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

Crisis Era 20, 2027 AD.

Lin Xuan took Hines to the streets of London.

It's as if someone pressed the button to stop time in this city; so many years have passed, yet it hasn't changed much.

A few children could be seen running around on the street; they were all thin and pale, and their clothes were made of several tattered pieces sewn together.

There was always an unpleasant smell in the air, like the smell of burning plastic.

"I can't believe this place has turned out like this?"

Hines took a wad of euros from his suit pocket and tossed it to the children begging along the street.

The British Empire's economy has been completely dragged down by the European Union. On several occasions, the Speaker of the British Parliament has proposed that Britain leave the European Union in order to get rid of the heavy economic pressure at home.

However, the resolution was collectively vetoed by the other six countries of the PDC.

Nobody's a fool. Once Britain is rid of the burden of the European Union, it will rise rapidly and may even be on par with the United States. This is something that Russia, the United States, Japan, and China do not want to see.

However, within the European Union itself, France and Italy don't want him to leave either. They're counting on exploiting this big brother to alleviate their domestic economic pressures. You want to run away now? No way!

PDC's decisions are paramount.

Since the Three-Body Crisis, the PDC has been upgraded from the General Assembly to the Planetary Defense Council, and its power has long surpassed that of individual nations. If you don't want to be labeled as anti-human, you can only seek your rights from the PDC.

"It's been like this for a long time. This is still considered good. In the US, there are mass protests every few days. Various forces are practically turning people's brains into dogs. You don't know, but last year, an anti-intellectual movement was launched in the US."

"Anti-intellectual movement?"

"Yes, it's outrageous. Even I think it's outrageous. Their masses have put forward a theory that we humans should choose to give up resisting the Trisolarans and actively destroy all electronic products so that everyone can live peacefully after the Trisolarans arrive."

"madness."

After a long silence, Hines finally managed to squeeze out these words.

"It's just a side effect of 'happy education'."

Lin Xuan kicked a rock, which smashed into the window of an abandoned car, shattering the window and triggering an alarm.

In the past, the police would definitely have come to check the situation, but now, apart from the car siren echoing through the buildings on the street, there was nothing else around.

"There's no way around it. The US has a single-track education system, but it's also a capitalist country, so this kind of 'happy education' is almost inevitable."

Single-track education is similar to the early Chinese education system. Its advantages are obvious: everyone receives an equal education.

The drawbacks are also obvious: this thing is absolutely unsuitable for a capitalist social system.

A single-track education system ensures that everyone receives the same education, but the total amount of educational resources is limited. How much of that can be allocated to the poor at the bottom of society?

In the end, it still comes down to the dual-track education system of the British Empire: nobles go to noble schools and commoners go to common schools. For example, Hines was born into nobility and had a higher status than others from a young age. If he had been a commoner, he wouldn't even have been qualified to study medicine.

Thus, the so-called "happy education" was born.

The US and the British Empire are essentially the same; the US is just better at pretending, acting like a hypocrite while pretending to be virtuous.

In the current international situation, China's main pressure is its large population, which makes it unable to guarantee food and resources. The British Empire is only struggling because it cannot escape the economic recession caused by the European Union. Only the United States is causing street protests every few days, and its internal problems are almost more serious than the Three-Body Problem crisis.

"What about the thing I asked for?"

Hines became concerned about this matter, given the current financial constraints in all sectors, and he feared that the PDC would reject his plan for a hibernating wallfacer.

"It's built."

Lin Xuan's words relieved Hines.

"What you want isn't too difficult to make. The steps are similar to what I took when I created the Mewtwo database. The difference is that I used human brain computing power superimposed on a computer, while you are trying to analyze the entire process of human brain activity."

"Yes, Mr. Lin Xuan, it is precisely because you have experience in this area that I hope you can do it for me. Thank you for your help."

Lin Xuan smiled.

"It's nothing. Actually, the consciousness extractor you made for me before already has the basic function of detecting human brain activity. My task is just to find a way to display the entire extraction process in the real world, but that is also one of the biggest challenges."

"The human brain is too complex. Just extracting information is difficult enough, let alone analyzing and visualizing each piece of extracted information. With the computer technology at the time, this was almost impossible. However, Ms. Keiko Yamasugi still came up with a very interesting idea."

"what?"

When Keiko Yamasugi was mentioned, a barely perceptible hint of joy flashed in Hines' eyes.

"We solved Moore's Law in the simplest and most brute-force way, creating a super-large conventional computer. Professor Wang Miao recently upgraded the plasticity and stability of nanomaterials, which are perfect for manufacturing nanochips for integrated circuits. Ultimately, we fused about 500 billion of these chips onto a single board, creating a mechanical brain!"

As Lin Xuan spoke, she led Hines to the former site of the British Museum.

Since Lin Xuan destroyed this place with her material filter, the British Council has rebuilt it.

However, the cultural relics they had looted had already been taken away by Lin Xuan, so they had no choice but to turn this place into a scientific research institute.

The two entered the hall, and Lin Xuan took out a metal bar from her pocket, on which numbers were rapidly flashing.

This is the computer's dynamic key. Lin Xuan inserted it into the slot in the wall, and instantly, the entire room lit up.

"Look, Dr. Hines, a miracle of human achievement in computer research."

Hines looked up and saw that the rooftop was covered with countless nanoscale chips that flickered like fireflies in the night sky, eventually forming an image of a human brain from bottom to top.

"This……"

Hines was so shocked by what he saw that he was speechless for a long time before finally speaking.

"This is truly an unprecedented man-made miracle."

"Of course, if we fail, we will be the last of our kind."

Lin Xuan relayed the second half of what Hines wanted to say.

"Let me show you something else interesting."

Lin Xuan gestured with her hand in mid-air, and immediately, the tiny nanochips above her head appeared magnified.

Hines then realized that each of these chips had tiny tendrils extending from its periphery, and it was these tendrils that completed the complex connections between the chips.

"You actually used machines to simulate a human brain!"

Hines exclaimed in shock.

He was an expert in neuroscience, and with just one glance, he understood that Lin Xuan had reconstructed the neural connections of the entire human brain.

"Yes, this is a structural diagram of a complete human brain. We combine this machine with the consciousness extractor to simulate human brain activity. If I understand correctly, the analytical camera you requested should be this thing, right?"

"Yes, that's right!"

Hines could no longer hide his excitement, but he quickly realized a problem.

"You said this machine displays a person's brain activity, so whose brain is it?"

“Your wife’s, she insisted on being the first experimenter.”

As Lin Xuan spoke, she pressed the switch in her hand, and the chips began to recreate the test results from that time.

The entire chip matrix suddenly lit up with brilliant light, as if gunpowder had been thrown into a flame.

Five hundred billion chips transformed into a dense sea of ​​stars, some resembling rivers, some whirlpools, and some sweeping tides.

"This is a complete analytical diagram of the brain. You can see the entire process of how the nerves work when the brain is functioning. This is the analytical camera you need."

When Lin Xuan said this, she seemed to remember something.

"Oh, by the way, Ms. Keiko Yamasugi asked me to tell you that she was thinking of you when you saw this picture."