Starting as a Wallfacer, his defection to the Three-Body Problem shocked the world.
Chapter 42 If Captain Shi were here
Zhang Xiang fell silent.
On the plane back to China, Zhang Xiang leaned against the cabin door, staring blankly at the sky.
"Team Leader Shi, I want to resign."
Zhang Xiang muttered to himself.
He was utterly exhausted. Wherever he went, this Wallfacer could stir up a storm of bloodshed and cause chaos for everyone.
He came to the Wallfacers hearing with Lin Xuan today, but since he was not qualified to attend, he could only stand guard on the perimeter.
To prevent Lin Xuan from causing trouble for him by running around as soon as the meeting ended, Zhang Xiang didn't even eat lunch. He stood guard at the entrance of the conference hall, planning to take Lin Xuan away and bring her back to China as soon as she came out, not letting her stay for even a minute longer.
Seeing this, Kanté couldn't help but tease Zhang Xiang.
"Aren't you being a bit too nervous? The PDC sent you to protect Lin Xuan, not to spy on him."
Zhang Xiang shook his head.
"No, Kant, you don't understand. You don't know how terrifying Lin Xuan is. Almost every time he goes abroad, he manages to cause a whole bunch of trouble. I've had enough. I feel like I've developed a fear of going abroad."
Then, Zhang Xiang recounted to Kant what Lin Xuan had done in the two years since becoming a Wallfacer.
Kant was stunned, and he began to feel a little sorry for Zhang Xiang.
"Goodness, Lin Xuan is really something else. He and Luo Ji are like two extremes among the Wallfacers. One is a crazy troublemaker, and the other doesn't care about anything. They both seem to be quite a headache."
"Sigh, I don't ask for anything else anymore. I just hope we can return safely this time and that they won't cause me any more trouble."
Previously, the leaders of PDC had spoken with me, telling me to keep an eye on Lin Xuan as much as possible next time, and to stop him if he tried to cause any more trouble.
"Isn't that ridiculous? How could I possibly stop him if he wanted to cause trouble?"
Zhang Xiang let out a long sigh of helplessness.
"Fortunately, Lin Xuan has been relatively well-behaved this time and hasn't caused any trouble so far. Maybe you're right, Kant, I was indeed too nervous."
The Wallfacers hearing was quickly concluded.
Looking at the crowd surging out of the venue, Zhang Xiang decided to wait here with Kant for Lin Xuan to come out.
"This is shocking. For a Wallfacer to do something like this, Radiaz is a madman. I think he should be killed on the spot."
"That's really crazy. It seems that the plan Lin Xuan mentioned when she broke through Taylor's wall was true. These Wallfacers are all lunatics!"
Their conversation quickly reached the ears of Zhang Xiang and Kant.
For some reason, Zhang Xiang suddenly had a very bad feeling, as if the thing he was worried about was about to happen again.
Before he could even step forward to ask what had happened inside the venue, he saw several soldiers escorting Rediaz, who was bound hand and foot, out of the venue.
Behind him followed Lin Xuan, who looked relaxed.
"It's over!"
Although Zhang Xiang didn't know what had happened inside, he knew from Radiaz's disheveled appearance that it must have something to do with Lin Xuan.
"Shock level from Zhang Xiang +15".
……
"So, you've broken through the wall of another Wallfacer?"
"Yes."
Zhang Xiang was speechless.
Lin Xuan, you're a Wallfacer, not an ETO. Why do you keep causing so much trouble every day?
After escorting Diaz onto the plane, Lin Xuan injected him with a sleeping pill to prevent him from resisting, enough for him to sleep soundly until the plane landed.
"What are you planning to do with this guy?"
Zhang Xiang pointed to Radiaz on the ground. He didn't know how to explain this to everyone when he got back.
Regarding the fact that Lin Xuan only went out once, but directly brought back a Wallfacer for everyone.
"Let's find a place to lock him up first. After he wakes up, I have some things to talk to him about."
During the time Lin Xuan returned to China, ETO made new moves.
They published three documents online.
The first document was a projection of the Wallfacer Taylor's plan, along with his schedule at the time.
This document explains in detail how Taylor's idea to attack the Space Force came about and how it was carried out.
All the points that Lin Xuan had not mentioned were explained and supplemented. In addition, in case everyone was afraid that they would not understand, he thoughtfully drew a task structure diagram for everyone and translated this information into more than 70 languages and distributed it online.
The second document details the Wallfacer Diaz's plans. Like Taylor, all of his plans were exposed, including some of the dishonorable methods he used when he became president.
In an instant, the public outcry against the Wallfacers reached a fever pitch, with large numbers of people taking to the streets to protest, demanding that the Wallfacers be stopped and that they be executed en masse for crimes against humanity.
PDC would naturally not agree to such an unreasonable demand, but now the online public opinion has been controlled by ETO. People have lost basic trust in the Wallwrights, and a large number of ETO's online trolls are spreading rumors online, causing panic in countries around the world.
They went from worshipping the Wallfacers like gods to now verbally attacking them, and only about two years have passed.
However, compared to the third set of data, the first two sets are insignificant.
The third document concerns Wallfacer Lin Xuan, but unlike Taylor and Radiaz, ETO is not releasing dirt on Lin Xuan; instead, it is issuing an appointment letter.
Lin Xuan has been appointed as the third leader of ETO!
This left the entire world stunned.
To be honest, they've suspected Lin Xuan of being an ETO member for quite some time now, but because she might be involved in the Wallfacer Project, there's been ongoing debate online about whether Lin Xuan is an ETO member. Both sides have their own version of events, and the argument is going on and on.
The netizens who believe Lin Xuan is a member of ETO drew their conclusion based on the two wall-breaking tasks she had previously completed.
If the first breakthrough could be considered part of his plan, then breaking through the Wallfacer's plan twice in a row would solidify Lin Xuan's identity.
Those who oppose it also have their reasons.
Even if we take a step back and say that everything Lin Xuan is doing now is advancing human technological progress, isn't it?
In contrast, Taylor and Diaz's plans were quite inhumane, so it's understandable that Lin Xuan broke through their barriers.
Using these two incidents to prove Lin Xuan is an ETO is simply like a dog entering a toilet, spouting nonsense the moment it opens its mouth.
When the ETO's appointment letter was released, the whole world was stunned.
"6!"
"I thought Lin Xuan was just an ETO member, but now she's become the third leader?"
"PDC, hurry up and shut down the network. If you don't, Lin Xuan will become the leader of the Trisolarans in a few days."
"Isn't that great? We don't need to keep guarding against the Trisolarans anymore."
Regardless, these three documents from the ETO have thrust the three Wallfacers into the spotlight.
As for the remaining two, one hibernated, and the other remains unknown to this day, so he has not been mentioned.
……
Inside the Red Coast Third Base, Zhang Xiang looked at the screen full of netizens insulting PDC and the Wallfacer Project, and felt speechless.
"These guys are really weird. Some people are even demanding the disbandment of the PDC. If the PDC is disbanded, how will humanity fight the Trisolarans?"
Wang Miao, standing to the side, seemed quite indifferent.
"Hey, just look at things online for fun, don't take them too seriously. Some of them are just ETO shills, maybe not even real people. Why bother with them?"
Zhang Xiang and Lin Xuan have been back at the Red Coast base for two days.
After the two returned, Lin Xuan built a special solitary confinement cell for Radiaz and ordered people to lock him up inside. Apart from providing him with three meals a day, he was not allowed to do anything else. In fact, a high-voltage electric fence was built around the solitary confinement cell to prevent anyone from trying to sneak in.
Just as Wade had thought, Lin Xuan did not execute Diaz directly. He kept the president, who had lost his Wallfacer status, for other purposes.
"No, if we let the online discussion continue to fester, the Wallfacer Project will likely face significant resistance."
"After all, the funds used for the Wallfacer program have to be deducted from taxpayers' money. If people lose confidence in the Wallfacer program, then the program will be forced to stop due to a lack of funds."
Zhang Xiang quickly realized ETO's sinister intentions.
Their aim is not to undermine the Wallfacers' plan, but to destroy the trust ordinary people have in the Wallfacers.
Information warfare has always been the most lethal tactic.
Because once public opinion completely turns against the majority, the entire political system could very well collapse from the bottom up.
The power of the masses is great, but their goals are often aimless.
Once they are led astray by the wrong voices, the entire group will follow the crowd and head down a path completely opposite to their goal.
When the Soviet Union was forced to disintegrate, the United States used propaganda warfare to severely damage the confidence of its people, causing the lower classes to lose trust in the decisions of the higher authorities, thus gradually disintegrating the entire country.
Now, ETO will use the same methods to deal with the Wallfacers.
"How to do it?"
Zhang Xiang felt that he shouldn't be bothered with this kind of thing, but whenever he saw people online criticizing the person who stood up against the wall, he would get furious.
Because he was in the know, he knew how much effort these Wallfacers had put into humanity. Even if Taylor and Diaz's plan was crazy, it was still their effort to ensure the survival and continuation of humanity.
Even Luo Ji wasn't always just having fun; he also tried to find a way to deal with the Trisolarans, but he just didn't have any clues.
"Our voice is too small."
Zhang Xiang ultimately gave up on thinking about this question.
Because he discovered that no matter what he did, he couldn't stop people from criticizing the wall-holders.
Even if the PDC denies these things, it will only backfire and cause a rapid backlash from online public opinion.
"Zhang Xiang, you need to learn to think outside the box when it comes to these kinds of things in order to find a solution."
Shi Qiang's voice echoed in Zhang Xiang's ears, and Zhang Xiang suddenly felt a sense of nostalgia.
"If Captain Shi were here, he would definitely have a way... Wait!"
Zhang Xiang turned around abruptly because he realized that Shi Qiang's voice wasn't coming from his head, but from behind him.
He turned his head and saw a tall figure walking slowly from outside the door.
"Team Leader Shi!"
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