Chapter 971 Heavenly Man

  Chapter 971 Heaven and Man

  To be honest, although there is no concept of guaranteed bottom line in the expansion pack lottery of “Wasteland OL”, the randomness is indeed real randomness, and there is no saying that “who is more suitable for a certain equipment is more likely to draw it”.

  However, it is precisely because it is real randomness, even if the “overall explosion rate” conforms to the normal function distribution, it is inevitable that there will be some extremely black-faced non-Africans and inhumane European emperors.

  And once it comes to this time, the manager can only take the initiative to give benefits to the non-Africans.

  As for the European emperor, forget it.

  Just draw it, you can’t take it back from others, right?

  Although he is a little black-bellied occasionally, Chu Guang asked himself that he was still principled in doing things.

  First, don’t go back on your words, second, don’t settle accounts after the event, and third, use the power of rules when you can.

  But to be honest, this Fountain Brother is sometimes really outrageous in luck, even he, the fake planner who knows the “inside story of the game” and the real mastermind, can’t help but wonder if this guy is using something.

  Similarly, my darkest brother was also like this, his face was so dark that it was as if he had done something bad in his previous life… In

  the study room on the B4 floor of the shelter, Chu Guang leaned on the sofa, drinking black tea with milk while browsing the forum.

  At this moment, my darkest brother, who was full of negative energy a second ago, was holding a screenshot of the “Golden Legend” and crying with joy – or showing off.

  However, my darkest brother didn’t know that he got the Golden Legend not because of “good luck” or washing his hands before holding the mouse, but because the great philanthropist A Guang manually gave him compensation.

  ”Xiao Qi, tell me the truth, did this guy really draw 20 ramen tickets in a row by his own ability?”

  Xiao Qi, who was sitting in the pen holder, had a helpless expression on his face.

  ”Master, don’t you believe Xiao Qi?”

  Chu Guang drank a sip of black tea and shook his head and said.

  ”No, it’s just that this guy is so unlucky that it makes people feel bad. He has lowered our credibility with his ability.”

  There are always people on the forum saying that there are shady things in the expansion pack lottery, but in fact there is no such thing at all. At most, if you are too unlucky or too crazy, you may not get the “visa” to enter the other world – that is, the helmet.

  And to be honest, he and the fountain are not familiar with each other outside the game. If there is really a shady deal, it will not be that guy’s turn.

  But objectively speaking, the case of unlucky is actually only a minority, and the vast majority of players still draw a lot of good things with their own ability.

  Due to the recent surge in the soft and hard power of the alliance, the reward pool for players has become more and more abundant.

  In addition to the high-tech equipment produced by the processing center and the drawings of the shelter, it also includes some equipment commissioned by enterprises and their subsidiaries for testing, as well as experimental equipment jointly designed by the alliance scientific expedition team and relevant units.

  For example, plasma cutters, magnetic slingshots, neural acceleration modules, and portable rocket injectors, etc.

  These equipment are more meaningful than practical, and it is difficult to play a role on the front battlefield, but they still have certain practical value in wasteland adventures.

  For example, if you add a rocket launcher and a tendon prosthesis to some “resource points” that cannot be reached by normal means, you may be able to fly – or jump up.

  For example, a plasma knife that needs continuous irradiation to cut the target may not be stronger than the claws of the death claw, but it may scare the death claw when it is used.

  In addition, some equipment that has been well received and tested in actual combat will also start mass production as planned, and will be installed in the in-game store for players to buy.

  But generally speaking, only players can use such things.

  If it were other wastelanders, they would have to be very strong.

  Chu Guang browsed around the forum and couldn’t help but curl up his mouth when he saw those talented people who were doing things with reward props, and they were so happy that they couldn’t close their mouths.

  At this time, Xiao Qi, who was sitting in the pen holder, suddenly raised his head and said in a pleasant voice.

  ”Master, the director of the Institute’s Investigation Department wants to talk to you… about the research ship they lost in Yavent City and the “pseudo-mother nest” in the “Tower of the World.” The

  pseudo-mother nest is the name of the Alliance Biological Research Institute.

  According to Xiao Yu, that thing has little to do with the mutant slime mold nest.

  Judging from the various performances of the academy, they obviously have some information that the alliance does not know.

  But this group of people has always been like this, extremely sensitive to technology, even if it is a “direction” other than technology itself.

  Chu Guang raised his eyebrows slightly, and a hint of interest appeared in his eyes.

  It seems that this research ship means more to the academy than he imagined.

  As A-level researchers, the directors of the four major departments are already considered to be core members of the academy.

  Above them is the only S-level chief technology officer Mu Bei, and Dr. Conclusion standing behind the chief technology officer.

  ”When?”

  Xiao Qi: “He has arrived near Shuguang City. I want to ask when you are free?”

  Already there?

  Putting the teacup in his hand back on the tray on the table, Chu Guang motioned to X-16 who was waiting on the side to take it away for him, and stood up from the sofa.

  ”Tell him to wait for me in Conference Room 1 of the Alliance Building.”

  …

  Alliance Building, Conference Room 1.

  A middle-aged man about 40 years old sat at the conference table.

  His appearance looked ordinary, the kind that you wouldn’t be able to find in a crowd. And the silver-white researcher uniform was also a common style in the college.

  The staff standing by came forward and poured him a cup of coffee.

  The man said thank you softly, and then sat there motionless, waiting quietly.

  Not long after, footsteps were heard outside the conference room, and then the door of the conference room was pushed open.

  Looking at Chu Guang coming in from outside, the man stood up from the conference table and said politely.

  ”Hello, dear manager, I am Qi Liu, director of the college’s investigation department. I am sorry to disturb you in your busy schedule without prior appointment.”

  ”Mr. Qi, you are polite. I am just taking a break. I have nothing else to do, so there is no need to disturb you. Please take a seat.”

  Chu Guang smiled and nodded, then pulled out a chair and sat across the conference table.

  Seeing Chu Guang sitting down, Qi Liu, who was acting reserved, also sat down.

  The staff on the side quietly came over and poured Chu Guang a cup of black tea.

  Without wasting time on small talk, Chu Guang got straight to the point.

  ”I heard from my assistant that regarding the missing research ship and the unauthorized investigation activities it was conducting in Avent City at the time… do you have more information you want to give us?”

  Hearing those slightly thorny words, Qi Liu did not hide it, but simply admitted it.

  ”Yes, but please believe that we did not conceal the relevant clues out of malice.”

  After saying that, he took out a holographic computer pen from his arms and placed it on the conference table, gently pushing it forward.

  Looking at the holographic computer pen that slid to the center of the conference table, Chu Guang raised his eyebrows slightly, and then looked at the staff member next to him.

  The latter walked to the conference table with understanding, took the holographic computer pen for Chu Guang, and then left the conference room.

  Chu Guang stretched out his hand and pressed on the computer pen, and a light blue holographic beam quickly unfolded on the conference table.

  Presented in the holographic beam was a document, which included the evaluation and analysis of the biological weapon used by Tyr in the decisive battle and the identification conclusion.

  However, perhaps because of the loss of data, the content of the report was qualitative analysis throughout, lacking quantitative analysis.

  After reading the document from beginning to end, Chu Guang raised his eyebrows and couldn’t help but show a hint of interest.

  ”Gaia Seed?”

  ”Or, Gaia-like life form,” Qi Liu said in a serious tone, watching the expression on Chu Guang’s face, “This is what we call the biological weapon used by Tyr… You should have realized that it is something similar to the mutant slime mold mother nest but different.”

  ”Yes.”

  Chu Guang nodded, and gently stroked the air with his index finger, turning off the holographic screen in front of him.

  ”But in our opinion, the mutant slime mold mother nest is obviously more threatening, and Tyr’s little trick is still a little lacking… Of course, perhaps you can provide us with some different insights?”

  ”That’s why I came here,” Qi Liu nodded slightly, put on a serious expression and continued, “Such misunderstandings arise because you lack understanding of Gaia. It is contrary to scientific principles to distinguish their threat levels only from strength. Of course… We who blocked this part of the news also bear a certain responsibility for this.”

  There was a hint of apology in his voice.

  That might be an apology.

  Chu Guang did not speak, but just looked at the director of the college’s investigation department, and signaled him to continue with his eyes.

  The latter paused for a moment and continued.

  ”That was a long time ago, older than the Wasteland Era or even the Three Years War… When the colonists who arrived at Alpha Centauri realized that the planet under their feet was a ‘living planet’, the researchers in the colony conducted an in-depth investigation of Gaia. The results of the investigation were beyond all of our expectations. What lay before us was a hive-like civilization that we had never seen before.”

  ”And according to the research report sent back by the colony, it was a stagnant society. Whether they fell from a higher civilization to their current position, or slowly climbed from a lower civilization to their current height, they had in fact lost the ability to spiral upward or downward.”

  Chu Guang nodded.

  ”The Alliance Academy of Social Sciences has a similar report.”

  Qi Liu said.

  ”I’ve read it. The report is well written, even by the standards of the academy.”

  Chu Guang smiled and said.

  ”Haha, thank you for the compliment.”

  ”There is no compliment, this is a fact,” Qi Liu looked at Chu Guang seriously and continued, “Although Gaia has lost the motivation to continue social evolution, its existence still brings us great inspiration. Inspired by that report and related research, the Human Alliance has experienced different degrees of technological explosions in biology, aerospace physics and sociology, including the mind interference technology you are using, which is a product of that period.” Chu Guang has heard

  about this.

  The manager’s log of Shelter No. 401 in the eastern suburbs of Qingquan City mentioned that the mind interference technology was originally established as a research project to replace the infrasonic fence that drives away alien creatures.

  This technology accidentally opened the door to a new world and established a bridge of communication between humans and Gaia, who were originally unable to communicate.

  At present, many players in the alliance also use this set of equipment to communicate with Xiaoyu’s fruiting bodies.

  Of course, this technology also caused quite a stir at the time, such as being used by a bad company to promote sales, and was therefore reviewed by the Scientific Ethics Committee.

  Looking at Chu Guang who was lost in his memories, Qi Liu continued.

  ”The action of force is mutual, and so is the communication between civilizations. We have learned a lot from Gaia that we have never seen before, and Gaia has also shown great shock at the complex social form and individual consciousness we have demonstrated. After all, before we set foot on that land, He had always been playing with himself, and only occasionally would meteorites fall from the sky, bringing a few small lives that He had never seen and were not very interesting.”

  ”No matter what the reason was for Gaia civilization to abandon its original social form and possible individual consciousness, He really does not remember what happened before the critical point of mutation – that is, before the ‘Big Bang’ mentioned in the report of your Alliance Academy of Social Sciences.”

  ”And our birth allowed Him to see another possibility in the universe – He began to think about what his children would look like if he had ‘children’, and what his parents would look like if he had parents.”

  Chu Guang said thoughtfully.

  ”He has become interested in our way of inheritance.”

  Qi Liu nodded slowly.

  ”This was controversial in the academic community at the time. Some people believed that helping Him understand human society could promote our mutual communication, promote social progress, and maybe even make Him a loyal friend of mankind. Others believed that awakening a prehistoric giant was a dangerous thing. His lifespan might be longer than the history of human existence, and we might be eaten by Him.”

  Chu Guang nodded.

  ”This is indeed worrying.”

  In fact, His children have eaten quite a few people, including quite a few in Qingquan City alone.

  The reason why Xiaoyu was able to integrate into the society of the Alliance was actually more of a compromise between the wastelanders and the real environment –

  it was no longer realistic to completely eliminate the mutant slime mold. The War Construction Committee exploded, but the slime mold did not explode.

  Those little guys have become part of the ecosystem like the aliens. Instead of launching a war with no results, it is better to think about how to control them and turn waste into treasure.

  Qi Liu continued.

  ”On the one hand, conservative scholars have improved legislation through the Science Ethics Committee, trying to curb the technological out-of-control in various fields. However, another group of radical scholars… or left-wing scholars in your words, have lent a hand to Him, using the technology that humans have learned from Him to help Him clone His children.”

  Chu Guang said with a wry smile.

  ”This… is really a bold idea.”

  In comparison, the radicals of the alliance are simply too conservative. At most, they are a little sympathetic to the Brahmans. They are worried that they can’t chew the food even after they have put it in their mouths.

  Qi Liu nodded.

  ”Indeed, even in that open society at that time that tolerated gender modification through genetic technology and marriage with bionic people, giving birth to a child for Gaia was too avant-garde… After all, it is another species.”

  ”Not to mention the uncontrollable risks that may arise from the experiment, the experiment itself also has considerable moral controversy. Since Gaia itself does not have the ability to split a second personality, they have to use a human volunteer with a complete mind as a mental provider… Even if this volunteer is willing to sacrifice himself.”

  Wait –

  why does this sound so familiar?

  Chu Guang’s expression suddenly became a little subtle, and he thought of Luo Yu for some reason.

  However, that incident was mostly accidental, and there are still some differences if you look at it carefully.

  Qi Liu did not notice the subtle expression on Chu Guang’s face, but continued to speak seriously.

  ”Although everyone thought they were crazy at the time, it just so happened that… due to Gaia’s active cooperation, this experiment that seemed to be no different from crazy in everyone’s eyes was unexpectedly successful in the end.”

  ”Just like that, a Gaia with human citizenship was born. It is a new life form whose form is completely determined by consciousness. Defining it by gender, age, and skin color are superficial. It can grow wings as long as it wants to fly, and grow gills if it wants to swim underwater… as long as there are enough nutrients in the environment.”

  ”Some people cheered for this, believing that if this technology is applied to the field of planetary transformation, it will be able to provide humans with more habitable planets. Others expressed tension, saying that humans will no longer be humans, but monsters in myths.”

  ”But anyway, this technology has been invented… Before we completed our own monument, the ‘perfect life form’, we completed the monument of others – the ‘amorphous life form’. This is another possibility on the evolutionary tree. Philosophically speaking, it is – I am Him, and He is the whole.”

  A trace of surprise appeared on Chu Guang’s face.

  ”… Is this the Seed of Gaia?”

  The boss that his old white killed with one axe turned out to be such an awesome thing? !

  Qi Liu looked at him seriously and nodded.

  ”A war maniac with a strong desire for control has become a monster covered with tentacles. He no longer needs planes, cannons and tanks. If you give him enough time and let him swallow the entire Batoya Province, he can become an army… But fortunately, he didn’t give up his last bottom line until you pushed him to the brink. And you handled it in time and didn’t leave them any chance.” Chu Guang

  coughed lightly and said.

  ”… I think it may be that he just doesn’t know what the technology in his hands is. There is no reason for the Enlightenment to fully explain it to them.”

  ”The Enlightenment…” Qi Liu smiled for some reason and shook his head and said, “What can those KB members who are not presentable know? They are only worthy of being pawns at most.” Chu

  Guang frowned slightly.

  ”…You mean, the one who manipulated all this was the ‘celestial being’?”

  The descendants of the expeditionary army lodged in the Lagrange Point Starport…

  It is suspected that they are the extraterrestrial forces that received the remnants of the Torch Church.

  So it was these people who gave Tyr the last super weapon? !

  Through the hands of the Enlightenment Society…

  Looking at Chu Guang who was lost in thought, Qi Liu nodded slowly, and confessed the secret that they had never revealed on behalf of the academy.

  ”Celestial being.”

  ”They are the only existence that has both the technical information of the Human Alliance and the technical information of the colony… They are also the only survivor force that has mastered the ‘Seed of Gaia’.” ”

  If they can still be called survivors now.”

  (End of this chapter)