Chapter 63: The Ultimate Truth of the Universe
"What are you?"
The president played with the ring in his hand and said nonchalantly, "Oh, the spy got it." Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoThe new issue of "Shonen Jump" has not yet been released, and it has not yet been distributed. ”
Sakamoto frowned: "You don't need to use such dangerous means. I said we were going to win. ”
"It's better to do than not to do well, isn't it?" The president laughed and said meaningfully, "Don't live up to the kindness of others, Qima." ”
Although Sakamoto didn't like it in his heart, he still bowed and expressed his gratitude to his superiors.
Although it was said before that all actions were centered on her, the stakes this time were not small, and the president still couldn't help but interfere.
Since the start of the bet, they have played cards one after another, but the sales are stubbornly entangled, and they are still at a disadvantage...... Seeing that the competition has entered the middle game, if you don't make any moves, I'm afraid you will be thrown away in one go.
Although he understands the president's thoughts, he still feels a little wary of his domain being violated.
"Alright, Editor-in-Chief Sakamoto, let's take a look at the content of this new issue." The president smiled, "The new story is awesome, and I'm going to become a fan of Hiro Takeyu-sensei." ”
Oma nodded, and walked to the table quietly.
She had long known through other channels that Li Shanhe was going to publish a new work, and now, this new work is in front of her, saying that she is not curious that it is fake.
As soon as she saw the color page cover of the magazine, her eyes lit up.
It was a railroad on the earth, and a steam train was rushing out of the atmosphere in a graceful posture, with a bright starry sky behind it. On the earth at hand, the sun is faintly rising from the back of the earth, like the rising sun, but it is ten thousand times brighter and more magnificent, giving people an incomparable sense of hope.
In addition, a bunch of text advertisements on the previous cover are gone, except for the name of the magazine, there is only one sentence:
The railroad in the Milky Way, a manly romantic fantasia, is coming!
Sakamoto was stunned, a spaceship of the fire model? What an amazing imagination!
RB people have a "steam" complex. Many, riveting, steaming, steel, old machines, locomotives spewing black smoke, stretching to the endless railroad tracks......
Compared with the cold and fixed destination journey in reality, the unknown journey is romantic!
"How's that, it's good, it's really a romance that only men understand!" The president exclaimed.
"Indeed...... It's great, but it depends on the specific plot. "Amama replied with difficulty.
Turning to the beginning of "Galaxy Railway 999", after only reading one page, Qima couldn't help but be amused by the plot inside.
The story begins with Halley's Comet.
Halley's Comet, which visits Earth once every 76 years. The protagonist of the book, Ah Tie, is discussing with his little girlfriend how to practice breath-holding, arguing whether it is better to use car tires or swimming rings. Neighbors are saying that Halley's comet's tail is poisonous and takes away the air from Earth, and if it can be held back for about 5 minutes, physical humans will survive......
While laughing at the stupidity of these people, he felt that the picture was somewhat familiar. It seems that I heard my grandfather say that the last time Halley's Comet arrived, it caused a great panic in many areas of RB, and the newspapers were discussing how to hold their breath more efficiently......
After laughing, she was also a little strange, isn't this a future science fiction work? Will people be so ignorant in the future?
With such questions, she couldn't wait to watch the plot behind.
As the plot unfolds, the world view of "Galaxy Railway 999" is gradually revealed. It turns out that the human beings in this world have fallen, and in order to pursue eternal life, the rich man voluntarily transformed into a mechanical transformation man; Hundreds of years later, they have long forgotten where they came from, and there is a huge class gap between them and the people at the bottom.
The "poor" of this world really have nothing but their own bodies!
The rich, on the other hand, take pleasure in hunting "old humans", and even breed "old humans" and release them in the vast hunting grounds to kill them for fun!
Sakamoto couldn't believe his eyes. Almost all science fiction says "the future will be better", but this author actually does the opposite! Mankind has fallen like this!
These background settings only used a few words, but the horror revealed in them made her teeth start to chatter, but even so, she still couldn't help but want to read and want to know what happened to the protagonist Ah Tie.
And our protagonist Ah Tie, just a few pages after the beginning, her childhood sweetheart's little girlfriend strayed into the "old human hunting ground" and was hunted by mechanical transformers. The mechanical cyborg rode on the mechanical horse, carried her corpse with a gun, and triumphantly showed off: This is the most beautiful prey I have ever caught!
Ah Tie was in pain and wanted revenge, so he rushed to the castle of the mechanical transformer with a stick. At this time, a mysterious woman suddenly appeared in front of the road.
Claiming to be Medel, she stops Iron from committing suicide and takes him to the center of the Earth, where a computer is located.
Medel told Ah Tie that the computer was "Earth" itself. It has existed for countless ages, even longer than the history of mankind, and the Earth computer exists to calculate the ultimate truth of the universe.
After countless years, life was born and destroyed, civilization appeared and disappeared, and after 4.6 billion years of waiting, the computer finally came up with the ultimate meaning of the universe - "42".
"42 is the truth of the universe? What is that? Ah Tie asked curiously.
"If I knew, I wouldn't be standing here." "All I know is that the mass of the Milky Way is 9 times 10 to the 42nd power, but obviously, that's not the right answer," Medel said. ”
The ultimate truth of the universe, mastered it, can gain unimaginable scientific power.
42 is the answer, but not the one that humans can understand. But the power to build this computer had been anticipated for a long time, leaving a solution:
If you want to know the ultimate meaning of "42" to low - then go to the center of the galaxy! Legend has it that there is a galactic computer there that can come up with further answers!
Medel wants to go to the center of the galaxy to find answers, and she believes that Ah Tie has a unique quality and wants Ah Tie to be his companion.
Ah Tie is unwilling, the ultimate truth of the universe is too ethereal for him.
But Medel changed his mind with just one sentence:
"If you know all the mysteries of the universe, then you can also find a way to resurrect your childhood sweetheart."
So, in order to meet his childhood sweetheart girlfriend again, Ah Tie took the ticket for the mysterious 999 Galaxy train and agreed to embark on the journey with her.
But before that, there is still something to do, and that is to retrieve the remains of the childhood sweetheart.
Medel gave Ah Tie a "100 shots and 100 hits" gun that could be automatically aimed, and Ah Tie took it, wiped away his tears, and embarked on the road of revenge.
This should be the climactic plot next, right? Sakamoto was excited, but the next page made her feel a chill behind her back.
After being hunted by the evil mechanical cyborgs, the childhood friend made a taxidermy, just like a human hanging a deer's head, her upper body leaned out of the wall in pain, hung in the technological castle of the mechanical cyborg, and held a grand party to show off to her friends.
"Behold, such beautiful hair, and this beautiful curve, it is a pure human being that has not been transformed one hundred percent! And these eyes that are like the deep ocean, and I wish I could swim in them...... It's the most proud work of my life! ”
The intoxicated praise of the robot, combined with the frightened and painful look of the childhood sweetheart, gives people a creepy feeling.
Bang, the gate of the castle was kicked open, and Ah Tie, who saw this scene, was about to crack, and used the "100% hit" gun to knock down all the degenerate mechanical reformers.
Then, he wept bitterly, trying to find a quiet place to bury her, but Medel stopped him:
"There's a better place for her to keep her at peace......"
……
After Sakamoto closed the book and finally buried her childhood sweetheart, the lonely scene lingered in her mind for a long time.
For a long time, for a long time.
"How?"
"Actually...... He doesn't need to be a cartoonist. Sakamoto sighed, her mood still hadn't recovered from the heavy manga, "With the last sentence left on the tombstone, he can definitely become a generation of writers!" ”
"Ha, I thought so too. It's a pity that I'm now the head of a company, and I have no choice but to go against him. The president smiled and shook his head, "I'm just asking you, are you still sure you can win?" ”
"Yes. The 24 million publicity expenses for this issue have been spent. You'll see the results tonight! ”
"Well, I'm looking forward to your success!"
"Hey!"
Sending off the editor-in-chief, Oma touched the comics and sighed. What about masterpieces, under the tide of commercialization, there is no resistance at all.