The entire underground palace was extremely quiet, not even the sound of footsteps. Although the simplified characters were difficult for Wu Yidao and the others to read, it did not affect their understanding after all. The first half of the note was of little interest to them, but the last part gave them an immersive suffocating feeling.
There are no modifiers in the notes, but this kind of plain record is even more shocking. Although the weapon that could destroy the world could not be visualized in Wu Yidao's mind, they could feel the despair and helplessness at that moment.
I don't know how long he's been here, Fang Xie let out a long breath of relief.
"According to the normal situation, if all human beings are extinct, it will be a very long process for human beings to appear again. Judging from this person's notes, the extinction of all human beings was indeed not caused at that time. But the ecological system, that is, the environment Devastated. The world has become uninhabitable, and the aftermath of that apocalyptic weapon will last a long, long time, so…”
"So, the development of civilization into the city is much faster than normal?"
Wu asked together.
Fang Jie nodded: "The survivors should be the aborigines in a remote place. They are extremely backward. But because of this remoteness, they were saved from disaster. Maybe some people who did not leave also stayed in the In the tribes of these indigenous peoples, these people were taught to use writing, but for some reason, these people who stayed behind had little influence."
"The aborigines are still walking slowly according to their own development direction. In the next few decades or even hundreds of years, brave men will continue to leave the tribe and explore new living environments. But because of the destruction, this time may last for a long time. Long. When the impact of the annihilation weapon on the environment gradually improved, these people began to migrate."
Xiang Qingniu hummed: "After all, the places that were attacked by that kind of world-destroying weapon have different degrees. The places with lesser degrees will recover faster, and they will be able to survive after hundreds of years. Therefore, people who have left the tribe Start to settle in these places, and then gradually multiply the population."
"So... what about the people who fled here?"
The fierce soldier who had been silent all this time suddenly asked: "Leaving this world?"
Fang Jie said: "According to the level of development at that time, it is not impossible to leave here. The notes mentioned that there is one of their bases in the extreme south, which has not been damaged by war. But that place should be extremely cold, no Suitable for human survival. And they don't have enough tools to survive, so they have to evacuate. Maybe there are aircraft at that base."
"What is an aircraft?"
Xiang Qingniu asked.
Fang Jie said: "It should be the kind of thing you have imagined before, which can take people off the ground and fly to the sky."
Xiang Qingniu froze for a moment: "Then they are settling on top of us now? The moon?"
Fang Jie shook his head: "I read from an ancient book that the former sages speculated about the world. According to his speculation, our world is not the only one. We live on a continent, and there are such things in other places." Continents, but they don’t know each other because the distance is too far away. He believes that there are such continents in places far, far beyond the sky. If you can fly away from here and have a clear goal, you may not be able to reach other worlds.”
"We... aren't the only ones?"
Wu Yidao's complexion obviously changed, and this kind of thinking was undoubtedly a very strong shock to him. It was as if the barrier of thought in his head had been broken, allowing him to see another larger space. Before his thinking was limited to this world, what he knew now made him feel small instantly.
Fang Jie said slowly: "We sit on the beach and look at the sand. Every grain of sand is an individual. Maybe, for the whole world...not our world, but the whole world. The number of small worlds like ours As much as the sand on the beach."
Hearing Fang Jie's words, everyone's hearts trembled slightly.
"So, how big is the real world?"
Xiang Qingniu asked with a pale face.
"have no idea."
Fang Jie raised his head to look at the sky, but he was underground and couldn't see the sky at all. But in his eyes, it was as if he really saw something.
"Every star you see at night is probably a world inhabited by people. Those stars seem small only because they are so far away. It's like if you look at a big mountain, you can see the mountain from a distance The whole picture of the mountain, but only a small area can be seen at a close distance. If the mountain is placed at a greater distance and we can see it, then the mountain will become as small as a grain of sand, or even invisible.”
Listening to Fang Jie's words, Xiang Qingniu went on to say: "That is to say, we can see the sky full of stars from this small world, but if we stand on the farthest star that we can see, we can still see the sky full of stars." Seeing the sky full of stars. And so on... The small world is endless, and the big world is endless?"
Fang Jie nodded: "Perhaps... yes."
Wu Yidao suddenly said with emotion: "People... are really small."
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…
Fang Jie looked at the things in his hand that could transfer space, and then thought of the notes he had seen before, and concluded: "The choice of those people at that time must have been very helpless. The instrument that can transfer 320 people should still be It belongs to the imperfect stage. It is not yet possible to convert such a small instrument at will, and there may only be one chance to use it. Therefore, it cannot be used repeatedly to take away everyone, and this time there was a killing."
"maybe… "
The soldiers spoke calmly, without any fluctuation in their tone: "Their goal is a base in the extreme south. If the living environment there is extremely harsh, the scale of the base must not be very large. Moreover, the living conditions of this base are Supplies from the country, the country is gone, who will continue to supply them? Too many people go there at once, and the base can only collapse immediately."
He said: "This is a choice, a helpless but necessary choice."
Fang Jie didn't know what to say. Although the words of the brave soldier revealed a particularly dark side of people's hearts, it was very likely to be the truth. The high-level officials in this underground base must know the scale of the scientific research base in the extreme south, so there may not be such considerations as mentioned by the soldiers.
"I think, I see the end."
Xiang Qingniu said.
Wu Yidao and others nodded, they also saw the doomsday.
This doomsday is not only the doomsday for everyone in the era of the owner of the notebook, Li Qin, but also the doomsday for Xiang Qingniu and the others. Because this may be the inevitable end after the world has developed to a certain extent, the only thing people can do is to try their best to prolong the time of the end.
However, not everyone is normal.
Among humans, there are also lunatics.
Moreover, judging from Li Qin's notes, it was not a human being who finally released that world-destroying weapon, but an emotionless robot. The robot's duty is to protect the safety of the head of state. When the head of state died, he immediately launched revenge.
This is just a procedure, and a normal person might not make such a decision. But, who knows? In such an environment and at such a moment, no one may be able to maintain so-called sobriety. Our country is finished, our relatives and friends are dead, why should I think about living enemies
Once this kind of thinking appears, it may be more terrifying than robots.
After gradually recovering from the shock of the notes, Fang Xie and the others continued to explore the base. They stayed here for a whole day, but they didn't walk through the entire base. It is conceivable that the construction of this base was a huge siege.
"Some people make mistakes."
Fang Jie said as he walked: "Looking at the scale of this underground palace, it is not simply a research institution. It is more like a huge refuge. It is for people to have a place to hide when they encounter the crisis of annihilation." Survive. But there is no food storage in this place... Either someone is negligent, or the place has just been built and there is no food storage in the first place, and the disaster will come."
"However, after all, someone still made a mistake. If the reserves were started in the first place, at least tens of thousands of people could be sheltered here."
Wu Yidao nodded: "We can always predict that the crisis will come back, but we live slowly in preparation for the arrival of the crisis. We always think that there is nothing in the world, but the world will never stop waiting for us a little while."
"what is that?"
Xiang Qingniu suddenly found a crack in the corner, because the light is not good, it is difficult to find the crack unless you look carefully.
"There's something behind the wall."
After everyone came over and took a closer look, they found that the cracks in the wall should be caused by some kind of force or the precipitation of years. This wall is obviously a fake wall. The wall was not made of strong cement like what Fang Xie and the others had seen before, but a masonry wall.
"This is an institution, what is hidden behind this wall."
Fang Jie walked over quickly and pushed the bricks away. Because time has passed enough, the wall has been loose. It didn't take long for Fang Jie and the others to clean up the wall, revealing an iron door. The strange thing is that there are no particularly complicated and strong high-tech precautions on this iron door, and there is not even a lock.
This is a paradox, since it is hidden behind the wall, it may be extremely important here. But there is no lock, which means that there is no need to guard against anything here.
Fang Jie and the others looked at each other, then took a few steps back.
Shi Wan stood behind Fang Xie and arranged a bone shield in front of him.
Fang Jie nodded to everyone, took a breath, and then pushed hard.
Without it, it seemed heavy.
Unexpectedly heavy.
Fang Jie was stunned for a moment, then smiled embarrassingly: "Damn it..."
The oppressive and tense atmosphere was instantly destroyed by him. The people who had been holding on to it, seemed to have been unplugged, and their anger was exhausted. Xiang Qingniu glared at Fang Jie: "Can you trust me?"
He yanked it out, and the door opened.
This is a separate room, but it has a lot of space inside.
It seems that there can be thousands of square meters.
And surprisingly, the room was bright. Fang Jie looked up and found the familiar electric light. This was a difficult thing to explain, but Fang Jie was not surprised at all. The electric lights in this place can still be used.
Inside the room, there is a big thing in the middle. In Fang Jie's impression, it was like the equipment of a radio station.
On the opposite wall, there is a huge wall of equipment, which is huge. It still seems to be working, with green and red lights blinking.
Just when everyone was extremely curious, suddenly there was a sizzling sound somewhere. Immediately afterwards, someone spoke.
"Call, call, anyone hear? Please answer if you hear it, please answer if you hear it."
The voice was extraordinarily weird, without any tone fluctuations. Fang Xie knew that this was not a human voice. It's a synthetic voice, so there's no emotion to speak of.
Fang Jie saw that there was something like a microphone on the table.
He walked over, pressed the button subconsciously, and asked tentatively, "Who are you?"
silence
There was at least two minutes of silence, but it felt like two centuries to everyone.
"Finally someone answered, but I believe it's just a coincidence. Maybe you found this place by accident?"
The voice reappeared, and it seemed to carry some human emotion: "I actually heard someone answer me... No matter who you are, you can come to Dalun Temple in Daxue Mountain to find me. I can tell you a story, a story about A story of life and death."