SFS Chapter 225 The first meeting
Chapter 225 The first meeting
The chaotic atmosphere continued to spread, and fear gripped the hearts of everyone caught up in the crisis.
As for the few people who were unaffected by this attack, they would probably only be the high-ranking members of the local government who lived in the inner ring area.
In the engineering materials laboratory in the southern part of the inner ring road.
Wearing a lab coat, Wang Miao was watching the large screen in front of him with great interest.
Beside him, the walls made of special metal shook violently with each explosion, and even the water glasses on the table tilted as a result.
But Wang Miao ignored all of this and focused intently on the task at hand.
At this moment, the guard behind Wang Miao finally couldn't stand it any longer and interrupted.
"Professor Wang, the world is under attack by an unknown force and may collapse at any time. For your safety, please come with us immediately and leave this place in an escape pod."
He was going crazy. As Professor Wang Miao's bodyguard, his biggest challenge every day was preventing Wang Miao from suddenly having a suicidal idea or doing something reckless.
After all, he had lived for hundreds of years and had long been tired of life. The mundane life was starting to bore Wang Miao.
One phrase he often uttered was a recollection of the fear he felt when he first encountered the Sophon during the Crisis Era.
The guard officer didn't know how he could be so willing to keep such a terrifying experience in his brain. If it were him, he would have deleted the memory immediately using the brain network.
Wang Miao remained unmoved by his words, only letting out a long sigh of helplessness.
"Where to go, where can I go? The Trisolarans' attack was premeditated. They must have made ample preparations before launching the attack, so they couldn't possibly not know my exact location on the Ringworld."
"But no one has attacked this place yet because they feel it's not necessary. However, if we try to leave now, then I'm afraid..."
Wang Miao didn't say the second half of his sentence, but everyone present knew what he meant.
"That's why I say you young people don't think things through. In this situation, it would be really dangerous if I actually left the world."
Upon hearing this, all the guards present fell silent.
Indeed, the incident happened so suddenly that everyone panicked for a moment and instinctively tried to judge the situation using common sense.
But after Wang Miao's reminder, everyone present realized what was going on.
In this situation, running away is indeed inappropriate, and even a very foolish thing to do.
It's better to stay here and wait for changes to occur.
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"Cheng Xin, something terrible has happened. The Ringworld has been attacked by the Trisolarans, and all the troops that the Star Ring Group sent there have lost contact with us. I feel that the situation is getting worse and worse. Pack your things quickly, and we need to prepare to leave the solar system at any time."
Ai AA rushed in from outside and said to Cheng Xin, who was sitting by the porthole gazing at the starry sky.
Upon hearing this news, a hint of surprise flashed across Cheng Xin's face!
"This... came so suddenly?"
Cheng Xin wasn't too surprised that the Trisolarans would target Earth.
According to the contingency plan established by the Star Ring Group, after Wade broadcast the coordinates of the two worlds, the Trisolarans should immediately engage in peace talks with the Earth Alliance to jointly confront the Dark Forest attack.
From Cheng Xin's perspective, when faced with such a greater disaster, the two civilizations should join hands to jointly address the crisis.
To this end, Cheng Xin had even taken the initiative to declare at a meeting a few days ago that she was willing to act as an envoy of the Earth Alliance to proactively negotiate this matter with the Trisolarans.
As a result, nobody paid any attention to her suggestion.
The Earth Alliance leadership is treating this matter with a warlike attitude.
Even the dovish officials who had always supported Cheng Xin never considered adopting the peace talks approach.
At the time, Cheng Xin didn't understand, but after thinking about it for the past few days, she suddenly realized that there was a key point in the whole thing that hadn't been addressed.
That's Vader!
From a macro perspective, if the Trisolaran and Earth civilizations were to join forces to counter the Dark Forest attack, both civilizations would still have a sliver of hope for survival.
But it was Vader who initiated the broadcast!
He broadcast this message as a human swordsman, meaning that the prerequisite for the two civilizations to sit down and negotiate is that Vader must die.
This is easy to understand.
Although human civilization has long since classified the Swordholders as outside of humanity, this is ultimately just an internal human notion.
Who can guarantee that Vader's broadcast, which led to the destruction of two civilizations, wasn't orchestrated by a small group within humanity?
Therefore, eliminating Vader is an essential task.
But with Wade's death, an even more serious social problem will erupt within humanity.
Is the Swordholder system truly correct?
If the system of the Swordholder is questioned, Luo Ji will definitely be dragged down with him, and Luo Congmin's position will be in jeopardy, and even the authority of the Earth Alliance will be compromised.
"No wonder, no wonder no one has dared to attack the Gravity so far. Wade's move has put everyone in shackles. If anything happens to him, everyone will be implicated!"
After understanding the consequences of Wade's actions, Cheng Xin couldn't help but admire the man's foresight.
In this era, the swordsman is like the emperor in ancient times; his very existence far surpasses who holds that position.
In other words, Vader can die, but the Swordholder system must not be flawed.
Therefore, this war must be fought; humanity has no possibility of negotiating with the Trisolarans!
"This man is truly terrifying!"
Cheng Xin muttered to herself involuntarily.
If someone else had initiated the broadcast, the Earth Federation might not have considered it so much, since they controlled the news and history, and whatever they said was the truth.
But Veder is different. If the Earth Federation chooses to negotiate, it will directly shake its political foundation in the hearts of all mankind.
Wade is forcing everyone; he's telling everyone, "I've cut off all your paths. This is a do-or-die battle."
If we win, humanity will survive; if we lose, we will all die together.
This is the true meaning of the death race between two civilizations.
"I want to go and see him."
After a long silence, Cheng Xin finally uttered these words.
Hearing this, Ai AA was immediately startled.
"Are you crazy? There are still more than a dozen warships watching the Gravitational around it, and if you go there, you might not come back!"
Although Cheng Xin didn't say who she was going to see, Ai AA knew without even thinking what her best friend was up to.
"I have some questions to ask her, after all, this may be the last time we see each other."
"I will go with you!"
Ai AA knew that with Cheng Xin's personality, she couldn't stop her at all, but she couldn't watch Cheng Xin go to such a dangerous place alone.
"Well, let's get on the Star Ring. After all, Wade is the nominal chairman of the Star Ring Group, and I want him to see this warp drive spaceship. It would be a testament to our years of work together."