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

The world is changing rapidly, and the older generation is gradually retiring.

By the end of Crisis Era 12, all of the first rotating chairpersons of the PDC, except for Ms. Say, had retired.

On the Space Force side, there haven't been any major changes.

Since the reverse engineering of the cell division agent was completed, the Reinforce the Future project has taken two completely different paths.

Hibernators and immortals.

The hibernators remain the same as before. The Space Force needs not only soldiers who can fight, but also political commissars with an unwavering belief in future victory, in order to suppress any potential escapism that may erupt in the future.

The concept of immortals is not accurate, because they can only live to be three hundred years old at most. Judging from the current speed of the Trisolaran fleet, they may have already turned into bones by the time the apocalyptic war begins.

Therefore, the Immortals' reinforcement plan for the future mainly involves their involvement in the construction of the Space Force.

At Chang Weisi's suggestion, these immortals were used as training instructors.

On the one hand, they will pass on the knowledge they have acquired over the past three hundred years to the next generation on the battlefield in the future. On the other hand, conflicts between countries are constantly erupting, from small skirmishes at the beginning to large-scale battles later on.

In the face of an increasingly tense international political environment, the Space Force has become the main force for defense.

It is worth mentioning that the Asian Fleet finally reached a consensus and adopted a three-seat system for decision-making.

The number 3 is interesting; it is the smallest number of decisions.

One person can create dictatorship, two people can cause the team to split, but only the decision-making of three people is the most effective.

If two people disagree with the other, the decision will be made by the majority.

There was also a very interesting little anecdote.

When the Asian Fleet was first established, it was actually the island nation that proposed adopting a three-seat system.

The island nation wants to win over South Korea to join forces against China.

Although there is a deep historical hatred between the two countries, they can only exercise restraint in the face of the impending Trisolaran crisis. Otherwise, they would have no room to resist when facing the far superior China.

This can be seen from the fact that they were able to form a united front in the Pacific before.

The island nation's plan is brilliant. If the Asian Fleet is formed, who is most likely to be among the three seats?

It is undoubtedly them, China and South Korea.

Once the three-seat system is established, and they unite with Korea, then China will be subject to others in every way, and it will be difficult to keep its technology secret as before.

The idea was good, but no one expected that something so big would happen.

The Russian bear was kicked out of the European fleet by the British Empire.

This action shocked not only the island nation, but also the world.

Then, left with no other option, the Russian bear had to send its Asian fleet.

The original three seats have been changed to Japan, China, and Russia.

South Korea was completely betrayed by the people of the island nation who were living a comfortable life. With old and new grievances combined, the two sides almost broke out into war again.

……

"General, the [Brush] has appeared."

Inside the Hubble 2 Space Telescope control center.

Fitzroy was awakened.

The "brush" refers to the observable trail left by the Trisolaran fleet as it passed through the interstellar dust cloud, as observed by the Hubble Telescope.

Those trails looked like a brush stroke across the dark expanse of space.

Those interstellar dust clouds are called "snowfields," and a total of five have been detected so far.

This means that these dust clouds, like snow, will leave their mark on the Trisolaran fleet as it passes through them.

In the original storyline, Luo Ji used the "Snowfield Project" to deter the Trisolarans, thus ushering in the era of deterrence.

When the "brush" first appeared, General Fitzroy and Green confirmed the invasion of the Trisolaran fleet, marking the beginning of the Crisis Era.

And now, this is the second "brush".

Because Earth is about 4 light-years away from this dust cloud, outside the light cone, this image is not real-time, but rather from four years ago.

Fitzroy counted the number of bristles, and it was still the same number as when he first saw it: a thousand.

This indicates that the Trisolaran fleet has not experienced any increase or decrease in personnel.

"and many more."

Fitzroy suddenly zoomed in on the image.

"One, two, three, four... ten sticks!"

"Ten bristles are sticking out, what are they?"

“Ten detectors,” Albert Ringer said.

This is yet another astonishing discovery: the Trisolaran fleet has launched ten faster probes that are heading towards the solar system.

"When will they arrive in the solar system?" Fitzroy asked, a little nervously.

This could very well indicate that they will make contact with the Trisolarans ahead of time.

"It's hard to judge, General, after all, no one knows how these probes will accelerate in the future."

"I don't quite understand. They already have Sophon, so why send probes here?" an engineer asked.

"Let's not dwell on this kind of thing; it's beyond our ability to figure it out."

Fitzroy waved his hand.

"We must now figure out what forced the Trisolarans to accelerate their contact with Earth. Can we trace back to the exact time?"

"no problem."

Soon, a time was calculated, and Fitzroy and Linger fell silent upon seeing the result.

Four years ago, there was a sudden, expedited hearing for the Wallfacers. Unlike the original storyline, Lin Ge also attended that meeting, so he quickly realized something.

"General, who do you think the Trisolarans are after?"

There were only two Wallfacers present at the meeting, Lin Xuan and Luo Ji. It is very likely that one of them made the request, which made the Trisolarans anxious and accelerated their attack on Earth.

“I’m more inclined to think of Lin Xuan,” Fitzroy said.

“If that’s the case, then things become very difficult to predict, because Lin Xuan has more than one project on her hands, and we have no way of analyzing what caused it,” Lin Ge said.

"Report this situation to our superiors first. Perhaps Lin Xuan's proposal to build an underground city will be expedited."

Lin Xuan was unaware that his attendance at the meeting had led both Fitzroy and Ling to misjudge a fact.

The subsequent plot will take a dramatic turn as a result.