Chapter 162's plot is triggered, and the entire universe sparkles for you!
Chapter 162: Plot Triggered, The Entire Universe Will Flicker for You!
[Holy crap! The conversation between Divine River and Wang Miao gave me the chills!]
[The Archer, the Farmer and the turkeys, and the death countdown... could it be that anyone who sees the countdown is locked and killed by a high-dimensional being?]
[My scalp is tingling! It's absolutely tingling!]
[The common sense that low-dimensional beings are used to is just a random act by high-dimensional beings. This... this is too ridiculous!]
[If someone had proposed these two hypotheses before I encountered the "war era," I would have argued with them using my keyboard all day, but after encountering the "war era"...]
[You found out that high civilizations really exist, so you're panicking?]
[Yes...]
[If you really act all high and mighty in the "war era," you might get stepped on like an ant by a high civilization at any moment.]
[Seeing this, we can also determine what the players have to face in the "Three-Body World" dungeon.]
[The Strategist is the turkey, and the target is the Farmer. What a clever metaphor.]
[Speaking of which, what kind of organization is the Science Frontier? By contacting them, can we reach the high-dimensional beings the Strategists have to deal with?]
[It should be like that.]
[Even if we can't know everything, we can at least know roughly what kind of thing we're facing. That way, the Strategists won't be running around like headless chickens.]
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While the audience was discussing fervently,
Wang Miao's narration continued.
"The purpose of the Science Frontier is actually to open up a new way of thinking."
"That group of people is trying to use scientific methods to find the limitations of science!"
"Then, use it to determine if there is a bottom line to science's understanding of nature in terms of depth and precision—a bottom line that science cannot enter!"
Hearing this,
Divine River was already completely certain that the Science Frontier was related to what they were trying to conquer!
Lowering his eyes, he said to Wang Miao on the other end of the phone, "Dr. Wang Miao, let's contact the people from the Science Frontier. Only by contacting them can we know everything."
"I happen to have that intention." Wang Miao nodded in agreement and continued, "In that case, let's head out and meet up to go see Shen Yufei."
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Soon, Divine River and Wang Miao teamed up and found Shen Yufei.
After the two told Shen Yufei everything about the death countdown, they received this response:
"Wang Miao, stop the project you are researching."
"Divine River, stop what you are exploring."
Divine River's eyes darkened slightly. As expected... this woman from the Science Frontier knew something.
Meanwhile, Wang Miao appeared very surprised.
He was very puzzled: "What does the nanomaterials project I'm researching have to do with the death countdown?"
Shen Yufei did not provide an answer to this.
No matter what kind of answer Divine River and Wang Miao wanted, this woman only ever said one thing: "Stop it. Stop it and see."
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With no results from their pursuit, Divine River and Wang Miao had no choice but to bid farewell to Shen Yufei and leave.
However—
Just as Divine River stepped out of the room, a system bullet message from Skynet suddenly appeared before him.
No!
It didn't just appear before him; all players who had entered the Three-Body World to conquer it saw this bullet message!
[System Prompt: Player No. 11 of the Shenhe Civilization has reached a new plot point—Choice!]
[Choose whether to continue exploring content related to the Three-Body World?]
[By continuing the exploration, you will receive 500 Strategy Points, and Player No. 11 of the Shenhe Civilization will receive double rewards!]
[If you refuse to explore, the system will default to a failed strategy.]
"Is there even a choice?"
After a quick glance at the bullet message panel, Divine River looked away.
He didn't know the significance of the system specifically creating such an option panel. After all, players who had advanced this far would not choose to quit at this time.
The focus of this bullet message's appearance...
Must be to tell all players who entered the Three-Body World that he had reached a new plot point.
Divine River and Wang Miao soon parted ways.
Because he chose to continue exploring, the death countdown still flickered in Divine River's eyes.
Moreover,
It was even more obvious than before.
Originally, the death countdown only appeared in photographs, but now, it appeared in every corner of Divine River's vision!
Wherever Divine River looked, the death countdown appeared!
It was very bright and piercing!
However, the appearance of the death countdown did not frighten Divine River.
Because he knew very well that the high-dimensional beings with designs on the Blue Star Civilization could not immediately act against this planet; they were subject to some special restrictions!
Otherwise...
How could high-dimensional beings perform the little trick of locking down physics on Blue Star?
Even if they were only one level higher than the Blue Star Civilization, their invasion would be instantaneous.
Knowing this,
Divine River naturally wouldn't be as uneasy as Wang Miao or the other players.
He slept very comfortably and woke up at dawn.
"Ring, ring, ring—Ring, ring, ring—"
Just like yesterday morning, it was the noisy ringing of the phone that woke Divine River up.
He picked up the phone and unlocked it to see. It was Wang Miao again.
"Dr. Wang Miao."
Divine River answered the phone, his tone slightly helpless.
Wang Miao on the other end did not notice Divine River's slight abnormality and told Divine River everything that happened after they parted with Shen Yufei:
"Dr. Divine River, after parting with you last night, the death countdown in my eyes became clearer!"
"It's no longer limited to photos; it has appeared in the center of my actual vision!"
"Then I went to the Nano Research Institute, intending to try what Shen Yufei said. As a result, the moment I stopped the nano-experiment, the death countdown disappeared!"
Hearing this, Divine River was even more certain that Shen Yufei had a connection with them!
After all...
Someone who could command the death countdown to appear and disappear could not be that simple!
"And then?" Divine River asked.
Wang Miao said, "Then I felt very uncomfortable, so I called Shen Yufei. I asked her why the countdown would disappear if I stopped the nanomaterials project!"
"I asked her what exactly was behind them!"
"I asked her what her purpose really was!"
"I asked her if nanomaterials were worth those things' attention!"
At this point, Wang Miao's emotions were somewhat excited; even through a phone screen, Divine River knew he couldn't stay calm.
"Shen Yufei's reply to me was that whether it's worth attention is not for her to judge."
"I was very angry!"
"So I scolded Shen Yufei. I said that these insignificant little magic tricks of theirs could never stop the progress of science, and that I would restart the nanomaterials project in three days!"
At this point, Wang Miao paused for a moment.
Then,
In a steady tone completely different from before, he said, "Shen Yufei told me that when I restart the nano-experiment, which is three days from now, the entire universe will flicker for me."
"No, it will flicker for us."