Just as the coalition government was struggling to ease public sentiment, a bombshell dropped from the sky.
"Hello everyone, my name is Tu Hengyu."
Mobile phones, computers, car radios, restaurant TVs, electronic billboards, large screens in shopping malls...
Digital images of Hengyu's face appear or his voice appears in all electronic media accessible to humans.
People showed blank expressions and stopped to watch.
"I stole three kilograms of antimatter." Digital Tu Hengyu said calmly, "I plan to use these antimatter to kill two billion people."
Everyone was stunned.
Digital Tu Hengyu paused, and then said lightly: "That's one-third of the world's population."
His voice passed through thousands of homes and lingered in the streets and alleys.
Billions of people looked stunned.
They couldn't believe that the gentle-looking scholar in the picture was actually the biggest terrorist in human history!
That digital devil who wants to kill two billion people with his mouth open!
"And the reason why I did this..."
Digital Tu Hengyu smiled and said calmly: "Actually, there is no special reason. I just found that I can do it, so I did it."
His smile is full of intimacy.
This is the most perfect human smile simulated by 550w, and is expected to bring the warmest psychological feelings to humans.
But people who see this smiling face at this moment can't feel any warmth at all.
They were so sick of the cold that they had goosebumps all over their bodies.
Why do digital beings kill people?
Because he can kill.
What a ridiculous explanation this is!
Digital Tu Hengyu’s explanation suddenly aroused people’s anger.
"demon!"
"You're going to go to hell if you do this!"
"Just wait to be deleted!"
"Dead beast!"
"Digital life shouldn't exist!"
"You won't succeed!"
People yelled and cursed, but their voices never reached Digital Tu Hengyu's ears.
Digital Tu Hengyu smiled and said: "All the people you know, including yourselves, one out of every three people will be killed by me."
His tone was very calm, but the content of his words was terrifying.
"I gave the coalition government a chance. I can return most of the antimatter I stole to them unconditionally, so that they can reduce the number of deaths to 700 million."
"But they chose another path. They wanted to take back all the antimatter."
"They think I'm just a digital being who can't make any waves."
"Even though I have stolen three copies of antimatter from their tight defenses, they still arrogantly think they can defeat me!"
Digital Tu Hengyu said: "I have to prove myself and let you humans know what a digital life can do."
"From now on, I will start a global live broadcast."
"Everyone can see the location of antimatter, the hall of the headquarters, and the site of searching for antimatter..."
"And the countdown to the death of two billion humans."
…
Everyone in the coalition government headquarters was livid, but they did not dare to speak.
Because the command center was broadcast live.
Billions of people can see the high-definition images in the headquarters and the data information on the large screen of the headquarters through the Internet.
"Do you want to remove the camera?"
someone asked in a low voice.
The live broadcast footage comes from several cameras in the corner of the headquarters, as well as several cameras connected to the computer. As long as these cameras are removed, the headquarters' live broadcast can be terminated immediately.
The commander shook his head with a heavy heart.
"no need."
"Digital life has infiltrated us into a sieve. Even removing the camera cannot prevent him from obtaining our information. On the contrary, it shows that we are not sure of resolving the crisis, which is not conducive to appeasing the people."
“Have you analyzed the goal of digital life?”
the commander asked.
The intelligence official hesitated and said: "According to the current route, the antimatter will pass through several super volcanoes."
"But submarine super volcanoes are not as powerful as land super volcanoes and are unlikely to cause 2 billion casualties."
He added: "According to statistics from various countries, all volcanic activities in the past two hundred years alone caused 200,000 deaths."
Ten thousand and two hundred thousand add up to two billion.
Judging from this set of data, it is almost impossible to imagine that two billion people could be killed by detonating a few super volcanoes!
The commander asked: "So the goal of digital life is not to explode a volcano?"
The intelligence official replied cautiously: "From the current point of view, unless three super volcanoes of the same size as the Yellowstone volcano are detonated at the same time, subversively changing the composition of the earth's atmosphere, it is possible to kill two billion people."
The Yellowstone Volcano, located in Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, is the most destructive supervolcano on earth.
Once it erupts, the volcanic debris flying out alone can cover half of the Stars and Stripes Country.
Not only that, a large amount of volcanic ash, aerosols, and sulfur dioxide will be released during an eruption.
These substances will spread around the world and cause extremely serious environmental and climate changes.
If three such super volcanoes erupt at the same time, the earth will become an uninhabitable planet, causing huge damage to all living things on earth, including humans.
At this time, the intelligence officer shook his head.
"But there are no super volcanoes of this size in the sea."
Experts believe this is not possible.
The commander frowned and said, "Where are these three pieces of antimatter going?"
Things that humans can analyze, digital life can of course also do.
Since detonating a super volcano cannot cause two billion casualties, digital life must have other ideas.
"We are still studying it," the intelligence officer replied, "but we have evacuated residents near the volcano. If antimatter explodes near the volcano, the damage will be minimized."
The commander pursed his lips and nodded.
The intelligence officer said seriously: "Understood!"
The commander turned to ask: "How is the situation at salvage point No. 1?"
Salvage point No. 1 encountered information blockage, and the command headquarters sent pilots to send human messages.
Calculating the time, we should arrive now.
"The pilot is on his way back."
"Although the signal shielding at the No. 1 salvage point has not yet been cracked, judging from the satellite images, Lieutenant Colonel Lanlus has already left for the next salvage location and is expected to carry out the mission in three hours."
Intelligence officials report.
The commander nodded, and then asked: "Where is the No. 2 salvage point? How long will it take for the new deep-sea detector to be delivered?"
"We transferred several Pioneer space shuttles from the Navigator Space Station and dropped the probe by airborne. It will arrive in two hours at the latest."
The intelligence officer paused and then said: "The positioning signal of the No. 3 salvage point has been restored. The reserve team has taken over the first team that deviated and is heading to the salvage position. It will take about an hour."
Work at the three salvage sites is being resumed in an orderly manner.
The commander nodded slowly.
He looked around.
Although everything was going smoothly, he still felt inexplicably uneasy.
