Chapter 3 A Cunning Plan of the PDC_1

Lin Sen had a different opinion about the PDC.

Whether great or despicable, Logic should have had the right to know.

"We grew up together, and I'm also willing to live in such an environment. It is indeed comfortable here, and I yearn for it. After years of decadence, it's time for a change!

Wallfacer Logic, what I want to do is not just to be Logic's assistant, but the assistant of a Wallfacer!" Lin Sen said solemnly, looking directly into Logic's eyes.

"You're being so formal, it's kind of sudden for me!" Logic turned and continued:

"Actually, I've already given up on the Wallfacer Project, just living day by day. What does the survival of humanity have anything to do with me?

Why should humanity believe that human civilization can continue to survive? Every moment in the universe, countless civilizations are being destroyed, what are we in comparison?"

Logic became a bit agitated then. He had no plan, so why did everyone force him to be a savior, and even think he should be able to be a savior? He simply had no ability to bring hope of survival to humanity.

"Our hearts, in fact, are immensely strong.

We are not bound by any responsibilities, nor troubled by anything in the world. We are us, just being ourselves.

Your heart has been sealed by the Wallfacer Act. Unshackle yourself from this burden of responsibility and be your true self.

The moral constraints of humanity cannot bind you, nor can the shackles of being a Wallfacer. We don't need to work for anyone.

My being the assistant of a Wallfacer is just because I want to, or maybe for you, nothing more!"

In this speech, Lin Sen actually used a bit of hypnotic technique, his slightly magnetic voice bringing a sense of calm to the soul, his resounding words reaching deep into Logic's heart, reinforcing their persuasive power.

Logic calmed down quickly, not expecting that his childhood friend had such a refreshing influence with words.

"You're right, my heart has always held on to humanity's responsibilities. I don't want to disappoint them, and I've been numbing myself with a life of happiness.

But I'm afraid, this responsibility is too great, I can't handle it."

"Don't be afraid, the responsibility of being a Wallfacer will be shared by both of us.

Trust me, this responsibility is not as great as you think. The more you appear angry and helpless, the more competent you seem to the PDC.

No one can remain indifferent at the juncture of human destiny. You've shown your devotion and responsibility to the PDC, that's why they gave you this estate.

It's not because you're a Wallfacer, but the respect and recognition humanity owes you.

Now, let's talk about your Wallfacing!"

"My Wallfacing, what about it?"

"The PDC is not a charity. What they give you today, they will expect a hundredfold, a thousandfold in return. Rights and duties don't exist unilaterally."

"You mean, the PDC might take back everything I have now, and I'll have to work doubly hard to repay them!"

"Exactly, you've seen the first layer. This is the first layer of the Wallfacer Plan: rights and duties are equivalent.

For Wallfacer Logic, if he does not carry out the Wallfacer Plan as demanded by the PDC, he will lose everything he has now, including his wife and daughter."

"No, that can't be!" Logic trembled slightly, unable to imagine what it would be like to lose his wife and daughter.

"You know it's possible!

If you can't fulfil your duties and responsibilities, this will inevitably happen.

You could probably see this, you're just accustomed to numbing yourself, not willing to think further."

After a long silence, Logic seemed to make a decision:

"Indeed, you've made me more alert. I know what I need to do next and hope the PDC won't go too far.

You just said this is the first layer, what about the second? Is it that a Wallfacer doesn't need to be understood, to complete a strategic deception?"

"'A Wallfacer does not need to be understood' could be considered layer zero, as it's clearly written in the Wallfacer Act.

But the actions of a Wallfacer will be monitored and controlled by the United Nations Planetary Defense Council (PDC), the only body with the authority to ultimately veto the directives of a Wallfacer according to the United Nations Wallfacer Act."

Logic continued, "So, the rights of a Wallfacer, while granted, can also be taken away."

"Yes, but you don't need to worry about that. The UN Secretary-General, Madam Sai, and the rotating chair of the PDC, Garanin, are both human elites. They can fully understand the significance of the Wallfacer Act.

A Wallfacer must mislead and deceive the entire world, including the enemy and ourselves, thereby constructing a huge, confusing maze of illusions, causing the enemy to lose correct judgement within this maze, delaying as much as possible the time it takes for them to discern our true strategic intentions.

What Wallfacers undertake will be the most arduous mission in human history, they are true loners.

They will close off their minds to the entire world, even the entire universe.

The only thing they can confide and rely on spiritually is themselves.

They will shoulder this great mission and walk through the long years in solitude.

But in the lengthy years to come, anything can happen, including the rights and duties of a Wallfacer.

In becoming a Wallfacer, in a sense, you no longer belong to humanity, and your isolation from humanity is even greater than species isolation!

Those who close off their hearts, on a certain level, are no longer human.

So, the second layer of the Wallfacer Plan is that the deception is not aimed at the Trisolarans but at humanity itself!"