Neither Lu Ning nor Zhou Weiyuan would spend money on tobacco or alcohol, but there is a man here who does whatever he wants. Shang Wenxue just looked at the man for a moment, then took out a small bottle of wine from somewhere and threw it into his arms.
When he saw the small bottle, the man's eyes suddenly lit up. Then he gave Shang Wenxue a cautious look, picked up the bottle, and carefully unscrewed the cap.
"Ah...it's been a long time."
He leaned over the mouth of the bottle and took a deep breath, then let out a long sigh of relief, as if he had no regrets in his life. Immediately, the man opened his slightly drunken eyes and gestured to the sofa with cotton wool popping up in front of him: "Please sit down. Since you have invited me to drink, I will explain it to you."
The man just held the bottle and did not drink immediately. After the three of them sat down on the sofa, he began to talk.
His name is Wei Shu, and he is the leader of the fourth project team of the Legend Recovery Plan.
"Let's start with the first question, the Legend Recovery Plan. Why is there such a plan?"
"Because... the newly built Avionics University needs a project that can be accomplished, right?" Lu Ning said.
Wei Shu nodded.
"You have also noticed that Avionics University is a comprehensive school. The majors planned in the early days of the school's establishment alone cover hundreds of the most popular subjects in society as well as dozens of unpopular subjects. This is only the first step. idea. If a newly established university can carry out such a plan, its financial flow must be strong, because both teachers and hardware require money... Although you don’t have to worry about this problem in the early stage, after the school is established, We must produce some results within five years to prove it, so that we can continue to obtain enough investment to support subsequent plans.”
Lu Ning was a little surprised by this.
In the world she originally lived in, educational resources such as schools have always been controlled by the state. Especially in higher education, it is almost impossible for such a phenomenon like angel investment to occur.
"Of course, the founder of the school would not agree to this condition without any preparation. As for this preparation... you should also know that it is the Legend Recovery Plan."
"Was that the plan from the beginning of this school?"
"As the leader of the team, I have access to some relevant secrets. You can believe what I say because I have met some people... who have produced evidence."
"Please continue." Zhou Weiyuan said.
Wei Shu smiled and continued: "This plan initially recruited project researchers in multiple academic circles, and I was one of the applicants at that time. You may have seen some lists of members. These people have majors in sociology and history. Each has extraordinary attainments in various fields such as science, philosophy, physics, mathematics, geology, natural science, chemistry and even theology. We know very well that the ultimate goal of this plan is to put our hands into another world, and a world The resources...are enough to convince any capital in the world."
"Did you find out later that they were not the same world?" Lu Ning asked.
"This was discovered very quickly. We quickly completed a deflection of the world from the traces brought by those lucky ones, allowing an observable plane to be incorporated into our world, restored by recording all energy scattering data. I came up with a picture of another world...it is exactly the same as the dry and desolate world described by Melgan."
At this point, Wei Shu took a sip of wine, shook his body, and suddenly felt relieved.
"This photo won you your first continuous investment?" Shang Wenxue sneered, "But you didn't foresee the dangers?"
"Crisis warning and preparedness are always an indispensable part of this type of experiment, young girl. It's just that in this world, it's not just that if you prevent it, the danger will leave you. Otherwise, there is no need for so many companies to invite them at the same time. We have a team of people dealing with the aftermath." Wei Shu laughed, "We have reached the highest alert state. The experiment must be carried out in the specified area. The dimensionality of the alien world cannot exceed one cubic decimeter, and there is even a final means of destruction. That is, any sympathetic device will be loaded with a drop of antimatter inside, and as long as the trigger wire is cut, the calculated annihilation can instantly turn everything around it into light."
When he said this, Lu Ning felt instantly frightened. What were the external wires on that machine used for?
"You control such a dangerous thing with a wire?" she couldn't help but ask.
“Our risk plan includes the item [once an uncontrollable situation occurs, even a cleaner who knows nothing can activate the destruction system]. Compared with the risk of spies coming to infiltrate and destroy, we I think it’s more dangerous to open the door to a different world that you don’t understand.”
"But it ended up like this, didn't it?" Shang Wenxue said.
"Wrong, this situation just proves the success of our crisis response... I don't know when you came in. Let me ask you, has the world you originally lived in been eroded by these worlds?"
Judging from the information given by the distribution center, there is no such thing.
Wei Shu seemed to get the answer from the expressions of the three people, and Wei Shu laughed.
"It seems that we haven't made everything irreversible yet, so this involves the second question. You want to know how these worlds are connected and become what they are today, right?"
Lu Ning nodded.
"In the first phase of the experiment, we obtained a total of nine expansion paths and obtained nine corresponding photos of the world. This number is enough for the investment to continue. Of course, it is different from the descriptions in the three books . According to the analysis conducted by our literary research team, Harold mentioned only eight worlds in total, while Melgan recorded a total of thirteen worlds, and it was much clearer. The story of Sodom is very scattered, However, there are fourteen worlds that can be confirmed based on the common points among them."
Since the contents recorded by the three earliest contacts were not consistent, the researchers were not too surprised by this error. Based on the nine photos, a group of researchers quickly divided into nine research groups, each of which started research on a world.
"Can I ask a question?" Zhou Weiyuan suddenly interrupted Wei Shu.
Wei Shu nodded.
"The device we found has nine rings on it, and there are some weird symbols on the rings. According to your description, those nine rings should be the model established after confirming the existence of the nine worlds. So what do those symbols mean? ? Also, who provided that device? Shouldn’t it have been assembled from the beginning?”
"The design of the device came from the supervisor, who was also the wisest among those who were inspired. Of course, the design drawing of this device has been viewed by many people. The supervisor did not explain the origin, but at the time everyone thought it was him A pioneering work achieved through the knowledge of other worlds. As for the model, you should notice that the base and the model above are separate, and those rings were put on later."
"The provider of the ring is also the supervisor?" Lu Ning asked.
"The supervisor only provided the design drawings. I don't know the meaning of those symbols. I only know that without those symbols, the device would not be able to maintain such stable operation."
"As researchers, aren't you curious about such magical things?" Shang Wenxue raised his eyebrows, looking a little disbelieving.
"Little girl, what was unfolding before our eyes was another world. Do you think we would be too curious about a few symbols that might just come from there?" Wei Shu shook his head, "Even me, then For a period of time, I devoted myself almost whole-heartedly to experimental work. The problem lies in this period of time."
Lu Ning had a vague understanding of the situation during that period from the diary, but now he could hear a more detailed personal experience.
"Each group almost made progress within a few months. The sympathetic device was not used during that time, so the school secretly assembled two more units. Every time there was a meeting, the leaders of each group tried their best to fight for the right to use it. I am also one of those people. Fortunately, the addition of equipment also accelerated the process. We completed our own experimental projects within four months, but the disaster also happened on the night when the last group completed the experiment. It’s coming.”
Wei Shu's cheek twitched, as if it left a deep psychological shadow.
"That night, everyone gathered together to discuss the next plan, but immediately someone noticed a related phenomenon outside the window. I can't describe the beautiful and terrifying scene. I only remember the intersection of worlds during the intervention. There is a large spread of energy, and the energy is enough to support the completion of decoherence."
That means the two worlds have been harmonized.
Lu Ning thought of gradient for a moment, but immediately denied it. Although gradient is also a phenomenon of switching between worlds, it is a switching of a single nature, and there is no neutralization process.
“Fortunately, the holidays had just passed, and because the research was at a critical moment, the school postponed the start of the school year for about twenty days. Except for some uninformed teachers and graduate students who stayed at the school, there was no one else in the school. We immediately started emergency measures, transported three sympathetic devices to the previously calculated location, and started capturing free energy at maximum power. At the same time, some colleagues used the simple rift generator we made to try to create a huge Adding new disturbances to the coherent phenomenon causes it to destroy and return to its original state..."
"You failed? No, you succeeded a little bit. You limited the scope of harm to the campus." Lu Ning said.
"Hahaha, that's right. When I woke up, I appeared here. This world I had studied for a long time... I finally saw it with my own eyes." Wei Shu looked out the window and took a second sip of wine.
His story ends here. He doesn't know much about the exploration after entering this world.
But this attitude still made Lu Ning find a problem.
"You actually don't want to go back at all, do you?"
"Huh? What are you talking about? I don't know much about this place. I can't do much except killing monsters and surviving. Besides, it's only been two years since I came here."
"What else are you hiding from us? This should be something only a few of you know...you team leaders and core planners. We have already seen the space conversion device of the sympathetic device, so understanding its various principles Data, as long as you can use that thing, you can definitely transfer the space back to the original world, right?"
"..."
"So will doing this endanger the original world? Or are you in a situation that prevents you from choosing to go back? What else are you hiding?" Lu Ning raised her voice. At the same time, Shang Wenxue also waved his hand slightly and placed it on the floor. There was a splitting sound.
"If the sympathetic device spreads the spatial influence range to be about the same size as a human being, the error rate will reach ten to one hundred. What will be the result if such a large alien world enters our original world? Have you ever thought about it?"
"Of course I have thought about this reason! Don't use such words to prevaricate me! You are so sacrificial, and you would rather live in such misery than go back? In that case, why not just die?" Lu Ning stared at Wei Shu closely. , becoming more and more vehement.
"My parents are divorced. The salary and subsidies for the first five years of participating in the project allowed my mother to pass away peacefully in the hospital. I have no wife or children, and the relationship between several uncles and cousins is only ordinary, because I am just a researcher. That's all." Wei Shu was not panicked at all, "Most of my friends are in the same circle. Under such circumstances, I have no nostalgia for the original world. All I have is a little bit of [grew up there]. It's just a sense of responsibility. Excluding those, I personally don't want to die, and I can still watch this world that I could only see through fantasy and mechanical images while staying here. Please tell me, why can't I have that thought? "
From his eyes, Lu Ning couldn't see anything.
Either that's what's going on in his heart, or the man has told the lie so hard that even he believes it. In short, in Wei Shu's current state, there is really nothing that can be used to threaten him.
"What does that simple rift generator do?" Zhou Weiyuan suddenly asked this question.
"It is used to tear apart the second dimension and make the world show its original form. It cannot achieve true space switching, but it is used by many people because it is more convenient to carry and the parameters can be adjusted at any time."
"How many people are using it?"
"Maybe hundreds. After all, it's quite cheap compared to the sympathetic device."
"So... do you know where you are most likely to find this thing?" Zhou Weiyuan asked quickly.
"I have one here, but it has run out of energy. You have to find a way to recharge it." Wei Shu took out a device about the same size as an electric razor from his snakeskin bag and threw it to Zhou Weiyuan. , "Just think of it as thank you for the wine."
"You have been here for two years and you still haven't thrown it away?" Zhou Weiyuan weighed the device, nodded and stuffed it into his arms, "And since you have so many resources, you either have very strong combat power, or someone provides it to you. Which one is it?" kind?"
"I'm sorry, young man, I still have to live after all." Wei Shu shook his finger, "But I can give you a reminder. It's dark under the lamp."
Upon hearing these three words, Lu Ning immediately began to recall her previous experiences.
