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

Chapter 182 The 1st Confrontation

The 85rd year of the Deterrence Era, 2300 AD.

It has been about three years since the decision to select the next Swordholder was made.

Three years have passed, and the representatives of the various factions still have not been able to reach a consensus on who should serve as the sword bearer.

The main contradiction here is that Luo Congmin agreed too readily, which directly disrupted the rhythm of both the doves and hawks.

The original idea was that both sides would propose a successor to the Swordholder, but Luo Congmin refused, leading to a three-way battle between the president, the hawks, and the doves. In addition, some minor parties and the Trisolarans would engage in infighting and attrition, with the winner ultimately running for the Swordholder.

But who could have imagined that Luo Congmin's simple "okay" would leave everyone completely dumbfounded.

Their years of preparations have all come to naught. The alliance of various parties that were originally united against Luo Congmin has suddenly turned against each other. Moreover, since the strength of each party is at its peak, no one can do anything to the other.

Luo Congmin already knew what these people were thinking, so naturally he wouldn't foolishly drag the attack rhythm into their plan.

You want political infighting? Then I'll just abstain from the first phase and shift all my focus to the second phase. As for you, you can slowly kill each other in the first phase of the Swordholder.

Luo Congmin's move can be described as directly repairing the Maginot Line in Paris.

She abandoned the obviously unfavorable topic of "whether there should be an heir to the Swordholder" and shifted the focus of the conflict to "who should be the heir to the Swordholder," which caused all forces that attempted to engage in political struggle with her to suffer a major setback.

Just as the various factions were debating who should succeed as the Swordholder, Luo Congmin dropped another bombshell, announcing to the world her intention to run for the Swordholder.

This is a huge problem. Luo Congmin's status in the hearts of the people is even higher than that of Lin Xuan and Luo Ji. After all, the latter two are visible but untouchable, but only President Luo Congmin is someone who is actually and frequently seen by the public.

The various political parties originally intended to exploit the ignorance of the masses to force Luo Ji to step down, but now, Luo Congmin has used this tactic extensively to consolidate his position as the swordsman.

As long as the parties cannot find someone in the hearts of the people who can rival Luo Congmin's status, the ceremony for the succession of the sword-bearer will be postponed for one day.

This is a vicious cycle, just as Luo Congmin said.

When it comes to how to leverage the power of the masses to create momentum, Lin Xuan is number one, Luo Congmin is number two, and everyone else has to step aside; they've already mastered these techniques.

Through this incident, Luo Congmin has also confirmed the fact that Lin Xuan has been controlled by the Trisolarans.

Otherwise, given Lin Xuan's personality, she would definitely not have waited until now to take action.

Although this conclusion is hard to believe, since the incident has already occurred, Luo Congmin needs to develop a series of countermeasures.

Luo Congmin immediately notified Rediaz and Zhang Xiang, instructing them to apply a new layer of mental imprint to all the clones to prevent the Trisolarans from using Lin Xuan to control the clone army.

Thus, the Trisolarans' conspiracy was thwarted once again, but this time, it was not Lin Xuan who thwarted it, but Luo Ji's daughter.

"She is Luo Ji's daughter! How dare you try to gain an advantage over Luo Congmin in a political struggle? That's utterly foolish!"

Lin Xuan smiled and placed a piece in her hand, instantly swallowing all the black pieces on the chessboard that had already invaded its territory.

This move, a strategic retreat, directly caused Zhizi to lose the initiative in the attack and even prematurely exposed her hidden killing move.

Even Zhizi couldn't help but frown slightly.

"The people you've planted in the local alliance over the years, though they haven't escaped my notice, have always been watched by Luo Congmin," Lin Xuan chuckled.

"Humans will make the same mistake twice, and so will you."

"From the very beginning, you have focused all your attention on dealing with me, but you have forgotten one thing: I am just a grain of sand in the river of time. Even without me, there are still countless heroes among mankind. You have put all your energy into dealing with me. You failed once ninety years ago, and you will fail a second time ninety years later."

At this point, the chessboard was already covered with pieces, and there was almost no room left to play.

This also proves that the first clash between humans and sophons is about to come to an end.