Rule Strange: Urban Legends That Don't Exist

Chapter 1039 The Age of Attack ([-])
When Chen Yan was woken up by the ringing of her cell phone, she opened her eyes and saw the ceiling of the cabin, but the scene in her dream was still in her head——

Those incredibly real images blurred the moment he opened his eyes, just like every dream. They were so clear, but when he wanted to think about it carefully, they were covered with a layer of mist, hazy no matter what. Can't even see clearly.

Chen Yan had a pretty good rest. The severe pain in his head before going to bed completely disappeared in his memory, and the unbearable hunger in his belly completely woke him up from his stupor.

Turning on the phone, the time is exactly 06:30 in the morning.

The longitude and latitude of the first island chain is destined to have sunrise later than in the south of the empire. Chen Yan glanced at the dark night outside the porthole window, dragged his hungry body and sat up from the bed, facing the dawn of the night and blending into the crowd, along the mechanical plank road When I came to Area B of the Mechanical Honeycomb, I ordered a few steamed buns and a few bowls of spicy soup. While eating breakfast, I checked the information on my phone.

Perhaps because Starlink’s forced conscription has disrupted the rhythm of people’s lives, there are much fewer messages on the phone today than usual. Apart from some weather forecasts and news, the text message from Klein is the most important:
"I have some good news for you:

The proposal for compulsory education in the first island chain has been approved by the Imperial Ministry of Education. As long as your funds are in place, the logistics center can immediately invest in subsidies, and the first batch of compulsory education schools in the island chain can start construction immediately.

Also telling you some bad news that you already know:

The reason why the proposal was passed so quickly is because most of the manpower and material resources in this proposal do not need to be paid by the empire, but are fully handled by your Z Group. Please pay attention to the word "responsible" - this is a thankless job. , if you do well, you won’t get much reward, but if you do badly, you will probably have to use the entire group’s human and material resources to deal with the aftermath.

The second good news:

The controllable nuclear fusion reactor has been built in the No. 5 roundabout island group of the first island chain. The logistics center will notify every islander probably this afternoon. After [-] o'clock tonight, the power supply of the entire first island chain will be completely free.

The second bad news:

The No. [-] roundabout island group in the first island chain where the controllable nuclear fusion reactor is located will be fully responsible for the omnic life [Turing]. It is a truly unmanned and fully automated energy production factory, and its basic structure is provided by Z Group Responsible for the construction. 》

Seeing this, the text message was not finished, so Chen Yan forcibly looked away and allowed himself to relax.

There are always two sides to everything. Chen Yan is not very sensitive to this information, but the sense of crisis is still there. Can the [Turings] really be fully responsible for such a large people's livelihood security factory?I'm afraid this will only be known with the test of time.

Z Group is responsible for setting up many [Turing] chip servers, which are distributed on various islands in the entire first island chain. This is something that Chen Yan can't control.

Chen Yan's eyes were facing the bustling crowd on the street, and his brain was suddenly empty in the white noise of footsteps. However, in one day, Dais Island became prosperous again. This is not unimaginable. After all, the empire has gathered. People all over the world, and people must be very eager to go to the island chain.

The synaesthesia that Chen Yan has been able to control allows him to perceive the complex emotions in the air - tension, joy, hesitation, happiness, exhaustion, disgust... the most common emotion is "expectation".

People are full of hope for the future.

Even though Chen Yan knew that the world was full of crises, he became cheerful because of people's expectations. His original nervousness was greatly relieved, and the buns in his mouth were actually much more fragrant than before.

He looked at the second half of the message sent by Klein:

"Some other new technologies will soon be applied to the surface of the earth. You can't imagine what kind of prosperous civilization those technologies obtained from the [Dark Zone] will bring to mankind - although I said it looks very exciting. words, but actually I wasn’t that excited inside, because for some reasons that I couldn’t say in the text message, I couldn’t regard all of this as a gift of the Holy Light.

I only know that what we are doing now is right - such as compulsory education, it must be right, because [Dark Zone] has given humans unimaginable technology, but it has not given everyone the "right to receive education" ——As long as everyone works, they have made a contribution to society, and society should give them the benefits they deserve.

As for other things...I'm always pessimistic.

The main reason I sent this text message is to remind you that you must form a decent-looking teaching team as soon as possible. Thanks to the technology obtained from the [Dark Zone], the school will be built soon, and the empire will also send officials there by then. Check and judge whether you are really doing something - this is related to the empire's future support for compulsory education, and even to the future promotion of compulsory education in the island chain and even the empire itself.

Finally, congratulations in advance. You have finally accomplished something that sounds so outrageous. Many people wanted to laugh at you before, but they did not expect that this proposal would actually be approved by the empire. 》

From the perspective of the Imperial people, whose literacy rate has not been higher than double-digit percentages for decades, compulsory education is outrageous...

Chen Yan didn't even feel any bad feelings in his heart.

Just as the people of the empire couldn't understand what he did, he couldn't accept the fact that such a prosperous empire had never improved education in all aspects.

Even though he knew that the glorious productivity that supported the entire era was the fundamental reason why the Imperial people were completely "unenterprising" in terms of humanity, Chen Yan still maintained doubts about the existence of Imperial humanity.

Chen Yan put down her mobile phone, finished eating steamed buns and spicy soup, and came to the company, where she found Chen Yan sitting bored at the front desk in the lobby.

He greeted her in a very abnormal manner and told her what Klein had just said. He wanted to entrust her to communicate with Koschilanfur Krapeter of the personnel department about "recruiting teachers." To operate as a team.

He spent half an hour telling her about the night school in Yanan City and Daisi Island Vocational School, and communicated his thoughts with her. After fully conveying what he meant, he got Chen Yan's answer. The shocked expression of "You are really outrageous" and the astonished question:
"You don't want to be a hands-off boss, do you!? I just know what to do now, and I can't solve any problems by myself! And even if I make a decision, I can't take responsibility for my decision - the company is not It's Mine!"

Chen Yan looked at Chen Yan and immediately became alert:
"You don't owe money outside and want me to be your scapegoat!"

Chen Yan reluctantly asked her to calm down and told her that the legal person of the company would always be him. Even if she made a decision on his behalf, she did not need to be responsible for her own decision, but only to him.

Chen Yan clasped his hands together and expressed in a pleading and pleading manner that he was really busy now and had many important things to do——

Regardless of their importance, these things must be done, and the companies and schools in the island chain have solved the most difficult problems. Now as long as they continue step by step, they will probably get good results.

He told her that he was not leaving the matter completely to her, but that he wanted her to be exposed to these matters as his agent, and that she would report to him all the difficulties she encountered and the choices she faced. , and then make the final decision, he will definitely solve all the problems they may encounter in the future.

She believed it.

But Chen Yan actually didn't think so.

In fact, he was just selfish in throwing these important things to her.

He only made a stress reaction after having a severe fear that "he might be gone at any time and never come back" - he was arranging his funeral in advance!
Chen Yan was not planning to do this originally, but in recent days he has inexplicably felt a growing sense of crisis. He felt that he was very dangerous, that his living environment was very dangerous, that his wishes were very dangerous, and that Ogami was very dangerous. Danger……

But he didn't even know where this "dangerous" feeling came from.

After waking up this morning, this feeling of "danger" became stronger and stronger. He vaguely felt that this sense of crisis came from a dream, but he could not find any evidence.

His doubts continued until he read Klein's text message during dinner this morning, and he was roughly sure that his sense of crisis came from this increasingly outrageous world.

He believed that he had to make some decisions—decisions that would allow the things he wanted to do to continue to work. No matter what happened to him, everything he had worked hard to achieve would continue to work.

——Such fear and lack of confidence come from a clear understanding of oneself. Chen Yan’s greatest advantage is that he has self-awareness and knows how much he weighs. He also knows that most of the seemingly beautiful things he has now come from luck, and Only a small part comes from your own subjective decisions.

Fortunately, Chen Yan agreed.

After getting the promise from this woman whom he had known for less than a week, Chen Yan felt inexplicably relieved. He vaguely knew that part of his peace of mind came from his inner affirmation of her abilities, but the source of the other part of his peace of mind was unclear. , can’t tell clearly.

He comforted himself, no matter what, I have to divert my attention.

After receiving a positive response from Chen Yan, Chen Yan called Swam, took Swam to the chairman's office on the third floor, and locked the door.

He turned on the computer and opened the [Lucid Dreaming 3.0] software. After hesitating for a moment, he called the number that Chen Yan had given him before, his buddy who was a quantum mechanics enthusiast at the Imperial State University.

"Hello! I'm sorry to bother you so early."

After a few words of greeting, the other party said the result that made Chen Yan a little disappointed:

"I'm afraid it won't work. I heard something before I went to bed last night. It was said that the high-level officials of the empire have begun to screen and seal the technologies obtained in the [Dark Zone]. The more dangerous types of technologies, such as quantum technology, have been Be included in the sealed list.”

Chen Yan suddenly felt that he couldn't accept it, and there was a hint of anger in his tone:

"This is really outrageous..."

The other party explained:
“Quantum mechanics is based on wireless connections between matter, and the wireless connections between matter have been maintained by [lighthouses] for some time.

My mentor and I believe that the empire’s approach is out of consideration for the protection of [Lighthouse] - maybe they have obtained some quantum technology that can have a strong impact on [Lighthouse] wireless system, but out of concern for [Lighthouse] The protection of the system sealed the newly discovered technological system. "

Chen Yan apologized for his anger just now. He knew that it was better not to talk about shallow things and deep things. The other party had already done his best by speaking to this extent, and he should not continue to ask questions.

After making the promise of experimental investment to the other party, the other party did not say anything else and hung up the phone happily.

Chen Yan switched to his quantum clone in the online world and called Professor Lauye.

The call was quickly connected. Professor Lauye was not in the office or study this time, but standing openly on the surface of a certain planet.

“Although I haven’t contacted you for only a few days, it feels like a long time has passed!”

Professor Lauye's two big dark circles under his eyes and the red bloodshot eyes on his lens made him look like he hadn't slept for many days, but the mental state expressed in his tone also showed that he was very energetic. , as if no one needs to care at all.

"Professor, are you really okay?"

Facing Chen Yan’s concern, Professor Lauye smiled:

"I used something that is more stimulating than coffee. Although it consumes energy and has side effects, I feel quite good now! My whole body seems to be younger!"

Little... gadget... Professor Lowe wouldn't be...

He completely lost his previous calm look and winked at Chen Yan like a young man:

"I feel as strong as an ox now!"

Chen Yan glanced at the surface of the planet under construction behind him, and then asked:

"I want to know the current status of quantum technology discovered in the [Dark Zone] on Starlink."

Speaking of this, Professor Lauye immediately frowned:

"It's hard to say, it's hard to say..."

He seemed to be drunk, even his words were somewhat inconsistent, and the whole sentence was full of abuse:

"Human beings are ****! In such a good situation, we don't think about how to move forward to conquer the universe, but we start fighting among ourselves in order to fight for power and profit!

As you know, Starlink is divided into photo areas. The [Dark Area] of each Starlink area is different, and the new technologies discovered there are naturally different.

As for the officers on the Starlink colony, they are not completely loyal to the future of the empire - they are also human beings, and as humans they will have selfish motives and compete for power and gain, so now the disgusting situation has formed -

Different Starlink colonies formed factions based on some unknown relationships and positions. Each faction began to adopt a confidentiality strategy for the technology discovered in the [Dark Zone]. As long as it was more important, it was only digested within the faction. , kept secret from the outside world! "

(End of this chapter)