Starting as a Wallfacer, his defection to the Three-Body Problem shocked the world.

Lin Xuan had lost count of how many times she had come to Eden.

This time, he didn't find Taylor fishing by the lake. After circling the entire Garden of Eden, he finally found Taylor wearing short sleeves, turning over the soil with a hoe in a field.

"Hey, you're pretty relaxed, playing Minecraft here?"

Hearing Lin Xuan's teasing, Taylor stopped what he was doing and chuckled as he wiped the sweat from his forehead.

"I plan to plant some potatoes and carrots here. Prices have gone up quite a bit recently. Even Coca-Cola, which hasn't changed its price in ages, has had a slight price increase. Who knows, I might need these vegetables someday."

The signs of a major downturn have already begun quietly. Although the situation is not yet tense enough, everyone can clearly feel the recent rise in prices.

Especially energy prices.

Because the Second Wallfacer, Radiaz, continues to manufacture high-yield nuclear weapons, the price of uranium-235 has skyrocketed, and some small countries can no longer afford to use nuclear energy.

The entire global economic system is interconnected and has a chain reaction.

Uranium, as a metallic material that provides radioactive nuclear energy, is not only a strategic resource for nations but also one of the main consumables for nuclear power generation.

Take China as an example. Although wind power and thermal power account for the majority of its power generation, it has still been affected by this energy crisis.

Electricity prices around the world have skyrocketed in a short period of time.

PDC even held three energy-saving events calling for "Global Blackout Day" in just six months.

In China, the West-to-East Power Transmission Project, centered around the Three Gorges Dam, is also being gradually intensified.

Shuzhou, a province, is directly responsible for supplying electricity to provinces in East China such as Shanghai, Zhejiang, and Jiangxi, ensuring the normal operation of the country's economy.

This effectively depleted the energy storage capacity of the entire Shuzhou region. For a period of time, Shuzhou even had a written rule prohibiting the use of lights at night.

Without electricity, winters aren't too bad, but in summer, temperatures in the Shuzhou area can reach as high as 42 degrees Celsius.

What does 42 degrees mean? If you drop an egg on the ground, it will probably be cooked in a while.

In this sweltering heat without electricity, the number of deaths from heatstroke has skyrocketed along with the price of electricity in just half a month.

Although people dared not say anything openly about Diaz's actions, they still felt a certain disgust for this Wallfacer deep down.

For a time, negative information about the second Wallfacer, Diaz, could be seen on the internet from time to time.

Of course, all of this was orchestrated behind the scenes by the US.

Otherwise, with current internet censorship technology, how could negative news about a Wallfacer be made public by ordinary people?

Rediaz didn't care at all.

He stated this frankly in a reporter interview.

“There are many people who hate me now. The ETO hates me, the Trisolarans hate me, even the PDC hates me. People who don’t understand the truth will also be prejudiced against me because of so-called negative news, but it doesn’t matter. I am a Wallfacer. I only need to know what I am doing.”

Taylor brought over two chairs and sat opposite Lin Xuan in the Eden Garden farmland. He made Lin Xuan a cup of coffee that Luo Ji had sent back from Paris.

"Luo Ji said that he got this from the Les Deux Magots café, which was visited by Picasso and is named after two Chinese ceramic figures."

Lin Xuan took a sip of coffee, and only after the rich coffee flavor spread on his tongue did he speak.

"Haven't he and Zhuang Yan returned yet?"

"Well, these two are traveling all over the world now, and they occasionally send me some photos they've taken... How should I put it, my current situation is very similar to what you Chinese people describe as an elderly person whose children don't come home often."

"Empty nesters?"

"Yes, yes, that's the word."

Taylor smiled.

"But it doesn't matter. I quite like my current life. I'm carefree and don't need to worry about the Wallfacers and the Trisolarans. After all, with you around, I feel quite reliable."

Lin Xuan couldn't help but roll her eyes at him.

"You're just making excuses for your own slacking off."

Taylor shook his head.

"No, no, Mr. Lin Xuan, I truly have the utmost respect for you, because you are the only person who has helped me break through the barrier twice."

"twice?"

Lin Xuan was puzzled. Hadn't she only broken through Taylor's barrier once?

Taylor reached out and pointed to the sky.

Lin Xuan immediately understood and redeemed a disposable sophon blind spot barrier device from the system interface.

As mentioned in his conversation with Zhang Beihai, once this device is activated, Zhizi will be unable to detect any information within it, but the time limit is limited, and it can only be used once.

Lin Xuan activated the device, and a blue barrier enveloped the two of them before Taylor spoke.

“Mr. Lin Xuan, I must say, you are a genius. I actually had two plans to face the wall, but you broke through both of them.”

"My initial Wallfacer Project was not actually about using ball lightning to attack space forces, but another project, which I called the 'Ant Colony Project'."

Lin Xuan was taken aback; he hadn't expected Taylor to have two plans.

However, he quickly retrieved information from the original plot in his mind.

In the original storyline, Taylor did indeed have two Wallfacer plans, but that's because there are two different versions of "The Three-Body Problem".

The first version of Taylor's plan, just as he said when he broke through the barrier, was to use ball lightning to attack the space forces.

However, when The Three-Body Problem was translated into Chinese, the concept of ball lightning was not widely understood by the general public, so Taylor's Wallfacer Project was changed to the Ant Colony Project.

The plan was quite simple: Taylor would create an ant colony army with numerically controlled units, then stage a self-inflicted injury to hand over control of this thing to the ETO, thus gaining the trust of the Trisolaran world.

Then, small space fighters carrying miniaturized hibernation equipment and high-yield nuclear bombs were used to deliver water to the Trisolaran fleet as a gift when it arrived.

Finally, during the handover, a nuclear bomb was detonated at close range, destroying all the trimaran warships in one fell swoop.

Lin Xuan thought that this plan would not be in Taylor's mind, but who knew that he would give up the plan on his own.

"I had done all the preparations for this project before I became a Wallfacer. But I never expected that you would be even more ruthless than me and announce your joining ETO on the spot."

Taylor was speechless.

"So my plan is essentially stillborn. After all, I can only pretend to join the Trisolaran world, but you don't seem to be acting!"

The shielding device quickly failed, and Taylor let out a long sigh of relief.

"I can't think of a third plan anyway, so this is fine. At least it proves that you are more suitable to be Wallfacers than I am."

Taylor took a sip of coffee.

"The most valuable quality in a person is self-awareness."