Cheng Cheng and the Cicada
Chapter 58 April 17th
Leaving the Chushan River Manor and getting into the car, Lin Xian sighed softly, praising, "Chu Shanhe is truly a great man. This greatness is all-encompassing."
"I remember when you took me to Chu Shanhe's banquet and I met him for the first time, I didn't understand why everyone there respected him so much, even Professor Xu Yun, who was usually aloof, admired him so much."
"Now, I really understand. He deserves all the praise and respect, deserves all the accolades when people mention him." Zhao Yingqun turned to look at him. "You're not bad either, Lin Xian. In my opinion, you and Chu Shanhe are the same, responsible, ambitious, and principled. I was taught from a young age that everyone is responsible for the fate of the world. Although you are young, the responsibility you shoulder is far heavier than Chu Shanhe's."
"And most commendable is that you are willing to sacrifice some of your own things to shoulder it, to save it. That is the most amazing quality." "Why is he crying if his memory is restored? What happened?" Du Yao asked.
"The prototype of the Demon God, although I know who it is, I must have injected that virus into my own body eight months later, on October 17, 2024!"
"It's just... alas, he was born at the wrong time. If Mai Mai had a time machine and could travel back to 2000 years ago to publish *Devouring Dragon Science*, it would definitely shock the literary world."
Du Yao secretly praised the beauty of science, feeling ashamed of his lack of literary talent.
"I'm sure many other people in your position wouldn't think about saving the world 600 years in the future, wouldn't sacrifice their own lives to fulfill a slim hope."
"Not just that!"
Mai Mai frowned, catching a blind spot: At this moment, I am even more relaxed than Duonan Mai Mai.
After Du Yao fed VV half a basin of dog food, she also prepared to go to bed and enter the dream world.
What kind of virus is it? Finally, Mai Mai's emotions gradually stabilized.
"He has already declared the world doomed and even said that the story setting is based on real events."
"Ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch!!!"
"So, what is the prototype of that real event? Does he still remember?" "Yes." "What did the editor say?" Du Yao inexplicably felt a sense of anticipation. Du Yao nodded.
Jin Cai narrowed his eyes, thinking of a name.
"That's a bit unreasonable, isn't it? How is the timing so coincidental? Logically speaking, after April 17th, symptoms and infections should gradually begin to appear around the world, and then the outbreak should be slow, gradually accelerating, and gradually spreading." "Because it's so beautiful! I thought of something very sad! No one appreciates the masterpiece I wrote, and the editor won't even sign me!"
"Otherwise, why am I the only one with the ability to dream about the future? Perhaps that is the meaning of my life, the value of my life." The strict storage locker indicated. "Won't."
"Let go, let go, let go of me!!"
Gao Wen's design style and Liu Feng's have something in common, that is, wild, as long as it works. So there won't be things like progress bars on the helmet.
VV barked loudly in dissatisfaction!
After learning how to use it, Du Yao put the helmet aside for the time being and started the awakening program of Mai Mai's hibernation pod.
Without much effort, she found the strangely shaped "four-clawed fish". It was also roaring with its belly out. Sure enough.
But opening the Tian Mo Di (Heavenly Demon Emperor) revealed obvious changes!
Obsession.
Mai Mai patted her chest, relieved:
As for the time when the brain-neural electric shock helmet will be announced and sold, it will be a little later. "It's just that the infected person carrying this virus is destined to be unable to sleep in the hibernation pod: because this virus is stored in the cerebellum and will only be activated in a high-temperature environment, stimulating the cerebellum and making it impossible to fall asleep." Greatly pressed on...
The Pomeranian VV looked at him with puppy eyes, biting Jin Cai's pants legs, not letting him leave:
Entering dreamland.
"That's the prototype of the Demon God villain I created in my novel! In fact, by the time humans really figure out this virus, it will be decades later. Do you know how the prototype of the Demon God operated at that time?"
Listening to those familiar words, I turned my head and drilled into the ruins to find it. "Yes, yes."
"Platinum Great God, I'm here."
"You understand, right? The hibernation pod must lower the temperature to tens of degrees below zero to greatly reduce bodily functions in order to achieve hibernation; and precisely because this virus exists, humans cannot fall asleep in a high-temperature environment no matter what, so naturally they will forever say goodbye to hibernation."
So it doesn't match Einstein's original prediction. Anyway.
A thin woman
A soft sound.
Submission, rejection, ridicule, anger, tearing, reading, enlightenment, publication, flop, ridicule...
After confirming again and again that he wouldn't be thrown off, he patted Mai Mai's shoulder, "Because, because..."
"But I have never been able to write something that satisfies me. Later, I settled down for a long time, gathering the strengths of many, and finally wrote a *Devouring Dragon Science* that I was satisfied and proud of. Then, I sent the manuscript to the editor..."
Lin Xian, as a scientific researcher, naturally understands the importance of clinical trials; just like that.
"Mai Mai, have you recalled all the memories before? Are they coherent?" Saying that this thing is very painful to use, but in order to restore the memory effect, you must be firm, so a reclining chair is very necessary.
They are all using this extreme emotion and strong stimulation as a guide and center to connect the lost memories bit by bit. Lin Xian smiled and lowered his head:
Jin Cai squatted down, rubbed VV's belly, which was almost transparent, and said earnestly:
Mai Mai nodded vigorously:
"Woof, woof." "You really need to eat less."
Du Yao and Jin Cai had no objection to this.
How can we connect it with the keywords Zhang Yuqian dreamed of before? "Everyone's physique is different." Mai Mai shook her head:
"This is what happened on April 17, 2025." Beep.
The editor's mouth is too poisonous. These comments, from the perspective of traveling from 200 years later to the present, don't actually have any major problems.
Mai Mai smiled and proudly puffed out her chest: Du Yao opened other people's Tian Mo Di (Heavenly Demon Emperor) again. As for Jin Cai, he didn't have one.
""You see, because I was born in 2222, when I was born, this hibernation-inhibiting virus had already disappeared from the world, so people of our age have no problem sleeping in hibernation pods at all." "That's good, that's good." "Dios."
Fireworks.
Mai Mai shook her head and smiled:
My thumb pressed the red button on the helmet.
Because they don't have the ability to change all of this. "Plop."
Then he hibernated? "Du Yao was a little surprised. So, push the eight-month incubation period further forward.
Same.
Inwardly, however, he was constantly turning back with the eight-month incubation period. "Okay."
Currently, in addition to himself and Jaskri, there are still eight geniuses alive in the world, with unknown purposes and future plans.
Mai Mai was shocked to see the weirdly shaped four-clawed fish:
All of the memory storage hard drives that originally existed inside everyone's Tian Mo Di (Heavenly Demon Emperor) were gone.
The director said that it was a matter of national pride and that we must ensure that there were no mistakes or unexpected situations before we could announce it to the outside world.
We don't know who they are, where they are, or what they are planning.
"Are you ready?" Waited for two hours. Mai Mai cried:
"It must incubate in the body for eight months before the virus takes effect and becomes infectious; however, once infected, even if the virus is in the incubation period, it is impossible to sleep in a hibernation pod."
"Platinum qualifications."
So young, and your hands are already starting to shake? Eyes blurry?
"Just hold on for a little longer, and you'll recover all your memories in a while!" Kneeling on the ground, wailing and crying: Mai Mai raised her head, her eyes full of grievance: Duonan Mai Mai softened.
The red light on the brain-neural electric shock helmet went out and turned green, and the faint sound of electricity also disappeared.
"That is to say, the batch of spreaders who spread the virus all over the world on April 17, 2025, must have been collectively infected on January 17, 2025."
In one breath!
"My name is Yang Mai Mai, I was born in 2222, and I went to sleep in the hibernation pod in 2239. So, I am now 17 years old. I remember all 17 years of memories before hibernation, clearly, completely coherent."
Du Yao was strong, so she firmly held Mai Mai down:
"Very good, it also has a built-in micro nuclear battery. You only need to press the button to start it with one click in a fool-proof way."
So
"Wait i"
Probably the same as the hints he gave Jin Cai, those disgusting memory images.
"The editor also said that this kind of book might be popular hundreds of years from now. Fashion and trends are cyclical, and maybe there will be a Renaissance hundreds of years from now."
"The editor said..." "In this era, more people will put aside distant things and enjoy the present. They are not wrong, but I prefer people like you."
"Yes, yes, but first we must clarify a worldview setting." Talking about fairness,
"Of course, Zhi Mei (only beautiful) are those who entered the hibernation pod for hibernation after the virus outbreak on April 17, 2025, Zhi Mei (only beautiful) are not affected, as long as they do not wake up midway; otherwise
Once they wake up, they will still be infected with the virus and cannot hibernate again; unless they wait until 2219, when the virus has completely lost its toxicity and infectivity."
"It wasn't until nearly 200 years later that the virus, which continued to spread for 200 years, finally lost its toxicity and infectivity and completely disappeared from the world, and humans finally returned to the age of hibernation." "Woof, woof, woof, woof!" "Does that thing hurt?"
"Besides, this virus has no harmfulness, and the incubation period is very long, as long as eight months. Therefore, it is highly contagious and no one in the world is spared." "The memory storage hard drive is gone."
"Is he competing with Yingjun to see who has the bigger belly? You don't need to have children, but he does. If he eats like this, one day he will suffocate to death in his dream. In the past few days, his snoring has stopped breathing."
"Oh, it's okay, come and sit down quickly."
"In fact, this is easy to guess. He only needs to count backwards. He sees that the incubation period is eight months, isn't it?" Newton.
Then he tensed his muscles, preparing to forcibly hold Mai Mai down in a while to prevent him from moving around. Du Yao did a simple wash.
We still need to wait two hours before this flop novelist will wake up and be able to receive electric shock treatment.
The motorcycle sped across the wilderness, heading straight for the Great Canyon in the southwest.
"This sentence was said by him before, saying that history will not blame the powerless. Since he has abilities that no one else has, he should do what no one else can do."
At that time." "Ni Ni, why did he say it hurts, ah, ah, ah!" Mai Mai trembled all over.
Today is April 10, 2025, only 7 days away from the explosive spread of the hibernation-inhibiting virus.
"April 17, 2025, is the day when the hibernation-inhibiting virus suddenly broke out and spread all over the world."
"It's slow, slow, I can see the progress bar here."
Nan Gong Mengjie is responsible for the research and development of the micro nuclear battery is also the same principle, on the surface are Jin Caiyuan is responsible for, the income and patents are all in the storage cabinet, Rhein company peeled off all kinds of things very clean.
Mai Mai suddenly burst into tears, her aggrieved look just like the unsatisfied VV.
"Yes!"
"This is also a very beautiful thing." You can see ghosts if you can see it.
He didn't care when the real world announced the brain-neural electric shock helmet. As long as it was in his dream, he could electrocute the flop novelist Mai Mai.
Puff一一
"Wait a moment."
Only half a basin of dog food? Can't he see it?
Hibernation-inhibiting virus?
Du Yao quickly untied Mai Mai and took off the fastened helmet.
This is also for safety considerations. Du Yao understood:
Jin Cai didn't think so and coaxed:
Luring Mai Mai to sit in the chair, Jin Cai fastened, locked, and tightened the brain-neural electric shock helmet.
Therefore, it's better to be cautious." He said that the incubation period of this virus is eight months. Can it be transmitted during these eight months?" "That's right, it's the Demon God!"
"Du Yao, tell him quickly, how is the current era? Can his *Devouring Dragon Science* be popular?"
This can also be regarded as a weak space-time butterfly effect. If it weren't for Galileo and Da Vinci's questions that made Du Yao vigilant, the micro nuclear battery would have already been made public as early as January.
Along with the beautiful sound of electricity, Duonan Mai Mai let out a pig-killing howl: she rolled her eyes, and her brain flashed like a revolving lantern, familiar and beautiful, but with a very strong emotional impact一一 Du Yao is already familiar with it. Opened the Tian Mo Di (Heavenly Demon Emperor) again. Du Yao opened his eyes wide. "Really?"
What?
His fourth dream has already appeared, and at the Genius Club gathering in more than ten days, Einstein announced that mankind has ushered in the best future, the game begins. Okay, the guide is already in place.
For himself at that time, Gao Yang sucking the lollipop he had sucked was too disgusting and unforgettable in this life;
"Ming Wow Wow Wow!!"
Mai Mai even trembled weakly, and her screams became drawn out. After Mai Mai wiped away her tears, Jin Cai sat opposite you and asked:
By observing your reaction, Du Yao also roughly understood the principle of the brain-neural electric shock helmet and the research breakthrough made by Lin Xian.
"Woof!"
"Eight months ago, on January 17, 2025, I, as the only virus carrier in the world at that time, only needed to appear in a busy international airport."
"The editor asked you, did he travel from 200 years later to write novels?" "Really!?"
"Ok, then I'm starting."
"My dream since I was a child is to write novels" "That's great."
Du Yao couldn't help it.
"Of course I remember it! I checked a lot of information in order to write that novel! However, everyone knows about this event. Didn't he see that I wrote it too obscurely?"
Du Yao took a deep breath
Two days ago, after obtaining Du Yao's consent, Jin Cai sent all the information about the brain-neural electric shock helmet to the storage cabinet. Du Yao was a little helpless:
According to the previously arranged process, the superficial work and income will fall into the storage cabinet account and have nothing to do with the Caine Company. Du Yao asked.
Eat!" Okay, okay, stop crying. He said with his hand on his heart that Jin Caiyuan's *Devouring Dragon Science* is the best novel in this era! He is one of the best novelists in the entire Donghai City! "Light appeared and the temperature of the filling liquid began to rise slowly.
Mai Mai successfully woke up from the hibernation pod, and Du Yao approached with the brain-neural electric shock helmet. Hurry up and give the child a monthly ticket.
Climbing, jumping, climbing, successfully arrived at the underground hibernation base, patted the soil on your hands.
I was afraid that Mai Mai would not cooperate, so I had to deceive you first. Du Yao thought of this keyword again.
Helpless, in the end, after pulling, the negotiation between the two ended with seven-eighths of the dog food.
Your plan today is to go to the underground hibernation base to find Mai Mai, and then use the brain-neural electric shock helmet to give you electrotherapy so that he can regain his memories and recall what real event the flop novel *Devouring Dragon Science* was created based on. "Moving around?"
Lin Xian personally told him. "He asks for monthly tickets every day! No one pays attention to him!" "How is it, Mai Mai, did he remember?" Galileo.
"I can only go to 1952 in person to see it, hoping to find clues." Then.
This keyword.
"These things are used to fix the electric shock helmet on his head, for fear that he will move around in a while."
It does look like it:
"Nonono"
Even if this space-time butterfly effect did not break through the space-time elasticity and was unable to trigger a world line transition, this subtle space-time change still occurred.
Dios.
"It's just a little itchy, how could it hurt to recover memories?"
"Ming Wu Wu Wu Wu Wu, no one reads the books he wrote, Wu Wu Wu Wu Wu" "So, in this underground hibernation base, there must be a finished brain-neural electric shock helmet somewhere."
The micro nuclear battery is good to say, it is very easy to carry out experiments, it is expected to be put on the market in a few months.
Although the volume is much smaller than the initial model Lin Xian showed to you, the general shape has not changed much, it may just be in line with the development of technology and reduced the size and improved portability. After hearing this.
Du Yao closed her eyes and turned over. Yi!
"So, how can we guarantee that so many people will be infected on a certain day, January 17th, and then spread to all parts of the world in the next eight months? This is in line with the logic of virology."
"The hibernation-inhibiting virus is only a virus that prevents humans from hibernating. After being infected with this virus, humans do not have any harmful symptoms, nor will it cause any harm, and it has no effect on physical weakness or human life expectancy."
"This is really Mai Mai's obsession. It can be seen that he really wants to be a novelist."
As for Mai Mai, the past of writing novels, flopping, being ridiculed, being rejected for signing, and no one giving monthly tickets is the most painful and sad memory. Walked to Mai Mai's hibernation pod, still the same.
After returning home, Zhao Yingjun packed up, changed into a casual outfit, and took a special car to the hospital for the last prenatal checkup before giving birth.
Duonan Mai Mai blinked her eyes:
"What is the hibernation-inhibiting virus?" Mysterious,
Inhibiting hibernation? Is there such a virus? He has never heard Professor Xu Yun and Tang Xin mention it, and he has never seen it in the previous world lines and dreams. "He's not trying to deceive him." Jin Cai shouted:
Mai Mai nodded, her thoughts clear: Du Yao discovered a blind spot:
Du Yao quickly squatted down and helped you up: very fast." In one day, you can infect tens of thousands of people coming and going in the airport, and then those tens of thousands of infected people will carry the virus to all parts of the world. Although he was not infectious at that time, the incubation period of those tens of thousands of people began at the same time on April 17, 2025, which is the only beautiful infection!"
"Since the electric shock helmet can easily restore people's memories, the memory notebook and memory hard drive are completely meaningless.
Mai Mai nodded while crying.
"He is not afraid of itching, but he is more afraid of pain." "Indeed." Du Yao agreed. Suppressing a smile.
What's wrong with him, buddy?
"This thing is too scary! It's like a tentacle!" Jin Caiyuan's side is an official institution after all, so he is much more cautious. Mai Mai said quietly: Don't say.
Jin Cai picked up the "four-clawed fish" brain-neural electric shock helmet and went to an open space to observe: lying on the bed, ready to fall asleep.
Mai Mai became more and more excited, her voice loud: "Hibernation-inhibiting virus, infecting the whole world!"
In his mind, he had the obsession of wanting to see fireworks: In Chu Anqing's nightmare, there were also fragments about fireworks.
"Well, it's a bit miserable."
"The editor said he wrote too old-fashioned." Mai Mai said. Du Yao gave a thumbs up:
"The old era has no place to accommodate your talent, you can only come to the new era to break through!"
Mai Mai straightened her back and patted her beautiful chest:
It's just a cute little ball. He has wine today and is drunk today. He spends a few days and doesn't care about what will happen tomorrow? The treatment should be over. Du Yao listened to Mai Mai's indignant and impassioned explanation. Jin Cai analyzed:
It's so miserable.
"How could it hurt."
Mai Mai wiped her nose and blew out two more bubbles:
Du Yao opened the manuscript of *Devouring Dragon Science*, opened the cover, pointing right there.
V1"
"Oh oh."
It's a pity that Du Yao has just seen that the recliner in the middle of the room has been crushed by rubble and cannot be used.
"This means that the brain-neural electric shock helmet has indeed been popularized."
At this moment, tens of thousands of infected people carrying the "Demon God Seed" have already spread all over the world. He is only waiting for the eight-month incubation period to begin at the same time, so that it can break out at the same time on April 17th and turn into a "Demon God's Mist covering the world".
"He said that this virus suddenly broke out and spread all over the world on April 17, 2025. But its incubation period is eight months, and it can only start spreading after the incubation period is over"
"What kind of operation is needed to fix the virus so that it breaks out all over the world at the same time on a certain day? This is in line with the logic of virology."
"The first virus carrier on Earth, the No. 1 carrier who personally injected this artificial virus into his body, the prototype of the Demon God, completed this operation eight months later, on October 17, 2024."