The Science Fiction World of Xueba

Cheng Xin stood up subconsciously. Seeing that everyone's eyes were on her, she was at a loss for what to do, her pretty face flushed red.

"I... my thoughts are... are..."

"Don't be too nervous, we are just having a preliminary discussion now, you can express your thoughts normally."

Pang Xuelin said.

Perhaps it was because Pang Xuelin's gaze was not as aggressive as it was at the beginning, and even had a bit of encouragement in it.

Cheng Xin's emotions gradually calmed down, and she said, "I... I think this way. The most likely resource to be used at present is nuclear weapons. Without technological breakthroughs, that is the largest weapon that humans can put into space. Energy body. Imagine that there is such a spaceship or probe with a huge radiation sail, which is a thin film similar to a solar sail that can be pushed by radiation; not far behind the radiation sail, at a certain time Continuous nuclear explosions at intervals..."

Before Cheng Xin could finish speaking, Vadim said, "That's impossible. If there are so many nuclear weapons on board, there's no way to propel them through nuclear explosions!"

"No, the nuclear bomb is not on the spaceship!" Cheng Xin shook her head. "The spaceship is made up of sails and detectors. It is as light as a feather, and it is easily accelerated by the radiation from the nuclear explosion."

After finishing speaking, Cheng Xin took a dozen paper cups from the water dispenser behind her, and placed them one by one on the table at equal distances.

"Nuclear bombs are distributed over the initial short course of the spacecraft, and are pre-launched there using conventional propulsion."

She took a pen and moved along the row of cups: "The moment the spaceship passed each nuclear bomb, the nuclear bomb exploded behind the sail, generating propulsion."

Pang Xuelin and Vader looked at each other.

"pretty!"

Vader clapped his hands lightly.

Pang Xuelin just smiled, not surprised.

The girl does have great talent, if she's not involved in politics.

Cheng Xin secretly glanced at Pang Xuelin, seeing that Pang Xuelin didn't have a particularly big reaction, she was a little disappointed.

She continued: "We can call this approach route advancement,

This route is called the propulsion segment, and it only accounts for a very small part of the entire route. Estimated by 1,000 propelling nuclear bombs, it can be distributed on five astronomical units from the earth to Jupiter, or even shorter. Compressed to within the orbit of Mars, this is achievable with current technology. "

Pang Xuelin turned his gaze to Vader.

Vader praised: "This is indeed a good method, and more importantly, the cost of this method is very low!"

Pang Xuelin nodded and said, "Indeed!"

The first step of this plan is to send a large number of nuclear bombs into the earth's orbit. The delivery vehicles are ready-made, and the ballistic missiles in active service can be used.

The "Minuteman" and "Trident" series of the United States, the "Topol" and "Bulava" series of Russia, and the "Dongfeng" and "Julian" series of China can all directly send nuclear bombs into low-earth orbit.

Even medium-range ballistic missiles with booster rockets can do this.

After the Three-Body Crisis, various countries took advantage of agreements to reduce nuclear weapons on a large scale.

This method is much cheaper than dismantling and destroying missiles and nuclear warheads on the ground.

Pang Xuelin said with a smile: "In this plan, every explosion of the nuclear bomb will increase the speed of the spacecraft by one level, which is like climbing a ladder. Ms. Cheng Xin, what do you think of the ladder plan?"

"Um?"

Cheng Xin was slightly taken aback, as if she didn't understand why Pang Xuelin wanted to ask her opinion.

Pang Xuelin smiled and said, "You proposed this plan, of course you have the right to name it."

Cheng Xin said, "The step-by-step plan is very vivid, so let's call it the step-by-step plan."

Pang Xuelin nodded and said, "The next step is the detector itself."

Wade said: "Professor Pang, the people from the PIA Technology Planning Center have not come yet, but among the people who will come next, there are several top space vehicle design experts, including the designer of the Cassini probe. You see , How about we discuss the detector issue after everyone is here?"

Pang Xuelin said: "Yes."

At this time, Vadim suddenly said: "Professor Pang, I think there is another very important issue that we need to consider."

"what is the problem?"

Pang Xuelin was slightly taken aback.

Vadim said: "The detection effect of the detector! You know, even if the detector is not captured by the enemy ship in the end, but the detector does not have the ability to slow down, even considering the deceleration of the Trisolaran fleet, the two sides will at least one hundred percent of the speed of light. The relative speed of fifth passes by. As a result, the detection window will become very narrow. Due to the quality limitation of the detector, it is impossible to carry out active detection such as radar, and can only carry out passive detection of information reception. Receivable The information is mainly electromagnetic waves, and the enemy’s communication must have long ago not used electromagnetic waves, but using neutrinos or gravitational waves, which are currently beyond the reach of human technology. There is another important reason: due to the existence of sophons, the detector plan is from the beginning to the end. The tail is completely transparent to the enemy, which makes the chance of success even slimmer. In short, compared with the huge investment in the plan, the gains are very small, and it is more symbolic..."

Vadim did not continue, but everyone understood what he meant.

Although according to the Wallfacer Act, the Planetary Defense Council is unlikely to reject the detection plan led by Pang Xuelin.

However, the resources required to invest in this plan and the meaning inherent in it are questionable.

For a moment, not only Vadim, but Wade and Cheng Xin also turned their attention to Pang Xuelin.

Pang Xuelin smiled and said, "Who said I would install detection instruments on the detector."

Vadim and Cheng Xin were taken aback.

Pang Xuelin continued: "I'm going to send a person there. If the detector is too small to fit a person, then - just send the brain!"

Vadim was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously turned his gaze to Vader.

In the past, it seemed that only Vader could say such words.

At this moment, he felt that Pang Xuelin and Wade were almost alike.

Wade's eyes lit up, and he even had the idea of ​​having a long talk with Pang Xuelin all night. The idea of ​​the Wallfacer in front of him really suits his taste.

Cheng Xin looked at Pang Xuelin in disbelief, her mouth slightly opened.

Just send brains! ! !

These few words made her brain buzz and made her tremble involuntarily, as if she had been electrocuted.

She subconsciously moved back a few steps, trying to stay away from Pang Xuelin.

Pang Xuelin ignored everyone's reactions. In the original book, the Staircase Project finally chose to send a brain to the Trisolaran world because of the insufficient carrying capacity of the detector.

The master of this brain is none other than the hidden hero, the abyss-level licking dog Yun Tianming.

Yun Tianming is Cheng Xin's classmate, a poor guy with terminal cancer.

At the last stage of his life, he got a windfall. It happened that Ms. Say proposed the Stars Project, so Yun Tianming bought a star anonymously and gave it to Cheng Xin, who had been in love with him for a long time.

However, when Cheng Xin, who didn't know anything about it, learned that a classmate of hers had terminal cancer and a background in spaceflight, who happened to be eligible for the Stairway Project, she ran to Yun Tianming and asked him to agree to participate in the Stairway Project.

The ashamed Yun Tianming finally agreed to Cheng Xin's request, and his brain was removed and put into a detector, which was sent to the enemy's heart.

Hundreds of years later in the radio era, Yun Tianming, who was revived through cloning technology, gained a lofty status within the Trisolaran civilization.

At that time, due to the gravitational broadcast, the coordinates of the earth and the Trisolaran civilization in the universe were exposed. The Trisolaran civilization was even attacked by the dark forest, and less than one thousandth of the population escaped Alpha Centauri.

In order to allow human civilization to continue, Yun Tianming compiled fairy tales for a long time, and took the opportunity of meeting Cheng Xin to send back information to the earth to avoid the attack of the dark forest.

...

But this time, Pang Xuelin was going to send a brain to the Three-Body Civilization, not for gathering information.

As a traveler with a God's perspective, Pang Xuelin knows most of the plots that happened in the "Three-Body" trilogy.

The reason why he decided to launch the probe to the Trisolaran world is more to make a layout for the future.

With his control, the worst situation between human civilization and Trisolaran civilization is just a long-term confrontation.

But this is not the result he wants.

After all, the Trisolaran civilization, like human civilization, is just an ant that can be crushed to death at any time in this universe where top-level civilizations are raging and various laws of physics and mathematics have been weaponized.

A cleaner of the lowest level in the singer civilization can easily incorporate the solar system into a two-dimensional giant painting.

An unattractive particle of light can instantly destroy Alpha Centauri, turning the Trisolaran world into a sea of ​​flames and purgatory.

Human civilization and Trisolaran civilization, as close neighbors, really need to hug each other for warmth, not love and kill each other.

Therefore, Pang Xuelin needs a person, someone who can go deep into the Trisolaran world and observe the Trisolaran civilization at close range, making it a link between the two civilizations.

Yun Tianming in "Eternal Death" is undoubtedly a qualified candidate.

...

"Okay, Mr. Vadim, you and Ms. Cheng Xin can go get busy first, I have something to talk to Chief Wade about."

Once the general plan of the ladder plan has been determined, the rest of the technical details will naturally not be discussed until all the technical personnel are present.

Pang Xuelin directly drove Vadim and Cheng Xin away, and when only he and Wade were left in the office, Pang Xuelin said, "Let Vadim go!"

Wade was startled, and opened the drawer subconsciously. Before he took out the pistol, he realized that he had acted improperly. He looked up at Pang Xuelin and said, "Professor Pang, I don't understand what you mean?"

Pang Xuelin smiled and said: "When I said just now that I only sent the brain, you subconsciously took a look at Vadim, and you thought Vadim was a qualified candidate. He has an aerospace background and has worked in the intelligence department for a long time. Jim's advantage. But Vadim is your colleague and he has his own family. I don't want PIA to have a director who has no bottom line. Director Vad, sometimes it's good to keep your eyes on a goal, but Just passed Yi Zhe, I hope that your unscrupulous means can be used on the enemy, not our own people! In addition, the world is so big, it is not difficult to find a suitable candidate, are you right?"

Wade fixed his eyes on Pang Xuelin. If it wasn't for the identity of the opponent facing the wall, he would take out his gun and kill Pang Xuelin now.

This person is like a demon, he feels that his whole being has been seen through by the other party.

After a while, Vader pulled his hand out of the drawer, and what he was holding was a cigar.

There was a snap.

The cigar was lit again, and Vader took a deep breath and said, "Professor Pang, if you have nothing else to do, please go back. I will invite you to participate in the technical seminar when all the people from the Technology Planning Center arrive."

Pang Xuelin smiled slightly and said, "Director Wade, you don't have to be so wary of me. I'm very optimistic about you. I hope we can have a happy cooperation in the future."

As he said that, Pang Xuelin turned around. Just as he walked to the door of the office, Pang Xuelin stopped in his tracks, turned around and said, "Director Wade, I want to borrow someone from you..."

"Is that girl?" Vader paused, then said, "You are a Wallfacer, and you have the authority to call anyone!"

"Thanks!"

Only then did Pang Xuelin turn around and go out.

Kanter, who had been waiting outside the door, immediately greeted him.

"Professor Pang, where are we going next?"

"Go back to the hotel!"

Surrounded by Kanter and the guards, everyone went downstairs in a mighty manner. As soon as they reached the stairs on the first floor, Pang Xuelin saw Cheng Xin walking out of an office with some difficulty holding a cardboard box.

"Professor Pang!"

When Cheng Xin saw Pang Xuelin, she subconsciously moved aside.

For some reason, she felt a little scared from the bottom of her heart about this Wallfacer.

"Ms. Cheng Xin, can I invite you to dinner?"

Pang Xuelin looked at Cheng Xindao with a smile.

"Ah..." Cheng Xin's eyes widened, and it took her a while to come back to her senses, and she said hastily, "Professor Pang, it's better...no need?!"

"Where are you going to send this carton?"

"Wa...Director Vadim asked me to move this box to his office on the second floor."

For some reason, Cheng Xin always felt that Pang Xuelin's gaze was looking at her, as if it was a ferocious beast that would choose someone to eat, which made her terrified.

Pang Xuelin winked at the guard beside him, and someone immediately went up to take the cardboard box from Cheng Xin and helped her complete the task.

Pang Xuelin slowly walked up to Cheng Xin, and said again: "Ms. Cheng Xin, I hope to have dinner with you, don't refuse, this is part of the plan!"

Cheng Xin's eyes were dull, her mouth slightly opened, and she looked at Pang Xuelin in shock, as if to say, "You are a Wallfacer, how can you do this?"

But she looked around, everyone, including Kanter, turned a blind eye to Pang Xuelin's abuse of the power of the Wallfacer.

Cheng Xin even suspected that as long as Pang Xuelin showed a little interest in her body, these people would probably rush to send her to Pang Xuelin's bed in various ways.

Cheng Xin didn't really feel the authority of the Wallfacer until she followed Pang Xuelin into the car and looked at the mighty guard convoy.

But what reassured Cheng Xin a little was that after getting in the car, Pang Xuelin didn't touch her.

Even at the hotel, Pang Xuelin went straight back to the presidential suite to rest, while Kanter took her to an executive suite specially opened for her to rest.

It's only three o'clock in the afternoon, and there is still some time before dinner.

Cheng Xin sat on the sofa in the reception area of ​​the room by herself, a little dazed.

When she came out of the aerospace aircraft research group and went to PIA, she was still full of enthusiasm, and felt that all her knowledge had finally come into play.

But now, she regretted it a little.

She didn't know what that Wallfacer was trying to do.

Before today, she had never seen Pang Xuelin at all, and she had never even heard of this person before the Wallfacer Conference.

But now, this Wallfacer showed an inexplicable hostility towards her.

There is even a sense of a beast teasing its prey.

Cheng Xin couldn't figure out how she had offended the other party.

This kind of doubt lasted until dinner at night when she asked, "Professor Pang, I... When did I offend you?"

While cutting the steak, Pang Xuelin said, "Offend me? No!"

"Then you...then why did you..."

Cheng Xin didn't know what to say. If the other party invited her to a meal, she couldn't say that the other party wanted to harm her!

Pang Xuelin said with a half-smile, "Oh, you said that I treat you to dinner. Don't you allow me to be a fair lady, a gentleman? A beautiful girl like you, there should be many boys who usually pursue you, right?"

Cheng Xin looked at Pang Xuelin without blinking. Of course, she didn't think that Pang Xuelin had a crush on her. The strong sarcasm in his tone made her feel very uncomfortable.

Pang Xuelin swallowed the beef in his mouth, picked up the napkin, wiped his mouth slowly, and said with a smile: "Okay, I won't tease you anymore. You performed very well this afternoon. I just need a personal assistant. I'm interested in it." Your talent, so I hope you can come and work with me!"

Cheng Xin's heart tightened, and she said, "I...what if I don't agree!"

Pang Xuelin smiled faintly: "This is part of the plan!"

Cheng Xin stared blankly at Pang Xuelin, her eye circles gradually turned red, and a layer of mist appeared in her eyes. After a while, big tears kept dripping down: "Professor Pang, you...how can you do this? ...Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooowooooooooooooooooooooooow(

The smile on Pang Xuelin's face gradually dissipated, he looked at Cheng Xin lightly, and said, "Are you questioning the Wallfacer?"

Cheng Xin was startled, and quickly shook her head, "No...it's not!"

Pang Xuelin took out two tissues, handed them to Cheng Xin and said, "Wipe away your tears and talk to me!"

"oh!"

Cheng Xin covered her cheek with a tissue, and after a while, she raised her head and looked at Pang Xuelin with red eyes.

Pang Xuelin said indifferently: "You proposed the ladder plan, so you continue to stare at PIA until the project is completed, and then return to me as an assistant. Tomorrow I will ask Kanter to transfer your file to Wallfacer's office, do you understand?"

"Understood!"

Cheng Xin said a little aggrieved.

"Okay, hurry up and eat. This is the top-quality blonde Ataki steak. It was airlifted from France. During the delivery, the meat was placed in an environment of minus 43 degrees, supplemented by a cold wind blowing at a speed of 120 kilometers per hour, which can make the meat permanent. Keep it fresh. This steak costs more than 20,000 US dollars, so don't waste it!"

"ah?!"

Cheng Xin's eyes widened. Even if she worked for PIA, the price of 20,000 US dollars was enough to cover her half a year's salary.

After dinner, Pang Xuelin sent Cheng Xin away.

This made Cheng Xin worry about gain and loss. She was even ready to feed a tiger with her body, but Pang Xuelin didn't seem to be interested in her body.

Looking at Cheng Xinyuan's back, a faint smile appeared on Pang Xuelin's face.

This girl is very nice, beautiful and kind, but the Virgin is too sick and needs to be trained.

The reason why he transferred her to his side was that on the one hand, he kept an eye on her so as to save her from doing bad things in the future, and on the other hand, Pang Xuelin didn't intend to let her have too many entanglements with Yun Tianming.

Among other things, the star numbered DX3906 that Yun Tianming gave her was the source of the bad things.

In the Era of Deterrence, because two planets were discovered on DX3906, as the owner of DX3906, Cheng Xin was awakened by the federal government.

Through the sale of the ownership of these two planets, Cheng Xin gained a huge fortune, and at the same time formally entered the political arena, running for the sword bearer.

All of this became the source of bad things later.

Therefore, Pang Xuelin didn't plan to let Cheng Xin receive this gift at all, and he didn't even give Yun Tianming the chance to buy stars.

However, for Yun Tianming to be a candidate for the ladder project, Cheng Xin still needs to come forward to contact him, which is why Pang Xuelin continued to let Cheng Xin stay at PIA.

Back in the room, Pang Xuelin logged on to the computer and entered the interface of the United Nations’ Star Project just announced by Ms. Say. After thinking for a while, he took out his mobile phone and called Say: “Ms. Say, I want to buy a Stars... Haha, it's considered support for the Stars Project... Yes, the number of that star is DX3906. Send someone over tonight and sign the agreement as soon as possible... As for the owner of this star, I want to send it to Give it to a girl, her name is Zhuang Yan!"

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