Chapter 25: A Burdened Future_1

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Many people in the venue were clenching their fists in agitation, unafraid of sacrifice, undaunted by anything, yet always anxious about the fate of humanity.

Today, someone finally brought them hope, someone caught the Trisolarans' slip-up and through the anti-escape law, devised such a shocking plan, and it was an overt operation, one that could be explained in detail to everyone openly and frankly.

To truly corner the Trisolarans, if the Trisolaran Interstellar Fleet annihilates the fleet wandering in deep space, then humans would have obtained the most critical intelligence, and surely there would be even more plans waiting for the Trisolarans later on.

If the Trisolaran Interstellar Fleet went directly into the Solar System for the final confrontation, a human victory would be celebrated by all; if humanity were defeated, the fleets wandering in deep space would flee.

Even if the Trisolarans did not act, did not annihilate the fleet wandering in deep space or enter the Solar System, such inaction would also signify an attitude—it would be the most disadvantageous for the Trisolarans and the best possible outcome for humanity.

PDC Representative: "I, personally, completely agree with your plan in principle. In this battle, we have hope.

The PDC introduced the anti-escape bill for many reasons, not just due to the issue of who should stay and who should go. Once escape is permitted, humanity would, in essence, split into multiple factions, and even extremely brutal turmoil could ensue."

The key reason is that, at that time, humanity would no longer be able to unite all its forces for a real final confrontation with the Trisolarans.

I will report your plan to the rotating chairperson of the PDC and the UN Secretary-General, and I believe they will approve this plan."

Chang Weisi was also surprised; today, Logic and Lin Sen had brought him too many unexpected joys. He rarely met people he couldn't see through. Zhang Beihai's father was one, and now Logic and Lin Sen were added to that list.

He recently thought that the plan had not considered the possibility that the Trisolarans might use weapons, yet Lin Sen had responded flawlessly and comprehensively.

In Chang Weisi's eyes, Logic and Lin Sen's plan wasn't just about probing for Trisolaran intelligence or engaging in a do-or-die battle with Trisolaris but about creating an escape route.

Everyone knew the escape hatch mustn't be opened, for its consequences were unthinkable, but Lin Sen and Logic's plan neatly avoided this scenario.

The plan ingeniously disguised the escape as a "preliminary skirmish," only this "preliminary skirmish" was even more brutal than anyone imagined, an escape that would dissuade the vast majority.

Such brutality wasn't something one could face simply with courage; they would be wandering alone in the pitch-black depths of space, unable to communicate with the outside world, where the sun was just a slightly brighter star.

They had to be vigilant at all times, as any negligence could lead to a devastating disaster.

They would have to endure loneliness beyond what most people could imagine; the silent starry sky was their eternal resting place.

The critical point was that they were the ones with the least hope, and they might even wish to hear of humanity's defeat, as it would mean their release.

Despite the cruelty to the "preliminary skirmish" fleet, it implicitly gave the human world hope.

When the plan was implemented in the future, they would be the vanguard, the heroes in the eyes of ordinary people. They would be the ones fighting the Trisolaran fleet in deep space, and there might even be a chance of victory; they would be the ones to obtain the most critical intelligence about the Trisolarans.

In the eyes of the discerning, they could maintain the embers of human civilization while not affecting humanity's ability to gather all its strength for a decisive battle with the Trisolarans—that was enough.

Chang Weisi: "A perfect plan indeed; the core of the plan is that it can't be Wallfaced, and it is currently the most hopeful plan.

On behalf of the Space Force of Huaxia, I agree with the plan. The details of the plan will require many experts to draft together. We will form a professional team to refine and execute the plan."

Everyone who entered the venue had essentially become part of Logic the Wallfacer's advisory council, all members of the Wallfacer Project.

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All present expressed agreement with the plan, but Lin Sen also noticed one person who did not express consent.

Lin Sen: "Thank you all for being here. I now declare the Evacuation and Decisive Battle Plan approved; this is the direction we will strive toward in the future.

The future is very heavy, and the future is not as beautiful as we imagine.

What we need is a true confrontation with the Trisolaran Bugs. We cannot bear the thought of not being able to gather all our forces to fight the Trisolaran Bugs in one battle!

We don't understand the war of civilizations, but how much do the Trisolarans understand it? From their successive foolish moves, it's clear that they too have not yet faced the test of a true war of civilizations.

The only thing we've learned from history is not to trust history. We have been preparing for the war of civilizations through thousands of years of war— are they prepared?

This plan undoubtedly pulls the war of civilizations back to a battlefield we are familiar with. The battlefield should be a contest of schemes and technology, and a war without schemes is tasteless!

Mr. Logic had a good friend, Shi Qiang, who said, 'Bugs have never really been defeated.' It is possible for the Trisolarans to defeat us, but impossible to conquer us.

Even if our entire fleet is destroyed, even if they occupy our Solar System, our fleets wandering in deep space may still have the possibility to escape.

They will carry on with our beliefs, develop a greater civilization in another world; this flame of war won't go out. They ignited the war, and they will inevitably be consumed by this war!

We will give the Trisolarans what they fear the most; let them tremble in front of the Bugs!"

Knowing the development of the original timeline, Lin Sen found it hard to imagine why future humanity could collectively become so foolish—lining up 2,000 warships for slaughter.

At the very least, it's a disrespect to the Trisolarans. The Waterdrop, the 'vanguard' of the Trisolarans, took 200 years to arrive, yet humankind put all their armed forces together to meet it.

Even if it wasn't the Waterdrop but a super bomb coming, such behavior equates to suicide.

The level of cunning of future humans is nearly the same as that of the Trisolarans, even weaker, as the Trisolarans at least possess absolute rationality.

Humans, on the other hand, have nothing but boundless imagination, even going so far as to call the Waterdrop a probe. With the existence of Sophons, why would they need to send other probes?

If it were present-day humans, any random person on the street would definitely know that the Waterdrop must have other functions, only they wouldn't know exactly what it was for. Yet this much the "elite" of the future human world couldn't agree on.

Becoming arrogant to the point of invincibility after achieving some success, they had no plan for confronting the Trisolaran Waterdrop other than interception.

Even more absurd is that future humans possess extremely advanced warships, yet they don't study the tactics of interstellar warships, thinking instead to leave it for future people to research.

If any of the other Wallfacers still had their privileges, the battle of doomsday could never have ended that way.

At that time, humans had lost the most precious thing of humanity! After the great decline, the people were no longer truly human, technological giants but strategic infants, having lost the most precious qualities of the Common Era People.

Of course, they were lucky, for it was their arrogance that made the Trisolarans underestimate them. Upon the arrival of a Waterdrop, the Trisolarans immediately and completely annihilated all of humanity's resistance.

It was precisely because of the Trisolarans' contempt that Logic had the chance to reverse the situation; everything happens for a reason.

If the future humans had been sufficiently vigilant, the Trisolarans would indeed have waited for all 10 Waterdrops to arrive before launching their attack on humanity, leaving no possibility for humanity to turn the tables.