Half a year later, Jiang Chen and He Qianjian met again. Putting aside other emotions, both of them were a little stunned.
Judging from his appearance, He Qianjian didn't seem to have changed much, but the grayness and numbness in his eyes and the deadness in his heart seemed to come out from his bones. Even people who had never seen him before could tell at a glance that he was not mentally well. Jiang Chen, who had seen He Qianjian surrounded by people and was arrogant, felt this even more deeply.
He knew very well why this was so. The research institute had its own regulations, and the military had its own rules. The Military Research Institute combined the two and was more stringent in many aspects. The Military Research Institute admitted He Qianjian, and apart from necessary treatment and follow-up, they would never treat him as a test subject. However, the necessary repeated interrogations and high-pressure 24-hour surveillance would not allow any ordinary person to survive more than three days unless he was a specially trained soldier.
What’s more, He Qianjian has been pampered since childhood and has never experienced any ups and downs even in his previous life.
With the system in place, He Qianjian would always stay awake. He would have to deal with the same interrogation every day. Opposite him would be a team of experts of no less than three people, including but not limited to psychologists, interrogation experts, negotiation experts, etc.
Facing different people asking the same questions every day, He Qianjian must absolutely execute every step of the system to avoid being exposed. However, the conversation between the system and He Qianjian's brain can already be captured and translated. Once the system knows it, He Qianjian will also know it. Under the double pressure, he needs to be cautious even when thinking. When a person has to control the thoughts that may pop up in his brain at any time and cannot relax for a moment in 24 hours, the result can be imagined.
Therefore, the first moment he saw Jiang Chen, what burst out from He Qianjian's heart was no longer the hatred as before, but a strong hope.
——This is the first time hope has appeared in these three months.
“Save me…”
He Qianjian tried his best to open his mouth as wide as possible and shout for help loudly, but the sound he made was as weak as a mosquito or fly. His mouth opened and closed, and Jiang Chen could only hear hoarse breaths. However, the words he could not say were displayed on the monitor next to him.
"Save me, please. As long as you are willing to save me, I will do anything for you. You want to deal with the system, I know its weakness - I told you whether it will kill me again, but this is my last chance - I told you Jiang Chen, I will tell you everything you want to know - the system just lost contact with me, will it come back, is it listening to me and Jiang Chen talking - I might as well die if I stay here, I haven't lived enough and I don't want to die..."
The human brain is very jumpy. When thinking about one thing, other unrelated thoughts often pop up. It is also possible to think about many things at the same time. This situation is displayed on the monitor, just like the picture in front of you, with mixed logic and incoherent language. However, He Qianjian only thought about two things at this time: asking for help and the system.
The words displayed on the screen are a bit messy, but they are easy to understand if you look carefully.
Jiang Chen read what He Qianjian wanted to say, his expression unchanged: "Why does the system want to kill you?"
"It..." He Qianjian opened his mouth and uttered a single sound, and the rest of the words appeared on the screen: "It has a big plan to execute. I am a burden to it. It doesn't want me anymore and wants to kill me, but I can be useful to you. As long as you can save me, I will definitely tell you everything I know about the system-"
Jiang Chen: "Do you know its plan?"
Seeing that Jiang Chen seemed to be moved, a light burst out on He Qianjian's pale and numb face, like a last ray of light, strangely and distorted.
"I...ah I - know..." His chest rose and fell violently, but he still tried to stand up. He raised his head slightly from the pillow, staring at Jiang Chen with his eyes wide open, as if he wanted to sit up: "You, save, me, I'll tell you."
He Qianjian had gone crazy under high-pressure interrogation before, screaming and shouting loudly. Perhaps his throat was damaged in those days, and now there is always a drawn-out phlegm sound in his throat when he speaks.
Jiang Chen took a half step back and said calmly: "I can't promise you."
He Qianjian's already wide eyes suddenly widened, as if they would pop out of the frame at the next moment.
"Why!"
"You should know why you are here. This concerns the whole world. I have no right to let you go."
He Qianjian breathed heavily, his erect chest seemed to no longer be able to gather strength, and he fell back onto the bed without being able to struggle. He looked up at Jiang Chen, trying his best to breathe calmly, and spoke in his head: "Then find a way to help me get the system out of my brain. I know you have a way - he must have a way, but what if he doesn't help me, will I have to pay a price to get it out? If I can pay the price, I'm willing to pay it, but what if Jiang Chen doesn't have to lie to me? He hates me so much, but he is the only person I can trust - at least he keeps his word. I didn't expect that this ridiculous weakness would become my life-saving straw now, but it doesn't matter, as long as he can save me..."
The text on the display screen clearly recorded every thought in He Qianjian's mind, what he wanted to say, and what appeared uncontrollably in his mind.
Jiang Chen finally understood why He Qianjian's spirit seemed to have reached a critical point, but Dr. Sun did not stop observing. Judging from the activity and clarity of his brain, He Qianjian's limit seemed to be able to withstand countless challenges. It was not known whether this was the credit of the system or something else, but this kind of clarity might be the most torturous thing for He Qianjian.
Moreover, this may also be the reason why the system would rather violate the system rules than kill. After all, He Qianjian is a human being, not a machine. As long as it is a creature that can think and have independent emotions, there will be uncertainty, not to mention humans with the most complex behaviors.
The system can constrain some of He Qianjian's thoughts and even control part of his thinking, but it cannot make him act like a robot and just execute programs. Unwanted things can be cleared with one click.
When it discovered that He Qianjian could not be controlled and might even reveal more of its core secrets, it was not difficult to understand why it decided to kill him.
He Qianjian is in a miserable situation now, but he does not deserve sympathy. Everything he has done is his own fault. Even without counting his previous life, he has harmed many people in this life for his own sake. If he had been willing to tell everything he knew without reservation when he knew that the system could endanger the country and even the world, he would not have ended up like this.
He thought the system was his support, and he had always been fearless. From prison to the Military Research Institute, he had never reflected on his own actions. Only when the system became a threat and began to harm his vital interests, he was willing to speak out everything he knew.
But the damage to the brain has already occurred. Brain death is miraculously reversible, but the damage can never be restored to its previous state. If the system is really pulled out of his mind and leaves the Military Research Institute, He Qianjian will no longer be able to live a normal life. He will need to take medicine and be hospitalized frequently to maintain his life.
I don’t know if He Qianjian can accept this result after knowing it, even if this is his final outcome.
Jiang Chen hadn't said anything, so He Qianjian called him with difficulty.
"I do have a way to remove the system from you, but I can't guarantee that the process is absolutely safe." Jiang Chen basically got all the information he wanted to know. He looked at his watch and turned around and said, "I can give you a day to think about it. If you want, let your doctor tell me."
"Wait, wait!" He Qianjian called out to Jiang Chen, raising his hands, which were only two fists high, with veins popping out: "I promise you!"
These were probably the most fluent words Jiang Chen had spoken since he and He Qianjian met, which showed how urgent he was.
"Help me get it out right now."
Jiang Chen shook his head: "I won't start until I'm 100% sure, and there are a lot of things that need to be prepared. It will take at least a week before I can start."
He Qianjian froze: "One...week?"
"At least a week."
Jiang Chen nodded slightly and was about to say something when Shi Fengyue knocked on the transparent door and made a gesture.
"I have something else to do before I leave." Jiang Chen reminded: "The system should not do anything to you in the next three days. You can rest assured that if you have any problems, you can communicate with Dr. Sun. If he can't solve it, he will tell me."
After saying what needed to be said, Jiang Chen quickly left the ward.
Shi Fengyue looked serious. He waited for Jiang Chen to come out, then he took long steps and said as he walked, "I received an emergency notice. I will go to the meeting room immediately."
"The meeting hall in the central square?"
The two meetings three months ago were both held in the conference hall in the central square of the General Military Research Institute. As the most central area of the entire military research institute, meetings generally held there are either important meetings or collective meetings of the entire military research institute. Because each division has a regional office building and each laboratory is equipped with its own conference room, internal meetings or meetings within a certain research field will be held directly in their own areas.
At the same time, Changjiang also sent a message: "Dylan, you received a message marked as an important notifier, the content of the message is: 'The United Nations General Assembly will be held ahead of schedule, DTW has been exposed, the meeting room, hurry up'."
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