Chapter 101: Digesting Information_1
Jiang Yu watched Wei Keke leave, then asked Di Fengyi to call today's duty policemen: "There are cameras in my office, right?"
The policeman replied, "Yes, but without permission, we can't see the recordings in your office and those of a few other key leaders."
Jiang Yu nodded: "Go take a look at the recording, then come back to me."
Shortly after, the police captain returned in a fluster: "I apologize, it was our oversight!"
Jiang Yu said, "It's been over two years since the ETO made a move; it's understandable that everyone has become a bit complacent.
"From today onwards, we can't be complacent anymore!
"Furthermore, from now on when I have visitors, if necessary, a security policeman should accompany me, and if secrets are involved, they must sign a confidentiality agreement."
The police captain promised to go back and tighten up discipline, and also to enhance Jiang Yu's security level.
"There's no need to enhance my security level," Jiang Yu said. "Maintaining the status quo is fine."
If protection is too tight, how will they be able to deliver intelligence if you stop them?
After the police captain left, Jiang Yu started to replay all the intelligence he had just heard.
He had guessed that his Wallbreaker was his own teacher, Kong Xiang, but with the First Emperor of Qin being the representative of the seven leaders, he had no such impression.
Now it is known that three-sevenths of the First Emperors are Redemptionists. As the harm the Trisolarans are causing to humanity grows, the philosophy of the Redemptionists has changed, gradually starting to view their "masters" as opponents.
After all, their ultimate ideal is to save humanity, yet the arrival of their "masters" would bring great disasters to humanity, contradicting their highest ideal.
Wei Keke risking her life to bring intelligence is the best example.
If Jiang Yu had misunderstood just now, she would have really died!
After death, she would not receive the respect she deserved and would never have a chance to clear her name.
And it's not that they can't deliver intelligence openly because they fear Wei Keke might be retaliated against, but because once the enemy knows that their critical intelligence has been leaked, they would certainly take remedial action.
Those three-sevenths of the First Emperors would also suffer, and the ETO would completely become the domain of the Adventists.
Therefore, Wei Keke must have exhausted all methods before coming, turning that intelligence into subtle information and conveying it to Jiang Yu in the presence of Sophon and the ETO senior officials.
This kind of information encryption and decryption is not unlike the tacit understanding previously shown in the transmission about "Project Nine." If Jiang Yu made any mistake in decryption, he may receive information that is exactly the opposite.
The second piece of intelligence provided by Wei Keke was that the ETO currently has a considerable amount of funds and is preparing to make a comeback, having already paved the way with Genetic Modification Technology and garnered some supporters.
This needs special attention because an open attack is easy to dodge, but a secret attack is hard to defend against.
The third piece of intelligence is about the clues inadvertently revealed by the Trisolarans in the Three-Body Game.
Why would they say that their Space City is non-replicable?
Civilization 146? Isn't that the civilization of Zhuge Liang and Cao Cao?
Jiang Yu pondered seriously, but for the moment, no clues came to mind.
The fourth piece of intelligence concerns the Trisolarans' attitude towards the "Black Square"; they didn't inform the ETO about the "Black Square" found in the Gobi at all!
This indicates that either the "Black Square" is very significant information to them or it's completely insignificant.
Jiang Yu leaned toward the former; the Trisolarans didn't wish for too many people to be aware of the "Black Square's" existence.
Perhaps they could find something threatening to them from the "Black Square"; hence, the fewer people who know about it, the better.
Jiang Yu decided that when he had time, he would make another trip to the Northwest to thoroughly investigate the "Black Square" – perhaps he could uncover some clues.
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This intelligence was quite critical, especially the third and fourth pieces of information, which Jiang Yu had no way of acquiring at the moment.
Even just knowing the Trisolarans' attitude was already a major breakthrough.
Then Jiang Yu worried about how he could leak this information.
He had already tried before, and now, with Sophon surveillance even late at night, it was very likely that he was under round-the-clock observation.
If the Sophons discovered that the source of this intelligence was Jiang Yu, they would definitely suspect Wei Keke first.
That would be putting Wei Keke in harm's way.
After much consideration, Jiang Yu realized the importance of the Wallfacer Project at this time, which could provide cover for his actions, divert the attention of ETO and Sophon elsewhere, and ensure Wei Keke's safety.
In addition, Jiang Yu gained another key insight: the products from the Mianbirén Shop were incredibly impressive!
Jiang Yu didn't have a clear concept of the quantum storm, but the fact that it could affect Sophon's "communication" was impressive indeed.
Firstly, this indicated that the Sophon monitoring him and the Sophon live-streaming to the ETO's high-level members might be the same entity.
However, it needed to continually use quantum entanglement to receive instructions from Trisolaris in order to operate normally.
Next was the movement of quantum entanglement, which could be affected by certain phenomena in the universe, resulting in a situation similar to poor signal reception.
It's possible that the Trisolarans had only just begun to grasp the practicality of quantum entanglement, like the early days of bulky mobile phones or beepers, with the "signal" sometimes not being at full strength.
Finally, Jiang Yu speculated about the Mianbirén Shop; after understanding the hardships of the Trisolaran Universe, he did not believe in the existence of any magical solutions.
If there were such things as silver bullets, why not offer something related to science and engineering? Launch The Waterdrop or build a Curvature Spaceship right away.
So what if Humanity was blockaded by Sophon? We could still train to the highest level.
This shop, to be frank, was quite useful, but its functionalities were too few; they were nowhere near enough for a decisive turnaround!
After careful reflection, the emergence of the shop probably wasn't random; why not find someone from the Trisolaran World to run the shop? Why find a time traveler to manage it?
There must be some connection between the two.
So the key question was, where did this shop come from?
Suddenly, Jiang Yu was reminded of the "Information Convergence Point" he had discussed with Sixteen two years ago. Was this quantum storm something that erupted after he had used the 'Stealth' item in the shop?
Or had it already erupted, just happening to coincide with his use of the item?
Either possibility was quite frightening; even though the concept of the quantum storm was still unclear, the fact that Jiang Yu could use 'Stealth' on Earth and within a second cause a quantum storm on the periphery of the Solar System was an astonishing feat.
If there indeed existed an "Information Convergence Point," then that would be somewhat more acceptable.
The shop, through the thread of destiny, might have known that he, Jiang Yu, would use 'Stealth' at eight-something a.m. that day, so it arranged everything in advance to coincide with his use.
This operation seemed like something that could only be achieved in five-dimensional space, but with the fourth dimension shattered to pieces, does the fifth dimension still exist?
Jiang Yu pinched his temples; perhaps Sixteen was right that there is an "Information Convergence Point" in the universe, a place beyond dimensions that allowed observation of the nature of destiny and time to a certain extent.
After pondering for a long time, Jiang Yu got a headache. These questions had far exceeded his own knowledge, so he decided to find an opportunity to pass this problem along to Sixteen for further speculation.
It was not until Di Fengyi came to remind Jiang Yu to eat that he realized it was already noon.
Jiang Yu sighed; being a Wallfacer seemed cool, but it was also incredibly taxing on the brain!
After lunch, Jiang Yu took a brief rest, then went to the meeting room to meet with members of the Aesthetic Research Group.
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