Chapter 26 second quarter

Justin Jaeger had two days left to live. In the past few days, researchers have been working on drug synthesis day and night, while waiting for a call from Lydia Jaeger.But the inspection value is extremely severe.State-of-the-art therapies are also useless for terminal symptoms.Justin's condition worsened as expected.Every extra day he lasted, the more hopeful the medicine would be delivered to Portugal, but Death did not agree to this request. At one o'clock in the morning on March 1st, Yanren welcomed Zhengxun into the door in despair. "This is nuclear magnetic resonance analysis, and this is mass spectrometry and infrared spectroscopy." Zhengxun handed over the results obtained by the analytical instrument to the researcher. Seeing that the researcher was depressed, he asked, "What's wrong with you?"

The researchers confirmed the analysis results, and the synthesis went smoothly.As he worked on the last reaction, he said, "The experiment went as expected. Everything went according to plan...but that means we can't squeeze in another thirty hours." Zheng Xun had a gloomy expression: "I still can't catch up." The researcher nodded vigorously: "Neither GIFT1 nor GIFT2 can work?" "Don't worry about GIFT2. The one with the problem is GIFT1. The last reaction that is about to take place will take 24 hours to complete. The new drug must be sent tonight at the latest, but the reaction will not be completed until late at night. After the reaction is completed, you must For refining and structure determination, if we let the whole process go through, we will definitely not be able to catch up. I don’t think we can save Justin Jaeger.”

After Zhengxun groaned in pain, the six-fold room occupied by experimental equipment fell into silence again. The researcher silently carried out the synthesis operation, deeply regretful in his heart.If I had started the experiment as soon as I got the email from my father, it might have been in time.Even if Justin Jaeger can't be saved, at least Wuhua Kobayashi can be saved.The researcher thought dauntingly, and glanced at his friend.Behind the glasses, Zheng Xun's eyes began to emit the unique light of a researcher. "What time is the exact time the medicine is finished?" Zheng Xun asked.

"If you take the time of the structure measurement into account, it should be twelve o'clock at noon on March 2." "That's in time." "In time?" "Do you have a passport?" "No." Upon hearing this, Zhengxun said resolutely, "Then I'll go." The researcher asked puzzledly, "What did you say?" "I'll take the medicine and fly to Lisbon." The researcher stared blankly at his partner. Zhengxun took out his laptop, connected to the Internet, and entered the airline's website. "It's too early to give up now. Take the plane at ten o'clock in the evening on March 2nd, and it will be in time. Take off from Narita Airport, via Paris to Lisbon. It only takes eighteen hours."

The researcher quickly thought about it, and asked, "That is to say, at 4:00 pm on March 3, Japan time, the special medicine can be delivered to Lisbon?" "That's right." "In that case..." the researchers discovered that there were still seven hours between the completion of the drug and when Zheng Xun rushed to the airport. "At that time, CHO cells and mice can be used for verification." "Yes! We still have time to save Justin Jaeger." "Great!" Yanren shouted, cheering with Zhengxun.Zhengxun can always turn the tide at critical moments.

"Tell Justin's mother when I'll arrive." "Okay. I'll pay the travel expenses, so you can take the first class. That way you can go through the immigration procedures faster." Zhengxun smiled and said, "VIP treatment?" The researcher returned to work energetically and carried out the last reaction before synthesizing GIFT1.The magnetic stirrer has started stirring the liquid in the flask.A number of invisible compounds collided with each other, changed their form, and transformed step by step into a specific drug for the treatment of alveolar epithelial cell sclerosis.

The researcher stared at the swirling solution in the flask, lost in thought. Tomorrow night, it will all be over. The long and arduous adventure is finally coming to victory. After all-night research, the researchers finally synthesized GIFT2, and sent the sample to the university early in the morning. After a short nap, Zheng Xun told him the good news.Infrared spectrum analysis proved that GFIT2 was synthesized successfully.The manufacture of allosteric drugs has come to an end. And the key agonist, GIFT1, is still responding.Until late at night, all I could do was wait. The tired researcher lay on the tatami, staring at the ceiling in a daze.The experiment left by my father will be completed tomorrow.He didn't know where he would go after everything was over.Will I abscond as a criminal for the rest of my life?He really wanted to go out to explore the wind, but Pappy never called him again.

The researchers were at a loss.In addition to the experiment, he still has one more thing to do, which is to unravel the mystery shrouded in his father, and now may be the last chance. The researcher made up his mind to take a look.He looked up places to visit online.If you want to get news about Sakai Yuri, you can only start from there.The address is Sendaya in Shibuya Ward.It takes an hour to get there from here. The researcher puts on his coat.He hadn't gone out for many days, and he was a little unsteady when he came under the sun.Walk down the outer stairs of the apartment and walk along the streets in the middle of winter.Are there still police stationed at the ticket gate of Machida Station?The researcher looked back repeatedly, but found no sign of being followed.

With his back to the station, Kento waited for a taxi on the sidewalk beside the national highway.He took out his mobile phone and planned to call newspaper reporter Sugai.It was morning, and Kento was worried that the other party might not have woken up yet, but soon heard Sugai's voice. "Hey?" "I'm Koga." Father's old friend seemed very surprised, "Yan Renjun? You haven't called me all this time, and I'm still worried that something happened to you." "I'm sorry I haven't contacted you for so long. Have you found out about Yuri Sakai again?"

"No." "Is that so." Yanren was very frustrated.It seems that the only way to find clues is to find out. "By the way, where are you at the moment?" "Now? This..." Kento hesitated whether to tell the other party that he was in Machida, but for some reason Sugai said urgently: "You don't need to tell me. Let's meet and talk. What are your plans recently?" It is not convenient for the researcher to answer this question: "I don't have any plans at the moment, but I will know in two or three days." "That's right." Sugai said, and continued in a low voice, "Yenren, you should go somewhere else."

Sugai's voice suddenly became tense, and Kento couldn't help but stand on end. "What did you say?" "Don't stay where you are! Get out of here!" "What do you mean?" As soon as the words fell, an empty taxi appeared on the opposite side of the national highway. "We'll discuss the details when we meet. Contact me as soon as possible." "Okay." The researcher who was still confused stopped the taxi. "Goodbye." Sugai hung up the phone hastily after finishing speaking. The researcher got into the taxi and said, "Sendagaya, Shibuya." "Where is Thousand Valley?" the driver asked. "The building where the non-profit organization 'World Life Saving Doctors Organization' is located." The researcher said the address and the name of the street that had been recorded. "Ah, it's near the Noh Theater. Shall we take the expressway?" "it is good." "There are fewer cars on the highway now." The driver said and started the car. Kento leaned back in his chair, staring at the scenery outside, thinking about the conversation with Sugai just now.Why did the newspaper reporter tell him to "get out of here quickly"?The researcher became nervous, turned around and looked through the rear windshield, but found no one following him. What does Sugai want to do?As a newspaper reporter, had he learned from somewhere that Yanren had become a criminal and was being pursued by the police?But what puzzled the researchers was the phrase "hurry up and go somewhere else".Could it be that Sugai was worried that the police were tracking the call in reverse?To be cautious, Yan Ren turned off the phone. While thinking in the air-conditioned car, the Sandman kept coming.Researcher stopped thinking and wanted to take a nap, but opened his eyes before falling asleep. A thought broke into his brain: Could Sugai be Papi? The reason why the person who called himself Papi used the instrument to change his voice was because the researcher knew him.Moreover, apart from Sugai, Yanren couldn't think of anyone who knew the plan advanced by his late father in detail. But this inference is also problematic.In the phone call just now, Sugai, who knew the police's movements, issued a warning, but why didn't Sugai call Yanren first with Papi's voice? As a result, Yanren didn't sleep all the way, watching the taxi enter the city center and arrive at the destination along the intricate roads near Senda Valley.The corner of the low-rise office buildings is the building that the researcher is looking for. After the researcher got out of the car, he found the unit list at the entrance of the six-storey building, which read "Room 501: Certified non-profit organization 'World Doctors for Lifesaving'".Yanren walked towards the elevator hall.The interior decoration of the building is more utilitarian, except for the carpet, it is not much different from the University School of Pharmacy building. Yanren took the elevator to the fifth floor, walked through the corridor illuminated by fluorescent lights, and came to room 501.Behind the frosted glass inlaid in the door, there was a faint figure swaying.There was no intercom, so the researcher had to knock on the door twice.The door opened. "Hello." Before Yan Ren could speak, the woman behind the reception desk greeted him first.She stood up from her chair, holding a stack of documents in her hands. "Sorry, my last name is Koga. I want to ask something." The woman over thirty's expression didn't change, and she asked, "What's the matter?" "There used to be a doctor named Yuri Sakai in your organization, right?" "Sakai Yuri?" The woman tilted her head and said, "When did you register?" "Nine years ago. She went to what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which was then Zaire." "Hmm..." The woman seemed to be recalling the distant past, "Please wait a moment." After she finished speaking, she carried the documents into the back of the room. The MSW bureau consists of three parts: an office with about ten desks, a reception area surrounded by partitions, and a conference room with a closed door.The woman in charge of the reception walked to a table in the back and talked to a male staff member in his fifties.The two looked towards Yan Ren while talking.I hope they don't suspect me, the researcher thought. The male staff stood up and walked towards the researcher.He was corpulent, almost bald, but somehow commanding.His suits also look expensive. "Are you Mr. Koga...?" The man asked with a thick voice commensurate with his body type. "Yes, I am Kento Koga." "Mr. Kento Koga," the man called again, "My surname is Ando, ​​and I am the director of the Bureau here." He introduced himself and handed out his business card. The researcher didn't know much about the etiquette of exchanging business cards, so he took them with both hands.In the column of Ando's title, in addition to "Director of Affairs", it also reads "Doctor of Medicine". "You want to know about Dr. Yuri Sakai, right?" "Yes. My father also went to Zaire nine years ago, working with Dr. Sakai..." Ando laughed and said, "Could it be that you are the son of Dr. Koga Seiji?" The researcher was shocked: "Exactly, you know my father?" "Well. I was also in Zaire. There was a civil war there, and we were close to death." What luck, the researcher thought.Ando's expression was gentle, not only did not guard against Yan Ren, but was full of enthusiasm. "You are just like your father." "Hmm." Yan Ren reluctantly admitted. "Let's talk slowly here." Ando took Yanren to the reception area, poured hot coffee from the coffee pot next to him and handed it to Yanren, "By the way, why are you looking for Dr. Sakai?" "I want to ask for her contact information." "Oh! Well..." Ando became serious, "After returning to China, I haven't contacted Dr. Sakai for many years. She left the World Doctors for Life, and I don't know her address and phone number." "Is that so." Yan Ren was thinking about what to do next.The middle-aged doctor across the table is a living witness. He should know what happened in Zaire nine years ago. "However, why do you want to contact Dr. Sakai? Is your father looking for her?" "No, actually my father passed away last month." "Huh?" Ando was so surprised that he couldn't speak for a while, "He's still so young...how could he die?" "Aortic dissecting aneurysm." Ando sighed and nodded slightly, "It's really a pity." He said sadly. "I think Dr. Sakai should be informed of the news of my father's death. Besides, my father always mentioned Zaire's past, and I also want to hear her feelings." "A lot happened nine years ago." Perhaps to ease the atmosphere, Ando smiled, "We went to the very center of the African continent, stationed in a street called Beni in the east of Zaire, and practiced medicine around there. Sometimes we go to villages along the road, sometimes to settlements in the rainforest, and treat locals who don’t have health care one by one. But when we were trying to build a small clinic, a civil war broke out.” "Father seems to have investigated the HIV infection of Pygmies. Did he go with you and Dr. Sakai?" "No, we didn't communicate with Dr. Koga until the last week." The researcher was quite surprised by this answer: "Before this, you didn't know each other?" "Yes. There is a race called Mbuti among the Pygmies. Dr. Koga is responsible for collecting their blood and will notify us when they find patients." Ando's words were different from Kento's imagination.It is impossible for father and Sakai Yuri to meet for the first time at this stage. "Then you're going back home soon?" Ando nodded and said, "That day is... By the way, it's Culture Day, November 3rd. After fleeing from a war-torn country, I realized how precious Japan's peace is." After hearing about November 3, 1996, the researchers became even more confused.The copy of Sakai Yuri's household registration stated that on November 4, 1996, she gave birth to her daughter "Ema".Could it be that the day after she returned from Zaire, she gave birth to a daughter for her father?The researcher decided to get some words out of Ando's mouth. "I heard that Dr. Sakai gave birth soon after returning to China?" "Having a baby?" Ando was taken aback. "Father once said that Dr. Sakai gave birth to a daughter." "That's not the case." Ando smiled. "If Dr. Sakai is pregnant, how could we not know? We are either doctors or nurses." "But I did hear from my father." On this matter, Yan Ren must not give up easily.He had to know whether his father had cheated on Sakai Yuri and gave birth to Kento's half-sister. Yanren was about to continue talking, and Ando suddenly raised his hand: "Ah, wait. Yanren probably remembered another pregnant woman, right?" "Other pregnant women?" Ando showed a surprised expression for the first time: "It's unbelievable. A newspaper reporter came to interview me two days ago, and I also mentioned this to him." "Newspaper reporter?" Yan Ren frowned, "Which newspaper?" "East Asia News." "Could it be Sugai?" "That's right, Sugai. He said he was from the Science Department. Do you know him?" "He is my father's friend." Yanren replied, with inexplicable fear in his heart.Why didn't Sugai mention finding new information on the phone just now?Could it be that he has mastered his father's important secret and doesn't want the researcher to know? Ando didn't pay attention to Kenren's worries, and continued on his own: "Oh, this makes sense. You learned about your father and Dr. Sakai through the reporter named Sugai, right?" how is this possible?Or told Sugai the name Sakai Yuri himself. "What is Sugai here to investigate?" "They said they wanted to write special reports on people." "Is it a special report by Dr. Yuri Sakai?" "Yes. After Dr. Sakai left our organization, he moved to the streets of low-end hotels to see doctors for part-time workers. Sugai wanted to report on this selfless and dedicated female doctor. We also talked about the Zaire period." Researchers speculate that Sugai probably fabricated the purpose of the interview and came here to secretly investigate Sakai Yuri. "Mr. Sugai, don't you know where Dr. Sakai is?" "I don't know, he can't find Dr. Sakai, so he doesn't know what to do." "Then what else did he talk to you about?" "It's the other pregnant woman I mentioned just now. I just gave Sugai a little hint. To Kento-kun, of course I will tell the truth. But please keep it secret. For me, this is a painful memory." "Okay." Yanren nodded and pricked up his ears. "When Dr. Koga visited us in Zaire, he was accompanied by an American scholar, an anthropologist who studied Pygmies." Another figure known to researchers appeared. "Is that Nigel Pierce?" "Yes, yes, he has a beard and is an amiable person. They invited us to treat patients in the Mbuti camp. After we went, we saw a pregnant woman named Anjia in a simple hut Na, is about the size of a child. The doctor who saw her was Dr. Sakai from the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.” Ando took a sip of his coffee and continued, “The result of the examination is that An Jiana has severe pregnancy poisoning. There is no well-equipped hospital nearby. So we planned to send her to the big hospital in the town of Nyan Kund, but at this time the civil war broke out and we had to retreat from the local area. So the question came, what to do with Anjana. If left alone, she and her stomach children would lose their lives. But the main road was cut off and we couldn’t go to Nyan Kund Hospital.” "and after?" Ando whispered: "You must keep what I say next secret, okay?" "Ok." "In Zaire, pygmies are considered inferior to humans and have no citizenship rights. After discussions, we decided to bribe government officials to obtain a passport for Anjana and bring her to Japan for treatment." It is unbelievable that his father participated in such a big adventure.After returning to China, the reason why my father kept secret about this is because this kind of behavior itself is illegal. "But it took a lot of time to go through the procedures." Ando said regretfully, "We returned to Japan one day later than the scheduled time. Although Anjiana received treatment at Dr. Sakai's clinic, it was still too late. Both Anjiana and the child Didn't keep it." Hearing this tragic result, Yanren couldn't help feeling sympathetic, but he immediately thought of a big problem.Since the pregnant women and fetuses of the Pygmies brought to Japan died, and Yuri Sakai himself was not pregnant, who is the daughter "Ema" recorded in Yuri Sakai's household registration? "For Anjana, it might be happier to stay in the rainforest and die beside her family. But of course we can't just ignore death." Ando continued in a deep voice, "What is the right thing to do? I can't tell. All in all, at the end of the medical aid operation in Zaire, an unfortunate incident happened. Your father will not disclose details to you, and perhaps he also regrets it." The researcher chatted with Ando for more than half an hour, but did not get any valuable clues. Kento left the office and walked towards Sendagaya Station.He was at a complete loss as to how to interpret the newly unearthed intelligence.He came to a set menu restaurant near the station, had his first decent meal in days, and then got into a taxi. I have a half-sister, the worst possibility can be ruled out for now.Not only that, but according to Director Ando's description, the fact that his father had cheated was nothing. The researcher was too preoccupied with his thoughts, and made a mistake about the place to get off.When they came, Kento took an empty car and let it take the national highway, but at this moment, Kento remembered Sugai's warning, and quickly changed the destination. "Go a little longer and enter the path on the left." For now, with new drugs on the horizon, it's best to proceed with caution.After getting off the car, Yanren stood there for a while, checking to see if there was a car parked nearby.Then he entered the courtyard of the apartment building while being alert to the movement around him.No one followed, no one ambush, nothing unusual. Researcher relieved himself and climbed up the stairs outside the apartment.At this time, a man quietly appeared from behind the building.The researcher was so frightened that his heart almost stopped beating, and he froze in place. "Are you looking for someone in this apartment?" the man asked.He was wearing civilian clothes under his coat. "Uh...um." Yan Ren hesitated, hoping to fool him. "Do you know Mr. Yamaguchi on the second floor?" That laboratory must have been signed in the name of "Yamaguchi". "Ok……" "I am the landlord of this house." "Landlord?" Yan Ren looked at the other party's whole body.The person who came was very old. If he was a policeman, he must have retired long ago. "Someone nearby complained about the smell. Could it be the house in Yamaguchi?" The researcher immediately understood that it was the smell of the reagent.Because there is no fume hood, a thick snakeskin hose has to be installed around the ventilation fan as an exhaust device. "Probably not. What's the smell?" "Complainants just say it's a strange smell. It's different every day." "I don't think it came from Yamaguchi's family. I have been here many times." Yan Ren said, thinking in his heart what to do if the other party asked to enter the house. But the landlord simply said, "Really? That's fine. Maybe the Shimadas on the first floor." Just as Yan let out a sigh of relief and was about to move forward, he suddenly turned around and asked the landlord, "Apart from room 202, are there other residents in this apartment?" "Well, the room at the end of the first floor is occupied. It is destined to be demolished, so the rent is very cheap." In the secret residence prepared by the father, there is still a person who has never shown up?The researcher felt as if he had been under surveillance all the time, and he couldn't help but get a chill down his spine.Does this person named Shimada have anything to do with the development of new drugs?Or…… "Who is this Shimada?" "who?" "It's not a man in his fifties who looks like a newspaper reporter?" "Newspaper reporter?" The landlord looked at Yanren puzzled, "No, it's a woman, about forty years old." "Woman..." Yanren murmured, and a woman's appearance appeared in his mind, "Could it be a woman with a slender figure, long hair reaching shoulders, and no makeup?" "Well, not bad." The landlord nodded vigorously, "How do you know?" "This..." Yan Ren was tongue-tied, and quickly found an excuse to cover up his panic, "I've seen her before, and I thought she was some kind of suspicious person." "It's not a suspicious person. She's a resident here, don't worry." The landlord smiled, "Are you going out?" He said as he walked towards the narrow path leading to the street. The researcher desperately sorted out his chaotic thoughts until the old man's back disappeared.He walked towards the apartment building, but instead of climbing the outer stairs, he tiptoed into the first floor.Because it is very close to the outer wall, the hallway on the first floor with three households is also extremely dark during the day. Researcher stood in front of Room 103 at the end, summoned up his courage and knocked on the door. No one answered the door.Behind the thin door panel, there was no sound at all. The researcher looked around to make sure there was no one there, and then knocked on the door again.The door seemed to be unlocked, but it creaked open. "Sorry to bother you," he said, but no one responded.After a moment of hesitation, Kento took off his shoes and entered the room.No one else's shoes.People who live here seem to be out. The interior layout of Room 103 is the same as Room 202 with the laboratory.Kitchen, toilet, and six stacks of rooms.There are pans on top of the gas stove, a sign that someone lives here. Yan Ren walked forward with trepidation, and opened the partition door leading to the room of six stacks in size.The furnishings inside are rather simple.There is a TV on the low table, and there is no clothes on the hanger.The researchers accidentally found two stacks of bedding piled up in the closet, indicating that there are two people living in this room, but the whole room is like a single room in a cheap hotel, not like a living stronghold, but just a temporary residence. Why is it so deserted here?Researchers set out to find answers.He found that there were no clothes here, and no clothes boxes.So it seems that the people who live here may have traveled.It occurred to him then that the entrance was unlocked.It didn't feel like a trip, but more like a hasty escape. The researcher continued to search for clues in the room.He stopped when he saw the phone.The microphone has been modified to have some sort of device attached to it. The researcher took down the device to observe carefully, found a small switch, and turned on the power.He held his breath and said "Hello" to the device.The sound came from the inner speaker, which was as low as coming from the ground.This is Papi's voice that I have heard many times. The mystery was solved in such an unexpected way.The researcher held the voice-changing device in his hand and stood there blankly.A person who is afraid that the researcher will recognize his true voice and who knows exactly what his father is going to do... Yuri Sakai is Papi. However, just knowing this, can all problems be solved?Is it possible to draw a clear picture of this chain of events now? The researcher immediately thought of the report about Yuri Sakai in that small laptop.The reason why the CIA wanted to investigate the identity of the female doctor was not because she was his father's assistant, but because she was a noteworthy figure.So, what is the reason for Sakai Yuri's suspicion?Besides her, there are several Japanese doctors who were in Zaire nine years ago.Among these people, only Yuri Sakai was selected for investigation. There should be only one reason: he accidentally leaked Yuri Sakai's information.He told the newspaper reporter Sugai Sakai Yuri's name. Thinking of this, Yanren was suddenly agitated, and his brain hurt as if he had been beaten.It was not Sakai Yuri who communicated with the CIA, but the science reporter.Sugai is investigating the movements of the researcher. If you get caught, you will die—— Kento suppressed his panic, trying to recall the conversation between him and Sugai.How much information did you leak?Fortunately, this laboratory was not mentioned.Sugai also didn't know that Yanren had a partner named Li Zhengxun.The researcher thought of another important thing: the phone call just now.Sugai told him to "go somewhere else quickly", what did he really mean? The researcher guessed that Sugai was mostly just collecting information about the researcher.But he sensed the CIA's intentions and knew that Yanren was in danger.He found that the phone had been traced backwards, so he wanted to help the researcher.But this speculation is just to make myself feel better, and it cannot change the fact that I have been cornered. Have you ever done anything that could be dangerous?The researcher sorted out his experience from the beginning, and finally discovered a possibility. A tutor for children who stay behind closed doors all year round.A child who must never let outsiders see what he looks like. Could it be... Yan Ren was stunned. Shortly before midnight, Rubens, who was still at the operational headquarters, received two messages one after another. The first news came from the CIA, saying it had information about Kento Koga, whose whereabouts had been a mystery.A mobile phone signal was captured on the north side of Machida Station, a suspected lurking place.Based on this, he calculated the location where Kento Koga called his cell phone, and the error was within 300 meters. According to the report, the Public Security Department of the Metropolitan Police Department is focusing on searching the area, and Rubens is very anxious about this.How far has Koga Kento's new drug development progressed?That shabby Japanese graduate student is the only hope to save 100,000 children. In the report of the CIA, there was a sentence that aroused a glimmer of expectation in Rubens's heart: "The local staff 'scientists' seem to be aware of our intention to find Kento Koga, and they are gradually getting out of our control. 'Scientists' may in the future It will help the suspect escape, and we are developing corresponding countermeasures." Rubens could only hope that this "scientist" would betray his master and support Kento Koga. Another message, to Rubens' dismay, came from Logan at the NSA—a coded Japanese communication to Africa had been cracked. Seeing this report, Rubens immediately rushed out of the operation headquarters and drove the Audi to Fort Meade.What information Nous sent through satellite communication is now finally revealed.If you know the current location of Nous, you must find a way to block this information. When Rubens arrived at NSA headquarters, it was late at night and Logan came out to greet him.After the same entry procedures as last time, Rubens arrived at the conference room.There were already three Security Bureau employees in the room: one was the mathematician Fish, and the other two were strangers. Logan first introduced a man in his fifties wearing black-rimmed glasses, "This is Dr. Kenneth Danford, an expert in linguistics." Rubens shook hands with Denford.The linguist has surprisingly strong hands.The next one introduced was a middle-aged Asian man. "He's Ishida Tucker, an expert on Japanese and Japanese issues." Ishida greeted in fluent English with a slight eastern accent.He should be a Japanese who grew up in the United States, and he has received a good higher education.Rubens couldn't help but sigh that there are so many talents in the world's largest intelligence agency. After everyone was seated, Rubens asked straight to the point: "What did you find?" Fish said in a neurotic tone as usual: "The random number obtained from Melwayne Gardner's computer finally worked. However, because the random number is divided into three segments, the cracked information also has Three kinds. The first is this..." Fish held out a stack of photocopied drawings.Rubens glanced at it. It was a map drawn with the Mercator projection method, including a vast area from Africa to the North and South American continents.In addition, there are dense digital information. "This is the topographic map and ocean current map of the North Atlantic Ocean, and the others are seawater temperature and ocean current observation data." Rubens looked at them one by one.The Northern Equatorial Current, which flows westward from the west coast of the African continent, becomes the Gulf Stream near the North American continent, and then turns to the northeast.This is the circulation of ocean currents in the North Atlantic.Depending on the temperature of the water, the color of the sea also changes from blue to red. "The water has been warmer than usual this year," Fish said. "Is this public information on the Internet?" "That's right. This is based on the collection of observation data from various countries, and it is published on the corresponding webpage." "Japan sent this information to Africa?" Why would Nous want information on the North Equatorial Current?Could it be that going south to the African continent was just a slap in the face, but in fact he planned to escape by sea from near the equator?But in this case, his destination is not Japan, but the North American continent. "We don't know the purpose of this information. There are two other messages that have been deciphered, one is voice and the other is text. Please listen to this voice first." Fish put a CD into his laptop. Before the broadcast, Logan explained: "What you hear is the voice of a child. According to our analysis, the speaker is a girl about five years old." Rubens asked puzzledly: "Child? Isn't it the voice of a middle-aged woman?" "no." Fish tapped on the keyboard, and a girl's voice came from the speaker.Rubens became even more puzzled when he heard it, and asked, "Which language is this?" Ishida replied: "It should be a language similar to Japanese." "approximate?" "The pronunciation is consistent with the standard language, but the Japanese can't understand what she is saying." "What's the meaning?" "The grammar is quite strange, and words that are not included in any dictionary are frequently used. However, we are not completely clueless." Ishida handed the last document to Rubens, "This is the text that was deciphered at the same time." Rubens looked at the document, and it was full of words that he had never seen before, and he couldn't understand any of them. "Is this also Japanese?" "Hmm. The child is reading this text. It seems that someone is teaching her to read and write. Before explaining this message, allow me to introduce Japanese." "Speaking." "I will try to keep the introduction brief." Ishida said, "Because the Japanese did not invent writing, they were in an ignorant pre-historical era before the third century AD. After the fifth century, the Japanese imported Chinese characters from China and began to learn. Abstract The concept also entered the thinking of the Japanese at that time along with Chinese characters. Therefore, about half of modern Japanese are foreign words from China. For example, this.” Ishida took out a pad and wrote two words, “Each Chinese character has its own independent After combining them into words, a new concept is created. The first character of this word has the meaning of 'no protrusion', 'calmness' and 'nothing happened', and the second word has the meaning of 'the two are in harmony. Adding the meaning of ''combination of two things'' and 'smooth and orderly', and combining the two characters, it becomes a word for 'peace'." There is a fundamental difference between the thinking patterns of Westerners and Easterners, Rubens thought.But there is no question of which is better. "How many Chinese characters are there?" "There are more than 100,000." Ishida replied frankly, "But now there are only 2,000 to 3,000 Chinese characters commonly used in Japan." "Can the Japanese memorize these Chinese characters?" "Yes." Ishida smiled and nodded, "Maybe you may find it unreasonable, but Chinese characters also have their own advantages. Compared with phonetic characters, Chinese characters can instantly enter the brain as visual information, thereby conveying the meaning they represent more quickly. .In other words, Chinese characters are more readable. You can read books quickly and watch movie subtitles effortlessly. Although it is hard to learn, it is much easier to read. Okay, let’s get down to business.” Ishida pointed to a few words in the deciphered text: "First Discussion System", "Later Discussion System" and "Temporary Resolution". In Rubens' view, these words were just fantastic graphics. "These words with unclear meanings are new concepts combined with Chinese characters. So we heard the girl speak Japanese, but we don't know what she said." "Can these words be translated into English?" "As I said just now, every Chinese character has its meaning, and we can only translate it by analogy. This kind of translation is actually quite far-fetched." Ishida took out the alphabetic translation, "But here again A bigger mystery." Rubens struggled to decipher the message translated into English, but could only half understand it. 0, 0 First theory (system based on the previous logic or claim?) 1x1y Snani post-theory (system based on the latter logic or claim?) 2x1y, time function 3x1y Snani 1x2y The truth value varies with probability Change 2x5y sudden appearance of countermeasures. 扎纳尼——真理值与妥当性线性与非线性迁移。卡奥斯与卡奥斯的“窗”中出现的暂决解（暂时决定的解？）成为决定解的必要条件是超游知（“超游知”一词无法翻译）的判断—— “这是什么意思啊？”鲁本斯盯着译文说。上面的内容有如天书，但也并非完全支离破碎。“真理值随概率变动？” “我从未听说过这种理论体系。”数学家菲什说。 鲁本斯问石田：“'超游知'这个单词的意义无法类推吗？” “综合文字的含义，应该是'超越了未固定化的智慧或知识的判断主体'。但翻译后也不知所云。如果有人知道这个词的意思，那他一定知道'超游知'这种东西的存在吧。” 无奈之下，鲁本斯只好将信息片段拼凑起来强行解释。“这是在暗示与复杂系统相对应的'复杂逻辑'吧？就像与量子论相对应的量子逻辑一样。” “可是，我们不知道复杂逻辑属于哪种公理系统。”菲什连忙答。 “请允许我陈述一下看法。”一直在旁边沉默聆听的语言学家丹佛德开口道，“一开始我执著于对文章进行分析，所以觉得这段信息毫无章法。但后来我不再关注文字的意义，而将注意力集中在语法上，就得出了有趣的推测，这可能是从语法层面发明的新人工语言。” “就是说，是基于某种规则所写？” “不错。在语法方面，这种语言与我们大脑所生成的自然语言截然不同。研究这段文字的过程中，我意识到我们使用的语言只是一元的。表意文字也罢，表音文字也罢，都是沿着时间轴单方向延伸的。但这篇文章不同。概念和命题在平面上往来穿梭，编织出完整的信息。平面上的位置用x和y构成的坐标表示，但我们还不清楚这些位置有何含义，或基于何种规则设定。读到最后，出现了z坐标，所以这种语言是有上下层级的。使用这种语法的话，困扰我们的许多悖论都将不复存在。” “可是……”对这不可思议的结论，鲁本斯仍然迷惑不解，“这段信息是小女孩儿念出来的，对吧？” "right." “那这种语言就不仅可以阅读，还可以作为口语使用，如果文法太复杂，岂不是很不实用？” “不错，我们的大脑是无法使用这种语言对话的。” “我们的大脑？”丹佛德不经意间的一句话令鲁本斯恍然大悟。他的耳畔响起了海斯曼博士低沉的声音： 你忽略了一个重大的问题。 “如果用这种语言对话，就会迷失在语言之中。因为，如果不将散布在三元空间中的概念和命题的位置全部记住，交流就无法进行。除了语法之外，我还有一个发现。”丹佛德没有理会瞠目结舌的鲁本斯，指着译文中的两个单词，“原始信息中，反复出现了'斯纳尼'和'扎纳尼'。这两个词应该不是日语吧？” 石田摇头道：“日语中没这两个词。它们也不是汉字，而是用日语表音符号记录下的，所以只能从句子结构方面理解。” 丹佛德旁边的菲什会心地笑道：“这不就说得通了吗？连词增加了，逻辑常数也会增加。也就是说，语言不一样，逻辑就不一样。使用这种语言的人，拥有与普通人不一样的思维方式。” 但丹佛德的结论比年轻数学家更现实：“也有可能，这只是一个精心设计的玩笑。” 鲁本斯竭力抑制住颤抖的声音说：“这次通信是从日本发往非洲的，而不是相反，对吗？” "Yes, Not Bad." 鲁本斯内心产生的强烈冲击，转化为理性的兴奋。海斯曼博士提出的问题的答案，竟然如此超乎想象。 除了奴斯，还有一个进化后的人类。 为了佐证这个答案，鲁本斯想起了中情局的线人“科学家”的报告。从国际医疗援助团体的东京事务局得到的情报，是揭开真相的关键。 “石田先生。” “在。”石田转过头。 “你了解日本的国内法和国内情况吗？” “了解一点。”石田谦虚地答道。 “日本是不是有一种叫作'户籍'的家庭登记证？” "yes." “我听说会有人非法买卖这种户籍。” “是有这种情况。犯罪组织会贩卖户籍。只要买到了别人的户籍，就可以隐匿自己的身份。” “用什么方法买？” “去流浪汉和打短工的人聚集的地区寻找卖家。缺钱的人才可能卖自己的户籍。” “使用买来的户籍，就可以冒充别人的身份，与网络供应商签约，开设银行账户，出租不动产，对吧？” "yes." “那要如何获得户籍？” “出生之后去户籍管理机构登记。” “需要什么证件？” “医生开具的证明和出生登记证。” “医生的证明可以由孕妇的亲人开具吗？比如，孕妇的父亲就是妇产科医生，他能开具证明吗？” “法律上应该没问题。” “我还有一个问题，日本的难民接纳制度是怎样的？” 石田望着虚空思索起来：“日本曾有半个世纪由保守党连续执政，对接纳外国人，态度非常消极。接纳的难民数量不及美国的百分之一，可以说不人道。” “也就是说，在日本获得难民认证极其困难？” “是的。日本常被诟病为奉行'难民锁国'政策的国家。” 鲁本斯放缓语速，问题开始具体化：“基于刚才的情况，我想提一个假设。假设一个孕妇从爆发内战的国家逃到了日本，在生下女儿之后就死了，一个日本女人成了孩子的监护人。为了保护孩子，她该怎么做？” 面对突然提出的难题，石田思考片刻后答道：“首先还是要争取获得难民认证，但在日本，很可能无法通过难民认证，而被强制遣返。如果女孩的父亲还留在他的祖国，那可能性就更大了。她也可以将女孩收为养女，但那样就必须说明生母的身份，结果又绕回难民资格的问题上。”这时石田似乎想起了刚才的问答，微笑着问鲁本斯，“那个成为监护人的日本女人，她的父亲是妇产科医生吗？” "yes." “为了保护孩子，她愿意知法犯法吗？” "certainly." “那就简单了。首先，她要开具死亡诊断书，证明孕妇在分娩前就已死亡。这样，孩子就不会成为难民了。再让父亲伪造出生证明，说孩子是自己女儿所生，然后将这份证明寄给户籍管理机构就行了。” “就算孩子的母亲未婚，不清楚孩子父亲身份，也可以吗？” “可以。只要将户籍中的父亲一栏空出来就是了。因为不需要写出生母的姓名，所以不用担心这份伪造的申请被识破。” 鲁本斯满意地用力点头。QED。证明完毕。 人们掌握语言，将它作为交流工具。假如有人发送了意味不明的语言，必然存在另一个会使用这种语言的人。 奈杰尔·皮尔斯早就知道康噶游群中会出现超人类吧。因为九年前，第一个超人类个体就已经在日本诞生了。 扎伊尔爆发内战，一名孕妇被转移至日本，但她生下孩子后就死了。作为主治医生，坂井友理希望帮助这个孤苦伶仃的孩子，决定伪造证件，使其成为自己的孩子。那孩子先天异常的头部应该也激起了她的同情。然而，本以为是残障儿的俾格米女孩长大后，却表现出了惊人的智慧，于是坂井友理与人类学家皮尔斯取得联系。他研究了这个被命名为“艾玛”的孩子的智力，确信新人种已经诞生。两人预见到还会诞生第二个超人类，于是开始制定将其从战乱不已的刚果救出的计划。不对，主导计划的可能正是坂井艾玛。当时她还是唯一的超人类。对艾玛来说，必须想尽办法将这个早晚会出生的第二个超人类孩子带到日本。因为如果没有交配对象，物种就会灭绝。 从奴斯的角度看，开发特效药是最合理的解答。 海斯曼博士仅凭少量的线索，便看穿了谜底。艾玛和奴斯多半是同父异母的姐弟。如果将来近亲交配，耶格夫妻的悲剧很可能会再次上演。生下来的孩子，很可能会继承父母双方相同的病源基因。古贺诚治委托儿子研人进行特效药开发，无疑是治疗近亲结婚导致的遗传病的初步尝试。 鲁本斯试着计算坂井艾玛的实际年龄：八岁四个月。涅墨西斯计划的对手，不是在蛮荒之地出生的三岁幼儿，而是在发达国家掌控所有情报的满八岁的超人类。 再给你一个提示：你仍然低估了敌人的智力。 如果进化后的人类，在三岁时就能达到智人的智力水平，那现在坂井艾玛的智力水平，已远远凌驾于我们之上。 鲁本斯确信计划会失败。从被破解的密码通信看，坂井艾玛的思维能力明显已经超过智人。这个八岁的孩子认识世界的方式已经超过了智人理解能力的极限。 现在，在人类难以企及的智慧生物的保护下，奴斯一定能从非洲抵达日本，除非援助他的人类犯错。 想到这儿，鲁本斯突然担心起古贺研人来。那个研究生应该与坂井友理有接触。如果日本的警察抓住了他，就能顺藤摸瓜查到坂井友理。 研人回到自己房间，他出门时上了锁，但进门却发现入口的地上放着一部崭新的手机，手机下还压着一张字条，写着：把之前用的手机丢掉。 研人拿起手机，看了看屏幕。已经有好几个未接电话，但语音信箱中没有任何消息。 实验室中，GIFT1的最后反应正在进行。研人脱掉鞋子，正要走进实验室，新手机突然响了。研人接起电话，又听到那仿佛来自地底的低沉声音：“马上离开房间！” “为什么？”研人问。 “你犯了错。你打给报纸记者的电话被逆向追踪了，你的位置已经暴露。现在有五名警察在搜索公寓周边。找到你只是时间的问题。” 寒气爬上研人的后背。警察之所以这么快就赶来，会不会是因为公寓楼的房东向他们报告了异臭的事？ “可是，”研人用颤抖的声音说，“药物反应还没结束。” “我这是为了保护你。” “你是叫我放弃实验？” "good." “应该还有别的办法。将实验仪器转移到别的地方……”研人说，但他心里知道，必要的物资太多，将它们全部转移是不可能的。就算有车装载，也必须进进出出搬好几趟，动静太大。 “别说不切实际的话。你逃脱的机会只有一次。你一出门，保不定就会被认出来。你马上离开公寓朝东走，搭出租车去市中心。我随后会通知你下一个落脚点。” 研人看了眼手表，离GIFT1合成结束还有十小时。接着还需要八个小时分离最终生成物，确定其最终结构。“还有一天就可以完成特效药开发了啊。” “时间不够了。快逃！” 小林舞花满嘴鲜血的痛苦身影，浮现在研人的脑海中。研人坚信自己能救那个孩子。 “我不能逃。还有孩子等着我。” “你会有生命危险。” “你自己不是也曾救过一个孩子吗，坂井友理女士？” 虽然不是当面交谈，但研人还是感受到电话另一头的人很震惊。研人继续道：“你来抢电脑，就是不想让我也卷进来……为了让我远离危险，对吧？” no answer. “但我还是卷了进来。我带着父亲的电脑走到了这一步，已经无法回头了。我会继续将新药开发进行下去。”说着，研人就挂断了电话。 研人等了一会儿，但对方并没有再打来电话。研人进入实验室，凝视着磁力搅拌机上的烧瓶，陷入沉思。 研人是在国道旁给菅井打电话的，警察应该是从研人打电话的地点开始向外搜索，而那里与实验室所在的公寓楼之间，还隔着好几栋商品楼。五个人挨家逐户地搜的话，要大约一天才能查到这里。 研人向天国的父亲祈祷：我会完成你的遗愿，请保佑我，请保佑我拯救那十万个孩子。 祈祷结束后，研人又淡淡一笑，补充了一句：请原谅我错怪了你。