I Want to Be a Wallfacer!

Alvin's good mood lasted only one night.

Early the next morning, he heard some shocking news on the television.

On the screen was Sai, the United Nations secretary-general who had appeared yesterday. But now, wearing a grave expression, she held up a sheet of paper,

and read from it with a hint of grief:

"Yesterday, not long after the United Nations Planetary Defense Council (PDC) officially announced the appointment of Dr. Luo Ji as a Wallfacer, an extremely violent attack took place in the plaza outside the headquarters.

As Dr. Luo Ji was leaving the headquarters building after the Wallfacer Project's oath-taking ceremony, he was shot at close range by an unidentified assailant.

Security personnel at the scene took immediate action and subdued the assailant. Dr. Luo Ji was then rushed by a United Nations emergency medical team to a nearby medical facility for intensive treatment, but—due to the severity of his injuries, he tragically succumbed.

The Planetary Defense Council condemns in the strongest possible terms this despicable attack on a Wallfacer. This assault was not only the murder of Dr. Luo Ji, but also an open challenge to and sabotage of humanity's highest strategy for resisting the Trisolaran invasion: the Wallfacer Project.

We will—"

Bang!

The television was crushed in an instant!

A terrifying wave of Psykana Power swept through the room like a storm. Every electrical fixture, piece of furniture, and decoration was utterly destroyed, along with the walls and floor!

At the center of the storm, Alvin looked like a volcano on the verge of eruption.

Luo Ji was dead?

No, that was impossible!

Luo Ji was the future Swordholder, humanity's guardian. How could he possibly be dead?!

Perhaps it was a deception by the "Wallfacers"?

Alvin considered the possibility, but then dismissed it. If this really