Chapter 397: The Light of Wisdom Reappears (Extra for everyone's recommended votes)_1

Jiang Yu left Earth, and a few days later, Sophon also announced that she would leave the Solar System.

Before leaving, however, she conveyed Yun Tianming's rendezvous to Cheng Xin.

Only then did the PDC recall that bold plan from the early years of the Crisis Era!

For a moment, the PDC felt capable again, certain that this meeting would yield much more information for Cheng Xin.

Many even speculated that Jiang Yu, having just departed, would immediately turn back to join this grand occasion.

But contrary to expectations, Jiang Yu didn't, instead sending Cheng Xin a message as she ventured into space for the rendezvous.

By that time, Cheng Xin had made up her mind to risk everything to obtain more detailed intelligence.

Many experts within the PDC were interpreting the intelligence exchange between Jiang Yu and the Trisolarans at the previous tea meeting.

There was no doubt that this intelligence was crucial, but it seemed to lack any effective method to counteract the Dark Forest Strike.

Hence, Cheng Xin thought to attempt to gather some practical intelligence, even preparing herself for death.

Yet Jiang Yu threw cold water on her, communicating via video with a stern warning, "You pick the wrong time to fight hard, and the wrong time not to. It's one thing to get yourself killed, but don't drag Yun Tianming down with you!"

The officials from the Solar System State present felt somewhat embarrassed, while those from the PDC and Fleet International thought this was Jiang Yu's negative attitude towards gathering intelligence.

Two days later, Jiang Yu saw the three fairy tales told by Yun Tianming.

The light of wisdom from the beginning of the Crisis Era shone on Earth once more.

The Staircase Program was as challenging as the Wallfacer Program, but Yun Tianming accomplished it!

It's hard to imagine what he had undergone in the Trisolaran World and what kinds of difficulties he encountered.

This plan was even more dangerous than the Wallfacers', for the Wallfacers remained on Earth for their work, while Yun Tianming could face various unknown dangers at any moment, without any help from Earth.

He had to figure out all his problems lonesomely while ensuring his true thoughts remained entirely sealed off.

Despite the seemingly impossible task, Yun Tianming indeed completed it.

What kind of belief sustained him to continue his work in a distant alien civilization over three centuries later?

As he had said before, he didn't feel a strong sense of belonging to humanity and was disappointed in familial love.

Perhaps it was because of Cheng Xin, which might have been the sole splendor in Yun Tianming's life.

No matter the motivation, Yun Tianming's actions were admirable; only those with grand ideals and a sense of responsibility would make such tremendous sacrifices.

He brought urgently needed intelligence to a humanity lost in confusion, providing a new hope for the future.

In full view of everyone, Yun Tianming managed to convey the intelligence to Cheng Xin without the Trisolarans noticing!

In this aspect alone, Yun Tianming's method of transmitting information was undoubtedly a masterstroke.

Imagine, these fairy tales had already spread throughout the Trisolaran World, and those in charge of reviewing Yun Tianming's exchanges with Cheng Xin had also heard of these tales.

Even if they hadn't heard them, they knew these stories had been circulating in their world well in advance.

The key is that Yun Tianming said that all three stories were created by Cheng Xin, which further avoids any suspicion the Trisolarans might have about the stories.

If the Trisolarans had discovered the issues in the stories earlier, Yun Tianming would have been prepared and concocted new ones.

If Jiang Yu didn't have God's View, he would have considered this intelligence as precious as the apple of his eye.

Since learning about the existence of the Trisolarans, humanity had never really been able to communicate properly with them.

At first, it was because the Trisolarans deemed communication with humanity beneath them, but after forming a deterrent, the Trisolarans began to communicate with humanity with purpose.

In both stages, it was impossible to obtain much effective and useful intelligence from the Trisolarans.

The preciousness of this intelligence lies in the fact that it includes many things that humanity couldn't have come up with, yet these things are key for humanity to survive in this cold universe.

As Jiang Yu was reflecting in his cabin, Number Three came in quickly and reported, "Sophon just sent you a request for communication."

While speaking, he played a video sent by Sophon. Sophon said that 171266 wanted to contact Jiang Yu but had never found the opportunity and hoped that Jiang Yu would do a spacewalk so that they could communicate via Sophon.

Jiang Yu thought for a moment, agreed, and arranged a time with Sophon. He then went to the transition chamber to don his spacesuit, ready to exit the cabin.

Although he had ridden in spacecraft many times, Jiang Yu had only tried spacewalking seventy years ago when evading an attack by The Waterdrop.

That experience of spacewalking wasn't particularly pleasant, but this time, he actually had the opportunity to enjoy it.

Upon exiting the hatch, Jiang Yu saw sunlight unfiltered through an atmosphere, reflecting a silvery brilliance from the body of the spacecraft, creating an almost sanctified halo.

Beyond the Sun and the stars, everything else was pitch black, as if there was nothing there.

In the constant blackness, the spaceship seemed to be suspended motionless, but in reality, it was traveling very fast, nearing 7% of the speed of light, solely lacking an effective point of reference.

At this time, the acceleration of the spaceship had ended, and it was gliding along. Jiang Yu dared to exit the cabin because if he had done so during acceleration, the immense inertial force, once he left the protective field, would have instantly crushed him.

Just two steps outside the ship, Jiang Yu saw a line of text appear before his eyes: Wallfacer, I'm glad to communicate with you again. And I'm sorry to have used such crucial intelligence to save me.

Jiang Yu smiled and said, "It's a give and take, after all. The intelligence you provided also gave us a comprehensive understanding of the Trisolarans, which is equally crucial."

Then he asked, "Are you 171266?"

171266: Yes, that's my code name. However, I'd prefer you call me by the name I've chosen for myself: Galaxy. Naming ourselves is a custom of the Earth Organization, because we've had enough of being labeled like tags.

Going with the flow, Jiang Yu responded, "Alright, then I'll call you Galaxy from now on."

He paused, then added, "If I'm not mistaken, the intelligence you told me before had a certain purpose, right? Or I should say, your Governing Council had a certain purpose."

Galaxy: "You're right. I only learned after being captured that the chance I got to be promoted to the primary person responsible for Earth surveillance and to communicate with you alone, was all a conspiracy planned by the Governing Council.

After failing to break your Wall, the Governing Council was planning to use other means to extract more intelligence from you and to exert some influences on you that would be advantageous to the Trisolarans.

Our conversations were actually under strict surveillance. My capture was a strategy to disturb your mind!

Because that was a crucial moment in the Governing Council's plan, they wanted to make you make as many wrong decisions as possible.

The result was that your counterattack instead gave the Governing Council a fright."