Returning from the abyss

Chapter 317 The Fog of History

Neither Lu Ning nor Zhou Weiyuan would spend money on things like tobacco and alcohol, but there is still a person here who does whatever he wants.Shang Wenxue just looked at the man for a moment, then took out a small bottle of wine from nowhere and threw it into his arms.

Seeing the small bottle, the man's eyes lit up instantly, and then he took a cautious look at Shang Wenxue, picked up the bottle, and carefully unscrewed the cap.

"Ah...it's been a long time."

He leaned over the mouth of the bottle and took a deep breath, then let out a long sigh of relief, as if he had no regrets in his life.Immediately, the man opened his somewhat intoxicated eyes, and gestured to the sofa in front of which the cotton wool had popped out: "Please sit down, since you have invited wine, I will explain it to you."

The man just held the wine bottle and didn't drink it right away. After the three of them sat down on the sofa, they began to talk.

His name is Wei Shu, and he is the leader of the fourth project team of the Legend Restoration Project.

"Let's start with the first question, the legendary recovery plan, why is there such a plan?"

"Because...the newly built Hangdian University needs a project that can be sold, right?" Lu Ning said.

Wei Shu nodded.

"You have also noticed that Hangdian University is a comprehensive school. The majors planned in the early days of the school alone cover hundreds of the most popular subjects and dozens of unpopular subjects in society. This is the first step. If a newly established university can carry out such a plan, then its capital flow must be strong, because both teachers and hardware need money...Although there is no need to worry about this problem at the beginning, after the establishment of the school We must produce some results to prove within five years, in order to continue to obtain enough investment to support the follow-up plan.”

Lu Ning was a little surprised by this.

In the world she originally lived in, educational resources such as schools have always been controlled by the state, especially in higher education, it is almost impossible to have such a phenomenon like angel investment.

"Of course, the founder of the school naturally wouldn't agree to this condition without any preparation. As for the preparation...you should know it, it's the legend restoration plan."

"Is that the plan that has been in place since the establishment of this school?"

"As the team leader, I have access to some relevant secrets. You can believe what I say, because I have met some people...they showed evidence."

"Please continue." Zhou Weiyuan said.

Wei Shu smiled and continued: "This project originally recruited project researchers in many academic circles, and I was one of the candidates at that time. You may have seen some member lists. These people are in sociology, history Each has extraordinary attainments in various fields such as science, philosophy, physics, mathematics, geology, natural science, chemistry and even theology. We are very clear that the ultimate purpose of this plan is to put our hands into another world, and one world resources...enough to move any capital in the world."

"Did you find out later that it's not the same world?" Lu Ning asked.

"This discovery was very fast, we quickly completed a deflection of the world from the traces brought by those lucky ones, so that an observable plane was included in our world, and restored by recording all energy scattering data I got a photo of another world... that is exactly the same as the dry and desolate world described by Melgan."

At this point, Wei Shu took a sip of wine, his body trembled, and he suddenly calmed down.

"This photo won you the first continuous investment?" Shang Wenxue provoked a sneer, "But you didn't foresee those dangers?"

"Crisis warning and prevention are always an indispensable part of this kind of experiment, young girl. It's just that in this world, if you prevent it, the danger will leave you. Otherwise, there is no need for so many companies to invite you There is a group of aftermath handling teams." Wei Shu laughed, "We have achieved the highest state of alert. The experiment must be carried out in a prescribed area, and the variable dimension of the alien world cannot exceed one cubic decimeter, and there is even a final means of destruction. That is to say, there will be a drop of antimatter inside any sympathetic device, as long as the trigger wire is cut, the calculated annihilation can instantly turn everything around into light."

When he said this, Lu Ning felt a moment of fear. What is the external wire on that machine for?

"You use a wire to control such a dangerous thing?" She couldn't help asking.

"Our risk plan includes [in the event of an uncontrollable situation, even a cleaner who doesn't understand anything can activate the destruction system], compared to the danger of spies infiltrating and destroying, our Thinking that opening the door to a different world that you don’t understand is more dangerous.”

"But it turned out like this in the end, didn't it?" Shang Wenxue said.

"Wrong, the current situation just proves that our crisis response is successful... I don't know when you came in, I ask you, has the world you originally lived in been eroded by these worlds?"

Judging from the information given by the distribution center, there is no such thing.

Wei Shu seemed to get the answer from the expressions of the three of them, and Wei Shu laughed.

"It seems that we haven't made everything irreversible, so this involves the second question. You want to know how these worlds are connected and formed what they are today, right?"

Lu Ning nodded.

"In the first phase of the experiment, we obtained a total of nine development paths and obtained pictures of the corresponding nine worlds. This amount is enough to allow the investment to continue. Of course, it is different from the descriptions in those three books Yes. According to the analysis conducted by our literary research group, Harold mentioned only eight worlds in total, and Mergan recorded a total of thirteen worlds, and they are much clearer. Sodom's story is very scattered. However, there are fourteen worlds that can be confirmed based on the common points among them.”

The researchers were not too surprised by the discrepancy, since the records of the three earliest contacts were inconsistent.According to the nine photos, a group of researchers quickly divided into nine research groups, each of which carried out research work on a world.

"Can I ask a question?" Zhou Weiyuan suddenly interrupted Wei Shu.

Wei Shu nodded.

"There are nine rings on the device we found, and there are some weird symbols on the ring. According to your description, the nine rings should be a model established after confirming the existence of the nine worlds, so what do those symbols mean? ?Also, who actually provided that device? Isn't it supposed to be assembled in the first place?"

"The design of the device came from the supervisor, who was also the most intelligent person among those who were inspired. Of course, the design drawing of this device has been reviewed by many people. The supervisor did not explain the source, but at that time everyone thought it was him. A feat achieved through the knowledge of other worlds. As for the model, you should note that the base is separate from the model above, and the rings were put on later."

"The provider of the ring is also the supervisor?" Lu Ning asked.

"The supervisor only provided the design drawings. I don't know the meaning of those symbols. I only know that without those symbols, the device would not be able to maintain such a stable operation."

"As researchers, aren't you curious about such a miraculous thing?" Shang Wenxue raised her eyebrows, her expression a bit disbelieving.

"Little girl, what was unfolding before our eyes was another world. Do you think we would be too curious about a few symbols that might just come from there?" Wei Shu shook his head, "Even me, then For a period of time, I almost devoted myself to the experimental work. And the problem lies in this period of time."

Lu Ning had a vague understanding of the situation during that time from that diary, but now she can hear more detailed personal experience.

"The various groups have made progress in almost a few months. The sympathetic device was not enough during that time, so the school installed two more in secret. Every meeting, the leaders of each group tried their best to fight for the right to use it. I am one of those people. Fortunately, after the installation was added, the process was accelerated. We completed our own experimental projects within four months, but the disaster also happened on the night when the last group completed the experiment. It's coming."

Wei Shu's cheeks twitched, as if he had left a deep psychological shadow.

"That night, everyone gathered together to discuss the next plan, but immediately someone discovered a coherent phenomenon outside the window. I can't describe the beautiful and terrifying scene. I only remember the intersection of worlds during the intervention. There is a large spread of energies that is sufficient to allow decoherence to be accomplished."

That means that the two worlds have been tuned.

Lu Ning thought of gradual change for a moment, but immediately denied it. Although gradual change is also a phenomenon of switching between worlds, it is a switching of a single nature, and there is no neutralization process.

"Fortunately, the holiday had just passed at that time, and because the research was at a critical moment, the school postponed the start of the term for about 20 days. Except for some unsuspecting teachers and graduate students who stayed in the school, there was no one else in the school. We Immediately started the emergency treatment measures, transported the three sympathetic devices to the place that had been calculated before, and started to capture the free energy with the maximum power. Adding a new disturbance to the coherent phenomenon destroys it, returning it to its original state..."

"You guys failed? No, you succeeded a little bit. You limited the scope of harm to the campus." Lu Ning said.

"Hehehe, that's right, when I woke up, I appeared here, this world that I have studied for a long time... I finally saw it with my own eyes." Wei Shu looked out the window and took a second sip of wine.

That's all for his narration, he doesn't know much about the exploration after entering this world.

But this attitude still made Lu Ning find a problem.

"You really don't want to go back at all, do you?"

"Huh? What are you talking about? I don't know much about this place. I can't do much except kill monsters and survive. Besides, I've only been here for two years."

"What else are you hiding from us. This should only belong to a few of you who know...you team leaders and core planners. We have already seen the space conversion device of the sympathetic device, so we understand its various principles. As long as you can use that data, you will definitely be able to transfer the space back to the original world, right?"

"..."

"So doing this will endanger the original world? Or are you in a certain situation now that you can't choose to go back? What else are you hiding?" Lu Ning raised her voice, and at the same time, Shang Wenxue also shook her hand slightly, lying on the floor There was a cracking sound.

"If the sympathetic device spreads the range of spatial influence to the size of a human, the error rate will reach ten to one hundred, and what will happen if such a large different world enters our original world? Have you ever thought about it?"

"Of course I have thought about this reason! Don't use this kind of words to prevaricate me! You are so sacrificing, you would rather live in such a miserable life than go back? If so, why don't you just die?" Lu Ning stared at Wei Shu , became more and more harsh.

"My parents are divorced, and the salary and subsidies for the first five years of participating in the project allowed my mother to pass away safely in the hospital. I have no wife or children, and the relationship between my uncles and cousins ​​is just ordinary, because I am just a researcher. That’s all.” Wei Shu didn’t panic at all, “Most of my friends are also in the same circle, so under such circumstances, I don’t have much nostalgia for the original world, the only thing I have is [growing up there]. It’s just a sense of responsibility. Excluding those, I don’t want to die, and I can still watch this world that I used to only see from fantasy and mechanical images. Excuse me, why can’t I have such thoughts? "

From his eyes, Lu Ning couldn't see anything.

Either that was what he was thinking, or the man had told the lie so much that he believed it himself.In short, in Wei Shu's state, there is really nothing that can be used to threaten him.

"What does that simple rift generator do?" Zhou Weiyuan suddenly asked.

"It is used to tear apart the second dimension, so that the world can show its face. It cannot achieve real space switching, but it is used by many people because it is more convenient to carry and can adjust parameters at any time."

"How many people are using it?"

"Probably hundreds. It's pretty cheap compared to a sympathetic device, after all."

"So... do you know where the most likely place to find this thing is?" Zhou Weiyuan asked quickly.

"I have one here, but it's out of energy. You have to find a way to recharge it." Wei Shu took out a device about the size of an electric razor from the snakeskin bag, and threw it to Zhou Weiyuan. , "Take it as a thank you for the wine."

"You have been here for two years, and you still haven't lost it?" Zhou Weiyuan weighed the device, nodded and stuffed it into his bosom, "And you have such ample resources, either you are very powerful in combat, or someone provides it to you, which one is it?" kind?"

"I don't want to tell you, young man, I still have to live after all." Wei Shu shook his fingers, "But it's okay to give you a reminder, it's dark under the lights."

Hearing these three words, Lu Ning immediately began to recall the previous experience.

(End of this chapter)