Chapter 72 Wallfacer_1
"Hello, Mr. Cao."
Just as Cao Ge stood at the doorway, eyeing the noisy reporters outside, a crisp female voice sounded beside him.
Cao Ge turned toward the voice and saw a woman with delicate features, shoulder-length hair, dressed in a ladies' black suit and high heels, standing in front of him with a slender figure.
"Hello." Although Cao Ge didn't know who she was, he still greeted her.
"And you are?"
"Mr. Cao, hello, I am Li Qiu, the liaison appointed by the conference for you. From now on, I will report your work schedule to the Planetary Defense Council. Additionally, I am also in charge of your security," she said.
Cao Ge sized up the woman named Li Qiu, nodded, then reached out his right hand.
"Miss Li Qiu, it's a pleasure to meet you."
Li Qiu smiled, reached out her hand, and shook hands with Cao Ge.
"Mr. Cao, do you need me to arrange a car for you?" Li Qiu glanced at the crowd outside the hall, then looked back at Cao Ge and asked.
After thinking for a moment, Cao Ge replied, "Mm, book me a plane ticket, I want to go back to my country."
"Okay, Mr. Cao, I will arrange it immediately."
Li Qiu turned to say a few words to the staff following her, then led Cao Ge toward another exit of the United Nations Building.
As soon as they stepped out a side door, they heard a disturbance erupting in the plaza in front of the United Nations.
They could faintly make out phrases like "The Wallfacer has been shot, call an ambulance" and the like.
Cao Ge took one last look back before getting in the car, and, just as he expected, it was Logic who lay in a pool of blood.
"Quick, let's get out of here," Li Qiu, following Cao Ge, got into the car and then urgently shouted to the driver as she closed the door.
After the vehicle started, soon, a dozen more cars emerged from the United Nations' underground parking lot and joined in, encircling Cao Ge in the middle, as they drove toward the airport.
Cao Ge, in the car, only glanced at the vehicles that followed, then paid no further attention and immersed himself in his own world.
Cao Ge had never thought about becoming a Wallfacer; he had his own plan.
But now that he had become a Wallfacer by some twist of fate, he should seriously consider how to use the Wallfacer authority to serve his needs.
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Sitting in the window seat of a private jet, Cao Ge gazed at the clouds outside, deep in thought.
Seeing his demeanor, the security personnel on the plane courteously did not come over to disturb him, not wanting to interrupt the Wallfacer's work.
Cao Ge was indeed considering his work after returning to his country, but there was no need for any meticulous plan.
He had been driven by a single purpose from the beginning, and that was to make humanity beg for itself.
All Cao Ge could do was to return the science that the Trisolarans had sealed off to humanity.
As for whether humanity could take this opportunity to experience a technological explosion over four hundred years and then surpass the Trisolarans, that was beyond Cao Ge's consideration.
Cao Ge gathered his wandering thoughts, shifted his gaze slowly away from the window, and then turned to look at Li Qiu, seated at the back of the cabin.
"Miss Li Qiu."
"Mr. Cao, do you need anything?" Li Qiu got up from her seat and came over immediately after hearing Cao Ge calling her.
"It's like this, after the plane lands, I need you to help me investigate the current international state of development in Hibernation Technology and then compile the information into a report for me. Afterwards, I will write down my requirements. You help me find international experts and ask how my requirements can be met," Cao Ge thought for a moment before saying this.
"Hibernation Technology, alright, Mr. Cao, I'll take care of it after we land," Li Qiu noted down in her notebook.
"Mr. Cao, is there anything else you'd like to instruct?" Li Qiu continued to ask.
"No more for now, thank you for your hard work, Miss Li."
"Not at all, Mr. Cao, this is my job. My task is to facilitate your work," said Li Qiu with a light smile, then turned and went back to her seat to prepare for the work after disembarking,
Cao Ge twisted his body to glance at them, then paid no more attention.
He looked out the window again, eyeing the escort jets outside, starting to wonder what exactly the Trisolarans were curious about him.
If it is a matter of curiosity, then it must be researched. Does that mean the Trisolarans think of him as a lab rat?
"What exactly could it be?" Dr. Cao Ge wondered, frowning.
There was no need to worry about Traverse; the system's concealment made it unlikely that the Trisolarans would discover it.
"Could Murphy be too advanced?"
Dr. Cao Ge suddenly thought about the artificial intelligence, Murphy.
That was the only point he could think of because, besides that, his other activities were exactly the same as any ordinary Earthling's, with no differences whatsoever.
Dr. Cao Ge just hoped that things would go smoothly from here on out, without any major complications arising.
The Trisolarans being curious about him didn't bother Dr. Cao Ge much. As long as it didn't escalate to the extent it had with Logic, it would be fine.
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A day later, Dr. Cao Ge returned to the Capital.
After bidding farewell to the domestic representatives, he arrived at his company.
"Chairman."
As Dr. Cao Ge walked through the entrance, he noticed that the employees of his company all stood up involuntarily, looking at him with an awed expression.
This was because they had just seen in the news that their boss had become a Wallfacer.
Facing their complex gazes, Dr. Cao Ge waved his hand and said, "Everyone, don't be nervous. Go about your business as usual."
With Dr. Cao Ge's repeated reassurances, the company employees slowly calmed down and sat back down.
Dr. Cao Ge gave them a slight smile, nodded, and then made his way down the corridor to his office.
Not long after Dr. Cao Ge entered his office, his secretary Bai Zhi came in bearing a pile of documents.
"Chairman, these are the company's arrangements for the past few months. Would you like to take a look?"
"Just leave them here, I'll look at them when I have time," Dr. Cao Ge replied.
"Okay." Bai Zhi placed the files on the desk in front of Dr. Cao Ge then stood there, somewhat helplessly looking at him.
"Chairman, is there anything else?" Bai Zhi's hands moved restlessly in front of her chest.
One of the most powerful people of the century, a Wallfacer, was sitting right in front of her. Although she wanted to stay calm, she couldn't help feeling a bit overwhelmed.
Dr. Cao Ge glanced at Bai Zhi and then said, "Right, could you arrange an office for the few staff members who have followed me to the company? They might be coming here often in the future."
"Sure, Chairman, I'll arrange it right away. Is there anything else?"
Dr. Cao Ge thought for a moment, then looked up at her and said, "That's all for now."
"Okay, Chairman. Then I'll get busy with that."
"Yes, go ahead."
Bai Zhi quickly left the office and then let out a deep sigh of relief.
Dr. Cao Ge, through the one-way glass, watched Bai Zhi's retreating figure, deep in thought.
But he only pondered momentarily before he turned his attention away and pulled his chair closer, reaching out to turn on the quantum laptop on his desk.
"Murphy, are you there?"
A cartoon figure appeared immediately on the laptop screen.
"Dr. Cao Ge, I am here."
"Murphy, I need you to help me plan a game—a game unlike any currently on the market. In a nutshell, this will be a game where players use a gaming helmet or pod to collect their brain's conscious thoughts and send them into a virtual gaming world. During the game, the player's physical body in the real world will be entirely without perception. You can reference the settings in current virtual game novels for specifics. List for me the technologies we'll need to develop this game."
"Certainly, Dr. Cao Ge, I am compiling the list now."
About a minute later, a notepad appeared on the computer screen with four technologies listed.