IJWTRQ Chapter 033

“Minister Yu, I’m sorry, because I’m self-willed, I let you take the blame.”

After everyone left, Qiao Zhixue blushed and said.

“Xiao Qiao, do you remember what I said when I made you the main person in charge of the ‘void’ project against all odds?” Minister Yu looked at the wall with his hands behind his back.

“You said, I just need to be responsible for producing results, researching a definite result, doing what I want, and leaving the rest of the difficulties to you.”

“This is not enough.” Minister Yu said.

Before the meeting, they discussed that to avoid increasing the burden on the existing team, at most one newcomer would be added, and if there were more, they would really be unable to move. But in the middle of the meeting, Qiao Zhixue, not knowing what had occurred to him, changed his mind and sent a message directly to Minister Yu using the computer in front of him, increasing the number of people to three and asking Minister Yu to act tougher.

“But I took the blame, I should know why, right?” Minister Yu turned back with a melancholy face, “The child must think that I’m cold-blooded and heartless again.”

Qiao Zhixue was aware of Minister Yu’s family situation, the family members of Minister Yu were also top secret and always under the protection of the military. In terms of household registration, Liang Xian didn’t even dare to follow his parents’ surname, but followed his grandmother’s. He had never received much fatherly love since he was a child, and during his one-year internship at the end of high school, the incident happened again…

“He will understand in the future.” Qiao Zhixue sighed, he was so focused on his research, he didn’t know how to comfort him about family affairs or such things.

Minister Yu rubbed his face to wipe away the sadness: “What the hell is going on, and why the sudden change of mind?”

“You come with me.”

Qiao Zhixue take Minister Yu to the laboratory at the base. This is a dedicated laboratory for Qiao Zhixue. Without his iris authentication, no one else can enter.

He took out five transparent containers containing five pieces of skin.

“What the hell is this?” Minister Yu frowned and asked.

“I collected the skin tissue of the five people who entered the ‘void’,” Qiao Zhixue put several sets of skins in front of Minister Yu, “I conducted radiation experiments on these five experimental products, released the radiation that will accelerate the aging of the human body. After about a month, look closely at the changes in the skin.”

Minister Yu squinted his eyes with a magnifying glass for a while before saying uncertainly: “No. 2 is extremely wrinkled, 345 is a bit old, but okay, No. 1 is very young.”

Speaking of this, Minister Yu frowned slightly, and he also realized who the five sets of specimens belonged to.

“No. 1 is Tan Yan’s, No. 2 is Minister Yu’s, 345 is Liang Xian’s three people. Your age is already older than they are, and it is normal for aging to deepen. The problem is, except for Tan Yan, no one else has shown anti-aging characteristics. Our previous assumption that ‘you will live forever after entering another world’ is wrong.” Qiao Zhixue explained, “Only Tan Yan exhibited the special characteristics.”

“Why can it be like this?”

“I couldn’t figure it out at first,” Qiao Zhixue said, “Tan Yan is indeed a human being, that’s right, all his examinations are no different from normal people, at most his physical fitness is better, but it is not as good as those who are particularly outstanding. After all, their generation was born with hardships, and they didn’t eat well when they were young, so their foundation was a bit poor. The old Chinese doctor told me that Tan Yan’s body is actually quite deficient, don’t look at him now strong and solid, but once he gets older, he will suffer from five strains and seven impairments¹五勞七傷 wǔ láo qī shāng: (TCM) “five strains and seven impairments“, five referring to the five viscera (heart, liver, spleen, lung, kidney), and seven to adverse effects on one’s body as a result of: overeating (spleen)​, anger (liver)​, moisture (kidney)​, cold (lung)​, worry (heart)​, wind and rain (outer appearance)​ and fear (mind)​; fig. prone to various diseases. and all kinds of diseases, he may suffer when he is old.”

“But he is never old, still maintains the youngest state.” Minister Yu said.

“Since doing this experiment, I have read a lot of books, but I have never been able to explain Tan Yan’s state. I even read some metaphysics books, ancient myths, and stories, but it’s also wrong.”

Qiao Zhixue narrated his research process with an inquisitive attitude, Minister Yu was embarrassed when he heard it.

“Until this time, Liang Xian brought back the real source of the ability, which provided me with a new way of thinking.” Qiao Zhixue took out Tan Yan’s EEG, “Liang Xian believes that supernatural powers come from the quantum force in consciousness. Consciousness is composed of countless entangled electrons. These electrons control microscopic particles in the surrounding environment through thought, thereby acting on matter and producing supernatural powers. In other words, Tan Yan, whose brain cells are highly active, has a very strong consciousness, so strong that we can’t imagine it. What he can do is beyond our expectation.”

“Is it because he doesn’t want to be old, so he won’t be old?” Minister Yu expressed doubts, “This is too ridiculous.”

“This is not the case,” Qiao Zhixue took out a large amount of printed A4 paper, “This is the transcript of Tan Yan before, and what we asked, as well as the evaluation of him by the colleagues of the Ping County Public Security Bureau Office. I think these are very useful, I’ve read a lot, and found a word that appears in particularly high frequency.”

He handed the file to Minister Yu, who looked at it, and the word ‘retirement’ appeared frequently in these conversations.

Tan Yan himself said that ‘there are still two years to retirement’, ‘after retirement, I will rest’, ‘after retirement, I will travel and enjoy a good life’; Colleagues said that Tan Yan’s work attitude is particularly good, and they keep repeating ‘until retirement, have to stand firm until the last moment’, ‘people who are about to retire don’t really retire, there are still two years left, and must work hard before then’, ‘Tan Yan is a good comrade. Among the veteran cadres who are about to retire, there is almost no one who works so hard’…

These conversations are hidden in many trivial inquiries, and if Qiao Zhixue had not marked them one by one, it would have been impossible to notice the word.

After all, it is an objective fact that Tan Yan will soon retire, and anyone who mentions him will say these words.

But if you really mark them all out, it will give people a different feeling.

“Consciousness, ability, immortality, retirement…” Minister Yu tapped his fingers on the table unconsciously, and came to the same conclusion as Qiao Zhixue, “‘Retirement’ is Tan Yan’s bottom line and the limit he puts on himself.”

“That’s right,” Qiao Zhixue flipped through the files and pointed out a word for Minister Yu, “I have read Tan Yan’s words many times, and I understand his character very well, but this sentence does not match his character and contrary to his style of action.”

This conversation happened when Minister Yu was interrogating Tan Yan alone, and it was sorted out by Minister Yu later for everyone to see——

Minister Yu asked: What if you are no longer a civilian police officer in Ping County?

Tan Yan’s answer is: Get a good sleep first, it’s a bit tiring after all these years.

Seeing this paragraph, Minister Yu picked up a pen and circled the word ‘sleep’, and a bad feeling rose in his heart.

“With Tan Yan’s character, is it possible that he will ignore the ‘void’ phenomenon after he retires?” Qiao Zhixue said, “After forty years of constant wind and rain, he never gave up no matter how difficult it was. What kind of difficulties and obstacles can make a veteran cadre like him stop?”

Only death.

Tan Yan will fight until he is exhausted and covered in bruises without even feeling it, but death is his biggest obstacle.

“You mean, Tan Yan will die when he reaches retirement age. His vigorous energy for so many years was achieved by overdrawing his life force. And his subconscious mind understands that he can’t hold out much longer, so he said this sentence, but he himself didn’t know anything about it.” Minister Yu’s tone was very heavy.

“Exactly,” Qiao Zhixue put down the file, “When I guessed this at the meeting, I also didn’t want to believe it at all.”

For them, anyone can be sacrificed, but Tan Yan cannot.

This is not only because Tan Yan is currently the only person who can freely enter and exit the ‘void’, but also because this veteran cadre has devoted himself to the country for so many years, has no personal life, and is not even married. Except for a lifetime of work, there is no love, family, and friendship. If such a person ushers in the end of life after work, isn’t this a bit too…

Even Qiao Zhixue, a scientific madman who only knows about research, feels a little sad, let alone Minister Yu, who already has a good impression of Tan Yan.

“You know that Tan Yan only has two years left to live, so you’re in anxious, right?” Minister Yu sighed sorrowfully, “That’s also a little…”

“It’s not just that,” Qiao Zhixue said, “Two years is very urgent, but it is not so urgent to this extent, the reason why I want to add people, is because I have another idea.”

“I can tell by the look on your face that it’s not a good thing.”

“Half good and half bad,” Qiao Zhixue said, “After discovering Tan Yan’s physical condition, I found a paradox in his words. It’s strange why we haven’t realized it.”

“What paradox?”

“Tan Yan said that ‘powers cannot be used in the real world’, but his immortality is not a ‘void’ gift, but the result of the ability to enhance the body’s cellular activity. According to his previous theory, he should only become younger in a different world, instead of keep being youth looking at the real world.” Qiao Zhixue’s words were astonishing, and he immediately guessed the truth that Liang Xian tried so hard to hide.

“That’s right,” Minister Yu also said with a look of sudden realization, “Why didn’t we realize it? It’s so strange…”

“I can only think of one answer. Tan Yan’s consciousness has affected our judgment. First of all, he is convinced that this is true, so we followed him to believe it.”

Hearing these words, Minister Yu’s face suddenly became grave.

“Looking at your expression, you also realized how terrible it would be if the real world could use consciousness. So I say that this matter is half good and half bad. If you think about the good part, to speed up the evolution of mankind, the bad is that this evolution is too terrifying. If there is a person whose brain development far surpasses Tan Yan, can the country control the speed of such progress?” Qiao Zhixue asked.

“Very difficult,” Minister Yu shook his head, “Tan Yan’s simple words can even affect our consciousness, so this kind of supernatural power cannot be solved by rockets and artillery. This matter must not be leaked out before we can fully grasp this kind of power.”

Especially in the future, they may act together with foreign soldiers. If even people from other countries know about this, the world will be in chaos, and the consequences will be disastrous.

“Yes, I decided to assume what Tan Yan said was true.” Qiao Zhixue sighed, “If I hadn’t told myself to remain skeptical no matter what, and not to believe in any so-called truth, I wouldn’t have been able to realize the truth of this matter. This kind of influence is really terrifying. It does not force you to believe like hypnosis, but affects the root of thinking from the subconscious level. Once affected, it is difficult to get rid of it.”

Minister Yu calmed down, organized his thoughts, recalled what he had said before, and then asked: “So what does all this discovery have to do with your sudden increase in the number of people?”

“I suspect that the awakening ability of the three of Liang Xian is not because of their near-death state, but because Tan Yan can’t accept seeing them dying, and hopes that they can awaken.”

“You wait, I’m a bit slow.” Minister Yu rubbed his temples with a headache.

Almost every sentence Qiao Zhixue said today challenged his ability to accept. If Minister Yu hadn’t seen many incredible incidents in the Ministry of State Security over the years, his old bones would hardly be able to accept this explosive amount of information.

In Tan Yan’s body, in the end, how many secrets are there for them to discover?

Have to say, it is fortunate that Tan Yan is an excellent young man who grew up under the red flag of socialism, in case, he comes out of the ‘void’ and accidentally grows crooked, with the power of Tan Yan, it is uncertain what will become of this country now.

“As I said, Tan Yan’s power is enhancement, this definition is not arbitrary. I think his consciousness can enhance the activity frequency of the microscopic particles themselves, and even bring qualitative changes to the outside world by enhancing the frequency. Minister, it is not so easy for human beings to evolve. It took us millions of years to transform from ape-man to human. If there is no stimulation of the ‘void’, Tan Yan’s change will be delayed by at least tens of thousands of years, and the universe won’t necessarily give us tens of thousands of years.” Qiao Zhixue said seriously, “I tend to think that Tan Yan is the only ‘unique case’ that has emerged in these millions of years, the rest of us are only in the process of change and invariance, at this time, Tan Yan’s enhancement ability gave everyone a push, which pushed forward the process for at least ten thousand years.”

If Liang Xian and the others didn’t have Tan Yan at that time, they might have become disabled or dead in a different world, completely destroying their future. But first, they have a strong desire to evolve; Second, after they were disintegrated and reconstructed through the ‘void’ in a different world, their subconsciousness felt the operation of the quantum force field during this process. Although they may not be able to understand it, they still have an impression; Third, Tan Yan’s push.

His strong consciousness of not wanting the three of them to have an accident gave them a push, thus promoting their awakening.

It took Minister Yu a long time to sort out Qiao Zhixue’s words. He felt that his brains were not enough. Hey, young people have big brains. Everyone had a meeting together. Neither he nor the research group those old heads think of it, but Qiao Zhixue analyzed so many things in such a short meeting.

How does his head grow.

“I kind of understand, so you want to force Tan Yan.”

“Right, the number of three people is on the verge of danger, but it is also the limit that Tan Yan can protect.” Qiao Zhixue analyzed, “With his personality, if he knows that he will sacrifice those who cannot awaken when necessary, Tan Yan must strongly hope that everyone can awaken. If they still can’t awaken in this situation, it means that the student really has no such possibility.”

“My approach may be more risky, but it is the fastest way to cultivate as many talents suitable for entering the ‘void’ as possible within two years.”

“Is it two years?” Minister Yu smiled bitterly and said, “We are putting the survival of mankind on one person.”

Moreover, he is still a person who burns his life for the country, and is already at the end of the rope, a dying man.

The emergence of Professor Qiao, the brainiac…

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  五勞七傷 wǔ láo qī shāng: (TCM) “five strains and seven impairments“, five referring to the five viscera (heart, liver, spleen, lung, kidney), and seven to adverse effects on one’s body as a result of: overeating (spleen)​, anger (liver)​, moisture (kidney)​, cold (lung)​, worry (heart)​, wind and rain (outer appearance)​ and fear (mind)​; fig. prone to various diseases.