Chapter 1643: No Time to Die (6)
Most of the symbols of the human industrial revolution are breakthroughs in the field of energy and power, so modern historians believe that mankind will inevitably have a new energy source with higher utilization rate and cleaner utilization during the third industrial revolution.
And now, mankind does have the ability to fly out first with the further construction of the Mercury base, and various countries are putting into production parts and materials related to the extraction of solar energy.
When the photos of the Mercury base were published in the official media of various countries, the vast majority of ordinary people thought that it was a scene from a new Hollywood blockbuster, or the result of some crazy photographer.
When the state media confirmed the authenticity of the photo, a storm of public opinion swept the world, and the French historian's article was pulled out of the corner ā he was right, and the Third Industrial Revolution began.
The beginning of humanity's Third Industrial Revolution was marked by the successful construction of the first solar energy harvesting station on Mercury, a claim currently accepted in mainstream historian circles.
The ability to painlessly exploit solar energy means a lot of things, but people still only care about two things: how hot can water really burn? How far can a stone fly?
It turns out that the Third Industrial Revolution will be the most important in human history, because this time the stone will fly too far, about dozens of light-years away.
After confirming this fact, another kind of confusion ensued, people were simply not ready to accept the fact that humanity had become an interstellar civilization, the ship flew too far and the mind had not yet spread its wings.
As a result, overnight, drastic ideological changes swept the world, panic, reflection, radicals, conservatives, praised, declined, profited, and righteous, and the entire cultural circle of mankind became a pot of porridge.
It can be said that all media has become a battlefield of public opinion, the craze of punk culture has made a good start, and the anger and panic that should have been suppressed in the heart have all turned into fierce output words.
Then, with its natural characteristics, the public opinion field swept the sand, and after getting tired of those purely emotional outputs, people began to chase more literary and artistic, or purely aesthetic value, information.
In this situation, where there is a market, there is creation, literature and artists are beginning to exert themselves, newspaper debates that have not appeared in a hundred years have re-emerged, and many cutting-edge critics have made their mark, and the classic text, which is known for its sharp satire, has become the center of people's daily conversation.
Then, rock, rap and other music forms that have always paid attention to the environment of the times made breakthrough changes, and a lyrical rap album released by the rapper in prison "We Run to Death Within the High Walls of the Times" became an instant hit, followed by the comeback of the old rock band, and a platinum album called "Sun" was launched to dominate the chart again.
Followed by column interviews from major newspapers, overwhelming news reports, and in the endless sea of opinions, there is only one point of view that is universally recognized by the public, that is, "we seem to have really witnessed history".
Eddie Bullock walked into the S.H.I.E.L.D. Spider Legion base, he looked at the empty base, a little dazed, and then walked to the only figure sitting at the table.
"Gwen, what's going on? Where have all the people gone? ā
Gwen Spider-Man tapped on the keyboard without raising his head and said, "Who are you looking for?" ā
"Peter Parker."
"It's unfortunate that you're here, if you had shouted like that at this time, you would have been drowned out by Peter Parker."
"So where did they go? Well, what about Peter of our universe? ā
"I was borrowed by the editor of the Global Times to quarrel."
"Uh...... And what about that amazing Spider-Man? ā
"Borrowed by the editor of the New York Times to quarrel."
"Where's Miles?"
"Borrowed by the editor of the daily Clarion to quarrel."
"Why are they borrowing Spider-Man to fight?"
"Because there are fights everywhere, and they all think they can win." Gwen Spider-Man was concentrating on writing the paper, she hit the enter hard, then turned to look at Eddie and said, "I know you may also want to borrow a Spider-Man to quarrel, after all, we are recognized that our mouths are faster than our brains, and we will not get tired if we can argue for days on end, and we are happy to refute those who are too radical." ā
"But you're a little late, and now I'm the only one left here, and I'm still busy catching up with the paper, my proposal report has been sent back and rewritten, and tonight is a dead line, I'm afraid you can only quarrel by yourself."
"I came to Peter for his interview." Eddie shook his head and said, "I don't have time to be involved in their fight, I still have a documentary to make." ā
"I've heard that you want to make a documentary about superheroes." Gwen was slightly interested as she typed and turned back and asked, "How many have you photographed now?" Do you have a sample shot? ā
At the mention of this, Eddie sighed deeply and said: "I seem to have fallen under a curse, that is, 'the actors I urgently need must have a reason to leave New York in the near future', and all the scenes were only half filmed, and I would have expected Spider-Man to be the first theme to be completed." ā
Eddie shook his head and sighed as he turned and walked out, muttering, "I'll have to talk to Schiller about this, I know they're busy, but if no one cooperates with me at all, the film won't be finished for another ten years." ā
Eddie found Schiller in his office at Arkham Sanatorium, and before he could enter the office, he heard Schiller's voice coming from inside the door on a staccato basis, as if he was talking to someone on the phone.
"It's just a temporary excuse to be busy with work, you can't rely on this to catch him for the rest of your life, the demon god usually doesn't have the abundant curiosity of humans, maybe at first she will be more interested and want to figure out why you are avoiding him, but it won't be long before she gives up."
"Mr. Sanos, you have to understand a truth, dragging someone around you is not an artificial enclosed space, she will feel unfree and want to leave, and you have to do the opposite, you have to make her feel free, but also make her not want to leave."
"Yes, generally speaking, this is a bit difficult, especially when the other party is a cosmic demon god who is much stronger than you, but as long as it is an intelligent life, there will definitely be something to fear, you have to find the key ball first."
"Of course, if you make progress, you can contact me at any time, the universe has given these gods too much, we deserve some from them, and it is my honor to be able to help...... Ok bye. ā
Sanos hung up the phone, and he walked out of the bathroom to see a woman in a black dress and a hood sitting on the couch in his office.
"What's wrong, dear? How did you go for so long? ā
Thanos said quietly: "My clothes are unfortunately hung on my belt, and it took me a little effort to untie them, and now I have some time, what do you want me to help me with?" ā
Death looked a little surprised, she didn't expect Thanos to free up her efforts so quickly, she sat on the sofa and lifted her legs, cleared her throat, and said, "You should know that the faith of humans on Earth has special powers, right?" ā
Sanos nodded, and sat down across from Death, who reached out and tugged at his hood and said, "One of my old adversaries 'Annihilation' is now busy spreading his faith on Earth, and I hope you can stop him, or at least make things don't go so smoothly." ā
"You have a grudge against him?"
"It's not a feud." Death floated behind Thanos, bent down and cupped his face with cold fingers, and said, "I just wish you could do something for me, it's just a small gift for us to reunite after a long separation, an opportunity for you to show your love for me, dear, you will, right?" ā
Sanos immediately remembered the content of the 'Obedience Test in Mental Manipulation' introduced by Schiller in class before, that is, asking the other party to help do a small thing, in order to test the difficulty of the other party's obedience, if the other party did it, then he would fall into the trap of mental manipulation step by step.
Thinking of the most basic solution that Schiller had mentioned in that class, Thanos began to think about coping strategies quickly compared to the situation he was facing now.
Usually many people know that in the face of this situation, they should simply refuse, especially if the other party does not have any interest relationship with you, just say "no", and sometimes it should be more emphasized that "I am not obliged to do this for you", so that the refusal can be more reasonable.
But if you want to refuse tactfully without offending the other party, many people will make a mistake, that is, they start to make excuses, such as they are very busy, so they can't do it for the time being, it seems that this is a refusal, but in fact, it is still in accordance with the other party's will to complete the obedience test, because the act of making excuses itself symbolizes avoidance.
Thanos' instinctive reaction is also to say that he is busy with work so he is not available, firstly because he is really busy with work, and secondly, because he does have some illusions in his heart that the other party can understand him, and one of the great illusions of intelligent life is that the other party can understand me.
But he had to twist that instinctive reaction and adopt a more skillful approach to the conversation.
"No, I'm afraid I can't." Thanos took a deep breath in his heart, trying his best to reproduce Schiller's demeanor in class, and he stared at death with a focused gaze and said, "Like you said, we finally met again, why waste time on these unimportant things?" ā
After saying that, he leaned forward, reached out and took Death's hand and said, "I have imagined the day of reunion countless times, but when it really came to this day, I realized that I could no longer endure even a moment of separation. ā
Death was about to open her mouth to say something, but Thanos interrupted her, stretched out a hand and said, "Of course, I will always regard your business as more important than my own feelings, of course I am willing to do it for you, but can't the two of us really go together?" ā
Thanos is actually a reproduction of the method that Schiller talked about in class to deal with this obedience test, which is to find a way to throw the mistake at the other party, and I don't do it because I don't want to do it or I can't do it, but because you didn't provide me with certain conditions, so I can't do it.
And this kind of shirking responsibility should not be too blunt, using the principle of reverse obedience test, first put forward a condition that the other party is likely to agree, and if the other party agrees, then put forward a more radical one.
Thanos originally thought that if Death really agreed to go with him, then he proposed that it would be better to fight directly with Annihilation, judging from Death's attitude, it was impossible for her to find Annihilation directly, otherwise she would not have come to him.
But Death's reaction was completely beyond Thanos's expectations, Death was stunned at first, and then his head shook faster than a rattle, shaking his head and saying, "No, no, I can't go to Earth!" ā
Thanos slowly narrowed his eyes, judging from the body movements of Death just now, it was as if there was something terrible on Earth, could this be the key goal that Schiller said?
At this time, in the office of Arkham Sanatorium, on the single sofa next to the coffee table, Schiller put one leg on the other and said to Eddie, who was sitting on the sofa opposite: "...... So, in your relationship with Venom, he has been manipulating you, and that starts with the first thing he asks you to do after he possesses you. ā
"But I couldn't refuse him at the time!" Eddie explained with some excitement that he had not refuted Schiller at all for the previous hour, and that he was desperately trying to get back on the field.
"Can you imagine? An ordinary human heard the voice of an alien, and I was not in a very good mental state at the time, and I felt that he would hurt me, so I ......"
"Yes, but when you later determined that he wouldn't hurt you, you didn't want to reverse the relationship...... Why not? ā
"IāI think we're friends, manipulating or something, it sounds a little too evil." Eddie said with some embarrassment.
"But I think you've realized that complete indulgence is not a good thing, and you should see him as your child, and you need enough authority to guide him and make him do the right thing."
Eddie began to shake again, apparently the venom was stirring up in his mind again, and he pulled Eddie to the left, sliding his chair on the floor with a screeching sound, and Schiller's gaze instantly fell on the leg of the chair.
"No, Venom! Damn, don't do that...... Schiller is right, you should be disciplined, can you be a little polite? ā
At this time, Schiller's phone rang, and Schiller picked it up and said to that side.
"Hello? Rogie, did what I said work the other day? Frigga feeling guilty? Yes, that's working, no, don't be swayed by this, isn't there still Odin? ā
"Yes, that's right, just keep going of that line, okay, call me if there's any new development...... No thanks, it's a pleasure to help. ā
Rockie put down the phone, heard the movement outside her bedroom, and she slipped the phone under her pillow.
At this time, Logie was lying on the bed, her black hair hanging down behind her ears, and she coughed a few times with a pale face.
Frigga and Odin walked in one after the other, and when Frigga saw Logie's face, she quickly threw herself on the side of the bed and took her daughter into her arms, and said to Odin behind her in a very rare angry tone.
"You're an irresponsible father! You haven't cared about Loki's physical condition for so many years, and most of the blame for her illness is on you, Odin, I've had enough! ā
Pathological human-to-human transmission (pathological)