Chapter 1014 Our journey is to the stars and the sea (two-in-one chapter)
The Gaia hypothesis is a theory created and promoted by two scientists from the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1960s and 1970s.
This theory regards the earth as a living, self-regulating planet-level life body, composed of humans, other animals, plants, bacteria, fungi, viruses, rocks, minerals and other substances. composed of organisms.
This was a quite subversive doctrine at the time, and to some extent encountered resistance and even criticism from the mainstream scientific community.
Of course, to this day, some of the ideas in the Gaia hypothesis have also been accepted by the mainstream scientific community, such as the impact of various living organisms, including humans and microorganisms, on climate.
Although there are still various debates and discussions about this hypothesis in the scientific community, since its birth, it has quickly evolved into a fertile theoretical soil, on which countless science fiction works, environmental protection concepts and cults have been born.
No way, the Gaia hypothesis is too in line with Westerners’ philosophical concept of turning everything to God. The name Gaia itself comes from the mother of the earth in Greek mythology, the first original god born from chaos ( without initiation), seen as the original natural force that created all life.
Since the earth is a huge living body, it must also have its own will. Therefore, the concept that any human action that damages the natural environment is blasphemous to God is naturally born.
So while the scientific community is still debating the Gaia hypothesis, especially when it is criticized and ridiculed by neo-Darwinians, countless people outside the ivory tower are already contributing to it. After twisting and packaging, he used it for his own use.
The most typical example is the movie "Avatar", the carbon neutrality theory advocated by Western environmentalism, and the more radical extreme environmentalism that regards human beings as cancer cells on Mother Earth.
After Jack finished giving everyone a general introduction, he continued with a constipated expression.
“All in all, the good news is that Rachel Horton, as a highly educated doctor, is not so extreme as to believe that humans must be completely removed from the earth’s ecosystem. "
"Just tell me the bad news." Danny couldn't stand this guy's pretense.
“The bad news is that she believes that the number of humans has been out of balance, seriously affecting the ecological balance of the earth and destroying Mother Earth’s ability to self-regulate.
Rachel Horton believes The smallpox virus is one of the means by which the earth regulates itself. Human beings have eliminated the smallpox virus and created a certain imbalance. This is a wrong behavior and needs to be corrected. ”
Jack opened one of the papers and read a quote from the Bible, "Those four angels have been prepared to be released on this particular day of this month and month to kill a third of humanity. "
"She thinks she is carrying out God's will by creating the great plague described in the Bible," Grandma Heidi murmured again when she appeared in the conference room.
"Doctor Horton plans to leave tomorrow afternoon, which means that she will carry out her plan tomorrow morning at the latest. Gentlemen, no matter what method you use, stop her. I believe you will not let me Disappointed."
After saying this, the old woman whose height and aura were completely inversely proportional disappeared outside the conference room door as quietly as she came.
After a while, Danny seemed to have learned to breathe again, and took a deep breath, "OK, let's think about how to stop a mad doctor's plan to destroy mankind. To be honest, your supervisor is usually so elusive. ”
"You're afraid of Heidi." Cheng Hao could see through this guy's thoughts at a glance.
"Oh no, Ms. Heidi is a respectable elder. I respect her very much, yes, very much." Danny tried to explain.
"No, you're just afraid. Jack's kind is respectful." Cheng Hao winked at him, and the others also had understanding expressions.
After a brief joking, everyone got busy. The first step was to notify the TSA (Federal Transportation Security Administration) to further strengthen security checks to prevent the recurrence of the previous situation of people pretending to board the plane in advance.
Of course, traveling domestically and going abroad by flight are two different situations. Because of the presence of customs, this possibility is possible but unlikely, at least it will not be as trivial as before.
The most important thing is to prevent the other party from carrying the virus out of the country. Although according to Jack's profile, this possibility is also unlikely. A small and remote country like Costa Rica is more like a hiding place, not a good place to spread the virus.
Then the next step is to investigate all large-scale activities that may be attacked tomorrow morning, whether open-air or indoor. The larger the scale, the greater the possibility of being attacked.
After working almost all night, everyone was a little exhausted at dawn. More and more information was collected from all parties, but none of them could clearly point to the whereabouts of Rachel Horton. intelligence.
"OK, it's almost 9 o'clock, and time is getting tighter and tighter. I think we must have missed something." Danny waved his hand, pushed the laptop in front of him further away, and rubbed himself vigorously Sore eyes.
“Are you talking about our sleep?” Cheng Hao covered his face and yawned. Unexpectedly, it caused a chain reaction, and everyone in the conference room yawned for a while.
Jack made the first pot of coffee and looked at the bright sunshine outside the window. He couldn't help but feel a little impatient. "Why don't you all share your thoughts? Maybe there will be some unexpected gains."
Dan Ni wiped the tears from the corner of his eyes due to yawning and was the first to speak.
“It’s still the Christmas holiday, with concerts, catwalks, shopping mall discounts, and targets for crowds everywhere, but don’t you think it’s strange? There will only be more large-scale group activities on New Year’s Day than now.< br>
Why doesn’t Rachel Horton just hide and wait until there’s a big wave, like New Year’s Eve, when Los Angeles will be crowded with tourists from all over the country and even the world? It's a target that can be taken."
Danny's words caused everyone to fall into thought, and Karen collected his thoughts, "You mean, Doctor Holden has probably already chosen a target? A carefully selected large-scale event with an early date? ”
"Maybe she planned to just leave the virus at the international airport before leaving the country, which is full of travelers flying to all over the world." Hanna frowned and expressed dissent.
“No, no, no, it shouldn’t be that simple. The airport is not a good choice. When faced with the threat of terrorist attacks, it is the first place where the alert level is raised.”
< br>Danny retorted, and just as he was about to continue saying something, Jack suddenly had an idea, "You said she might have planned all of this, right?"
He called up a program from the computer. A record, "This is a credit card record of Rachel Horton more than two months ago, when she spent a large amount of money at an office supply store.
Saw this record yesterday I felt a little strange and called the store to inquire and found that she had purchased at least 300 Parker pens and notebooks as well as some student supplies. Do you think it might be related to the attack she was planning to carry out? "
"You mean her target might be children?" Danny suddenly felt a little creepy.
Cheng Hao shook his head and denied this conjecture, "But I remember that the smallpox virus will lose activity quickly in the air, which is not a good means of transmission."
"But the virus will lose its activity very quickly in the air." It's different if you spray it on clothes." Karen clicked the next link quickly, "There is also an order for 300 customized T-shirts."
"This is in line with her communication concept. Just like when the Spanish gave the Indians clothes and blankets worn by those infected with smallpox." Hanna suddenly realized. "
Danny then hugged his head and said dejectedly, "But she has probably donated these things to the school a long time ago. ”
"Wait a minute." Jack opened the order attachment and showed the specific content inside, "These T-shirts have a LOGO."
"'Future International Leader'?" He muttered the line above The small print directly opens the browser search box. "High school graduates from 36 countries will gather together to participate in a series of lectures and trainings, with the aim of promoting cultural exchanges between each other, strengthening understanding and tolerance, and promoting friendship?"
< br>Danny was stunned on the spot, "Giving T-shirts with viruses to children from various countries, and then infecting their families with the virus after they go home, this woman is simply crazy!"
"This event must be canceled immediately."
Hanna was about to pick up the phone, but Karen grabbed his wrist, "It's too late, the event started 20 minutes ago."
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"Future International Leaders" The event location is located in a corner of Hancock Park, next to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, which happens to be within the jurisdiction of the Wilshire Police Department.
When everyone arrived here, there was already a sea of people outside the venue. There were many activity stalls with awnings on the square, and various souvenirs and promotional brochures were being distributed. A few people gathered around Talk about three to four hundred teenagers with different skin colors.
John, who had also just arrived, saw Jack and the others and hurriedly came up to him, "Only two police cars came, and the others are still on the road. Do we need to activate the bomb attack plan immediately?"
Jack sighed, "It's too late. People from the CDC will arrive later and block the entrance and exit first to prevent anyone from leaving."
John was a little embarrassed when he heard this, "The organizer has been notified that it will be temporarily closed. At the venue, most of the children are now in the open square outside. "
"Then block the surrounding roads and prohibit any vehicles from entering and leaving, and let everyone wear masks and gloves."
While Jack and John were talking these few words, Danny beside him had already discovered the target. It was not Rachel Horton, but two teenage boys holding bags with T-shirts.
"Put down what you are holding!" Danny shouted, startling the two of them and freezing them in place.
Cheng Hao quickly stepped forward and showed the police badge on his waist. Although it said "HPD" on it, no one would care about it at the moment. "Police, where did you get these T-shirts?"
" It's right there." The two boys were obviously not Americans, but fortunately they could understand English. One of them, a tall and lanky man, quickly threw away the paper bag containing T-shirts and stationery and pointed to a stall not far away.
A middle-aged white woman with a big smile was distributing paper bags containing T-shirts and stationery to the students. Who else could it be but Rachel Horton.
"Stay here, John, call for backup immediately." Jack was about to use the earphone to call others, but it was too late. The commotion here had already attracted the attention of the people around him.
Rachel Holden looked here and her face suddenly changed, turned around and ran away.
"Karen, Hanna! She's running away under the blue awning in the southeast corner." Before Cheng Hao finished speaking, the middle-aged woman who sensed something was wrong had already wormed her way into the crowd.
"Federal agents!" Jack warned loudly, but was blocked by the panicked crowd.
"Damn it!" He simply transformed into Liu Xiang and stepped directly over the long tables under the umbrellas.
"Beige knitted jacket, black trousers" Jack shouted out the other person's clothing characteristics while running.
“We saw her!” replied Maddie Dix and Kensi Bly from the other group. “There are too many people and we can’t shoot! Watch out, she’s getting in the car. Escape.”
Rachel Horton was seen getting into a silver SUV on the side of the road, and then started the car.
The two little girls standing at the front of the car were talking with their heads down, not even realizing what was happening. Fortunately, Karen and Hanna arrived in time and carried them away from the place, but they also missed The best time to shoot.
“Fuck!” Seeing that he was out of pursuit, Jack cursed angrily, but saw a Dodge Charger painted with LAPD police car coming out from the other side, and hit Rachel hard. The SUV driven by Holden.
This powerful PIT blow, which was not in line with the style of the California police, directly hit the SUV and made a 180-degree U-turn. The left front wheel suddenly became free and sauntered into the green belt beside it.
Jack rushed forward, used his strange force to open the somewhat deformed car door, dragged the shocked Rachel Horton out of the car, and took off the handcuffs from behind her waist.
"FBI, Rachel Horton, you are under arrest."
Others finally arrived. Karen and Hanna stepped forward to open the trunk of the SUV and saw a small silver suitcase inside. He couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
"We found the potion bottles! They're all empty!" Hanna put on her gloves and opened the suitcase. Inside were 9 small glass bottles that were exactly the same as the ones he got in Comesku, Hawaii. .
John got rid of the air bag and got off the Dodge Charger, which had only a deformed bumper. He shook his somewhat groggy head and looked at the ashen-faced Rachel Horton with a certain disbelief on his face. expression.
“Why, how could you bear to do anything to those children.”
Rachel Horton looked like just an ordinary middle-aged white woman, with even a trace of compassion in her eyebrows.
She looked at everyone with such compassionate eyes, "You don't understand, this world is already dying, and we are the root of the disease. I just want the earth to have a chance to resist."
< br>"By killing billions of your compatriots?" John had not heard of the Gaia hypothesis that Jack had explained before, but it was not that he had never met some similar extreme environmentalists.
“It once took tens of thousands of years for the number of humans in the world to grow to one billion, but now it only takes 10 years to grow from 7 billion to 8 billion. This is just a simple mathematical problem.”< br>
Even while in handcuffs, Rachel Horton still tried to make her point.
"Tsunami, earthquake, cosmic radiation, and of course nuclear war, genocide, there are countless ways to destroy it, whether it is nature or humans themselves. It is a miracle that humans can survive to this day.
When When people like you fall into despair and try to prove that your theories are correct by destroying others, there are still some people who are looking up to the sky and looking at the stars and the sea as the journey ahead. "
Jack despises. He looked at this mentally ill woman and shouted at her twice.
“Also, I don’t know whether you intentionally ignored the speed of human technological progress, or whether this kind of thing is not so intuitive and can be measured using simple mathematical problems.
But if you When you think you can’t solve certain problems, you can choose to die quietly and don’t block other people’s way.”
(End of this chapter)