Chapter 1537 Intellectual Crisis

[Urgent Mission: Intelligence Crisis]

[Explanation: Pandora's magic box has been opened, and the whispers spanning a hundred years have finally been answered in the distant future. Standing at the crossroads of fate, no matter whether you go left or right, the ending doesn't seem too bad? Yet to be or not to be is a question worth considering. 】

[Requirement: Avoid the destruction of civilization. 】

【award:? ? ? 】

The destruction of civilization...

This word seems to have temperature, and it took away the body temperature of Lu Zhou in an instant.

Staring at the holographic window floating in front of him, Lu Zhou, who was tense all over, took a deep breath, calmed himself down, and focused on the mission prompt.

Based on his past experience, the observers behind this system may joke with him, but most of the time—especially when urgent tasks are issued, they are basically serious.

If things continue to develop until they are completely out of control in the end, the final outcome is likely to be unacceptable to me...

It took about five minutes to "read the question" again. After contemplating for a long time, Lu Zhou suddenly frowned slightly, and muttered in a voice that only he could hear.

"Smart Crisis..."

"what exactly is it?"

Is it an Alpha virus?

It seems so.

Or to put it another way, anyone who sits in his current position and faces the current situation will have almost the same thoughts.

However, Lu Zhou always felt that something was wrong.

Different from the previous two emergency missions, during the first emergency mission, the system straightforwardly pointed out that the crisis was the Martian bacteria invading the earth's ecosystem. During the second crisis, the system also clearly told him that the way to complete the mission was to "Anomalous experimental data give a logical and self-consistent explanation".

However, this time the urgent task, the system didn't even specify him—or what the "intelligence crisis" facing human civilization is, and even the goal of completing the task was only given a vague sentence of "avoiding civilization." destroy".

"If it is said that bionics are part of human civilization, human beings themselves are extinct in a crisis, and bionics with intermediate-or even advanced intelligence survive, can this be regarded as the destruction of civilization... Wait, can it be said— —”

The moment Lu Zhou read this sentence softly, Lu Zhou's pupils shrank slightly.

At this moment, he finally realized what was wrong.

It's not a word game, nor is it a ridicule from the superior civilization, but the attitude shown by the system itself is very ambiguous.

The destruction of civilization?

Which civilization is destroyed?

If it is just to avoid the destruction of civilization, does that mean that we do nothing, or even stand on the side of the bionics to help the awakened ones complete the evolution to the highest level, and preserve human civilization with machinery as the carrier? mission completed?

As long as the final result is not that the two die at the same time in a close confrontation...

A terrifying thought suddenly appeared in Lu Zhou's mind.

Perhaps for the system—or the civilization of observers behind the system, no matter what kind of ending human civilization is heading for at this point in time, they can accept it.

However, he is human.

He couldn't accept such an ending anyway!

"For problems in algebraic geometry, the key to solving difficult problems is to see the essence through phenomena... In this way, the Alpha virus may be just one of the results of the crisis, even including the Universal Spirit Foundation."

Biting his lower lip lightly, Lu Zhou's mind was spinning fast at the moment, almost every brain cell was running to the limit.

His eyes wandered around the study room, and at this moment, his eyes suddenly fell on the diary in the corner of the desk.

With a slight movement in his heart, Lu Zhou suddenly thought of something, so he immediately reached out and took the diary in his hand again and opened it.

Quickly skipping the page numbers that had been marked, he turned directly to the first page of the diary.

It was also at the same time that his pupils shrank into a single point.

"……I see."

This experiment...

It started a long time ago.

At this moment, the bracelet on Lu Zhou's left wrist suddenly flickered slightly. After seeing the caller's name clearly, Lu Zhou did not hesitate and immediately pressed the connect button.

Not surprisingly, Captain Xing's face appeared in the projected holographic beam. I saw an excited expression on his face, but before he opened his mouth, everything he wanted to say had already been written on his face.

"We made it!"

"I see."

Looking at Lu Zhou with a calm face, Xing Bian, who was excited, froze for a while, and didn't react for a while. He can be sure that he is the first to know the news, but looking at Lu Zhou's appearance...

Seems like you already know?

"You... know what I want to say?"

"The computer on Ceres is calculating the program, right?"

With a strange expression on his face, Xing Bian nodded.

"Yes...but how did you know?"

"Guess," Lu Zhou said casually, "By the way, let me guess, if you count the time difference... the completion time was about ten minutes ago?"

At this moment, Ceres and the Earth are in a relatively close position, and if the time difference is counted, it should be about ten to fifteen minutes. And judging from the expression on the captain's face, he probably guessed right with a high probability.

However, this incident also confirmed the conjecture made by Lu Zhou a century ago.

That is, there should be no concept of time on the n+1 string.

Otherwise, if the information travels strictly according to the speed of light, he should have received the reminder of the urgent task at the moment he received the call from Captain Xing—that is, now, not ten minutes earlier.

Thinking of this, Lu Zhou strengthened his guess.

The real intelligence crisis should have nothing to do with the Alpha virus, just as he guessed, the root of everything lies in the supercomputing center on Ceres!

Looking at the bust standing in the holographic beam, Lu Zhou asked.

"Where are you now?"

"Me? I'm on the Moon Palace now, and I came back with the First Fleet. Now our fleet has reached the sky above the lunar orbit, and the Third Orbital Airborne Brigade is ready to go. It's time to put an end to this farce!"

When he said this, the corner of Xing Bian's mouth had already raised a triumphant arc. Although he has always been very cautious, at this moment, he really can't think of any possible reasons for failure.

According to the conclusion of the Academy of Sciences, the results of the supercomputing center will help them complete the "vaccine" of the Alpha virus. As long as a comprehensive version update is made to the bionics in Pan-Asia, all crises can be nipped in the bud.

As for those bionics in Guanghan City who have gone berserk...

Just physically destroy them.

The pan-Asian cooperation army is recognized as the strongest in the solar system!

However, upon hearing this optimistic speech, Lu Zhou shook his head.

"It's not that simple."

Thinking that Lu Zhou was worried about the turmoil in Guanghan City, Xing Bian smiled and said.

"Of course, it will take a while to kill 100,000 chickens, let alone bionics. But they don't have logistical support, and we can drown them in the sewer or unplug their batteries in a maximum of three days. .”

"As for the engineers of East Asia Electric Power, I guarantee that many of them will stand in front of you."

"I don't mean the Alpha virus, but Ceres," Lu Zhou shook his head and continued, "Is there a way to go there?"

Xing Bian was slightly taken aback.

"To Ceres?"

Lu Zhou nodded and said in a positive tone.

"Yes."

"No problem is no problem, but why do you suddenly want to go to that place—"

"Not so many whys."

Uncommonly showing the majesty of being an academic leader, Lu Zhou stared at Xing Bian standing in the holographic beam seriously, and said in an unquestionable tone.

"Time is running out, I'm leaving now, and I'll wait for you at the customs entrance of the Tianzhou! Arrange transportation right away, and it's best to set off as soon as we meet up!"

After hanging up the phone, Lu Zhou stood up from the desk, stuffed the diary on the desk into the computer bag on the corner of the desk, and then threw the backpack on his shoulder.

There was only so much luggage he planned to take on this trip.

If all goes well, he will be back soon.

If it fails...

He didn't want to think about that possibility.

I hope everything is still in time...