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

Crisis Era: 10 years.

With Zhizi's assistance, Lin Xuan was quite fast.

"The mirror project is progressing much faster than expected, but it also brings both good news and bad news."

At the hearing for the Wallfacers, Lin Xuan sat leisurely in her seat with her legs crossed, recounting her work over the past year.

The Wallfacer hearings of today have truly become meetings where he speaks and others listen.

"Let's start with the good news. I haven't heard anything good that makes me happy in almost a year or two," said Olivia, the rotating chairperson.

She was the former representative of the Will of the Nation, whose situation had become somewhat awkward ever since the lingering influence of the British Empire began to radiate throughout Europe.

The financial crisis has completely devastated the entire European Union. Germany has some experience in this area, so the government has been trying to control inflation, but with little success.

Before long, reality will coincide with history, and the scene of a loaf of bread costing 50 marks will be repeated in the country.

“During the mining of the mirror project, we discovered a large amount of rare minerals, which may help alleviate the upcoming financial crisis.”

Upon hearing this news, everyone present was immediately intrigued.

"Sure enough, I told you long ago that building an underground city is a win-win situation!" the representative of the British Empire said excitedly.

Lin Xuan glanced at him. If he remembered correctly, this guy was the first person to stand up against him building the underground city.

"Don't get too excited, gentlemen, there's more bad news for you."

The room fell silent, awaiting Lin Xuan's next words.

"Our budget for building Reach is far below the actual standard."

"This is impossible."

The representative from the United States was the first to retort.

"China, us, and Russia all participated in the construction of Reach. The data model was established from the beginning, so even if there are deviations in the budget, it will definitely not be too far from the planned schedule."

“Yes.” Zhang Huaimin, the representative of China, also agreed with this statement.

"You wouldn't be trying to take a kickback from the Reach project, would you?" the Japanese representative asked suspiciously.

Lin Xuan smiled.

"Mr. Chairman, would you please disconnect this meeting from the outside world?"

Olivia nodded.

“Of course, Mr. Wallfacer.”

Soon, communications for the Wallfacer hearing were cut off from the outside world, and some reporters present were forcibly prevented from continuing to film.

The door closed, and no one knew what Lin Xuan was going to do.

If he was trying to conceal what he was about to say, then Tomoko would also hear it, and once the information was leaked, all his efforts to conceal it would be in vain.

Lin Xuan spoke only after everything was ready.

“I never intended to build Reach as a space station from the beginning.”

The shock level from the representative of China increased by 50.

The shock level from the island nation representative increased by 50.

……

Lin Xuan smiled.

"Everyone, think about it. Why did Wang Miao name this space station 'Zhiyuan'? It represents the fate of this space station from the very beginning."

After a moment of contemplation, Zhang Huaimin, the representative of China, was the first to react, followed by the United States, Russia, and so on.

"Damn it, this is escapism! This plan is not permitted under the Wallfacer Act!"

The representative of the United States slammed his fist on the table and roared.

Representatives from the other countries also condemned Lin Xuan's behavior.

Lin Xuan seemed to have anticipated this reaction from the group, and he waited until their excitement subsided before speaking.

"What if I were to take all of humanity with me? Would that still be considered escapism?"

There was dead silence in the venue.

"This is impossible."

The representative of China said.

"The world's population is currently 50 billion, and even if it continues to decline in the future, you cannot build a space station that can accommodate 20 billion people."

In the 10th year of the Crisis Era, which is around 2017 AD, the world population was only about 70 billion. With the arrival of the prelude to the Great Depression, the population began to plummet rapidly, dropping by about 70 billion from 20 billion in the 8th year of the Crisis Era.

Most people died of famine, while others perished in the colonial resistance movement against France, which was violently suppressed by the European Union with the deployment of troops for crimes against humanity.

"Yes, and these 20 billion people also need to consider food, drink, sanitation, cultural conflicts, and all sorts of other miscellaneous things. Living in space requires a considerable amount of supplies," the American representative added.

“We had considered this plan before, and we named it the ‘Noah’s Ark Project.’ However, we later found that it was impossible to meet the needs of so many people. So, Mr. Lin, do you have any solutions?”

"Only send the consciousness."

"what?"

The American representative, whether he didn't hear clearly or was incredulous, asked again.

"I said, only send the consciousness!"

"You've all probably experienced the Super Dream Database, right? I can accommodate the consciousness of billions of people, and then just take one database to Reach."

"You want to store all of humanity in your database?"

"Are you crazy?"

"I absolutely disagree with this. This is even more despicable than Radiaz. You are enslaving all of humanity!"

Seeing the indignant expressions on the faces of the delegates, Lin Xuan smiled.

"If I told you that all of you here, the participants in this meeting, could guarantee that you and your children would live on Reach in normal human bodies, would you still agree to my proposal?"

The entire venue fell into dead silence once again.

Clearly, some people are interested.

"There's no need to discuss this design."

Zhang Huaimin, representative of China, said.

"Whether we agree or not, the difference is simply how big the Reach space station will be. Deploying defenses in geosynchronous orbit is part of the PDC design, so there's no need to discuss this issue. As for whether it will be implemented, that's something for four hundred years from now."

“I agree. There’s no need to discuss it further. This plan can be used as a last resort. I also think the expansion of Reach is very necessary. Let’s build it first, as Lin Xuan suggested.”

Although the words of the American representative seem similar to those of the Chinese representative, the two mean completely different things.

The Chinese representative meant: Your proposal won't work. You just want money, right? We'll give it to you. We were planning to spend this money anyway, so it doesn't matter where we use it.

The message from the US is: Your plan won't work now, because if I approve it now, others will definitely object. You go ahead and do it. If you succeed, I'll benefit; if you fail, you'll be blamed.

Meanwhile, within the Trisolaran world, Qin Shi Huang also began a private meeting with the Trisolarans.

Seven figures lit torches, their light dispelling the surrounding darkness.

Qin Shi Huang is a code name for the leader of the Three-Body Organization. It does not refer to a single person, but rather to the seven core leaders of ETO.

No one knows who the Qin Shi Huang who appears each time is, but he is definitely one of the seven people.

"Lord, should we go and stop Lin Xuan? You previously instructed us to stop the spread of escapism."

As one of them asked a question, Tomoko quickly provided an answer.

"It doesn't matter."

"Lin Xuan's Reach Star Project is fake. This project is not feasible at all. Humanity simply does not have the ability to build a space station that can accommodate the entire human race to escape before the fleet arrives."

“Investigate what he’s hiding behind this plan.”

Since being tricked by Lin Xuan last time, the Three-Body World has had very little contact with Lin Xuan. Apart from helping her with the construction of the underground city as agreed, it hardly speaks a word to Lin Xuan.

The Trisolaran world has been thoroughly terrified of this guy. Indeed, it was wise of them not to directly confront the Observer.