A week later, World Geographic aired the first episode of the Extreme Exploration Project.
Following Luo Ran’s figure, countless people felt the extremely shocking and magnificent celestial phenomenon for the first time through the screen.
Hail, heavy rain, a black sandstorm covering the sky and the earth, and bright lightning penetrating the thick clouds.
Luo Ran would occasionally drive the repaired off-road vehicle, but as long as the safety factor allowed, he would switch to a fiery red all-terrain motorcycle with adequate protection.
The high-definition aerial photography drone cannot catch up with Luo Ran. If the weather is too harsh and extreme, Luo Ran will switch to a handheld gimbal camera as he did before.
From his perspective, he could see blades of grass hiding in the cracks of rocks amidst the wind and sand, and swifts flying under the lightning. The raging storm swallowed up the entire world, and then a gap was torn in the sky, reflecting the golden sunlight.
ST has been silent for three years, but it is still the top storm chaser, even better than before.
His use of the camera is more mature and calm than before, but his passionate and vigorous vitality has not diminished at all.
Even though most of the most dangerous and thrilling explorations were completed by him personally, Luo Ran was still the one with the least injuries and dangers in the entire exploration team. It seemed that he was taking extra care to protect his body.
After the show aired, countless screenshots quickly flooded the Internet. Many photography exhibitions and auction houses were trying to buy the original high-definition film, but neither the editorial department of World Geography nor ST himself had authorized the original film this time.
In the trailer and interview, ST got off the motorcycle and shed the calm and passionate character that made people excited when chasing the storm. Only then did the audience finally realize how young he was.
Young Luo Ran faced the camera, his face slightly red behind his ears.
He said earnestly and word by word that this original film was a gift.
When he said this, his expression was extremely serious, as if he was trying hard to see someone.
…
"Stay , stay ."
The system floated on the light screen, carefully packed up the high-definition original film that Luo Ran sent over, and asked Yu Tang in a low voice: "Can we really not say goodbye to the little red card before leaving?"
"Be good, and say goodbye." Yu Tang stretched himself lazily, "I'm afraid he'll cry and I'll be in a state of conscious thought."
The system flashed a small red light, hesitated for a while, and then took out the little duck from the Luo family's bathtub and floated over, placing it neatly on top of Yu Tang's head.
Yu Tang couldn't help but laughed.
He took down the plastic yellow duck toy, closed his eyes, leaned back, and pulled the blanket over him.
According to the plan, Yu Tang originally planned to finish reading this book within three days.
Wen Er was trapped in the most desperate nightmare, which was far more unbearable than being crushed to ashes.
Three days later, Wen Er was handed over to the Security Department because of mental disorder and "extreme danger". He was supervised by the Special Investigation Section and completely completed the last task of [bringing the two corners together].
After Pu Ying signed the document, Yu Tang received a notification that all the tasks at the end of the book had been completed and settlement was allowed.
Although there is no news about the remaining two books yet, in the first book, he has lived with the kind dolphins on the island for half a year.
Yu Tang was a little worried and always checked to see if there were any small dolphins of unknown origin on the island.
…but w&p’s workload suddenly became heavy.
In the previous book, Yu Tang accepted the position of marketing director of W&P. The company allowed employees to work remotely, and he successfully completed the first quarter of work, assisted W&P in successfully completing a new round of brand promotion, and has received a very generous remuneration and bonus.
According to the new quarterly plan given by W&P, the old board of directors will gradually retreat behind the scenes and the new family heirs will take charge of the company.
When the old is replaced by the new, the top priority is to ensure that the company's transition goes smoothly. In order to ensure stability, the original expansion progress may even be appropriately scaled back.
Logically speaking, people who are responsible for promotion and marketing should be temporarily unemployed and take a few months off.
If the corporate culture is ambitious enough, the company's handover is quick, and the whole company is vigorous and resolute, the holiday may be shortened to half a month to one month.
It should be at least a week.
At least he shouldn't be promoted or given a raise at this time.
Yu Tang was forced to work overtime for three days. Facing the offer letter from the senior director, he still felt complicated: "The reason for my promotion is that the original heir was imprisoned, and the next generation of family heirs is unwilling to give up their work and hobbies and go home to inherit the family property."
System: “…Yes.”
Yu Tang: "The old director is still strong and has returned to work. He decided to start a public welfare project to help people find people."
System: “Yes…”
Yu Tang had already asked: "The Wen family and the Pu family take turns to run the consortium. Is it really not called W&P?"
system:"… "
Even in the same world view, the bookstore will strictly ensure that the characters of different books will not meet each other and disrupt the established plot.
The system was originally very firm, and Yu Tang had repeatedly assured that such unprofessional problems would never occur.
The system was so worried that it didn't sleep for three days. It secretly looked through all the relevant information about the plot without telling its dormmate, but it couldn't find the name of this big consortium in the second book.
"Even if... there is a certain possibility."
The system's mechanical voice lacked confidence: "You can rest assured about your dorm."
System: "We have received professional training. Even if the settings of these two consortiums overlap in the world view, the two corners will not meet."
Yu Tang asked: "Will Sui Si hold a wedding with Ke Ming at a W&P-affiliated hotel after he is released from prison to pay off his debts? And Wen Er just happened to break out of prison because he was completely insane. Pu Ying chased him to the rooftop of the hotel on Luo Ran's little red motorcycle to arrest him?"
The system replied that it had asked and received a reassurance from the headquarters, which was very firm: “No.”
Yu Tang took out a pen and opened the new appointment letter for the senior director.
The system floated beside him, flashing a small red light, and hesitated: "If..."
Yu Tang looked up with the little yellow duck on his head.
system:"… "
System: “No!”
Yu Tang nodded, uncapped the pen, and signed his name on the letter of appointment.
After writing the two words "Yu Tang", his pen paused, thinking about the reason, and recalled the question Zhuang Yu asked him.
The system asked quietly: "Dormitory?"
"That's the matter." Yu Tang said, "Who am I in this exhibition..."
System: "... Zhan Xin is here, stay at the hotel."
Yu Tang: “…”
Yu Tang closed the letter of appointment and took out a supreme luxury large rainbow lollipop from the system's small warehouse.
He certainly didn't remember this person.
The time that Yu Tang encountered Zhuang Yu in the lightning storm might not be considered long in the time line of this world, but for him, it was indeed too long.
In the core, the eye of the storm, there is no flow of time for anything other than him.
He had entered the core area of the electric storm too many times. At first, he still remembered why he had to go in and how long he had been in there. Later, he gradually got used to it and could no longer recall it.
The system landed on his shoulder: "Doctor, you live in a lightning storm, how did you join the Book Transmigration Bureau?"
Yu Tang said: "I was sleeping in the eye of the storm, and a flyer from the Bookstore floated in and covered my face."
system:"… ?"
"What's wrong?" Yu Tang looked at it. "It's not like humans are the only ones who can fall into a lightning storm."
In fact, there are many more cases of other living and non-living things falling into electric storms than there are of humans.
In the early years, Yu Tang would patrol storms, either to rescue birds that accidentally flew in, or to chase pet cats that fell in.
The system couldn't help it, and imagined a scene of a person standing in the aurora, throwing people out with one hand and birds out with the other.
"..." Yu Tang raised his hand and wiped the stick figure drawing on the screen, and continued: "I saw the flyer, and according to the contact information, I submitted the registration form and the registration fee..."
"Yes." Yu Tang suddenly paused and slapped his forehead, "I forgot something."
The system was listening attentively, and was stunned for a moment: "What?"
Yu Tang turned on his computer and said, "Among Zhuang Yu's subordinates, there should be some who were recommended by me to come to the Chuanshu Bureau."
For those who are swallowed by the lightning storm, not everyone can reintegrate into the life of their original world after they are out.
Especially since he got lost too far and accidentally entered the core area of the storm.
These people have no way to get out by themselves, and will keep wandering in that dimension with nothing until they are found by Yu Tang.
He has been lost in time for too long and has completely lost his memory and self. He will become two people who were completely unconnected in the past, with only a blank name left that cannot be connected to any past.
Yu Tang still had a stack of flyers from the Chuanshu Bookstore, and before throwing these people out, he would slip one of them in.
"I remember that some of them wrote to me after they joined the Book Transmigration Bureau."
Yu Tang flipped back through his mailbox: "There is one who should have joined the Almighty Butler Assistant Department and is currently doing a mission. His last name is Nie..."
Yu Tang: “…”
system:"… "
"System." Yu Tang asked, "Is it possible that another person who is looking for his comrades on the rooftop has found the Sui family and hired a professional manager, Zhuang Yu, to meet him?"
The system didn't dare to imagine that scene, so after thinking carefully for a long time, it carefully suggested: "We can buy the rooftop and then exchange it..."
Yu Tang bit his lollipop, went to the backstage of the bookstore and applied for work injury insurance for himself in preparation for a rainy day.
After applying for the insurance, Yu Tangyou left the book immediately.
He borrowed the security system and searched the world again and again, but there was no gain in facing this name.
Yu Tang never contacted Luo Ran and Pu Ying again, nor did he go back to see Luo's father and mother.
Luo Ran sent him the compressed package of the high-definition original film. Yu Tang went through it picture by picture, and secretly added a letter to it, which contained some personal opinions.
Yu Tang thought for several days but still did not open the letter. He just made a 1:1 high-simulation little red card by himself, and while Luo Ran was sleeping, he quietly placed it on Luo Ran's bedside.
Two days later, the system received an early warning of a plot fluctuation in the first book.
…
Yu Tang saw the red unread reminder and was a little worried: "Is there finally a little dolphin with unknown origin?"
system:"?"
"That's the thing... This is not a setting that would appear in this world."
Yu Tang took the task card and asked, "What's the change?"
The system helped him project the new drama onto the light screen.
This is the book that Yu Tang has been responsible for the longest time.
From the time he became a regular employee until now, five years have passed in the timeline of the book.
His name in this book is Ji. He was nineteen years old when the play began. Five years later, he is still nineteen years old.
Ji is a "bionic man".
This was originally a cooperative research project between the military and the Ministry of Science. For unknown reasons, after five years, the project was urgently and severely terminated, and even all research materials were destroyed.
Xiji was the last batch of bionic people and also the most successful one.
Except for the fact that his age would not change, almost everyone could tell the difference between Daji and ordinary people. A year later, Daji was admitted to the military academy directly under the alliance, and in just half a year, he became the best observer among the freshmen.
In the Alliance Military Academy, in the interstellar system built with mecha as the core, students are divided into two categories, observers and operators.
The operator is responsible for operating the mecha in combat. As the most critical combat force, he plays a vital and decisive role on the battlefield.
The tasks of the observer are much more detailed and complicated than those of the operator.
The observer has his own combat mecha, and the one he drives is the "wingman", which is responsible for carrying supplies and weapons and charging the mecha in emergency situations.
In case of emergency danger, the observer must do everything possible to prioritize the safety of the mecha.
On the battlefield, the observer must always grasp the battlefield situation, be alert to all possible dangers, and mark the targets and reference objects for the mecha so that the operator can concentrate on operating the mecha to fight.
This "hunter-killer" combination is the most mature combat mode currently explored by the Alliance. Compared with an operator driving a mecha alone, if it can be paired with a sufficiently good observer, the combat power can be increased by three to five times.
In a military academy, a top observer would be the object of competition among countless people.
But he did not accept any invitation to form a team.
He trained alone for a year, and when the freshmen entered school in the second year, he was directly registered as the first registered observer for the freshmen.
The system was beside Yu Tang, and quietly reminded him: "The first place in the freshman class is the leading role, his name is Sheng Yi, Sheng Yi, the first book is Sheng..."
Yu Tang: “…I remember.”
The system flashed a small red light.
Yu Tang: “…”
Yu Tang stuffed a piece of bubble gum into the system and turned off the system speaker.
It's not like he can't remember every name.
After all, on the huge registration form on the light screen, from beginning to end, there was only this one name next to Ji.
Xu Ji is Sheng Yi's half-brother and also Sheng Yi's guardian when he turns 18.
At the beginning, the research on bionic humans was urgently stopped by the military, and only one experimental subject who was still alive in the sleeping chamber was still alive. After testing, except for the lack of pain perception and negative emotions, this experimental subject was no different from a human being.
At that time, the debate over whether or not to destroy the experimental subjects caused an uproar in the military and even the entire alliance.
Sheng Yi's father was the person in charge of the local operation to seal off the laboratory. With his insistence, the samples were not destroyed and were taken home by him.
At first, Xiao Ji behaved like any other 19-year-old boy.
He is gentle and lazy, and doesn't like to talk much, but he loves to laugh. He will also secretly do some harmless pranks to tease boys of the same age who point at his nose and call him a "monster".
Sheng's mother passed away very early, and Sheng's father was almost an image of Sheng Yi, who was only interested in combat mechas. Including Sheng Ji, there were only three people in the family.
In the village, two fighting maniacs, one big and one small, lived together. They learned how to cook by reading books, and went out to work to save money to buy a violin.
When he had nothing to do, he would sit on the roof and play the violin little by little to figure out the tunes he had heard. He would then go downstairs when it was almost time to cook for his family.
Ji lives a leisurely life in the Sheng family.
…Until one day, Xiji saw the "wingman" for the first time.
Soon, Xi Ji showed extraordinary and terrifying talent in combat.
After studying for a month, he was able to complete all difficult flying maneuvers by piloting a wingman.
Those operating instincts seemed to be imprinted in his body. He could easily judge the battlefield environment, dynamically determine the parameters, report to the mecha, and at the same time provide firepower to cover the mecha's actions.
Because he has a sense of pain and negative emotions, he will not be disturbed by pain, tension, or interference in battle, and can always remain absolutely calm. At the same time, he has the adaptability and judgment abilities that intelligent AI does not have.
It was not until this time that the military finally realized that the original research on bionic humans might have been successful.
Xu Ji began to accept training from Sheng's father, and three months later, he became Sheng's father's observer.
During that period, the galaxy where the Alliance was located happened to be on the Zerg migration route, and countless battles took place.
With the cooperation of his superiors, no matter how dangerous the situation was, Father Sheng could always complete the task successfully and return to the ground safely.
Until the last mission.
The mecha crashed into the insect swarm, and when it came back, only the wounded wingman was left.
"In the most extreme cases, the wingman must sacrifice himself for the mecha. This is originally the mission of the observer, but it can only be completed."
The system highlighted the key plot point: "From here on, Sheng Yi began to target Xu Ji."
This part of the play was performed by Yu Tang himself. He knew it and nodded.
The system said: "Sheng Yi has been forcing him to tell what happened that day. He doesn't believe what Ji Ji said, he just encountered a danger that he couldn't handle."
"Sheng Yi is the protagonist of this book. He is more talented than his father and will become the best mecha operator in the alliance."
System: "But he is not yet an adult and cannot escape the control of the master."
"He tried his best to get into the military academy and get away from Xiaoji, but to his surprise Xiaoji got in a year earlier than him."
"He was surprised that Xiaoji would actually register as his observer and form a team with him."
"He hated Xi Ji to death."
System: "He didn't believe what Daji said, and thought that Daji must have done something in secret to make him lose his father..."
"I still remember this part," Yu Tang said, "but I don't understand how I got put into a sack by a group of masked men, dragged onto a slave ship, floated across streams and oceans, and met the kind dolphin in my destiny."
system:"… "
The system tried its best to correct its attitude and be serious: "While in the dormitory, Sheng Yi was responsible for reading a few of his books. At the military academy, he met an observer who was a perfect match for him."
Once the operator and observer are perfectly matched, they can achieve the best results.
The story line of this book actually starts from here.
The observer is Ye Hanfeng, the protagonist of this book.
Both of them are gifted with gifts, one more arrogant than the other. They had been enemies since they entered school due to an accident, and from being at loggerheads to sympathizing with each other, they finally developed a tacit understanding and feeling that surpassed everyone else.
From the perspective of the original novel, after entering school, Sheng Yi had to endure strong disgust and resistance, and was forced to cooperate with Xu Ji in combat training.
Although Xu Ji is powerful, he and Sheng Yi cannot get along well, and his strength is severely limited. Also, because of Xu Ji's reputation as the "number one observer", he has caused Sheng Yi countless troubles.
Sheng Yi was very annoyed by these things, and it happened that among his classmates, there were a few who had ulterior motives and were sure to find someone to teach Sheng Yi a lesson.
Sheng Yi was young, so he nodded and agreed immediately.
Yu Tang: “…Is it that simple?”
"It's that simple." The system said, "He asked Ji not to conflict with his classmates."
"Observers cannot resist the operator's orders."
System explanation: "In the original plot, Xiji lost one leg because of this 'prank' and stayed in the hospital for half a year."
Yu Tang understood this time, and after roughly watching the subsequent plot, he nodded.
When he was in charge of this book, he could only follow the instructions and could not check the full plot later.
Now it seems that this character is just a tool man and an early golden finger.
When Xiao Ji was around, no matter how badly Sheng Yi got along with him, Xiao Ji would always take care of him and tolerate him.
Sheng Yi's strength is too strong, which can make up for Sheng Yi's problems in cooperation. Sheng Yi's performance is still outstanding, and he can suppress Ye Hanfeng, who has not yet matured.
But Sheng Yi, under the instigation of others, broke the golden finger himself.
With the help of Xi Ji, Sheng Yi's shortcomings in coordination were suddenly exposed, and Tian Zhijiao's performance plummeted. He was badly defeated by Ye Hanfeng several times in a row.
Next, for quite a long period of time, Sheng Yi would be trapped in a low period, and was even hit so hard that he could not recover.
—But soon, something even more devastating would happen to him.
After being discharged from the hospital, his physical abilities began to decline.
When flying the wingman, Xiao Ji made more and more mistakes, and no longer had the sharp reaction speed and operational awareness as before.
Xu Ji became Sheng Yi's observer again, but it didn't help Sheng Yi's performance improve again.
What irritated Sheng Yi even more was that Sheng Yi not only felt pain, but also had negative emotions.
Failure in battle and decline in strength would not cause any emotional changes for Xi Ji.
Xu Ji still cooks for himself every day and plays the violin with difficulty. He is still as gentle and optimistic as the brilliant genius he was in the past. He doesn't worry about anything. He lazily hums a few unknown songs and writes and draws in a diary.
Sheng Yi was stimulated by this gap and had several hysterical attacks.
Xu Ji was frightened by him, but he just waited patiently until Sheng Yi got tired of being angry, then gave him a Coke and asked Sheng Yi if he wanted some ice.
Sheng Yi took the initiative to propose to disband the team.
This was the only thing that Daji agreed to. Daji handed him the ice cola, touched his head, and asked him to wait a moment.
Sheng Yi was almost driven crazy by Xi Ji.
He began to torture Xiji in various ways, and his words became increasingly cold and harsh.
During practice, he ignored the injury on Xiji's leg and repeatedly asked Xiji to increase the weight like himself.
When carrying out the mission, he deliberately took the mecha to the most dangerous place, and watched coldly as his wingman staggered and tumbled in the insect swarm.
He told himself that this was all what Xiao Ji deserved.
It was Xi Ji who insisted on tying him together, and it was Xi Ji himself who was becoming weaker and weaker, and he was dragging him down, just like before.
Just like before, it was also Xiao Ji who killed his father.
In the setbacks again and again, the gap between him and Ye Hanfeng widened, and his temper became more and more sensitive and extreme. More than once, Sheng Yi said something inappropriate during the argument, saying that Xiao Ji was just a waste now and asked Xiao Ji to pay for his father's life.
But Xuji was still cooking his meals, playing his violin, humming an unknown tune, and writing and drawing in his notebook.
Until a battle that was far more intense than expected.
Everyone was caught in a bitter battle. The insect swarm was far beyond the predicted scale. Amidst the unimaginable tragic casualties, these students who still had mature combat experience almost completely became food for the insect swarm.
Ye Hanfeng's partner was so frightened by the mecha that he abandoned his wingman and escaped without a trace.
Sheng Yi tried desperately to save Ye Hanfeng. He contacted Xiao Ji for cover, but he felt ridiculous at the same time - in that brutal encounter, Xiao Ji had abandoned his father and returned with endless shame.
For the first time, Xi Ji hesitated. He asked Sheng Yi when he should start providing cover.
Xi Ji said to him in the call channel, I am consciously assimilating with this wingman, but not too fast, I have to do it slowly.
Xi Ji said to him, give me half a little baby, just half a little baby.
Xi Ji said, in half an hour, you will have a perfect wingman, I will no longer have these talents, I will go back to play the violin, and there is still a piece of music that I have not finished practicing.
Sheng Yi sneered.
This was not the first time that Xi Ji had said such things to him, and he even explained to him that this was his father's wish.
How could such an outrageous thing happen
Sheng Yi was too lazy to listen to Ye Ji's nonsense any more. He issued an order to provide immediate cover, forcibly terminated the contact, and switched the communicator to Ye Hanfeng's channel.
Sheng Yi finally got rid of Xi Ji.
He piloted the mecha alone, and his performance was no worse than that of an ordinary team. When the Zerg were encountered, he performed better than expected, narrowly avoiding several life-threatening crises and successfully saving Ye Hanfeng.
Sheng Yi felt relaxed.
He doesn't need any damn wingman.
He used his own mecha as a wingman for Ye Hanfeng, and the two of them escaped from the insect tide safely.
He jumped off the mecha and wanted to check on Ye Hanfeng's situation, but found that Li Ji's wingman was also slowly landing.
Sheng Yi was annoyed by being pestered, and he wanted to scold Master Ji for causing more trouble, but was held back by Ye Hanfeng.
Ye Hanfeng realized something was wrong and pulled him over, letting him fly the wingman instead.
The cockpit of the wingman's plane was specially made, and there were strange electrodes in the helmet.
Ji was sitting in the driver's seat. He seemed to have fallen asleep. Sheng Yi held his shoulders and shook him hard, and his body fell down quietly.
The diary fell down, with strange dates marked on it, which were crossed out day by day. Today was the last day.
It records Father Sheng's instructions.
There is no secret behind Father Sheng's sacrifice, let alone a so-called conspiracy from some unknown person.
Father Sheng is a pure battle maniac. To him, victory in battle is more important than anything else. He brought Xiaoji home and specially let Xiaoji get in touch with the wingman in order to turn Xiaoji into the best weapon.
During those three months of training, Xi Ji was hospitalized many times, each time because he underestimated his own fatigue level and the high-intensity training caused him to become exhausted and coma.
Father Sheng began to be dissatisfied with Xiao Ji's physical fitness, and he wanted to integrate Xiao Ji's conscious reflexes into the intelligent AI system.
He wants to turn Xiao Ji into a fighting machine.
In that battle, they encountered the largest insect swarm in history, and it was impossible for the mecha to survive. Father Sheng asked Ji Hui to leave in order to leave this most excellent weapon for himself.
This is also a technology that has been banned by the Alliance by the Ministry of Science - forcibly integrating human consciousness with intelligent AI to give AI stronger reaction capabilities and adaptability.
Among those who were deprived of consciousness in this way, only one person was able to survive.
Ji was awakened from the sleeping cabin in the laboratory and brought back to the Sheng family. He just changed from one experimental subject to another.
Xu Ji recorded his death date every day in his diary.
Sheng Yi stood at the driver's seat, his face pale.
A string of wind chimes was tied to the huge wingman, and when the wind blew, it tinkled and swayed to play the song that he had just practiced.