11 Shocking truth

The "stone door" slid open, Daniel no longer hesitated, and went in with the oil lamp, Albert followed closely behind him, followed by Umi, House, and Ryan, and Para wanted to say something, but shook his head and followed.

When the firelight filled the room, it didn't feel anything special about it—there was a long desk in front of the wall in front of it, on which there were some items reflecting a metallic sheen; On either side are bookcases, with books scattered around.

"Looks like this is the ...... for all kinds of items and books," House said to himself, walking over to his desk and examining the metal objects on it. Fueled by intense curiosity, he picked up a metal frame the size of two palms, but the touch told him that there was a layer of transparent and hard something in the middle of the metal frame, and he carefully picked it up and handed it to Umi beside him to look at.

"I know this transparent thing, it's called 'glass.'" Umi said.

House said disdainfully: "Of course I know it's glass, and there's already a very mature craftsmanship in Aube. But this is the first time I have seen such a flat and clean glass. And this thickness is also difficult to make, and the metal frame is also very neatly cut......"

Suddenly, an exclamation came from behind the two of them - "Ah! Umi and House hurried back to find Albert and Ryan flipping through a book. The Royer brothers in front of the bookcase had wide eyes, apparently shocked by what had shocked them.

"Come and see this!" Ryan beckoned House and Umi over, and they saw an unbelievable scene - the book was a landscape, but what was special was that it was so realistic that it was the real picture: lush woods, blue skies, white clouds, babbling water...... It's all fixed on this lifelike "painting".

Para also leaned over to look at it, equally stunned: "Is this a painting?" What kind of drawing method does this need to be so realistic? ”

"Maybe it's not a painting...... Look at the paper. House picked up another book from the bookcase, rubbing the paper with his hand repeatedly, and the others also picked up the book, feeling the texture of the paper with their hands—the surface of the paper was flat and smooth, the white places were extremely white, and there were no ink blots where there were words and pictures, perhaps because of the good ink absorption.

"It's not vellum," says Albert, "it's smooth to the touch, and it's not worn out at all...... Which country can produce such good paper? And to draw such a realistic picture? House and Umi shook their heads, saying they didn't know and hadn't seen them.

"It's definitely a very technologically advanced country," Lane said, "and I think it's not just about papermaking and painting...... If you look at the words on it, it's not handwriting, it's like it's engraving...... If there really is such a country, how can we not know? ”

At a loss, they finally looked at them with doubts, begging for the truth, and being frightened by this advanced technology...... Throw yourself at Daniel together.

Feeling everyone's anticipation, Daniel finally spoke: "This paper-making skill scares you?" Several of them nodded in unison, "Because these are not items on our planet at all......"

"Those heavens...... Star's? Ryan remembered what the teacher had said that night, that there were people living on other stars. The others looked at each other, as if they remembered the experience of admiring the starry sky that day, but they were skeptical.

"I don't know which star it is." "But after reading this, I'm afraid you'll understand." Then he walked up to House, took the "glass" with the metal frame, and gently touched a small bump on the edge of the metal frame, and an incredible scene appeared—all kinds of dynamic "pictures" appeared on the glass!

Everyone couldn't help but take a step back, their mouths growing big, stunned by the unexpected situation.

"My God of Ten Thousand Sources!" Para was frightened, "This is ...... What kind of magic is this? As soon as her words fell, she heard a sound come from the "glass"! Now, everyone was scared again.

Daniel carefully placed the "glass" that presented the "picture" on his desk, and everyone gathered around it to watch the contents of the "picture" and listen to the sound it made.

(The picture is a slow-autobiographing blue crystal sphere with a black background.) The voice is that of a middle-aged woman, melodious and affinity, but also with a distinctly illustrative tone. ）

"Dear volunteers, thank you for participating in the 'Stars Project', and I hope you will devote yourself to this grand project with full enthusiasm and a high sense of responsibility. (Text appears at the bottom of the screen, which the three magicians recognize as ancient text from the Manuscript, with the same content as the sound.) ）

"Your planet 10 is an important test star in the Stellar Project, and detailed information about the planet can be found in the text...... Your work will leave us with valuable data and results. ”

"Below we will give you a brief introduction to the 'Star Project' and what you do, please refer to the text for details." (Hearing this, House, Umi, and Ryan all looked nervous, and raised their hearts to their throats; Parra's gaze wanders between the picture and Umi and the others; Daniel's face was pale, and his eyes revealed helplessness; Albert held his chin in his hand and continued to listen. ）

"The 'Stellar Project' is divided into four phases, which can be named 'rebirth', 'development', 'testing', and 'harvesting' according to their focus, and then the cycle repeats, and the second level test star is expected to take three to four thousand years to complete the whole process, and in principle, it will not exceed four thousand five hundred years."

"The first stage - 'rebirth': the use of artificial embryos, gestation, incubation technology, or the use of newborn babies and children selected from the previous harvested civilization, these young life forms are moved into suitable places for survival on the planetary land, and gradually form life communities, and continue to expand. In the process of 'rebirth', the development of life communities into civilizations is expected to take between 500 and 1,000 years without forcible interference. (In the picture, metal containers appear, and children and even babies are drilled out of the containers, leaving the viewer jaw-dropping.) ）

"The second stage - 'development': when the primitive civilization appears, volunteers will use 'strong intervention' to accelerate the development of individual civilizations, eliminate backward and weak civilizations, and finally form a single super civilization or two to three powerful civilizations coexist, so that the experimental astral score can reach the 'test' stage. For detailed advice on 'brute force interference', please refer to the appropriate textual materials. This process can last from a thousand to three thousand years, depending on what actually happens and the results of the effects of the intervention. (Pictures of towns, villages, streets, and people alternate to show the development and progress of society)

"Phase 3 - 'Testing': When the score of the test star reaches or exceeds the score that can be used for this stage, the central processor of the relay station will automatically send a 'test' communication wave to the planet, officially starting the 'test' phase. At that time, the communication wave will cause some experimental communities to mutate and become hostile forces of the planetary civilization. This phase does not interfere in any way and waits for the 'test' to end. This phase should last between three and five years, and it is expected that during the testing period, a large number of technological and 'control command' innovations will be generated, which may be explosive compared to the previous ones, and volunteers can help collect them to prepare for the subsequent phases. (The scene is a fierce battle, and the battle between the human army and all kinds of hideous monsters can be seen in a flash, which makes the viewer shiver.) ）

"Phase 4 – 'Harvesting': This phase will begin after the start of the 'Testing' phase and after the cruise ship arrives again or a second time at the test star that has completed the 'Testing'. The 'Harvesting' process is to be carried out by the 'Nanobots', culling all civilizations and life in the test astral bodies, and recovering technology and 'control commands' as results for verification and research. There is no interference at this stage, and volunteers can wait on their own. When it is confirmed that the civilization and life on the test object have been culled, the 'nanobot' will begin to restart the 'rebirth' phase according to the previously set program, and start a new cycle. The 'harvesting' process is expected to be completed within eight years, and the relay station's central processor will adjust the strength of the 'nanobots' in due course to ensure that the phase proceeds as expected. (This time, the picture shows the 'nanobots' all over the body being black and wantonly slaughtering humans, including the scene of cruelly sucking brain juice and blood from the human brain and mouth, which makes the viewer nauseous and afraid to look at it directly.) ）

(The scene finally returns to the slow-autobiographing blue crystal sphere.) ）

"These are the four phases of the Stars Project, and volunteers are invited to follow the above introduction or consult the text to understand what they are doing and contribute to our great project. Thank you again for volunteering to be part of this grand project that will ultimately save human civilization. (The sound stops, and the picture fades to black, eventually fades out, reverting to the transparent "glass.") ）

……

The faint candlelight struggled to fill the dimly lit room, but it added a touch of panic to the silence of the room, and tension and terror permeated the room, and even the breath of the room became silent, and if it weren't for the tremor of the fingers of several people, it would not be suspicious to say that they were dead.

"I ...... I don't, I ......don't understand," House stammered, apparently frightened, "what the hell is this?" What is the 'Stellar Project'? What 'harvesting' 'testing'? We...... All of them here...... Are people of all nations horses and sheep in pastures? Let them 'test' and then ...... Waiting to be killed, killed? ”

Hearing the word "kill", several people couldn't help but shudder again.

In this tense atmosphere, Umi still maintained some rationality, and he pointed to the point that everyone was suspicious: "No matter what 'harvest' first...... Do you think the sounds and messages emitted by this 'glass' are real? ”

"It should be true!" Daniel replied decisively, he spread his hand and gestured, "Look at these things around us, which one of them can be made by our current level of skill, I'm afraid that only the people who formulated the 'Star Project' have such technology to create these things that look very magical and terrifying!" In front of them, what is the difference between our civilization with a very low level of technology and pigs, dogs, cows and horses? Just as we test whether horses can run fast and cattle fight fiercely, isn't it very reasonable for them to treat us as breeding animals? ”

Umi was speechless and gloomy. Ryan and House next to him also looked ugly, and Para even covered his face with his hands, not daring to face the reality in front of him. Only Albert, with a characteristic composure, did not know whether it was to himself or to the people around him, and asked a crucial question: "Could our teacher be the 'volunteer' mentioned in the voice?" ”

Daniel then said, "I agree with Prince Albert! So I took advantage of the teacher's absence to dare to let everyone know the truth. ”

"That'...... Teacher...... What is he going to do? Ryan swallowed.

"Don't you understand?" Albert said with a natural attitude, "Of course, it is to accelerate the speed of our 'development'!" And in the end-

"—harvest us."