Chapter 193 Logic's "Threat"_1

Soon, Logic took the stage, and it seemed as if both worlds were expecting him to say something.

Logic, "Ladies and gentlemen, my plan actually coincides with Mr. Hines's, albeit by different means.

"When I was designated as a Wallfacer, I too was working hard to formulate my own plan.

"At that time, humanity was quite perplexed, and society even saw some people worshipping Wallfacers as gods, believing that Wallfacers were omnipotent.

"The Trisolarans were also confused at that time; we were all encountering extraterrestrials for the first time, lacking experience, prone to speculating about the other based on our own experiences, and overly worried about our own flaws.

"At that time, under the guidance of the Trisolarans, the ETO had also established the Wallbreakers project and made it public online. The two sides were in direct and vehement opposition, creating a tense atmosphere of fierce conflict.

"Looking back now, the Trisolarans were indeed somewhat endearing and even comical. Little did they know, they might have been pitting their wits against thin air for two hundred years.

"Perhaps the purpose of the Wallfacer project was to draw out the Trisolarans or the ETO and have 'intimate interactions' with them.

"Therefore, I had to blaze a new trail, beginning by studying the Trisolarans, researching everything about them.

"In the early stages, my preparation to study mind tactility was also aimed at understanding the thought patterns of the Trisolarans; however, Mr. Hines was clearly more suited for this research.

"Technically, what we lacked the most was direction and not knowing when we could achieve a breakthrough. But the Trisolarans would tell us, like controlled nuclear fusion and nanotechnology; indeed, we soon made breakthroughs in these areas.

"All this we inferred from the Trisolarans' push for anti-escape legislation, and we formulated our doomsday escape plan based on this point.

"The Deep Space Fleet has already headed to the Oort Cloud, lurking in deep space. The significance of the Deep Space Fleet goes without saying, but without the interaction with the Trisolarans, how could we have devised such a plan?

"This is the true harvest of the Wallfacer project."

What Logic spoke of indeed invigorated the audience; the competition between humanity and Trisolaris began two centuries ago, and humanity had achieved quite a lot.

But unquestionably, Logic also denied the existence of a real Wallfacer strategic plan.

The co-chairman, "Mr. Logic, do you have any additions to your plan?"

Logic, "I am concerned about the Trisolaran Soothsayer Imprint. In the Linger-Fitzroy super-large array telescope in the Kuiper Belt, we have not detected its trace.

"So I am preparing to execute the Snowfield Project, which is a progression of the fog shield plan.

"Using a starbomb and the hydrocarbon materials from Neptune to produce a space dust cloud, we can reveal its trail when The Waterdrop passes through it."

The Science Advisory Board, "This plan may not be meaningful. Our engagement with The Waterdrop should occur between the Kuiper Belt and Jupiter Orbit.

"The Snowfield Project must deploy beyond the Kuiper Belt, using the starbomb and Neptune's hydrocarbon materials to create space dust clouds, each approximately the size of the Sun.

"With our current abilities, it is simply not feasible to create a dust sphere that covers the Solar System, especially one that is outside the Kuiper Belt. We estimate that at least eighty million starbombs and seventy billion tons of Neptune hydrocarbon material would be needed.

"Humanity cannot produce so many starbombs, nor does Neptune, nor the rings around it, have that much hydrocarbon material.

"Even just creating a dust ring inside the Jupiter Orbit is a massive undertaking, requiring the deployment of nearly ten thousand starbombs and tens of millions of tons of hydrocarbon material.

"This far exceeds our capabilities."

Logic, "We don't need that many. We can anticipate where the imprint might appear and just deploy in its potential path.

"I plan to deploy simultaneously near the Jupiter Orbit and the Kuiper Belt, and we don't need a large number; key positions will suffice.

"How many starbombs do we currently have? I will decide on the deployment locations based on the exact number."

After a while, the co-chairman, "The specific numbers are classified. Command Headquarters has just sent instructions, the maximum number of starbombs Mr. Logic may apply for is twenty thousand."

Logic, "Thank you, Command!

"Moreover, to ensure the smooth progression of the Snowfield Project, we need to establish dozens of large-scale broadcasting facilities for communication between the deployment points."

The co-chairman, "Agreed."

After a few more interactions and Q&A, Logic left the stage.

Lin Sen nodded to himself in the dark; Logic indeed had not disappointed him, his talent for bluffing had certainly grown.

First, bring out the foolish acts the Trisolarans committed during the initial crisis. Even without emotions, the Trisolarans must feel embarrassed by now.

Then, through these foolish acts, demonstrate that there was no real Wallfacer Project.

But for the Trisolarans, it's fine for others to say there was no Wallfacer Plan; however, it not acceptable for Logic, since Logic still had the ace of Dark Forest Deterrence.

Next, Logic proposed to initiate the Snowfield Project. At this point, the Trisolarans must have been utterly baffled, speculating that there must be some conspiracy behind it.

In conclusion, Logic casually mentioned the need to build several large broadcast facilities, which would inevitably lead the Trisolarans to ponder carefully, as it involved the keyword "broadcast."

With the Trisolarans' capabilities at the time, it was easy to come to the conclusion:

"The large-scale broadcast is Logic's real purpose; the Snowfield Project is just a diversion. The significance of the Snowfield Project lies in establishing dozens of broadcast facilities across a vast area.

"It can be foreseen that these broadcast facilities would be placed 20 to 40 astronomical units apart from each other. Even light, traveling around the Kuiper Belt, would take about 30 hours, while the Whirlwind Stomp at maximum speed would require two months.

"Logic must believe that our Trisolaran Soothsayer Imprints couldn't simultaneously strike such widely distributed targets. Indeed, that is the case; even each Trisolaran Soothsayer Imprint couldn't attack two targets at once.

"The Saturation Broadcasting Plan is indeed a stroke of genius, even using the Snowfield Project as a cover, closely linked, impregnable."

In the end, one can't help but reflect: "But... what you're dealing with are us, who have significantly enhanced our stratagems.

"We anticipated your anticipation; what makes you think we would attack in the manner you imagined?

"And you could only come up with such a plan; in the end, you still underestimate us in terms of schemes!

"You are still so arrogant, and you will pay the price for your arrogance."

By this point, the Trisolarans would believe they had cracked Logic's plan and would likely not waste resources on digging deeper into Logic's hidden schemes.

This was Logic taking advantage of the Trisolarans' thinking habits; the Trisolarans had not anticipated that even their way of thinking was being used by Logic.

This was also the effectiveness of studying the Trisolaran thought model; the Snowfield Project, which the Trisolarans considered a decoy, was part of Logic's plan as well.

Originally, Logic had deployed 3,614 nuclear bombs through the Snowfield Project. When the bombs detonated, the oil film materials wrapping them would form 3,614 interstellar dust clouds around the sun during the explosion.

Observed from afar, with these dust clouds providing cover, the sun would flicker in visible light and other high-frequency domains. The positions of all the bombs were meticulously arranged so that the flickering of the sun would transmit three simple images, each with an arrangement of thirty dots, with one highlighted. They could be combined into a three-dimensional coordinate diagram—this was the "Star-blinking Plan."

Clearly, this was Logic's real fallback plan, and Logic's plan might have been even more "saturating" than expected.

Lin Sen also felt comforted: Little brother Luo's growth is very impressive. His shameless bluster has indeed gone beyond the teacher to become the master. No, this definitely wasn't learned from me.

Perhaps some are wondering why Logic was able to predict in advance and specifically propose the "Star-blinking Plan" even when the sun wasn't blocked.

There are two reasons:

First, Logic's Saturation Broadcast Plan was almost unsolvable in the eyes of humanity. If the Trisolarans continued their attacks, it indicated that in their understanding, this plan could be cracked, and consequently, using the broadcast method was not secure anymore.

Second, thanks to the subtle inducements of Lin Sen and the application of various hypnotic methods, Logic subconsciously believed that ordinary use of the sun for broadcasting was not feasible, and it was necessary to find another way.

It wasn't difficult for Lin Sen to talk with Logic about humanity's "Fog Umbrella" Project, and subconsciously lead Logic to think of the "Star-blinking Plan."

Having Logic lead the Snowfield Project had another advantage: the Trisolarans considered Lin Sen's threat to be far greater than Logic's.

If Lin Sen led the project, the Trisolarans would definitely not give up on digging deeper into whether Lin Sen had other schemes.

The Trisolarans' computational resources were also limited and would be allocated according to their focus of attention.

Just as No. 7 had analyzed two centuries before, Logic having comprehended the Dark Forest, represented the worst outcome for Trisolaris.

But from a certain point of view, the threat of Logic was already determined. When Logic gave up on verifying the Dark Forest, he no longer posed a threat.

The Trisolarans' attention to him would naturally decrease; in their minds, Logic might truly be the Wallfacer without any plan.

The Trisolarans knew that Logic was the one who had not actually proposed any plan—all past plans came from Lin Sen.

The Trisolarans are accustomed to analyzing problems logically; logically speaking, among the four Wallfacers, the one they were most at ease with was actually Logic, the "greatest threat."