Starting as a Wallfacer, his defection to the Three-Body Problem shocked the world.

Chapter 280 Three-Party Balance of Power

"Getting back to the original question, the main reason I came to you this time is that we lack an expert who specializes in computers and the nervous system."

Number Three looked at Lin Xuan, but because he was wearing a mask, Lin Xuan couldn't see his expression.

“Then you can definitely take Professor Wang away. Although he is not a computer science specialist, Wang Miao’s ability in neural networks is far superior to mine. If we have to rank them, if Hines were still alive, Wang Miao would be second only to Hines.”

Lin Xuan was puzzled; this reason was too far-fetched. He admitted that Bai Bing was indeed a genius, but the Earth Alliance had better candidates.

“Wang Miao can’t leave, at least not now, he can’t leave Lin Xuan.”

Number Three's tone was somewhat meaningful.

After a moment's thought, Lin Xuan understood the meaning behind the other person's words.

The reason why Number Three is going to take Bai Bing is most likely because he wants to use Bai Bing to deal with the mechanical civilization of Earth Number One. However, suppressing the development of the mechanical civilization is essentially a way to balance the power of the three civilizations.

Therefore, whether or not their own Earth IV could develop was actually the key factor that determined the war that took place in the Elbato Cluster.

If Wang Miao leaves, the engineering department will be missing a minister, and No. 3 is unsure whether this will affect Lin Xuan's future civilization development. Therefore, to be on the safe side, sending Bai Bing is the most cost-effective option.

"There's something I don't quite understand. Since everyone knows that this war must be fought to the death to gain the greatest benefit, why didn't Number One attack you two from the very beginning?"

Number Three did not elaborate on the power disparity between the three civilizations, but Lin Xuan could easily deduce that the reason this tripartite balance was broken was likely because Number Three was too weak.

In that case, why doesn't Number One just kill Number Three directly? Wouldn't that solve everything?

"The idea is good, but as you know, the purpose of the final battle is to make a final selection through experiments. The administrators naturally cannot allow such a thing to happen, so they have made preparations in advance. In order to start the final showdown, all surviving Earth civilizations must enter the ancient battlefield."

"Now, apart from you, the other two Earths have been destroyed, so as long as your civilization does not enter the Elbato Nebula, Earth One will not be able to attack us."

"But this is probably not a long-term solution. If you can find us, Number One can find us too."

Lin Xuan immediately understood the key point.

"So you brought me here for two reasons: first, you hope I will assist you; second, you want me to report the situation here to the civilization of Earth Four?"

“Exactly.” Number Three nodded.

"The only way we can win is to delay as much as possible, because Earth One has now reached the maximum limit that a Type III civilization can achieve. Their technology has stagnated. By prolonging the time until the decisive moment arrives and shortening the gap in strength between us as much as possible, we can have a chance to win this war."

Upon hearing this, Lin Xuan couldn't help but frown slightly.

"Didn't you say you wanted to stop the war? Why do you now want to win it?"

Number Three was helpless.

"It's a bit complicated to explain to you. We've come up with a way to stop this experiment from continuing, but now Civilization One is practically guaranteed to win. If we don't stop them first, it will be difficult to get both sides to sit down at the negotiating table in a calm and peaceful manner."

"I understand. What do you need me to do?"

Lin Xuan was actually more concerned about this. He entered Earth-3 under the identity of Bai Bing, and given the current situation, there wasn't much he could actually do.

Number Three pondered for a while.

"To be honest, I haven't figured it out yet, but the general direction is to weaken the overall strength of the mechanical civilization Earth as much as possible, and then enhance our own strength. Of course, if you need any help, I will do my best to assist and cooperate with you. I will not question or restrict any of your actions. As long as you can restore the balance of the three parties, even if you leak our Earth's technology to your civilization, I can turn a blind eye."

"Actually, Lin Xuan, the observer from Earth-4, should be the most skilled at this task. Unfortunately, I don't have the ability to offer him enough to help me, otherwise, there would be a good show to watch."

Upon hearing this, Lin Xuan couldn't help but smile slightly.

"Don't worry, I should be able to do this better than Lin Xuan!"

Number Three didn't understand why the other party was so confident, but since the other party dared to make such a guarantee, it was generally a good thing.

“Okay, I will take you to Faxuan City. I have already arranged the appropriate identity for you in advance. What you do next is entirely up to you.”

As Number Three spoke, he sent a document to Lin Xuan, which contained information about all the cities and administrative departments on Earth Three.

With these, even though it was Lin Xuan's first time on this planet, she was able to quickly integrate.

Before leaving, Number Three left his contact information with Lin Xuan and then escorted him to the landing module.

Soon, the landing module separated from the No. 3 spacecraft and headed straight for the starport where Faxuan City was located.

Just now, from a distance on the spaceship, Lin Xuan hadn't been able to see it clearly. The shape of Earth-3 didn't seem too different from her own planet, but the entire surface of the planet was enveloped in a thin layer of purple gas.

The purple gas reminded Lin Xuan of the spiritual energy released by Number Three earlier, its color being almost identical.

While I was thinking, the landing module had already entered the orbital range of the space station, which was the first step in the process of entering Earth-3.

Faxuan City is the political and administrative center of Earth 3, and its status in this civilization is similar to that of the Earth-United Tower.

The only way to enter is through the space station's approval process. If the spaceship is driven directly toward Faxuan City, the defense satellite will likely be activated and destroyed as an intruder in the next second.

"This is your entry permit. Please keep your documents safe, Mr. Bai Bing."

The receptionist handed Lin Xuan a printed voucher and bowed respectfully to him.

"Have a safe journey and have a pleasant trip to Fa Xuan City."

"Thank you."

Once she boarded the elevator leading to the ground, Lin Xuan finally had time to check the identification the other party had handed her.

Gu Chen helped himself obtain a legal identity on Earth-3, and it seemed to have quite a powerful background.

"Level 2 Researcher of Divine Domain Neural Networks".

By quickly searching the information in her mind, Lin Xuan soon learned about the relevant information about this divine realm.

Although Earth-3 claims to have freedom of religion, it is not anarchic. However, their government is composed of three separate parts.

The Divine Realm governs the army and scientific research of this civilization.

“Level 2 researchers are not uncommon in the Divine Realm, but those as young as him are extremely rare. No wonder the receptionist was so polite to me earlier; it makes sense.”

His primary task now is to report to his workstation.

That's right, Number Three wouldn't just assign him a sinecure out of thin air; if he did, the intention would be far too obvious.

If he could get Bai Bing to act as a spy, there was no guarantee that the other two civilizations wouldn't also plant spies inside Earth-3.

If someone in the divine realm had a position but never appeared in the public eye, it would be obvious to anyone with a brain that this person was definitely suspicious.

Fortunately, in order to prevent work from taking up too much of Lin Xuan's time, the job that Number Three assigned him was a relatively easy one.

Of course, a sinecure also means not having much real power, and how things will ultimately develop depends on Lin Xuan's own abilities.

The Divine Domain's offices are located in the center of Faxuan City. As one of the three government ministries, it naturally has to be as prestigious as possible.

When Lin Xuan saw the towering, spherical building in the city center, even he, who had seen many grand occasions, was deeply shocked.

The entire office building is shaped like two hands holding up a glowing sphere. The surface of the sphere is constantly rotating, and each floor inside is densely packed with office areas.

"These facilities should all be equipped with anti-centrifugal force devices, otherwise you would get nauseous just from standing inside and spinning around twice."

Lin Xuan didn't know what their original intention was in designing this facility, but it always gave him the feeling of doing something pointless and unnecessary.

After swiping her card and going upstairs, Lin Xuan quickly arrived at her office area, located on the 23rd floor of the Divine Realm. Someone had already been waiting there for a long time.

"You must be Bai Bing, the new guy who was transferred here. I'm Qiao Yajie, the technical director of the Divine Realm, and also your future boss. I look forward to working with you."

Upon hearing this, Lin Xuan looked the man in front of her up and down.

The other person didn't look much older than him. Of course, that's just how it looked. After all, if you count their actual age, Lin Xuan might have lived longer than the primitive people on this planet.

"Bai Bing".

The two shook hands, and Qiao Yajie was about to explain more about his job to Lin Xuan when an alarm suddenly sounded in the distance, forcing them to stop their conversation.

"what happened?"

Qiao Yajie cast an inquiring glance in that direction, and after a flurry of activity, someone finally jogged over to report the situation to him.

"Sir, our central control satellite has been hacked again, and we've lost all visibility of the fleet!"

"Damn it!"

Qiao Yajie seemed used to this situation and waved her hand, indicating that the other party should continue with their work.

Then, he looked at Lin Xuan with a face full of apology.

"Sorry, you must be laughing at me. The fighting on the front lines has been intense these days, and our central control satellites have been constantly hacked by the enemy."

"No firewall set up?"

Lin Xuan was somewhat shocked. The central control satellite was used to coordinate and dispatch defense facilities; in other words, it was the eye of near-space defense.

If this thing is hacked, even if the enemy's flanking forces sail right up to your lines, you won't be able to retaliate.

Shouldn't such an important facility be under the highest level of protection?

Judging from Qiao Yajie's reaction, it seemed like it was something she did every day.

How many times have you guys been hacked?

Upon hearing this, Qiao Yajie couldn't help but let out a bitter smile.

"Why wasn't it set up, but..."

Qiao Yajie didn't say anything, but simply opened a document containing a list of various defensive facilities. Just by looking at the catalog, Lin Xuan saw more than a hundred different types.

"Okay, I understand!"

He almost forgot that Earth-3 was practically a disorganized mess, with only so many types of defense facilities, and the central control satellite would have to spend half a day just identifying them.

They truly managed to make both the enemy and their teammates feel a headache at the same time.

"Let me try it."

Lin Xuan pondered for a moment before preparing to show off his skills to these people. He had just arrived in the Divine Realm and couldn't just do nothing. Otherwise, he didn't know how long it would take to gain real power here. If everything that Number Three said was true, then time was extremely precious to him right now.

"you?"

Qiao Yajie was taken aback, clearly not expecting Lin Xuan to take on this task.

"Bai Bing, this is not a task that you can accomplish by trying it alone. We currently lack sufficient computing power, and adding you won't significantly improve the computing power."

Lin Xuan nodded slightly.

"I know, that's why I just said I wanted to give it a try. If the computing power isn't enough, having one more person is a good thing, isn't it?"

Lin Xuan's words convinced Qiao Yajie, and upon reflection, he found them to make sense.

“Okay, I originally planned to have you do some research work first. Things that require a lot of computing power are usually handled by subordinates. But if you want to try it out, there’s nothing wrong with that.”

"Jia Ming, add Bai Bing's brain computing power to our general-purpose neural interface."

Jia Ming is the head of the computing center and is also a Level 2 researcher, on par with Lin Xuan. However, he has been in the field longer and is considered the first person under Qiao Yajie.

"Here, just put your hand on the connector, and the server will automatically read your brain's computing power. If you feel uncomfortable, press the stop button next to it. Don't force yourself."

With the other party's guidance, Lin Xuan quickly and easily got the hang of it.

This thing looks remarkably similar in design to the Super Dream server, both concentrating the computing power within the human brain. However, this group is more specialized in using human brain computing power than the Earth Alliance's technology. If they could steal the relevant technology tree, they could replicate it when they returned to the Earth Alliance.

Generally speaking, central control satellites do not require much computing power, but the situation of Earth-3 is too special. Originally, it could have unified control of the defense facilities, but because the types of defense equipment were too varied, the central control satellites were forced to only connect point-to-point.

This would consume a lot of computing power. While routine maintenance might not be a problem, in the event of war, the limited number of personnel would be insufficient to maintain the computing power of the central control satellite.

However, the Divine Realm has taken countermeasures. They have formed a rapid response force, which can immediately boost computing power should a situation like the one in the current one occur.

"Notify all computing power response units to assemble at the Divine Realm neural interface in ten minutes. The loss of fleet visibility is a major issue. We must regain control of the central control satellite as soon as possible, and we must be quick."

As Qiao Yajie stared at the black screen, a bad feeling crept over her.

This wasn't the first time their central control satellite had been hacked, but normally, so many people would have been enough to take back control of it. Yet today, there was absolutely no response.

This indicates that the mechanical Earth's attack was exceptionally fierce this time.

"Notify the Ministry of Justice and the local authorities that if we still can't resolve this, we should ask them to lend us some people."

However, before Qiao Yajie could finish speaking, the piercing alarm from the central control satellite suddenly stopped.

At the same time, the view of the fleet and various defense facilities on the star chart on the large screen was restored.

"This……"

As the large screen lit up again, Qiao Yajie was stunned, and so was everyone else.

The problem was solved before the rapid reaction force even arrived?

Isn't it too fast?

Jia Ming quickly pulled up the computing power line graph, wanting to see what had just happened.

The graph showed that for the first three minutes, the computing power input of the general neural interface was a stable straight line. But just now, the line graph rose rapidly like a roller coaster.

double!

Four times!

Sixteen times!

In just one second, computing power increased by thirty-six times!

The expressions on everyone's faces went from shock to disbelief, and finally all eyes were focused on a person not far away.

Bai Bing!

This young Level 2 researcher had only been in the Divine Realm for less than an hour.

He casually disconnected from the interface with the general neural network, as if nothing had happened.

For a moment, the entire office area fell into a deathly silence, with only the rapid reaction force's inquiries coming through Qiao Yajie's communicator.

"Manager Qiao, we'll be there in three minutes, hang in there!"