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

If it weren't for the energy response device that Shi Qiang carried with him that was always in high-risk alarm, I'm afraid the two of them would have really been fooled by the little guy in front of them.

"Long time no see, you two."

The World Tree bowed slightly to the two of them to show respect.

It was it that decided to lock up Shi Qiang and the others, and it was still it that chose to let them out now.

But after a few years, the entire Green Star has changed beyond recognition.

The tree people civilization also moved from the once desolate primitive society to a slave society.

However, their slaves might never have the chance to rebel against the three rulers in their lifetime.

After all, these three tree people are the only creatures on the entire planet with independent consciousness.

"Let's get straight to the point. I invited you two here this time because I have some questions for you." The Tree of Life slowly turned its head towards Liu Chang.

Although they said they were asking for advice, it was obvious that they did not take Shi Qiang's suggestions into consideration at all.

"There's nothing wrong with asking questions, but...what benefits can we get if we can answer you?"

After Liu Chang said this, he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.

He couldn't remember when he became like Lin Xuan. He always liked to cheat others. If he didn't make a profit, he would lose money!

"We can set you free!"

Liu Chang heard this and shook his head slightly.

"Zhang Beihai can also give me freedom. You know, as soon as the fleet arrives, your imprisonment of me will end, so this cannot be used as a bargaining chip for your exchange."

"Then what do you want?"

It seemed that the World Tree had known that the other party would say this, so it was not too surprising. Principal Liu was just trying to take back the initiative that belonged to him.

"I need the right to reside on Green Star, at least to allow Zhang Beihai's fleet to reside there..."

"it is good."

The three tree people agreed without hesitation.

It’s not that they are generous, but the problems they are facing internally are more important than the safety of Green Star.

If we are not careful, the tree people civilization that we have worked so hard to build will collapse in an instant.

Seeing that the three tree people all agreed, Liu Chang nodded and signaled the tree people that they could ask questions.

"Our problem is ... how to conduct a war."

The Tree of Life said helplessly.

"As you can see, our resources have expanded dramatically now. However, since our initial strategic approach was to develop independently, the Green Star is now formed by three or even more tree species."

"But now that resources are saturated and can satisfy the ecological cycle of most tree people, there are still constant frictions between tree people."

"I looked through human history books, looking for a solution, and finally I found it - war!"

"But we have never had any experience of war."

"As for the history of the development of human civilization, we are still as immature as children. In this regard, you should be our teacher."

Chapter 259 Unable to Prove Himself

"Lin Xuan, what is the progress of the matter I told you about last time? The activated material with high radiation resistance must be much better than the batch we used before. If you can solve this problem quickly, the construction speed of the ring belt project can be increased."

"Also, we have been studying several nodes and lines in the data given by Zhizi for almost two months, but there has been no progress so far. You should push them a little bit and see if you can get something new out of them."

In the office, Lin Xuan leaned back in the lift chair, listening to Wang Miao's chattering.

Wang Miao is still the same Wang Miao, he hasn't changed over the years.

Maybe he cannot compare with geniuses like Ding Yi and Bai Bing in scientific research ability, and even Cao Bin and Bi Yunfeng are more talented than him, but Professor Wang is one of the few people Lin Xuan can trust, and she can only feel at ease when entrusting the task of the ring belt project to him.

But this guy is really too annoying. Since Lin Xuan came back, he has temporarily taken over Luo Congmin's position as president. Almost half of the decision-making power of the entire Ground Federation needs to be executed through Lin Xuan.

"I'll find a way to deal with this matter. Can't you just finish what you can do first? Why are you urging me to do it every day?"

"No, Lin Xuan, I've told you many times that materials science is the foundation of engineering..."

Seeing that Wang Miao was about to start another long speech, Lin Xuan quickly interrupted his chanting and casting.

"Okay, okay, I got it. I'll find a solution right away."

Ever since the Dark Forest strike really came, all of humanity has been working on rebuilding the Ring World.

Although a lot of parts were damaged, the main structure of the entire facility still exists, so it is not difficult to repair.

The main workload is still on the selection of new materials.

Since the end of the war, the two civilizations have had some friendly communication and exchanges with each other. It seems that Lin Xuan took advantage of the situation again and snatched away the entire technology tree of the other civilization.

Then, after integrating the seized results with their existing technology trees, everyone discovered at least a dozen new materials that could replace the original old materials.

Anyway, no one knows when the attack will come, so everyone feels that it is necessary to put more effort into the initial materials. In case of any danger in the future, even if they have the ability to fight back, at least they can escape without any problem.

After the Three-Body War, all of humanity has developed a fear of technological insufficiency.

If we didn't know that danger was approaching, I'm afraid all of humanity would want to raise their own technology to the top of the universe and then come out to learn the sword skills of the Shilipo Sword God.

Lin Xuan did not waste time. After asking Zhang Xiang to inform Luo Congmin to take over the presidency again, she headed for Xinghuan City without stopping.

Since the end of the war, Sophon has been under house arrest at the headquarters of the Star Ring Corporation.

Of course, this arrangement does not mean that the Ground Alliance believes in AA, but since Cheng Xin was found guilty, Diaz and the garrison troops need to monitor her 24 hours a day.

It just so happened that Sophon's machine was also arranged to be there. Monitoring one was monitoring, and monitoring two was also monitoring.

As for whether locking Cheng Xin and Zhizi together would cause any trouble, Lin Xuan was not too worried about it.

After all, since the explosion of the Three-Body Civilization, the connection between Sophon and the main world has been completely cut off.

Now, to everyone, she is just an AI with higher intelligence.

If Zhang Beihai hadn't taken Cheng Xing's real body away, Lin Xuan had actually thought about letting Cheng Xing cover up Zhizi's main consciousness. At least things created by oneself would be safer to use.

As for those dove officials before, they were taken by Taylor to perform forced labor around the world, yes, the kind that was broadcast live on the entire Internet.

Taylor even thoughtfully enabled the gift reward function.

"My friends, today is another live show of Warden Taylor. If you win a pair of sunglasses, you will get a random whip. If you win a Porsche, you can designate a government official to work overtime for one hour..."

Maybe Taylor is not a qualified wallfacer, but he is definitely an outstanding entertainment star. When he first served as a wallfacer, the PDC asked him to take advertisements and shoot superhero movies in order to increase the confidence of the masses. It was at that time that Taylor discovered his second career in life, which is to be an excellent actor.

He even played himself in the movie "Gulf War", which can be said to be a true portrayal of himself.

However, Taylor's approach actually has great disadvantages. After all, those imprisoned dove officials were once high-ranking government officials, but now they are living worse than dogs. The people are happy to see this, but the middle and high-level officials feel a sense of grief.

Lin Xuan is too cruel. If he treats the high-ranking officials of the Local Federation in this way, sooner or later everyone will become panic-stricken, and the government functions of the Local Federation will be paralyzed.

Lin Xuan already had a solution to this situation. He asked Ai AA to take the lead in the name of Cheng Xin and unite various non-governmental companies to form a new group - Circle of Friends.

Then he generously told those middle and high-level government officials that if they were willing to embrace capitalism, they could join the StarRing Group and their circle of friends, but they must not forget who had caused them to reach this point.

This move was quite damaging as it directly transformed the original conflict against him into a conflict against Cheng Xin.

Sometimes, Lin Xuan is actually more unscrupulous than Wade.

Thomas Wade's methods are more obvious, letting you know how cruel he is, while Lin Xuan is better at using a borrowed knife to kill people and enslave others to do things for him.

Just like a hundred years ago, no one can ever guess what Lin Xuan is thinking, and by the time you are able to see through him, you have already been forced into a corner with no way out, and can only continue to carry out the plan he has set for you.

Just when everything was gradually getting on track, Luo Ji suddenly found Lin Xuan.

Lin Xuan was still very surprised by Luo Ji's sudden appearance.

He thought that after completing his glorious mission, this man would become idle like most married middle-aged men, and the only excitement in his life might be to order a half-service at a bath center.

But Luo Ji appeared again and brought very bad news.

"Lin Xuan, we may have guessed something wrong before. The identity of the observer may not be a good thing."

"Have you ever thought about this? If the construction of the ring world is successful, does it mean that we have the ability to drive the entire star and the universe around? But if our previous speculation is correct, the earth itself is one of the experimental containers. Will you allow your experiment to run to a place where even you can't find it?"

Lin Xuan didn't say anything after hearing this.

In fact, he had thought about this problem a long time ago, but at that time he was busy dealing with the Three-Body Civilization and had no time to consider these details.

Now that Luo Ji brought it up again, he could only remain silent.

"How should I know? Maybe the experiment was conducted by a four-dimensional creature. Wherever we go is no different from running on paper. Does the Lord not care?"

Luo Ji sighed.

"This is the best possible outcome, but you and I both know that the result may be more inclined towards the second one. At a critical moment, an intervener may appear to correct the escape of the entire experimental sample."

When Luo Ji said this, his eyes met Lin Xuan's, as if he wanted to see through this man's inner thoughts.

With just one glance, Lin Xuan understood what he meant.

"So... you are doubting me, Dr. Luo Ji?"

"Do you suspect that I am actively interfering with your choices?"

"I can't rule out this possibility. After all, you can't even explain your identity. Maybe someone has implanted something like a thought stamp in your brain. It seems to be your choice, but it's actually programmed by the program."

When Lin Xuan heard this, she laughed out loud.

"So, is this also considered a Wallfacer's smile? I encountered the same situation as Taylor did back then. You all know that I can't be an observer. I said this only to gain more advantages during the Three-Body War. But the war is over, and now I can't prove to you that I'm really not an observer."

"Okay, let's do as you say. I won't interfere with the important decisions of the Earth Union in the next period of time. But if there is another accident like Cheng Xin, are you sure you can keep it stable?"

Luo Ji was silent. After thinking for about ten seconds, he shook his head helplessly.

"There doesn't seem to be anything bad about keeping livestock in cages. At least we don't have to worry about food and clothing for now."

Having said that, he stood up and said goodbye.

"I am not here today to ask you to hand over the power of the Earth Union or anything else. My mission has been completed, and I don't owe anything to humans. But you, I have always regarded you as my friend, so I don't hope that one day you will stand against all of humanity. That's all."

Looking at Luo Ji's receding back, Lin Xuan was also filled with emotion.

At this point, the plot has already deviated to the point where even he can't control it.

So he also had to start thinking about why he had traveled through time and space to this world.

The title of observer was forced upon him by Chieko in the beginning, and he never acknowledged this identity from the beginning to the end.

The few times when they pretended to admit it were just to take advantage of the information gap between the two sides to create unexpected results.

But after so long, Lin Xuan discovered that she had actually been neglecting a very important thing.

That is why the Three-Body World always firmly believes that it is the observer.

I have used this identity to deceive them more than once, but the Three-Body Civilization has been fooled every time. This is a bit unreasonable.

Even though he knew all the information about the other party and the subsequent plot in the future, Lin Xuan had never been so arrogant as to think that his wisdom could surpass the entire civilization.

There must be some reason that I don't know about, which forces the other party to be deceived by me.

It's not that he hadn't thought about this before, but due to the tense situation of the war and the current troubles being far more urgent than this matter, he had never considered this issue.

"It seems that I still need to go to the Star Ring Group."

Soon, Lin Xuan contacted Zhang Xiang and asked him to drive a curvature spacecraft to pick her up.

Previously, the Ring Star was driven away by Thomas Wade. For safety reasons, Lin Xuan did not ask the Ring Star Group to stop the research and development of curvature-driven spacecraft.

After all, he didn't know when the blow would come.

If your luck is bad enough, you may fall into the two-dimensional world before the construction of the ring world is completed.

In that case, no matter how hard Lin Xuan tried, she would not be able to change the inevitable defeat of humanity.

If we build a curvature spacecraft now, the worst result would be that everyone would live in the black zone for the rest of their lives, which is better than death.

However, this also met with a lot of opposition from the grassroots. After all, it is impossible for every civilian to use the curvature spacecraft. In the end, those who escaped were some officials and children of high-ranking officials.

Then why are you all still working so hard?

Therefore, in order to quell the anger of the grassroots and to maintain the stability of the political structure within the Earth Federation, Luo Congmin included the use rights of some curvature spacecraft in the Strong Foundation Plan.

The top scorers in the college entrance examination in each province, regardless of their background, can get the right to use a spacecraft to ensure the safety of themselves and their families.

This has made the education industry, which had been somewhat sluggish, flourish again.

But at the same time, the phenomenon of cross-provincial college entrance examination and proxy examination is also emerging in an endless stream, but compared with the stability and peace of human civilization as a whole, this is nothing.