32 days

With hope, there is a need to uphold order.The governments of various countries have finally acted, recalling middle-level and grass-roots government employees, organizing manpower to maintain law and order, appeasing the people, and trying their best to publicize that there is a solution to the entropy difference radiation. It is not time to despair.

It is difficult for people who have fallen into extreme confusion and panic to be pulled back to reason, but some people still see hope in the orderly actions gradually organized by the government rather than in words, whether it is a government or a democratic government, no matter what they say Lies always have a purpose.And if the end of the world is truly irretrievable, that would serve no purpose.

Some people took comfort from logic, got out of the chaos, stocked up supplies and hid at home.The behavior of these people infected other people, and one after another people who were burned red like charcoal returned home, and the raging fire gradually cooled down.People are always easy to be satisfied, and a little bit of possible hope will not destroy everything.

Yi Alan and Zhou Yanan returned to the place where they lived for almost a year.The first time I came here, the scene from ordinary people to the core of state secrets is still vivid in my memory. At that time, who would have thought that the years after that would be so ups and downs, life and death, and he did not expect that he would really be with Zhou Yanan Together, always together.

Yi Alan used his footsteps to measure the house that seemed to have been away for a long time. This will be the only intersection left between him and Zhou Yan'an in this universe. In the future, they will live together in another universe.

Thinking of this, Yi Alan couldn't help laughing and said: "Zhang Ailing wrote about love in the city, so what are we? Love in the universe?"

"Why not." Zhou Yan'an said, madly.

Yi Alan laughed, they finally don't have to think about anything, just wait for the unknown fate to come, no scruples, no worries, no thoughts, this universe has nothing to do with them.

So Yi Alan left more time for his mother and grandma. He comforted the two people who were frightened by the end of the world, saying that the governments of various countries have found a way to save mankind, and once it is implemented after verification, it will soon take effect.But he hasn't said that the price will be the departure of these 32-dayrs.Just in case... What Yi Alan was thinking in his heart was just in case, in case the gravitational pusher plan was not feasible, he was willing to exchange his own death for the survival of his mother, grandma and 70 billion other people.

After thinking about everything, Yi Alan returned to the affairs team at night, and before going to bed, he could joke about entropy difference radiation with Zhou Yan'an in a relaxed state of mind.

"There must be other life in the universe, right? I don't know how they will feel when they find this superposition entangled state created by us humans or other weak parallel universes that are good."

Zhou Yan'an thought for a while and said: "The backward civilization must know nothing. The best thing is that it is just as confused and curious as we were at the beginning. The advanced civilization may have studied the weak parallel universe long ago, and even knows it well. "

"Then tell me, will these developed civilizations have a solution to the entropy difference radiation? You don't need to pay a lot of money. Standing in this universe, with a click of biu, the 32nd universe will be blown away."

"Then should we wait and see if the developed civilizations of the universe will take action?"

"Forget it, forget it, I can't wait." Yi Alan waved his hands again and again, "Maybe they will just launch a high-dimensional closed-string bubble to wrap their own planet in order to avoid the influence of entropy difference radiation. As for the rest of the universe Civilization lives and dies, so there is no leisure to care about it.”

"Maybe they'll get vaccinated, one injection from birth, and then no amount of entropic radiation can harm them."

"Ah, yes, it's possible, just like we were vaccinated against smallpox."

They laughed together, and Yi Alan said again: "In my imagination, developed civilizations also have a role similar to that of supervisors, who will report, Your Majesty, this month we have detected another primitive civilization that does not know which corner Created a weak parallel universe that is bound to our own universe. Your Majesty is used to it, and will say that being able to study the weak parallel universe shows that that civilization has reached a certain scale. Although it is still relatively backward, if they can solve the weak parallel universe by themselves If the troubles brought by the universe are not extinct, we can also consider introducing them to interstellar civilizations."

"Why, my lord."

"Because of going through those things, maybe they will remember, never be arrogant, never be greedy."

The sea breeze in the tropical night gently blows on the face, but people who come to the 32nd are not in the mood to feel the closeness to nature. Everyone walked towards the experimental building tacitly.

Some people have been crammed with a lot of content in reality, just waiting to enter the quantum dam for simulation and verification at this moment.Most of the rest of the people don't understand the principle, and they don't know how to do it, but being closer to the center of the experiment and hearing the exact results earlier seems to make people feel more at ease.

The total control center is full of busy people.These people are of different ages, some are students, some are teachers, and some have been working for many years, and their former sharpness has been polished and mellowed by life.If there is one thing in common, it is ordinary.Although some of them are by no means ordinary, compared to the real leaders, their light is much dimmer, and they have never changed the world in the slightest.

But they are now on a mission that could determine the survival of both universes.

The fate of the two universes converged here, and the excess weight almost collapsed into a black hole. They must use their mortal bodies and mediocre aptitudes to fight against destruction.

mistake.mistake.mistake.

Invalid operation.

Outrageous results.

……

The display screen issued harsh reminders one after another, and a bunch of people were sweating to make changes according to the wrong reminders.Real physicists don't have quantum dams, so it's impossible for them to consider everything in detail.However, they have a quantum dam and a well-established theoretical framework, but they don’t know how to integrate them in details, just like a blind man who is groping for a wall and going through a maze, but always keeps hitting the wall. Knowledge is deduced from one another, until all wrong paths are bypassed, until there is no other way until the right path is taken.

"The situation is not very optimistic." The person in charge of inquiring came out of the building and said to the people gathered in the small garden in front of the building. The newborn sun kneaded their dense shadows into a big ball, "Although I can't understand them What are you doing, but seeing their bad faces and constant swearing, you know that things are not going well."

Someone in the crowd whispered: "If this kind of gravitational pusher doesn't work, can we solve the entropy difference radiation only by killing us all?"

"Don't be so pessimistic, we still have time. Even if it doesn't work this time, we can return to reality and let those powerful experts continue to study. We still have a next time, next time."

"I'm sure we have the patience to wait, but those people out there, the ones who know they're going to die soon -- sometimes they're irrational, will they wait for us until next time, next time? Maybe they will I thought it was us deliberately not cooperating to delay the time. Are we really going to sit and wait?"

"Then what can you do? Can you beat them?"

"So what if you can fight? Are you revolting? Wasting the last time of human beings killing each other? Don't you have any family members you want to save? Do you have the heart to watch them die from radiation?"

The hustle and bustle was accompanied by increasingly restless research in the building, from sunrise to sunset.

In the control center, everyone was ashen-faced, slumped on chairs and the floor, pulling their already messy hair, and asked weakly: "Where is the problem? Why can't we get accurate results? Isn't it Luo?" The method given by Professor En is useless at all?"

They did not expect an answer, and who could answer them at this time but God?

But the surprise came so suddenly, a dialog box popped up on the screen for no reason, if Yi Alan was here, he would be very familiar with this operation: Let me help you.

The background of the dialog box is a joker card in a poker card, also called the trump card.

The calculation program that had been stuck for a long time suddenly started to run automatically, and a large number of lines of codes were quickly skipped, making it dizzying, and various instruments hummed at full capacity.

The people in the room were dumbfounded, and someone said: "It's Joker!"

Strong artificial intelligence Joker is an ambiguous issue for governments of various countries to promote gravitational pushers.They don't know what Joker will think of this salvation plan, but they tend to have Joker's opposition. Joker is not a human being, has no concerns, and entropy difference radiation can't hurt him.

The only human impact on him may be that the hardware facilities in the 32 days are not advanced enough, and the shell is far from worthy of the powerful soul of strong artificial intelligence, so many devices may need more flexible humans to help maintain.But whether this effect is worth the risk of Joker's annihilation and not preventing the action of the gravitational pusher is hard to say.

The countermeasures discussed by the governments of various countries are to conceal Joker.The early stage operations were carried out quietly on Quantum Dam Island, which is equipped with a satellite network signal shielding device. When nuclear bombs need to be deployed everywhere in the later stage, it must be completed in one go without giving Joker time to react.

However, the facts at this moment prove that the satellite network shielding device they carried did not have the desired effect on Joker, and Joker did not show up until now, just because he didn't want to disturb these poor humans and let them fall into the trap of strong artificial intelligence. In endless panic.

Various programs on the display are dancing happily.This is Professor Ron's lifelong research and superb wisdom. It is the crystallization of hundreds of physicists in reality who have coordinated and refined their deduction. It is the effort of these ordinary people in the room. It is the result of Joker's powerful computing power Replenish.This is an unprecedented perfect cooperation.

"Joker! It's Joker! He's helping us!"

This kind of call has been spread to the waiting crowd outside the building, and people can't help cheering in addition to being shocked.

Yi Alan said to Zhou Yanan: "He said he is the group consciousness of human beings."

Zhou Yan'an smiled: "From this point of view, there is still hope for human beings. No matter what their nature is, they should at least yearn for good."

A gunshot suddenly extinguished the excited atmosphere in the garden.

Everyone looked at the source of the gunfire in confusion and nervousness, only to see Worf holding a pistol, and lying in front of the muzzle was a man with wide-eyed eyes and heavy breathing.He wasn't hurt, the bullet hit his foot, he was just taken aback.

"Where are you going?" Facing everyone's questioning eyes, Wolf asked the man calmly.

The man said hoarsely, "I'm going to the bathroom."

"You're lying," Worf said. "Everyone else was very happy to hear that Joker helped, but you seemed disappointed. I also remember your voice, making trouble over and over again."

The man panted with his head down, and then shouted: "I don't want to die! If the gravitational pusher can be 100% successful, I will definitely support it! But it is obviously not the case, and we will definitely take great risks. We have a very high probability of being destroyed together with this universe. Even, even, the gravitational pusher is fake, it is a lie, it is a lie made up by those governments who know that they cannot wipe out all the 32nd, it has no chance of breaking through the high-dimensional space and pushing away This universe will only mess up the energy structure of our universe, leaving us all in ashes!"

Wolf was unmoved: "Well, even if it is true as you said, what can you do?"

"Of course it is to destroy the quantum dam!" said the man, "to prevent it from calculating the important node to destroy this universe. Then...then we should contact the 32nd people from all walks of life outside the island, and all unite to formulate an escape plan." Plan. I probably have all the plans in mind. Hackers use the 32nd to understand the defense systems of various countries, and then break through those systems in reality and launch missiles to attack major cities. Taking advantage of the chaos, we leave the earth in manned rockets and spaceships, hide Going to space, we only need to hide for a month or two, and we can go back after they all show radiation symptoms and lose their ability to move."

"and then?"

"Then we survived! Can't you see clearly? Only us surviving is the best choice. The gravitational pusher plan is false, at least it is uncertain, and they can't kill all the 32nd, only 32 It is an undoubted fact that the Japanese can not be affected by entropy difference radiation. Therefore, a large group of people cannot be allowed to go to the doctor in a hurry under the threat of annihilation. The truth is not in their hands, and the best result in the end will only harm They are all dead, and a large number of 32nd people will die, and then there will only be a few 32nd people left on the earth, then mankind will really be finished!"

Wolf looked at the man and smiled: "It's really touching. But look at their expressions."

He raised his head in a daze, and glanced at those 32nd people looking at him one by one. Some of these people were indifferent, some were sad, and some were panicked, but none of them showed approval, support, or willingness to follow. With an exception, he stood on the opposite side of himself, and his face suddenly turned pale.

Worf laughed and said, "Perhaps your analysis makes some sense, but none of them are cold-blooded machines that only analyze data. They have lovers who cannot be parted from. For those people, they are willing to die for fulfillment."

The man yelled angrily: "What about you? You are just a selfish, unprincipled, ungrounded mercenary who would sell your soul for money at any time. Would you sacrifice yourself for the so-called love?"

"Of course I have my reasons, but people like you won't understand." Worf went up to handcuff him to the fixed railing and ignored him, but looked longingly at the brightly lit experimental building , Waiting for good news from inside.

Perhaps because he noticed Yi Alan's gaze, Wolf turned his head and smiled at him.

Yi Alan thought for a while, then pulled Zhou Yan'an forward and asked, "Is that you?"

Wolf said: "Is there any point in pursuing these now?"

"No. But there doesn't seem to be anything meaningful to do right now."

Wolf laughed: "Okay. Then let me tell you, it was me. It was I who called you on the satellite phone, and I took the initiative to contact him through Yan Fei's daughter."

Yi Alan asked, "Why?"

"Why?" Worf asked himself, showing a sad smile, "Probably because that person said just now, I am a mercenary who will sell his soul for money, so no one will believe me."

Yi Alan was a little surprised at the connection between the two.

Worf said: "Do you know about the domestication plan? This is actually a military research with the core of a psychotropic drug. But originally, that drug was developed to treat mental illness, and it can effectively correct the mentally ill. Misconceptions about the world I know. But some shameless politicians have seen its other uses, the long-term injection of this drug combined with psychological hypnosis can treat mental illness, and it can also brainwash normal people.”

Yi Alan was surprised.

Worf said: "You are right. I am the one who was brainwashed. They absorbed me into the core because I was a 32-day person, relying on the military ability I developed during my mercenary period, but they were afraid that I would be brainwashed by others." The country of the country is easy to buy with money, or you are worried that I will take the initiative to sell secret information. So I began to domesticate me and let me be loyal to them. That is actually a terrible experience, it will not change you all at once, It seeps into your thoughts in such a gentle, slow, imperceptible way that you don't feel any discomfort or doubt that this is what you really think."

"But you look..."

"It doesn't look like I've been brainwashed?" Worf smiled, "That's right, I was indeed not brainwashed during the 32nd day. Only here can I clearly feel my truth, not being modified by others Yeah. Every time I get into the 32nd day, it feels like I'm coming out of a drunken state and am amazed at who I am in reality. It's kind of like, oh my god, why did I think that way in the first place? The scariest thing is, reality I clearly remember my feelings on the 32nd, but my thoughts will change involuntarily. I am unwilling to resist, and of course there are reasons why I can’t resist. But I am worried, worried that I will be brainwashed to the point of being out of control, and will fight for the sake of the so-called country. Suicide with honor, completely obliterating the existence of this waking me."

"You turn to Yan Fei to find a way out for yourself?"

"I can't call it a refuge, but I just give him a little help without affecting the overall situation. Look, even so, I don't want to completely betray the country. I don't even know if I did it to paralyze and appease the real me, or Even in the 32 days, part of me was brainwashed unknowingly."

"So leaving on the 32nd is what you most hope for."

"Yeah, I can finally get rid of that diseased brain. I am not for love or for all mankind, but for my freedom, the freedom of my soul."

They didn't speak for a while.

Zhou Yanan said: "If they know your experience, they will have a better understanding of the human brain and soul. It seems that the brain and soul are independent and connected. If the soul is closed, then the brain is loaded with closed strings. Container. The change of the brain mechanism may adjust the output of the closed string like adjusting the output power, thereby changing the thinking and thinking, so the soul resides on a normal brain, and the normal thinking will be restored. Drugs can only change the brain, but The soul cannot be changed. And the essence of a person is determined by the soul."

Worf was stunned: "You mean, maybe they just want to know whether I will react differently in reality and on the 32nd after injecting the drug? They...are using me as an experiment, not really trying to domesticate me .”

Zhou Yanan shook her head: "I don't know. And like you said, it doesn't make any sense."

Worf was silent for a long time, and the possibility that he didn't even have domestication value hit him hard.

Suddenly there was a cry of surprise in the building: "Successful! We succeeded! Quantum Dam found 42 key nodes, successfully simulated the gravitational pusher, and proved the feasibility!"

People cheered and clapped and shouted, venting their emotions frantically.

Worf looked up, the lights of the building gleamed in his eyes, and he laughed loudly: "Yeah! Everything in that universe doesn't make sense anymore!"

Yi Alan and Zhou Yan'an looked at each other, showing similar expressions in unison, a trace of perplexity and a trace of relief.

They left the noisy crowd hand in hand, and the tall coconut tree was only outlined by black lines under the dark blue night, like a two-dimensional silhouette, peaceful and eternal.

Coming to the lonely beach, the boundless starry sky is bright, and the dull sound of the waves crashing on the shore vaguely implies grandeur and vastness.It makes people feel that the roaring waves all the time are not meaningless, they are going to transport the stars from the side where the sky meets the sea, and send them to the feet of Yi Alan and Zhou Yanan.

Yi Alan took off her shoes, trying to step on the star fragments in the waves.

"It feels like as long as you keep going forward, you can walk into the universe along the sea." Yi Alan said.

"Then let's go and have a look." Zhou Yan'an said, taking off her coat, as if ready to swim.

"Now?" Yi Alan asked in surprise, but began to undress honestly with both hands.

"of course."

They jumped into the embrace of the ocean against the waves, and then kept swimming forward, forward, as if swimming in the Milky Way.

The universe is vast, but the same is true for the ocean. Yi Alan and Zhou Yanan finally swam to a reef and rested side by side on the washed smooth stones, feeling the sea water slapping their ankles one after another.

The sea pushed their feet together, their hands together.They hugged each other, kissed, abandoned the cosmic forceful kiss, until there was no distance between each other, a tight fit.

In Yi Alan's view, it is him and Zhou Yan'an who have never changed, and the world is constantly shaking, shaking, trying to shake down the stars.