I have to admit that Wang Qinian's words are very reasonable.

Su Hao also suddenly discovered that he had inadvertently made a big mistake———— the military and the consortium were interested in the time machine at the same time, and it was definitely not for any scientific research. Biological warfare has been fought for decades, and anyone can get tired. Everyone yearns for a beautiful and happy life, as long as they can leave this world full of death threats, no matter how big the price, they are willing to pay.

The word "happiness", in the time and space where Su Hao was originally located, has another recognized meaning. That is, through scientific research and technical means, to create a machine that can travel through the limits of time and return to the past.

At that time, Wang Qinian, who was full of anger, looked at Su Hao, shook his head sadly, sighed, and scolded resentfully: "You are simply the stupidest fool." ”

That's right, it should be ruined, completely ruined about the drawings and materials about the time machine, everything associated with it.

If everyone knew that there was such a way out, who would guard the line of defense? Who will fight back desperately? Even if a time machine is actually built, only a few will be able to leave. The power pyramid of human society will always give priority only to the people at the very top. Presidents, heads of state, prime ministers, ministers, generals...... The share occupied by these people alone is as high as tens of thousands, or even tens of thousands. Each of them wants to leave, and none of them will leave the opportunity to anyone else. Once the news is leaked, competing and fighting with each other is likely to lead to a greater crisis of chaos.

Seeing that the people above are gone, who else has the heart to stay in the line of defense?

Everyone is looking for fairness, but fairness can never be done. The number of human beings is so great that it can only be counted in the unit of "100 million". Things like "the world is in harmony" are as illusory as the story of five loaves and two fish in the Bible. Yes, Jesus could have done the same thing by using miracles in public to feed all hungry believers, and the rulers of the state could have done the same thing by increasing arable land and increasing food production. But a time machine is completely different from simply being full. It requires a huge amount of energy for each launch and can only carry one person at a time. It will never be able to benefit all, and it will never be possible to send every refugee who struggled in the Black Age world to the happy and beautiful old era. It only triggers jealousy, suspicion, strife, and life-and-death.

Wang Qinian is right: the time machine will only cause the complete collapse of the entire Anthropocene after the Black Age. This kind of thing should not have appeared at all, and it must never be.

Just as Su Hao recovered from his shocked state and wanted to control the electronic defense device to smash part of the time shuttle machine that had been assembled, Wang Qinian stopped him.

"The military department already knows about the existence of the Dao Time Machine, especially the Yuan family, and they are determined to obtain relevant information and you. The reason why I treat drawings as unimportant objects is because I don't want them to discover the secrets because of my attitude. Things happened that day was also accidental, and when I was about to destroy the drawings, I ran into you. I thought you weren't interested in this kind of drawing, let alone take it seriously, and with the relationship between you and me, I didn't delve into it. Unexpectedly, you still recorded it. ”

"The Academy of Sciences is not what it used to be, and even around me, there are a lot of eyes in the dark. If I keep this drawing as an important document, those guys will find a way to steal it. If I destroy it, they will restore it in various ways. Don't think it's just lip service, this war has been going on for too long, many people are tired and crazy, and they will make unimaginably terrible moves to change the status quo. You just inadvertently lifted a rock at the top of the volcano, only to trigger the most terrifying and violent magma eruption. ”

"I'll try to prevaricate them and buy you a few months. You're ready to get this machine up. Then, let's leave this world."

"Don't want to go? Want to stay? What stupid thing are you fucking talking about? Did you know that the outside of the Academy of Sciences has been controlled by the military and conglomerates? If you dare to get out of the way, they will immediately arrest you and dig everything out of your mouth. With your weak little body, how can you stand the coercion and torture? Do you think you are the tough guy of the XX party members in the movie who is mighty and unyielding to the reactionaries? You're just a fool obsessed with scientific research. Don't think that Lao Tzu is a philanthropist overflowing with love, I'm just worried, I'm afraid that you won't be able to survive the punishment of those guys, and sell Lao Tzu and say that the drawings are from me, which will bring me a lot of unimaginable trouble...... There are only two paths in front of you: kill yourself, or roll on this machine to another plane. I'm going to clean up the mess you've left behind, destroying the machine and all the data. Do you want to live or want to die? The choice is yours."

Wang Qinian spoke very directly and did not hide the problems and various situations that may arise. In desperation, Su Hao could only choose to flee.

For nearly a year, Wang Qinian has been using various excuses to shirk the military department. The reason is nothing more than that Su Hao is conducting closed research, and no one can enter the experiment. If you trespass without permission, you may cause unnecessary trouble and damage. In order to drag down the military department, the old fat man used various connections and was even forced to hand over part of the control of the Academy of Sciences. Su Hao was also able to take the opportunity to assemble the machine, prepare a new body for himself in advance, make an escape plan, and prepare all kinds of items needed.

In the face of predicament and crisis, people will always be inspired to have some unimaginable qualities.

Su Hao is no exception. Deciding to flee to the old era, he naturally had to familiarize himself with the economic, social structure, and humanistic concepts of that period. With the help of the all-round simulation effect of the computer, Su Hao suspended all research topics in that period of the world and devoted himself to technical training projects such as fighting, shooting, weapon use and mechanical driving. He collected all the superior human genes in the Academy of Sciences, made his body out of the best materials, and stockpiled a huge number of weapon resources, ready to be used for space-time teleportation at any time.

Regarding the demands of the military department and the consortium, Wang Qinian has always used various excuses to shirk it. Initially, the chairman of the military department, Marshal Zhao Zhikai (a military rank in a different time and space), remained neutral. Nine months later, General Yuan Zhicheng ⊥ 40 percent of the active troops, bases, supplies, and heavy equipment in the Northern Theater to make Zhao Zhikai remain silent on the issue and no longer interfere in the matter.

The Yuan family issued the ultimatum———— within 24 hours, the Academy of Sciences must hand over Su Hao and the time shuttle, as well as all relevant materials and research data. Otherwise, the Academy of Sciences will be directly attacked by force.

No one, including Wang Qinian, thought that things would change like this. In the face of absolute force, the old fat man could only urge Su Hao to immediately recharge the time shuttle machine and escape from the time and space as soon as possible. However, the lurkers set up by the Yuan family inside the Academy of Sciences discovered the secret. They attacked the core energy furnace in the courtyard, blowing up six main energy supply units. At this time, the time shuttle's pre-charged energy is only a little more than 65 percent. It has been calculated that it can only run for a few hours before the outbreak of the virus in the old era.

That was definitely not the result Su Hao wanted.

He wanted to go back in time. Modern and ancient times are fine. However, the harsh reality forced him to change his plan and activate the backup plan he had in place, taking his immunity and firearms with him, and setting the time bomb to explode thirty seconds after the time shuttle was running.

When Su Hao, who had changed into a new body, sat in the closed cabin of the time machine, he saw from the monitoring screen of the laboratory: Dean Fat had changed into the latest mobile armor, carried a multi-barreled machine gun, and stood at the gate of the Academy of Sciences like a mountain. Behind him, there was Night Shadow, dressed in a black combat suit and armed with a 9mm rifle. In the makeshift fortifications, made of sandbags and concrete triangular cones, there are also dozens of heavily armed "Black Dragon" guards wearing breathing masks.

The entire Academy of Sciences has been surrounded by huge troops. Hundreds of armored vehicles approached from different directions, dozens of attack aircraft attacked from the air, and automatic batteries were removed one by one near the walls of the Academy of Sciences. Hordes of armed soldiers formed battle formations, huddled with bulldozers and heavy destruction hammers, breaking through the tall and thick walls and blasting gaps one after another.

Su Hao left almost in tears.

The moment he activated the time shuttle, he couldn't help but feel the urge to smash the closed cabin, pick up his weapon and run out of the city to fight side by side with Wang Qinian and the others. However, reason told him that doing so would only bring more trouble to the fat dean. The military and conglomerates will turn their attacks on Wang Qinian, looking for drawings and sources from him.

As long as Su Hao leaves, all this can be retreated to him. Anyway, there is no proof of death, and it is impossible for the military and the consortium to travel through time and space to come to the exact same landing coordinates. They got nothing but the bombed-out labs and machines, and no one wanted to leave.

"That's my answer, that's my biggest secret. I thought that in this strange and familiar plane, I might never tell you this. I had intended to keep these sad and painful memories in my heart forever, so that they would be completely forgotten and rot over time. Hehe, the reality still backfired after all. I know that you will be more or less suspicious of me, but as long as I never act to harm you or harm your interests, there will never be rebellion and fighting. Unexpectedly, it still came to this point where I was forced to tell the truth. ”

Until Su Hao finished speaking, he was silent for several minutes, and Wang Qinian still looked at him expressionlessly. The old fat man kept glancing at Su Hao with an unpredictable gaze. Every time I look at it, a faint light will flow from the depths of the fat man's pupils, and the wrinkles in the middle of his brows will become denser and tighter.

Night Shadow's expression was similar to Wang Qinian's. There was no longer the slightest hostility in her eyes, but a thoughtful expression, and her gaze towards Su Hao also softened. She even loosened the controller of the shoulder cannon and no longer aimed the muzzle at Su Hao.

Just when this dreary atmosphere was almost suffocating, Wang Qinian finally spoke.

"Remove all the "black dragons" outside, and those who are in charge of guarding, let them go whatever they want, I need to be quiet, I need to think about the problem. ”

As he spoke, Wang Qinian casually pressed the release button of the laser fence. The dense pillars of light suddenly disappeared from around Su Hao, and the laser emitters distributed in various locations in the room slowly retracted back to their original positions, and the walls were covered again by pieces of armor plates, and there were no gaps in the flat and smooth surface.

Nightshade left the room and closed the door gently. Soon, heavy and jumbled footsteps sounded in the hallway. As the sound faded away, the office door was pushed open from the outside again, and Nightshade walked in with two steaming cups of tea. She had already removed the individual cannon on her shoulder, her expression was no longer cold, but became gentler than usual, and her gaze at Su Hao was also very complicated, with an indescribable meaning.

Wang Qinian got up from the chair, shook off the dust that didn't exist on the white coat, put on a straight face, slowly walked to the back of the desk, pulled the high-backed chair that was pushed to the side and sat down. Then, tilting his head, with his usual majesty and momentum, he said to Su Hao very unhappily: "Go to the other side, this is my seat." ”

The corners of Su Hao's tightly closed mouth twitched, and his eyebrows twisted into a very strange shape. It can be seen that he is obviously controlling the urge to laugh.

In another time and space, he was already familiar with Wang Qinian's methods. Only for people who are very familiar with it, the old fat man will behave like this. It also means that Dean Fat recognizes your identity as a "friend".

"I'm an atheist. But I've always believed that there are aliens in this world. ”

Looking at the silent Su Hao, Wang Qinian took a sip of tea and said lightly: "There are many things that cannot be explained by science. I don't see them as goddamn "miracles". In my opinion, it is just some kind of advanced form of existence beyond the current earth technology. Just as a few decades ago, we were just exposed to spiral writing, to parchment manuscripts, to the Atlanteans. Life encounters are actually the same as magic, as long as the curtain is lifted and the props are revealed, in fact, it is just like that, but it is just a trick to deliberately attract attention. ”

Su Hao's eyebrows curled slightly, pondered the words, and asked, "Since you have already discovered the suspicions in me, why do you do it inappropriately?" Or put it bluntly? Do you have to wait until now? ”

"There are two reasons."

Wang Qinian, who had a serious expression, raised his right hand and raised two fingers.

"First: I'm not sure who you really are, and I don't know what your true purpose is. The research notes are so detailed and of high reference value that non-specialist researchers simply can't write about them. Although most of the members of the military department are mediocre, there are also a few sane and sober guys among them. At that time, you could have won the appreciation of high-ranking figures in the military with your research ability on mutant creatures, but you were willing to nest in the abandoned city of Kunming as a researcher at the lowest level of the Academy of Sciences. This obviously doesn't make sense, and I'm curious to see what exactly you're up to. ”

"Second: There are signs that you have no ill will towards me and that you have respect for those around me. This kind of thing happens to two strangers who have never met, and it seems unusual. You must know that there are many people who flatter me and pat me on the back, if not hundreds of thousands, but hundreds of thousands. But there are very few people who really think that the old man is easy for me to get along with, and that they have developed from mutual use of each other to real friends. I don't think you're going to have some kind of hyper-friendship intimacy with me. The method of elimination, coupled with the most fundamental logic of the human mind, you are clearly an outlier among them———— you have never met me, but you are very intimate. This result bothered me a lot, and I had to use various methods to verify it from different angles. It's a pity that if you hadn't made things clear now, I would still be kept in the dark and ignorant. ”

Su Hao smiled bitterly and shook his head: "So, you thought of using this method to test me with that drawing of the time shuttle?" ”

"I thought about it, and it was the only way to go."

Wang Qinian said calmly and solemnly: "Whether it is the research notes or the powerful power you have, it cannot be explained by logical thinking. Yes, there are indeed fifth-order enhancement elixirs in this world. Unfortunately, there are very few of them, and I'm not one of them. You also don't belong to the owner's camp. Since things are unbelievable, we can only use reverse thinking to push the whole thing backwards from the existing perspective. Although I don't want to admit it myself, the most plausible explanation is that you come from another plane, from the future. ”

As he spoke, Wang Qinian raised the time machine drawings that had been collected, and laughed "hehe": "This kind of thing is not nonsense. I have absolute factual basis. If it weren't for that, I'm afraid I wouldn't have thought that you were a stowaway on another plane. ”

Without waiting for Su Hao to answer, the old fat man couldn't wait to ask questions continuously.

"Tell me: what will be the final outcome of this war? Did we win? ”

"What are the future evolutionary trends of mutant organisms? Cell-based all-round fortification? Or is it the strength of individuals and special populations? Do they have any materials left on them that can be used? ”

"What's the latest weapon you've developed? Is the most refined energy supply system a miniature nuclear energy or a spar energy furnace? Wait, I must have developed a new type of mecha at that time. What happens after you actually go into battle? Has the full suppression effect been achieved? ”

"How many earthlings are still alive in the year you left?"

Wang Qinian's expression was very excited, and even the face of the night shadow standing next to him showed a look of anticipation. Their eyes focused on Su Hao, their eyes were extremely hot, and they were like two people with their usual calm and rigid appearance.

The virus outbreak is a terrible nightmare that has dragged all of humanity into the abyss of darkness.

Everyone wants the war to end as soon as possible, and this is the common desire of everyone.