for the scientists in the Ministry of Science who never need the recognition of the grassroots masses, most of the political elites need to consolidate their political position by opposing the development of curvature spacecraft.

Even though they know that developing curvature spacecraft will benefit all mankind, they have to consider their political careers under the influence of public opinion at the grassroots level.

Seeing that the two sides were arguing fiercely and seemed to be about to fight, Luo Congmin, who was sitting in the first seat, finally couldn't bear it anymore.

"Okay, let's put this proposal on hold for now. The development of the curvature spacecraft will continue as planned."

"Your Excellency, President!"

When all the committee members heard what Luo Congmin said, they were all shocked!

Although Luo Congmin did not explicitly express her support for Byron's proposal, her attitude was already clear. The research and development of the curvature spacecraft will continue, at least until she leaves office as president next year.

As for how the next president will make his decision, that will depend on subsequent developments.

After the meeting, Luo Congmin declined all subsequent trips and booked a flight back to Beijing to meet someone she hadn't seen for almost half a year.

"Mom, I'm going home tonight, remember to make me a meal."

Chapter 187 Zhuang Yan

Since Luo Congmin took office as president, Zhuang Yan has rarely been seen.

Every time, only at the end of the month, could the three of them meet briefly in the cramped basement of the deterrence center.

When Zhuang Yan married Luo Ji, Luo Ji was still a wall-facer, but now, her daughter has become the president of the Earth Federation and her husband has become the sword-wielder.

If we were to say who is the most miserable person in this family, it would be Zhuang Yan.

When Lin Xuan was still there, she once asked Zhuang Yan if she needed a local liaison job, but Zhuang Yan refused.

She was originally from the PDC staff, and although she had only carried out one mission in the PDC, entering politics was still not what she wanted most.

After the Deterrence Era, Zhuang Yan also received the immortality potion and was briefly hailed as the savior of mankind by the masses.

After all, without her determination back then, there would be no Luo Ji today.

Zhuang Yan was the fuse for the establishment of deterrence. 98% of Luo Ji's awakening was related to Zhuang Yan's departure, and the remaining 2% was due to Lin Xuan's kick.

Even after becoming the Sword Bearer, Luo Ji once expressed this publicly.

"I don't owe humanity anything. I have fulfilled my duties as the Wallfacer, and I will continue to serve as the Swordbearer only to fulfill my duty as a husband and father to protect my wife and daughter."

When the top leaders of the Earth Federation learned about this, they were so scared that they quickly persuaded Zhuang Yan to become an immortal as well, and used the highest level of guarding capabilities to ensure Zhuang Yan's personal safety.

With Zhuang Yan's entire home as the center, there are even two frigates on standby in the synchronous orbit at any time. Once someone attempts to attack Zhuang Yan, the main guns of the two frigates will definitely destroy the opponent into a molecular state at all costs.

It is protection and also surveillance. Over the past few decades, no matter where Zhuang Yan went, there would be ground control agents following him. Over time, Zhuang Yan no longer liked to go out.

"Eat slowly!"

Zhuang Yan took off her apron and put it aside, then took the last dish from the smart dining cart nearby and placed it on the table.

Nowadays, the job of cooking has been completely replaced by machines, but the profession of chef has not disappeared.

The emergence of intelligent robots generally impacts the backbone of an industry, with minimal impact on the top and bottom of the industry.

The cooking skills of top chefs are difficult to be imitated by machines, and low-level restaurant chefs are much cheaper than robots. Such cheap labor naturally cannot be replaced by expensive robots.

This is true not only for the chef industry, but for all industries as well.

It is hard to imagine that in this era when power armor is highly popular, there are still 150 construction workers who are paid daily.

The only difference is that compared to those who used to carry bricks with their bare hands, they now have more advanced prosthetic robotic arms that can carry objects hundreds of times heavier than before.

But in essence, they are still doing manual labor on construction sites.

Luo Congmin's chopsticks were so full of food that afterimages were left. The dishes on the table were left with only soup before Zhuang Yan could even move his chopsticks.

After eating three bowls of rice in one breath, she stood up, took down the water bucket from the water dispenser next to her, and started drinking it.

Looking at the way Luo Congmin ate, Zhuang Yan couldn't help but feel ashamed.

Who did this girl learn to eat like this?

Could it be that guy Lin Xuan?

After eating and drinking, Luo Congmin waved her hand to call for the sofa and sat on it. The sofa immediately adapted to her body curves and became a shape suitable for her.

"You seem to be worried."

Zhuang Yan put the dishes on the table into the dishwasher while looking at Luo Congmin who was lying on his back.

"Ah."

"Is it related to your father?"

"It is."

"That's what the Earth Union is doing... Let me guess, it's about the development of the curvature spacecraft."

After Zhuang Yan packed up her things, she sat next to Luo Congmin.

After not seeing my daughter for a few years,...well, there hasn't been much change.

The effect of the immortality potion was so strong that even after almost three centuries, Luo Congmin's age was still locked at 23.

Of course, Zhuang Yan’s appearance is the same.

Even because of the way she was dressed, Zhuang Yan looked even younger than Luo Congmin.

"The research and development of curvature spacecraft has encountered unprecedented obstacles. If we want to ensure that this technology will not be discontinued, we must have someone of sufficient weight to continue to support the research and development of curvature spacecraft."

Luo Congmin said this, rubbing his head.

"But looking at the current situation of the entire Earth Alliance, the person who can stand up can only be me, and only me."

"Then do it. Since you have made up your mind, just do it." Zhuang Yan said.