Ye Wenjie, watch my moves closely.

Chapter 27 The plan to exterminate humanity was set by Qin Shi Huang.

Li Youyu returned to that small hill.

More than a month later, the forest became lively again. Villagers from the two villages used axes and saws to cut down the newly grown saplings one by one, and then transported them down the mountain by tractor and oxcart.

Many people were cutting down trees, and heated arguments were constantly occurring.

Li Youyu walked up the mountain. Someone greeted him. It was the production team leader. "A timber merchant came from the city. He offered a high price. The forestry bureau, the police station, and even that damned Nange Village all came to cut down trees. We can't control that anymore. If they come to cut down trees, we can't let them suffer losses."

The captain painstakingly explained to Li Youyu, seemingly hoping he could help convey his apology to Evans.

After saying goodbye to the captain, Li Youyu found Evans in the forest where the trees had not yet been cleared. Evans was holding an axe and meticulously pruning branches, his eyes bloodshot and looking exhausted.

"I'm so tired."

Evans skillfully cut off a crooked branch and buried it in the ground, "but I can't stop, or it will collapse."

Li Youyu sat next to him, picked up an axe, and chopped down the sapling that Evans had been pruning. Evans's hand froze in mid-air, his expression one of astonishment.

"I can stop them easily, do you need to?"

Li Youyu asked.

A moment later, Evans lay dejectedly on the ground, closed his eyes, listened to the mournful sound of the falling trees, and said, "It's not necessary anymore. Qin Shi Huang, you were right. As long as humans exist, the extinction of species will never stop. I think I've grasped the meaning of Mahayana Buddhism."

The Hinayana path saves oneself, while the Mahayana path saves all sentient beings.

Planting trees to protect swallows is a way to find peace of mind.

But if the root cause of the problem is not addressed, new species will continue to go extinct.

There is only one way to save all species.

wipe out!

"I used to be a devout Christian, praying to God every day, hoping He would dispel my nightmares, but from the age of twelve to twenty-five, God never appeared. I realized that God does not exist."

Evans stated calmly, "If God does not exist, then a species like humanity, burdened with original sin, will continue to exist on this planet without restraint."

"Therefore there must be a Lord to judge the sins of mankind."

Evans slightly raised his eyelids, looking at Li Youyu, "Qin Shi Huang, is this the Mahayana you spoke of?"

Li Youyu nodded.

Evans smiled bitterly. "It's almost impossible. No will can override reality. Human civilization is powerless to initiate change from within. It's truly tragic."

"Yes, the will of the universe can judge everything."

By then, the sun had set, the tree cutters had finished their work, and the forest and the surrounding loess slopes were shrouded in silence. Li Youyu sat on the small tree stump he had cut down and told Evans the story of Red Coast and the Three-Body Problem. As the story progressed, a fanatical look appeared on Li Youyu's face, like a lost believer in the desert who had met God.

That look on his face, as if he had found a goal to strive for in his life, filled Evans with envy.

"Qin Shi Huang, do you know that you told me a story that is no less significant than the Bible?"

Evans couldn't help but laugh. "If all of this were true."

In his narration, Li Youyu deliberately omitted the details of the communication, leaving Evans with no way to verify its authenticity.

I don't need your belief.

The bright moon had already risen over the Loess Plateau, scattering starlight from an astronomical unit across the land. Li Youyu stood up, dusted off his trousers, and said, "I will bet everything and dedicate my entire life to guiding the Lord's coming."

"I just hope that the Lord's story can bring you some hope."

"etc!"

Evans sat up and called to Li Youyu, who was about to go down the mountain.

"If, if the Lord exists, how can I help you?"

"You can't help."

Li Youyu said.

"The Lord is in the vast universe at a great distance, and contacting Him is an extremely risky thing."

"There is a Buddhist saying, 'If I don't go to hell, who will?' Betraying human civilization is an unforgivable sin. Let me bear all of this. If one day I am discovered and executed, then you, Mike, can take my place then."

Having been tricked by Li Youyu's feigned indifference, Evans had lost all interest in verifying the existence of the Trisolaran civilization.

The trees on the mountain are gone, and so is my father.

He desperately needed to find a spiritual pillar and a way to survive.

"I want to join your business."

He said.

"If you really want to know, come find me here in a month."

Li Youyu tossed the prepared address of Red Coast to Evans and slowly disappeared into the night.

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Not long after, in a certain elegant courtyard.

A middle-aged woman who looked like a nanny pushed open the door and let in a man wearing a dark blue jacket and carrying a black briefcase.

The man was in his early forties, his back ramrod straight, his steps steady, yet he deliberately tried to minimize the sound of his leather shoes hitting the ground.

"A message came in?"

The old man's voice was hoarse, with a slight phlegm sound.

The middle-aged man smiled slightly and said, "Your vision is truly remarkable. The Iran-Iraq War pushed international oil prices to their peak, creating a large oil shortage in the United States, Europe, and surrounding Asian countries. After you returned from Radar Peak last year, the higher-ups followed your advice and activated the strategic oil reserves ahead of schedule. As a result, we saved more than 3 billion foreign exchange."

The middle-aged man thought the old man would be happy after the report, but he saw that the old man stopped tapping the handrail and a deep worry appeared in his eyes.

"What's wrong?"

The old man shook his head and did not answer.

It wasn't that he didn't trust Li Youyu; he just wanted to see if the flapping of Li Youyu's wings could change the course of the world.

But it seems that everything in the future is just as he told himself on Radar Peak.

The timing of the second oil crisis was exactly the same.

From this perspective, the Trisolaran civilization is probably extremely difficult to deal with. This nation, rebuilt on blood and fire, will likely suffer countless more hardships in the near future.

Thinking of this, the old man felt extremely sad. He took a deep breath and asked, "How are the observatory's preparations going?"

"Three observatories equipped with high-power electromagnetic wave emission have been included in the national plan and will be secretly completed within five years... In addition, the Institute of High Energy Physics is currently planning to build a particle accelerator and has applied for a budget of 700 million yuan. This is the material they have written."

He took a brown paper envelope out of his bag, with a narrow red label on the seal, indicating the highest level of reading authority.

The old man thought for a moment and said, "It's a good thing, but we really don't have the extra money to build these right now. Are there any cheaper options?"

"So I have to report something else to you... Li Youyu from the Deep Space Research Department wants to merge with the Institute of High Energy Physics, and his condition is... to make up for these funds."

"Where is he going to conjure up hundreds of millions of dollars? Or is he planning to submit a report to me to apply for it?"

"It doesn't seem to be the case at the moment."

The middle-aged man paused for a moment, then said, "He reported on his contact with Mike Evans. There are some things that require our cooperation. According to intelligence, Evans has already acquired a huge inheritance from his father."

The courtyard suddenly became very quiet, with only the sound of bicycle bells echoing from afar in the alley.

The old man thought for a moment, then his voice suddenly became clearer, "Cooperate fully and let him do it. As long as he can get the funding, I'll take care of the old friends at the Institute of High Energy Physics... Also, the previous arrangements can begin. Absolutely no Three-Body ideology can be allowed to infiltrate. If there is any, give me the list."