Those who face the wall, but are in the Nascent Soul stage.

Chapter 187 What is true escapism?

One year after Operation Zambia.

Crisis Era 133 Years.

The 130th Wallfacer Project Hearing.

Since Luo Qing's original body was absent, the kind-hearted Luo Qing attended in her place.

As for the other two Wallfacers, Dr. Hines and Dr. Luo Ji, they were almost forgotten by the world because of their long hibernation.

When people mention the Wallfacer, the first person that comes to mind is Luo Qing.

At this routine annual hearing on the Wallfacer Project, Luo Qing listened to the development reports from the United Government and Fleet International.

The report contains a lot of information.

Fleet International, the 300th star-class warship, the [Lexington], has been completed.

The engine technology of the Big Tooth spacecraft has been reverse-engineered, and humanity's controllable nuclear fusion propellantless radiation propulsion system continues to innovate, having reached a maximum speed of 15% of the speed of light.

Faced with the imminent threat of being devoured, some believe that humanity's fleet is no match for the dinosaur civilization that has been developing in interstellar space for tens of millions of years. As a result, escapism has begun to rise again.

At this hearing on the plan to build a wall, the coalition government took the opportunity to reiterate its stance against escapism.

Escapeism can seriously affect the enthusiasm of human society. The radical victoryist and expeditionary factions within Fleet International are also being investigated for suspected escapism.

Despite repeatedly emphasizing that escapism is undesirable, the coalition government has come up with another way to deal with the swallowing crisis.

Since the "Moon Chasing Project" was proposed by MOSS in the 40th year of the Crisis Era, the number of satellite engines on the moon has expanded from three to three hundred. These three hundred satellite engines, each two kilometers high, are scattered throughout the moon's equator and illuminated surface.

At night, when the lunar engines start, humans can see three hundred brilliant beams of light in the lunar orbit.

A bright, luminous moon.

Three hundred lunar engines could exert tremendous thrust on the moon, causing it to deviate from its Earth-Moon orbit.

Yes, under the joint calculations of the Digital Republic and MOSS, the [Moon Project] was regarded by the United Government as the last resort to deal with the Devouring Crisis. If the human fleet is no match for the Devouring Empire, then humans will drive the moon directly into the dinosaur's Devouring Mothership to sacrifice the pawn to save the king and win a chance for Earth to survive.

According to the information provided by the Eridanus crystal, it was discovered that the swallowing mothership was very weak in maneuverability due to its size, and that it was entirely feasible to ram the moon into the swallowing mothership.

As for why the moon was designed as the ultimate weapon to ram and devour the mothership, rather than as another celestial body, it is humanity's most helpless solution.

Mercury is too far away, Mars and Venus are too large, and the moons of Jupiter and Saturn are also too far away. Humans do not yet have the capability to build a large number of planetary engines on the moons of Jupiter and Saturn.

Only the moon is suitable.

The moon is closer to Earth, and a synchronous space elevator has been established between the moon and Earth. Through this elevator, humans can quickly travel 40 kilometers between the Earth and the moon, creating an efficient channel for the exchange of goods between them.

In addition, the moon already has a large number of general-purpose industrial robots, including the MOSS adaptive construction system. The construction of the more than 300 satellite engines on the moon was mostly completed independently by MOSS.

This did not require too much human effort, and the Digital Republic also played a supporting and supervisory role during this period.

Through repeated study of video data from the Eridanus crystal, humans have discovered that Eridanus is also a planet with a moon.

When the Devouring Empire's giant ring devours Eridanus, it needs to first exile Eridanus's satellites to a distant location to prevent them from interfering with the Devouring Empire's feeding.

Therefore, there is an irreconcilable contradiction between the moon and the Devouring Empire. The moon is the lid before the Devouring Empire 'eats'; the dinosaurs cannot be eaten if this lid is not removed.

Since that's the case, why not just take the moon and the Devouring Empire and blow them up?

It's better for the moon to explode than for the dinosaurs to feast all by themselves.

You like to eat, so eat!
A moon without anyone to appreciate it is meaningless.
This beautiful satellite, which has accompanied humanity for countless years, must also make sacrifices for humanity when necessary.

As for the Earth-Moon tides, tsunamis, and drastic climate changes that would result from the Moon leaving, these are minor issues.

Enjoying the moon and reciting poetry are secondary; survival comes first.

In addition to the three hundred satellite engines that have transformed the moon into a veritable 'rogue planet,' humanity has also deployed a large array of weapons on the dark side of the moon.

Drive from the front, confront the enemy from the shadows!
The lunar base consists of three major defense systems. The interstellar nuclear missile launch site (officially named: the Radiaz Defense System):
Tens of thousands of star-shaped nuclear missiles were placed on the moon. These interstellar nuclear missiles could be launched from the lunar surface at speeds far exceeding the third cosmic velocity to attack and devour the mothership.

Lunar Cannon (official name: Mercury Defense System):
The lunar cannon is essentially a giant high-energy gamma-ray laser emitter. This lunar cannon can emit high-energy laser beams at extremely high energy levels, which can both intercept weapons flying towards the moon and carry out light-speed strikes. Its power is enough to instantly melt a star-class warship.

Electromagnetic Kinetic Energy Cannon Lunar Matrix (Official Name: Osmanthus Tree Defense System):

The technological development of electromagnetic railguns has enabled humans to utilize them to a degree similar to close-in weapon systems.

An electromagnetic kinetic energy cannon that rotates at 3600 revolutions per minute is very powerful, and there are 10,000 such powerful electromagnetic kinetic energy cannon close-in weapon systems on the moon.

The lunar base defense commander once joked: If we rotate the moon halfway around, so that the dark side faces the Earth, and the electromagnetic railgun's lunar surface matrix is ​​activated at full power, we can let humanity witness a spectacular sight: "The moon palace at night releases osmanthus trees, and blows down stars like rain."

Of course, ordinary electromagnetic projectiles pose no threat to Earth, as the atmosphere is sufficient to obliterate them. However, tungsten-based electromagnetic projectiles are a different story.

In short, the moon has effectively become a super spaceship armed to the teeth for humankind.

Three major space fleets: the Lunar Defense Line, the Near-Earth Orbit Defense System, and the Pan-Solar System Defense Line; Wallfacer Luo Qing

These are humanity's five major defensive forces.

If this still can't stop the Devouring Empire, then humanity has one last option.

In the year 133 of the Crisis Era, the Mercury Vacuum Base, which began construction during the era of Radiaz, has been fully completed. The city system of the Mercury Vacuum Base can accommodate 3 million people.

If humanity is defeated, emergency spaceships will transport a portion of humanity to the Mercury Bubble Base as the last refuge for human civilization. To prevent the 'fairness principle' from failing, these 3 million survivors will be randomly selected by MOSS.

Economic strength, political status, and IQ are all irrelevant in this lottery. The lottery participants will be drawn from healthy individuals under the age of 50 by MOSS, while the remaining individuals will be organized into "digital personalities" and uploaded.

The digital republic is ready to embrace more digital life.

Of course, the uploaded digital personalities have little to do with them; people will still die eventually. It's just a way to leave a memory and comfort for the survivors of Earth.

In this way, humanity is left with a last glimmer of hope.

Mercury has always been a major rear base for humankind in space warfare.

As long as the cavitation on Mercury persists, human civilization can continue to thrive.

Furthermore, Mercury is a solid rock, lacking the resources the Devouring Empire needs, and it's too close to the sun. The Devouring Empire wouldn't bother going to eat Mercury for no reason. Once Earth is eaten and the dinosaurs are gone, humanity can simply start developing again.

Previously, during his more than 20 years of work on Mars, Ding Yi successfully tackled the [heavy nuclear fusion technology]. Compared to conventional light nuclear fusion technology, the raw materials for nuclear fusion are more widely available, and the ultimate goal of heavy nuclear fusion is to produce the substance [iron].

Therefore, metallic iron was not a resource worth eating for dinosaurs.

Based on video footage provided by the Eridan civilization, humans can deduce that the main reason why the Devouring Empire needs to constantly plunder planetary resources is due to the drawbacks of its [heavy nuclear fusion technology].

Maintaining space travel for the Devouring Empire's mothership requires a massive amount of material resources to continuously conduct heavy nuclear fusion to provide propulsion, and the product of this heavy nuclear fusion is metallic iron.

This is the main reason why the Devouring Empire kept eating as it flew. The moment the Devouring Empire stopped eating was the moment the empire perished.

Through research, human civilization has come to realize that this dinosaur civilization seems to be somewhat abnormal.

If humanity is severely weakened after the Devouring Crisis ends and is unable to accumulate the strength to deal with the Trisolaran crisis, then the United Government is not a fool.

At that time, escapism will be legalized.

But it's not individual escapism, it's collective escapism.

If the solar system cannot be defended, the United Government will also build three thousand to ten thousand planetary engines on the surface of Mercury to propel Mercury into the second cosmic velocity, allowing Mercury to leave the solar system and carry out the Wandering Mercury Project.

Ultimately, wars are fought for resources. I believe neither the Devouring Empire nor the Trisolaran civilization would pursue Mercury to exterminate humanity.

Right?

The above represents the worst-case scenario that humanity has envisioned.

(End of this chapter)