Chapter 20 Section five

Ellen stood in the hallway, watching her husband go to work as usual, but this time she stood there for a long time, feeling a sense of foreboding.What her husband said when they parted was the cause of her uneasiness. "I might be away for a while," said Mel, to whom Ellen had been married for nearly forty years. "Don't worry, I'll be back in a few days." Ellen frowned puzzled, her husband kissed her, and walked towards the garage.This must be one of her husband's sudden fondness for jokes lately, Ellen thought.About half a year ago, my husband's working hours became irregular. Every time he asked him, he would always amuse his wife with lines often used in movies: "I work for the government." Of course Ellen knew that her husband was working for the government .He held a high position and was the pride of his family.But he didn't tell his family what he was busy with.

Where the hell is Mel?What is he doing? The snow fell endlessly, and the husband drove the Ford sedan slowly into the driveway, smiled at his wife, and left.Ellen, who was standing at the door, remembered the mysterious machine.Towards the end of last summer, the family received a small laptop.The husband's only interest was tinkering with the machine, which Ellen guessed was mail-order.But Mel stared at the computer blankly, as if he didn't know anything about it, and then took the computer into the study. After that day, Mel's personality changed.Talking less and less, thinking more and more, but since he got that small laptop, he always has a happy smile on his face, as if he has been freed from all the sufferings in life.Of course, Ellen also asked her husband what was in that computer, but the husband said perfunctorily: "I told you, you wouldn't understand." This is the mantra of a husband with superior intelligence.What Ellen wanted to know was not what was on the computer, but the secret hidden behind her husband's expression, but once she saw his carefree smiling face, Ellen knew that her worries were unnecessary.So Ellen stopped asking.

Suspicious computer in an odd place - in a kitchen drawer.Now, the anxious Ellen wanted to take out the computer and open it up.But unlike her husband, she is not good at electronic equipment, and it is difficult to leave no trace after reading it. Mel turned on the turn signal and went around the distant intersection.Ellen was about to return to her warm home when she suddenly discovered that the moment her husband's car disappeared, a van started.The black van parked on the side of the road did not follow her husband, but drove towards her.Ellen remembered a cryptic remark her husband had said half in jest.

"If a strange man breaks into the house—" said the husband, putting the small computer in a kitchen drawer, "you'll come here right away and cook this computer." "Cook the computer?" The wife asked back. "Just put it in the microwave and flip it on," Meyer said. The black van approached noiselessly and stopped opposite the front yard.Ellen's uneasiness gradually turned into terror.When she saw the strange man jumping off the van, she couldn't help feeling weak in her feet.Unexpectedly, the common scenes in horror movies will become reality one day.The four men who entered the front yard were all wearing dark glasses and black suits.

"Good morning!" The man at the head saluted in a low voice, but he couldn't hear any kindness at all.Ellen recoiled, moving herself into the room with difficulty. "Sorry." The men were not polite to the terrified Ellen, and ran directly to the entrance, "Are you Mrs. Gardner?" "Yes." Ellen replied. "I'm Agent Morel from the FBI." The man showed his ID, and the other three quickly followed suit. "I'm sorry to trouble you, but can you let us in?" Ellen believed what her husband had said was the case. "What's the matter?" She asked as calmly as possible.

"It's about your husband." "My husband? You know my husband is the technology advisor to the President of the United States, right?" "Well. We know this is Dr. Melwayne Gardner's house, so we're asking you to let us in." Ellen's mind was no longer about questioning the man's reason for coming, but whether to follow her husband's orders.For nearly forty years, husbands have always obeyed their wives and must repay their favor at least once. "We have a search warrant from the court. Let's go into the house and discuss the details. Can we come in?"

Ellen didn't nod, but shut the visitor out.Because the movement was so fast, she didn't have time to see if Agent Morell's expression changed.Ellen hastily unlocked the door and ran into the room.The rapid knock on the door could probably be heard even at the back door.Ellen didn't have time to make sure it was a hallucination, and she didn't have time to put on her lost shoes again. She rushed into the kitchen, opened the drawer under the sink, took out the small black laptop, and followed her husband's instructions to put the computer away. Put in the microwave and turn the timer knob to maximum.In a blink of an eye, the computer burst out with crackling sparks.Ellen worried that the computer and the microwave would explode together, and was about to leave when a thick arm reached out and turned the timing knob back to its original position.

Ellen turned her head in horror, and found that all eight men had poured into the kitchen, and she was almost squeezed into a meatloaf. "Please don't interfere with the search," said Inspector Morel. "That would be more harmful to your husband." A man opens the microwave and removes the computer inside. "What did Mel do to upset the President?" Ellen asked. "He is suspected of leaking state secrets. We have the evidence." "Has he been arrested?" Morel paused: "Yes. You should be arrested now." "But even if he disappears from my presence, he will come back in a few days."

"Oh?" The law enforcer seemed to be aroused, "What do you say?" "Before he left home, he said, 'He'll be back in a few days.' My husband always said what he said." Ellen believed in her husband. "You can't underestimate the winner of the National Medal of Science." The meeting place is set in the map room. This is to create a friendly atmosphere, and it can be regarded as the last care for the old subordinates.Unlike the Oval Office and the Cabinet Room, conversations can be made easily in the Map Room. President Vance walked along the corridor on the first floor of the White House to the waiting room of the President's Science and Technology Advisor, and opened the door.Dr. Gardner sat in a Chippendale armchair in front of the fire, the handcuffs removed.He was about to be transferred to the headquarters of the FBI, but there was no sign of tension or wavering at all.Not only that, but he exuded a poise to match a room decorated in Rococo style.Vance couldn't figure out why the doctor could still be so calm after his brilliant life was shattered.

Vance left the Secret Service valet in the hallway, and went into the room to have a private meeting with the Doctor.He sat down facing the doctor diagonally, crossed his legs, sighed, and said slowly, "Doctor, what's going on?" Gardner replied with the same respectful tone as always: "I don't know, Mr. President, what happened?" "According to the reports I have received, they suspect that you have leaked the secrets of the Nemesis project." "Send me to court?" "If you don't cooperate, that's all you have to do." Vance made a worried appearance, trying to let the doctor know that he has received special treatment from the president.After all, the president himself gave him the opportunity to explain.

"I just went to Broadway in New York on a Saturday evening. That alone is no evidence at all, and it won't be convicted in court." "No, it's worse than you think." Vance wasn't sure how far to explain.In addition to Project Nemesis, Vance also initiated another special-approved contact program-the National Security Agency colluded with civilian communications operators to intercept all communications in the United States without court authorization.Dr. Gardner's treachery was probably discovered by this wiretapping network. "They used some method that I don't know about, what evidence they found, right?" Vance was about to open his mouth to affirm, when the doctor asked, "In other words, are you sure you have the evidence?" Vance wondered why the Doctor was so uncharacteristically tough.But judging from his tone, it didn't look like the suspect became angry after being cornered.If he had to say what he meant, it would be a warning.Vance stared in surprise at this usually steady gentleman, and said carefully: "You seem to be strongly questioning your criminal evidence." Gardner smiled happily when he heard the words, "Would you like to take the time to listen to me talk about my interests?" Vance glanced at his watch. His schedule was fairly full.The State Department is about to publish the "White Paper on Human Rights", and the consultant who will explain it is still waiting in another room. The President must discuss with him how to condemn the human rights violations of China and North Korea.But the tech adviser's warning caught the president's attention.Finally, Vance replied, "Fine, but only five minutes." "I've loved tinkering with machines since I was a kid," Gardner began. "To this day, my favorite thing to do is to buy parts and assemble my own computer. When I was on vacation last week, I went to the electronics store and bought CPUs and hard drives. .These parts are all new in the store, I picked some at random." Vance repeated a slightly odd word: "Random?" "Well, then I went home and assembled the new machine, installed the operating system, installed the latest patches, installed anti-virus software, and ran a virus scan. Of course, no viruses were found, because the machine was brand new and hadn't been plugged in yet. through the external network." The doctor raised his index finger and reminded the President to pay attention, "The important thing is the next part. I will input the short article generated on another computer into this computer, which is a translation software sold on the market. Generated Japanese article. Because I have an urgent matter to contact the Japanese, I made this translation and used it as a bait. Later I learned that the other party can speak English, and I did nothing.” Was the doctor admitting his crime just now?Vance thought, and went on listening. "I fiddled with the router, installed an alarm system, and monitored communications. Then, I connected the new computer to the network, but I didn't browse the website or send emails, but just let it go for a while. The network was then cut off. Surprisingly, for some reason, the machine communicated automatically and sent a message in Japanese. I checked the alarm system and found no signs of a 'zero-day' attack on the computer. " Gardner glanced up at the President's reaction.Although Vance didn't know much about digital technology, he didn't quite understand what the doctor said, but he noticed the fact that the doctor stated that he didn't send or receive any e-mails.So how did the NSA get the evidence? "In summary, here's what happened: I typed a slightly flawed piece of text into a new computer, connected to the Internet, but didn't browse the site, didn't do any communication, and the computer wasn't vulnerable to any unknown vulnerabilities. If you look at it from my If there is any evidence found in the computer, there is only one possibility technically, that is, the US-made operating system commonly used in the world hides a back door that can be hacked by US intelligence agencies." Vance was wary, tried hard to control the trembling of his body, and maintained a posture of listening carefully, without frowning his eyebrows, showing no real emotion in his heart. "If I am sued, I will repeat what I just said in court. I will also show the court a video of my operation on the computer." Vance was not sure whether the doctor's technical verification was accurate, but judging from the doctor's self-satisfied demeanor, it might be a mystery.Vance carefully weighed the risks.Although it is also possible to send the doctor to a closed military court, it is difficult to sentence him to life imprisonment.Instead of this, it is better to drive him out of the Nemesis plan and the power center, so that the threat can be eliminated immediately.Isn't that enough? "There must be a mistake somewhere," said Vance. "I also don't think there's enough evidence to arrest the Doctor." "Can I take your word for it?" "Of course. I'll ask the Attorney General to drop the charges. It's not the Doctor's responsibility to leak secrets, I can assure you." Seeing that the doctor still didn't believe it, Vance stood up, leaned into the corridor, called Chief of Staff Ikas, and ordered him to withdraw the prosecution.Both Ikas and the waiting FBI agents looked puzzled.Vance closed the door in their presence and returned to the fire. "Doctor, you will be free and go home soon." "Thank you for your kindness." The winner of the National Science Medal smiled. "My wife must be very worried." "Only one thing, you can no longer be my advisor. You should understand, right?" "Well, no problem." Transaction completed.Vance crossed his legs again, trying to calm himself down.The anger was skillfully suppressed, but at the same time, he couldn't help but be filled with emotion: "Doctor, can I have a chat?" Gardner nodded vigilantly: "Yes." "It's just a hypothesis." Vance emphasized that nothing real was involved, and it was purely to satisfy curiosity. He has made outstanding achievements and is respected by everyone. But his life is quite simple, which is extremely disproportionate to his status. He does not seek fame, is not greedy for money, and values ​​his family most. Betrayed his country. Not because he was seduced by money, nor because he was caught in the pigtails. What the hell is going on? Why is he willing to take such a risk?" "Perhaps in order to seek high returns?" "However, according to the investigation by the authorities, his property has not increased at all. He has not obtained other benefits, such as food, wine or beautiful women, let alone a privileged position. He sold the country but did not gain any benefits." "Your Excellency, you don't know much about scientists. We are people with very strong desires." Gardner watched Vance from the front.The president realizes that the face of a tech adviser is starting to change. "We have an instinctive desire for wisdom, which is far stronger than ordinary people's appetite or sexual desire. We are born with a desire for knowledge." Speaking of this, the old science's eyes suddenly turned dark, full of savagery and hunger, and Vance couldn't help feeling a shudder in his heart shock.The Doctor casts off his mask of honesty and honesty, revealing his true nature as Melwayne Gardner.However, unlike those who seek wealth and honor, the doctor is not hypocritical.The desire on the scientist's face is explicit and intense. "The truth behind prime numbers, the theory that encapsulates the universe, the secrets of the birth of life—we want to know more than anyone else. No, that's not what I want to know most. What I want to know most is people. Whether Homo sapiens Do we have the intelligence to understand the universe, or will we never understand it? When will we prevail in the intellectual confrontation with nature?" "Doctor, have you found the answers to these questions?" "Well, I got a computer by chance. After communicating with this computer, the person on the other end of the network answered me. At first I thought it was a prank, but soon I experienced a frightening light of wisdom, and since then I have no doubts. The 'strong anthropic principle' advocated by some physicists is nothing but self-important nonsense. We are not the main body to correctly understand the universe. There are higher beings besides us." "Could it be Nus who communicated with you?" Vance said the code name of the creature he ordered to be wiped out. Gardner did not answer the question, "President, please allow me to perform my last job as a scientific and technological consultant. About fifty years ago, President Truman once asked Albert Einstein a question: 'If aliens When we come to Earth, how should we deal with it?” Einstein’s answer was: “Absolutely no attack.” Even if we launch a war against intelligent life beyond human beings, we have no chance of winning.” Vance began to wonder if he had underestimated the sudden biological threat in the middle of the African continent.Then, just like when he felt uneasy before, he straightened his chest and looked down at the other person. "The doctor means that the Nemesis project was a mistake?" "Yes, your decision to kill the newly born intelligent creatures on this earth is completely wrong. The Nemesis project should be terminated immediately." The Doctor was the first to accuse Vance of being wrong to his face after he became president.The president said coldly: "Could it be that the doctor wants to save Nusi, even if he treacherously pays for it?" To the president's distrust and intolerance, the doctor could only sigh in despair, shook his head and said: "I did this not only for this country, but also for all mankind. If we start a war against Nuss, the other side will definitely do their best for the continuation of the race." Fight back and knock us down." "Are we going extinct?" "It depends on how cruel Nous is." To dissipate the heavy air, Vance said in a relaxed tone, "If he's as virtuous as we are, there's nothing to worry about." Gardner stared at the highest authority, feeling contempt from the bottom of his heart, but in an instant, he regained his melancholy look, and said, "I thought so too at the beginning. Since Nous is an evolved human being, he shouldn't immediately Just destroy us. He needs to inherit the knowledge and technology accumulated by human beings; in order to increase the number of individuals, he also needs to find a partner for reproduction. Of course, the premise is that both parties can mate. However, the Nemesis project has caused a serious crisis. Birth If an intelligent creature in this world realizes that there are other creatures trying to kill him, what will he do?" "unimaginable." "No, it's easy to imagine. Please think about a human child. For a young child, the only world is the family. If he knows that someone in this family is going to abuse him, what will happen to him? Will a weak and young life What would happen to him if he were thrown into a violent environment with no protectors?" The Doctor was right, and Vance could easily imagine the answer.The figure of his father who towered like a giant in his childhood came to his mind.The president was furious immediately, "Who said that in such an environment, normal humans cannot be cultivated? This is the prejudice that scientists should not have." "I'm talking about risk. Most people will overcome their environmental problems and live a normal civic life. Others will turn their anger into motivation and eventually rise to the top. But there are also some people who combine anger at the outside world with a natural tendency to violence. , ended up on the road of violent crimes, like guys who shoot indiscriminately at the workplace. They want to destroy themselves and the world. And now, Nemesis plans to plant fear, anxiety and anger in Nous, destroying His self-esteem made him believe that he was hated by this world. If this plan continues, Nanus will become a creature with only high intelligence but a barren soul." The old scientist stared at the president and continued on his own, "What is scary is not intelligence, let alone force. The most terrifying thing in this world is the person who uses intelligence and force." After driving forty minutes in the Audi, Rubens arrived at NSA headquarters in Fort Meade, Maryland.He drove the car into a corner of the large parking lot that can accommodate 17,000 cars, and the headquarters building, which can be called the symbol of Cipher City, came into view.The main body of the entire building is covered with black glass, revealing mystery and majesty.This layer of black glass and the protective layer installed on the main body of the building can not only prevent peeping from outside, but also block the radio and sound waves from inside the building. Rubens came to the visitor management center, went through strict identity checks, and received a priority badge representing an important visitor.At this time, the fat man who was waiting on the side stepped forward, "Are you Mr. Rubens? I am Logan from W Group." It's an agent at NSA headquarters. The official name of W Group is "Earth Scale Issues Weapon Systems Bureau".Logan wears a blue identification card on his chest, indicating he has access to the top secret codes. "Come in." He opened a revolving door and ushered Rubens in.Their destination is the first business building.Confidentiality notices were posted all over the corridors. "It seems that something big happened." Logan said as he walked. He was talking about Dr. Gardner.The NSA really knows everything. "Have you heard the reason for the dismissal?" "We don't know either." It is likely that the doctor realized that he was being investigated and tried to "return to life", but the specific method is still unknown.The doctor was released without interrogation.When did the doctor start to communicate with Nous, and what information he leaked to the other party, the answers to these questions are unknown.In addition to practical business issues, the fact that the doctor blatantly opposed the Nemesis plan itself touched Rubens even more.Does Doctor think that plan is wrong? Logan stopped in the corridor and knocked on the door.The door was open to a conference table with three agents, ranging in age from twenty to forty, all wearing blue ID cards around their necks, but none of them were wearing suits. .After the two sides introduced themselves, they went straight to the topic. The first to speak was an elderly agent named Jergens: "The small computer confiscated from Melwayne Gardner's home was made in Taiwan and was sold at an electronics store in Tokyo last summer. The buyer cannot be identified." Rubens asked, "What's in the computer?" "The computer was damaged by electromagnetic waves, and most of the data on the hard disk was lost." "Is it difficult to recover? We want to have the communication records." "Data has been lost." Rubens was disappointed.The contents of the correspondence between Dr. Gardner and Nous will forever remain a mystery. "However," Jergens continued, "through the unremitting efforts of the physics laboratory, a total of 15MB of fragment information was extracted." "Oh? What's the content?" "We discovered many interesting things." After Jergens finished speaking, he handed over the right to speak to the subordinates beside him. The agent in his thirties named Dugan went on to introduce: "Of the 15MB of information, 3MB is the code of the operating system. But this operating system is different from all existing operating systems." "How to say?" “This computer is installed with a self-made operating system. Most likely, the system code was written from scratch in order to prevent external intrusion into the computer. That’s why we were unable to hack computers used in Congo and Japan.” "Can't find the loophole?" "Can't find it. The system is very robust. The small computer was probably modified for communication purposes." Intercepting the communication but not being able to crack the password, wanting to hack into the communication device but not being able to get in.Rubens was eager to ask the world's largest intelligence agency how it felt. "So, the only thing left is to cut off the communication line between the two parties through the telecom operator?" "This is also a way. But if the other party prepares a backup IP address, it will not be able to block it." It seems they have already used this trick. "What information did you find?" Jergens smiled meaningfully, "The remaining 12MB of information will be explained by Fish." An agent in his twenties wearing glasses with thick lenses, commissioned by his boss, said, "The 12MB of information extracted from the suspicious computer was copied to this disk." Fish put a CD on the table, with a secret classification code printed on the surface of the CD: VRK. "That's what 'internal use only' means," Fish said nervously.This student-looking man appears to be a mathematician. "Do you want to read the content? But you don't understand after reading it." "What's the content?" "random number." "Huh?" Rubens couldn't help exclaiming. "Suspected random number, but I don't know what algorithm is used to generate it." Unexpected results.Rubens stared intently at the CD like a child who has received an unexpected Christmas present. "This is the key to deciphering the code?" "Yes. The other party used this set of random numbers for encryption and decryption. We immediately started to decipher all communications intercepted in the past." "Have you cracked anything?" "Nothing." Rubens was not disappointed.Instead, he was well aware of the NSA's intentions. "So, can future communications be cracked with this set of random numbers?" "Can." "That's an ambush," Jergens said. "It's better not to cut off the communication between Congo and Japan. If you continue to eavesdrop, you may intercept meaningful intelligence, such as the enemy's current location." 12MB of information can be printed into dozens of books.Rubens couldn't help hoping that maybe he would regain control of the plan that was spiraling out of control. "That's it. Thank you very much for your assistance." "You're welcome," Jergens smiled. "I have one more report. There was an unprecedented increase in encrypted communications between Japan and the Congo yesterday morning around six o'clock." Rubens calculated the time difference. It was the time when the three groups of militants in eastern Congo were tracking Nous and others. "The enemy's center is in Japan, isn't that right?" "We thought so too. There was a command in Japan that gave orders to Nigel Pierce in the Congo." Kento Koga is in charge of the rescue operation in Japan, right?According to the intelligence of the CIA, there is also a suspicious person, but there is no definite evidence.At this time, Rubens remembered the question that had been lingering in his mind: "By the way, I have another question for you." "what is the problem?" "What is the status of supercomputer development?" "The 'blue gene' has been developed," Duggan said. "We've beaten Japan in the race to develop a supercomputer." "I heard that that machine was made to predict the three-dimensional structure of proteins?" "It is to obtain comparable computing power. As long as you can grasp the correct shape of the protein, you can almost monopolize the patents of medical products, thereby consolidating the US's dominant position." Dugan replied, but then shrugged, "However, The complexity of biological structures is beyond imagination. Even having the computing power of a 'blue gene' may not help." "So it's not yet possible to determine the correct shape for the receptor?" "Well, the computing power is insufficient. We can only expect major breakthroughs in algorithms in the future, but we can't do it now. It will take twenty or thirty years of unremitting efforts." Since Kento Koga started to develop a drug for alveolar epithelial sclerosis, he should be quite sure.No doubt he had the help of Nous.Rubens had reason to think so, and that was the report provided by the Japanese police.When the police searched the residence of Koga Kento regarding his father's criminal behavior, he asked the police a question: "What my father stole is experimental data, not software?" What this line implies is that Koga Seiji left some kind of software to his son.Could it be software for computer-aided drug design?If this kind of software has anything to do with the development of drugs to treat diseases for which modern medicine is powerless, Nanus' intelligence is far beyond what was previously thought.Although he is only three years old, his intelligence has exceeded the limit of human cognition. But is there really such a thing?For this incomprehensible life, Rubens began to feel instinctive fear, but at the same time, he felt a little uneasy, as if he had overlooked some important issue. "What's the matter with you?" Duggan asked the silent Rubens. "If you have any questions, I'll answer them." "I'm trying to gather my thoughts, can you wait a moment?" Rubens replied with a smile, trying to figure out what was disturbing him. The terminal illnesses that attack children, the development of specific medicines—he has thought through these matters quite thoroughly.This is a plot to rebel the mercenary Jonathan Jaeger, who made his son suffer from the disease.However, Rubens thought about it again, it should be quite difficult for Nous to treat terminal illnesses.If so, why didn't he use an easier method?For example, using money to buy mercenaries.Is there any other reason that compels him to adopt the method of developing drugs to treat terminal diseases?Thinking of this, a thought popped into his mind, making Rubens' heart almost stop beating. "Sorry." Rubens pretended to be calm, got up and asked about the location of the toilet, then left the meeting room and came to the empty corridor. In the cubicle of the toilet, Rubens stood beside the toilet, thinking deeply about the ethical issues he suddenly faced. If the emergency measures of the Nemesis plan were continued and Kento Koga was arrested, the development of new drugs he was working on would come to a standstill, and the result would be tantamount to indirectly depriving the terminally ill child of his life.The estimated number of patients with alveolar epithelial sclerosis is 100,000 people worldwide.That number is the same as the Vance administration killed in the Iraq war. What do you want to do?Rubens asked himself inwardly.On the premise of not violating morality, Nous held 100,000 hostages in his hands, and then began to test Rubens' conscience to see if Rubens would stop Koga Kento's good deeds. The child will die? For the first time in his life Rubens encountered such a calculating mind.Even if Rubens racked his brains to lay out the layout, Nuss would solve it with clever tricks beyond ordinary people's imagination.What's more, all the countermeasures that Rubens could adopt were prepared before the start of the Nemesis plan.Rubens became more and more aware that he was in a disadvantageous position, and his anxiety was slowly leading him into a dangerous abyss. Shouldn't Nusi be obliterated?Such intelligent life, if left alone, would be too dangerous. Congo's Jonathan Jaeger is aware too, right?Nous is tapping into his animal instincts to protect his young. Rubens walked out of the cubicle, washed his face at the sink, and cleared his mind.Rubens had no right to stop the counterintelligence activities targeting Kento Koga in Japan.Even if he made a suggestion to Overseer Eldridge, the typical bureaucrat would not listen.Even if Eldridge sacrificed 100,000 children, it wouldn't make the president unhappy.This is what the cabinet members of the current government did when they agreed to attack Iraq. As long as they can keep their status and rights, they don't care how many people die. Rubens concluded that there was only one way to protect sick children today, and that was to achieve the original purpose of the Nemesis Project.If Nusi is obliterated and the threat to the United States is eliminated, there is no need to arrest the Japanese graduate student. Rubens returned to the conference room, where Jergens was holding a microphone with a secure terminal.This is a digital security phone that can encrypt call content in real time. "Someone looking for you." "Excuse me." Rubens took the call. It was Avery, DIA agent from Operations Command. "We can't reach Mr. Eldridge, is he with you?" This is the original code word communication agreed in advance.In case of being eavesdropped by Nous, it is impossible for him to know its meaning. "No," Rubens replied. "Did he go to the movies?" Avery asked casually. The emergency measures of Project Nemesis have entered the second phase.If Eldridge "went to the museum" something went wrong, if "went to the movies" the preparations were done. "There is a proposal that needs to be approved by the supervisor." Avery continued to use code words. "If it's not urgent, you can implement it directly." "Understood. Let's do it." Avery said and hung up the phone. After a brief dialogue, the U.S. Air Force stationed in Kenya launched a second sweep.Because the previous communication system was not used, the possibility of being detected by Nous is very low.This time, the group of Nuss, anthropologists and mercenaries should be wiped out. The gradually decaying male corpse in the rainforest came to mind.Rubens tried to evoke the guilt in his heart.The work of killing cannot be complacent.Can't be Gregory Vance.But he knew it was just self-deception, and he still felt no guilt in his heart.He can only comfort himself, in order to save 100,000 sick children, he can only do so.Also among those rescued was Justin Yeager, whose father, Jonathan Yeager, will trade his own life for his son's.