Chapter 107 Lin Sen's Ambition_1

Rey Diaz: "I knew it was all your plot. You're terrifying. When I put all this together, I tremble all over. How can one person's scheming be so profound?

"I guess everything but that plastic steel material was within your expectations, right?

"The early construction of the Moon Base needed energy, the only option was solar power, so you built a Giant Reflective Mirror.

"When manpower was needed for the Moon Base, you provided the Exoskeleton Space Suits, enabling ordinary people to participate in the construction.

"Now we've hit a bottleneck, and the third-generation controllable nuclear fusion has just broken through, still with technology provided by the Trisolarans. This can hardly be described as mere coincidence!

"I must say, being your enemy is probably the biggest mistake. The Trisolarans must shudder at the mention of your name by now! Indeed, they should feel the taste of fear."

Lin Sen didn't want to continue this topic. Although he didn't care if the Trisolarans were eavesdropping, it only served to satisfy Rey Diaz's curiosity, which was meaningless. Lin Sen was ready to state the most important purpose of his visit.

Lin Sen: "The reason I've come to you is to ask if it's possible to secretly build a Space Battleship on the Moon."

Rey Diaz seemed not surprised. Perhaps he had pondered this question countless times in his mind: "We don't stand a chance. The PDC won't agree. In the mainstream defense plans, only they are allowed to build Space Battleships.

"When we were building the Moon Base, it made them extremely nervous. They are indeed ignorant in some areas, but that's due to their inherent limitations. They are the elite of humanity, with a piercing vision, and they probably saw through our plans from the start.

"At first, they disagreed with the construction of the Moon Base. It was only after I rallied all the third-world countries to pressure the PDC that the Moon Base plan was approved.

"Afterward, I realized that there had always been people helping us. I even suspect that our plans had been transparent to Sayi and Garanin all along, and it was they who fought for our chance, bearing the pressure and ultimately passing our Moon Base project. Otherwise, our plans would have died before they even started.

"But the PDC is not a one-person show. Once they step down and a new power reshuffle occurs, our situation will not be as easy as now, and we will face an even more severe situation.

"Right now, the Moon is swarming with PDC personnel monitoring everything. If we start research on battleships now, even those who want to help us won't be able to resist the pressure and will have to act against us.

"Building a Space Battleship is a massive systematic project. It requires the combined efforts of all the most cutting-edge industries worldwide. The cultural level of our personnel on the Moon is low, which is the fundamental reason why the PDC allowed us to build the Moon Base.

"They know that we can't build battleships on our own; it's only possible with a large number of human elites from the PDC.

"The scale of designers for battleships can reach tens of thousands, all from the very top talents in various industries. The production industry chain for the battleship is even more massive, involving millions of people. Only then comes the construction process in the shipyard, which also requires tens of thousands. It's impossible to conduct it secretly."

Lin Sen: "In fact, they have been helping us as much as they can, even guessing that we might become independent. Yet they are still helping us unconditionally. Maybe that's the real intention behind their Wallfacer plan.

"They understand that the Trisolarans are not our biggest enemy; we are our own biggest enemy. Only if human civilization can break through itself might we survive in this universe. We only see the immediate crisis, but they see the future of human civilization.

"Besides, I understand your concerns. I don't want you to start now; you need to wait for the right opportunity, which may come in 15 years. By then, human society might undergo major changes, and we will stand a chance. What we need to do now is to establish a complete industrial chain on the Moon to prepare for the future.

"By having your own people create a power base for you, I took into account the possibility that future PDCs might not allow us to exceed their control. This is determined by the nature of the PDC. Even if the next PDC Chairman is someone like Garanin, he will still have to impose restrictions on us.

"Our construction of the Moon Base largely involves people from the third world and Huaxia, also considering that we must have our own reliable forces.

"If we consider the worst in human nature, they could simply cut off our supply of resources and easily take over the Moon Base we have labored to build.

"Our future must be in our own hands."

This was the first time Lin Sen had revealed his ambitions to someone else. Of course, he didn't aim to become the dictator of the human world—that would be meaningless, as such a social structure is the most unstable.

Some believe that the Interstellar Era could see the emergence of an authoritarian empire that unites the world under one voice, giving such an imperial civilization the power to explore and survive crises.

"Such thoughts are pure speculation. Authoritarianism indeed could give us stronger survival capabilities, but that's within the context of a brand new Interstellar Era, a major shift that has not occurred for tens of thousands of years. It's impossible to simply reverse historical gears and use an imperial ruling model to adapt.

"This would require countless reconstructions of our entire social and moral consciousness to form a new social structure, which cannot be smoothly transitioned to and is not subject to change by human will alone."

All that Lin Sen had done was the role of an assistant, an assistant to humanity, the development of human civilization has its own laws. Lin Sen did not know what the future held; the only thing he could do was to escort and protect it.

Rey Diaz: "That's also my concern. Now that the construction on the Moon is on the right track, I'm also worried that the PDC will turn on us at any moment. If they decide to take over the Moon Base now, we're powerless to stop them."

Lin Sen: "Not now, as you said, they've been helping us from behind. They will suppress other voices within the PDC, but such suppression won't last forever.

"We need to prepare early. Our fates can't always be in their hands."

Rey Diaz: "Yeah, it's like dancing on a tightrope. I know you had your reasons for having us build the Moon Base, and you probably anticipated how our relationship with the PDC would develop in the future.

"I'm just worried about the Moon Base being taken from us. It's like my daughter, I've watched her grow every day, I just want to protect her. Do you understand how I feel?"

Lin Sen: "Of course I understand. I won't let it be taken away. In Huaxia history, an emperor once seized the world with a nine-character strategy.

"We'll modify it: 'Dig deep pits, hoard vast amounts of grain, declare kingship slowly' will be our guiding principle for the Moon Base.

"I plan to hibernate for about 15 years this time. If something happens to me, you need to build a Space Battleship to protect Ding Yi's Particle Accelerator Spaceship."