485 - Weeping Angel
For the scene he saw in front of him, Yu Qi's heart was pounding wildly, this is definitely not an ordinary international conference, the leaders of the four strongest continents of the entire Earth Federation gathered together, what kind of big thing happened to be able to do this?
And what kind of opportunity is it that I am fortunate to be able to be here in person?
Yu Qi only felt that the blood in his whole body was about to boil, his breathing was heavy, and his adrenaline was surging, if it weren't for the years of experience in the international front line to keep him calm, he would even want to laugh three times.
Regardless of the excitement in Yu Qi's heart, after everyone walked into the venue from their respective gates, they naturally sat in their seats, and occasionally someone would nod politely when they looked at each other camp, even if they had said hello, the whole venue was silent, without any conversation.
Yu Qi looked behind him, but saw that except for the two personal bodyguards, the rest of the soldiers were standing at the end of the venue, standing in front of the gate they entered.
It wasn't until all the four sides were seated that Secretary Lin, who was in front of Yu Qi, looked at the people in Europe, and asked out loud in English, "Is that person here?" ”
Hearing Secretary Lin's formal English, Yu Qi was slightly stunned, and then immediately relieved, obviously because it was a secret meeting, not a formal occasion, so in order to facilitate communication, everyone used English by default.
"He's already here, and he'll be in three minutes at most."
On the position of the European zone, a senior official of the European zone replied.
However, after hearing the exchange between the two, Yu Qi was even more surprised, obviously the reason why his group of people came here was to meet someone?
Who is it that needs to let the top leaders of the top four strong regions of the Earth Federation meet with them?
Just when a hint of surprise appeared in Kai's mind, he suddenly heard a low cough.
The sound came from outside the door behind him, and the door behind the crowd was not closed because the meeting had not yet begun, so the cough easily came down the hallway into the venue.
The cough was tinged with weakness, as if it were a terminally ill patient, and was followed by a slow footstep.
Before anyone heard his voice, hearing this voice, Yu Qi subconsciously made up the appearance of an old man with white hair and old age.
Then, the footsteps gradually became louder, obviously gradually approaching here, Yu Qi subconsciously looked back, and finally saw a pale, skeletal man, as if terminally ill, appeared outside the gate.
Turned out to be a Middle-earther?
"Ahem, ahem, ahem......"
The sound of a light cough came again, and the man was dressed in white pajamas, he covered his mouth with a white handkerchief, and walked towards the front desk step by step.
The man seemed to have lost his eyebrows and hair after a long period of chemotherapy, and not only that, but his whole body was so thin that he seemed to have lost his human shape, and his face was so thin that he couldn't see his original face clearly.
But such a terminally ill man, he ignored everyone's eyes and walked towards the front desk very naturally......
Is he what the top leaders of the four continents are waiting for?
Seeing this man, Yu Qi showed a look of surprise, he watched the man walk past him, and at the same time, his mind kept flashing the politicians he had seen, but no one could match his appearance.
Who is this man who is so thin that he can't even tell his age?
It's just that obviously no one in the silent venue at this time will answer Yu Qi's doubts, everyone just watched the man walk up to the podium step by step, and even Yu Qi was a little worried about what to do if the other party suddenly died while walking.
At this moment, Secretary Lin on the side suddenly touched Yu Qi lightly under the table, and Yu Qi turned around consciously, but saw that the chief and Secretary Lin both turned their heads and glanced at him.
Yu Qi's heart moved, and he suddenly came to his senses, he quickly stood up, and walked directly over to support the other party, "Old man, I'll help you up." ”
"Thank you......"
The man immediately nodded with a smile, and Ren Yinqi supported him, and then walked up to the podium under the gaze of everyone.
After helping the other party onto the podium, Yu Qicai walked down a little embarrassed and returned to his seat.
"Ladies and gentlemen...... I, uh-a-a-a ”
The man just wanted to speak, but then there was a rapid cough, and Yu Qi could hear a pain in his eyes.
After coughing for a while, the man breathed a sigh of relief, he slowly lowered his handkerchief, and raised his head with a slight gasp.
Suddenly, the man's gaze and everyone present met for a moment.
When the man's gaze swept over Qi, Yu Qi's heart suddenly sank, because he suddenly realized that the man's eyes were completely different from his terminally ill image, but extremely black and bright, like the eternal stars in the night sky, and like a black hole that can suck the human soul in, two contrasting feelings are intertwined together, generating a strange feeling.
He had never seen such a unique pair of eyes!
"Good afternoon, gentlemen, and welcome to come here in the midst of your busy schedules, ahem......"
In the next second, the man suddenly spoke, his voice with a sense of exhaustion and hoarseness, "At the same time, I am also very grateful for your coming, because it means that you are willing to listen to me explain all this, and give me such great trust, I believe that in the next time, I will definitely make you feel that this trip is worthwhile......"
"Well, I don't need to say more about these scenes."
But at this moment, the president of North America suddenly waved his hand impatiently, with a gloomy expression, "Let's get straight to the point, I hope you can give us a reasonable explanation for the Los Angeles incident!" ”
"No problem."
The man nodded, and he smiled, but compared to his own skeletal figure, this smile was full of weirdness.
"First of all, I would like to ask you, do you remember when the Earth Federation was founded?"
"When was it established?"
Hearing the man's inquiry, the president of Beihaizhou turned his pen and showed a look of reminiscence, "It was around 1992, I still remember that year I just came back from East Germany and witnessed the collapse of the Soviet Union, even though more than seventy percent of the people in the last referendum wanted to keep the Soviet Union, but the upper rulers had already made up their minds. ”
"April 20, 1992, to be exact."
"I also remember the day when there was a sudden resolution from the top to unite the whole world, to strengthen the ties between countries on the basis of the United Nations, to form a huge body," added the president of the European zone. ”
Hearing the answers of the two, the man nodded and said slowly, "So, what happened back then, and why did the Earth Federation appear?" ”
"This is classified."
The chief sitting in front of Yu Qi immediately reminded kindly.
"I understand."
The man immediately replied, "Actually, although I don't know the details, I do know that there is a person who united many countries and founded the Earth Federation, and that person's name ......."
"It's a blank slate!"
Hearing this, the faces of the leaders of each continent changed, and the president of the European region was even more shocked and asked, "This is a top secret, and the number of people who know about each continent will not exceed five, how do you know all this?" ”
"Not only did I know, I also knew that he left behind the quantum computer 'Adam', an instrument that can predict the future, with which the Earth Federation can survive to this day......"
The man coughed lightly and continued, "Am I right? ”
Hearing the conversation between everyone, Yu Qi's heart was turned upside down, the Earth Federation was actually promoted by a person without a name? Who the hell would have such a powerful energy?
"You're right."
At this time, the president of Beihaizhou suddenly spoke up, and he laughed and said, "I was also very shocked when I first learned the news, and even used secret power to find out the identity of that person, but the strange thing is that the whole world seems to have erased his traces, whether it is the secret information of the Earth Federation or the Beihaizhou region, there is no information about him." ”
"That's right, ahem......"
The man nodded, revealing a serious expression, "If there is something in this world that can make you wonder, I think that mysterious person disappeared out of thin air, and he should be ranked first, right?" ”
"Not only did the name disappear, but even the other party's identity, family history, nationality, and even all traces of life disappeared, if it weren't for the existence of the 'Regional Federation' to confirm his existence, I'm afraid that no one would even be able to detect this disappearance, don't you think it's terrifying......
"Do you have information about that person?"
Again, the president of North America asked, "Please don't sell it, okay?" ”
The man nodded slowly, he held on to the podium, took a slight breath, and then continued, "I don't know who that person is, but I know why he disappeared. ”
"What!"
"What is the reason?"
The presidents and other high-level officials of various countries showed surprised looks, and one by one they were eager to listen.
"I'm sure you've all received the information I shared before you came, right? Information on 'memes'......"
The man didn't answer directly, but sold a pass and spoke slowly.
"The word meme is based on the ancient Greek μ?? μημα, and evolved from the word gene in biology, Dawkins wrote in the book "The Selfish Gene" that evolution does not depend on the specific chemical basis of genetics, but only on the existence of self-replicating transmission units, which is called memes. ”
"Many people may mistakenly think that memes are so-called Internet buzzwords, just 'memes', but this is not true."
The man coughed and continued to explain, "The memes defined by our human civilization are indeed memes, but the memes I define here are a kind of existence that contains memes, but is far more influential than Internet buzzwords......"
As he spoke, the man waved his hand slightly, and the word meme, written in several languages, appeared on the white screen behind him.
"Memes are a unit of information, not an entity, it is a new type of discipline that can change human civilization, and it is also a discipline that has never been seen in front of humans before, and the reason why we humans have never discovered this discipline is not because we humans have not discovered it, but because it did not exist on our earth before."
"You just said 'before,' right?"
Listening to the man's narration, the elegant man in front of Yu Qi suddenly spoke, "In other words, now 'they' have appeared on the earth?" ”
"That's pretty much it."
The man nodded, "No one knows how memes were born, but I tend to say that the Internet is born, as the online world becomes more and more developed, more and more Internet buzzwords have been born, some of these Internet buzzwords can only be very popular, and some have been praised for a long time, I suspect that it is this wireless possibility that led to the birth of the first batch of memes......"
"And the angel statue a few days ago is a kind of meme with a high degree of threat to humanity."
Speaking of this, a text appeared on the screen behind the man again, this text was densely packed, and on the right side of the text, a cartoon of an angel statue standing in place with his eyes covered was drawn.
Everyone immediately looked at the screen, and the text read-
[Meme Naming]: Weeping Angel.
[Special Containment Procedures]: The Weeping Angel is to be placed in a location where no one can observe it, neither direct nor indirect observation is permitted, and anyone who sees the full picture of the Weeping Angel must be permanently quarantined.
[Description]: "Weeping Angel" is a pattern painted with blood, the pattern is composed of 13,236 'blood spots', each 'blood spot' is between 0.3-0.5cm in diameter, and the 'blood spots' together form an angel statue pattern covering the eyes.
The Weeping Angel is contagious and spreads visually, with anyone who sees the Weeping Angel in its entirety infected, and the infected person transforms into a bizarre memetic derivative within 90 minutes.
During an operation, four mercenaries accidentally saw the full picture of the "Weeping Angel", so in order to prevent memetic infection, all four were destroyed in the steelmaking furnace of the Black Light Steelmaking Plant in the Industrial Park of Life Science City, Namibia, Africa, but more than three months later, the steel produced in the steelmaking furnace still had a memetic infection incident when it arrived in Los Angeles, North America, and a large number of derivatives were produced.
[Token Naming]: Weeping Angel-1.
[Special Containment Procedures]: According to the size of "Weeping Angel-1", it should be placed in an enclosed space with a height of more than two meters and a width of more than one meter, and the containment material is not limited, but it should be at least 4 on the Mohs scale, otherwise "Weeping Angel-1" is at risk of escaping.
When entering the Weeping Angel-1's containment chamber, no fewer than three personnel must be at all times and the door must be re-locked, with at least two of them maintaining eye contact with the Weeping Angel at all times until all personnel have exited the containment chamber and re-locked it.
[Description]: "Weeping Angel-1" is an angel statue similar to granite, generally presented in the posture of covering the face with both hands, the head is slightly lowered at 15-25 degrees, and the wings are slightly open; It takes the form of a stone statue when the human gaze is observed, but once the human looks away, the "Weeping Angel-1" will change its movement and approach the human at a very fast speed, and the known method of killing is to break the neck, and no other killing method has been discovered.
"Weeping Angel-1" is known to be a derivative of "Weeping Angel", which has indestructible properties and is infected by human observation of "Weeping Angel", and any thing that carries the image of "Weeping Angel-1", including but not limited to photos and videos, has the same infectious ability as the "Weeping Angel" itself, but the portrait is not listed......
Seeing this dense explanation, both Yu Qi and the others showed extremely surprised expressions.
Could it be that this is the cause of the Los Angeles incident and the Quantum Psychic Laboratory incident?