72 Trial 02
◎Unless Xiao He loses control, the system will never have any problems◎
After Dr. Xu finished speaking, she turned around and continued to tend to her plants. She casually broke off a yellow leaf tip. A gust of wind blew in from the window and blew the leaf tip into Helan Dao's palm.
Dr. Xu glanced at the wall clock and said, "Visiting hours are over. You can leave now. Please throw away the leaves for me. They only clean my place once a week, and I can't stand it... And don't throw them anywhere except in the prison."
Helan Dao was stunned for a moment, and glanced outside the glass curtain wall. The black-robed judge was about to come in. He subconsciously clenched the leaf and turned to leave.
It was not until he walked out of the prison gate that Helan Dao picked up the leaf in his hand and wanted to look at it carefully. As soon as he took a look, he heard someone calling his name in the square.
When the man saw him come out, he strode over, his silver hair fluttering in the wind and his light eyes sparkling with excitement.
Augustus grabbed Helan Dao's wrist and said, "I've got an idea."
He Landao was still in a trance and asked subconsciously: "What are you talking about?"
"The method of saving Dr. Xu is absolutely effective," Augustus spoke incessantly. "All of this is caused by the person who destroyed civilization. If the Inquisition can find him and nip the source in the bud, then the 'Universal History' system will no longer exist, and the fragments of civilization will become a pile of useless data. You don't need to sacrifice yourself, and Dr. Xu can regain his freedom..."
Helan Dao's eyes gradually turned cold, and he pulled his hand away from Augustus.
"Naive." He squeezed out two words coldly from between his teeth.
"Who are you calling naive?" Augustus asked innocently, "But I think the judges were extremely happy when they learned about this..."
He Landao suddenly glanced at him: "Did you tell them?"
"Yes, didn't you guys go to the City on City dungeon? I even told them its approximate location. Although it seems to have collapsed, the people in the Inquisition have greater authority than the system, so they should be able to find a way... Why, are you really going to abandon Dr. Xu for him?"
Helan Dao's speech speed gradually increased: "That's different."
After hearing this, Augustus's face turned cold: "Helan Dao, I hope you still remember that our lives were given by Dr. Xu."
"It's not the same thing, it's not the same thing..." Helan Dao calmed down. Augustus and Zhu Heng didn't have much contact, so Zhu Heng was certainly not as important to him as Dr. Xu.
For Augustus, sacrificing Zhu Heng to divert the Inquisition's attention from Dr. Xu was a lucrative deal, no matter how you looked at it. Furthermore, Augustus had even concealed his actions in the system to shield Zhu Heng. If this were exposed, not only he, but Augustus himself would be punished by the Inquisition.
So, Augustus did nothing wrong, he was the one who was wrong.
Thinking of this, Helan Dao turned around and walked away. Just as he took a step, he was called down by Augustus: "Did Dr. Xu talk to you?"
Helan Dao's eyes darkened and he nodded.
"What did she tell you?"
He Landao didn't say anything, but just looked up at Augustus and asked him, "Do you think that during the time we were away, Dr. Xu has mastered the ability of prophecy?"
"What do you mean?" Augustus frowned.
He Landao looked away: "It's nothing, it might be an illusion, just pretend I didn't say anything."
He left after saying this, and Augustus watched him go away, motionless, until a beautiful green figure walked out from the side.
Liu Qiaoer followed Augustus's gaze and spoke softly, "If you really wanted Zhu Heng to be arrested by the Inquisition, you wouldn't have come all this way to tell him this."
Augustus glanced at her and said, "I don't understand what you are saying."
He turned around and left in the other direction. In the distant sky behind him, the setting artificial sun completely fell into the horizon.
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The law enforcement officers of the third-level civilization had arrived earlier than Helan Dao and were guarding the entrance to the copy of "General History of the Universe".
The technicians were repairing the collapsed copy system, waiting to dig out a channel to bring Zhu Heng out of the game and back to the third-level civilization world for trial.
However, Zhu Heng was standing in front of a door at this time, and had no idea what was happening outside.
Outside the door was a vast universe. He stepped out of the door as if possessed by a ghost, and his consciousness seemed to leave his body and float in this galaxy.
At this time, a wonderful feeling arose in Zhu Heng.
He was surprised to find that time seemed to have turned into a string of visible numbers, that is, he could perceive the current time without the help of any external timing tools.
For example, at this moment, it is 10 minus 43 seconds.
The universe before him seemed like a single entity, suddenly splitting into two before his eyes, one of which rapidly collapsed until it vanished. A moment later, an unimaginable heat followed, instantly engulfing Zhu Heng.
However, Zhu Heng did not sense the inhuman temperature. To him, temperature seemed to have become a concept from another dimension. No matter how high or low the temperature was, it could not hurt him.
The time came to 10 minus 35 seconds.
Zhu Heng saw with his naked eyes a small spot expanding infinitely, forming a new universe, and the temperature around it also cooled down a little.
The time is now 3 minutes.
As far as the eye can see, there is not a single beam of light.
Then starting from the third minute, time passed by at an extremely terrifying speed. The space in front of Zhu Heng's eyes slowly became transparent. With the appearance of light, the background gradually dimmed.
When the space became completely transparent, Zhu Heng looked at the time and found that it was already the 300,000th year.
But faster things are yet to come.
In just a blink of an eye, like turning the pages of a book, time has come to the 3 billion year.
A few stars appeared in the universe.
In the 5 billionth year, more and more stars appeared and gradually formed galaxies.
Ten billion years on, the solar system was born. Zhu Heng found a blue-green star in it, and looking down from the universe, he saw some life forms appear on that blue-green star—of course, it would be invisible to the naked eye.
At this moment, he can see what the naked eye cannot see, hear what the human ear cannot hear, smell what the nose cannot smell, and feel what ordinary people cannot feel, as if—
A god-like existence.
Everything in front of me is actually similar to the holographic image I saw in Central City.
The difference is that it was Helan Dao who showed it to him at that time, but now it has become the universe.
The universe was telling him the history of its own birth.
And the process isn't over yet.
Human intelligent life was born and developed on Earth, and human knowledge grew exponentially. Trillions of years passed, during which humanity experienced the death of the sun, the collective escape of the solar system, and spread across the Milky Way, creating new suns through the energy of stars. Civilization finally reached unparalleled heights.
However, the temperature of the universe dropped rapidly at this time, and in thousands of star systems, an irreversible ice age descended upon humanity.
The stars that provide energy for human civilization gradually go out, and the temperature of the universe drops to absolute zero.
Even Zhu Heng felt the huge impact of this terrifying low temperature.
The space around him collapsed rapidly, and Zhu Heng could not see anything. His consciousness was falling rapidly, and he slowly experienced weightlessness, which meant that his consciousness had returned to his body.
After an unknown amount of time, Zhu Heng fell heavily to the ground.
There were a few unrecognizable human voices in my ears——
"Is it open?"
"It's a bit difficult. The system seems to be hindering us, but fortunately this copy collapsed and all the data became a mess. We can take advantage of the opportunity to enter."
"So it can be opened? What's the situation inside? Can we go in?"
"Yes... but there's no need to go in. The person you're looking for is lying at the dungeon entrance."
Zhu Heng felt his arm being lifted up, and a hand reached out and tugged at his eyelids twice. Then a few more people came in, stopped beside him, and lifted him up from the ground.
"Why is it so cold in here?" Someone shivered.
"Hey, this guy should thank us for waking up. If it was any later, he would have frozen to death here."
"Okay, stop wasting time and take it back quickly."
"clear."
After the law enforcer finished his orders, he turned his head to look at the calm horizon, a sense of doubt rising in his heart.
It's strange. The system that he developed was broken by someone, but Helando didn't even come to take a look?
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At this moment, Helan Dao was still near the Trial Court's high-level prison.
A yellow, half-dried leaf lay quietly in the palm of his hand. If you look closely, you can see the words engraved on the leaf.
That was what Dr. Xu wanted to tell He Landao. It said: "Stay where you are and don't move."
He soon understood what Dr. Xu meant.
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The news that Zhu Heng was arrested by law enforcement officers spread throughout the galaxy at an extremely fast speed.
When he was brought in, he wasn't in good condition, barely conscious due to severe hypothermia. The law enforcement team planned to send him back to the high-level prison for temporary detention, and the escort even passed right in front of Helan Dao.
Helan Dao unconsciously held the leaf in his hand, his eyes following it all the way until the leaf made a slight "click" sound and was broken in half by him, drawing his attention back.
He lowered his head and looked at the leaf with a little surprise, and suddenly found that on the other side of the leaf, there was a line of small words, which read - "I can save him."
Zhu Heng was imprisoned in the same place as Dr. Xu, in adjacent rooms, separated only by a wall.
Medical staff were busy coming in and out with all kinds of instruments and equipment until late at night, when Zhu Heng finally regained some consciousness.
The law enforcer's eyes were dark and he yawned heavily. He mumbled and told everyone to go back and rest first, and to ensure that Zhu Heng could speak when the court summoned him the next day.
As soon as they left, the prison became silent again.
In the darkness, a pair of eyes filled with wisdom slowly opened.
She quietly got up, walked to the wall silently, bent two fingers, and tapped lightly: "Are you awake?"
There was no answer from the other side of the wall.
Dr. Xu continued, "Don't pretend to be asleep. I know you are awake."
There was finally some movement on the other side of the wall.
Zhu Heng sat up from the bed, and Dr. Xu asked him, "How do you feel? Tell me."
"It's nothing, it's just that the system went out of control and I suffered a little, but everything else is fine." Zhu Heng replied.
"Do you think this is a system out of control?" asked Dr. Xu.
"Isn't it?"
"The system is closely connected to Xiao He's brain. Unless Xiao He loses control, the system will never have any problems."
Zhu Heng frowned: "What I saw..."
"What did you see?"
Zhu Heng briefly described what he saw in that universe.
"Your hypothermia is caused by the collapse of that universe." Dr. Xu concluded.
"With such a big commotion, if it's not the system out of control, then what could it be?"
"You can foresee the future, right? That's what you saw."
"I..." Zhu Heng just said one word and suddenly stopped, "How did you know?"
"Don't be nervous, I'm the only one who knows," Dr. Xu explained. "Xiao He needs to send me the civilization data from 'A General History of the Universe,' so I can directly access part of his brain. He's not on guard against me. I know a little about you... Okay, I've answered your question. Now I want to ask you a question too. It's up to you whether you answer it or not."
"You say."
"I want to know if you were the one who spoke that prophecy through Xiao Liu's mouth back then," Dr. Xu asked.
Zhu Heng didn't deny it: "Did you guess it?"
"The look in Xiao Liu's eyes back then was very similar to yours, you could even say it's exactly the same. Tell me, how did you come to possess Xiao Liu?"
Zhu Heng didn't say anything.
"I know you are wary of me, but in the current situation, you have no choice but to stand with me."
"What's your reason?"
"I need you to cooperate with me and terminate the 'Universe History' project," Dr. Xu said, "just to save Xiao He."
"Save Helan Dao? What danger is there for him?"
"I said that Xiao He would use his brain to develop the 'Universe History' system. Once the plan succeeds, he will have to contribute his brain to store all the data of human civilization over billions of years."
"Okay, I promise you." Zhu Heng said, and then told Dr. Xu everything that happened in the "Tokyo Dream" copy.
"It's similar to what I know." Dr. Xu said after listening.
"What do you mean?"
"The principle behind their ability to predict the future." Dr. Xu suddenly stopped talking here.
Zhu Heng became suspicious and was about to speak when he heard the sound of light footsteps.
He was startled and immediately looked outside to see what was happening.
Sure enough, an inspector was seen at the corner. He was heading towards the direction where Zhu Heng and Dr. Xu were imprisoned. The sharp eyes on his head penetrated the darkness and swept back and forth between Zhu Heng and Dr. Xu's room several times. Seeing that the two were sleeping soundly without any abnormality, he left with peace of mind.
After the inspector left, Zhu Heng asked Dr. Xu through the wall: "I'd like to ask a question."
"you say."
"Can you also foresee the short-term future?"
He couldn't think of any other reason other than prophecy that could have noticed the abnormality before him.
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