Chapter 13: Crisis

The two sides of the phone were silent for a while. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info

"Haha, this reason is very interesting, do you hate war?"

The tone of the phone call remained the same, and the old man's thoughts still made me puzzled.

"Then you'll have to thank some scientist, child, and peace comes from the sword of Damocles hanging above your head. If there were no nuclear weapons in this world, the two superpowers of the last century would have broken out into war long ago, and the accident in 2031 would not be as simple as an armed confrontation between countries. ”

"Are you saying that nuclear weapons maintain world peace?"

I don't understand what he's trying to say, and as ridiculous as it sounds, it's ironic that the superweapons used in war should be tasked with maintaining world peace.

But this is the case, if there were no nuclear weapons hanging over the heads of mankind, the restless fools of this world would sooner or later bury the hard-won peace.

"No, that's not what I was trying to say."

Unexpectedly denied, there was something inexplicable in the old man's tone.

"Humanity has never understood what its true adversary is, and this has always been the case. The real crisis has arisen, but now mankind has been blinded by advanced science and technology, and is unaware. ”

Apocalypticism? Is the Earth going to perish again?

After listening to the old man's words, I was subconsciously stunned, how did this plot sound inexplicably familiar?

Oh, by the way, it seems to be this routine in the novel I read yesterday......

"Do you think it's ridiculous? I also feel the same way, after all, we human beings should be above nature, because human beings have mastered science, which is the guiding ideology of our generation, and many people have never wavered in their lives. ”

The old man was very patient and began to explain carefully.

"Lin Yuchuan, if the human race becomes extinct one day, what do you think will be the reason?"

"Huh? I can't answer this question when it comes out of nowhere, huh...... Mars hits Earth? ”

“…… Be serious. ”

"According to common sense, ordinary disasters cannot be done to cause the extinction of human beings, after all, human beings are not the dinosaurs of the past. Then excluding natural disasters, I am afraid that it is...... Man-made disaster? Do you want to say that humanity is dying because of itself? ”

"It doesn't have to be a 'human'. The law of the jungle, the law of survival, Mr. Darwin's words have always been printed in textbooks. We human beings are miracles of the evolution of life, but there will not be only one miracle, the biggest feature of the material world is that you have an unpredictable understanding of what will happen next, maybe one day we at the top of the food chain look up and find that there is a more terrible existence above the top, what kind of scene will it be? I'm afraid it's like the apocalypse that suddenly appeared in our film and television works. ”

"Doomsdayism?"

I frowned, and there was an unusual feeling in the other person's tone that made me feel faintly uneasy.

The end of the world has been mentioned countless times in human art works from ancient times to the present, such as floods, fires, meteorites, droughts, viruses, ...... At least in those stories, humanity has been wiped out hundreds of times.

But these are all in the past. With the continuous advancement and development of science and technology, these apocalyptic theories have become more and more lacking in the market, and even after the advent of the atomic bomb, mankind has become more and more fearless. After all, in the concept of modern people, human beings, but to conquer the existence of the stars, how can they be confined to the small earth?

"Peace? That's all in the past, kid, we have no chance of winning against these guys. Actually, I would prefer this to be the world in the novel. Damn, at least there's a protagonist in the novel who can save the world. ”

“……”

"Okay, kid, I still have a job, and that's the end of our conversation. I would like to inform you that you are now on the HGS Priority Protector List due to your country's military recommendation, and we will protect you in future operations, and good luck. ”

"What's next? Alas? ”

But it was obvious that this guy didn't want to explain more, and hung up the phone directly, so efficient that it didn't match the previous leisurely chat opening at all.

I looked helplessly at the long list of phone numbers.

"Looks like you're in a relationship with someone amazing......"

……

Hua Alliance, imperial capital, suburbs.

It's a nondescript cottage that no one knows or cares about who lives in it.

Of course, because it is meaningless to know, just like the man in front of him thinks that luxurious decoration is meaningless to improve the comfort of living.

"I know about it."

Looking at the guy in military uniform on the display, the young man sitting in the hut nodded solemnly.

"I'm sorry to disturb your vacation, but I think you have to let you know about it."

"I didn't expect to spend this holiday safely." The man shrugged, as if he had expected it, "After all, the only way for world peace is for humanity to disappear and the world to become chaotic." ”

"This pessimistic view is really in line with Your Excellency's style."

"Nonsense, I'm obviously an optimist."

The other party's evaluation made the man very dissatisfied and unceremoniously refuted his opinion.

"If that's the view of the optimists, then the pessimists should hang on the beams of the house by now."

"I remember that the house didn't seem to offer this service now."

"It's not funny at all."

"I didn't expect you to laugh, Chief of Staff. So I'll see you later...... No, goodbye. ”

"Don't say goodbye, Brother Yihe, we still need you."

"Every time I hear this, I want to retire and work during my vacation, and I ask for compensatory leave!"

"Don't keep shouting about retirement, you're only thirty-six years old!"

"Then bless me to live to be sixty-three years old."

As soon as the man finished speaking, he hung up the phone, he didn't want to continue the conversation with the guy who was disturbing his vacation.

If he could, he would rather stay in bed all day.

"Teacher, what's wrong?"

A young man standing near the man asked suspiciously, sensing that his teacher was not in a very good mood at this time.

"It's nothing, it's just an assignment from an evil capitalist."

"Ah......h

The young man was stunned, and immediately understood what he wanted to express as a teacher, after all, after so many years, he had adapted to the strange temper of this "teacher".

And, of course, his bizarre brain circuitry.

"Do you have any tasks?"

"yes."

Scratching his head in annoyance, I don't know if it was because of the overtime work or because of something else, the man seemed a little irritable.

"Map!"

"What...... What the? ”

"Map of the Chinese Alliance."

"Understood!"

I hurriedly dug out some inventory from the cabinet at the bottom of the bookshelf, and finally found a king-size map of the Chinese Union administrative district.

Looking at the tiled oversized map, the man seemed to be lost in thought, not knowing what he was babbling about.

"Well, at the end of the mountain range, Hangzhou is northerly, but it is not close to the sea......"

"Well, where are you going, teacher?"

"Just go...... Here! ”

The finger that had been wandering suddenly pointed to a corner of the map.

"Go book your train ticket now."