Chapter 42 Olra
The sixth clue is presented.
The big screen in front of Wang Ze was invaded by darkness.
From the augmented reality perspective, many virtual images appear up and down the building, each representing a real human being from the home planet.
They are watching;
In a live broadcast environment where only Wang Ze and Ghost had the right to speak, they could only watch.
"Wang Ze, answer this question."
came a ghostly voice.
A line of writing appeared on the screen in front of Wang Ze. There were two jumping spaces after the three words 'The truth is'.
"It's still the same rule, you have five minutes," the ghost said calmly, and his voice had returned to a normal human voice. "The price of failure is the virtual industry of the home planet."
"You like moral kidnapping very much," Wang Ze replied expressionlessly.
The ghost stood there quietly and didn't answer anything.
The surrounding guards were silent at the same time, and the pulse guns they held were still locked on the dozen projectors; although they themselves did not know what the specific meaning of this was.
Time passed minute by minute, and Wang Ze made no move.
The entire online world is gradually becoming more lively. Audiences are exchanging opinions on different platforms and groups, and some people are constantly making connections.
The six logical fulcrums have gradually become clearer.
1. Declaration of Demilitarization of Humanity’s Home Planet;
2. The historical truth of artificial intelligence riots;
3. Humanity’s early universe seeding plan;
4. Remote control applications of virtual reality technology in the military field;
5. "Creation Titan·Special Operation";
Sixth, various clues revealed by the deceased's story.
The core of these clues should be the fifth one.
Furthermore, the information related to "Creation Titan" has been artificially cleared, Wei Xing Group has always refused to respond directly, and the home star defense force directly blocked information on Pearl Harbor City...
A hot post suddenly appeared on the Internet. A "reasoning expert" has started a live broadcast to sort out this logical chain with text, and has given many evidences and investigations on the Internet, and is updating in real time.
A screenshot of news from eighteen years ago popped up in the post.
[The mysterious planet Euler: a relic of the Age of Discovery, the new core of the mother planet’s economic development. 】
The author of the post suddenly stopped updating, leaving only a series of ellipses and an explosive increase in the number of replies and reposts.
On the top of the building, Wang Ze had slowly raised his right hand.
Although he had already made complete inferences before, at this moment, several conversations still flashed through Wang Ze's heart like a reflex.
There was a chat between him and He Chou on the roadside after investigating Wen's family.
‘Eula Star, a new livable planet, is designed for high-end people. ’
‘Well, the habitable planet that was newly discovered more than ten years ago is under the jurisdiction of the home planet. It is said that it has been developed into a high-end sanatorium. I can buy a toilet there with a hundred years’ salary. It has been very popular in recent years. ’
There are also previous negotiations between him and Lin Weilin.
‘In the Euler Planet Transformation Plan, twelve large groups on the home planet have devoted all their efforts. Wei Xing Group only plays a small role in it, responsible for the construction of the outer reality enhancement system that wraps up Euler Planet. ’
‘The wealth and profits that can be generated here are amazing. ”
In fact, this clue has been obvious before. In the 'Cloud Rail Train Hijacking Case' designed by Ghost, Wen Quan and others, the reason why the robber Qi Zheng fell ill was the use of new materials on the Euler Star.
These clues have long been connected in Wang Ze's mind.
The reason why Wang Ze hesitated at this moment was just because he was thinking about another issue.
So, the truth hidden behind "Creation Titan";
The story that made Wen Quan and others choose to commit suicide to catalyze public opinion and then publish it;
The secret that the ghost wants to tell through Wang Ze at this moment...
Wang Ze clicked on the hybrid input method. His movements were not too hasty or too slow, and he wrote two words in the space:
【Euler】.
The rooftop suddenly became extremely quiet, as if the sound of the wind had disappeared.
Wang Ze pushed up his glasses and looked at the ghost through the projection screen in front of him.
"You did it."
The ghost suddenly laughed, but the laughter contained a bit of confusion, just like the meaningless murmuring after being awakened by a nightmare from a long night's sleep.
The array of projection spheres began to change and spread out in front of Wang Ze. The black mist around the ghost began to rotate and pull, and gradually left the ghost's body, revealing... the figure of a young man.
This seems to be the undertone of the ghost.
He is a little thin and average-looking. If he were walking on campus, he would probably be the most inconspicuous student.
He just dressed up casually to attend such a fateful occasion. The black jeans, a shirt with cartoon patterns on him, and the slightly curly short hair all tried their best to prove that he was not very interested in today's party; Just by noticing his spotless, expensive white sneakers, you can tell that he wants to get some attention at the party.
At this moment, the projection ball was divided into two teams. The figure of the young man was projected on the left side, and the black energy entrenched on the right side gradually condensed into a human figure.
The black faded away, gradually revealing the light purple skin;
Within a few seconds, a purple-skinned girl wearing strange decorations looked at Wang Ze quietly.
Her clear light blue eyes were soaked with tears. She didn't say anything, but she seemed to be telling a long story to Wang Ze and everyone watching the live broadcast.
The two figures on the left and right trembled at the same time, a slight noise appeared in the live broadcast room, and then the live broadcast room was filled with two pictures on the left and right that changed at the same time.
On the right is the deep and vast universe.
On the left is a lonely boy.
The boy was sitting on a rock, checking whether his ammunition bag was enough for the next plan.
On the right, the universe is gradually getting closer, and a certain space seems to be constantly being stretched. A square starship that looks like an urn 'appears'. The hull of the ship trembles continuously, as if there is a problem with the power, floating in the cold air. In the universe, it is caught in the gravitational field under the overlapping effect of the nearest stars and the entire star group.
On the left, the young man skillfully stuffed the revolver back into his glove, took out an alloy dagger from his waist and wiped it carefully. In the distance of the screen, a group of figures carrying flight bags could be seen, moving up and down. Flying around and killing a mechanical beast.
The boy was in a black box game world.
On the right side, after an unknown amount of time, light appeared on the rear engine of the starship.
The conversation between a man and a woman reached countless pairs of ears through the projector and live broadcast room.
The female voice said: "Are you okay, captain?"
The male voice said: "Fortunately, don't worry about me, it's just a scratch. We lost two fuel tanks and signal transmitters, and lost contact with our home star... We are already more than ten light years away, think about it." I can’t get in touch with you. How is the situation in the core cabin?”
"The independent energy system of the core cabin is operating normally, and the fertilized egg storage boxes are operating normally."
"This is good news. Another good news to share with you. We only have about two months left to sail from the target planet."
"It's time we try to cultivate relationships, Captain."
"Well, I will propose to you, I swear," the male voice emphasized, "kneel down on one knee."
The female voice chuckled, and the voices of the two gradually faded away. The spacecraft had slowly adjusted its direction, the engine burst into blue flames, and a purple planet appeared in the center of the screen.
The spacecraft flew into the planet's atmosphere and disappeared into the sea of clouds.
……
Two screens, two stories, different protagonists.
The protagonists of the story on the left are the young man and his teammates.
They challenge more difficult bounties, and they discuss together which set of equipment looks more handsome. They occasionally discuss common topics among men, make some dirty jokes, and tease the youngest among them about being burned to ashes.
The protagonist of the story on the right is a planet and a civilization.
The picture of the planet begins to speed up gradually;
The story of the planets spans a two-thousand-year time scale.
The purple planet gradually became a little different. A human being walked out of the comfortable underground harbor and continued to expand the boundaries of his exploration. In the process of affecting the natural environment of the purple planet, he also underwent adaptive changes.
They forgot something;
They gradually began to have disputes, and were forced to divide due to the increasing population. Cities appeared on the surface and underground, power appeared, resistance appeared, and internal fighting occurred. More history was lost due to internal fighting.
I don’t know how long it took.
The space near the purple planet was distorted, and a ship with "baring teeth" "appeared" in the space.
The two pilots in the cockpit looked at each other.
"Captain, we have detected regular electromagnetic waves on an unmarked planet."
The screen then changes.
The projection screen on the right is obscured by darkness.
Faint lights appeared in the darkness, and these lights illuminated the central part of a long conference table.
A figure slowly leaned forward, revealing his stubbled chin, and whispered:
"Aren't the negotiations with those indigenous people concluded yet?"
Through the dim light, we could see a few people sitting at the long table. They were either smoking cigars or sitting upright.
"We have been talking about it for three years. Every day it is delayed, the more likely it is that this planet will be exposed, with nine star clusters staring at us."
"Do you want us to let the meat out of your mouth?"
"Otherwise? What else can you do? Yes, according to the simplified version of the Interstellar Convention, whichever force discovers a habitable planet will have the priority to exploit the planet, and the mother planet can also have an independent resource star.< br>
"But don't forget, there are detailed instructions in the supplement to this convention - if there is intelligent life on the planet that can understand the meaning of itself, that intelligent life will be regarded as the first owner of the right to develop the planet."
"There is a group of indigenous people there who have planted the fruits of the early sowing plan. As soon as this news is announced, this planet will have nothing to do with us. Those scientists who are chattering all day long will jointly demand the protection of this place, and the nine star clusters will Use various methods to fight for the development rights here
"When their fleet enters geostationary orbit, we can only stare."
"It would be nice if these ants didn't exist."
"Yeah, it would be nice if these natives didn't exist."
"Is there nothing you can do?"
An old voice whispered.
"The home planet has been demilitarized for so many years. We don't have any fleets that can be mobilized. The mobilization of defense forces is under the watchful eyes of the nine star clusters, and these forces cannot be used."
"What about biology? In the past two thousand years, have there been any viruses that we have adapted to but that they have not adapted to?"
"Has biological warfare gone too far? After all, there is a mature civilization there..."
"The perfect gene scandal just appeared three years ago. Now the nine star clusters are paying attention to those biological laboratories. We don't have the channels in this regard. If there is any movement in this area, the third star cluster will definitely be able to smell abnormalities."
"Is there really no other way?"
"Our home planet has everything except military. Or we can give each of the indigenous people a sensory helmet to let them experience the beauty of virtuality."
A low laugh came from the darkness.
"Huh? If we use virtual reality... we also have some remote control driving equipment hidden in wandering commercial transport ships, and as far as I know, virtual reality technology is the technical basis of remotely controllable mechas. If we It is not a technical problem to do some tricks on the screen feedback so that the helmet user sees a monster. Changing the feedback model is not a technical problem. ”
"This is indeed a good idea."
"Our developed virtual industry has also accumulated a lot of trustworthy technical teams. Gao Wengong's Weixing Group is good."
"Just deal with these teams afterwards. If you do it in a hidden way, the Nine Star Clusters will not pay attention to the malicious competition between the two business groups."
"We, do we really want to do this? Maybe we can talk to these natives again?"
"Indigenous?"
The old voice asked back: "That's just an unmanned planet that has not yet been discovered."
"Yes, an unmanned planet."
The lights flickered and the figures disappeared into the darkness.
At the same time, several people on the left screen started discussing a new topic.
……
Wen Runruyu shook the envelope in her hand and said triumphantly: "Look, what is this! Hahaha! Our application was approved!"
"Are you invited to the closed beta test of the new expansion?" Ran Yuhui's eyes were full of envy, "Brother Wen, you are already a top-ranked attacker, you will definitely be able to apply."
The strong man on the side, wearing only a black wallet on his upper body and showing off his nine-pack abs all the time - Du Dao Qiu Zui also took out an envelope.
"It's just like no one else."
"Tsk," Qiu Qinghuayi, who was carrying a sniper rifle, took out the same envelope.
Konggu Feisha on the side did not hesitate much and took out his own exclusive envelope.
The pressure suddenly came to the young man's side.
The young man frowned slightly and muttered: "Okay, you go ahead. I entered the game too late and haven't gotten up the ranking yet... I will definitely be able to participate next time!"
"Hahaha! Silly boy!"
Wen Runruyu pushed the young man's head hard and said with a smile: "Didn't you read the official website announcement? The three invited players can recommend one player to obtain the invitation qualification. We fill in the form."
"Go get it, don't keep this silly boy waiting."
"Since we are a fixed team," Konggu Feisha shook the wrench in his hand and said with a smile, "then we have to go together wherever we go."
The young man who originally wanted to be stubborn and said that he would not eat the food he came to, smiled shyly after hearing this, scratched his head and chuckled.
As a result, five people were qualified to join the closed beta.
The name of the closed beta expansion pack is - "Creation Titan·Special Operations"
……
The screen jumped again, and the projection screens on both sides presented two stories that had no intersection.
After the last negotiation broke down, there were several figures on the long table in the darkness, and someone clenched his fist and slammed the edge of the table.
In the starry sky, two transport merchant ships flying the flag of the blue planet arrived in the planet's synchronous orbit. The hatches opened, and inside were rows and rows of humanoid mechas.
These mechas are obviously different. They either carry guns or use laser weapons.
But they have one thing in common - for the current active equipment of the nine star clusters, these are all antiques.
In the picture on the left, the countdown is over, and a player can't wait to open the port device. An orange planet appears in front of him. In the dark clouds surrounding the planet, titan monsters keep roaring.
In the picture on the right, each mecha slowly raised its head, its eyes lighting up at the same time.
There was a meteor shower on the purple planet.
In the gaming world, many players lamented the production company’s intentions and their good experience.
On the surface of the purple planet, the mecha descended on the fertile wilderness.
The game mission was quickly triggered, and large groups of monsters appeared on the edge of the earth. These monsters were flexible and seemed to have high simulated intelligence.
Players attack quickly as a team, skillfully operating their equipment and turning the ground into a sea of fire.
After the opening battle, before the players had time to organize themselves, giant beasts fell from the clouds one after another, and a new battle had already broken out.
"Is the task density too high?"
Konggu Feisha complained: "I still have to go to the institute to check in, and I will log off later...Huh? I have to go back to the camp after logging off? Is there a possibility of being attacked in the camp?"
"I think the death penalty in this expansion pack is a bit severe," Wen Runruyu analyzed with a smile, "But this also shows that Wei Xing wants to explore the real battlefield. Players have to start over from the beginning if they die. This is fun!" < br>
Du Dao Qiu Zui smiled and said: "If this expansion pack is officially launched, it will definitely attract a lot of militants. I also have to go to work. You guys upgrade first and fight fiercely at night until dawn!"
"Okay!"
"I'm going to eat first!" Ran Yu Hui Jin greeted, "Whoever sleeps tonight will be exhausted!"
A few people chatted and laughed and quit the front line of the real-time battlefield, sent their respective game characters back to the camp, and logged out of the black box game.
An excellent game, a few good old friends, and a pleasant summer vacation together.
More than a month has passed by in a hurry, and the closed beta of the expansion pack has also come to an end.
And before the end, they will launch a general attack on the monster's lair.
In the game world, players are gathering;
On the purple planet, the torrent of steel converged towards the last fortress of those figures.
The war started without any sense of ceremony, including fortified battles and street battles. At the end of the expansion pack, the players showed their passion wantonly.
The Burning Ashes team got into trouble. They and dozens of players went too deep and were surrounded by monsters.
They formed a defensive position, but Burning Ashes rushed out with their laser blades. With their excellent body skills and the tactical cooperation of their teammates, they completed more than ten difficult operations, which attracted bursts of cheers.
……
While the live broadcast is going on.
In many corners of the home planet, some middle-aged and elderly men and women looked at the two pictures projected in the live broadcast room with shocked and horrified eyes.
Someone's eyes were blind;
Some people’s hands could not help but tremble;
Some people had tears in their eyes, but looked at these two pictures in astonishment, unable to believe that all this had happened to them.
The young man who once sent a private message to Qi Ming and said, "Qi Zheng is the one who wants to get drunk alone" was now anxiously looking at his unconscious father on the sofa and quickly dialed the emergency number.
There are people with weak psychological quality who keep asking at the live broadcast:
"How could this happen? How could this happen?"
Most of the forums, portals, and groups that should have been lively have fallen into silence at the moment.
The weight of war is too heavy, and the pool of blood on the purple planet is too thick, which makes people feel depressed, and this depressed emotion will then flow out like a flood, overwhelming the Wei Xing Group and all the evil participants that year.
……
This ghostly live broadcast continues.
From the perspective of the game world, the encounter gradually subsided, and the dozens of surrounded players were reduced to less than half.
The boy named Ashes stood among the corpses of monsters on the ground, holding a laser blade in his right hand and a revolver with empty spare ammunition in his left hand, standing there quietly.
From the perspective of the purple planet, in the corner of the city, a humanoid mecha more than one meter tall stood quietly.
Suddenly, a figure rushed out from the corner. It was the girl who appeared in the original picture.
She moved as nimbly as a civet, grabbing a short dagger and stabbing the mecha on the back.
From the game's perspective, a smaller monster rushed out from the corner and rushed behind Ran Yuyiyan. The teammates on the side were preparing and had no time to support them, so they could only watch the monster hit the boy.
The young man rolled forward, the laser sword in his hand slashed across, and the monster behind him was immediately cut into two pieces.
On the mecha, weak sparks appeared from two sensors.
The young man who was about to stand up handsomely suddenly widened his eyes and looked at the distorted and trembling pictures around him in astonishment. Just when he thought it was a system bug, the screen stopped shaking and became stable again, but what appeared in front of the young man was There were pools of blood and streams of blood, as well as corpses all over the ground.
The live broadcast screen changed again.
The young man sat among a pile of instruments, with two figures in white coats in front of him.
The voiceover sounds, this is what someone said to the boy:
"This should be due to the new technology. It reminds you of the memory of watching horror movies, causing confusion in perception. It is not a big problem. We will just give you a targeted treatment later."
The boy lay on the bed and was fed into the instrument.
Outside the glass window, two men in white coats whispered:
"It's better not to report this matter to the police, otherwise this guy will definitely be in trouble, and we will also have a hard time."
"Just clear the memory of half an hour in a targeted manner. Don't worry, there will be no problem."
"What do we do later?"
"My memory will be wiped, and I won't have any burden on my conscience if I get a large commission of unknown origin... Don't think too much about it, this is a good thing that benefits the society of the home planet."
Accompanied by a few sighs from the two men, the scenes on both sides gradually faded.
At the same time, a large number of videos appeared on the surface network of the home star;
The content of these videos is not coherent, but it is the entire process of the mecha group destroying the purple civilization.
In addition, some related photos, written materials, and audio recordings are spreading wildly on the surface network of the home planet.
If the previous two videos are stories told in general terms by ghosts;
These information are the evidence given by the ghost.
……
Rooftop.
The black spherical projector once again formed a Rubik's Cube array, revealing the figure of 'Burning in Ashes'. He stared at Wang Ze calmly, without saying anything to each other.
At Wang Ze's feet, on the top floor of the building.
Lin Weilin leaned against the wall and looked at the small screen of his watch, which contained the '50-second warning' sent by Wang Ze in the morning.
A slight smile appeared on her lips, and then she disappeared.
Soon, footsteps sounded, and Lin Weilin walked straight to the corner office guarded by guards. Gao Wengong in the office was slowly opening his mouth to swallow a capsule.
There was a sudden knock on the door.
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Geosynchronous orbit, on that translucent starship.
Captain Arman looked at his attire and looked at the picture on the projection screen in front of him. The smile at the corner of his mouth gradually disappeared and became extremely serious.
He made a gesture, and the next second, the mature captain appeared on the live broadcast screen.
"My compatriots on the home planet.
"I am Captain Arman of the Future Explorer starship of the Third Star Cluster.
"We are now aware of this humanitarian disaster, and we are deeply saddened by it. Human civilization has suffered heavy losses due to this atrocious genocide.
"The original inhabitants of Euler Planet have proven to be the only remaining fruits of the plan to seed the universe for mankind's early rise. They have the same blood and origin as us, and they should have become our brothers and sisters.
"But the elites on the home planet ruthlessly wiped them out for their own interests.
"In the name of the captain of the Starship Future Explorer of the Third Star Cluster, on behalf of our wise Star Cluster Council of the Third Star Cluster, based on the current complex and urgent situation, I make the following announcement:
"The declaration made by the mother planet in accordance with Article 38 of the Interstellar Law is illegal.
"The Euler star has no affiliation with its parent star.
"Our ship will be stationed in the synchronous orbit of Euler Star to guard it and collect biological information on the original inhabitants of Euler Star."
call out!
The live broadcast screen is closed directly.
Spots of light appeared below the translucent starship. The starship revealed its powerful power system, quickly left the synchronous orbit, and rushed towards the directional orbit near the mother star.
——This is the fastest way to get to Euler Star.
Euler Star is already in the possession of the third star cluster.
The starship left and the live broadcast was cut off;
But the boy on the roof is still there and has not disappeared.
He stared at Wang Ze quietly.
It seemed that all this had nothing to do with him.
"Thank you," Ruan Yuhuan whispered, "you helped..."
Wang Ze raised his hand to stop Ran Yuhui's words. He took out his mobile phone and gestured to He Chou, who quickly ran over.
Ran Yuhui looked puzzled and watched Wang Ze's movements quietly.
He Qiu asked in a hoarse voice: "What to do?"
"Start the live broadcast," Wang Zedao said, "I have already contacted the public team and registered a platform during his live broadcast. You can hold it for me and adjust the angle to take in all of us."
"Okay," He Qiu responded, holding Wang Ze's cube phone and walking aside, raising the phone high and adjusting the angle of the live broadcast room.
Ran Yuhui frowned and said, "Detective Wang likes this method?"
Wang Ze shook his head and didn't answer.
Soon, more and more viewers flooded into the live broadcast room, and the virtual images on the roof became more and more dense.
Wang Ze put his hands in his pockets and reminded: "You'd better stay, otherwise I may greatly reduce the effectiveness of your plan."
"I have a cooperative relationship with the Third Star Cluster," Ran Yuhui spread his hands, "You want to ask this, right? I need to use the power of a powerful star cluster to have a chance to challenge the rulers of my home planet."
Wang Ze didn't answer, just stared at the number of people in the live broadcast room.
Burning in ashes whispered: "Isn't it these? How do I spread the virus? Or find my server? My server is on a geostationary satellite, which is also part of the help given to me by the third star cluster."< br>
Wang Ze still didn't respond. This was obviously not the question Wang Ze wanted to ask.
Burning to ashes smiled and didn't say much.
A few minutes later, the number of people jumped to eight figures, and Wang Ze looked at the projection ball array.
"I only ask one question."
Wang Ze’s voice never seems to tremble:
"You need to answer this question carefully, because it will become the only criterion for whether I will expose some of your lies next.
"A tragedy happened on Euler. You have told the public about this, and you have also given enough evidence. I have read the evidence. I will go to Euler later to conduct on-site research.
"But now, you need to answer me a question."
"You asked," Ran Yu Ashes responded calmly.
Wang Ze's voice became deeper and deeper:
"Have you and your teammates, the five members of Wenrunruyu's fixed team, considered when formulating this plan, those 3,600 people who don't know the truth and feel that they are just playing games, and who must be deeply remorseful at this moment? How will the two beta players face their respective lives in the future?
"Answer me, Jhin.
"I actually don't want to ruin your plan. This matter has nothing to do with me. As long as you tell me how you will appease them, I will remain silent and leave the home planet."
Ran Yuhui frowned and whispered: "They are indeed executioners, even if they don't know it."
"Very good."
Wang Ze nodded: "Then I can tell it without any burden - your story is good, but apart from the other half of the tragedy of Euler Star, it is all lies." (End of Chapter)