A brief history
Chapter 9 A brief history of the past
Under the setting sun, Zhang Beihai and his friend walked together in the shipyard.
"You have been in a very low mood recently, Wu Yue." Zhang Beihai looked at his friend and said.
"You should know the reason." After a moment of silence, Wu Yue replied.
Zhang Beihai really knew why this old friend who had been with him for many years was sad: "You are very sad, and you think we are bound to fail."
"Is there anything you want to persuade me?" Wu Yue's tone was very depressed.
Zhang Beihai shook his head: "No."
Wu Yue was somewhat helpless: "Why, do you want to do ideological work for me?"
"Yes, I do not think that humans have no chance of winning this war." Zhang Beihai replied.
In the Trisolaran world, Zhang Beihai, who received the transfer order and was heading to the secret base, lowered his head.
After learning the cause and effect through the video, Zhang Beihai understood himself. How could he be an optimistic triumphalist?
Fortunately, neither the video nor his real self revealed his inner thoughts.
With so many chapters, not only the analysts, but also Zhang Beihai understood that he might be crucial in this war involving races. He had to be more careful than in the video and constantly think and adjust his actions and thinking according to the video.
"Beihai, you used to be very realistic... But now, where does your belief in winning this interstellar war come from?" Wu Yue was very puzzled. Zhang
Beihai said calmly and confidently, "In human history, wars where the weak defeated the strong are everywhere. Humans do not need universal military theories. One exception is enough."
"The key is that 400 years later, we must still have the courage to act and the confidence to win!" Zhang Beihai's tone was very confident and firm.
But Wu Yue was different: "Sometimes you are really imaginative."
Zhang Beihai said: "No, what I have is confidence. Do you know the original intention of the Wall-Facing Plan?"
Wu Yue certainly knew the resolution of the conference: "Because the Trisolarians cannot see through the human mind, they think that humans still have hope of winning through strategy."
"That's right, thought is the greatest weapon of mankind against the Trisolarians, and the belief in victory is a crucial part of it!" Zhang Beihai opened his arms and bathed in the sun.
In the Trisolarian world, all the Trisolarians were very worried. Although their position and that of the Earth were not exposed by the video, they did not have to worry about the attack of higher civilizations for the time being, but the weaknesses of their race had been exposed. Even if they occupied the Earth in the future and met other equally matched opponents, they would lose many advantages and even be targeted.
The scene changed, and in the conference hall, a representative solemnly announced that the vote on the "total ban on escapism" proposal had begun, and all the representatives present unanimously agreed to the proposal.
This scene was extremely stupid in the eyes of the advanced civilizations of the Trisolaran Universe. They were already facing the threat of a civilization stronger than themselves, but they still wanted to destroy their civilization's last means of insurance. How could such a stupid civilization develop from the primitive era to this point without internal strife and destruction?
The Trisolarans were somewhat relieved. At least, such a stupid decision was beneficial to them.
The resolution on prohibiting escapism was completed, and the second agenda was proposed.
The new topic was that they hoped that the technology of spacecraft could be open and shared, and all mankind would fight against the Trisolarans together.
However, those with a high vision were a minority after all, and they all understood that this was an idea that was absolutely impossible to achieve in the current environment. In
a certain mythological world, the Yellow Emperor, who had been hiding in a tomb for who knows how many years, was furious at this moment.
As one of the Five Emperors, he loved his people very much. He was extremely angry that there were extraterritorial demons in the Trisolaran world who dared to exterminate mankind. In the end, the foreign enemy was powerful, and humans were fighting for such a small profit at this critical moment.
The shocking arrogance rose to the sky, and in an instant, the Emperor Yan, who was tending to the flowers and plants in the tomb billions of kilometers away, shook his head.
Obviously, my title has the word "Yan", why is your temper so much more irritable than mine?
"You bastard! You are always talking nonsense, just fighting!" The angry curse from the Yellow Emperor was automatically transformed into heavenly sound by this world, resounding throughout the world.
The debate in the video is still going on. The words of a representative aroused public anger and refused to share technology.
The scene turned, and the representative who had just provoked the dispute at the conference appeared in a traditional Chinese building.
It is indeed a bit inconsistent for a blond man to appear here.
But the inconsistency is secondary. The content of the conversation between this representative and a man dressed in Qin Dynasty emperor's clothes is the most surprising.
"Hahahaha! Gauss, you are really a genius!" The man in ancient costume looked at him admiringly.
The representative codenamed Gauss sneered as he watched the quarrel replaying on the screen: "Look, there is no need for the Lord to intervene. Humans cannot get out of the solar system on their own!"
As soon as he said this, the human leaders of the Three-Body World realized that this guy was an ETO!
Since Gauss himself did not know that the screen would switch to the secret conversation of ETO, he was arrested before he could even transfer.
The subsequent video content has nothing to do with him. He is just a small role to advance the plot. He said two words and then disappeared.
The screen jumped again. In a conference room, Zhang Beihai and Wu Yue were attending a meeting.
However, before the meeting, Zhang Beihai told his leader that his friend Wu Yue was no longer suitable for the job.
The guilt in his heart did not show in his expression. Wu Yue, who was deeply rooted in defeatism, agreed to Zhang Beihai's arrangement and took the initiative to resign.
The content of the meeting was not important, but after the meeting, Zhang Beihai stayed in the conference room. After the other participants left, Chang Weisi, as his boss, asked: "What do you want to tell me?"
Zhang Beihai nodded and proposed the idea of reinforcing the future.
Chang Weisi turned around and looked at Zhang Beihai, who was not surprised by praise or criticism. He realized that Zhang Beihai seemed to have other purposes.
However, under the cloud of Chieko's surveillance, he realized it and did not ask more.
"There will be a meeting of the Wallfacers tomorrow, so please prepare."
The next day, in Zhang Beihai's office, Chang Weisi pushed open the door and walked in, bringing with him one of the focus of the meeting announced by the Wallfacers not long ago.
Wallfacer Bill Hines.
"Hello, leader." Zhang Beihai saluted.
"Hey, sit down, don't be so restrained." Chang Weisi's tone was easygoing, completely unlike yesterday's conversation when he realized that Zhang Beihai was abnormal: "This is Wallfacer Bill Hines."
Looking at Hines, Chang Weisi pointed at Zhang Beihai and said: "This is the Zhang Beihai I just mentioned."
Zhang Beihai sat upright, and there was nothing wrong with him: "Hello, Wallfacer."
"The purpose of this trip is to understand the source of your firm belief in victory. You know, all mankind needs such a firm belief now." Bill Hines said the purpose of this trip.
Zhang Beihai replied expressionlessly: "We will provide all the help we can."
"My plan is dedicated to improving human intelligence. What I am doing now is no different from what a university professor does, so just treat me as an ordinary professor. Don't be polite." Hines' tone was very easygoing.
Zhang Beihai looked at Chang Weisi: "Perhaps we can say that this is part of the plan."
The conversation was very dull, and the topic seemed to be dying. At this moment, a shout came from outside Zhang Beihai's office: "Old boss!"
When Chang Weisi heard this voice, his heart twitched. Before he could react, a man opened the door and rushed in.
"Da Shi?! This is a top-secret meeting!" Chang Weisi knocked on the table. He only felt that his blood pressure was soaring because of this old subordinate.
Da Shi didn't care at all and said directly: "Luo Ji said this is part of the plan, and he asked me to come!"
"You should ask others for instructions first!" Chang Weisi corrected.
"I have asked for instructions, but I still have to ask you for approval!" Da Shi said with his hands spread out.
Chang Weisi was almost amused: "Then you should at least tell me in advance, didn't you see us meeting with the wall-facer?!"
"How do I know this wall-facer is so evil, do you know what my plan is?" Dashi also felt that he was a bit impolite: "He drew a dream lover for us to find!"
Dashi laughed.
Bill Hines heard the performance of another wall-facer Luo Ji and laughed: "This sounds like a wall-facing plan."
Dashi continued to talk about Luo Ji's performance in the past few days, saying that PDC could handle the previous things, but only Dashi could find someone to work hard to find the dream lover.
Sighing, after saying goodbye to Hines, Chang Weisi took Dashi out.
(End of this chaptermicrophone to communicate
Chapter 10 Trisolarans: Please turn on the microphone to communicate.
Looking at the door closed by the leader, Hines touched his brows with his hand: "Political Commissar Zhang, in fact, like the Chinese wall-facer, I am unwilling to assume the responsibilities of a wall-facer."
Hines' words were bitter.
Zhang Beihai expressed his understanding: "I understand that it is very difficult to be responsible for the future of all mankind."
Outside the video, people from all over the world nodded in agreement, closing their hearts and shouldering the hopes of the whole world. It is far more difficult to achieve strategic deception without clearly expressing their true intentions than to walk in a dense minefield.
If you have to compare, it is like dodging between raindrops in heavy rain without any external force, but you can't get yourself wet.
Whether successful or not, these wall-facers are worthy of respect.
At least in the eyes of people outside the Trisolaran world, they are all worthy of respect.
At the same time, in the Three-Body World, the two wall-facers who had already unveiled their curtains, Luo Ji and Bill Hines, were already under strict protection by their respective countries. The wall-facer plan could be said to have started ahead of time, without any meetings or selections, and it just started like that. Bill Hines was also paying attention to his performance in the video.
In the video, he said that the purpose was to improve the intelligence level of mankind. According to his understanding of himself, this was definitely not the truth, and everything was a fraud in the Three-Body Civilization.
This was a cover-up for the real purpose. What was the real purpose? Bill Hines in the Three-Body World did not think of it at the first time, but he understood that improving human intelligence was the best cover-up, bright, just, and promising.
"Yeah, I've been suffering from insomnia recently." In the video, Hines said sadly, leaning on his chin. Becoming a wall-facer was too stressful for him.
Looking up, Hines looked at Zhang Beihai: "You know, their technology level is far superior to ours. No matter how you think about it, it is a losing situation."
Hearing this, whether it is Zhang Beihai in the video, Zhang Beihai in the Three-Body World, or even Bill Hines in the Three-Body World, their hearts moved. They all realized at the same time that what Hines said at this time was another thing - defeatism, or even... a deeper meaning.
However, they just kept it in mind, including the think tanks formed by various countries at this moment, and came to similar conclusions after analyzing this.
However, before the inventory is over, rewards are obtained, and it is judged whether they can help humans resolve the Three-Body crisis, everyone must bury these in their hearts.
Except for ETO.
However, because of the sudden appearance of the video, the Trisolarans were afraid of changes and stopped communicating with ETO, so that many ETOs were captured by the suddenly strengthened official encirclement and suppression forces, and in order to prevent them from passing messages to the Trisolarans, they were injected with a huge amount of anesthetics, which was enough for them to sleep until the end of the inventory and be judged.
The remaining ETOs were frantically avoiding official forces, and they didn't even have time to watch the video, let alone analyze it.
In the video, after Hines bluntly said that he thought humans would lose, Zhang Beihai remained calm: "You think humans will lose."
Hines denied it flatly: "It's not me who thinks so, but everyone thinks so, and this will bring considerable ideological obstacles to long-term strategic deployment."
"Do you want to do ideological and political work for all mankind?" Zhang Beihai asked.
Hines nodded: "That's right, human intelligence includes many dimensions. In fact, perseverance and belief are also important factors of intelligence. Without these, humans cannot win."
Zhang Beihai nodded: "To improve the intelligence of all mankind, it will consume a lot of resources."
"Yes, this is why I want to ask you." Hines looked at Zhang Beihai: "How do you manage to be so firm in your thoughts?"
Hearing that Hines didn't say anything directly, Zhang Beihai could be sure that the wall-facer in front of him was definitely a fellow... This is a comrade!
Hines asked in an affirmative tone: "Do you have a plan to win?"
Zhang Beihai was silent for a long time, recalling the content of the conversation just now, confirming Hines's true purpose again, and organizing the words that Sophon and Trisolarians would never understand.
"You misunderstood. I don't have a plan to win at the moment, but I have faith in victory."
Hines looked up: "Oh? Why do you say that?"
The matter is of great importance, and both of them are testing each other with wonderful words.
As people with sensitive identities, it is not too careful.
"It is difficult to defeat the strong with the weak, but history has proved that it is not impossible." Hines listened to Zhang Beihai's words and took a sip of tea. Thanks to his wife's East Asian cultural circle, Hines is not as good as ordinary white people in tasting Chinese tea.
"Maybe your analytical computer will have a huge impact on the future, even the Space Force?"
Hearing the three words of the Space Force, Hines was shocked and looked at Zhang Beihai blankly.
The three words of the Space Force not only confirmed that Zhang Beihai was a comrade, but also pointed out the direction of his plan!
"Hahaha." Zhang Beihai was the first to break the silence with a chuckle.
Hines also laughed.
He was really happy. He had only come here to seek a little experience in ideological and political education, but he didn't expect to meet a comrade, and this comrade even helped him who was still confused to point out the direction!
The long-standing confusion was completely gone, and the pressure was officially transformed into motivation.
In this world, there are people who understand you better than the person next to you, and the hope in your heart has also been magnified a lot.
"Thank you!" Hines stretched out his right hand and sincerely expressed his gratitude to Zhang Beihai for waking him up.
Zhang Beihai smiled and stood up, shaking hands with Hines: "You're welcome."
In the Three-Body World, Zhang Beihai and Hines were relieved. They both understood that the other party was their comrade, but soon began to worry again.
Because this world is not short of smart people, the video is a private conversation between Zhang Beihai and Hines, and some of the hidden meanings can only be monitored by Zhizi, but they can't understand.
But now that all mankind has heard it, naturally someone can understand what they say.
The two of them are real fugitives.
However, the video is both a failure and a success. It is precisely because the theme of the inventory is a positive word like "the most handsome" that the human leaders, after a brief discussion, unanimously agreed that how to deal with defeatists like Zhang Beihai and Hines needs to wait until the video is over.
Of course, regarding the ideas of defeatism and escapism, these smart leaders did not communicate directly, but hinted at each other.
Lying and disguising is the only advantage of humans, and also the biggest advantage.
(End of this chapter