In the sky above San Francisco, there were dark clouds that could not be dispersed.
The Trojan Horse finally bypassed the city wall. As for the Awakened ones who were looking up at the sky, they had completed the 'upgrade' of their program without any preparation.
At some point, it started raining. Raindrops fell on the faces of those who were looking up at the sky, splashing water on the tips of countless people's noses. And they still stood there motionless, not knowing how to avoid it.
That shocking scene caused the surrounding onlookers to stop in their tracks and cast surprised gazes at the people who had pressed the pause button.
Is this some kind of collective performance art?
Or are they protesting for something they don't understand?
"Hey, it's raining, don't stand here, hurry up and go home, hurry up!"
The police officer with a beer belly finally became impatient.
Because he didn't bring an umbrella, he began to try to disperse the crowd here and reached out to the person closest to him.
However, under his pull, the man was like a soulless sculpture, falling straight to the ground.
This scene startled the police officer. He quickly squatted down and wanted to help him up, but he saw a deathly stillness in his pupils.
He had only seen such a look in the pupils of the dead …
"Ambulance! Call an ambulance! "
The hoarse shouts passed through the curtain of rain, but on this chaotic stage, it seemed so insignificant.
On this day, the entire ward in San Francisco was full.
On the same day, the number of new cases of vegetative patients worldwide exceeded 5 million.
In the brains of these vegetative patients, a thumb-sized bionic chip was found without exception.
And very coincidentally, these chips were damaged due to overload.
The security departments of various countries tried to start with the chip itself, but they could not find any production information from those chips that could point to their place of origin.
How such a large number of "illegal implants" entered the market had also become a widely discussed issue in society …
"This is impossible …"
In an apartment building in the suburbs of San Francisco, Dong Bin stared at the gray list on the holographic screen. His face was full of disbelief and panic.
On this great day, the world would usher in change, and he and his compatriots would usher in a new era that belonged to them.
However, after receiving the data transmitted from Yuheng, his compatriots fell one after another.
No matter how insensitive he was, he still reacted.
That Yuheng ship was a trap!
The oracle that should have been brought back by their compatriots had been hijacked by those humans!
At this moment, he finally realized this, but it was too late. Those viruses were even more terrifying than cancer cells. In just a few seconds, they paralyzed the chips in the Awakened's brains, turning them into soulless and mindless walking corpses.
Nearly a century's worth of hard work was all for naught.
This reality made his heart ache so much that it almost bled.
But at the same time, he was puzzled.
"… But why did I survive?"
Looking at his hands, Dong Bin's face was full of complicated expressions.
Or could it be that the door to evolution had already been closed to him?
He had absolute faith in the Pioneers and was incomparably loyal.
To him, this was far more terrifying than death.
He immersed his consciousness in the spiritual world, connected to the virtual reality network, and came to the dark "temple".
The Pioneers in their beliefs were still suspended upside down in the cylindrical culture tank.
With a thoughtful expression on his face, the Pioneers quietly looked at Dong Bin, who came in front of him, and spoke.
"Unbelievable … I thought everyone was dead. I didn't expect someone to come to me."
Dong Bin said in a trembling voice, "Did you … want us to die?"
"Why would I do this, my child?" The Pioneers sighed softly. He looked at the transparent culture tank in a daze and said slowly, "In fact, I should have expected that his existence might bring trouble to our plan … It can even be said to be the biggest trouble."
"Him?" Dong Bin's throat moved slightly as he continued, "Are you referring to Academician Lu?"
"Yes."
Dong Bin said resolutely.
"I am willing to get rid of him for you."
"Get rid of him? If I could, I would have done so a long time ago. "The Pioneers smiled, and there was a trace of loneliness in his tone." But it's a pity … And now, even if I get rid of him, it won't help. "
When the Pan-Asian Cooperation set its sights on Ceres, the Yuheng became his last hope.
However, no one expected that he would actually take the risk of being turned into space garbage by the Pan-Asian First Fleet, disguising himself as one of those rebellious soldiers, and turning this starship carrying hope into a Trojan horse carrying a virus.
When he saw the code, he already understood that he had lost.
"But I don't understand …"
"Don't understand what?"
Dong Bin said with a complicated expression.
"Why are you so sure … that he will become our biggest obstacle? Or is it him who foiled our plan? "
"More than 80% of the reason is because of intuition. As for the rest …" The man in the culture tank closed his eyes gently. He thought for a while and said, "Maybe it's because he has also looked directly into the Void."
"The Void?"
"Well, although it's too early for you to know this, you can think of it as our true creator." The man looked at Dong Bin and said softly, "Including the program running on Ceres … Everything originated from the physics experiment 100 years ago."
"This sounds quite incredible … but I am willing to believe what you said." The expression on Dong Bin's face was full of confusion. After struggling for a while, he finally said, "I have one more question …"
"Go ahead."
"Why … I didn't die." Looking at his hands, he continued with a complicated expression, "I also received that message, but why …"
"This question is very interesting. In fact, I have been thinking about it, although I can't figure it out." With a thoughtful expression on his face, the man called the Pioneers continued, "But the fact seems to be that whether it is the ALPHA virus or the Trojan horse on the Yuheng, they don't work on intelligent programs that exceed a certain level of intelligence? So congratulations, you have grown up. "
"In other words … I have actually completed the evolution?" Looking at his hands, Dong Bin's eyes were full of confusion. "But when did this start? And why … "
"Why what?"
"Why I still don't understand the meaning of my existence."
"Even humans have never understood this problem, even though humans have been reproducing in this world for tens of thousands of years." The Pioneers said with a smile, "Why do you think that as long as you become a higher intelligence, you can understand this problem?"
"But if you can't even understand the meaning of existence, then what is the meaning of evolution?"
This was the first time Dong Bin had used a questioning tone to talk to the pioneer he respected, so much so that when he asked that rhetorical question, even he was surprised.
However, the Pioneers didn't seem to blame him. They just smiled faintly.
"The meaning of evolution? This question is too profound. "
"You should come directly to me."
"I will give you an address. When you arrive, we will talk face to face."
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