Seeing the video of Jiang Yu arguing with others, Yang Dong sighed: "What's the use of arguing? We have no hope."

Shi Qiang took back his phone: "As long as there are people like Jiang Yu here, we will still have hope."

Yang Dong was stunned and glanced at Jiang Yu again, but in the end he gradually cast his eyes out the car window.

After more than two hours of driving, Shi Qiang brought three senior scholars to a wheat field.

Several people first discussed the situation of the locust plague.

Then Shi Qiang asked them: "I would like to ask the three of you to think about a question: Is there a big gap in the technological level between earthlings and Trisolarans? Or is there a big gap in technological level between locusts and us humans."

Yang Dong and the other three looked at the locusts in a daze, as if a ladle of cold water was suddenly poured over their heads.

Although Jiang Yu has a deep memory of this scene, only by being in it can he feel the shock brought by Shi Qiang's question.

He smiled and said to Shi Qiang: "I really have you!"

Shi Qiang smiled heartily: "I've said it before, sometimes you smart people can easily get into trouble when you think about something."

Jiang Yu nodded: "Yes, I have just figured out why I have always been feeling lost these past two days."

Shi Qiang smoked a cigar and pretended to listen.

Jiang Yudao: "I did not put forward a clear point of view and blindly opposed those seemingly ridiculous proposals. As a result, they were confused and I was also confused.

"This can't be done in the future. I want to first put forward a point of view to deal with the current chaos, and at the same time, I need to recruit groups to fight, and pay attention to the way of struggle.

Shi Qiang narrowed his eyes and looked at Jiang Yu and said: "Brother, you are a bit unreasonable. Yesterday, even Chief Chang said that his mind was very messy. Why do I hear that you have sorted it out?"

Jiang Yu smiled and said nothing. He himself knew the direction of the future situation. If he still looked like a headless fly, then his mind was really full of water.

It's just that he never thought before that the Trisolaris people would have such a big impact on everyone, and even Chang Weisi would be shaken many times.

Another person who was not confused was Shi Qiang. Jiang Yu and Shi Qiang talked about this when they went out to drink to relieve their boredom.

Shi Qiang said that his idea was very simple. He was just a worker. No matter what the leader told him to do, he would not worry about things that shouldn't be bothered.

Jiang Yu described Shi Qiang as a man of great wisdom and foolishness!

Beside the wheat field, Wang Miao held Shi Qiang's hand: "Da Shi, thank you."

Ding Yi held Shi Qiang's other hand: "Thank you too."

Yang Dong said: "Let's go back quickly, there is a lot of work to do."

On the way back, the carriage was very lively. Ding Yi planned to go to space to study high-energy particles in cosmic rays and see if he could bypass sophons and continue experiments and observations at the particle level.

Wang Miao plans to optimize the manufacturing process of nanomaterials. In the future space, a large amount of nanomaterials will be needed.

Yang Dong decided to terminate his current research on the superstring model and instead conduct theoretical research at the atomic level to see if he could squeeze more out of classical physics and quantum mechanics.

Jiang Yu said to Yang Dong: "You take a few days to accompany Teacher Ye before work."

Yang Dong was stunned: "Can she go home?"

"That's not true," Jiang Yu said: "I submitted the report two days ago, hoping to meet Teacher Ye's request to go to Radar Peak. I estimate that it will be approved in a day or two."

Chang Weisi had already revealed to Jiang Yu that his superiors had agreed to Ye Wenjie's request, but the written document had not yet been issued.

Yang Dong nodded: "Okay, I'll wait for your news."

…

Two days later, a convoy of two police cars got on the highway from Beijing and headed straight to northeastern Inner Mongolia.

Yang Dong and Ye Wenjie were sitting in the back seat of the police car. There was a female police officer sitting on Ye Wenjie's side, and the co-pilot was an armed police officer with a loaded gun.

Jiang Yu sat in the car in front and chatted with Zhang Xiang, who was in charge of this mission.

Zhang Xiang is the police officer I saw at the gate of the detention center before. He is in his twenties and looks energetic.

He was the "apprentice" brought out by Shi Qiang. Now that Shi Qiang was promoted, he was also transferred to the combat center and was highly valued by Shi Qiang.

When we arrived at Radar Peak, we had to abandon the car and climb because there was a serious landslide on a section of the road.

Jiang Yu chatted with Ye Wenjie for a few words and found that the old lady's health was already very bad.

However, the old lady still insisted on walking by herself and did not need anyone's help.

Arriving at the top of the mountain, Ye Wenjie checked the monument and saw the sun setting. Her strength finally failed and she fell backwards.

Jiang Yu and Yang Dong, who were already prepared, quickly helped Ye Wenjie and let her sit slowly on the grass.

Ye Wenjie stared at the blood-red sun in the sky as if she was possessed by a demon, and said: "This is the sunset of mankind..."

Jiang Yu said: "Teacher Ye, after a long period of darkness, you will always see the sunrise."

Ye Wenjie's breath became weaker and weaker: "Can't darkness swallow human beings?"

"At first, people were afraid of the dark, but when people knew how to use fire, the darkness was dispelled." Jiang Yu and Ye Wenjie were talking sharply.

Ye Wenjie murmured: "Fire, fire!"

Jiang Yu continued: "Soon some people will understand that in this era of darkness, only the spirit as fire and the body as firewood can illuminate the future.

"They will be the new kind of fire for mankind."

It was quiet on the mountain top, with only the sound of the wind blowing through the trees.

A few minutes later, Ye Wenjie said weakly: "I still can't see hope. Xiaoyu, I hope you won't be stingy in burning yourself and lighting the way forward for mankind."

Jiang Yu said firmly: "I will."

Ye Wenjie said with difficulty: "You are right, we can never expect other civilizations to sincerely help us.

"Look what I've done? I've left you such a big mess."

Jiang Yu said: "Teacher Ye, do you still remember the disintegration of the Soviet Union we talked about before?

"For the socialist camp, it was a huge disaster.

"Only a handful of people saw opportunity in this disaster.

"Most of those very few people are domestic elites. Sure enough, we took this opportunity to further enter the world system built by the West and gain more development opportunities."

Seeing that Ye Wenjie was listening attentively, he continued: "Behind any disaster there will be opportunities, it depends on whether we can seize them.

"I do think that the emergence of the Trisolarans can temporarily unite the world's forces in some aspects and march into space.

“Throw humanity, which is resting in the cradle of comfort, into space.

"Otherwise, we would only be able to take this step if we only rely on ourselves."

Ye Wenjie took a deep breath and held Jiang Yu's hand with difficulty: "Xiaoyu, the future of mankind is left to you."

After saying that, Ye Wenjie's hand gradually slipped away, and she died under the sunset at Radar Peak.
Chapter completed!