Chapter Seventy-Eight: Black Darkness (3)
Courseware name: Carneades' plan that even Roger can understand
Subtitle: Lecture on True Science Issue 7
Instructor: DG
Target Audience: Roger
Limited Audience: Reiko Kashiwahara, Noriko Takaya, Kasumi Amano, Jung. (Note: Rankings are in alphabetical order)
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This is an ordinary scene that appeared in the spirit link before the Battle of the Silver Heart, when Kasumi Amano had not yet piloted the third machine to Eltreum to report.
Prior to the lecture, Roger expressed a solemn protest against the discriminatory content against him in the courseware titles, but the routine was ignored.
Next, this unrelenting student successively put forward the question "What is a real science lecture, what is the affiliation or inheritance relationship with the new science lecture, and the science lecture?" "What is the seventh issue, when were the first six phases conducted, and what was the content?" Problems such as these are also routinely ignored.
And so the lecture began:
The first is the Carneades plan.
"Hey, it's obviously the Aegis plan, why do you need to use English for Lu?" This is a question from Roger.
"Sure enough, with your memory and comprehension ability, it is also suitable for Chinese Wiki or Baidu Encyclopedia." This is the reply from the DG.
Stripped of the routine contempt in the answers, it seems that there is no substance at all. But fortunately, DG quickly stated it directly according to the content of the courseware prepared in advance, eliminating interference.
The so-called Carneades refers to a philosophical hypothetical case put forward by the Greek philosopher of the same name, which roughly assumes that after a ship wreck, two victims fight for a certain plank that can only carry one person, and the relatively weak person is pushed away and drowns, and the other survivor is held legally responsible.
Well, there's not much to say about that hypothesis itself, but Roger is quite sure when he hears this, and the case itself is indeed very consistent with the condition of the human race on Earth on this plane.
If you want to keep yourself alive, you must destroy the cosmic monsters that compete with you for the galaxy.
However, when old questions are answered, new questions arise: "Wait, aren't humans germs?" Aren't cosmic monsters immune systems? β
There is no contradiction in this, because both germs and advanced immune cells depend on the host itself to survive.
Then the next question arises, isn't the reason why the cosmic monsters want to destroy human beings is because these "germs" will completely destroy the only plank in the future?
This problem, if it is simply confined to the Leap Peak Plane, may be unsolvable. But if you stand on the side of reincarnation or a broader perspective, it seems that you can find the answer.
First of all, let's define the potential force contained in the Leap Peak plane itself:
Humans are germs, and cosmic monsters are immune systems. Then the center of the galaxy can be equated with an organ that produces immune cells, and the galactic galaxy or the entire plane can be equated with a host lifeform, such as a human individual.
Then, the existence of reincarnation, which can be forced to carry out task shuttles between planes, can be equated with a virus or a vaccine.
The reason for the differences and conclusions depends entirely on the route chosen by the reincarnators in the mission plane.
What is beneficial to the plane itself is a vaccine or a drug. What is contrary to the interests of the plane is naturally the incarnation of the virus.
If we take it a step further and weigh it from a relatively objective and fair standpoint, it seems that the positioning of human beings on earth and cosmic monsters does not necessarily have to be distinguished by good and evil, and that humans are immune systems and cosmic monsters are germs.
Combined with what was mentioned earlier β Roger interjects here "Before what?" Where was it mentioned? If humans are only similar to E. coli, then they can be counted as symbiotic when the host is healthy, and in special cases it will turn into parasitism, and the analogy seems to be very synchronous.
Samsara, on the other hand, is thrown into the plane under the above-mentioned "special circumstances", and can freely choose a position, whether on the side of the human race, or on the side of the plane, or on the premise that the interests of both parties seem to be still on the same page, they can choose to be happy for all, and they can also be enemies of the whole world......
"Wait, that's too off-topic, isn't it? What does this seemingly infinite stream setting have to do with Carneades' plan? Roger's protest flashed relentlessly.
"Please, can you use your brain a little?" DG's routine contempt also continued, "Have you not noticed that if the so-called Infinite Flow Lord God is regarded as an evil virtuous person who conducts human tests without authorization, then the task plane itself that is 'experimented' is theoretically likely to have its own independent will. β
If it is a small fight, whether it is the reincarnation or the entire human race, or all the tasks involved in the potential force, will not have any effect on the plane, then the so-called plane consciousness will naturally not appear. But the problem now is that at the moment, judging from the malice of the original author, it is possible to judge situations such as "Carneades' plan is too big, it is likely to cause interference in the plane itself".
Perhaps the plane that is a patient has no way to deal with virus-level reincarnators for the time being, but it seems logical that the human "germs" themselves, which are obviously one level higher in number and have a fixed position, have been directly and indirectly eliminated by the plane consciousness by such and such means, right?
So the question comes back, when formulating the Carneades plan, in addition to breaking the cauldron and fighting to the death, how to really save yourself and destroy the enemy is the most difficult to measure.
"Otherwise, what do you think a mere planetary-level black hole bomb can play an absolutely central role in the plan that seems to destroy the Silver Heart? How big is the silver heart, what is the state of the material environment of the silver heart, do you know the Tao? β
"Hey, isn't the topic of this lesson a Carneades plan that even I can understand?"
A series of questions from DG were evaded by Roger's technique, but the content behind the questions itself was obviously not so easy to evade. Especially in the task plane in front of him, Jung's assimilation mission, which was suspicious from the beginning, and Kashiwahara's reincarnation identity that he "easily obtained" as an indigenous person......
ββ¦β¦ Wait, I seem to have forgotten to congratulate you, being able to independently accomplish some of the main god's spatial level creations and the like without my own body. β
"Well, it's hard to understand what you just said."
"How did Kashiwabara's Samsara watch come about? Isn't that straightforward enough? β
"You know that the Dao is a pioneering act, don't you know that the Dao of the Dao is completely outside of my condition? If I had to say anything, I seemed to have inadvertently asked her if she wanted to change her current life. β
"Are you popping up a dialog box?"
"Do you think I'm willing to be?"
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In short, there are some things that don't need to be delved into too much. Since it was decided early on to support Jung's assimilation mission. Since Jung's guy didn't seem to be suitable for the Infinite World Realm at all, out of kindness to her assimilation into an ordinary human on her own plane, she still understood Carneades' plan as simple, and humans were forced to defend it, and the Aegis plan was drawn.
As for Kashiwahara's side, if you consider that the so-called main god will occasionally respond to it due to the will of the mission plane itself in addition to watching the play, it doesn't matter whether Roger himself is the medium or not, so someone can continue to pretend that he doesn't know anything.
Then the most critical problem for Roger and DG is how to really carry out the mission of the plane. Although Noriko Takaya and Kasumi Amano were completely insignificant when Carneades' plan was formulated, and even deliberately excluded a part of their influence, according to the inertia of the original book, it is likely that the "final retreat" will still be launched by their side.
Of course, that doesn't mean that a coach can really do nothing. On the contrary, he must refer to all the detailed explanations and hypotheses that DG has just given, and be prepared for all the strange new situations that are impossible to cover in the original book and that will inevitably arise due to the emergence of the Samsara team.
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Then, the camera first returns to the battlefield of the Silver Heart again.
JUNG'S SIZRAH HAUL SENT THE GUNBUSTER TO A CRITICAL DISTANCE AND DID NOT HESITATE TO RETURN TO THE SILVERHEART FLEET. Although the Psychic Link is still valid, the Fleet Combat Channel has been completely disabled by the huge internal interference of the Third Machine. On the projection of the Eltreum headquarters, only Jung's head remained.
Admiral Tashiro didn't say anything more, and the first mate also turned the topic to the main force of the cosmic monsters that had clearly started to attack.
It is still a steady speed of 12% of the speed of light, and the number of individuals is estimated to be more than 30 billion. This is no longer the level of desperate in the original book, it is more like a complete crushing and torture.
If the hypotheses in DG's lecture just now are true, and the Plane Will is behind the Cosmic Monster of the Silver Heart, at least at this point in time, it is clearly the human side that is disgusted.
The Silverheart fleet had reorganized as much as it could, and Jung had just left the inside of the third machine and teleported to the heart of the remaining Sizla forces. Although the crew around her had obviously dropped to four digits, and occasionally a few bodies that could not be supported were forcibly recovered, a relatively complete defensive formation had been set up around Eltreum.
Noriko Takaya and Kasumi Amano will succeed in their detonation efforts, and Jung is now more convinced of this than ever. So what she needs to face now is not the 30 billion hysterical cosmic monsters, but the ugliness caused mainly by humans themselves in the next 12,000 years.
The blessing of the unprecedented miracle created by Noriko Takaya, although the current Silver Heart Assault Fleet has similar losses in battleships and Sizla airframes as in the original book, but the total number of casualties means that the strength of the fleet will recover countless times faster in the future than in the original book. After such a huge force returns to Earth, it is indeed difficult for her not to be the president of the Galactic Federation in the future......
"So, just wait for Noriko to officially detonate it? Hopefully things aren't really bad enough to require two retractions. 12,000 years is too long, didn't DG add a few more devices to the GUNBUSTER to shorten the drifting time as much as possible? And then again, if even Noriko and the others could have predicted in advance that 'maybe a retraction furnace' would not be enough to this extent, why didn't the instructor and DG reveal the relevant countermeasures at all......
Jung's self-talk did not reach the heart of Machine Three.
However, the situation faced by GUNBUSTER at this moment is quite helpless, and it is going straight in the direction of the worst that everyone predicts-
After GUNBUSTER stood still, Noriko Takaya did not tear her chest with her clothes as she did in the original book, but inserted her right hand into the inside of the open breastplate in the most secure way possible, holding the retraction furnace intact in the palm of her hand.
The power path is closed, and the No. 1 retraction furnace is running at full capacity.
"The retreat begins."
"Retreat begins!"
The spherical retraction furnace covered with pipelines began to glow white, and at the same time, an immediate report from the Eltreum headquarters that "Gravity Retraction Confirmation, GUNBUSTER" was received.
"Tipping point breakthrough, Noriko."
"Zhilu said, sister."
Completely different from the calm and calm in the short dialogue, GUNBUSTER inserted his white hand into the core of the third machine with all his might, and the action of retracting the furnace was quite accurate and ferocious.
If everything was calculated correctly, the GUNBUSTER should have activated the disengagement device and teleported as far as possible towards the Silver Heart Fleet. At least in the original book, although the details are a little inconsistent, the general steps are still similar.
Unfortunately, the white light from the No. 1 Retraction Furnace was quickly and silently devoured after entering the core of No. 3, as if nothing had happened before.
Even though the damage to the outer wall of the core furnace was still blooming there, nothing escaped from the hole.
Whether it's white light or the violent roar after the chain reaction is successfully started. Nothing came out of what was expected to happen.
As a result, GUNBUSTER's internal communication line finally sounded with a slightly apologetic voice that was slightly different from the previous state of continuous calm, "I'm sorry, Noriko, but it seems that the crow's beak just now really affected you." β
"Sister, this should be my line. If, as the instructor once said, the future that should have been ignited with hard work and perseverance would have been promoted by my hatred of cosmic monsters, I would have been punished by the gods. Having said that, there doesn't seem to be any remorse in the tone of the first heroine of the plane.
As a result, Amano's voice returned to calm again, "99%, if the chain reaction can be increased by 2% according to the full operation of furnace No. 1, I will switch to the backup power drive mode, Noriko you have to hurry up." β
"No problem, GUNBUSTER didn't have any superfluous actions just now, the backup line is quite complete, and the second machine can be retracted directly." The right hand of the machine returned to its chest again, and the five fingers that had been slightly melted by the No. 1 furnace opened steadily, moving in the direction of the No. 2 furnace. "I'm sorry, sister, I really don't know how long it will take for Lu Dao to go back this time. I'm really sorry for the trouble that caused you. β
Kasumi Amano smiled and slowly shook her head, "Being able to get here is already all thanks to your efforts, and being with you is the only thing I can do, right?" β
"No. 2 retraction furnace, full power start."
"Retracting ......"
As soon as he was halfway through this sentence, his sister's eyes suddenly opened as if she had seen something incredible. Noriko Takaya didn't understand what was going on, but the signal from the kinematic sensing device reached her right hand.
Then, in an inexplicable pause, GUNBUSTER's right arm suddenly came to a standstill. The No. 2 furnace, which had already been switched to backup power and was about to start full operation, was restored to its normal state almost at the same time.
"Stop, Takaya."
Something that had been lost for a long time, or what had seemed to have disappeared out of thin air since just now, Roger's voice suddenly squeezed into the communication channel.
NO, RATHER, IT SOUNDED DIRECTLY ON GUNBUSTER'S CHEST.
JUST OFF GUNBUSTER'S RIGHT HAND, THE VENERABLE GUNDAM FLOATS SILENTLY IN THE AIR. It is as if this high-weight, high-pressure environment has no effect on its teleportation and flight.
"Although my science grades are really average, I don't seem to have taught you that the operating coefficient of the retraction furnace is standard linear, right?"
Roger's voice continued flatly, as if he were deliberately mimicking the tones of his two schoolgirls before him. Then, probably to match his lines, in front of the Venerable Gundam, another retraction furnace appeared in front of the Venerable Gundam, which seemed to be different from the No. 1 furnace, and was obviously shining with white light, and was about to break through the critical point.
Then, without any movement from the Venerable Gundam, the newly appeared retraction furnace was thrown directly into the core of the third machine out of thin air.
"Gravity retraction reconfirmed, it's Colonel Roger's RX-7!"
"99.9%, the chain reaction still hasn't been reached!"
The chaotic various announcement sounds also rushed directly into the minds of Noriko Takaya and Kasumi Amano with the opening of the spiritual link by DG.
"So, as it is now, even if you can throw the second furnace in again, it will be useless."
Roger's summary lines sound a bit of hindsight and inexplicable show-off, but both Noriko and Kasumi Amano know that the coach must have something else to say.
It's so important that it will definitely make people ignore his tone, which should have appeared a long time ago, the parting lines.
So, DG's voice lived up to expectations. "Noriko is not wrong in what he said just now, if the so-called gods, or plane consciousness, really exist, no matter how many retraction furnaces you add to it now, it is likely that it will only add a 9 to the decimal point, and the real chain reaction will never be able to start only a little bit, and the fate of mankind that is doomed to destruction will be irreversible......"
"Hey, when it's time like this, stop scaring the kids."
Rarely, Roger took the initiative to interrupt DG's tirade again.
At the same time, the attitude of the Venerable Gundam, which was originally floating in the air with arms folded when it appeared on the stage, is gradually changing.
The upper body is slightly leaned forward, and the right hand is also spread with five fingers, but raised slightly above the shoulder.
"Takaya, Amano, I haven't fulfilled my obligations as a good coach these days."
The right hand of the Venerable Gundam did not change in any way...... No, there is a variation, but the light around this hand is not dazzling or undazzling, but simple, black.
"You've done perfectly, better than I expected...... No, I should say that my expectations are not worthy of you at all. β
As if she had guessed what was about to happen, Noriko Takaya's hands and feet with sensors were already waving as much as she could, but just as Kasumi Amano's various operations were completely ineffective, GUNBUSTER at this moment had no intention of moving at all.
βDGοΌ Let go of the operation permission! "Obviously the backdoor procedure has been cleaned up, but it ......" "The opinion is rejected, please keep the necessary and calm."
The girl's scolding voice in the spiritual link suddenly became countless times louder, but unfortunately these were destined to be in vain, and it should be possible to guess from Jung and Kashiwahara's side that they didn't open their mouths at all.
"I've never been a competent teacher, and it's one aspect that I didn't fully unlock my skills before, and being able to teach the True Meteor Butterfly Sword to be a Super Lightning Kick is another......"
"And Dragonfly Cut." DG's malicious voice routinely responded, but this time, Noriko and the audience, no one laughed.
"Anyway, this time, I owe you in the first place. So, this is also the first time, I completely and completely did not think about the completion of the so-called plane mission. β
The right hand raised by the Venerable Gundam still did not change significantly, but if anyone could take a closer look, they would find that the darkness on its fingertips was obviously much thicker than just now.
"Jung, and Kashiwahara, I should have taught you the following words earlier. Somebody in the plane had told me about it, but I couldn't understand it until just nowβ"
In the spiritual link, the voices of the heroines of the plane gradually lowered. On the side of the reincarnation team, which was obviously about to be disbanded, there was no answer.
"What is an infinite plane? What is the main god space? What does a victory that uses oneself and others as bargaining chips really bring? β
Right arm, slightly, retracted.
"Always, it's just an empty game!"
Dive in and punch.
The direction of the Venerable Gundam's forward rush is the core of the No. 3 retraction furnace.
Write it down, even if the skill is not unlocked, I have never really succeeded in playing this trick.
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After a black flash that was darker than darkness flashed, the sound of the relevant device finally starting to operate in full swing came from the core of the third machine.
"Reactivate the confirmation!"
"Retraction Sensing Confirmation!!"
"The third retreat, the beginning of !!"
In Eltreum's headquarters, a distorted voice suddenly rang out.
In the officer's dormitory, Reiko Kashiwahara sat on her bed with her head bowed and did not make any sound.
In the middle of the position of Sizra's troops, from the perspective of the comrades behind Jung, there seemed to be a slight inexplicable distortion around Sizra's black body, although it quickly returned to a completely normal state.
"Break, over."
Without receiving any instructions from the two drivers, GUNBUSTER took the initiative to retreat straight backwards in a reversing state, getting farther and farther away from the core of the No. 3 machine, which was about to fully detonate.
"Coach!"
In the fluttering of the headband, Noriko Takaya's voice finally lost its cool completely.
It's just that under DG's remote control, no matter how hard she tries, it won't help.
"The whole ship is detached, as scheduled, and enters the ultra-long-distance WARP!"
Old Man Tashiro's voice finally sounded in the headquarters, the Aegis plan was successfully completed, and the Silver Heart Fleet must all leave safely before the all-devouring Silver Heart Black Hole was officially formed.
Even though the GUNBUSTER pilots and Roger's mech signals are gone, at this time, for the sake of most people's lives, they can no longer be cared for.
"Coach ......"
"Coach, we ...... Will go back......"
"You...... It will definitely ...... If you come back, you must ......."