Chapter 18: The Right Choice
"The purpose of energy experiments is to use the energy of antimatter annihilation as a new source of energy?" Thomas asked thoughtfully, he didn't seem to be shocked by the source of the antimatter, and this rationality made Zhou Zhen feel faintly worried.
"Yes, in the middle of the twentieth century, particle experiments began to rise, when scientists used particle colliders to create a high-temperature environment, in a high-temperature environment, the speed of particle motion will be accelerated, so that the particles will collide at high speed will produce new particles, but every time a particle is produced, there must be a relative antiparticle of this particle, such as bombarding copper atoms with protons, a proton containing a positive charge and positive mass will be born, and an antiproton containing a negative charge and negative mass."
Jiro Oshima stretched out his hand and pointed in the direction of the particle collider outside the laboratory: "According to the Big Bang theory, the early universe was a huge particle collider, the ambient temperature was very high at that time, and the matter in the universe collided with each other, and various new substances were born, thus constituting the material world we are in, but matter can be seen everywhere, and the antimatter born at the same time is missing, which has almost become the biggest mystery encountered by scientists when studying the origin of the universe." ”
"And then you found out that antimatter exists in the human body, so you killed a million people to extract antimatter?" Zhou Zhen clenched his fists, the joints of his hands gurgled, and his nails almost dug into the flesh of his palms.
Jiro Oshima didn't care about Zhou's emotions at all, but took two steps closer to him: "I'm neither so great nor so cold-blooded, I discovered and confirmed that the soul is antimatter, it's the predecessors of scientists, I just used it, I didn't kill anyone, all the test subjects are kept in the life support system, and they have a more important mission." ”
"Using the human soul as an energy source, Thomas, is this such an experiment that your father has been supporting behind my back?" Zhou Zhen turned to question Thomas, Thomas was silent, and he looked at Amiko again: "You are also an insider, when I was captured, you told me that all future human beings will face death in the real sense, is that what you mean?" ”
Amiko was equally silent, a sense of loneliness hanging over her surroundings like a dark cloud, and he could not see the slightest glimmer of humanity in this man-made hell deep underground.
"Antimatter, which is the most accessible antimatter for human consciousness and memory, and that's it, like fossil energy, the raw materials for nuclear fusion will also be exhausted in ten years, and the energy produced by antimatter annihilation is the most efficient energy source, and now if a small number of people are not sacrificed, the world will return to the Middle Ages in ten years."
Jiro Oshima vigorously defended the energy experiment.
"Do you mean the small number of people you mentioned also include the 100,000 people in the energy war?" Zhou Zhen knocked the wall: "The antimatter collection array should be the box that my comrades and I sacrificed our lives to protect back then, right?" ”
Jiro Oshima smiled noncommittally: "The battle back then was a joke, the enterprise alliance thought that it only needed to pile up enough Maya alloy, and use the strong gravitational field generated by Maya alloy to collect antimatter in the souls of 100,000 people. ”
"You know, you take away my parasitic system, and I don't really care." Zhou Zhen turned around and walked towards Jiro Oshima, and a punch of "bang" slammed into his face: "This punch is because you laughed." ”
Oshima's nose was tilted to the side, and his smile looked a little hideous, but he didn't mobilize the parasitic system, but seemed to enjoy the pain, he plugged his nostrils with his thumb, and laughed louder with an urn: "I know that Hayes and you are both angry about the Moscow explosion, but it was really a stupid attempt, stupid to the point of home, but it can be regarded as a fool's luck, an accidental discovery still produces value, by observing the flow of soul antimatter, scientists have found multiple wormholes, It is these wormholes that cancel out the gravitational field of Maya, I believe you have seen wormholes after death, it is a tunnel with a huge gravitational force, only antimatter can pass through, wormholes are connected to a corner of the universe, a corner that is completely inaccessible by human power. ”
"In other words, if we collect enough antimatter, we will be able to build a vehicle from antimatter and travel through wormholes to another world with a large amount of antimatter?"
Thomas asked, with an unconcealed excitement in his tone.
Jiro Oshima shook his head and threw out a string of nosebleeds: "To be precise, to arrive at a mirror world constructed with antimatter. ”
Thomas stroked the wall and his eyes lit up, as if there was a treasure trove in a fairy tale hidden behind it: "At that time, mankind will have an inexhaustible source of energy, and this is the truth of energy experiments?" ”
Jiro Oshima straightened his nose, gritted his teeth and smiled and poured cold water on him: "No, the energy experiment is first to create controllable annihilation, first to solve the current energy crisis, what you said is the next step." ”
"How many more souls are you going to destroy?" Zhou Zhi stepped forward and grabbed Jiro Oshima's neckline and punched him in the ribs, making the sound of his ribs breaking.
At this time, Oshima finally sobbed in pain, and the parasitic system was relieved, and he raised a finger and stretched it out to Zhou Zhi's eyes: "Ten billion, one-third of the population, in order to allow the other two-thirds of the people to live better." ”
Zhou Zhi raised his arm, his elbows flat back, his fist slightly down, and his phalanges aimed at Oshima's temple.
"Dad, no!"
Amiko suddenly rushed over, stretched out her hands and held the fist he was about to swing a fatal blow: "I said, I will repay the life-saving grace of two people today, and I have already repaid your kindness, leaving Mr. Oshima's life is my life-saving grace." ”
"Your life-saving grace? One of his lives could save 10 billion people! Zhou Zhen shook Amiko away with force.
"Uncle Zhou, I beg you to make the right choice." Thomas's hand was in front of his fist again: "Humans can reproduce, sacrificing individuals for the sake of population continuity, this is what ants do." ”
Zhou Zhen was stunned: "The right choice? ”
"Even if you kill Mr. Oshima, there are other people who will continue to experiment with energy, such as me, my father taught me how to survive, control life and death, and don't care about good or evil!" Thomas said categorically.
Zhou Zhen gritted his teeth, his fists began to tremble, whether to smash the smart brain in front of him and ruin the hope of saving the energy crisis, or let Jiro Oshima go and let Thomas join the experiment of exterminating humanity, he could not make a choice.
"The right path is often the darkest path, the one that is rejected and walked by no one."
Hayes's last words rang in his head, he believed that Zhou Zhi would make the right choice, and he made this plan with incredible reason, although he was not sure what the final outcome would be.
Zhou Zhen felt that everything he believed had collapsed, and he felt that his sanity was so terrible that he would rather go crazy right now to avoid making a choice.
"I've got enough." Zhou Zhen slammed Oshima Jiro's knee with his knee, and the sound of fracture was crisp and pleasant, and he slammed Oshima Jiro, who was curled into a ball of pain, to the ground, and walked out of the laboratory by himself.
"Uncle Zhou, your identity?" Thomas quickly chased out and wanted to stop Zhou Qian, without recovering his ID chip, Zhou Zhen would not be able to return to the Armored Mouse Company, and maybe he would not even be able to get out of the heavily guarded A01.
But because of this, Zhou Zhen did not stop, he was not sure whether Thomas was to keep his Uncle Zhou alive or to let the Armored Rat Company continue to support the energy experiment.
"I don't need the status given by the corporate alliance, and from today onwards, I have no relationship with the company or the corporate alliance."
Zhou Zhen slowed down, but didn't look back: "But I will arrange a reliable person to take over the daily operation of the Armored Mouse Company, and you will pick up someone from the A21 Armored Mouse Company in two months and handle the formalities for him." ”
Then he raised his voice and deliberately let Jiro Oshima in the laboratory hear: "If I don't have an identity, I can't control it, if Jiro Oshima dares to touch a single hair of you, it will be easier for me to kill him." ”
"And where are you going next?"
Thomas let go of the hand that was holding the placket of Zhou's shirt.
"I need some time to think about what is the right choice."
Zhou Zhi said and strode towards the elevator room in the center of the laboratory.
"Dad, wait for me."
Amiko chased after her from behind, she didn't stop Zhou Zhen, she just walked side by side with him: "No matter where you go this time, you don't want to get rid of me again." ”