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

"Now that Chang Weisi has escaped, I think it may be related to Lin Xuan. This may very well be Lin Xuan's plan to face the wall, so I must carry out his plan before hibernation." Luo Congmin did not say this, but from her eyes, Luo Ji and Shi Qiang both understood what Luo Congmin wanted to express.

"Do you need me to go with you?" Shi Qiang asked.

This sentence actually has a hidden meaning. Shi Qiang is asking: Will this be dangerous?

"No need, Uncle Shi, you have other things to do."

At this time, noises were gradually heard outside. People were puzzled by Fleet International's defection, while politicians were more angry.

"Ridiculous, absolutely ridiculous. What the hell is Fleet International doing? The commander is deserting the battlefield. This is simply a disgrace in human history!"

"Fleet International should have just sunk the command ship. It's ridiculous. How could such a large ship escape under the noses of more than 5,000 warships? Are all the people in Fleet International stupid?"

"Let me give you some basic knowledge. Fleet International's attack calculation method is mainly AI-assisted calibration. As the command ship, the Navigator should have been programmed to not be attacked by other ships, so it was able to escape."

"Shit, is that so? Fleet International's operation is too stupid. They came up with such a setting. Didn't they think that the command ship might escape in advance?"

"Listen to yourself, are you talking like a human being? Stop being so wise after the fact. If it were you, you wouldn't have thought that the command ship would escape. What's more, Chang Weisi was the first commander of the Space Force. This time, the whole family is standing on the musical note, except for your mother."

At this time, all kinds of insults against Fleet International spread across the Internet, but while the insults were spreading, people also began to unconsciously think about a question.

"Why did Chang Weisi run away?"

"Yeah, as the fleet commander, why would he run away?"

"The war has obviously been won, why is he running away?"

Suddenly, everyone thought of only one possibility.

"Impossible... It's definitely not what we think. Humanity will definitely win this war. The Trisolaran fleet is ready to surrender. There is absolutely no chance of resistance!"

Although people have thought of the worst possible scenario, under the influence of decades of film and television culture from the government, people simply do not believe that the human fleet will be defeated. In their view, this is as difficult as believing that water is poisonous.

Some people had already sensed the threat and quickly sold all their property and exchanged it for gold and other easy-to-carry items. Others took the opportunity to buy those things at a super low price.

But no matter how prepared the masses are, it will be meaningless in the face of a real disaster.

Inside the Earth International Conference Hall, the faces of the ministers were gloomy.

The government has already hit rock bottom with such a huge scandal before it even has any chance of success. Its credibility among the people has plummeted to the bottom.

"Now, the only way to calm this matter down is to recover the Navigator and severely punish Chang Weisi and all the crew members on the ship," said the Minister of Military Affairs.

"That's easy to say. The Navigator uses cold nuclear fusion. It won't be a problem for it to escape from here to the Oort Cloud in one breath. How can we chase it?" The Minister of Science said unhappily.

"What should we do now? Just watch Chang Weisi escape?"

"We have dispatched a fleet to pursue them. According to the news sent back, more than 100 star-class battleships have participated in the pursuit of Chang Weisi and the Navigator."

"However, since the Navigator is the command ship, only ships driven by hibernators can stop it. So now Zhang Beihai and Chu Yan are driving their own ships closely behind the Navigator. It is expected that they will catch up with Chang Weisi in about 37 days."

"37 days? That's so long!"

"Yes, 37 days is just our estimate. The actual time may be longer than that. After all, the speed difference between the two ships is there. The pursuit distance will only get bigger and bigger. Our only chance to catch up with the Navigator is the day when the Navigator slows down due to lack of energy!" explained the Minister of Industry.

"There are 100 star-class battleships following behind the Blue Space and Natural Selection. They will serve as the energy supply ships for the two battleships, and they will replenish fuel in a relay manner, just like hunting dogs hunting rhinos, and will gradually consume the Navigator to death in space."

As the Minister of Industry finished his words, the commander of the North American Fleet who was also attending the meeting nodded in agreement, indicating that his analogy was quite apt.

"So, after refueling, those star-class battleships will have no fuel to return home?" someone asked.

"Yes, in that case, these star-class battleships will become ghost ships floating in space, so we must send another engineering fleet to recover these poor creatures abandoned in space." said the North American fleet commander.

"This is already being done. Earth International and Fleet International have mobilized all of their engineering ships, carrying large amounts of nuclear fusion fuel, to recover those star-class battleships." said the European fleet commander.

“Who will drive these engineering ships? After all, it seems that neither Fleet International nor Earth International can be trusted. It seems that whoever goes will be a hidden danger.” The Minister of Military Affairs raised the question.

"Indeed, none of us can be trusted now, so this job can only be done by Lin Xuan's people. After all, the monitors are absolutely neutral."

This year's director of the scientific research department is one of Lin Xuan's followers.

He was promoted by Luo Congmin, and because he was born relatively early, he received education on the history of the Earth International when the Earth International was just established.

At that time, Lin Xuan's popularity among the masses was quite high, completely different from now.

And he has been in hibernation until now, so his stance is different from that of the people around him, and he is more inclined to Lin Xuan's faction.

"Lin Xuan? It seems he hasn't woken up yet and is still in hibernation."

"Yes, and it seems that he doesn't have enough manpower. Professor Wang Miao and Dr. Ding Yi have other things to do, and Luo Congmin is from Earth International, so he is not suitable to participate in this rescue operation."

"No, no, no, you're overthinking it. Only one person needs to go."

"one person?"

"Yes, one person is enough!"

"Are you kidding? There are more than 20 engineering ships alone. How could he possibly drive so many ships by himself?"

"You are wrong. There is one person who can really do it."

……

Three days later, Liu Chang packed his luggage and stepped onto the engineering ship.

"Tsk, it's really annoying that you have to call me for such a trivial matter."

"Don't say that, Principal Liu, this is the time to show your importance." Shi Qiang lit a cigarette with a smile.

Only he and Liu Chang participated in this rescue operation, because the rest were clones.

They will operate these engineering ships, fill them with enough fuel, and chase the star-class battleships ahead that are unable to return due to lack of fuel.

This is also the reason why Liu Chang had to come.

After all, he was the one who created the clones, and he was the only one who was most familiar with these things. If something went wrong, it would be like an insurance policy.

More than two dozen engineering ships quickly set out from Earth and headed straight towards the direction of the navigator and the pursuit fleet.

"To be honest, Principal Liu, the tobacco you cultivated is much more delicious than the ones you can buy in the Earth International Supermarket."

As Shi Qiang spoke, he casually picked a piece of tobacco leaf from Liu Chang's cultivation cabin and rolled it up with paper, which made Liu Chang's eyelids twitch.

"My tobacco!"

These tobacco leaves are all special varieties and do not require any processing. They can be rolled up and lit to be smoked.

This is a new variety cultivated by Liu Chang. In addition to studying human cloning in recent years, he has not forgotten the job assigned to him by the PDC, which is to cultivate some new varieties.

For example, crucian carp without bones, apples without cores, pigs that can grow through photosynthesis, cola that tastes like snail noodles...

Pure technology and hard work.

After the engineering ship flew in space for a while, Shi Qiang made small talk.

"By the way, has Lin Xuan not graduated yet?"

"Ah."

Shi Qiang was speechless.

"It's been almost two hundred years, why bother? Just pass it for him. It's just an undergraduate degree. It's not a big deal for you. Look, Luo Congmin can be his mentor now."

"I would like to give it to him, but the problem is that he hasn't come to see me, and he hasn't even handed me his graduation project. I can't just conjure one out of thin air for him, right?"

Upon hearing this, Shi Qiang couldn't help but frown slightly.

"You say... is it possible that Lin Xuan didn't even know that he had to submit a graduation project after graduation?"

Liu Chang: …

Both of them fell silent.

Don’t mention it, you really shouldn’t mention it, Lin Xuan has been busy all the time, maybe he really doesn’t know about this.

After all, his former teachers and classmates are long gone, and perhaps no one told him about this, so he really doesn't know.

"Forget it, it's good for him to stay, so that he can concentrate on his own things." Liu Chang said with a smile.

"If he graduates now, it would be unworthy of his status if he doesn't study for a master's and doctoral degree in his current situation. Otherwise, people will make irresponsible remarks about his academic qualifications."

"It takes at least five or six years to get a master's or doctoral degree. He doesn't have time to study now. If we just give him a diploma, Luo Congmin, the Minister of Culture and Education, will seem to be derelict in his duty again."

Shi Qiang couldn't help but smile when he heard this.

"That's just one reason. You probably have your own selfish motives as well."

"I'm not a saint. Who doesn't have selfish motives? If Lin Xuan stays one more day at the University of Science and Technology of China, the school can get one more day of research subsidy. Enrollment in the past two years has also been much easier than before. Otherwise, how could I work for Lin Xuan for free? Look at the academics around him. Only Wang Miao really works for a salary."

Shi Qiang nodded slightly.

"I've actually heard about this. Now USTC has risen a lot in the C9, especially among the original ten universities. Now Tsinghua and Peking University are almost out of the top ten in China. USTC has become one of the most popular universities for postgraduate entrance exams, with a large number of applicants every year. The most outrageous thing is that some people have applied by mistake and went to the Huaxia University of Science and Technology in Hefei."

"You'll get used to it. At least it's a school belonging to the same Huazhong University of Science and Technology as us. I'm already satisfied that they didn't apply to the National University of Defense Technology."

Chapter 133 1:1:1 [Additional chapter for the reward to Menghe Cat]

"How beautiful, they are like the tears of the Virgin Mary!"

Inside the Quantum, the captain looked at the images coming back from afar and spoke slowly.

"Indeed, it looks... like a work of art." An officer agreed.

The probe is only about 3.5 meters long. When everyone first saw it, they had a common thought:

It's like a drop of mercury!

But soon, an even more shocking discovery came to everyone: the surface of this thing was extremely smooth, like a mirror.

How smooth is it?

Everyone has used almost all of humanity's detection methods, but no matter what wavelength of electromagnetic waves, they can still achieve 100% reflection.

Simply put, it is blind.

"Could it be that we guessed the direction wrong at the beginning? This is not a probe at all. It is a token sent by the Three-Body World to the human world. Its defunctional design and aesthetic form express goodwill and a sincere desire for peace."

So people changed the name of the detector and called it "water drop".

In both worlds, water is the source of life and a symbol of peace.

The ten water droplets arrived in the solar system as expected. They lined up in a row and flew towards the three fleets at a constant speed.

"It's a little weird."

On the Beifang, Zhao Xin observed the ten three-body probes that were gradually approaching them.

"What's so strange?" The speaker was Levi from the Wannian Kunpeng.

Li Wei and Zhao Xin had known each other before hibernation and were considered good friends. They later joined the Space Force and entered the "Future Reinforcement Program" in the same batch.

Different from the original plot, their military ranks at this time are much higher than in the original plot. This is because of the influence of Lin Xuan, which led to the hibernators and immortals being reused in the three major fleets.

"This thing is actually a fully enclosed structure. Where is its engine nozzle?"

"You ask me, how should I know? I'm not the leader of the Trisolarans." Levi was speechless, but after Zhao Xin said this, he also noticed that something seemed to be wrong with this thing.

"Wait a moment, let me take a look..." Zhao Xin said, and called up the operating interface in front of him, and began to observe the ten detectors that were gradually approaching them.

"Levi, something seems to be really wrong!" Zhao Xin's voice couldn't help but rise a few degrees.

“The distance between these detectors is exactly the same!”

On the Wannian Kunpeng, when Le Wei heard Zhao Xin's words, he immediately understood what the other party meant.

The spacing is the same, which is actually very common in a vacuum environment. After all, there is no air resistance in space, so it is not difficult to achieve this.

But in order to maintain relative static motion under acceleration, it is necessary to have precise control over the thrust generated by the engine.

Obviously, the initial velocities of these things are not the same. If they really rely solely on their initial velocity and the lack of resistance in space to reach the solar system, then the difficulty would be as difficult as throwing a dart from the earth to the sun.

"Don't be too nervous, Zhao Xin. Maybe it's just an illusion. Look, even the engine nozzles of these things don't work. Who knows, maybe the Trisolarans did this on purpose?"

"I think we still need to report this information. Perhaps we can find something new."

"Well, it has been reported. Let's wait for the result."

……

At the same time, inside the Reach Space Station.

While everyone's attention was drawn to the water droplets, a transport ship quietly sailed out of the dock and headed straight for Mercury.

Almost all the people from Lin Xuan's faction gathered on the transport ship.