When I write articles, I like to write about things around me, rather than writing about things that happen in a world that is infinitely far away from real life.If Majia no longer sends me the document, how can the plot continue to unfold?This gave me a headache for a long time.I thought at the time, after I finished writing the document he gave me, should I forget it. However, more than ten days ago, I received a package. I thought it was a document exchange at work. When I got it, I didn't pay much attention to it.When I opened the mail, I found a notebook inside—red bound, very old-fashioned."Work Notes" was printed on the cover, in that old-fashioned typeface.This kind of notebook was common in the 1990s and I used to use it when I first started working, but it is rare now.I held the book in my hand, as if the time went back more than ten years ago.

I don't need to remind you, everyone should know that this notebook was sent to me by the waistcoat.I don't know how Majia found out about where I work now.I often chat with netizens on QQ, and I have told many people my address.I thought that the vest must have been quietly hiding in a certain QQ group and found out my address. I didn't open the notebook for the time being, but first checked the sender's information on the package: the sending address is No. XX Street, Lanzhou City, Gansu Province, and the sender's name is "Wu Chiren".I couldn't help laughing when I saw this name, and the vest also used this old-fashioned way to cover up its own name.

The nature of my work requires me to use QQ to communicate with my colleagues online. One day, while I was working, a message came over, not from my friend.But if you can send me a message, this should be an advanced user.The message was: "Excuse me, do you know the current address of Vest? Your story is very attractive to me, and I want to know." This is also a curious netizen. Before that, netizens often asked me similar questions: "Is the story you wrote true?" "How do you know so much?" "You know too much, don't you?" ... But I've never been asked the question "Where's the vest?"I hesitated for a while, and replied: "I don't know where he is. I always make up my posts, so why take it seriously."

Then there was no reply from the other party.I couldn't find any information about that strange number, so my heart moved, I found the contact number of the sender Wu Chiren on the mail, and dialed it. The phone number is empty! I was shocked. Could it be that the document given to me by the vest is really something that cannot be made public? But because I was busy with work, I didn't have time to think about it, so I never looked at that notebook. Four days ago, I finally made up my mind and opened my notebook.As a result, I was out of control and finished watching it in one breath.Every word in this notebook shocked me.It let me know that the sea and the earth are so close, not as far away as I imagined.The reason why there are only traces of Yihai's information in the world is because all of them have been artificially covered up.And the power to cover up the information of the different seas is stronger than that of any country in the world!

Cao Cang, Ximei, Ivan and Joshua dragged Karin and looked at the small island ahead.The iceberg behind him was shaking, but it didn't collapse. There was no time to stop now, and everyone struggled to swim to the island. At the beginning, the sea water was very cold, and the heat from everyone's bodies was lost so quickly that even Cao Cang felt that he was going to freeze.He didn't dare to think too much, all he had to do now was to swim to the island. The four are all good swimmers, and if it wasn't for Karin who was in a coma, this distance would not be difficult for them.But the sea water was too cold, bone-chilling, and after swimming for half an hour, the four of them couldn't hold on anymore.The four looked at each other and made eye contact, should they give up Karin?Otherwise, five people would have to drown here.

Cao Cang was about to make this difficult decision, but then gave up because, among the boats moored around the island, a smaller wooden boat was sailing towards them. Cao Cang breathed a sigh of relief, they were discovered by the aborigines on the Yihai Sea! "We're saved! We're saved!" Joshua shouted loudly. The wooden boat rushed over before the five of them sank.The people on the boat pulled them onto the boat one by one, and asked, "How did you get here?" Cao Cang saw that the six or seven people on the wooden boat were all men, but he was so exhausted now that he didn't have the energy to answer their questions.

The few people also stopped talking, but wrapped them in blankets, and fed each of them a sip of spirits.Cao Cang's stomach was on fire, but his body was warm.With the stimulation of alcohol, Cao Cang began to become groggy. Cao Cang's sense became dull, but this feeling was very comfortable.He knew in his heart that he was finally on land.He has an indescribable sense of security.After entering the different sea, his tense nerves finally relaxed. Cao Cang and others were carried to a wooden house.It is a very primitive and old house, even the bark on the wood used to build the house has not been shoveled off.

After resting for a long time, a man came in and said to Cao Cang in English: "You are awake, well, follow me." After speaking, he threw a set of clothes to each of them.Cao Cang saw that the suit in his hand was a very old swallowtail suit. "Where are you going?" Cao Cang asked. "We'll find out later," said the man, "We've been waiting for you." After Cao Cang and the others got dressed, they followed the man out of the cabin. Cao Cang walked outside the door and saw the outside world - a village on a small island, a village that could accommodate hundreds of people.

During the process of being carried from the wooden boat to the village, Cao Cang's consciousness was not clear. Now he can see clearly that this is a slope near the sea on the island, and there are stones everywhere.These human pioneers from the different seas barely opened up a stronghold here. Because of the lack of supplies, the buildings and roads here are very simple.But Cao Cang saw that a few miles away by the sea was a peninsula extending into the sea. At the top of the peninsula, there was a relatively delicate building made of stones. It was a church—a Christian church. Cao Cang suddenly discovered that the men leading the way consciously kept a distance from them and basically did not talk to them.I met passers-by on the road, and those passers-by also avoided them and covered their noses.

"Are we not welcome?" Cao Cang thought. Finally arrived at the designated place. This is an open area with many scattered stones on the ground.There are a few people sitting on a big rock in the middle. These people should be the leaders of this small island.But these people are very young, not elders. "Have you brought the latest antibiotics?" One of them spoke. It was a woman in her thirties, a beautiful Caucasian, and she spoke English. "No." Joshua replied, "Stay on the research ship." "What time did you enter?" the woman continued to ask.

"The end of 1983." "As expected." The woman said, "Now I can be sure." "Are you sure about what?" Cao Cang asked. "Time." The woman said, "Let's not discuss this issue for now. Since you didn't bring the latest researched antibiotics, you need to be isolated for a while... maybe a month." Cao Cang was about to ask, but the woman changed the subject: "We are the people who entered the different sea for the second time." Cao Cang had already thought about the origins of these people, but this woman shocked everyone when she said it herself! "Why don't you go back?" Cao Cang asked hastily. "Because we don't think we should go back." The woman said, "This is a decision we made after we entered the Different Sea." Countless "why" flashed through Cao Cang's mind instantly.But these "whys" must be answered by this woman. Joshua stood up, walked over to the woman, and gave each other a hug. The woman said: "The time for you to come is much faster than we imagined. Even if you use the time of Yihai to calculate, it is ahead of time." "No way, the environment over there is deteriorating further, we don't have time to wait." Joshua said, "You should be Dr. Jane, he is Dr. White..." After Joshua finished speaking, he said to another person: "Mike, I said that we will definitely meet again." The other party said: "Yes, we still met." "I haven't seen you for nine years." Joshua said, "You don't look old at all." The man named Mike smiled wryly and said, "In my opinion, we haven't seen each other for just over two years." "What are you talking about?" Joshua said, "You are still the same, you always fight against me, even for such a small thing?" "Dr. Joshua." The woman named Jane said, "He's right. We've been here for two years and five months." Joshua thought for a while and said, "Mike, are you kidding me?" The three people on the opposite side looked serious, and they didn't mean to half-joke. "It turns out...it turns out that this is true." Joshua said, "Time will be different in different spaces." "Why do you still insist on your prejudices?" Mike said, "We have been arguing about this issue for a long time, and now, you are still unwilling to face this reality?" Joshua smiled bitterly: "Well, you win. I'm just a history researcher, not as professional as you. I lost, and I owe you a lunch." Cao Cang was puzzled, and said to Joshua, "Can you tell me about your affairs?" Joshua smiled, and said to Cao Cang: "They are the people who entered the different sea for the second time. Of course, they are also experiments hosted by our federation. His name is Mike, and he is the first researcher to participate in this experiment. Back then, I For some reason, I didn’t enter the substantive experiment with him. As for Dr. Jane and Dr. White, I don’t know them, they were recruited temporarily on the eve of the experiment. But I have their list.” Joshua gave a detailed account of what happened back then. The United States has been conducting space exploration on the moon since it successfully landed on the moon in the 1960s until Apollo 13.At the same time, the United States has also made rapid progress in the study of different seas.Joshua and Mike are the researchers of this study.Joshua is a historian who is responsible for searching for the records of the different seas in human history to provide feasible directions for this research.And Mike is technically studying the feasibility of entering the different sea.Mike himself is an astronaut, but on the eve of preparing to board the space shuttle to enter outer space, he was transferred to study the experimental subject of the alien sea. They are the first researchers in the United States to explore different seas. In the course of his research, Mike brought up the asymmetry of time.He believes that the time scale of Yihai is not equal to that of the earth.Of course, in the 1970s, this statement undoubtedly felt like a fantasy.Mike's statement was denied by others, including Joshua.Although their personal relationship is good, on this issue, the two often quarrel. Through measurements, Mike believes that time is not a constant scale. Not only will there be differences in different spaces, but even in the same space, there will be errors.Mike proposed that even in the outer space of the earth, the time is different from the earth itself.At that time, Mike showed evidence that the satellites outside the earth and the time on the earth were not consistent, but 38 microseconds faster.This proves that time is not a standard measure.There are errors in the same space, so in another space, the difference will be magnified geometrically. Joshua scoffed at Mike's research, so that the relationship between the two continued to deteriorate. Joshua did not participate in the first experiment in the United States, and did not join until the second experiment in the United States. After hearing these things, Cao Cang asked, "When was your first experiment?" "1975." Dr. Jane replied. "Subtracting the time we entered Yihai for almost a year, you think it took about a year and a half for you to enter Yihai." Cao Cang said, "If you really entered Yihai in 1975, then this Yihai and The ratio of Earth time, is..." "1:6.2." Mike replied quickly, "We have already calculated it." "We haven't seen you yet." Cao Cang asked, "Can you figure it out?" "Of course." Mike said, "We have a reference. It seems that you don't know that we are not the first batch of experimenters to enter the different seas. Before us, there was another country that did a similar experiment. They did it in 1932 years to come here, but they think they've only been here for five years." "Are they German?" Cao Cang blurted out. "How do you know that the country where the first experiment was conducted is Germany?" Joshua suddenly turned his head and questioned Cao Cang. Cao Cang's head turned quickly, thinking about how to answer Joshua. "I can participate in this experiment on behalf of my country, of course I will know some details." Cao Cang was sloppy, "If you don't believe me, you can ask the Soviets." Cao Cang pointed his finger at Ivan. "Soviet Union?" Mike, White, and Jane stood up immediately, looking very nervous. Seeing their expressions, Ivan was also tense. Karin told Ivan what they had talked about. Ivan said to Karin: "Tell them that the United States is not the only one conducting this experiment on Earth. We know as much as they do." "You don't need to do this." Karin began to make a rescue, "Ivan and the two Chinese here are teammates who cooperate with each other. I trust them." After a long time, Mike said: "Well, we don't need to bring the ideological divisions of the earth here." "Your teammate, there is an Indian." Carlin said, "Where is he now? I didn't see him." "Who is he to you?" White said. "He has the same complexion as you. Are you from India?" "My name is Carlin." "Oh!" said Mike, "are you his son? He told me he wasn't married." "He's my uncle." Karin answered honestly. "Your uncle is dead," said Jane. "I'm sorry." Karin seems to have known this ending.Since entering the different sea, the entire scientific expedition team and the Soviets have lost half of their personnel under the special environment of the different sea.His uncle's experience after entering the different sea will not be smooth, and it is not surprising that he died during the experiment. "Why are you the only ones meeting us?" Cao Cang asked, "I see there are many people here." "They dare not approach you," White said, "You are dangerous." "We mean no harm," Joshua said. "We're not here to fight." "But there is a detail that we didn't consider at the beginning." White said, "This detail caused the first batch of Germans to enter the different seas to lose two-thirds of their members." "What are you talking about?" Cao Cang asked. "Bacteria." White said, "The bacteria on your body are deadly killers." Cao Cang had a blank mind about medical knowledge, but he vaguely knew that White's statement was reasonable. "The Germans sent 600 people here in 1932," White said. "We came here after 1943. When we met, something happened that we didn't expect." Everyone fell silent and listened to White. “These first Germans who came in started getting sick from a very simple cause — a respiratory infection,” White said. “We caught it. We carried germs that they couldn’t fight off.” "How could human beings fail to adapt to bacterial changes in just forty years?" Cao Cang said. "Because these 40 years are the 40 years in which humans have used antibiotics in large quantities." Dr. Jian said, "With the widespread use of penicillin and other antibiotics, bacteria have also undergone rapid mutations." Cao Cang understood that the bacteria carried by the second batch of Americans who entered the experiment infected the first batch of Germans who entered Yihai like a plague, causing a large number of German deaths.Now they are the third batch of people who entered the alien sea. Of course, the surviving Germans avoided them, fearing that they would infect newer bacteria. It turned out that this was the reason why Dr. Jane asked "Have you brought the latest antibiotics" as soon as he saw them. Since Jane, White, and Mike had not been in the different sea for a long time, the era when they entered the different sea was already the era when penicillin was widely used, so they were not afraid of being infected. Cao Cang did not expect that so many details should be considered when traveling between spaces.A very subtle difference can actually lead to mass death. Cao Cang didn't quite understand this explanation, and looked confused.Why did this invisible bacterium become Yihai's decisive killer?It was not only Cao Cang who had such doubts, but also Iwan and Ximei. But Dr. Jane and White didn't seem interested in further detailed explanations.They are absent-minded now, as if they are thinking about something else. Karin said to Ximei in English (now Ximei can barely understand English): "Have you studied world history?" "No." Ximei said. "Then let me tell you about the history of the earth." Carlin said, "After the American continent was discovered by Columbus, there was an upsurge in exploring the new continent in Europe. Of course, their purpose was to find gold. That era was the age of great navigation. Countless adventurers headed for the American continent by sailboat. When they conquered the American continent, they inevitably clashed with the local Indians. Facts have proved that the Indians failed in the end. Their race is on the verge of extinction, and even the powerful The Aztec dynasty also perished. Of course, Latin American history records that their Indian ancestors were rapidly depopulated because of genocide." "I know the history." Cao Cang said, "I learned it in junior high school." "But this is not the case." Carlin continued, "It was bacteria and viruses that really caused the genocide of the Indians, that is, cold bacteria and smallpox virus. In the environment of the Americas, the microorganisms they came into contact with did not mutate. And Humans in Europe and Asia experienced the Black Death, chickenpox, etc., and they developed antibodies to these microorganisms. When European humans entered the New World, the germs they carried on them were transmitted to Native Americans. Native Americans could not Resisting the invasion of these germs, one after another died. Now you should understand why the humans in the different sea were infected, right? The second batch of humans who entered the different sea brought deadly bacteria that made the first batch of humans unable to adapt. " "The consequence of not being able to adapt is death." Cao Cang said, "Individuals that can survive have the ability to resist germs. This is the choice of species survival." "Then do we really have to wait for a while and observe the physiological reactions of these residents of Yihai before we can live together with you?" Karin said, "From the actual situation, we are human beings of the same era as you. Can we live together?" The germs you carry, you will carry too." "They have already suffered a catastrophe and lost a lot of people." White said, "This feeling is understandable." "But you don't need to be isolated," Jane said. "What's wrong?" Cao Cang asked. "A bigger threat has come." Jane said, "They are here." "Who's here?" Cao Cang asked eagerly. "Our enemy." Jane replied, "The one who has always wanted to occupy this island." "Apart from the residents of this small island, are there other humans in Yihai?" Cao Cang was very curious. "Yes, and there are a lot of them." Jane said, "They have fought us many times." "Who are they?" Cao Cang continued to ask. "There are two kinds of people in the different sea." White interjected, "One is like us, the test subjects of the state machine, humans who consciously entered the different sea. But there are some people, they are the natural test subjects, they It was brought into the alien sea by the power of nature." "Then why can't we live in peace with them," Cao Cang asked, "Living together in a different sea?" "They have changed," White said. "They have broken away from the moral constraints of Earth society, and they have their own laws of behavior—laws of behavior that we cannot understand. They just want to kill other people and occupy this island." "Why are they interested in this small island?" Cao Cang asked suspiciously. "This small island is the only land in the entire strange sea." Jane said, "Don't you understand?" "They're here." White reminded. Cao Cang suddenly saw the residents on the island, and they all rushed to the sea and boarded the boats. Corresponding to this are many moving objects, jumping into the sea from the ice in the northeast direction of the island, and swimming towards the island.After a while, Cao Cang saw clearly that those objects were human beings, and there were a lot of them, at least four to five hundred of them. The war started, and Cao Cang's familiar way came. When Cao Cang and others were hesitating whether they should join this battle, White and Dr. Jane said: "We will not lose for the time being." Mike has stood up and rushed to the beach, where someone is waiting for him to board the boat together. "Mike is an excellent military strategist now." Jane said to Joshua, "He has led the people on the island and has fought these random invaders no less than thirty times." "Accidental entry?" Cao Cang didn't understand the word, so he repeated it. "It's the human beings who accidentally entered the alien sea." Jane said with a smile, "We created new words ourselves." "Correspondingly, should we be called senders?" Cao Cang asked back. "No." Jane said, "We are all experimenters, and we will not change our identity and title." "Aren't the accidental people on the ocean those humans who were brought into the alien sea by the force of space distortion?" Joshua asked. "Yes." Jane replied, "They entered the different sea without any psychological preparation. The different climate and geographical environment of the different sea broke their spirits, and those who survived were already crazy. The possessive desire made them lose their minds. The first batch of experimenters met the random entrants a year after entering the different sea, brought them to the island, gave them food, and treated them... But they couldn't even wait for their bodies to recover, They began to attack the experimenters. They had only one purpose, and that was to occupy the island. But they were defeated. The Germans were numerous and well-armed at that time. The intruders who fled back to the sea informed the other intruders of the location of the island. Intruders. Since then, this small island is no longer peaceful. When the freezing season comes, there will be batches of accidental intruders who want to occupy this place." "I have a question, how do you know we are not accidental entrants?" Cao Cang asked. "Mike knows Joshua." Jane said, "Mike recognized you when you were carried up." "Are the random entrants attacking here during the freezing season?" Cao Cang asked. "Yes." Jane replied, "They are attacking us during the freezing season." "Why?" Cao Cang didn't let go of any details, because these details are very important. "Because with the small island as the center, no ships can pass through the area with a radius of 3.7 nautical miles." Jane explained, "Any ship that passes through this area will suddenly disappear." "Where did the ships around the island come from?" Cao Cang asked. "Because we have something." Jane said, "That machine allows the ship to pass through that sea area smoothly. When we find a ship at sea and bring it back, we must use that machine." "Is that machine left by my uncle?" Karin, who had been silent all this time, finally spoke. White and Jane nodded at the same time, and White said, "You should too." Cao Cang didn't hide any more, took out his pocket watch and handed it to Jane and White to have a look. "This is it." Jane said, and at the same time took out a small golden object from her bosom, which was also a pocket watch, exactly the same as Cao Cang's. Putting the two pocket watches together, a soft halo shone on the surface. At least one purpose of this mysterious machine can be determined. It is indeed an instrument for leading humans into certain spaces. "We looked for your uncle for a long time." Jane said, "The information we got was that your family has the ability to return from the different seas. But your uncle gave this thing to us before he died. Only then did we understand , it’s not that the descendants of your family have this ability, but that the instrument your family keeps allows us to have the ability to return to Earth.” Carlin took the pocket watch in his hand and looked at it for a long time before handing it back to Jane. "It seems that your family is the same." Jane said to Cao Cang, "This instrument is also passed down from generation to generation. They really found you too." "There should be another piece of this thing." Cao Cang said, "The Germans were the first to conduct this experiment, so they must have found that piece." "You're right," White said. "They really do have one." "Is the German with this instrument still on the island?" Joshua asked. "No." White replied. "Where else can he go?" Cao Cang asked. Jane and White were silent and did not answer for a while. Cao Cang couldn't ask any more, the shouts of countless people came over, and the battle had already begun on the sea. This was actually a massacre. The experimenters on the island drove seven or eight boats, including steamships with power.They move fast across the sea. And their enemies, the casual entrants, could only swim in the sea except for a few rafts made of planks. Those experimenters on the ship stood on the deck very easily and shot at the enemies in the sea. The situation on the battlefield is completely one-sided. Seeing this situation, Karin, Joshua and the others relaxed.But Cao Cang did not relax. He saw that this battle was not optimistic. The random entrants are indeed at an absolute disadvantage in terms of equipment and combat effectiveness. They are completely the targets of the experimenters in the sea, and they hardly have any resistance ability, but their numerical advantage is gradually revealed.The leader who commanded the intruders was by no means a lunatic, but a very calm commander. Cao Cang saw this clearly. The experimenters on the ship only focused on attacking the enemies on the sea.At this time, several hundred more people appeared on the ice layer silently, and these people slowly dived into the sea water without showing their heads for a long time. "Not good!" Cao Cang shouted. Jane said, "You can see it." "Yes." Cao Cang said, "They sent real fighters. Those people must have lived in the ocean for a long time, and their diving ability must have surpassed ordinary people." At this moment, the people watching the battle could no longer maintain their composure. Sure enough, a few minutes later, countless human heads popped up around a ship, and those casual entrants, numerous in number, surrounded the ship densely, and then frantically searched for all the supports on the outer wall of the ship and climbed up.The experimenters on the ship also found them, they were condescending and attacked these accidental entrants.However, the number of experimenters was too small, facing the swarming intruders, they gradually lost their previous advantage on the battlefield. Other ships on the sea discovered this and hurriedly approached the ship, intending to come to support it. The ship that was intensively attacked by the entrants gradually became unable to resist.Some experimenters on the ship were wounded by weapons thrown by intruders below the side of the ship.Now the entrants began to climb onto the deck of the steamer. Although the supporting ships accelerated their approach, they were still not close enough to accurately attack the entrants near the ship.Only then did they realize that they had been intentionally scattered by the entrants from the very beginning! Now the situation was even more dire, and the stragglers under the steamer began throwing ropes, with barbed ends at the top, onto the deck of the steamer.At the same time, dozens of random entrants made such movements, and they were continuously climbing onto the deck. The experimenters on the ship were in trouble. Cao Cang thought to himself, this is completely a well-planned attack by accidental entrants.They first used personnel with little combat effectiveness to disperse the ships as much as possible, and then concentrated their efforts to destroy a ship.As for why the target was placed on that ship, the reason is very simple. The ship has complete facilities and is the most advanced.After they seized it, their fighting power would be much stronger, and they could even turn the tide of the battle. The same people, the way of looking at things is different.What Cao Cang saw was the tactical victory of the entrants, but what Ximei, Karin and the others saw was another level - the ferocity of the entrants. After the dense entrants climbed onto the deck, they captured the remaining seven or eight experimenters on the deck.They didn't say anything, and without any hesitation, they immediately killed all the experimenters on the ship. The ferocity of their actions made people feel chilling. However, judging from the expressions of White and Jane, they don't seem to be too worried about the change in the battle situation. Cao Cang knew that the experimenters on the island must have some tricks.But there must be a reason for not using it now. Cao Cang is not in a hurry, he is waiting for the development of the situation. Sure enough, when other supporting ships approached the ship that had been occupied, the entrants who were still in the sea began to crawl quickly to the deck of the ship.Not long after, the casual entrants crowded together densely on the deck of the ship. If there is a trump card, it is time to use it.Cao Cang thought, the time has come. There was a huge roar on the island. "That's it!" Cao Cang couldn't help shouting. There are cannons on the island, and more than one.Needless to say, this is the first time the weapon brought by the Germans who entered the foreign sea for experimentation, and it is now working. The shells hit the ship one after another, and the ship caught fire and began to sink. This is the tactic of the experimenters, so that a large number of random entrants are gathered on a ship, and then wiped out in one fell swoop.Use the advantages in equipment to make up for the disadvantages in numbers. Cao Cang knew this all too well.Now Cao Cang understands why he was chosen to participate in this mission. Yes, there will be wars in the different seas, and it is the best choice for soldiers to enter the different seas! The first batch of personnel to enter the experiment are German soldiers, and the second batch of personnel is a team sent by the United States. It is estimated that there will also be soldiers involved.The third experiment also had a military background: it was an American warship that sent the Chinese experimenters to the experiment area. The combat effectiveness of those who accidentally entered the different seas and the army with excellent equipment is not the same. The battle ended quickly under artillery fire. The experimenters on the island achieved an absolute victory at the cost of a ship and the lives of more than a dozen experimenters. The ships participating in the battle slowly cruised on the sea surface, no longer killing the remaining enemies, because those who entered by chance, knowing that the situation was over, began to swim towards the distant ice surface. Mike came back and said to Joshua: "I discussed with them, you should be quarantined for half a month first. If the people who brought you back from the sea are not sick, you can walk freely on the island-join us." "You and the Germans have already..." Joshua said, "We predicted that if we encountered the Germans, they would definitely attack us. After all, they entered on the eve of World War II." "Actually, we did exchange fire with them," Mike said. "Then you finally..." Joshua asked nervously. "In the beginning, as before, the Germans were outnumbered," Mike said, "but we have good weapons." When Cao Cang heard this, he thought to himself, yes, with a time gap of more than 30 years, the weapons developed by the Americans are of course much more advanced than those before World War II. "Those two fighter jets..." Joshua said, "It seems that they have to be prepared." "We fought at sea at first, and we ended up here." Mike said, "The war can't go on anymore. If it goes on, not only them, but also us, all personnel will be lost." "So you have reached a consensus and lived in peace?" Joshua asked closely. "Of course," Mike said, "because we discovered the secret of the pocket watch." Joshua's face was pale, and he didn't speak any more. "Joshua," Mike said, "I'm sorry, we already know your background. Now, I'm going to lock you up." Joshua said nothing. The sudden change made Cao Cang completely dumbfounded. "Where's the other pocket watch?" Joshua shouted. "Where's the German's pocket watch?" "He was taken away by Miller," Mike said. "Yes, we found out his identity and reached an agreement with the Germans, but he escaped from our control. He took that pocket watch and kept talking Looking for sea eyes in the different seas, disturbing the spatial balance between the different seas and the earth." "These accidental entrants." Cao Cang said sharply, "They all entered the alien sea because of the disorder of space." “至少有一部分和米勒脱不了关系。”麦克说道，“他不惜一切代价，想夺回这座小岛。” “为什么他不利用那块怀表回去？”曹沧问道，“这座小岛，到底还有什么利害之处？” “怀表只能让我们从这座小岛回到地球。这座海岛是异海的磁极所在。”麦克解释道。 “那你们为什么不回到地球？”曹沧问道，“你们为什么要滞留在这座小岛上？” “这个问题。”麦克指着约书亚说道，“你要问他了。” 约书亚激动起来：“这个世界本来就不该由你们这些人来控制。只有上帝的选民，才有资格在这里生存下去！” “果然不错。”麦克笑道，“你和米勒，果然是他们的人。” “难道还有某个国家要控制这项实验？”曹沧问道，“还有哪个国家比'二战'前的德国、现在的美国和苏联更具备这个实力？” “那个势力，并不是国家。”麦克对曹沧说道，“中国人，你们知道的并不多。你们国家没有针对这项实验进行历史研究是错误的。” 曹沧完全不懂麦克说这些话到底是什么用意，但是他认为约书亚是个历史学家是毋庸置疑的。 “现在，对不起了……”麦克说道，“你们必须要隔离起来。” 曹沧等人只能接受这个事实，被关押到一个木房间里。 麦克给他们留下了足够的活动空间。白天的时候，他们可以在木屋四周活动，但是范围只有几十平方米。这个地方四周有栅栏围着，并且有手持步枪的人员看守。 每日都是简博士负责送饭。 曹沧等人被隔离后，都沉默不言。 约书亚更是不说话，他一直用鄙夷的目光看着旁人。 简博士对中国人很好奇，送饭的时候，就和细妹交谈。细妹的英语仅仅能够说一些基本的生活用语。简博士问她，中国方面是如何跟美国达成协议，共同进入异海的。 曹沧忍不住插嘴：“和你们跟印度合作一样，我有那块怀表。” 简说道：“卡林是我们秘密从印度找到的，没有通过印度政府。” “我们不一样。”曹沧答道，“我们曹家要听从国家的安排。” “你一定不是曹家的人。”简博士一针见血地说道。 曹沧冷笑了一下。不过，他心里有些混乱，不知道什么地方让简博士看出了端倪。 “拥有这个仪器的家族，都不会忠诚于任何国家，他们只忠诚于某个势力。” “你说的势力……”曹沧问道，“就是麦克所说的那个势力吗？那究竟是个什么样的势力？” “比地球上任何国家都强大的势力。”简博士回答，“这个势力，甚至可以控制地球上的一些国家。” “比如……”曹沧知道简博士要说到关键了。 “比如美国、德国、苏联，还有英国。”简博士说道，“我们不能肯定，但是他们一定有势力渗透进这些大国的政府高层。” “影子政府！”卡林不知道什么时候靠了过来，激动地说道，“真的有影子政府？” “这就是你们不愿意回去的原因吧？”曹沧说道，“异海这项实验，一定另有目的！” 简说道：“我们在进入异海之前，根本不相信有这个势力，可是在异海里，我们不得不承认，那个影子政府，是真实存在的。因为，进入异海的实验，根本就是他们操纵的计划。” “到底是什么样的计划？”曹沧追问道。 “这个计划一直存在。”简说道，“可是所有的人类都不在意。” “你们现在能证实这个计划的真实性了？”曹沧心里忐忑不安，他想起了真正的曹沧临死前的场景——真正的曹家后人，是突然自焚而死。这种死法太怪异。曹沧把曹家后人自焚的场面和简博士所说的那个势力联想起来，不寒而栗。 人类进入异海的尝试，一定有更深层次的阴谋。 “到底是个什么计划？”曹沧又问了一遍。 “末日黎明计划！”简博士说道，“一个流传了千年的计划。” 约书亚突然从屋内冲了出来，他也在听曹沧和简博士的交谈。约书亚冲到简博士身前，一边挥舞着手要去抓简博士，一边骂着：“你们也配说这个计划吗？你们都是被抛弃的对象……” 约书亚的手差点抓住简博士的头发。曹沧扭住了约书亚的胳膊，把他们隔开。 约书亚被曹沧推倒在地，他还在不停地说话，但是说的语言大家都听不懂。约书亚满脸凶狠，估计嘴里说的话，不是什么好听的词儿。 简博士说道：“末日黎明计划的倡导者就是共济会。” “你们宁愿守着这个异海的小岛，也不愿意回到地球，就是因为那个所谓的末日黎明计划？”曹沧问道。 “是的。”简博士答道。 “那究竟是个什么样的计划？”曹沧接着问道。 “他们一直在通过各种努力进入异海。”简博士说道，“当人类把异海的环境探索清楚，他们就会动用所有资源，进入异海。但是进入的人，只能是和他们相关的人员。” “他们有这个实力？” “当然有！”简博士说道，“进入异海需要大量的黄金，这些黄金从哪里来？一定是有财团支持的。” “巨量黄金的动用，会影响到一个国家的经济基石。德国人吃了这个亏。”简博士说道，“约书亚作为一个历史学家能参与到这个实验中来，是因为一个财团的支持。” “什么财团能有这个能力？” “约书亚所在的那个大学是一个富有家族投资兴建的大学。”简博士说道，“当时我们并没在意，进入异海之后才明白，他作为一个非技术性人员，能够参与到这个实验，当然是这个家族的一个小小要求而已。” “这个家族提供了进行实验的黄金？”曹沧问道，“他们富可敌国？” 卡林在一旁说道：“富可敌国这个比喻，实在是太贬低他们了。” “历史可查，这个家族从中世纪就掌握了欧洲各国的财政。”简博士说道，“欧洲的银行系统雏形，就是他们建立的。” 卡林看见曹沧一脸的茫然，连忙补充说道：“这个家族的幕后背景，就是共济会。” 曹沧现在能理顺简博士和卡林所说的信息了，慢慢说道：“这么看来，原来三次进入异海的实验，都是共济会影响到国家层面的操作。而他们的目的是，让自己的势力进入异海。当实验人员回到地球之后，一旦他们掌握了地球和异海之间的通道，就会马上放弃地球的一切，抛弃地球，进入异海……” 曹沧想了很久，才勉强地接受这个事实，对简博士说道：“我知道为什么你们不回去了，你们就是想让这项实验失败。” “你想通了。”简博士微笑着说道，“你比我想象的聪明得多。” 这时，曹沧突然意识到一件事情，很关键的事情。这个事情实在是事关重大。 曹沧想到的问题就是，进入异海的过程中，会引发空间的震荡，仅仅是小质量的物体（相对地球而言），就会引发地球上的“自然灾害”。如果共济会的势力，大规模进入异海，他们会携带很多物资、人员以及机械设备。他们这么做，会给地球带来毁灭性的灾难。当然他们不会在乎这点了，因为那个时候，他们已经进入了异海。 半个世纪以来，他们所做的三次进入异海的实验，都只有一个目的，不仅仅是考察异海的地理气候环境，最重要的是，他们在寻找一个平衡点。如果进入异海的人数过多或物资的质量太大，不仅地球，甚至异海，都会同时毁灭。他们在让异海不受影响的最大阈值下，携带最大的资源和人口。至于地球，他们已经放弃。 老庞是懂得这点的，他的泡沫理论是正确的，小量的物质在相邻的两个泡沫隔膜之间穿透，只会引起细微的震荡。如果质量加大，其中较为脆弱的泡沫会破灭。但是很明显，异海是相对坚固的那个泡沫。 这就是末日黎明计划！ 曹沧对这个秘密的揭露，完全没有心理准备。参加这个任务之初，曹沧只能想到这个行动，跟国家的战略有着莫大的关联。可是现在的情形，完全超出了这个层面。 简博士离开后，约书亚也冷静了，他回到屋内，坐在自己的床上。 曹沧对卡林使了个眼色。卡林明白曹沧的意思，故意避着细妹和伊万，和曹沧一起陪同约书亚。 伊万看在眼里，故意向细妹讨教异海的海洋水路问题，和细妹走到门外。 约书亚坐在床上，看着曹沧和卡林。 卡林和曹沧，迟疑很久。 曹沧先开口了：“我们，到底是什么人？” “你，还有你。”约书亚用手指了指曹沧和卡林，“我们保留着一样的基因。” 曹沧不急了，约书亚现在一定会把这些事情都说出来，他需要有人支持他。 “我们没机会了，曹！”约书亚突然站起来，握住曹沧的手，“你是我们最后的希望。” “你是说怀表吗？”曹沧问道，“我是最后一个拥有怀表的人？” “当然不是！”约书亚激动地说道，“怀表还能继续找出来，可是我们进入异海的机会，已经不多了。” “你到底要说什么？”卡林说道。 “从我们进入异海开始，我们就在保护你，服从你。”约书亚说道，“你失踪后，我带领剩余的人，冒着生命危险脱离潜艇，寻找你……你自己还不明白你身份的重要性吗？因为我们已经考虑到第一批和第二批的实验人员已经变节，所以我们把所有的希望放在你的身上。” “能说明原因吗？”曹沧的语气都开始颤抖了。 “地球撑不住了。类似的实验，不会无限制地继续下去。”约书亚说道，“我们浪费了太多的黄金，我们能把握的黄金已经不足以支持下一个实验了。现在西方世界的黄金储备，账面上的数字距离真实的数量已经相差了百分之七。” 欧美世界的黄金储备，已经损耗了这么多！这个数字已经很庞大了，如果再这样下去，西方的金融体系一定会崩溃，崩溃的后果……曹沧不寒而栗，共济会当然不想看到这个局面，他们需要一个稳定的金融环境，才能按照他们的设想，调动黄金，进行他们进入异海的计划。 “所以，曹，”约书亚说道，“我们和你的祖国合作，是一个交换。” “我就是交换的筹码！”曹沧笑道，这个不是秘密了。 “我们需要和你们国家合作。”约书亚继续说道，“合作的条件就是给你们国家一张船票。” “船票？”曹沧懵了，“什么船票？” 约书亚把头靠近曹沧，缓慢又沉稳地说道：“诺亚方舟的船票。”