The saucer-shaped aircraft silently weaved through the cold darkness, casting a lonely glimmer in the dreary night.

Xiang Zhong's eyes were closed, as if he was asleep, and he seemed to be caught in his own thoughts.

Liu Han tried several times to provoke a conversation, but he simply asked Liu Han if he was almost there, and then regained his silence.

Seeing that Xiang Zhong was silent, Liu Han also lost interest in talking, and turned his head to look out the window.

The darkness outside the porthole of the aircraft was so complete that although some starlight was twinkling in the distance, he still couldn't see anything, as if he was facing a blank screen.

Finally, a small bright spot appeared in the distance, and in just a few seconds, it became quite large.

Only then did Liu Han realize that this light source was heading towards them at an extremely high speed, and his nerves immediately tensed, and his heart was raised to his throat, trying to figure out what this was, or what kind of flying machine it was?

But he stared at it for a long time, and he couldn't see what it was, and he couldn't even see any outline.

It wasn't until the point of light flickered and changed three times that Liu Han and his partner glanced at each other and put their hanging hearts in their stomachs.

They plunged headlong into a tunnel underground. Only then did they realize that the extremely high speed was their own, the high speed relative to a fixed hole in the ground.

The point of light just now is this stream, the entrance to the tunnel. The blurred silver was the wall around the tunnel.

It was clear that they had rushed straight into the tunnel at breakneck speed.

After a long time, he couldn't tell, and he finally felt the speed of the speeding car drop a little, and after a while, they began to glide slowly, about to come to a smooth stop.

They were still in the silver tunnel, crossing an intersection that appeared to be made up of many tunnels gathered together. They ended up in a room made of steel of various shapes.

There are also several tunnels leading here. At the far end of this room, Liu Han saw a huge aura.

When Liu Han and Xiang Zhong walked down the gangway, the people who received them were already waiting below, and there were three of them.

An old man from the "Earthlings" was the first to come out, "Welcome to Westman's underground shelter. ”

"Oh? How do you know I'm from Earth? Liu Han asked curiously.

"You'll get to know these things slowly." "At least," said the old man softly, "more clearly than they did now." ”

The old man continued, "I need to remind you that the room we will enter next is not really on our planet. It's a little too ...... It's big. We will pass through a door and enter a vast hyperspace realm. Maybe you'll be a little uneasy. ”

Liu Han pursed his lips disdainfully and snorted. I don't know why, when science has developed to a certain period, they all like to move closer to metaphysics, the number axis has an origin, it is thought that the universe also has an origin, the quadrant has a negative direction, it is believed that space also has negative energy, and space is divided into one-dimensional, two-dimensional, three-dimensional and four-dimensional. What space jumps, time travel, wormhole phenomena, it is said that it is miraculous. Everything is simple, not so complicated! If it weren't for the need, Liu Han would have wanted to slap this old thing back to his mother's womb.

The old man only cared about showing off his knowledge, and did not see Liu Han's expression, he pressed a button, and a wall with silver light slowly opened, and a circular halo appeared.

The old man turned around and said to the old man, "Actually, I'm also very nervous. Sit tight. ”

The old man was the first to walk into the halo. Liu Han, who was following closely, suddenly, felt that he had fallen into an infinite space, up and down, left and right were infinite spaces, and he was suspended in infinite space, what does infinite look like, at this moment, it seems to have a clear concept.

To look up at the night sky is to look up at the infinite – the distance is immense.

Liu Han felt that he had entered the sightseeing elevator, and the space seemed to be moving at maximum speed, and they passed through the open space, throwing the door they had just entered to the back, becoming a small invisible hole in the glimmering wall behind them.

"Welcome," said the old man as he walked into one of the rooms first, "welcome to our base." ”

Liu Han stared at him with a kind of surprised panic. In front of them, a distance that Liu Han couldn't see, or even guess, a strange set of suspended objects lined up in space: spheres casting huge shadows, surrounded by huge projections of metal and light.

"Here," the old man said, "is the heart of our base." ”

"What do you mean," Liu Han looked around in surprise and said, "You're getting this place back up now?" ”

"No, no, my God, no," the old man explained, "no. All we can do at the moment is get in here. As for whether we can get this place back up and running, it depends on how far our cooperation goes. What lies ahead of us...... You may also be interested. ”

Liu Han looked in the direction of the old man's finger and finally made out the floating structure he was pointing to. Of all these structures, it is the only one that has signs of activity, although this sign is more of a subtle sensation than something that can be actually touched.

At this moment, an arc of light flashed through the structure, illuminating some of the relief-like patterns in the darkness within. These patterns are known to Liu Han, rough and speckled forms, as familiar to him as the palm of his own hand, before the start of the base, he participated in the adjustment and maintenance, the layout here is very similar to the layout of the center of the base.

His brain memory told him that he was very familiar with what he saw before him, and knew exactly what the patterns represented; At the same time, he subconsciously tried his best to deny such thoughts, and prevented him from thinking further in this direction.

"The Chosen One?" Liu Han muttered.

"Oh, what did you say? Do you know the legend of the Chosen One?!。 The old man said excitedly.

There was a brief silence.

"You're trying to tell me," Liu Han said slowly, trying his best to control his emotions, "it's you...... How did you get here? ”

Liu Han knew that this was another base, or rather, a point arranged by the base on this planet to screen the Chosen One.

I just don't understand, it's not the chosen one, they can't enter the interior of this base at all, how did they or these three people get in?

"Oh," said the old man, "and it is so. ”

According to the old man's account, Liu Han knew the approximate cause and effect of the incident.

It turns out that this place was originally an ocean, and for tens of thousands of years, it was inaccessible.

Hundreds of miles of surrounding land is barren, and it is this geographical environment that makes it the best nuclear bomb test site.

A nuclear test more than 100 years ago, for unknown reasons, caused a strong earthquake, and after the earthquake, the surrounding environment was contaminated with nuclear weapons, and the place was abandoned.

"Thirty years ago," the old man continued, "Archmage Nemo bought this place, saying that he wanted to raise a 'zombie army' here to prevent the invasion of extraterrestrial evil spirits.

What else to say: 'The emperor is out of the earthquake, Jane is in the east', as long as this planet is guarded by him, it will always be healthy. ”

As he spoke, the old man found that Liu Han was a little absent-minded and unhappy, and asked, "Are you listening?" ”

"Ah" Liu Han knew that he was a little rude, in order to apologize, to explain that the reason why he was distracted was because he was thinking about the problem and not disrespecting him, Liu Han said: "When you came in, you didn't find out...... What's so special...... Something or ....... person? ”

"No," said the old man, "I don't know." ”

"It's a pity," said the old man, "that I wasn't the first to come in. I was working on my award-winning work, you know. What a lovely twist and turn coastline. It was so sad when I heard that it had been destroyed. ”

"You feel bad?" Liu Han thought to himself: "What a lovely old man"

"Yes. But after 5 minutes, it's much better. What a shocking mess. ”

"What?" Liu Han said.

"The rat is angry."

"The rat is angry?"

"Oh yes." The old man said mildly.

Liu Han said, "Okay, I'd like dogs, cats, and platypuses to do the same, but ......."

But the old man went on to himself, "Oh, but they didn't pay, understand?" Isn't it? My work won an award, a national award, and they only gave me a certificate, not a single bonus, and asked me to contribute to the country for free.

I have no problem contributing to the country, but I also have to support my family, for this work, I have almost nothing, I also have to eat! The old man's emotions gradually became a little excited, and the corners of his eyes turned red.

"You see," Liu Han said, "if I give up now and turn around and leave, will it save you a lot of time?" "Liu Han doesn't know why this old guy suddenly lost control of his emotions, maybe he was treated unfairly.

What does this have to do with me? Isn't it that I don't give you money, so I can complain in front of me, who owes you money to find whom, Liu Han completely despised this old man in his heart.

For a moment, the old man fell into embarrassment. Fortunately, the old man returned to normal, and then, the old man patiently tried to explain all this to Liu Han.

"Earthlings, the planet we live on is customized, paid for, and managed by rats."

Liu Han had only one word in his entire mind.

"Mouse?" He said.

"Not bad, earthling."

"Look, I'm sorry, we're talking about that small, gray, furry, madly cheese-obsessed creature that gets slapped flat by Tom and is ready to get down the drain and scare the women out on the table?"

"Ahem, cough," the old man coughed a few times.

"Earthlings," he said, "sometimes it's really hard to get used to the way you speak. Remember, I've been inside this planet called Alpha for fifty years, so I don't know what kind of woman you're talking about screaming in fear of rats, and we spend a lot of time with rats.

These creatures, which you call rats, you see, are not what they see. They are super-intelligent pan-dimensional beings who happen to have entered our dimension. All that cheese and screaming is just a superficial phenomenon. ”

The old man paused, frowning sympathetically. "I'm afraid they're experimenting on you."

Liu Han thought for a second, and the expression on his face became cheerful.

"Oh no," he said, "I've finally found the source of the misunderstanding now." The guinea pig is really cute. You see, what you're seeing is actually us experimenting on them.

They are often used in behavioral science research. Rats can be used for a variety of tests. By learning rattles, walking mazes, and so on, the natural learning process can be analyzed. By observing their behavior, we are able to learn much about ourselves......"

Liu Han's voice gradually lowered, because he found that his conversation suddenly turned to the mouse, whether the mouse was white, gray or black, he was not interested.

"Clever ......," said the old man, "I really have to admire." ”

"Huh?" Liu Han asked.

"Through my years of observation and experimentation, rats are the least affected creatures by nuclear radiation, and they can even live freely in the dust of nuclear smoke, occasionally burrow into the sewers, gnaw off the cheese that is left behind, and even kill people from the plague, which can break out at any time, for no apparent reason.

If these are carefully calculated strategies, the results that have accumulated over time are amazing. ”

He paused slightly.

"You see, earthlings, they are indeed extremely intelligent, super-intelligent pan-dimensional creatures, we have been fighting with them for thousands of years, and in the end it is often us who are defeated.

Rats are super-fertile and unmatched by humans who claim to be intelligent, and if they want to, they will soon be able to take over and enslave the planet.

What we can do is to make the planet and humanity itself actually form the matrix of an organic computer, running, a 10,000-year research program...... Let me tell you the whole story. It may take some time. ”

"Time," Liu Han said, "is not a problem at all compared to the problems I am currently encountering." ”

Obviously, there are many questions related to life, perhaps the most common of which is: Why are people born? Why do you die? Why do you know that a person is the process of dying from birth, and that life is for death, or that many people deliberately make accurate timing tools to measure the process of death?

Many, many years ago, a pan-dimensional race with super-intelligence began to get bored with the endless arguments about the meaning of life, so they decided to sit down and settle the issue once and for all.

To achieve this, they built huge supercomputers, which were so incredibly clever that they had already started with "I think, therefore I am", and deduced the braised curry rice and how much tax burden you have to fulfill even if you die and lie in the cemetery, otherwise, you will not be at peace even if you die.

Liu Han and Xiang Zhong were taken into a large and spacious room, which was the main control room of the supercomputer in the old man's mouth. Their goal is to use this supercomputer to unlock the central control of the base.

Its main console is housed in a specially designed operator's room and sits on a huge operator's table made of the finest dragon's blood wood that has grown for thousands of years.

Dark carpets appear formal and luxurious, with exotic potted plants and computer master programmers standing neatly around the room.

Liu Han and Xiang Zhong sat in silence, and then, after exchanging a look with Xiang Zhong, Liu Han leaned forward and touched a small black dashboard.

There was a faint humming sound, indicating that the giant computer was now fully operational. After a slight pause, it began to speak in a full, loud, deep voice.

It said: "What is the great task of the birth of me, Tianhe-2, the second most powerful computer in all space and time in the entire universe? ”

"What is the great task of the birth of me, Tianhe-2, the second most powerful computer in all space and time in the entire universe?"

Liu Han and Xiang Zhong glanced at each other in surprise. I don't understand, the same question, word for word, why ask it twice.

"Your task is to ......," Xiang Zhong began.

"No, wait a minute, that's not right." Liu Han said worriedly, "We are asking for the most powerful computer ever built, not the second most powerful." Tianhe-2," he said to the computer, "aren't you the largest and most powerful computer ever built, as we have requested?" ”

"I call myself the second most powerful," Tianhe No. 2 said as if chanting, "and I am." ”

Once again, the two programmers exchanged worried glances. Liu Han cleared his throat.

"Something must have gone wrong," he said, "I know that humans sometimes make the mistake of 'two', but I didn't expect a computer to be proud of 'two'." ”

"Proud of 'two'?" Shen Si said in an undisguised tone of contempt, "Its computer is just an abacus at best------ not enough to worry about." I call myself 'second', and no computer dares to call me first. ”

"Aren't you," Xiang Zhong said, leaning forward nervously, "more powerful than the 'Star Thinker', the computer that can calculate the trajectory of each individual sandstorm on Alpha that lasted for half a year?" ”

"A sandstorm that lasts for half a year?" Tianhe-2 said arrogantly, "Don't you want to ask me about the definite vectors of all atoms at the moment of the Big Bang?" Please don't bother me with the retarded problem of this pocket calculator. ”

The two were silent for a moment, feeling like they were on pins and needles. Liu Han finally leaned forward again.

"Aren't you? I think you're more like a lobbyist who can only play tricks," Liu Han blurted out, "I once came into contact with a homologous quantum lobbyist with a lobbying function, and under his persuasion, the rooster replaced the hen and took the initiative to take on the mother's hatching work. ”

"Homologous quantum lobbyists?" Pondering deliberately pondered for a moment, then said, "Persuade a man to go to the left with his left foot and his right foot to the right, with an egg hanging from his last thigh, and to part ways – only I can do it." ”