Dawn walked to him.

They stood and sat, surrounded by the endless torrent of data, overlooking the city-state in the night.

The lights are bright at night, and the lawn lamps on the square are looming in the thick fog. The trucks are dragging dozens of long silver lines, like a wisp of misty hope.

Su Mingan stared at the lights of thousands of houses, and countless barrages flashed across his upper right corner.

"Doctor, I will open the final [Zero Dimension] and enter it with only your consciousness. After the ruined world is completely invaded by [Third Dimension], we may be able to lie dormant and wait for the opportunity to counterattack," the Dawn System said.

:

"Please rest assured that I will record 172 million pieces of human knowledge in the fields of literature, art, and scientific research in my program in the form of words and images. After a few years, we may still be able to fight back.

Chance."

"Now I need your authorization. As long as you nod to me and approve this plan, I will implement my mission and continue to do my best to protect human civilization."

...zero dimension.

Su Mingan had thought before that since there are three dimensions, two dimensions, and one dimension, then whether there is [zero dimension].

Now it seems that zero dimension really exists, and it is the last hiding space - it cannot even be called a "line of defense", because according to the Dawn System, except for him, the other billions of human beings cannot enter the zero dimension.

, they can only stay in one dimension and be destroyed by [other dimensions], which is equivalent to the death of mankind.

What's the point of such a race if only one person survives alone?

Su Mingan tried to contact his teammates, but found that the signal had been completely cut off. He called "Su Lin" several times, but received no response.

"So except for me, those billions of human beings have been abandoned?" Su Mingan said: "The 2,300 simulations of Caius Tower, the Klein bottles positioned in the laboratory, so many theories, and so on.

The tail snake, the Möbius strip, Schrödinger's cat...are all useless?"

He was not questioning that the more critical a race's survival is, the more necessary it is to be calm and rational. He was just confirming with the Dawn System whether there were other opportunities.

"Doctor." Dawn System said: "You should understand how small the probability of success is to one in a billion. We can't gamble."

"Although there is only one consciousness left in the human race, as long as you have unlimited lifespan, human beings have unlimited possibilities. The value of hundreds of millions of ordinary intelligent beings combined is not as valuable as yours alone.

"

His declaration was sharp and cruel.

"..." Su Mingan was still very calm: "Really?"

"Then to what extent do you think the salvation of the world can be considered successful?" Dawn System suddenly asked: "Is it the survival of an entire race? Or is it that most life is alive? Or is it successful if only an empty shell of the world is left? If a

Civilization can retain all knowledge and technology so far, so does it matter whether all humans survive in the current century?"

Su Mingan's pupils trembled when he was suddenly asked such a question.

"In other words, Doctor, if we can only save an empty world in the end, there will be no survivors in this world. But after a long time, the race called 'humanity' can be reborn, using the knowledge I have stored and

skills to restore the prosperity of the old century - do you think our 'salvation' is a successful continuation of civilization, or is it the destruction of past humanity?"

"And what do 'race' and 'civilization' mean? In your mind, is it the life of contemporary mankind, or the future of countless generations of mankind? If you can choose the latter instead of the former, why are you unwilling to agree to my conditions?

?”

"Or, in your heart, what you want to save is 'humanity in this world', not the 'future of the race'?"

Liming System's words were loud and clear, and his cold voice echoed in the room, piercing Su Ming's last line of defense.

Su Mingan said nothing.

After a moment, he said: "Everyone."

If you can't have both 'now' and 'future', then give up 'future' and keep 'now'. The best thing is that no one can rely on him anymore, and everyone can run towards the future.

Liming System laughed: "You are indeed very young. I didn't expect you to give such an innocent answer."

Su Ming'an's eyes wandered around the system bar, thinking about how to contact Noel and others.

"That's right." Liming System saw Su Mingan thinking and suddenly added: "If you are worried about reproduction, either bionic technology or compatriots who are the same as the Nine Seats can solve it."

"...Solve it?" Su Mingan didn't react for a moment.

"If you feel lonely in the zero dimension, I can recommend a partner for you. Whether it is physical fitness or dual quotient level, I think Miss Treya can meet this need. If you want someone else, I have it saved in my system

The character and image of Jiu Xi at night." Dawn System said.

Su Mingan: "..."

Su Mingan: "?"

Su Mingan didn't expect that Liming System's thinking would suddenly turn to this aspect.

"That's good, Su Ming'an, don't you like Bai..." Xiao Ai appeared again and was pressed down by Su Ming'an again.

At this time, he suddenly heard the system prompt:

"Ding dong!"

[te6·"Goodbye, my dear, don't be afraid in the dark" (marrying Treya) perfect clearance progress: 80%.]

…

...There really is such a plot line!

Su Ming'an realized it - it turned out that such a plot line had been buried at the beginning of the dungeon. He was wondering at the time what kind of weird plot required him to marry an NPC.

——He once thought it was just a nonsensical and funny plot line.

——But I didn’t expect that this was the last cry of a civilization.

Su Mingan got up and walked to the window.

The glistening white data slowly passed around him like an illusory flash.

Several lights in the distance were extinguished, as if the last warm afterglow was extinguished from the city.

From here, you can see the Constantine University in the inner city. A tall auditorium is silent in the black fog. Thousands of young students can be seen from the windows. They are thinking hard, typing on the keyboard, and seem to be imagining scientific research.

The future of the field.

There were dim yellow lights on in the houses on the street, and two gray-haired elderly couples were sitting by the window, their figures blurred. The warm light lengthened their hunched figures, and the rocking chairs confused the light and shadow by the window.

The truck kicked up dust and sped out. The heavily armed soldiers were standing behind each other, forming a long and slender galaxy. The faces were old and young, and they were all different.

The cold wind blew Su Mingan's black hair, and his pupils reflected the thousands of households in the thick fog, as if he was seeing a paradise falling in the mire.

"Dawn, what if I don't agree with your plan?"

Dawn System came to his side: "Doctor, when it comes to the crisis of the city-state's survival, I have the final decision-making authority."

"...Is that so?" Su Mingan said.

It turns out that the Dawn System is just going through the motions. Regardless of whether he agrees or not, the Dawn System will launch the final plan. Maybe the plan has already been launched.

At this time, Su Mingan suddenly remembered some secret discussions between Akto and him when they left Caiusta.

At this moment, a clue connected in his mind... He realized that this matter was not as simple as it seemed.

His attitude suddenly changed, and he turned to the Dawn System and said, "If I agree to your plan, what do you need me to do?"

"Just leave everything to me, you only need to be responsible for entering hibernation." Dawn System said: "If you need, you can make a broadcast before hibernation."

"The last broadcast to bid farewell to all mankind."

…

"Click-"

On the vast sandy land, dozens of helicopters dropped boron and sand.

This is an area with extremely high black fog concentration. There are three energy stations nearby. In order to repair these energy stations, a firewall must be erected in the center of the black fog.

This is an almost fatal mission, and many people will die quickly, their bodies already damaged beyond repair.

On the sand, corpses were lying one after another. There were several flag-like mechanical pillars planted around the corpses. The firewall was erected on them as coordinate points, like a long silver bridge.

"NPCs are different from us. If you die, you will die. Aren't you afraid?" Violet said to an old man who was wearing protective clothing.

This kind of mission was too dangerous, and even Violet felt there was no need to take the risk. So a group of players stood timidly on the edge, and no one dared to rush up and set up a firewall.

Only the NPC soldiers rushed out and gradually fell into the brilliant silver light, their bodies almost stacked up into a white hill.

The old man shook his head and smiled slowly: "I know, I am what you call an NPC, but what does it matter? I originally thought that selling some antiques in the sand would be enough for me to live a hasty life. But now I find that,

It turns out the world still needs old men like me."

"Do you want to carry this in? Let me hold it for you." Violet saw the old man carrying a heavy vermilion sniper rifle behind him.

"No need."

The gray-haired old man slowly turned his head, revealing a blind eye: "It reminds me of the war I experienced when I lost all my friends."

After speaking, he smiled slowly, the fine wrinkles wrinkled, and a child-like enthusiasm appeared on his face. The smile was almost exactly the same as the original Akto, like the reflection of countless human beings in ruined worlds.

Violet took back her hand and watched the old man walk into the thick black fog.

She put her palm on her heart and felt her beating heart. In the ruined world, she faced too many unyielding souls. Their unyielding bloodshed in the face of the war of civilization made her realize for the first time -

—Human beings can be so united and brave.
To be continued...