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

Not only the Ministry of Education, but also Ding Yi's Scientific Research Department, Wang Miao's Engineering Department, Wei Cheng's Statistics Institute, Bai Bing's Internet Supervision Institute, Cao Bin, and the major corporate groups under Bi Yunfeng have all obtained the right to use the curvature spacecraft to varying degrees.

According to Lin Xuan, there is no need to take things to such extremes.

It is entirely possible to transform the original class contradiction into mutual competition among the same class.

Anyway, all he wants now is for the Earth Union to be stable so that he can complete the reconstruction of the Ring World with peace of mind.

He can tolerate other problems.

Although the Star Ring Group has produced a guy like Cheng Xin who is hated by everyone, it still does not affect the company's position of technological monopoly in various fields of the Earth Union.

When Lin Xuan arrived at the headquarters of Star Ring Corporation, what he saw was a Star Ring City that was dozens of times larger than before.

"Oh my god, this woman is really extravagant. This place looks even more luxurious than the headquarters of the Earth Alliance. Check their company thoroughly for me. Why do I feel like she has embezzled a lot?"

Lin Xuan looked at the Star Ring City outside the window. Densely packed spaceships were driving in and out of its star port. From a distance, they looked like bees collecting honey.

Zhang Xiang switched the spacecraft to automatic parking and smiled when he heard Lin Xuan's words.

"When Luo Congmin first saw Xinghuan City, his reaction was exactly the same as yours. He asked Rey Diaz to check their company's transaction records, but he couldn't find anything."

"If we haven't found out, we can't convict them?"

Lin Xuan looked serious, but Zhang Xiang felt like his cerebellum was shrinking after hearing these words.

"This... is not good. No matter how rich the Star Ring Group is, it can't fall into our hands. We are not ancient emperors. If you confiscate their property, the final result can only be a dozen Star Ring Groups. At least Ai AA has been quite obedient over the years."

"I know that... I'm just envious of her for being so rich!"

Chapter 260 Boarding the pirate ship

The 6th year of the Broadcasting Era, 2320 AD.

In the center of an asteroid belt one light-year away from the solar system, the First Fleet's supply ship was injecting the running low on energy into the flagship.

Ever since Luo Ji became the Sword-Bearer, the First Fleet was forced to change its course and became a wandering ghost floating in the universe.

If the quantum communication with the Earth Connection had not been interrupted, Yun Tianming would probably have thought that they were the last group of living beings left in the entire universe.

Since Lin Xuan's return, his greatest pleasure every day is to chat with her and see what new and interesting things have emerged in human society recently.

During this period, Lin Xuan also proposed sending a transport ship to bring them back. After all, no matter what, he is still a member of the human race, and it is reasonable to let him return to the human race.

But in the end he rejected the proposal.

Ever since Yun Tianming became the thirteenth archon, he has been completely severed from human society.

This kind of separation is different from human connection. He has already regarded himself as a completely independent civilization.

Although this civilization is very small and does not even have its own planet, it is still an independent individual and is not restrained by anyone.

"To me, human civilization is our most reliable ally. Although I share the same genes with them and was once a part of them, at this moment, I must fulfill my duties as an archon."

Lin Xuan was not surprised by his attitude, nor did she force it.

After all, it was you who sent him away. You can't expect him to come back to serve his motherland now that he is living a good life, right?

Human civilization owes him nothing, and he also owes human civilization nothing.

What is a little surprising is that Chang Weisi would choose to stay in the First Fleet.

The nature of Chang Weisi and Yun Tianming's entry into the First Fleet was different. He was captured... or rather, he was rescued.

At the same time, he is also the commander-in-chief of Fleet International, so it is reasonable for him to return to the Ground Alliance to continue serving.

In this regard, General Chang Weisi also gave his own reasons.

"I have a feeling that I don't belong to this era. I should have died a long time ago in the Crisis Era according to the plan. So you should just treat me as dead and let me live a new life here with a new identity. There's nothing wrong with that."

Lin Xuan really couldn't refute this.

If it weren't for the immortality potion, he should have died long ago. It could even be said that he died peacefully. It was I who forcibly changed his life and turned the worst ending into a good one.

But he couldn't always control someone's life. He was not an NPC in a novel.

Lin Xuan is able to unite so many people around him and work for him, not only because he has the ability to change the future, but more importantly, he never uses these people as tools to achieve his goals.

Chang Weisi leaned against the porthole, looking at the dark universe outside the window.

Several transport planes, like embellishments to the endlessly dark night sky, flashed past him with their tails spewing flames.

He was wearing a set of military uniforms that he had just taken off. Since leaving the Ground Alliance, the military uniform from the two major international eras had been sealed up and kept as a souvenir.

"General Chang, the fuel room has been collected and we can start our return journey."

The central control AI sent a transfer instruction to Chang Weisi, indicating that the task was completed. Nowadays, many things have been intelligent, and he only needs to press confirm and deny on them. The other operations will naturally be handled by the AI ​​and operators of the sub-units.

"Also, the Thirteen Archons want to see you. I hope you will go to the conference room of the T-81X cruiser on time after your return. If you need coffee, you can make an appointment with me in advance."

Chang Weisi slowly stood up and took one last look out the window. I wonder what he was thinking.

"Thanks. It's the same as before. I just want a cup of tea."

Afterwards, the working group of the sub-unit maneuvered the collection ship to dock at the designated location.

When he arrived at the conference room, Yun Tianming had been waiting for a long time, and many fleet senior officials were sitting next to the conference table.

Ever since Yun Tianming completely took over the fleet, they have formed a regime independent of civilization, but have not given it a name yet. After all, this kind of regime always reminds them of the former Fleet International.

After everyone arrived, Yun Tianming slowly turned around and looked at everyone.

"Everyone, there are two things I need to inform you of."

"The first thing is that I'm sure everyone has guessed it. The Second Fleet is very close to our position, but our communication frequency band has not been synchronized with theirs, so there may be a slight deviation. We can just follow the plan we set before, and there won't be any major mistakes."

"The main reason why we called everyone here this time is because of the second thing. We have a new friend in our small group."

As Yun Tianming spoke, he looked towards the door. At the same time, a man escorted by two guards slowly came in front of everyone.

"hiss!"

When they saw the man's face clearly, everyone had different expressions, but most of them were surprised.

Because everyone is so familiar with this person, even though many people present have never met him, they have all heard of his name.

"Thomas Wade!"

The second Sword Wielder after Luo Ji, the man who successfully pushed two civilizations to a dead end.

"Actually, I had a premonition before I came here, but I didn't expect it to be you."

A long-lost smile appeared on Chang Weisi's face. He had heard about Wade's affairs.

He has been dormant since the Doomsday War, successfully snatched the identity of the Sword Bearer from Cheng Xin, established the Star Ring Group, and forced all of humanity to build the ring project together. In the end, he was able to get away with it and escape from the solar system despite being sentenced to death.

Any one of these things, taken individually and attributed to one person, is enough to be called a legend, but when so many things happen to the same person at the same time, he is the third person besides the two monsters Lin Xuan and Luo Ji.

The reactions of others when they saw this demon were even more interesting. After all, many of the senior members of the First Fleet were original members of the Three-Body Civilization.

Looking at this monster that caused the destruction of their families, many people felt mixed emotions.

Looking at everyone's reactions, Wade forced a smile on his face that was uglier than crying.

"There is an old Chinese saying that evil lasts for a thousand years. It is indeed difficult for a demon like me to die in a short time."

Upon hearing this, Chang Weisi habitually took a tactical step back. If he were smoking a cigarette, his expression would be somewhat similar to Shi Qiang's.

"That's great. We've become a Liangshan Marsh. Among the 10 people wanted by the Dilian Union, at least 7 are here. I thought I came here for a vacation, but now I feel like I'm on board your pirate ship."

Chapter 261 Bait

The addition of Thomas Wade undoubtedly gave everyone more confidence in what was to come.

Regardless of whether what he did was right or not, his name will surely be an indelible legend in human history.

"Okay, that's enough of the polite words. I need to repeat our plan again to make sure everything goes well."

Yun Tianming signaled the two guards to untie Thomas Wade, then moved a chair for him to sit next to him.

Wade was not polite and sat down openly. In order to be more comfortable, he even put his legs directly on the table. He didn't consider himself an outsider at all.

"Tell me, I'm actually quite curious about what you guys have been discussing in this corner all these years. If Lin Xuan hadn't told me about it, I would have thought about whether I should send a fleet to destroy you all when I was the Sword Bearer."

When everyone heard this, they all looked upset.

Although this sounds a little unbelievable, for some reason, everyone always feels that maybe he would really do this if Lin Xuan was not around.

"Then you have truly become a space orphan now. At least we are here to talk to you and keep you entertained." Chang Weisi teased.

"That's true."

"Let's get back to the point. The First Fleet's fuel is no longer enough to support us to reach any planet, so over the years, we have been drifting in the Oort Cloud like space junk."

"At least if we die here, the local union will collect our bodies out of humanitarianism."

Yun Tianming called up the fleet’s fuel inventory data onto the display screen.

Originally, the First Fleet had several thousand ships, but unfortunately, in order to ensure the normal operation of the flagship, someone had to make sacrifices.

Today, the size of the fleet has shrunk to less than one-fifth of its original size.

This still includes the batch of fuel that Chang Weisi later added.

Otherwise, the losses of the entire fleet would have been several times more than they are now.

But no matter what, this method is ultimately drinking poison to quench thirst. If they don't leave here, becoming space junk will be the final fate of all of them.

"We need a batch of fuel, a sufficient batch of fuel, at least enough for us to reach the next gaseous planet where fuel can be collected. This goal remains unchanged."

Yun Tianming's fingers kept tapping on the table, and his eyes swept over everyone present.

Wade slowly stood up, and after a little thought, he figured out the key point.

"Let me guess, is there a courier coming to your door?"

"Are you planning to rob all the fuel from the Second Fleet and then step on their corpses to reach your new home?"

Yun Tianming did not comment.

"Yes, but I have a more thorough plan that can take them down without bloodshed."

"That would be great. I've killed too many people in my life, and I don't want to commit more sins without reason. If I do that, I'll go to hell."

Everyone was speechless for a while.

They really wanted to ask this guy a question.

"Isn't it considered a small number of people you've killed in your life?"

"But there are two difficulties in this matter, and we have not yet discussed a specific solution."

Yun Tianming spoke, drawing everyone's attention back to himself.

"The first is how to ensure that the Second Fleet will definitely come to us. After all, the Trisolaran civilization has completely disappeared from this world. In other words, the Second Fleet is also free. Will they choose to drift in this vast universe like us?"

"If this is the case, then all our arrangements have been in vain, and all of us can only wait to die here."

"This doesn't seem that difficult to do. The quantum communication has not been disconnected yet. You should still be able to contact the Second Fleet." Wade looked at Yun Tianming, waiting for his answer.

"Yes, I can get in touch with them, but my authority is not enough to order them here. We are too close to the solar system. Lin Xuan's return has frightened them. These guys have nightmares when they hear Lin Xuan's name. What do you expect me to do to trick them here?"

Wade was silent at first, then suddenly stood up and looked at Yun Tianming in shock.

"Fuck you, are you treating me as bait?"

Yun Tianming said it wasn’t possible before, but he didn’t say it wasn’t possible now.

Isn’t the biggest difference between now and before just myself?

But soon Vader calmed down and sat back in his chair.

"No, the Trisolarans are an absolutely rational civilization. They would even sell out their own mothers to achieve their goals. I don't believe that the Second Fleet would come all the way to find me just to save their bombed home planet. There must be other interests that forced me to be the bait, right?"

"bingo!"

Yun Tianming smiled and sent a piece of information to Wade.

"I don't know whether to congratulate you or advise you to be more positive. You are very valuable now. The reward is higher than that of Lin Xuan and me combined!"

"Do you remember why the Trisolaran civilization evacuated? That's right, they signed a vassal treaty with a Level 3 civilization and were willing to join the Federation."

"As a result, something unexpected happened. The Federation's commissioner, the one named Zeko, was killed by you."

"What the hell does this have to do with me?"