After finalizing the follow-up plan, the second team went out again and randomly selected a tree at the foot of a hill on the outskirts of Blue Lake City.

The tree is about six or seven meters tall and has a trunk diameter of about 20 centimeters. It is lush and healthy.

The conclusion of being very healthy was confirmed by a team of botanists after detailed measurements. This means that it is unlikely to die in the short term without an accident.

After selecting the target, under heavy guard, Wang Quan, who was imprisoned in the base for investigation, was brought out again.

During this period of time, under the attack of bottles of beer, roast chicken, and roast duck, Wang Quan has become good friends with the researcher who studied him, and Wang Quan has always obeyed and cooperated with the researcher's orders.

At this moment, the researcher took Wang Quan to the tree that had been randomly selected.

"This tree blocks the sun, and everything I grow here doesn't grow well." The researcher casually made an excuse: "Wang Quan, can you help me kill it?" Wang Quan excitedly said: "Your business is my business." Don't worry, I'll kill it for you. "With this tree

After the "interaction", Wang Quan was brought back to the base again. The researcher gave him paper and a pen, and he began sketching, and the subsequent curse.

At the same time, next to the tree, a specially mobilized team of botanists has installed various monitoring devices on the tree.

Not only that, but every 10 minutes, they will also collect some specimens from the tree and study them to confirm whether the state of the tree has changed.

Of course, all of these observations and research measures are based on the premise that they will not have a significant impact on the tree, at least not the tree will die.

Zhang Dingshan, He Wei, and Lu Ming were also looking at the tree in the tent set up next to them, waiting for the changes that might happen to it.

Jingle Bell ...... The phone rings. Zhang Dingshan connected, nodded slightly, and hung up the phone.

"Wang Quan has completed the curse." Zhang Dingshan said: "According to past experience, there is a high probability that there will be changes on this tree before tonight. Just wait. ”

"Yes." On the field experiment vehicle, botanists frequently examined specimens from the tree, observing the data provided by the monitoring equipment.

Time is ticking by. Before you know it, it's evening. And the sky was quietly gathering clouds, and it seemed that it was about to rain.

"It's normal." He Wei said: "The weather forecast originally predicted rain tonight. Lu Ming nodded.

At this time, an exclamation suddenly came from the field experiment vehicle. Lu Ming and the three of them walked over quickly, and saw several botanists facing the inspection equipment, looking at some of the parameters on it, their faces full of shock.

"What happened?"

"This tree, this tree...... It's dead. ”

"What? He's dead? Lu Ming was a little inexplicable. He subconsciously turned his head and saw that dozens of meters away, the tree was as usual, and there was no change from before.

It was still firmly rooted in the earth, and the huge canopy of trees was full of fresh green leaves. In the breeze, the canopy of the trees swayed slowly, making a rattling sound.

This...... How can it be said to be dead?

"How is this possible? We collect specimens every ten minutes, and the specimen ten minutes ago showed that everything was normal, how can the current specimen show that it is dead? Something went wrong, right? Xiao Wang! Take another specimen! Zhang Dingshan took a step forward and said solemnly: "Professor Li, what is your standard for judging the death of a tree?" The researcher, known as Xiao Wang, walked briskly to collect specimens, and Professor Li explained: "My habit is to look at a tree as a whole. When it loses one or more important functions, it is considered dead. He Wei muttered: "But this tree has obviously not changed at all, and it still has so many leaves, so green ......" Professor Li said: "The criterion for human death is brain death." But you should know that after brain death, some nerve cells can survive for several hours. After some people die, their nails and hair continue to grow, which means that there are cells in the corresponding area that survive. Locally, there are still cells alive, but on the whole, there is no doubt that the person is dead. That's how I judge the life and death of this tree. Previous specimens have shown that it has lost an extremely important function, and the rest of the place, if it is still alive, is only partial. As a tree as a whole, it is dead. Now it doesn't look like anything has changed from before, which is nothing strange. When a person first dies, it is no different from when he was alive before, right, and his body is still warm. Now this tree is the stage after it has died, similar to the stage when people are still a little warm. It's just, weird...... It was fine before, how could it be that he died suddenly? Professor Li was puzzled.

The researcher known as Xiao Wang took a new specimen, and after re-examining it, Professor Li became more and more puzzled.

"The previous analysis was correct, it was indeed dead. It's weird......" As of now, there have been no surprises.

The tree was still standing there. But, it's already a body at the moment

Is it a "corpse"? But why? Zhang Dingshan said in a deep voice: "What is the cause of death of this tree? Professor Li looked at Zhang Dingshan in surprise: "I said it, I lost a certain function." It's like when a person's heart stops beating, and the brain can't direct the body's organs to work. Zhang Dingshan paused and asked a different way: "What is the reason for the loss of that function?" Why is this feature missing? Professor Li shook his head: "I don't know." That's why it's weird...... There are many possible reasons for this result, such as radiation, such as a certain chemical, such as ......" Professor Li had just finished speaking, when a gust of wind suddenly appeared, and the trees that blew shook them.

The sky grew darker and darker, and a bolt of lightning suddenly crackled down from the sky, just as it happened to hit the tree that had been randomly selected by his side.

With a click, a thick branch snapped and fell from the tree. Professor Li was dumbfounded.

After a while, he muttered: "For example, lightning strikes......" Lu Ming's expression suddenly became serious. Lightning strike?

Can a lightning strike cause the loss of that vital function necessary to keep a tree alive? Previously, without any changes, the tree had inexplicably lost this function, and was judged by Professor Li to be

"Dead", now, is the reason coming? The reason turned out to be a lightning strike? And, the cause of the lightning strike, occurred after the death of the tree?

Could it be that the speculation of inversion of cause and effect is true? Did the trees you experiment with die first, and then there were lightning strikes, chemicals, felling, etc.?

"Professor Li, you are busy first, let's go first." The trio left the vehicle and returned to the tent.

"Is it really a cause-and-effect reversal?" Lu Ming muttered, "Unbelievable, unbelievable." I'm afraid one test is not rigorous enough. Try again. Find a dead thing this time. Zhang Dingshan said silently: "It's okay." "This time, the second team found an abandoned factory on the outskirts of Blue Lake City.

Wang Quan was brought over again, and at the researcher's behest, cursed the factory. After that, the second operation team commanded the investigators to install various detection devices on the abandoned factory to monitor the temperature, wind direction, wind speed and other data here in real time.

It's already dark by now. A light rain fell in the sky, and the temperature also dropped, and the raindrops fell on the people's bodies with strong winds, which were cold to the bone.

In the midst of all the sounds, under the watchful eyes of the investigators, the factory suddenly collapsed, and the steel collided with the wreckage, making a huge roar.

Lu Ming looked at the meter with some surprise. It showed that there was no strong wind enough to cause the building to collapse at the moment, or any other reason.

But it just fell, for no reason, and became a wreckage. The next moment, Lu Ming saw those numbers on the dashboard suddenly increase.

A strong wind appeared. And it has completely reached the point of blowing down a factory. But...... Before it appeared, the factory had collapsed.

"Yes, is it the 'fate' of the collapse of this factory that has been revealed in advance? The cause of its collapse was the gust of wind, and when the results of the collapse of the building were brought forward, the reason appeared later...... "There is no need to do more experiments."

This experiment with plants and dead things is enough to explain a lot of problems. Conference room. He Wei briefed Lu Qingliang on the results of the two tests conducted today.

Lu Qingliang said slowly: "If it is really a reversal of cause and effect, Wang Quan's curse does not cause the death of a person, but advances the 'result' of this person's death before the 'cause', then ...... I'm afraid it's useless to do anything. The result is already predestined, and the fate is already predestined. This is an unchangeable fate. "It's really happening.

What happened to those close to the deceased at this moment was only belated

"Why" only. Everything is predestined, everything is immutable. In this case, even if you can mobilize more resources and do more things, what is the use?

In the face of this fate that has been doomed and has happened, no matter what you do, there is no point in it.

Lu Ming felt a huge coercion, as if he was standing alone in front of a tsunami with a height of 100 meters, as if he was standing in front of the towering mountains that were collapsing.

No matter how you do it, whatever you do, it's useless, there's no point. What is meant to happen, will happen.

He Wei muttered, "In this way, the close friends of the deceased who have not yet suffered bad luck, they ...... Is it incurable? They are bound to meet with bad luck, miserable circumstances, and even a miserable death? They, they ......," He Wei muttered, her voice gradually muffling until it disappeared.

She was already a little speechless. If it was a real enemy, He Wei would never be afraid. In some cases, in the face of mutated alien monsters, He Wei was never afraid.

But at this moment, she couldn't give birth to a little confrontational thought. How to fight it? With the identity of a person, how is it possible to fight against what is already doomed

"Fate"? Lu Ming was also silent. While there was silence, his brain was still racing.

In a moment, he found a loophole.

"No, not fate. If Wang Quan's curse did not kill a person, but only brought forward the tragic fate of this person in the future...... How could it be that everyone he cursed happened to have a tragic fate in the future? Just like today, we randomly selected a tree, randomly selected an abandoned factory, and then asked Wang Quan to curse it, is it so coincidental that we happened to choose a tree or factory that was 'doomed' to die in the future? "There will be people with a tragic fate in the future.

But how could it be that the people who Wang Quanquan chose as the target of the curse happened to be everyone? It doesn't make sense.

Lu Qingliang looked at Lu Ming and said faintly: "Is it possible that meeting Wang Quan and thus encountering a curse is also part of fate?" It has also been ...... Doomed? Lu Ming was stunned.

He really hadn't considered this before. According to this statement, it is not that everyone who is cursed by Wang Quan happens to have a tragic fate in the future, but it is precisely because these people have a tragic fate in the future that they happen to meet Wang Quan and happen to be the victims of the curse.

That makes sense. Lu Ming was silent for a long time, but he still shook his head.

"The bottom of the universe is random, and every person, every pig, every tree, there are infinite possibilities in the future. The difference is only in the magnitude of the possibility. There is no such thing as a predestined future and destiny. "Even if it is a pig raised on a professional pig farm, the future of which it will be slaughtered after it has been raised is obviously very probable, but there is also a very small probability of the rest of the fate.

For example, being selected to become a breeding pig to obtain a longer lifespan, such as getting sick and dying during breeding, such as the closure of a pig farm, the sale of pig seedlings, and meeting a person who loves pigs, becoming a pet pig...... Who can be sure of its fate before the future happens?

"But it's clear that it's all real—it's always real, isn't it? If it is not fate, if the future is already predestined, how can the outcome be predestined? Lu Ming pondered for a long time before he said: "There are too many unknowns in this universe, and it is possible

"The bottom of the universe is random" is just our immature and superficial understanding of the universe, and maybe fate can really be predestined.

If that's the case, then ...... Those who were cursed to commit suicide, their close ones, are really hopeless. ”