Three-body: The Most Competent Wallfacer in History

Aboard the airship, Jiang Yu gazed thoughtfully at the wintry scene outside. By Earth's time, it was the middle of the night, yet for Base Island, it was still dusk.

The sun was about to set beneath the horizon, and the sky had begun to show the grayish hues typical of winter.

Clearing his throat, Xiao Qi mustered the courage to ask, "I heard from my father that my great-uncle once served as an experimental subject for the Trisolarans?"

Jiang Yu laughed and said, "Mhm, that's correct, but this is a unique secret of our family. Don't go spreading it around, or else Jiang Shiliu will take care of you and your dad, and I won't get involved."

"Then," Xiao Qi pondered, "can you really accept me just like you accepted my great-uncle? After all, I am, well, even more special than he is."

Jiang Yu smiled and said, "Your father should have talked to you about the issue of choice, right?"

Xiao Qi nodded.

"Actually, acceptance is mutual," Jiang Yu explained: "If you accept life in human society, why wouldn't I accept you?

"Whether it's now or in the future, there will definitely be some who cannot accept you. Such is the nature of sentient beings; he can choose to accept, or he can choose to reject.

"The same applies to you; you can choose to enter human society, or you can choose to find a corner to be alone."

Xiao Qi nodded again, but this time his expression was much more cheerful.

Changing the subject, he asked, "I heard that my great-uncle is now living in four-dimensional space and has been for many years? What is four-dimensional space like? And what is the state of four-dimensional humans?"

"I've talked with Jiang Shiliu a few times," Jiang Yu explained: "He only said that we three-dimensional beings can never truly understand the nature of four dimensions.

"He mentioned that the sense of distance in three dimensions appears different to him, and he can easily find shortcuts through three-dimensional space, as well as effortlessly pass through enclosed three-dimensional spaces.

"As for the bodies of four-dimensional humans, they were inspired by No. 7 Bacterium, and the four-dimensional human body can also be observed in three dimensions.

"It's like a cube; one of its faces can be observed on the two-dimensional plane, but the main constituent parts of a four-dimensional human body are invisible to us three-dimensional beings."

The population of four-dimensional beings has now surpassed one hundred thousand. They have found many four-dimensional relics within their four-dimensional fragments, and they are currently experiencing a technological explosion of four-dimensional humanity.

Xiao Qi asked again, "I heard that if four-dimensional humans want to hide in a closed-off four-dimensional space, we three-dimensional beings could never find them?"

Jiang Yu nodded. "That's correct, the blind spots of a higher dimension are simply blind spots within blind spots for us.

"If we enter a high-dimensional space with hostile forces, the enemies in that high-dimensional space can use our visual blind spots to attack us without us noticing."

Xiao Qi expressed his longing, "High dimensions really are incredible."

He then asked, "I also heard that three-dimensional humanity provides substantial support to four-dimensional humans every year? The total cost of this project has reached astronomical figures.

"Why do we insist on maintaining such a project? After all, we have only just begun to steady our footing in the three-dimensional universe."

Jiang Yu laughed and said, "The significance of this project is tremendous! Just the byproducts of humanity's entrance into the fourth dimension alone are numerous, such as the array of two-dimensional weapons.

"This not only enriches our arsenal but also gives us as three-dimensional beings the capability to deter those in two dimensions.

"Just a few years ago, the science academy suddenly discovered that without the action of entering the fourth dimension, we would not have weapons capable of attacking two-dimensional space.

"That is to say, the vast majority, or at least a significant portion of high-level middle-level civilizations, do not possess this ability.

"It's not that they are incapable; it's that they have taken a different approach.

"Hence, most civilizations in the universe at present are at best capable of a two-dimensional strike but are unable to strike at two-dimensional space."

In this regard, while it doesn't necessarily mean our civilization is highly advanced, it does determine the heights humanity can reach in the future.

Amid their casual conversation, Jiang Yu and Xiao Qi arrived at the Wallfacer Office Building.

Qin Ming, who had also received the message, had arrived early: "Wallfacer, the calls from the Trisolarans have never stopped."

Xiao Qi was somewhat surprised to see Qin Ming, who was Jiang Yu's grandson, but seemed to hold a high and powerful position in the Wallfacer Office.

In the new round of Wallfacer selections, Qin Ming had also entered the final stage.

Jiang Yu had barely given him any special treatment; he had gotten this far on his own merit, although sometimes he exploited his status as the Wallfacer's grandson to his advantage.

Jiang Yu turned a blind eye to this, aware that the status was merely a tool for Qin Ming.

Jiang Yu's son and daughter, as well as his grandson, Qin Hao, had followed in Yang Dong's footsteps into scientific research, while Qin Xiang and Qin Ming had chosen politics,

Perhaps it was because Qin Xiang's abilities were limited, or maybe she didn't want to lead too busy a life, but with the abilities she had shown, she would at most become the highest Governor of a province.

Qin Ming, however, had quite the bearing of his grandfather, being a prominent political figure at a young age.

Of the remaining Wallfacer candidates, Qin Ming was the most assiduous, living in the office unless there was a family matter to attend to.

Even if he were not his own grandson, Jiang Yu was quite satisfied with his work ethic.

After all, this was the most critical year or two of their lives, and no amount of effort was deemed too much.

Qin Ming didn't forget to nod to Xiao Qi behind him before continuing to Jiang Yu, "I've already connected the communication signal from the Trisolarans to your office."

"I have never dealt with the Trisolarans before, nor have I dared to respond to their calls at will."

Jiang Yu nodded with satisfaction, walked into his office, and began to respond to the Trisolaran call: "Hello, this is Jiang Yu; we contacted the Earth Organization before in the hopes of holding peace talks with the Trisolarans.

"We have been fighting for too long, and it is time to talk.

"Especially, we want to thank the Earth Organization of Trisolarans for their past help, and if they are willing, they can come and live with humanity.

"I can't guarantee anything else, but at the very least, they won't need to worry about the Dark Forest Strike from humanity anymore."

Jiang Yu himself didn't believe in the peace talks, and he guessed the Trisolarans wouldn't either, but psychological implications of negotiations could be put forth.

If the Earth Organization still existed, then the last two sentences from Jiang Yu were nothing but a deliberate attempt to create discord.

His words were first sent via the real-time communication system of Blue Maiden Star to the Sophon computer dozens of light-years away, and then Sophon relayed the message hundreds or even thousands of light-years to the Trisolarans.

Based on the latest intelligence, over the past half-century, the Survivor Trisolarans had always been in a state of curvature propulsion.

Now, after half a century, they finally dared to show themselves.

However, according to the second phase of information collected by the "Leaf Project," those "Survivors" who fled from the Second Corps back then had not regrouped with the main Trisolaran Survivor populace.

The Trisolarans might have realized that the "survival" under the siege of the Second Corps was questionable.

So up to this point, humanity had no idea about the whereabouts of the main populace of Trisolaran Survivors.

The Trisolarans soon replied, "We are the New Earth Organization and are willing to negotiate peace with humanity.

"To show our sincerity, we will return Yun Tianming to humanity!"

Yun Tianming?

Jiang Yu was somewhat unsettled; he had specifically looked into it - the star system where Cheng Xin and Guan Yifan were located had been enveloped by the Dark Domain, and Yun Tianming and the others had not managed to escape from there.

Why then were the Trisolarans now saying that they would return Yun Tianming?