Chapter 42 The Second Way Out

"We seem to have made a mistake!" Rose took a pen and drew the route we had taken before on the sketchpad. In fact, she was drawing a map using the path we had taken. We entered this huge maze dozens of minutes ago. The entrance to the maze has clear requirements. We can only pass through the maze in the most ordinary way, use brute force to destroy the maze or use Guidance props will be sent directly outside this holy land of love, and re-entry will be prohibited for several weeks. There was no other way, so Rose and I had to use the stupidest method, using the routes we had traveled to draw our own maps.

Rose and I are lucky, because although this maze is entirely made of plants, because we have electronic brains, we can clearly record each route we have taken. Those plant separation walls that look the same to ordinary people, each have their own characteristics in our eyes, and they can be used as road signs. However, because this maze is unusually large, and there are overpass-like three-dimensional structures and point-to-point teleportation arrays inside, our sense of direction is almost completely lost. Even if we draw a map, we have to divide it into areas and draw them separately. , because we simply don’t know the relative positional relationship between the two regions.

I looked at Rose and asked her, "What mistake did we make?"

"This is not a flat maze at all."

"Is it a three-dimensional maze?"

"Not only is it a three-dimensional maze, but it is also a maze that changes at any time. You see, based on the path we have taken, this place should have never been here before, but we have walked back to the previous section. Look. Plants on the roadside, we've been here before. We're going in circles."

"It seems unlikely that we can pass through directly. Do we have to try our luck?"

Rose shook her head. "I don't know. The maze we walked in the country is arranged according to the Five Elements and Bagua. As long as we follow certain rules, we can get out. There should be similar reference standards in European courtship places, but we don't know. That’s all.”

"Are there any classic legends about labyrinths in Europe?"

"Wait a moment." Rose closed her eyes and paused for a while. When she opened her eyes again, she said: "The labyrinth guarded by the Minotaur, the world's largest garden labyrinth, the Liberia Numbers Labyrinth The Palace Equation and the Labyrinth Theory of Human Nature. Which one do you think it is?"

"The Minotaur Maze is only mentioned in legends, and there is no explanation of the specific steps. Even if everyone in Europe knows that there is such a maze, no one will successfully pass it. Liberia The number of maze equations is too big, and anyone who understands this thing can basically be regarded as a scientist. There will not be such a difficult question. Besides, it has nothing to do with love. The garden maze and the mystery of human nature The Palace Maze may have a high risk, but although the Garden Labyrinth is a famous tourist attraction, there is no guarantee that every European knows its specific steps, so the possibility is not high."

"That's the maze of human nature!" Rose threw the map side directly back into Fenglong Space. "Now I know what it means to be smart, but I'm mistaken for being smart!"

I smiled and extended my hand to the rose. Rose immediately took my arm. We just walked forward holding hands together, no longer worrying about whether the route was right or wrong, and we didn't calculate which turn would have a higher success rate. The so-called labyrinth of human nature is somewhat similar to the Chinese Taoist theory of letting things happen, which means don't deliberately pursue anything, otherwise the more you search, the harder it will be to get out. In fact, it is very simple to pass through this maze. As long as both parties trust each other, just treat it as a walk. Anyway, just turn around when you encounter a bend. As long as you complete the length of the route required by the maze, you will naturally reach the exit. It can be said that every fork in this maze is a dead end, or it can be said that every fork leads to the exit.

According to our guess, after just walking for a while, a portal suddenly appeared in front of us. After passing through the energy gate, we found that we had reached a mountain peak.

"Wow...! Have we reached Shushan?"

"I don't think so." I pointed to the long bridge in front of me and said, "Did you see that bridge? If it were Shushan, it should be replaced with piles of floating stones."

In fact, where we are standing now is a platform of more than ten square meters. Below the platform is a nearly vertical mountain. Rather than saying that we are standing on the top of a mountain, it is better to say that we are standing on the top of a pillar, except that this pillar has reached into the clouds. There is a long bridge not far in front of us that connects to the real mountain on the opposite side. The only problem is that this bridge is of the type that looks like it will collapse soon. The bridge body is made of green rattan. Although it looks very thick, I know that such rattan actually does not have much load-bearing capacity. In comparison, it is not even as strong as dry branches.

"I don't think this thing looks very reliable."

"I think so too. But don't worry." With a bang, I spread my wings. "I can fly." As I said that, I jumped forward and flapped my wings. Bang... "Oops!" I jumped and failed to fly. Instead, I fell flat on the ground. "Flying is prohibited in this damn place!"

"Then we can only rely on it." Rose said, already taking the lead towards the vine bridge.

There are only two taut rattans on both sides of the rattan bridge that serve as handrails, and these two rattans are completely disconnected from the bridge deck. When you walk on it, you will feel empty on both sides. Your heartbeat will speed up unconsciously. As for the bridge deck, although it looks like there are a few more canes than the handrails, they are just a few more. On both sides of the bridge deck are two thick vines twisted from multiple vines, and between them is a vine connected back and forth in a zigzag pattern. In other words, the bridge deck cannot be considered a plane at all. It is even It's bigger than the hole in the fishing boat. If you want to get over it, you can only step on the zigzag rattan and move forward one by one.

You must know that "Zero" can reproduce most situations in reality, including physiological reactions of course. When people walk on such a bridge. You will become very nervous unconsciously. This causes the muscles to tighten. This reaction will be faithfully reflected in the game, and it will also cause your stamina to decrease at a rate two to six times normal. in addition. We must realize that the length of this bridge is well over five hundred meters, which means that in a highly stressful state, most people would likely run out of stamina less than half way across. Of course, if you fall early, you don't have to worry about running out of endurance.

I watched Rose walk to the bridge, but I had no intention of going with her. It is very foolish for two people to go on a bridge together. Compared with two people going up together, the possibility of one person's weight causing the suspension bridge to break is obviously smaller, and the shaking caused by two people going forward together will affect the smooth progress of the other person, which is a very unreasonable arrangement.

It was a little different from the way most people passed the suspension bridge. Rose didn't show any nervousness at all, and she didn't hold on to the cane and cry while walking like most girls, or simply hugged the cane and refused to move. In fact, Rose's spirit was stronger than that of most men. She just opened her hands and rushed over at a trot. With our reflexes and balance as members of the Dragon Clan. This small bridge is purely a children's toy.

After the rose passed, I also walked onto the vine bridge. Of course, I didn't dare to run across it like the rose. Not because I'm timid, but because I'm heavier than a rose. My weight in the game is 65 kilograms, and when I put on the armor, I weigh almost 130 kilograms. The total weight of Battle in the Rose Land is less than 60 kilograms, so she can run, but I can only crawl. A single rattan can't hold my weight at all, so I can only use my limbs to share the weight. This is the first time I discovered that the dragon armor actually has shortcomings!

Anyone who knows a little bit about physics should know this. The tension on a taut rope is greatest when an object is hung in the middle, so the real danger is at the midpoint of the bridge. As long as the bridge continues after I cross this area, it's generally fine. Unfortunately, misfortune happened before I even got to that point. A rattan used to support the bridge deck near the bridge head on the opposite side suddenly broke, and the entire bridge turned to the right. Fortunately, I reacted quickly enough and turned over quickly. Then he hooked the vine under Sheng. The problem is that the previous two canes couldn't bear my weight, let alone the current one?

Sure enough, the cane broke as I grabbed it. But I still wouldn't give up. The moment I started falling, I raised my hand and shot out a dragon tendon flying rope. It was accurately nailed into the cliff on the opposite side. As long as the rope head would not loosen, I could climb up with the help of the zip line. However, this damn terrain totally screwed me. Just after I fell three meters, there was a splash, and I fell flat into the water.

It turns out that the place where we appeared before was not the top of the mountain at all, but a stone platform just over three meters above the ground. As for the "cliff" on the opposite side. In fact, it should be called Lakeshore more appropriately. I misplaced myself for three humble reasons. First, there was a thick layer of fog two meters below the stone platform we were on, so much so that I thought it was a sea of ​​clouds. Second, it was so windy in this damn place that I mistakenly thought it was the top of the mountain. Third, it was extremely cold here, which gave me the illusion of being at a higher altitude. If you can ignore the above three problems and discover the actual situation here, you can just swim from below. That bridge is completely confusing.

Shortly after I hit the water there was another splash. It turned out that the rose also jumped down. Like me, she thought it was a cliff, and when she saw me falling, she jumped down too. When I 'shot' the zip line before, my body had already fallen into the fog. So she didn't see it. At least this shows that Rose cares about me. Maybe this broken bridge is to test the couple's reaction in this regard! Of course, it would be okay if a couple in love really jumps off. After all, if you fall into the water from a height of three meters, there will be no big problem no matter what posture you enter the water in.

Rose actually regretted it as soon as she jumped out. First, she suddenly heard the sound of me falling into the water and knew that it was not deep at all. Second, she remembered that this was a game and there was no need to live and die together. Jumping out just now was purely for fun. Instinctively, even if there was really a cliff below, it would be pointless for her to jump out.

"Ah...I was fooled!" Rose shouted loudly.

"Hahahaha! I didn't expect that there is such a setup in Europe. With our intelligence, we actually fell into it!"

"It really pisses me off!" Rose shouted loudly: "Husband, follow my voice and swim over here! The lakeshore is next to me."

"Don't move, I'll be there soon." I didn't need to swim at all. The dragon's tendon rope had already been 'shot' to the rocks on the shore. It's just that the lake was too close to me, so I didn't need to swim even before the rope was tightened. Hit the lake. Now I only need to tighten the zip line, and the traction will naturally pull me to the other side.

"So you've already hung on the cliff?" Rose realized when she saw me arriving at her side so quickly.

"Hey, who am I, your husband? Even if there is a cliff down here, I will still go up there. Ah...!" I suddenly covered my mouth in the middle of my words.

"What happened to you?"

I quickly reached under the water and 'touched' it for a long time, and then suddenly pulled something out of the water. "What the hell is this?"

“Kind of like flounder.”

What I was holding in my hand certainly looked like a halibut. It's just that they are two pairs, sticking to each other, so that each fish is responsible for one side, and the dangers on both sides can be seen, which is much more advantageous than having one fish take advantage of it. However, although this magical fish looks like a flounder, it is definitely not a flounder, because the flounder definitely does not have such good teeth.

"This thing bites people quite hard, but fortunately there are not many of them." I don't know what happened today. Probably because he didn't read the almanac, he just said whatever he said. As soon as I said that there were not many of them, I heard a splashing sound from the distance. It was obviously the sound caused by many, many fish rushing towards this direction.

"Haha, it seems that hubby, you have the potential to be a crow's mouth!"

"Go up first, or you'll be chewed into bones soon!" I hugged the rose by the waist, then threw it hard, and threw the rose directly onto the shore. With my strength, it is not difficult to throw the rose more than three meters high. There are no roses around. It was even easier for me. I pulled the dragon tendon rope and stepped on the rock a few times before climbing up. As soon as I landed on the shore, I heard a continuous rumbling sound from below. I don’t know how many fish hit the lake shore.

Rose was about to pull me away but suddenly stopped. I was about to ask what was going on before I realized why, because my call bell also rang. "Who is looking for us at this time?"

"The devil knows. Go offline and take a look!"

After opening my eyes in reality and unplugging the connection line from my cervical spine, I was immediately notified by Nuwa and was then taken to my father's office. The rose was already sitting inside.

"Dad. Are you looking for me? Do you have something to do? Could it be the party Nuwa mentioned before?"

"No. There will still be some time for the party. You know, it is not that simple to bring the world's top figures together. Besides, there will always be some chaos in every special meeting, and the lives of us people will be at stake. It’s more expensive. No one wants to die in an unknown situation, so everyone needs time to prepare.”

Rose leaned on the back of the sofa and smiled coldly. "The liars are all gathered together, so there is no need to pretend. Although I have not participated in this special meeting, I can probably imagine what a scary place it is!"

Dad was amused by Rose's words. "Hahahaha, I promise you won't think about what it will be like there. To be honest, I was quite scared when I went there for the first time."

Seeing that my father seemed to be off topic, I quickly asked again: "If you are not going to attend that party, then why are you looking for me?"

"That's it." Dad gave me a stack of information, and I roughly browsed through it. They are all student files, nothing special. Dad took advantage of my time to look through the files and explained: "You also know that the destroyer of the solar system is getting closer and closer. Although our Longyuan Group has just completed the development of the fusion laser cannon, we still need at least one more before we can produce the real thing. Months, and even if we blow that thing to pieces in outer space, its fragments will be enough to destroy the entire solar system."

“Didn’t we already start the immigration plan?”

"But it's not enough." There was obvious concern in Dad's voice. "The immigration plan cannot guarantee that everyone will be taken aboard, and the immigration ship will become very dangerous after it takes off. You must know that our current technology can only build simple space immigration ships but cannot make space battleships, so when the immigration ship takes off After that, security work becomes extremely important. You should know that. Although our country has a good reputation internationally, superpowers like the United States and some crazy local forces will not let go of this opportunity. They will definitely Engaging in some horrific acts of destruction."

Rose said calmly: "If you give me a way to destroy the biggest enemy in one fell swoop, I won't miss it."

"So, although space immigration looks good, there are actually many problems and risks. Besides, even if everyone launches safely, we still don't know where the landing point will be! Our Forerunner unmanned probe We have already gone to several planets that may be suitable for human habitation to survey, but that takes time. And we just lack time."

I said directly: "Dad, do you mean to give up the immigration plan?"

Rose said: "How could you give up? I guess you are planning to try some other measures."

"Rongrong is still smart. I have just attended a special meeting of the State Council. Now the unified opinion of the central government is to continue to increase investment in space immigration as the main development direction, but at the same time not give up the development and research of any other possible methods."

"Other methods? What other methods are there? There are only two ways when the enemy comes, either kill the enemy or escape by yourself. The interception you just mentioned is already impossible, so the only thing left is to escape. Is there a third option?"

Surprisingly, my father actually said in an excited tone: "We really have the only option left to escape. But we don't necessarily have to escape in a spaceship!"

"If you don't run in a spaceship, how can you run? We can't drill into the middle of the earth. Anyway, when the solar system loses balance, the supernova explosion will blow the earth apart. Even if we drill into the core of the earth, we will still be finished. Apart from taking a spaceship, we What else can we do if we run into space? We can’t just open a portal and run to an alien planet like in the cartoon, right?”

"You are absolutely right, our new research direction is really the portal."

"What? Dad, don't you have a fever?" I said, reaching out to touch Dad's head, but he slapped it away.

"What are you talking about? No matter how big or small!"

"Are you really planning to start researching portal technology?"

"Hehe. It's not that we have started researching, but we are already doing research and have made breakthrough progress."

"What? Breakthrough progress? Is the research really successful? What technology are you using? What principle does it operate on? How is it achieved? How big of a ground channel can be opened? Can one person go there? The equipment has passed Are you going? Can you confirm the teleportation location on the other side?"

Dad covered my mouth. "I'm not a scientist. I don't understand the technical aspects. Anyway, the things are there. The preliminary experiment was also successful. We also sent a self-propelled robot to shoot a thirty-minute video and came back. By the way, that robot Samples of soil and local organisms were also collected.”

"Are there any creatures over there?"

"Yes. But because only thirty minutes have passed, there is no time for a comprehensive exploration. The things collected by the robot include several small plants and several insects. In addition, an advanced life form similar to a mouse was captured. Preliminary research It has been determined that this creature is very close to mammals. The crazy group at the Biological Research Institute recently seems to be planning to mate this creature with mice to see if they can produce offspring."

Rose and I were completely speechless. This is too fast! In the past, large-scale scientific research rarely yielded results within thirty to fifty years. This space gate experiment only lasted a few days? So many results have been achieved! Not only can it be teleported and recovered, but it has actually found a planet with life and even brought back samples.

"How did you do this research? This is too fast!"

"Is it fast? I don't think so!" Nuwa's full analysis projection suddenly appeared in the room. When Dad saw Nuwa, he happily threw away the explanation task. Nuwa also said patiently: "You can ask me any questions you have. I am in charge of the research. I have all the information here."

"Why is the research progress so fast?" I asked anxiously.

"Because we hardly studied anything." Nuwa's answer was quite surprising. "The so-called portal should actually be called: basic energy channel. Its main technical principles are very similar to the working principle of the super electromagnetic engine. The difference is only in the way of utilization. Therefore, many of these technologies are ready-made technologies. With some minor modifications, we completed the development of the first experimental space gate. As for connecting to a planet suitable for life when it was opened for the first time, this should be considered lucky!"

"Damn, there is so much space in the vast universe. You can encounter this! It's really hard to accept!"

"So we are very lucky!" Nuwa said with a smile.

Rose suddenly asked: "On what principle does this space door operate?"

"This is a bit complicated to say. I can only try to put it as simply as possible. ..."

Rose and I listened together for a long time and finally figured out the principle of this thing, but before we can understand this principle, we must first understand what energy space is. The so-called energy space is actually space. In the initial stages of the universe. The energy of the entire universe is concentrated at one point. At this time, the area outside this point should be called the outside of the universe. However, the outside of the universe is actually just a concept, and it does not actually exist. There is actually nothing outside the universe, including space. At this time, if you have an object. If you want to put it outside the universe, that is simply impossible because there is no space there. Where do you want to put the item? For an object to exist, there must at least be enough space to accommodate it. There is no space outside the universe, so nothing can appear outside the universe.

It is difficult for human minds to understand the concept of "nothing" outside the universe. Anyway, you can just pretend that it does not exist. However, when the universe is concentrated at one point. Due to the overload of energy, an explosion occurs. The first thing that is ejected outward during this explosion process is basic energy. We call this energy space. Everything within the scope covered by this energy is within the universe, but even if you cannot understand it, you must remember that the universe only has an interior and no exterior, because its exterior is the "nothing". Nothing means nothing, so there is no such thing as an outside world.

This layer of diffused "space" energy is the basis of the entire universe. If you find it difficult to understand, you can simplify it a bit. We can flatten this three-dimensional structure and imagine the universe as a table with a taut, highly elastic rubber membrane serving as the tabletop. Matter is the object on the table. You can put objects on the "table", but you can never put them outside the table. Because there is no place for you to put your things. But objects have "weight", and this "weight" actually corresponds to mass. Because this "table" is elastic, a depression will be formed when an object is placed on the table, and the size of the depression depends on the "weight" of the object. At this time, you can first put an iron ball on this "table". Of course, the iron ball will make a large dent on the table made of rubber film. At this time, you put another small ball on the table. Because the table is no longer flat, the newly placed ball will naturally It will roll towards the location of the previous small ball, because that is the deepest depression. If you regard these two small balls as two planets, you will understand what gravity is about. The so-called gravitation is nothing more than a traction force generated by the collapse of space caused by mass. Because gravity is caused by mass. Therefore, all objects with mass have universal gravitation, and the magnitude of this force varies according to the density of the mass. To sum up, energy space is a form of energy existence, and its main function is to form a support field so that matter can exist in it.

After understanding the energy space, you can understand what a black hole is. Let's go back to the "table" just now. At this time, you can put a particularly heavy object on the "table". Because the "tabletop" cannot bear this huge "weight", the objects on it will crush the tabletop and fall under the table, leaving a hole on the tabletop. This is a black hole. so. A black hole is a collapse point in space, where matter is too concentrated. An energy phenomenon formed after exceeding the upper limit of the energy space. Of course, although there is a hole here, the tilt of the energy space still exists, so according to the above principle of universal gravitation, the black hole will naturally attract everything with material properties that passes near it.

After knowing the above things, you understand the concepts of space and distance, which means you understand half of the knowledge about space gates. The remaining half is material.

When this layer of energy called "space" spreads, "matter" can appear. This part is easier to understand. According to Einstein's famous mass-energy equation, energy and mass can be converted into each other. During the Big Bang, energy was transformed into matter, thus forming three basic particles: protons, neutrons and electrons. However, some energy is not completely converted, such as photons. Everyone knows that light has wave-particle duality, which means that light can be regarded as both matter and energy. It is actually a kind of energy that has not been completely converted. The quantum that everyone has heard of actually refers to this type of incomplete particle. In fact, quantum does not refer to a kind of substance, but all unstable particles can be regarded as quantum. This is the main reason why many countries regard the development of photonic computers as a prerequisite for the development of quantum computers, because light is also one of the quanta and is relatively easy to control.

As mentioned above, protons, neutrons and electrons constitute various atoms, and atoms are then combined into molecules to construct objects. These are the contents of high school physics and are the most basic knowledge. But after understanding this, you only need to understand the concept of speed to formally explain what a space gate is.

According to Einstein's theory, the fastest speed in the universe is the speed of light, and no matter can move faster than light. This theory is actually easy to understand. Let's imagine the concept of space again. Now we can imagine space as a water ball, and matter exists in this water ball. Water itself has surface tension, so it can heal automatically, and energy space also has similar characteristics. When you move through water, the water separates in front of you and then closes up again behind you, but space does not separate in front of you as matter moves through energy space. Instead, it acts as a conductive substance to allow you to pass through it. But the space here also has the same ultimate healing ability as water. If you move forward too fast in the water, it is possible that you have passed through a certain body of water, and the water there has not had time to close up immediately, which will cause the water to heal. A vacuum zone is formed below. The same goes for space. If you break the speed of light, then space may be torn apart by you. The result is not that you exceed the speed of light, but that you create a big hole in space.

Now that a hole has appeared. Then you must have flown out of space. As I said before, there is no space outside of space, and matter cannot exist in a place without space. But don’t forget that matter is also converted from energy, and it is not essentially different from space itself. So what will happen when we break through the speed of light and travel through space? It's very simple, you will break down into basic energy, and then become space energy to fill the hole you tore out. Simply put, you will no longer exist. Because the moment you break through the speed of light, you no longer exist. So you haven't broken through the speed of light at all, so the speed limit in the universe is the speed of light, but the space gate can subvert or bypass the above restrictions.

First of all, we need to understand that the limitation of the speed of light is only valid within the universe, and basic energy has no concept of speed, because basic energy is everywhere. It sounds a bit like something from a myth, but this is the true characteristic of energy. The function of the space gate is to interfere with the existence of space with a strong magnetic field, thereby creating an artificial black hole. but. The key technical difficulty of space gates is not to tear apart space. But it lies in how to stabilize the torn space. As long as the energy is strong enough, speed, electric field, magnetic field, any energy field or gravity can tear apart space. So tearing space is actually not too troublesome. The key is that you must tear out a stable hole, which means that you cannot let the space in this place collapse while tearing it apart, otherwise the strong gravity will suck in the space gate generator together with nearby matter and break it down into energy again. Fill that big hole. All the space gate generator has to do is to tear apart space and keep it in a stable state. In this case, the space gate is safe and reliable, otherwise it will not be a space gate but a space bomb.

Once an artificial black hole is formed, the rest is relatively simple. After you walk into the black hole, you should actually be called energy. But because this is a stationary black hole, although you are no longer matter, you have not been torn to pieces by the energy of space. You are still maintained in the form of energy. Your own basic structure is very important. As long as every bit of matter in your body maintains its original state, even if it turns into energy, you will not disappear. You are still you, but this time you are actually a person made up of quantum particles. According to what was said before, energy has no concept of distance. You can instantly pass through any space obstacle and enter another location. This process is called space jumping or long-distance teleportation. Anyway, the meaning is the same.

After leaving the black hole, your body will instantly regain its material properties after being supported by the energy space again. At this time, the teleportation is over. The difference is that you may already be in another place infinitely far away from the starting point. .

Although Nuwa said it was a simple explanation, we still listened for a long time, but we finally understood the operating principle of the space door.

Rose asked her father: "Since the experiment is successful, what are you looking for us for?"

"I'm looking for you because I need explorers."

"What? You don't want us to go time traveling, right?" I asked my dad in surprise.

"I won't do it if you want!" Dad pointed at the information in my hand. "You are all my relatives, and the mission is too important. How could I let you take risks? The information in your hand is the list of volunteers we collected. I came to you this time to ask you to choose one person from it. To conduct human body teleportation verification and preliminary exploration of alien planets.”

"Then why are all the materials in the information filled with college students?" I waved the information and asked, "Wouldn't it be better to choose from the military?"

"Compared with college students, soldiers only have advantages in physical fitness and fighting will. Because this time we decided to give the volunteers who participated in the experiment the opportunity to become dragons. Therefore, the advantages in physical strength and fighting will will be completely offset, and soldiers and students will transform The overall combat effectiveness is actually about the same, but the knowledge of college students must be broader, and the volunteers we provide this time are all people who have performed very well in all aspects."

"Then what else is there to investigate?"

"We just hope that the best among the best will increase the success rate. Besides, we don't know what the situation is there. What we need are talents with comprehensive knowledge and the ability to deal with alien contact. We also need to make sure that they do not exclude non-human intelligent life. Otherwise, what if you send a racist there and there is advanced life on the opposite planet, causing an interstellar war?"

"Dizzy! Listening to you, this is really possible!"

"That's why I want you to select carefully." Dad pointed at the information in my hand. "Those are materials that have gone through three rounds of review. There is nothing to say about political leanings or basic abilities. What you want to screen is mainly personal conduct and personality traits. These things cannot be found out by relying on the data alone, so I asked you to The two of you should personally contact the candidates."

"Understood. We'll go over there."

It doesn’t take too many people to select people, so I just said hello to them and let them arrange their own time. Most people decided to stay at the base. Some of the women in the Ring Knight and some of my familiars are going shopping. Scott and other male bell knights asked for protection. I thought they were drunkards who were not interested in drinking, but I was too lazy to expose it. It was free love anyway and I couldn't control it. But Ling and Chili want to go with me. So when we set off, we became a huge convoy. After arriving in the city, other people's cars turned to where they were going, while I drove directly to the university town.

"Get out of the car and get the materials." I parked the car in the parking lot in front of the college and walked towards the school with Rose, Ling and Chili.

Speaking of which, I haven't come to school for a long time, since the Dragon Clan was officially born. My identity has become more and more important. For safety reasons, my father has already helped me to drop out of school. Anyway, academic qualifications are meaningless for people like me. The only thing I feel is a pity is that I can't experience it properly. A rich and colorful university life!

Rose and Ling each took half of the information and read it while walking. "Who should we go to first?"

"Anyone will do. Anyway, there are only seven people in total. Let's look at the route when the time comes. Start with whichever one is closest."

"Then pay it forward."

I walked to the school gate and pressed my hand directly on the screen of the security terminal.

"Permission approved." The electronic prompt confirmed my identity. The doorman no longer stared at me with wary eyes.

After checking the permissions, I didn't touch the terminal at all, but took Rose and the others directly into the campus. All dragons have modified electronic computers, and there is no need to operate the terminal to check information. As long as the login permission is completed, they can use the campus wireless operation to receive the required information directly in the brain.

It is now three o'clock in the afternoon. Three of the seven people we are looking for are in class, three of the other four are in the library, the dormitory and the bar, and one is out shopping. The on-campus positioning system of Lone Star College is only effective within one kilometer of the school and the surrounding area. No matter how far it is, there is nothing we can do. Since there are only six left, let's find these six first. Consider that there are three people in the class. We plan to start with the three who are idle first. Once we gather the three of them together, it is estimated that the other three will also finish class.

"Let's go first."

"I didn't expect that there are still students in the college who don't have personal computers!" Ling sighed.

Because Ling and Chili's knowledge of the real world was forcefully instilled. Therefore, it is inevitable that many things are somewhat different from reality. For example, the issue of the gap between the rich and the poor is not mentioned in the instilled knowledge, at least it is not detailed. Therefore, Ling can only guess based on limited knowledge that everyone in the world should live in it now. It’s only right to be very wealthy, but in fact there will be poor people in any era, and this will not change due to productivity levels and social systems. Productivity can only determine the minimum living standards of the poor. The social system can only affect the proportion of poor and rich people. It is impossible to completely eliminate poor people.

Ling didn't understand, so I had to explain it to her. After talking for a long time, she nodded in understanding. As for Chili, she was completely listening to the book. It seems that the dragon's intelligence is not applicable to everything.

We found the bar called "Spider House" based on the prompts from the campus positioning system. It’s different from the machine-to-machine bar hundreds of years ago. The structure of today’s bar is very strange. After entering the bar, there is a wall first, and after going around, there is a corridor. On both sides of the corridor are huge boxes like luggage storage boxes in shopping malls. In fact, these things are not for you to store, but for others. As long as you pay at the cashier, you can get a number. If you find the box door with the corresponding number on both sides of the corridor and pull it out, you will find that this big drawer is actually a bed. As long as you lie down and press the switch, the "drawer" will automatically close and you will enter the cabinet. Because these drawers are one after another and can be stacked several levels from the ground to the roof, this kind of bar can accommodate many people at the same time in a small space.

Of course, this cabinet is not a body freezer. It's actually quite feature-complete. The bed beneath you is made of memory foam and covered with a layer of cotton. As long as you stay on it for no more than twenty hours, you will generally not feel any discomfort. There is a powerful air conditioner inside the box, the temperature can be set as you wish, and there is also an independent ventilation device. Non-smokers don't have to endure the smell of other people's cigarettes here. There are multiple sets of speakers and good sound insulation facilities inside the box. While creating perfect stereo sound, you don’t have to worry about mutual interference between adjacent machines. Finally, as a top priority, there is a split keyboard and vertical mouse. It ensures that players can lie down comfortably to operate the operating system. As for the monitor, it is the headset-like thing hanging on the side wall. This thing can be worn directly on the head, and then two miniature flashlight-like things can be pulled down in front of the eyes and pointed at the eyeballs. This is actually a retinal projector. It can project the picture directly onto your retina to form a picture. Its main advantage is that the viewing area is very large, although in fact there are only two pen tips at the projection point of the picture. The size is very large, but to the user it almost looks like a huge picture with no edges visible. in addition. Since two projectors are used to project the fundus of both eyes respectively, by controlling the focus, the user's various eye problems such as myopia, astigmatism and presbyopia can be easily dealt with, and a vertical distance can also be formed. three-dimensional picture. If you don’t like to use your eyes to receive data, a game helmet with built-in neural access is also available. Of course, the premise is that the program you use must support the output method of the game helmet.

Although bar owners are excited about the bar revolution brought about by technological advancement, we are running into trouble. If it were an open bar, we would be able to find people right away, but now everyone is in the closet. We can't just pull them apart one by one, right? Although the campus positioning system can track the location of all students on campus. But it's not precise enough yet for us to find which box it is.

"What now?" I asked Rose.

"I have a way." Ling suddenly closed his eyes and paused for about ten seconds. She suddenly opened her mouth and said: "Hello, is this Lin Xiao?... I am the liaison officer of Long Yuan. I want to talk to you about the application form you recently filled out... No, we are already at your bar, just I can't find which cabin you are in. Can you come to the door right away?...Okay, we'll wait for you here." Rose opened her eyes. We already understood without her explaining. She gave us the person we were looking for. Made a phone call. "Isn't it simple?"

I smiled and patted Ling on the shoulder, then pointed around, handed over a mobile phone and whispered: "Although we can directly use the electronic computer to make calls, can you please demonstrate it?"

After Ling noticed that everyone around him was staring at him, he realized that it was indeed strange to do so. Fortunately, many people now use micro headset phones, so although others looked curiously, they didn't attract much attention. , most people thought Ling was using the latest ultra-miniature phone.

We walked to the opposite side of the bar and waited for less than a minute when we saw Lin Xiao running out. However, he didn't recognize us, so he didn't come over immediately, but looked around first. Ling wanted to go over and call him. But I stopped him. I intend to test Lin Xiao's ability to judge the environment. If he can find us quickly, it means that he has basic observation skills, otherwise he can give up directly.

Not too bad, it only took a few seconds for this guy to finally decide to run towards us.

"Excuse me……?"

"Shen Lin, technical safety director of Nanjing Branch of Longyuan Group." I stretched out my hand and introduced myself before he could ask.

"Hello." Lin Xiaodi's adaptability is also very good, and he quickly switched from the inquiry state to the communication state, which at least shows that he has relatively good communication skills and reaction speed. Ordinary people would be one to three seconds slower in this situation, and their speech would be erratic, and it would take a few seconds for them to return to normal. Because most people cannot switch their thinking patterns quickly, there will be a pause when you jump from one thing to another. This is a normal reaction for ordinary people, but for people performing special tasks This is a fatal flaw.

"I'm Ling, Shenlin's special assistant. I just had a phone call with you." Ling stretched out his hand and shook his hand.

The boy was obviously smitten by Ling's beauty. He even forgot to let go of Ling Di's hand. I frowned slightly. As expected, no one is perfect. This boy's resistance to beauty is too low. However, this time he is going to explore an alien planet. Even if he encounters intelligent life forms, he should not look like humans. So I haven't included this flaw in his bad record yet.

"Hello, I'm Chu Rong. Technical consultant of the Nanjing Research Department of Longyuan Group." Rose helped Ling take Lin Xiao's hand and quickly pulled it out after shaking it.

Lai Lai also extended his hand: "My name is Lai Lai, a security guard from the Security Department of Longyuan Group."

"Huh? Oh! Hello." Lin Xiao didn't react when Lai Lai wanted to shake hands with him, because he didn't expect Lai Lai to be from Long Yuan. And also a security guard. Although Chili Pepper is also a peerless beauty, she looks like she is only 12 or 13 years old in appearance. Lin Xiao had always thought that this was the sister of one of us who came with us. Unexpectedly, she was also a regular employee, and It also belongs to the Security Department. "It's not convenient to talk here. I know there's a good coffee shop over there." Although Lin Xiao was stunned for a moment, he finally came to his senses.

"No, we have to find a few other people first." Rose rejected his proposal. "Will you come with us?"

"OK."

Take Lin Xiao and go back. I started chatting with him by the way. Of course, I would actively avoid any news about the content of this mission, so as to ensure that we can maintain a basically fair competition after the seven people arrive. In fact, the seven of them still don't know what they are going to do. The space gate experiment is a top-secret plan and cannot be disclosed to unrelated personnel. When the recruitment request was issued, it only stated that they would participate in an extremely dangerous experiment and required volunteers to be mentally prepared to face death. At the same time, the recruitment request also mentioned that they would be given generous rewards beyond imagination, and they would also receive a pure A special National Hero Medal forged by Kim.

Long Yuan Group has always been famous for its wealth. Normally, Long Yuan doesn't care about millions of bonuses, but since Long Yuan's request is said to be a generous reward beyond imagination. That must be more than Chaoshu imagined. This alone can attract many people who want money but not their lives. In addition, the honor represented by that medal is also unimaginably huge. Inspired by the spirit of patriotism, it will inevitably become one of the major attractions. As for the content of the mission, it didn't say that you would definitely die anyway. It just said that you should be mentally prepared, and you should fight for those benefits.

Following the instructions of the positioning system, we quickly came to the library and found the second volunteer. She was reading a book when we arrived, and we didn't speak, we just stood behind her. This girl was quite shrewd and immediately realized that there was someone behind her. She looked back at us in surprise. After realizing that we had been staring at her, she pointed at her nose with her finger. I nodded, and she immediately pointed outside, then stood up to return the book.

"What do you want from me?"

"Are you Liu Yiling?" The other party nodded blankly. "Hello, we are from Longyuan."

"Oh, are you doing it for the volunteer thing?"

"Yes, but I have to find everyone before I can talk to you about the specifics."

"Of course. Let's go find other people now. How many people have you selected this time? I heard that there are a lot of people who signed up."

"Seven." Rose said, "There are seven in total including you."

"Only this many?"

"The mission is very special and requires strange skills, so most people have been eliminated this time. In addition, have the seven of you finalized the task? Only one person is required for the mission. We are here to choose from you this time. Find the most suitable candidate.”

"Oh, how many of the seven of us are women?"

"There are two of you, too."

Liu Yiling was very talkative and kept talking to us all the way. Even I was inadvertently lured out of a lot of important information by her during the chat. Compared with her, Lin Xiao is simply negligible, but in my heart she still It is more inclined to choose a male to complete the task. Liu Yiling is indeed much smarter than Lin Xiao as a person. But this is an exploration mission after all, and we may encounter various alien creatures on the way. If those things look like hairy caterpillars, can we abandon the mission for this? Therefore, women have inherent flaws in this kind of task. If the two women among these seven people do not perform extremely well, I generally will not choose between the two of them. Of course, nothing has been determined yet, and investigation is necessary.

A few of us walked to the student dormitory and quickly found the volunteers who were playing "Zero". His name is Huang Xianling. He was very thin and looked like someone who lacked sunlight for a long time. After a brief introduction, he ran outside the teaching building with us to wait for the other three people to finish class. After a while, the three people walked out of the teaching building respectively. Me, Rose and Ling gathered them all together, but the problem was that the last guy was not in the school. I had no choice but to call his cell phone and make an appointment to meet him.

In the end, we set the meeting place under a famous sculpture in the pedestrian street in the city center. Anyway, I had to take them back to the base for inspection in the end, and it was just a convenient way to go from there.

Before leaving the college, I helped all seven of them apply for leave from the school, and then left the school with them. Because my car can only seat five people including the driver. I had to borrow a big jeep from the school.

"Honey, you drive this car. I'll drive the one at the back."

"Well, go ahead." Rose got out of the car and took my place.

Rose drove my car, taking Ling, Chili, and the two female volunteers, while I took the four boys into the jeep. Volunteer Huang Gang looked at me as soon as he came up and asked, "Can I try it?"

"You want to drive?"

"Well, I haven't 'touched' the steering wheel for more than three months after learning. My hands are itchy."

"Then be careful. Don't get us all into a ditch." I said as I climbed onto the sub-frame.

Huang Gang excitedly ran to the driver's seat, and then touched and looked at it, looking very excited. It can be seen that he has an unusual preference for machinery. Most boys have this preference, but he is more prominent.

Seeing that he kept touching her, I couldn't help but urge: "Hurry up and drive, they are all gone."

"Oh. I'm sorry. I'm so excited." Huang Gang said while lighting the fire: "I really like cars, but my family can't afford one. The school said they would use the holidays to provide driving training, which is much cheaper than other driving schools. I called a few The monthly worker also borrowed a lot of money from his classmates to sign up, but after finishing the course, he never had the chance to 'touch' the steering wheel! By the way, I heard that Longyuan's Nanjing base is very big. Is there a commuter bus there? Shall I drive it?”

"Yes, yes, but the cars in the base are all connected to the supervisory computer. Is this the driver...?"

"Is it unmanned?"

"Hmm! There are so many commuter buses in the base, how many people will be needed if we hire drivers?"

Zhao Zhiping, who was sitting behind me, sighed. "Alas...a society where machines eat humans!"

I frowned slightly. There seemed to be something wrong with Zhao Zhiping's thinking and he needed special attention. I happened to want to know more about their social outlook, so I simply answered: "With the advancement of science and technology, many industries no longer require intensive labor of a large number of workers. On the surface, it does seem that machines and people are competing for jobs."

Huang Gang said while driving: "Actually, I think this is a normal phenomenon. If I were the boss, I would definitely rather have machines than workers. The efficiency of workers is low. Hundreds and thousands of people cannot stand up to one machine, and there is a possibility of it happening." It’s also higher than a machine. The machine doesn’t need double vacations. It can run 24 hours a day. The maintenance fee is much lower than the salary of workers with the same efficiency. There is no need to worry about work injuries and pension issues. Of course, a capable boss would rather Machines don’t need workers.”

"There must be no unemployed people in your family." Zhao Zhiping said angrily.

Huang Gang smiled indifferently. "You are absolutely right. I am an orphan, and I am the only one in the family."

"Are you an orphan too?" Cao En, who had been silent all this time, said, "I am also an orphan, but I am luckier than you. I still have grandparents and a grandmother. At least I don't have too much pressure in life. But When I was young, I was always bullied by the neighbor kids because of this, and now the brothers in our area call me the fighting king."

"Are you good at fighting?" Lin Xiao asked enviously.

Cao En raised an arm to show off his muscles. "Did you see it? This is all practiced by beating people into punching bags."

Zhao Zhiping turned his head and looked outside the car. I asked deliberately: "What? Don't you like other people fighting?"

"Of course. Those who are good at martial arts do not use martial arts."

"Oh, how come you are good at fighting?" Cao En saw that he was the kind of person with a very bold and carefree personality, and immediately said: "How about we find a fitness center and borrow a ring to play in a while? ?Whoever loses gets a treat."

I pushed the situation and said: "No, I will take you to the Longyuan base later. There is a more advanced comprehensive training center there. You can do whatever you want. Even if you are accidentally injured, there are professional medical equipment. As long as you still have breath, we will It will restore you to your original state.”

Zhao Zhiping still looked out the window and said: "I am a karate student, and you don't have any skills. It's not fair to fight you."

At this point, I have already noticed that Zhao Zhiping is a bit cynical. The main manifestation of this kind of person in normal times is arrogance, but a kind of arrogance without reason. He always feels that he is the right and everyone else is wrong. It seems that this guy must be eliminated. This level of thinking is really unable to meet our requirements.

When I looked back at Zhao Zhiping and considered whether I should eliminate him directly, the car suddenly shook violently, and then flew sideways. The only thought that flashed through my mind was that we had been in a car accident.