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Chapter 211 The Great Wall (1)
Military planes are uncomfortable to sit on. Although they are fast, they feel very weightless and turbulent.But this time Shen Yue has basically adapted.After taking off, the plane quickly reached above the clouds after a period of turbulence and an extremely uncomfortable weightlessness. The speed gradually stabilized and the flight became much more stable.There are only a few clouds outside the porthole, and a large piece of blue in the gap. At such a height, people cannot see the earth below. The clouds and blue give people a fantasy and unreal feeling.

Shen Yue looked away from the porthole, and asked Ouyang Lin: "Actually, you can properly control Professor Du Kaixuan's social circle to ensure his safety, or you can temporarily prevent him from going abroad this time. Why do you have to find him?" I?"

Ouyang Lin shook his head and said: "The last meeting in Beijing, Professor Du Kaixuan's scientific research results attracted the attention of the whole world, so this time he was invited as a special guest. If he refuses to participate with any excuse, it will cause great dissatisfaction. Good influence. Moreover, even if we don’t participate this time, what about in the future? We should act like a big country, and scientists in our country should of course actively participate in various academic conferences and actively communicate with the best scientists in the world. We will send relevant personnel to personally protect Professor Du Kaixuan, and the personnel of our country’s embassy in the UK will also make corresponding arrangements. However, some things are really unpredictable, just like the Kevin incident last time.”

Shen Yue asked: "You mean, I also want to follow him to England?"

Ouyang Lin looked at him, full of hope: "It would be best if Dr. Shen can arrange the time. Moreover, we hope that Dr. Shen can set an absolutely safe password in Professor Du Kaixuan's memory, and it will not affect Professor Du's memory." My own memory. Maybe my expression is not accurate, but Dr. Shen must understand what I mean."

Shen Yue said: "Once the password is set in the memory, Professor Du himself will lose it... No, it's not lost, it's the explicit memory of that period. Therefore, even if the password is set, it can only be set in his subconscious mind. In order to prevent others from entering through hypnosis."

Ouyang Lin nodded and said: "In short, there is only one requirement, that is, no one can unlock the password you set, not even a hypnotist like Asaoka Taro."

Shen Yue pondered and said: "It's really difficult, and it must be approved by Professor Du Kaixuan. In addition, if you want me to accompany Du Kaixuan to England, but I hope to bring someone with me."

Ouyang Lin asked, "Who?"

Shen Yue said with some embarrassment: "My fiancee. Of course, I will pay for her expenses myself."

At this moment, Ouyang Lin finally believed what Long Huamin said: Dr. Shen is actually very pure.At this time, Ouyang Lin saw the extremely unnatural expression on Shen Yue's face, and couldn't help laughing: "No problem. You don't need to think about the cost. You just need an assistant, don't you?"

"To be honest, I don't want someone to set a password in my consciousness. It will make me feel violated." Du Kaixuan said with a frown.

Looking at the young scientist in front of him, Shen Yue was filled with admiration.He nodded and said, "I can fully understand your thoughts. But if you don't do this, is there any other better way?"

Du Kaixuan smiled wryly, sighed and said: "Well, Dr. Shen is the person selected by the security department, I believe you will not pry into my personal privacy in this way."

His words did not make Shen Yue feel unhappy at all, Shen Yue said seriously: "Of course. Professor Du must rest assured about this, this is the minimum professional ethics that I must follow."

Du Kaixuan still seemed hesitant, thought for a while and said, "Dr. Shen, although my understanding of psychology and hypnotism is very limited, I still want to discuss some related issues with you. Is that okay?"

Shen Yue smiled slightly, nodded and said, "Of course."

Du Kaixuan said: "I have a general understanding of hypnosis from what happened to Kevin last time. It seems that you usually set a hypnosis password so that the other party cannot successfully hypnotize me. This is the first line of defense. But this line of defense can be easily destroyed through the action of drugs, isn't it?"

Shen Yue nodded and said: "It's roughly like this. So try not to drink water when you are in contact with others, and you must pay special attention to drinking."

Du Kaixuan shook his head and said, "I'm afraid it can't be done. I'm going to participate in a worldwide academic seminar. Drinking water and drinking in private are unavoidable. Since this line of defense is so easy to break through, I think it's worth not setting it up. You What do you think?"

Shen Yue pondered and said: "Let's put this issue aside for the time being. I'll think about it again to see if there is any other way. However, I think it is very necessary to keep yourself awake at any time under normal circumstances. After all, there is one less line of defense. It just adds a little more danger. Don’t you think so?”

Du Kaixuan nodded and said: "That's true. In addition to this first line of defense, you will also set up a second line of defense in my consciousness, that is to say, even if someone hypnotizes me, I cannot enter my subconscious mind, so So I can't steal those things in my memory. Is that right?"

Shen Yue nodded and said, "Yes."

Du Kaixuan asked: "That is to say, once this line of defense is breached, then all my consciousness will be completely exposed, and there will be no more secrets at all. Is this the case?"

Shen Yue was stunned for a moment.This is indeed the case. If this line of defense is breached, everything in a person's consciousness will be completely opened up. Even setting a password in his memory of scientific research results will not have much effect.What if someone uses his personal privacy as a threat to forcefully open the password set in his memory?You must know that a person's sense of self-protection is very strong, and it is one of human instincts. Driven by the huge power of this instinct, any artificial password will become vulnerable.Even if this code can withstand the impact of that force, it is easy to cause him to split his mind. If that happens, an excellent scientist will be destroyed because of it.

Although the possibility of this happening is not great, Shen Yue has to consider the worst outcome."How long is it before we go to England?" he asked.

Du Kaixuan replied: "There is still close to a week."

Shen Yue breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Professor Du, please believe me, I will solve all the problems, one week is enough for me to find a solution."

Du Kaixuan looked at him and said, "It would be better if there is a way that doesn't require a password."

Shen Yue was stunned for a moment, and said: "Let me think about it again. Let me think about it again."

The next morning, Kang Ruxin took a civil aviation flight to Beijing.She never thought that Shen Yue would make such a request to Ouyang Lin. Although she thought it was a bit too much, her heart was full of sweetness.Only now did she truly feel that although Shen Yue's feelings for her were not intense, they were full of tenderness.She likes such a man, and his expression of emotion that is as warm as a spring breeze and moistens things silently.

Shen Yue went to the airport to pick her up in person, and took the special car sent by Ouyang Lin.As soon as Kang Ruxin saw Shen Yue, she couldn't help holding his arm, her heart was sweet but also a little uneasy, and she asked in a low voice: "You specifically asked me to go with you, is that okay?"

Shen Yue replied: "I just want you to stay with me, I didn't think much about the other things." At this time, he suddenly smiled and said: "I haven't asked them to charge for the last time, but this time Make such a simple request, and of course they will say yes."

Kang Ruxin couldn't help laughing, and said coquettishly, "You bastard..."

In the next few days, Shen Yue and Kang Ruxin seemed to have nothing to do. They visited the Forbidden City, the Summer Palace, the Temple of Heaven, the Temple of Earth and other places of interest.Ouyang Lin didn't urge him either, and arranged for people and cars to accompany him every day.That night, Shen Yue said to Ouyang Lin: "I want to go to the Great Wall tomorrow."

Ouyang Lin reminded: "You must have noticed that I have arranged someone to protect you in secret. If something happens to you, you will be in trouble. There are too many tourists on the Great Wall, and I am worried about your safety. "

Shen Yue insisted, "Then go to an area with fewer tourists."

Now Ouyang Lin didn't quite understand, and asked: "Why do you have to go to the Great Wall at this time? Isn't it good to go after you come back from England?"

Shen Yue shook his head and said: "I have visited most of the ancient sites in Beijing these two days, and I have been thinking about this question in my heart: Why did such a brilliant civilization not be able to withstand the not-so-violent Eight-Power Allied Forces in the late Qing Dynasty?" What about the Great Wall? Since the Spring and Autumn Period, especially in the Qin Dynasty, the rulers used a lot of manpower and material resources to build this magnificent project, but they could not resist the southward movement of the northern minorities. Later in the Ming Dynasty , the construction of the Great Wall further extended to the north, but it was also broken by the Qing Dynasty in the end. So I have to think about this question: Is it really necessary to build the Great Wall?"

Ouyang Lin immediately understood what he was thinking about, and immediately said: "Okay, I will accompany you tomorrow."

The next morning, Ouyang Lin, Shen Yue and his party drove to Jiuduhe Town in Huairou. This is the west section of the Mutianyu Great Wall in the Ming Dynasty, and there are few tourists.Ouyang Lin specially invited a fellow historian as a tour guide, and he hoped that this historian could help Shen Yue with the issues he was thinking about.

The section of the Great Wall in front of him was already dilapidated and ruined everywhere, but Shen Yue seemed to see the rolling passage of history from it.He sighed and said: "If we look at this place from a modern perspective, it is hard to imagine that it was once a strong fortress against the southward migration of the northern minorities. It can be seen that the Great Wall is just a product of that era."

The historian Ouyang Lin invited was surnamed Liang, an expert in the study of the Great Wall. He agreed with Shen Yue's statement very much, nodded and said: "The original function of the Great Wall must be for military defense. There is no doubt about it. .But after the Qin Dynasty, this kind of defense has become less effective.”

Shen Yue asked in surprise, "Why?"

Professor Liang said: "In "Historical Records: Biography of Meng Tian", it is said, 'Qin has already annexed the world, so Meng Tian drove 30 people north to Rongdi, collected Henan, and built the Great Wall. , stretching for more than [-] miles'. The military force of the Qin Dynasty was at its peak, and the targets he chose to conquer were places suitable for farming. In places that were not suitable for farming, the population of residents would drop sharply, and the value would also decrease. At this time, the army would Stopped and started to build the Great Wall. Especially in the early Han Dynasty, after the northern part of the Great Wall was unified by the Huns, a situation of confrontation between the two powerful regimes in the nomadic and agricultural areas was formed. Emperor Wen of Han wrote to the Xiongnu Chanyu, saying, "The Great Wall The country leading the bow to the north was ordered by Shan Yu, and I also ruled the crowned house within the Great Wall, so that all the people farmed and weaved, shot and hunted food and clothing, father and son never separated, ministers and masters lived in peace, and there was no tyranny. As for the successive constructions of the Great Wall after the Sui and Tang Dynasties, Especially in the Ming Dynasty, the Great Wall was basically used as a solid city defense. That is to say, since the Qin Dynasty, although the Great Wall has served as a military defense, but more importantly, it has played a role in dividing the boundaries between nomadic and farming peoples. effect."

Shen Yue seemed to understand, and asked: "You mean, since the Qin Dynasty, the military defense function of the Great Wall has been weakened, and it can't play a real defensive role at all, is that right?"

Professor Liang nodded, pointing to the ruins in front of him and said: "The military develops along with the advancement of human science and technology. After the Ming Dynasty, there were red cannons. The modern industrial revolution brought the military into the age of firearms. So in modern times, the Great Wall It becomes a historical relic.”

If Shen Yue realized something, his mood suddenly became lighter, and he said to Kang Ruxin: "This place is nice, let's take a photo together."

Ouyang Lin noticed the change in Shen Yue's mood. When he saw Shen Yue and Kang Ruxin happily taking photos around the dilapidated Great Wall, he immediately understood: it seems that he has found a solution to the problem.But what Ouyang Lin didn't expect was that on the way back, Shen Yue asked him: "Director Ouyang, in the modern military, the best defense is either offense or deterrence, am I right?"

Ouyang Lin thought for a while, and replied: "It can be said in this way, and the deterrent effect is even greater." At this moment, he suddenly thought of something, and asked hastily: "Dr. Password? This is not acceptable, it is too dangerous."

Shen Yue said: "Since both Yun Zhongsang and Kevin have been defeated by me, and even Taro Asaoka cannot crack the password I set, as long as I stay with Professor Du with a high profile this time, Taro Asaoka will send I will feel jealous of that person. In addition, I also believe that I can find that person, and then take the initiative to contact him. Isn't this the best defense?"

Ouyang Lin still disagreed with his plan: "This is too risky..."

Shen Yue said: "I understand Professor Du's worries very well. As a scientist, apart from his genius knowledge, what is more important for him to achieve his current achievements is his ability to think independently. What is the ability to think independently? It is the purity of the heart. Only a person with a pure heart can not conform to the crowd and not be superstitious. Of course, such a person has a unique inner world. The hypnosis he had done to him last time had already violated his pure heart. The world, so I can't violate him again, if I do that, maybe it will destroy a genius."

Ouyang Lin didn't speak.Although he felt that Shen Yue's words made sense, he still felt that the risks involved were too great.

Of course, Shen Yue understood Ouyang Lin's concerns and how much pressure he was under, and continued: "Many of us know that Edison once said, 'Genius is one percent inspiration plus 90.00 percent perspiration'. In fact, he There is also a second half of this sentence, 'but that one percent of inspiration is the most important, even more important than that 90.00% nine of sweat'. Director Ouyang, if I evaluate Professor Du in this way - he is a new material A genius in the field of research, you won't object, will you?"

Ouyang Lin nodded and said, "Of course, many scientists in the world evaluate him in this way."

Shen Yue smiled slightly and said, "Since that's the case, is it the genius that matters, or a technological achievement that the genius just researched is more important?"

Ouyang Lin suddenly understood, and said with a smile: "Dr. Shen, you convinced me."

Shen Yue said sternly: "Director Ouyang, please rest assured that I not only want to protect this genius, but also ensure that his scientific research results will not be stolen by anyone."

At night, when Kang Ruxin and Shen Yue were alone together, Kang Ruxin asked Shen Yue: "Are you really sure that you will be safe?"

Shen Yue shook his head and said, "Is there anything infallible in this world? Just do your best."

Kang Ruxin said: "Then, I'd better not go to England with you, so as not to distract you."

Shen Yue comforted: "How come, I need an assistant like you."

But the next morning, Kang Ruxin still left Beijing. Before boarding the plane, she sent a text message to Shen Yue: If the relationship between the two lasts for a long time, how can it be day and night.Shen Yue, you will definitely complete this task successfully, I believe in you.

On this day, the sky above Beijing was clear, Shen Yue looked up at the direction of his hometown in the sky, his eyes became moist all of a sudden.

This is not the first time for Shen Yue to come to London. The last time he was in this city was early winter, but now this "fog city" is no longer worthy of its name.This time, Shen Yue was accompanied by Professor Du Kaixuan's special assistant, in addition to three entourages arranged by the security department.

(End of this chapter)