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

Chapter 228 Three Stages of Growth

Thirty minutes later, the door to the main control room slowly opened, and Cheng Xin and Wade walked out from the bridge at the same time.

At this moment, Cheng Xin's expression was extremely complicated, as if she had something on her mind that was stuck in her throat.

"Are you OK?"

Ai AA immediately came forward to check on Cheng Xin's condition, and breathed a sigh of relief after seeing that she was alright.

"What did Wade say to you? Why do you look so pale?"

Looking at Cheng Xin's pale face, AiAA couldn't help but glare angrily at Wade standing to the side.

“AA, I’m fine. Let’s go back. I need to be alone for a while.”

Cheng Xin's voice was barely audible, and she seemed completely listless, as if her soul had been ripped out.

She finally regained the lost memory she had been longing to find, and also learned why she had chosen to delete and permanently seal it away.

I realized I was wrong, everything was wrong.

She herself was the one who proposed the Ladder Plan, and she was the one who forced Yun Tianming to his death!

No wonder Wade has always disliked him; it's because he's already made a foolish mistake once.

In a sense, Wade has been patching up the mistakes he might have made over the years.

Cheng Xin has always been an extremely confident person. She firmly believes that she can overcome all difficulties with her own abilities.

This confidence stemmed from her outstanding performance during her school years. She consistently achieved top grades, which led to a blind self-confidence. She believed herself to be special and a rare genius compared to ordinary people.

Is Cheng Xin a genius?

The answer is yes. After all, how many people in the world can be like her, who, right after graduating with a doctorate, can directly represent PDC and work as a technical consultant at PIA?

If it weren't for the Three-Body Crisis, given her research capabilities and level, she would have easily become an academician in her later years, if not a Nobel laureate.

But her problem was that she was too naive, as naive as a child.

There's nothing wrong with a simple-minded person living as an ordinary person, but she chose to become one of the most dazzling people in the world.

"You know, Lin Xuan talked to me about you a long time ago."

As he spoke, Wade walked toward the Star Ring's berth.

"He told me at the time, 'Your biggest mistake in life is that you failed to recognize yourself, to recognize the upper limit of your abilities, and to recognize your mediocrity.'"

"Please allow me to say this, Dr. Cheng Xin: perhaps from the perspective of an ordinary person, you are an absolute genius, but from the perspective of a civilization, your talent seems too mediocre."

Wade addressed Cheng Xin as "Doctor" at the end, mocking her naiveté. A mere doctor was nothing in this war.

"A person grows up three times in their life. The first time is recognizing the mediocrity of their parents, the second time is recognizing their own mediocrity, and the third time is recognizing the mediocrity of their children."

Cheng Xin made a mistake the second time; she overestimated her abilities, which was a rather terrible thing.

Just like Emperor Huai of Han, Liu Shan, during the Three Kingdoms period, if one lacks wisdom and ability, one should not exercise great power. If one is incapable but still tries to take the reins, it will only lead to chaos.