Aeus, 13 November 747 AH. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Hearing Thomson say that this laboratory for exploring parallel universes might be cut down, Su Yongming frowned slightly, and then asked with a smile: "Did I go in last time?" ”

"Of course I've been, or why I'm going to focus on it," Thomson said with a relaxed face, "I knew you'd be interested." ”

Su Yongming thought about it, raised his legs and walked in. There was also a researcher and two robot assistants, but the researcher looked very old, probably sixty or seventy years old, with unkempt gray hair, a tousled beard, and a few months without a shower.

When Su Yongming walked in, he was sitting in front of the test bench with his cheeks propped up, looking like he was out of a trance.

"Javier," Thomson greeted with a smile, "what are you thinking!" ”

Javier turned his neck stiffly, his dull eyes swept over the two of them, and his voice was like a rusty metal reed: "I wonder why you old bastard are running here again, and this little guy." ”

Thomson disagreed: "Has there been any progress?" ”

"The progress of the fart," Javier looked at Su Yongming, "little guy, you lay in my machine for so long when you came last time, do you have any headaches and fever when you go back?" ”

Su Yongming's heart moved, and his eyes turned to the machine in the center of the laboratory. It looks a bit like a magnetic resonance machine on Earth, but the nameplate on it clearly reads "Ultra-Small Particle Accelerator".

He couldn't help but ask, "Use this...... Can you find parallel worlds in hidden dimensions? ”

"Who knows, just try. How do you ask the same question as last time? Javier frowned at Thomson and pointed to his head, "He's?" ”

Thomson nodded, looked at Su Yongming and said solemnly, "From now on, you are not allowed to ask another question." I'm not interested in answering the question repeatedly. ”

Su Yongming smiled bitterly and turned to leave. He had a vague feeling that his ability to travel between Earth and Aeus had a great connection to his experience there. But now is not the time to pursue this, and depending on the situation, the researcher doesn't know much about what happened.

Thomson chased after him and said with a smile: "This project ...... It's sci-fi. The above are not very satisfied, and think that we should invest the limited funds in practical projects, so next month, this laboratory should be cut. ”

Su Yongming hesitated for a moment and asked again, "The 'Jade Crush' plan...... What is it? ”

"You'll find out right away." Thomson quickened his pace.

The two walked to the end of the lab, where on the wall was a large curved screen, apparently a view from space.

"Look!" Thomson pointed somewhere on the screen.

Su Yongming frowned and took a closer look, the place was empty, and it seemed that there was only dust accidentally stained. "What's there?"

Thomson's hand spread to either side, and the image on the screen was suddenly enlarged. After zooming in to a certain extent, Thomson withdrew his hand.

Su Yongming fixed his eyes, and the dust was magnified and looked like ......, "This is a fleet?" ”

Thomson smiled wryly and nodded.

"What's going on?" Su Yongming actually had an answer in his heart. A certain alien race mentioned in the "Virtual Life N" expansion pack turns out to be confirmed here. His heart sank.

Thomson was about to speak, when two machine security guards swam over, and the electronic voice said: "There are 30 minutes left in the temporary visit permission of level 13, please pay attention to the time and leave as soon as possible." ”

"Got it."

The wheels under the machine's security feet gurgled and spun away. Thomson stared into Su Yongming's eyes and said calmly, "War is coming. The 'jade shattering' plan is that it is better to break the jade than to complete the tile, and mankind will fight to the end. ”

Su Yongming still held his breath, frowned and asked, "Why is there no news from the outside world?" ”

"In order not to cause unnecessary panic. When the time comes, everything will be revealed. ”

"And ...... How much time? ”

Thomson knew what he was asking: "According to the calculations...... Less than two years. It's not a real-time picture, it's just a simulation based on the relevant information. ”

Staring at the fleet of alien races on the screen, there was silence for a while, and Su Yongming finally spoke: "Tell me in detail, Uncle Thomson." ”

"About 60 years ago, we established a primary colony base on the fourth planet of T Cetus, and originally intended to develop this planet into our second colony over the next 200 years."

Su Yongming nodded. Located 12 light-years from Earth, T Cetus has a complete atmosphere and a large amount of water resources, and is about 4 times more massive than Earth and the world of Aeus, making it easy to transform into a habitable environment.

Aeus had already begun its march on the planet nearly a hundred years ago, and there was a lot of coverage of the colonization at the time. It's just that in the past few decades, the coalition government of Aeus has suddenly stopped publicizing this colonization.

"What's going on there?"

"38 years ago, the colonial base was completely destroyed. Twenty-six years ago, we received the last image of the destruction of the colonial base, which was a boundless alien fleet. After that, satellites along the route from Aeus to Whale T kept sending back images of the fleet heading towards the solar system at one-third of the speed of light, most likely targeting our planet Aeus. According to calculations, it will take two years at most for that fleet to reach the solar system. ”

Su Yongming shuddered. He raised his head and slowly glanced at the busy researchers, "So, there is the 'Jade Crush' plan, there is the 'Top Secret Mission' series of laboratories, and you are starting to prepare for the war?" ”

"Yes."

"The government...... When are you going to make the announcement? ”

"A year and a half later. But...... The plan has not changed quickly, and maybe when will some folk astronomy enthusiasts observe that fleet? No one can say. Thomson shrugged.

Su Yongming looked at Thomson and finally asked the most important question: "So, in order to keep this secret, I have to clear my memory?" But I think it's weird, why don't you let me in in the first place? ”

Thomson hesitated and stretched out his hand, Su Yongming did not dodge, Thomson's hand finally put on Su Yongming's shoulder: "Follow me." ”

Led by Thomson, the two walked into an empty hut with no instruments, just a table, a sofa, and a few chairs.

"This is my office. Usually I don't come much, and my task is not to personally research, but to organize and coordinate. ”

Su Yongming casually found a chair and sat down, looking at Thomson.

"You have a choice." Thomson looked into Su Yongming's eyes squarely and said word by word.

Su Yongming frowned. "What choice?"

Thomson didn't answer, but said something else: "At the same time as the 'Jade Crush' project is being carried out, there is another plan going on. That plan is called 'Tinder'. ”

"Tinder". Su Yongming only thought about it for a moment and understood: "Preserve the fire of human civilization? ”

"Yes," Thomson nodded, "100,000 elites, a super-large sperm bank and egg bank, a space carrier, a sky survey battleship, three small gunboats, and 10 transport ships, to preserve the last spark of human civilization." ”

"100,000 ......" Su Yongming smiled bitterly. 100,000 tickets.

"Your father only has one ticket."