Chapter 63 Lin Sen's Reflections_1

Lin Sen often used Void Meditation, emptying himself and letting his thoughts exist in a state of unawareness.

Perhaps this state was closer to the Trisolarans' mode of thinking; Lin Sen frequently used it to simulate the Trisolarans' thought patterns and speculate on their possible actions.

Since the Ice Lake Enlightenment, the Trisolarans would definitely initiate actions against both himself and Logic. With Trisolaran thinking, what kind of actions would they take?

The words he had spoken to Logic during the Ice Lake Enlightenment,

were meant both to motivate Logic and to provoke the Trisolarans.

Lin Sen did not fear the actions of the Trisolarans; what he truly feared was their indifference, as depicted in the original story, an indifference that spanned 200 years.

As long as the Trisolarans took action, and he could predict their moves, that would give him an opportunity.

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Lin Sen had to consider not only the threat of the Trisolaran world but also the self-development of human society.

If humanity were to survive in the future, the best system would be authoritarianism.

Freedom and democracy, precious ideals yearned for by humanity, seemed even more valuable against the backdrop of the universe, for they were so rare, distant, and unattainable.

Only authoritarianism could save humanity; the Wallfacers were merely a variant of authoritarianism.

Having subdued three Wallfacers and established a power base for Wallfacers, Lin Sen was already on the path to authoritarianism.

In the future, even PDC might become an adversary.

The moment PDC would say, "This is not part of the plan" (as the Wallfacer Act bestowed upon PDC the right to say these words), would be the moment the two factions diverged.

Eventually, war might even be a possibility; such a war might seem hopeless for Wallfacers on the surface, given the vast disparity in strength.

But the efforts of individuals can make a difference, and PDC had many exploitable aspects, even allowing one to use narrative advantages to plan ahead.

If the Wallfacers themselves were too intimidated to confront PDC, how could they dare face the Trisolarans;

If the Wallfacers themselves were too intimidated to confront the Trisolarans, how could they dare face the universe…

In essence, Lin Sen had already become a Wallfacer, but in his heart, he would always consider himself the Wallfacer's Assistant.

The Wallfacers were no longer just an individual; they were all of humanity, and Lin Sen was willing to escort and protect that identity, to continue moving forward.

If anyone in the world understood Wallfacers best, it was actually PDC.

PDC truly believed that only Wallfacers could save humanity, and they were willing to bet everything on the Wallfacer Project.

During Sayi and Garanin's tenure, they would support the Wallfacer Project unflinchingly, even if they believed that Wallfacers might betray PDC.

Because this was a deeper layer of the Wallfacer Project, a part of PDC's plan.

It was time for the collective of humanity to change, both ideologically and in its social structure.

The Wallfacer Plan of PDC was ostensibly targeting the transparent thought of the Trisolarans and the Sophon surveillance.

But the essence was to use the Wallfacers against all of humanity, leveraging them to give the human collective a chance for rebirth.

One should never underestimate the number of fools in each era; if they were to dominate the world,

it wouldn't be long before the world approached its demise.

At this point, there was a very important debate over the direction to take, with old-school spacemen believing the development of the Space Fleet needed a transitional period.

The new generation of spacemen thought that launching the Propellantless Radiation Ship immediately was necessary. If this step were mistaken, the Space Fleet could waste a century or two, perhaps even failing to transition successfully before the final battle.

Both sides had solid foundations for their arguments, and Lin Sen didn't want to consider whether there was a struggle for interests behind them.

But everyone knew the traditional rocket propulsion method was a dead end. If the propellantless radiation ship was unreliable, then using the traditional rocket propulsion method to fight the Trisolaran Interstellar Fleet would be even more impossible.

Since the propellantless radiation ship was the only hope, they had no choice but to opt for it.

What remained was to find a plan and execute it.

Without the determination to stake everything on a single throw of the dice, how could a war of civilizations be waged?

Perhaps humanity had always lacked such resolve.

Or rather, humanity as a group had never been ready for a war of civilizations, a war of life or death.

In the end, it was Zhang Beihai who used a bullet made from a meteorite to assassinate the old-school astronaut, pretending it was a meteor, before the propellantless radiation ship could be launched.

The choices of democracy can indeed be very foolish, and autocracy certainly has many problems.

But perhaps autocracy is the best option right now, considering we are entering the barbaric era of the universe.

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Three months later, good news came from PDC.

Controllable nuclear fusion was successfully achieved. Ding Yi's plan had succeeded, marking a huge leap forward for humanity.

Everyone cheered and celebrated; human technology had taken a big step forward.

All eyes were suddenly on Wallfacer Logic. Why had technology that PDC had been struggling to break through suddenly advanced quickly after the Wallfacer set up a department?

Although it could be explained that PDC had also reached the brink of breakthrough, many people still believed in the magic of the Wallfacer.

The Wallfacers became more and more mythologized; their faith in the Wallfacer grew stronger, perhaps they were just looking for a receptacle for their souls.

After the success of controllable nuclear fusion, PDC immediately launched a project to miniaturize controlled nuclear fusion and move it into space.

This naturally wasn't something Lin Sen and Logic could meddle with.

Of course, Lin Sen had also applied to PDC for the complete technology package for producing controlled nuclear fusion, including the manufacture of all equipment modules.

Next, Lin Sen and Logic inspected the preliminary construction work of the Space Elevator. The construction plan for the Space Elevator was designed by the finest minds from all over humanity. Upon seeing the complete plan, Logic and Lin Sen couldn't help but marvel at its beauty—it was a truly beautiful Space Elevator.

Now, Wang Miao had successfully increased the production speed of the space cable by 30 times, and there was potential for even more improvements in the future.

They had now achieved the capacity to meet the initial construction needs of the Space Elevator; human construction of the Space Elevator formally began.

Wang Miao served as the chief designer of Space Elevator No.1, a structure reaching 90,000 kilometers high (including the height of the counterbalance and geostationary space station, which is 36,000 kilometers). From that altitude, even Earth would appear very small.

Rey Diaz was preparing to build the Moon Base. The construction plan and preliminary surveys were well underway, but many technological challenges had yet to be overcome.

But Rey Diaz was undaunted. Start first, think about the Moon later.

As a president of a small country that had defeated a great power, Rey Diaz was exceedingly skilled in manpower deployment, overall planning, and strategic policy.

Tyler was pursuing deeper research into macroatoms and attempting to capture yet unconfirmed anti-macroatoms in space.

Ding Yi conducted research on the mathematical model of the quantum tunneling effect.

As the chief engineer of the Space Elevator, Wang Miao oversaw its construction.

Marcus's research on the brain-machine interface exoskeleton armor was also making steady progress, with the early model performing well in vacuum environment tests.

They still had a long way to go with tests; space was full of anomalies. A single mistake in space meant death, and any minor malfunction could threaten the lives of many people.