Chapter 51

Chapter 51

A week later, "World Geography" broadcast the first episode of the Extreme Exploration Project.

Following Luo Ran's figure, countless people passed through the screen and truly felt the shocking and magnificent celestial phenomena for the first time.

Hail, heavy rain, black sandstorms that covered the sky and the ground, and bright lightning flashes that penetrated the thick clouds.

Luo Ran would occasionally drive the repaired off-road vehicle, but as long as safety allowed, he would switch to a fiery red all-terrain motorcycle with adequate protection.

The high-definition aerial photography drone cannot catch up with Luo Ran. If the weather is too harsh and extreme, Luo Ran will switch to a handheld pan-tilt camera as before.

From his perspective, he could see the blades of grass hiding in the gaps between rocks in the wind and sand, and the swifts flying under the lightning.The raging storm swallowed up the entire world, and tore a hole in the sky, reflecting the golden sunlight.

S.t has been quiet for three years, but is still the top storm chaser, even more top than before.

His use of the camera is more mature and calm than before, but his enthusiasm and vitality have not diminished at all.

Even though most of the most dangerous and thrilling detections were completed by him personally, Luo Ran was still the least injured and in danger among the entire detection team. He seemed to be taking extra care to protect his body.

After this episode was aired, countless screenshots flooded the Internet in an instant.Many photography exhibitions and auction houses are trying to purchase high-definition original films, but neither the editorial department of World Geography nor S.t himself has released the original film authorization this time.

In the interview in the film, S.t got off the motorcycle and lost the heart-stirring calmness and enthusiasm when chasing the storm, and the audience finally realized how young he was.

Young Luo Ran faced the camera, with a slight blush behind his ears.

He said seriously and word for word that the original film this time was a gift.

When he said this, his expression was extremely solemn, as if he was trying his best to see someone.

…

"Host, host."

The system floated in front of the light screen, carefully packed and put away the high-definition original film sent by Luo Ran, and asked Yu Tang in a low voice: "Are we really not going to say goodbye to Xiao Hongka before leaving?"

"Okay, what's the point of saying goodbye?" Yu Tang stretched his waist, "I'm afraid I'll lose consciousness if he cries."

The system flashed a small red light. After hesitating for a while, it pulled out the little duck from the Luo family's bathtub and floated it over, placing it squarely on top of Yu Tang's head.

Yu Tang couldn't hold it back and let out a laugh.

He didn't take off the plastic little yellow duck toy, closed his eyes, leaned back, and pulled the blanket over him.

According to the plan, Yu Tang originally planned to leave the book three days ago.

Wen Er was awake and trapped in the most desperate nightmare, which was far more difficult for him than the shattering of bones and ashes.

Three days ago, Wen Er was handed over to the Ministry of Security because he was mentally disturbed and "extremely dangerous" and was supervised by the Special Investigation Division. He completely completed the last task of "bringing the protagonists together".

After Pu Ying signed the document, Yu Tang received a notification that all the ending tasks of the book were completed and settlement was allowed.

Although there is no news about the remaining two books yet, in the first book, he has lived with the kind dolphins on the island for half a year.

Yu Tang was not at ease and always wanted to see if there were any little dolphins of unknown origin on the island.

…But W&P’s work tasks suddenly became onerous.

In the last book, Yu Tang accepted the position of W&P Marketing Director.The company allowed employees to work remotely, and he successfully completed the first quarter of work, assisted W&P in successfully completing a new round of brand promotion, and has received quite generous remuneration and bonuses.

According to the new quarterly plan given by W&P, the old chairman will gradually retreat behind the scenes and the new family heir will take charge of the company.

When replacing the old with the new, the top priority is to ensure that there are no mistakes in the company's transition. In order to ensure smoothness, the original expansion progress may even be appropriately scaled back.

It stands to reason that a marketing position like this, which is mainly responsible for promotion, should be temporarily idle and can take a few months of leave.

If the corporate culture is enterprising enough, the company will be handed over quickly and everyone will be vigorous and resolute, the vacation may be reduced to half a month to a month.

It should be at least a week.

At least he shouldn't be given a promotion or raise at this time.

Yu Tang was forced to work overtime for three days. When faced with the appointment letter from the senior director, he still felt a little complicated: "The reason for my promotion is that the son of the original heir is in prison, and the next generation of family heirs are unwilling to give up their jobs and hobbies., I don’t want to go home and inherit the family property.”

System: "...Yes."

Yu Tang: "The old chairman has grown stronger as he has grown older. He has returned to his job and decided to launch a public welfare project focused on helping people find people."

System: "Yes..."

Yu Tang had long wanted to ask: "Is it true that the consortium that the Wen family and the Pu family take turns to run is not called W&P?"

system:"……"

Between different books, even in the same world view, Chuan Bookstore will strictly ensure that the protagonists will not meet each other and will not disrupt the established plot.

The system was originally very firm and had repeatedly assured Yu Tang that such unprofessional problems would never occur.

System was so worried that he didn't sleep for three days. He went through all the relevant plots and information secretly behind the host's back, but he couldn't find the name of this large consortium in the second book.

"Even if...there is a certain possibility."

The system's mechanical sound is somewhat lacking in confidence: "The host can rest assured."

System: "We are professionally trained. Even if the settings of the two consortiums overlap in the world view, the protagonists will not meet."

Yu Tang asked: "Will it happen that Sui Si and Ke Ming held a wedding at a hotel affiliated with W&P after he was released from prison in order to pay off his debts? It happened that Wen You completely lost his mind and escaped from prison. In order to arrest him, Pu Ying rode Luo Ran's little red motorcycle.Did you chase him to the hotel rooftop?"

The system went back and asked, and received a firm assurance from the headquarters: "No."

Yu Tang took out a signature pen and opened the senior director's new appointment letter.

The system floated next to him, flashing a small red light, and he hesitated: "What if..."

Yu Tang raised his head while holding the little yellow duck.

system:"……"

System: "No!"

Yu Tang nodded, took off the cap of his pen, and signed his name on the appointment letter.

When he wrote the word "Yutang", his pen paused. For no reason, he remembered what Zhuang Yu asked him again.

The system whispered: "Host?"

"It's okay." Yu Tang said, "I was wondering who Zhan Zhan was..."

System: "...Zhan Shi is here, host."

Yu Tang: "..."

Yu Tang closed the appointment letter and dug out a Supreme Deluxe Large Rainbow Lollipop from the system's small warehouse.

He really didn't remember this person.

The time when Yu Tang met Zhuang Yu in the electronic storm may not have been that long in this world's timeline, but for him, it was indeed too long.

At the core of the eye of the storm, there is no flow of time for any existence other than him.

He has entered the core area of electronic storms too many times. At first, he still remembered why he went in and how long he had been there. Later, he gradually got used to it and could no longer recall it.

The system landed on his shoulders: "Host, you live in Electronic Storm, how did you join Chuan Bookstore?"

Yu Tang thought for a while: "I was sleeping in the eye of the storm, and a flyer from the bookstore floated in and covered my face."

system:"……?"

"What's wrong?" Yu Tang looked at it, "It's not just people who can fall into electronic storms."

In fact, other living and non-living things fall into electronic storms much more often than people do.

In the early years, Yu Tang would inspect storms, mainly to rescue birds that flew in unexpectedly and pet cats that fell in after the birds.

The system couldn't hold it back and imagined a host standing in the aurora, throwing people out with one hand and birds with the other.

"..." Yu Tang raised his hand, wiped off the stick figures on the light screen, and continued: "I saw the flyer, so I followed the contact information and handed in the registration form and registration fee..."

"Yes." Yu Tang suddenly paused and slapped his forehead, "I forgot something."

The system was listening intently and was stunned: "What?"

Yu Tang turned on the computer: "Among the subordinates in Zhuangyu, I should also recommend them to Chuan Bookstore."

For people swallowed by the electronic storm, not everyone can reintegrate into life in the original world after going out.

Especially those who have strayed too far and strayed into the heart of the storm.

These people cannot come out on their own and will continue to wander in that timeless dimension until they are found by Yu Tang.

They have been lost for too long, and have completely lost their memory and self. They will become two people with no connection with the past, leaving only a blank name that cannot be connected to any past.

Yu Tang also had a pile of flyers that he passed through the bookstore, and before throwing these people out, he would slip one in there.

"I remember that several of them wrote to me after joining Chuan Bookstore."

Yu Tang went back to the mailbox: "One of them should have joined the Almighty Butler Assistant Department and is currently doing tasks. His surname is Nie..."

Yu Tang: "..."

system:"……"

"System." Yu Tang asked, "Is it possible that there will be another villager on the rooftop who has found the Sui family all the way to find his comrades and wants to meet the professional manager they hired?"

The system didn't dare to imagine that scene. After thinking about it for a long time, the system carefully suggested: "We can buy the rooftop and exchange it..."

Yu Tang bit his lollipop and opened the employee backstage of Chuan Bookstore. He took precautions and applied for a work-related injury insurance for himself.

After applying for insurance, Yu Tang did not leave the book immediately.

He borrowed the system of the Ministry of Security and searched the world for the name Zhan Shilin, but failed to gain anything.

Yu Tang never contacted Luo Ran and Pu Ying again, nor did he go back to see Luo's father and Luo's mother.

Yu Tang read the compressed package of the high-definition original film that Luo Ran sent him one by one. It also contained private goods and secretly added a letter.

Yu Tang thought about it for several days, but still didn't open the letter. He just made a 1:1 highly simulated little red card with his own hands, and asked the system to quietly place it on Luo Ran's bed while Luo Ran was sleeping.head.

Two days later, the system received a warning about the plot line fluctuations of the first book.

…

When Yu Tang saw the red unread reminder, he was a little worried for a while: "Is there finally a little dolphin of unknown origin?"

system:"?"

"It's okay...this is not a setting that will appear in this world."

Yu Tang took the task card: "What's the change?"

The system helped him project the new plot onto the light screen.

This is the book that Yu Tang has been responsible for the longest.

From the time he became a full-time employee until now, the timeline in the book has passed five years.

His name is Shi Ji in this book. He was nineteen years old when the plot began. Five years later, he is still nineteen years old now.

Shi Ji is a "bionic man".

This was originally a joint research project between the military and the Ministry of Science. For unknown reasons, five years ago, the project was urgently and severely terminated, and all research materials were even destroyed.

Shi Ji is one of the last batch of bionic humans, and he is also the most successful one.

Except that his age will not change, almost no one can tell the difference between Shi Ji and ordinary people.A year ago, Shi Ji was admitted to the military academy directly under the alliance. In just half a year, he became the best observer among the freshmen.

In the Alliance Military Academy, in the interstellar system built with mechas as the core, students are divided into two categories, one is observers and the other is operators.

The operator is responsible for controlling mecha combat. As the most critical combat force, he plays a decisive role on the battlefield.

The task of observing the hand is much more detailed and complicated than that of the operator.

The observers do not have their own combat mechas. They drive "wingmen" who are responsible for carrying supplies and weapons and recharging the main mecha in emergencies.

In the event of an emergency, the observer must use all means to ensure the safety of the main armor first.

On the battlefield, the observer must keep abreast of the battlefield situation at all times, be alert to all possible dangers at any time, and mark targets and reference objects for the main armor in a timely manner, so that the operator can control the mecha to fight without distractions.

This "hunting-annihilation" combination is the most mature combat mode currently explored by the alliance.Compared with the operator driving the mecha alone, if it is paired with a good enough observer, the combat effectiveness can be increased by three to five times.

In the military academy, a top observer will become the object of competition for countless people.

But Shi Ji did not accept any invitation to form a team.

He trained alone for a year, and when the freshmen enrolled in the second year, he directly registered and became the first registered observer among the freshmen.

The system stood next to Yu Tang and reminded him in a low voice: "This first-place freshman is the protagonist, named Sheng Yi, Shanda Sheng, from the first book..."

Yu Tang: "...I remember."

The system flashed a small red light.

Yu Tang: "..."

Yu Tang stuffed a piece of bubble gum into the system and turned off the system's speakers.

It's not like he can't remember every name.

After all, there was such a large registration form on the light screen, and from beginning to end, there was only one name beside Shi Ji.

Shi Ji is Sheng Yi's half-brother and also Sheng Yi's guardian until he turns eighteen.

The research on androids was urgently stopped by the military, and only one experimental subject still alive in the sleep chamber.After testing, except for the lack of pain sensing and negative emotions, this experimental subject was no different from humans.

At that time, the debate over whether to destroy the experimental subjects caused an uproar among the top brass of the military and even the entire alliance.

Sheng Yi's father was the person in charge of the seizure of the laboratory at that time. At his insistence, Shi Ji was not destroyed and was brought home by him.

At first, Shi Ji behaved like all nineteen-year-old boys.

He has a gentle and lazy personality and doesn't like to talk much, but he loves to laugh and will secretly do some harmless pranks to tease boys of the same age who point at their noses and call him "monster."

Sheng's mother passed away a long time ago. Sheng's father and Sheng Yi were almost carved out of the same mold. They were only interested in fighting and mechas. Including Shi Ji, there were only three people in the family.

Shi Ji lived with two fighting madmen, one old and one young. He read books and learned to cook. He went out to work and saved money to buy a violin.

When he had nothing to do, he would sit on the roof and use the violin to figure out the tunes he had heard little by little. Then he would go down when the time was almost up and cook for the family.

Shi Ji lived leisurely in the Sheng family.

...Until one day, Shi Ji saw his "wingman" for the first time.

Soon, Shi Ji showed extraordinary and terrifying talent in combat.

After studying it for a month, he was able to complete all difficult flying maneuvers with his wingman.

Those operational instincts seemed to be imprinted in his body. He could easily judge the battlefield environment, dynamically judge the parameters, report to the main armor, and at the same time cover the actions of the main armor with firepower.

Because there is no pain or negative emotions, he will not be disturbed by pain and tension in battle, and can always remain absolutely calm. At the same time, he has adaptability and judgment capabilities that intelligent AI does not have.

It was only then that the military finally realized that the original research on bionic humans might have been successful.

Shi Ji began to receive training from Sheng's father, and three months later, he became Sheng's father's observer.

During that time, the galaxy where the Alliance was located happened to be on the migration route of the Zerg, and there were countless battles.

With Shi Ji's cooperation, no matter how dangerous the situation was, Sheng's father was always able to successfully complete the mission and return to the ground safely.

Until the last mission.

The main armor crashed into the insect wave, and only the scarred wingman and Shi Ji came back.

"In the most extreme case, the wingman must sacrifice for the main armor. This was originally the observer's task, but Shi Ji failed to complete it."

The system marked the key plot points: "From here on, Sheng Yi starts targeting Shi Ji."

Yu Tang took this part of the story by himself. He knew it well and nodded.

The system said: "Sheng Yi always wanted to find out what happened that day. He didn't believe what Shi Ji said. He just encountered a danger that they couldn't handle."

"Sheng Yi is the protagonist of this book. He is more talented than his father and will become the best mecha operator in the league."

System: "But he is not yet an adult and cannot escape Shi Ji's control."

"He desperately wanted to get into the Military Academy and get rid of Shi Ji, but he didn't expect that Shi Ji actually got in a year earlier than him."

"He didn't expect that Shi Ji would register as his observer and form a team with him."

"He hates Shi Ji so much."

System: "He didn't believe Shi Ji's words and felt that Shi Ji must have done something secretly to make him lose his father..."

"I still remember this part," Yu Tang said, "but I don't understand how in this plot I was put in a sack by a group of masked men, dragged onto a slave ship, floated across streams and oceans, and met meOf the kind-hearted dolphin who was destined to do so?”

system:"……"

The system tried its best to correct its serious attitude: "While the host was in charge of several other books, Sheng Yi met an observer who was a natural match for him in the military academy."

Operator and spotter hands work best once they are perfectly matched.

The main story line of this book actually starts from here.

The observer is Ye Hanfeng, the protagonist of this book.

Both of them are the pride of heaven, one is more arrogant than the other. They have formed a rift due to accident since they entered school. From tit-for-tat to sympathy, they finally collided and developed a tacit understanding and feelings that surpassed everyone.

From the perspective of the original work, Sheng Yi had to endure strong disgust and resistance after entering school, and was forced to cooperate with Shi Ji in combat training.

Although Shi Ji was powerful, he and Sheng Yi could not get along, and their strength was severely limited. Moreover, Shi Ji's reputation as the "number one observer" caused countless troubles for Sheng Yi.

Sheng Yi was very annoyed by these things. Among the classmates who happened to hang out with him, there were a few who had ulterior motives and promised to find someone for him to give Shi Ji a lesson.

Sheng Yi was young and nodded in agreement without much thought.

Yu Tang: "...Is it that simple?"

"It's that simple." The system said, "He asked Shi Ji not to conflict with his classmates."

"The observer cannot resist the operator's orders."

The system explained: "In the original plot, Shi Ji had a leg destroyed because of this 'prank' and had to stay in the hospital for half a year."

Yu Tang understood this time, briefly read the subsequent plot, and nodded.

When he was in charge of this book, he could only follow the instructions and could not check the complete plot behind it.

Now it seems that the character in this book is a tool man and an early golden finger.

When Shi Ji was around, no matter how poorly Sheng Yi and him got along, Shi Ji would always be caring and tolerant.

Shi Ji's strength is too strong and can make up for Sheng Yi's coordination problems. Sheng Yi's results are still outstanding and he can overpower Ye Hanfeng, who has not yet grown up.

But Sheng Yi broke off the golden finger on his own under the instigation of others.

Without Shi Ji, Sheng Yi's shortcomings in cooperation were suddenly exposed, and the proud man plummeted, losing to Ye Hanfeng several times in a row.

Next, for a long period of time, Sheng Yi will be trapped in a trough, and even be hit to the point of collapse.

——But soon, something will happen that will make him even more depressed.

After recovering and being discharged from the hospital, Shi Ji's abilities began to decline.

When flying his wingman, Shi Ji made more and more mistakes, and he no longer had the sharp reaction speed and operational awareness he had before.

Shi Ji became Sheng Yi's observer, but it failed to improve Sheng Yi's performance.

What irritated Sheng Yi's nerves even more was that Shi Ji not only felt no pain, but also had no negative emotions.

The failure of the battle and the decline in strength will not trigger any emotional changes at all for Shi Ji.

Shi Ji still cooks and plays the violin every day.He was still as gentle and optimistic as the brilliant genius before. He didn't know how to worry, lazily humming a few unknown songs, holding a diary and writing and drawing.

Sheng Yi was stimulated by this gap and had several hysterical attacks.

Shi Ji was startled by him, but he just waited in a good-tempered way until Sheng Yi got tired, got him a Coke, and asked Sheng Yi if he wanted some ice.

Sheng Yi took the initiative to dissolve the team with Shi Ji.

This was the only thing Shi Ji didn't agree to. Shi Ji handed him the ice coke, touched his head and asked him to wait a little longer.

Sheng Yi was almost driven crazy by Shi Ji.

He began to torture Shi Ji in different ways, and his words became more and more cold and unpleasant.

During practice, he ignored Shi Ji's leg injury and repeatedly asked Shi Ji to increase the weight like him.

When performing the mission, he deliberately took the mecha to the most dangerous place and watched with cold eyes as Shi Ji's wingman staggered and rolled in the insect tide.

He said to himself that Shi Ji deserved all this.

It was Shi Ji who insisted on being bound to him, and it was Shi Ji's own strength that became weaker and weaker, dragging him down, just like before.

Just like before, it was Shi Ji who killed his father.

In one setback after another, the gap between him and Ye Hanfeng widened, and his temper became more and more sensitive and extreme.On more than one occasion, Sheng Yi said something indiscriminately during the quarrel, saying that Shi Ji was just a loser now and asked Shi Ji to pay for his father's life.

But Shi Ji was still cooking his food, playing his violin, humming unknown tunes and writing and drawing in his notebook.

Until a fierce battle that far exceeded expectations.

Everyone was caught in a bitter battle. The insect wave completely exceeded the predicted scale. Amidst the unimaginable tragic casualties, these students who had not yet matured in combat experience almost completely became the food of the insect wave.

The host who was partnered with Ye Hanfeng was so frightened that he abandoned his wingman and ran away without a trace.

Sheng Yi desperately went to save Ye Hanfeng. He contacted Shi Ji for cover, but felt ridiculous - that's how Shi Ji abandoned his father in that tragic encounter and came back with endless shame.

Shi Ji hesitated for the first time. He asked Sheng Yi when he needed to start covering.

Shi Ji told him on the call channel that my consciousness is assimilating with this wingman, but not too fast, I can only take my time.

Shi Ji said to him, give me another half hour, only half an hour.

Shi Ji said, in half an hour, you will have a perfect wingman. I will no longer have these talents. I want to go back to playing the violin, and there is still a piece of music that I have not finished practicing.

Sheng Yi scoffed.

This was not the first time Shi Ji had said this to him, and even explained to him that this was his father's wish.

How could such an outrageous thing happen?

Sheng Yi was too lazy to listen to Shi Ji's nonsense anymore. He issued an order to cover immediately, forcibly terminated the contact, and changed the communicator to Ye Hanfeng's channel.

Sheng Yi finally got rid of Shi Ji.

He piloted the mecha alone, and it was no worse than ordinary group combat.When encountering the Zerg, he performed better than expected, narrowly avoiding several fatal crises and successfully saving Ye Hanfeng.

Sheng Yi felt relaxed.

He doesn't need any bullshit wingman.

He used his own mecha to protect Ye Hanfeng's wingman, and the two of them escaped from the insect wave safely.

He jumped off the mecha and wanted to check on Ye Hanfeng's condition, but found that Shi Ji's wingman was also slowly falling down.

Sheng Yi was so annoyed that he wanted to scold Young Master Shi Ji for causing trouble, but was held down by Ye Hanfeng.

Ye Hanfeng realized something was wrong, pulled him over and opened the wingman.

The driver's seat of Shi Ji's wingman was specially made, and there were strange electrodes in the helmet.

Shi Ji was sitting in the driver's seat. He seemed to be asleep. Sheng Yi held his shoulders and shook him hard, and his body fell down quietly.

Shi Ji's diary fell down, with strange dates marked on it, and they were crossed out day by day. Today is the last day.

It contains Father Sheng's instructions.

There was no secret about Sheng's father's sacrifice, let alone a conspiracy from Shi Ji.

Sheng's father is a pure fighting maniac. To him, victory in battle is more important than anything else - he brought Shi Ji home and specially let Shi Ji interact with his wingman, just to turn Shi Ji into the best weapon.

During those three months of training, Shi Ji was admitted to the hospital many times. Each time, he fell into coma due to exhaustion due to underestimating his own fatigue and high-intensity training.

Father Sheng began to be dissatisfied with Shi Ji's physical fitness. He wanted to integrate Shi Ji's conscious reflection into the intelligent AI system.

He wants to turn Shi Ji into a fighting machine.

In that battle, they encountered the largest insect wave in history, and it was impossible for the main armor to survive.Father Sheng asked Shi Ji to go back in order to leave this best weapon to his son.

This is also a technology of the Ministry of Science that has been banned by the alliance - forcibly integrating human consciousness with intelligent AI to give AI stronger response capabilities and adaptability.

No one who was deprived of consciousness in this way could survive.

Shi Ji was awakened from the sleeping cabin in that laboratory and brought back to Sheng's home. He just changed from one experimental subject to another.

Shi Ji records the date of his death every day in his diary.

Sheng Yi stood in front of the driver's seat, his face pale.

A string of wind chimes was tied to the huge wingman. When the wind blew, the unfinished song jingled out.