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

Crisis Era 5, April.

The Wallfacer Project has been underway for two full years, and the Trisolaran fleet is getting closer and closer to Earth.

This year's Spring Festival at the Hong'an Third Base was much more lively than last year.

In addition to the people already at the base, three more people came to the Red Coast Base to celebrate the New Year with everyone.

It was Luo Ji and Zhuang Yan, who had disappeared long ago.

They spent the entire last year traveling all over the world, visiting more scenic spots than Lin Xuan had ever heard of in her entire life.

Why do I say there are three people?

Because in addition to the couple, their daughter was also born.

Taylor had mentioned to Lin Xuan before that Luo Ji and Zhuang Yan's child would be born next year. Lin Xuan was quite surprised at the time, since this was several years earlier than the original storyline.

This year, Lin Xuan gave all the staff at the Red Coast Base a holiday. After all, these people had been busy for almost two years without going home, and it was a good opportunity to let them rest for a few days since they didn't have too much work to do right now.

The basic construction of the Super Dream Project has been completed, and good news has also come from the three space elevator projects that Wang Miao is in charge of. The base of the space elevator has been successfully installed on the equator, and it is expected that the first space elevator will be built to the position of near-Earth orbit by the end of this year, and will be officially put into operation next year.

Ladder No. 1, No. 2, and No. 3.

Tian Ti 3 is a sea-based elevator. Its base is an artificial floating island called "Verne Island" on the equator in the Pacific Ocean. The floating island can travel at sea using its own nuclear power, so the location of the space elevator can be changed along the equator as needed.

As for Ding Yi, thanks to the Dream World, he can directly conduct nuclear energy conversion experiments inside, saving him the trouble of using consumables.

The energy conversion rate of controlled nuclear fusion has been increased to about five times that of the original, as can be seen from the fact that countries have recently become increasingly fond of using nuclear energy to replace traditional energy consumption.

China has even begun research and development on nuclear-powered vehicles.

However, this does not mean that controlled nuclear fusion technology has been perfectly realized; in fact, it is far from it.

The technology is still riddled with flaws, and Ding Yi has tried to optimize it, but without any progress.

This wasn't because of Zhizi's technological blockade, but because Ding Yi felt that the technology's potential was limited to this level.

No matter how much I deduce the model data, the optimized solution I get only improves the energy conversion rate by about 0.001% compared to the former.

Controlled nuclear fusion is like a sponge that has already evaporated; Ding Yi is trying to squeeze out more water from it, but the effect is not significant.

"Hey Zhang Xiang, this dish is pretty good."

Luo Ji picked up a piece of sweet and sour pork rib with his chopsticks and put it in his mouth, a happy smile spreading across his face.

He and Zhuang Yan returned to China at the end of last year. Chang Weisi met with them as usual, and after learning that Zhuang Yan was pregnant, he arranged for her to be admitted to Peking Union Medical College Hospital, the best hospital in China.

West China Hospital in the south and Peking Union Medical College Hospital in the north have always been the top medical institutions in China. It is said that they never issue transfer certificates because they say if you can cure it, you can cure it; if they can't cure it, even if the King of Heaven himself comes, there's no way to save you.

The whole process went quite smoothly. After Luo Ji stayed with Zhuang Yan in the hospital for about two months, they were able to leave the hospital with their daughter.

"That's because you haven't been back to China for too long, Professor Luo. This year, I heard from my colleagues at PDC that you've been traveling to various countries and having a great time. I should have switched positions with Kant."

Kant is Luo Ji's handover officer. Each Wallfacer has their own handover officer, who is responsible for protecting the Wallfacer's safety while also submitting the Wallfacer's needs to the PDC for review.

In the past two years, Kant has traveled all over the world with Luo Ji, while Lin Xuan hardly ever goes out to play, so Zhang Xiang, as her handover officer, can only stay at the Red Coast Third Base.

Upon hearing this, Lin Xuan rolled her eyes at Zhang Xiang.

"Zhang Xiang, you're slandering me! Haven't I taken you abroad for fun before?"

Upon hearing Lin Xuan's words, Zhang Xiang was immediately filled with bitterness.

"Yes, I've done it. The first time I went to Japan, you broke through the Wallfacer Taylor's Wall. The second time I went to New York, you infiltrated the PIA office building, and I almost got yelled at by my boss. The third time was in London, where we encountered an ETO terrorist attack..."

"Isn't this much more interesting than what Luo Ji and the others do? Never mind anything else, just tell me if it's exciting or not."

Zhang Xiang: ...

Everyone burst out laughing.

After Luo Ji placed the last piece of pork rib on Zhuang Yan's plate, he finally spoke.

"By the way, why don't you guys name my daughter? She doesn't have a name yet. I thought of a few, but they all felt a bit off."

Wang Miao smiled.

“Naming is indeed very important. It represents the expectations of the older generation for the younger generation. For example, the name my father gave me is Wang Miao. Miao means ocean and also means vast starry sea. My father always hoped that I would become an aerospace scientist, but I did not fulfill his wish and went to study nanomaterials engineering. If it weren’t for the Trisolaran invasion, I probably would never have been involved in aerospace in my life.”

Zhang Xiang: "I refuse to participate in this topic."

Zhuang Yan, who hadn't spoken until now, suddenly spoke.

"I hope our child will be a smart person in the future, at least half as smart as her father."

Zhuang Yan didn't say the second half of her sentence, but everyone present was smart enough to know what she wanted to say.

If the Trisolarans do invade Earth in the future, their daughter will have to be intelligent enough to survive in such a harsh environment.

"If that's the case, then I know what name to give her."

Zhang Xiang volunteered.

"The opposite of smart is stupid, but when it comes to naming, we can't be too direct. So we have to do the opposite. We add the character 'Yu' to the name. 'Yu' sounds like 'foolish' and also refers to Zhou Yu from the Three Kingdoms period. Then we add the character 'Fei', which means negation. Rather than saying that the child is smart, we can say that she is not stupid. So, let's combine these two characters and call her... Luo Feiyu."

"Zhang Xiang, shut up!"

This was the unanimous opinion of everyone present.

This name is definitely inappropriate. What if she is sent to hibernation later? Wouldn't she become Frozen Luo Feiyu?

Luo Ji was somewhat speechless and waved his hand.

"Let's keep it simple and just call her Luo Congmin."

The original plot did not mention what Luo Ji's daughter's name was, so Lin Xuan nodded in agreement. In any case, judging from the plot development, she should be put into hibernation by the PDC along with her mother soon... If this plot does not change much, that should be the case.