I'm not a hero, but I didn't say I couldn't beat you.

【What's wrong? Is it weird? Is there something wrong with your thought process? 】

The hub asked while importing the avatar data to Walter.

"It's strange no matter how you think about it. I've never heard of an individual being able to control the ecosystem of an entire planet!"

Walter said in disbelief, and you could feel his shock at this moment through the vague image of the villain.

[Otherwise, what do you think this space station is used for? Isn't this space station used to control planetary data? Besides you, there are several other beings who are used to control the overall environment of the planet. Why don't you even know this? Wait, let me check your database. 】

Then, the central system went silent.

"What...what's wrong? There's something wrong with my database?"

No way, would you have to reinvent yourself not long after you were born?

[No, there is no problem with your database, but there are certain problems. Due to various reasons, I cannot tell you the exact information for the time being. You need to ask the doctor for details. 】

"Uh...what do you mean, don't tell riddles here!"

But it is a pity that no matter how Walter asks, the center will not give him any relevant answer.

Even if he calls him Zhong Shu!

"Okay, okay, the avatar is imported. I'll go find the doctor and ask."

In the end, Walter also admitted this helpless fact. After all, the authority was here, and he probably couldn't ask if he wanted to.

Acting on behalf of the mobile tool, Walter literally lay on top, looking at the scenery outside the window of the space station.

Although there is nothing to see, just like in the database, there is only a quiet universe and a lonely planet on the side. In the boundless universe, it circulates according to the established trajectory.

only……

Walter frowned.

Why does it feel like the terrain of the planet is different from that in the database?

With questions in mind, Walter finally arrived at the door of the doctor's laboratory. After getting permission, he entered the laboratory and saw the doctor sitting in front of the screen, looking at the data.

"Ah, here you are, wait a moment while I finish processing this batch of data. Of course, you can also help me analyze the data."

Dr. Ai looked back at Walter, smiled, and then turned back to continue analyzing the data.

Walter looked along and quickly analyzed the information on the screen. This was the distribution map of temperature and rainfall on the planet.

After a brief analysis, conclusions are drawn.

The situation is not good.

According to this data, in a few years, the land of this planet will be completely submerged.

Although the details require careful investigation, the conclusion is unquestionable.

Just why does the planet suddenly experience such extreme weather? Glaciers are melting, and the ice cap area of ​​the Arctic and Antarctic has shrunk by almost 60%.

Even on the mainland, there are only three left.

The rest has long since sunk to the bottom of the sea.

"Doctor, is this some kind of simulation data?"

Because it was too different from the data in his database, Walter couldn't help but ask.

"Well, yes, what is here is indeed a simulation data. The simulated sample is probably the planet in three years."

"why?"

Why does this happen? Why is the environment deteriorating so seriously? And why, although all these data seem normal, are they so extreme?

It's so extreme that it doesn't look like it was born naturally.

"Well, it's not easy to explain. Why don't you visit the simulation system yourself?"

Dr. Ai picked up Walter's body and inserted it into the computer's exclusive access slot.

Then, the unit started running, and the host beeped. After a huge calculation, Walter's image reappeared, but this time it was no longer the vague villain like it was at the beginning, but a 1:1 one. Complete body shape.

He has clear facial features, a slender figure, and a cute face. He looks like a handsome androgynous guy, but his expression is so painful.

He gasped ferociously. Although as a virtual life form, he did not have the need to breathe, in the database, only this action could express his current emotions.

"Doctor...what is that..."

Walter asked tremblingly.

"It's the end of the world, Walter..."

Dr. Ai leaned back in his chair, stared at the data and images floating on the huge digital screen, and said silently.

"The world is going to end."

Literally, the world is coming to an end step by step. Resource depletion, extreme weather, and struggles between people are all accelerating the destruction of the planet.

"But why? Theoretically, this is far from reaching the life limit of the planet. The extreme climates in the simulation are just like those produced out of thin air. What is causing it?"

Walter asked in disbelief.

According to conventional calculations, although they do face many threats, under the conscious control of mankind, these threats will never affect the survival of the world in such a short period of time.

However, the results obtained from the simulation calculation clearly told him that the world was already on the edge of the cliff of survival, and the next step was the abyss.

"This happened out of thin air, Walter. It was not that we destroyed the world, but that the world unilaterally abandoned us."

Dr. Ai sighed, then continued.

"Did you know? 50 years ago, in the Federation's research institute, I discovered the secret, and then quickly uploaded it to the so-called leaders. But unfortunately, they thought it was just a way for me to extort money. The rhetoric of research funding.”

"But they couldn't live without my scientific research results. Under many checks and balances, they simply used a batch of funds to get rid of me."

"Then, disaster happened. A huge crack destroyed several cities along the way. Only then did they remember that a scientist had warned them about all this."

"What happened next is actually simple. In order to avoid disasters, we keep calculating; in order to survive, we keep making choices; in order to ensure the continuation of civilization, we have overcome one technical difficulty after another, including the one you are located 400km above the earth's surface. The space stations are all products of this new era."

"Then, we are still watching helplessly as the world moves towards destruction step by step, and [disasters] that we have never seen before strike."

"Sudden disasters, sudden severe weather, continents that collapsed, and land swallowed by the ocean. In the end, faced with a population of less than 10.7 million, we made a choice. Some people entered underground shelters and eked out an existence. Some people Heading into the depths of the universe, trying to find a new home [-] light-years away."

"And I stay in this space station and regard it as my tombstone."

Dr. Ai stood up, walked to the observation window, and looked at his hometown quietly.

"Later, after decades of research here, I finally understood a fact. Those so-called [disasters], those disasters that we cannot understand that occur out of thin air, are energy that exerts distortion on the world. Since it is energy, Then we should be able to use this power."

"At that time, when I understood this, it had lost its meaning. Can a civilization with less than [-] million people still be considered a civilization?"

"Then I gave up. Not only because of the decline of civilization, but also because I discovered that even so, I could not prevent the destruction of the world. At most, I could only allow the world to continue to survive."

"Besides, I am already old. At that time, I was already over 100 years old and could no longer do it."

"…………"

Walter was silent, digesting the information from the doctor, and then looked at the planet spinning alone in the universe with her.

There are still three continents, and the surviving population is probably more than 400 million.

It is completely different from the data in his database.

"Doctor, how many years is it now?"

"Did you notice it? Votel, it's 1354 in the federal calendar."

"Yes, I noticed it. After all, you made it so obvious. How could a virtual life with a 1320-year database not notice it? He must have known it for a long time compared to the center. So, doctor, Who are you?"

Walter shook his head and then asked.

"I am the clone of Dr. Ai Yi, numbered A301. I woke up 7 days after the doctor died of heart failure. Although the doctor and I have the same personality and memory, perhaps because this body is still in its youth, my After all, the ideas are very different from those of the elderly doctor."

"For example...even if we are still alive, even if not one out of ten is left, even if all traces of civilization fade away from this land, I still hope that our civilization can continue. So, I created you."

Dr. Ai Yi, or Dr. Ai Yi's clone, stared at Walter with expectant eyes and spoke slowly.