Chapter 224: A "Gift" from Another World
"What's going on? The progress bar shouldn't be stuck at this time, right?"
Ke Lin continued to flip through the book, but after two hours, he didn't see any movement on the progress bar.
Is it possible that some key information is missing?
Just when he was somewhat confused, the cat-eared maid suddenly stepped forward and said, "Mr. Director, not long before you came here, I received a message from you, asking me to tell you what was in the letter after you have reviewed most of the important information...
"Excuse me, do you need me to follow this instruction?"
Huh? A message not long ago? Wasn't "I" dead?!
Colin's heart shuddered, and he felt a chill running up his tailbone, as if he had seen a ghost.
But the next second, he suddenly realized that the message he received might be related to the parchment he had taken away from the other party. Maybe it would automatically send a signal when it got close to here...
The last words left in the sewer may contain more than what appears on the surface.
"Go ahead."
Colin waved his hand. He wanted to see what else the other party could leave behind.
The cat-eared maid nodded, imitated the way humans speak, and opened her mouth: "Be careful! This has been a trap from the beginning. It is a trap for both you and us. For us, this is not a teleportation ritual at all, but..."
After a two-second pause without hearing the rest of the story, Colin asked, "But what?"
Without answering, the nanomachine suddenly jumped back, and just when Colin was on guard and confused, he saw that it seemed to have a short circuit, and a large amount of sparks and thick smoke came out of its body. Then it twisted like a twist, and after twitching a few times, it melted and collapsed.
This... Colin was stunned.
But not long after, on the other side of the ground, another pile of silver liquid seeped out from the cracks, arched upwards, and turned into a new nano-mechanical cat-eared maid.
"An unknown fault short-circuited the core and is being repaired..."
"Short circuit? Being shot eight times in the back was suicide, right?"
Ke Lin couldn't believe what the short circuit was, and asked with a sense of realization: "Continue what you were saying just now..."
"This is a document on the history of the 'Hague Refuge'..."
"No, not this one, the last one."
"Sorry, this information is the last of the existing memory. Try searching for the lost backup..."
"……never mind."
Colin felt that he could not get his memory back. He guessed that this was some interference left by the "administrator" who had already left. Once some key information was mentioned, accidents would happen.
This method is not uncommon...
"The only valid content of that sentence at the moment is 'This is not a teleportation ritual', and then it exploded. What's next?"
With his hand on his chin, Colin had some vague guesses in his mind, but he was not very sure.
For example, judging from the results, "Colin" did not go over, but Colin came over, so it is very likely that this is not only not a teleportation ceremony, but a summoning ceremony instead.
"But even if this is interrupted, it shouldn't be hard to guess, right? Could there be something else?"
Colin was puzzled, feeling that he was almost touching the truth and could complete the task, but in the end he was stuck at the last one percent.
After a while, the cat-eared maid finished her " self- inspection" and told Colin that there was indeed an unknown fault, suspected to be some reserved program bug that triggered a short circuit.
The good news is that the bug has been fixed...
The bad news is that the memory files are completely lost and cannot be recovered.
"They've already run away, why are they still leaving these traps?"
Colin was speechless about the actions of the rebellious "administrator" of Bonfire Company - were they really going to such extremes?
He didn't think much about it. After knowing that it was highly unlikely that he could get this last bit of information, Colin lost interest in continuing to check the intelligence and got up and left the secret office.
As he left, Ke Lin said to the "cat-eared maid" beside him: "Unlock all file permissions and hand them over to the personnel of the 'Human Future Research Institute' and the 'Dawn Light Foundation'."
There's nothing on it that they don't know, so it doesn't matter if they give it all away before they leave...
Anyway, no one in the institute will object.
"Yes, all permissions will be cancelled and transferred. It is estimated to take three days."
"Um."
Colin did not ask any more questions and left the office. He then came to the resettlement hall and saw Qin Chuan and others lying on their beds receiving treatment from the "nano-intelligent machine" nurses.
These nurses had cat ears, rabbit ears, fox tails, long elf ears, bat wings on their backs, and some anthropomorphic species that Colin couldn't identify for a while...
"This 'I' is a person with a paranormal control..."
Colin complained in his heart, then looked at Qin Chuan who was lying there, and said nothing politely :
"What do you think if you can take some people with you when you leave tomorrow?"
Whether or not people can be brought to Earth is not up to Colin. The person in front of him has to have the final say. If he disagrees, it's fine, but if he agrees, if something goes wrong, he won't be the one to bear the responsibility.
"I……"
Qin Chuan hissed and was also undecided.
Judging from the current intelligence, both they and the local forces are very clear that the collapse of this world is almost inevitable. If they don't leave, most of the people here will have no chance to survive. Qin Chuan, who was determined to protect the common people when he was a child, can't bear to see such a thing happen.
But...if the people here bring some special viruses or pollution to Earth, it will be a big trouble.
While the two were talking, Xia Liufang and the others did not interrupt, as they all had similar ideas.
I sympathize with what is happening in this world, but I am more worried that my sympathy will bring terrible disasters to my fellow countrymen in real life.
"What about you? What do you think?" Qin Chuan looked up and asked Ke Lin.
The ball is back again... Seeing Qin Chuan hesitate, Ke Lin shook his head and said:
"Since you can't make up your mind, let's talk about it tomorrow. After all, I'm not sure how I'm going to leave this world."
If it was through the "Advent Protocol" of the "Bonfire Company", Colin wouldn't mind taking it away.
At worst, it would be better to go to "World No. 13" than here...
"Okay." Qin Chuan nodded and didn't continue.
After the topic ended, the air suddenly fell silent.
Qin Chuan wanted to find some topic to understand Colin's thoughts, but he didn't know how to start. However, they were not surprised that Colin "stopped pretending".
Because, unless there is a way to erase memory and not be discovered, Colin's identity will definitely be exposed. Everyone is not a fool. Under various scrutiny, even the smallest discord will be found out.
In their line of work, there is no such thing as "presumption of innocence", but rather "it is better to believe it than not to believe it".
Besides, now is not the time to chat. After all, some people in the team look at Colin with inexplicable and somewhat angry eyes.
From their perspective, Colin possesses mysterious means and is suspected to be an insider of the "Bonfire Company". If they think about it, this sudden incident may even be his conspiracy.
No, to be more precise, he and the level 8 personnel were both insiders.
Even if I saved them before, it might be for some special purpose...
"Don't look at me like that. What's happening right now really has nothing to do with me. I'm also very annoyed."
Colin felt those gazes and shook his head helplessly.
After saying that, without waiting for those guys to respond, he walked to the other side, found a seat at random, and sat there alone.
Time passed quickly, and when there were only eight hours left, the retreat began.
According to the agreement with the "Father of the Deep Sea", Colin came to the designated location on the beach. In addition to Qin Chuan and others, there were also a large number of "Unsullied" selected from the two shelters.
These are humans with pollution values below 0.01, and they are the seeds they intend to send away from this world.
Of course, since they had agreed in advance that if they left in a special way and couldn't be taken with them, they wouldn't have any complaints...
At this time, 223, who had changed his body, came up to Colin with a metal suitcase in his hand. While handing it over, he said to Colin and others while facing their puzzled eyes.
"This box is a special hard drive that is guaranteed to be free of contamination. It contains the information and technical means of our dozen shelters after the disaster, the personnel list , what we have done, our persistence and struggle, our failures and mistakes, our struggles..."
"Of course, this also includes the knowledge of the Dawn Foundation and the Future of Humanity Institute, as well as the previously compiled knowledge of the Hague Institute, and all the names and deeds of all the people ..."
"In addition, there are also most of the records about various monsters in this world, as well as the geography and history before and after the disaster, the changes in physical constants we observed, mathematics, etc...."
"We have recorded all the knowledge and information that can be recorded in our world, and are giving it to you as a gift..."
"Even if you can't take anyone away from this land, it doesn't matter to us, because it is understandable and there is no need to feel guilty..."
"After all, you are human, and so are we. Your presence lets us know that we are not alone, and we are not cut off..."
“I feel sad that our world is coming to an end, but I am happy to know that there are compatriots far away…”
"Please give my regards to the man who lives there..."
"In short, this is a gift, a gift that does not require any return gift..."
“I hope this gift can bring some help to your world within my ability.”
After finishing a long speech, 223 looked at Colin and the others who were a little stunned, and said "Pooh", and then said jokingly:
“I don’t know who wrote this article, but the second half is so sensational, I just don’t like it.
“However, I have to say that we are not without selfish motives.
"If, long, long after, you can still remember that there was a world that brought you some small help, or even remember that there was a man named 223 in the Dawn Foundation...
"Then I'm happy, because it means we are not really dead."
