According to the original design on the engineering drawings, this communication base station is only 185 meters away from the accommodation area of the Chinese research team.
But that's a straight-line distance, not to mention that now the underground base has suffered a large-scale landslide due to the shock.
So when Guan Dehou and Zeng Yijie actually set out for the base station, they discovered that the road was much longer than they imagined.
Using a crowbar to move the gravel in front of him, Guan Dehou took out a flashlight to inspect the passage behind the gravel, and then determined that the road was still passable, but he had to clear all the stones on both sides.
"Help." Guan Dehou thrust the crowbar under a rubble.
Zeng Yijie came over and held the end of the crowbar. The two of them worked together and the boulder was moved away.
But more gravel fell on both sides of the wall, and the road was still blocked.
"It seems like this road is dead," Zeng Yijie said.
Guan Dehou also began to doubt the structural stability of this passage, so he took out the drawing again and said: "If it doesn't work, try another one and go this way."
The two of them returned to the previous fork, and then went to the left.
This is already far removed from the drawing.
On the way Zeng Yijie asked: "Captain Guan, can you tell me about your secret mission now?"
Guan Dehou hesitated for a moment and then said: "These tasks have nothing to do with your research. The less you know, the better."
Zeng Yijie smiled and said: "Okay, Captain Guan, in fact, even if you keep hiding it, I probably guessed it."
Guan Dehou said nothing. He tentatively opened the door in front of him. This was the only obstacle on the road.
With a little force, the deformed door was opened.
But the road behind the door made Guan Dehou's face darken.
"Is it about consciousness invasion?" Zeng Yijie asked.
Guan Dehou was checking the road conditions with a flashlight. Hearing this, he turned his head and looked at Zeng Yijie with some suspicion.
Seeing his expression, Zeng Yijie smiled and said, "Did I guess it right?"
Guan Dehou's vigilance increased. Although he had checked the identities of the researchers in China many times and confirmed that they had not been invaded by consciousness, he also learned from Li Rang that these people had been changed by the "Forerunners".
They may... no longer be the same people as they were at the beginning.
"Do you know about consciousness invasion?" Guan Dehou asked with a frown. This was not in Zeng Yijie's research scope at all.
Zeng Yijie's smile was slightly bitter, and he said: "I don't know much, but it does seem to be related to this."
Guan Dehou did not deny it. He asked again: "Then how much do you know? Who else in the research team knows these things?"
Zeng Yijie: "Apart from me... there is probably only You Gege, but she has already quit the team."
"Yougege?"
"Yes, Yougege. To be more precise, she was the first to discover the intrusion of consciousness. The blueprint that you are currently relying on to carry out the mission should also have been completed by her."
this……?!
Guan Dehou didn't have a deep impression of You Gege, but his experience at You Gege's house left him fresh in his memory.
This woman exudes a mysterious aura of isolation from the world, but she is such a weak woman, and she is not a professional in scientific research. How could she be the designer of the original blueprint?
"Captain Guan?" Zeng Yijie reminded him when he saw that Guan Dehou was a little distracted.
Guan Dehou came back to his senses and said: "You are right, our current mission is to eliminate the 'invaders' and ensure the safety of other personnel as much as possible, but the underground base is designed to be a huge trap."
"Trap...oh...you mean...we are trapped here now because the trap was triggered?"
It's easy to talk to smart people.
Guan Dehou nodded: "The enemy is much stronger and crazier than I thought. It's just that I still haven't figured out why they suddenly attacked the ground base and blocked the underground base."
Guan Dehou said what was in his heart and immediately felt much more comfortable. He walked through the door, squatted down and moved the body of a person who had been smashed to death in the passage.
Zeng Yijie followed him in. He did not look at the body, but said thoughtfully: "You mean... you didn't expect them to suddenly do such a crazy thing, did you?"
After Guan Dehou moved the body away, he said: "Yes, the early cleanup operations went smoothly. Now the only thing left is the underground base. However, since I entered the underground base, I have noticed that something is wrong here, but I have never been able to find out the reason.
, until... they took action first... haha... it's really embarrassing."
Zeng Yijie frowned... He muttered to himself: "Everything went well... Tsk... What's wrong?... Oh no! Their target is the 'Forerunner!'"
"What?" Guan Dehou stood up and looked at Zeng Yijie.
Zeng Yijie hurriedly organized his words to explain: "Well, you are saying that your initial actions were very smooth, right?"
"Yes, all operations at branches and outposts around the world, including the Antarctic ground base, are going smoothly. Although they have encountered some resistance, they are basically completed."
"That's why you feel something is wrong, right?"
"Yes, everything that goes smoothly never really goes smoothly, right?" Guan Dehou had realized it a long time ago, but so what if he realized it, the enemy's layout was obviously superior.
Zeng Yijie: "That's the truth, but the problem now is that we all know what is the most 'attractive' in the underground base, but we don't know what its use is, right?"
Guan Dehou nodded: "Yes, but you have studied the 'Forerunner' for so long, you should know more than me, right?"
Zeng Yijie shook his head: "No, the only person in the world who can say that he understands the 'Forerunners' is probably Yougege. The others... are just making useless efforts."
"oh?"
This Guan Dehou is a bit surprised. After all, the underground base has been built and put into use for so many years. Hundreds of billions of materials are consumed every year for these people to research, but the result is not as much as a writer knows?
Isn't this a bit too ironic?
Zeng Yijie smiled shamefully and said bitterly: "'Forerunners' are advanced beings with self-awareness. They never care about human curiosity about them, which greatly facilitates our research on them... But with the research
As we progressed, we gradually discovered that all these research findings were only on the surface, and there would be no possibility of any further progress."
"Why?"
"Because we don't choose them, they choose us."
"What?"
"In other words, just like a pet dog is curious about its owner, it can clearly understand the owner's smell, behavioral habits and part of the language intentions, but it can never truly understand his owner's thoughts, his owner's
Why we cry, why we laugh, why we are silent, these detailed psychological activities are something that this pet dog will never be able to understand, so...let alone let the pet dog understand the human world activities and the meaning of life."
Guan Dehou understood.
Zeng Yijie actually did not mean to belittle human beings.
Just emphasizing a point.
"Forerunners" are advanced intelligent beings that possess self-awareness and transcend the current level of human beings.
When we observe and study them, they are actually studying us, and this research is asymmetrical.
There is no equal mutual understanding.
At least in the world of the "Forerunners", humans who cannot pose any threat to them do not yet have this qualification.
But why can Yougege do it?
This woman is just a weak writer with extreme ideas.
Why was she chosen by the Forerunners, and what did she get from the Forerunners?
These are all worth pondering, but that is for the future. What Guan Dehou needs to determine now is whether there are some "dangers" that can be activated by these forerunners. Otherwise, why would those lunatics blockade the underground base?
"I don't care what these 'pioneers' think of us. What I care about now is whether these things will become time bombs, how powerful they are, and do you have any specific discoveries about these?" Guan Dehou asked cautiously.
Zeng Yijie nodded solemnly: "Yes."
After hearing this, the confusion in Guan Dehou's mind finally became clear, and he asked: "What's more specific?"
Zeng Yijie said: "To be specific...if the conditions are sufficient, it only takes one forerunner to liberate itself, and the Antarctic will be melted by its energy radiation."
Guan Dehou's heart skipped a beat when he heard this.
"you sure?!!!"
Zeng Yijie thought for a while and then nodded: "Although it is only a theoretical possibility, but... my views are different from those of other researchers... I feel that if we want to truly understand and understand the forerunners, we cannot just rely on scientific concepts.
Analytical research... also needs to start from the humanities, ethics and philosophy."
Guan Dehou didn't quite understand this sentence.
"What's the meaning?"
Zeng Yijie said: "I mean... the forerunners are not passive waiters, they also have their own active emotions, and this emotion does not necessarily need to be triggered by some specific conditions, such as explosions, ultra-high temperatures, etc. Maybe...
As long as you say something that goes against its bottom line of principles, it will still liberate itself, and by then...our world will usher in the end!"
Zeng Yijie’s words do sound a bit special at first glance, and they don’t seem like words spoken by someone who engages in specific scientific research.
But Guan Dehou thinks it is very possible.
So does this mean that those guys have mastered how to "anger" these god-like "forerunners"?
If so, then the next direction is clear.
Just try to prevent them from coming into contact with the "Forerunners" as much as possible!
After thinking of this, Guan Dehou said: "Thank you, Professor Zeng, if we can all get out of here alive, I will definitely give you credit!"
Zeng Yijie smiled: "I just try my best to serve the people. It doesn't matter whether I have merit or not. The question now is how to stop them."
Guan Dehou thought for a while and then said: "This road seems to be feasible, so you don't need to accompany me there."
"Are you sure you don't need help?"
"No, I need it very much, but I don't want you to help me repair the communication base station. I need you to go back and compile the research report now and prepare us with remedial measures in the worst case scenario!"