Chapter 7: The Harvest

Sam, a boronite with only a few strands of pale yellow hair on his head, hurried through a huge hall with no ornaments and a warm pale yellow light, and at the end of the hall stood alone waiting for Sam.

"For the first time in hundreds of millions of years, the home planet appeared in 19 suicides in one year. Not only that, but suicide tends to spread in low-level communities. Sam, who is in charge of security on his home planet, reports to Zhishang, and he hopes that Zhishang will attract enough attention.

"The problem is a bit serious, but I believe you can deal with it in time. The incident stemmed from Cook's carbon-based experiments, and it is best to consult with him. ”

"I've discussed it with Cook many times, and there are plans that need to be unanimously authorized by the governors, and I think it is necessary to convene the governors to discuss it."

"Isn't it allowed to fail in experiments?" Zhishang's contemptuous reply was whether he hated Sam and Cook for their incompetence or whether he looked down on any other boron in the first place.

"Understood. I'll renegotiate with Cook. With that, Sam stepped back in a hurry.

All the changes in the Earth's carbon-based experiments were transmitted back to the home planet in real time, and the experiment reports that were known within the Space Exploration Project were leaked, and the boron-based people were only envious of the social ecology of carbon-based people based on ethics and morality, but soon regained their reproductive rights, and the awakening of yearning for life and death began to stir at the bottom of the home planet. Emotions began to vent gradually, and some high-grade boron-based people also began to waver.

On the other hand, at the current rate of development of carbon-based human intelligence, within 10 home stars, the experimental product of boron-based civilization, carbon-based people, will surpass the level of science and technology mastered by boron-based people, which is absolutely unacceptable in Cook's view.

He blamed the negligence in the management of the secrecy of the space exploration project, strictly investigated the leakers, and at the same time set his sights on the earth.

Cook decides to stop the experiment once again and harvest the humans.

"My old friend, how are you doing?" The shepherd receives a real-time communication from Cook on his home planet.

"I'm fine with the experiment, what do you command, Governor?"

"It's an honor to inform old friends that you will soon be on your home planet. The Earth's carbon-based experiment has contributed rich and effective data to the space exploration project, and the project team has decided to terminate the experiment after evaluation, and has obtained the unanimous consent of the governing party to implement the harvesting plan. Congratulations on returning home after completing the harvest assessment, and the next scheduled trajectory of your home planet has been sent to you. Hope all the best. ”

"Oh! What exciting news, but the experiment is far from what it was supposed to do, and it is 20 years before the experiment was planned, and you are sure that you want to carry out the harvest? "The shepherds knew the day would come, but they didn't expect it to come so soon.

"The current experimental data is enough, and thanks to my old friends, 120 years of hard work on the home planet. The project team plans to carry out an even bigger experiment, and we look forward to your participation. Cook's tone was understated.

"That's right, the 120 years of the home planet, 24,000 years on the earth, I'm used to seeing it, the sunrise and sunset here, and I gradually like it, can't the life here, especially carbon-based humans, be slowed down?" The shepherd pleaded.

"Do what you command, the lower beings need no sympathy." Cook's voice quickened, and his tone began to be stiff, as if he had no patience to communicate with the shepherd.

"What if I refuse to do it? Don't think I can't see the true purpose of the harvest, to calm the uneasiness of the home planet, and the fear of being overtaken. And why do you want to communicate with me through a confidential channel, and are there any unsavory secrets in this? Is it not unanimously approved by the governing powers? Believe it or not, I'll tell my home planet all of this. "The shepherd starts to get angry, he feels like he's a tool, and more importantly, he can't bear to cruelty to carbon-based humans.

"Do you know what the consequences of refusing to carry out an order are? Demote! ”

"What about downgrading, I'm not going to hand over control of the ship, and the harvest plan is just a decoration, or I'm going to destroy it now." In an instant, the shepherd was demoted to the next lowest level, except for those who could communicate with Cook, all other communications were cut off, and the shepherds were only kept by Cook all the time like carbon-based humans, but they had no power to fight back.

However, according to the law of interstellar navigation of the home planet, no organization or boron-based person can control the spacecraft and its attachments without the voluntary permission of the controller, of course, if the controller violates the rules of the home star law.

The purpose of the regulations is to deal with the complex cosmic environment, when the spacecraft is in space, the complex situation of any emergency is only known to the astronauts, and the remote control center fully ensures that the astronauts can control the spacecraft independently, so as to avoid disasters caused by the wrong command and control of the center.

"We have another preparation, another is already on the way to Earth, estimated to reach Earth in six hundred Earth years."

By "it" the shepherds are referring to the key weapon of the harvesting program, the nucleophate. Nucleophage, a tiny organism that can only be seen through a microscope, is developed with the genetic characteristics of carbon-based people, and feeds on the nucleus of carbon-based people, and can sleep for a long time when there is no food, and once it encounters carbon-based humans, it will reproduce wildly, and within a few hours, it will devour every cell nucleus ...... the human body, and once humans are invaded, if they cannot control their spread, they will die out within a week. This is indeed part of the carbon-based experiment. Now it's an ornament.

At this time, in the middle of the Yuan Dynasty, the shepherds were powerless to fight against Cook, so they had to summon the descendants of Chiyou.

Li Xianhui and the other four are all descendants of Chiyou. It is no exaggeration to say that nearly 80% of the world's human beings carry the genetic information of Chiyou. It's just that these five may be able to understand the science of the boron-based people faster and better, and prepare for the upcoming harvest.

But even the shepherds were not sure that these five men would save humanity. For him, it was more like a gamble, a bet on the survival of all mankind.

"The life and death of mankind is entrusted to you, your generation, to complete the breakthrough of science and technology, especially space technology, in order to convince the government, to invest global resources to prevent being harvested, if you escape this catastrophe, 400 years later, the mother star will reach the solar system to compete with almost no hope, but do not be pessimistic, I have witnessed all the miracles created by mankind for more than 20,000 years, not relying on technology, but the unique qualities of human beings. Of course, human life is limited and requires at least three generations of effort!

The next and most urgent thing is to find the other three and delve into the technology of the boron-based people. All their information is here. But remember the instructions: don't develop the art of immortality; Don't show weakness, don't be afraid, and don't pray to the boronists!

In addition to images, this is also a search platform, which can directly say what you want to know, and the storage will automatically answer it. This is also my communication platform with you, Sudy, and you can ask questions now. ”

"Shepherd, I don't seem to have any doubts. I'll ask when I have any questions. Sudi replied.

"Okay, then go and find someone, the information provided through the storage should be easy to find, but don't mention these things in any communication tool, just say it in person. Because there are no secrets on the earth anymore, not only the government is eavesdropping, but some individuals and organizations are also eavesdropping, and most importantly, Cook the Boron-based is also watching us! Good luck to both of you and good luck to the planet! ”

The shepherd disappears from the image.

He Yuwei, Jin Shijie, and Alan Zhang appeared in the picture in turn, including all their information.