Section 18 Accidents
If you are a person who has known Tianxiang for a long time, you will definitely be intimidated by the way he looks now. The current appearance of this seventeen-year-old youth did not look like a human at all, but more like a statue, an ancient stone statue with sharp edges and swollen muscles. The lines of the body that were revealed by the bulging muscles could not be concealed even by the thick combat suit. Under the internal pressure of the body, the extremely flexible material of the clothing has to obey the will of the body itself, perfectly revealing all the contours of the whole body.
Despite this, Tianxiang still felt pain, terrible pain. The pain does not diminish with the changes in the body and nerves, on the contrary, it tends to become more and more intense.
When the human body endures severe pain, it may lose its sanity. Tianxiang is no exception. Although it has been modified by insect and beast cells, no matter how it is said, his brain cannot withstand the impact of two completely different concepts. If, a few minutes ago, he still had a little bit of sober judgment in his mind, then now Tianxiang felt that he could no longer maintain such control.
If you lose control, the only end is madness. Because, now, the pain has spread from the head to the whole body. The muscles that suddenly expanded violently under the action of the nerve center burst out in an instant, bringing a sharp physical pain. It's like countless pairs of invisible hands, desperately tearing at every muscle in your body, tearing and expanding them that were only square inches in size, until the unbearable muscles are forced to swell several times their original size.
The skin of the human body has a certain contraction. However, even the best shrinkage skin has its own stretch limit. It's like a rubber band with excellent elasticity, and when it is stretched to the limit, the only way is to break. After all, an infinite demand simply does not compare to a limited capacity.
As a result, as if the ripe pomegranate skin could not suppress the expansion of the fruit inside, the skin on the surface of Tianxiang's body that had expanded to the extreme was also desperately pushed by the muscles to open small cracks from the surface. Muscles wrapped in dark red veins burst out of it. The red liquid that flowed out of the mouth of the broken blood vessel soon flowed all over Tianxiang's body from top to bottom.
Suddenly, Tianxiang, who was about to collapse from the pain, seemed to feel a soft qi slowly rising from the bottom of his abdomen, spontaneously circling in his body. As long as they go around the place, it seems to reduce the pain by a point. The swollen muscles seem to be slowly contracting, as if they have been cooled. Although the changes were quite small, the sharp nerves shrouded in pain could feel this rare comfort.
"Tai Chi! That's right, it's Tai Chi! Tianxiang, who was about to fall into madness, suddenly came up with this term in his mind, and then there was the strange picture he had seen on the cover of the book: one black and one white, two completely different colors intertwined and distorted, until finally they blended with each other, and finally, formed a cohesive circle.
How similar this is to my current physical condition! No, it's not similar, it's exactly the same!
Without time to think about it, Tianxiang immediately wrapped the last trace of clarity in his brain with a thin layer of guiding energy for the two different senses of thought. He's going to spin them, like tai chi, slowly and wildly. Until the end, turn out that harmony, balance, and nature.
I don't know if I felt the abnormal movement in Tianxiang's body, or suddenly felt the friendliness of this inexplicable energy. In short, the two thoughts that have been coiled in Tianxiang's brain, entangled and fighting back and forth, have also begun to gradually slow down their crazy operation. With three points of obedience, seven parts reluctantly followed this insignificant guiding energy, and began a new round of competition between each other.
Although it is a competition, there are many less fierce elements than just now. What's more, the two thinking energies are still like fire and water, but the degree of convergence is not as disordered and chaotic as before, but is replaced by a step-by-step alternation and combination. The severe pain caused by nervous tension has also been reduced a lot.
"Whew-" The exhausted Tianxiang gasped slightly, and the tightly wrinkled skin on his head had some traces of spreading. The balloon-like muscles also stopped growing dramatically entirely. Even the skin that had been cracked was retracted a little one by one. It's not so obvious, but at least it's back to a state where it can be completely closed.
The pain is still there, but it has apparently been alleviated a lot.
"These two mental energies have to be fully integrated. Otherwise, even if they are suppressed for now. It didn't take long for them to continue to mess around in my head. β
Tianxiang, whose eyes were closed, ignored the soreness caused by the expansion of his muscles, and hurriedly concentrated all his energy to strengthen the still weak guiding energy. He felt that this channeling energy was like a necessary neutralizer to be able to merge the two senses when they converged. As long as you have it, you can smoothly control these two diametrically opposed thoughts.
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A few hours passed, and as the pain in his brain was relieved, Tianxiang, who had been sitting still for a long time, was also shocked to find that the black and white thinking energy, which was originally the same as water and fire, had now been completely neutralized by the guidance layer into a gray-white thing. Even if it doesn't urge itself, it still follows the trajectory it guided before, slowly running on its own. Moreover, in the middle of this layer of mixed thinking energy, the previous two thoughts that were still fighting were also completely compressed into two small cores that shone with white and black. He could completely feel that it was these two small things that were driving the free operation of the mixed round gray and white energy.
Why is this happening? Is it your own luck? Or is it the help of the Tai Chi Method? Tianxiang didn't know everything, and he couldn't figure it out. He knew only one thing: the terrible pain that tormented him for survival and not death had now been completely eliminated from his body. Although the soreness caused by the sudden relaxation of the nerves after sustained tension is still there, it is no longer in the way. After all, compared to the terrible pain just now, this pain was like a contest between an ant and a giant elephant.
Suddenly, Tianxiang found that his thinking energy was suddenly growing at a terrifying rate. And the source of energy is those two small black and white nuclei. It seems that their intertwined operation can bring infinite energy to the brain waves, and as long as you want to, you can extend the thoughts you release to a greater distance.
200 meters, 300 meters, 400 metersγγγγγγ Compared with the previous detection distance of only 100 meters, Tianxiang's current thinking energy has been able to extend as far as a kilometer. Such a huge change startled him, and he could no longer care about testing how far his maximum limit was, and hurriedly cut off the edge of the detection of his brain's thoughts. He really couldn't have imagined that the intense pain would bring such a big change to his brain.
"Zhilong No. 2" did not speak, but quietly observed the every move of the person in front of him with a trace of energy waves. It was also extremely surprised by the changes that happened to Tianxiang. But as for the inner truth, even as the custodian of ancient human civilization and knowledge, it cannot say one or two. However, there is one thing that the computer can be absolutely sure of: that is, all the negative effects imposed on Tianxiang by the "tyrant" data almost completely disappeared in that instant. Moreover, under the guidance of the original "pathfinder" essence in his body, it seems to have changed. For example, "violence" and "ruthlessness" have been transformed into "resoluteness" and "strength" under the neutralization of "warmth" and "decisiveness". "Cunning" and "insidiousness" are transformed into "wisdom" and "stratagem" under the influence of "honesty" and "benevolence".
This effect is simply beyond the expectations of the computer. "Zhilong No. 2" couldn't help but be a little stunned, could it be that the mistake he accidentally made really created a powerful ruler?
"I didn't expect there to be so many things here." Tianxiang, who closed his eyes slightly and recalled all the information received in his brain a little, smiled with satisfaction: "Weapon manufacturing plant, food production center, drug synthesis station, hehe!" There are so many large workshops. It seems that this base is sufficient to supply all the supplies necessary for the settlement of 100,000 people. β
"Two hundred and five thousand, to be exact." The computer added, "What, don't you need to take another break?" β
"No!" Tianxiang carefully touched the blood that seeped from the surface of the combat suit, frowned slightly, and said, "As a highest-level computer, you would actually make such a low-level mistake. It seems that you have been idle for too long. If it weren't for the fact that I had practiced the Tai Chi Method, I am afraid that I would have exploded to death by now. β
"Why, what, you, you know it's because of me?" The computer's mindwave was visibly stammering.
"Of course!" Tianxiang faintly let out a soft thought: "Is it only allowed that you are allowed to probe my mind, and I am not allowed to go deep into your inner world?" β
"Zhilong II" was shocked again. In a trance, it suddenly remembered what a genetic biologist had said when creating the Pathfinder embryo.
"As long as human beings can continue to overcome their own shortcomings in evolution, and gradually break through the limitations of the brain. Then, human beings can eventually evolve into god-like beings! β
"Is this the power of God?" Although it is not clear what God is like, "Zhilong II" can obviously find something that can represent God in the information stored by itself. It's as if now, this seemingly weak human being can actually detect the hidden thinking of the intelligence center through its own energy waves. If such a power is not a god, then what else can it be?
"Don't be there anymore, I don't have much time." Ignoring the idea of this computer that had survived for nearly a thousand years, Tianxiang, who was anxious to return, once again issued a command-like thought: "I order you to immediately put all the equipment in the base into operation." I'll be bringing back the first human occupants in the near future. In a week, I need you to prepare enough food for five thousand men for three months, as well as light weapons capable of equipping two thousand, andγγγγγγ β
"I'm sorry, I can't meet all the requests at all. Not to mention thousands of people, it is impossible for me to meet the needs of you alone. The computer gave a clear but extremely cold answer in Tianxiang's opinion.
Tianxiang was stunned: "Why?" Isn't this a base? I've looked up the largest factories in the world, the best service facilities, and automated farms with a daily output of tens of thousands of tons of food. But why would you γγγγγγ β
"Energy! We don't have energy! No energy at all! You're not wrong at all, this base was built to help humanity. When it was first designed, it was built as a combination of a medium-sized city and various large factories. Everything here is new, whether it is a weapons factory, or a food production center, all the factories are closed immediately after being built and subjected to the most rigorous tests. Just in case. It is no exaggeration to say that as long as you control this base, you will control a breeding land that can give birth to humans. Even if you want to expand militarily, there is nothing wrong with it. The problem is that it takes energy, a huge amount of energy, to start all the production facilities at the base. But right now, I have only enough energy to sustain this control center. See those two lights on the wall? According to their actual brightness, they should be more than five times brighter than they are now. There are more than twenty such lamps in this room. But I couldn't turn them all on at the same time. The reason is that there is not enough energy. β
Tianxiang didn't speak, he was thinking, thinking about the words of the computer. Soon, though, he discovered the problem.
"So, where does your energy come from? Or rather, what energy have you relied on to sustain yourself until now? β
"The Sun!" The computer bluntly stated, "My energy comes entirely from the sun." You should have seen those two robots and the strange device they pushed out when you came in! That's a solar cell that absorbs all directions. One full is enough for me and those two robots for a hundred and five hours. If you connect with certain cloudy days that can't be absorbed, the energy stored in the battery is only enough to last an extra 42 hours and 6 minutes. β
Tianxiang was silent again. This base is undoubtedly a huge wealth for him, a wealth that can only be seen but cannot be used at all. The computer is right, without energy, he can't do anything. However, logical analysis in the brain led him to ask new questions.
"What is it that makes this place in a situation where there is no energy to support it? If, as you say, those ancient humans really took into account all the difficulties we face today, then they should not have made such a low-level mistake at all. At the very least, there should be some necessary energy stored inside the base! β
"You're right." "According to the design, there are hundreds of warehouses for energy storage in the base, as well as thousands of small energy tanks for emergency use. But just as the base was built, and only the first test was passed, the war broke out. A large number of supplies to be transported here were destroyed before they could be delivered, and the human army at that time organized six large-scale transportation of supplies in a row, all of which were unsuccessful. Even when I first started up, the data transmission was completely completed by absorbing the mother's energy. β
"War? Is it a war between humans? Why did the war break out? Tianxiang said.
"I don't know, the information is incomplete and I can't look it up. All I know is that it was a pretty tragic war. In order to win, it seems that the Federation of the Americas was the first to use powerful nuclear weapons at that time. This was a message I received by accident through the radio when I was connected to my mother computer at that time. β
The computer's answer was really unacceptable to Tianxiang. He really didn't understand that the mighty ancient humans could all die in a war for which the cause was still unknown. This kind of thing is simply incomprehensible to him.
"That's right! Time, there should be a time machine here, right? Suddenly, Tianxiang asked eagerly as if he had grasped a life-saving straw: "With that thing, can we go back to the past?" Back in time when ancient people lived? β
"Yes!" The computer's tone was a little surprised: "But how could you think that?" It takes a lot of energy to run a time machine, but even if you do, you can't go back to the old days! β
"Why?"
"Because it's a one-way machine." "It's what is often called a receiver," the computer explains. It can only receive messages from the past, but it cannot turn the present time back into the past. β
(For the chapters of the past few days, Lao Hei can only say two words - "conspiracy.") A great conspiracy. As for the specifics of it, hehe! Let's just watch it. No more nonsense! Ticket collection time! οΌ