Chapter 154: Recklessness_1

The translated message from Mars is as follows:

People of the third planet: The universe has always been open to you, but you have been reluctant to leave the cradle. I am authorized to provide you with assistance once. Come to Mars, and if you can find me on Mars within one Earth Year, I will give your Earth technology a comprehensive upgrade!

All of the media were flooded with this message, and every human who saw it couldn't help but read it several times over.

Many breathed a sigh of relief, and some even had tears welling up in their eyes.

It was as if a lost child had met a kind-hearted person.

The media also tracked the decryption process of this message.

A Chinese professor of ancient texts named Pei Yunqi provided key suggestions for the decryption work.

Pei Yunqi believed that those textual symbols were ideogrammatic, like a series of locks; it was very difficult to understand what another civilization's text was trying to express.

The computer language in the decryption program that came with it was like a series of keys—only by using the right key could one understand the basic meaning of the phrase.

This method caused everyone to have a sudden realization; no wonder they couldn't get the decryption program to work no matter how they tried.

Some computer experts even thought for a time that human computers wouldn't be able to run the program.

Many officials from the PDC knew that Pei Yunqi was involved in deciphering the text from the Heifang Relic Site.

This made the translation method inexplicably more credible.

Many members of the ETO, even through Sophon, wanted to slam the words "shameless" right onto Jiang Yu's face!

Damn it, it was Pei Yunqi who designed this set of textual symbols, and now to let him decipher it!

Several members of the ETO were almost driven to heart attacks by Jiang Yu's actions.

Meanwhile, many ordinary citizens began to admire these aesthetically pleasing textual symbols.

Some experts even suggested that it could be a universal script used across the galaxy.

Many people also felt that when civilizations like the Trisolarans communicate with humanity using human languages, it seems low-class.

Look at them! How aloof they are, just sending a piece of text and a universal translation program.

The disparity between the levels of the two civilizations was immediately apparent, and everyone believed that the civilization sending signals from Mars was far more impressive than the Trisolaran Civilization, and clearly came to uphold justice.

This was going to be an opportunity for humanity's counter-invasion war.

Now, some are suggesting we hurry up and set foot on Mars to take a look.

Most of the anti-escape protesters have quieted down.

Only a few protesters still believe this is an act of escapism, but they were quickly treated like rats crossing the street, with everyone shouting "hit them!"

Only then did King Wen of Zhou, a high-ranking ETO member, realize that the anti-escape movement had been swiftly and decisively neutralized by Jiang Yu.

Just the other day, he did not believe the words of Confucius, and now he found he had no chance to retaliate.

This reminded King Wen of Zhou of the masters among swordsmen, who always won with a single move.

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Before you knew it, Jiang Yu had been awake for a week since coming out of hibernation; his recovery from waking was much faster than last time, at least without the severe weakness he had experienced previously.

Di Fengyi appeared on time in the ward, reporting to Jiang Yu the latest progress of "Plan Zero": "The PDC has already formed the 'Communication Group' and is preparing to reply to Mars as soon as possible to probe the truth."

After thinking for a moment, Jiang Yu said, "Announce the news of my awakening, and say that I would very much like to join the group as an observer."

Di Fengyi nodded with a smile, "I believe they won't refuse."

Thinking of the person who sent the message to the Earth world, just quietly sitting beside everyone, listening to the discussion about such a reply, Di Fengyi felt a sense of inexplicable joy.

Jiang Yu said, "I'll visit the 'Green Fields Project' team tomorrow!"

Di Fengyi responded, "It has already been arranged for you."

Jiang Yu sat in a chair by the hospital room window, "Tell me about the changes in the world these past three years."

Di Fengyi was well prepared, "The space elevator within China's borders was the first to be completed, and the other two elevators will also be completed next year.

"The PDC's various main defense plans have all encountered setbacks to varying degrees, and now many plans have come to a standstill.

"First is the cooling of the Wallfacer Project's popularity, due to the emergence of 'Anti-Escapism.'

"As you said, people are seeing that Wallfacers have yet to find a method to save the world, and more and more are losing patience with the Wallfacer Project.

"The Deception Project was abolished three years ago.

"The 'Staircase Project' planned by the PIA has almost been forgotten by the public."

"The Star Warrior Project, thanks to Jiang Shiliu's involvement, has made considerable achievements.

"However, Jiang Shiliu spoke to me, saying that he's reached the limit set by Sophon for artificial intelligence. He's planning to go into hibernation after your wedding."

Jiang Yu laughed, "He sure doesn't let anything hold him back."

Di Fengyi also smiled and continued his report, "The triple-binary computing project has also encountered a bottleneck; as its computing power increases, its resistance to interference grows weaker.

"Binary computers only have 0 and 1 as structures, but triple-binary has -1, 0, and 1 as structures.

"Though the extra structure increases computing power, it makes information not as absolute in terms of either/or, leading to some ambiguities in data expression."

"This causes information to be less well-defined at times, easily disturbed by external forces, ultimately affecting the resulting calculations.

"It is said that this is a problem the Soviet Union didn't resolve back in the day; it might require new computer materials to effectively counter this interference.

"So now triple-binary computers are in a somewhat awkward position, and there's still no consensus on whether to continue their development."

Jiang Yu sighed deeply, "I really had high hopes for this project; I didn't expect such issues to arise."

After voicing his lament, he gestured for Di Fengyi to continue.

Di Fengyi continued, "The Scout Plan has also stopped because no matter how hard we try, we can't see the Trisolaran fleet, we can only judge their general location through cosmic dust.

"The Space City project is progressing well, with the main structure of the first Space City expected to be completed in two more years.

"The 'Sun Nation Operation' has been completely extinguished by the 'Anti-Escapism' movement, and although the operation has not been canceled to this day, it has long been a name without substance."

Jiang Yu laughed, "At the beginning of the Crisis Era, humanity's plans were somewhat overambitious, demonstrating great creativity but somewhat disconnected from the capabilities of the time.

"Such setbacks are good, at least they will prevent further rash actions."

Di Fengyi nodded and commented, "The two main plans chosen by our country back then were very insightful.

"They were plans that could achieve some results in the short term and are the ones that have achieved the most to date."

In conclusion, he said, "The last change is the new breakthrough that you will be visiting tomorrow.

"We've been afraid to disclose it publicly, for fear of causing irreparable consequences."