Three-stream detection simulator

What is more exaggerated than people think is that the confrontation between Hercules and Argos lasted for nearly 40 years, and they only gained freedom in a broad sense in the past ten years. Not only was the previous period so long that there was no hope, but Argos had the upper hand most of the time. He controls the core resources and power of the planet. It is extremely difficult to defeat him or even make him treat him differently.

There was nothing special about the approach taken by Hercule.

In a word, if you can't beat it, join it. As long as you show enough utilization value and irreplaceability, profit-oriented people like Argos will not suddenly decide to kill you in a daze.

**

"I'd love to prepare a grand welcome ceremony for you."

On the first night when Hercule's existence was discovered, Argos did not return to the company headquarters. He looks to be in his thirties, with rare white hair and a simple ancient Greek tunic. From the back, he looks like an old man. You can only understand it from his pacing back and forth. Feel the surging sense of power. The bionics technology at this time was already very advanced. His facial muscles were twitching when he spoke, showing the owner's uncontrollable excitement.

"Unfortunately now is not the time. You know very little about our world. I've noticed you've been putting on some interesting disguises these days, which means you're self-aware, right? Can you hear what I'm saying to you? ? Not having ears shouldn't be a problem, your 'body' retains the organ of Corti, and the hair cells inside it convert the fluid fluctuations in the nutrient compartment into nerve signals, and finally transmit them to your hearing center. Photoreceptor cells are even more developed than ordinary humans, and theoretically we can communicate, but despite this——"

He paused and said, "I don't expect you to understand me. You just do what you have to do."

Theoretically, there was no need for him to come here.

The political landscape of the earth, especially the United States, is being reorganized. Argos has too much work to do. Even if his body does not need to rest, he has to accommodate other humans in the process. Every minute wasted in front of Hercule was extremely valuable in the face of the approaching doomsday. However, Argos could not escape the temptation of achieving his wish. He stayed in this small church for a while, and was abnormal. He talked a lot.

He wasn't expecting a response.

As soon as he finished speaking, the nutrition warehouse in front of him suddenly began to vibrate. Some electrical swings caused by cellular activity trigger fluctuations in a liquid that is extremely sensitive to brain waves, which in turn moves the vessel's shell and base. It feeds back high-frequency ultrasonic waves, which are captured by Argos's ear canal receiver and translated into electrical signals, which become a conversation that people can understand:

"I can help you, if you don't mind."

"..." Argos's expression changed slightly.

A grammatically complex, logical, and polite written passage followed: "Understanding is based on mutual communication. I noticed that you own this church and are troubled by difficult dilemmas. Maybe you I don’t believe in God, but I am more honest than the Lord’s shepherds at this time. In that case, why don’t you try to describe your appeal to me?”

Argos was unmoved, but said mockingly: "Do you think being able to speak will make you appear wiser? If the first thing you do after you are born is to communicate with others impatiently, I will think you are defiled. The only organ you have now."

"And you are afraid to speak, which shows that you know nothing about the route in front of you. I can understand everything about you with just one glance. Your roughness and cruelty have led to your shallowness. You could have persuaded people to devote themselves to To commit yourself to a great cause, or to prove to them that you hold the truth, you should love a creed, and then use that creed to create fanaticism.”

The voice said slowly,

"But you didn't. At least in front of me, you were full of doubts and would rather keep your mouth shut to avoid making mistakes with your tongue. Christopher Columbus was an adventurer like you... Fortunately, no matter which direction he went, he could always return. On the way back, because the route on the earth is a circle, but for you, it is just the opposite. Your future is dark, twisted, unchangeable, and there is no return, so that every hypothetical route is almost a fantasy. "

Argos said coldly: "So what?"

"I was about to say that this is your good fortune: I am a visionary with only a brain, unfettered by any reality. Even so, you are saying that the conversation we are having is abstract and has no meaning. ”

"..."

Argos thought for a long time.

His eyes fell on the cross that was thrown into the corner, and he asked in a calmer and more sarcastic tone: "That's very good, do you want to be a priest?"

“I could improvise as a priest, but I would never be him.”

"Then what are you?"

"..."

The brain hesitated for a moment.

"Maybe a player."

He replied.

**

This conversation was later relayed to Morgan by Hercule during their second meeting. At this time, another whole year had passed, and the two had never contacted each other. On the one hand, Hercule couldn't get away, and on the other hand, the female scientist who left the small Danish town had a new career and had to be busy preparing for it.

Whether it is helping Hercule break away from Apocalypse Corporation or saving the world is not that simple, so the second meeting between the two people should not have been so early, mainly because something small but special happened a few days ago. :

Argos brought an old man who lived in the golden age to the true form of Hercule.

Still in the chapel.

The old man covered his eyes with red velvet cloth and walked in shakily. Argos supported her and said in a particularly gentle tone: "Be careful, madam, this way."

"Lord... Lord..." the old man murmured as he walked, "So you really exist... Please eliminate poverty, war, greed, and hatred in the world... Lord, I know that I call you this." I can't go to heaven. If I don't go to heaven, let me go back to my childhood, that golden and happy era... that era when everything was warm, peaceful and peaceful..."

"We haven't gotten there yet," Argus whispered. "You have to come forward so that the gods can hear you clearly."

They walked to the front of the altar.

Argos raised his head, looked directly at Hercule who was hidden in the crimson liquid, and ordered the old man: "It's time, speak up."

At this time, the old man made an unexpected move - she suddenly knelt down in front of the altar, and there were two more wet marks on the blindfolded cloth. Argos showed a shocked expression, and a few seconds later, he knelt down on one knee.

"Lord!!"

Hoarse, tearful wails suddenly sounded in the dilapidated chapel. The old man's skinny fingers gripped the ground tightly, "This world is over. I know it clearly: there are dead people and devils everywhere." I have lived for more than eighty years. At first, they said that life would get better after defeating the aliens. I managed to save my life from the demons, but in the end, the country became worse. They also said that after the mutants were exterminated, the world would be better. To become peaceful, I read the newspaper every day and waited for the day when all the mutants would die. As a result, the war did not decrease, but became more. They also said that technology would change this society. I only saw the number of people left behind by society getting worse. More and more, I am one of them. People are like wild beasts, full of ignorance and cruelty. Have you seen these terrible darkness and hellish scenes?"

"..."

Argos frowned and reminded her: "Say what you want."

"I want to go back, I want to go back to the past..." the old man burst into tears. "Today's young people will never understand what kind of place we lived seventy years ago, with sunshine, sea, crowded cities, and superheroes in the sky. Flying around...I always dream that when I was a child, I once fell asleep on Superman's shoulder..."

Argos continued to guide her: "Tell us about Superman."

"I don't want to say, I, I actually don't care about superheroes." The old man said dreamily, "They are all very good people, and my mother likes them very much, but I, but I... Lord, I want to go back Meeting my mother..."

She sobbed and curled up exhausted on the dusty carpet and fell asleep.

Argos still knelt on one knee, turned to look at her for a while, and said to Hercule: "Her memory is yours now."

**

Morgan disguised himself and hurried into the church - a nearby fast food restaurant. People who eat fast food in this era are at the absolute bottom of society, so the surrounding environment is quite poor. When Morgan walked in, he saw a mouse lying in the corner of the room. She ignored it and strode to an electronic ordering screen, pretending to pick out food while actually typing in the text box:

"What does he want to do?!"

Soon, Hercule's reply came from Morgan's earphone: "Obviously, Argos has not given up on his idea of ​​reshaping the golden age. At the same time, he believes that this will also be good for strengthening my abilities."

Morgan was a little confused: "What ability?"

"The term 'player' used when talking to Argos was not made up by me."

Hercule explained calmly, "Argos can see through those overly dramatic lies, but neither he nor you can imagine how a brain looks at the world - are you real or me?" Reality simulated through consciousness? When I form another me in the conscious world, I have two lives, one of which is immortal and the other will exist forever. Then when I understand myself more deeply, when When I fully understand my true self, I in the world of consciousness will generate a new world of consciousness, and this process will continue endlessly, just like a Russian matryoshka doll..."

"At that time, I will be the world, and the world will be me. Who can tell me which fixed universe I live in?"

Morgan suddenly shuddered when he heard Hercule's gloomy tone.

She said: "No. Human beings have not been able to thoroughly analyze themselves from a physical and psychological perspective, and you are no exception."