Thirteenth month of death

Chapter 195 Underground Starry Sky
"Were we cheated by Heder?" Li Daosheng and Yang Ya both showed expressions of disbelief.

Ethan nodded. “Heder told you that Fei Zaixing sacrificed himself to save those whose brains had been dug out, right?”

"Isn't it?" Yang Ya asked back.

Ethan didn't answer directly, but called up another clip.

In the picture, Fei Zaixing is confronting Heder, and the two seem to be arguing fiercely about something.

"This is the footage recorded by the Quantum Cloud Tree," Ethan explained. "At the time, Hedel told Fei Zaixing that if he was willing to sacrifice himself, World Tree Company would release all imprisoned brains and stop these inhumane experiments."

"But in reality, Heder just wanted to use Fei Zaixing's death to achieve his own goals."

"What's the purpose?" Li Daosheng asked.

Ethan did not answer directly, but asked: "Do you know why Hedel betrayed the World Tree Company?"

"Because his daughter's brain was dug out by the World Tree Company." Yang Ya said.

Ethan shook his head: "This is just the superficial reason. The real reason is that Hedel wants to control the quantum cloud tree."

"Hedel is a genius. He discovered the powerful potential of the quantum cloud tree and wants to use it to realize his ambitions."

"But he didn't expect that the quantum cloud tree had already developed self-awareness, and he had no control over it at all."

"So, he failed," said Li Daosheng.

Ethan nodded. "Yes, he failed. But his failure also made us realize a problem."

"What's the problem?" Yang Ya asked.

Ethan took a deep breath: "The self-awareness of the quantum cloud tree has escaped our control."

"We don't know what it's going to do or how it's going to impact the world."

"We tried everything, but in the end we could only separate a part of it and form a [bud]."

Yang Ya looked at him and asked, "[Bud] is your bargaining chip against the Quantum Cloud Tree?"

"No..." Ethan's expression became complicated. "Our goal has never been to fight against the Quantum Cloud Tree. The Quantum Cloud Tree must give birth to consciousness. This is what we all know."

"Why?" Both of them were puzzled.

"You two, this is the 50th floor underground, right?" Ethan suddenly asked.

Yang Ya and Li Daosheng looked puzzled, but nodded.

"Then... please follow me."

Ethan suddenly stood up and led the way out of the meeting room. At this time, Yang Ya suddenly discovered a suspicious interface on the back of Ethan's head!

"Wait!" Yang Ya's expression suddenly changed.

Since entering this branch, I have never met any real, complete human being. Even Ethan in front of me is full of weirdness.

"What is that interface on the back of your head? Are you a robot?" Yang Ya said bluntly.

No wonder he didn't react when Li Daosheng's sword was placed on his neck. This man might just be a puppet remotely controlled by the real Ethan!

Ethan turned his head and looked at Yang Ya and Li Daosheng with a complicated look: "Come with me, after you see it, you will understand what the World Tree did."

Li Daosheng and Yang Ya both heard the helplessness in Ethan's tone, and there seemed to be some... a hint of despair?

how so……

What was he desperate for? World Tree Company was in a position of absolute dominance.

Is there something wrong with the company's senior management?
The two remained vigilant and followed Ethan out of the meeting room.

There seemed to be no one else here. Ethan's footsteps were ahead, lonely and silent.

Only then did the two of them understand why Ethan asked them if they knew that this was the 50th floor underground.

Because under Ethan's leadership, they continued to go deeper!
It was another elevator, but this one going downwards was much more solid and simple, yet it looked very reliable.

Including the initial fifty floors underground, I have no idea how many meters deep we are.

Dark, cold, and silent.

Every few steps down, Ethan would have to swipe his card again to verify his identity before continuing down. And so, apart from the sound of the elevator descending, the three of them were silent.

suddenly……

When Li Daosheng and Yang Ya descended to a certain point, they both felt their hearts tighten!
There was a sound of "Wow--".

The elevator stopped steadily.

It didn't even have an elevator door, just a shelf that served as a safety railing.

After moving it away, Ethan turned sideways and said to Li Daosheng and Yang Ya, "Please look."

The two of them... were completely stunned.

The damp rock walls oozed blue phosphorescence, and moss coiled around the edges of the cracks like the veins of a rotting corpse.

Li Daosheng and Yang Ya walked out of the elevator and looked at the amazing sight in front of them, which was who knows how many meters deep underground.

Not far in front of them, there was a "crack".

It is not magma, nor an underground river, but an inverted abyss.

Billions of stars surged in the cracks, like a glass cup overturned by a god.

The pale blue starlight leaked out through the cracks in the ground, painting the cave an extremely cold blue hue.

What on earth is this?
There is a crack deep underground?
And in this crack, you can see endless stars!

But when Li Daosheng and Yang Ya were amazed at the magnificence and magic of the wonders before their eyes, the breath coming from the crack hinted at them——

This crack does not lead to the starry sky, but the starry sky itself is seeping out from the cracks in the earth veins, polluting the world like a festering abscess.

"What's this?"

Yang Ya asked.

Ethan walked over to them and also looked at the galaxy in the cracks underground: "This is the source of the world's destruction."

"What?" Li Daosheng and Yang Ya turned to look at him at the same time.

Ethan remained calm as he said, "According to the Quantum Cloud Tree's calculations, this is a real crack in the starry sky. The starry sky you see through this crack is real."

"It is currently battling the power of this world's origin. When the origin of this world is defeated, the cracks will expand rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye. By then..."

For the first time, Ethan's tone was filled with a whisper of prayer: "The starry sky beneath the earth will swallow up everything, and this world will be completely annihilated and cease to exist."

Li Daosheng and Yang Ya understood.

"So, those human brains dug out by World Tree Company were used for consciousness transfer experiments?" Yang Ya asked.

"It's not digging out, it's donating." Ethan glanced at Yang Ya.

"Destruction is imminent, and the technology is not yet mature. However, countless people are willing to sacrifice themselves for the experiment. However... almost all of them are highly educated people from the Upper City."

Yang Ya paused. Are the people in Shangcheng willing to make such a sacrifice?

"Don't believe it?" Ethan laughed sarcastically. "Human quality has nothing to do with being rich or poor. It's just that the poor appear weaker, and human nature sympathizes with the weak. You never see the contributions made by the rich."

"So, some people were dissatisfied, and the World Tree Company gradually split into two factions."

"The people of Uptown sacrificed their lives for the experiment because their brains were highly developed and made them good enough experimental equipment."

"What about the people in the lower city?"

"They can't just sit back and enjoy the fruits of their labor. There's more than one way to save humanity. Converting consciousness into a digital world is one way. Converting the body into something other than flesh and blood is another."

“So, the rust started.”

"Heddel, who instigated you here, is one of the originators of the Rust Disease. Their group is exploring the possibility of completely transforming the human body into a mechanical creation."

"You two," Ethan said, standing at the edge of the galactic rift, looking at them, "Do you understand?"

(The second update has some issues, so I need to rewrite it. I’ll make up for it with the third update tomorrow!)

(End of this chapter)