Li Yang and they are hibernating, they are going to continue their mission in the future, and Luo Ji is still indulging in his gentle township.

Luo Ji entered an ominous dream, in which he walked through the endless halls of the Louvre, which he had never dreamed of, because he had been in happiness for the past five years, and he did not need to return to his previous happiness. And in this dream, he was alone, feeling the loneliness that had disappeared for five years, and every footstep of his voice echoed in the palace many times, and each echo seemed like something far away, so that he did not dare to take another step at last.

In front of her was the Mona Lisa, who was no longer smiling, and the eyes that looked at him were filled with pity. As soon as the footsteps stopped, the sound of the fountain outside seeped in, and the sound gradually intensified, Luo Ji woke up, and the sound of the water followed him to reality, and it was raining outside.

He rolls over and tries to grab his lover's hand, but again finds that the dream has become a reality.

Zhuang Yan is gone, and even the child is gone.

Luo Ji rolled over and got out of bed and walked into the nursery, where the soft light was on, but the child was gone, and there was a painting on the small bed that had been tidied up.

It was a favorite painting painted by Zhuang Yan and both of them, the painting was almost completely blank, it was a blank paper from a distance, and if you looked closely, you would find that there were a few small reeds in the lower left corner, and a flying goose that was almost disappearing in the upper right corner.

Beloved, we are waiting for you at the end of the day.

Sooner or later there will be this day, how can this kind of dream-like life continue forever, sooner or later there will be this day, don't be afraid, you are mentally prepared...... Luo Ji said this comfortingly, but he still felt dizzy, he picked up the painting and walked towards the living room, his legs weak, as if he was floating.

The living room was empty, and the embers in the fireplace glowed a faint red, making everything in the hall look like melting ice. The sound of the rain outside was still there, and it was in the evening of five years ago that she came from her dream, and now, she went back to her dream, and took their child with her.

Luo Ji picked up the phone and wanted to dial Kante's number, but he heard soft footsteps outside the door, although it looked like a woman's footsteps, he was definitely not Zhuang Yan, despite this, he still threw down the phone and rushed out the door.

There was a slender figure standing on the porch, although it was only a silhouette on the background of the night rain, Luo Ji immediately recognized who she was. "Hello, Dr. Luo Ji." Say said.

"Hello... · … What about my wife and children? ”

"They are waiting for you at the end of the day." Say spoke the words in the painting.

"Why?"

"This is a resolution of the Planetary Defense Committee, in order for you to work, do your duty as a face-to-face person. In addition, it needs to be told that the child is better suited to hibernation than the adult, and this will not hurt her. ”

"How dare you kidnap them?! It's a crime! ”

"We didn't kidnap anyone."

"We just want you to work."

The meaning of Say's last sentence made Luo Ji's heart tremble, and in order to delay facing this reality, he tried his best to twist his mind away, "I said this was part of the plan!" ”

"But the PDC, after a thorough review, decided that it wasn't part of the plan, so take action to push you to work."

"Even if it's not kidnapping, it's illegal for you to take my child without consent!" Luo Ji's heart trembled again when he realized that he was including "you", which made him lean weakly against the pillar behind him.

"Yes, but to the extent that it is tolerated, Dr. Roji, do not forget that the resources you have been given to you are not within the existing legal framework, so what the International Joint Conference has done can be legally justified in the present crisis times."

"Do you still represent the International Congress?"

"Yes."

"You're re-elected?"

"Yes."

Luo Ji still tried to divert the topic and avoid facing the cruel truth, but he failed.

How could I live without them? How could I live without them... He asked himself again and again, and finally he sat down along the pillar, feeling everything around him crumble again, turning into magma from the top, but this time the magma was scorching, and it all gathered in his heart.

"They're still there, Dr. Luo Ji, they're still there, safe and sound, waiting for you in the future. You have always been a calm person, and you must be calmer at times like these, if not for all of humanity, but for their sake. Say looked down at Luo Ji, who was sitting against the pillar and on the verge of collapse.

At this time, a gust of wind blew the rain into the porch, and the coolness and Say's words somewhat cooled the burning in Luo Ji's heart.

"That's your plan from the beginning, isn't it?" Luo Ji asked.

"Yes, but there is no choice to take this step."

"Then she... …… Was she really a girl who painted Chinese paintings when she came? ”

"Yes."

"Graduated from the Central Academy of Fine Arts?"

"Yes."

"Then she ......"

"What you see is a real her, everything you know about her is real, everything that makes her who she is: her previous life, her family, her character, her thoughts, and so on."

"You're saying she's really that kind of girl?"

"yes, you think she's going to be able to disguise herself for five years? She is like that, innocent and quiet, like an angel. She doesn't pretend that anything, including her love for you, is real. ”

"Then he can deceive me so cruelly, five years, five whole years!"

"How do you know that she is lying to you, her feelings for you are not fake, she is still the person who loves you the most."

"There's no way I'm going to find them, am I?" Luo Ji asked.

"That's right, this is the resolution of the PDC, and it is also the suggestion of another wall-facer, and it cannot be changed."

"Can I go to Doomsday and find them?"

"Absolutely."

Luo Ji thought he would be rejected, but just like the last time he was about to give up his identity as a wall-facer, Say's answer followed almost seamlessly, he knew that things were far from being as simple as this answer, so he asked, "Is there any problem?" ”

Say said: "No, this time it really can. You know, since the birth of the wall-facing project, there has been opposition in the international community, and different countries, out of their own interests, mostly support one part of the wall-facing people and oppose the other, and there is always one side that wants to get rid of you.

Now, the emergence of the first wall-breaker and the defeat of Taylor have strengthened the opposition to the wall-facing plan, and the support forces are in a stalemate. If you ask for the end of the world at this time, you will undoubtedly give a compromise that is acceptable to both parties. But, Dr. Luo Ji, are you really willing to do this, at a time when all of humanity is fighting for survival? ”

"You politicians talk about all mankind at every turn, but TM I don't see all mankind, I see one person at a time. I'm just a person, an ordinary person, who can't afford to save all mankind and just wants to live my own life. ”

"Well, Zhuang Yan and your children are also two of these people, don't you want to take responsibility for them? Even if Zhuang Yan hurts you, you can see that you still love her and the child.

Since the Hubble-2 space telescope and Li Yang's detection system finally confirmed the three-body invasion at the same time, one thing is certain: humanity will resist to the end, and can only fight to the end.

Would you like your lover and children to wake up four centuries from now, facing the flames of the end of the world, when you have lost your identity as a wall-facing person and no longer have the power to protect them, and they can only witness the final destruction of the world in a hellish life with you? Is this the life you bring to your loved ones and children? ”

Luo Ji was speechless.

"You don't have to think about anything else, just think about the eyes they will look at you four centuries later, in the midst of the war of the last days! What kind of people did they see? A man who abandons all of humanity with the people he loves most, a man who does not want to save all his children, not even his own. As a man, can you withstand such a gaze? ”

Luo Ji lowered his head silently, and the night rain fell on the grass by the lake, as if countless voices poured out from another time and space.

"Do you really think I can change that?" Luo Ji raised his head and asked.

"Why not try? Of all the wall-facers, you may well be the most likely to succeed, and I'm here to tell you that. "Then tell me, why did you choose me?"

"Because in all human beings, you are the only person that the two-three-body civilization wants to kill."

Luo Ji leaned against the pillar, his eyes staring at Say, in fact, he didn't see anything, he was trying to remember.

Say continued: "That car accident was actually aimed at you, but it just accidentally hit your girlfriend. ”

"But it was really an accident, and the car was swerved because two other cars collided."

"They've been preparing for this for a long time."

"But at that time I was just an ordinary person without any protection, it was easy to kill me, why bother with it?"

"It's to make the murder like an accident and go unnoticed. They almost did, and that day, there were fifty-one traffic accidents in your city, killing five people.

But the scouts lurking inside the Trisolaran Organization have definite information: this is an eto-engineered murder! The most shocking thing is: the order comes directly from the Three-Body World, and is conveyed to Evans through Tomoko, which is the assassination order they have issued so far.

The other one who was assassinated was Li Yang, and the order for his assassination was also given to ETO by Tomoko, and there was also a direct order from the Trisolarans, but apparently he was qualified as a wall-facing person, and several of his plans were proven to be feasible.

And you, we're sure you can too. ”

"Li Yang and me? The Three-Body Civilization is going to kill us? The reason? Luo Ji once again had a strange feeling of himself.

"I don't know, no one knows now, Evans probably knows, but he's dead. The requirement of 'not attracting any attention' in the murder directive is clearly attached by him, which further illustrates your importance. ”

"Importance?" Luo Ji shook his head and smiled bitterly, "Look at me, do you really look like a person with superpowers?" ”

"You don't have superpowers, and don't think about it, that will lead you astray!" Say raised a hand to emphasize his words, "I have studied you for a long time, you have no superpowers, whether it is supernatural abilities, or supertechnical abilities within the known laws of nature, you do not have them, as you said: you are an ordinary person, as a scholar you are also an ordinary scholar, there is nothing extraordinary, at least we have not found it."

Evans's requirement to be unnoticed in the murder warrant is also indirectly proof of this, because it shows that your abilities may also be possessed by others. ”

"Why didn't you tell me this earlier?"

"I'm afraid of affecting the kind of abilities you may have, and since there are so many unknowns, we think it's best to let you go with the flow."

"I used to plan to engage in the study of cosmic sociology, because ......" At this time, a voice in the depths of Luo Ji's consciousness said softly: You are the one who faces the wall! It was the first time he had heard this voice of his own, and it was as if he had heard another sound that didn't exist, the buzz of Tomoko flying around, and he even seemed to see a few misty points of light like fireflies.

For the first time, Luo Ji made a wall-facing behavior, swallowed back what he was about to say, and just said, "Does it have anything to do with this?" ”

Say shook his head, "It shouldn't matter, as far as we know, this is just an application for a scientific research topic you have submitted, and the research has not yet begun, let alone any results." Moreover, even if you do do do this research, we can hardly expect to get more valuable results than other scholars. ”

"What do you mean by that?"

"Dr. Luo Ji, our conversation now can only be frank. As far as we know, you are not qualified as a scholar, and you engage in research not out of a desire to explore, nor out of a sense of responsibility and mission, but just as a profession to earn a living. ”

"Aren't they all like that now?"

"Of course, there is nothing wrong with that, but you have a lot of behaviors that are not commensurate with a serious and dedicated scholar: you are very utilitarian in your research, often opportunistic and sensational, and you have embezzled research funds; In terms of character, you are cynical, irresponsible, and have a mocking attitude towards the sense of mission of a scholar...... In fact, we all know that you don't care about the fate of mankind. ”

"That's why you use such despicable means to blackmail me...... You've always despised me, haven't you? ”

"Normally, it is impossible for a person like you to take on any important duties, but now there is one thing that overwhelms everything: the three-body world is afraid of you. Be your own wall-breaker and find out why. ”

After saying that, Say turned and walked down the porch, and got into the car waiting there, which quickly disappeared into the rain and fog as soon as it started.

Luo Ji stood there, losing his sense of time. The rain gradually stopped, the wind picked up, blowing away the dark clouds in the night sky, and when the snow-capped mountains and a bright moon were revealed, the world was bathed in a silver light. Before turning around and walking into the door, Luo Ji took one last look at the silver Garden of Eden, and said to Zhuang Yan and the child in his heart:

"Honey, wait for me at the end of the day."