Although he was very reluctant, Liang Xian still stepped forward to treat Cui and Yu's consciousness a little. They all had such experience before, and the aftereffects of using consciousness for the first time were very painful.
Cui Heyu fell into a coma after receiving treatment. Tan Yan looked at Minister Yu. He had something to announce, but he felt that he couldn't delay it any longer. The longer he delayed, the worse the trust between his companions would be. Cui Heyu had already thought about hacking into the household registration system to find his true identity. Once they found Tan Yan, the policeman who died of overwork in Ping County, they would recognize him at a glance.
Minister Yu felt Tan Yan's pleading gaze and sighed silently: "Wait for Cui and Yu to wake up and go to the meeting room."
This is nothing special. Every time they return to the real world, they have to hold a meeting to summarize the experience of this time, make arrangements for the next operation, and continue to improve their understanding of "voids" and superpowers.
This time their discovery was huge, so a meeting was necessary.
But when will Cui Heyu wake up? Yan Yongfeng and Qiu Qizheng both slept for two or three hours...
While he was thinking about it, the little deer ran to Cui Heyu's bedside with a "click" and "click" sound, and as usual, bit him hard, waking him up.
Everyone: “…”
"Ouch!" Cui Heyu had a headache and pain in his hands. He covered his head and looked at his companions with a hint of embarrassment on his face.
"I, I really didn't mean it, and I didn't know my ability was like this..." Cui Heyu lowered his head.
"Can you hack into the backend of a game company and modify its internal data without any special powers?" Minister Yu asked seriously.
Cui Heyu: “…”
"Each one is more troublesome than the other," Minister Yu said, "You are under house arrest for observation. Don't go into the 'Empty Hole' next time."
Hearing that he could no longer enter the "void", Cui Heyu became anxious. He struggled to get out of bed and begged, "Minister, I will write a self-criticism, I will write an application, I... I can do anything you ask me to do, but you can't let me leave here!"
Seeing that Minister Yu remained silent, he added: "I also want to contribute my strength to mankind and world peace!"
These words gave Liang Xian goose bumps all over his body. He rubbed his arms and wanted to retort to Cui Heyu, but in the end he didn't say anything.
"Your behavior has already constituted a crime. The organization can protect you once, but we will not let people with criminal records go to the front line." Minister Yu said seriously, "Besides, your ability is not suitable for use in another world. Which doomsday world will give you a computer for you to hack into?"
Cui Heyu was speechless. Indeed, even though he was a god in the second dimension, he was useless in the third dimension. Even if he could paralyze all the computers in the world, he could not block a breeze from the other world.
"If you perform well, you can be transferred to the logistics team to contribute to the superpower team on the front line." Minister Yu continued, "And your superpower is very special, you can even control public opinion. Since superpowers can be used in the real world, we must plan for the future in advance. Cyber warfare must be fought, and you will be our secret weapon. Of course, the premise is that you will not break the law again."
"But I..."
I want to go to another world.
Although it is dangerous, there are companions to fight with, bizarre abilities, and adventures full of unknowns.
"Oh," Minister Yu smiled, "Does Cui Heyu think that the real world is not exciting enough? Young man, do you know that fighting with others is the most fun? The blades in the real world are invisible, and your ability can find these weapons facing our companions. If you insist on going to another world to waste your ability..."
Minister Yu did not continue speaking, but everyone knew that if Cui Heyu really insisted, Minister Yu might make him lose all his superpowers.
Seeing that Cui and Yu no longer resisted, Minister Yu said, "Everyone change your clothes and go to the meeting room."
The little deer ran to Minister Yu and looked up at him.
Minister Yu: “…”
"You go too. After all... you are also a warrior who has returned triumphantly from another world." Minister Yu twitched his lips and said with difficulty.
The little deer happily nudged its head in Minister Yu's arms, then ran back to Tan Yan.
"It must have become a spirit..." Minister Yu said with a look of doubt on his face.
"Study it slowly." Qiao Zhixue was not surprised at all. Instead, he showed an interested look.
The little deer, who would bite anyone he met, was so scared after seeing Qiao Zhixue's expression that it buried its head in Tan Yan's arms, leaving only its butt and little tail shaking.
Everyone: “…”
While changing his clothes, Liang Xian asked, "Did the deer come back with us?"
They fainted when they came back and no one paid any attention to the fawn.
"Yeah," Tan Yan nodded, "He also went to another world with me. He ran very fast, running 200 kilometers in half an hour."
Liang Xian: “…”
He would never admit that he was not even as good as a deer!
When everyone arrived at the conference room, they found that there were only Minister Yu and Qiao Zhixue in the huge room. This was different from the past. Every time they had a meeting, several professors from the research group would be present.
"Where is Secretary Xu?" asked Ah San.
"… "
The conference room suddenly became quiet, and Xiaolu tilted his head beside Tan Yan.
"Please sit down first." Minister Yu said.
Seeing that everyone was in place, Minister Yu signaled to Tan Yan that he could speak.
Tan Yan stood up nervously, took a deep breath, and opened his mouth: "..."
No sound was made.
Everyone looked at him, waiting for Tan Yan to speak.
"Everyone wait a moment."
Tan Yan took out the notebook that had been with him through many worlds, and quickly wrote a few lines. Then he stood up and read, "Today I want to confess something to everyone. It's about 'emptiness' and also about me."
Everyone listened attentively.
"You may think that the 'void' phenomenon has just appeared or has only been around for a few years, but that is not the case. The first known 'void' in our world occurred in Ping County in December 1978, 40 years ago, and the number of times it has occurred is at least 900 times."
Everyone was shocked by this number. Everyone had many questions in their mind, but no one spoke. They just waited quietly for Tan Yan.
"I was the first person in the country to encounter the 'void'. I encountered it when I was eighteen years old." Tan Yan said concisely, "That's all I have to say. End."
After saying this, he saluted his leader and companions with a very standard military salute.
There were papers and pens in the meeting room. Liang Xian listened to Tan Yan's speech and took careful notes. After he finished speaking, he silently sorted out his words.
Oh, the "void" has existed for so many years, forty years, a generation older than him. The country has worked so hard over the years that it was able to hide it from the world for so many years. Tan Yan was the first person to discover the "void". He discovered it when he was eighteen years old. Yes, it was really not easy. He was one year younger than him and had just become an adult. He was eighteen years old...
Um
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Uh-huh
Hmmmm
Liang Xian felt that his usually smart brain was not enough. What is 18+40
He wrote down the calculation formula on the paper, still using the basic formula for multi-digit addition and subtraction that elementary school students use, adding the top and bottom. These two numbers are really easy to add, and there will be no decimal point, but...
18+40, what is equal to
Liang Xian calculated several times but could not find the answer. Every time he came to the number "5", he would cross out the equation with a pen, write another equation, and calculate again. Soon the paper was filled with black lines. When Liang Xian saw that he had finished writing on this paper, he took another A4 paper and continued to calculate.
Cui Heyu, who was sitting opposite him, couldn't help but said directly: "You don't know how to do addition and subtraction in kindergarten, 18+40=58!"
Cui Heyu was stunned after saying this, with a strange light in his eyes. He pushed Qiu Qizheng beside him and said, "Eh? Did I calculate wrong? What is 18+40 equal to?"
Qiu Qizheng: “…”
Cui Heyu looked down at the paper in front of Qiu Qizhen again, and saw the number 58 written all over it.
Well, this is a good boy who is willing to face reality. He has figured it out, but he won’t say it.
"It's equal to 58." Seeing that everyone was asking this question, Qin Li directly gave the answer. He was wondering what was wrong. Why couldn't the two smartest students in the class figure out such a simple question
"58?" Ah San looked at Tan Yan and slapped his thigh, "Did you travel through time and space to 2018 directly after returning from the Hollow?"
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Oh, so that's how it is. It's understandable. Traveling through time and space is very common.
Qiao Zhixue really couldn't stand these people deceiving themselves, so he said directly: "You can even accept time travel, so why can't you accept the objective fact that Tan Yan is already 58 years old?"
"No, impossible!" Liang Xian slammed the table and stood up, glaring at Qiao Zhixue, "He is so young, and his face looks younger than mine, how could he be older than Minister Yu? This is absolutely impossible!"
In the end, what he said was no longer "impossible" but "no".
Qiao Zhixue glanced at the faces that were either crazy, unbelieving, or out of shape, and used the projector to magnify Tan Yan's personal information that he had just entered into the computer onto the big screen.
"Tan Yan was born in December 1960. He joined the army in December 1976. After demobilization in December 1978, he was assigned to work at the Ping County Public Security Management Office. His ethnicity is Han. He is a deputy chief clerk and his political status is a member of the masses. He has won the titles of 'Most Beautiful Young Policeman', 'Police Model', and 'Police System Competition Champion' many times. He has won the second-class merit twice and the third-class merit 10 times. He has been rated as excellent in annual assessments for 15 consecutive years. During his career, he has arrested 631 suspects and has been at his post for 14,317 days without ever leaving his post. He suffered a heart attack at his post on May 7, 2018 and died in the line of duty. He was posthumously awarded the honorary first-class merit. The Ministry of Public Security called on all police officers across the country to learn from the outstanding deeds of Comrade Tan Yan. These are his police ID photos from different periods since he joined the work in 1978. Please compare them."
Qiao Zhixue slowly read out Tan Yan's resume and pasted eight photos below the resume. These were one-inch photos taken every time Tan Yan changed his position and changed his police officer ID. The last photo was a portrait.
Everyone looked at the photos slowly from the last one forward. Every time they saw a photo, they looked at Tan Yan and compared the photo with the real person.
Every photo looks very similar to Tan Yan, which makes people think that if Tan Yan gets old in the future, he will probably look like this, refusing to accept his age. Although he is old, he is still tall and strong, like an old poplar in the wind and rain.
The first photo I saw was a black and white photo. It was a photo of Tan Yan when he had just started working. His young face was full of childishness. Compared with the current Tan Yan, except that his eyes had become more steadier, there was no other change.
After forty years, this man has become more resolute and less immature, but his temperament has not changed at all.
If we have to compare, the face in the first photo plus the look in the last photo is the current Tan Yan.
The air suddenly became quiet. No one even dared to breathe loudly. They just stared quietly at Tan Yan's handsome face on the big screen.
Liang Xian no longer repeatedly emphasized that Tan Yan could not be 58 years old. He remained silent, staring at Tan Yan's resume, and the bitterness in his heart gradually turned into admiration for this man.
Even if he is unwilling to face reality, this resume is too respectable.
Even if he is not Tan Yan, but just an ordinary policeman, such experience is worth learning for public officials across the country.
Liang Xian was the first to stand up and saluted at the big screen.
I respect Tan Yan, and also respect this firm and regretless military spirit.
Everyone stood up and saluted the big screen together.
They didn't dare to look at Tan Yan, nor did they salute him. They couldn't believe it, and they didn't want to believe it, and they didn't want to equate Tan Yan with the policeman who died suddenly from overwork.
They are willing to learn from this great comrade, but do not want their companions to end up like this.
Tan Yan is powerful and fearless. He should be able to talk and laugh in a fantasy world, turning crises into opportunities; he should be ignorant of theories, but always be able to defeat theories with actions; he should lead the team in another world and create miracles one after another.
He shouldn't... be turned into a black and white photo, pasted on a tombstone, for people to admire.
The first-class merit awarded additionally is nothing compared to the glory of being alive.
A person like him should be full of vigor and vitality, and be envied, admired, respected, and relied upon by every member who has just joined the superpower team. He should be a living role model and goal, rather than... a dead legend.
They would salute, but not to the current Tan Yan. It might be ridiculous to forcibly divide the same person into two parts, but this was the mood of everyone in the superpower team.
After everyone calmed down, Minister Yu said, "I understand the significance of Tan Yan's existence to everyone, but we can't always rely on Comrade Tan Yan. He is 58 years old this year. It is November now. According to the national statutory retirement age, Comrade Tan Yan will retire in 2 years and 1 month.
Perhaps you will say that Comrade Tan Yan still looks young and not old at all, so why should he follow the legal age limit? He can just continue to work on the front line.
It is not wrong to think so, but you are all elites. Do you have to rely on an old comrade who has been working in the job for 42 years after two years of training? "
"No!" everyone said in unison.
"Very good," Minister Yu nodded, "Comrades, you must remember that, based on the characteristics of each person, superpowers can really do many things that humans cannot even imagine. Because of this, it is the hope of human evolution, but it may also be the fuse that leads to human destruction. How to use superpowers depends on your heart. I hope that everyone here, and every evolver who may enter the 'void' to gain superpowers in the future, can stick to the bottom line and remember their mission."
He hesitated for a moment, and finally added: "Learn from Comrade Tan Yan and take Comrade Tan Yan as an example!"
Liang Xian: “…”
Stop talking, or he'll really start crying.
The author has something to say: Liang Xian: What is 18+40? This question is too difficult. I can’t do it. I can’t do it!
Xiaolu: Today is also a cute and beautiful day. (Rubbing against Tan Yan)
ps: As usual, there will be another update at 10 pm.
I have been updating nearly 9,000 words a day! I update twice a day, and I still work and write part-time! Those who still ask me to update more, are you devils? Are you devils? Are you ghosts? ! ! !