We had a pleasant dinner in a pleasant atmosphere. During this period, I also carefully told my story in a foreign land. After it was over, the locksmith expressed that he wanted to go for a walk with me by the lake. Handsome Bai and the others knew that the locksmith wanted to see me for something, so they didn't interfere.
When we came to the West Lake, we arrived at a deserted place. The locksmith smiled and said: "Zhi Duoxing, do you know why I am looking for you alone?" I smiled and replied: "Could it be that the little lotus with Xuanwu energy made an important discovery, but encountered a bottleneck again?" The craftsman raised his eyebrows, laughed loudly, and said: "It is indeed Zhiduoxing. Brother Wu, your absence in the past few years has been a great loss. Sometimes, your powers can bring me inspiration and experience. But, I It's a bit strange why we have to be in a foreign land to have these clues. When we first met, the jade bottle and the gold foil book were also in another small space. Is this just a coincidence? So, I want to talk to you more , see if there are any missing details that can reveal clues. Also, if there is a chance next time, I will go to a foreign land with you."
I took a sip of purified water and said with a smile: "Locksmith, to be honest, your IQ is so high, it's really not worth taking risks with me. You stay in this normal world and do scientific research. Let's contribute our own knowledge together." Wouldn't it be better to use power to save the world? By the way, what results have you produced in the past few years?" The locksmith did not answer me directly, but asked me, if you have not been here in the past few years, do you know what happened in the Song Dynasty? Big deal? I was stunned for a tenth of a second and replied: "Hey, what do you mean? War? Epidemic? Economic crisis?" The locksmith shook his head and smiled: "These are things that everyone knows, why should I ask you?"
The locksmith smiled slightly and said, "I'm not a politician, so I don't care about those things. But I can't believe it. After you left, you never came back. Rumors spread in the court that the cook had committed treason." The emperor knew that what we were doing was unusual, so he found me privately. He told me that he did not believe that the cook would be treason, but that he thought that the cook was just like us before, but that he had gone to a foreign land and had not come back." I was stunned and asked Said: "What, the emperor believed this and made a judgment very early?" The locksmith nodded and said: "It was like a dream, and I suddenly received unimaginable support. The former cook's secret scientific research laboratory Regardless of whether it's under my control, the emperor also gave me very high privileges." Hearing this, I asked doubtfully: "What does the emperor want you to do? Study how to cross the door and find the cook to come back?" "No." Lock Jiang shook his head in denial, and then said: "The emperor said that if the cook missed the throne or died because of this, it would be his fate. The Song Dynasty can be without a cook, but the Song Dynasty cannot be usurped, and the Song Dynasty cannot be usurped. Destroy." I stared at the locksmith even more confused.
The locksmith took a sip of beer and said lightly: "Old man, the wine is a bit cold. The emperor told me that he investigated and found that this large-scale epidemic was man-made and was developed for our Song Dynasty. Let our Song Dynasty fall into economic chaos and reduce our personnel. Other countries dare not deal with my Song Dynasty, thereby bringing down the Song Dynasty. However, there is no evidence to accuse other countries." Speaking of this, the locksmith sighed and smiled bitterly. : "Actually, even if evidence is found, both sides will probably be harmed and lives will be lost."
I asked: "Locksmith, you just said that the epidemic was developed for our country, the Song Dynasty. Why did it become a global epidemic?" The locksmith laughed: "Those idiots think they can control everything. The virus is It is constantly changing, or it is called evolution. Those idiots first put the virus on non-Da Song humans to observe whether it was harmful. After about half a year of verification, they found that it had no additional effects on non-Da Song humans, so they began to rest assured The Song Dynasty released humans carrying the virus." I frowned and asked, "The result is that it harms others and ourselves?" The locksmith nodded and replied: "The result is that the Song Dynasty mobilized the whole country to isolate the virus and control the spread of the virus. . In foreign countries, because it has infected countless people for more than half a year, when the virus mutated and became harmful to other human races, it was too late. The virus evolved into multiple subspecies with high contagion and high fatality rate. Distributed to every corner of the world." I smiled and said: "It seems that I went to a foreign land and escaped the virus. Isn't the virus in my Song Dynasty powerful?" The locksmith nodded and said, "Yes, because of the control Therefore, from a probabilistic perspective, the speed and chance of virus evolution are much smaller, and the varieties are naturally much smaller."
I nodded and asked: "Then the purpose of the emperor's search for you is not to ask you to research genetic weapons, right?" The locksmith glared at me and said: "What the hell, I'm not a biology student. The emperor wants me to crack the code as soon as possible. Regarding the knowledge brought back from foreign lands, his old man said, I am afraid that the war will destroy mankind before space fusion can appear. Therefore, his old man hopes that I can find the black technology left by the ancient gods. If I master the black technology, there will be many You don’t have to think about things over and over again, worry too much, and ignore things like rats and mice, everything will be easier to handle.”
I smiled and said: "The emperor really has a big picture view. He doesn't care about his son, but gives priority to black technology." The locksmith smiled: "I don't understand this kind of thing emotionally, but I understand it rationally. In addition, back then, The emperor unexpectedly said something to me out of nowhere, like a heart-to-heart talk." I was stunned, and couldn't help but interrupt and asked: "In what respect?" The locksmith shrugged and said with a smile, "The emperor actually said that the cook had always planned to He wanted to do it for him, but he didn’t have time to do it.” Now I was even more surprised and shouted: “Damn it, is it true that you have failed as a cook?”
The locksmith looked at me with a smile, looked at the lake from a distance, and said lightly: "Zhiduoxing, you shouldn't have gotten involved." I looked at the locksmith even more strangely. I felt that after not seeing him for several years, the locksmith was completely different. A changed person. So I asked, "What does this sentence mean?"
