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

Lin Xuan nodded slightly.

"Indeed, I thought that when facing such a powerful enemy like you, humanity would have already achieved great unity. It seems that I was overthinking it."

"There's nothing we can do about it, Mr. Lin Xuan. Not only humans, but even Trisolarans can't do this. Living things will instinctively produce exclusionary reactions. Strictly speaking, this is not a shortcoming. We just took advantage of this and helped fuel the situation a little bit."

Lin Xuan nodded slightly.

“I want to know your specific implementation methods and future plans.”

After hearing this, Tomoko hesitated for a moment, but still opened her mouth to explain.

"This situation is actually very simple, so simple that anyone who breaks out of this fixed mindset can figure it out. Since the failure of the Cradle Plan, the doves in the local coalition have no longer taken the initiative, and after the hawkish officials came to power, the social system has also changed from being weak to being strong."

"This kind of toughness can be used against enemies, and it can also be used against our own people. We first use the different races to stir up some small-scale conflicts. Generally speaking, most people will not delve into the rationality behind these conflicts. After seeing their compatriots being bullied, they will easily fall into the thinking trap we set."

"Then we just need to guide the group thinking of a certain ethnic group, make them speak ill of other ethnic groups, and then process and package these words and send them over intact."

"In this way, the conflict that was originally just fake news will explode into a real conflict. By then, even if someone with good intentions finds out that something is wrong, it will be impossible to calm down the conflict between the two sides. The fake will become real."

"Of course, the racial issue is just one of the ways we use it to create conflicts. As long as we want, conflicts between different groups based on region, ethnicity, or even gender will become the nutrient that we use to tear apart the unified background of human society."

When Tomoko said this, a rare hint of excitement appeared on her face.

"We were too naive. If we had tried to stir up conflicts among humans in the Crisis Era, the PDC would never have been established, let alone the so-called Wallfacer Project."

Lin Xuan looked at Chieko and suddenly couldn't help laughing out loud.

And Chieko, who was full of confidence just now, suddenly felt a little nervous after seeing Lin Xuan's smile.

"why are you laughing?"

Tomoko was puzzled.

Lin Xuan still had a smile on her face and waved her hand.

"I'm sorry, if I understand correctly, the core of your plan is to use the rejection effect among the lower-class people to create conflicts, right?"

"Yes."

Tomoko was as honest as ever.

Lin Xuan stretched and leaned back in the chair.

"That...may disappoint you."

Chieko was puzzled, but Lin Xuan said nothing and just continued playing chess.

After 15 days, the quarrels on the Internet intensified, and netizens from both sides even seemed to be ready to fight to the death.

In addition, as Tomoko said, verbal battles between other different groups also occurred one after another.

For example, there are conflicts between male and female groups, conflicts between regions, and even conflicts of group rejection between players of different games.

But the Trisolarans soon discovered a strange problem.

Everyone quarreled fiercely on the Internet, but in real life, they were still friendly.

Even if two people who represent different groups have just quarreled with each other online, they will subconsciously say hello to each other when they pass by each other in real life.

It’s as if... everyone’s hatred only stays on the Internet.

This really confused the Trisolarans.

No, if you can resort to physical action, then don't argue. Why don't you just fight? Why do you say such harsh words on the Internet, but never fight when you meet in person?

Are you kidding me?

From this day on, the Trisolarans rediscovered a term that was popular among humans: Internet trolls.

No matter how much people criticize on the Internet, in reality everyone still has to go to work and school.

Want to stimulate a large-scale group exclusion effect and create conflicts... Sorry, everyone is busy at work. It’s okay to follow the trend and curse and make memes on the Internet, but who will care about you in real life!

Chapter 234 Answer

After discovering that the tactic of internal division had no effective effect at all, the Trisolarans cut their losses in time, declaring the operation yet another failure.

In general, the reason why they failed again and again is that the Trisolarans always only achieved metaphysics when it came to the operating rules of human society, but never dug out the core.

This is just like the technological products created by the Super Dream Project. All the things created by humans in the Crisis Era are just superficial, and our understanding of their principles and core is unknown.

The situation did not improve until the beginning of the Deterrence Era, when the Three-Body System lifted its blockade on basic human disciplines.

From the perspective of later generations, Lin Xuan's Super Dream Project was an extremely risky move. Human technology grew rapidly with the help of the Super Dream Database, but human basic theories completely stagnated, creating an illusion for everyone that human technology had broken through the blockade.

This is to squeeze out the last bit of human potential and risk the future of the entire civilization in a desperate fight with the Trisolarans.

Scholars of the Deterrence Era once predicted that if deterrence had been established five years later, the scientific illusion created by Lin Xuan would have been self-defeating.

By then, all scientific development will be completely restricted by the lag in basic theories and come to a complete halt. Unfortunately, the life and death game between civilizations is often decided in an instant.

This is also one of the important reasons why the entire human society now has a highly unified evaluation of Lin Xuan.

If Luo Ji was holding a sword over the heads of two civilizations as a bet, then Lin Xuan's plan was even crazier. He was betting all his hopes on the future.

This is somewhat similar to Hines' surface plan, as if Lin Xuan knew earlier than anyone else that deterrence would eventually be successfully established, and all he did was to prepare for this day to come.

……

With the technical support of the Trisolarans, the Black Domain Project progressed quite smoothly.

The essence of the Black Domain Project is to use the curvature-driven trajectory to create a low-light-speed zone covering the entire solar system, so that the speed of creatures in it can never exceed the escape velocity. In this way, it is like drawing a prison on the ground, trapping everyone in it.

The biggest difficulty in accomplishing this feat is how to create enough black domains in a short period of time.

After all, the location of the Trisolarans' home planet has been exposed, and the Dark Forest attack could come at any time. Now everyone is racing against time to find ways to avoid the attack, and there is not much time left for you to create the black domain bit by bit.

Even under this premise, the Trisolarans still came up with a feasible plan, giving up on building curvature spacecraft and instead directly manufacturing multiple giant curvature engines.

As soon as this plan was proposed, it was hotly debated among officials from various factions of the Local Union.

Seventy-four members, led by the doves, including Vice Foreign Minister Mu Yan, Director of the Propaganda Department Nakasei Ryosuke, and Air Force Construction Factory Chief Engineer Liu Chen, all opposed the proposal.

After all, in their opinion, if a curvature-driven spacecraft was built, at least tens of thousands of people would be able to escape the solar system, but if a curvature engine was built, then all of humanity would be completely trapped in this dark cage.

Although the hawks do not agree with the doves' compassionate heart, they are also unwilling to sit idly by and wait for death. After all, no matter how you look at it, this approach is like cutting off one's own life and extinguishing the last glimmer of hope for mankind.

Hawkish representative Hammock proposed an even more extreme solution.

"We can kill more than 90% of the human race and upload their consciousness to the brain network. In this way, we only need to carry less than 100 million people to escape the solar system. In this way, we don't even need to build so many curvature spacecraft."

It is worth mentioning that this proposal actually received support from many representatives from both factions, and almost most people thought that this was a very promising plan.

If the former representatives of PDC from various countries knew that Lin Xuan's proposal, which they had rejected, was put forward again and won the support of the majority, I wonder what they would feel in their hearts.

But unfortunately, the proposal was ultimately not passed.

The reason is very simple. No matter how the quotas are allocated, it seems to be extremely unfair to another group of people. The most ideal solution is for the Earth Union to launch a full-scale war against the Trisolarans to reduce the ever-expanding population problem.

And the Trisolarans are not stupid, there is no way they can help you do this.

Therefore, this strategy can only remain as an ideal model and cannot be implemented.

"If we continue discussing this, I'm afraid that when the Dark Forest strikes, you won't have come to any conclusion. Why don't we first allocate a group of people to build the curvature engine? It won't be too late to discuss it after we come to a conclusion."

Hammock touched his chin and said.

Everyone nodded in agreement.

"Then let Professor Wang Miao be in charge of the construction of the giant curvature engine."

Everyone was speechless for a moment.

"No, can we change someone? Why is it always Wang Miao who is in charge of this kind of thing? Is there no one else we can use in the Earth Alliance?"

One committee member couldn't help but complain.

When some of the more senior committee members heard this, they couldn't help but glance at the person who spoke.

"Okay, then go ahead. If something goes wrong, can you handle the responsibility?"

The man was speechless when he heard this.

That's true. Professor Wang Miao is always asked to be the person in charge of the engineering projects. One of the key points is Wang Miao's own identity.

He is from Lin Xuan's faction and is also a great man who spans three eras.

Even if something really happened, Wang Miao's achievements could easily cover it up.

For example, this time the ring world was destroyed. If you had put someone else in charge of this project, his head would have been gone long ago. The entire engineering team allowed the Trisolarans to infiltrate to this extent. No matter what, they have to take the blame.

But Professor Wang Miao is different. With him in charge, no one needs to take the blame if something goes wrong. That is why the Local Government Association is so keen to let Wang Miao be the person in charge.

It can be said that he is a talisman.

After all, group consciousness does not distinguish between right and wrong. Their views on good and evil are more based on whether the matter conforms to mainstream thinking and public perception. Even if they know that the destruction of the Ring World by the Trisolarans has nothing to do with the person in charge of the project, in order to quell the anger of the masses, one or two people must still be pushed forward to appease the public anger.

But if the person pushed out is Wang Miao, his achievements are enough to make it impossible to find fault with him, and most people will even take the initiative to find excuses for him.

This is the rule of how the world works. The so-called good and evil, right and wrong are just the answers given by people of each era that are in line with the thoughts of most people.

Chapter 235 Get Ready to Go

At night, with the moon shining brightly, Taylor stood alone by the river, wearing only a single piece of clothing.

The cold wind blows on my face. It is already late autumn, but the temperature here does not seem cold.

Since the launch of the Halo Project, most humans have chosen to live in the ring worlds. Except for Io, which needs to be kept as the headquarters center of the fleet, Mars, Mercury, and Venus, which was previously bombed, have also built their own space cities.

Compared to the Earth, these places are not only safer, but also more convenient for travel. Therefore, in today's Earth Federation map, the Earth, the mother planet that gave birth to the entire human civilization, has long had more administrative significance than practical significance. In addition to the Earth Federation, major chaebol organizations also like to set up their headquarters on Earth to demonstrate their irreplaceable position in human society.

As a result, the earth has had a rare chance to breathe. In just a few decades, the ecology has recovered to its original state. The scenery in various places is even more magnificent. Any place you pick is worthy of being regarded as a scenic area for people to enjoy.

"It seems that this era has eliminated you."

Luo Ji walked slowly from a distance, strolling leisurely.

But Taylor didn't even turn his head, still looking up at the starry sky, as if he was thinking about something.

"Those are not stars, they are space outposts, which were used for mining or as transportation nodes in the early days. Wang Miao wanted me to use the two large paintbrushes made by Lin Xuan to paint these places, but I didn't agree. After all, if you look at the fake sky for too long, you will forget what the real world looks like."

As Luo Ji spoke, he had already come to Taylor's side, moved a chair and sat down, and handed a portion of fried chicken in his hand to Taylor next to him.

"Try Kaifeng cuisine. It was passed down from you hundreds of years ago. But when it came to China, some localized flavors were made. I think it's still pretty good. When I was teaching at Tsinghua University, there was a restaurant on the street. I would go there a few times every semester."

"It's not possible now. Zhuang Yan is very strict. If I want to drink, I can only drink a few sips secretly under the guise of coming out to see you. Life is really difficult."

Taylor said nothing, but silently took the fried chicken from Luo Ji's hand. He didn't eat it, but just held it in his hand, not knowing what he was thinking.

"Mr. Luo Ji, have we really lost?"

Luo Ji stuffed a piece of fried chicken into his mouth and chewed it for a few times before speaking.

"Why think so much? The Black Domain Plan is pretty good. At least for the next few hundred years, we can all live a peaceful life. If I remember correctly, you still have about half of your life left. Of course, if you don't want to live anymore, I'd be happy to help you."

Luo Ji said, pointing to a pistol that Taylor always kept on his waist.

This pistol is a military model. Since the interior of the earth has been in a relatively peaceful environment in recent years, this kind of lethal weapon is rarely seen on the market. Firstly, its power is too small to kill people with it, and secondly, it is far less portable than an energy weapon.

So many people jokingly said that the only use of this gun is to commit suicide.

Taylor has been carrying such a gun since he came out of hibernation. He insisted on hibernating until now just to see whether humans in the future can really defeat the Trisolarans.

However, now, the human side has been defeated miserably, and even has to use the self-castration method of the Black Domain Plan to avoid the attack of the Dark Forest.

This kind of ending was somewhat unacceptable to Taylor. After all, Lin Xuan, whom he had given all his hopes to, ultimately only delayed the extinction of mankind by less than a hundred years. This was indeed a little different from what he had expected.

"Actually, if you think about it in a positive way, we haven't lost so completely. Remember when the Wallfacer Project started? Didn't we all want to continue human civilization? To be honest, including you and me, we never thought that one day we would have the capital to challenge the Trisolarans."

"And now that the goal has been achieved, this outcome is not bad. Just do your best."

"We are not superheroes, Taylor. You have to understand this clearly. Individual strength is worthless in the face of civilized war. Stories of heroes saving the world only happen in novels. Even for me, Luo Ji, I am able to establish deterrence thanks to everyone."

"In fact, I know the truth. There is no savior. The only ones who can save mankind are humans themselves."

When Luo Ji said this, he took out a bottle of liquor from the basket and poured it into his mouth in one gulp.

The spicy feeling stimulated his taste buds. Luo Ji stood up and left the remaining half bottle of wine there.

"Let's go, go to bed early."

After Luo Ji left, Taylor let out a long sigh and took out a crumpled piece of paper from his arms.

It was a promotional poster for a movie, and the protagonist on the poster was Taylor himself.