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

"Me? What can I do?"

Faced with this outrageous expectation, Walter almost laughed out loud.

What can I do?

Just rely on your own so-called planet-level ecological adjustment system to use simulated virtual life forms?

What a mess!

He didn't even know how he could adjust the ecology of the entire planet.

Is he physically strong? !

"Yeah...what can you do?"

The doctor looked at the homeland he had never been to, his expression frozen.

"A control center that I created at the end, a bare commander without supporting facilities. According to my expectations, if I can encourage everyone to start building relevant facilities 20 years before our civilization is completely engulfed, I will There will be a 5% certainty that a society that can reduce the population to 3% will continue. If the population ratio is further reduced to 9%, then I will be [-]% sure.”

She gently touched the observation window with her hand, as if she were gently touching her hometown, the devastated land.

"But now, the population is less than half, and we have lost enough labor and resources, so how can we talk about continuation?"

.

Yes...how to talk about continuation?

[Sleep has ended, this sleep time: 1354 days, 15 hours, 13 minutes and 24 seconds. Welcome back to the space station, Votel. 】

"Well, good morning, Center. Thank you for your hard work. How is the system aging?"

[The current system aging level: 18.63%, it is expected to maintain the normal operation of the space station: 248 years]

"Really, that should be enough time."

[According to the current progress, global climate adjustment will be carried out every five years or so, and approximately 5 more times will be needed. 】

"understood."

Controlling his own agent robot, Walter took out his own body from the protective cabin and walked through the long corridor of the space station to the main control room.

I am about to undergo the 19th global climate adjustment, just like waking up from hibernation every time before.

"Center."

【What's wrong? Votel? 】

For no reason, Walter's movement suddenly stopped. He passed through the transparent corridor of the space station, looked at the blue planet covered by cyclones and seas, and then asked.

"Do you think virtual beings can dream?"

[Theoretically not, but maybe except for you. After all, dreams are equivalent to sorting out memories. As ordinary virtual beings, we don’t need this step, but for you who are more like humans, something like this may happen]

"yes……"

Walter stared out the window blankly, like a doctor in a dream.

In her memory, what kind of feelings was she looking at her hometown at that time?

Is it nostalgia? Is it hatred? Is it sadness? Is it indifference?

Or……

Is it a prayer?

"Center, I had a dream about what happened when the doctor said goodbye to us."

【………………】

Ignoring the silence of the center, Walter said slowly.

"Tell me, what were the thoughts of the doctor at that time when he made that decision?"

[I am not a doctor, and I cannot speculate on her thoughts. Although her behavior at that time was no longer within the normal range according to the psychological medical manual for space station personnel, she must have hesitated for a long time...]

The center hesitated for a moment, and then his emotionless voice continued to be heard from the broadcast on the upper right.

[Your related debugging and testing were completed about 3 months earlier than your birth. The manufacturing process has been imported into the workshop equipment early, but the confirmation has not yet been pressed. I have seen the doctor squatting at the door of the workshop in a daze more than once. She was probably thinking and hesitating at that time. 】

"yes……"

Walter was silent, took one last look at the planet, and then started moving again.

Although he has no real feelings about that planet, nor does he have any idea of ​​making it his hometown. The only place where I can stay is this small space station.

However, he didn't want to disappoint his creator.

Although this kind of perceptual thinking is very inconsistent with the thinking logic of these virtual beings.

But, he is different. As the last creation of the doctor, he must fulfill her wish.

No matter what the cost -

.

“The 19th global climate adjustment is ready to begin, the hub, activate the amplifier.”

[Understood, the energy amplifier is being activated. 】

[Amplifier startup completed. 】

[The central connection is completed. 】

[This global adjustment is expected to consume 93.37% of the space station’s reserve energy. 】

[After adjustment, the climate is expected to maintain a stormy attitude and reshape the earth's surface, and about 10.3% of the land will be permanently submerged in the ocean. It contains 2 human underground shelters, which will lead to a 3% decrease in the final surviving population. 】

[Please confirm whether to continue execution. 】

For no reason, he recalled the doctor's words again.

That day, the doctor stood in front of him and recounted the reality that he was about to leave.

How to let a newly born virtual life save the world?

How to continue a civilization that has been torn apart by disasters?

Only a miracle can do it.

That's easy.

If miracles and disasters correspond to each other, all we need to do is exchange disasters for miracles.

He even did not hesitate to use this civilization as firewood in exchange for the continuation of the seeds.

Turn all people aged 18 to 16 into disasters in exchange for a ticket for the children to travel to the future.

This is Dr. Ai Yi's plan.

Including herself——

"Votel, start the final plan——"

"Doctor, but in this case, you also..."

"We all know that the old era has passed, so let's leave hope to the people of the next era."

The doctor lowered his eyes and took one last look at his hometown, which he had never set foot on before. He felt no nostalgia for it anymore.

At the last moment before being admitted to the lockdown warehouse, she smiled and said to Walter.

"I'm so sorry to have you bear such a heavy responsibility so soon after you were born, Walter. Even if we can endure all disasters, from now on, if you have to endure miracles, it will be a very painful fate. Bar."

"…………"

Walter was speechless, just looking at his creator silently.

He doesn't know what kind of expression he should use to face the other party. Whether it is the long years to come or more difficult choices, he has not yet made it clear.

He only knew that his mother was leaving him.

"Then, I hope you can reach the future one day..."

[The catastrophic process begins——]

[Global population synchronization, completed——]

[Full project, Clear——]

[Confirmed, the birth of a “miracle”]

Therefore, the real [Planetary Ecological Adjustment System]

born from this

.

"Confirm execution within the controllable range."

Walter said coldly and without emotion.

Treat everything as a cold number, and at the cost of life, infinitely increase the possibilities called the future.

Until we actually reach the ending.

The creator was sacrificed, all adults were sacrificed, the land was lost, the passing of part of the "seed" was ignored before the cordon.

At the cost of the "catastrophe" we have already endured, we can exchange for the power to regulate the climate of the entire planet.

Then man-made, control the storm, control the ocean, wipe out all life on the land, leaving only a seed for the future.

Once, twice, three times...

Thirteen times, fourteen times, fifteen times...

…………

54 times, 55 times, 56 times.

Finally, what she expected, what he expected, what they expected.

That future has arrived——

The world continues from this.