A list of the top ten main characters: Ye Wenjie from the Three-Body Problem at the beginning.

A scum of humanity?

I want to punch this bastard.

……

—Under One Person World.

"I go!"

"Is this Wade flirting with the newcomer, or what?"

"Is he really one of the main characters in the Three-Body Problem universe?"

"Tsk tsk tsk!!!"

Zhang Chulan said.

……

The video then continued playing.

When faced with Weide's question, Cheng Xin shook her head in alarm, indicating that she did not.

"Ah."

"Thank you, you go ahead with your work."

Wade, with a cigar between his fingers, waved.

Not understanding Wade's feelings, he told Vadim about it.

Vadim smiled and said that this was a common practice in the industry.

It originated from World War II, and is a joke used by veterans to tease newbies.

Vadim couldn't quite explain it, saying it was a deceptive tactic employed by their intelligence agency.

Cheng Xin was taken aback: "Dealing with the Trisolarans shouldn't be like this, right?"

“Some things will never change,” Vadim said.

……

Immediately afterwards, the video feed flickered.

Two days later, the first formal meeting of the Planetary Defense Council's Strategic Intelligence Bureau began.

Wade listened with great impatience to the speeches of the bureau chiefs sent by other countries.

He declined to give an opening speech.

After the meeting ended, leaving only the aerospace professionals behind, Wade began to take things seriously.

"Gentlemen, the Planetary Defense Council's Strategic Intelligence Bureau is about to launch a probe towards the Trisolaran fleet."

Chapter 116: Forward! Forward! Forward by any means necessary!!!

The video continues playing.

in the picture.

In response to PIA Director Thomas Weed's statement that we should launch probes at the Trisolaran fleet, this incident occurred.

The dozens of tech professionals in the video were all stunned.

The reason is undeniable!

With the current level of human technology, it is simply impossible to do.

So much so that when Wade said that, no one dared to respond.

"The bureau chief is indeed extraordinary, but he also needs to consider the practical situation!" someone thought to themselves.

"It won't be that fast, but PIA isn't fully operational yet," Cheng Xin thought to herself.

……

Faced with Wade's imposing presence, although everyone had something to say, not one dared to utter a word.

It was the older and more experienced Vadim who spoke up, asking, "Are there specific targets?"

Wade stated that he is already working on it, and if "460" succeeds, the probes we launch towards the Trisolaran fleet will be able to make contact with the Trisolaran fleet in three or four hundred years.

"..."

"…………"

After someone spoke up, everyone else in the room followed suit.

But there's only one problem: with current technology, it's extremely difficult.

After hearing these demoralizing words, Chief Wade...

Pa~~

He slammed his hand on the table and said seriously, "The difficulty, the difficulty, the difficulty lies in knowing how to talk about the difficulty."

"If it's not difficult, what do you need us for?"

"What's the point of having a Planetary Defense Council? What's the point of having Wallfacers? We might as well just surrender to the Trisolarans."

"Oh shit!!!"

Wade showed no respect to anyone present and shouted insults.

Later, Wade officially responded to everyone, saying, "Don't be discouraged, everyone. Don't forget that we have resources now, unlike in the past."

"The space industry is now the mainstream, and we can make use of the enormous resources of the international community."

“We can completely overcome the lack of technology by using brute force of resources.”

"Besides, think about how wonderful this is for people like us."

"Think back to the past of the space program and the people involved."

"We don't lack resources and talent, we only lack technology and confidence."

"Technology can be overcome, but confidence depends on ourselves."

After listening to Vede's words, Vadim looked around.

I almost cursed under my breath. What does it mean to say that all resources are at our disposal? If this gets out, I'll be attacked by everyone.

Wade glanced around and, seeing that everyone had fallen silent, asked Cheng Xin, "Cheng, what are your thoughts?"

Cheng Xin: "Me?"

“We should promote MD here,” Wade said.

Cheng Xin was even more puzzled after hearing this.

MD? Damn? And a medical doctor?

There are still too many English abbreviations.

Of course, assuming she knew Wade well enough to not overlook the fact that he was swearing again, and in Chinese no less.

Seeing this, Wade said, "Cheng, you're Chinese, don't you know what MD is?"

Cheng Xin really didn't know, and looked at the other five Chinese people.

Oh shit?

Subsequently, Wade stated that this was a "Korean Peninsula war" between the US and China, and that the US military had discovered the grassroots discussion plans you were conducting...

This is "military democracy" MD.

……

It seems that the American elite had a deep impression of this war.

Of course, this is not surprising. Perhaps the Americans will not understand for a hundred years why we were able to defeat them.

So much so that some American officers recalled comparing the sound of soldiers' bugle calls to the magic of African witches.

……

The people from other dimensional worlds found this rather amusing!

……

The video continues playing.

The "military democracy" advocated by Wade allowed the scientific researchers present to freely discuss the topic.

But apart from the "radiation sail detector" proposed by Cheng Xin.

This detector is essentially a thin film propelled by radiation, like a solar sail.

Behind the radiation sail, nuclear bombs are detonated continuously at regular intervals, thus generating radiation propulsion.

Such a proposal is extremely barbaric and utterly mindless.

This was the "ladder plan" that led to Yun Tianming's execution.

Cheng Xin's suggestion was met with ridicule from the crowd even before she had fully explained it.

……

Faced with sarcasm, Cheng Xin continued to patiently explain.

This indicates that this is a flight path advancement, estimated with a thousand nuclear warheads, etc., which is achievable with current technology.

Of course, the resources consumed are unimaginable.

However, Wade felt that this did seem feasible.

But there is another important issue: the quality of the detector.

If it's too heavy, it won't be able to move the detector at all.

With current materials technology, radial sails can be made very thin and light. A radial sail with an area of ​​50 square kilometers can be controlled to weigh around 50 kilograms with current materials technology.

Now all that's left is the detector itself?

"The detector equipment, including the necessary signal antennas and power supply, would weigh at least two to three tons!"

Vadim said, "So it still doesn't work!"

"The detection capabilities must be minimized; including the radiation sail, the total weight cannot exceed one ton."

"Is this light enough?"

Wade concluded.

……

After the meeting was adjourned.

This "ladder plan" has begun formal discussions.

Researchers from PIA and other institutions calculated that to accelerate the radiation sail detector to one percent of the speed of light, the detector's mass would need to be reduced to one-fifth.

The detector's mass cannot be more than 180 kilograms.

After hearing the news, Cheng Xin, Vadim, and the others were extremely frustrated, feeling that it was simply impossible.

As a result, Wade told the two of them some good news: "Don't be discouraged, there's more news. The phase plan has been rejected by the higher-ups."

Unfortunately, Wade wasn't a Wallfacer, and his application was rejected by his superiors, so there was nothing he could do.

Cheng Xin: "This?"

But Wade said, "The above is correct."

Yes, Wade also believes that this phase of the plan is impossible and not very meaningful.

Cheng Xin felt even more upset after hearing this.

However, Director Wade's next words were surprising: "Cheng, do you think we should abandon this phase of the plan?"

Everyone looked at Wade and thought he was crazy.

The Planetary Defense Council rejected it!

"if not?"

Wade said, "We will never back down."