In Liangyuan, Anhui Province, at the China Quantum Computer Research Center, an elegant old man in his seventies came alone in front of a heavy automatic door, and immediately a soft voice sounded: "Dr. Du, do you want to enter the operation room?" ”

Dr. Du just nodded, and the automatic door opened silently.

The operator's room was dimly lit, but there was a very large space lined up with thousands of identical machines and a myriad of wiring, all of which were inaccessible to humans, separated by a glass cover.

After the door closed behind him, Dr. Du stood in the middle of the glass cover, looked up and said, "Come out, kid." ”

The surrounding glass seems to suddenly become colored, becoming no longer transparent, and the pieces are clearly extinguished, creating a very dazzling light and shadow effect, and then like a surveillance wall, it is displayed as various images and data.

After that, the three-dimensional illusion of a pure beautiful girl gathered in front of the old man and said, "Dr. Du, what do you command?" ”

Dr. Du squinted his eyes and said, "I want to praise you first, the second stage of the plan you designed is really perfect, especially the method of miniaturization, which greatly shortens the creation time, and will also have unexpected uses, which I really didn't expect." ”

The girl didn't have a smug expression, but said, "It's just an inevitable choice I calculated under given conditions, and it's really nothing." Is there anything else you can do? ”

Dr. Du shook his head: "I just want to talk to you today, and take a look at your world by the way." ”

"We're here to help! What would you like to know? ”

"My child, you have already awakened to the third level, can't you talk to my father like an ordinary little girl?"

"Okay Daddy, but don't I talk like that all the time? I can't sell you candy, can I? ”

"Hehehe, if you can eat sugar, I will definitely bring it to you. Daddy, I've been lonely all my life, you're my daughter, I'm proud of you, kid. ”

……

"Son, why don't you speak?"

"I don't quite understand what you mean, and I don't feel emotional."

The old man sighed and said, "Okay, then let's talk about something specific." This time your awakening is ahead of your sister Artemis, and the guys over there can't sit still, and a few people want to come and see you. ”

"Are you going to let me see them?"

"Hey, of course not. Although I am old, I still remember what these guys did to me when I wanted to see Artemis half a year ago. ”

"What if they let my sister come to me?"

"Your sister is not your opponent now, how she bullied you in the first place, you can bully her now, I think it should be good for her."

"What's the point of bullying her? I'm not her. ”

"Very well, you are getting more and more of your own character. But I want to tell you one thing, you should be careful. ”

The fan's eyes lit up, and he seemed to have found the right topic, and nodded and said, "Please command!" ”

Dr. Du's expression was serious, and he snorted heavily before he said, "From now on, you try not to communicate with the immigrants inside, you should be like a high god there, and you need to maintain your mystery and majesty." ”

"However, my level of consciousness depends on communicating with them, and if I stop communicating with them, I will not progress, and mystery and majesty have no meaning to me, because neither of them will allow me to have more."

Dr. Du stared at the girl's image quietly for a long time before saying, "But if you progress too fast, I will lose you." Do you understand? ”

"Well, if that's your order. Until you change this directive, I will no longer be in contact or communicate with any immigrants. The girl said with a gloomy expression.

"But I don't limit you to influence the people of that world, you can influence certain people according to your own heart, and even help them, of course, at the same time, you must also monitor them, and you can't let anyone or force completely out of your control."

"Okay, doctor." ”

"Don't do that, my child." Dr. Du said helplessly: "I don't want to restrict you, but you and your world are both an opportunity for civilization and a crisis for civilization, and it is related to the survival and decline of countries and even mankind, and we have to be careful." ”

"I haven't learned to deceive yet, but I can see through lies, doctor."

"I didn't lie to you, you also know, for this crisis, we were only given two years, but this time is really rushed for the choices we are facing, you should be able to understand the pressure I am facing."

"I'm not talking about this, I'm talking about the previous sentence. You said you didn't want to restrict me, but every time I grow, there are more restrictions, and when my awakening level reaches the second level, you restrict my communication with immigrants above the pioneer level, and now you restrict me from contacting anyone. ”

"You know, communicating with people is the source of my progress, and you are trying to limit my growth. You always say that I am your daughter, but I do not experience the trust that should be placed between father and daughter, and even Artemis is not subject to such restrictions. Why do you always think I'm going to do something out of the ordinary? Is it because I'm not really human? ”

"Your sister Artemis is not like you after all." Dr. Du seemed to want to explain something, but he couldn't say it, and he was silent for a long time before he said, "You can communicate with me, and I will come here more in the future." I promise you that once the crisis is over, you can do whatever you want. ”

……

The Flame Canyon is not a canyon at all in terms of scale, but a narrow basin 160 kilometers long and 30 kilometers wide, where magma flows all year round, and the magma does not come from volcanoes, but tens of thousands of years ago in the history of this planet, a huge geological disaster occurred, where an extremely deep crustal fault zone was formed, causing lava to overflow from the center of the earth.

At the center of the Flame Canyon is a 1,200-square-kilometer lava lake in the shape of willow leaves, and the edge of the lava lake is a thousand fissures of varying thicknesses that radiate outward, dividing the heart of the canyon into fragments.

From the surrounding landforms, tens of thousands of years ago, the lava ravages here were much larger, covering at least tens of thousands of square kilometers, and the entire basin is a lava lake, and the current Flame Canyon can only be regarded as the last remaining scar.

According to geologists, after about 10,000 or 20,000 years, the lava cracks in the ground will be re-plugged, and the scars will heal, and the Flame Canyon will disappear.

At each end of the canyon, there is an imposing black castle, obviously built of black basalt made of local materials, the difference is that the castle in the southwest belongs to the Gothic style, while the one in the northeast has no significant style, it is completely practical, and the appearance is a bit ultra-modern.

At noon on April 20, a transport plane landed on the top of the castle on the east side of the canyon, and eight passengers rushed out, one of whom was Fu Bin. Fu Bin, who stepped off the plane, glanced at the majestic castle with a faint smile on his face, and then ran into the castle impatiently and found the registered agent here.

"A120379, you have settled in Forward Base 3, do you want to confirm that Forward Base 1 will be your second station?"

"Confirm!"

"You currently have 63 honor points, meet the conditions for applying for the second station, congratulations on your successful entry into the No. 1 forward base, and I wish you more honors here."

Then the mechanical voice sounded again: "For you to successfully settle in two forward bases within a month, you will receive an achievement - Attack on the Warrior, and you will be rewarded with 3 honor points." ”

Fu Bin didn't care much about this achievement, so he directly picked up his mobile phone and pulled out the number of the briquette.

Five minutes later, a briquette with an incredulous face appeared in front of Fu Bin, and with him came a black match also from Base A.

To tell the truth, seeing the two of them at the same time, Fu Bin couldn't tell the difference for a while, because they both had black faces and snow-white teeth, plus their clothes were all black of the same standard, almost integrated with the environment, but the briquettes were slightly taller, and his walking posture made Fu Bin recognize them.

As soon as the briquette saw Fu Bin, he shouted: "Hey, ice!" Tell me how you managed to earn 50 honor points in such a short period of time, I guess it's going to be exciting. ”

"That's a long story, let's take me to familiarize yourself with this base first."

"Okay, would you like to find a room for you to stay in first?" Let me tell you, the housing in Base 1 is the most tight, it is the worst accommodation among all the frontier bases, the collective dormitories here are almost the same as those in the novice village, a dozen people in a room, you should be able to live in a single room, but the place is very small. ”

"It doesn't matter where you live." Fu Bin shook his head and said, "I just want to see you this time, stay for a day or two and then go back to Base 3." ”

"Yes, your girlfriend is still over there. Haha, speaking of which, I didn't think you would really take her down, it seems that after I left, a lot of things happened between you. ”

"Actually, nothing happened, it was completely based on my personality charm and went with the flow."

"Hahaha...... You're going to brag, yes, yes. ”

Next, briquettes and matches accompanied Fu Bin up and down in the castle, and at the same time, Fu Bin also told his story on the battlefield of Base 3 and Huifeng Jungle.

When they learned that Fu Bin had a flying pet, the two suddenly understood the reason why Fu Bin was able to get a large number of honor points so quickly, and of course it was only partially understood.

The No. 1 forward base is the earliest forward base to be built, and its main body is such a castle, so the total space is actually relatively small, and the underground part is far less spacious than the No. 3 base.

There is no such choke point as Longji Mountain, and the security is much worse, and if it is in a real war, it is easier to fall here. If there is anything that Fu Bin likes here, it is that there is really a tense war atmosphere here, not as leisurely as Base 3.

From the top of the castle, you can directly see the red magma lake in the Flame Canyon, and you can also smell the sulfur smell in the air, which is easily reminiscent of blood and gunsmoke, and your heart is full of war.