Three-body: The Most Competent Wallfacer in History

After asking the question, Jiang Yu remembered that he was already far from the room and the Galaxy Computer was not by his side.

Then he thought, if this space tunnel could disregard distance, that would be awesome. Although the universe is vast, with this gadget, he could go wherever he wanted to go.

Just as he was thinking this, he suddenly heard the Galaxy Computer say, "The farthest distance currently reachable is sixty astronomical units.

"Space tunnels over three astronomical units require preparation time, and a space tunnel of sixty astronomical units takes about an hour to form."

The voice of the Galaxy Computer seemed to be not far from Jiang Yu, yet there was no sign of it around him.

Jiang Yu "oh"ed, one hour wasn't a long time: "I guess intra-galactic spaceship-like transport must have been phased out quickly, right?"

"Yes, for short-distance travel, utilizing space tunnels is much faster than riding any spaceship. Now, basically all intra-galactic travel uses space tunnels," the Galaxy Computer said:

"You only need to wait two minutes to get from Earth to any space city in the Jupiter Cultural Sphere, which is faster than any spaceship."

Jiang Yu remembered, his first trip to Jupiter took two months! While listening to the Galaxy Computer, he walked towards Zhang Beihai's tombstone.

Upon reaching the tombstone, Jiang Yu saw a photo of Zhang Beihai in his later years, with gray hair and laugh lines, but his eyes had regained their firmness.

Jiang Yu locked eyes with the Zhang Beihai in the photo for a few seconds before he asked the Galaxy Computer, "Where are the flowers I asked for?"

"They're right in front of the tombstone, you will need to wait a moment."

Jiang Yu saw only a clump of grass in front of the tombstone, but he didn't rush to voice his doubts.

Sure enough, a few seconds later, several sprouts emerged from the ground, their growth visible to the naked eye. In just a minute or two, they had grown branches and leaves, and then buds formed.

After another half a minute, the flowers bloomed brilliantly.

The rapid growth of the flowers then ceased.

Jiang Yu thought to himself, thankfully he didn't ask, otherwise he would have embarrassed himself again.

He examined the clump of flowers, and the sorrow for Zhang Beihai's passing lessened considerably.

First of all, Jiang Yu was sure these weren't fake, but truly grown in a matter of minutes?

Looking at Zhang Beihai's tombstone, Jiang Yu laughed and said, "Why would they need to dig me out of the 'grave'?

"Do you think I just now looked like a person from the North-South Dynasties that has arrived around the year two thousand of the Common Era?

"Clothing, food, shelter, and transport have all undergone tremendous changes, yet carry with them a hint of familiarity."

As he spoke, he sat in front of Zhang Beihai's tombstone: "I know, after Starship Earth began to establish its own colonies, you became somewhat awkward, most of the time becoming a symbol for Starship Earth.

"The scale of Starship Earth is too small; there was really no need for a Wallfacer position, and you were idle for many years.

"After receiving an invitation from Jiao Zuo, you finally found a new purpose in life, right?

"Galloping across the starry battlefields, what soldier wouldn't like that?"

After rambling on in front of Zhang Beihai's tombstone for a while, Jiang Yu finally got up, patted his butt: "Rest well, I'm off to see Lao Chang."

He looked at Zhang Beihai's tombstone and suddenly smiled.

Compared to dying in the dark battles, Zhang Beihai's current life was something to be truly relieved about.

"I'm off!" Jiang Yu waved his hand as if saying goodbye to Zhang Beihai.

It was not until he had walked some distance away that Jiang Yu's mood began to settle down.

The Galaxy Computer asked, "Do you need me to set up another space tunnel to your next destination?"

Jiang Yu looked at the myriad tombstones spread across the hill: "No need, I'll walk there myself."

After a few steps, Jiang Yu encountered another "acquaintance": "When did Yun Tianming die?"

Speaking of Yun Tianming, he had been undercover among the Trisolarans for a long time, and Jiang Yu's relationship with him was nowhere near as close as with Zhang Beihai.

But Jiang Yu had a great deal of respect for Yun Tianming's actions.

Thus, Jiang Yu's feelings toward Yun Tianming were somewhat akin to those for the martyred heroes described in textbooks.

The Milky Way computer answered, "Yun Tianming never underwent hibernation, he died on August 8th of the year 756 in the Galaxy.

"After you retrieved him from the Trisolarans, he began to seriously enjoy life.

"He always said that during the Common Era, he had little sense of belonging to the human world; it was on encountering the community of the Trisolarans that his sense of belonging to the human world became irrepressible.

"In his later years, he mentioned you many times.

"He said, 'Without Jiang Yu, humanity was just a band of interstellar refugees; with Jiang Yu, humanity resembled a civilization.'"

Jiang Yu took a deep breath, bowed deeply in front of Yun Tianming's grave, and then continued walking forward.

Later on, Jiang Yu saw the graves of Ye Wenjie and Chu Xu "beside" her.

Their graves were originally not part of the Martyrs Cemetery, but Ye Wenjie's cemetery was close to the original Martyrs Cemetery. After several expansions, Ye Wenjie's cemetery was completely surrounded by the Martyrs Cemetery.

Thus, their tombstones were preserved; otherwise, without protective measures, these tombstones would have long been damaged during the high-speed travel of Earth.

Jiang Yu heaved a sigh, both of these people felt like those he had met in a previous life.

He briefly informed Ye Wenjie about the current situation with Yang Dong, as well as about Jiang Que, Jiang Yan, Qin Hao, and other younger generations.

Then with a chuckle, Jiang Yu said to Chu Xu, "You must have spent all the money you saved for me, but it'll be a while before I can reach King Yan's domain.

"I know, you must have been cursing me long ago, right? It's been over two thousand years and I still haven't checked in with King Yan.

"It can't be helped, what's that saying? 'The revolution is not yet successful, comrades still need to strive.'

After bidding farewell to Ye Wenjie and Chu Xu, Jiang Yu casually approached Chang Weisi: "Lao Chang, it's been forever, I've almost forgotten what you looked like.

"Rest in peace. Humanity's great enemy, the Trisolarans, was taken down by yours truly!

"It's the news you dreamed of hearing, isn't it? Only now do I come to tell you.

"Over seven hundred years, damn! I've contended with the Trisolarans for over seven hundred years! Just thinking about it makes me feel tired.

"Yet, there's also an inexplicably exhilarating feeling..."

Jiang Yu once again started to ramble, from the second battle to the New World campaign, then to the Two-Dimensional Strike, and the technological explosion of humanity after entering the interstellar age.

Not until humanity grew strong did Jiang Yu begin to arrange the ruse tactic known as Please Enter the Urn, which led to the final battle with the Trisolarans.

Jiang Yu spoke until his mouth was dry, "The second battle can only be considered as a hard-won victory, but the final battle with the Trisolarans was different, humanity took on the Trisolarans in a real fight...

He was enthusiastically elaborating when the voice of the Milky Way computer suddenly appeared in his ear: "You have a visitor."

Jiang Yu was taken aback: "Who?"

"Wallfacer Jiang Yanqi."

"Let him wait for a while, I haven't finished speaking yet." Jiang Yu continued to: "Lao Chang, you have no idea, we knocked the Trisolarans down in one fight.

"To what extent, you wonder? Later when I proposed peace talks, many of them believed it, which shows how little confidence they had in their own kind at the time.

"Then I employed another strategy..."

(Here, fifty thousand words are omitted.)