Chapter 1260: Virus and Program

Bang! \"

The crisp "annihilation sound".

Almost the instant Chu An's words fell, a suddenly erupting mental force shattered the alloy ground beneath Lin An's feet.

A place that could withstand artillery bombardment, under Lin An's dazed, leaking mental power, became as fragile as white paper.

Suppressing the shock in his heart, Lin An's expression changed repeatedly, looking at Chu An with some disbelief.

The alien species were released by Chu An!?

What is the purpose? What is he doing!? Who exactly is Chu An!? Why!?

In an instant, hundreds of questions surged from his heart.

Even though Lin An's mind had nearly solidified, with hardly anything able to sway his emotions, at this moment an indescribable complex emotion instantly flooded his heart.

As a reborn one, no one knows better than Lin An what the alien species signify!

That is, after the apocalypse, a disaster second only to mutants!

Alien species and mutants, like two giant scythes, mercilessly harvested the lives of all survivors worldwide; even the dreadful catastrophes and the three major events are insignificant before these two foes!

The former will actively hunt humans, while the latter will not!

Chu An's words are tantamount to proclaiming himself as explosive as the Doomsday System!

"Your mental power has recovered well."

"A new skill—you haven't really used it yet, have you?"

Ignoring the mental shock exploding from beside him, Chu An gave a careless smile. Facing Lin An's barely contained emotions, he chatted as if oblivious to what his words implied.

"What exactly do you want to say... why admit it now?"

His voice was hoarse.

Lin An strained to suppress his emotions and asked in a low voice.

The previously leaking mental power silently retracted into his body.

The news was like a heavy bomb.

Chu An admitted he was the culprit who released the alien species; he must have his reasons. Otherwise, if he kept it secret, no one would know. Or perhaps, in the upcoming alien species war, someone might 'expose' Chu An—this man fears exposure, so he preemptively explains?

Or perhaps he wants to tell me more about the alien species? But knowing means contact, which would likewise reveal part of the truth.

As if sensing Lin An's myriad doubts and repressed emotions, Chu An gave a slight nod, pondered for a moment, then slowly spoke:

"I know this news hits you too hard."

"From a certain perspective, I even deserve death ten thousand times..."

He slowly extended his hands, and while speaking, Chu An looked at his own hands, as if they were covered in blood.

"Lin An, this story isn't long; I hope you have the patience to listen to the end..."

He raised his head; Chu Colonel's eyes flickered, calmly locking gazes with Lin An until Lin An slowly nodded.

"The story begins seventeen years ago."

"I once told you that I serve in the military as the head of the Hu An Project on one hand, and on the other hand I research supernatural phenomena—that is, Section Seven."

"But the chronological order is not like that."

"The Hu An Project originated from a supernatural incident I encountered."

"To be precise, I first researched the supernatural incident, then launched the Hu An Project."

Under the azure core light, Chu An spoke slowly, like an old man recalling memories, his voice tinged with faint nostalgia.

"Have you heard of the 'Yellow Millet Dream,' Lin An?"

He raised his head; seeing Lin An nod silently while leaning on the console, Chu Colonel continued speaking.

The "Yellow Millet Dream" incident occurred at a location outside the suburbs of Handan City.

Those who enter fall into sleep almost instantly, experiencing a "life" roughly every ten seconds. Upon waking, the victims plunge into extreme terror and a dazed state, then re-enter the "dream life" within a few seconds.

Depending on individual constitution, some can endure about ten cycles, others about thirteen.

Without exception, within about three minutes, humans who fall into the dream state die rapidly.

According to autopsy reports, the deceased usually die from bodily function senescence, loss of central nervous system control, and cessation of breathing.

Interestingly, in genetic testing, the deceased's telomere division count also reaches its limit.

Listening to Chu An suddenly bring up a past unrelated to alien species, Lin An's eyes flickered, realizing this was related to the Hu An Project.

Accustomed to Chu An always linking everything together in his speech, Lin An did not interrupt.

He knew that Chu An's saying this must have his reasons, likely to aid understanding.

Yellow Millet Dream... gene division... Hu An... Long An...

Frowning, Lin An probably also realized the relationship among the four.

Just...

Supernatural incidents before the apocalypse?

Lin An, here I want to introduce a concept.

That is, the supernatural event we previously studied—what is its other characteristic?

Putting his glasses back on, Chu An continued speaking at a leisurely pace, unconcerned about how disjointed his account was.

I have been pondering what the essence of the three major special events is.

As we discovered earlier, the attack mode of a supernatural incident is essentially a rule, while its entity is a distorted concept endowed with extreme thinking (resentment).

Just as launching a camera app makes it take photos, launching a game program starts a match; launching a supernatural incident causes it to kill people!

The rule determines what effect it has after activation, and the presence or absence of resentment determines whether it will kill people!

Supernatural incidents before the apocalypse existed, but were rare.

After the apocalypse, they are numerous.

Then, apart from the system deliberately creating it, why do the three major events appear more frequently after the Apocalypse?

I think the reason is simple: it's energy (electricity, spiritual energy).

As his words fell, Chu An's gaze swept past him and landed on the azure light sphere:

You can view everything in the world as a "computer program". When there is enough energy, or when there is energy capable of activating the 'program', the otherwise static program will start moving.

Every program has intrinsic programming, which is none other than the rules.

Of course, it's also possible that we are viruses and the three major events are antivirus programs. As I mentioned before, some special events are tools the system uses to cleanse us.

But even if we are viruses, viruses also have their own program, namely.. Rule Fragments.

The difference is that our rules are very weak, even only a single fragment.

Viruses are weaker than programs; if we want to become stronger...

So based on this line of thought, can we use programs to complete our own rules? Or rather, imitate, absorb... occupy...

Just like a virus invading a program, we can gradually infect a powerful program, even to the point of disguising ourselves as it, or interfering with it..

Then the problem arises.

We are the weakest viruses; wanting to invade a program, self-complete into a program, absorb its characteristics—how should we do it?

Every program has a "firewall", or is protected by a firewall; one careless move and we die.

With only one chance, it's highly likely to fail.

And when facing a fully activated program, we will also fail.

Therefore.

After a brief pause, Chu An's voice halted, as if giving Lin An time to think.

A few seconds later, Lin An's heart skipped a beat; he seemed to understand what Chu An wanted to say.

A dream of yellow millet, Hua An, Faction: Long An..

The three...

They actually form a unity!