Director Gao's voice rang from the phone.

In fact, Ren Jian had called Director Gao countless times before, and this call was no different from the calls made in the past, but this time, it was not clear what the reason was, Ren Jian suddenly realized that Director Gao always answered the phone at the second tone.

There is a time difference between the United States and China. And it's the exact opposite of the time, because it's exactly twelve hours away from each other. This means that China's day is equal to America's night, which means that when Chinese go to work normally, it is the time for Americans to sleep and rest.

Ren Jian rarely called Director Gao at night, most of them during the day. And Director Gao answered the phone in such a timely manner every time.

Of course, it makes sense. If in special times, whether it is Chinese or American, it is also a common thing to watch the phone 24 hours a day. And there are some workaholics who always put their phones directly next to their pillows. In this case, it seems not surprising that the senior factory manager, who was theoretically supposed to be resting, was able to call in time.

However, it is obviously theoretically reasonable, Ren Jian in the past was unsuspicious, but now Ren Jian feels unnatural inexplicably.

X, this is not an international smuggling syndicate!

If the international smuggling syndicate had this ability, they would still be smuggling a piece of! The opening of disability recovery hospitals all over the world would be enough for them to make a lot of money! You know, this is really the only one that has no other semicolon. If you ask for a million, someone else can only pay a million to buy it. Why do all the businessmen in the world like monopolies? That's the biggest reason!

Thousands of years ago, a famous Chinese merchant named Lü Buwei once came to the great conclusion that the establishment of a king is far more profitable than any other business. Why, it is because the regime is exclusive and unique, so it is monopolistic.

And from the vague hint from Director Gao's previous language, similar to this severed limb regeneration technology, is not the only thing they have. Not even their most precious thing. Perhaps among the things they have, this technology is not even an adjective like "precious".

If even the amputated limb regeneration technology is not a good thing, then what are those "good things"? Ren Jian can't imagine it, and he doesn't dare to imagine it.

"Ren Jian, how is it?" said Director Gao's voice, a little proud. Suddenly, Ren Jian understood why he felt a little unnatural. Because the other party is obviously speaking clearly, there is no person who is woken up from sleep at all, and that kind of unique short-term confusion of thoughts. This means that the other party did not rest at all, but waited for him to make this call next to the phone.

It seems that every time I call Director Gao, this is the case.

Director Gao...... Isn't it in the U.S. at all?

"How's the effect?" Director Gao's next sentence drove the distracting thoughts away from Ren Jian's mind.

"It worked very well. Saying this, Ren Jian quickly looked at his fingers. As mentioned earlier, his fingers were so good that they didn't leave any signs of surgery. In fact, only when Ren Jian stared at it himself, he could detect the small circle of white on it that was difficult to distinguish. That's where his previous wound was. If it were a different person, it would be absolutely impossible to find out - in fact, Ren Jian himself couldn't tell whether it was a psychological effect or not.

"Do you believe what I said now?" asked Director Gao, who was obviously in a good mood.

Of course Ren Jian believed it. Now that the facts are in front of us, what else is there to say? What is the most convincing thing in the world? Facts are the most convincing. In the face of facts, all logic and speculation are weak. Even the most staunch atheist, if the gods, Buddhas, angels, and the like in heaven came to him, he would probably immediately take refuge from there, and the atheist would not be able to continue. If the real gods, Buddhas, and angels are still holding on to them in front of you, then you are not an atheist, and that is called self-deception.

Ren Jian was almost a realist, and as a person who grew up in modern society, he didn't believe in qigong and superpowers. But since getting to know Amber, especially after finding his lost files in an almost unbelievable way, Ren Jian has been convinced of this. Now it's the same thing, seeing with his own eyes that his severed finger is back, Ren Jian is naturally convinced of black technology or something.

"Lu Wu is in trouble now," Director Gao said earnestly. "But there is no such thing as a good solution that is absolutely effective. ”

"Can you tell me what's going on with this curse?" Ren Jian asked.

"A ...... Quite indescribable something. Have you ever heard of the idea of the root consciousness of human beings?" said Director Gao.

Speaking of which, although Ren Jian used to be a realist, a normal person is always easy to be interested in those mysterious things when he grows up, especially when he is a teenager. Especially those things that have been handed down from ancient times, which are half legends and half superstitions, such as alchemy, alchemy, Kabbalah, immortal cultivation, flying saucers, aliens, ancient civilizations and even Atlantis in the lost continent, etc. However, after this stage, most people will return to reality. After all, these legends are too far away from reality, and things like grades, studies, and jobs are more realistic.

There are really very few people like Thomas who are addicted to it.

As an ordinary person, of course, Ren Jian has more or less understood some things. So he still understands Director Gao's words.

"Well, isn't it a hypothesis?" What is a hypothesis? It's a guess, and there is no evidence. So what to say is a typical brain hole. Isn't that true?

If someone else said so, Ren Jian wouldn't care at all. But when Director Gao said so, Ren Jian felt that this matter should be taken seriously. "I've heard Lu Wu say it before, that ...... What is it called? Root consciousness? The sixth and seventh consciousness of human beings, which is said to communicate with root consciousness, or is it the seventh consciousness, which is called alayya?

"Yes, it's a hypothesis. Director Gao admitted. "There is no evidence to prove it, but there is no evidence to falsify it. This matter, or this curse, you can understand that it is this root consciousness that now wants to eliminate Lu Wu. ”

Ren Jian felt that he couldn't understand it completely. What does this mean? Root consciousness, let alone whether it exists or not, even if it really exists, it is also a chaotic aggregate - a thing composed of the consciousness of countless people, it must be chaos. Because it is actually the consciousness of the entire race, if it had its own personality, then humanity would have become the Zerg in StarCraft long ago.

Let's not talk about whether this kind of thing is good or bad for human beings, but it is clear that the earth is certainly not what it is now.

"To put it simply, someone wants to kill Lu Wu. The master said.

"Well, that ......" Ren Jian couldn't connect the two completely different concepts of "alayya" and "someone" for a while.

"We don't know who this person is and why he wants to kill Lu Wu. Of course, we also don't know what method he will use to kill Lu Wu. We can only be sure that there is one person, or a few people. Director Gao said.

"Ah, that is...... This is predestined, Alaya knows what is predestined?" Ren Jian finally understood.

……

“…… Is this the so-called 'Heavenly Tribulation'?" Thomas looked disappointed.

He originally thought that the heavenly tribulation encountered by the cultivator would be the legendary Nine Heavenly Thunder Tribulation (Thomas had recently made up a lot of lessons for Eastern Taoism), or at least it would be a "non-human" natural disaster such as spontaneous combustion of the human body. But I didn't expect it to be so simple.

Doesn't it say that "the sky kills the machine, the stars move, and the earth sends the killing machine, and the dragon and snake rise to land"?

But after thinking about it, I felt that what Director Gao said was logical. After all, it's really unreliable to hit five thunderbolts or something. You must know that although thunder and lightning are powerful, no matter how powerful they are, there are lightning rods. Similar to spontaneous combustion of the human body or something, the killing effect is actually not as good as that of malignant diseases.

Moreover, the few cultivators he had seen, namely Amber, Lu Wu, and Director Gao, were actually ...... How to say it, although the ability is much beyond the level of ordinary people, it is not as exaggerated as the legend. At least, none of them have the power to change the course of history with their superpowers.

From this point of view, the most powerful of the three is estimated to be Amber, because she can drag more than a dozen tons of heavy objects on the car (I just don't know how long this power lasts, and Thomas doesn't dare to ask). In ancient times, amber could be draped in hundreds of kilograms of armor (let alone a few hundred kilograms, even a few tens of kilograms of armor equipped by ordinary knights would be difficult to penetrate. As for a few hundred kilograms of armor, it is not at all something that human power can penetrate), and it is estimated that it is easy to charge into battle and slash the flag. But even with Amber's strength, the maximum limit is to change the outcome of a medium-sized battle with thousands of people. If the scale of the battle is a little larger, the scope of the battlefield is a little broader, and the comparison of the strength of the two sides is a little more disparity, even if the power of amber cannot be said to be useless, at least it cannot play a decisive role.

So in reality, the "catastrophe" in the mouth of Director Gao is far less mysterious and sinister than the legend. In fact, it is said that it is a catastrophe, but in fact, the real danger comes from human beings, not nature.

"Yes, the Tribulation," Director Gao said, following Thomas's words. "Because it's meant to be. ”

"That, Director Gao, have you survived the catastrophe?"

"Ahem...... Well, my matter is easier to solve. Director Gao obviously didn't want to answer this question head-on. But from his words, as well as age, it can be easily guessed that Director Gao must have spent it. But it's not clear how he spent it.

"And Amber, has she survived the Apocalypse?"