Backtracking to the Age of Literature and Art

Chapter 69 Closed Loop
After he decided to vote "Death of a Widow" for "Harvest", Yu Dong did not immediately start writing, but wrote another novel.

It is a short science fiction novel for Tan Kai, called Closed Loop.

This is a short story he adapted after watching the two films "The Dyke" and "Twelve Monkeys", and it is just over [-] words in total.

In fact, the adaptation is a kind of sinicization. After watching "Twelve Monkeys", he thought the movie was very good, but he didn't agree with some of the cultural expressions and details, so he changed these things.

When people watch a movie, if they see something they don't like, they will complain at most, but Yu Dong doesn't. He will take the time to change it, anyway, he is bored.

It is also a pleasure to find when sick.

The basic setting in "Closed Loop" is the same as that of "Twelve Monkeys". In 1992, humans died on a large scale due to a certain man-made virus, and the few remaining humans went underground and built underground fortresses in order to survive.

After decades of development, in 2030, scientists have invented a rudimentary time machine.

They want to use a time machine to send some people back to before the virus spread, to find out why the virus spread, preferably to stop the virus from spreading or find the original virus data.

If the original virus data cannot be prevented and found, even if the past cannot be changed, scientists can find a solution to the virus based on the original sample and return to the ground.

But there are many problems with this time machine, and it has extremely high requirements on the frequency of the driver's brain waves.

Scientists found a lot of people to try, and finally found some schizophrenics, including the protagonist Lu Tao.

Lu Tao suffered from schizophrenia because he saw someone shot dead in front of him at close range when he was a child, so he was mentally stimulated and suffered from schizophrenia.

When they found these people, scientists were very worried, after all, they are not normal people and may not be able to complete the task.However, after many tests, the scientists screened out those schizophrenic patients who could complete the task, and Lu Tao was naturally among them.

Lu Tao crossed for the first time and was sent to 1989, but he was locked up in the police station because he was naked. Later, because he always claimed that he was from the future, the world would be invaded by a virus in a few years, and the human race was almost extinct. In a nursing home, a mental hospital.

Because of outdated communications and restricted movement, Lu Tao was unable to complete the tasks assigned to him by the scientists, and could only stay in the sanatorium.

Here he met two more important people, one was patient Yuan Di, and the other was doctor Guan He.

Yuan Di has paranoia, and his state is unstable every day. Because Lu Tao said that he is from the future, Yuan Di is very interested in him and often finds him to play with.

Once, when Lu Tao was watching TV, he saw a documentary on animal extinction and muttered: It would be better if people died.

In this regard, Yuan Di expressed his approval.

Later, Lu Tao was brought back to the future by the scientists, and then asked him about the specific situation, and the scientists were disappointed to learn that the time was wrong.

The second time through, Lu Tao was sent to the correct time.This time he met Guan He again, because Lu Tao disappeared out of thin air when he was in the sanatorium, and Guan He has been looking for him for the past few years.

Guan He listened to Lu Tao's description of the future. Although he didn't fully believe it, he decided to go with Lu Tao to find clues.

The two found the residence of biologist Yuan Feng, where he met Yuan Di, who turned out to be Yuan Feng's son.Although Lu Tao was surprised, he didn't think much about it, and even asked Yuan Di to help him notice who would steal Yuan Feng's virus samples, and let him know if there was any news.

But it was only later that Lu Tao and Guan He found out that Yuan Di was the one who stole the sample. It turned out that Yuan Di had heard Lu Tao saying that he wanted to wipe out human beings, so he kept it in his heart and made plans to steal his father's virus samples. , and then release it.

Knowing everything, Lu Tao was going to stop Yuan Di, but he was killed by Guan He when he was about to catch up to Yuan Di.

Guan He is an infectious disease doctor, but he cannot be reused. He hopes to make the world realize the seriousness of the virus, so that he can be admired by the world.

And the reason why he has been following Lu Tao is that he is afraid that Lu Tao will change history.

In the last scene of the novel, a little boy stands at the entrance of the alley and witnesses everything that happens in the alley. He is Lu Tao when he was a child.

……

Although "Closed Loop" uses the framework of "Twelve Monkeys", its answer to time is quite different. In "Twelve Monkeys", the protagonist has actually changed history. Originally, the virus should have been spread by the son of a virologist. Because of the appearance of the protagonist, the son failed.

But the final outcome has not changed, except that the person spreading the virus has changed from the son of a virologist to an assistant.

However, this is not the case in "Closed Loop", where everything in the past is immutable, or everything is written.Time is a closed loop, like a film that plays on a loop.

In the closed-loop theory of time, time is a circle, and since it is a circle, there is no distinction between before and after.

"You think you're changing history, but you're just repeating it."

"The past and the future have long existed and have long been frozen."

Yu Dong also changed the love scenes. Americans have a problem with making movies. They must include love scenes in any film. Even if the love scenes are not enough, the hero and heroine will eventually come together.

There is also a role for scientists. In the movie "Twelve Monkeys", scientists don't want to save humans at all. The reason why they send the protagonist back is to ensure that the virus can be spread, so that these scientists can be admired by the world and gain great rights.

But Yu Dong thinks this is a bit illogical, because if scientists really do this, there is no need to create a time machine to send people back, which will create the risk that history will change for no reason.

If they want to make sure the loop is closed, that's not right, because the plot in the movie says that the loop can be changed, and they need to take care to guard it.

If the closed loop cannot be broken, they will have no incentive to send people back. Anyway, things have already happened and cannot be changed.

Maybe Yu Dong didn't understand it, or maybe there is a problem with the logic of the movie in this part.

Anyway, Yu Dong changed these plots and made a short story.

……

After working overtime, Yu Dong wrote "Closed Loop" in one night. He plans to take time tomorrow to transcribe the manuscript and send it along with the reply letter to Tan Kai.

The next day was Saturday, Yu Dong woke up naturally, and when he woke up, he found that it was more than ten o'clock.

He got up and picked up the washbasin from the face rack, opened the door and went out to get some water to wash, but found something crouching outside the door.

"Huh!"

Yu Dong admitted that he was taken aback. At first glance, he only saw something next to the door, and after taking a step back, he saw that it was a squatting person.

The man heard the movement, looked up at Yu Dong, and smiled: "Mr. Yu, you are up."

Only then did Yu Dong see the appearance of this person, it turned out to be Ruan Xiaohu.

He was about to ask Ruan Xiaohu why he came, but then he thought that he was the one who invited him before.

"Have you been here for a long time?" Yu Dong asked.

Ruan Xiaohu shook his head, "I just arrived too."

As he was about to get up, he felt his legs go numb, leaning against the window edge with a painful expression on his face.

Yu Dong smiled and said, "I also said that my legs were numb when I first came here. You go in and sit for a while, and I'll come over after I wash up."

Ruan Xiaohu nodded, but did not go into the house.Yu Dong ignored him and went to wash first.

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