DipNovel Chapter 67 Error Source Tracing
Chapter 67 Error Source Tracing
Chapter 67 Error Source Tracing
"Those that cannot be held back will continue to enter Angula. After Angula comes Zamba, and after Zamba comes Zebawe."
The dominoes won't stop, they'll only be slowed down. The Mbekifa and Mossefa aren't walls, they're speed bumps.
"How much time can speed bumps buy us?" Carrie asked.
"Enough for Kerry and that upright ape to grasp" this point. If it's true, the gray isn't fusion, it's grasping, and the way you grasp it is more important than the speed. A wrong grasp, and 110,000 people will walk into Angula. A right grasp, and perhaps no one will have to leave.
Carrie placed her coffee cup on the railing: "Looks like the old chief got it right. He reached out and grasped the eye of that upright ape from 100,000 years ago. Then he let go, and his hand was still his own."
"Because he knew what he was holding, but Sergei didn't, and neither did the 30,000 people of Namibi. They thought they were holding the hand of God, but it was actually the hand of an upright ape. An upright ape has seven fingers on its hand, and after holding it, they felt that they must also have seven fingers on their hands. The illusion was held too tightly, and it became their own."
In October of the year 5914 in the Blue Star calendar, on the eighty-fifth day since the arrival of alien creatures.
Lu Cheng arranged the reports from various countries on the table in chronological order, like arranging a deck of cards.
First image: Ivan Bear Kingdom. The formation of upright apes and glossopteryxes has been upgraded from twelve to sixty.
Sixty Grimoiselles, arranged in five square formations, each with an upright ape perched on its back, conducted what could be called a "drill" on the outskirts of the Ural mining region. They transmitted commands using tapping sounds, from "advance" to "turn" to "flank," with a delay of no more than half a second. Vla's intelligence chief added a handwritten note at the end of the report: "Our Cossack cavalry cannot achieve this level of coordination precision."
Second image: Sam's Eagle Kingdom. The Tyrannosaurus Rex herd on the Waimeing Plains was split into three smaller groups by the Homo erectus, who guided them to three different valleys. Wood's observer, who had been watching from the cliff for three days, returned to report that the Homo erectus were teaching the Tyrannosaurus Rex to hunt giant dragonflies, not bison. The Tyrannosaurus Rex used their jaws to crush the giant dragonfly's cage-like legs, while the Homo erectus collected the dragonfly wings, their purpose unknown.
Third image: Hanscat Kingdom. The number of hominid venom collection points has expanded from seventeen to forty. King William's military doctors are now able to treat neurotoxin burns with diluted giant millipede venom, with a cure rate exceeding 80%. The doctor wrote in his report, "The hominids voluntarily provided the precise dilution ratio of the venom," and King William added a note beside it: "They are making us dependent on them."
Fourth image: Jacques Chicken Country. The Anomalocaris spawning grounds in Toulon Port are now completely secured. George's fleet attempted to break out three times, but each time the Anomalocaris sank the lead ship. The upright apes crouch on the reefs beside the spawning grounds, striking a rhythm with copper plates; the Anomalocaris' spring-loaded claws launch at a frequency perfectly synchronized with the striking rhythm. The naval engineers of Jacques Chicken Country wrote in their report: They are using sound waves to control the Anomalocaris.
Fifth image: Zhu Sailang Kingdom. The upright ape tribe outside Luocheng Port no longer collects barb powder. The ceramic cutting tools they make from the barb powder are sufficient to replace the live barbs of the giant nautiluses. The giant nautiluses are discarded. Vito's observers saw the upright apes lead the last batch of giant nautiluses into the deep sea, then squat on the reefs to watch them leave. The observers wrote in their reports: "Like sending away worn-out tools."
Sixth: Bertswana. Captain Zhao of the mighty Dragon Kingdom discovered more traces of human-Homo erectus coexistence in the underground network—not relics of a pre-civilization era, but contemporary ones. The villagers of Bertswana carved circles drawn by Homo erectus onto their doorframes as talismans. The old chief, Mosei, said this custom had been passed down for countless generations, dating back to when their ancestors were still farming alongside the "circle-drawing creatures." Captain Zhao wrote in his report: They didn't see the Homo erectus as a threat; they saw them as neighbors. After Advent Day, the migrating Homo erectus would squat under the mango tree at the village entrance and draw circles; the villagers would squat opposite to watch, and then go home and carve one on their doorframes as well. Coexistence wasn't a policy, it was a habit.
Lu Cheng stacked the six reports together. Each one said the same thing: Homo erectus was advancing, and humans were adapting. The ways of adaptation differed: Ivan the Bear Kingdom was studying their coordinated precision, Sam the Eagle Kingdom was observing their hunting instruction, Hans the Cat Kingdom was relying on their venom formulas, Yak the Chicken Kingdom was recording their sonic commands, Giuseppe the Wolf Kingdom was witnessing their obsolescence of tools, and Bert Swana was carving their circles on doorframes. There was no right or wrong, only the speed of adaptation.
Carrie pushed open the door and came in, carrying a cup of coffee and a freshly baked scones. The scones were smeared with honey, collected from the beehives in the backyard of the Executive Yuan. She placed the coffee and scones on the table and glanced at the six reports.
"President Kerry's telegram. His eighth conversation with the upright ape has ended."
"What did you talk about?"
"Hold on." Carrie placed a note next to the scones. "The upright ape said that when it drew two hands clasped together, it wasn't to express reconciliation. It was to express that whoever lets go first after clasping has a clean hand."
Lu Cheng picked up the note.
Kerry's handwriting was as neat as ever.
Taro Tanuki Country, Kyoto, that morning.
When Kerry entered the courtyard, the upright ape was squatting on the back of the mirror carving words.
The mirror was placed face down with its back facing up, and its bronze backplate was covered with symbols carved with sharp stones.
Kerry crouched down to look.
Two lists were engraved.
The one on the left is titled "What We Give to Humanity".
The following list includes more than a dozen items:
Venom dilution formula, Anomalocaris spawning site guidance method, Tyrannosaurus Rex predation method for giant dragonflies, Glossopteryx phalanx coordinated knocking commands, barbed powder pottery recipe, and Lyssaur digging direction guidance method.
The one on the right is titled "What Humanity Has Given Us".
Only three items are listed below:
Metal tools, textile technology, mirrors.
Kerry looked at the three items: "You gave humanity over a dozen items, but humanity only gave you three. You lost out."
The upright ape inscribed: "It's worth it. Metal tools allow us to disassemble machines. Textile technology allows us to wear clothes and disguise ourselves. Mirrors allow us to see ourselves."
What's the use of seeing yourself?
The upright ape paused for a moment, then carved: "Seeing yourself, you realize how many fingers you have. Five. Not seven. Mirrors have corrected a hundred thousand years of visual errors for us. This is more valuable than a dozen technologies combined."
Kerry's fingers tightened slightly: "When you look in the mirror, you see five?"
"We see five. But humans see seven when they look in a mirror. With the same mirror, we correct our error, you create it. The mirror is fair; it is the eye that is unfair."
"So you turned the mirror upside down and covered it? Because you're afraid humans will see their seven senses reflected in it?"
The upright ape carved: "It's not fear. It's waiting. Waiting for humans to also learn to use mirrors to correct errors, instead of being created by them. Moses learned it. He returned seven to our ancestors and kept five for himself. He used our method—error tracing. A method that took us 100,000 years to learn, he figured out on his own after looking in a mirror once."