From Terra to Terra, the Star Emperor's Holiday

"...Si Ye, are these cameras always watching us?"

Although it was a sparsely populated county town, Shu always felt that the cameras around her were automatically turning and looking at them, making her feel uncomfortable.

"It's just this world's artificial intelligence. It can't capture anything anyway, so just ignore it."

Si Ye shook his head and pulled Shu towards him. Dark, twisted air currents rippled imperceptibly in the air.

MOSS in The Wandering Earth is undoubtedly an artificial intelligence loyal to humanity, although the specific reason for its appearance and the underlying logic are unclear.

But the only thing that is certain is that everything it does is to guide human survival and to solve the internal hidden dangers within humans in disguise.

At first, the spaceship faction and the earth faction had different opinions, which led to slow progress of the doomsday escape plan.

Judging from the technical reserves, the risk of the spacecraft plan is obviously higher, so MOSS planned the 204403 Space Elevator Crisis, destroyed the space elevator, dealt a heavy blow to the spacecraft faction in disguise, and gave the Earth faction the right to speak.

Then came the lunar crisis in 205807. Realizing that although humans had established a united government, each country still held weapons capable of mutually destroying each other: nuclear bombs, MOSS once again planned a lunar engine overload crisis, forcing humans to use all their nuclear bombs to destroy the moon in a phased array manner.

Many subsequent events were more or less related to MOSS, and the situation was roughly the same.

As this AI said: The best way to save humanity is to destroy humanity.

Only in the face of a devastating crisis can humans put aside their differences and hatreds and unite for survival.

It can be said that if there were no MOSS, the humans on Wandering Earth might not have such a high level of cohesion.

In order to avoid accidentally destroying MOSS and causing the coalition government to split again, and then having to clean up the mess, Si Ye did not use cyberpunk methods to take over the network, but instead arranged one or two levels of collapse paradigm around him.

The demonic power that distorts the laws of physics has one benefit, which is [image corruption]. Basically, unless observed with the naked eye, any indirect observation with artificial equipment will only show a blur and distortion.

It can be called a manual coding artifact, and it cannot be solved by any technical means. It can also be regarded as a disguised solution to the whereabouts problem.

Then Si Ye encountered a situation which was not a big problem, but very annoying.

As mentioned before, with the establishment of the United Government, various countries launched various doomsday plans to deal with the solar crisis, and people's quality of life declined and their livelihood was affected.

For China, the most direct impact is the gradual closure of various scenic spots. This is due to reduced consumption and to prevent terrorist attacks by the Digital Life faction rebels.

But if the resort is closed for sightseeing, will Si Ye and Shu Jin have to survive in the wilderness of the nature reserve? They can't camp in a spaceship hovering in the air.

"How about forgetting it? Or should we live in the city?"

Looking at Si Ye's somewhat angry and wooden expression, Shu Qiao smiled sweetly. She didn't know whether this journey was exciting or not, but it had been full of surprises so far, which was a different experience.

“…I’m spending money, I don’t believe they won’t open!”

When Si Ye said about spending money, he certainly didn’t mean throwing cash, but rather giving some help to the humans in this world in an appropriate amount.

Because they arrived too early, the current coalition government of the Little Ball does not quite meet the conditions for joining the Pan-Human Community, but Si Ye is still happy to give some not-too-excessive technologies and change some regrettable parts of the plot.

"Come here you."

The black mist dissipated, and the power of the collapse paradigm spread. Although he knew that Si Ye's attack would not hurt him, after suppressing the evil demon fragments in the wilderness for a thousand years and almost exhausted, Shu still subconsciously shrank his neck.

The Chinese field agent who was sent out to check the status of the cameras because of a mysterious video received from a mysterious source was directly caught by Si Ye at a distorted distance.

Si Ye smiled smugly, "Excuse me, would you mind contacting your superiors for me?"

...

"...No, I just want this resort to reopen...Why is it so difficult?"

Although Si Ye felt that he had made his intentions very clear, in exchange for a piece of old-fashioned ecosystem technology that could greatly increase the number of people the underground city of the Moving Mountain Project could accommodate, in exchange for Si Ye and Shu's service to play freely in China.

However, due to the rampant digital life terrorists, public officials in China were all on edge. The field agent who was inexplicably captured did not understand Si Ye's words at all and subconsciously pressed the emergency button on the communicator.

then…

Si Ye had to open up a large enough area to make the police, armed police, and even special armed forces who rushed to support them go around in circles in the distorted "distance" of the collapsed paradigm, and never reach the reality of their destination.

"I...I said I didn't mean it, do you believe me?"

This supposedly well-trained field agent seemed to sense that he had gotten himself into big trouble.

Not to mention Si Ye's special ability to make the weather gloomy, the dragon girl who was looking around behind Si Ye was enough to make him at a loss for words.

It goes without saying what the dragon means to the Chinese people, especially when Si Ye uses his skills of moving the stars and flying away. Even a staunch materialist fighter would have to wonder whether the Dragon King couldn't bear to see the Chinese people suffer and came out of the water to help.

"I believe it for now. Have you finished reporting the situation?"

The collapsed area under his feet expanded again, transferring more and more vehicles and personnel from the northern suburbs to the southern part of the city. After all, Si Ye had no interest in being treated like a rare animal.

"Right away, right away. Your news has been reported. Mr. Zhou has already rushed back on a special plane, but this will take time. Otherwise, you can put away your magical powers and we will help you and your companions find accommodation."

Upon learning that his colleagues who came to support him were teleported directly to the south of the city, the field agent became even more cautious.

"Xu, what do you think?"

Si Ye looked at Shu beside him and asked for her opinion.

"Well... in that case, let's go back... up there and stay for the night. Don't you still need to place the beacon?"

Shu followed Si Ye with the intention of taking things as they come, but since Si Ye gave her the choice, she had to think about it for a while and give an answer.

Because of the annoying precedent of Si Sui Tai on the Terra continent, Shu actually doesn't like dealing with these political institutions or state agencies.

Shu guessed that Si Ye would most likely go to space to place a beacon, so spending some time on the shuttle was also an acceptable option.

"Oh, we do need to place beacons,"

Si Ye turned his head to look at the field agent beside him.

"It just so happens that I have something else to do, so let's stay here tomorrow."

"You...wait..."

Without waiting for the field agent to speak, Si Ye, as if he had some mischievous idea, aroused the characteristics of the Sui Beast, and he and Shu transformed into dragon shadows, quickly soaring into the sky.

The field agent muttered to himself as he watched the two black and white dragon shadows disappear into the sky (actually, they turned on invisibility and got back into the shuttle).

"It really is the Dragon King and the Dragon Girl..."

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Chapter 261 Both sides

"…Lord Dragon? Comrade Xu Qiang, do you understand what you are talking about?"

Zhou Zhezhi hurried back to China, but it was already late at night. Si Ye's collapse paradigm really confused the Chinese government, so the respected old man had no choice but to attend the meeting overnight.

Xu Qiang, the agent who was captured by Si Ye through a distorted distance some time ago, was now reporting to a group of bigwigs the big mess he had made today.

"There's action camera footage. It seems that... the Dragon King left it there specifically to convince us. After all, whether it's the various street cameras or the dashcams in the cars, the footage of those two only produces a lot of noise and mosaics. Even a quantum computer can't analyze and restore their original appearance."

A clear video was released.

Shu's vivid dragon tail, Si Ye's method of making a large number of vehicles and personnel disappear with a wave of his hand, and when the last two people left, the dragon shadow disappeared in the sky like a special effect in the movie, which made the bigwigs in the conference room scratch their heads.

"...Looks like the Dragon King is really bringing his family out for some fun?"

Zhou Zhezhi saw that the atmosphere in the meeting room was strange, so he spoke half-jokingly to ease the mood.

"Let's not discuss the specifics of the other party for now. Didn't they propose a... deal? Please repeat it again, young comrade."

"Yes! These two... it seems their original target was the natural park near XX County, but the surrounding resorts were closed due to temporary safety regulations, so they captured me and wanted me to contact my superiors. In exchange for a set of ecosystem technology, we will help reopen service facilities at various domestic attractions..."

how to say.

If the previous video only made the Chinese bosses scratch their heads, then Si Ye’s current offer would leave them completely baffled.

"Ecosystem technology...are they really sure we need this technology?"

Putting aside those puzzling questions such as why the Dragon King has science and technology in his hands, Zhou Zhe went straight to the core of the problem.

"This is data from a 500-series quantum computer. If the Mountain Moving Project succeeds, this is the estimated maximum number of people needed to build an underground city beneath the planetary engine..."

Zhou Zhezhi saw the estimate report on the maximum number of people that could be sheltered in the Mountain Moving Plan.

35 billion to 40 billion

Compared with the spacecraft, this is a huge number that far exceeds its maximum carrying capacity, but compared with the current global population of more than 70 billion, this is a number that is too cruel.

"half…"

Zhou Zhezhi's tone was a little heavy. If it was impossible to accommodate everyone, then how to decide who lived and who died was an extremely heavy and difficult topic for the coalition government and for individuals.

"So the other party knew we couldn't save everyone and came to help us?"

"…If their technology can double the dungeon's capacity, no! Even if it can only accommodate an additional 1 million people, we should trade with them."

Although it was called a deal, Si Ye’s conditions were not really conditions.

Closing various scenic spots and concentrating the population in cities is only to better deal with the secondary disasters brought about by the solar crisis and the terrorist attacks of the digital life faction.

The government still has the ability to quickly restore China to its normal state at any time. Restarting scenic spots and their service facilities is a small matter, and it would be an overkill to say that it is a piece of cake.

If just a small thing like this can allow the underground city to accommodate more people, then China and even the United Government can only be said to have made a huge profit from this deal.

"Then talk to him. No matter if he's the real Dragon King, an alien, or just some guy pretending to be a ghost, the truth will be revealed after a conversation."

...

"Professor Ding."

After completing the minimum workload, Zhang Beihai dragged his slightly tired body to the small library that the Empire used to help them pass the time.

At this time, Ding Yi was sitting at the table with a large amount of draft paper and open books in front of him. He was scratching his head and was obviously struggling with a difficult problem.

Hearing Zhang Beihai's voice, Ding Yi, who was about to pull his hair out, sighed deeply and raised his head.

"Beihai, are you here to read a book too?"

"Yes... I want to know some news about the Star Sea Empire."

Zhang Beihai looked at Ding Yi, who looked a little haggard, and subconsciously asked:

"Professor Ding, is library work very tiring?"

“…No, I got myself into this state.”

Ding Yi looked at himself through the smooth mirror decorations on the wall and shook his head. He had been warned several times in the past two days by the medical robot in charge of this area, otherwise he would have become even more crazy.

“What did you read in the book?”

Ding Yi's current demeanor is similar to those scientists in the old era who gave up treatment and committed suicide because the sophon locked the scientific system. Thinking that Ding Yi is also a scientist from the old era who has been dormant until now, Zhang Beihai is a little afraid that he will follow the same old path.