Chapter 48 Section five

Mann Lee Compo can't remember when he was recruited by the second base.One reason was that he was young at the time, and the other reason was that the agents of Second Base were extremely cautious and always tried to disappear as much as possible. Kamp is an "observer" of Second Foundation, and any member of Second Foundation who encounters him can immediately recognize his identity.This meant that Komp was familiar with psychodynamics and could communicate with the Second Foundation to some extent in their own way, but he was only the lowest rank among the members of the Second Foundation.He could peer into the minds of others, too, but he could not adjust or transform them, and he had never been trained to that extent.He is just an observer, not an enforcer.

So at most he could be a second-class member of the Second Foundation, but that didn't really bother him -- not much.He knew that he was playing a pivotal role in a big plan. During the first two centuries of the Second Foundation, its members underestimated the difficulty of the task, thinking that a small number of constituent elements would be sufficient to monitor the entire galaxy; only the occasional slightest adjustment in certain places would be required to maintain The normal operation of the Seldon plan. It wasn't until the mule appeared that their illusion was broken.The offensive launched by this mutant alien that appeared out of nowhere caught the second base (and the first base, of course, but this is not important) by surprise, making them completely helpless.It took a full five years before the Second Base planned a counterattack, sacrificing many lives, and finally stopped the mule's offensive.

Under Pavel's leadership, the Seldon Project was fully back on track at a painfully high price.After learning from the painful experience, Pavel finally decided to take appropriate measures to massively expand the activities of the Second Base without exposing his whereabouts. Therefore, the "Observer Group" was established. Comm had no idea how many Observers there were in the galaxy, or even how many were on Terminus, because it wasn't something he was supposed to know.Ideally, there should be no obvious connection between the two observers to avoid mutual taint.Every second base observer out there was in direct contact with a high-ranking member of Trantor.

CommScope's greatest wish in life is to set foot on Trantor one day.While he knew the chances were slim, he knew that observers had been promoted to Trantor.But those are rare exceptions, and what makes a good observer by no means enough to make him a member of the round table. Take Candib as an example. He is four years younger than Comm and must have been absorbed by the second base just like Comm.The difference, however, is that Candib was taken directly to Trantor and is now a speaker.Kangpu never doubted that there was any injustice for Jiandibo's success at a young age. From the recent frequent contact between the two, Kangpu deeply understood the spiritual power of this young man. He knew very well that facing such a powerful force , I couldn't resist it for even a second.

Comm didn't often feel inferior to his low status, which, at any rate, was only by the standards of the Second Base (and other observers, he figured, must be in a similar situation).But in worlds other than Trantor, in societies not dominated by psychic powers, it is easy for every observer to attain high social status. As far as Komp himself is concerned, his schooling process has always been smooth, and it is easy to make many excellent friends.He can also easily appropriate psychomechanical techniques to enhance his innate intuition (he is quite sure that he was absorbed in the first place because of his innate intuition).With the help of this ability, he became the star of the hyperspace race, and then the hero of the university, which was equivalent to taking the first step in a political career.Once he gets through the current crisis, his political future will be even more difficult to quantify.

If the crisis was resolved—he was absolutely sure of that—who would forget that he was the one who noticed Trevize in the first place? Anyone can see it.) He met Trevize in college, and at first, Comm just regarded him as a good friend who was optimistic, lively and quick-witted.Unexpectedly, one morning, Kang Pu suddenly woke up from his lethargy. In the state of half-asleep and half-awake, his stream of consciousness stirred up a strange idea in his mind-Trevize was not absorbed by the Second Foundation , what a pity. Of course, it is impossible for Trevize to be absorbed by the second base.He is a native resident of Terminus, unlike Comp, an immigrant born in another world.Even if this factor is not considered, it is too late now, and only teenagers are plastic enough to accept the teaching of psychomechanics.In the past, the Second Foundation had indeed forced this art (a better term than "science") into the rigid minds of adults, but only in the first two generations after Seldon.

Since Trevize is not qualified to be a member of the Second Foundation, and has already passed the age of absorption, why does Comm care about this issue? When they met again, Compo immediately drilled into the depths of Trevize's heart, and finally discovered the real reason for his uneasiness.Trevize's mind structure is extremely special, and many aspects do not conform to the rules he has learned. He also found that Trevize's mind evaded him again and again.When he observed the operation of this mind, he saw many gaps again, no, not real gaps, not a vacuum of nothingness, but an abnormally deep part of the mind, which gave him the illusion of bottomlessness.

Comm couldn't judge the significance of his discovery, but since then, he followed this clue to observe Trevize's words and deeds.It didn't take long for him to discover that Trevize had an incredible ability to draw correct conclusions based on seemingly insufficient data. Could it have something to do with the gap in his mind? Of course, this is a deep question in psychodynamics, definitely beyond the scope of CommScope, and perhaps only the members of the round table can answer this question.In fact, Trevize was not very clear about his own ability, which made Kang Pu feel anxious, and thought that he might be able to...

What can be done? CommScope's own knowledge cannot provide appropriate advice.For Trevize's ability, he can almost see the meaning, but not completely.He came to an intuitive conclusion, perhaps only a guess—Trevize might become a very important figure. Since it was a possibility, he took advantage of it, and Compso ventured what seemed to be beyond his authority.Anyway, as long as I guess correctly... Looking back now, I don’t know where to find the courage that enabled him to persevere to the end.In the beginning, his presentations never made it to the round table and were always shelved halfway through.He had to come to terms with it, and had to go (desperately) to the most junior member of the round table, and finally, Stoor Candiber responded.

Chandib listened to his presentations with great patience, and from then on a special relationship developed between the two.The reason why Kang Pu continued to maintain friendship with Trevize was to collect information for Candibe; and under the instruction of Candibe, Kang Pu lured Trevize into a trap step by step, and finally made him fall into the trap. to exile.It was only through Candiba that Compo could realize his dream (which he felt was already possible) and be transferred to Trantor in his lifetime. However, all the preparations they made were to send Trevize to Trantor.Now that Trevize had changed his schedule on his own, Comm was taken by surprise and (comb believed) a development that Candiba hadn't foreseen.

Now, Jian Dibo has rushed to meet with Kang Pu, which makes the atmosphere of crisis even stronger. Thinking of this, CommScope sent out a superwave signal.