Chapter 292: Became a Hero Again_1

The technology used on Jiang Yu now cannot be generalized.

Because the intrinsic principles are not yet fully understood, the success rate is not very high.

Previously, it was only because there were no other options that this technology was used on Jiang Yu.

Although it was successful, the severe pain and other side effects will accompany him for life.

However, Jiang Yu actually felt he had struck it rich!

When he was planning before, he always based his plans on a lifespan of 70 to 80 years, but now that had increased four or five times, he could adjust his previous plans.

For example, he no longer planned to hibernate and could, in his spare time, watch over the progress of his plans while enjoying life a little.

At this moment, Jiang Yu couldn't help feeling: This is the first time I've felt the protagonist's halo on myself!

Just as Jiang Yu was discharged from the hospital, Ai Qi brought him bad news, "The Starship Fleet you dispatched, upon learning that they had successfully deterred the Trisolarans, are all requesting to return."

Jiang Yu slapped his forehead, "This is the first flaw of not having experienced the 'Dark Battle'! Their conviction is not strong enough!"

Jiang Yu paced around the room with his hands behind his back and pondered for a few seconds, "Order them to continue their journey, change the escape plan to a pioneering plan!"

Ai Qi hesitated before saying, "Such an order may incite a mutiny!"

"I know!" Jiang Yu said with a smile, "Go and carry it out!"

He stretched and recorded a video message for Tao Yue on his portable computer, "Is the mini particle collider built yet?"

More than forty minutes later, Tao Yue replied, "I'm glad to see you've recovered. I just inquired, and one of the mini particle colliders has been completed, the other two will take one and three months respectively to finish."

Jiang Yu used the video conference to say, "Establish a dedicated research institute for the particle collider, and be sure to secure it properly.

"Additionally, regardless of any research project, give priority to Hou Junsheng's project team. For the near future, the focus will be on how to evade Sophon's surveillance!"

Hou Junsheng's project team was the one working on how to avoid surveillance by Sophon.

Dozens of minutes later, Tao Yue sent a reply saying, "I'll arrange for that right away."

Now, Jiang Yu's focus was on building the Huan Mu Xing Particle Collider; this was the foundation of all plans and some other tasks had to be temporarily postponed.

After resting for half a day, Jiang Yu went to check on Number Three.

Now Number Three was back in a little black box, similar to the state when Jiang Shiliu first visited Jiang Yu's home.

He could see, hear, and speak, but couldn't move on his own.

Jiang Yu's personal doctor, the military doctor who had been taking care of him in the ward before, explained to Jiang Yu, "We've found that Number Three's brain cells are very special; they seem to inherently possess 'cell immortality' capabilities.

"Although his brain was severely damaged before, the injured brain cells were quickly replaced, and in the end, only the lifespan of some cells was reduced, and he healed by himself."

Jiang Yu said to the doctor, "Keep this matter confidential!"

The doctor nodded knowingly; the origins of Number Three, Jiang Shiliu, and Thirty-Six had already become top-secret documents under Jiang Yu's manipulation, and now, there weren't many people left who knew about their origins.

Jiang Yu occasionally visited Number Three for a chat; the rest of his time was spent dealing with the politicians from the PDC and Fleet International.

Negotiations with the Trisolarans had already formed many consensus points, first of which was the need for the Trisolarans to provide the technology for gravity wave antennas to establish a solid deterrent system.

Secondly, the Trisolarans were to provide Earthlings with some high-end technologies and advanced basic physics research to compensate for the more than two centuries of technological blockade against humanity.

Jiang Yu said he would also propose a condition, but he would wait until he got to the negotiation site to state it, to prevent the Trisolarans from being prepared in advance.

Because of Jiang Yu's status as a Wallfacer, although everyone was very curious, they did not press further.

Now, representatives from the PDC and the senior members of Fleet International no longer called Jiang Yu a traitor or said that Jiang Yu's decisions were the kind that only a fool would make.

Anyone with a shred of conscience must admit, Logic and Jiang Yu are the saviors!

During the subsequent journey, Jiang Yu suffered an episode of aftereffects.

The heart-wrenching pain made Jiang Yu finally understand the price of longevity.

He had always considered himself to be a person of firm will, but when the aftereffects struck, he was in so much pain that tears and snot covered his face.

It was also the first time Jiang Yu felt the sensation of his tear ducts beyond his control; he did not want to cry for the dignity of a Wallfacer, but the tears kept flowing incessantly.

Fortunately, the pain lasted only a little over a minute and did not necessitate surgical removal.

Afterward, the doctor didn't know whether he was comforting Jiang Yu or educating him: "Crying after pain is a perfectly normal reaction.

"Apart from the tears shed when sad, tears from pain are generally the body's way of acknowledging a problem it perceives to be beyond its own ability to solve, thus attracting the attention of companions nearby, asking them for help as a form of expression.

"It's a normal bodily reaction, and you shouldn't take it to heart."

Jiang Yu, who was a bit weary from the torment of sickness, looked at the doctor: "I really like your explanation."

It took a day's rest for Jiang Yu to recover from the aftereffects.

A journey of over a month can go by quickly; this time Jiang Yu's shuttle landed directly in New York City and received a grand welcome.

Many people at the scene chanted the slogan "Long live Wallfacer," to which Jiang Yu simply smiled and quickly got into the car prepared for him.

Jiang Yu was well aware that it was "Long live Wallfacer" now, but if he did something that people didn't understand, it could instantly turn into "Wallfacer, get off Earth."

It's not that Jiang Yu didn't believe in the masses of Earth anymore; he simply didn't trust the masses that live under the influence of media manipulated by capital.

They are too easily deceived.

The negotiations with the Trisolarans were to take place two days later; the venue was the United Nations General Assembly Hall, where a Sophon unfolded in three dimensions and communicated with everyone through text.

As planned, the PDC chairman proposed the previously negotiated conditions to Sophon. Surprisingly, Sophon agreed very readily.

Especially for the condition of transferring technology to Earth, which everyone had thought would require a prolonged tug-of-war to secure even a small fraction of the Trisolarans' technological achievements.

But unexpectedly, the Trisolarans not only agreed readily but did so in specific terms: they would fill some gaps in Earth's physics regarding the theory of relativity and improve humanity's understanding of quantum mechanics theory.

Regarding string theory, they confessed they were only at a beginner's level themselves, but they would still provide all their findings to Earth.

Amidst the excitement, Jiang Yu posed a third condition: the Trisolarans must provide detailed information on the social structure of the Trisolaran World, and leaders of Earth's main political bodies could observe the real-time situation in the Trisolaran World through Sophon at any time.