Blessings, All Blessings

Through the live news broadcast, ETO quickly noticed that something was wrong with the court. Through their connections, the organization's members had only barely managed to obtain a tiny bit of intelligence.

Though they still did not know exactly what sort of reconciliation Lin Feng had reached with humanity's upper echelons, they had vaguely spotted some clues.

Comparing those clues with the intelligence ETO possessed, it was easy to notice the discrepancies.

This was an extremely dangerous sign. Every ETO member realized the danger it represented.

Because it meant that the sophons had not given ETO accurate intelligence. The Trisolarans had abandoned ETO!

Panic nearly drowned them. ETO found the Trisolaran World's representative within the Three-Body Game—the sophon, incarnated as a Yamato Nadeshiko.

"Lord! Why? Why would you do this? Everything we ETO have done was for you! So that you could descend smoothly! Please, do not abandon us again!"

Mozi dropped to one knee, overwhelmed by both grief and joy, and expressed his loyalty to the Trisolarans, terrified that the sophon before him would suddenly vanish the next second.

The others followed him and knelt on one knee as well.

The Trisolarans unilaterally cutting off contact was something that had happened before.

If the Trisolarans had not severed contact with Evans back then, the Second Red Coast Base could never have been found, the Guzheng Plan could never have succeeded, and humanity might not have realized that the Trisolaran Fleet was coming to destroy human civilization until it was about to arrive in the Solar System.

Precisely because there was precedent, ETO's members were now afraid—afraid that their Lord would stab them in the back a second time.

This was a warning. You have done many unnecessary things.

The Wallbreakers' work is to help the Trisolarans expose the Wallfacers' disguises, not to have you do meaningless things.

The sophon looked down upon the kneeling ETO members as though looking at a swarm of ants.

The Trisolarans had greatly disliked ETO's actions this time.

The Trisolarans had reorganized ETO and chosen Wallbreakers in order to use the Wallbreakers to see through the Wallfacers' disguises—to use humans to expose humanity's lies.

Then there was preventing humanity from leaving the Solar System and assassinating Luo Ji.

Beyond that, there was truly no need for the Wallbreakers or ETO to do anything more. Humanity's technological level was what it was, and its technology had been locked down.

On the contrary, allowing those Wallfacer Plans that posed no threat to the Trisolarans to proceed would waste humanity's resources.

Yet what had ETO done? They had revealed the Wallfacers' Wallfacer Plans to All Humanity.

That was right. The Trisolarans did not care about Lin Feng's "planned" Wallfacer Plan to turn All Humanity into quantum ghosts—but what about Luo Ji? The Trisolarans cared about the "Dark Forest Deterrence"!

Although the Trisolarans had not assigned an ETO member to be Luo Ji's Wallbreaker, ETO members had always kept an eye on Luo Ji's Wallfacer Plan and had even discussed it.

Perhaps it was out of simple curiosity, perhaps so that the Trisolarans could invade smoothly, or perhaps for other purposes. Whatever their reasons, the Trisolarans would not permit humans to touch their sensitive nerves. ETO was no exception!

To the Trisolarans, as long as they stabilized the situation and dragged things out for several centuries until the fleet arrived safely, humanity in the Solar System would be completely finished. Not a single one would escape!

"We have not done anything unnecessary. Everything we did was for you—to use international public opinion to strike at the Wallfacers, kill them further, and completely dismantle the Wallfacer Plan..."

Newton, kneeling on one knee, tried to explain to his Lord, but when his gaze met the sophon's, his voice grew quieter and quieter.

That is not your task!

If you still do not realize what should and should not be done, then there is no longer any need for ETO to continue existing!

The sophon's voice was exceptionally fierce. This was a rare occurrence.

The Trisolarans' emotions were suppressed by their collective mind, leaving only an almost purely rational instinct for survival. But that did not mean the Trisolarans had no emotional fluctuations.

When their survival was threatened, even the Trisolarans, who placed survival rationality above all else, would display intense emotional fluctuations.

Such emotion came from the deepest level—the most fundamental survival instinct of living creatures.

The chill leaking from those vicious words left the ETO members present silent as cicadas, not daring to even breathe.

After a long silence, Confucius asked, "Lord, I have a question for you."

"If we encounter a dangerous plan that could threaten you, can't we in ETO stop it?"

If necessary, the Trisolarans will assign you relevant tasks. But before then, you may not act on your own. ETO's duties consist only of Wallbreaking, preventing humanity from leaving the Solar System, and eliminating Luo Ji, said the sophon.

After leaving the court, Lin Feng was immediately surrounded by a crowd of reporters.

Thinking that sooner was better than later, and that resolving things early would make life easier, Lin Feng directly held an impromptu press conference outside the courthouse.

"Why were you able to remain so calm in court?"

Faced with the reporters' questions, Lin Feng answered without so much as a change in expression.

"I have never doubted the Supreme Court's fairness or justice. Just as I expected, my innocence has been proven. Turning All Humanity into quantum ghosts was simply a baseless accusation."

"Do I look like the kind of deranged, lawless person who would do such a thing? My plan was made perfectly clear from the beginning, but some people simply refused to believe it. What could I do?"

Though he spoke that way, Lin Feng had actually intended to use the plan of turning All Humanity into quantum ghosts as a final safeguard for humanity's survival, to deal with a future strike from the Singer.

If things truly reached the point of no return, human civilization could at least be preserved through that method.

Facing cameras from every media outlet, Lin Feng replied righteously, "Many people are actually criticizing me while carrying emotions from other issues—for example, the 007 Work System..."

"You hate me now, and I gladly accept that. I can understand you as well."

"But you must understand this: when the Trisolarans reach the Solar System in the future, our descendants will have to face the enemy's butcher's blade. Every bit of effort we make now means a few fewer deaths in the future. You shouldn't hate me, because this is a blessing for All Humanity."

"ETO wants me dead. They want to sabotage the Macro-Electron Storage Plan. If everything goes as ETO hopes, if the Macro-Electron Storage Plan falls through, and if afterward humanity has no practical way to resist the future enemy of All Humanity..."

"Then, hundreds of years from now, when the Trisolaran Fleet reaches Earth, your descendants will be slaughtered to the last."

"At that time, would I still be the criminal? Who exactly would be the criminal? Whom would your descendants truly blame?"

Lin Feng's remarks gave countless media reporters the story they had been looking for. Like ravenous wolves, they quickly copied down his words in their notebooks, preparing to make them tomorrow's headlines.

Another reporter asked, "But would you really not do something like turning all of humanity into quantum ghosts?"

"Once the United Nations releases its statement in a while, those concerns will be put to rest," Lin Feng said.

"What kind of statement?"

Lin Feng thought for a moment. "Roughly speaking, it will say that a Wallfacer's plan cannot threaten humanity's safety, and that the right to life is sacred and inviolable."

"After this incident, although I am innocent and will not be removed from my position, I will no longer be responsible for the Macro-Electron Storage Plan. From now on, all requests involving Ball Lightning will also be invalid."

"The Earth United Council will directly take charge of implementing the Macro-Electron Storage Plan, completely eliminating the possibility of me turning All Humanity into quantum ghosts."

After once again stressing his innocence, Lin Feng informed the reporters of what had been agreed upon with the United Nations. The United Nations would not officially announce these matters until some time later.

Government agencies were often slow to act. Lin Feng did not want to keep receiving piles of harassing calls and messages, so he took the initiative to announce it early.