In the dark and silent room, Zhang Hengzheng was lying quietly on the armchair, his eyebrows frowning from time to time, and his eyes rolling rapidly in his closed eyes, as if he was trapped in some extremely terrifying nightmare.
Cold sweat dripped down like rain, soaking the skirt of his clothes. If you look closely, you will find that Zhang Heng's whole body is shaking uncontrollably. His hands are tightly grasping the steel handrails, making a crunching sound of metal twisting.
Click!
Suddenly, the sound of metal breaking came, and Zhang Heng actually tore off the stainless steel handrail directly. At the same time, he opened his eyes with a pale face, and his expression was in a trance.
"Your Excellency, Commander?"
"Your Majesty Commander!"
Yuehua's voice seemed to come from outside. Zhang Heng shook his head vigorously. After half a minute, he gradually focused his attention. He raised his head and said with a forced smile, "What's wrong? Why did you wake me up?"
"Your Excellency, Commander, the heads of the five major countries are already waiting for you in the holographic conference room." Yuehua's eyes were full of worry, "This is the end of today's training. You have been training in the virtual space for more than thirty hours. "
"Has it been this long?" Zhang Heng shook his head, stood up somewhat vainly, and said with a wry smile, "It's a pity that time is too tight. It would be great if you could give me ten years..."
Before Yuehua could speak, Zhang Heng waved his hand again, "Let's not talk about this anymore. What do they want from me?"
"It's about the recent emergence of awakened people in various parts of the world." Yuehua explained, "The response of these countries is still very fast. From our continuous search for talents from all over the world, they have become suspicious, and then There are more and more awakened people, and many of them have been officially exposed to the media. They must be full of doubts now, waiting for you to give them an explanation."
"If you want to explain, just tell them." Zhang Heng picked up the sunglasses on the side and put them on his face, then moved his neck and made a rattling sound. After doing all this, he turned around and left his simple dormitory. , walking towards the holographic conference room.
He once bought a villa near the suburbs, but he spent most of the past two years in the staff dormitories of Beehive. These dormitories are all standard types, which are the most ordinary standard rooms. Except for a bathroom, there are only There are only about 20 square meters of bedroom left. Not to mention the expensive furniture, there is not even a wooden floor.
It's not that he doesn't like to enjoy it, it's that he doesn't have time to enjoy it.
When Zhang Heng stepped into the conference room, more than a dozen high-level officials from the five major countries were already in place. The conference room was filled with buzzing discussions. However, as Zhang Heng stepped in, everyone immediately shut up. He watched Zhang Heng walk to the front, then pulled out a chair and sat down.
"Mr. Zhang Heng, we need an explanation." U.S. Secretary of Defense Larkin Cobham spoke first, with questions in his eyes. "Some time ago, some strange phenomena suddenly appeared in several cities in the United States. Many people They developed so-called superpowers overnight. They were able to move objects with their thoughts, and they also possessed strength and speed far beyond ordinary people. There was even a bank robber who killed twenty-nine law enforcement officers in a row and absconded with a huge sum of money in fear of crime. "
Having said this, he raised his head and looked at the expressionless people around him, and continued, "At the same time that these superpowers appeared, the armed agencies under your Stellar Foundation also mobilized in full force. In these few days in our United States, The city is searching for those superpowers, and you seem to have some kind of detection device. Many superpowers who are hidden in the crowd and have not been exposed at all can be easily found by you."
"Perhaps you don't quite understand the consequences of doing this," the U.S. President continued, "I'm afraid you don't know how much trouble these superpowers have caused our government, with missing people, terrorist attacks, and soaring crime rates... So we hope Can you give us here an explanation as to why these superpowers appear, and why are you searching for these superpowers?”
Zhang Heng smiled and did not answer. Instead, he looked around at the people on both sides of the conference table, "Is this what everyone here means?"
"Yes, the security situation in our country is not good recently. Some cult organizations are spreading wildly, and rumors are spreading among the people." The Russian President also snorted coldly, "We also used heavy troops to capture several so-called superpowers. However, after blood tests, it was found that the mitochondria in their bodies seemed to be different from ordinary people? "
After everyone finished speaking, Zhang Heng nodded and said with an apology on his face, "Yes, our foundation does know some things. Even if you don't ask, we will gather everyone to announce everything in the next two days."
"First of all, let me answer the question of His Excellency the President of Russia." Zhang Heng continued, "The mutated mitochondria are called midi-chlorians. It is difficult for me to explain the specific situation, but as long as everyone understands, these people are evolving That’s right.”
"Evolution?" Everyone's expressions changed, waiting for Zhang Heng's next words.
"As the first impact gradually approaches, a series of phenomena that cannot be explained by modern science will begin to occur on the earth." Zhang Heng said seriously, "The phenomenon of human evolution that appears at this time is just one of many phenomena. ”
"In other words, there will be a series of other supernatural phenomena happening in the future?" Everyone was doubtful.
"We don't know much about this." Zhang Heng smiled and avoided the topic, "The superpowers everyone talks about, in fact, we prefer to call them 'awakened ones', who have the characteristic of 'awakening under impact' Meaning. The source of their power is the so-called midi-chlorians, which are the names of mutated mitochondria. They have the ability to absorb unknown energy generated on the earth. "
"You may be asking what the so-called mysterious energy is, but I'm afraid I need to tell you that we are also researching it and there is not much progress at the moment." Zhang Heng continued to explain, "As for why we can know For this information, I can only say that I am sorry to say that we cannot comment on the specific reasons. It is related to the secrets of our foundation. However, I can provide you with this instrument that can detect whether someone is an awakened person, and allow these awakened people to This way we can continue to grow stronger, so that we can recruit these talents as quickly as possible and start training.”
There was so much information in Zhang Heng's words that everyone subconsciously started talking in low voices. It wasn't until three or four minutes later that the British Prime Minister spoke again, "You mean, these people are because the 'shock' is coming, so Will they be born, and will they become the backbone of the fight against crises in the future?”
"The answer is correct." Zhang Heng snapped his fingers, "That's the fact. I want to apologize to everyone here. In the past few days, the Foundation has acted without permission to absorb tens of thousands of awakened people. It was indeed under my instruction. The reason is that Due to my selfishness, after all, if I don't take action in advance, I may not be able to compete with you. But don't worry, although the probability of this kind of awakening is not high, compared to the total population of mankind, the number is very considerable. According to our foundation’s survey, about one person in a thousand people has a chance of becoming an awakened person, so you don’t have to worry about us raiding all the awakened people.”
Hearing this, everyone's faces finally looked better. The French President nodded and said, "If your foundation can really provide the equipment and training methods for detecting awakened person clones, we can no longer care about the previous things, but we hope that something similar It’s only this time.”
"Yes, since it is a cooperation, we hope that the Stellar Foundation can show enough sincerity instead of treating us as the main culprit." Another national leader said.
"Thank you very much. I sincerely apologize for the abruptness before." Zhang Heng nodded and showed his attitude. Although everyone was a little dissatisfied, they were not willing to fall out over this trivial matter. They also understood that they could only believe half of Zhang Heng's words at most, and they had to rely on practice to prove it in the end. As for Zhang Heng's concealment, although they felt unhappy, there was nothing they could do.