Chapter 14: Cheers
Perhaps because they had just met, Wang Miao and Ding Yi were a little restrained.
Wang Miao didn't say much, just drank vigorously and interjected a sentence or two from time to time.
Ding Yi chatted with Pang Xuelin about some academic topics, but it can be seen that his conversation is not very strong. In addition, Pang Xuelin himself is not the kind of person who is very talkative, if it weren't for Dashi enlivening the atmosphere on the side, I'm afraid there would have been a cold scene a long time ago.
"You don't know, if it weren't for Brother Pang this time, I'm afraid you wouldn't be able to see the information of the Three-Body Civilization. Brother Pang has been undercover in the ETO organization for many years, and is an expert in the Advent faction responsible for communicating with the Three-Body Civilization. It's called an escort, but it's actually surveillance. Fortunately, Brother Pang was witty and uploaded the information of the secret three-body civilization to the mailbox in advance and sent it to various countries, so that we had a preliminary understanding of the three-body civilization. ”
Shi Qiang saw that the two of them looked a little listless, so he had to release the fierce news.
"Dr. Pang used to go undercover ETO? Doesn't it mean that the internal organization of the Adventists is very tight, and water can't be poured at all? ”
Wang Miao was slightly stunned and said unexpectedly.
Dashi brought him and Ding Yi before, just saying that he wanted to introduce them to a mathematical genius who proved the BSD conjecture, but he didn't say who Pang Xuelin was sacred.
During this time, although Pang Xuelin's paper did not attract the attention of the mainstream media, it caused a lot of waves in the academic community.
The BSD conjecture, known as the Seven Great Conjectures of the Millennium, was solved by an unknown mathematician.
The academic community is more curious about Pang Xuelin's origin.
Therefore, Wang Miao and Ding Yi happily went to the appointment, wanting to meet what kind of person this bull man who proved BSD's conjecture, but they didn't expect that Pang Xuelin and ETO would have such a deep relationship.
Pang Xuelin said with a smile: "I am not an undercover agent assigned by the intelligence department, I was pulled into the ETO by Evans back then, just because I was more curious about this organization, and Evans can give me a stable research environment, so I stayed." After so many years in the Adventist faction, I personally don't agree with their philosophy, but I know so many secrets that it will not be so easy to leave for a while. This time, when various countries joined forces to crack down on ETO, I took this opportunity to break away from the ETO and hand over the information on the three-body civilization to the official. ”
Wang Miao sighed: "ETO is basically full of extremists, and it is not easy for you to stay in it for so many years." ”
Pang Xuelin said: "I have been staying on the day of the trial, except for being a little busier when communicating with the Three-Body Civilization, I usually engage in research by myself, which is much quieter than in the outside world." If ETO hadn't betrayed humanity, I'd have preferred that life. ”
At this time, Shi Qiang interjected: "Brother Pang, if a talent like you stays inside ETO all the time, it is called a waste." I'm afraid you don't know that after Brother Pang left ETO, he also proposed a counterattack plan to the United Nations, which has been approved by various countries, and it is likely that it will enter the implementation stage after the reorganization of the Planetary Defense Council (PDC) is completed. “
"Strike back plan? What counterattack plan? ”
Wang Miao and Ding Yi couldn't help but look at each other, which was almost more shocking than Pang Xuelin's solution to the BSD conjecture.
After the emergence of the three-body crisis, defeatism has spread all over the world, and although it has not yet caused large-scale riots, most people generally have no hope for the future of mankind.
Especially within the scientific community, this kind of thinking is even more serious than that of ordinary people.
These intellectual elites better understand the fatality of the Trisolarans interfering with basic scientific research through Zhizi.
Basic science is the foundation of human civilization, and once basic research is locked up, it means that mankind has lost the possibility of fundamentally promoting scientific and technological progress.
Although the existing basic theories still have a lot of potential to be tapped, no matter how hard and sharp the texture of the broadsword and spear is, how can it be the opponent of machine guns and cannons?
Even though humanity still has 400 years to live, it has lost hope.
Therefore, Wang Miao and Ding Yi were shocked and extremely curious about Pang Xuelin's counterattack plan and the approval of the United Nations.
Shi Qiang turned his gaze to Pang Xuelin and said with a smile: "Brother Pang, can you tell them?" ”
Pang Xuelin nodded and introduced the wall plan to Wang Miao and Ding Yi.
After listening, Wang Miao and Ding Yi both fell into shock and silence.
I have to admit that in this desperate and dark era, the Facing Wall Project has given a glimmer of hope and possibility to continue human civilization.
Wang Miao shook her head and smiled bitterly: "Dr. Pang, to be honest, I'm not as good as you, some time ago, Lao Ding and I were completely desperate, Dashi took us to a suburban farm to see a locust plague and poured us a belly of chicken soup." He said that for thousands of years, we have exhausted all kinds of poisons, sprayed them with airplanes, introduced the natural enemies of locusts, searched for and destroyed insect eggs, and introduced genetic technology to sterilize them, but this war has been fought for thousands of years, and we have never really defeated the insects. “
These days, we have also been thinking about whether we have a chance to defeat the three-body civilization, but we have never found a glimmer of hope for victory, I can't convince myself that human beings still have the possibility of victory, and can only use day after day work to anesthetize themselves! But the plan you put forward really gives me a glimmer of hope. It's still very small, but I believe it definitely exists! With millions of years of evolutionary history and thousands of years of civilization history of our human civilization, we have stood out in the competition of many species on the earth and become the overlord of the earth, how can we easily say that we have failed! Thank you, this glass of wine, I salute you! ”
At the same time, Ding Yi also raised his glass and said, "Dr. Pang, Professor Wang said what I thought, maybe in the eyes of the Three-Body Civilization, we are just a group of bugs, but they may never realize that bugs have never been defeated!" For the sake of the bugs, for the sake of hope, I toast you! ”
"Cheers!"
The four of them raised their glasses, and the yellow and clear liquor was exceptionally clear and bright under the illumination of the light.
Perhaps because of the hope brought by the Facing Wall Project, or because of the catalysis of alcohol, next, Wang Miao and Ding Yi both let go and chatted with Pang Xuelin.
After a meal, the relationship between the four of them was much closer, and Pang Xuelin took the opportunity to ask Wang Miao about the flying blade material.
Normally, this super-strong nanomaterial, named "flying blade", can only be manufactured in the laboratory using molecular architecture.
The so-called molecular architecture is to use molecular probes to build up material molecules one by one like bricks, which requires a lot of resources and cannot be mass-produced.
Wang Miao's lab now replaces molecular construction with a catalytic reaction, so that a huge amount of nanomolecules can be built at the same time in the reaction. But such a building can only be done in a reaction black box.
When the synthesis is carried out to a certain extent, the computer will establish a digital model of the synthesis reaction according to the phased results of the reaction, and replace the remaining reaction process with digital simulation, which greatly improves the reaction rate.
Although the system has provided samples of flying blade materials and the overall manufacturing process, Pang Xuelin is not sure whether the reaction black box can be restored in reality.
Therefore, it would be great if you had the opportunity to visit the Nano Center and learn about the working principle and manufacturing process of the reaction black box.
Wang Miao did not doubt him, and also invited Pang Xuelin, saying that as long as Pang Xuelin was interested, he could visit the laboratory at any time.
Pang Xuelin agreed with a smile.