Chapter 19

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Chapter 19: Star Death Reality Show (II)

This was undoubtedly a horrible association which made one feel uneasy. After a short period of fear, Qi Leren soon realized that it was impossible. Although Su He did have some ability to interfere with copy tasks, as had happened before in the “Castle Cry” task, if this was really Su He, he would never let Qi Leren find this obvious similarity.

Yes, He Yi and Su He were much alike. This similarity came not from appearance, but from indescribable temperament.

With the same handsome appearance, outstanding ability, gentleness and humility, and unmasked calmness, this personal charm of his made other people quickly take note, especially women.

Even this was very similar to Su He. Qi Leren looked at the Jing twin sisters who were circling around him and couldn’t help thinking this.

Memories continued to be read: This quiet night passed. Early the next morning, 13 hungry people disembarked from the spaceship empty-handed except for one knife and warm clothes. There was also an incident here: the cabin door of the spacecraft broke down a little, which delayed the program originally scheduled to start at 7:00 to 8:00.

“The nearest warp drive jump site is five or six days away from this planet, isn’t it? If you go to repair it now, can you make it back just as the program ends,” He Yi spoke with a staff member.

The staff member nodded: “It’s no problem, there’s an unmanned maintenance point three days away from here. I’ll drive the spaceship there for maintenance, just in time to pick you up.”

“That’s really great,” He Ii smiled.

When they got off the spaceship, the temperature of minus 20 degrees outside instantly made the people shiver. Although the 13 people were all wearing temperature-regulating clothes, the skin exposed to the air still felt cold as a knife.

Xue Jiahui, the newscaster, forced out a smile: “Fortunately it’s still the polar summer, otherwise we would be spending seven days without sunshine in an extreme night environment.”

Although it was extreme daytime, the sun only lingered near the horizon, and the ice and snow wouldn’t melt completely. The cold weather made the polar village on this extinct planet well preserved, and the atmospheric environment and temperature were suitable for survival. Unlike Qi Leren’s imagination, this place wasn’t a primitive tribe that ate birds and animals, but a modern civilization that once had electricity.

As far as you could see, there were dozens of colourful brick and wood buildings on the ice sheet which looked like modern Inuit villages from a distance. In the ice and snow, the bright colors give people a feeling of hope, as if there were really people living here.

The area surrounding the village had been blocked by the new laser network set up by the program organizers, which prevented large beasts from entering the village to attack this line of people who were broadcasting a live program, but it also limited the range of the people’s activities. The program company has repeatedly promised that there were no signs of life within the scope of the village after it was scanned by a life detector, so there was no need to worry about wild animal attacks.

Memories continued: The group of people were having a heated discussion about their survival over the next few days. According to the requirements of the program company, each of them had been assigned to a numbered house, which has not been cleaned but only provided with a quilt and basic heating equipment. If you wanted to live a decent life for the next week, you had to rely on your own efforts.

“What caused the extinction of this planet’s civilizations?” After entering the largest public building in the polar village—that is, the church—Xue Jiahui sighed and asked.

“Who knows, maybe it was because of nuclear war?” Janet shrugged her shoulders. She didn’t care about this kind of problem at all. She cared more about whether the mobile camera that followed them could get the best view of her.

This kind of camera was nanoscale and couldn’t be seen by the naked eye, but it would follow them around the clock over these seven days and transmit the captured pictures to all corners of the universe synchronously through quantum communication technology, unless they set a certain time as a private time, usually when going to the toilet and sleeping.

“The destruction of civilizations before the Big Universe Era was nothing more than external causes or internal causes. The common means of extinction with internal causes were nuclear war, extreme religion, viral infection, super volcano, climate change, and artificial intelligence. The external causes were usually asteroid impacts and extraterritorial civilizations. I say it was invasion, everyone can have a guess,” He Yi smiled.

The handsome guy’s question made all the women present perk up. Janet guessed casually: “Hmm… Nuclear war. I’ve heard that nuclear bombs were a cool weapon in the last era. I chose that.”

Compared with Janet’s randomness, Lara was much more cautious. After some reflection, she gave her own answer: “I think it was probably artificial intelligence. As far as our civilization is concerned, the biggest crisis we’ve encountered is the crisis of artificial intelligence, or the crisis of excessive science and technology. Thanks to legislation, virtual reality technology has been restricted from further deepening. Otherwise, we’re afraid that we’ll eventually choose to abandon our flesh and let our minds stay in a terrible world where everything we want exists. Imagine us in this virtual world: we can create a perfect companion with our fingers, kill those who annoy us, and distort the world with the help of AI to make it conform to our wishes. This is a kind of god who can create everything and change everything. The pleasure is terrible, and human beings are easy to indulge in it.”

“Woooow, full of in-depth answers. Should I call you Dr. Lara Jonson?” Janet’s smile was full of ridicule, and it was obvious that she was dissatisfied with this competitor who tried to steal her limelight.

Lara frowned and ignored Janet’s provocation.

Xue Jiahui smiled gracefully: “I’ll guess climate change was the trigger that led to a series of problems. Since this planet had a preliminary civilization, a single reason may not lead to the collective extinction of all intelligent life. Before the spacecraft landed, my staff and I discussed the situation of this planet. Although we haven’t done a complete exploration and research on the planet yet, according to the preliminary geological analysis results, this planet has obvious greenhouse effect problems and the polar ice cover has obviously shrunk compared to thousands of years ago. An original virus frozen under the ice emerged, and the virus spread rapidly and mutated. If the medical technology of the intelligent creatures on this planet wasn’t developed to a certain extent, this would easily cause mass death. Coupled with the increase in extreme weather caused by rising temperatures, reduced food production, and rising sea levels, many factors eventually caused mass extinction.”

Compared with Lara and Xue Jiahui, the Jing sisters obviously don’t know much about this. They cooed about it for a while, guessed childishly, and finally threw the question to the only woman who hadn’t answered it: Annie.

Annie was the youngest person in this place except the Jing sisters, and her personality was also very quiet. This kind of quiet was not the usual quiet of girls, but the dead quiet. She wasn’t reminiscent of a quiet summer night, but of a silent morgue.

“It was God,” Annie whispered and raised her head. “God made them destroy themselves. This was God’s authority. God used it to punish the world.”

“Oh my god, this girl is crazy,” Janet made an exaggerated expression.

“Sorry, I am an atheist,” Lara also expressed her disapproval.

“Just last night, I had a dream,” Annie said to herself. “A dream about us.”

Her words attracted everyone’s attention.

“I dreamed of a huge room, half bright and half dark. At first, all of us stood on the side of the light, and suddenly one person walked past, then the second and third… going into the darkness one by one. I couldn’t see who it was, but I saw a huge monster staring at us from the dark side… It was staring at us.”

Annie’s tone was cold and her eyes were filled with a mocking smile, which made the other’s unsettled.

“I heard that you’re a believer in Deep Sea Religion?” Francis, a tough guy who had been quiet until now, suddenly said.

“Yes,” Annie said.

“Do you believe in the big octopus?” Francis asked again.

“Hahaha,” Janet laughed. “Big octopus? I love octopus barbecue.”

Annie obviously showed an offended look: “It’s Leviathan, the giant beast that rules the ocean!”

“A devil?” Laura asked.

“No! Leviathan is just a sea monster! It is God’s creation, like us. Please don’t misinterpret it as a devil by your imagination! If we must choose the most evil species among those created by God, it is undoubtedly us humans! There are no creatures that are more evil, more shameless, and more greedy than us humans. From the day we swallowed the forbidden fruit, we have borne the original sin.”

Annie smiled strangely: “We will all be swallowed up by Leviathan. Our planet, our civilization, and our universe will eventually belong to Leviathan.”

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