DipNovel Chapter 71 Leak
Chapter 71 Leak
Zhou Yunci did not attend the "emotional farewell ceremony" or the soldiers' final team building activity.
It's not that he lacks emotional needs, nor that he doesn't understand social etiquette.
Instead, there was an emergency meeting that I had to attend.
Over the past month, the five members of the Huitian Group have traveled from west to east and from north to south. Although they have been operating in secrecy along the way, the number of people involved is still too large, with the number of registered stranded individuals reaching more than 2.
This number of people, scattered across the country, might be insignificant in the face of a major disaster, barely causing a ripple.
But now we live in a time of great regression, and the selected demobilized individuals are mostly older veterans who have long since started families and established their own social circles.
Everyone is regressing every day. It's understandable if someone disappears briefly and doesn't appear where they should be in our memories. But if they don't appear for several days in a row, it will inevitably attract the attention of neighbors, or even people who didn't know them before but have met them because of the world's regression.
Confidentiality has been maintained, and online public opinion monitoring has also been ongoing.
Even if the world goes backwards, there are still many hot news stories to follow every day. For example, the "Future Memory Bank" a while ago successfully attracted the attention of people all over the world. All the contestants who participated in the city qualifying rounds have now become new internet celebrities.
These people now have their own dedicated live streaming rooms, categorized and assigned according to their individual abilities, each responsible for clearing various memory tasks daily.
In addition to the "Future Memory Bank" project proceeding smoothly, the recently popular "emotional farewell ceremony" has also become a global phenomenon.
There are offline formats and online formats by big streamers, with Li Dawei's live stream being the most lively among the latter.
This ordinary man named Li Dawei was originally dead, but he was resurrected because the world went backwards. He was among the first people to tell this story online.
His son and wife were both impressive, especially his son who had left a message for Chen Xiao, which Chen Xiao mentioned separately during his daily emergency response meeting.
These coincidences have made Li Dawei a newly popular internet celebrity.
Now, this live stream room has become the exclusive gathering place for the "Resurrected Alliance," with hundreds of thousands of people flooding in every day when it goes live.
There are many similar live streaming rooms, such as the "Left-behind Mothers" Alliance Live Streaming Room, the "Left-behind Fathers" Alliance Live Streaming Room, as well as various game live streaming rooms, movie live streaming rooms, novel exchange live streaming rooms, and so on.
All of this ensures that the public in China always has something to watch and can release their emotions.
However, nothing is perfect.
In the past two months, due to the relaxation of gateway restrictions, the internal network has been attacked by hackers as many as 1.1 times, with an average of 2000 intrusions of varying degrees every day.
These ordinary hacking intrusions do not require government intervention; major domestic manufacturers and computer professionals can resist them.
Moreover, it seems to have become a habit, with one of them being a dedicated live streaming room called "Red Hacker Alliance," where top domestic computer experts battle against top global computer experts every day.
But today, Zhou Yunci received a notification.
The organization announced that "Apple" and "NPC" had entered the fray.
One is a super AI from North America, and the other is a super AI from the European Union.
Both AIs simultaneously turned their attention to Asia, beginning to strangle 'Luoshu' and vying for control that 'Luoshu' originally held.
"This is outrageous! I think we should fight back. Before the Great Regression, Luo Shu might have been a little lacking, but in the past month, Luo Shu's self-learning ability has doubled. There's nothing to be afraid of."
"It's not a matter of fear or not; I think the deeper reason is that Jiang Ning's capabilities may have been leaked."
"So what if the secret was leaked? They can still come and snatch people... At worst, we'll fight it out, but things will be back to normal the next day anyway."
"But what's the point of starting a war? It will only waste humanity's time to save itself. I think the most urgent thing is to use Jiangning's capabilities to develop quietly first."
"..."
During the video conference, the representatives held differing opinions. Some advocated a counterattack, some worried that Jiang Ning's abilities had been exposed, and others suggested continuing to play dumb and develop in secret.
Inside the Beijing Emergency Organization Center building, Chen Xiao sat quietly in his office, listening intently. Across from him stood Cui Huaimeng, who was rapidly manipulating a tablet computer.
After arguing for another five minutes, Chen Xiao finally spoke up as everyone paused to catch their breath.
"Political Commissar Zhou, how are the five members of the Huitian Group doing lately?"
Zhou Yunci quickly sat up straight and said to the camera, "Reporting to the leader, all five members of the Returning Heaven Group are safe and sound. As planned, Master Chang has joined the team today, and the 'Golden Cudgel' plan is expected to be completed in two days."
"Any progress on their independent solution?"
Zhou Yunci: "No, we are still in the data collection stage."
Chen Xiao nodded, stopped asking questions, and turned to look at an elderly man in the video: "Academician Zhao, is there any progress on the research team's progress in cracking the code?"
Zhao Jingsi's expression remained calm, revealing neither joy nor anger: "Aside from the astronomy team confirming that the universe is 1000 kilometers above the Earth and unaffected by the world's regression, other research teams haven't made any significant discoveries..."
"knew!"
Chen Xiao seemed to have anticipated this outcome, and after asking the questions, he did not inquire about the progress of the others' work individually.
"Gentlemen, in this special period, emergency response organizations are shouldering great national responsibilities. You are all elites from various fields, especially the military representatives. There may be some things I want to say that are inappropriate, but I still want to say them."
Upon hearing this, everyone turned to their respective screens, staring at the old man with a resolute face and eagle-like eyes.
「刚刚有军方代表说要反击，我认为时候还未到。今天是意识日2047年1月20日，离2048年元旦还有20天。
On New Year's Day, the results confirmed by the astronomical group will be announced simultaneously worldwide, which will inevitably lead to a period of chaos. Any counterattack can only be launched during this period...
At the end of the meeting, Chen Xiao said earnestly:
"I know what the future holds for humanity. Perhaps, as science fiction suggests, there will be those who flee and those who stay. But what I want to say is that every research team currently working on solving the problems of a major catastrophe deserves respect; they are the hope for the future."
After the meeting ended, Zhou Yunci reflected on Chen Xiao's last words.
After thinking about it for a while, I felt that it was an endorsement of the five members of the Huitian Group.
The importance of Jiangning is self-evident, and all the leaders at the meeting were well aware of it. There were various opinions expressed, but Chen Xiao suppressed them all and allowed the Huitian Group to continue.
However, the research of the five members of the Resurrection Group—no, there are now six members, excluding ourselves—has drawn criticism from many people.
In particular, the scientists, led by the physics team, bluntly stated that the idea that "sleep problems" would cause problems with the laws of physical spacetime was utter nonsense. They suggested that with that time and energy, they should transfer Jiang Ning to their team; with Jiang Ning's on-site assistance, their physics team would definitely be able to solve the problem of the world's great regression.
In the end, Academician Zhao Jingsi stepped in to mediate the argument and stated that all scientific problems start with hypotheses, and that the six members of the Huitian team were not fooling around, so he could be supported.