"...It's really magnificent."
Ishanjiu drove the second-generation space fighter through the space ring, and he was full of admiration.
There was a voice in the communicator that replied: "That is not a miracle of the new era! It is 56,000 kilometers long and 40 kilometers wide, carrying a total of more than 930 billion supercomputers, hollowing out two It took us only four years to create an asteroid belt, plus half a small low-mass planet! It’s almost a year ahead of schedule! It’s only May of the 13th year of the new century!”
This is indeed a miracle.
One is 56,000 kilometers long and 40 kilometers wide. This does not include the thickness. The mass of the metal alone is an astronomical figure. Someone once made a rough calculation. The steel used alone is mined by humans for thousands of years. More than a million times the total amount of steel smelted! !
This is simply an incredible miracle!
When 1.2 billion people work together for one thing, the power they can unleash is earth-shattering.
"...But this also means that we will be separated soon." A female voice sounded on the communicator.
All those who can speak in this communicator are qualified people. They are on routine patrols and training, and at this time, they all feel depressed.
In four years, by calculating the building area of the space ring, and then using the most reasonable area that each maintainer could achieve, we finally confirmed a space ring with 1.5 million maintainers, a length of 56,000 kilometers, and a width of 40 kilometers. In the vast space ring, only more than 6,000 people were active at the same time, and the remaining people were all in a dormant state of sleep.
As a result, each person has to maintain an average of more than 370 square kilometers of supercomputer area, and it can be said that it is extremely vast and sparsely populated. Unless they deliberately gather together, there is no chance of meeting each other. .
And... to put it bluntly, when humans go to the black hole in the moon, there are only more than 6,000 of them left in the entire universe. Just thinking about this kind of loneliness is enough to make people crazy.
Now it's the eve of separation.
"I heard that a farewell dinner will be held early next month. All 1.5 million people will be invited to participate in six venues. The decision maker will be present in person." Someone continued.
"...No matter how much I thank you, I'll just let them die." The female voice just now said in a low mood.
Ishanjiu said: "You can't say that. Firstly, this is not forced, and secondly, to put it bluntly, if I weren't qualified, maybe I would have wanted to be a ten thousand year maintenance worker." .”
There was silence in the communicator for a few seconds, and then a mean voice said: "Have you fallen in love with those two companion intelligent robots?"
"Definitely, those two companion robots are really... more real than real people, and they use the latest artificial intelligence programs. I heard that they also have automatic learning functions. As long as you talk to them for a long time, they will become more and more intelligent." The more human-like it is, in addition, I heard that it also has empathy programs, maternal programs, and psychological knowledge, which is really better than real people." Someone praised.
That bitchy voice chuckled and said: "Brother, do you think this is what Ishanjiu is doing? No, he is just greedy for other people's bodies, right? Full customization from personality to appearance to body shape, what do you want? You can do anything, and this is absolutely confidential. No one knows the shape of the robot you create except yourself. In other words...even if you become a cat girl, or a loli, or a mature woman, or even more exaggerated, even if you create a Neither the boy nor the girl knows, this is what he wants, right?"
Ishanjiu's face turned red and he immediately retorted: "Shit! I just want to play those games!! Every Wannian maintainer can request to customize ten games. Any game is fine, even better than those 5a games. The best games, in addition, all the games that humans have had in the past, regardless of stand-alone or online games, as long as you bring it up, they will be played for you, and don’t be afraid that no one will play with you. Dummies controlled by intelligent programs will Speak, know how to cooperate, know how to PK..."
"And in addition to games, there are also movies, animations, comics... Some people have calculated that if you play all these things, they will probably be gone in fifty or sixty years. Isn't that cool?"
The people in the communicator started to boo, some said they wanted a woman, and some said they also wanted to go to this otaku paradise. For a moment, it seemed that no one was sad anymore.
After a long time, the female voice suddenly said: "But I miss my family and friends, and want to go shopping and eat delicious food... What should I do?"
There was gradually no sound in the communicator, and everyone seemed to have lost all speech at this moment.
no way……
Otherwise, why do we say that these 1.5 million people were sacrificed and died?
"So...is this a necessary sacrifice? The sacrifice of 1.5 million people..."
Lu Yuanming asked in front of the mirror.
He was preparing what he should wear and what he should say at the farewell dinner.
There is less than a week left before the farewell dinner. After the farewell dinner, all humans will enter the moon within three days. After checking and confirming that everything is correct, they will head towards the black hole.
In other words, in less than ten days at most, they will say goodbye to these 1.5 million people...
A real separation between life and death!
But Lu Yuanming really had nothing to do about it.
Because this is really a necessary sacrifice. Without the sacrifices of these 1.5 million people, the entire future reunion plan would not be possible at all.
From 2024 in the Earth Age to the current thirteenth year of the new century, Lu Yuanming has seen too many sacrifices, from hundreds of thousands to millions to 24 million in the Battle of Pseudo Steel. Lu Yuanming is certainly sad , but nothing has ever troubled him as much as the sacrifice of 1.5 million people before him.
When Lu Yuanming looked directly at himself in the mirror, he made a decision.
Soon, it was time for the farewell dinner.
The six super-large squares inside the moon can accommodate 1.5 million people. Delicious food and fine drinks are placed in front of everyone. When these thousands of years of maintenance personnel take their seats, some people can't wait to start eating and drinking. The people behaved extremely calmly, not feeling the slightest worry or pain about leaving human society, as if they had just accepted a very ordinary job.
Not long after, the dinner started. Naturally, there was a host speaking on the stage, and then there were singers singing, cross talk sketches, and magic and acrobatics. It seemed that the atmosphere was very cheerful, but it gave people the feeling of a happy funeral. a feeling of.
Lu Yuanming was watching all this from the background. His senses were extremely sharp. Naturally, he also saw the uneasiness on the faces of some Wannian maintenance workers in the audience. However, these people hid their uneasiness very well. Even they were They laughed, ate and drank happily, and others had no way of noticing their uneasiness.
Although it is not said to be forcing a smile, it is obvious that they are not the kind of mentality that the outside world says to enjoy happiness. Yes, this is a sacrifice. Even if there are such and other measures, it is actually just to save them. How can a spiritual state of mind that may be on the verge of despair enjoy happiness or something?
The dinner party soon came to an end. In the host's voice, Lu Yuanming came to the stage in Square No. 1, and his image was simultaneously updated on the big screens in Squares No. 2 to No. 6. At the same time, all mankind's Internet It's all live broadcast here, and more than 1.2 billion humans are watching.
When Lu Yuanming came to the stage, he opened his mouth and wanted to say that the clerk had already written the draft for him, but the moment he opened his mouth, he fell silent, at least for a few seconds, and then faced everyone in the audience. The person said: "I'm sorry... I'm not strong enough. We humans are not strong enough. For this universe, we humans are too weak, too weak to survive without sacrifice."
The clerks behind the scenes were all anxious. This was obviously not the draft they had written. However, the senior officials next to them stopped their panic. These senior officials looked at Lu Yuanming with complicated expressions. Some of them He has roughly guessed what Lu Yuanming wants to do.
Tang Zhe'an was leaning against a wall and watching quietly. Suddenly, a woman and a woman in her twenties came over. Tang Zhe'an had some panic in his eyes, but he did not move until the woman cried. Then he ran towards him, and he hugged the woman helplessly, and at the same time said to the woman: "My stupid little sister, how did you find me?"
These two people are Tang Ma and Tang Zhe'an's sister Tang Xi.
Tang Ma wanted to say something, but she just cried for a while. Tang Xi said impatiently: "You have been hiding from us for so many years. In fact, I already knew from the decider that you are not the Tang Zhe'an of our world. , you are him in the parallel world...but so what? You are still Tang Zhe'an, and you are still her son."
Tang Zhe'an sighed in relief. He comforted the woman in his arms and said at the same time, "We'll talk about anything later. Let's hear what Lu Yuanming has to say first."
On the stage, Lu Yuanming continued: "Someone told me that this is a necessary sacrifice, but what I want to say is... there is no such thing as a necessary sacrifice. Your sacrifices are all because we are too weak. If If we are stronger, you don’t have to sacrifice.”
"...So please forgive us, and at the same time, thank you."
Lu Yuanming bowed deeply. When he straightened up, the golden-red full-body armor covering his body began to peel off. His appearance and whole body were completely revealed to all humans for the first time, and he suddenly stood up from the stage. There were exclamations, and the two hosts almost rushed forward to cover Lu Yuanming's face.
At the same time, behind the scenes, almost all the staff were urgently reporting to the superiors to ask whether to terminate the global live broadcast immediately.
The executives had mixed expressions. They put an end to the commotion and announced the decision to continue the live broadcast.
On the stage, Lu Yuanming said calmly: "The reason why I have always hidden my appearance, I think everyone should know the reason... I long for a free life, and I long for fulfilling my responsibility as a decision maker. At the same time, you can also enjoy the life and world of ordinary people.”
"Do you know? When I made the decision to sacrifice 1.5 million of you, I have never hated my selfishness and cowardice for a moment."
"You are all willing to die in loneliness, but I can not only stand in the position of decision-maker and issue orders, but also cover my appearance, hide my identity and enjoy power and freedom..."
"I'm such a fucking selfish bastard!!"
"How can there be such a good thing in this world!?"
"People who are going to die, I can't face you with this hidden appearance and this hidden identity!"
Lu Yuanming waved behind him. The two hosts were still in a daze and didn't understand. Tang Zhe'an shouted loudly from the background: "Are you idiots? Give me a drink!"
At that moment, some staff members wanted to run up to the stage, but Tang Zhe'an grabbed the jug and wine glass, strode to Lu Yuanming's side on the stage, poured him a glass of wine and handed it to him.
Lu Yuanming didn't care, he just raised his glass and said: "In three days, we will set off, and you...go to death, you will guard this glimmer of life for us humans. I dare not tell you about this death, this Sacrifice, how glorious this death is, I can only say, forgive us, thank you, and... wait for me, wait for our human civilization to become stronger, and then I will take you home!"
"I respect you, heroes!"
After speaking, Lu Yuanming drank the wine in one gulp, and the people in the audience, the rest of the people in the square, and people in countless families all stood up, and those who had wine poured wine, and those who didn't had wine. Pour the drink and drink the cup at this moment.
At this time, someone in the audience shouted loudly: "Determinator, you will definitely come back, right? We will definitely meet again in the future, right!?"
At first, there was only one person shouting loudly. Gradually, everyone in the audience and everyone in other squares were shouting loudly. Tears welled up in their eyes and they roared unconsciously.
Lu Yuanming lowered his head. He didn't know how to answer, because he knew that although he was scheduled to return here, it was a black hole. He didn't know what was in it or what would happen, so he couldn't make a promise.
But at this time, Tang Zhe'an grabbed the microphone and said loudly: "Yes, we will meet again. After calculation, 10,300 years later... When the southeastern shining star moves to an angle of 28 degrees, it emerges and twinkles from behind the Dyson Cloud. When the night sky comes, then..."
"That's when we humans come back from the black hole and take you home!!"
Three days later, the 1.5 billion maintenance personnel entered the space ring. According to the order planned from the beginning, except for more than 6,000 people who were the first batch of maintenance personnel, the rest entered the hibernation cabin for cryo-sleep.
At the same time, all humans returned to the moon and set off on June 1, thirteenth year of the new century.
The moon carries the remaining 1.2 billion people, human civilization and all hopes...
Heading towards the black hole!
