One month later.
In a certain laboratory at the Spire Experimental Base, three humans, two men and one woman, were standing.
Chen Chen took a USB flash drive from Brando.
There is a transparent, crystal-like shell on the outside of this USB flash drive. Through the shell, you can clearly see a large number of golden gears inside. These gears are still rotating slowly, as clear-cut and complex as a mechanical watch.
If you didn't know that this finely crafted thing was a USB flash drive, you might even mistake it for a handicraft.
"Mr. Chen, fortunately you have lived up to your fate."
Brando smiled, one eye was wrapped in white cloth, and traces of blood seeped out, with an inexplicable cruelty.
"Go to the Spire Laboratory's logistics and ask them to heal your injury."
Chen Chen nodded and said calmly, "You can choose between prosthetic limbs or cloning a real eye. However, we cannot reach that level of organ cloning technology alone, so if you choose to transplant a real eye, you will have to wait half a year. Eyes will not be allocated until your clone reaches adulthood."
"I choose prosthetics."
Brando nodded, "I heard that the performance of the prosthetic eyes developed by the Xingtian project will be better than the original eyes, and ordinary people can't see it."
"But there's nothing you can do when you go through security."
Chen Chen made a rare joke and patted Brando on the shoulder, then turned around and walked to a computer with the USB disk in hand.
Seeing this, Brando bowed slightly, turned around and exited the laboratory.
Chen Chen inserted the quantum USB flash drive into the computer, and then Xiao X began to control the computer and connect with the quantum computer in North America.
"Already connected."
In reality, Little One year."
Chen Chen nodded, "Sure enough, this quantum computer appeared that year, what else?"
"Searching in progress... However, most of them are quantum computer program codes, and basically no other valuable clues have been found..."
Little
"Is this the only section?"
Chen Chen's heart moved.
"I'll look for it again..."
Little X said, and then only about half a minute passed before Little The computer program system, the only valuable thing in the entire quantum computer, is this video file."
"very good."
Chen Chen ordered, "Bring in a delta-level experimenter."
Following Chen Chen's order, two black knights walked in within five minutes. They dragged a black man wearing a white striped research uniform and brought him into the laboratory to complete the equipment. in the isolation room.
"Hey, where are you taking me? Damn it, let me go!"
The black man spoke a native English, struggled and cursed loudly, until two black knights locked him in an isolation room in the laboratory.
"You damn s**ts, I'm going to fuck you...ahhhh!!!"
Before he could finish cursing, his body suddenly twitched and fell to the ground, rolling on the ground and screaming loudly.
This is when Little
It wasn't until ten seconds later that the collar stopped releasing electricity, and the black man lay on the ground moaning softly, unwilling to get up for a while.
Chen Chen walked to the observation window of the isolation room and pressed a button. All of the man's identity information was automatically displayed on the control panel of the isolation room.
Number: D008624.
Name: Evan Gran, male, 35 years old, Ovambo ethnic group.
On June 20, 2022, he was sentenced to life imprisonment for burglary and causing the death of the victim. On April 21, 2023, he was sent to the Minaret Experimental Base-delta-level experimental personnel training base.
Physical health: good.
Number of experiments participated: 0.
Seeing this, Chen Chen immediately pressed the sound system in the isolation room and said at the same time, "Mr. Evan Gran."
"Who, who is talking!"
Hearing a man's voice coming from the ceiling, Evan Grant, who had pretended to fall to the ground, suddenly raised his head and kept looking around the ceiling.
"You can call me Dr. Chen."
Chen Chen said, "I believe you also understand the current situation. Do you still remember the terms of the contract? Item 3, item 5 of the cooperation terms you signed with Blackwatch Company, you are obliged to cooperate with all our company's experiments, and we Your performance will be scored, and if the points accumulate to a certain level, you can obtain the right to have your sentence reduced."
"Fuck your cooperation, tell me, what do you want me to do?"
Evan Grand spit out, turned around and climbed up. Only then did he see a huge mirror in front of him, "Hey, I know you are outside, I am staring at you now, boy, give me Be careful!"
As Evan Gran spoke, he stared at the mirror in front of him with a stern expression and said harsh words.
Chen Chen glanced at Little
Chen Chen said no more. He pressed two buttons on the isolation room console. After pressing the first button, the observation window of the isolation room suddenly changed from transparent to gray. When the second button was pressed, After going down, Evan Gran's curses in the isolation room completely disappeared.
"Play it for him."
Chen Chen waved his hand, turned around and sat on the sofa behind him, closed his eyes and rested.
"good."
Following Chen Chen's order, Xiao X immediately started operating. She played the video she found from the quantum computer in the isolation room.
One minute, two minutes, three minutes...
Five minutes later, Little There is nothing abnormal, whether it is vital signs or emotions, they are the same as before."
"very good."
Chen Chen then stood up and walked to the control console again. At the same time, he made the observation window transparent again and turned on the sound again.
"Dude, what the hell are you talking about?"
The black man in the isolation room was confused at this time. He asked loudly, "What successor, what USB flash drive, what crisis... What the hell is this video?"
However, it was destined that no one would answer his question. The two black knights from before walked in again and dragged him out.
After the delta-level experimenter was dragged out of the laboratory, Chen Chen walked to the computer and started playing the video.
"Chi chi chi..."
At the beginning of the playback, there is a section of snowflakes, and judging from the degree of blur, the resolution of the video should be 360P, which is obviously from many years ago.
After the snowflakes passed, the screen suddenly flashed, and a handsome man about thirty years old with sharp eyes appeared on the screen.
This man was wearing a black suit, with only his upper body exposed. Although his height could not be seen because there was no reference, his figure was very tall.
The most important thing is that this man is a Central-Continent!
"Being able to see this message means that even if you are not where I am now, you are not far behind."
In the video, the man seemed to be standing in a laboratory with metal walls. At this time, he showed a row of strong white teeth, looked at the camera and laughed wildly, "Aren't you surprised? I think you have guessed it, that's right. , that magical USB flash drive in your hand is what I left behind."
"My name is Zhao Shanhe, the second holder of the Plane Key... I only found traces left by one predecessor. Let's assume that I am the second holder. At the same time, I am also the founder of the Earth Federation, Humanity In my hands, the world is unified for the first time!"
When talking about "the world is unified", the man in the video showed a very proud expression, "Hahahaha, I, Zhao Shanhe, an ordinary little person, can do this, this life is worth it!"
But the next second, his expression suddenly changed, revealing a hint of gloom, "It's a pity that after I leave here and go to the movie "The Strange One", I'm afraid the Earth Federation won't have much time. Without me to suppress it, this human being Sooner or later the united collective will fall apart.”
Chen Chen narrowed his eyes when he heard this. The movie "The Black Hole" is actually "The Surface of the Black Hole". It was just a translation problem in the 1990s. It was translated into "The Black Hole" at that time. It was not until 2000 that people discovered "The Black Hole". The name "Surface" is more in line with the meaning of the movie.
So, is it really him who encountered the antimeme
Thinking of this, Chen Chen's heart sank and he continued reading.
"I made this video to tell you that our current situation as human beings is very dangerous..."
Zhao Shanhe showed a solemn look and continued, "You should know the theory of the Great Filter of Civilization. If the planet is compared to a whole, then a planet with life is actually like a human being with a soul. We call this The life unit of the planet is 'Gaia'."
"However, people don't know that for Gaia, the dawn of civilization is not a surprise. On the contrary, these dawns of civilization are like cancer cells. As civilization develops, they will inevitably Proliferating itself at the expense of destroying the ecosystem is the second law of thermodynamics. The increase in entropy is irreversible. If civilization wants to develop, it will inevitably continue to destroy Gaia. Only by absorbing the life of Gaia can it be achieved... "
"Therefore, when each ecosystem develops a corresponding civilization, it needs to withstand the blockage of the civilization filter. This blockage actually comes from its own mother Gaia. They are unavoidable. As long as the civilization is not destroyed, this blockage will There has been."
"So, I discovered a fact..."
There was a hint of horror in Zhao Shanhe's eyes, "Can you believe it? Humanity's long-held understanding is wrong. From the time we experienced World War II until now, there have been almost no large-scale disasters. This has led us to create a very different world. The illusion of safety, but if you look at history, you will find that this kind of 'security' is just an accidental phenomenon. The history of human civilization has always been based on countless natural and man-made disasters!"
"In other words, this world is far more cruel than we imagine. In the vast universe, the earth is like an isolated island in the ocean, and human civilization is a castle built by a child with fine sand. It is exquisite but fragile. Any When a big wave hits, the civilization that mankind is proud of will disappear completely, and not even a splash of water will rise... "
"So you understand?"
Zhao Shanhe took a deep breath and said, "This world is becoming more and more dangerous!"
"I can't explain what these dangers are, when and why they will come... But this danger is increasing day by day. I believe you have noticed it. The reason why I unite all mankind to create the Earth Federation is to deal with this danger. Not only that, "Adam's" ability is also designed to deal with this danger. It can continuously calculate throughout the day, predict most dangers and give early warning to the Earth Federation, so that the Earth Federation has room to respond."
Having said this, Zhao Shanhe was silent for a while, and then suddenly said as if he had made up his mind: "Now, I am going to go to the movie "The Strange One" to implement a plan. If my plan for this trip is successful... I guess you won't watch it. Now that we have reached this video, there is no need to say anything more, but if you see this video, it means that my plan failed... "
"Hey! Don't ask me what my plan is, and don't even think about investigating my identity and traces, because there will be no trace of me in the whole world. It's like I never appeared. This is because I was hit by a A weird thing called antimeme... Maybe you have already started to come into contact with this kind of thing, maybe you haven't come into contact with it yet, but if you haven't come into contact with it yet, be careful, I can't help you, because I can't protect myself!"
A look of helplessness appeared on Zhao Shanhe's face, "I'm not actually afraid of death. What I'm afraid of is being forgotten. Unfortunately, the more I'm afraid of something, the more I have to face it..."
Immediately, there was another silence in the video.
Chen Chen looked at the time and saw that the video's progress bar had reached the end.
"In addition, I also want to tell you a very cruel fact."
Finally, Zhao Shanhe suddenly laughed again. He showed his white teeth and said with a smile, "When you continue to use the ability of the plane key, the danger will continue to find you. This is inevitable. You should explore the specific situation yourself. It does not arrive immediately, but is like a butterfly effect, affecting you and the world subtly. When it arrives, you will experience the gradual collapse. The feeling... I am a warning to others!”