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

Chapter 283 Memories (3)

After experts from various industries repeatedly confirmed that Luo Qingzhen was not performing magic, the news was quickly blocked. The higher-ups who received the news quickly conveyed the following information through Da Shi.

“From now on, do not reveal any of your supernatural powers. Someone from the government wants to see you,” Shi Qiang repeatedly emphasized.

"Your Majesty the Emperor?"

"Shut up, you idiot! There's no emperor here."

"Ah...should I pack up?" Luo Qing hurriedly got out of bed.

"No, but don't fly or breathe fire or anything like that."

"Is it possible to fly on a sword?"

"None of them will work!"

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In the fall of 2007, the military annihilated all ETO members attending the gathering, and Ye Wenjie was arrested during the event. Shi Qiang was subsequently diagnosed with leukemia due to the effects of radiation from the dirty bomb. Following this, the US, China, and Mexico launched Operation Guzheng, proposed by Shi Qiang, to attack the Judgment Day. Evans died, and humanity obtained all the intelligence on the 'Second Red Coast Base,' approximately 28G, including information related to the Sophons.

The existence of the Sophon was revealed to the world.

For a time, everyone in the world felt insecure.

The old man said to Luo Qing, "Professor Luo Qing, the sophons are everywhere. The matter is clear. A real enemy is lurking four light-years away. On behalf of the country, I hope that you can help humanity as much as possible in the days to come."

Luo Qing nodded repeatedly: "No problem, I'll find a way to do it. Protecting humanity is my mission. Zhi Zi is listening to our conversation now, isn't she?"

"Yes, I should also be one of the targets of Zhizi's monitoring, so please be careful what you say."

"Luckily, Officer Shi Qiang held me down, preventing me from showing any unusual behavior... Zhi Zi probably didn't pay attention to me before, and it's too late for him to pay attention now. As long as I don't manifest my powers, he can't conjure up any abnormalities in me out of thin air. What is the attitude of other countries' leaders towards my existence?"

"They are skeptical of your existence."

"Arrange a plane for me; I want to visit the heads of state of Europe and America."

"What are you..."

【I can communicate telepathically, hehe.】

"Professor Luo Qing, did I just hallucinate?"

[I'm not hallucinating, would you like me to sing a song?]

"No need... I'll have someone prepare a private jet."

History keeps rolling forward.

[Crisis Era 1]
Luo Qing infiltrated foreign delegations and secretly visited more than 20 countries, including the United States, Russia, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, and Japan, establishing a high-level communication bridge for anti-intellectualism.

In the same year, the United Nations convened a special General Assembly, changed the era name to the Crisis Era, established the Planetary Defense Council (PDC), and the Three-Body Crisis officially erupted. Escapeism emerged, triggering a "technology public ownership" movement. Restrictions on hibernation technology were completely lifted.

That year, the U.S. National Strategic Deployment Missile System (NMD) successfully conducted an experimental exercise to destroy a sophon that was unfolding in low dimensions in near-Earth orbit. Also in that year, Cheng Xin graduated and started working, joining the Long March rocket engine development team.

[Crisis Era 2]
Zhang Beihai was appointed political commissar of the aircraft carrier Tang, and Wu Yue was appointed captain. Luo Qing embarked on a journey to visit famous mountains and rivers, seeking places of spiritual energy and a way to return to Kyushu, including but not limited to carving a sculpture of a certain emperor.

Unfortunately, it's unusable.

[Crisis Era 3]
Luo Qing learned to use the internet. Meanwhile, the Strategic Intelligence Agency (PIA) of the PDC was established, with Thomas Wade as its first director. Cheng Xin was subsequently transferred to the PIA. That same year, Cheng Xin proposed the Ladder Project at a PIA meeting. UN Secretary-General Say promoted Project Stars. The latest special session of the UN General Assembly passed Resolution 117, declaring escapism illegal.

In the same year, the Wallfacer Project was announced, and Taylor, Radiaz, Hines, Luo Ji, and Luo Qing became the five Wallfacers. ETO's Wallbreaking Project was then launched, selecting four Wallbreakers to deal with the other four Wallfacers besides Luo Ji.

In the same year, Wade proposed the Ladder Plan, which was adopted by the UN General Assembly at a special session. The space forces of the five countries of China, the United States, Russia, the United Kingdom, and France were successively established. Zhang Beihai and Wu Yue were transferred to the space forces, and Chang Weisi concurrently served as the director of the political department of the space force.

Luo Ji moved into "Eden" and found Zhuang Yan through Shi Qiang. He then married Zhuang Yan. Due to the worsening of Shi Qiang's condition, and based on Luo Qing's principle of not exposing him, he could only let Shi Qiang enter hibernation.

Also in that year, Shi Qiang's son, Shi Xiaoming, was sentenced for participating in a telecommunications fraud case involving an "escape fund," with Zhang Yuanchao being one of the direct victims. Subsequently, the Hubble Space Telescope observed the trajectory of the Trisolaran First Fleet for the first time.

[Crisis Era 4]
Yun Tianming is diagnosed with late-stage lung cancer. The Third Special Meeting passes the Euthanasia Law. Yun Tianming receives 300 million yuan from his university classmate Hu Wen, and later uses it to purchase the star DX3906 through the [Star Project] and donate it to Cheng Xin. This star is 286.5 light-years from the Sun. He then participates in the Ladder Project.

At the end of the year, Project Ladder was implemented. Yun Tianming's brain was sent into space and subsequently deviated from the course to the Trisolaran First Fleet. Cheng Xin, as the liaison for Project Ladder, entered hibernation. Also in this year, Luo Qing completely gave up his efforts to find spiritual energy on Earth and return to Kyushu. He used spirit stones cautiously, began to research his own Wallfacer Project, and attempted to cultivate using spirit stones.

Year 5 of the Crisis Era: Nothing major happened in the world. In an accident, Luo Qing discovered that he had still completed his Great Cycle of cultivation despite absorbing all the spirit stones. Luo Qing began to suspect that there was something wrong with his cultivation method.

Year 6 of the Crisis Era: Nothing major happened in the world. Luo Qing realized that he could not cultivate with spirit stones and, overjoyed, began to go into seclusion.

Crisis Era Year 7: Construction begins on the space elevators "Sky Ladder 1" and "Sky Ladder 2".

Crisis Era Year 8: The Wallfacer Frederick Taylor's wall was breached, and after visiting Luo Ji, he committed suicide by the Eden Lake where Luo Ji resided. Zhang Beihai proposed a plan to reinforce the future to Chang Weisi.

Luo Qing emerged from seclusion for the first time and began touring countries around the world. Influenced by Luo Qing, the UN General Assembly revised the Charter of the Wallfacer Project, strengthening the authority of the Wallfacers. Also because the authority of the Wallfacers was strengthened, the PDC failed to force Zhuang Yan into hibernation, but instead allowed Luo Ji's family to continue living in the Garden of Eden in Northern Europe.

In the same year, the space high-energy physics research project failed due to interference from sophons. Ding Yi was appointed as the head of the third branch of the controlled nuclear fusion project. The spaceplane was put into use, and Zhang Beihai and Ding Yi met for the first time on the "High Frontier" spaceplane. Zhang Beihai learned from Ding Yi that the development of propellantless radiation-driven spacecraft was subject to artificial restrictions.

At the end of the year, Zhi Zi interrupted Luo Ji's thinking through Zhuang Yan, forcing the icy lake enlightenment to end.

Crisis Era Year 9:
"Luo Qing, the Wallfacer, I am your Wallbreaker!"

Thus, a new timeline of history officially began.

(End of this chapter)