According to the original design on the engineering drawings, the communication base station was 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 been affected by the shock and there has been a large-scale landslide.

So when Guan Dehou and Zeng Yijie really set off to the base station, they found that the road was much longer than they imagined.

Using a crowbar to remove the gravel in front of him, Guan Dehou took out a flashlight to check the passage behind the rubble, and then determined that the road was still passable, but all the stones on both sides had to be cleared.

"Help." Kwan stuck a crowbar under a gravel.

Zeng Yijie came over and grabbed the end of the crowbar, and the two of them worked together, and the boulder was removed.

But more rubble fell on both sides of the wall, and the road was blocked.

"Looks like this road doesn't work." Zeng Yijie said.

Guan Dehou also began to doubt the stability of the structure in this passage, so he took out the drawings again, and then said: "If it doesn't work, change it again, go this way." ”

The two retreated to the previous fork and headed to the left.

This has gone far on the drawings.

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, and you know that the less the better." ”

Zeng Yijie smiled, and he said, "Okay, Captain Guan, in fact, even if you keep concealing it, I probably guessed it." ”

Guan Dehou didn't speak, he tentatively opened the door in front of him, which was the only obstacle on this road.

With a little force, the deformed door was opened.

But the road behind the door made Guan Dehou's face darken.

"It's about the invasion of consciousness, right?" Zeng Yijie said.

Guan Dehou was checking the road conditions with a flashlight, and when he heard this, he turned his head and looked at Zeng Yijie with some suspicion.

Zeng Yijie saw his expression and smiled: "I guessed right? ”

Guan Dehou's vigilance has increased, although he has checked the identities of the researchers in China several times to confirm that they have not been invaded by consciousness, but from Li Rang he also learned that these people have been changed by the "forerunners".

They may ...... It's long gone that it's not the same people it used to be.

"You know about consciousness invasion?" Guan Dehou frowned and asked, this is 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 seems to have something to do with it." ”

Guan Dehou did not deny it, he asked again: "Then how much do you know, and who else in the research team knows these things?" ”

Zeng Yijie: "Except for me...... Probably only You Gege, but she's long since quit the team. ”

"You Gege?"

"Yes, You Gege, to be more precise, she was the first to discover the invasion of consciousness, and the blueprint on which you are now carrying out your mission should have been completed by her."

This......?!

Guan Dehou was not too impressed by You Gege, but his experience at You Gege's house made him remember it vividly.

This woman exudes a mysterious aura of isolation from the world, but a weak woman like her, who is not a professional in scientific research, how could she be the designer of the original blueprint?

"Captain Guan?" Zeng Yijie saw that Guan Dehou was a little distracted, so he reminded him.

Guan Dehou came back to his senses and said, "You guessed right, the mission we are carrying out now is it."

It's about getting rid of 'intruders' and keeping the rest of the population as safe as possible, but the underground base is a huge trap by design. ”

"Trap...... Oh...... You mean...... We're stuck here now, is the trap triggered? ”

It's easy to talk to smart people.

Guan Dehou nodded: "The enemy is much stronger and more crazy than I imagined, but 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 suddenly felt much more comfortable, he walked through the door, squatted down and moved the body of a stoned person in the passage.

Zeng Yijie followed in, he didn't look at the corpse, but said thoughtfully: "You mean...... You didn't expect them to do such crazy things all of a sudden, did you? ”

Guan Dehou moved the body away and said: "Yes, the early clean-up operation was very smooth, and now the only thing left is the underground base, but from the moment I entered the underground base, I found that something was wrong here, but I couldn't find the reason until I ...... They did it first...... Hehe...... It's a shame. ”

Zeng Yijie frowned...... He said to himself, "All the best...... Tut...... Something is wrong? …… Oops!! Their goal is to be 'Forerunner!' ’”

"What?" Guan Dehou got up and looked at Zeng Yijie.

Zeng Yijie hurriedly organized the language and explained: "Eh, you mean that your actions were very smooth at the beginning, right? ”

"That's right, all the branches and outposts around the world, including the Antarctic ground base, all the operations are smooth, although there is also some resistance, but it is basically completed."

"That's why you feel wrong, don't you?"

"Yes, everything never really goes well, does it?" Guan Dehou had already realized it, but so what, the enemy's layout was obviously superior.

Zeng Yijie: "That's true, but the problem now is that we all know what is the most 'attractive' in the underground base, but we don't know what the use of this thing is, right?" ”

Guan Dehou nodded: "Well, 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 this world who can say that he understands the 'forerunner' is You Gege, and the others ...... It's just useless work. ”

"Oh?"

This Guan Dehou is a bit unexpected, after all, the underground base has been built and put into use for so many years, and hundreds of billions of materials are consumed every year to supply these people for research, but the result is not as much as a writer knows?

Isn't that a bit too ironic?

Zeng Yijie smiled ashamedly and said bitterly: "The 'Forerunners' are advanced beings with self-awareness, and they have never cared about human curiosity about them, which has greatly facilitated our research on them...... However, as the research progressed, we slowly found that all these studies were superficial, and there would be no possibility of progress. ”

"Why?"

"Because it's not us who choose them, it's they who choose us."

"What?"

In other words, just like a pet dog's curiosity about its owner, it can clearly understand the owner's smell, behavior habits and part of the language intention, but it can never really understand his owner's thoughts, why his owner cries, why laughs, why is silent, these delicate mental activities are the pet dog can never understand, so ...... Not to mention letting pet dogs understand

The world activities of human beings and the meaning of life. ”

Guan Dehou understood.

Zeng Yijie's meaning actually did not mean to belittle human beings.

Just to emphasize one point.

"Precursors" are self-aware beings of higher intelligence beyond the current hierarchy of human beings.

When we observe and study them, they are actually studying us, and this research is asymmetrical.

It's not an equal mutual understanding.

At least in the world of the "Precursors", humans who cannot pose any threat to them do not yet have this qualification.

But why can Yougege?

This woman is just an extreme-minded, weak writer.

Why was she chosen by the Precursors, and what did she get from the Precursors?

These are all worth pondering, but that is a matter for the future, and what Guan Dehou needs to determine now is whether there are some "dangers" that can be activated by these forerunners, otherwise why would those madmen want to block the underground base?

"I don't care what these 'forerunners' think of us, what I care about now is whether these things will become timed bombs, how powerful they are, and do you have any specific discoveries about these?" Guan Dehou asked cautiously.

Zeng Yijie nodded solemnly: "Yes." ”

Guan Dehou's confusion in his mind finally became clear when he heard this, and he asked, "What about the specifics?" ”

Zeng Yijie said: "Specifically...... If the conditions are sufficient, it only takes a forerunner to liberate itself, and the South Pole will be melted by its energy radiation. ”

Guan Dehou sighed in his heart when he heard this.

"Are you sure ?!!!"

Zeng Yijie thought for a while and nodded: "Although it is only a theoretical possibility, it ...... I don't have the same opinion as other researchers...... I think that in order to understand the truth and understand the pioneers, we cannot analyze and study from the scientific concept alone...... It is also necessary to start from the humanities, ethics and philosophy. ”

Guan Dehou didn't understand this sentence too much.

"What do you mean?"

Zeng Yijie said: "I mean...... Precursors are not passive waiters, they also have their own active emotions, and this emotion does not necessarily need some kind of specific conditions, such as explosion, ultra-high temperature, etc., to trigger, perhaps ...... As long as you say something that violates the bottom line of its principles, it will also liberate itself, and then it will ...... Our world is about to come to an end! ”

Zeng Yijie's words do sound a bit special at first glance, and they don't seem to be the words of a person who is engaged in specific scientific research.

But Kwan felt it was very likely.

So does that mean those guys have mastered how to "provoke" these godlike "forerunners"?

If yes, then the next direction is clear.

Just keep them from coming into contact with the Precursor as much as possible!

After thinking of this, Guan Dehou said: "Thank you, Professor Zeng, if we can all leave here alive, I must give you credit!" ”

Zeng Yijie smiled: "Do my best to serve the people, it doesn't matter if you don't do it, the question now is how to stop them." ”

Guan Dehou thought for a while and said, "It seems that this road should be successful, so you don't have to accompany me to it." ”

"Are you sure you don't need a helper?"

"No, I need it very much, but I don't want you to help me fix the communication base station, I need you to go back and sort out the research report now, and prepare the remedies for us in the worst-case scenario!"

。 Nine Heavenly God Emperors