Chapter 65: Lin Sen Wakes Up_1

Time flies, four fleeting years have passed…

Crisis Era, year 12.

Lin Sen awoke from an endless darkness.

This time, there was not the pain of his initial leap through time, and though his consciousness was initially blurry, it quickly fully recovered.

He still felt an endless fatigue, and his limbs couldn't move, feeling somewhat akin to sleep paralysis.

Lin Sen knew this was because his brain's consciousness had awakened while his spinal cord and nervous system had not, and that all he needed to do was wait and stimulate each limb's nerves for his condition to improve.

Lin Sen's awakening also drew certain attention from society, and the one to greet him upon his recovery was Wang Miao.

As Lin Sen's consciousness revived, Wang Miao, usually a man of few words, was incessantly reporting the achievements of the past four years, a practice suggested by the nursing staff, as it was beneficial for Lin Sen's recovery.

Lin Sen's consciousness was at times clear and at times fuzzy, he'd heard a lot and roughly understood Wang Miao's point.

The first phase of the space elevator had been completed, and humanity could now transport goods to space. This first major thoroughfare to the universe, with its construction complete, laid a solid foundation for the development of the Space Force and greatly expanded the living space for humanity.

Humanity had achieved a breakthrough in low-cost transportation of materials to the sky. As the chief engineer of this project, Wang Miao was naturally excited and couldn't wait to report on the project's progress to Lin Sen.

The entire space elevator still needed to be continuously expanded outward; for now, only four space cables were in place to transport the cabins.

After two hours, Lin Sen was able to speak, but his body movement was still significantly impaired.

Brimming with excitement, Wang Miao reported the space elevator construction work to Lin Sen once again.

Although tired, Lin Sen made an effort to speak, "Has Logic awakened?"

Wang Miao, "Not yet, we planned to awaken you first. You are the Wallfacer Assistant, so it's most fitting for you to awaken him."

Lin Sen, "How has human society developed over these years? What changes have occurred?"

Hearing this question, Wang Miao seemed a bit melancholic, "In recent years, the changes in the human world have become increasingly incomprehensible.

Due to economic transformation, the number of unemployed people has been rising, many consumer industries have suffered massive impacts, and industries are in decline.

Various countries have been greatly affected, and social structures are constantly changing; even the experience from past planned economies doesn't work anymore.

Those who are unemployed, lacking professional skills, especially in finance, sales, real estate... such personnel are almost all without jobs. They have gone from being figures that everyone esteemed to people in need of social welfare. The reversal is just too great.

What's most popular now are scientific researchers and technical workers. The current education system has also changed a lot, with fewer classes like ideological education, physical education, music, painting... and such subjects.

Either strive to become one in ten thousand as scientific researchers or become skilled technicians.

We all understand that the government now divides people into two categories, useful and useless. The useless are sent to the countryside to fend for themselves and alleviate the government's burden, while the useful are allocated proper stations, stations instead of jobs.

They don't need to have aspirations, just do their job well. Society is becoming more and more rigid.

Humans cannot suppress their madness. They will make all sorts of excuses for this madness.

The only lesson humans seem to learn from history is that humans don't learn any lessons from history. If it weren't for you and Logic, I really don't know how I would face today's human society."

Lin Sen, "Don't be too melancholic. You ought to have seen all this coming four years ago, right? It's just that you didn't want to accept it.

I know the pain in your heart, history that has just happened is repeating itself, and this is the destiny of history.

You know, I do not believe in fate. Isn't our goal to break this destiny?

Even if our efforts cannot cause a splash in the currents of history, we must at least make the historical whirlpool linger a bit longer for us.

Moreover, you must believe that while humans cannot suppress their madness, they cannot rely on their madness to destroy themselves either. Human society has self-healing powers, the future will always get better; it only requires us to pay a certain price.

What we are doing is hoping that day comes a bit sooner."

Wang Miao, "No matter when it is, no matter how great the setback, as long as you are here, I feel confident to face it.

Let's talk about something happier, I'll tell you about our work progress these years!

The Space Force has been developing rapidly these years. They also have an Augmented Future plan, which has already sent two batches of excellent military and government personnel to the future, where I believe 400 years of the finest human elites will be able to engage in a true contest with the Trisolarans.

Hines is still in hibernation, but his wife Keiko Yamasuki has made major breakthroughs in non-Von Neumann computer structures, expecting to increase the computing power of the strongest computer to date by ten thousand times. The theoretical validation is almost complete, and construction validation is next.

Tyler has been researching macroscopic atoms. With the completion of our space elevator, he proposed establishing a research base in space during the Wallfacer hearing. He's always arguing with Rey Diaz for transportation quotas, but of course, they eventually have to follow PDC's arrangements.

Rey Diaz's achievements are the greatest. His team, under any harsh conditions, can work passionately.

Especially since we've provided them with Brain-Machine Interface Exoskeleton Armored Spacesuits, their efficiency is very high. The ground base at L1 Lagrange point on the Moon is under construction now, and thousands of people are already there.

Next will be the construction of the Moon space elevator. With its length being 60,000 kilometers, the production speed of the space cable can't keep up. He often gives me that raised eyebrow and glaring eye.

The first generation of controlled nuclear fusion technology was successful four years ago, and a year ago, they also succeeded with the second generation through the same method.

Dr. Ding Yi is now tackling the third generation of controlled nuclear fusion; he is doing research based on the quantum tunneling model you proposed. Once research and calculations confirm its effectiveness, I believe it won't be long before the third generation of controlled nuclear fusion technology will be realized, and then the construction of the propellant-less radiation propulsion spacecraft can commence.

Zhuang Yu's Giant Reflective Mirror plan is under construction; the main frame has been completed. Next up is laying the nano-optical film material and installing the control systems."

These achievements are indeed heartening. Everything is proceeding as planned, and it seems my plans can begin once more.

I've been waiting for you for four years. Don't let me down!