Chapter 1 Abrupt Section 3 Rules
This information does not appear in people's brains as sounds or images, it is similar to pre-existing memories or self-formed judgments. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info 7 billion brains around the world have directly generated this concept: activated. It didn't cause any discomfort and no other effects, but it did have a huge impact on humanity. When the people who received the message looked at each other and saw the same expressions, a huge panic began to spread through the crowd.
When the Internet, which spreads information rapidly, gradually transmits the cubic kilometer of sea water and the transparent shell that suddenly erected into people's minds, people are more confused, and there is a considerable degree of curiosity and even excitement, and they do not feel such a thorough and personal shock. This act of entering the seven billion brains at the same time to transmit information really tells humanity that not only has another civilization appeared for the first time on the blue planet where it has lived for generations, but the gap between the two is so huge that the current level of human knowledge is completely incomprehensible and unimaginable.
The disappearance of Liu Yao's family almost couldn't be known to the world in time, because the ship boss who witnessed all this had no chance to pass on the information. He struggled to remember what the little girl had said about the Coast Guard or NASA, and he didn't have a clue. As a self-employed fisherman who has fished offshore all his life, he has never had the opportunity to contact the international GMDSS or the domestic 12395 water distress number. Accurate weather forecasts make it easy and safe for him to go out to sea every time. In the end, the boat boss adopted the solution he had proposed: when he got close to the shore, he had a mobile phone signal and reported the matter to the town government.
Just as the Captain contacted the town government, a second message appeared in the minds of people all over the world at the same time: "When a human enters a 1 km trigger range, he is selected to participate in a test." It was Liu Yao's family who triggered this 1-kilometer mechanism. For more details, please visit the website. ”
While putting this information into the brains of everyone around the world, Cube has very dedicated to opening a website that has only two functions: watching videos and reading the rules of the game, but it is just as impressive.
The video range is limited to the inside of the sphere with a diameter of 10 kilometers, and it is possible to see live video and browse historical videos from Liu Yao's family after entering the sphere. People can move the position of the virtual camera with their consciousness, and they can get close enough to see the pores of a family and hear their breathing and heartbeat. This family of four immediately became the most watched object in history.
People all over the world can clearly see that the cube is indeed a fast seawater, but it can carry Liu Yao's family of four to stand on it. Although there is no danger to life for the time being, the complete lack of clue and great pressure still makes the family very frustrated. The hostess held her children and wiped her tears constantly; The daughter's expression was dull, she didn't know what she was thinking, and her eyes kept looking around; My 2-year-old son has no idea about everything around him, and is focused on slapping the surface of the water in front of him that changes shape but does not make a splash. The man crossed his waist and was talking on the phone in a frustrated manner. It didn't take long for viewers around the world to realize that the site had adopted automatic recognition, and that the four people were not speaking in Chinese, but were translated into the viewer's native language and pronounced in the speaker's voice.
At the same time as the video is displayed, the rules can be read on the website, the rules are very simple, and the language system in the viewer's brain is automatically recognized and displayed in the native language.
The person who took the test and his family will be sent to a time and space that once existed on Earth of his choice to complete an open-ended mission: building civilization. There is no judgement on success or failure in the test, but it is evaluated. Participants in the test will be able to move autonomously for 30 years, with no enhancement or diminishing of their abilities.
Each person taking the test may bring reasonable carry-on clothing weighing no more than 1 kg.
One of the combinations participating in the test can carry items with a volume of no more than 1 cubic meter and a weight of no more than 1 kilogram. This 1 cubic meter space can only be perceived and used by the members of the group, and has no influence on the outside world at all. The items in the space remain in the same state as they were when they entered and do not change.
The mission time is synchronized with Earth time. The test subjects continue their original physiological state, and will not receive any other changes and no protection other than the elimination of diseases that may affect their 30-year survival and the slowing down of aging.
Participants are required to take care of themselves. If the participant dies in an accident during the process, they can be resurrected and return to the Earth at that time. After everyone has died, or 30 years have passed, the test will end.
Clothing and items will be made according to the requirements of the participants. The preparation time is 1 hour.
It's an ambiguous task. The cube does not reveal the methods and consequences of the assessment. People all over the world are worried about how a mission will be considered a success, how it will be a failure, and what rewards and punishments will be faced for success or failure. Every government around the world, the United Nations, all the research institutes are in chaos, and the strategists are frowning.
The publisher of the information clearly does not care about people's concerns, and its website, despite its thoughtfulness in automatic identification, has no other functions, just a one-way transmission of information, without any way to receive it, and does not respond to the questions that billions of people around the world ask in any way that thinks, speaks, and writes in their heads.
The headquarters of the East China Sea Fleet on the shore of Dongqian Lake also began to be noisy. In front of the small building where the air commander was located, many soldiers came out carrying ordinary desks and chairs, apparently to make room for space. The big truck stopped in a row in front of the small building. Forklifts are constantly transporting all kinds of equipment into the building. Cables and three huge parabolic antennas are stacked on the side of the building, and a construction team in military uniform is busy installing them.
The commander's office had been reduced to a few generals and the colonel. The colonel wears headphones and walkie-talkies and serves as the on-site command mission.
The red phone pressed the speakerphone, and a voice that was very familiar to all Chinese was speaking: "The working group has now been established, and I will be the leader, the heads of the General Staff, the Academy of Sciences, the ******, and the Propaganda Department, and the commander of the East China Sea Fleet will be the deputy leaders, and they will be divided into strategy, research, mass issues, propaganda, and on-site coordination. What do you think is the name of this group? Can it be called an "extraterrestrial civilization response team"? Let's talk about it. ”
"Report Chairman, we cannot rule out the possibility that this civilization came from the interior of the planet, although it is very unlikely." The colonel stood up, holding the walkie-talkie in his hand to keep the sound from coming out, and spoke into the telephone in a standard upright posture.
"Makes sense. So what do you guys think? The phone responded. The people in the conference room looked at each other, and they all looked at the colonel.
"I suggest that it could be called the Second Civilization Response Team. We are the first civilization known, and they are the second. The colonel did not sit down, but after a little thought with his eyes on the projection screen, he came up with his own idea.
"Not bad. Let's discuss it, and it's settled. The name doesn't matter, let's get to work. This matter may be a major matter related to the life and death of mankind, the country and the nation, and I do not need to emphasize the importance. Now each group will work on a work plan first, and summarize it in my office in 3 hours. The group is on duty 24 hours a day, sharing intelligence information at any time, and holding meetings to discuss major matters in a timely manner. Let's split up for now. ”
Everyone sat down and looked at the projection screen. Now the screen is divided into four frames, the bottom two of which show the perspective of the two fighters who arrived in advance, or the sea and sky that are flying by, but there are many more planes and ships in the picture, and a transparent spherical shell that is not easy to detect; The top right image shows the view of a helicopter hovering near the top of the shell: another helicopter has successfully landed on the shell, and the propellers are slowing down. The driver shrugged his shoulders and cut his throat from the window to the camera, clearly conveying a message that the whole world understands "no gas" in a way that is very inconsistent with the Chinese Navy's norms. The 4 fighters quickly left the plane and dispersed in four directions, holding their guns horizontally in a standard position. By their movements, it can be noticed that the surface of the shell seems to be slippery. The photographer and his assistant immediately stepped out of the cabin and almost lost their balance as soon as they landed. The photographer grabbed the helicopter with one hand, took a shot around, and then pointed the camera towards the square below. The picture in the upper left corner shows the perspective of the helicopter that has landed on the top of the shell, and after a shaking, it is fixed and vertically downward, and the family of four 4 kilometers away is only the size of a grain of rice, and the details are not clear.
A debriefing voice came from the loudspeaker: "H-357 reports, fuel will be depleted in 5 minutes, please indicate whether to find a landing opportunity nearby, or make a forced landing on the surface of the sea." Zhang Wei didn't hesitate and asked, "H-366, report on the situation of the site, can you let H-357 also land." ”
The helicopter pilot who had landed quickly stepped out of the cabin, then lost his balance, grabbed the helicopter landing gear before standing firmly, staggered a few meters and stopped, squatted down and knocked on the shell, took out the gun and withdrew the magazine with skillful movements, knocked the ground under his feet with the body of the gun, and reported to the headset. "It is reported that the surface hardness of the shell is very high, and the pistol cannot be smashed, but the strength cannot be judged, and it is very smooth and slightly curved, and it is estimated that there is a high probability that the plane will move after landing, and it is very likely to slip or collide. Landing is not recommended. When he was done, he quickly returned to the driver's seat and put his hand on the joystick.
"H-357, leaving the scene, flew 27 degrees east-north, and joined the destroyer to receive refueling. After refueling, return to the scene and replace the H-366 aircraft. ”
The upper left corner shows the camera moving away from the housing. The cameraman who landed on the case, with the help of his assistant, stabilized his body and freed his hands to adjust the camera. Despite running out of fuel, the driver started the engine and was ready to take off at any time. The voice of the H-366 pilot was heard over the loudspeaker: "I must have been very lucky to land directly above the shell. Please mark this location and repeat it strictly the next time you land. I've never landed on such a slippery surface. ”
It should be based on the help of the block, Liu Yao can not only make calls in the ocean far from the mainland, but also have a wifi signal to use. However, these help did not work in the first 20 minutes or so, whether it was 110, the Ningbo Municipal Government hotline, or the East China Sea Fleet Command phone number found through 114, no one could provide valuable help, or was willing to transfer to the person who should be transferred, at most Liu Yao was bureaucratic and left the number. In the past 20 minutes or so, Liu Yao made angry phone calls, waved his hand when he saw the plane approaching, his mouth was dry, and his hand was sore, but he found nothing. Finally, nearly 30 minutes after entering the block, I received an incoming phone call.
"Hello, I'm the one on the square, my name is Liu Yao. You can see on the screen I'm waving. Who are you? Liu Yao hurriedly shouted after answering the phone and pressed the speakerphone.
A Mandarin with a slight Ningbo accent came over: "Hello, this is the Chinese government's Second Civilization Response Team, my name is Zhang Wei......"
"Xiao Liu, I am the commander of the East China Sea Fleet and the deputy leader of the Second Civilization Response Team. The team leader is our general secretary, so you can get maximum support. A voice interjected.
Liu Yao frowned and asked, "May I ask your surname?" ”
"My surname is Qin, and I am the commander of the fleet. Under the care of the central government, a second civilization response team has just been established......"
"Hello Commander Qin. Please forgive me for interrupting you. I don't care what kind of institution you are, I believe that all the forces of humanity are willing to invest in this matter. If I participate in this, I will be able to count on the support of all mankind. But before it all starts, I want to know if I can refuse to participate in this event and replace it with someone who is more likely to win. ”
The commander also frowned, hesitated for a moment and said, "No." We can't communicate with each other, and no signal can get into the shell. ”
Liu Yao was a little dazed and looked at his wife. The two men with empty eyes couldn't read anything out of each other. The sea breeze blew softly, and the family sat on the surface of the sea in a daze, with the slight undulation of the waves, except for the 2-year-old baby, extremely depressed. Yao Ying suddenly said: "It's time for my son to have lunch, and then he has to go to bed." There is no food here, and there is no place to sleep. Why didn't we get so much of our luggage here? ”
Liu Yao stretched out his hands to his wife and said, "I don't have a choice!" Somehow, a thought popped up in my heart: "You still know that there is a lot of luggage." Thinking of this, I had mixed feelings, and suddenly I wanted to scold, watching my daughter and son crawling around on the water, patting the water surface that would not make a splash, swallowing my saliva hard to moisten my throat, and stomping my feet and shouting: "Then do it!" ”
The stamping caused a ripple that passed under everyone. Liu Man finally came to life, and said with an expression of admiration: "Does it increase the surface tension of the seawater?" Or is it a what encapsulation force field? How did you do that? He also stood up and jumped, causing even greater ripples and a giggle from his brother.