Paranormal Investigation Notes

Chapter 18 Rules
Time passed quietly while waiting.During this period, He Wei left the base in the desert and under military martial law, and went to the center to coordinate the treatment of those who failed to come to participate in this "sociological experiment" but also possessed Hag.1 Genes are temporarily used as "bait" to monitor and protect people.

Lu Qingliang also returned to the headquarters. While leading the work on the protection of the human gene bank data, he was also continuing to deal with other daily matters.

Only Zhang Dingshan is still waiting here, while dealing with the affairs of the sociology experiment base, while waiting for some changes that may come.

These three people still have some things to do at least. Compared with these three people, Lu Ming is completely free.In other words, it was his job to live safely under heavy protection.

Waiting is always painful.Especially if you don't know how long you'll be waiting.Even, Lu Ming sometimes thought that maybe he would never be able to return to a normal social environment in this life, and he would never be able to see his parents and relatives again in this life.

At times like this, the hatred for Organization X—the organization that people have given a name to at this moment, calling them “X” for the unknown—intensifies.

It was another morning.On this day, Lu Ming still got up early, had a casual breakfast, and then came to the open space in front of the field hospital, sat on the ground casually, staring at the long yellow sand in the distance.

In the desert in the early morning, the sun is not too glaring, and the temperature is not too high.He just sat there, not knowing what to think.

There was a sound of footsteps behind him, but he didn't look back.He didn't bother to see who it was.

The man eventually sat down beside him.

It's Zhang Dingshan.

"homesick?"

Lu Ming didn't speak.

"The world we live in is like this, there is a lot of helplessness. I know you are innocent, you could have a normal and happy life, but... the world is like this. Don't be too pessimistic, don't stress too much, there is always hope .”

Zhang Dingshan seemed to be comforting himself.

Although the consolation didn't have any effect, Lu Ming still said thank you.

"Don't crush yourself. Think about the good things. At least you're alive, no..."

Zhang Dingshan suddenly closed his mouth.

Lu Ming was a little surprised, so he turned his head and looked at him.So he saw that under the reflection of the rising sun, Zhang Dingshan's expression was full of solemnity.He stared straight ahead somewhere, as if he saw something.

"You..."

"Look over there."

Zhang Dingshan said in a low voice.Lu Ming subconsciously looked in the direction he was looking at, and then froze there for an instant.

"why?"

He saw three large blood-red characters.Those three big blood-red characters were printed on the horizon, blending with the blue sky.It seems that at this moment, the gods living above the nine heavens are silently asking them.

Lu Ming's heart started beating thumpingly, and his body couldn't help shaking slightly.

Blue sky, morning sun, yellow sand, everything is so normal.If there are no these three blood-red characters.

But with these three characters added, a strange and gloomy atmosphere suddenly filled the world.

I don't know how long it took, whether it was an instant or an hour, the three big blood-red characters gradually faded away, and another line of big blood-red characters appeared with the sky as the background.

"We used to live in peace."

"We guarantee that the explosion was just an accident and it will never happen again."

"10,000+ people die every day in the human world."

"Drugs, murders, disappearances, disease, hunger, vendettas, wars, car accidents, accidents and other causes account for the vast majority of deaths."

"On average, we only take away no more than 100 people per year. Compared to your death toll, it is insignificant."

"Your sociological experiments and large-scale surveys consume a lot of money."

"Putting that money to the rest could save well over 100 lives a year."

"Why not?"

"Go back to the past and continue to live in peace."

"Lu Ming is no longer our target."

The last line of bloody characters slowly disappeared, and no new words appeared.

When the words "Lu Ming is no longer our target" appeared, Lu Ming began to tremble all over.At this moment, he thought of many, many.He thought of his mother's hand-rolled noodles, his father's treasured wine, his sister who grew up together, playgrounds, schools, movie theaters, restaurants, and many, many things.

These things have one thing in common, that is, they are all under the sun, and they can enjoy and live without any scruples, without worrying about any threats from the open or the dark.

At this moment, Lu Ming felt that the words presented in big blood-red characters made sense.

Yeah...why not?
Instead of worrying about disappearing no more than 100 people a year, why not focus our energy and resources on more people?

why not?
Aren't there many unsolved cases in Division [-] of the Planetary Security Bureau?Aren't there many cases where no results can be investigated at all?Zhang Dingshan and the others also said that it is normal for a case to become an unsolved case. Even before they came up with the idea of ​​"gene", when they were at a loss and the case never progressed, didn't they themselves think about giving up? ?

So...why not give up?
Give it up and let it be an unsolved case, I don't care how many people go missing every year, I don't care about the rest, I just know, they don't target me anymore, I can live a normal life, I I can meet my parents and relatives again, I can walk under the sun again, and go to work on those things that I always feel very annoying in the past...

"He, what he said is quite right and very reasonable, yes, isn't it?"

Trembling, Lu Ming asked Zhang Dingshan this question.

Zhang Dingshan looked at Lu Ming calmly, without any emotion in his expression.

"Do you think he's right?"

Lu Ming trembled and nodded vigorously.

Zhang Dingshan shook his head, his tone was as calm as ever, but behind the calmness lay unshakable firmness.

"He is wrong. This case will continue to be investigated. Unless it is really unthinkable, otherwise, it will not become a cold case."

"why!"

Lu Ming suddenly stood up, his face even distorted: "You have spent so much resources! You have spent so much money! This money can save 1000 people, 1 people! Tens of millions of people die every year in the world. What is a hundred people!"

Zhang Dingshan sighed: "It's different."

"What's the difference!"

"If there is a powerful alien civilization descending on our earth, claiming that as long as human beings sacrifice an innocent person for them to kill, they will spare all human beings, otherwise they will destroy the world. In this case, you What do you think our civilization should do?"

"of course……"

Lu Ming subconsciously blurted out, but after only saying three words, he suddenly closed his mouth.

"The correct way is to resist with all your strength. Every missile and every nuclear bomb fired, every soldier should be in the midst of resistance, and every bullet in his hand should be fired. Even if human beings fight to the end The last person, absolutely don't give in."

Lu Ming was silent.

"Because they are trampling on our rules..." Zhang Dingshan sighed silently: "We don't care about morality, we only care about interests. From the perspective of interests, this behavior of alien civilization itself proves that they are not credible How do you guarantee they will keep their promises if we give in when they flout our rules? The most likely scenario is that after sacrificing one innocent, the alien civilization will instead demand [-], [-] million. At that time, should we continue to back down without a bottom line, or fight hard?"

"Will you fight again at that time? But don't forget that from the very beginning, when the human world first succumbed, the possibility of fighting in the follow-up process has been lost forever. Therefore, even if it is only from the perspective of interests, the most The correct choice is never to give in, but to stand up and resist."

Lu Ming murmured: "But many times, even we ourselves are trampling on our own rules."

Zhang Dingshan smiled slightly: "That's true. But, Lu Ming, you have to understand that trying hard but not being able to do it temporarily is different from not doing it at all."

He patted Lu Ming's shoulder lightly: "100 people, 1 people? That's not how the accounts are calculated."

Lu Ming suddenly remembered a point of view with many fans in a certain period.

The development of aerospace is not beneficial, it is better to use the money to improve people's livelihood.

At that time, he also scoffed at this point of view, and didn't even bother to refute it.But now, he found that when things involved him, he fell into this view.

"Sorry, I was wrong. I... we really shouldn't compromise with X."

Zhang Dingshan continued to smile: "I'm glad you can think clearly. Then, now you might as well think about it, what is the purpose of Organization X doing this?"

"Of course it's warning us...not good! Captain, let's get out of here! Since Organization X can warn us in such a miraculous way, it means that they also have the ability to kill us here! It's not safe here!"

Lu Ming's heart was beating violently, full of nervousness.

This is both a threat and a warning.The purpose is to make one's own side submit.

"Don't worry, it's fine."

Zhang Dingshan shook his head and signaled Lu Ming to calm down: "It's just some small tricks. It's nothing more than using a special directional laser to directly hit the light signal on our eyeballs to create words in the sky. It’s a technology, but I’ve seen it elsewhere before. If you don’t believe me, ask someone, no one can see these words except us.”

Lu Ming suddenly turned his head and saw that the rest of the staff were still doing their own things, as if they hadn't noticed the previous change at all.

(End of this chapter)