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

Chapter 135 President and Prime Minister

After the meeting, Luo Qing stayed alone in the UN's contemplation room for a long time, lost in thought.

The predecessor of the Wall-Facing Room was the Meditation Room built by Dag Hammarskjöld, the second Secretary-General of the United Nations. After the Wall-Facing Project was proposed, the Meditation Room was converted into the Wall-Facing Room by the then Secretary-General Say. Apart from the Wall-Facing Room of the five Wallfacers themselves, this is the only official public Wall-Facing Room.

On the first anniversary of the Wallfacer Project, Luo Qing, Taylor, Hines, Radiaz, and Luo Ji gathered in this small Wallfacer room. In that gloomy winter, the Wallfacers talked a lot.

Everything has changed.

Now, only he remains in the meditation room, with the other four chairs still clearly visible, and everything is arranged as it was eighty years ago.

Luo Qing stared blankly at the mural by Swedish artist Bo Besko, which was the main wall of the meditation room.

The mural is composed of geometric patterns in blue, white, gray, and yellow. The light and pure colors overlap to form a deeper tone. Compared to Taylor's starry sky wall, Regiaz's Guernica mural wall, Hines' bamboo forest wall, and the walls of the United Nations Facing Room, it is full of a softer color.

Outside the door, the US president and the Japanese prime minister were huddled together.

"Why are you here? Where is the chairman of the Pacific Front?" the US president asked in a low voice.

"He's already gone, I came to check on him." The Japanese Prime Minister blinked. Like the US President, the Japanese Prime Minister is also a vibrant pink-haired young woman, backed by the veteran Fujiwara family of Japanese politicians.

As the birthplace of anime culture, Japan's politics are even more thoroughly entertainment-oriented than those of the United States. Since Japan became part of the Pacific Front, the chairman of the Pacific Front has been taking the lead in everything, so the position of Japan's prime minister is far less important than it used to be.

The relationship between the US president and the Japanese prime minister is fairly good. The two often appear together on foreign visits and frequently interact on social media.

"Are you also curious about the Wall-Crossers?" The US president blinked his long eyelashes.

"Of course, who wouldn't be curious about him!" The Japanese Prime Minister smiled sweetly.

The US president has become more vigilant.

"These past few days I've been binge-watching the movies The Wallfacers made 80 years ago. Although they're all antique 2D movies, they're just as captivating to me as those holographic virtual movies! No wonder the cultivation culture was so popular back then. Who doesn't love immortals? What about you?" With that, the Japanese Prime Minister nudged the US President with his chest.

Feeling the soft, squeezing sensation beside him, the US president's eyes held a hint of melancholy: "Compared to the movie, I'm more concerned about his real performance 30 years before the Crisis Era. I don't know if 50 years of seclusion has affected his character, and I'm very worried."

The Japanese Prime Minister held the face of the US President in his hands and looked at her earnestly: "Don't worry, scientists have speculated that this state of seclusion and enlightenment is a kind of dream-like mental activity. In other words, he is still himself. He is exactly the same as he was 50 years ago, and he will never change."

"That's good. What I was most worried about was that the Wallfacers would change over time."

"More important than this," the Japanese Prime Minister said, pressing his small face against the American President's pretty face and gently rubbing it a few times, "how's your arch-enemy doing? That little black girl."

The US president dodged the Japanese prime minister's enthusiasm, saying somewhat awkwardly, "I'm no longer worried about her. With the scandal, the Senate and the House of Representatives are in my hands, Congress and the Supreme Court are all under my control, I have 70% of the popular vote, all the swing states are in my favor, the midterm elections are not a problem, and re-election is not a problem either. I will continue to promote my political ideals."

"It's good to have a president with real power," the Japanese prime minister said sourly. "Unlike us, the leaders of the constituent republics, who have a union chairman above us."

“I envy you, Qianhua. At least you don’t have to take responsibility for this chaotic world, unlike me.” As he spoke, the US president sighed softly, “If the Great Depression worsens and causes the collapse of national order, I will have nowhere to be buried. The fate of Rediaz back then was a sword of Damocles hanging over the heads of all leaders. It was the sword of judgment of the people.”

"No, that won't happen," the Japanese Prime Minister exclaimed softly. "You have the Wallfacers protecting you."

The US president pushed away the Japanese prime minister, who was getting closer and closer, and shook his head, his silver hair trembling in the air. "He won't protect me. The Wallfacer is just his political identity. His true nature is that of a cultivator, a cultivator who transcends the mortal realm. Rather than hoping for his protection, I hope he has the means to quell the current chaos. Compared to the whole world, I personally am not important."

"A good president of the American people, a beautiful white-haired girl who loves her people like her own children." The Japanese prime minister rushed over and hugged her with a mischievous smile.

The American president was somewhat helpless. She let the Japanese prime minister pounce on her and make a fuss, while she stared blankly at the closed wooden door of the meditation room, imagining the predicament faced by the person inside.

Does Qingxian, who is all-powerful in the movie, really have the ability to solve all the troubles?
Faced with an endless stream of troubles, where will humanity's fate ultimately lead...?

This was the first time Luo Qing had spent so much time thinking since leaving the pass.

He sorted out all the troubles that humanity is currently facing, dividing them into five aspects: environmental problems, internal conflicts, technological problems, external enemies, and the sun.

First, due to the intensifying greenhouse effect, the Earth is becoming desertified, agricultural production is declining, the economy is collapsing, and industry is stagnating. Cities on the edge of desertification are all protected by round soap bubbles, barely managing to prevent ecological collapse.

Second: The Digital Life Faction, anti-government terrorists, and the Earth-Three-Body Organization (ETO), which has caused endless harm.

Third: The Sophon blockade remains in effect, the potential of planetary warships is limited, the construction of stellar warships has encountered bottlenecks, and the overall combat capability has not met the needs of humanity's doomsday war.

Fourth: The Trisolaran civilization experienced intellectual enlightenment and a Renaissance, leading to a technological explosion in the Trisolaran world. The Trisolaran fleet probes arrived on Earth 120 years later. The first Trisolaran fleet was 3.4 light-years away from Earth, while the more powerful second Trisolaran fleet had already set sail and its whereabouts were unknown.

Fifth: Abnormal solar activity detected by the scientific community, with MOSS indicating a surge in the probability of a solar helium flash.

After thinking for a long time, Luo Qing came up with a solution.

①Regarding the environment and the economy.

Solution: Spend three years using the power of the Azure Wood Sword to revive forests, engaging in a direct and hard-fought battle with the Earth's ecosystem to re-green the planet. Then, reduce the number of controlled nuclear fusion facilities on Earth, relocating them to space to allow the Earth to cool down. Finally, urge the Earth to proactively halt space construction, focusing its attention on Earth to undertake large-scale infrastructure development and improve the living standards of humanity's main civilization.

②Regarding the Digital Life Faction, terrorists, and the Earth-Three-Body Organization

Solution: Kill
With Luo Qing personally taking action, having remained secluded for fifty years, it's one thing for ETO and the Digital Life Faction to be involved, but now even terrorism dares to show its face. They really don't know how to spell the word "death." He will show these terrorists what real terrorism is. The quantum prison is still too vast.

③ Regarding technological stagnation, breakthroughs in applied physics have slowed down.

Solution: None.

Luo Qing had already learned that among the many reasons for technological stagnation, the sophon blockade was only one method; the main reason lay with the global scientific community. After 50 years, the scientific community had entered a phase of initial momentum followed by decline and eventual exhaustion. Since the emergence of MOSS, humanity had not experienced any major technological breakthroughs for a very long time.

④ Regarding the technological explosion of the Trisolaran civilization, ten probes, the Trisolaran First Fleet, and the Trisolaran Second Fleet.

Solution: None.

Humanity is stagnating, while the Trisolaran civilization is growing stronger. Luo Qing has no good solutions and can only hope that humanity can rebuild itself from the ashes. Those ten probes shouldn't pose much of a threat. The Trisolaran First Fleet won't reach the solar system for another 300 years, so humanity still has time. As for the Second Fleet, it's definitely behind the Trisolaran First Fleet, so there's no need to worry too much.

⑤ The solar helium flash problem.

Solution: Research solar helium flashes and consult with MOSS to find out what exactly is going on.

Luo Qing knew a little about the concept of a solar helium flash. A solar helium flash refers to the phenomenon where all the hydrogen in the sun's core burns out, forming a helium nucleus. As the helium nucleus contracts and the temperature rises, when the temperature reaches about 1 million degrees Celsius, the helium nucleus will suddenly undergo a violent nuclear fusion reaction in a degenerate state, releasing a huge amount of energy in a very short time.

Although most of the energy released by a solar helium flash is blocked by the sun itself, the red giant phase that follows the solar helium flash could easily engulf Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars—a disaster that Luo Qing could not prevent.

If that really happens, pack all of humanity into the void on Mercury, and forget about Earth. Let's just drive Mercury away.

Luo Qing was very curious: if the solar helium flash were indeed confirmed, what would the Trisolarans do?

Okay, now we don't have the sun to live in anymore.jpg
Damn it, what the hell was I writing in the first half of this chapter?
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