The tablet that Liyue handed me was not the tablet I had imagined, but a sleek, pure white board with the same functionality as a cutting board. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"So you're not letting me watch the video?"

"I've heard of invisible ink, right?" Ritsuki fiddled with something the size of a button in her hand that glowed with the push of a switch.

“…… You're going to show me the stealth video? ”

He nodded, motioned for me to turn the whiteboard horizontally and horizontally, and then aimed the white light from the object in my hand at the edge of the tablet. The moment the light came, a three-dimensional room suddenly rose on the tablet, the room was very small, the walls were empty, and there was only an ordinary mahogany round table in the center. I found myself looking at different angles of the room by turning the slab, such as turning to an angle where I could see the door, but the door was just as plain.

"Holographic projection?"

"This is a letter of agreement signed between humans and the Palmers."

"The agreement? You say that now this stereoscopic imaging is an agreement? ”

"Yes, paper documents are meaningless to the Puma people, and videos can be tampered with, only the 'holographic imaging record' is real and reliable, and the details can be viewed repeatedly."

At this moment, the door was opened, and in walked an old man with deep-set eyes, his suit did not match his, and it looked like clothes borrowed from nowhere.

"This should be a classified document, can you show it to someone so casually?"

"In this case, there is no such thing as a 'secret'. And I need your trust for a number of reasons, which I'll mention later. ”

"Show me this magic-like thing to gain my trust?"

"You can read it and then make a decision."

The old man in the video enters the room and begins to pace around the table anxiously until the door is opened again. I also know the person who appeared this time -- he is Qing Shaodu. Qing Shaodu was followed by a man wrapped in a cloak, and he couldn't see his face clearly.

"It's a pleasure...... I am glad to have the opportunity to sign such an agreement with your planet. As soon as the old man saw Qing Shaodu, he rushed forward to shake hands, and was so excited that he was incoherent.

"Hello Swenson." At that time, Qing Shaodu looked even more wooden than now, "It seems that the holographic record has been opened, and we can start." ”

"Yes...... Yes, it's a great honor. ”

"Pumaxing's appeal is to transform the earth into a suitable place for us to live through human activities, and we will put forward some specific suggestions and needs for you to transform."

"Must be satisfied, must be satisfied."

"When the transformation is complete, humanity needs to transfer the Earth to us and migrate to live on other planets. Pumaxing is willing to provide all technical support in the process of human migration, to help human beings leave the earth, find a new way of life, and achieve technological evolution. ”

"It's a good deal."

"So, the deal was successful?"

The man with the cloak also walked to the middle at this time.

"Who is this man?" I asked Liyue.

Liyue raised her finger and motioned for me to tilt the whiteboard. When I did so, I almost dropped the board in my hand to the ground.

That's R5.

"What's wrong? Oh......" Li Yue seemed to understand something, and turned off the button in his hand, "The next thing is to confirm some details, and it is not painful." ”

I tried to calm myself down and readjust my mind to the track I had just had.

Since R5 was a key figure in brokering the deal, why did he appear in the abyss? Why does it seem like a mess of memory? Does the betrayal he mentioned have anything to do with this old man? There are so many questions that I need to sort out from scratch.

"So this old man made his own decisions and sold the earth?"

"Yes."

"What qualifications does he have to represent all of humanity?"

"And who do you think is qualified to represent?"

"Nobody." I don't want to be sleeping and someone else decides to emigrate to Mars or some other bare place.

"That's right. This is a multiple-choice question for humanity without compromise, and whoever stands up to represent humanity will be questioned. However, it is also impossible to get humanity to vote collectively, because there will never be a day when everyone is completely unanimous. If the vote is against the majority, then the Puma people can directly threaten to open the abyss, and if the vote is favored, the opposing faction will not stay on Earth because they do not support the plan. ”

"So, there was no choice from the start?"

"Yes, the difference is only in the extent to which the human being, as the negotiator, can maximize the interests of the human side."

"Well, anyway, most of the changes in human society are the same, a small number of people determine the fate of the majority of people, even if the direction of society is secretly influenced, ordinary people can't find out."

"It's good that you understand. However, this so-called agreement is only binding on human beings, and has no effect on the Puma people. Because even if they broke their promise, there was nothing the humans could do, so what Swenson really wanted to implement was a different plan. Find an excuse in advance to enter the sub-gap and learn the plan of the Puma Star Man's technique. ”

"Will the Poma people agree?"

"Of course not. If the Palma people give humanity enough time to learn and grow, humanity will become emboldened to refuse to give up the earth, and then all the previous efforts will be lost. ”

According to Liyue, I feel more and more that the current situation of the earth seems to be a basket of human beings poking themselves together.

"Swenson's biggest problem in entering the Gap was not to find a suitable excuse, but to the problem that led to the mass death of the first immigrants to the Gap - there was a barrier to entry in the Gap, but he could not find a 'formula condition' that would allow him to enter and survive safely. Naturally, the Puma Star people would not tell him, because at this stage, he only needs to do his part, and the inheritance of technology is something that only human beings in his hundreds of generations need to care about. In order to obtain this 'formula', he needs a large number of data samples to summarize. ”

"So you started sending human guinea pigs over?"

"It's not difficult to find an excuse to send one or two past trial and error, but if you want to send a large batch of samples over, the Puma people will naturally start to doubt your intentions. But humanity is not entirely without clues. Let's make an assumption, if you were a god, the human race on earth would be collectively destroyed, but you could keep a small part of the human race to come down and rebuild this world, who would you choose? ”

"You need people who are physically strong, healthy, survivable, and have a relatively smart brain."

"In other words, you will keep the people with the highest overall quality in all aspects, instead of choosing people with excellent data in one area and mediocre data in others?"

"It depends on the number of people I can stay, if there is really someone who has good data in many aspects, it should be to choose him, after all, choosing one is equivalent to choosing a lot of songs."

"Swenson once talked to the Puma people, if the earth encounters a special situation and encounters a crisis of destruction, how will the Puma people act, and the answer of the Puma people at that time is the same as you, after all, there are perfect human beings who can be preserved, why should we save those human beings who have shortcomings?"

"So these perfect humans must be able to enter the sub-chasm?"

"Of course not, but as long as there is an opportunity, they have the opportunity to be sent by Zhengda Guangming to test the formula between the sub-gaps."

"This is ridiculous, sacrificing a group of human elites just to enter the Asian Rift?"

"There is no need to sacrifice the human elite." Li Yue lowered her eyes, "There are many domestic animals that were raised by humans for human consumption, so in Swenson's opinion, it would be good to try out that formula and directly make a batch of consumables specially used as data samples." ”

"Sure enough, it's a mad scientist......"

"Based on the optimal solution of genetic arrangement, Swenson and his team have artificially cultivated a group of 'perfect humans', these newborns have a strong ability to survive, intelligence, physical strength and even appearance are all beyond ordinary people, they are not artificial life, but they have no father or mother, Swenson calls them 'children of the abyss'." The Children of the Abyss were fostered in orphanages around the country, and some of them would die early due to genetic defects caused by experimental problems, and the remaining ones who were better would be called together for training when they reached a certain age. At the same time, some talented orphans in orphanages around the country will also be selected to be reformed in some places to get closer to the definition of 'perfect human being'. ”

"Do they know the truth themselves?"

"No, they think they are transformed saviors, on a mission to save humanity."

I could only laugh dryly. "That's what the first immigrants were made of?"

"The first batch of immigrants were not all sons of Shenyuan, but there were quite a few.""I don't understand, why do you need to go through so much trouble?""The Puma Star is a high-knowledge creature, and high-knowledge means that you make a move, and it can think about all the possibilities and countermeasures of your next eight moves. So any trick around the bend will be debunked, and only blind spots can be found. ”

"Is this a blind spot?"

"What the blind spots are, it's not something I know. But based on that blind spot, Swenson conceived the plan. ”

It turns out that he also has something he doesn't know, and he still looks like he has all the truth in his hands just now.

"So Swenson opened the abyss?"

Li Yue shrugged, "The Puma Star people originally told Swenxun how to open the Abyss in order to prevent humans from accidentally opening the Abyssal Gate, I don't know if the Abyss Gate was opened by Swenson, I only know that Swenson did start the 'Yali Project' after these children of the Abyss grew up." ”

"Don't say something that only you know."

"The so-called 'Ari Project' is that Swenson opened the abyss, triggered the cocoon mode, and made the children of the abyss be selected as the first batch of immigrants to be protected by the Puma star, and then let these children of the gods obtain the 'formula' of the safe passage through the psionic body through data analysis, and then transform his and his scientific team's body into a state that can pass the formula, so that they can enter the sub-gap and do further research around the Puma people."

"Are those people really going to be fooled?"

"When you have been raised as a savior, and you are told that you can save all mankind by getting this formula, will you believe it?"

"People like me are very selfish and selfish, and they can't be the savior."

"The son of Shenyuan is not necessarily selfless. From the purpose of your return, it is clear that the children of the abyss no longer intend to continue to obey Swenson, and the first thing they did after figuring out the formula was to bring in the second group of immigrants, instead of contacting us. This may be due to the fact that they have discovered that they are cannon fodder, or it may be the result of inflated desires. ”

"Can they still reach you?"

"Of course."

Ritsuki stood up, walked over to a cylinder in the corner of the room, and pulled out a transparent hexahedron from it.

"This was supposed to be Swenson's communication device with the Pommers, and the original agreement was that once they had decided on the 'formula', they would send us the rules through this device, but so far, this thing has never rang, so their meaning should be clear. I hope you'd better not tell them about the discovery of me, and that the real purpose of their visit may be to find this place under the pretext of saving the planet. ”

"Why are you looking here?"

"Because their cocoons are with me." The corners of Liyue's mouth curled.