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Wang Chen spent two minutes more time in the research room than the others, but it gave people the feeling that a long time had passed, and there was even a thought that "he is the chosen one", but unfortunately, he, like the other three, did not succeed in controlling the N particles.

"My English pronunciation is not standard, and the AI made me repeat it a few times, so it took a lot longer." After Wang Chen came out, he answered in the face of everyone's expectations and inquiries. "I can't help it, who made my English (speaking) taught by the PE teacher." Both Syrka and Ryan were amused, and Gao Jie raised the corners of his mouth slightly.

But there was one person who couldn't laugh, and that was the commander Miller, who had a solemn face, didn't interact with the four of them, and walked straight into the research room. He had personally invited the four of them with great anticipation, but he didn't expect that none of them would be able to manipulate the N-particles—could it be that the function of the N-particles was fake? Or do you need something else? Are there any other space station members that have a chance? These doubts went back and forth between Miller's internal organs, and he was so irritated that he couldn't care about any politeness.

Seeing that Miller was so upset, the four of them couldn't get together again to form a "small group", so they had to return to their respective "posts" - Wang Chen still had a workshop, so Gao Jie and the others could only go back to their cabins and pass the time by reading books and browsing PDAs. Gao Jie wrote another email, which was revised on the one that had not been sent before, which did not mention the N star and related content, but only explained that everything went well after he entered the space station and expressed his thoughts about his family. However, she also understands that even so, this email will not be sent back to Earth easily.

It was past noon (the clock showed that), and Gao Jie was about to eat something when the doorbell suddenly rang. "Who is it?"

"Hello Gaojie, I'm Toda." It's a female voice. Gao Jie heard that she was a chemical and biological researcher from Japan, Mei Toda, and the two had known each other during their space training, and they did not have many opportunities to meet after being stationed on the space station due to their different responsibilities and work cabins. When acquaintances visited, Gao Jie opened the door to welcome.

Toda Meizi directly explained the intention: her PDA was used to record the housekeeper controlled by the consciousness of the N star that day, and it has been placed in the communication room, and she just went to go back but was politely refused, and now Meizi wants to inquire about some information.

"Some information that is not related to work, so it's hard to talk to colleagues, so I have to ask you to borrow it, please." Bud pleaded.

"Here you go," Gao Jie briskly handed over the PDA, "the password is the same as before." The two had shared a handheld computer before, which was also the reason why Yazi came to Gao Jie.

"Thank you very much." Bud took the PDA, skillfully unlocked the password and began to look it up. Gao Jie turned to clean up his desk, and caught a glimpse of Yazi as if she was looking up information about gynecological health—a real hard way to explain to her colleagues.

"Thanks, that's a great help." It didn't take long for the buds to return the PDA to Gao Jie, and it seemed that he had found the information he wanted.

Seeing that the buds were leaving, Gao Jie asked casually, "Eh, have you passed the verification of the N-particle...... I mean are you able to control the N-particles? ”

"Oh, we tested it in Lab 3 at noon, but I didn't succeed." Bud responded, "I'm sorry, I have something to do." Thanks again! ”

Seeing Yazi leave, Gao Jie silently closed the hatch and lay on the bed to continue to revise the email.

"Wait?" Gao Jie suddenly remembered something, "Research Room 3? Her heart began to beat faster, "I vaguely remember that I was testing in Laboratory 1 in the morning, and now I suddenly changed to Laboratory 3, could it be-

"Someone succeeded?"

With trepidation and uneasiness in his heart, Gao Jie left the cabin and went to Research Room 1, which was completely blocked, and the opposite Research Room 2 was the same as before, the door was open, the windows were not covered, there was no one inside, and no one was waiting in the corridor. But turning down the hallway, outside the No. 3 research room, Gao Jie saw several people waiting.

Obviously, what happened in Lab 1, and the most likely thing is that someone has successfully controlled the N-particles, completing "Reproduceyourself in this room." With this command, all the microscopic particles in Lab 1 were transformed into voice-activated N-particles!

If this is the case, the existence of N particles is not a rhetoric of the consciousness of the N star, but a fact. At the same time, it also means: the invasion of the Nt fleet is not out of nothing - five years later, it will really be the end of mankind?

Gao Jie didn't dare to think about it, she slowly walked back to her cabin, closed the door, lay down on the bed listlessly, closed her eyes, and recalled the stories told by the consciousness of the N star people yesterday, and in the haze, the smiling faces of her husband and children appeared in front of her.

……

It was 1 a.m. on November 18th, and for most of the people on Minerva's space station, the previous day had passed uneventfully, and some people were still curious to ask this and that question to the "butler", but most of the questions were follow-up questions from the previous ones, and the N-star consciousness was only mechanically answering - most of these answers did not help the current predicament. Most people still fall asleep to the rhythm of the clock, but there are two anxiously waiting figures in the communication room: Miller and the British correspondent.

Ten hours ago, the Earth side received a complete recording of the first complete conversation between the N-star consciousness and the members of the space station two days ago; Three hours earlier, Miller had sent a short message and two names to Earth, and an hour earlier, Miller had asked Earth for a reply again. But so far, the space station has still not received a response from the Earth side.

Miller twisted his stubble repeatedly with his hands, sometimes rubbing his face, because he was too hard, his face was already red, and beads of sweat oozed out and hung on his forehead, and he didn't care to wipe it, because his palms were also full of sweat. The British, who don't have a black tea pick-me-up, are just as hard, gnawing on their fingernails over and over again, their eyes fixed on the flashing cursor on the display, but not a single character pops out of it.

"You go and get some rest, I'll keep waiting." Miller told the British correspondent, his eyes still staring straight at the screen.

The correspondent did not leave, closed his eyes, and lay down on the desk to relax a little. Two minutes later, he felt a violent shaking behind him, and quickly raised his head, and finally saw a new message coming from the screen! The vibration behind him was caused by Miller rushing to the screen after seeing the message. The two of them whispered the message on the screen:

"The information of the N-particle and the two controllers has been understood, and the United Nations Space Command has convened various countries to discuss and finally decide as follows: please start the development of the N-particle voice-activated command at the beginning of receiving this information, and the space command has decided to immediately form a new team to go to the Minerva space station to join the N-particle voice-activated command development work, and the initial plan is to send 15 to 20 people, which will be launched within this year, and is expected to arrive 18 months from the date of launch. At the same time, Commander Miller is given the supreme authority to control the Minerva space station, and can arbitrarily dispose of members who have no role in the development of N-particle voice-activated commands or may obstruct the work, so as to save resources for maintaining the operation of the space station and developing voice-activated commands. Good luck with a smooth and fast development process! —United Nations Space Command (followed by the electronic seals of the five permanent members)

The British correspondent's eyes widened, and he read the message over and over again, rubbing his eyes in disbelief, and finally he took a deep breath and slumped heavily in his chair. He looked back at Miller—the man who already had the supremacy of the space station, who had completely collapsed in his chair, his face pale, trance-like, to put it more bluntly—and he had a face that looked as if he had been dead for a long time.

At 9:52 on November 19, Gao Jie came to the communication room with a PDA and asked if she could send a private message, and the reply she got was the same as before, so she had no choice but to continue to wait. However, Gao Jie's mood is not bad, last night was her best sleep since waking up from the hibernation module, on the one hand, her body fully adapted to the environment of the space station, and on the other hand, she felt that she had finally unloaded the burden of her original work.

After coming out of the communication room, Gao Jie passed by the No. 2 research room, and was able to see the "butler" robot placed in it from the outside - since the N-star consciousness said about the invasion of the Nt fleet through its mouth, the entire space station was shrouded in a strange atmosphere, the smiles on people's faces gradually decreased, the mutual communication became harder and harder, and even the pace of walking was lightened, for fear that the Nt fleet, which could only arrive in five years, would be attracted by his own behavior. Gao Jie is also worried, but there is not much he can do, and it is time for the researchers and engineers to take responsibility.

But where is the responsibility for the survival of human civilization so easily shouldered?

Gao Jie was not interested in the "butler", the N-star consciousness, and was about to go to talk to Silka, but halfway through it, he happened to run into Miller, the commander of the command, who came from the other direction.

"Gao, come with me." Miller didn't wait for Gao Jie to say hello, and asked Gao Jie to follow him in a commanding tone, and the two returned to the No. 2 research room. Miller stopped, looking thoughtfully at the "butler" inside through the glass window like a stake. Gao Jie saw clearly: Miller's eyes were even redder, and the dark circles under his eyes were also obvious, as the commander, he had too much responsibility to bear, and he rarely had the time and mentality to rest.

"Commander, are we going to talk to it?" Gao Jie sensed Miller's motives, "What else do you want to ask?" ”

"Well, I always felt like there was something else we hadn't told us." Miller replied in a low voice, looking in the direction of the door of the research room, as if to make sure that the conversation between the two would not be heard by the "butler" inside.

"Someone succeeded?" Gao Jie asked suddenly, and the question made Miller turn his head to her.

"Yes." Miller hesitated for a few seconds before replying, "Mike and Lucien." ”

"Lucien Brown? (Lucien Blanc) The French astronomer? ”

"Well, the black man." Miller responded, his eyes returning to the "butler."

"Then the two of them must be developing instructions for voice-activated N-particles, have you found any of them?" Gao Jie asked with some expectation.

"Not so fast, so many combinations of words and sentences in English," Miller said, shaking his head, "so far, nothing...... Let's get ready to go inside, get ready. ”

"Why did you call me?" Gao Jie asked his doubts.

"Because you're an expert negotiator, it's your job to sit in on it." Miller replied in the tone of a ruler.

"Let's go."