Chapter 494: Attack on the Consciousness Level_1

Jiang Yu and the others had thought this was simply an accident, but the investigation had barely begun when it started to become incredibly complicated.

The young soldier had just said Professor Wu had gone mad, yet the first thing Professor Wu himself said was that he was not insane.

In the video, Professor Wu appeared quite calm, not at all like a madman.

In the video, he continued, "I have deleted the surveillance footage from before this moment because the footage also captured the Survivor, and I cannot take that risk.

"When everyone sees this video, I ask that you immediately stop all communication with the Survivor!

"He is now like a source of contagion, spreading a deadly virus to humanity!"

Jiang Yu suddenly pressed the pause button, and all the team members looked towards him.

Jiang Yu took a deep breath before saying, "Notify Bai Yi and the others to immediately stop communicating with the Survivor."

Number Three went to relay the message immediately.

Jiang Yu then addressed Marshal Kubo, the supreme military commander of the New Continent Star System, "Send someone to lock down Bai Yi and the others' workplace and evacuate all staff members who have been in contact with the Survivor!"

Cooper was slightly startled but still promptly dispatched someone to lock down the area.

A team member reminded Jiang Yu, "Wallfacer, they've been communicating in real time without any face-to-face contact; even if there's a virus, it can't be transmitted.

"This might just be a madman's..."

But Jiang Yu waved his hand and said, "It seems you've had such smooth sailing fighting the Silicon Star People that you've forgotten the reverence due to the Dark Forest!

"At best, humanity is a third-rate civilization at our current level!

"We can't afford to be complacent on issues that concern the level of civilization!"

"Yes!" the team members acknowledged, taking the lesson to heart.

Only after Jiang Yu's orders were carried out did they continue to play the video.

In the video, Wu Xiangzhong continued, "I'd advise everyone not to watch the video between me and the Survivor for now, as I've said before, we can't take that risk.

"I've thought it over, and the other party's words didn't seem particularly persuasive, just a normal conversation. Of course, at the beginning, the other party was somewhat emotionally unstable.

"Essentially, this was a routine psychological counseling session.

"The process of calming down the Survivor seems to have awoken something in his heart, or his consciousness.

"He began to appear bewildered, saying one moment that he felt very well, and the next that he felt as if he, too, had gone to Paradise with his teammates.

"After he had completely calmed down, I could sense a tremendous change in his personality.

"At the same time, I distinctly felt as if my own consciousness had been invaded.

"The sensation was peculiar, or rather strange. As someone specialized in psychology, I am often quite aware of the existence of consciousness.

"But now, my feeling is that my consciousness has been invaded, that something is rewriting my consciousness, or rather my many cognitions!

"It was already too late by the time I clearly realized this."

Wu Xiangzhong lifted his hands, which trembled slightly, and rubbed his face, clearly struggling to keep himself composed:

"I don't know what I am supposed to do, but I distinctly feel that once my consciousness has been rewritten to a certain extent, I will become a contagious entity like the Survivor!

"Time is of the essence, and I don't understand what's happening, but I can only offer these hints to everyone!

"I vaguely suspect that this might be a type of consciousness-level virus, and once infected, one will lose their sense of self."

"I cannot let this plague spread, so I will choose suicide. I hope this can stop the source of infection!"

The camera then shifted, turning to the surveillance perspective of the corridor.

Wu Xiangzhong opened the door and said to the guards, "I need your sidearms!"

The two robot guards gripped their guns tightly but did not intend to hand them over to Wu Xiangzhong.

One of the robot guards asked, "May I ask what you need the gun for?"

"Hurry, there's no time!" Wu Xiangzhong's expression turned anxious only then.

But how could sidearms be so casually handed over to someone else?

So Wu Xiangzhong began trying to snatch the guns, shouting as he did, "Don't watch that video! Hurry up, there's no time! I'm about to be overrun!"

"Hurry up and give it to me! Don't watch that video! I'm about to be overrun!..."

At that moment, Wu Xiangzhong indeed looked like a madman.

The two robot guards tried hard to restrain Wu Xiangzhong, but he struggled too fiercely, and the robots did not dare use excessive force for fear of injuring him.

Just then, two human soldiers rushed over, asking what was happening, and the scene became chaotic.

In the ensuing confusion, Wu Xiangzhong finally got his hand on the trigger of a gun. Everyone braced for him to accidentally shoot someone, but to their surprise, Wu Xiangzhong turned the muzzle towards his own head.

In the last moment of his life, Wu Xiangzhong's eyes and expression were filled with determination, commanding the respect of everyone present.

Although it was still unknown whether what Wu Xiangzhong had said was true, the fact that he had chosen suicide without hesitation for the sake of protecting all of humanity from a potential danger was indeed noble!

A few seconds after the video ended, everyone came back to their senses.

Jiang Yu (used as the character's name in this context) said, "Posthumously award Professor Wu a second-class, no, a first-class merit, and give his family some extra compensation. If his family has any difficulties, try to help them out as much as possible without violating principles."

Number Three nodded, "Yes." He immediately went to make arrangements.

A team member said, "So, that survivor can really infect us in the New Continent Star System from two or three light-years away?"

This is just too unbelievable!

Ricks, with crossed arms, said, "Could it be like this,

"Although we are very far apart in distance, are our consciousnesses right next to each other?"

Seeing that everyone did not understand his point, he continued to explain, "Didn't we previously get relatively accurate intelligence?

"Our consciousnesses exist in high dimensions, so could we assume this: whenever people communicate, their consciousnesses are right next to each other.

"Take Professor Wu and the survivor as an example; in three-dimensional space, they are miles apart, but in the consciousness space of high dimensions, could it be as if they are face to face?

"After all, three light-years in three dimensions may be just a step away in high dimensions."

Jiang Yu gently tapped his forehead and said, "We can't rule out this possibility! Yes, it's currently the most plausible hypothesis we have.

"So now it seems that the gravitational source, which we can also call 'Paradise,' is a trap set by a highly advanced civilization!"

Cooper slammed his fist on the table, "The Black Cuboid People really didn't mean us any good!"

The last Black Cuboid person had described Paradise as incredibly beautiful, tempting many, for such a safe haven in the Dark Forest was very appealing.

Yet Jiang Yu said, "They didn't mean us any good, but we never fully trusted them either, guess it's mutual!"