"Now there is something wrong with the plan. We found that our original understanding of the preliminary exploration area at the bottom of the ruins was very misunderstood, and this misunderstanding was very fatal. Fortunately, we discovered this in advance."
"What kind of misunderstanding?"
"Come and see here." Qi Xinlan enlarged the holographic projection, then pointed at a blue area and said: "This is the entrance to the bottom area of the ruins we discovered earlier. It is a passage about fifteen meters long. Looking at
Very short, right?”
"Um."
"But in fact, this is just a visual illusion, or an illusion caused by spatial borrowing."
Hearing a word that he had never heard before made Yincheng a little confused. He asked: "Can you first explain to us what space borrowing is?"
Qi Xinlan was startled when he heard this, and then explained with some embarrassment: "I'm sorry, I usually spend so much time with researchers that I forgot that you are not professionals."
"No, no, no, we don't mind, as long as you explain it clearly to us."
"Well, okay, actually this kind of spatial borrowing is easy to understand. Just like the room we are in now, it is divided into upper, lower, left and right, and has a fixed three-dimensional structure of length, width and height, right?"
"Um."
"But what would happen if we confuse the top, bottom, left, and right, and overlap the length, width, and height?"
Yincheng didn't understand, and neither did his adjutant or other subordinates.
Qi Xinlan knew that it was very difficult to understand this concept, but he was not very good at describing it.
At this time, Bai Jin walked in from outside the door, and she helped Qi Xinlan. She said: "Just imagine that you are walking in a passage, but as you walk, you find that the passage seems to have become longer, or become smaller.
If it is narrow, your progress will be hindered. At the same time, because the positions of up, down, left and right are no longer fixed, the original passage may suddenly turn into a dry well. If you fail to grasp the surroundings in time, you may fall to pieces.
Of course, there is a possibility of turning back, anyway... it is not as easy as it looks to pass these fifteen meters."
When Bai Jin explained this, Yin Cheng understood. He said, "It's like the weightless instrument used by the Interstellar Army during training?"
Bai Jin nodded: "Yes, it's the same meaning, but it's more dangerous."
Yincheng understood, and he also understood why Qi Xinlan said that they originally planned to send professional researchers.
"I understand, the initial exploration area is full of dangers. Most people can't even enter the corridor in front of the entrance, let alone explore deeper, right?" Yincheng said.
Qi Xinlan sighed, nodded and said, "Yes, so now the superiors are hesitating whether to terminate the exploration plan. After all, we are very likely to lose everything."
Upon hearing this, Yincheng's adjutant said: "Then we won't let those researchers go down. Wouldn't it be better if we went down with a synchronous recorder that constantly feeds back information?"
As soon as these words were spoken, Bai Jin shook his head and said: "No, we have tried it. As long as we pass through the initial corridor, no information from the bottom of the ruins can be transmitted back, and even the recorder cannot work properly, so
...We have to send people down to try. Of course, there is a possibility that people may go in and have amnesia when they come back. It’s hard to say.”
The adjutant was speechless: "You mean... this is a big gamble?"
"Yes, and the chance of us losing is very high." Qi Xinlan did not mean to suppress morale, he valued the facts more.
Only then did Yincheng understand why Qi Xinlan and the others were anxious to see him.
He is the escort of the exploration team and one of the exploration members named by the top management.
Now that others can't go down, Yincheng's opinions are very crucial.
After thinking for a while, Yincheng did not rush to express his position, but asked: "What is underneath this? Will it be of any help to the investigation of the 'invasion' incident? Or...do we really need to go down?"
Qi Xinlan was about to speak when he heard the words, but he swallowed them back. He glanced at Bai Jin quietly, and after a while, he said: "It's not necessary, but... it's very necessary!"
Yincheng held his chin, frowned and looked at Qi Xinlan, and then asked Bai Jin, "Can you explain to me what it means that it is necessary?"
Bai Jin asked, "What do you mean?"
Yincheng raised his eyebrows: "I don't mean anything else, I just want to know how necessary this 'very necessary' is! Is it worth risking my life for me and my brother?"
Bai Jin hesitated. After hesitating for a while, she asked, "You are a soldier. If you are a soldier, you must obey orders, right?"
Yincheng said: "But you are not my general, and I don't like giving orders to my soldiers to die."
Bai Jin nodded when he heard this, and then said: "Okay...can we talk alone?"
"No, right here, right in front of everyone." Yincheng just walked around the gate of hell, and now he particularly dislikes the word secret.
Seeing something was wrong, Qi Xinlan stepped forward and tried to persuade her: "Well... Major Yin, look at this, if you really want to know the details, we can sort out the data and send it over to you, okay?"
Yincheng glanced at Qi Xinlan coldly and said: "I don't need any bullshit data, and I can't see those ghost books like yours. I just want to figure out now, right away, why we want to go down!"
"For all mankind." Bai Jin said lightly.
Yincheng didn't hear clearly, so he frowned and asked, "What did you say?"
"I said, we are doing this for all mankind, do you believe me?"
Yincheng's first reaction was not to laugh, but to feel a sense of sadness.
"What happened to this world? Huh? How come everyone has become a savior?" Yincheng still smiled, a smile that concealed his heart.
Bai Jin did not laugh: "The records in ancient books are very clear. Long before the decline of Kui's civilization, their civilization had suffered a similar invasion. That invasion caused such a terrible disaster that the entire social economy of Kui was destroyed.
On the verge of collapse, civilization is facing destruction... But that's not the worst. Later, after Kui realized that the 'invasion' was not the root of the problem, and there was no mastermind behind the scenes, they realized that this was the annihilation of civilization.
The precursor is that their entire civilization has failed in the sense of existence, so they should disappear."
After hearing this, Yincheng said: "Isn't the reason why Kui's civilization perished because of the 'factor bomb' dropped by humans?"
Yin Cheng didn't care to let him know. Now the only interlocutors in the room were him and Bai Jin.
"It's a 'Factor Bomb', but what the 'Factor Bomb' detonated was not some kind of destruction factor, but a reawakening of the seeds of civilization annihilation suppressed by Kui. It was like a flower of death blooming on the other side.
Before it was awakened, broke out of the ground, and finally bloomed, humans knew nothing about it and thought they had won the final victory! But in fact... the countdown to our civilization had already begun from the moment Kui was destroyed.
, and now, we have very little time left. If we cannot reach a new level before then, not only everyone, but the concept of humanity and everything we create will be ruthlessly annihilated.
, No trace will be left." Bai Jin's words were thrilling.
Most people feel a little baffled and even a little indifferent when they hear it.
Because this is incredible.
What Seed of Annihilation? What Flower of Death?! What Countdown to Civilization?! Wasn’t this just made up by Bai Jin casually?
But most of these people do not include Yincheng.
He knows what it all means.
'The price of Victory Day...' Yin Cheng sighed deeply in his heart, he clenched his fist and said: "Is there a path to redemption at the bottom of the ruins?"
Bai Jin shook his head: "I don't know."
"I don't know?!" Yincheng smiled in confusion: "Then what are we going to do?"
Bai Jin added: "The information included in the translation of the ancient books at the upper level is very limited, but there is an important clue that shows that some Kui people once escaped before the civilization completely withered. They became exiles and took away something before leaving.
It is crucial to the revival of Kui's civilization, and we believe that these exiles are just like our ancestors on earth. They fled to preserve the fire. The thing they took away is most likely Kui's Holy Grail of Life, and
The road they embarked on... is the evolutionary road marked on the Forerunner Cloud Atlas mentioned in the Dead Sea Script, leading to the next level of civilization."
At this point, things have been made very clear.
Yin Cheng loosened his clenched fists and said with a smile: "Okay... I understand, I understand. When you are ready, just notify us directly and we will be on standby at any time."
Bai Jin was stunned. She didn't expect Yin Cheng to believe her so easily and reply so quickly.
She looked at Yincheng blankly and said, "Aren't you worried that I'm lying? Aren't you afraid that this road may be a road of no return?"
Yincheng smiled and said: "Before joining Imperial Wings, I had been living with our parents, and the two of them were well-known acrobats in Valuburg. They could fly a hundred meters above the ground without any safety measures.
They performed on the iron rope without making any mistakes, so I was very envious of them and proud of them since I was a child. But one day, my classmates questioned my parents’ performance, saying that they could perform on the iron rope so calmly.
, because they must have a life-saving rope on them that the audience cannot see. Of course I was very angry after hearing this, so I argued with them, and ended up being beaten with a bruise on the nose and a swollen face..."
No one knew why Yin Cheng suddenly mentioned the past, and based on the adjutant’s understanding of Yin Cheng, he had never heard Yin Cheng talk about his past.
But no one interrupted him, and Bai Jin became a little curious.
"Then what happened next? My uncle, aunt and others... well, did they have this life-saving rope on them?"
Yincheng smiled: "I was actually a little suspicious at the time, so the first thing I did when I got home was to ask my parents, very seriously, if you have such a rope on your body, and they told me with a smile
Of course I didn't."
"Then...then aren't they afraid of performing on such a high rope? Aren't they worried that they will fall to death if they make a mistake?" Qi Xinlan also became curious.
Yincheng continued: "I asked the same question at the time, but when they took me up the iron rope, I was sure that they did not have the life-saving rope on them, but they were not afraid, as if they were on the flat ground
The performance was the same, so I asked them, why are you not afraid... but they just laughed and said nothing... Until one day, when I heard on the front line that they were killed by an out-of-control aircraft falling from the sky while they were walking on the road, I
Then I suddenly realized...the reason why they are so calm is because they already understand and deeply understand the truth of the impermanence of the world, and since we don't know what will happen in the future, why should we worry about it?"
After saying this, Bai Jin understood, and Qi Xinlan and the others also understood.
It was rare for Yin Cheng to talk so much, and it was about his past, which made him feel a little embarrassed, so he coughed and said to Bai Jin with a smile: "I'm going back first. If there is anything you need, I will participate in the plan."
Yes, you can come to me at any time."
After saying that, Yincheng took the people and left.
Bai Jin was left staring blankly at the retreating figures of Yincheng and others.
After a long time, Qi Xinlan came over and sighed: "In this era... it is rare to see this kind of person who exudes the brilliance of humanity."
Bai Jin didn't speak, she just raised the corners of her lips slightly.
…
Three days later, Bai Jin found Yin Cheng in the training center of the base, who was leading his men to undergo temporary training for the Interstellar Army.
Looking at the dozens of modified weightless instruments in front of him, Bai Jin asked in surprise: "Where did you get these?"
Yincheng has just finished training, and he is still a little dazed. Training in a weightless environment is still a bit uncomfortable for him.
But now I have passed the initial stage and I am no longer so dizzy.
"I asked my superiors to borrow these from the Interstellar Army. They were not very happy at first, but I repeated what you told me to their senior management, and then they agreed." Yincheng said straightforwardly.
Bai Jin was stunned for a moment, then said anxiously: "Hey! Why did you tell them what I said directly!?"
Yincheng was surprised when he heard this: "What? If I didn't say that, they would definitely not be willing to increase investment!"
Bai Jin was speechless. The problem she thought was much more complicated than Yincheng.
"But if you say this, the superiors will definitely think that our operation will definitely yield something. In that case, our pressure will increase. If nothing is gained, we will become sinners."
Yincheng was drinking water and almost choked when he heard this. He put down the kettle and said, "Um? It's not that serious. Besides, I also made it clear to them that this kind of exploration itself is very dangerous, and underneath
No one can tell what it is, so we can only take it as a gamble. If they don't want to, they don't have to lend it to us, but you see... they still sent it, right?"
Bai Jin understood that it was impossible for her to tell Tongyincheng, this big guy was a stickler.
"Okay then..." Bai Jin also looked away. After a moment of hesitation, she mustered up the courage to ask, "Do you still have an empty weightless instrument here?"
Yin Cheng looked up at Bai Jin and said, "Yes, but why do you ask this?"
Bai Jin simply took off his coat, revealing the tailored battle clothes underneath and said, "I want to go down with you."
Yin Cheng was really choked this time. He stood up and said, "What? You want to go down too?"
"Yes, there should be a lot of documents or symbols left by Kui on the ground floor. You have not received professional training. What should you do if you encounter a fork in the road and take the wrong turn?" Bai Jin took off his coat, and then asked: "Where?
One is empty, let me feel it first."
Yin Cheng didn't say anything. He looked at Bai Jin and said, "The translation work can be left to Yu Rong or others. As the third lady of the Bai family, why do you have to take risks yourself?"
Bai Jin moved his hands and feet, and while doing simple stretching movements, he said: "Because I am more professional than them all, and my research on the "Dead Sea Documents" cannot be replaced by ordinary people.
Without me, the harvest of this expedition will be greatly reduced."
After hearing this, Yincheng still didn't plan to take her with him. He said seriously: "But this is the first time we go down, so we don't need any researchers to follow us. After all, we are just exploring the road, and there will be many dangers on the road."
Bai Jin stood up after moving for a while and said: "Danger? What danger? How do you know there will be danger?"
Yincheng spread his hands and said, "Isn't this nonsense? The entrance passage at the bottom of the ruins is so weird. Will the road behind it be easier?"
Bai Jin disagreed: "Your inference has no logic at all. Besides, our time is precious. Who knows when you will come back?"
Hearing this, Yincheng patted his chest and said, "We are absolutely guaranteed the time. We will definitely not celebrate the New Year down there."
Bai Jin smiled: "Are you going on a trip or on a mission? After passing through the corridor of borrowed space, we will enter a chaotic area of time and space, where the usual concept of time has no reference meaning.
, so... don’t be so full of big words.”
"That won't work either." Yincheng's attitude was firm.
Bai Jin was a little unhappy. She put her hands on her hips and asked angrily, "Why? Are there any other questions?"
"Yes, we are all men, it will be very inconvenient for a little girl like you to follow us," Yincheng said.
Bai Jin rolled his eyes and said, "Hey, I don't mind myself. Are you guys, grown men, afraid that I will take advantage of you?"
Yin Cheng couldn't help but feel happy after hearing this, and Bai Jin herself blushed.
But Yincheng still refused Bai Jin to join. His reason was simple: "Because you can continue to help others find clues if you stay outside, but if you go in, you may not be able to play any role."