Wang Chao: "The equipment on this ship can study the 'Dao' more deeply?" ”

Nia: "I should be able to, but I'm not an expert in engineering, so you'll have to find someone who is proficient in materials science for nanomaterials." ”

Where can I find it? Go to the three-body problem?

Lily: "Looking for Nia's colleague." Surely Nia knows an expert in materials science, right? ”

Nia shook her head: "I don't know. I don't socialize at all, and even if I do, I try to stay away from the male professors as much as possible. They always say weird things, 'I'm doing insatiable things,' and it feels weird. ”

Wang Chao: "Then it's right for you to stay away from them." In this case, I will figure out a way for the matter of materials science experts. ”

Nia said excitedly: "It seems that superpowers are really within the framework of science, and I was worried that the scientific system I was familiar with would collapse at once......"

"You're worried about becoming a 'chicken scientist'?" Wang Chao teased.

Chicken scientists, from the famous hypothesis in "The Three-Body Problem": a chicken farm puts feed at a fixed time every day, so the scientists in the chicken put forward the classic hypothesis, "there is feed in the feed trough at eleven o'clock every day", and it is regarded as the truth of the world.

The chickens lived like this for 30 days, and suddenly one day the director of the chicken farm forgot to put in the feed, so the chickens' perception of the world collapsed.

Chicken scientists are chanting "physics doesn't exist anymore".

Nia, apparently having read this "classical story", nodded: "Indeed. ”

Wang Chao: "That's not right, right? When a true scientist discovers something that cannot be summarized by existing theoretical systems, he should be ecstatic and convinced that a great discovery has come to him......"

"The problem is that I'm not such a 'real scientist.'" Nia smiled wryly, "Although I am also obsessed with scientific research, I am still a mortal after all. In the Three-Body Problem, I may be the kind of 'coward' who will shout 'physics doesn't exist' and commit suicide. ”

Wang Chao: "I don't think you're. If you don't believe it, you can ask her when Helena comes back. ”

As he spoke of Helena, the psychologist's newsletter came in: "I've finished treating Gaius." His case is typical, and his paranoia is not just due to stress.

His grief over his brother's death and his guilt for not being able to find out that his brother, who had always been with him, was a synth.

"Humans will naturally choose the easier option, but the subjective mind can rise to the challenge, but the subconscious mind cannot. So Gaius's subconscious chose to create a Julian and then make up for the mistake in his fantasy. ”

Wang Chao: "You mean, Gaius is hopeless from this symptom?" ”

"I prescribed him some medication to see if adjusting the endocrine system could weaken the illusion. However, if such a serious delusional disorder cannot be treated with medication alone, it will have to be hospitalized for long-term treatment. ”

Wang Chao: "It's impossible for us to 'hospitalize' Gaius. ”

"yes, so it's basically hopeless. I prescribe medication only based on the professional self-esteem of a licensed practicing psychiatrist. ”

Wang Chao: "What about the Gaius?" ”

"I let him off the boat. Anyway, with such a big spaceship, it's hard to hide people, aren't you worried about being attacked when we relax our guard after we set sail? ”

At this time, Nia, who was in the computer room, joined the communication: "Leave this to me." With the equipment in the engine room, I am invincible, and if someone sneaks on the ship, as long as he sends a message, I will find them. ”

Wang Chao: "It's not enough for you. That way, when we're about to set sail, Helena will broadcast wide-area and use your knowledge of psychology to make people who sneak on board think they've been planted with memes. ”

Helena: "Don't be strong, I really can't do such a high-end thing." ”

"It doesn't matter if you can't do it, just make others think you can do it."

In the communication room, Nia had already arrived at the door of the laboratory, and turned back to urge everyone: "Let's go, let's go to the next laboratory." ”

**

Gaius, who had just left the new Jackdaw, spoke to Julian as usual.

"Professor Helena gave me these medicines, I checked them, they are all antidepressant and paranoid drugs, what does this mean?"

Julian: "It's a disguise, don't you think that after leaving Professor Helena's room, my image has become more three-dimensional?" ”

Gaius frowned: "Is it really a disguise?" Are you a doppelganger of Professor Helena? Why do I think what you said doesn't match what the professor said? Logically, with you as a doppelganger who can talk to me 'telepathically' at any time, there's no need for Professor Helena to communicate with me so much. ”

Julian smiled and asked, "Then what do you think I am?" Brother? ”

Gaius pursed his lips and hesitated for a moment before saying, "Perhaps, you are just my fantasy?" Professor Helena made me produce you through a meme, and then she was actually checking on you to see if you fit her expectations.

"I was prescribed anti-paranoia medicine because your performance was somewhat out of her expectations, hoping to weaken your influence."

Julian smiled, "Brother, what do you think I don't fit with Professor Helena's vision?" ”

Gaius: "I don't know. I think ......"

Julian: "I've brought forward the process of Organization X. They weren't prepared to take control of the United Cluster so quickly, so they had to steal the prototype of the Unitary Cluster. ”

Gaius snapped his fingers: "I see, that way it can be strung together, and the last logical hole is gone." So you're a memetic hallucination of meme, and you partially represent the will of Organization X. ”

Julian smiled and said, "That's it, congratulations brother, your brain is not controlled by Professor Helena." ”

"No," Gaius said, propping his forehead, "she knows everything." When I think back to her eyes, I know she knows everything. Her superpowers have seen me through. She's a psychologist, and her superpowers allow her to enter my secret chamber without even noticing, and kill Unification ships with a single communication. ”

Gaius covered his face with his hands, as if recalling something terrible: "In the examination room, I felt like a frog in a petri dish, waiting for the scientist standing next to the test bench to decide my fate. ”

Julian patted his brother on the shoulder, and although it was just an illusion, it had a "touch" that was fake.

Gaius sobbed for a while, finally adjusted his mood, and looked at his "brother" calmly: "Julian, you may just be my hallucination, but can you guarantee that she is not watching?" No, I know she's watching. She must have implanted something in me again. She is now probably watching us interact as if she were watching a skit. ”

Julian: "Don't worry, as long as she doesn't do anything bad for Organization X, she'll just watch." ”

"I hope so," Gaius sighed, "I hope so." ”

**

"I hope so." The last words coming out of the headset made Agent Erin frown.

The encrypted communication of Wang Chao and others was the handiwork of genius hackers, and with the decipherment ability of Erin's team now, they could only decipher part of it.

In contrast, infiltrating a large organization like the United Cluster is much simpler, and the agents of Erin's team have managed to place bugs in the car of the Cluster's acting officer, Gaius.

Gaius's car had to check the loudspeakers three times a day, but this was too much for Erin's team, who bought off the maintenance crew to put bugs in between inspections.

As a result, the overheard content was a bit too loud this time.

Agent Irene: "It sounds like Professor Helena gave psychiatric treatment to the current de facto leader of the United Cluster, and prescribed medication?" And Gaius thinks he's been implanted with a new meme?

"The reason for being planted with new memes is not being very happy with the hallucinations produced by old memes. Can you see anything else? ”

Everyone else was silent.

Suddenly, someone said, "We're not going to be planted with a meme by that Professor Helena, are we?" ”

Erin: "Don't think so! If you think like this, it's easy to hallucinate due to stress! Think back to the training you received. That Helena is a psychologist, and her abilities are likely to be effective when used in conjunction with her knowledge of psychology.

"As long as you keep your guard against psychologists and don't trust everything they say, you won't be fooled by them!"

The agents looked at each other, and then someone asked, "Is this the conclusion that the Captain came to after being cheated of 200 hours of medical expenses by a psychologist?" ”

"I wasn't cheated out of my medical bills. That's a work-related injury, and the money is reimbursed by the organization. Erin replied solemnly.

As a secret agent, I often suffer from insomnia due to stress, so it is normal for me to go to a psychiatrist.

The captain, in particular, is under more pressure.

Because of this, Erin is particularly familiar with the "psychiatrist's set".

Erin: "In short, you have to be convinced that all memes are useless to you, and as long as you believe in this and reject hallucinogens that make people lazy and lazy, you will not be affected by this Helena's abilities.

"The gang of the Unification Sect will be ruined by a message, eighty percent because they are all high. Continue to monitor the new Jackdaw. ”

At this time, the agent who had been listening to the New Jackdaw's external communications exclaimed: "The New Jackdaw has sent a message, wait, the public key of the port used for the information can be unlocked directly."

"It's an order form! It looks like a normal supply. ”

Erin: "Send it to me!" ”

The order form immediately appeared on the left side of his field of vision in the form of augmented reality.

"Two thousand tons of biomass raw materials, a total of two thousand five hundred tons of various minerals, and ...... Wheat? ”

**

Time is pushed back five minutes.

Wang Chao followed Nia into the second laboratory.

He was shocked by the green in his eyes: "This ...... It's more like a hydroponic farm than a lab, right? ”

Nia: "It's a hydroponic farm. ”

Wang Chao: "I thought it was on the factory floor. ”

Nia: "There's that too, and it's a little smaller. This is mainly to study the changes of animals and plants in the space environment. The lab can simulate extreme environments, such as the ceiling, which can emit cosmic rays of various wavelengths, and simulate the breakage of the ship's protection. ”

Most of the time, harmful rays in the universe are blocked by the paint on the ship's hull.

Nia: "Also, this lab can do sophisticated genetic modification operations, and genetically modified crops can be planted here immediately for various tests. ”

Wang Chao: "It's a pity that we don't have talents in biology. ”

Gale laughed and said, "I don't know what the biologist's superpower is, is it also singing, and then the tomatoes that listened to the song grew bigger than watermelons?" ”

Lily: "That's good, spoon tomatoes or something, I'd like to try it too." ”

At this time, Nimeow asked in the communication: "I am going to order supplies from the port, although there are only six of us, but I am going to order 2,000 tons of biomass for it." ”

Because the spacecraft can basically be 100% recycled, theoretically speaking, the spacecraft does not need to bring additional biomass supplies, as long as the crew excrement is constantly recycled, and the biomass and synthesizer plus the energy provided by the reactor can be continuously synthesized to produce the food that the crew needs.

In addition, highly prosthetic crew members like Wang Chao and Ni Meow eat just to maintain self-stability, and theoretically they can eat plastic, and their stomachs can probably cope with it anyway.

Nimeow wants to order 2,000 tons of biomass, and it feels like it can supply a small city.

Of course, Wang Chao had already guessed why Nimeow ordered it like this: she deliberately wanted to disguise the existence of Organization X, so that most of the 2,000 tons of biomass would be purchased as Organization X.

Wang Chao glanced at the vibrant biological laboratory, and suddenly said: "Let's have some more wheat seeds, as well as vegetable and fruit seeds, and we can't let the biological greenhouse on the ship be empty." ”

Nimeow: "Okay. ”

Wang Chao: "By the way, send this communication directly with the public key of the spaceport. ”

"Doesn't that seem too out of place?" Nimeow asked, "But you're the boss, you have the final say." ”

Wang Chao: "When the supplies are full, and then fix the original Jackdaw underneath, we will prepare to go." ”

Nimeow: "Is this the departure?" ”

Wang Chao: "Of course, why are you reluctant to feel like a master here?" ”

In fact, it is quite cool to be the emperor here, but Wang Chao now has an idea to see what he can become if he throws the United Star Cluster away for a year and a half.

Gale joins the call: "Are we going to trouble the man who betrayed his father-in-law this time?" ”

"Yes." While Wang Chao answered, he smiled at the evil spirit of Gale in reality, "Of course, before that, we have to find an unmanned planet to mine first, and use the LV5 printer on the spaceship to disguise the spaceship." ”

Gale rolled up the short sleeves of his shirt and showed off his biceps: "Mining, I'm the best at hard work." ”

Wang Chao knocked her on the head: "Use you to dig?" Fully automatic construction machinery will get everything done! ”

(End of chapter)