The Science Fiction World of Xueba

Kanter's ability to work is strong.

With his assistance, Pang Xuelin found that no matter what, as long as he ordered it, it would soon be arranged in an orderly manner.

For example, the dinner for the five Wallfacers was arranged in a quiet private room in the Hilton Hotel.

Since Pang Xuelin was the guest of honor, the hotel deliberately removed the western-style long dining table and replaced it with a Chinese-style round table.

Dinner is also changed from Western food to Chinese food.

For this dinner, Kanter specially invited the most outstanding Chinese chefs in the United States to make dinner through the relationship of the Chinese Embassy in the United States.

At seven o'clock in the evening, Pang Xuelin was waiting for the arrival of the Wallfacer at the door of the box.

The first person to come was Luo Ji. Yesterday's assassination came from an ETO guerrilla warfare expert. The sniper bullets from the other party failed to penetrate Luo Ji's body armor, and only caused Luo Ji to break a rib and suffer minor injuries. .

Therefore, Luo Ji sat in a wheelchair and was pushed by Da Shi.

He looked a little sluggish, and his mood was not as high as when he bid farewell to Pang Xuelin yesterday. Obviously, he had realized the weirdness of the position of Wallfacer, and with his own strength, there was no way to get rid of it in a short time.

"Dr. Luo Ji, it's a pleasure to see you again!"

Pang Xuelin laughed.

"Professor Pang, hello!"

Luo Ji looked at Pang Xuelin with a complicated expression, and now he understood what Pang Xuelin's smile meant yesterday, and his behavior yesterday was probably as shallow and ridiculous as a child in his eyes.

However, thinking that the other party was the founder of the Wall Facing Project, Luo Ji had a strange feeling.

The person who can come up with such a plan is actually one of the Wallfacers himself, this is a wolf.

Not only are you cruel to others, but you are even more cruel to yourself.

The two exchanged a few pleasantries, and Da Shi pushed Luo Ji into the box.

The second Wallfacer to arrive was Bill Hines.

Compared to Luo Ji who was still depressed,

Bill Hines was much more talkative.

Among the five Wallfacers, he and Pang Xuelin were the only two with a background in natural science, and they could chat better with each other.

Not long after Bill Hines entered the box, Frederick Taylor and Manuel Redíaz joined.

Contrary to Pang Xuelin's expectations, the two came hand in hand.

The United States and Venezuela are about to blow their brains out during the war. Now Taylor and Rey Diaz, who represent these two countries respectively, have a good chat with each other, looking like old friends who have known each other for many years.

Politics is a wonderful thing.

Afterwards, Pang Xuelin entered the box, and said to the followers and assistants of the Wallfacers who were waiting in the box, "You all go out."

Soon, everyone including Kanter and Da Shi left the box, leaving only five Wallfacers present.

Pang Xuelin stood up from the position of the guest of honor, raised his glass and said: "Everyone, today's dinner is a private meeting time for our five Wallfacers. There is no recording equipment in the box. Of course, Sophon must be present. But today I want to There is not much to avoid when I talk to you, so it doesn't matter, first of all, I would like to offer you a toast for being able to work with you!"

"cheers!"

Everyone raised their glasses one after another and drank it all in one gulp.

Taylor said: "Professor Pang, you invited everyone here today. If you have anything to say, just say it. After all, we Wallfacers will probably be busy in the future. It will not be as easy to get together as it is now."

Pang Xuelin laughed and said: "Since Mr. Taylor said so, then I will say it straight!"

"The success rate of the Wallface project is extremely low, maybe only one in ten thousand hope, but in the case of the basic science field being locked by sophons, this is the only chance for us humans. I believe everyone has received the information, and the ETO side also A dedicated Wall Breaker was introduced to crack each of our strategic plans."

Everyone nodded, waiting for Pang Xuelin to continue.

Pang Xuelin said: "As Wallfacers, our main goal is to continue human civilization. To achieve this goal, we have three options. One is to be tough, to face the Trisolaran fleet and win the battle, This is the best result, but it is also the most difficult to achieve. The second is confrontation. Find a way to threaten the Trisolaran civilization, so that it has to negotiate peace with us, thus pulling the two civilizations into a long-term conflict A state of confrontation. The third is to abandon the earth and flee strategically, but under the circumstances that fugitiveism has been declared illegal by the United Nations, the difficulty of the third method is not much smaller than the first one, so, to a certain extent, Finding a way to bring the Trisolaran civilization into a confrontation is the easiest result to achieve under the current environment, but to find a way to threaten the Trisolaran civilization may require a flash of genius..."

After all, Pang Xuelin's eyes swept over Luo Ji intentionally or unintentionally.

Luo Ji picked up some food with his chopsticks unnaturally. He was not interested in what Pang Xuelin said.

He doesn't have any idea about dealing with the Three-Body Civilization at all right now, he just thinks about whether he can use the power of the Wallfacer to find a place with beautiful mountains and rivers and live in seclusion for the rest of his life.

At this time, Rey Diaz said: "Professor Pang, we all know what you said, do you have a way to deal with the three-body civilization now?"

Pang Xuelin shook his head and said with a smile, "If there was a way, I wouldn't invite everyone here. But what I want to talk about today may be more important than dealing with the Three-Body Civilization."

"Is it more important than dealing with the Three-Body Civilization?"

Everyone couldn't help being taken aback.

Pang Xuelin nodded and said, "For the past six months, I have been working on one thing, using mathematical models to deduce the evolution of human society in the future, but the results I got are not optimistic..."

"What's the meaning?"

Taylor looked at Pang Xuelin with some puzzlement.

Pang Xuelin said: "I think everyone should be able to understand that with the advent of the three-body crisis, it is believed that all countries, whether industrial or economic, will turn to a wartime economy in an all-round way, and society will change from open to conservative. , At present, environmentalism has a tendency to be stigmatized. What I am worried about is that once the environment deteriorates in the future, it will cause a large-scale reduction in global food production. In addition, countries will focus on the space industry and military industry, resulting in global food Production reduction, maybe without Trisolarans and ETO, we humans can mess up. At that time, who will care about the wall-facing plan, the Trisolaran crisis, humans can kill themselves..."

Rey Diaz frowned and said, "Professor Pang, what you say is a bit too sensational."

At this time, Hines said: "Professor Pang said, it may not be impossible."

Pang Xuelin said with a smile: "I believe that everyone is basically in a state of skepticism, but this is the result I calculated through a mathematical model."

Taylor said: "Professor Pang, according to what you said, isn't there no hope for human beings?"

Pang Xuelin shook his head and said: "No, on the contrary, this turmoil will free mankind from the shadow of the Three-Body Crisis, and mankind will begin to shift more attention to their own living conditions, rather than the one hundred years later. That doomsday battle, in this way, mankind may usher in a technological explosion..."

Rey Diaz laughed: "Wouldn't that be better?"

Pang Xuelin said with a wry smile: "If the basic science cannot break through, then no matter how the technology in the application field explodes, it will be meaningless. What I am worried about now is that this turmoil will not only lead to the complete interruption of the wall-facing project, but will even completely make human beings lose their enterprising spirit." Therefore, I hope everyone here can realize that our greatest enemy is not the Trisolarans who are four light-years away, nor the wall-breakers of ETO who hide their heads and show their tails, but us human beings! To implement it smoothly, we need to ensure the healthy and stable development of human society as a whole in the future. As Wallfacers, we have sufficient authority and sufficient obligation to do so!"

Hines nodded thoughtfully. He has served as the president of the European Union and is a scientist. He has deep feelings about politics.

He said: "Professor Pang is right. There is an old saying in the East, that is, if the skin does not exist, the hair will not be attached. If we humans ourselves fall into a chaotic civil war, then the wall plan will have no foundation. Even the best plans we have made have lost their meaning."

Pang Xuelin said with a smile: "That's what I mean. Finally, I want to emphasize one more point."

Pang Xuelin looked around, seeing Frederick Taylor's self-confidence, Manuel Reydíaz's unruliness, Bill Hines' wisdom, and Luo Ji's bewilderment.

"What I want to say is, everyone here, including myself, don't think too much about yourself, and don't think of yourself as the savior of mankind. The real significance of the Wallfacer Project lies in the existence of the Wallfacers. As long as the Wallfacer If you are alive, even if you do nothing in your life, your existence is an important threat to Trisolarans. You can have some plans and ideas in private, or even expose them to the public for discussion, there is no problem , but don’t let some birdman who appeared out of nowhere run up to you one day and tell you your so-called strategic plan to deal with the Trisolarans, and you all panic and mess up yourselves. Even if So what if your plan is cracked, just think about it again, but the birdman who came to look for you on his own initiative can be executed as an ETO!"

As soon as the voice fell, the entire private room suddenly heard the sound of needles falling quietly.

Taylor, Rey Diaz, Hines, and Luo Ji all looked at Pang Xuelin dumbfounded.

No one expected that, as the founder of the Wall Facing Project, he would say such a thing.

What was originally a lofty plan seemed to have become a child's play in his mouth.

After the Wallfacer meeting yesterday, they were entrusted with important tasks one by one, and were even given the title of savior by the outside world. It would be a lie to say that they are not complacent.

Even Luo Ji, who had already made up his mind not to perform his duties as a Wallfacer, had a little bit of vanity in his heart about being elected as a Wallfacer.

But now, in Pang Xuelin's mouth, this position seems to be the same as a cat or a dog. As long as you don't mess around, you can fool it casually.

Rey Diaz opened his mouth and said, "Professor Pang, what about the future of mankind? What about the invasion of Trisolarans?"

Pang Xuelin laughed and said: "Mr. Rey Diaz, didn't I just say that? Don't take yourself too seriously. We are human beings in the AD. After four hundred years, it is our dozen or so who will really face the enemy. Generations of descendants. Even in our generation, there are only five smart people present here. It cannot be said that the dozen or so generations of our descendants are not smarter than our generation, right? The overall development of human beings is still upward. One generation is always better than one generation, and we must trust our descendants. What we have to do is to create good conditions and a growth environment for them. As for whether we can deal with the three-body crisis, we will leave it to future generations to solve. In the next four hundred years , The main job of us Wallfacers is to ensure the continuation of the overall development of mankind, and to ensure that our civilization still has enough aggressiveness."

The box became quiet again, and everyone was silent, quietly thinking about every word Pang Xuelin just said.

...

Some unknown cyberspace.

The Wallbreakers who were observing the conversation of the five Wallfacers through Sophon fell silent one by one.

"grass!"

After a long time, Mozi uttered a national curse.

He originally imagined that one day, after deciphering Rey Diaz's strategic plan, he would be able to appear in front of the other party arrogantly and laugh at him.

But after Pang Xuelin said this, he suddenly felt that his work was meaningless.

It was as if after a shiver, everything became boring.

"Qin Shihuang, what should we do next?"

Aristotle turned his gaze to the silent Qin Shihuang.

Qin Shihuang said: "You continue to follow Hines. When necessary, through Hines' relationship, get close to that traitor. If you can establish a good friendship with that traitor, that would be even better. That traitor... It's more powerful than I imagined! What he said today is not only for those Wallfacers, but also for us."

"What about our plan to break the wall?"

Von Neumann said.

Qin Shihuang said: "The plan to break the wall will continue. Every wall-facer will still be watched by the previously assigned wall-breaker, but even if you see the other party's strategic plan, don't show up to him, and announce it online. Necessary At that time, I can properly let the navy black one black wall-facer plan, especially if the wall-facers make any mistakes or have any black material, find out for me and pour dirty water on them. Since they want to treat this wall-facer plan as a It's a game, so let's treat this plan as a game, what we have to do is to completely mess up the Wallfacer plan, and make them lose the PDC and the public's trust in them..."

"clear!"

...

The silence in the box lasted for more than ten minutes before Taylor raised his head and said, "Professor Pang, I understand what you mean, but I will still perform the duties that should be performed, and I will try to formulate multiple As for the success of the strategic plan, it is up to the destiny to do what one can.”

After Taylor finished speaking, Rey Diaz and Hines also made similar statements.

Finally, when it was Luo Ji's turn, Luo Ji smiled and said, "I didn't want to be a wallfacer. Since Professor Pang said so, I'll just find a place with beautiful mountains and rivers to live in seclusion. This kind of life has always been What I wanted to do but failed to achieve, the position of Wallfacer gave me such an opportunity."

Pang Xuelin said with a smile: "It's good for everyone to have such a mentality, but I have another suggestion."

"What advice?"

Hines asked curiously.

Pang Xuelin smiled and said: "Let's establish a regular contact mechanism for Wallfacers. We gather once a year, like today, and call it a round table meeting. In the round table meeting, everyone can talk about the progress of the plan and their views on the current situation. At that time, we can use our power to interfere in the political situation of mankind. In addition, everyone may enter a hibernation state in the future, but as long as there are more than three wall-walled people in an awakened state, a round table meeting must be held once a year, and every five In 2019, we will hold a big round table meeting, the five Wallfacers must be present, even if they are in a state of hibernation, they must wake me up, do you have any opinions?"

"I have no opinion!"

Bill Hines was the first to speak.

"I have no opinion either!"

Taylor and Rey Diaz spoke one after another.

"I do whatever I want!"

Luo Ji didn't care about the Tao.

"That's good, then, next, let's enjoy the food."

Pang Xuelin raised his goblet and laughed.