Chapter 178 The Sky Falls (13) (1st + 2nd) [VIP]
"Liu Yi is intentionally attracting everyone's attention. So the reason that [Liu Yi E] and [Liu Yi F] said a few days ago that Ren Zhiling destroyed the world is also false, right?" After the analysis, Song Jirou's voice suddenly relaxed, and her mouth twitched. "The information updated in the group every day makes me doubt my life. I was wondering how a pet blogger and selling sausages can cause the destruction of the world. This is too high an opinion of self-media and individual business operators."
"How did Xu Zichen show up?" She finally had time to pay attention to this suddenly appeared team member. "Did he finally realize how outrageous this development was, so he doubted Liu Yi's motives and thought he was talking nonsense?"
She had been away from the main group these days, and apart from seeing the outrageous career plan everyone gave to Ren Zhiling, what she saw was the outrageous reasons for the destruction of the world that Liu Yi brought back.
Asking scientists to run their own media and sell sausages is as outrageous as donating cat hair to set up a stall to form a sect and eventually leading to the destruction of the world.
"Nonsense? Not necessarily..." Bai Jinshu showed a subtle expression, "What do you think I was trying to trick you into thinking the other day?"
"What are you talking about?" Song Jirou suddenly became curious, "Isn't it a man-made human like Liu Yi and Ren Zhiling?"
"Of course not," Bai Jinshu changed his sitting position, crossed his legs, and said casually, "The future world destruction process described by [Liu Yi E] and [Liu Yi F] must be false. Not only is it too outrageous, but there are also key clues in their reasoning process. We can't directly attribute the destruction of the world to Ren Zhiling through such clues."
"But do you know how a person would usually choose to lie?"
Xu Zichen narrowed his eyes: "He will choose to mix the truth with lies."
"Although most of the time everyone agrees that if you want to make a lie seem like the truth, you need to mix the truth and lies, but the reality is that if you want to tell a lie, then one's first choice is to refer to a certain real reality," Bai Jinshu clasped his hands together, "because it is difficult to create a story out of thin air, but once there is a certain framework and an entry point, then it is very simple to construct it."
"Just like I need you to create a creature that has never existed on Earth, you will definitely refer to existing animals and then design it based on their characteristics. If you need to make up an event that has never happened in the future, Liu Yi's first reaction will definitely be to make some references and then make up based on the references."
"Assume that in these worlds, Ren Zhiling's direction of causing future destruction is false, and they lied in order to conceal a certain information. As messengers, Liu Yi and others went back to the past to guide or were guided in some way. Then they actually have two tasks to complete when they go back to the past," Bai Jinshu raised two fingers, "One, convey the information they need to convey when they traveled to the past. Two, improvise a lie based on Ren Zhiling's current situation."
"So... in a hurry, when Liu Yi wanted to make up a lie that seemed to be related to the destruction of the world, he would definitely draw on some real situations he knew instead of just talking nonsense." Song Jirou's voice suddenly rose.
"Yes," Xu Zichen silently recalled the nonsense that Liu Yi E and F had said before, and tried to analyze it. "[Liu Yi E] said that many people who liked the 'cat tied downstairs' began to collect similar orange cat fur everywhere, and finally forced Ren Zhiling to donate the hair 'picked up downstairs' before it died. Could this be a metaphor for resource plunder?"
"In the future world, there will actually be a plundering and scramble for certain resources. In the end, it is very likely that someone representing Ren Zhiling, or a party developed from her, will provide the resources in this plunder?" he guessed.
"It's possible," Song Jirou quickly confirmed, "If we analyze it this way, then the so-called sect this time is very likely a metaphor for a certain force in the future. When faced with a crisis, this force split into two factions. One faction decided to go back to the past to change the future, while the other faction is currently unknown. Liu Yi should be from this faction that wants to go back to the past."
"Their description of the future must have referenced part of the future," Xu Zicheng murmured in a low voice, "In other words, as long as enough Liu Yis return to the future, then what exactly happened in the future and why Ren Zhiling became the important person who caused the destruction of the world in their eyes will be revealed."
"There won't be enough," Bai Jinshu coughed lightly, "In this space, the rated exploration time is only twenty days, and five days have passed. No matter how many Liu Yis are left, there are only fifteen Liu Yis to get information from."
"And these twenty days must be special, or the time Liu Yi and his friends can travel through and the time they can arrive must be a certain value," Bai Jinshu leaned back, "otherwise it is impossible to explain why Liu Yi and his friends are evenly distributed in these twenty days."
"Wait a minute, I don't understand what you mean." Xu Zichen frowned slightly.
"From our perspective, our time is always moving forward, one day after another," Bai Jinshu explained, "but for Liu Yi and others, they exist in the future five hundred years after our twenty days. So if they want to travel through time, the past is stagnant for them, and they can choose whatever they want."
"According to [Liu Yi D], every time Liu Yi appears before them, he actually has no memory of the previous times he traveled through time. For them, this is the first time for each of them to return to the future, but they know that countless versions of themselves have appeared on this timeline in the past."
These traces of future people that appear in historical records represent the countless futures who have tried to go back to the past but failed in their attempts to save the world.
"So why is it that we have been in this space for five days now, and we have seen six Liu Yis, but these Liu Yis are extremely evenly distributed in these five days?"
"Yes..." Song Jirou thought in a low voice, "Time is flowing for us, but for Liu Yi and others, the past time is still. Why would they choose to evenly distribute it over these five days? The problem can only be in this method of traveling through time and space, or in the past twenty days. There must be something wrong between the two to cause this situation."
"These questions..." Xu Zichen shrugged, "It seems that the only way to answer them is through the new Liu Yi."
Fortunately, they still have fifteen days.
"But I didn't expect that you two have been investigating secretly for so long," he stood up slightly and sighed, "If Song Jirou hadn't been here this time, our focus might have really been diverted."
"But fortunately, now I know that Liu Yi is indeed problematic. The strange feeling I've been feeling for the past few days has been answered. Tomorrow morning, I will..."
"Hey, wait a minute, don't leave. There is still a question that I haven't figured out," Song Jirou said hurriedly when she heard Xu Zichen was about to leave. "Since [Liu Yi F] knows information that [Liu Yi B] doesn't know, is this information caused by the different future of [Liu Yi F], or is it caused by [Liu Yi F]'s time travel more than once?"
"Every time Ren Zhiling changes, a new future will appear..." Xu Zichen was indeed stopped in his tracks. "If Ren Zhiling really didn't go back to do research, then it can only mean that in the future when Ren Zhiling sells sausages, Liu Yi F's position is actually higher than Liu Yi B's position in the future when she is an honest scientist, because he obviously knows more than Liu Yi B?"
"Higher status?" Bai Jinshu shook his head. "Not necessarily. The information asymmetry may also be due to the two people being created for different purposes and focuses."
"Let's not consider the latter possibility. Let's assume that [Liu Yi B], who tried to kill Ren Zhiling on the ceiling of the airport but found himself looking like Ren Zhiling, and [Liu Yi F], who returned to the present from the future when Ren Zhiling was selling grilled sausages, both returned to the present for the first time," Bai Jinshu drew a triangle and a circle in front of the two names on the paper. "Then it is obvious that [Liu Yi B], who came back to kill people, is an operative, and [Liu Yi F], who came back to pass on information to Ren Zhiling, is a messenger."
"I remember the guy [Liu Yi D] who came back to ask us for help to stop [Liu Yi C] from killing Ren Zhiling after the concert hall incident," Xu Zichen tapped the table with his knuckles. "He said the most, 'I don't know.' He didn't know a lot of information, such as why he took action and what the person he wanted to kill did. We didn't know anything at all, so we suspected that his information was controlled within a range that could be disclosed."
"Yes," Song Jirou continued, "That is to say, assuming that different current trends lead to different results in the future, then [Liu Yi C] who came to kill Ren Zhiling and [Liu Yi D] who prevented Ren Zhiling from being killed are a very special turning point."
There is a huge watershed between these two people.
Before [Liu Yi D], [Liu Yi A, B, C] were all operatives who launched the attack on Ren Zhiling. [Liu Yi B] was now certain that he knew nothing about his own identity. The shock of this incident was enough to make him forget his mission to go back in time and kill Ren Zhiling, and he left the airport in a hurry.
From this perspective, the information that [Liu Yi is Ren Zhiling's artificial human] is enough to cause a great shock to any Liu Yi who suddenly receives this information, and he would not hesitate to give up the attack.
Then we can infer by reverse analysis that, except for [Liu Yi A] who we don't know whether he met Ren Zhiling face to face, among the operators Liu Yi ABC, the remaining [Liu Yi C] was able to launch an attack on Ren Zhiling without changing his expression, which can only mean that he also knew about it.
"So [Liu Yi B] is also a very special Liu Yi," Xu Zichen twisted the edge of the paper subconsciously, "He is the only Liu Yi who doesn't know that he is Ren Zhiling's artificial human."
After [Liu Yi C], [Liu Yi D, E, F] were all messengers who went back to the past to pass on information to Ren Zhiling, or to deliver information to them. Among this group of messengers, the motives of [Liu Yi E, F] are a mystery, because based on the information they obtained, they could not understand Ren Zhiling's friendliness.
"From this point of view, the most abnormal ones are [Liu Yi B] who doesn't know that he is a human made by Ren Zhiling's genes, and the remaining two [Liu Yi E and F] whose behavior is mysterious." There was a sound of writing from Song Jirou's side, and it seemed that the problems between the six Liu Yis were also being recorded on paper.
"B is definitely problematic, but between [Liu Yi E] and [Liu Yi F], there is a change that does not appear in the previous ABCD," Bai Jinshu said, "In their future, Ren Zhiling is not a scientist, but has switched to another profession."
"In fact, if we focus on Ren Zhiling's career change, we can only see the abnormalities of E and F. But if we expand this scope to [Ren Zhiling is not a scientist in the future], then this is the world of D, E, and F," Bai Jinshu's bony fingers held the hotel's cheap pencil and drew a dividing line on the paper. "So in the world where Ren Zhiling is a scientist, Liu Yi who went back to the past is an operative, and in the world where Ren Zhiling is not a scientist, those who went back to the past have all become messengers."
"Ren Zhiling is indeed one of the important figures. Her change of identity will cause the attitude of the organization that will train Liu Yi in the future to change towards the past," Song Jirou thought thoughtfully, "but she is not the core figure who determines the rules, because no matter how she changes her profession, the scope that can be affected is only the limited future that includes Liu Yi, and cannot affect the future disaster of the sky falling."
"The main purpose of Ren Zhiling's career change is to create a different Liu Yi. The real problem is still with Xi Enze," Bai Jinshu nodded, "but now we don't know whether it is Liu Yi and others who want to divert our attention, or the future people represented by Liu Yi and others who want to divert our attention."
"So in order to maintain the current ecosystem as much as possible, the fewer people who discover that something is wrong with Liu Yi, the better," Xu Zichen nodded and concluded, "The best way is to follow their pace and not let them find out that we have noticed something, and then see what these people are trying to do."
Therefore, the fewer people who discover that something is wrong with Liu Yi, the better.
Without knowing how Liu Yi and the others knew them, the more people discovered the clues, the more danger there would be.
Who knows if Liu Yi will continue to appear if they find that something is wrong with him.
All the clues they have found now are basically based around Liu Yi and the vague future five hundred years later. Once Liu Yi no longer appears, their exploration will be a dead end.
"I understand." Xu Zichen stood up and stretched his arms and legs. "I won't tell anyone else about Liu Yi's abnormality."
"Well," Bai Jinshu nodded and briefly explained to the phone, "That's all for today. Song Jirou, if Xi Enze has any movement, please send me a message immediately to let me know."
"Xi Enze hasn't been active recently, and I can't understand his research," Song Jirou said bluntly, "but the extremist organization you asked me to contact a few days ago has some clues. After the last meeting was attacked, New City has been investigating these extremist organizations and the big hole that pierced the ceiling. Maybe in a few days, we'll have answers as to why these organizations organized the meeting and wanted to kill the participants."
"Okay, please." Bai Jinshu hung up the phone and looked at Xu Zichen. "Let's wait and see tomorrow. It's enough to leave Song Jirou alone at Xi Enze's place. The bulk of the information is provided by Liu Yi who comes back at five o'clock every day."
Xu Zichen nodded and stretched: "Then let's wait until tomorrow."
It’s not early now. If Ren Zhiling wants to get a new Liu Yi before five o’clock tomorrow afternoon, then he must start planning a new industry from tomorrow morning.
Time was running out, and Xu Zichen suddenly felt full of a sense of crisis.
Apparently, he wasn't the only one feeling a sense of crisis.
Before eight o'clock the next morning, all the exploration team members gathered in the hotel restaurant.
Ning Xiao, Fu Yandong and Lu Changfeng all had thick dark circles under their eyes, and it was obvious that they did not sleep well last night.
"We stayed up late last night, yawn..." Lu Changfeng yawned loudly, "I thought about what kind of industry Ren Zhiling could be engaged in under the current circumstances."
Fu Yandong held up the screen of his mobile phone. On the screen was the memo interface of the mobile phone, which was slowly filled with words.
The three of them also divided these fonts into three colors. Ning Xiao also yawned and explained: "The green ones are the professions we think are relatively safe, and Ren Zhiling can enter them directly without any other learning. The red ones are a bit difficult professions, which require a certain amount of start-up capital or someone to bring them into the industry. For Ren Zhiling, it may not be possible to complete it in one day, so she needs to prepare for the career change a few days in advance. The black ones are industries that Ren Zhiling may not be able to enter, which require a certain amount of accumulation or certificates, but she doesn't have to consider them at all."
It seemed that these three people stayed up all night just to compile this list.
"In order to make this list, the three of us went to bed at two or three in the morning. We were so sleepy..." Fu Yandong complained casually while putting a poached egg on his plate.
On the other hand, the dark circles under Xu Zichen's eyes were no less serious than theirs.
"Brother Xu," Lu Changfeng couldn't help but ask, "You didn't sleep well last night?"
"As for me..." Xu Zichen yawned, "I didn't sleep well."
He waved his hand and brushed the subject off.
Of course, it wasn’t Ren Zhiling who made him sleepless, but Liu Yi, the future man who would appear on time at five o’clock every afternoon.
Investors who woke up appeared on the screen one after another:
【Good morning, everyone. 】
[Good morning, good morning, why is the live broadcast starting so early today? 】
[The exploration team members woke up earlier. 】
[Watching them yawn one after another, I also started to feel sleepy... even though I just got up. ]
[Come to think of it, Brother Xu Pi's insomnia is not because of this project, right? Didn't Ye Dian call him out yesterday to talk about the organization's affairs? ]
[What organization? 0106? Did something happen to their organization? ]
[No, isn't this a guess? ]
…
That night, none of the exploration team members seemed to sleep well.
Everyone greeted each other half-heartedly, and took a glass of cold ice orange juice from the buffet area in turn. After taking a sip, they shuddered at the coldness.
But fortunately he woke up.
Ren Zhiling also woke up very early this morning. The exploration team members received Ren Zhiling's message when they were halfway through their breakfast. When they met, they saw that the dark circles under Ren Zhiling's eyes were no less than those on any of their faces.
"Last night, I called all the teachers I know, and visited several project teams that I know are conducting related research or related directions overnight." The dark circles under his eyes made Ren Zhiling look much more haggard. "The answer I got was that the relevant technologies in China are currently very immature. The international conference a few days ago was just a pie in the sky for the industry and the outside world. If this technology is to be truly developed, it will take at least several decades."
"That means it's unlikely that this technology can extract your genes now?" Yin Liantao asked.
"It's not that it's impossible to extract," Ren Zhiling scratched his head, "it's that the technology hasn't developed to the point where we need to extract genes. No one knows how this direction will develop in the future. It's like running before you learn to walk. It's impossible."
"No one would make such a plan before the technology has developed to that stage, and there are certain hidden dangers in the use and law if the gene is collected without the consent of the gene provider. There is no need to take the risk of collecting my genes for a tendency that we don't know whether it can be developed or not," she explained patiently, "because it is not certain whether it will be useful or not, and there is no point in thinking so far in advance. For relevant practitioners, being able to synthesize it now is already a great progress, and as for the others, we can wait until it is synthesized."
【I understand.】
【There is no point in extracting genes now.】
[But I still don’t understand, why can’t we prepare in advance? What if someone wants to prepare in advance? ]
On the screen, Fu Yandong had the same idea.
"Ren Zhiling," he touched his chin, "Maybe because you resigned, they expelled you from this circle in their hearts, so they are unwilling to tell you the truth. Is it true that although the technology has not yet developed to that level, they can probably predict the future direction, so they have made preparations in advance?"
Ren Zhiling shook her head. "I am still on annual leave. Although my resignation caused a lot of noise a few days ago, my father would definitely not let me resign. So even though I said I was resigning, most people certainly don't think I really plan to leave the institute. At best, they will only guess that I overreacted to the attack on the meeting a few days ago."
"And these teachers will not hide this information from me," she spread her hands helplessly, "I have a very ordinary relationship with them. Even if they really want to collect genetic information in advance, they will not choose me. They have better candidates. There is no need to risk breaking the law to collect my information."
"What's more..." She blinked awkwardly, "Illegal extraction of genes before the technology is even distributed to that stage is like a couple imagining they won 5 million in the lottery and intend to use the money for illegal activities, but they end up fighting over uneven distribution."
"Would normal people fight over an imaginary five million?" she questioned.
【Grass, a good metaphor.】
[…Fuck, I get it, there’s no need for that.]
[But since there is no need for that, how did Ren Zhiling's genes appear? ]
Everyone on the screen was also thinking about this question.
Since it is impossible that the genes were extracted from the artificial human project which has not yet been developed, why did Ren Zhiling's genes pass on to create Liu Yi five hundred years later?
The author has something to say:
No, I'm afraid you won't understand the deduction process in the main text, so I'll sort it out separately. Currently, regarding this very confusing dark line in all the previous plots, Liu Yi's first-stage comprehensive deduction clues are:
1.【Liu Yi B】is a special Liu Yi who doesn't know that he is Ren Zhiling's artificial human
2. [Liu Yi ABC] is an action staff, [Liu Yi DEF] is a communication staff, and the dividing line between the two is triggered by [Ren Zhiling does not become a scientist]
3. All Liu Yi are evenly distributed within these five days. The reason for this situation is that there is a problem with the crossing method, or there is a problem with the 20-day exploration time interval.
4. Of all the information Liu Yi narrated during the interrogation, part of it was interrogation, and its authenticity is unknown; part of it was a lie fabricated based on the truth, and contained some truth.
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