The strong earthquake caused many collapses in the underground city of
The secret door ensures the safety of the underground city.
During the mission of transferring personnel and repairing base facilities, three soldiers died. They remained in those collapsed units that were permanently sealed!
After zero hours, the base's communications were restored one after another. Then, the headquarters quickly received a report from the "N-601" headquarters about this global disaster. After reading the report, Li Zhanxiong and the base leaders looked at each other in confusion.
measures.
The next day, the ground observation post reported: The "cloud body" has disappeared and the sun has come out!
When Li Zhanxiong heard this letter, he leaned back on his seat exhausted.
After a while, he sighed, stood up slowly, and said to the people around him: "Let's go up and have a look! Call Gao Tianjun and the others."
Gao Tianjun and Ding Yushi did not bring Aisen back. Li Zhanxiong was very angry and ordered them to shut up and think about their mistakes. They were not allowed to come out without permission. When the earthquake happened, he suddenly realized whether they would be in danger and quickly sent someone to check the situation.
, only then did they feel relieved after learning that there was no problem with the unit they were in.
The ground was devastated and in a mess. Sloping streetlights, uprooted trees could be seen everywhere, and there were several large cracks in the asphalt road surface...
The canvas on the distant launch tower was torn to pieces and fluttering in the morning wind...
Several helicopters were circling back and forth in the sky, searching, their fuselage reflecting the golden sunlight...
Li Zhanxiong rode a bumpy off-road jeep to the launch platform. Workers were already inspecting the tower. He eagerly inquired about the situation and boarded the platform to check in person. After confirming that the launch tower was basically intact, he turned around and followed silently.
Gao Tianjun.
"Human beings have imagined countless times the form of contact and interaction with extraterrestrial civilizations," he said solemnly, "and have also tried hard to realize their grand dreams of going into space and exploring the universe. However, when extraterrestrial civilizations truly arrive, we
All preparations have lost their meaning! The 'cloud body' does not belong to any category in human cognition, and we don't even know whether we should call it life or civilization. The extraterrestrial life we previously imagined is just
It is a definition given by humans who sit in a well and look at the sky. The huge disaster caused by the 'cloud body' to the earth is simply a severe lash to the way humans understand it!"
"Maybe... the Immortal Man is right..." Gao Tianjun hesitated. He thought of Aisen.
Li Zhanxiong knew what Gao Tianjun meant. He was also reflecting on some things in his mind.
"Where's Ding Yushi?" He suddenly realized that Ding Yushi was not there. She and Gao Tianjun both came in his car. Li Zhanxiong glanced around and found that Ding Yushi was sitting alone in a car park dozens of meters away.
In the corner, her long hair was messy in the wind, and her petite back looked so miserable.
Gao Tianjun walked behind Ding Yushi. She probably heard his footsteps, but she didn't look back.
"Yushi, the leader is watching you, pay attention to your appearance!" Gao Tianjun reminded in a low voice.
"I know where Aisen is." Ding Yushi choked and said, "He is no longer the same person...and I'm afraid he doesn't belong to '601' anymore!"
"Did he tell you something? Or did you realize something yourself?"
"Yesterday... he controlled you with his mind and asked you to return to the underground command center, but he did not control me... He told me that although he is weak, he must bet his life for the sake of human faith!"
"Human faith? Gambling your life?! Where is he now?"
Ding Yushi looked up at the sky...
Tang Long flew a helicopter and found a man lying on the ground in the grass a few kilometers away from the northern boundary of the base. After careful identification, he was confirmed to be Aisen!
The news that Aisen was found spread like wildfire and soon reached the ears of Ding Yushi. She rushed to the base hospital and was stopped by the soldiers in charge of the guard at the gate. The guard told her: Following the order from the headquarters, the hospital was temporarily closed.
, no one is allowed in or out.
Ding Yushi broke into Li Zhanxiong's office directly and asked him to allow her to enter the hospital to see Aisen.
Li Zhanxiong asked her to sit down and said patiently: "Aisen is still in a coma and needs to be observed. As the team leader of '601' and as a soldier, you should know discipline. I know that the relationship between you and Aisen
There are feelings and tacit understanding, but this is not enough reason for me to go beyond the regulations of the headquarters and allow you to enter. After the earthquake, all aspects of work in the base have yet to be restored, and the pan-regional cooperation organization will soon launch a new defense plan. In this
In these extraordinary times, I hope you can control your emotions and put your energy into work."
"I also heard what you said to Director Gao on the launch platform in the morning," Ding Yushi said. "As a senior commander of the base, I admire you for being able to express such views frankly to your subordinates! Since contacting Eisen, I
The biggest gain is the breakthrough and improvement in cognition. In fact, this is even more true for Aisen. Through training in Kunlun Mountain, his consciousness ability has obviously reached a new level. Human beings simply cannot communicate with the 'Cloud Body' in consciousness.
Communication, but he can; you and Director Gao can't feel his thoughts, but I can! Chief, I went to the hospital to see him, not out of personal feelings, but for work!"
After listening to Ding Yushi's straightforward statement, Li Zhanxiong was silent for a while.
"If Aisen could tell you what he decided to do, then why did he leave the dungeon alone without telling you yesterday?"
"That's because he wasn't sure about what he was going to do and didn't want to put me at risk."
"Go ahead and report back to me." Li Zhanxiong was persuaded by Ding Yushi.
"Aisen, it's time to wake up! I've been here for a long time!" Aisen seemed to feel that he heard someone calling softly, and he was sure that it was Ding Yushi's voice.
He slowly opened his eyes and saw Ding Yushi sitting beside the bed, gently stroking his hand and looking at him affectionately.
"You didn't talk to me just now, did you?" Aisen asked.
"What did you hear?" Ding Yushi asked curiously.
"I heard you waking me up and saying you've been here for a long time."
"Ah?!" Ding Yushi covered her mouth in surprise, "Did you really feel it?!... I wanted to tell you just now, but I didn't say it out loud!"
"Has the 'Cloud Body' left?" Eisen asked, "Is the loss big?"
"The 'Cloud Body' left at midnight last night. It caused a 6.3-magnitude earthquake. Several units in the underground city collapsed in the earthquake. There were also damaged buildings and roads on the ground. We also sacrificed several soldiers... You all yesterday
What are you doing? Are you really communicating with the 'Cloud Body'?"
Eisen looked at the roof, as if thinking carefully.
"They come from a black hole." He murmured. "They originally did not belong to our time and space, but were sucked in by the black hole..."
"No matter can escape the gravitational pull of a black hole, how can they get out of it?"
"We used to think that wormholes are channels connecting two space-times. In fact, black holes are! Black holes can attract all matter in one space-time, including light; but on the back of it is another space-time, which is releasing outward
substance."
"Did the 'Yun Ti' tell you what you said, or did you realize it yourself?"
"There's no difference. There's no difference in what I hear or what I'm aware of in the moment I interact with them!"
"Do they have energy?"
"Their energy is so great that we can't imagine it. They can even easily turn the earth into a molecular state and then absorb it into their bodies."
Ding Yushi thought for a moment and then asked: "You originally thought they were here to 'learn', so does this 'learning' process mean destroying the earth and turning the earth into their molecules?"
"I don't know... maybe this is the final result."
"They brought a huge disaster to the earth yesterday...and then left suddenly. Do you know why?"
"They may be assessing the energy of the earth, or they may also be waiting for a response from humans... Yushi, there is a judgment I am not sure whether it is correct: the 'cloud body' has a consciousness center near the orbit of Saturn, and that may be their '
Brain', or...their soul!"
"There is a 'cloud body' consciousness center in the orbit of Saturn?! How did you come to this conclusion?"
"Because, when I was interacting with them, the image of Saturn appeared in my mind, and its rings seemed to be right in front of my eyes... and that scene flashed many times! So I think the consciousness that interacted with me was
Isn’t it right there?”
"I also want to ask you a question," Ding Yushi said thoughtfully, "Why did you decide to communicate with them? Don't you think it would be in vain?"
"For my belief! In other words, my belief in human survival!"
"Faith for human survival?"
"I want to see the chief. I have something to tell him." Aisen sat up.
Li Zhanxiong attached great importance to Aisen's request for a meeting conveyed by Ding Yushi. Although the post-earthquake rescue and relief work was complicated, he still squeezed out some time to receive Aisen that night and informed the political commissar and deputy commander of the headquarters that they were all
Come and participate.
Different from the slightly reserved state when facing these senior officers in the past, Eisen seemed to be a different person today, looking calm and composed like an experienced interviewer sitting in front of the examiner.
"'Clouds' are conscious, they come from another time and space." Eisen said straight to the point. "They are wanderers in the universe and never belong to that planet or galaxy. They wander around in order to absorb energy to survive.
At the same time, they will continue to absorb the essence and connotation of various civilizations in the universe, because it is the nature of their lives to enhance and enrich their own consciousness. In front of them, we are all ants. However, we have something they are not familiar with, that is
Various independent consciousnesses have emerged along with the development of civilization of the human race for thousands of years. In interacting with them, I can feel that no conventional method can compete with them. Only consciousness is independent and transcends common human consciousness.
Cognitive awareness can trigger their curiosity and then arouse their respect.
"The last time I saw the engineer in the hospital, I tried to communicate with the 'cloud' molecules that entered his brain - that was the ability I learned from Jacob in Kunlun Mountain. It may have belonged to that engineer.
The energy was too low, and it was completely controlled by the 'cloud body' molecules, or the 'cloud body' molecules controlling him were unfamiliar with the thoughts I sent out, and I didn't get a response. So I deliberately took off my sunglasses to let it enter my brain.
.I want to see if they can control me. Fortunately, my risk is worth it!"
"Because it failed to control your consciousness?" Li Zhanxiong asked.
"Yes. However, you can't imagine what kind of experience I had at that time. I was actually very passive during the interaction with its thoughts. Its ability to transmit thoughts was very powerful. It took a lot of energy and physical strength for me to barely maintain myself.
independent consciousness. At that time, my mind was very confused. Sometimes I didn’t know why I suddenly saw something or thought about some strange questions. Sometimes I could feel some consciousness that was completely my own. That state was very trance-like. But
I can be sure that those strange phenomena that appeared in my consciousness were the ideas conveyed to me by the 'cloud' molecules. The interaction was very brief and it left quickly. I think I may be the first person they encountered.
An uncontrolled species. Just like humans study lower organisms, they will also think about how to study species like me among humans. So, when a large number of 'cloud bodies' swarmed over, I told Jacob that
, I must stand up and talk to them. If I fail, then ask him and the Eternal Man to continue..."
"Have you communicated with Jacob?!" Gao Tianjun asked, "Can you do it now?!"
Eisen nodded and continued: "Jacob encouraged me to make this attempt. He said that since 'marginal space' has chosen me as a messenger, it means that only I can have a conversation with higher-level cosmic species."
.At that time, I had already seen my friend who was suffering from the tsunami in Japan. I had also seen the huge disaster caused by the eruption of Mount Fuji. I also saw that the super 'cloud body' was spreading here. So I had to get out of the underground.
city."
For several minutes, no one spoke.
Ding Yushi felt excited, and the scene when she first met Aisen in the coffee shop in Nanbin a few years ago appeared in front of her eyes...
"Will the 'Cloud Body' come to Earth again?" the deputy commander of the base asked.
"They will come again at any time, and we need to take action." Eisen replied.
"What action can we take? Launch nuclear bombs at them?! Or hide all of humanity underground?! Or seek help from the so-called 'marginal space'?!"