Chapter 61 Interstellar Envoy Project_1

The Giant Reflective Mirror was also a part of Lin Sen's plan, which was to be implemented in multiple steps. In fact, Lin Sen had another name for this plan in his heart, Project Star Messenger.

The first step of the plan was to create a giant solar reflective mirror for the rapid construction of the Moon Base, allowing the use of solar energy for building even when the Moon was in darkness.

The construction of the Moon Base needed to fully consider the Moon's resources, which included limited water and other mineral resources, meaning that there were not too many suitable places for building the base.

The second step of the plan involved the future major trough period when the global environment would be extremely harsh. Giant reflective mirrors would also be built in geostationary orbit around Earth. By using supercomputers to simulate the atmospheric motion, key points could be identified to influence the climate in target areas through the mirrors.

This was key to the plan; not just two, but Lin Sen would order Zhuang Yu to produce nano-mirror film material that could construct over 24 giant reflective mirrors, and it didn't matter if the PDC knew about it.

Humanity's resources are now precious, and it is unlikely that a large investment would be made to build giant reflective mirrors simply to treat the environment. Lin Sen could only prepare for the future earth's environmental catastrophe in this way, reducing human loss in the future.

The third step of the plan was to repurpose the retired giant reflective mirrors into starships. By utilizing the pressure of sunlight for acceleration, the ships could eventually reach 5% of the speed of light. This wasn't an escape plan; transforming them required very few resources, and was even just an ideal of Shui Wa.

Shui Wa would serve as the Star Messenger, placing his destiny in the universe.

This was also the purpose of Project Star Messenger: to break the shackles of civilization's mindset.

Without understanding the Dark Forest, humans might agree to Shui Wa leaving the Solar System, and by that time, the PDC may not have the power to restrict Lin Sen anyway.

By the time humans realized the Dark Forest, Shui Wa's interstellar journey would be the most dangerous thing, as being discovered could expose humanity's presence.

Humans have even retrieved the Voyager, let alone Shui Wa's starship. Worried about exposure, humanity had unconsciously taken half a step towards revelation, and by that point, there would be no turning back.

The Trisolarans are no more adapted to the universe than humans; it's just that they must venture out to find a new home.

They have already taken that step, and they have no way back. Once taken, that step breaks the most crucial shackle of civilization.

The best way to get over a high wall is to throw your cap over it first, and the best way to stop humanity from shrinking back from the dark universe is to let humanity's Star Messengers enter it.

Weakness and ignorance are not obstacles to survival, arrogance and cowardice are. Why should humans think they can avoid exposure just by hiding in the Solar System, or that interstellar travel is necessarily more dangerous than hiding?

In the original timeline, after the Solar System was exposed, a full-scale construction could even allow everyone to leave the Solar System, but humans chose the Wallfacer Plan, thinking that hiding behind Jupiter would ensure survival?

Nothing could be more foolish or cowardly.

Arrogance and cowardice are human nature.

The arrogance of the Trisolarans is not inferior to that of humans, but they are never cowardly.

They learn from their lessons. Each time they pay a price for their arrogance, they learn enough, while humans are like children who never grow up, never taking in lessons and not understanding what it means to grow.

Logic, who used the Dark Forest deterrence against the Trisolarans for half a century, not so much saved humanity as this very protection that truly magnified humanity's inherent cowardice.

Logic's coddling of humanity like a mother harmed the children; overprotected children do not grow.

Lin Sen needed to change the human spirit. Shui Wa being the first to fly out of the Solar System was also a way to make humans understand that cowardice is futile. Humans can only advance under coercion; there is no way back for humanity now.

Shui Wa is a pioneer, drawing humanity's gaze into the stars and bringing crisis into the human psyche.

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In the 8th year of the Crisis Era, the Wallfacer Project once again caught the attention of all mankind. Wallfacer Logic (mainly managed by Zhuang Yu) built a giant reflective mirror at the Earth-Moon Lagrange Point, while Wallfacer Rey Diaz went to the Moon to select sites for Moon Base construction.

No one was clear on the connection between the two, but it was clear there was the possibility of collaboration between the Wallfacers; anyone could see that the giant reflective mirror was for the service of the Moon Base.

At that time, Lin Sen left Logic and met with Chang Weisi as well as the military related to the Lin family. They had a secret exchange for an afternoon, after which Lin Sen gained the support of the Huaxia military.

From then on, he began secretly establishing his own military force for the Wallfacers. Although this military force was extremely weak, even weaker than the Wallfacer's security forces, this was the biggest gesture of support the military could offer the Wallfacers.

In fact, the military also understood that the Wallfacer Plan would inevitably conflict with the mainstream strategic plans since resources were limited. The more the Wallfacers used, the less was available for the military's mainstream strategies.

In the PDC's view, the Wallfacer Project could only be a subsidiary to the mainstream strategic plans, a supplement at best.

But Huaxia still firmly supported Lin Sen. The reason was simple: Huaxia had a clear understanding of the future. In fact, future history had a significant influence in Huaxia, and in their hearts, the Wallfacer Project was their greatest hope.

Of course, this was also because the military saw the value in the Wallfacers. Whether it was Logic's Mercury collision with the Sun, the escape battle plan, or the analysis of the Trisolarans, they saw the real value of the Wallfacers. They didn't mind giving the Wallfacers more resources than were stipulated by the Wallfacer Act, including military resources.

The resources provided to the Wallfacers by the PDC were not only limited but also subject to various supervisory restrictions. For the Wallfacers to get more resources, they had to strive for them, develop on their own, and now with the help of Huaxia, it was a good start.

The Wallfacers now had different development paths. The Huaxia military input military and political talent into Logic, but couldn't interfere too much with the Wallfacer forces.

At the same time, Huaxia's support for Logic naturally couldn't be kept secret from the PDC, and Europe and America also fully supported Tyler, also inputting some military and political talent behind the scenes, although on the surface, these still belonged to Tyler's Wallfacer forces.

Rey Diaz had fewer concerns, directly building his own power in third-world countries filled with passion and aspiration for building the Moon Base.

The civilized world, which had enslaved them for centuries, was about to be outstripped by these backward countries in the journey towards the stars.

Unfettered by the many shackles that bound the civilized world, they could go where their hearts desired.

They were freer than the civilized world; this was their true declaration of "independence" to the civilized world.