"Victrex made me look at things differently. He claimed that there was no need to think about the cost or lethality, and the purpose was to develop a special device that could launch nanorobots. ”

"Honestly, I still don't understand what Victrex is trying to do. For the application of nanotechnology, it is necessary to have a strong foundation in microelectronic technology. In fact, when I was in New York, I saw the military's plan for a new generation of microcontrollers. That's the practice of controlling the entire army with a large number of tiny sensors. Tiny sensors are also suitable for controlling the battlefield, they can be scattered anywhere and connected to form a huge network of sensors. In such a situation, movement in any corner of the battlefield can be clearly understood, and military robots the size of insects can be created specifically for information gathering...... However, as far as is known, all the categories of military applications of nanotechnology are all related to information, and none of them have ever been related to weapons. ”

"The advantages and disadvantages of nanotechnology are clear. Vickers is not a fool, he should understand that no matter how blunt a knife is, it is better to use it than a nanobot. As for the launch device he mentioned, there is no technical difficulty in implementation, but it is really nerve-wracking to want nanorobots to enter the target's body at high speed and high temperature and have a lethal effect. ”

"I'm blunt about it, Vickers got the weapons in the wrong direction. He should have given this subject to the Sixth Research Department, that is, Nicherkhovsky. The hunk Russian is a specialist in large weapons, and he is naturally fond of weapons with great destructive power. When I first arrived at the industrial company, Nichel Hovsky made a bet with me that he believed that the ultimate weapon for the destruction of the world in the future would be the nuclear bomb, but I had a negative opinion about it. Of course, I don't know exactly what weapons will destroy the world in the future, and I never thought it would be nanobots. Nichelkhovsky didn't like me, like I never liked him. ”

December 25: I don't understand why Slater chose to work overtime at Christmas. If I hadn't forgotten the gift I had given to Chrissy in my office, I wouldn't have come back, even if someone had forced me at gunpoint. Slater looked excited, and he asked me to comment on his new weapon design. Looking at the lines on the computer screen, I was surprised, because it was the nanobot launcher that Vickers had told me about last time in the country house. Slater has added a capsule to the outside of the projectile, that is, the nanorobot, which can effectively prevent high-temperature and high-speed damage during flight. The gun he designed was small, like a toy version of PPT, and the range was not far, no more than fifty meters at most. ”

"That's the design of tens of thousands of nanobots gathered together to make special bullets. Still, this "bullet" is too small. Slater devised three alternatives, which were actually nanobot aggregation warheads in quantities of 1 million, 100,000 and 10,000. This design drawing was simple for Slater, and it would come to fruition in a matter of days. No wonder he chose to work overtime on Christmas. According to him, the company will give him up to two months of paid vacation as long as the drawings are submitted tomorrow. ”

I said goodbye to the elated Slater and left the office with Chrissy's present. I didn't go home, but stayed alone in the car for a long time. I'm sure that's the idea of a new weapon that Victrex had given me to do, and that I had turned it down, and then that I had passed it on to Slater. Regardless of which design of the capacity warhead of Slater, the disadvantages are obvious. As a weapon, this thing simply cannot be fatal on the spot. Even with the design of "10,000" capacity, the cost of manufacturing weapons is still too high. Just one bullet can sell for millions of dollars. Because all the stuff inside is miniature robots, not ordinary gunpowder particles. ”

"Victrex is the most business-savvy person I've ever met. There's no way he's going to be in a loss-making business. The arms deal was so lucrative that he must have something planned. Unfortunately, I can't guess. ”

"The dinner was plentiful and Chrissy and Bernie were delighted. I put those worries aside, drank a beer, had chips and roast goose next to it, and there was no better life than this. At this time, Bernie used the remote control to fiddle with the TV, and happened to tune in to a channel dedicated to Disney movies. Snow White...... It's a very old fairy tale, and I've heard it almost several times in my mother's womb, and I can memorize it all word for word from beginning to end. The TV story goes right on with the Vicious Queen dressing up as a witch and giving the princess a poisoned apple made with great effort. The poor pretty girl opened her mouth and took a bite and fell to the ground like a log. ”

"At that moment, countless thoughts suddenly crossed my mind. I suddenly understood the true meaning of what Victrex meant when he said to me in the villa, "Don't think about the cost for the time being". ”

"Why did the queen kill Snow White? Andersen only says in the story that it was because of jealousy. Adults certainly don't think as naïve as children. I've always felt that the queen is for power———— it's very simple, Snow White, as the sole heir of the kingdom, as long as she kills this girl who gets in the way, the queen herself, or her own child, can succeed to the throne smoothly. Snow White must die no matter how you look at it. ”

"Could it be that Victrex is developing gun-fired nanoweapons at any cost for the same reason?"

"For humans, things that are too small are unaware of them. Nanobots are in a way like viruses that can still deliver lethal attacks at critical locations even in small quantities that enter the body. Just like Slater's previous accidents, although it was caused by the volunteers' own confusion, from a subjective point of view, Slater still bears unshirkable responsibility. ”

"Could it be...... Victrex wants to kill someone? ”

The thought strangled my brain like a poisonous snake and made me shudder like a cube of ice. I am afraid that no one knows better than me what this weapon does. Once the nanobots gathered inside the capsule are shot into the human body, they can receive remote commands from the outside. This was what I thought was the right direction for my research. But I never imagined that nanobots would turn into murder weapons. ”

"They don't kill as soon as they enter the human body. Instead, it can attach to muscles, blood vessels, and even the surface of internal organs for a long time. 1 month, 6 months, 1 year...... As long as the murderer wants to, the nanobots can stay as long as they want. Once the attack program is initiated, they leave the original attachment area and accumulate near the brain through blood circulation...... From the assault to the death, the entire process will not take more than two hours. What is even more frightening is that with the current level of medical science, it is impossible to find the real cause of death. The deceased's symptoms were very similar to those of a stroke, or neurological epilepsy. Even the most astute doctor could not have linked a long-healed scar on the deceased's body to death, nor could it detect any deadly viral components. ”

"I don't know if Slater thought of that too. He is a pure thinker, a researcher in the pure sense of the word. It's no wonder that Victrex would hand over the job to him, and at Industries I and Slater are absolute authorities on it. What's more, the technical content of gun-fired nanoweapons is not high, as long as the loss and destruction of the robot itself at high speed and high temperature are solved, the perfect weapon can be manufactured. ”

"For the first time in my life, I felt the danger approaching. Victrex is certainly not a bad person, he is very sunny and belongs to the kind of man who is very popular and willing to be friends with him no matter who he is. However, the human mind will always change with the environment. "No matter the cost...... If the target is a billionaire, or a head of state, it's really nothing compared to a few million dollars. ”

"What can I do? I know a terrible secret, but I can't change it, and I can't stop it. Even, maybe everything about me. When the time comes, it's not just me who will be killed, but Chrissy and Bernie. ”

"February 2: Events confirmed my suspicions. Slater is dead. He was missing on a Malaysian flight over the Pacific Ocean. Today is the third day of the incident, and the searchers have not learned anything. No wreckage of the plane was found in the surrounding waters, and various news reports on the Internet media were overwhelming, all of which were speculations about the air crash. Some people say that the parts of the plane are aging, some say that people inside Malaysia Airlines are deliberately ghostly, and some people say that the plane has encountered UFOs...... I watched TV all day, switching from one channel to another. I don't want to say anything about Slater's picture on the list of people who died in the plane, I know exactly what happened, but even if I call the editor-in-chief of the Global Times and explain the truth, who will believe me? ”

"They're going to think I'm a madman."

"There are too many things like that."

"February 6th: I pretended I didn't know anything, and I went to work every day in the same state as before. I had to hide my inner fear in this way. I invited Victrex to my house for dinner today, on the grounds that Chrissy had learned to make a Chinese sweet and sour fish. Victrex ate to his satisfaction, and I toasted frequently while scolding my former boss in New York, indignantly saying that the guy was unfair and that my previous income was an insult compared to my current salary...... I had to act like a miser, like a greedy person with a strong desire for money. Hopefully this will confuse Victrex into forgetting what he said to me that day at the villa. ”

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