Chapter 166: Slaughtering Humanity is to Save Humanity
At this time, in the video, three screenshots of the diary are shown again.
The dates above are very coherent.
2448 Nos. 3.15, 16, 17.
The contents of the diary are also shown to the player.
It's the diary that has just been released!
Brother Banana's voice came out of the video.
[As we mentioned earlier, a large number of Control Bureau personnel involved in the Soul Project committed suicide on the 15th. ]
[And on the 16th, not only did the number of suicides increase, but there were even those who left the company.] ]
[It wasn't until the 17th, the third day, that the Bureau of Control finally took action.] They sent the meme out in the form of an email, successfully preventing suicide and resignation. ]
[And the main boss 'Bigfoot' said that before the destruction of the human race, 'it' was discovered through a certain 'spirit and soul' experiment.] ]
[What this experiment is, I think you in front of the screen already know.] Then I won't repeat it on my side. ]
The players in front of the screen listened attentively.
The experiment of spirituality and flexibility is clearly the Pneuma (soul) project.
So the question is, how will the Control Bureau deal with the 'Divine Seal'?
And some of the players who have played know it in their hearts.
No matter how you deal with it, this confrontation with the 'Divine Seal', the Control Bureau loses.
In the video, Brother Banana's voice continues.
[So, the thing is actually quite clear.] I'm here to briefly explain to you the whole process of the control bureau's elimination of humans. ]
[By the way, again.] The following plot content is based on the diary of the second character, scattered document clues, and the lines of the boss 'Bigfoot'. If you have different opinions, please feel free to correct them, thank you. ]
The players in front of the screen saw this and immediately looked forward to it.
Finally, it's time to get down to business!
So many details have been explained before, and now there is finally a result.
The basic situation of the parallel world is also considered to have a basic understanding of the players.
Now, it depends on how the overall storyline is.
In the video, Brother Banana's voice slowly rose.
[The time has to start on June 20, 2443.] ]
[On this day, a certain geologist exposed the secret research of a certain mining company on 'alien structures', which is what we called the 'divine seal' earlier.] ]
[At this point, after the exposure of scientists, the essence of the 'divine seal' was revealed.] ]
[Since it is a form of exposure, it must be known to everyone.] After all, even the No. 2 protagonist knows the 'Divine Seal', will the Federal Control Bureau not notice it? ]
[We don't know who came up with the name 'Divine Seal', and there are no clues about it in the game.] ]
[However, with the advent of the 'Divine Seal', the Bureau of Control has acted.] We don't know what means the Bureau of Control used to investigate the mining company. All it is known is that on the 19th day after the 'Divine Seal' appeared, they launched Project Pneuma (Soul) at the headquarters. ]
[So here, we can guess.] The Bureau of Control must have acquired some kind of technology or knowledge from the Divine Seal itself, so much so that it can't wait to start researching it. Or we simply think it's a study of the 'Divine Seal'. Let's assume that the Bureau of Control has acquired this technology and knowledge, and has been researching the 'Divine Seal' for four years. ]
[Then, during the research, Site 19, where Mane 2 is located, began to experience hallucinations and headaches, as well as frequent appearances of the deceased. But is this really the case with Site-19? What we know comes from the diary of Mane 2, who has stayed inside Site-19 and never went out. So the outside world, like Site 19, has headaches and hallucinations? ]
[Also, this soul plan of the Control Bureau is really to study the ethereal spirit and consciousness?] Or is it... Is it to solve the above-mentioned effects brought about by the 'Divine Seal' after its appearance? ]
When the players saw this, they were stunned.
What the heck?
This soul plan is not for the study of consciousness, but for... Cure?
The Bureau of Control gained some kind of technology and knowledge from Shenyina, and then... For humanity?
Is the Bureau of Control so kind?
Although I have always been a little skeptical, if the Control Bureau is for humanity, then why did it slaughter humanity in the future?
What the protagonist 2 says... Should I believe it or not?
Brother Banana's voice interrupted the players' thoughts.
[By the way, here's a little episode.] At this juncture in the present world of the 'Divine Seal', the old government of the parallel world established the 'Unification Church'. So the question is, if this religion was not established sooner or later, why should it be established after the 'Divine Seal' is in the world? ]
[Wouldn't that be too coincidental?] ]
[We previously thought that this 'Unification Church' was used by the old governments of the parallel world to appease people.] After all, the world is too chaotic, resources are scarce, turmoil is endless, and there are rebels. ]
[But looking at it now, the establishment of this 'Unification Church' may be inseparable from the 'Divine Seal'. Not only did a large number of people from the Control Bureau join, but even the protagonist 2 himself became a member. Coupled with the fact that the 'Divine Seal' is related to consciousness and thinking, it's hard for me not to think that the 'Divine Seal' itself may be a 'meme'! At the same time, hallucinations and headaches may just be a side effect of living in human consciousness! ]
[Okay, that's a big deal.] The current Bureau of Control is unaware of the existence of the 'Divine Seal' in human consciousness. They haven't found out yet, but in the meantime, something else has happened. ]
At this point, a new screenshot of the diary was released.
[According to the diary entry dated December 12, 2444, a major breakthrough has been made in the Soul Project of the Control Bureau.] In other words, the Bureau's research on the 'Divine Seal' has yielded decisive results! ]
[As I said before, the Bureau of Control must have experienced numerous failed experiments before resurrecting the previous Director.] So does this major breakthrough mean that it has laid a clue for the resurrection of the later director? ]
[The answer is: Yes!] ]
[The subsequent development, as I said earlier, resurrects the former director of the Bureau, and through him learns a world that belongs to the dead.] At the same time, he also learned from the former director that the 'Divine Seal' not only has an essence under the deep sea, but also exists in another form in the consciousness of people, torturing the dead humans. ]
[We don't know what the state of mind of the Control Bureau was at the time when they learned the news, but it was the subsequent discovery that made them realize that things were far from that simple!] ]
[Through research into Project Pneuma, the Control Bureau has discovered that the 'Divine Seal' exists not only in the consciousness of the dead, but also in the consciousness of the living!] Headaches and hallucinations are a side effect of the 'divine seal' in the consciousness. It was only here that the Bureau of Control finally found out. The 'Divine Seal', from beginning to end, has been endangering mankind! And whether human beings are dead or alive! If all human beings are bound by the 'Divine Seal' before and after death, then this interstellar human civilization... It's a plaything for it! ]
[At this point, the Control Bureau finally discovered the horror of the 'Divine Seal'!] ]
[They urgently halted the Soul Project, the study of the 'Divine Seal', and began to concentrate on dealing with this anomalous entity that was nearly impossible to defeat.] ]
[But the more incredible is yet to come.] The main story boss said that when ancient humans were still savages, it was the seedlings of the 'Divine Seal' that made them forcibly evolve into top lifeforms! ]
[Then why did the 'Divine Seal' do this?] Why help uncivilized wildlings become a higher race? ]
[We know that the Divine Seal is a living being, so what is its reason for doing so?] ]
[Next, don't talk about you, we can't believe the speculation below.] ]
The banana guy in the video paused, then spoke again.
[The 'Divine Seal' was descended on the Blue Star by the Cambrian period, as can be known from the mouth of the 'Bigfoot'. Then, the cosmic microbial cells carried on the surface of the 'Divine Seal' combined with marine minerals, triggering the Cambrian explosion of life. ]
[So... Essentially... All life in Bluestar, including humans... It's all brought by the 'Divine Seal'! Strictly speaking, the 'Divine Seal'... He is also our Creator...]
The players were stunned.
Groove, what the hell is this setting?
Blue Star Life is brought about by the 'Divine Seal'?
Are the roots of diverse species related to the 'Divine Seal'?
What the hell is that 'Divine Seal'!?
God!?
Just as the players were taken aback, Banana spoke up again.
[From the above understanding, the purpose of the 'Divine Seal' is obvious.] Yes, it wants to create civilization! Develop life! ]
[Looking at it this way, the starting point of the 'Divine Seal' is still a good thing, right?] If you think so, you are very wrong. Just imagine, an inorganic life form from the universe that cannot reproduce itself will help other planets develop life and civilization? What's the trouble? Audience in front of the screen, do you believe it? ]
[Moreover, the 'Divine Seal' is an inorganic life form, so this means that the 'Divine Seal' is likely to have been created.] The universe is vast and boundless, what kind of transcendent being can create a 'divine seal'? If there were higher life forms behind the 'Divine Seal', would they have nothing to do to create civilization and life from scratch? ]
[Therefore, there is a purpose for the 'Divine Seal' to develop life on other planets!] As for what purpose, we don't know, so we can only guess. ]
[The main boss "Bigfoot" said that the first thing ancient humans did after evolving was to slaughter other advanced civilizations. ]
[So, we guess.] The second purpose of the 'Divine Seal' should be 'fighting crickets']
Fighting crickets?
The players were slightly stunned.
What does it mean?
Fighting crickets?
But this is not what civilization is like...
Suddenly, some players seemed to wake up and understood what it meant.
Then, they looked horrified.
Brother Banana cleared his throat and spoke slowly.
[Suppose we compare crickets to civilization, 'divine seals' to fodder, bucket jars to blue stars, and cricket people to transcendent beings.] Doesn't all this sound familiar? ]
[Yes, it's a game!] ]
['It' chose ancient humans who were not intelligent and uncivilized.] Forced them to evolve, and then through mental control, let ancient humans and other civilizations go to war. ]
[In this way, the ancient Blue Star is only left with the advanced human race controlled by the 'Divine Seal'.] ]
[Therefore, the purpose of the 'Divine Seal' is to give birth to and develop civilization.] Then let civilizations kill each other. In the end, the civilization that came out of the bloody struggle is the race needed by the 'Divine Seal'...! ]
The players are already confused.
They never imagined that the existence of the 'Divine Seal' was even more terrifying than they imagined.
If Brother Banana's guess analysis is not wrong, then the 'Divine Seal'... It can't be a weapon, right?
A weapon against civilization...
Players feel a sense of silence in their throats for the parallel world.
The production team added such an invincible anomaly to the parallel world, so it's still playing nm!
Oh no, the Bureau of Control ended up slaughtering humanity.
In this way, it seems that it can be regarded as a flip table and no play.
But...
The 'Divine Seal' can continue to torture even the dead.
Is it any use for the Control Bureau to slaughter humanity?
Isn't this behavior pushing humanity into hell ahead of time?
The players were a little puzzled and continued to stare at the video.
And Brother Banana also spoke out again.
[Well, now that we know that the 'Divine Seal' is most likely picking a powerful civilization, then its behavior of carrying cellular microorganisms to the Blue Star can also be explained.] ]
[Then another question arises.] What does the 'Divine Seal' need for a powerful civilization to do? Unfortunately, we don't know, there aren't any clues in the game. But we guess it's certainly not a good thing! This can be understood from the fact that ancient humans did not hesitate to return to the life of savages, but also chose to forget the 'Divine Seal' to escape... Being chosen by the 'Divine Seal' is never a good thing! ]
[So the question comes back to the powerful and ethereal existence of the 'Divine Seal', how does the Control Bureau deal with 'it'?] ]
[You must know that the civilization of humans in the interstellar age is less than one-tenth of that of ancient humans.] Even people choose to avoid the 'Divine Seal' by forgetting, can modern humans really solve the 'Divine Seal'? ]
[The game does not explain how the Control Bureau deals with the connection between the 'Divine Seal' body and the consciousness of the 'Divine Seal' under the deep sea.] But I guess they must have tried, but it just didn't work. ]
[Since the real world can't deal with the 'Divine Seal', what about the 'world of the dead?'] After all, they have memes. Since the humans of the world of the dead are spiritual consciousness beings, and memes are things that forcibly change their minds. Could that mean that memes can be transmitted to the world of the dead through the human mind? ]
[If people in the real world use memes to sever their connection with the 'Divine Seal', can they spread the memes after death?] If it succeeds, then humanity will have a new form of life that can exist forever without the need for energy! ]
[So, we suspect that the Bureau of Control began its research into the former Director because it wanted to know if the 'meme' could spread in the world of the dead.] But this led to a conflict between the two sides, which in turn led to the death of the former director. ]
[Is it over?] No! ]
[Since then, there have been suicides and separations within the Control Bureau. So, they used the meme to successfully stop the people who committed suicide due to the influence of the 'Divine Seal'. So it's certain that memes can solve the connection between the 'Divine Seal' and humans. ]
[But this is only a palliative, not a cure.] The essence of the 'Divine Seal' is still influencing humanity under the deep sea, and the control bureau's technology is not as good as that of ancient humans, so it is powerless to fight against this ancient existence. ]
[Such a time bomb exists, and everyone is helpless, and the control bureau has no choice but to delve into the world of the dead.] ]
[Through the experiments I mentioned earlier about hypnosis, asphyxiation, and suspended animation, which can make people dying, it is very likely that the Bureau of Control has found the results and determined that humans can carry memes to spread in the world of the dead.] So...]
[They officially declare war on all of humanity!] ]
Brother Banana said this, and his tone was stunned.
Then, a screenshot was released.
It was the journal entry dated April 6, 2448.
The above is about the Federal Bureau of Control opening up to the world about their existence and what they are doing.
They then indicate the presence of an anomalous entity in the world that is beyond their control.
In order to be able to solve this entity, for the sake of what is happening after the death of humanity, they have decided to exterminate all of humanity!
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Seeing this, the players finally understood.
The Bureau of Control's slaughter of humanity is not a maddened mania, as Mane 2 says.
It's about saving humanity!
I have to say, this kind of thing is too shocking.
There is an anomaly in the world that plunges humanity into pain and suffering.
To combat it... Actually escaped from it...!
And the only way to save humanity ... It's the removal of humanity...!
Whoever hears this will not believe it.
But there really is such an outrageous thing.
In this parallel world, resources are scarce, everyone is trying to survive, and the old and new governments are also trying to explore resources.
And now suddenly let them die...
I'm afraid that the first half of my life has been in vain!
It's all a pointless effort!
At this point, Brother Banana spoke again.
[Actually, I think it would be a reluctance for the Bureau of Control to make such a decision.] After all, there is no way for them to take the 'Divine Seal'. This kind of ancient existence is helpless even in the ontology, let alone in human consciousness. ]
[Even if the meme is used to temporarily solve the 'divine seal' in consciousness, the body is still in the deep sea, which means that it will come again anytime and anywhere.] The Control Bureau simply simply does not have the ability to solve 'it' once and for all! ]
[Imagine that you would rather have a headache every now and then spend your life with the hallucinations of a dead person?] Nobody wants to, right? There is also no indication in the game whether this will worsen or not. If it develops into a situation like this every day in the future, who can stand it? I'm afraid that human society has long been tortured and collapsed. ]
[Since the world of the living is powerless, it has to put hope in the world of the dead.] And the Control Bureau seems to have been able to heal this spiritual connection in the world of the dead through research, otherwise why would it slaughter humans? ]
[So, the mystery is revealed.] ]
[The real reason for the Control Bureau's elimination of humanity is to save humanity!] It's for the aftermath of humanity! It is to allow human beings to not have to suffer after death, and it is also to liberate the countless ancestors who have long since died! ]
[This is an act worth remembering by mankind!] ]
[Maybe there was a bit of anger in the process of purging, but in the end, it was for the sake of humanity's well-being.] So the main character 2 misunderstands the control bureau from beginning to end and thinks they are crazy. ]
[Also, again.] The above plot content is a guess and analysis, and does not represent the official final plot. Because many clues that are not in the game are inferred by us, please forgive me if there is a discrepancy with everyone's understanding. ]
[After all, Site 19 in the parallel world is just a copy of the main line process, and the incomplete information is really helpless.] ]
[I'm here to give you a heads-up, though.] Producer Shimmer made it clear. The next game is an interstellar sci-fi genre. And the parallel world happens to be an interstellar civilization. Pin, you taste, I'll just say it casually, and you just listen to it casually. ]
[Now, we know the background of the parallel world, and we know the truth about the Control Bureau's elimination of humanity.] So what's next... Let's take a look at how the second protagonist of the parallel world turned into a monster and controlled the control failure event! ]
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ps:
Finally explained everything about the parallel world, and it is certain that there are discrepancies from the original setting, after all, blending into a world view will definitely need to be carefully modified.
When I wrote these chapters, there were more than 20,000 words in the wasted manuscript, and the outline was very smooth, just over 6,000 words. But in order to be able to write in a half-correct and half-wrong form, it was changed several times.
For example, everyone knows that the monster in a certain game is a corpse variant, but I didn't mention the corpse variant in the whole article, so Brother Banana doesn't know either.
Therefore, there is a need for a reasonable explanation that can replace the corpse variant in order to match the development of the story.
Therefore, the worldview of this interstellar era explained by Brother Banana is not completely correct, and there are many things that he does not know.
(After all, Brother Banana doesn't have enough clues)
The purpose of writing this way is also to catch players off guard and create a contrast with the appearance of the corpse variant.
Then, there's another chapter later.