"Have you ever seen something so unscientific?"
The man in the video picked up a dog, which was only half of the body of a wolfdog.
Although it has no lower body, the dog can move freely and does not seem to be affected by the missing body. It licks its owner's hand happily.
"Go, good boy, play by yourself." The man touched the dog's ears and drove it away.
He lay on the table, looking thoughtfully in the direction of the video tablet camera.
"Look, this is one of the projects I'm in charge of. It's a dog with only half of its body. Its half is visible and touchable. As for the other half, no matter what measurement method we use, we can't detect the other half that is missing."
"We have tried everything but still cannot understand why it is not dead, or whether this phenomenon is naturally formed. The emergence of these things seems to be just to trample on our traditional scientific concepts."
"We call them projects. Not all projects are as harmless as the half-dog. Some are extremely dangerous and may cause huge disasters if we are not careful. The only thing we can do is to fill in islands in the sea and imprison them as much as possible."
"But there are too many of them, and the number is increasing. All the shelters are almost full."
"Headquarters has begun to carry out experiments on cross-termination of objects. The results are not as good as we expected. And because of this, some objects with intelligence have begun to unite and riot, causing great chaos."
After saying this long paragraph, the man in the video seemed tired, with his head down and breathing heavily.
This also gives people outside the video a chance to catch their breath.
The people led by Kochi were confused when they heard this. They didn't know what this person was talking about.
At this moment, Charles' mind was full of thoughts. He could understand every word this man said. His previous guess was correct. The doctor's ancestors were working members of the foundation. This is why he used the same tablet as those people.
At this time, the person inside continued to talk. "You must think that I am worried about the trouble caused by the projects? No, you are wrong. Humanity's enemy always comes from its own arrogance. Not long after the termination plan failed, Dr. K9 and his team began to use the projects, just like humans use fire, electricity and nuclear energy."
"I used to think he was a liar, but he really did it. The birth of his Dawn-1 and Dawn-2 completely overturned everyone's imagination."
"I have sneaked a peek at Dr. K9's plan. His method of utilizing the project is very primitive, just like primitive people using fire to roast meat. But even so, the Dawn Project provides the Foundation with unlimited energy."
"This is not a good thing!!" The man's voice suddenly became louder, with a hysterical expression.
"As a qualified scientific researcher, we must be in awe of everything we don't know! And try our best to find out the truth in it!! Without fully understanding something, we can just use it with confidence. What's the difference between this and letting a toddler play with a gun!!"
The man slumped down again the next second, and after taking a breath, he continued, "Fortunately, due to the fierce competition between my mentor and his companions, the Foundation finally did not send these dangerous test subjects back to the surface. They decided to set the observation period to ten years."
"However, a few people alone cannot stop human desires. My mentor told me that his laboratory, led by Dr. K9, is researching something even more dangerous in the Abyss Trench. But because I don't have enough authority, he can't tell me what it is. The only thing I know is the deep fear in my mentor E5's eyes."
There was silence in the video for a long time again, and finally the man spoke again with difficulty.
"The Foundation is about to be destroyed. I predicted it. You might think it's stupid for a researcher to believe in predictions, but Project 177 did give me some ability to predict the future. I even used this ability to save my son from being electrocuted."
"I hope my prediction is wrong, that would be great. I have already filled out the application for my family to go ashore. They can return to the surface in three years at the earliest. I am willing to give everything for the Foundation, but not my son and wife."
"I will make him leave this island within these three years. If anything happens during this time, I hope they can escape unscathed."
The video stopped abruptly at this point, and the whole room fell silent. The doctor simply swallowed his saliva and clicked on the second video with trembling hands.
The video shows a child of about seven or eight years old. The camera is a bit shaky and the tablet looks heavy, so he can hardly hold it steady.
The child had tears streaming down his face and looked very panicked.
"Hello, is that Dad? Dad, please answer the phone. The sun in the sky has set into the sea. Mom is gone too. I'm so scared! I'm really scared, woo woo woo."
Suddenly, there was a sound of glass breaking. The little boy screamed in fright, and the flat-panel camera rolled over and fell to the ground.
After the beige children's shoes flashed in front of the camera, the lens was taken away.
It was a familiar face, Tuba, the navigator of the Narwhal. He was always crazy, but now his eyes were clear.
The child had just been picked up by him and was crying loudly in his arms.
He walked out of the house holding the tablet and said, "Charles, pay attention to the Pope. Don't let him deceive you. I have seen things more terrible than this disaster. I hope what I saw is false."
For a moment, Charles got goose bumps on his back. The guy in the video was talking to him across centuries.
It was as if this was not an ordinary video, but a video call.
"Can you see me?" Charles asked subconsciously.
"Of course, I'm going to die. I have to get this little guy out. Something is coming from the bottom of the sea. This island is going to sink soon."
Charles pushed Kochi aside and grabbed the tablet and asked Tuba inside, "Who are you?"
"Who else could I be? I'm Tuba, the navigator of the Narwhal. Time is running out, and that's what you're going to ask?"
"What disaster happened over there? Is it related to the god Futan? What about the surface? Did the god Futan invade the surface?!"
"Don't ask anymore. For some things, the more you know, the worse it is. I went completely crazy because I knew too much. Remember what I said and be wary of the Pope."
A rotating button suddenly appeared on Tuba's face, and the video time was up.
(End of this chapter)