Chapter 597: Interlude

"...Self-logical closed loop! Cannot anchor, cannot recognize, cannot penetrate!"

In a wild area far from the Shelter Town in the Land of Redemption, there is a research institute, or rather, the Gaia human research elites who have awakened have built more than ten research institutes of different types in the Land of Redemption, and this research institute is the one with the strictest security system among all research institutes, and its research direction is also the most dangerous.

Research targeting the root!

As early as before the rescue operation of Chu Minghao, whether it was Gao Zhanggong, Wang Yihui, or Xu Ruonan, they all felt that Su Xing’s positioning of himself was unclear and he was not familiar with his own authority, which was not a good thing.

But Su Xing clearly stated that he was just a *Pifu*, neither a political creature, nor interested in these politics, power, and status matters. Including entering the Warhammer dream world this time, he still didn't go to understand these, and he didn't know how terrifying power he had as one of the three giants of humanity.

Whether such a research institute exists and what it studies is actually an insignificant part of Su Xing’s many power ranges.

At this moment, Chu Minghao stood in the lobby of the research institute with a livid face, looking at the various information data displayed on the screen in the lobby, and his whole body seemed to be dissipating some kind of low pressure.

"Continue!"

After watching for a long time, Chu Minghao said loudly: "Perform high-dimensional topological data analysis. There is no perfect logical closed loop in this world. Even if there is only a little loophole, analyze it for me, hurry, hurry, hurry!"

Everyone in the research institute responded loudly, each anxious with red faces. Hundreds of research personnel of various types, cooperating with the electronic system, began to perform calculations and analysis on some kind of higher mathematics.

"Tsk tsk tsk, it is indeed the human unified government that holds the most resources. Even if only a few million people have awakened, they can gather such a luxurious research team, unlike me, searching the dream world for dormant pods that have fallen into the dream world and highly addicted personnel of the Human Reform League, tired to death, and only having a few people under my command..." A voice sounded behind Chu Minghao.

Chu Minghao didn't look back, just said: "I don't have time to talk to you here. Time has passed for one hour and 27 minutes. According to the dream world time flow rate, the maximum flow rate difference of the 0.5 dream world is 15 to 1, which means that side may have been fighting for a day..."

Liang Min walked out from behind Chu Minghao and also looked at the big screen. He shook his head and said: "From the depth color difference displayed above, the dream world has fallen to the 0.4 level, and the maximum time flow rate can reach 35 to 40 to 1. It is possible that the battle has already ended."

Chu Minghao glared at Liang Min fiercely and said: "Are you here to find fault? It is still in a self-logical closed loop, which proves that the battle is still going on!"

Liang Min scratched his nostrils and said: "It can also be considered that the battle has ended, and the root is trying to analyze the super-brain, right?"

Chu Minghao reached out and pulled Liang Min’s collar, dragging him to walk outside the research institute, saying as he walked: "Come, come, come, let’s go out and talk about whether it ended or not."

Liang Min looked helpless, patted Chu Minghao’s hand away and said: "Can’t you stand the truth? Then say something more exciting, how about you launch a big purge?"

Chu Minghao’s face sank, and he said nothing.

The color map on the screen was still changing, but Chu Minghao and Liang Min were true top students. Using the super-brain to learn, the efficiency was unimaginable to ordinary people. Both of them had more than a dozen doctoral degrees in various fields. In terms of research ability, the two of them were equal to the sum of all the people in this entire research institute. However, they had their own tasks and positioning, and they didn't have time to do research.

After watching for a few seconds, Liang Min said: "Main control computer, perform information layer isolation on the central lobby."

"...Command confirmed, information layer isolation has been opened."

"Main control computer, reveal the information blurring effect of the screen."

"...Warning! Once the information blurring effect is revealed, it will..."

"Control command, *****... reveal."

With a string of 50-digit numbers and letters combined information read by Liang Min, the big screen in front of the two gradually changed from pure color, and a blurred ellipse appeared in the eyes of the two.

At the same time, the area where Chu Minghao and Liang Min stood changed slightly. This change was very slight. If a normal person were here, they would only feel inexplicably cold. If a person with high spiritual perception were here, they could vaguely hear some sounds or see shadows flashing by.

However, Chu Minghao and Liang Min ignored it, just looking at the ellipse.

"Tsk tsk tsk... Main brain, eliminate secondary virtualization, open real picture..." Liang Min tsked at the ellipse for a long time, and finally couldn't help but speak.

Chu Minghao immediately said: "Main brain, reject the request made by Liang Min, maintain the secondary virtualization picture."

"...Judging... Judgment completed, maintain secondary virtualization picture."

The main brain’s voice rang out, and the picture in front of the two did not change at all. Liang Min was immediately dissatisfied and said: "I said you have had enough. Even if the secondary virtualization picture is revealed, both of us are here, are we still afraid of the pollution and erosion of this mere 0.3 dream world? If He dares to come, it is a good thing. If He can project more power in front of us, then Su Xing will have much less pressure on that side. Don't you understand this truth?"

Chu Minghao said in a low roar with an ugly face: "But this is the Land of Redemption. Once He is attracted, the coordinates of the Land of Redemption have a great possibility of being exposed. Do you know what this means? We are not afraid, but what about the people living here? What about the more people who will wake up in the future? Even if only a trace of pollution remains, this is a terrifying nightmare for ordinary people!"

"...Then fuck it all!"

Liang Min’s face also sank. He stared at Chu Minghao and said: "I hate your big picture the most. You really can't distinguish between big and small kings. The fourth war was, the battle for the Land of Redemption was, and until now you are still like this... I will just say it bluntly: you, me, Su Xing, the three of us are the big picture! Without us, the human civilization is just meat on the tables of those monsters!"

Chu Minghao remained silent. Liang Min’s voice became more intense: "Not to mention the real monsters in the dream world, those who haven't surrendered, even the 13th Singularity Company that has already surrendered, the other four leaders of the Human Reform League and the forces they control, and even the families, factions, and forces within the human unified government... Without the three of us, everyone is just their resources! Or do you think they will give up their own interests for the sake of human civilization and for the sake of more people? Don't joke, you know, these vested interests are..."

"But I care!"

Chu Minghao roared in a low voice: "I don't care about these vested interests, nor the monsters. I don't care how they think.

"Right, you care, Wu Pifu cares, it’s just me who doesn't give a damn..."

Liang Min said with a sense of dejection.

After a few seconds, Liang Min asked with murderous intent: "So, have you found out who it was? Why would that reckless brute suddenly rush into the 0.5 Dream World on his own, and even take away the contained psychic civilization along with him?"

Chu Minghao shook his head, but he still said: "It’s nothing more than the same routine they used back then to deal with Xu Wanfang—that ordinary people are sacrifices, that their sacrifice is necessary... I can imagine exactly what rhetoric they used to manipulate Wu Pifu, and his personality model just happens to care about this the most, because it goes against his principles."

Liang Min chuckled, the murderous intent in his voice erupting nakedly: "So, who exactly was it?"

Chu Minghao shook his head again and said: "I don't know. I used emotional perception to probe everyone who could possibly be involved, but none of them had any issues. This includes Gao Zhanggong and others close to him, Xu Ruonan and others with whom he has conflicts of interest, the other presidential candidates who are his rivals, or the other eleven family factions. I even checked the company personnel who defected to us; everyone is clean."

Liang Min pondered silently for a few seconds before saying: "It’s also unlikely that it was an accidental slip of the tongue. Although this is a total war, aside from you, me, and him—the three of us being the main force—the others are indeed providing the accumulated anchoring information for the Main Brain. However, this matter itself is also highly beneficial to the Main Brain, which will issue related missions, and all participants will receive a large amount of points. So, this matter can be framed positively as a good thing, or negatively as us using the lives of ordinary people to pile up a victory, treating them as sacrifices. Therefore, if it were just an accidental slip of the tongue, it’s unlikely it would have caused Wu Pifu to act so decisively."

Both of them fell silent, as they had both simultaneously thought of a possibility, yet for a moment, neither could quite believe it.

At this moment, the oval shape in the image began to squirm, starting to transform into a perfect circle. The speed of the change was not fast, but both of them noticed it immediately.

"...The Source is awakening," Chu Minghao murmured.

Liang Min clenched both his fists and said in a low voice: "It all depends on whether he can hold on. The infinite cycle of the Source, its self-contained loop, leads to self-isolation at the information level, allowing it to transform from meme-contamination into anti-meme self-sealing when necessary. In this state, unless one was already within the range of the Source beforehand, the outside world cannot interfere in the slightest. Now... it all depends entirely on him!"

The two fell silent again. After a long while, Chu Minghao said: "Mi has awakened."

"Right, Mi has awakened... one of the four remaining leaders of the Human Revolutionary Alliance, and the one who has clashed with our Super Brain the most. He has actually awakened."

The two fell silent once more. This time, until the image before them changed, neither of them spoke another word to each other.

(End of this chapter)