mesbooks Chapter 141 Two People, 1600 Clues
Chapter 141 Two People, 1600 Clues
When Lin Xuan arrived in the Greater Khingan Mountains, a considerable number of reporters were already waiting there. They had all heard the news that Lin Xuan was going to represent humanity in negotiations with the Trisolarans and had come from all over the country.
"Mr. Lin Xuan, are you confident that you can preserve half of the Earth's territory for humanity?"
"Mr. Lin Xuan, as the only Wallfacer, is there still a possibility for you to lead humanity to victory?"
"Mr. Lin Xuan, in your opinion, which side bears the primary responsibility for humanity's defeat in this war?"
As the reporters bombarded her with questions, Lin Xuan felt a terrible headache coming on.
Indeed, it was the right choice not to directly establish a deterrent and become the Swordholder; otherwise, he might have ended up like Luo Ji.
Taking a deep breath, Lin Xuan uttered her first and only words to all of humanity after waking up.
"If humanity cannot learn from its defeat, then allowing the Trisolarans to take over Earth would be a wise choice."
These words immediately caused a huge uproar in human society.
Some people angrily cursed, some lowered their heads in shame, some began to ponder the meaning of Lin Xuan's words, and others chose to simply give up and live one more day as long as possible.
The internet is abuzz with debate, with opinions on Lin Xuan ranging from praise to criticism.
Some say he was a sinner in history, standing at the pinnacle of human power yet failing to lead humanity to victory over the Trisolarans.
Some say that Lin Xuan is humanity's last ray of hope. Regardless of the outcome of this war, the hope that Lin Xuan brought to people over the past two hundred years is something that the other Wallfacers did not have.
But no matter how people evaluate Lin Xuan, Lin Xuan doesn't care.
The negotiation was set up in the ruins of the Red Coast First Base. Several days ago, someone had already built a sealed cabin made of purple meteorites. Lin Xuan and the Trisolarans would make their final decision on the fate of humanity here.
Lin Xuan slowly entered the house amidst a group of reporters taking pictures, and casually locked the door behind her.
The room was very simply furnished, with only one chair, making it look somewhat like an interrogation room.
I wonder if the designers thought that this approach would appease the Trisolarans and make the negotiations go more smoothly.
But Lin Xuan didn't think that way at all. Just now, when he was outside, he even put on an act, pretending that he valued this negotiation opportunity very much.
But the moment the door was locked, Lin Xuan plopped down in the chair, crossed her legs, and leisurely looked at the white wall in front of her.
It made it seem as if the Trisolarans were the defeated side.
"Alright, stop wasting my time. Get to the point."
Lin Xuan didn't even bother to find out where Zhizi was. Instead, she wiggled her fingers and played with a ball of nanobots in her hand.
These nanorobots were created by Professor Wang Miao after he developed the 2,0 version of nanomaterials. Half of them were left over from when he created the Navigator, so he kept them here.
After all, these things require extremely high computing power, and apart from Cheng Xing's pseudo-AI, only we in the whole world can use them.
They started out as tiny creatures, about the size of a palm, but as they continued to devour other matter, these nanobots would modify each other, creating more and more nanobots, which is what makes them truly terrifying.
According to Wang Miao, each nanobot is an independent individual, composed of countless weakened versions of sophons. After creating these things, humanity can be said to have taken one foot into the threshold of microscopic world engineering.
Just as Lin Xuan was thinking about how to continue deceiving the Trisolarans, a voice rang in her ear.
"Long time no see, Mr. Lin Xuan."
Lin Xuan looked up and found a familiar figure in front of her.
"Yun Tianming!"
Lin Xuan saw Yun Tianming's holographic projection projected in front of her by Zhi Zi, but she couldn't see where Zhi Zi was hiding.
"I'm here to negotiate with you on behalf of the Trisolarans. Oh, right, I forgot to introduce myself. I am now the 13th Governor of the Trisolarans, the Fairy Tale Governor."
Lin Xuan was a little shocked. He really didn't expect that the Trisolarans would send Yun Tianming to negotiate with him.
What the hell...
I don't even need to lie anymore.
It's practically handing intelligence to themselves!
Have the Trisolarans really become this stupid...? No!
Lin Xuan quickly realized a problem: in the Trisolarans' understanding, the observers might not belong to human civilization.
This point can actually be gleaned from my previous conversations with the Trisolarans.
But the key point is not here, but rather, is there something that observers cannot tell humans?
Even topics that can't be mentioned at all?
If so, then as long as I tell them, the other party will definitely doubt my true identity.
So this is digging a hole for themselves, huh? It seems the Trisolarans are starting to doubt their own identities.
Lin Xuan pondered for a while and finally decided to let Yun Tianming take the initiative to ask the question. In the current situation, she would be afraid to say too much.
"You've risen fast, haven't you? You've become a governor so quickly. Will you become the leader of the Trisolarans in a few days?" Lin Xuan teased.
"Fortunately, Luo Congmin was also promoted to Minister of Education, so he's at the same level as me. We're all the same."
Upon hearing this, Lin Xuan's brain began to work at lightning speed.
He knew that Yun Tianming must have some information to tell him, but he could only speak very vaguely. That's why he was talking to him in this casual way, in order to get more information.
Yun Tianming mentioned Luo Congmin's position as Minister of Education and Culture. The key information could have three directions: first, Luo Congmin; second, the Minister of Education and Culture; and third, education. I just need to make further judgments.
"Yes, I originally just wanted her to be an ordinary person, but I didn't expect her to perform better than I imagined. Even her father is not as good as her."
Yun Tianming nodded slightly.
"I've heard about that. When she was the Minister of Education and Culture, she accomplished a great deal. She's one of the few female politicians who has achieved success in politics."
Lin Xuan smiled.
"Alright, now we can basically rule out the Minister of Education, so the only remaining answers are Luo Congmin himself and education."
The Trisolarans' idea was actually quite good: having Yun Tianming come to negotiate would allow Lin Xuan to reveal her identity.
If Yun Tianming is just an ordinary person, then he is indeed in a bit of a passive position, since who knows which topic the other party will bring up and lead him astray.
But who is Yun Tianming? He is one of the three legendary figures, along with Luo Ji and Zhang Beihai. He and Lin Xuan together have at least 1600 cunning schemes. Adding the 12 Trisolaran governors present, they have a total of 1588 cunning schemes. They have essentially gathered together the two most elite fraudsters in human history.
"I envy her, unlike me now, I'm busy to death every day. After the Trisolarans resurrected me, they kept making me write fairy tales for them. To be honest, I sometimes borrow some of the stories written by Luo Congmin. She writes really well."
It's now confirmed that Yun Tianming was referring to education.
But Lin Xuan couldn't think of any clues related to education, so she had to throw the topic back to Yun Tianming.
"At least you don't have to worry about food and drink, right? Look at Wang Miao, he was so old, and he never received a pension before he died."
"Well, she's living a more exciting life than her dad, at least she didn't become the next Luo Ji, right?"
The ensuing conversation consisted mostly of meaningless chatter, and Lin Xuan couldn't deduce any more information, so she took the initiative to steer the conversation back on track.
"Are the Trisolarans so scared of me that they don't even dare to see me? Have they said anything about how to deal with the remaining humans?"
"They said they would continue to complete the remaining experiments, since success would benefit everyone." Yun Tianming directly relayed the words the Trisolaran governor had asked him to say.
"Indeed, no matter what we say, we must complete the experiment; this is one of my responsibilities as an observer."
"Shock level from Yun Tianming +67".
Yun Tianming's holographic projection trembled twice, and after a few seconds, he finally spoke.
"In my opinion, since the war is over, humanity should be allocated a territory of its own. Lin Xuan, you can continue your experiments in that territory."
While Lin Xuan and Yun Tianming's two sentences seemed perfectly normal, Lin Xuan's deliberate pauses immediately alerted Yun Tianming to the hidden meaning in her words.
Both he and Lin Xuan are Chinese. Lin Xuan must have hidden a code in her words that only Chinese people would understand.
In just two or three seconds, Yun Tianming deduced the complete code.
If you break down the last letter of each of Lin Xuan's pauses, you get S, M, S, Y.
Only the Chinese people understand the code, which is the Chinese Pinyin. Combined with the information in the previous sentence, these four letters will be pieced together to form a sentence.
What experiment?
Lin Xuan was asking himself a question; he seemed to know nothing about the experiment.
This is also why Yun Tianming provides shock value, because he has always believed that Lin Xuan is really an observer. After all, the various amazing actions Lin Xuan has shown from beginning to end make it hard not to associate him with a representative of a super civilization.
When Yun Tianming learned how the Trisolarans referred to Lin Xuan, he wondered if Lin Xuan's act of picking him up at Hongqiao Airport meant she thought he had great potential and that he was someone recognized by the representatives of a higher civilization.
But now, Lin Xuan's image has collapsed; it turns out this guy was acting the whole time.
Yun Tianming was somewhat incredulous. He thought he was already secretly pleased that he could fool the Trisolarans, but this one was even more heavyweight.
Despite the shock, Yun Tianming's teamwork in this move was quite good.
Yun Tianming's reply used the first letter of the code as the beginning, namely Y, F, L, L. After all, if the last letter was used as the code, the Trisolarans could easily discover the pattern. The four words that were finally pieced together were...
Dependency theory!