Chapter 141: Zhang Beihai Assassinates Old Aerospace, Megatron Watches Gleefully

On the heavenly curtain,

"Shadow Wallfacer, Zhang Beihai"

Several large characters were imprinted in the darkness like a branding iron.

The Myriad Worlds Public Screen experienced a brief stagnation.

【Marvel Universe—Tony Stark】: Wait, aren't there only four Wallfacers? Luo Ji, Taylor, Rey Diaz, and Hines. Where did this Zhang Beihai come from?

【DC Universe—Batman】: Shadow. It means he didn't receive UN authorization, nor the privilege to mobilize global resources. He gave himself the Wallfacer identity without anyone knowing?

【Naruto World—Shikamaru Nara】: Self-appointed? In such a globally monitored environment? This is much harder than the overt Wallfacers.

Three-Body Universe, top floor of the PIA Building.

Wei De took the just-lit cigar from his mouth, leaned forward, and placed both hands on the desk.

In his eyes, which always revealed coldness and calculation,

A rare gleam of intense interest lit up.

"The Wallfacer in the shadows."

Wei De chewed on these words, the corner of his mouth curling into a cold smile,

"I want to see what kind of madman deserves this title."

"I hope he's not as nauseating as that foolish woman Cheng Xin."

The heavenly curtain screen lit up.

Time reversed.

Early 21st century.

Year One of the Crisis Era.

The Three-Body Fleet set sail, arriving on Earth four hundred fifty years later.

The Sophon arrived, locking down humanity's basic physics.

The high-energy particle collider turned into scrap iron,

The boundary of science was sealed shut by an invisible wall.

Human technology was forever nailed to a low ceiling.

In the image,

The United Nations General Assembly announced the establishment of the "Space Force".

This was humanity's last line of defense, organized to intercept the Three-Body Fleet in four hundred fifty years.

The camera pushed in.

Asian Fleet, a certain naval base.

A man in a naval officer's uniform stood before the mirror.

He stood tall and straight, his visage resolute.

His gaze was deep as a stagnant pool,

There was not a ripple.

Narration subtitles appeared:

【Zhang Beihai.】

【Naval Political Commissioner.】

【From a military family.】

【About to be transferred to the newly established Space Force.】

The scene switched.

In a secret chamber,

Zhang Beihai sat at the desk.

The desk was piled thick with documents.

The cover bore the words "Future Historians School Research Report".

He flipped through those data, simulation models, and tactical sandtables.

Three days and three nights.

He did not close his eyes.

Finally, he closed the documents and leaned back in his chair.

His gaze turned to the starry sky outside the window.

On the heavenly curtain appeared his inner conclusion at that moment—just a single line, icy and bone-chilling.

【Humanity can never surpass Three-Body in technology.】

【In the space battle four hundred fifty years later, humanity will surely lose.】

The Myriad Worlds Public Screen.

【Cybertron—Megatron】: Great! This is finally a carbon-based lifeform with a brain!

【Cybertron—Megatron】: Basic physics is locked down, equivalent to hollowing out the foundations, yet still dreaming of building skyscrapers? Fighting a star‑destroying cruiser with bows and arrows? This Zhang Beihai, just based on this, is ten thousand times stronger than those idiots still shouting slogans. He saw the dead end.

The heavenly curtain continued.

Zhang Beihai walked out of the secret chamber.

He did not tell anyone this "inevitable defeat" conclusion.

At the high‑level meeting of the Space Force,

He stood ramrod straight.

His voice was booming, his eyes fervent.

"Comrades! Three Body is nothing to fear! We will surely achieve ultimate victory!"

At the new recruit mobilization rally, he waved his fists.

Instill the belief of victoryism into every soldier.

He became the most steadfast war hawk in the Space Force.

The most fervent victoryist.

Anyone who dares to show even a hint of pessimism will suffer his severe reprimand.

The myriad worlds audience watched this scene, and some did not understand.

【King of Pirates—Lu Fei】: Isn't he feeling that he can't win? Why then deceive people?

【Fairy Tale World—Bo Bi】: Has this person's left and right brain been fighting? He has no logic at all.

【Naruto World—Yuzhibo Yi】: He is not at all stupid; on the contrary, he is very smart. This is because if he spoke the truth, he would be considered a defeatist, kicked out of the Space Force, and even sent to a military tribunal.

【Naruto World—Yuzhibo Yi】: He must obtain power. And the only way to obtain power is to wear that mask and become what they like.

The heavenly screen image switched.

In the early days of the Space Force's establishment, it faced a crossroads that would determine humanity's fate.

The divergence in technical routes.

A holographic projection unfolded on the heavenly screen, clearly displaying the comparison of two spacecraft propulsion technologies.

Left: propellant propulsion.

The demonstration shows: the spacecraft's tail spews out huge flames.

【Principle: Carrying a large amount of fuel, ejecting it backward to generate thrust.】

【Advantage: Technology is mature, and humans have a century of experience.】

【Fatal flaw: Fuel occupies the vast majority of the spacecraft's mass. The farther it flies, the more fuel is needed. The range is strictly limited to within the Solar System.】

Right: propellant-less propulsion.

The demonstration shows: the spacecraft's tail has no flame, only a faint radiation glow.

【Principle: Using nuclear fusion radiation or electromagnetic fields to directly generate thrust, without needing to carry propellant.】

【Advantage: No need for massive amounts of fuel, enabling ultra-long-distance interstellar voyages.】

【Drawback: The technology is still at the theoretical stage, with extremely high development difficulty.】

Subtitles appeared on the heavenly screen.

【Two factions formed within the Space Force.】

【Engineering-mass faction: Led by three highly respected senior aerospace authorities, it controls the vast majority of resources and discourse.】

【Non-engineering-mass faction: A small number of young scientists, marginalized, with funding possibly cut at any time.】

On the myriad-worlds public screen, the civilizations of the technological side immediately made a judgment.

【Galactic Peoples Union—Grand Marshal Sidney】: Mass-propulsion is junk. In interstellar war, a warship that can't even fly out of the solar system is just a sitting target. Non-mass propulsion is the only way out.

【Marvel Universe—Tony Stark】: Have these old-timers' brains rusted? Carrying a belly full of fuel to fight aliens? Is that a spaceship or a giant bomb? We must choose non-mass.

【Wandering Earth—Moss】: According to calculations, the survival rate of mass-propulsion ships in interstellar war is 0%. Non-mass propulsion is a necessary condition for the continuation of human civilization.

In the sky curtain,

Zhang Beihai stood outside the glass window of the massive research and development center, watching the mass-propulsion engine model being tested inside.

His judgment was completely in line with that of the myriad-worlds technological civilizations.

Subtitles appeared.

【Zhang Beihai's core logic: Humanity is doomed to lose. The only way to survive is to flee.】

【Flee the solar system, to preserve the spark of humanity.】

【And to flee, one must rely on star‑class ships powered by non‑mass propulsion.】

【If the status quo is not changed, humanity will produce a heap of scrap metal that cannot fly out of the solar system, and will ultimately be annihilated.】

The myriad-worlds audience let out a collective sigh.

【Super Beast Armament—Huo Linfei】: He sees it clearly. But what good does it do? Those three old fogeys hold the power, their seniority covering the sky with a single hand.

【Fairy‑tale World—GGBond】: Yeah, he's just a political commissar and doesn't understand technology. In that bureaucratic system, what does he have to overturn the decisions of three titan‑level figures?

【Dragon Clan—Lu Mingfei】: This situation can't be broken. We can't just talk our way out of it and persuade them, can we?

【Naruto—Naruto Uzumaki】: Is it really impossible?

【Naruto—Sasuke Uchiha】: You constant masturbator, shut up!

The sky‑curtain screen darkened.

Zhang Beihai returned to his single dormitory.

He did not write a report.

He did not seek to report to his superiors.

He did not attempt to debate.

He spread out a sheet of paper on the desk.

It was a design drawing of a near‑Earth orbital space station of the Space Force.

He took out a red pen.

Outside a specific compartment of the space station, he drew a circle.

Then.

He opened his computer and entered a black‑market trading network.

He typed a few words: 【Wanted to purchase: high‑purity meteorite fragments.】

The myriad‑worlds public screen fell instantly silent.

The audience that had just been discussing how to break the deadlock suddenly felt a bone-chilling chill.

【DC Universe—Batman】：What is he going to do?

【Naruto World—Uchiha Sasuke】：What can meteorites do?

【Kamen Rider Faiz——Kusaka Takumi】：This man's scheming matches mine; this meteorite will have an unexpected effect.

Amid the voices discussing the myriad worlds,

The sky curtain displayed in detail Zhang Beihai's preparation process.

There were no unnecessary movements.

There was not a trace of hesitation.

In the basement, he used a small lathe to grind the purchased meteorite fragments bit by bit.

Amid the grating sound, stone chips flew.

After several tens of minutes, several uniformly shaped, precisely calibered meteorite bullets were laid out on the table.

He disassembled a standard pistol, replaced the barrel, and removed the rifling.

He pressed the meteorite bullets into the magazine.

He chambered a round.

Click.

The clear metallic clink echoed in the sky curtain.

Subtitles appeared.

【Zhang Beihai's breakthrough method: physical removal.】

【Logic: debate is ineffective; waiting is too slow. Only by eliminating the leader of the Propellant Faction can the Non-propellant Faction rise to power.】

Space.

Low Earth Orbit space station.

Zero-gravity environment.

The senior leadership of the Space Force was holding a final meeting to determine the future technology path.

Three senior space authorities of the Propellant Faction sat at the front of the conference table.

These veterans were enthusiastically discussing the stability of propellant propulsion.

Outside the space station.

Zhang Beihai, wearing a spacesuit, floated in the vacuum.

He secured himself to the space station's hull via a safety tether.

His position happened to be opposite a porthole of the conference room.

Inside the porthole, the heads of the three authorities aligned in a straight line in his sight.

Zhang Beihai raised the modified pistol.

His heartbeat had become extremely steady.

Behind his helmet visor, his eyes were like a black hole in the depths of the universe, devouring all emotion.

The myriad worlds' audience held their breath.

Zhang Beihai pulled the trigger.

There was no sound.

Sound cannot travel in a vacuum.

Only a faint puff of gunpowder gas sprayed from the muzzle.

The first meteorite bullet shot out.

It penetrated the porthole.

It struck the first authority's temple.

It penetrated.

It struck the second authority's brow.

It penetrated.

It struck the third authority's occiput.

The bullet, trailing blood, pierced the opposite wall of the conference room and flew into the vastness of space.

It vanished forever.

Inside the conference room,

The three elders' bodies twisted strangely in the zero-gravity state.

Then the blood drifted like red beads in the air.

Chaos erupted.

Meanwhile, outside the hull, Zhang Beihai had already lowered his gun and silently returned to the airlock along the safety tether.

He took off his spacesuit, disassembled the gun, and threw it into the waste disposal channel.

Then,

He adjusted the collar of his uniform and walked expressionlessly down the corridor.

He joined the crowd panicking over the 'accident'.

The sky curtain's subtitles coldly displayed the investigation results.

【Accident report: The space station was struck by a micrometeorite shower.】

【Three scientists were unfortunately hit in the abdomen by a meteorite that penetrated the hull, dying instantly.】

【Conclusion: Purely accidental.】

Myriad Worlds Public Screen, thoroughly blown up.

【Marvel Universe—S. H. I. E. L. D. Director Nick Fury】: Impressive, a perfect assassination. No motive, no weapon, no trace. Disguising the murder as a natural disaster unique to space. This person's agent quality surpasses all the Black Widows under me combined.

【Naruto World—Qianshou Feijian】: Fierce methods. Cold, decisive resolve. For the greater good, without hesitation he severed his own side's arm. Such a person is born for war. Our Thousand Hand Clan needs such a person!

【Stellar Peoples Union—Xidedni Grand Marshal】: I retract all my contempt for human civilization! If these old astronauts don't die, humanity's tech tree will be completely skewed! Zhang Beihai's shot killed three people and saved the entire future of humanity!

【Cybertron—Weizhen Tian】: Hahaha, good! This is how to do big things—what morality, what law? Before the path of civilization, those who stand in the way, die!

【One Piece—Chi Quan】: Absolute justice requires absolute ruthlessness. He did a dirty deed, but he did right on a big matter.

Three-Body Universe, PIA Building.

Weide's cigar had burned down to his fingers, but he was oblivious.

He stared fixedly at Zhang Beihai's calm face on the sky screen, then suddenly burst out laughing.

"Hahahaha!" Weide laughed until tears almost came out, "What a Shadow Wallfacer! What a Meteorite Bullet!"

He slammed the table.

"Cheng Xin, look! Take a good look!"

Weide roared at the empty office,

"This is how to protect humanity! With blood, with life!"

"Forward without restraint!"

Weide grew to appreciate Zhang Beihai more, feeling they were somewhat alike.

The sky screen footage advanced quickly.

The deaths of three Engineer Faction authorities led to a reshuffling of power within the Space Military.

The Non-Engineer Faction swiftly rose to power.

Resources skewed.

Technological breakthrough.

In the footage, time flew by.

Two hundred years later.

Jupiter Base.

A warship so huge it was suffocatingly vast floated silently in the spaceport.

Its tail lacked a massive fuel tank, only a precise, complex fusion radiation reactor.

The sky screen subtitles came down heavily.

【Humanity's first-generation Non-Engineer Star-Class Warship, "Natural Selection" ship】.

【Range: sufficient to fly out of the solar system, reach a neighboring star.】

【Zhang Beihai used three meteorite bullets to forcibly shift humanity's technological path onto the correct track.】

The footage finally froze on Zhang Beihai's face, still showing no expression.

He stood in the spaceport two hundred years later, gazing at the warship born of his ruthlessness.

Suspense subtitles slowly emerged.

【The warship is complete.】

【As the most steadfast Victory Advocate, Zhang Beihai finally gained control of the "Natural Selection" ship.】

【Then.】

【He could finally tear off the thin veneer of false Victory Advocate ideology wrapped around his exterior.】

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