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

"Zhang Xiang, you should go to Luocheng in person. It may take some time for us to get there from Io."

Zhang Xiang has been stationed on Earth. By the time I rush over, the rebels may have already reached New York. It is better to let Zhang Xiang go.

"Also, seal off all low-Earth orbits and tell the Space Force that if anyone can escape from the Earth, they will be fired."

Luo Congmin's eyes flashed.

"Brother, you are suspicious..."

"Who do you think is behind this attack?"

Luo Congmin thought for a moment.

"There are too many options. The Children of the Earth, the remnants of the ETO, the remnants of the Doves, and even emerging forces that we are completely unaware of are all possible."

Lin Xuan nodded.

"Who do you think is responsible for this thought stamp bomb?"

"Star Ring Group?"

Lin Xuan did not comment.

"No, they did, but there's no need. Ai AA is much smarter than you think. She knows exactly what she wants to do. Besides, this little trick is easy to be exposed. Once I find out, the entire Star Ring Group will be liquidated. It's a behavior that hurts the enemy without hurting yourself."

"If it wasn't done by the Star Ring, then only the few of us inside would be left."

"The Thought Stamp Bomb has only appeared once on the battlefield. After the establishment of the Earth Alliance, it was quickly banned. On the one hand, it is not lethal enough, and on the other hand, this kind of thing can easily be used by others to contain us."

"So there are actually only a few organizations that know about this thing. With the purpose of reverse inference, ETO and the Children of Earth are the least likely suspects. They want to create chaos and strive to cause maximum damage. Even if there are still remnants of these two organizations alive, they will use weapons such as railguns with a more destructive killing range to attack."

"So the remaining few can actually be ruled out. The doves can't get this stuff at all. Their organization is too scattered. Cheng Xin was arrested, and the rest are just a bunch of rabble. This operation was so tightly planned, it's obviously not something that this group of defeated soldiers can do."

Hearing Lin Xuan's words, Luo Congmin seemed to understand, but soon, her expression returned to calm.

"But we have forgotten one person who has both the ability and motivation to do this. Even after the matter is over, he is not afraid of being liquidated by you."

Luo Congmin didn't say anything, but Lin Xuan knew who she was referring to.

The commander of the First Fleet who was currently in the Oort Nebula was Yun Tianming.

Ever since the Three-Body Crisis was completely over, Yun Tianming has been in a very embarrassing position.

He successfully used a navigation deception plan to completely destroy the Second Fleet, eliminating this last manpower and annexing a large amount of energy and supplies from it.

His mission was accomplished, but at the same time, he became a threat.

Lin Xuan knew very well that he wanted to leave, but the Earth Alliance would never allow such a large fleet to disappear before them.

After centuries of war, humans have long learned to kill their enemies, even if they were once their allies.

Even Lin Xuan had no reason to order the other party to leave. This was not in the interests of the entire Earth Union, and even more so, not in line with humanity.

If he was responsible for the Los Angeles incident, then everything would make sense.

It was an attack, but so far there has been no casualties, but it has diverted most of the attention of the Ground Alliance.

Thinking of this, the two of them slowed down their pace. The other party's intentions were already very clear, so naturally the urgency of the matter was not that high.

"If he wants to leave, let him go."

After Lin Xuan finished speaking, Luo Congmin turned on the communicator to take charge of the contact and transferred all the observation points in the space city used to monitor the movements of the First Fleet to the direction of the Earth.

If the other party is smart enough, the First Fleet will completely disappear from the observation field of the Ground Alliance in less than half an hour.

However, just as the two of them breathed a sigh of relief, Luo Congmin's expression suddenly changed.

"what happened?"

Lin Xuan noticed that Luo Congmin was acting strangely, and without waiting for her to say anything, she used Mewtwo to access the other party's data transceiver system and checked the message the other party had just received.

It was a photo of the underground city of Los Angeles after it collapsed.

In the collapsed area at the center of the underground city, the tip of the iceberg was revealed.

Amidst the gravel and soil, a metal layer reflecting a silvery-white glow was clearly visible. Although only a tiny bit of it was exposed on the surface, judging by the visual aspect, the size of this thing was probably comparable to that of the entire underground city.

"what is this?"

Luo Congmin rolled his eyes at him when he heard that.

"You ask me, how do I know?"

"This is a material I've never seen before. Is it metal?"

"It looks like it, but all our current detection methods are unable to detect the metal content in it. Maybe it's not metal at all, or maybe our technology is too backward."

Ever since witnessing the vastness of the universe, human beings have suffered from technological backwardness syndrome. No matter whether they have seen alien wonders or not, as long as they cannot see or understand them, the first explanation is that human technology is too backward, just like the feudal superstition of the past.

"Let Professor Wang... forget it, let Bi Yunfeng make the trip."

Lin Xuan originally wanted to let Wang Miao go over and take a look. After all, as a materials science expert, he should be very interested in this thing. But when she thought about how this guy would ask her about the new material when he saw her, Lin Xuan changed her mind.

Anyway, this old guy Bi Yunfeng hangs out with Cao Bin every day and has nothing important to do. Besides, the current plot has already exceeded his understanding. Who knows whether this metal is harmful or not. If there is another doomsday war, Lin Xuan cannot afford it.

If he lets Professor Wang go, if anything goes wrong, he will lose a great general. As for Bi Yunfeng, he is dispensable. For Lin Xuan, he and Cao Bin together are equivalent to Wang Miao.

If Bi Yunfeng knew what Lin Xuan was thinking, he would probably be so angry that he would get a brain congestion.

Why should I go? I just didn't do anything big, not that I don't do my job properly. Don't you have an idle person named Bai Bing under you? Apart from that oversized computer, he hasn't made any contribution so far.

Chapter 266 Call

"Can you tell what this is?"

Cao Bin stood on the ruins of Luocheng and used a flashlight to illuminate Bi Yunfeng who was digging below.

"Don't worry, I'm looking at it. Do you think I'm a god? You expect me to be able to tell the difference between a special metal that even machines can't detect with my naked eyes?"

As Bi Yunfeng spoke, he raised his prosthetic arm and lifted up a metal plate that was several times larger than his body.

Unlike water droplets created by strong interactions, this thing can be observed by instruments, but the atomic structure inside it is arranged in a disorderly manner.

It looked like a piece of paper that had been crumpled into a ball and thrown here.

But this thing is ridiculously huge.

Ever since discovering this thing, Lin Xuan ordered the entire city of Luo to be under martial law, and had construction teams work day and night to excavate various areas of the underground city.

The purpose is to measure the size of this thing as quickly as possible.

But what was surprising was that the construction team had almost dug to the boundary of the underground city, but still hadn't found the head of this thing.

However, the Mewtwo Database has deduced the general model of this thing.

When Lin Xuan and the others saw the model data deduced from the Mewtwo database, they were all stunned.

It was a hollowed-out tetrahedron, and from a distance it looked like a crystal that had been hollowed out from the middle.

Rather than saying that this is a mechanical structure, it would be more appropriate to say that it is more like a shell wrapped around the outside.

"I feel like this thing isn't that simple. The key point is probably in its center. Maybe if we continue digging, we'll get something unexpected."

Bai Bing pointed to the center of the facet and gestured on it with her hand.

"Energy transmission also decreases from the center to the outside. If there is something, it is most likely not on the outer layer of the structure, but there must be something mysterious in it."

Lin Xuan glanced at Bai Bing and wanted to curse, "Why are you saying such nonsense?"

But think about it, this guy's current position in his team is becoming more and more dispensable. If he doesn't let him speak out, he might be forgotten one day.

"Tell Cao Bin and the others to speed up. I want to see the full appearance of this thing before this week."

"Also, send a copy of the metal fragments collected during the previous excavation to Professor Wang and Elder Ding to see if they can find anything new."

Lin Xuan can only hope that these two can give him a little surprise. He is completely in the dark and has no idea what will happen next.

If he had not devoured the computing power of billions of people before, he would probably be busy and exhausted just maintaining the daily administrative work of the Earth Union.

Just when Lin Xuan was still thinking about his next plan, a communication from Star Ring Group interrupted his train of thought.

"Ai AA? Why did this woman think of looking for me today?"

Ever since the Cheng Xin incident, his relationship with the Star Ring Group and even several other major groups has been very delicate.

After all, he is not like Luo Congmin. His strong return has made these cosmic companies that once hovered in the solar system feel threatened.

Therefore, unless necessary, Ai AA generally would not contact them. They hoped that Lin Xuan would forget all the mess in the group as soon as possible, just like a child who did something wrong and was afraid of being punished by his parents, so he deliberately hid.

"Say, what's the matter?"

Lin Xuan glanced at the other person's holographic projection and found that it was somewhat different from the woman he had in mind.

In the past, Ai AA gave Lin Xuan the impression of being frivolous, and she exuded the same silly air as Cheng Xin.

But after so many years, people always change. After Wade was arrested, she took over all the affairs of Star Ring and has now become a strong woman in the company.

If Lin Xuan didn't know that this woman was a lesbian and was always thinking about getting Cheng Xin out of prison, she would really want to chat with this woman more.

After all, the largest tax revenue of the Earth Federation comes from the Star Ring Group.

Who would go against their own God of Wealth?

But what surprised Lin Xuan was that Ai AA came to see her this time not because of Cheng Xin's matter.

"Lin Xuan, Chieko said she wants to see you."

Just a few words surprised Lin Xuan.

He would rather hear that Ai AA came to beg him to release Cheng Xin.

Ever since the Three-Body Civilization was completely destroyed, Lin Xuan has had no time to deal with Chieko.

First, this guy still has a lot of Trisolaran technology hidden in him, just like a monster spawner that will bring him little surprises from time to time.

The second is the question of his own identity, which he still hasn't figured out completely. The Three-Body Civilization seems to know a lot about things related to the observer.

The time when the other party came to find her coincided with the collapse of the underground city of Luocheng. Lin Xuan didn't believe that there would be such a coincidence in the world. The other party must know some unknown secret.

"Wait a minute, I'll be there soon."

After Lin Xuan hung up the phone, she drove a small boat alone straight to the Star Ring Group's space city.

As for Luo Congmin, she still needs to wait for the support troops from the ground alliance to come and escort her. After all, she is just an ordinary person and does not have as strong combat power as Lin Xuan.

If anything happened to him within the jurisdiction of the Local Federation, Lin Xuan would not be able to explain to Luo Ji.

StarRing Group: Headquarters.

This is a city built on Mercury, with a total population even three times that of the Earth.

Almost every time I see the headquarters of the Star Ring Group, I am shocked by its grandeur.

When Wade first established this company, it was just an insignificant little company in the hands of the Sword Wielder.

Today, under the leadership of Ai AA, StarRing has already become the leading enterprise of all groups, and the headquarters of StarRing Group has also become the most prosperous commercial metropolis in the entire solar system.

If it weren't for Luo Ji's pressure, the Star Ring Group's space city would have long since broken away from the control of the Earth Union and established itself as a kingdom.

The most classic case at that time was that a remnant of the Sons of Earth, after his identity was discovered, directly fled to this space city by boat.

Then the Earth Alliance's fleet chased after them and demanded an explanation from the Star Ring Group.

The stalemate lasted for about twenty days before AA finally gave in and allowed the landing troops to enter the space city.

This caused many people in the company to collectively protest against AA's approach, but now it seems that this choice is undoubtedly a very wise one.

Otherwise, those who are now doing forced labor in the Ring World would probably not only be the dove officials of the Ground Federation.

After Lin Xuan arrived, Ai AA held a reception ceremony with the highest standards of etiquette. However, she had dealt with Lin Xuan several times before and knew that Lin Xuan attached great importance to efficiency.

Therefore, the entire reception process only looks grand, but all ceremonies are kept as simple as possible.

"Just take me to the prison, but do you want to buy some fruit or something for the visit?"

Chapter 267 Number 3

The StarRing Group has invested at least 20 billion yuan in this prison.

There is no other reason, because there are only two people imprisoned in this prison, one is Chieko, and the other is their former boss Cheng Xin.

Although she was a prisoner, Cheng Xin lived a relatively comfortable life, at least easier than those dove members who were sent to perform forced labor around the world because of her.

The reason for this was not that Lin Xuan was magnanimous about what the woman had done, but that he had deliberately arranged it.