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The Wallfacer Project is a project designed by the United Nations and the PDC. Four people are appointed as Wallfacers: Hines, Tyler, Rey Diaz, and Luo Ji. Through the Wallfacer Project, those four people are given almost unlimited access to the world’s resources to develop a project that will ultimately defeat or neutralize the Trisolarans. Because the Trisolarans have difficulty parsing lies and deception, the Wallfacers are encouraged to not tell anyone the true nature of their plans and to use deceit, lies, deception, and strategic thinking at every opportunity to accomplish their goals. Ultimately, while three of the Wallfacers are unsuccessful, Luo Ji uses his Wallfacer plan to successfully neutralize the threat posed by the Trisolarans.
Wallfacer Project Quotes in The Dark Forest
The The Dark Forest quotes below are all either spoken by Wallfacer Project or refer to Wallfacer Project. For each quote, you can also see the other terms and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Pages 105-131 Quotes
“I reject the position of Wallfacer, I reject all the powers granted it, and I will not undertake any responsibility you force upon me.”
“You may.”
The simple, immediate reply to his statement, light as a dragonfly touching on the water, shut down his brain’s ability to think and made his mind a total blank.
“So am I free to leave?” was all he could ask.
“You may, Dr. Luo. You are free to do anything.”
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“Truth be told, Tyler, Rey Diaz, and Hines have left me disappointed. Looking at their strategizing over the past two days, you can tell immediately what they are up to with their grand strategic plans. You’re different from them. Your behavior is baffling. That’s what a Wallfacer should be like.”
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Pages 131-150 Quotes
Deeply exhausted, he lay in bed watching his IV drip, and an intense loneliness seized him. He knew that his recent leisure was merely the weightlessness of tumbling into the abyss of loneliness, and now he had reached the bottom. But he had anticipated this moment, and he had been prepared. He was waiting for someone, and then the next step of the plan would begin.
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Pages 169-184 Quotes
“You politicians sound off about humanity at the drop of a hat, but I can’t see humanity. I can only see individuals. I’m just one individual, an ordinary person, and I can’t take on the responsibility of saving all of humanity. I just want to live my own life.”
“Very well. But Zhuang Yan and Xia Xia are two of those individuals. Don’t you want to fulfill your responsibility to them? Even if she hurt you, I can see you still love her. And there’s the child, too.”
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Pages 189-212 Quotes
The Wallfacers were subject to increasing scrutiny from the community. Whether they had asked for the role or not, they had been set up in the eyes of the masses as messiah figures. Accordingly, a Wallfacer cult sprang up. No matter how many explanations the UN and PDC issued, legends of their supernatural abilities circulated widely and grew increasingly fanciful. In science fiction movies, they were shown as superheroes, and, in the eyes of many, they were the sole hope for humanity. This gave the Wallfacers an enormous amount of popular and political capital that guaranteed things would go smoothly when they tapped huge amounts of resources.
Luo Ji was the exception. He remained in seclusion, never showing his face. No one knew where he was or what he was doing.
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Wallfacer Project Term Timeline in The Dark Forest
The timeline below shows where the term Wallfacer Project appears in The Dark Forest. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Pages 25-43
...redeem humanity. The sophon tells the man that they have become aware of the UN-operated Wallfacer Project , which will begin soon. The sophon says that they issued an order to Evans...
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Pages 80-105
...the stage. She announces that the PDC is ready to announce the start of the Wallfacer Project as well as the Wallfacer candidates. Secretary General Say explains that the Trisolarans’ sophons can...
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In the Wallfacer Project , four Wallfacers will be granted significant power to utilize the world’s military resources. Wallfacers...
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Pages 105-131
The Wallfacer Project and the Wallfacers have been announced to the world, so Luo Ji is now famous....
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...of the Earth-Trisolaris Organization (ETO) meet. They say that they need to respond to the Wallfacer Project , especially considering that the Project plays into the humans’ strengths of deceit and deception....
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Pages 131-150
...from now is of no importance compared to today. He says to himself, “Screw the Wallfacer Project .”
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Not long after, the Planetary Defense Council (PDC) holds its first Wallfacer Project Hearing. Hines, Tyler, and Rey Diaz arrive to detail their Wallfacer plans, but Luo Ji...
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...reluctant to comply but has to do as Luo Ji says as part of the Wallfacer Project .
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Pages 150-169
...taken aback. He thinks finding Luo Ji’s “dream lover” is a gross misuse of the Wallfacer Project resources. Shi Qiang says he doesn’t ask questions, only follows orders. How should he know,...
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...Yan tells Luo Ji that Shi Qiang told her she would be helping with the Wallfacer Project , and she wants to know what her job will be. Luo Ji says he’ll...
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...Yan, he understands love’s true meaning. He tells Zhuang Yan that her job for the Wallfacer Project will be to make herself as happy as possible. He says that he will use...
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Pages 169-184
...willing to give their lives for the cause. He assures the man that, through the Wallfacer Project , he’ll supply the man’s organization with anything it needs. The man responds by saying...
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Pages 189-212
The Planetary Defense Council (PDC) holds its 89th Wallfacer Project Hearing. The Wallfacer Project has come under closer scrutiny in the wake of Tyler’s death...
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...future, so Luo Ji must decide if he will begin working in earnest on the Wallfacer Project not just to save humanity, but to save his wife and child. She says that...
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Pages 309-328
...on Earth’s surface. Luo Ji then asks a doctor if he knows anything about the Wallfacer Project . The doctor says that it was a kind of ancient joke. He thinks one...
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...the Solar Fleet Joint Conference speaks. He begins by introducing a motion to abolish the Wallfacer Project . He says that the Wallfacer Project has been a complete failure that violated every...
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Pages 468-494
...he is a savior. Hines and Jonathan then approach Luo Ji. They explain that the Wallfacer Project has been reinstated and officially recognized by both Earth International and Fleet International. Luo Ji...
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Luo Ji asks if the reason the Wallfacer Project has been reinstated is because the star he cast a spell on was destroyed. Jonathan...
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