Being a villain in apocalyptic writing

"…serious genetic mutations will occur." This time, the white cat did not hide it.

Jiang Ye nodded without surprise: "In the era when you were created, technology should have been very advanced. After the end of the world?"

"right."

"So you summoned me, a wandering soul from before the end of the world, to a sufficiently realistic doomsday environment. What do you want?"

White Cat answered seriously: "Pollution data of Doomsday, the most realistic pollution data."

Jiang Ye didn't understand: "But you have already created this world."

The white cat shook its head, its expression as solemn as a human. Jiang Ye felt as if the person talking to him was a wise old man. "We didn't create this. This world is one of the branches of countless timelines. All we can do is project XLU63669 and your data here."

"Then why are the novels I read so consistent with this world?" Jiang Ye frowned.

"Because the novel in your mind is a piece of data that we quickly generated based on this world, in order to make you believe in the mission enough."

“What are you going to do with the data on pollution sources?”

"Ms. Jiang, we are one of the parallel worlds of the Earth. We also experienced the apocalypse, but we are lucky to have found a way out.

"We have discovered precious metal materials that are completely resistant to radiation. We have completely integrated human genes with them to create a new species, semi-new humans."

"That's pretty good." Jiang Ye commented lightly.

"Yes. But it is also a tragedy, because such people cannot have offspring, and their genes cannot be passed on. However, newborns born by ordinary humans cannot survive in this radiation-filled world. Over the years, as pollution continues to worsen, in order to survive, 99% of adult humans have undergone semi-metal transformation. We only retain the brain and heart, and everything else is replaced by metal."

Jiang Ye was silent for a while, then said, "If the situation continues to increase, will you all become metal?"

"Yes, you are very smart." The white cat's voice became more and more mechanical, without any of its previous agility. "When the whole body is metalized, humans are no longer human. We are the last group of purely human scientists who are protected. We want to find a radical solution - to eliminate the source of pollution, but we no longer have access to the original samples. Without the original data, we have no way to start."

Jiang Ye had actually already vaguely guessed this, so he was not surprised.

"What do you think of the proposal I sent to you?" Jiang Ye looked up and asked lightly.

Before she confronted Xue Jianbai, she had sent a message to the main system through the "suggestion box" function.

Almost no host has ever used this function, so White Cat didn't care about it.

But what Jiang Ye included was not an opinion, but a suggestion.

Send her back to her original world, and she will find what they are looking for.

"The world you are in is before the end of the world. There is no original data we want." After hearing her words, the other party immediately answered seriously.

"You want data on pollution sources, why do you have to go to Doomsday to get it?"

"What?"

“You should have the location of the original data, right?”

"Yes." The person on the other side didn't understand but said it anyway.

"In the deep sea?"

"That's right," the other party replied. "The energy that caused the mutation of species around the world was originally caused by the reaction between the nuclear wastewater discharged by Country R and some energy source at the deepest bottom of the sea, which polluted the seawater and then spread to the whole world."

"But after the apocalypse, before you showed up, no one should have the technology to reach that place."

"Yes, even we can't reach the deepest part. So we can only seek help from the end of the parallel world."

"But as far as I know, before the end of the world, deep-sea exploration technology has been able to reach the deepest part of the seabed."

“You mean…?”

"I mean, send me back to my original world, so I can get the environmental samples of the deep sea before the apocalypse, and the sewage data of Country R that you mentioned."

"...Excuse me, but given your position, there is no way you can obtain either of these."

"Yes." Jiang Ye raised an eyebrow, "But your skills are good enough."

"..." The other side seemed to be discussing something, and intermittent noises came from the white cat.

After a while, the voice suddenly changed to a calm and steady female voice: "Deal. In the next 48 hours, the technology we can provide to you has been fully covered in XLU63669."

"After this thing succeeds, I also need a little reward."

"Please go ahead."

"1. Send me back to my original world and make sure I stay alive."

"Allow me to remind you that you have fallen into the river..."

"Don't lie to me." Jiang Ye raised his eyelids lightly, "I have already made preparations at the bottom of the river. Even if I really can't escape, someone will save me. Besides, I am very familiar with water. If I dare to pull him into the water, I will naturally have enough confidence to escape."

"……make a deal."

As the voice from the other side rang out, the contract similar to the cowhide roll appeared in front of Jiang Ye again.

"Signing a contract is binding on both of us."

Jiang Ye raised his eyebrows and said, "2. After you calculate the data, I will also need a copy."

"Can."

When the other party said this, Jiang Ye's expression changed obviously.

Then she proposed a third condition: "3. When the matter is completely completed, send me back 20 years."

"..." The other party remained silent for a long time.

This time Jiang Ye did not let it go: "Your technology can already travel through parallel worlds, and can even accurately send data back to me. I believe you can also project my consciousness to any point in time."

"You're right." After a long while, the other party said, "Although this transaction is a huge loss for us, if you can really get valid data, we are willing to take this risk. But Miss Jiang, we need to remind you that jumping timelines is a very dangerous behavior. Once you try to intervene in more things, there is even a possibility that the parallel world you are in will be destroyed."

"What's the probability?" Jiang Ye raised his eyelids, looking lazy.

"It is currently 0.00014571. We must remind you that this is a huge change in the base number of the entire world."

"What does it have to do with me?" Jiang Ye curled his lips, "If I don't intervene, it will also be destroyed."

"What we mean is, if you just want to save your mother, we can help."

The words from the other side were calm, but Jiang Ye's expression suddenly changed. He raised his head and looked at the white cat with cold eyes.

"I'm sorry, but in order to complete the delivery, we have already read your memory and have stored it in our data."

"How can you help?"

"With our technology, it only takes two hours at most to treat the illness before the apocalypse. You can trust us completely on this point."

Jiang Ye suppressed her inner excitement and calmly asked for some details. Finally, she breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Okay, deal."

"You have a very good relationship with your mother." The other party sighed and made a judgment.

"Don't set your sights on her." Jiang Ye warned.

"That's natural. We have great respect for our partners."

……

Things were going somewhat bumpy, but Jiang Ye has always been a man who can handle things, even if what he was going to do this time was a little too earth-shattering.

But she still followed the steps, using the series of resources provided by the system to obtain information data from both parties at the lowest cost.

……

Finally, one morning in early winter, her consciousness was completely projected back to herself 20 years ago.

At the same time, there was a familiar voice in her mind:

"Hello, XLU63669 is here to serve you. The advanced treatment chamber you requested has been received."

Jiang Ye walked out of the room and saw the hot steam rising from the kitchen and the short-haired figure wearing an apron.

The sun shone into the kitchen through the mist. The person seemed to sense Jiang Ye's gaze. She turned around with a bowl in her hand and said, "Wearing so little again? Today is the winter solstice, there is white frost outside, why don't you go in and put on some clothes!"

As she said this, her mother stamped her feet as if to chase her away.

In the blurred vision, Jiang Ye smiled, took a big step over to hug her, and said coquettishly as he did in his memory a long time ago: "I'm not cold, I'll put it on later..."

"Kid, what's wrong with you today? You're not listening at all!"

"I had a nightmare." Jiang Ye was still a little potato at the moment, with her head barely reaching her mother's waist. "I dreamed that you didn't want me anymore."

"Silly girl! Dreams are the opposite of what they used to be..." Ms. Zhong pinched her ear, turned off the fire, and while chattering to comfort her, she went half-heartedly to look for her coat.

In this morning that seemed to have happened hundreds of years later, Jiang Ye was wrapped in a thick cotton coat and sighed with satisfaction: "Yeah, it won't happen again..."

This time, they can watch the sunrise and sunset together with their gray hair.

Perhaps she will also experience the vulgar plot of her mother energetically urging her to get married, and she being so angry that she cries.

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