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

Chapter 198 The Deviation of the Brain

“You’re famous now, Wade. Don’t you know there are tons of security cameras in the beer hall? Your videos are flying everywhere,” Luo Qing said.

Wade took a sip of water and said nothing.

Ding Yi sighed, "Who among today's young people even knows about Hitler? You've made Hitler famous again after two hundred years. It seems our Director Wied has indeed suffered a lot in these three years and has a very clear understanding of the plight of the people of the East."

Luo Qing commented: "With the crisis of the Devouring Empire looming ahead and the backdrop of the apocalypse, hedonism is inevitable. I generally do not intervene in such trivial matters by virtue of my personal power—in fact, I never actively interfere with the evolution of human thought."

Wade finally spoke, saying to Luo Qing:

"Luo Qing, you are right. If humanity relies on you for everything, then we are truly doomed... In today's society, people have power, intelligence, and emotions, but they are trapped in fleeting pleasures."

I once asked the organizers of those fanatical events, and they would retort: ​​"We might not even be able to defeat the dinosaurs anyway, so let's enjoy ourselves while we can. I've already worked a lot during the day and completed the minimum tasks set by the United Government, can't I even enjoy myself a little?"

Wade gave a wry smile and continued:
"Enjoying it is fine, but if it's tens of thousands of people mingling in a square, at a concert, or on a holiday, relying on the physical strength of a martial artist to go at it all day... what's the difference between that and a gorilla? If it's just about pursuing pleasure, then you can get a vaccine to control the secretion of mood hormones, unlock the emotional gene lock, or just inject drugs, that way the pleasure will come faster."

“It’s not drugs; that stuff is still one of the few crimes for which the coalition government can impose the death penalty,” Ding Yi said.

Luo Qing said, "You seem to have thought about a lot of things."

Wade nodded: "That's right. The more lonely people are, the more they think. Society is now divided. There are many powerful figures, mainly in the Solar System Fleet, the United Government, and the scientific community, while ordinary people are completely separated from the human elite... This is not a healthy civilization."

"So you want to?"

“Unity.” Wade clenched his fists and said:
“In this era, there are 300 million people, which is a force that cannot be ignored. I want to unite this force. Since the united government has fattened up the people and they are unwilling to be the villain, then I will act as God’s scourge.”

Ding Yi suddenly held up her phone and showed it to Wade: "Look, your speech video has surpassed 100 million likes. If you continue to incite others, you could have more than three million followers, maybe even thirty million. After all, there are still quite a few insightful people in this era."

Wade nodded: "Very good, this is a start. We've built up some buzz, and with an initial funding of 10 billion, I think I should be able to make something of myself. Humanity should move forward, not get bogged down in the quagmire of desire!"

"I support you!" Ding Yi said, and then transferred all the 1 billion yuan that Luo Qing had given him to Weide.

"I hope this helps a little; this is all I can say," Ding Yi said.
“Thank you.” After saying that, Wade looked at Luo Qing. “Professor Luo Qing, as a Wallfacer, what do you think of my actions?”

Luo Qing was currently eating peanuts, drinking beer, and stuffing his mouth with roasted meat. He mumbled, "I'm only responsible for dealing with external enemies. Once the Solar System Fleet is ready, I'll go with them to fight the dinosaurs. I don't care about Earth. You can be like Hitler, but don't overthrow the United Government."

Wade said, "Don't worry, I know what I'm doing. Your understanding of human society is probably better than mine. Perhaps in your eyes, this is not a big deal."

"It's really not a big deal."

Luo Qing sighed and quoted a passage from Marxist philosophy: "Things develop continuously in the movement of contradictions; wave-like progress and spiral ascent are the norm in history. Since World War II, humanity has taken many detours. From the Trisolaran crisis to the anti-ETO war, to the Great Depression, to the Grassland Era, and then to the Devouring Crisis, humanity has overcome each one."

I don't care because I know the coalition government is only focusing its efforts on internal stability and ensuring productivity. Once the dinosaur crisis is over, humanity will also proactively eliminate these unhealthy ideas. So, everything should be done in accordance with the trend.

I call this—the Way, the Law of Nature.

Wade cupped his hands in a gesture of respect towards him.

Ding Yi muttered, "To put it bluntly, you're just too lazy to deal with trivial matters. Your bottom line is that no one should die."

Luo Qingquan pretended not to hear and continued drinking his own beverage.

After the three of them had eaten and drunk their fill, it was time for them to part ways.

Ding Yi received an invitation from the Minister of Technology of the United Government, who will discuss with a group of top physics experts the development of cutting-edge theories after the lifting of the sophon blockade.

Wade plans to use the 20 billion in start-up capital to launch a public opinion campaign based on the mass line, in order to reverse the current social chaos and related problems, and ensure that the Solar System Fleet has no worries about the future.

Luo Qing planned to go to Jupiter's orbit, which is the core of the Solar System Fleet, to discuss the subsequent combat plan against the dinosaurs with the commander of the Asian Fleet and other high-ranking international fleet officials.

The era of great confrontation could not last forever. The dinosaurs' abnormal evolutionary structure forced them to devour Earth's resources to survive, and humanity also had to deal with this ever-increasing threat. The Ringer-Fitzroy 3 telescope in Jupiter's orbit can already clearly see that a thick 'interstellar cloud' surrounds the devouring mothership.

That was a fleet of hundreds of thousands of warships that had become devourers.

Before parting, Luo Qing asked, "Wade, in your PDC Strategic Intelligence Bureau, you must be more than just a hibernator, right? What about your subordinates?"

Prior to Wade's hibernation, three people in the Planetary Defense Council's PIA department had entered hibernation: Cheng Xin, the contact person for the [Stairway Project]; Thomas Wade, the director of PIA; and Yu Weimin, the deputy director of PIA.

After Wade went into hibernation, Lin Shen, the technician who succeeded Cheng Xin as technical director, eventually became the second director of PIA, serving until the department was abolished. This shy and obedient girl eventually grew into a middle-aged woman who could unleash a torrent of abuse at the United Nations General Assembly. Her most frequently uttered curse was: "Don't you all have mothers? If not, go find one in a brothel!"

This woman has a style reminiscent of Wade.

Deputy Director Yu Weimin was thawed as early as the 120th year of the Crisis Era. Due to injuries sustained in his early years, he died of illness before gene technology became widespread. In total, the only remaining hibernating PIA members are Director Weide and Technical Director Cheng Xin.

Therefore, Wade said to Luo Qing, "I don't have any subordinates anymore. Yu Weimin has been dead for a long time. Cheng Xin set a very late time for unfreezing, but now the United Government has unfrozen almost all the hibernators ahead of schedule, so she will probably wake up this year. I can't contact her, and I have no interest in contacting her... I have more important things to do."

"Okay, best of luck," Luo Qing said.

Ding Yi, seemingly struck by a sudden thought, asked, "Wade, how much did the Staircase Project spacecraft deviate from its original course?"

Wade said, "The offset wasn't much; a rigging cable snapped two milliseconds prematurely, causing the spacecraft to deviate by about 75 inches. But this angle would cause the spacecraft to deviate by at least 100 astronomical units 100 years later, completely out of sync with the Trisolaran fleet."

"not necessarily."

Ding Yi said, "Wade, don't confuse the past with the present. In today's world, 100 astronomical units is not far. Pluto's orbit is 70 astronomical units, which is only one solar system away. This is a very small scale in the universe. I now suspect that the Trisolaran fleet may have recaptured the Stairway Project spacecraft. After all, they have sophons, which can be used to track the Stairway Project spacecraft and send interceptor ships to capture and recover it."

"You mean, the Ladder Project was a success?" Wade asked.

Ding Yi calmly said, "Whether it will succeed or not is still uncertain. On the one hand, we don't know if the Trisolarans have actually recovered the Stairway Project spacecraft. On the other hand, what exactly does the Stairway Project spacecraft mean to the Trisolarans? There's a human brain inside... By the way, whose brain was it again?"

Wade naturally remembered the brain contributor of the Ladder Project spacecraft, whose name was Yun Tianming, a man whom Cheng Xin personally sent into the abyss.

However, Yun Tianming was not actually Wade's first choice. Wade needed someone with a strong will, not a sentimental young man... Unfortunately, after that car accident, the director of the technical center, Vadim, had been in the water for too long and his brain was no longer working properly, causing him to have wasted his time designing that ingenious car accident.

“Yun Tianming,” Wade said.

"It doesn't matter who it is. Sigh, I was against this plan from the beginning. Sending a human brain there was a rash decision. If a human brain is captured and studied, it will be very disadvantageous for us. It's a pity you insisted on sending it... Judging by the time, that brain may have been captured by the Trisolaran fleet for decades..."

Wade frowned and remained silent.

"Alright, these are all just my wild thoughts. Let's all go about our business. See you again sometime." After saying that, Ding Yi got into the flying car sent by the United Government to pick him up.

Luo Qing shook his head. "Wade, I'm going to Jupiter. If you hear anything about the Stairway Project, remember to let me know. I won't abandon any human being."

After Luo Qing finished speaking, he transformed into a beam of white light, pierced through the dome, and disappeared as well.

Only Wade remained standing there, looking at the bustling urban jungle before him, and suddenly realized that he might indeed need a familiar subordinate to help him.

Wade opened his retro phone, downloaded the MOSS mobile app, checked his personal information, and then typed a message and sent it to MOSS.

【MOSS, if Cheng Xin is unfrozen, please give him my contact information and tell him that her director is looking for her.】

MOSS replied instantly: [Okay, is there anything else you need?]

That's all for now, thank you.

You're welcome. It's for the service of humanity.

(End of this chapter)