Chapter 244 Noah's Whitelist
Day 14 of the Highway Survival Game!
Because in my own experience, I was not really dead when Feng Sang and the others saved me. It felt like I was being rescued from a crisis.
They never actually felt that they were also dead, that they had changed their fate of death, or that they had been resurrected after death. They did not feel that they were beings who violated ethics and natural law.
Therefore, after learning about Feng Sang's abilities, he never thought of asking Feng Sang to use this power to save his parents. After all, bringing the dead back to life always felt like an act that would invite punishment and go against the natural order and human reason.
Perhaps this is the result of the difference between Japan's concept of restraint and America's concept of freedom! It seems that Shuichi Akai never thought about this issue. Once he realized Feng Sang's ability, his first thought was to change a regretful situation and save his own father.
And what about himself? Even knowing his plans, he never thought of going back to the past to change the fate of his parents' deaths. Perhaps his parents had given birth to him in vain, because he never even considered bringing them back to life when he had the ability to do so.
Only now did he realize that he could actually do this. But should he do it? Would it cause Feng Sang a lot of trouble? She already had enough to deal with in the survival game...
But those parents who only exist in my childhood memories... There are still 4 years since the accident, and I still clearly remember that day 4 years ago. If I lock onto that coordinate when the time comes...
Once Feng Sang enters the instance, he will definitely enter some cases in Japan where death and destruction have occurred, and there is a high chance that he will encounter the day his parents were murdered.
No, no… I seem to be taking this for granted. Feng Sang was only able to enter the location of the destruction event. His parents were indeed killed at the time, but his home was not destroyed, and the house and everything else were still intact.
It's virtually impossible to attract the copy to the parents in this situation, so if you really want to change the fate of your parents' death, you might only be able to do what Shuichi Akai did: contact his parents who were still alive in the past and change their fate of being killed by Moriichi.
And what about myself? Can I really go back four years, arrive at the time when my parents had the accident, contact them, tell them to take precautions, and change their fate? Or can I go back to that time and find someone I can entrust with saving my parents?
Just as Morofushi Kagemitsu was lost in thought about saving his parents, Matsuda noticed his absent-minded look and raised an eyebrow, asking, "Kagemitsu, what are you thinking about? What ideas do you have? Tell us so we can have some feedback."
Upon hearing this, Zhu Fujingguang snapped out of his reverie. He knew that the dungeon time was limited, and he certainly couldn't explain his parents' situation in detail right now. So he simply shook his head: "I do have some thoughts, but we'll talk about them when we get back to the car. Let's deal with the immediate problem first. The dungeon doesn't give us much time; half an hour has already passed."
Upon hearing Morofushi Kagemitsu's words, Hagiwara and Matsuda, who knew their friend well, immediately realized that he was indeed troubled by something. However, they also knew that it was not appropriate to explain in detail in this instance, so they remained silent.
Understanding this, the two did not pursue the matter further. Both were graduates of police academy and knew that it was necessary to plan their time reasonably to achieve better results, so they did not say anything more.
Instead, Hagiwara looked at Kazesei-no-Kami, who was staring at them with curiosity, and raised his hand again to shake the floppy disk in his hand, saying to Kazesei-no-Kami, "Does Kaze-chan really want to know what's inside?"
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"Of course I want to know!" Feng Xingshou nodded without hesitation. The two or three people had such serious expressions just now, which meant they had made a big discovery. They had kept him in suspense. How could he satisfy his curiosity if he didn't explain things clearly now?
Seeing her straightforward reaction, Hagiwara smiled and replied, "This is a list, and it's one you've heard of. Remember the information Bourbon gave us last time?"
"Which aspect? Is it related to the Japanese government's behind-the-scenes dealings? Or that Symbiosis Cult?" Feng Xingshou was startled upon hearing this.
Hagiwara nodded: "You could say both sides have it! But it's not the kind of list you're thinking of, it's a different kind, marked as Noah's whitelist!"
"Huh? What?" Feng Xing Shou was confused.
Seeing that she didn't realize the deeper meaning behind Hagi's words, Matsuda took a deep breath. He really wanted to smoke, but then thought better of it and put his hand back down from the cigarette.
While taking the floppy disk from Hagiwara and inserting it into the computer, he quickly operated it and showed it to Kazehoshi, explaining to her, "Look, this is it."
"Uh... I can't understand it even if you open it for me!" Feng Xingshou saw a folder appear on the old-fashioned, heavy desktop computer screen under Matsuda's operation.
After Matsuda double-clicked to open it, most of the text was in Japanese, with some Chinese characters mixed in. However, she had studied in Japan briefly and knew that the meanings of many Chinese characters had evolved and differed from those in China over a long period of time in Japan.
Therefore, even if there were Chinese characters on it, she could not deduce their meaning from them. The only thing she could recognize was the number 1999-2012 below a row of slightly larger font that looked like a title.
The numbers below this line seem to be divided into four rows in Japanese, arranged in some way. And the background screen for writing in this folder is not ordinary white background with black text, but has some mysterious gold patterns with a religious feel.
She did recognize the pattern; after the last instance, Hagiwara and the others had reviewed the Symbiosis Cult investigation files that Bourbon had given them and found that it was the symbol of the Symbiosis Cult. Apart from that, she couldn't understand anything else.
Seeing this, Hagiwara pointed to the screen and explained to her, "The top row of big characters says 'Noah Whitelist,' and the bottom row should represent the years 1999-2012."
Of the four rows from the year, I can deduce that one row contains the names of prominent Japanese politicians and their families and relatives, and the other row contains the names of large Japanese landowners and their families and relatives.
One row lists the names of some of Japan's biggest business tycoons and their families and relatives. The last row appears to be composed of individual Japanese names, but I don't recognize them and have no idea who they are.
"It's probably a list of high-end Japanese talent, only including individuals, not their relatives." When Morofushi Kagemitsu was working undercover for the organization, he also came into contact with some organizations that tried to recruit and win them over.
He even had experience of coercing and bribing high-caliber individuals to join the organization. He had previously seen some familiar names on the list and deduced that this list should be categorized as a list of high-caliber individuals...
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Matsuda then continued, "Currently, this folder only contains these contents. We don't know the details either. We're still unsure what this Noah Whitelist is. But at least we can be sure that this list is related to the Symbiosis Cult."
This is very likely the list of members of the Symbiosis Cult in Japan, after all, the names of all members of the Ooka family are on it, and the two Noahs marked on the list are also somewhat intriguing to us.
"Noah? Noah's Ark? The only one I know related to Noah is this. Does this list mean that everyone on the list can board Noah's Ark?" Feng Xingshou looked at the three people's expressions and really didn't understand what Matsuda's last sentence meant.
She could only guess based on what she knew, and the movie 2012 was so memorable that when she heard the word Noah, that was the first thing that came to her mind.
Seeing this, Morofushi Kagemitsu, no longer lost in his own thoughts, replied to her, "We are just guessing, but we are not sure what it means at the moment. There is only a document on this floppy disk titled 'Noah Whitelist'."
Below was a list of prominent figures in Japanese politics and business, including major capitalists and high-level talent. Considering Zero's investigation into the Symbiosis Cult's modus operandi, I instinctively surmised the worst.
Upon hearing this, Feng Xingshou finally understood what they meant, and she couldn't help but look at Hagiwara.
"Who knows? We can interpret it literally as Noah's Ark mentioned in the Bible, but we can also refer to the survival philosophy of the Symbiosis Cult and understand it as a plan to prepare for something like the Silver Bullet in the future."
"When the plan was implemented, some of the people on the whitelist were their people." Hagiwara looked at her confused face and suggested a possibility, but the smile that usually graced his face was gone this time.
"So the Symbiosis Cult planned and carried out the Silver Bullet Project so early on?" Feng Xingshou believed it and found it hard to believe.
Matsuda shook his head: "It may not be the Silver Bullet. Based on your description of the future and the various intelligence provided by Furuya, the Silver Bullet hasn't been found to have that fatal flaw yet, has it? They haven't even figured out another virus that could trigger that flaw."
"If it weren't for the silver bullet, why would there be a Noah whitelist at this time?" Feng Xingshou was a little confused.
Upon hearing this, Morofushi Kagemitsu speculated, "Could it be that they have also planned other population elimination schemes?"
"Perhaps it has something to do with the numbers on the top!" Hagiwara was busy taking out the floppy disk when he heard this, and he raised the floppy disk in his hand again to ask.
"1999-2012?" Feng Xingshou pondered. "Hey! I suddenly thought of something, but I'm not sure if it's related to this."
"What is it?" Hagiwara, Matsuda and the others looked at Fuusei and asked.
Feng Xingshou nervously tossed his hair, and despite his concern that he might be embarrassed by providing useless information, he still said, "Well, have you guys heard the legend that 1999 was the end of the world?"
Hagiwara, Matsuda, and Kagemitsu all almost laughed when they heard this: "Yeah, of course we've heard of this legend!"
"There was even a version that crossed the centuries in 2000, but nothing happened, right?"
"What does this have to do with what's happening now?"
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"This version is fine, but what about the 2012 version? You guys who didn't experience the 2012 version might not know, but actually the 2012 version is said to be a prophecy of Noah's flood destroying the world."
There were disasters like Noah's Great Flood that submerged everything, but there was no flood at that time, no global floods like that. There were just some floods and waterlogging in the summer. The real problem was in September 2012, I forget the exact date.
However, it is certain that a solar storm occurred in September. That solar storm also narrowly missed Earth by about a week, according to many experts from various countries afterward.
If it hadn't been for the fortunate one-week passage between Earth and this massive solar storm, the consequences on Earth would have been extremely severe, potentially even leading to the destruction of civilization.
Although this event did not occur, after 2012, well! Not only me, but also other people shared their rather strange experiences on public forums or public communication platforms.
I've experienced a reaction known as the Mandela Effect, where my memory becomes distorted, and what I remember doesn't match what actually happened. Also, I feel like time is flowing faster.
For example, I used to take about 20 to 30 minutes to eat a meal, but now it takes me about an hour to eat each time. Also, the speed at which I make various kinds of pastries has almost all increased in real time.
It was as if my movements had slowed down and my work ability had declined. At the time, I thought it was because my work ability had decreased and I had become sluggish, but later I saw many people on the forum saying that they felt the flow of time had accelerated.
Some people even said that he used to be able to work with full energy after sleeping five or six hours a day, but now he needs to sleep more than ten hours a day to have the energy to work.
Similar examples have been mentioned in forums, public discussion areas, and even in the group chat of my neighborhood. At the time, I thought it was just my imagination, but the list actually shows the dates 1999-2012.
"Could there be some connection between these things? What do you think?" As Feng Xingshou spoke, his heart was in his throat. After all, many people online had mentioned similar experiences to the examples he had given.
When people in real life heard about it, they all looked at her as if she were a neurotic, which made her increasingly reluctant to talk about it. Whenever she did, her heart would pound wildly as if she were about to be judged...
After hearing Feng Xingshou's words, the others kept their eyes fixed on Morofushi Kagemitsu. Her unconscious actions made them instantly understand her hidden thoughts, and the three of them exchanged a tacit glance.
"Do you think this matter might actually be related to the parallel world I mentioned?" Morofushi Kagemitsu immediately asked her.
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Seeing that he wasn't being stared at with any strange looks, Feng Xingshou secretly breathed a sigh of relief. A little embarrassed, he shook his head and replied, "I'm not sure either. It's just that after I found out what this list was all about..."
I have a vague feeling that our world, or some other parallel world, might not have been so lucky as to avoid the disaster of a solar storm, or some other catastrophe.
After these anomalies were reported on various channels, all sorts of ideas were proposed. Some people said that it might be that the solar storm, although it did not directly hit Earth, affected the flow of time on Earth, causing Earth's rotation to speed up.
The Mandela Effect is caused by the merging of certain parallel worlds into our world. The differences in memories between the two worlds lead to discrepancies, so some people remember things differently than others. The Mandela Effect is a result of the mixture of the two.
Then don't you find it strange? Since the legendary 2012 doomsday, the end of the world, really had some effects that were close to the end of the world, and after the 2012 doomsday, people did feel some abnormalities happening.
Could something have actually happened in 1999 or 2000, the year of the legendary turn of the century, without our knowledge? And do the Symbiosis Cult, or rather, those who created this whitelist, know more than we do?
"We didn't experience 2012, but we did experience 1999. Although some significant things happened, none of them felt like an apocalyptic crisis."
Hmm, let me think. I remember some major events that happened, such as a nuclear leak in Japan, a major earthquake in Taiwan, and a plane crash in China.
"There was a large-scale smoke and gas incident in London, wasn't there? Hmm, what else was there besides that?" Matsuda said, glancing at Hagiwara and Morofushi Kagemitsu beside him.
Seeing his gaze, the two pondered for a while before vaguely recalling something. Morofushi Kagemitsu said, "I also remember that there was a rather large flood in the Central Plains."
There have been over 100 deaths and more than 2 billion in economic losses. It seems there was also a severe flood in an African country, but neither of these constitutes a global catastrophe, right?
"This is not an issue that is unrelated to us. It's like the 2012 solar storm, which was said to have occurred but missed Earth. So, in our memory, even if there were similar disasters, we would still remember them."
"Afterwards, it will probably be automatically corrected into another form by some unknown entity, so if we want to think about it, I think we should think about something that, if the scale of this disaster increases, will reach the level of world destruction." Feng Xingshou said hurriedly after hearing this.
Upon hearing his words, the three of them were instantly startled. Hagiwara stroked his chin for a few seconds and then said, "I just thought of something, I wonder if it's related? I remember seeing it on the TV news in 1999."
It is said that two super typhoons made landfall, causing enormous damage to the coasts of Japan, Chugoku, and South Korea. I recall that some areas also experienced tsunami-like events.
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