The next day, Pang Xuelin woke up from a hangover, and it was almost ten o'clock in the morning.

In the lavish presidential suite, Kante is on standby in his living room.

Perhaps because of the heavy burden of the wall-facing person, yesterday Pang Xuelin and Taylor, Hines, Rediaz and others rarely put down the mask of the wall-facing person, chatted until midnight, and established a good relationship with each other.

"Kante, have you had breakfast?"

Pang Xuelin yawned and walked out of the bedroom.

Kanter said, "I've eaten, Professor Pang, what do you want to eat?" I'll have someone bring it to you right away. ”

Pang Xuelin said: "Whatever, if there are soy milk fritters or something like that, it's even better, if not, ordinary Western food is fine." ”

Kanter smiled: "Professor Pang, I will immediately order people to prepare." The people of the Hilton family said that they are very honored to stay at the Hilton Hotel for the wall-facers, and the hotel currently has a special preparation for each wall-facing person to meet their tastes of international food, and you must have the soy milk fritters you want. ”

Pang Xuelin smiled, not surprised.

At the beginning of the Project Facing the Wall, the Facers possessed high power and prestige, almost indistinguishable from the emperors of ancient times.

It wasn't until two successive failed attempts to make the project a death that the international community's criticism of the project increased.

After the great trough, the wall-facing plan became an ancient joke.

However, Pang Xuelin believes that yesterday's round table meeting was enough to make the implementation of the wall plan much easier than in the original book.

Of course, bumps and bumps are indispensable, especially the power game between the wall-facing person and the PDC, which will run through the whole process of the implementation of the wall-facing plan.

"By the way, what about the other wall-facers?"

"Mr. Taylor has gone to Japan, Mr. Rediaz is going to visit Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, Dr. Bill Hines has returned to Europe with his wife, and they are about to hold an international brain science conference, and Dr. Roji ......"

When it came to Luo Ji, Kante stopped talking.

Pang Xuelin said with a smile: "What's wrong with Luo Ji? ”

Kanter said: "Dr. Luo Ji made a request, he asked us to help him find a pristine manor with a snow-capped mountain back, facing the lake, and having both grasslands and forests......

"You did?"

"Yes, the Wall Facing Project Committee agreed to Dr. Luo Ji's request, as long as the resources proposed by the Wall Facing Project do not exceed the scope set by the Wall Facing Project, or cause harm to human life, otherwise, any challenge to the Wall Facing Project is against the spirit of the Wall Facing Project."

"So, if I make such a request, you will also be satisfied?"

"Of course!"

Pang Xuelin shook his head with a smile and said, "Forget it, I don't have a good life like Luo Ji, and I still have a bunch of tasks on my head." ”

Kanter smiled and didn't speak, he thought that the task Pang Xuelin said was the responsibility of the wall-facing person, but he didn't know that Pang Xuelin was referring to the system task.

"By the way, Professor Pang, how are you going to plan your next trip?"

Pang Xuelin pondered for a moment and said, "I want to meet Mr. Garning, the rotating chairman of the PDC. ”

……

At two o'clock in the afternoon, Pang Xuelin met this busy man in Garning's office in the United Nations Building.

Garnin is an old man from Russia, and he made a special trip to the airport to greet Pang Xuelin when Pang Xuelin saw the Wall Facer Conference before, and the two met once.

When they met again, Garnin looked like a dusty man.

"Professor Pang, I just flew back from London, and I was planning to fly to Tokyo in the afternoon, but when I heard that you wanted to see me, I took two hours out of my time."

In the United Nations, although the Secretary-General is nominally the supreme leader of the United Nations, the rotating chairman of the Planetary Defense Council is the most powerful.

However, the rotating chair of the Planetary Defense Council is generally rotated by the five major powers, and can only serve for a maximum of three years.

Pang Xuelin smiled and said, "Mr. President, I came here this time mainly because I want to ask you for help. ”

"What's the matter?"

Garnin picked up the steaming coffee on the table, blew on the hot air, and took a sip.

"I'm going to launch a probe to the Three-Body World!"

Pang Xuelin smiled!

Garnin's eyes widened suddenly, and the coffee in his mouth almost squirted out.

After a long while, Garnin swallowed all the coffee and said, "Professor Pang, is this part of the Wall Project?" ”

Pang Xuelin nodded with a smile and said, "Yes, this is part of the plan!" ”

Garnin pondered for a moment, picked up the phone on the table, dialed it, and said, "Vader, come to my office." ”

Then, Garnin hung up the phone, looked up at Pang Xuelin and said, "Professor Pang, since that's the case, then I'll introduce you to someone, I think he should be able to help you." ”

Pang Xuelin said: "Mr. President, don't you ask me why I want to send a probe to the Three-Body World?" ”

Garnin smiled: "Professor Pang, among the five wall-facing people, the amount of resources available to you is the largest, and the launch of a probe to the three-body world is completely within the scope of the resources available to you, in addition, the launch of a probe is originally within the scope of the mainstream defense plan, but no one has mentioned it for the time being." ”

"I see!" Pang Xuelin blinked and asked, "Can you take the liberty of asking, what is the approximate range of resources available to me?" ”

Garnin shrugged his shoulders and said, "Professor Pang, I'm sorry, but in order to prevent the Wall-Facing from abusing resources, the Wall-Facing Committee has not yet been allowed to inquire about the amount of resources available to the Wall-Facers. ”

"Understandable!"

Pang Xuelin nodded and said with a smile.

After a while, there was a knock on the office door.

Garnin said, "Please come in!" ”

Someone pushed the door in.

Pang Xuelin looked at the other party, the other party was younger than he imagined, and it was estimated that he was in his thirties, the lines on his face were very classical, and there was a hint of rigidity like a sculpture.

Although his eyes seemed a little tired, from the sharp colors that flashed in his eyes from time to time, he could feel that this was a hard character who was not easy to get along with.

Garnin said: "Professor Pang, let me introduce you, this is Vader, Thomas Vader, director of the Strategic Intelligence Bureau of the Planetary Defense Council. Originally working in the KGB, he was recently transferred to the Strategic Intelligence Agency (PIA) of the Planetary Defense Council as director. PIA is mainly responsible for intelligence work against the Three-Body Civilization, and I think if you want to launch a probe to the Three-Body World, Director Vader is a good collaborator! ”

"Hello, Mr. Vader!"

"Hello, Your Excellency the Wall-Facing One!"

Pang Xuelin raised his eyebrows, smiled and shook Vader's hand.

Vader didn't call himself Professor Pang, as everyone else did, but rather the wall-facer.

This shows that this is a person who is wary of anyone, and of course, it is also possible that this is a common problem of intelligence service personnel.

"Your Excellency the Wall-Facing One, you want to launch a probe to the Three-Body World?"

Vader asked, curious.

"Director Vader, just call me Professor Pang." Pang Xuelin smiled slightly and said, "What, is there anything wrong with this?" ”

"Oh, no problem, Professor Pang!"

Vader shook his head, he was just a little surprised, he didn't expect this wall-facing person to be in the same mind as himself.

However, when it comes to launching a probe, it is a good thing if someone on the wall intervenes.

At least when the PDC uncles approve the funds for them, maybe they can add a zero to the end of the check when they have a loose hand.

Garnin looked at his watch and said, "Professor Pang, you can talk to Director Vader about the launch of the probe, I will catch a plane to Tokyo soon, so I won't talk to you about it yet." ”

"Mr. President, go get busy!"

Saying goodbye to Garnin, Pang Xuelin turned his gaze to Vader and smiled: "Director Vader, can you take me to visit PIA?" ”

"Absolutely!"

Vader glanced at Pang Xuelin quietly, he always felt that the wall-facing man looked at him a little strangely, but he didn't know what was wrong.

He could feel, however, that the Wall-Facing was not hostile to him.

Vader doesn't know much about Pang Xuelin, this wall-facing person only officially disclosed his identity to the outside world yesterday, a former ETO member, who once helped the human high-level to obtain information on the three-body civilization, the founder of the wall-facing project, and the world's top mathematician.

In particular, the identity of a mathematician, Vader also checked on the Internet, and the mathematics community spoke highly of him, and he was almost known as the first person in the contemporary mathematics community.

Pang Xuelin naturally didn't know what Vader was thinking, and at this time, his heart was already happy.

The three-body trilogy, the protagonist of the first part has the least sense of existence, and Luo Ji in the second part, although by the time of the third part, he was already transcendent, extending the life of mankind for hundreds of years out of thin air, and finally became the grave keeper of human civilization.

But his presence did not hide the brilliance of the other two supporting characters in the slightest.

One of them is Zhang Beihai, the father of the galaxy human beings in the second part, and the other is Thomas Vader.

Thomas Vader is a character in the third part of the Three-Body Problem "Death Eternal", he is strong-willed, tough-hearted, and does whatever it takes to achieve his goals.

As the director of PIA, he was the first to propose the idea of sending a probe to the three-body world, and even said that he could change the principle with resources when scientists said that it was not technically feasible.

Later, due to technical limitations, Vader decided to use a detector to send a complete human brain to the three-body world.

However, the plan was very demanding of candidates, and in order to make his subordinate Vadim a candidate for the plan, the savage Vader caused Vadim to get leukemia through radiation, which directly led to Vadim's death in a car accident while driving.

In the era of deterrence hundreds of years later, in order to compete with Cheng Xin for the position of sword bearer, Vader chose to assassinate Cheng Xin.

Sadly, Vader failed.

In the later evaluation of Vader by the Three-Body Civilization, if Vader served as the sword bearer, his deterrence curve would be almost a 100% straight line, and Luo Ji, who had been a sword bearer for 50 years, would only fluctuate around 90%.

Later, in order to develop a lightspeed spaceship, Vader chose to be hostile to the federal government, and even did not hesitate to use antimatter bullets to die with the federal government.

However, in the end, under the persuasion of Cheng Xin, the hero chose to surrender.

"Lose your humanity, lose a lot, lose your bestiality, lose everything."

Vader's last words to Cheng Xin can be said to be a portrayal of his life.

Such a powerful figure, Pang Xuelin does not want him to follow history and eventually disappear in the two-dimensional void with human civilization.

Vader got into Pang Xuelin's car, protected by a group of guards, and went straight to PIA headquarters.

PIA's headquarters are located in an old six-story building not far from the United Nations Building, built in the late 18th century and thick like a large granite block.

The building was empty and looked a little cold, and the hallways and offices were filled with unopened cardboard boxes and office equipment.

Vader took Pang to his office, while Kanter and the guards stood outside.

Vader poured a cup of instant coffee for Pang Xuelin, and then he took out a box of cigars from the drawer and said, "Professor Pang, are you smoking?" ”

"No, thank you!"

Pang Xuelin smiled, although he had experienced the taste of tobacco when he used the Flying Blade Material to kill people in the Whale Song World, he was not prepared to let himself become obsessed with this thing.

Vader said, "Then you don't mind if I smoke, right?" ”

Pang Xuelin laughed and said, "It's okay, you are free." ”

Vader nodded, lit his cigar, took a deep breath, and said, "Professor Pang, as you can see, now that PIA has just been established, the people sent by various countries to report have not yet arrived, just me and my colleague Mikhail Vadim have arrived. Oh, and Vadim is the director of our Technical Planning Center, who worked on the design of the Soviet space shuttle Buran in the '80s, and later served as the deputy chief designer of a cargo spacecraft. Our PIA is mainly an intelligence agency with the Trimaran Fleet and the Trimaran home planet as the main reconnaissance targets, so it has a relatively strong technology and aerospace background. To be honest, if it weren't for your suggestion, I would have been ready to propose sending a human probe to the Three-Body World. ”

Pang Xuelin said with a smile: "Then can you call Vadim over?" I also wanted to talk to professionals with aerospace backgrounds. ”

"No problem."

Vader picked up the phone on the desk and dialed Vadim.

After a while, Vadim went upstairs, and to Pang Xuelin's surprise, Vadim did not come alone, and behind him, there was a beautiful girl with yellow skin.

The girl looks very sunny, and she gives people a good impression at first glance, and her image resembles Gao Yuanyuan, a female star that Pang Xuelin has seen in the real world.

In the real world, Gao Yuanyuan is almost unanimously considered by three-body fans to be the best actor of Cheng Xin, Pang Xuelin didn't expect that in the three-body world, the real person is so similar to the clear-mouthed girl.

"Professor Pang, Director Vader, hello!"

Vadim greeted Pang Xuelin and Vader respectively, and then introduced: "This is my colleague who just came to PIA to report, my aerospace technical assistant, called Cheng ...... Cheng ......"

"Cheng Xin!"

Cheng Xin said a little apprehensively.

Pang Xuelin's gaze swept lightly from Cheng Xin, and he had the urge to shoot her to death.

The heroine of the third part of the three-body problem, "Death Eternal", has plunged mankind into an endless abyss in the name of love several times.

Although Pang Xuelin knew very well that this girl was just the embodiment of the collective will of mankind, even if there was no Cheng Xin, there would be another Zhang Xin, Li Xin, and Wang Xin, but at the beginning, he really wanted to kill Cheng Xin.

Cheng Xin was a little uneasy, and even faintly felt a trace of fear.

After graduating from the aerospace major, she joined the research group developing engines for the new generation of Long March rockets.

This is a place that is both important and central in the eyes of others, but Cheng Xin's enthusiasm for his profession has long since faded.

She had long realized that relying on chemical rockets might never make it to the real age of spaceflight.

This fact has been made even more apparent by the emergence of the three-body crisis, and the creation of a solar system defense system based on chemical power is simply a dream.

After the three-body crisis, the United Nations began to set up various institutions related to planetary defense.

Unlike previous UN organizations, these bodies are administratively led by the Planetary Defense Council (PDC), but are mainly staffed by national contributions.

The domestic space system has transferred a large number of personnel of various levels to such institutions.

Cheng Xin also took this opportunity and left the design team of the aerospace section engine of the aerospace vehicle and came to PIA.

It's just that she didn't expect that on the first day she came to PIA to report, she met a real big guy.

The director Vader, who looked sharp and tough, was just that, and what really frightened Cheng Xin was the person sitting opposite Vader.

The name Pang Xuelin, before the meeting of the wall-facers, was nameless.

But by the end of the conference, he had become one of the most recognizable figures on the planet, a former ETO member, the founder of Project Face, a mathematician, and a wall-facer.

All kinds of identity bonuses have made this big guy a legendary existence.

There are many rumors about Pang Xuelin on the Internet, and there are also many photos of Pang Xuelin.

Pang Xuelin in the photo, sunny and handsome, like a big boy, looks harmless to humans and animals.

But when he really met Pang Xuelin himself, Cheng Xin realized that this so-called first impression was simply a big mistake.

The first time Pang Xuelin looked at her, his gaze was like a substance, which made her feel as if her whole person had been completely seen through.

What made her even more frightened was that she inexplicably felt a trace of hostility and even killing intent from Pang Xuelin's gaze.

Cheng Xin didn't know where Pang Xuelin's hostility came from, but now, she just wanted to get as far away from this man as possible.

Pang Xuelin smiled faintly and withdrew his gaze from Cheng Xin.

Cheng Xin couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Vader on the side glanced at Pang Xuelin in some surprise, he faintly felt that Pang Xuelin knew Cheng Xin, and even looked at this girl with a hint of hostility in his eyes.

But Vader didn't bother to think about it, he just needed to fulfill his duties well, and if there was any problem between the wall-facing man and this girl, he didn't care about it.

What's more, with the power of the person facing the wall, there is nothing he can do about this girl.

Pang Xuelin said with a smile: "Mr. Vadim, Ms. Cheng Xin, sit down, since you all have aerospace technology backgrounds, then it just so happens that I have just discussed a plan with Director Weide, and I want to ask your opinions." ”

"Professor Pang, please speak."

Vadim said.

Pang Xuelin said: "That's the case, we are going to send a probe to the three-body world, do you think it is feasible with the current level of technology?" ”

Vadim was slightly stunned, glanced at Cheng Xin, and said, "Professor Pang, are there any specific technical indicators?" ”

Pang Xuelin said: "The only indicator is for the detector to reach the speed of light of one hundredth. ”

Vadim frowned and wondered: "That is, if the acceleration phase is considered, but the deceleration is not considered, the probe will reach the Oort Nebula in two to three centuries, and there it will contact and probe the Trimaran Fleet that has begun to slow down!" ”

"Yes!"

Pang Xuelin nodded.

Vadim said: "But according to the current speed of human space, it will take twenty or thirty thousand years to reach the Oort Nebula, and if we launch a probe now, maybe when the enemy fleet arrives in four hundred years, our probe has not yet flown out of our doorstep." ”

"So one hundredth of the speed of light is a metric that has to be met."

Pang Xuelin smiled faintly, as if this indicator was as simple as eating and drinking.

"A hundredfold increase in the current speed of space? This is absolutely not possible at the moment. ”

Vadim shook his head firmly.

At this time, Vader spoke up: "Don't forget that we have resources!" Aerospace used to be a marginal business, but now it has entered the mainstream, so we have huge resources that were unimaginable before! We use resources to change the principle, focus huge resources on that small thing, and use brute force to propel it to one hundredth of the speed of light! ”

Vadim shook his head with a smile and said, "Director Vader, I don't want to offend you. The words of using resources to change the principle will make people laugh when it spreads, and it is okay to talk about it here, but don't say it at the PDC meeting. ”

Cheng Xin quietly looked at Pang Xuelin out of the corner of his eye, and Pang Xuelin just smiled and watched Vader and Vadim arguing, as if he was watching a play.

It's just that in the next second, Pang Xuelin suddenly turned his gaze to Cheng Xin, and when his eyes met, Cheng Xin instantly felt as if he had become the prey of a fierce beast.

She quickly withdrew her gaze, only to feel cold.

But Pang Xuelin didn't seem to let her go, and said with a faint smile: "Ms. Cheng Xin, do you have any ideas?" ”

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