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

"boom!"

Although the energy weapons carried by the drones were far less powerful than conventional electromagnetic weapons, they were superior in number. A round of concentrated fire directly created a dazzling fireball in the distance.

If the opponent was a normal human, he would probably be dead without leaving any trace after this round of shooting.

But I’m afraid the other party is not human!

"Buzz!"

Diaz only heard a buzzing sound, and he quickly looked up into the distance, only to see that the exploding flame was actually split in two by the opponent.

The flames seemed to be split in half by something, and the figure stood in the center, staring coldly at Diaz and the others.

It was a woman wearing a black windbreaker, holding a metal rod about half the width of her palm in her hand. Countless air currents extended outward from the metal rod, forming the shape of a katana.

She had a typical Asian face, but her expression was extremely cold, without the slightest emotion fluctuation. She didn't seem surprised by the trap designed by Diaz and others.

"boom!"

The sniper in the distance took action. An electromagnetic projectile created a blue arc of electricity in the darkness and shot directly at the figure in the flames, wanting to kill her like she had just shot the clone.

But she just slightly blocked the air knife in her hand upwards.

Suddenly, the bullet exploded with a ball of sparks in front of her, and then it deviated from its trajectory and flew out, disappearing without a trace.

"C-81 requesting support."

After seeing this scene, Diaz knew that the other party's identity was not simple. He was very tactful and chose to call for support directly.

Using a knife with bare hands to block the bullets fired from an electromagnetic sniper rifle, both the accuracy and wrist strength are definitely not something a normal human being can possess.

If the weapon was not made by the Trisolarans, then humans may have encountered a second interstellar civilization spying on the Earth.

"Surround her. She can't escape."

Diaz took a few steps back, took out the electromagnetic cannon as thick as his arm from the back of his power armor, and aimed it at the distance.

However, when he wanted to fire a direct shot at the opponent, the woman simply raised her hand lightly, and the drone troops that had surrounded her in the air suddenly turned their guns and fired at the clones below!

"Buzz!"

The cold nuclear modules carried by the drones quickly supplied energy, and the energy weapons ignited at the muzzles of the aircraft formed shining red dots in the night sky!

"Shit, she can hack into our machines!"

Diaz felt his body suddenly become stiff, and the power armor close to his body suddenly backfired, trapping him in place.

Seeing that the drone had been fully charged and he was about to be shot to death by these energy weapons, Diaz chose to give up his armor and switch to manual operation.

"Crack!"

He removed all the armor on his body in an instant, and then ran away without looking back, trying to get away from here as much as possible.

"boom!"

In the second round of salvos, Rey Diaz's power armor, along with the clone troops, were reduced to ashes by the drone's death ray.

The fire from the explosion illuminated half of the sky. When Diaz slowly got up from the ground, the woman had disappeared without a trace.

With no other options, Rey Diaz dusted himself off and decided to go back to rest before making any plans.

This arrest operation ended in their failure.

"I missed, but I can preliminarily infer that the attacker is most likely Tomoko."

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Chapter 190 Sword Holder Handover

Chieko's attack was actually within Luo Congmin's expectations.

After ninety years of gaming, the Trisolarans have become increasingly impatient to live in peace with humans.

Their progress in science and technology gradually stagnated after they had drained the last treasure of human culture.

After all, it is a grafted culture, not our own. It is not easy to achieve this level in one go.

In addition, they seem to be stuck at the development ceiling of Level 2 civilization. If they want to expand from planetary civilization to galaxy civilization, they must solve the problem of three suns.

The current situation between the two sides is that the technological speed of human beings on Earth is rising rapidly, gradually narrowing the distance with the Three-Body Civilization, while the Three-Body Civilization is stuck in front of a wall and cannot break through it.

Therefore, its best option is to attack the Earth civilization that is chasing it.

It seems that the Trisolarans are becoming more and more rampant, but in fact they are just struggling at the end of their strength.

This terrifying civilization that has threatened humanity for centuries is now old and frail and is about to come to an end.

To put it simply, the Trisolarans are anxious, but the human side is as steady as an old dog.

In the force field space, the game between Lin Xuan and Chieko is still going on, but this time the roles of both parties have been reversed, and Chieko has become the hesitant one.

"It looks like this game of chess is almost over, and your plan seems to be completely ruined." Lin Xuan said with a smile.

At this point, on the chessboard, the battlefield between black and white has been split into two branches. Although the white pieces are still surrounded by the black pieces, the white pieces have split into two completely different paths.

If Chieko wants to take any of these two paths, she will pay a heavy price.

"The only way for you to win now is to choose one of the two paths I have paved for you. If you hesitate any longer, I'm afraid you will lose all your opportunities and be completely defeated."

Lin Xuan tapped the chessboard with her fingers.

Without him saying anything, Chieko could see the current situation on the chessboard, which was extremely unfavorable to the Trisolarans.

This was an open conspiracy. Although Chieko had not yet figured out where Lin Xuan's killer move was hidden, she was sure that no matter which side she chose to eat, she would fall into the opponent's trap.

But if you don't follow the other party's wishes, you will lose even more miserably.

In desperation, she had to pick up a chess piece and chose to resolve Lin Xuan's most threatening attack.

……

"I will continue to serve as president."

When Luo Congmin said this at the local federation meeting, all the committee members were stunned.

The venue was immediately thrown into an uproar.

Some were shocked, some were terrified, and some were relieved.

Especially those members of the Earth Federation who once opposed the curvature drive technology, all of them had complicated expressions after hearing the news.

They knew the reason why Luo Congmin suddenly chose to continue serving as president, most likely so that the curvature engine could continue to be developed.

Everyone knew that Luo Congmin supported StarRing Group's curvature drive technology, but no one expected that the other party would support it to this extent.

As long as Luo Congmin is in office, the research and development of curvature drive will not be terminated.

This is already a consensus among all the top leaders of the Earth Union, so they are all waiting for Luo Congmin to step down before standing up to oppose the development of curvature-driven spacecraft.

Anyway, there is only one year left in her term, just one year, everyone can still wait.

As a result, Luo Congmin suddenly said that she would continue to be re-elected as president.

This directly destroyed the mentality of a number of top leaders of the Local Federation.

You are totally unethical. You said you would step down? Now you suddenly want to be president again. You are making a fool of everyone!

Immediately, some local officials stood up to oppose it.

"Mr. President, isn't this a bit too frivolous? How can the presidency be changed just like that?"

The person who spoke was named Chen Ji, one of the staunch opponents of the warp drive and also a member of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

When Luo Congmin revealed his desire to serve as the Swordbearer and resign as president, Chen Ji was very excited.

The reason is very simple. Once Luo Congmin leaves, the person who will take over the presidency will definitely be the dove leader Cheng Xin.

Cheng Xin and I both belong to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, so I just need to please Cheng Xin's faction. When she becomes president in the future, I will definitely be able to get a promotion to a higher level.

There are many officials who have the same idea as Chen Ji. Over the past year, a large number of speculators have gathered around Cheng Xin. They are all members of the Local Federation who want to invest in Cheng Xin's stock with a try-it-out attitude.

Once Cheng Xin successfully takes the presidency, then this deal will be a sure win for them.

As a result, Luo Congmin's strong return has disrupted everyone's original plans. Both speculators and dormant opponents were caught off guard by Luo Congmin's sudden change of mind.

However, most people can still remain calm, but Chen Ji is different. In order to invest in Cheng Xin, he rejected three transfer opportunities just to stay in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

And now, all my efforts have been in vain.

"Is this a joke?" Luo Congmin's expression remained unchanged when he heard this.

"Since you think the change of the presidency is too trifling, then I don't mind participating in another presidential election to see if I am qualified to continue to serve as president."

"Of course, the premise is that you can find a second president in the world with a higher approval rating than me."

Luo Congmin's words directly rendered everyone present speechless.

Crazy, this woman is too crazy!

But she does have the capital to be crazy!

A person who has served as president for more than 90 years. Even though her open support for curvature technology has caused some grassroots people to begin to dislike her, Luo Congmin's voter support rate still crushes everyone present.

She is the only president who is supported by both the AD people and the Deterrence people. It has nothing to do with her identity, but simply because this person's ability is too dazzling.

In the 90th year of the Deterrence Era, Luo Congmin step by step brought human civilization from a surface civilization to a level that could threaten the Three-Body Civilization. Such great achievements are not inferior to those of Lin Xuan and her father Luo Ji.

If there is another presidential election, it seems that no one can compete with Luo Congmin.

"Then...if you want to continue to serve as president, the position of sword bearer can only be held by Cheng Xin." said an official from the Local Union.

"Well, that's really the only way."

As for the successor to the Sword-Bearer, Luo Congmin has the highest support rate.

But now she has to take the initiative to give up the election for Sword-Bearer. Excluding Lin Xuan and Luo Ji, only Cheng Xin with 8% support rate is qualified for the position of Sword-Bearer.

This was an ending no one expected.

To be honest, many people were very unhappy about letting Cheng Xin be the sword bearer.

After all, when Cheng Xin ran for the Swordbearer, he was more of a dove who wanted to elect a representative of his own to suppress the major parties, and his goal from the beginning to the end was the presidency.

As for the Sword Bearer, what's the point of being the Sword Bearer? Apart from imprisoning himself in that airtight underground hut, it seems to be of no use at all.

The Sword Bearer has great power, but he cannot control the Ground Union.

The doves worked so hard to train such a representative and invested so much resources and effort in Cheng Xin. Now they are giving the position of Sword Bearer to the other party. Isn't all their efforts wasted?

Luo Congmin's move directly shocked all the top leaders of the Federation of Local Governments and made all major political parties feel suffocated.

The situation that they had carefully arranged for so long was torn apart in an instant. If they had not been in high positions for many years and had not been spiritually baptized by Lin Xuan repeatedly, their mentality would have collapsed by now.

The most innocent person in this farce would have to be Cheng Xin.

Originally, the year before, she was a dove leader and foreign minister who was fawned over by countless top leaders of the local federation, but after everyone learned that she could not become president, their attitude towards her took a sharp turn for the worse.

The first is the way people address her. In the past, no matter who she was, they would call her Minister Cheng, but now, people mostly address her in a sarcastic way.

"Yo, the future Sword Bearer, the great hero of mankind."

This cynical attitude is also reflected in every aspect of her life.

Colleagues who used to be very enthusiastic towards her at work now avoid Cheng Xin.

In the past, Cheng Xin's orders would be firmly executed with just one command, but now, Cheng Xin's words have become the most ineffective in the entire Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

This change in attitude is actually easy to understand.

Everyone followed Cheng Xin before because they hoped that she would be able to seek benefits after becoming president. Even if some people did not originally approach Cheng Xin for this reason, they would have such thoughts over time.

But now, Cheng Xin was elected as the Sword Bearer, which made all these people's ideas come to nothing. The huge sense of gap made them vent all their resentment on Cheng Xin.

After all, everyone knows that if Cheng Xin becomes president, she might settle accounts with them for this little thing, but if she is the sword bearer who protects all mankind, she will never do this.

Just like Luo Ji, there are many people in human society who condemn Luo Ji, but Luo Ji has never said anything due to his identity as the Swordsman.

They only dare to bully good people.

In addition, humanity's demand for Sword Wielders is not as high today as it was at the beginning of the Deterrence Era. The technology between humans and Trisolarans has become very close. The closer the gap is, the lower the status of the Sword Wielder will be.

After all, the Sword-Bearer is used to deter the Trisolarans. Once humans have the power to repel the Trisolarans, the position of Sword-Bearer can disappear.

According to calculations, after Cheng Xin becomes the Sword Holder, in 60 years at most, the technological level of humankind will be on par with that of the Trisolarans. By then, humans will no longer need the existence of the Sword Holder.

Therefore, Cheng Xin will be the last sword wielder of mankind.