Starting as a Wallfacer, his defection to the Three-Body Problem shocked the world.
Chapter 44: An Unexpected Path
Radiaz didn't know how long he had been imprisoned.
He has been confined to this windowless cell ever since the Wallfacer hearing that determined his fate.
Darkness enveloped Radiaz, but he felt no fear; instead, he felt extremely safe.
As Mozi said, he had a severe phobia of the sun, which began after he became a Wallfacer.
Ever since he devised that insane plan, he has never dared to look up at the sky again, not even once at the sun.
But now, it's all over; he has lost his status as a Wallfacer.
This fear of the sun, along with his insane plan, dissipated into the air.
"Have a meal."
A faint light shone into the dark room, and the window was opened from the outside. A person carrying a tray brought in today's meal.
The meal was plentiful, including black pepper meat, tortillas, and a bowl of Andina potato soup.
It's clear that the chef who cooked for him put a lot of effort into it, and the food was always very much in line with the dietary habits of South Americans.
Just a few days ago, Rediaz had eaten Aliaka.
It's a Christmas food from their country, similar to dumplings that Chinese people eat during the Lunar New Year. It's made with cornmeal and ingredients like pork, beef, chicken, and nuts.
As Rediaz took his first bite, he thought of his homeland and his people.
He was trapped here, but he still hoped that one day he could return to the embrace of his motherland.
After finishing her meal, Radiaz took out a small spoon from her plate.
To prevent him from committing suicide, the tableware was dulled, making it difficult to even cut a rope.
He used all his strength to forcefully slash the small spoon in his hand against the wall beside him, leaving a clear scratch.
"The twenty-seventh time."
Confined in this dark, enclosed room with no electronic devices around, Radiaz had difficulty distinguishing between day and night.
However, he still came up with his own solution.
We determine whether it's morning or afternoon based on the frequency of meal deliveries to him each day.
A person needs to eat three meals a day, but it is difficult to distinguish between lunch and dinner, only breakfast is different.
Therefore, Radiaz used breakfast to record the number of days and lunch and dinner to distinguish the current time.
According to his judgment, this was the 27th day he had been detained here, and the time was between 12 noon and 13 p.m.
He didn't know what the point of recording these things was, but it was indeed the only thing he could do right now.
Just as Radiaz was pondering, footsteps sounded outside.
It was very light and very slow.
Judging from the sound of the other person's footsteps, their height should be around 170-175 cm, and they are very young.
Since being imprisoned here, Radiaz's hearing has improved significantly. He can judge the stride length of a person by the sound of footsteps outside and the distance from which they are heard, and then deduce the person's height and age based on their stride length.
The footsteps grew louder as they approached, eventually stopping in front of his door.
Radiaz held his breath, waiting for the person outside the door to react before he could.
“Radiaz, we need to talk.”
Radiáz was escorted out of the solitary confinement cell by two staff members. The moment he saw the light again, even the dim incandescent lights in the corridor were extremely glaring to Radiáz.
And he finally saw the person outside the door clearly.
It was the man who personally brought him down from his pedestal—the Fifth Wallfacer, Lin Xuan!
He met Lin Xuan in the interrogation room. Lin Xuan looked at him expressionlessly, and only after all the staff around them had left did Lin Xuan speak.
Are you getting used to the place?
"It's alright, the food is delicious, this is the only treatment that makes me still feel like a Wallfacer."
"Want to go home?"
Radiaz paused upon hearing this, but after a moment, he nodded slightly.
"I wish I could go back."
However, Lin Xuan shook her head slightly.
"You can't go back now."
As Lin Xuan spoke, he tossed a newspaper to Radiaz, just as he had tossed Radiaz's plan analysis to him at the Wallfacer hearing that day.
The newspaper was delivered today. Few people read these anymore, but in some underdeveloped small countries, these physical newspapers are still their main source of information.
The newspaper was written in Spanish; it was from Rediaz's home country.
The article above details former President Rediaz's inhumane acts during his time as a Wallfacer and criticizes his various crimes.
They even conducted several interviews with passersby, hurling insults at Diaz.
Rediaz quickly realized the interview was taking place in Caracas, where the streets were plastered with posters against him.
When Diaz became president of this country, his investiture ceremony was also held here. Back then, the city was decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations to welcome him. Now, they despise Diaz like a pride of lions scorns a defeated lion king.
"Ah."
Although he had expected it, Radiaz still couldn't help but chuckle when he saw the news.
He was mocking himself, and he was also mocking his people.
There's no need to doubt the veracity of these news reports. Rediaz knew very well how the lower classes would react after he was sentenced to death; these news reports were simply repeating his guesses.
"So... Mr. Lin Xuan, what's the point of showing me all this? Do you intend to reiterate my crimes before sentencing me, just to highlight your own brilliance and greatness?"
Radiázs and Lin Xuan looked at each other.
To be honest, during the 27 days he was in confinement, he thought of countless possible plans regarding Lin Xuan, hoping to break through her defenses the next time they met.
Unfortunately, Regiaz found that she couldn't see through the man in front of her at all.
He didn't even know what Lin Xuan's overt plans were, let alone guess his deeper plans hidden beneath the floating ice.
Lin Xuan shook her head slightly.
“No, Mr. Diaz, I haven’t spared you because I’m here to do something pointless. My plan needs your help.”
"Hahaha!"
When Radiaz heard Lin Xuan's words, he couldn't help but laugh out loud.
“Mr. Lin Xuan, are you joking? I, Radiaz, am a prisoner. I have lost my Wallfacer status, and even my human rights have been stripped away by the PDC. I violated that…”
"The crime of genocide."
"Ah, right, that's it. Hahaha, what do you expect me to do for you right now?"
Lin Xuan waited until Radiaz's emotions had calmed down before slowly speaking.
“Mr. Diaz, you need to learn to see through appearances to the essence. The reason you were able to become a Wallfacer is because of your excellent strategic vision. Just as I told you before when I was breaking through the wall, although you are not outstanding in other aspects, I have always highly affirmed your strategic vision.”
"Therefore, I hope you can contribute your thinking as a strategist. After all, I am not as good as you in military strategy. You should have investigated my background. If I had to say, I should only be a junior this year."
The original owner of Lin Xuan's body was a freshman who enrolled in the Huaxia Academy of Sciences University two years ago, which is part of the Huaxia Academy of Sciences.
Lin Xuan only found out about this a few months ago. Because he hadn't returned to school for too long, he failed almost all of his courses in his first and second years of university, and the school directly suspended him from his studies.
“I have never experienced war, so this is a huge weakness of mine. I hope you can help me fill this gap in my strategic thinking.”
After listening to Lin Xuan's explanation, Radiaz pondered for a moment before shaking his head.
"You shouldn't be asking me about this. Perhaps it would be more appropriate to ask Taylor. As the former Secretary of Defense of the United States, he knows more about some things than I do. In terms of military expertise, he should be far superior to me. My experience is limited to ground combat, like an outdated steam engine. It poses no threat to the approaching Trisolarans."
But then Diaz paused abruptly, his eyes widening as he looked at Lin Xuan.
"Shock level from Rediaz +50".
He suddenly realized what Lin Xuan was trying to do!
Radiaz’s expression went from initial shock to maniacal laughter.
"Hahahaha, you bastard, you're a lunatic! The PDC shouldn't be judging me. You're even more inhumane than me! Damn it, I really want to protest to them. You're the one who should be hanged!"
The experience gained in ground combat is naturally not meant to be used against the Trisolarans, but rather against the PDC!
Lin Xuan wants to take down the entire PDC; he is planning to wage war against the seven most powerful nations of humanity simultaneously!
The last lunatic with this idea was riddled with bullets!
"Any cigars?"
Radiaz suddenly felt a great interest in the Asian man in front of him. He suddenly felt that having Lin Xuan break through his barrier was a good thing for him.
It's a bit of a shame that I couldn't participate in something so interesting myself.
Lin Xuan randomly redeemed a cigar for Radiaz from the system and tossed it to him.
After lighting his cigar, Radiaz took a deep drag and then exhaled a puff of white smoke.
At that moment, the fire in his eyes reignited; Lin Xuan's plan made him feel his blood boil.
"Lin Xuan, you will succeed, you will definitely succeed!"
Just as Mozi, the Wallbreaker, understood von Neumann, Reidiaz, the Wallfacer, also understood Taylor at this moment.
He finally understood why Taylor had been able to live peacefully in Eden for the past two years.
Because one Wallfacer has already forged a path that no one had ever imagined!
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