The secrets of the inhabitants of Vault 404 are hardly any secrets.

Officials at or above the ministerial level in the entire alliance, and even the grassroots staff of some special departments, have long been surprised by the incredible abilities shown by the "wanjia".

Including telepathic communication, including resurrection from the dead, and more.

Although these rumors have not become a widespread consensus in the public mind, and have been drowned out in many more outrageous and deviant urban legends, most of the wastelanders who have been dealing with players for a long time still have some feeling in their hearts -

These blue coats, which are incompatible with the wasteland, may not just be incompatible with the wasteland.

It's as if they're not from this world at all.

Based on this understanding, the vast majority of the Alliance's top management and relevant grassroots personnel have mixed emotions regarding the identity of "Vault 404 Residents".

Respect is for sure.

Even if they can be resurrected after death, it does not mean that the sacrifice of the inhabitants of the Vault is insignificant.

But people are always afraid of the unknown, because no one knows why they do it.

Therefore, it is more appropriate to say "reverence" rather than respect.

Yin Fang was not the first person to ask about the confusion in his heart, Heya had actually raised similar confusion before.

But maybe it's because of the difference in the field of expertise.

Compared to something that can barely be explained by "science", Yin Fang was even more shocked by the player's ability to exchange information in defiance of communication barriers.

Especially when he found that this kind of exchange of information could span a distance of five light years, his mood could no longer be described as shocking, and it could be said that his cognition was shattered.

“…… Actually, I don't know how to explain this. Chu Guang sighed leisurely.

"I should have said that I'm not the only manager of this vault, there should have been several before me, but I don't have any information about them."

"My clearance was granted directly by the original administrator, and when he handed over this vault to me, all he left behind was a few audio recordings and a few small pieces of paper."

Yin Fang looked at Chu Guang dumbfounded, and was stunned for a long time before he could barely squeeze out a sentence.

"That's how he gave you this shelter?"

"yes, that sounds like nonsense, does it?" Chu Guang said in a joking tone, "Actually, I also think that he should find a more professional person to take care of this facility, but sometimes I can't help but think that maybe this is the best arrangement." ”

He has actually seen a lot of professional shelter managers.

Whether it's face-to-face or from a manager's logbook. Whether it is the first generation, or it is inherited from the previous one like himself.

Although these people face different problems, they all have one thing in common.

That is "alienation".

Whether passive or active, they almost inevitably alienate themselves into another kind of being that is above all beings.

This does not mean that they have become biologically a different species, but that they have lost the ability to empathize with humans.

Chu Guang himself had actually encountered the same problem, and even due to physiological alienation, this feeling was particularly strong.

If it weren't for intentional moderation, he wouldn't even have to speak, just a look to make people cheer or kneel.

But that's something he doesn't want to do.

“…… Well, I don't really care much about what you said, and I don't doubt that the first generation of managers here made the best arrangements," Yin Fang sighed after a moment of silence and continued, "I just want to know, this kind of spanning spatial distance...... And even how exactly the information is transmitted across time. ”

Chu Guang said with a smile.

"Actually, don't say it's you, I'm also curious, why don't you set up a research project in the scientific expedition group?"

Yin Fang was stunned for a moment.

"This ...... No problem? ”

Chu Guang said in a casual tone.

"I never said it was something that couldn't be delved into, and it also helped us understand ourselves."

He had been waiting for the first managers to confess to him secrets he didn't know.

But it's been a long time since that guy handed over the B7 layer and a series of permissions to him.

Perhaps he should have dug up the secrets of this sanctuary himself instead of waiting.

Not to mention Yin Fang, he himself is also full of curiosity about this way of communication that ignores time and space.

Unexpectedly, Chu Guang would nod in agreement, and Yin Fangzheng had an ecstatic expression on his face.

"Thank you for your support! You may not believe it when you say it, but I have a strong intuition in my heart...... We might even discover new physics! ”

Looking at the excited "Chief Scientist of the Alliance", Chu Guang couldn't help but say in a mocking tone.

"Don't expect too much, now that we've all used this technology, I think someone has already found out."

Yin Fang said with a smile.

"It doesn't matter, rediscovering forgotten knowledge is also a discovery."

"Haha, I'm glad you think so," looking at the energetic Yin Fang, Chu Guang smiled and said, "I want to think about any information I can provide you......"

After closing his eyes and thinking for a while, Chu Guang's heart suddenly moved and he opened his eyes.

"That's right."

Looking at Yin Fang, who came over to listen carefully, he said the concept that he heard from a certain recording a long, long time ago.

"As for the name of the subject, let's call it 'Morphological Formation Field'."

……

In a certain forest on the planet Gaia, Night Ten wakes up from the power armor wearing a game helmet, but is shocked by the scene in front of him.

I saw that next to his bed, there was a group of girls kneeling with a graceful posture.

They were dressed in hay garments, and they held clay containers with water in their hands, as if intending to bathe and wash him.

The green faces were like green apples just picked in the morning, and their quiet and dignified temperament was completely different from other primitive people, so that Ye Shi's heart was beating a little faster.

Although the aesthetics of primitive people are not flattering, these little green men did not come down from the tree after all, but most likely "came down from the sky and climbed back to the tree", so even in terms of human aesthetic standards, their appearance is definitely not ugly.

There's even a bit of wild beauty.

As for the emerald green skin, although it is a little weird, it is quite eye-catching after looking at it for a long time.

Especially the chest.

It's unbelievable that such a huge fruit can hang on the petite and delicate branches.

Ye Shi suddenly discovered that he was not much nobler than the primitives.

There is a certain aspect of primitive man's worship, and he even has a special meow?!

At this moment, a sneer of "hehe" came from the communication channel.

Ye Shi felt a chill behind him, and suddenly realized that the action recorder on the power armor was still connected to the net, so he hurriedly sat up straight from the bed.

"What are you doing here? Hurry, hurry? ”

The girls couldn't understand what he was saying, and just looked at each other blankly.

An older girl, perhaps having understood a few words, stumbled in a human language that was less standard than the player's, as she took the lead and stood up.

"Priest...... Enjoin...... We...... Bathe. ”

This guy probably wanted to say help him take a bath.

Ye Shi hurriedly refused.

"That's not necessary."

The girl blinked.

"But it's like that in heaven."

Ye Shi almost didn't choke on the spit when he heard this.

He could tell with his toes that this was the smuggling of the leaders of the primitive people in the legends about the ancestors.

In order to uphold justice, he said solemnly.

"Have you ever been to heaven?"

Several girls exchanged glances blankly, not knowing whether they were indicating that they hadn't been there, or if they simply didn't understand.

Night Ten continued.

"Heaven is about equality, but that's not the case with us...... At least not in general. ”

The tone of his speech at first was absolute, but suddenly he thought of the guy with big eyes in debt, and his tone suddenly hesitated again.

In fact, to be honest, it is a stupid thing to talk about equality in primitive tribes, but this is not meant to be said to them, but to please someone floating in the sky.

The girl who could understand him nodded as if she didn't understand, but somehow stumbled out of her mouth a sentence that Ye Ten didn't expect.

"You...... Want...... Help us? Wash? ”

"Poof—"

Ye Shi, who heard this, almost didn't squirt out a mouthful of old blood from his nostrils, and hurriedly waved his hand to clarify the explanation.

"No, that's not what I meant."

You can understand me!

Not right-

Looking at the girl with an expression that seemed to understand or not, Ye Shi suddenly came back to his senses.

Just now he spoke in Chinese, and the last word of the girl was also Chinese......

But the problem is, he doesn't have that word in his whole sentence.

Ye Shi was completely stunned, and he couldn't figure out what the situation was.

And when the girl saw his reaction, she also showed a worried expression on her face, as if she had done something bad and begged for forgiveness.

Just when Ye Eleven's face was confused, Jiang Xuezhou's voice came from the communication channel again.

"Ten ...... Night"

The hoarse voice trembled slightly, and Night Eleven panicked when he heard it.

"Xuezhou, listen to me—"

"No, you listen to me first!"

The tremor in that voice didn't seem to be due to anger, but to excitement.

Jiang Xuezhou took a deep breath and slowly spoke with the shock in his heart.

"I just found out...... In fact, they don't know how to speak at all. ”

"What do you mean—"

As soon as Ye Shi asked this sentence, he suddenly realized something, and a stunned expression appeared on his face.

As if confirming his guess, Jiang Xuezhou continued in a slow voice.

"Recall carefully when the priest named Saquay first spoke to you when you first met them......

How do I remember this-

No, wait!

Ye Shi intuitively had a flash of inspiration in his mind, and he blurted out almost subconsciously.

"After I said the first thing to them?"

When the old man saw him, he fell to his knees with a thud, and said a great deal of things, and he did not understand a word.

It wasn't until he got them up that the old man popped out of his mouth.

"That's right, as soon as you say your first sentence, or after you express your willingness to communicate, they immediately understand what you say and learn your language......"

After giving an affirmative answer, Jiang Xuezhou continued to express his analysis in a calm voice.

"The priest named Saquay before, the leader named Thonnan, and the girl in front of you...... What they know is not the language of the people, but 'your language'. They don't actually know a word at all, they read every word from you! ”

The feeling of being terrified climbed up to the back of Ye Shi, and looking at the pair of ignorant eyes in front of him, he suddenly felt that the iron bump on his head was like paper paste.

It's not the kind of paper paste in the physical sense.

It's in the spiritual sense.

Those eyes seemed to be able to touch his soul directly through his armor, even through his face.

Swallowing with difficulty, Ye Shi still couldn't believe this incredible ability, even if he himself had that perception that made others feel unbelievable.

“…… However, I didn't say I was called the 'Ancestor'. That's what they told me. ”

Jiang Xuezhou continued in a calm voice.

But you can still understand exactly what the word means, don't you? I know what you want to say, he knows from you the words you haven't said, right? That's what surprised me that they showed that they were not just a linguistic talent, but a different kind of ability on top of that...... Telepathy? Resonance? Brainwave modulation and demodulation? Or some unknown high-dimensional energy field? Anyway, in terms of results, they read something in your mind and call it. ”

Sweat oozes from the back of Night Ten.

“…… What the hell is this? Mind reading? it? ”

Jiang Xuezhou took a deep breath and said.

"I don't know, I've never seen anything like this in the wasteland...... But as far as the situation is concerned, I can tell you unequivocally that she knew the word 'wash' out of thin air. I can testify that you haven't said it once, after all, even I don't know what this pronunciation means. ”

It seems that he is worried that he will scare the night ten.

When he said this, Jiang Xuezhou paused for another moment and continued.

"You don't have to be so scared...... I don't feel like they fully understand what they're capable of. And judging from the results, this abstract ability does not give them a clear advantage in combat effectiveness or productivity, otherwise they would not have lived this primitive life. ”

"Then they don't already know that I'm actually ......?"

Ye Shi just wanted to talk about pretending to be a ghost, but he didn't dare to think about it halfway, for fear that the girl with big watery eyes in front of him would see through his thoughts.

Jiang Xuezhou said patiently.

"I don't think so, they can only read the message you want to convey, so you don't have to worry too much about their thoughts being seen through by them, unless it's something you explicitly stated......"

After a pause, she continued.

"But my advice is to be careful...... Especially when you're going to say something. ”

In other words, try to say as little as possible, and try to think about what you want when you say something?

Thinking of the girl's previous mistaken reaction, Ye Shi couldn't help but feel a little hot on his face, and said with a dry cough.

"I see."

I don't know if it's because I'm still angry, Jiang Xuezhou, who finished talking about business, threw down a "hehe" in the communication channel, and then disappeared.

Ye Shi didn't know how to coax her, so he could only focus on work for the time being.

Looking at the girls who had been hanging out by himself for a long time, he cleared his throat and said in a serious tone.

"In the future, you are not allowed to enter my room without my permission...... No one. ”

It seemed to confirm Jiang Xuezhou's conjecture, and the slightly older girl who was suspected of having "strong perception ability" really understood his words, and said in a respectful tone.

"Yes."

She turned to the other girls to say a few words, and then the group prepared to leave the room with their things.

Ye Shi suddenly thought of something and stopped them again.

"Wait a minute, you stay."

The older girl blinked, pointed at herself, and nodded to Yaju, then handed her things to the other girls and left the room obediently.

There were only two people left in the room.

Looking at the curious girl, Ye Shi sorted out her thoughts for a moment and said slowly.

"I just came back to this land, and I was amazed at the changes here, a lot of things have become different from before, like we never came."

"I want you to tell me everything you know, about what happened after 'we' left, and about 'you'."

(End of chapter)