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

Chapter 266 Call

Can you tell what this is?

Cao Bin stood on the ruins of Luocheng, using his flashlight to illuminate Bi Yunfeng, who was digging below.

"Don't rush me. I'm just looking. Do you think I'm a god? Even machines can't detect special metals, so you expect me to be able to distinguish them with the naked eye?"

As Bi Yunfeng spoke, he raised his prosthetic arm and lifted a metal plate several times larger than his own body.

Unlike water droplets created by the strong interaction force, this thing can be observed by instruments, but its internal atomic structure is arranged in a disordered manner.

It looks like a piece of paper that has been crumpled up and carelessly thrown here.

But this thing is ridiculously big.

Since discovering this thing, Lin Xuan ordered a curfew to be imposed on the entire city of Luo, and had the construction team work day and night to excavate various areas of the underground city.

The purpose was to measure the size of this thing as quickly as possible.

Surprisingly, even though the construction team had almost reached the edge of the underground city, they still hadn't found the head of this thing.

However, the Mewtwo database did deduce the general model of this thing.

When Lin Xuan and the others saw the model data deduced by the Chaomeng database, they were all stunned.

It was a hollowed-out tetrahedron, which, from a distance, looked like a crystal with its center hollowed out.

Rather than describing it as a mechanical structure, it's more accurate to say that it's an outer shell.

"This thing doesn't seem simple. The key might be in its center. Maybe if we keep digging, we'll find something unexpected."

Bai Bing pointed to the center of the facet and gestured over it with her hand.

"Energy transmission also decreases and weakens from the center outwards. If there really is something there, it is most likely not in the outer layer of the structure, but rather there is some mystery within it."

Lin Xuan glanced at Bai Bing, wanting to yell, "Do you need to say that nonsense?"

But considering that this guy's position in his team is becoming increasingly dispensable, if he's not allowed to speak up soon, he might be forgotten one day.

"Tell Cao Bin and the others to speed things up. I need to see what this thing looks like in its entirety before this week."

"In addition, send a copy of the metal fragments collected during the previous excavation to Professor Wang and Elder Ding to see if they can make any new discoveries."

Lin Xuan can only hope that these two will give him a surprise. He is completely in the dark and has no idea what will happen next.

If it weren't for the computing power that had previously consumed billions of people, he would probably be overwhelmed just maintaining the daily administrative work of the Earth Alliance.

Just as Lin Xuan was still planning his next move, a communication from Xinghuan Group interrupted his train of thought.

"AiAA? Why did this woman suddenly decide to contact me today?"

Ever since Cheng Xin's incident, his relationship with Xinghuan Group and other major groups has been very delicate.

After all, he wasn't like Luo Congmin. His strong return had already made these cosmic companies that once hovered in the solar system feel threatened.

Therefore, unless necessary, AiAA generally won't contact her. They can't wait for Lin Xuan to forget all about the mess in the group, just like a child who has done something wrong and is afraid of being punished by their parents, so they deliberately hide away.

"Say, what's the matter?"

Lin Xuan glanced at the other person's holographic projection, and it was quite different from the woman she remembered.

Lin Xuan used to think that Ai AA was frivolous and that she was just as silly as Cheng Xin.

But so many years have passed, and people always change. After Wade was arrested, she took over all of Star Ring's affairs and has now become a powerful businesswoman.

If Lin Xuan hadn't known that this woman was a lesbian and was always trying to get Cheng Xin out of prison, she would have really wanted to chat with her more.

After all, the largest portion of the Earth Alliance's tax revenue comes from the Star Ring Group.

Who would turn down their own God of Wealth?

To Lin Xuan's surprise, Ai AA came to see her this time not because of Cheng Xin's matter.

"Lin Xuan, Zhi Zi said she wants to see you."

This short sentence startled Lin Xuan.

He would rather hear that Ai AA had come to beg him to release Cheng Xin.

Since the Trisolaran civilization was completely destroyed, Lin Xuan has never had time to deal with Sophon.

Firstly, this guy still possesses a lot of Trisolaran technology, acting like a monster spawner that occasionally brings him little surprises.

Secondly, there's the issue of his own identity, which he still hasn't fully figured out. The Trisolaran civilization seems to possess a lot of information related to the observers.

The timing of the other party contacting her coincided with the collapse of the underground city of Luo City. Lin Xuan didn't believe that there could be such a coincidence in the world; the other party must know some unknown secret.

"Wait a moment, I'll be right there."

Lin Xuan hung up the call and then sailed a small boat alone straight to the Star Ring Group's space city.

As for Luo Congmin, she still needs to wait for the Earth Alliance's support team to come and escort her, since she is just an ordinary person and does not have the combat power of Lin Xuan.

If something were to happen to him within the jurisdiction of the Earth Alliance, Lin Xuan wouldn't be able to explain it to Luo Ji.

Star Ring Group: Headquarters.

This is a city built on Mercury, with a total population three times that of Earth.

Almost every time I see the headquarters of the Star Ring Group, I am awestruck by its grandeur.

When Wade first established this company, it was just an insignificant little company in the hands of the Swordholder.

Today, under the leadership of AA, Star Ring has become the leading enterprise among all groups, and the headquarters of Star Ring Group has become the most prosperous commercial metropolis in the entire solar system.

If it weren't for Luo Ji keeping things under control, the Star Ring Group's space city would probably have already broken free from the Earth Alliance's control and become its own kingdom.

The most classic case was that a remnant of the Son of Earth, after his identity was discovered, directly escaped to this space city by ship.

Subsequently, the Earth Alliance fleet arrived in pursuit, demanding an explanation from the Star Ring Group.

After a stalemate of about twenty days, the AiAA finally relented and allowed the landing forces to enter the space city.

This led to a collective protest from many companies against AA's actions, but in retrospect, this choice was undoubtedly very wise.

Otherwise, it would be more than just doves from the Earth Federation who would be serving in the world now.

Upon Lin Xuan's arrival, Ai AA held a welcoming ceremony with the highest level of etiquette. However, she had dealt with Lin Xuan several times before and knew that Lin Xuan valued efficiency.

Therefore, the entire reception process only appeared grand, but all the ceremonies were kept as simple as possible.

"Just take me to the prison. But when you're visiting someone in prison, shouldn't you bring some fruit or something?"