How Could You Lose with the Whole Map Revealed?

"The atmosphere would be stripped away, the crust torn apart, even the planet's core laid bare. See that moon up there? That's the remains of a planet that was torn apart during a Great Rift, then pulled back together."

Liang Gong pointed skyward, guiding Lin Feng's gaze to the enormous moon overhead.

"Just hearing you describe it is enough to feel how awe-inspiring it is."

The ground split apart, part of the planet was ripped directly away and gathered into a satellite... Luckily, Lin Feng didn't have megalophobia, or his legs would have gone weak.

Imagine standing on the ground before a cliff whose ends were nowhere in sight. Looking down from its edge, you could see a glowing light source—the planet's core.

Lin Feng's scalp tingled.

"That's just a minor spectacle. If the result of the three-body motion is the suns crashing into each other, now that would be truly spectacular." The girl spread her arms and waved them around.

"The suns exploding?" Lin Feng asked.

Liang Gong nodded and said with certainty, "That's right, the suns exploding. Due to the sun's unique structure, the energy released by nuclear fusion doesn't immediately escape into space. The photons produced by fusion constantly reflect between the matter inside the sun. Just as light slows when passing through glass, light generated by solar fusion has to travel through the sun for a very long time before it can emerge."

"A nuclear reactor that enormous, releasing billions of years' worth of accumulated light energy in an instant—its power could even tear apart spacetime. Not even neutron stars could withstand it."

"And that terrifying explosion would be multiplied by three. The energy unleashed by the collision of two stars would inevitably reach the third."

The supernova explosions unleashed by two stars would inevitably detonate the third. Stellar matter, carrying terrifying kinetic and thermal energy, would obliterate everything it touched with crushing force. A planet like Earth would crumble in an instant.

Forget a solid planet like Earth—even a neutron star, if it were close enough to the blast, would either be blown apart outright or exceed its mass limit and collapse into a black hole before it could disintegrate.

"So the idea I proposed last time was correct. There's no way a supernova explosion wouldn't cover dozens of light-years. How far could we run? Could we get dozens of light-years away before the explosion happened?"

"If the mass of one sun were reduced while its velocity remained unchanged, it would be thrown out of the three-body motion. The three-body problem would become a superposition of two-body problems: two suns would undergo two-body motion, while the ejected third sun and the binary system would also undergo two-body motion."

What Lin Feng described was a two-body superposition system. In his previous life, the Trisolaran System had contained no Trisolarans. Though it had three stars, it was a stable stellar system, and humanity had even planned to use it as a future colony in space.

"If resources aren't enough, take them from the solar wind. If there aren't enough people, clone them. As long as everyone works together, the problems can be solved. It's just a matter of time..."

Lin Feng, who had been passionately explaining this to Liang Gong, suddenly stopped. He realized that everything he had imagined was far too idealistic—unrealistic.

"Forget it. Maybe the civilization from my dream could pull it off, but humanity basically has no chance of having that kind of resolve."

Lin Feng shook his head and sighed.

"A dream?"

Liang Gong blinked in confusion, her expression clearly asking for an explanation.

Lin Feng scratched his head. "It was a dream I had a long time ago. It was interesting, so I remembered it."

"There was a race called Amoeba. For the survival of their race, they would stop at nothing. The entire collective abandoned selfishness; individuals existed only to continuously strengthen the collective. Their thoughts were transparent, internal disagreements could be resolved through communication, and every individual's intelligence was fully utilized. They had absolute trust in the collective. They didn't care about their own deaths, nor did they cling to life. Whenever the collective needed it, they could give themselves up immediately..."

Liang Gong looked at Lin Feng strangely. Wasn't he describing the Trisolarans?

Why was Feng Taylor, a Wallfacer, telling her this?

Could it be...

Liang Gong formed her own guess.

"Do you like a race like that?" Liang Gong asked.

Lin Feng pondered for a moment before answering uncertainly, "I wouldn't say I like it, but I wouldn't say I dislike it either."

"Do you hope humanity becomes like that?" Liang Gong asked again.

Lin Feng sneered. "Don't be silly. Humanity can't become like that. Even the Internationale, which comes relatively close, is nothing more than an impractical fairy tale."

"Look, didn't the former Soviet Union collapse?"

The Hanfu Girl gave Lin Feng a deep look.

"...That really is a pity."

Having vented the resentment that had built up in his heart over this period, Lin Feng prepared to leave as well. A pile of matters still awaited his review.

"Thank you for keeping me company."

"Wait."

Just as Lin Feng was about to log off, Liang Gong suddenly stepped forward and grabbed him.

Caught off guard, Lin Feng stumbled and lost his balance. The two of them fell together.

Lin Feng could clearly hear the girl's breathing by his ear, and feel the warmth of her breath against his cheek.

The girl straddled Lin Feng, her red lips drawing closer and closer.

Lin Feng did not struggle. He sensibly closed his eyes. He knew this scene well; he had experienced it plenty of times before.

Reversal, I get it. I never doubted my own charm. Anyway, I'm always the one who comes out ahead in situations like this...

"Passerby A, listen to me. You're in danger."

Huh?

At Los Angeles Airport in the United States, a man dressed in airport staff uniform was using a Sophon to exchange intelligence with his companion.

"Infiltration successful. Number Four, how about your side?"

"Successfully infiltrated."

"Number 7?"

"Already infiltrated."

After a brief round of reports confirmed that everyone was in position, King Arthur felt victory was already in his grasp.

"Hehehe, having Sophon's help really makes things easy. With a god's-eye view monitoring every human movement, humanity has no secrets before us."

The CIA had used fake stand-ins and decoy convoys, splitting up to board different private jets in an attempt to mislead the ETO.

Unfortunately, it was meaningless. Before Sophon, all of it was futile!

The entire map was revealed! How could they possibly fail?!

This time, they had even sealed off the flow of information. The CIA could not gather any intelligence at all!

"With that, the 'nails' at all ten airports have been put in place..."

King Arthur licked his lips, a cold and vicious glint flashing through his eyes. They could not fail this time! Lin Feng Taylor would die!

"Lin Feng Taylor, this time, you're dead for sure!"

Sitting aboard the plane, Lin Feng watched the patches of white clouds streak past outside the window. For a moment, he seemed to see that vast snow-covered plain from the Three-Body Game.

"Miss, please inform the captain that I want the plane rerouted onto a military flight path."

Lin Feng called over a flight attendant and made his request.

"This..."

The flight attendant looked troubled. They were flying in the air right now; casually agreeing to such a request from a passenger was practically gambling with their lives.

"It's part of the plan," Lin Feng said seriously.

"Understood, Mr. Taylor."

The flight attendant could only agree helplessly before turning and leaving.

Soon, a screen descended from the ceiling of the cabin, displaying the captain's image.

"Hello, Mr. Taylor. I'm Captain Jobs Smith. Regarding your request to alter the flight route, we'll need some time to coordinate with the ground crew. Changing course immediately would involve considerable risk."

Lin Feng waved a hand indifferently. "It's fine, Captain. You have plenty of time. Pick any military airport in the entire United States whose name you like, and use it as our landing airport."

"Understood."