When the world changes entered its fourth day, most experienced explorers began to enter the second-level area.
Human beings have been exploring real dreams for decades, and have developed multiple survival plans and are constantly optimizing them. The initial area terrain of Real Dream can be divided into 19 major categories and 117 sub-categories. There are different survival plans for each type of terrain. Although the terrain and physical rules will be slightly different every time the world changes, some major principles remain unchanged. For example, if you were born at the foot of a snow-capped mountain, your top priority must be making clothes.
After decades of exploration, elite explorers have to undergo one to several years of training and targeted training before entering the real dream world. Even the federation and the community have begun to steal a little bit of privileges and immediately apply them to exploration. . Only Dr. Zero of Dynasty remained unmoved and insisted not to use any of his privileges. But it’s hard to say whether this insistence is right or wrong, and as the Dynasty is overtaken by the Federation in terms of exploration progress, the pressure on Dr. Zero is also increasing. Domestic voices of doubt are rising one after another. In addition to the consistent military, opposition voices from other factions within the Academy of Sciences are also increasing.
A very important meeting is being held in the Imperial Branch of the Dynasty Academy of Sciences. In the large conference hall, committee members are taking their seats. Most of them are participating in the meeting through images, and their real bodies are scattered throughout the galaxy.
There are 99 seats in the large conference hall, 10 of which are on the central ring platform, and the rest are on the outer ring platform. Those who can sit in the center are core academicians, while those on the periphery are ordinary academicians. Within the Dynasty Academy of Sciences, the Imperial Branch is responsible for fields related to the military industry, including space and energy. The dozens of sub-research institutions under it are out-and-out behemoths, among which Dr. Zero alone leads one-fifth of them. One institution.
The atmosphere of this meeting was very solemn. When the image of Dr. Zero appeared on the seat, the venue was instantly quiet.
This silence was extraordinary. Many people who were familiar with Dr. Zero just nodded and said nothing. The time soon came to the beginning of the meeting. The rotating chairman made a brief opening statement and then got to the point: "The main topic of this meeting is to hear and question the real dream exploration project, and the main concern is the exploration part one."
The first part of the exploration is the organization led by Dr. Zero, the second part is the military, and the third part is a hodgepodge of other forces in the dynasty. Over the years, due to huge investment and little return, Exploration III has become quite weak and has been mainly maintained by dynasty funding. At the beginning of its establishment, Discovery 3 received massive sponsorship from several giant companies in consecutive years, so much so that the director of Exploration 3 said that Dynasty’s allocations had no place to spend and could only be used to earn interest.
Dr. Zero said calmly: "What I can say is that everything is going smoothly so far. There is nothing special to explain."
The rotating chairman took a deep look at Dr. Xiang Ling and said: "There is still a lot of attention from parliamentarians, committee members and academicians, and other institutions have recently begun to pay attention to this project. First of all, it is the speed of progress of the project. From the initial discovery In the real dream, we got 43% of the quota, nearly half. After decades of development, and after this change, according to the latest intelligence, the Federation sent a total of 411 explorers..."
There was a commotion immediately in the conference hall. The number 411 exceeded many people's expectations. The dynasty has only a total of 350 places in this round, and the Federation has almost exceeded 20%. This is a huge gap that cannot be ignored.
Dr. Zero said calmly: "Until this exploration, the number of quotas for the department I was responsible for increased was the same as that of the Federation."
A peripheral academician snorted and said, "The Ministry of Engineering took 60% of the funding and spent it on 45% of the quota, but in exchange it only got the same as the federation?"
Dr. Zero did not speak. Another academician said: "Science is accidental. Academician Wu, I heard that you are responsible for 13 first-level research projects. Can you ensure that they are all successful, or at least give a success rate?"
The former academician looked unhappy and said coldly: "According to this logic, there is no need to hold this meeting!"
The rotating chairman coughed lightly, stopped the quarrel, and said: "On this issue, we are only expressing concern and do not want the situation to worsen further. I heard that the federal research on real dreams has made a major breakthrough. All I can say is, In this area, the dynasty must be the victor in the end.”
Dr. Zero sat like a sculpture, not sure whether he heard it or not.
"Second question. Since exploring the real dreamland, we have obtained a total of 89 privileges. The vast majority of them, specifically 77 privileges, are in the hands of one, and 4 of the remaining 12 privileges have the activation rights. It is also in the first department, and the use of the other 4 items was vetoed by the first department. So far, we have only used the privilege 7 times. The number of privileges used by the federation during the same period was 102 times, of which 28 were used specifically for this change. privilege."
Two academicians who didn’t care much about this project were quietly communicating: “What is privilege?”
"To put it simply, it will give you some benefits when you enter, such as being stronger, running faster, seeing further, etc."
"Is there such a good thing? Then why not use it?"
"Who knows? Who dares to question Dr. Zero's decision?"
"That's true. But after this time, it's hard to say..."
At this time, the voice of the rotating chairman echoed in the hall. The voice was gentle, but the content began to contain an edge: "We need to know the current status of those frozen privileges and why they are frozen."
Dr. Zero seemed to have been prepared, or maybe he just had a superior memory, and said without hesitation: "A total of 3 of the 81 privileges have been enabled, including one of this change. 72 of the remaining 78 privileges have been activated with the previous changes. The world has changed and become void.”
There was another commotion in the hall, and serious words like dereliction of duty had appeared in the exchanges on the private channel.
"Do you have anything to explain?"
Dr. Zero said: "No."
Dr. Zero's attitude made the rotating chairman's eternal smile freeze for a moment, and then he asked: "What special circumstances have occurred that led to so much waste of privileges?"
"First of all, not using it does not mean wasting it. Secondly, the information of the applicant for each privilege is recorded in detail. If necessary, I can open the access permission."
Dr. Zero's words seemed very normal, but the expressions of many academicians changed slightly. These privileges obtained from real dreams are very powerful, and once obtained, they are like a fish in water in real dreams. And exploration performance is linked to merit and remuneration. Naturally, for every privilege obtained, there will be a large number of applicants. Most of the applicants have one or even several backgrounds behind them, which exert more or less pressure through different channels, or It's about seeking exchange.
Dr. Zero records all applications and seals them for archives. This is a very cruel move. If nothing else, how most applicants know about these privileges is a big question. Under normal circumstances, someone applies for use, and if they don’t agree, it’s over.
The rotating chairman gave Dr. Ling a deep look and said: "This meeting is just a hearing, and we do not seek privileges beyond our legal authority. Since we currently do not have the right to access those files, this issue ends here. Next is the third question.”
In this way, more than a dozen questions were put on the table one by one, each one more acute than the last. Some academicians remained restrained at first, but as more and more information was disclosed, they gradually became unable to sit still. People have always thought that the dynasty is ahead of the federation in everything, and this must be the case in real dreams. But now it is discovered that the progress has lagged far behind the Federation, and with the breakthroughs in several major projects of the Federation, the value of real dreams has been confirmed.
"Question 19. You have recently spent more than 2 billion in medical expenses for a special explorer, codenamed C, and have also allocated an additional 10 billion in medical expenses as backup. Do you have anything to explain about this? Of?"
"No." Dr. Zero's attitude was as calm and cold as ever.
"Question 20. How long did the explorer last survive in a real dream?"
"3 minutes and 15 seconds."
As expected, this answer caused an uproar in the venue. Now is not the beginning of the real dream. People have already had rich experience. It can be said that if you don't live for three days, you will be embarrassed to see others. Only after surviving three disasters can you be considered a person.
This time the rotating chairman did not ask Dr. Zero to explain. Dr. Zero would not give any explanation anyway. If you want the answer, look it up yourself. But when thinking about the contents recorded by Dr. Zero in the file, no one thought about it. The chairman said: "Last question, what are the privileges activated this time and where are they used?"
“The privilege is that of an observer who knows the relative position of a particular object in a real dream.”
The Chairman-in-Office asked: "This is a pretty powerful privilege. Who does it apply to?"
"Explorer C."
The rotating chairman showed some expectation and asked: "It's the fourth day now. This...Mr. C must have gone deep into the second-level area, right?"
"No, he's still in the initial area."
The venue was in an uproar again.
An old academician snorted and said: "I am not so kind to my own grandson! Huh, I thought he was a waste at first, but now it seems that he is not useless at all! If I had known, I would have let him enter the real dream. After wandering around, I can also do some Medicaid and other things.”
This old academician was Dr. Zero's early rival and was defeated in the competition for the position early on. But he no longer had any desires, so he no longer had any fear of speaking.
The hearing ended. The rotating chairman looked at Dr. Zero, hesitated, and sent a private message: "If this round of exploration cannot narrow the gap with the federation, I am afraid that the funding for the first department will be cut."
"Shouldn't we use 2 units?" the doctor replied.
The rotating chairman smiled bitterly: "That's not our business."
"I know." The doctor's figure disappeared, and the seven-hour hearing ended.
In the real dream, Chu Jungui still stayed in the initial area. At this moment, he looked at an irregular piece of metal in his hand and thought: "What does this world want us to become?"
The temperature of the metal block in his hand increased rapidly, and it was already slightly red.
(End of chapter)
