"Because that would be too cruel..."
In the conference hall, an older leader with gray hair looked deeply at Lu Sichang and said this.
At this moment, nearly half an hour had passed since Lu Sichang proposed the idea of "pre-window period processing" to relevant personnel. This issue naturally received great attention, and after going through a few simple procedures, a meeting was held for this purpose.
In addition to Lu Sichang, the people participating in the meeting naturally included several department leaders who had higher authority and were at the forefront of receiving doomsday information.
"..."
Lu Sichang looked at the speaker.
The older leader looked back at him with deep eyes, not sure whether he saw something or had his own ideas.
After pondering for a moment, the elder leader continued:
"General Lu, you are a soldier. You may not understand some things... Do you know the point of your proposal? The point is that it is somewhat similar to the genetic modification we have always rejected. It touches the bottom line of mankind and violates Ethical principles are constant, so we cannot do this unless it is absolutely necessary..."
"..."
When Lu Sichang heard this, he didn't answer immediately.
What the other party said seemed to have a condescending official tone, which made him a little irritated.
What happened to the soldiers? Why don’t the soldiers understand?
To be able to reach this position today, he has reached an extremely high level in terms of experience, strength, and knowledge reserve in his mind, so of course he knows the cruelty of this matter, and he even knows that if this proposal is truly Once implemented, how much impact will it have on human beings...
But he wants to live now.
Lu Sichang took a deep breath and did not say anything more. Instead, he slightly turned his eyes away and looked at the other people sitting in the conference hall.
At this time, the atmosphere in the conference hall was not strict, because the content of this conference covered many fields, especially biological research, medicine, etc., so it looked like a large academic seminar here, and there was no political ambition at all. shadow.
But maybe they sensed something at this time. Many people began to stop talking and sit upright. Then, the conference room slowly became quiet.
But just as the voice calmed down, someone's comments happened to be withdrawn a few seconds later, and then were infinitely amplified:
"...Well, so I think there is no need to discuss it anymore. This is a very unrealistic idea."
The person who said this was an ordinary-looking scientific researcher. After he said this, he realized something was wrong, so he immediately stopped talking and straightened his posture.
But Lu Sichang still squinted slightly and looked over:
"You mean, let the apocalypse pollute everyone into monsters?"
His tone was colder than usual, and he had a stern demeanor, so after these words were asked, the other party was obviously stunned for a moment.
The researcher hesitated, exchanged glances with the people next to him for a few times, and then looked at Lu Sichang again.
He opened his mouth and said:
"...General Lu, I have no intention of rejecting your idea. In fact, we have already had similar ideas and conducted relevant experimental research, but all we got were meaningless conclusions, so we did not report it... "
"It's meaningless?" Lu Sichang frowned slightly: "Is it impossible to realize it with the current technical level? Or is it useless even if it is realized?"
"……no."
The researcher shook his head and explained: "Our technical level is enough to realize the idea you mentioned, but our experiments can only be conducted on people or even monsters who have entered the window period. We have no way to start with others..."
"No way to start? What do you mean?"
"That's right, General Lu, you have to know that currently we don't have a complete data model for people turning into monsters. Although the concepts provided by Zhou Qi are very important, they can only be used as a vague reference system. The details are difficult to add..."
The researcher's expression became complicated as he spoke:
"...For example, in the current environment, we know that if a person knows too much information about the doomsday, he will become a monster, but what is the limit? Do you have to know everything about the doomsday to become a monster? Or just Knowing the concept of doomsday will turn you into a monster? Do you even have to communicate with Zhou Qi enough?
“Add to that the question of emotions, so if someone is about to enter a window of opportunity, should we erase their memory or remove some of their emotional organs?
"...In addition to these, the most critical issue is that whether to enter the window period is a person's subjective feeling, and it is impossible to accurately judge objectively. This means that we cannot conduct experiments at will... To give a simple example, if We removed a person’s organs that produce emotions, and that person did not become a monster. How do we know whether he has not changed because the experiment was successful, or because he will not change in the first place?”
"..."
Lu Sichang fell silent.
But he didn't remain silent for long, because he quickly realized something was wrong. He frowned and looked at the researcher and asked: "Although I don't know much about scientific research, what you mentioned... doesn't seem to be an insurmountable problem. .”
"Indeed, but..." The researcher's eyes suddenly became complicated. He saw that Lu Sichang opened his mouth to say something, but closed his mouth. After a few seconds, he sighed.
At this time, another scientific researcher next to him spoke: "These are indeed not big problems. To put it bluntly, even the simplest exhaustive method and elimination method can solve this problem. But General Lu, you seem to have forgotten something." What……"
"?" Lu Sichang was stunned for a moment.
"Yes, General Lu, you have forgotten that this experiment is different from the experiment we are conducting now. People who have entered the window period, we have already assumed that they are monsters, while those who have not entered... are still humans. "
"..." Lu Sichang paused for a few seconds, thinking that he might be one of them, and then asked: "So what?"
The later researcher also fell silent.
They felt that something was wrong with Lu Sichang. Could it be that they were speaking too tactfully? Didn't the other party hear it?
At this moment, the older gray-haired leader expressed his stance again.
He looked at Lu Sichang seriously and said:
"General Lu, stop. At this point, we are no longer discussing a possible plan, but preparing to challenge human nature! Think about it carefully, if we start this plan, who should we use for the experiment? Live people!”
Lu Sichang was expressionless: "Isn't this kind of thing rare? If you want to make progress, you have to pay some price."
"..." The elder leader's face sank: "Didn't you understand what they said? This experiment requires more than one or two people! If we want to have short-term results, we need hundreds or even thousands of lives to supplement it! For reasons, this is too cruel and bloody. For reason, the people participating in the experiment may be high-level people from society, government, and elites, that is, ourselves... This will greatly distract our resources and energy, and delay our efforts in other directions. The progress..."
His tone was a bit cold at first, but when he said this, his voice softened, he shook his head and sighed:
"Besides... even if we take this path, can we implement it on a large scale? No, as I said just now, this path is no different from genetic modification. Even if we are to defeat the doomsday, In order to survive, if we define the end of the world as environmental changes and human emotions as the shortcomings of being eliminated, is this correct?
"At that time, all the remaining humans will be cold and heartless people... But can they still be called human beings? Do they still have a future?"
"..."
"..."
There was silence.
This speech clearly explained the pros and cons in a very straightforward manner, and Lu Sichang naturally understood what the other party meant.
But in fact, couldn’t he have thought of these problems? In fact, he had already gone through it in his mind.
He knew that this matter did have great disadvantages and various drawbacks, but now he had to fight for it.
Lu Sichang took a deep breath and said in a firm tone: "Is it just a small-scale experiment? After all, nothing will change if the current situation continues. And to borrow your words, we, the first batch of people who come into contact with the doomsday, are all high-level and elite people. , so we should find ways to let us survive first and live longer, so that we can find a solution..."
There is indeed some truth to what he said. The older leader also fell silent and returned to his seat, obviously weighing something.
At this time, other officials finally spoke.
A fat official said in a deep voice: "Do we really have to give up something important in order to survive? Life, or humanity? I think Zhou Qi may have experienced this cruel choice countless times. But this time he didn’t take the initiative to raise it. He should have given us the initiative on this issue, which means... let us help him think about it, is there any other choice? "
Someone echoed in a heavy tone: "I agree, it is impossible for Zhou Qi to not think of these things, but he did not say it... If this is the case, we cannot give up. For us, there are always some things more important than life... "
But some people objected: "I agree with General Lu's proposal. Small-scale experiments should be conducted first."
"But……"
"There is no but, we should have thrown away those useless philosophical thoughts and ethical principles long ago!" A somewhat fierce-looking official suddenly stood up, patted the table, and pointedly said:
"The reality is that Zhou Qi has experienced countless doomsdays and has not found any other options, so he threw this problem to us... And everyone, open your eyes and see, in less than half a month, the world has become like this , Zhonghai has become like this, how long is it until the end? Do we still have a choice? Ask those scientific researchers, what can they research in such a short period of time? But if they all become monsters, Who should we turn to for research? What we lack most now is time..."
As he spoke, he pointed at the scientific researchers in uniforms.
"..."
Some scientific researchers felt uncomfortable: "It should be too late..."
But immediately afterwards, another more senior researcher sighed: "He's right, it's too late... In fact, I already have a sign of the window period, and I have even seen the lake..."
"!!"
"What?"
As soon as these words came out, the conference hall felt as if a cold wind had passed by, and everyone felt a chill down their spines while the room was completely silent.
Especially Lu Sichang, whose pupils almost shrunk to pinpoints. After being shocked, he suddenly realized that in addition to those who were greedy for life and afraid of death, and some people who were not clear-minded, there were probably more people who thought this way. , after all, "with a heavy responsibility", you can't go to quarantine immediately if you have some symptoms, as if you are escaping from something...
And if you say so, then others...
Sure enough, just when he had this idea, someone spoke up again, this time it was also a researcher: "Yes, I have also experienced some abnormalities."
"..."
No more shock.
As if expected, when the second person spoke, everyone in the conference hall looked at him and others with strangely complicated eyes.
The atmosphere began to change inexplicably, and everyone felt sad and depressed.
The gray-haired leader who opposed Lu Sichang actually sighed slowly and said, "Well, actually, I am about to enter the window period..."
"..."
"..."
There was another moment of silence.
Lu Sichang suddenly felt guilty. Just now, he felt that there was nothing wrong with just wanting to live, but he did not expect that the person in front of him who had always been against him, talking about humanity and keeping silent about the future, was about to enter the window period...
yes.
At their level and involved in something like this, who can be immune?
In fact, everyone does not want to die worthless, everyone makes a decision in his heart...
Perhaps, the other party's objections and words are more of a reluctance...
"So...this is the only way to go?"
An official asked.
Well, when the waves subsided, the conference hall suddenly returned to its proper seriousness.
A scientific researcher replied solemnly: "Yes, if we do not consider human ethics and only consider the most rational situation, as the forerunners of the doomsday, we'd better ensure survival first and then find other methods. At least for now, this It’s the best choice…”
"..."
"..."
Bang!
Someone hammered the table.
Yes, helpless and unwilling.
But there is no way.
Who let them be the first group of people to get the news?
only……
Emotion...
Do we really want to be deprived?
"Why……"
A heavy sigh.
It was the older man who led it.
He looked at everyone complicatedly, stood up and said slowly: "Everyone, time is very urgent. If you have already decided, then don't hesitate anymore...
"If we can survive, we can at least find some way to record things about our emotions. Those meaningful things will not be easily erased... But if we can't survive, everything will stop, and we will all There will be no trace of human existence.
"So now, act as quickly as possible."
"..."
"yes."
Someone stood up.
However……
Squeak——
Just as everyone stood up and prepared to leave, the door of the conference hall opened.
When everyone looked back in surprise, a tall figure wearing a windbreaker walked in slowly with the sound of heels hitting the ground. She glanced at everyone and said in a cold voice:
"If you just need time, I have another way."
…
(End of chapter)
