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

"I used to be in the Space Force, but I'm just a civilian. Is that okay?"

Hines took the other party's ID, confirmed it again and again, and then nodded.

"Okay, Mr. Wilson, are you going to proceed now?"

"of course."

As the man spoke, he took out another neatly folded paper from his pocket and handed it to Hines.

"Well, you call this a proposition, right? Write it down here. I want to gain this belief."

Hines took the paper handed over and glanced at it. It read:

"Catherine loves me, and there is no way she would ever have an affair."

This is an unlucky guy in the original plot. If Lin Xuan were here, she would definitely gossip about the story behind this guy.

Hines shook his head and returned the paper to the man in front of him.

"I'm sorry, but the PDC stipulates that the only propositions that the Space Force can accept as ideological stamps are the words on the stone tablet. Even I can't change this."

Hines pointed to the black granite tablet in front of the door, on which was written in clear handwriting.

"In the war against the invasion of the Trisolaran world, mankind will win. The enemies invading the solar system will be destroyed, and Earth civilization will continue in the universe."

This proposition was decided by the PDC in advance, and they also sent someone to supervise Hines to ensure that he could not do anything tricky when the thought stamp was implanted. Even until now, Hines did not even have the authority to touch those machines.

After driving the drunkard away, another man walked in from outside the door, but he seemed a little hesitant when he walked to the stone tablet.

This time, Hines took the initiative to greet him.

"I know you. I heard Lin Xuan talk about you. Your name is Wu Yue, and you are Zhang Beihai's colleague."

"Former colleague."

Wu Yue looked very tired. He looked like someone who had just recovered from a serious illness and was in a depressed mental state. If it were not for his burly physique, it would be difficult for anyone to associate him with the word "soldier".

That meeting seemed quite insignificant at the time, but after the RX cell fluid was cracked, people realized that the era of immortals began from that meeting.

Almost all the senior military officers who attended that meeting now hold important positions in the military and government. The only exception is Wu Yue.

Before the meeting, he was kicked out of his position in the Space Force by Zhang Beihai, which also resulted in his failure to become an immortal.

But he did not feel sorry, and was even very grateful to Zhang Beihai for his original decision, because eternal life for Wu Yue would only prolong his suffering.

"I was in the Space Force for only one month, and then I was discharged."

"I know this. Lin Xuan has already told me about your situation." Hines said.

A long time ago, when Lin Xuan was discussing defeatism with herself, she mentioned the space force meeting she attended. As for Wu Yue, Lin Xuan's evaluation of him was that of an ordinary person.

Wu Yue is a defeatist, but this is actually the most appropriate reaction for ordinary people.

After all, there are only a few people like Zhang Beihai who are determined that humanity will win.

"In that case, I can save myself a lot of unnecessary words."

Wu Yue took out a piece of paper and handed it to Hines.

"I'm here to take a belief."

"Are you sure? From what I understand, you are over fifty years old."

"At your age, even if I stamp your mind, isn't it too late to start over in the army?"

Wu Yue heard this and shook his head slightly.

"No, Dr. Hines, you misunderstood. I am not here to gain the belief of victory. I am only here to seek peace of mind."

"Peace of soul?" Hines frowned slightly.

"I wrote a belief proposition for myself: believe in God." Wu Yue took out a piece of paper from his pocket.

"Believe in God?"

"Yes, I met my wife when I was studying abroad at the Annapolis Naval Academy. She is a devout Christian and she is very calm about the future, a calmness that makes me jealous."

"In her opinion, God has arranged everything, and we, as his children, just need to live a peaceful life."

Hines was a little confused.

"Since you want to believe in God, then just believe in Him. Why do you need such an extreme technical method as a thought stamp?"

"You should have seen those clones. After they were stamped with the ideology of loyalty to the PDC, they became killing machines that only knew how to follow orders."

"Although I created this technology, I still have to admit that it is still somewhat harmful."

"Yes, I know." The former Space Force colonel showed a trace of helplessness on his face.

"But I am a materialist and a staunch atheist. My education since childhood has made it impossible for me to believe in the existence of God."

"Sorry, even if this is the case, it won't work." Hines refused directly.

He took out a large red paper bag from the reception desk and opened it for Wu Yue to see.

"This is called a belief book. It contains beliefs in different languages. They are all set by the PDC in advance. I have no right to modify this belief. There is only one proposition that can be used on humans, and that is [Humanity will win]."

"Moreover, the use of thought stamps is very strict. No one except the Space Force is allowed to use them. In order to ensure safety and reliability during operation, the propositions are not even prompted on a display screen. Instead, they are read out in the most primitive way using a belief book by those who voluntarily stamp their thoughts."

"Then they have to press a button themselves to decide whether to implant the thought stamp. Before the actual operation can be carried out, they need to press the confirmation button three times. Each time they press the confirmation button, the review team must confirm the belief book."

"The review panel is made up of the PDC and the G7. Even I have no right to interfere. So sir, your request is simply impossible. In a proposition of belief, changing a punctuation mark is a crime."

Wu Yue seemed a little disappointed when he heard this. He seemed to have guessed this result a long time ago.

"Sorry to bother you." Wu Yue said, and turned to leave, but Hines' next words made him stop involuntarily.

"And Mr. Wu Yue, I despise your behavior."

The setting sun was as blazing as fire, stretching the shadows of Wu Yue and Hines very long.

"Defeatism is not your fault. It is a normal thought for ordinary people. But your mistake is that as a staunch materialist, you try to gain peace of mind by believing in God. You are abandoning yourself and selling your soul."

Wu Yue did not refute Hines' ridicule, just as he did not refute Zhang Beihai back then.

He knew that what these two people said was right.

"To be honest, Mr. Wu Yue, I almost did the exact opposite of what you did."

Hines also took out a piece of paper from his pocket with a line of words written on it.

“God is dead.”

……

Hines and Keiko Yamasugi's wedding was finally held in St. Paul's Cathedral as they wished.

Amid the envious eyes of everyone, the couple who had been in love for many years finally tied the knot and entered the palace of marriage.

"Mr. Hines, are you willing to marry Miss Keiko Yamasugi, live with her according to the teachings of the Bible, and make a covenant with her before God?"

"I am willing."

"Ms. Yamasugi Keiko, are you willing to marry Mr. Hines? You will laugh and cry with him. No matter whether the future days are good or bad, you will love him faithfully until the end of the universe?"

"I would like that too."

The wedding went quite smoothly and everything was going in a good direction.

After marriage, Hines and Keiko Yamasugi's life was as ordinary as that of most couples, without any storms or brilliance, but fortunately, they always loved each other deeply.

The change occurred a few years later.

Although Keiko Yamasugi's experimental topic was rejected by the research institute, with the support of Hines, Keiko Yamasugi's mechanical transformation continued.

But in the end, this technology fell into a serious bottleneck period.

When Keiko Yamasugi tried to transform her brain into a machine, an accident happened.

The brain-modifying mechanical technology that can be achieved on animals will cause brain death when used on humans. Even if it succeeds by chance, the person will completely lose the ability to think and become a puppet.

It seems that there is an invisible rule in this world that separates the human species from other creatures on the earth and gives them an independent consciousness that does not belong to any creature.

People are special.

But Keiko Yamasugi is an atheist. She believes that the reason why the secret cannot be solved now is that the scientific methods she has at her disposal are not powerful enough.

As long as I can one day master technology that surpasses that of my predecessors, then the evolution of the human species will surely be successful!

When she was almost in despair about her experiment, an organization calling itself "Science Frontier" approached her.

"Ms. Yamasugi Keiko, do you believe there are gods in this world?"

"We are God's agents in this world. We follow the Lord's guidance to eliminate human tyranny and remove it from this earth!"

It took Keiko Yamasugi almost no effort to join the frontier of science, and from that moment on, she had a new name of her own - Aristotle.

"From today on, we are comrades."

From that time on, Keiko Yamasugi's ideal changed from wanting to transform humans to completely eradicating the human species.

Her hatred for humans came out of nowhere, but that was not a bad thing, until that day when a letter of commission fell from the sky.

"Now let's start announcing the list of Wallfacers."

"The third Wallfacer, Bill Hines."

When Keiko Yamasugi in the audience heard this name, the expression on her face froze.

"How...how is this possible?"

Hines turned out to be the Wallfacer!

She should have been happy about this, as her lover would be a hero to all mankind.

but……

Keiko Yamasugi quickly hid her worries. She looked at Hines on the stage with affection, and her eyes became complicated.

In the past, she could love Hines unscrupulously, but from now on, they will be enemies, and mortal enemies!

"Aristotle, you will be responsible for the task of breaking the wall against Hines."

Keiko Yamasugi let out a long breath and calmed down the depression in her heart.

"I am the only one who can break his wall."

But there was a second half to this sentence, and she said it very quietly so that only she could hear it.

"Because... I am his only weakness"

Chapter 92: When I woke up, ETO was dead

In the evening, Lin Xuan met the first ETO member other than Yamasugi Keiko in the real world.

He was a short Japanese man, his hair looked like it hadn't been taken care of for many days and was sticking to his scalp in a mess, but his eyes were as sharp as a knife. Whenever Lin Xuan looked into his eyes, she could always sense the vague hostility from him.

"What should I call you? Planck, Newton, or Einstein, or are you one of the seven men of Qin Shi Huang?"

Lin Xuan's contact with ETO members has always been limited to the Three-Body Game, and she has never had such close contact with them in the real world.

If it weren't for his previous outstanding performance against the Trisolarans, these ETO members would probably not dare to meet him in the real world.

"Mr. Lin Xuan, you can call me Zero. We met once eighteen years ago."

"Eighteen years ago?"

Lin Xuan was stunned.

“That was when I first became a Wallfacer.”

But I had never seen this guy at that time...wait!

Lin Xuan suddenly knew who this guy was.

The sniper who assassinated him and Luo Ji!

"You're actually still alive?"

What really shocked Lin Xuan was this. He originally thought that this guy had been killed in ETO's operation long ago. After all, so many years have passed, and ETO has undergone major changes more than once. Anyone who can survive until now must be considered a veteran in the entire organization, right?

"Yes, the assassination attempt on you was a complete miscalculation. Our primary target at the time was Dr. Luo Ji."

"But I don't know how our killer was exposed. You actually found him from a distance of a building. This really puzzles me."

There was a hint of inquiry on Zero's face, but Lin Xuan obviously didn't want to explain any more to him on this issue, so he spoke bluntly.