Chapter 126: Luo Ji uses human resources to find his dream lover, myriad worlds stunned!

On the celestial screen,

The image faded.

Replacing it were three golden pillars of light symbolizing supreme authority.

The images of Taylor, Rediaz, and Xiens stood firm within them.

The gaze of all civilizations across the myriad worlds was locked tightly onto the vacant spot representing the fourth Wallfacer.

The résumés of the first three could be called the pinnacle of human civilization: Minister of Defense, Iron-blood President, and double-nominated Nobel scholar.

Finally, this Wallfacer is about to be revealed.

Golden light poured down, and the fourth pillar blazed to life with a boom in the exact center of the celestial screen.

【Fourth Wallfacer: Luo Ji.】

Within the pillar, a human silhouette gradually became clear.

No crisp uniform, no deep scholarly aura.

Appearing before the myriad worlds was a young man in loose, casual clothing.

He tossed an apple in his hand and hummed an unknown pop tune.

His eyes wandered aimlessly, his whole being exuding careless nonchalance and irreverence.

【Professor of Sociology at China's Tsinghua University—Luo Ji.】

【He holds dual degrees in astronomy and sociology.】

【His academic career was unremarkable, scraping together funds from patchwork papers.】

【Before learning of the Trisolaran Crisis, he was just an ordinary person who lived for today's drink and revelry.】

The narration ended.

The public chat channel of the myriad heavens fell into a five-second silence.

Ordinary scholar?

Slacker professor?

Just a pleasure-seeking ordinary person?

Armored Warrior World.

Beimiao sat upright on the leather sofa, lifted his coffee cup, took a sip, then slammed it hard onto the glass coffee table, the base emitting a dull thud.

"What is this?"

Beimiao tore open his tie, his eyes full of undisguised mockery.

"A university lecturer just waiting to die? No strength, no fighting spirit."

"Let him go fight a higher-dimensional alien civilization?"

"Has the high command of the Humanity Planetary Defense Council collectively lost its mind?"

He stood up, walked to the floor-to-ceiling window, and looked down over the city.

"Such useless trash isn't even fit to be cannon fodder for ability beasts."

"Handing over half the world's resources to him is pure waste."

"If I took charge of these resources, I'd forge an absolute defense bulwark. He doesn't deserve it."

Stellar Human Federation, flagship of the Fourth Fleet.

Grand Marshal Sidney crossed his arms, resting his chin on them, his sharp gaze fixed on the screen's apple‑tossing Luo Ji.

【Stellar Human Federation—Grand Marshal Sidney】:

This defies crisis‑response logic. At the moment of species survival, no political entity would entrust its fate to a mediocrity.

She tapped the keyboard.

【Stellar Human Federation—Grand Marshal Sidney】: I suspect that this man named Luo Ji necessarily hides some trait undetectable by ordinary instruments, or that his obscure dual degrees in astronomy and sociology have touched some deadly blind spot of the Trisolaran civilization; otherwise, there's no way to explain his selection.

Obviously, the strong beings of other civilizations lacked Sidney's patience, and the barrage instantly flooded the screen.

【One Piece World—Kaido of the Beasts】: Hehehe! What hidden trait? This is clearly just a filler! A guy with such hollow eyes—I could smash hundreds of them with one blow!

【Bleach World—Kenpachi Zaraki】: Utterly boring! A weakling without a trace of killing intent, standing on the battlefield is just dead weight.

Trisolaran Universe, Earth.

Having just received his Wallfacer appointment, Frederick Taylor sat inside a bulletproof special vehicle.

He looked out the window at the celestial screen, the corner of his mouth curling in a hint of contempt.

As a strategist who had spent half a lifetime maneuvering in international geopolitics, he saw through Luo Ji's true nature at a glance.

That indolence radiating from within could not be faked.

"Just a product of political compromise."

Taylor adjusted his suit cuffs and made a decision in his heart.

The Eastern power needed a Wallfacer slot, and Luo Ji happened to meet the conditions of a certain balance of forces.

A mascot shoved onto the stage just to make up numbers is utterly unworthy of being his rival.

At the same time, in an underground shelter somewhere in South America,

Manuel Rediaz stood bare‑chested, his solid muscles slick with sweat.

He lifted his head to stare at the celestial screen, his eyes burning with extreme fervor.

"Scholar? Professor?"

Rediaz roughly grabbed a towel to wipe his face,

"War isn't fought by writing on a blackboard!"

"Anyone who hasn't rolled through mountains of corpses and seas of blood can't endure four centuries of despair!"

He strode toward the solar‑system holographic star map on the wall, his gaze locking onto Mercury.

Only me.

Lei Di Ya Zi clenched his fists, his bones crackled.

According to my mad conception, only I can save humanity!

The other three are merely cowards put up for show!

Inside London's manor.

Bi'er·Xī'ēnsī held a cup of red tea, gazing gently at the screen.

Dear, it seems an outsider has slipped among our colleagues.

Xī'ēnsī spoke calmly, bearing the arrogance peculiar to scientific elites.

His wife, Shānshān Huìzǐ, lowered her head slightly:

A person lacking conviction cannot finish this long road.

The picture on the heavenly screen began to flow.

The myriad-worlds audience's doubts had not yet subsided when new golden characters appeared again.

【Wallfacing Plan officially operational.】

【The four Wallfacers begin to exercise their near-divine privileges, mobilizing global resources to devise a grand strategy against the Three-Body Civilization.】

The camera cuts to Tài lè.

Deep in the northwestern desert, an enormous military-scientific base rises from the ground.

Tài lè wore a white coat, standing behind thick bulletproof glass. He raised his hand to give orders.

Inside the huge annular vacuum chamber, terrifying energy instantly converged.

A piercing electric current tore the air as a ball of eerie blue lightning, exuding ultimate destructive aura, sprang into being.

It hovered in midair, its internal light flickering unpredictably.

【Taylor Plan: Form a fleet of quantum ghost warships made of space fighters, using all resources to analyze the ball-lightning weapon.】

The picture switched again.

In the inner solar system, Mercury's orbit lies extremely close to the Sun.

Lei Di Ya Zi stood on Mercury's scorched, barren surface in a heavy thermal spacesuit.

Countless huge engineering mechs were frantically digging.

One after another, enormous stellar-level nuclear bombs were slowly pushed into the mantle tens of thousands of meters deep.

【Lei Di Ya Zi Plan: Deploy super-nuclear bombs on Mercury capable of destroying the whole planet, creating absolute deterrence in a mutually-assured-destruction posture.】

The camera switched for the third time.

Xī'ēnsī stood before a massive brain science instrument covered with countless neural interfaces.

A volunteer lay inside the instrument.

As neural signals were infused,

The volunteer's eyes snapped open, all confusion gone from their gaze.

In its place arose an absolute, unshakable fervent belief in victory.

【Shiens Plan: Develop the 'Thought Steel Stamp', forcibly implanting the absolute belief 'Humanity will win' deep in the human subconscious to create an army that will never collapse.】

These three sets of images flickered alternately.

Destructive quantum weapons, planetary-shattering nuclear explosion projects, and the mighty power to alter human thought.

The audience of the myriad worlds was deeply shaken by the grandeur displayed by these three Wallfacers.

【Interstellar Peoples Union—Grand Marshal Sidney】: Although I have reservations about the Thought Steel Stamp, which kills free will, I must admit that these three Wallfacers have shown awe-inspiring resolve and ambition. They deserve this authority.

She changed the subject.

【Interstellar Peoples Union—Grand Marshal Sidney】: Then I am all the more eager. In the face of such a grand endeavor concerning the survival of the species.

What earth-shaking plan is the fourth Wallfacer, Luo Ji, who has been granted equal authority yet seems ordinary, currently deploying?

Super Beast Armored World.

Miáotiáo Jùn sat in the pilot's seat of the Black Tortoise spaceship, dumping an entire bag of chips into his mouth and chewing hard.

Exactly, exactly!

Tài lè makes lightning, Lei Di Ya Zi plants nuclear bombs, Xī'ēnsī does brainwashing.

Luó jí couldn't possibly be sleeping, could he? Hurry up and show us—what big move has he been hiding?

The myriad worlds' anticipation was raised to its peak at this moment.

However,

But the next scene left everyone dumbfounded.

The heavenly screen's picture suddenly went dark.

Immediately after, the camera pulled back to reveal a snowy mountain in northern Europe.

There was no cold military base, no violent weapons experiment, no precise scientific instrument.

What appeared before the myriad worlds' audience was an extremely luxurious, classically styled, gorgeous manor situated by a lake.

The picture cut to the manor's interior.

Precious carpets covered the hall. In the great European fireplace, oak logs burned, crackling.

Luó jí wore an extremely comfortable high-end silk pajamas, his whole body sunk into the soft sofa.

In one hand he held a half-glass of expensive red wine, in the other he flipped through a leisurely book.

Across from him sat a young girl of extraordinary beauty.

The girl wore a spotless white dress, her pure temperament unstained by any speck of dust.

She sat earnestly before an easel, carefully painting the snowscape outside the window.

Luo Ji lifted his head, gazing at the girl's side profile, his eyes full of tenderness.

"Yan Yan, are you cold?"

Luo Ji asked softly.

Zhuang Yan turned her head and smiled.

"Not cold."

Luo Ji took a satisfied sip of red wine, closed his eyes, and wore a look of contentment.

The sky screen timely displayed an emotionless commentary subtitle.

【The plan of the fourth Wallfacer, Luo Ji.】

【Step one: Utilize the Wallfacer's absolute authority to demand the Planetary Defense Council find him an absolutely safe, scenically perfect snow mountain manor for his residence.】

【Step two: Based on his imagined perfect female image, demand the United Nations mobilize global agents and intelligence networks to search for this "dream lover" amidst the vast sea of people.】

【Finally, he found Zhuang Yan.】

【While other Wallfacers were shedding blood and tears for humanity's survival, Wallfacer Luo Ji was enjoying the life of a wife, kids, and a warm kang bed in his luxurious manor.】

【He turned a deaf ear to the external Three-Body crisis.】

This scene and subtitle exploded directly in the Myriad Worlds Chat Group.

Countless civilizations' viewers were petrified on the spot.

Consuming the utmost resources of an entire civilization, exercising absolute authority surpassing that of national leaders, he had the UN's agents run errands all over the world.

All for…… finding himself a wife?!

At the moment of facing an extraterrestrial apocalypse, he used public funds to go on a honeymoon?!

Star Human Federation, flagship of the Fourth Fleet.

"Bang!"

Grand Marshal Sidney drew his sidearm and shattered the holographic projector in front of him with a single shot.

Her face turned deathly pale, her chest heaving violently.

【Star Human Union—Grand Marshal Sidney】: Absurd! Shameless! Traitor!

【Star Human Union—Grand Marshal Sidney】: I retract all my previous speculations! He has absolutely no hidden qualities! He is a parasite of utter baseness! He uses the power granted by humanity to satisfy his sordid personal desires!

【Star Human Union—Grand Marshal Sidney】: Such a person should be immediately sent to a military court for execution! He is murdering all of human civilization, strangling humanity's hope for the future!

Amid a deafening outcry, a relatively rational comment floated by.

【Star Earth Union—Grand Marshal】: Sidney, calm down. Have you done the math?

【Star Earth Union—Grand Marshal】: Taylor's Quantum Fleet and Radiaz's Mercury Project consume astronomical amounts of resources each day.

By comparison, Luo Ji wants a manor and a dream lover; his resource consumption doesn't even reach one-tenth of other Wallfacers' projects.

【Star Earth Union—Grand Marshal】: Under the premise that basic science is completely locked down by the Sophon and humanity's fleet is surely doomed to defeat.

Although Luo Ji's approach is passive, at least he didn't squander humanity's resources on meaningless endeavors. Faced with an already doomed outcome, choosing this way, he is undoubtedly the one who considered humanity's welfare!

Warhammer 40K universe, Macragge.

The original body Robert Guilliman sat behind a massive desk, gazing at the sky screen, his brow deeply furrowed.

As the Empire's most outstanding consul, he had dealt with countless outrageous corruption cases, yet Luo Ji's operation still left him deeply shocked.

"Unbelievable."

Guilliman shook his head,

"Using the supreme power of all human civilization for this pure personal indulgence."

"Using all of humanity's resources to find himself a dream lover?"

"If the Judgment Tribunal saw this, he would be immediately labeled a heretic."

Cybertron,

"Luo Ji is unfit for this position."

Optimus Prime's heavy electronic tone carried a hint of pity,

"He is merely an ordinary person. He has not experienced war."

"Forcibly thrust into the Wallfacer position, bearing the life and death of all humanity, he had no choice."

"The pressure crushed him, and he chose the most primal form of escape."

Beside,

Megatron, however, let out a manic laugh.

"Foolish Optimus Prime!"

"Foolish carbon-based lifeforms!"

Megatron's metal giant hand slammed down on the throne's armrest, the heavy alloy armrest instantly denting.

He rose to his feet, pointed directly at Optimus Prime's statement on the sky screen, and issued a rebuttal dripping with mockery.

【Cybertron—Megatron】: Optimus Prime, your pathetic empathy has made you extremely dull! Haven't you discovered an extremely terrifying fact?

【Cybertron—Optimus Prime】: What fact?

Megatron strode to the base's screen, his electronic sound reverberating throughout the hall.

【Cybertron—Megatron】: What is the substance of the Wallfacer Plan?

【Cybertron—Megatron】: It is to counter the Sophon's surveillance! It is to never let the enemy know what you are thinking! It demands absolute strategic deception! It is to carry out a counterattack plan while keeping everyone in the dark!

Megatron pointed at Taylor, Radiaz, and Hines on the sky screen.

【Cybertron—Megatron】: Look at what these three idiots are doing! Building fleets, burying nuclear bombs, brainwashing! They make a big show, terrified that the Trisolarans will find out what they're thinking!

【Cybertron—Megatron】: Their intentions and their trump cards have long been laid bare by those massive projects, fully exposed to the Sophon's gaze! Such a transparent plan poses no threat whatsoever!

Subsequently, Megatron's finger abruptly turned toward Luo Ji, who was in the manor watching his wife paint.

【Saibotan—Weizhen Tian】：Take another look at this Luo Ji!

【Saibotan—Weizhen Tian】：He seeks a manor, he seeks women, he leads a life of debauchery! You all think he is enjoying himself, you all think he is unlearned and unskilled!

【Saibotan—Weizhen Tian】：He uses the most perfect surface disguise, deceiving all humanity, deceiving the Three-Body Civilization, and also deceiving you all who claim to be wise viewers of myriad worlds! As of now, only this Luo Ji has truly managed to deceive everyone!

Weizhen Tian's red eyes burst forth a captivating red light.

【Saibotan—Weizhen Tian】：I am the leader of the Heaven-overwhelming Tiger, Saibotan Weizhen Tian, I support Luo Ji! Only he has concealed the true intention! He is the most dangerous Wallfacer!

This commentary analyzing the situation instantly silenced the noisy myriad worlds public screen for a few seconds.

Many people were shocked by Weizhen Tian's logic.

The core of the Wallfacer is indeed "not revealing one's intention".

The first three made a huge commotion, but Luo Ji's commotion was entirely his private life.

Could this really be some kind of extremely profound strategic deception?

As many people began to waver, a barrage filled with extreme arrogance and ice-coldness cut across the chat box.

Naruto world.

Uchiha Sasuke gazed at the sky curtain, his left eye's Sharingan slowly turning.

Regarding Megatron's long-winded analysis, Sasuke found it utterly ridiculous.

【Naruto World—Uchiha Sasuke】: Iron skin trash, don't use your over-analyzed brain-filling to cover up a weakling's incompetence.

Sasuke placed a single hand on the hilt of the Kusanagi Sword, his tone revealing absolute cruelty.

【Naruto World—Uchiha Sasuke】: The premise of disguise is having the power to change the situation.

【Naruto World—Uchiha Sasuke】: From this man named Luo Ji, I see no fluctuation of power, no obsession with hatred. His muscles are relaxed, his gaze lost in comfort. That is not disguise, but pure weakness and decadence.

【Naruto World—Uchiha Sasuke】: A sheep, even if it buries its face in a pile of grass, remains prey awaiting slaughter. Strategic deception? He is merely using the anesthetic of power to escape the countdown to death.

Megatron saw this barrage, and his spark jumped wildly.

【Cybertron—Megatron】: Where did this ignorant brat come from! Your narrow vision simply doesn't understand what a cross-century game is!

【Naruto World—Uchiha Sasuke】: Vision?

Sasuke snorted coldly, drew the Kusanagi Sword, and pointed the blade straight at the sky curtain.

【Naruto World—Uchiha Sasuke】: Since you have such confidence in this trash. Iron skin, dare you make a bet?

【Cybertron—Megatron】: The Decepticons never refuse a challenge! Bet on what!

【Naruto World—Uchiha Sasuke】: Let's bet on whether he is actually conducting strategic deception, or truly a good-for-nothing pleasure-seeking idler!

【Naruto World—Uchiha Sasuke】: If he really pulls out some earth-shaking counterplan, I, Uchiha Sasuke, will admit my misjudgment.

【Naruto World—Uchiha Sasuke】: But if he is ultimately proven to be merely using privilege to escape reality. Iron skin, just shut your electronic mouth and admit that your so-called strategic vision is nothing but the fantasies of scrap metal.

【Cybertron—Megatron】: Deal! Just wait and see how Luo Ji makes the Trisolarans spin around!

These two top madmen from their respective universes betting online completely pushed the atmosphere of the myriad worlds to its climax.

Everyone's eyes were fixed tightly on the sky curtain.

This Luo Ji, who sips red wine and guards his lovely wife in the snow mountain manor.

Is he a lewd, traitorous scoundrel without limits?

Or is he a genius who has deceived the entire universe?

The image on the sky curtain froze in Luo Ji's smile as he swayed his wine glass.

A line of dark-gold font appeared in the center of the screen.

【Wallbreaker in position.】

【The deadly game of the Dark Forest, officially activated.】

The image instantly fell into endless darkness.

Suspense, at this moment fully stretched to the limit.

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