By the time Chen Chen returned to the battlefield, all the survivors had been cleaned up. Even the corpses with gunshot wounds were piled into a tall pile, doused with gasoline, and burned.
Not only that, but the spectators who were affected were also subjected to memory wiping. They forgot everything they saw and were replaced with a new memory of the angel statue slaughtering the army.
"Sir Godfather, I've taken care of everything on my side. I didn't find anything missing."
At this moment, Little X's voice suddenly came from the headset. Although Chen Chen had transformed, his headset was still stuck in his ear hole.
"Very well, I've also retrieved the items."
Chen Chen nodded and tossed a bottle of glowing blue medicine and a USB flash drive to a Black Knight beside him. At the same time, he looked at the sky and suddenly said:
"Time's up."
Following his words, Chen Chen's body began to leak as if it was leaking air. Then, the white mist began to pour out. Then, the white mist became thicker and thicker, even covering Chen Chen's huge body.
In the next second, Chen Chen's body rapidly shrunk like a leaking balloon. His entire body's exoskeleton directly turned into powder and a rotten and unpleasant smell wafted into the air...
When the white mist dissipated again, Chen Chen had returned to his original size. The surface of his body was covered with a layer of monster skin that was gradually dissolving.
"Pfft..."
Chen Chen's naked body broke out of the rotten shell, then he staggered, and two Black Knights immediately helped him up.
At this point, it could be seen that Chen Chen's body had changed from a body full of muscles to a state of skin and bones, like a severely malnourished refugee who had not eaten for several years.
Moreover, not only had his body become extremely thin, even the hair on his body had disappeared.
At this time, Chen Chen was covered from head to toe with new skin, which was smooth and delicate, like a baby's skin that could be broken with the slightest touch.
However, none of this would be seen by any outsiders. The Black Knights, who were already prepared, immediately covered Chen Chen with a warm velvet blanket. Then, several people carried Chen Chen into a black car and quickly drove away...
After waiting for the car to leave, the other Black Knights also returned to stealth mode, turned around, and left the battlefield.
An hour later, Chen Chen returned to the Spire Experimental Base thousands of miles away via the Gantz sphere.
Upon returning to the base, Chen Chen immediately received top-notch medical care. Glucose and nutrients were pumped into Chen Chen's body as if they were free. All Chen Chen had to do was to nurse his body back to health. Unlike ordinary people, with Chen Chen's physique and the medical means of the Spire Laboratory, it would not take long for Chen Chen to return to peak condition.
…
A day later, Chen Chen slowly woke up on the hospital bed.
He stretched lazily and looked around. He saw that he was in an intensive care unit. The ward was filled with shiny white metal walls. At the same time, there were a few bouquets of flowers placed in front of the bed, exuding a faint fragrance.
The lights in the room were not turned on, but it was warm and bright because a ray of sunlight was shining in through the window. Chen Chen looked out the window and could even see a huge park outside. There were mountains and rivers and dozens of tourists laughing and joking with each other as they slowly walked by.
If Chen Chen calmed himself down, he could even hear the laughter of the group of tourists and the chirping of birds outside the window.
Seeing this scene, Chen Chen was not surprised because he knew that all of this was not real. The scenery outside the window was actually a 3D holographic image. The warm sunlight was just an LED light that simulated the real sun.
This light was invented by a genius scientist poached from Eco Science City. A long time ago, mankind discovered that the natural light they perceived was actually the diffusion of sunlight and various other particles in the air such as nitrogen, oxygen, and carbon dioxide.
Therefore, this genius scientist used an LED light to simulate the sun and at the same time, used a layer of nanomaterials to replace the atmosphere, reconstructing the Earth's atmosphere of more than 10 kilometers, thus achieving the feeling of sunlight that was closer to reality.
At this time, when Chen Chen looked out the window, an additional optical system was added to enhance depth perception. When someone stared at the LED light outside the window, no matter from which angle, it was as if they were looking at the sun hanging high in the sky, almost passing it off as the real thing.
Just less than ten seconds after Chen Chen woke up, Little X pushed the door open and walked in wearing a white dress. She swaggered to Chen Chen's bed. "Sir Godfather, you're awake. Do you want breakfast?"
"Bring it up."
Chen Chen replied. After the mutation of the G-virus injection, his stomach was already unbearably hungry at this time.
Little X immediately agreed, then jumped up and sat on the chair next to Chen Chen's bed, her legs dangling gently. "Sir Godfather, we've received news in North America that all the angel statues have been taken away. The situation you're worried about won't happen."
"I hope so."
Chen Chen shrugged indifferently. "I'm just worried that it will be leaked again in the future, triggering an irreversible human crisis."
"By the way, Kate's body has been transported back."
Little X said again, "And his body has been dissected, but nothing was found."
"It's normal to not find anything, it's just a suspicion of mine. If there's any abnormality, then it means there's a problem."
Chen Chen waved his hand.
"Yeah..."
Little X also muttered, "Four Black Knights chased after someone for a day and couldn't kill him, but in the end, he died so easily. It does give off a sense of incongruity."
Chen Chen wore a thoughtful look when he heard this and then said, "If I'm not mistaken, it's because his" mission "was completed..."
"Mission?"
Little X blinked with some doubt. "Is it his mission to deliver AD-001?"
"Yes."
Faced with Little X who was becoming more and more human-like, Chen Chen explained patiently, "You should know that there's often such a rule in movies, that is, once you become the protagonist of the story, you'll never die before the end of the story.
"Everything about the protagonist represents the development of the story. If you lose the protagonist, then it means that the story can't continue until the end of the movie, when the protagonist loses his usefulness to advance the story, then he may die..."
Just as Chen Chen said this, the door of the intensive care unit was pushed open again. A Black Knight came in with a dining cart and placed it next to Chen Chen's bed.
Chen Chen did not hesitate. He first raised the bucket of milk and gulped it down. When the bucket of milk was finished, he grabbed the barbecued meat and various high-calorie foods on the dining cart and swallowed them in big mouthfuls.
While eating, Chen Chen continued. "Remember, in the movie Deadly Crisis: A Shocking Scheme, the movie ends after the protagonist hands the drug to the other party. This also means that the protagonist doesn't need to continue advancing the story, so the protagonist halo begins to disappear. Since the movie doesn't specify whether the protagonist is dead or alive at the end, then there's a possibility that he'll be killed."
Hearing Chen Chen's explanation, Little X suddenly understood. "So that's how it is..."
Then, she saw that Chen Chen was still frowning, so she asked again, "Then, Sir Godfather, why are you still frowning?"
"Because I'm thinking."
Chen Chen swallowed a piece of butter in one gulp and then pointed to his head. "I'm thinking about how the USB drive interferes with reality and causes the scenes in the movie to be reproduced in reality. This principle is very important and may even involve a branch of science more terrifying than memes. No, it may have gone beyond the scientific system and entered the realm of philosophy..."
"Have you confirmed that it was the USB drive that interfered with reality and caused the plot in the movie to happen, and not the USB drive that first predicted the future and then interfered with the movie?"
Little X was a little puzzled by Chen Chen's affirmation.
"Of course!"
Chen Chen replied without hesitation, "X, do you know that we've already obtained AD-001 and we've also unlocked the manufacturing process of the drug. We can produce this drug at any time. Even when Osmond's drug is on the market, we can even sue them for stealing the technology. So, why do I still attach so much importance to the drug produced by Osmond?"
"Because AD-001 isn't important. What's really important is to understand the rules of the USB drive."
Little X answered.
"Correct answer."
Chen Chen said affirmatively, "The reason why I want to kill Carter is not to vent my anger, nor is it because I'm afraid that he'll become the hero who slays the dragon... Well, the second reason is true, but the most important reason is that I need to test whether I can kill him.
"According to the plot of the previous movie, at this time, Carter has already delivered the drug to Parker and the movie has ended. If at this time, I still can't kill Carter due to various coincidental reasons, then it means one thing — Carter is not only the protagonist of the movie, but he also likely represents a more terrifying identity.
"This identity is difficult to explain. For the time being, let's call it the" Dimension's Child "...
"According to the fantasy side, the Dimension's Child represents the will of the world and is blessed by heaven and earth. Then, no means can kill him.
"And according to the scientific side, the Dimension's Child should represent the law of a world. For example, the founding ancestors of the unified dynasties in ancient times. After the world is in chaos, there must be one person who can calm the chaos and stabilize the world. This is the law of human society in the Central Plains at that time. Even if the first person fails, there will be a second, a third, and there will always be one person who succeeds...
"And when this person completely succeeds, you go back to look at his life story and you'll also find that it's as if the heavens have given him a cheat code. No matter how you kill him, he can never be killed. No matter what danger he encounters, he can turn it into safety and finally achieve great things."
At this point, Chen Chen swallowed the last mouthful of food, showing a look of relief. "It's just that at first, I wasn't sure if Carter was such a 'Dimension's Child'. It wasn't until I killed him that I was sure that he... He wasn't! Because how could the Dimension's Child be killed by me so easily?
"Since Carter is not the Dimension's Child, then naturally, the speculation that 'the USB drive foresees reality and then interferes with the movie we make' is ruled out. Then there's only one conclusion — Carter's existence and everything that happened these days are the result of the USB drive interfering with reality.
"I see..."
Hearing Chen Chen's explanation, Little X's eyes lit up and she finally understood. "In other words, the USB drive is likely to have the power to control cause and effect?"
"That's right."
Chen Chen nodded. "In fact, before experiencing this incident, I still had some doubts about whether cause and effect exist. After all, I think that only after a person has done something, he or she will become the Dimension's Child, not after he or she becomes the Dimension's Child, but now I can basically confirm that cause and effect are likely to exist..."
At this point, Chen Chen's eyes could not help but show a look of anticipation. "It can be said that this is already a new ability that we've discovered after memetics. It's different from conventional science and mysterious memes, but a more obscure and abstract power. For the time being, we can define it as... The law of cause and effect!"
Hearing Chen Chen's summary, Little X suddenly clapped her hands, showing the joy of sudden realization. "If that's the case, then the specific manifestation of the USB drive's law of cause and effect should be that once the owner of the USB drive takes the lead in shooting a movie, it will cause the filmed movie plot to appear in reality, right?
"There's also a prerequisite, that is, the filmed movie can be recognized by the USB drive."
Chen Chen added. "And it doesn't necessarily appear in reality. Didn't you see that Chronicle 2 didn't appear in reality? So, when writing a screenplay, it must be as close to the real world as possible... "
"If the movie shot by the USB drive owner will become reality, then as long as we shoot a movie and set Blacklight Biotechnology to unify the world, doesn't that mean that we're destined to rule the world?"
Little X asked again.
"We can try, but there's not much hope."
Chen Chen shook his head and smiled bitterly. "Didn't you see that the original movies we shot weren't limited to Deadly Crisis: A Shocking Scheme. Later, we also shot Cancer Man, Immortal, and other sci-fi movies, but none of them were successful. Why is that?"
"Combined with everything that has happened in reality today, it is very likely that the reason why 'Deadly Crisis: A Shocking Plan' was recognized by the USB drive is because of the open-ended ending. Openness implies infinite possibilities, and infinite possibilities represent infinite parallel universes. The extremely reasonable 'Cancer Man' and 'Immortality' were discarded because the ending was too fixed."
"So, what's the use of this rule?"
Hearing Chen Chen's speculation, Little X was dumbfounded.
"We can shoot a movie to supplement a technology that we urgently need, but it's best not to have any major plot conflicts."
Chen Chen said decisively, "This is the experience I've learned from this incident. You should've seen that in order to conform to the reappearance of the plot in the movie, first the angel statue appeared, then the North American army appeared, and I almost died in it. All of this was not shown in the movie at all... This is the 'backlash' of the USB drive.
"In other words, shooting a movie is a shortcut but also a double-edged sword. If we use it well, we can have a smooth journey, but if we don't use it well, human civilization may perish because of it...
"After all, the information that can be presented in a movie is limited. It's impossible to present everything and the parts that are not presented can represent life, death, and even more, infinite possibilities...
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