Although Wang Qinian has a strange temperament, he still has the same expectations as ordinary people. If it weren't for this damn war, the old fat man might have retired, stayed at home to raise flowers and grass, play tai chi on weekdays, and walk his dog. Of course, there must also be a young and beautiful wife at home, Night Shadow.

Su Hao fell silent.

Every line on his face seemed to be fixed, unable to be softened and changed by nerve pulling. Su Hao didn't know how to speak. It's not that Wang Qinian's question has no answers, but he is really unwilling to tell the things that he has seen, heard, and experienced in the future world, completely extinguishing the hope of those who are looking forward to it.

It's cruel to do that.

However, some things have to be spoken. Although no one wants to hear the sad and painful answer.

"Mutated organisms are evolving much faster than you think. Fourteen years after the Black Age, their mutations took an unimaginable leap. All monsters have crystals in their bodies, and a considerable number of them are citrine with stronger energy reactions. Their skin is tougher, their physique is larger, their claws and teeth are sharper, they are more aggressive, and their speed is more agile. Our troops suffered heavy casualties, more than 5.8 million soldiers were killed that year, and all theaters of war were in a state of collapse. Although the front-line troops were prioritized for energy potions, the casualty rate remained high. As a last resort, the military headquarters could only give an order to abandon all the small abandoned cities that had been captured, and the whole army would rely on the base cities set up in various places to concentrate on defense. ”

"Those monsters were affected by the force of the tides and rushed out of the abandoned city. Every "moon tide" causes tens of thousands of casualties. Refugees living in the wilderness have a higher mortality rate compared to military personnel. In order to change this situation, the military department decided to liberalize the supply of first-order enhancement potions, and civilians could exchange them by handing in hedrons, silver bones, and the skins and glands of mutated creatures of specified types. In particular, the Interim Armaments Act, which was introduced later, also made it clear that civilians could receive more powerful standard weapons. ”

"We've been in a constant tug-of-war, with every "moon tide" of mutated creatures being repulsed, and the strength of the military department getting weaker and weaker. In the previous "moon tides", there will be more or less several evolutionary people. The military headquarters never threw them into battle. In order to replenish the troops with heavy casualties, a large number of civilians were drafted, and the number of refugees wandering in the wilderness was drastically reduced. People know what the so-called "battle" is. It was just a way of putting new recruits in front of the curve, using veterans with actual combat experience, supplemented by mobile armored units and light combat vehicles, to besiege mutant creatures. In this way, the more recruits died, the more they died, and the combat effectiveness of the troops dropped again and again. By the year I left, the proportion of veterans in the various combat divisions on the Eastern Front was less than 5 percent, and the average shortage rate was 52 percent. In the past, most of the reorganized divisions and regiments with more than 20,000 troops actually numbered only about 7 or 8,000. ”

"Refugees have become a very valuable resource. In order to get them, the base cities have attracted refugees with various welfare measures. For example, food is rationed on time, a stable living environment is provided, and so on. These methods have no longer worked for refugees, many of whom have moved to mountainous and inaccessible areas to re-establish their homes in order to escape the war. In order to replenish the growing shortage of soldiers, the military headquarters ordered the capture of refugees in various regions and severe punishment of civilians who refused to obey the call-up. This, of course, provokes a revolt, and more and more people are being killed

"At that time, the situation was similar everywhere in the world. In India, in particular, the war situation has deteriorated to the point where it is difficult to sustain. In order to ensure combat effectiveness, the military department has invested a lot of money in the development of war robots and biological replicant projects. After practical verification, the former proved to have a certain combat effect, but could not play a decisive role. Although the latter can be injected with drugs to obtain a strengthening force, to achieve the same or even stronger effect as human soldiers, the life cycle of replicant humans is very short, especially after special culture, from the embryonic stage to inject a large amount of nutritional growth agent of the war type, the maximum life limit is only fifteen months. ”

"A lot of people are pessimistic and disappointed about the future. From within the military to outside the base cities, there are different voices calling for the abolition of the military committee and the replacement of a more effective supreme authority. Killed a lot of people, and still can't eliminate opposition. As a last resort, the military department announced a reshuffle. Over the course of three years, they changed several names. "Supreme Military Group", "Provisional Cooperative Council", "Wartime High Command", etc...... But in exchange for it, it is still those people who hold the power, even if it is a few members who are temporarily added, they are all cronies who have been installed by each person. The generals have become higher and higher, from generals in the early days of the virus outbreak, to first-class generals, generals, and later marshals. The officer establishment in the unit has also increased to the rank of lieutenant and colonel, as well as the non-commissioned officer rank of chief technical non-commissioned officer, special technical non-commissioned officer, special assistant staff non-commissioned officer... Hehe, these practices are all self-deception, and we have never won even once. ”

"You were right to propose the destruction of the Time Machine at that time. You're right: if there is such a super-technological machine in Zhilu Dao that can leave the present and return to the past, it will soon lead to an all-out war between various countries and forces. Only by completely destroying it and cutting off everyone's hope can we enter the battle without retreat. ”

Speaking of this, Su Hao's eyes released a blazing light. He kept looking at Wang Qinian, staring at the time machine drawings in the old fat man's hand, and asked with great urgency: "Please tell me, where did you get this drawing?" ”

Wang Qinian leaned back in his chair, his expression looking a little disapproving. He was trying to digest what Su Hao had just said, looking for ingredients to use.

After a few minutes, the old fat man suddenly laughed.

"How did the drawings come about? I knew you would ask that. Well, this thing is my latest invention. As you know, such a thing as traveling through time will inevitably have an impact on the existing time and space. In the future world, I may have invented decades later than I do now, for some reason. However, I've always been interested in things like traveling through time. So...... Just last month, I sketched this drawing...... Don't believe me? It also has my autograph on it. Oh, look here, isn't it my name? ”

The old fat man picked up the drawing, and with a very exaggerated movement, pointed to the messy scribbled signature in the lower right corner.

Su Hao had a weird smile in his eyes. His gaze was all focused on Wang Qinian's face, without the slightest deflection: "Are you kidding?" ”

The fat dean put away his smile and said seriously, "Is it necessary for me to make such a joke?" I'll tell you, this is the result of years of experience and a lot of time. This is the greatest invention in the history of mankind, and it is my ...... Oh don't, don't hit me, it hurts to death, help————"

The old fat man boasted without a red face and a heartbeat, and was curled up by the night shadow, smashed a few violent skulls on the skull, and pressed back with the brutal method of immediately popping up a few bright red meat buns.

"Don't listen to his nonsense. With his IQ, which is not much smarter than a pig, how could he have invented a time machine? ”

Night Shadow withdrew his fierce and cold gaze from Wang Qinian, who was holding his head and screaming, slowly rubbed his fingers, and said to Su Hao in his usual cold and rigid tone: "The blueprints were obtained from the Atlanteans. The last batch of assistance techniques they gave included this drawing. ”

Atlanteans?

Aid Technique?

The two words that came out of the mouth of the night shadow quickly changed into two huge question marks in Su Hao's mind.

He couldn't help but turn his gaze to Wang Qinian.

The old fat man was beaten badly. Night Shadow's furious shudder was slammed into it in an unguarded situation, although it was not fatal, and it would not cause actual damage, Wang Qinian still felt very painful, and kept covering his head and curled up in his chair

"Well, I'll admit that I didn't invent it, it was the work of those monster aliens."

Wang Qinian obviously didn't have the courage to disobey the night shadow. However, the distorted expression of pain on his face was obviously also a deliberate appearance. The two of them seem to be tired of this kind of little game of you and me, and they have already formed a tacit understanding. When the occasional joke diluted the overly heavy atmosphere of the conversation, the old fat man slowly rubbed the red envelope on his head, raised his eyes, looked at Su Hao, and said, "They gave me the drawings, that's it." ”

Su Hao's face was full of disbelief: "This, how is this possible?" That's the blueprint for a time travel machine. The various techniques and energy applications are already very mature, how can they ......?"

"Don't ask so much about anything."

Wang Qinian raised his hand and stopped Su Hao's unfinished words: "Regarding this matter, I know that the inside story of Lu Dao will not be more than yours. In fact, I think a lot like you. I also wondered why the Atlanteans were trying to come up with this drawing. Because, in accordance with the relevant agreements signed at the time of the first contact, they are obliged to provide us with technical assistance to supplement the lack of combat effectiveness by strengthening science and technology. But here's the thing: Time Shuttle obviously doesn't work in this way. ”

Su Hao stared at Wang Qinian for nearly half a minute before slowly asking, "Technique assistance?" That's what's going on

"Virus outbreaks are not a normal natural phenomenon, and that kind of virus does not belong to any category of earth products. Although we resisted and allowed the Atlanteans to unleash the virus at will, from the first contact, we made it clear that if the other party had to do this, we must be compensated with sufficient technology. At the very least, humanity will not be extinct because of the virus that is spreading. ”

Wang Qinian's expression slowly became sad: "That is our last and only struggle. All heads of state agreed that if the Atlanteans refused the agreement, we would release smallpox, Ebola, plague and mutant influenza viruses around the world in advance. At the same time, all nuclear-armed countries launch their entire nuclear warheads from their stockpiles, freely attacking any city on Earth. In particular, the six major research member countries have also proposed to launch a super-high-yield missile to blow up the moon, causing a large amount of debris to enter the atmosphere and crash into the ground to cause an impact, so that the earth's magnetic poles will be exchanged, so as to achieve the goal of mass population death in a short period of time and eventual extinction of all mankind. ”

"As long as everyone dies, the Atlanteans will have nothing. Not to mention the release of viruses and the selection of evolutionary people from among the survivors. In the face of this tragic and tragic resistance, they can only agree to our terms. ”

"I've talked to you before, and technical assistance includes enhancement potions and some advanced technology concepts. For example, high-strength materials and small energy stoves, etc. But I don't know why they came up with this drawing? Moreover, at that time, the drawings were submitted directly to me in a very secret way, and no one knew about it. ”

Su Hao fell silent again. He frowned, pondering hard, and it took a long time before he opened his mouth.

"The purpose of the Atlanteans, will it ...... Want us to build a time travel machine to the future to find and get more help? ”

Wang Qinian scoffed at Su Hao's statement: "Do you think I haven't thought like this? Once I got the drawings, I spent a lot of time researching them. Every time this time shuttle is launched, it must consume a lot of energy. Moreover, it has one big, most fatal flaw———— that is, it can only send the members and objects it carries to a designated time and space, and the machine itself cannot arrive with it. To put it bluntly, it functions like a spaceship's detached rocket thruster. It is only responsible for putting the spacecraft into orbit or generating enough thrust, and once the fuel is depleted, it can only crash into the atmosphere and become a waste product that can be recycled. ”

Of course, passengers can also carry a computer, or use other methods to store a copy of the drawings in advance, and after arriving at the predetermined time and space, they can build a new time shuttle and return to the original time and space. This kind of thinking is simply unrealistic, and it is simply impossible. Because time shuttles can only lock "minutes" as the basic unit, they cannot be accurate to seconds, milliseconds, microseconds, and smaller units of time. In theory, the basic unit of the minute is sufficient, but in practice it is clearly not. Any time entry point will have a huge impact on the original time and space. As a result, travelers traveling to the future will not be able to return at all. At the end of the day, this drawing is just a one-way ticket. Without a return trip, there is naturally no use of future techniques. Therefore, this drawing has always bothered me, and I can't guess the real use of the Atlanteans

Su Hao's face was calm.

Wang Qinian would not lie on such an issue.

What's more, his identity and purpose have been clarified, and Wang Qinian naturally has no need to continue to be tempted.

The old fat man looked at Su Hao and said in a calm tone: "You also hide some secrets from me." ”

Su Hao smiled lightly and asked, "You mean my strengthening ability?" ”

The old fat man nodded and added, "And those people around you." For example, your wife Li Xinyan; In the name of a mercenary group, Tang Zi, who is actually a violent meat girl under you; Yang Lulu, a little doll in the new Chengdu public school...... Well, there are a few others, but I can't remember the exact name at once. Hehe, even if you travel through time and space and come from the future, and have more information advantages than others, it is impossible to make everyone obey you, and then pull up a huge team in a short time. They are all fifth-order enhancers, and their abilities are similar to yours. Don't prevaricate me with nonsense like "The fifth-order elixir of the future world realm is already all over the streets". If that were the case, we would have won this biological war long ago. ”

"Of course not."

In front of Wang Qinian, Su Hao didn't want to hide it at all: "I found something very interesting in the military computer files of the future world. I believe you have enough authority to interpret it. If it weren't for the chaos and overlapping management of many functional departments in the military department, I probably would never have seen that. ”

The old fat man moved his body forward and asked meaningfully, "Are you referring to the Kunming Research Base?" ”

Su Hao smiled calmly: "Do you remember the H drive I handed you before?" About Yuan Bin, about the missing prototype potion, don't you want to say something to me? ”

As soon as the words came out, Night Shadow and Wang Qinian glanced at each other, and they both saw the shock in each other's eyes.

"I guessed right. You're the one who actually got the prototype potion. ”

The old fat man's eyes were full of emotion: "It's really important to grasp the information in advance, Yuan Bin racked his brains to get the potion, but he didn't expect it to be fulfilled in the end." ”

Su Hao said the puzzle that had plagued him for a long time: "What is the prototype potion?" Where did you get that? ”

"That thing is mysterious. It is not a product of human beings, but it bears traces of human beings. ”

Wang Qinian sighed: "Anyway, you already know the ins and outs of the whole thing. A few more clips are not considered to be secrets. Perhaps, what I have said is only some kind of inspiration for you, and you may know more and more in detail than I do. ”

After determining that the spirals were left behind by the Atlanteans, the Three Kingdoms began to search for similar information throughout the world.

It's a huge and cumbersome undertaking. The Triple Powers spent huge sums of money to search every country, every city. The scope of the expedition is quite extensive, covering the entire history of mankind. All texts were scrutinized, even the original drawings recorded by ancient humans in caves and cliffs. Because, it may include the unique expression of the unknown by ancient humans.

At that time, a search team under Wang Qinian's command found a scroll of animal skins used by local natives for prayer ceremonies in the private library of a wealthy local businessman in Timor-Leste. The "symbols" above are similar to spiral scripts, but have some characteristics of Chinese characters. After reading, the researchers were surprised to find that this was actually a narrative record handed down by a local tribe.