Author: Binary Sword Fairy

A voice that was extremely familiar but couldn't be distinguished for a moment sounded not far in front of him.

"Tommy, long time no see."

who is it?

Thomas Gilbert focused all his energy on that voice.

The voice was a little annoyed.

"Now is not the time. I wanted to contact you as late as possible, but the current situation does not allow it. Some people have already begun to flee here out of fear. We must catch up with them."

While Thomas Gilbert was trying hard to distinguish, he suddenly realized the identity of this person. Then his consciousness became numb and he was so shocked that he could not speak.

"Tommy! Are you listening? It's a matter of life and death! This time is different from every time before!" The man's voice was angry.

Thomas Gilbert calmed down due to the scolding, but his mind was still blank.

"Why did you see me in the eyes of old Hassan's parrot, why is it me, and why do I exist? These are not important.

What matters is the future, Tommy. I said, this time is different from every time before. This time the [Apocalypse] will be the complete annihilation of the old world. You, me, and those who have existed in countless previous times.

Thomas Gilbert of all generations, we will all face the [Apocalypse] - this time the [Apocalypse] is the real doomsday!"

Thomas Gilbert ignored this "bluffing" and asked:

"Why did I meet you here."

The man did not hesitate when he heard this question and replied:

"You asked me the same question last time, and I will answer you the same way as last time:

The reason why you can see me is because I want to find you - I, who is hidden in a deeper world, can connect myself to your [vision] like a piece of code, so you see me."

Thomas Gilbert's spirit was undergoing an earthquake.

"What I've experienced...has happened before?!"

The man replied:

"It's not exactly the same - your experience is an [optimized version] of everything I've experienced - your experience is richer, more logical, and has more things that are beyond logic and reasonable, and there are many variables.

Allowed accidents.”

"Similarly, your own existence is also my [optimized version] - you have a higher IQ than me, and are more in line with the behavioral habits and physiological characteristics of [Thomas Gilbert]. You have richer

Emotions and mental variables that are more in line with [Thomas Gilbert]'s own - the 14 billion neurons in your body, the nerve impulses generated by their mutual arrangement and combination are more complex than mine and more in line with their own

There is logic.”

Thomas Gilbert said:

"I...am I a program?"

The other party said firmly:

"No, you are real and I am real. Everything we have experienced is our life."

Thomas Gilbert's eyes hardened at these words:

"what do I do?"

The man answered him:

"The last time you asked me this, I said that I wanted you to inherit Father Hassan's inheritance, and then take this inheritance to the Starlink colony to avoid the disaster that covered the continental shelf.

You did it, and we all lost. Seven days later, the flood covered the whole world. An octopus with countless tentacles appeared under the sea. Thousands of stars where the Starlink colony is located were pulled into the sea by the octopus, so

The world is destroyed.

So, this time, the remaining species who had survived before came up with another method - they built a ship - a packaged program - they attempted to use this program to get out of the storage area

, go to a place like [the unallocated area of ​​the hard disk], where it will not be affected by the [Apocalypse] - they want to avoid the doomsday in this way."

Thomas Gilbert had no idea how bad his tone had become:

"Then what I want to get is the opportunity to get on the ship."

The man said to him:

"Yes, but not entirely. They have not succeeded before, which means they are likely to fail again. The cost of failure is something we cannot bear, but we have no way to avoid failure now."

Thomas Gilbert had no idea about these things, and he was caught off guard by everything the man described - he didn't expect such things to happen at all, because these things happened so suddenly without any warning.

.

"Listen, Tommy, we don't need to be too discouraged and depressed. Although we don't know how to survive, at least we are safe now and have a way to escape the first stage [Apocalypse]-to go to Starlink

Colony! The further away from this planet, the better!”

"I'll contact you again, Tommy, when I find a way out."

Seeing that the other party was about to leave, Thomas Gilbert asked:

"What happens next?"

The man replied:

"Disaster! All kinds of disasters without warning! Humanity will destroy itself in the disaster!"

"Now, escape, Tommy, buy a ship ticket, or find a way to join the Starlink pioneer team, or join the army - no matter what, escape to Starlink!"

Thomas Gilbert wanted to ask anything else, but suddenly he felt something was wrong.

He stared blankly at the parrot in front of him, unable to remember what had just happened.

He suddenly raised his head and looked around, and found that this was clearly Hassan's father's yard, and the parrot in front of him still looked dull. The next moment, the parrot suddenly opened its mouth and made a woman's voice.

"Who are you and where is Hassan."

Thomas Gilbert realized in an instant that someone was speaking to him through a parrot, and this person was probably some kind of "back-up man" of Old Hassan... someone from the Big Data Processing Center of the Logistics Center! It was also very possible that he was

Someone related to old Hassan’s patron!

"I am Thomas Gilbert. Father Hassan just had a conflict with a senior guard in the prison. After killing the guard, he was shot to death by other guards."

As he spoke, he was wondering, couldn't the [All-Seeing Eye] see everyone's videos? If this person was from the big data processing center, how could he not see the situation of Father Hassan?

Perhaps although this person is from the big data processing center, he does not have enough authority, so he cannot see the real-time status of Hassan's father?

Or maybe... it's because [The All-Seeing Eye] just filmed it but hasn't uploaded it yet, so this person doesn't know the fact that old Hassan is dead yet?

Thomas Gilbert is distraught. He has not yet figured out what his other self - the one who survived the previous generation said was the end of the world. Now he has to face a completely unknown suspected "big data processing center staff"

"As the contact person, all he can do is to close his mind and focus on the voice in front of him to ensure that he can at least get the immediate benefits.

After he told the news of Father Hassan's death, the parrot was silent for a while. When it spoke again, there was unconcealed fear and very obvious panic in the woman's voice:

"Hassan's data has been encrypted and no one can see it now... I will encrypt your data, but there is no guarantee that it will not be seen by others..."

"I am in danger, you need to get me out... There are some problems in the big data center. I am trapped here. Some engineers are locked out and do not know whether to live or die. I closed the door, but the oxygen will soon be insufficient.

The typhoon has interfered with the electromagnetic waves and we cannot contact the outside. Please come and save me!"

At the end of the sentence, the woman's voice inevitably became panicked.

Thomas Gilbert didn't get anything valuable from what she said, but he learned one thing from her panicked tone - he might have missed it!

"No problem at all, ma'am."

He said in a firm voice:

"Hassan and I share the same love as father and son, and it is my duty to save his friends!"

Since he is a person in the big data center, his identity itself has great value. If he can be rescued, it will be easier to "cooperate" in the future.

After learning the woman's location in Area Y from the parrot, Thomas Gilbert agreed and decided to arrive as soon as possible.

After testing the parrot and confirming that the woman had left, Thomas Gilbert dialed Chen Yan's phone number after a short hesitation.

Listening to Chen Yan's tired voice on the phone, he adjusted his tone to "sorry" and then said:

"Boss, I want to ask you a favor."

If he had enough ability, Thomas Gilbert would like to monopolize the results obtained today, but judging from the current situation, his ability is not enough to fully obtain the benefits.

If Chen Yan could be added - and most importantly, the big guy wearing curtains next to Chen Yan, things would definitely go much smoother.

At this moment, Chen Yan, who was sitting in the office with a headache, listened to Thomas Gilbert's story and agreed without much thought.

"No problem, let's do it now. It's not too late for this kind of thing."

Chen Yan replied, and at the same time thought to himself that it was a pity that Swam was on the ship and could not come, otherwise the trip would have been foolproof.

After hanging up the phone from Thomas Gilbert, Chen Yan, who had just had an in-depth exchange with Professor Lowe on the Internet, sat there in a daze. He was thinking about so many things in his head that he even ignored the sound that resounded throughout the entire room.

The muffled thunder of a mechanical hive.

Feeling the pain in his stomach due to hunger, Chen Yan took out the gun and bullets from his desk drawer and put them on his waist. He left the office in confusion and walked along the street for a few minutes before finding his home in the next block.

A restaurant that makes rice rolls.

At this time, the heavy rain was raging, and the mechanical hive seemed to be crumbling. Most of the restaurants were closed, and even the ones that were open didn't have a single customer. Chen Yan smelled the strong smell of sea in the air, and his head was sobered by the smoke.
To be continued...