Darkness is Coming

"last question."

  Yang Xiaoqian pondered for a moment, and was about to speak, but was interrupted by Liu Yuanzhou: "You have already asked the last question, your original words are 'the last question, why are you doing this? What is it for?'"

Yang Xiaoqian was stunned for a moment, then stretched out his hand and wiped it on his cheek, and said cheekily: "I regret it, I still have to ask... I'm asking you 100,000 questions today, why you have to answer, if you can't answer, I'll do it, um ?"

   He knew that he could not threaten Liu Yuanzhou, but Yang Xiaoqian's mental disorder made him happy.

   Liu Yuanzhou didn't speak, Yang Xiaoqian took it as his acquiescence and asked, "Why are you telling me these things?"

After calming down and thinking, Yang Xiaoqian suddenly realized that Liu Yuanzhou had no obligation or reason to tell him all of this. Now the gap between the two is like a chasm that cannot be crossed. Allies who use each other - at least Yang Xiaoqian can't see that there is any place in him that is worth using by Liu Yuanzhou. All the conditions that Liu Yuanzhou needs to achieve his goals have been met, and no help from the awakened person is needed.

   So why did you specially invite yourself to the Zero One base and put all these plans out of the tray? To convince yourself to order a withdrawal? This is unreasonable. Since the central government knows about it, it only takes a paper order from the head of Wen to make this war of swords and arrows disappear in an instant.

It is not as easy and happy as most people think to rise suddenly to the top when young , Always remind yourself to keep your eyes open, and pay attention to yourself while seeing others. Yang Xiaoqian is the latter, so he has always maintained a clear position on himself, and is very clear about the limits of his own authority.

In the defense of Nandu, the reason why Yang Xiaoqian was able to dispatch troops and lead local wars was because Director Wen believed that Yang Xiaoqian had rich experience in commanding superpowers, and he had the dual functions of the founder of the Far Rescue Society and the Council Whip of the Awakened. He has a special status, so he gave his approval despite all the opinions.

   Without the permission of the central government, it is absolutely impossible for Yang Xiaoqian to mobilize troops into other countries for special operations. Although Yang Xiaoqian has become a symbol of Yuanjiang gradually deified in Yuanjiang's war against corpses, Yang Xiaoqian himself has no intention to strengthen this symbol. The order of the former president of the Yuanjian Society and the order of the head of the state are more important. , at a glance.

Maybe a few awakened people and members of the Far Rescue Society will be willing to raise the flag of rebellion for Yang Xiaoqian, but most people will not choose to disobey the Lord (Harmony) order because of Yang Xiaoqian's willful actions. If the large army is withdrawn, it is impossible for Yang Xiaoqian to be crazy enough to insist. Let the "few" who are loyal to themselves go to die.

Therefore, if Liu Yuanzhou and Bai reach an agreement to withdraw the troops, only the central government needs to speak. Perhaps the central decision-making level did not reach an agreement on the issue of mutants, so there was a harsh and tough speech from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, but now there are zero Once it has come out, the research and development of artificial intelligence has been successful. As a national leader, he will only proceed from the overall situation, and will not substitute personal grievances and anger like Yang Xiaoqian.

   So, what is Liu Yuanzhou's purpose? Show off? Prove that you are not inactive? He's not that boring.

"Hey."

   "Huh?" Yang Xiaoqian subconsciously looked to both sides, it was pitch black, this sigh was indeed uttered by Liu Yuanzhou.

"This is Bai's condition." At this time, the cold voice began to have a human flavor, reminding Yang Xiaoqian of the smiling Liu Yuanzhou he saw last time he came to Zero One Base, "The reason why I agreed is because Zhongqian predicted that There are many limitations to the ability of the future, and my ability is based on calculus, and true omnipotence has never existed."

"What's the meaning?"

"For a simple example, you tell me a humorous story, and you only tell the setting at the beginning, and I have already calculated most of the possibilities. During the process of your storytelling, I will continue to revise all the deductions according to the direction of the story. And come to the most likely outcome so, before you finish the story, I've seen the various possible endings of the story, and the laughs that make people laugh don't evoke any emotion in me, but this story tells What comes out is ultimately up to you to decide. Do you understand?"

   This is really not a simple example, Yang Xiaoqian nodded thoughtfully: "Be more specific."

"In the deduction of the real world, I can deduce the possible results of an event, and influence the direction of the event through the action of other events. Quantitative changes cause qualitative changes. As long as the deduction ability is strong enough, I can make the illusion of omniscience. , but it's not. Now, I'm the one listening to the story, and Bai is the one telling the story, and he makes certain conditions that I should agree to."

   "Should, not have to?" Yang Xiaoqian grasped Liu Yuanzhou's words.

"Yes, I have deduced all the choices that Bai may make, and have different plans for different situations, so in the eyes of outsiders, everything is under my control from beginning to end, but in my opinion , the direction of events is a network of countless forks, of which only one leads to perfection. To take this route, you must agree to certain conditions of Bai. You must know that Bai is a crazy and cynical individual, not necessarily Will rewrite the ending at the last minute...I need this perfect ending. So, sorry."

"sorry?"

   "Well, sorry."

   "I'm sorry for what?"

   Liu Yuanzhou's sincere apology made Yang Xiaoqian pale.

   "Bai put forward this condition, to let you know about it, and to let you personally order the withdrawal of the troops."

   "What about his purpose?"

"He's going to die soon, but he doesn't want you to be relieved, so he's going to do it. He's going to make you remember him forever and let you know that all the hard work you put in is just a joke in his eyes and makes you feel Depressed, broken and decadent. If you survived this level with strength and continued to carry the burden, then let you bear the responsibilities that you should not bear, let you leave fire for the saints with your own hands, and let you suffer forever , can't escape. Fifty years later, a hundred years later, when you look back on the blood debt of the year, you will still regret everything you did."

   Yang Xiaoqian raised his hand to hold his drowsy head, and hummed softly, almost moaning: "Damn, where did I provoke him?"

   was originally a question that didn’t need an answer, but got an unexpected answer.

   "You shot him in the head."