Atlas of Heaven and Man.

Chapter 428 Active

The interior of the fortress was very large, so a military off-road vehicle was assigned to pick them up. After the three of them sat inside, Counselor Pei leaned back and relaxed.

He said: "There will be a short orientation class here, mainly to inform you of some dangers and matters worth noting in the fusion zone. After these are completed and adjusted, the tasks will be officially assigned.

Well, there are two more people, your team members assigned to Executive Chen will attend the class together.

Executive Chen, will you go to eat first or attend class first? "

Chen Chuanshuo said, "It's getting late now, so go to class first and don't keep them waiting."

In a public lounge, two fighters, a man and a woman, were waiting there. The man was in his early twenties, with a strong and three-dimensional face and a look of confidence and nonchalance in his eyes. The buttons on the collar of his uniform were unbuttoned and his cuffs were rolled up, making the uniform look like casual wear.

The woman was about eighteen or nineteen years old, with an oval face, a delicate nose, red lips, and willow-like eyebrows. Although her face was in line with classical aesthetics, her thick black hair under the brim of her hat was not a mess at all. She sat there with her back straight, looking very heroic.

At this time, a message came from the world, reminding them that the captain assigned by the higher-ups had entered the station. The man complained, "Our captain is so arrogant that he made us wait until now."

They arrived here at five in the morning, but without the captain, nothing could go on, so they have been waiting until now and cannot go anywhere.

At this time, the door was pushed open, and the orderly outside saluted them and said, "Two sirs, Commander Chen has gone to the screening room. Please go over."

"It's finally done."

The man stretched his arms and legs to stretch his muscles before slowly standing up. Unlike him, the woman stood up without saying a word and followed the orderly.

He muttered, "Why so serious?" Then he stretched his neck and followed.

When they arrived at the door of the screening room, Chen Chuan's time was almost up. When they saw Chen Chuan, they were both slightly surprised.

Because I originally thought that to be able to become a first-level executive, one must be at least in his twenties or thirties, and should be a mature and experienced leader.

But Chen Chuan looks like he is less than 20 years old.

The man thought, is this guy here to get gilded? He disliked people like this the most, because such people are fine as teammates, but wouldn't it be a rip-off to lead a team?

But no matter how unhappy he was, the situation was still unclear and the other party was still his superior, so he had to be nice to him. So he slowly raised his hand and saluted.

The woman saluted Chen Chuan in a very standard manner.

Chen Chuan also saluted back. He saw that the male team member looked at him with a bit of scrutiny and distrust. But he didn't care. The third-level fighters were a group of very self-centered people. They were not familiar with themselves, so of course, you couldn't expect them to be very enthusiastic towards you right away.

On the contrary, the kind of people who are enthusiastic towards everyone and have a slippery personality are difficult to lead. He would rather his subordinates are all honest and upright people who at least will not play tricks on you.

Of course, it’s best to use people you are familiar with.

But there is no way around it. Those who are trained by the national system like to use acquaintances and classmates after they take up certain positions, but he progresses quickly. Not only do his classmates not reach his level, but even his seniors are not up to his level. The people he interacts with on a daily basis are all teachers, so he can only rely on arrangements from above.

However, when he becomes the executive captain in the future, he will have a certain degree of authority to select his own candidates.

After meeting at the door, the three of them entered the screening room, which looked like it could accommodate twenty or thirty people, with a large screen in front.

After the three of them found a seat and sat down at random, footsteps were heard and a young woman wearing black-framed glasses walked in. She was wearing a white coat and looked quite pretty.

She is just not tall, and at first glance she looks like a child walking in. Outsiders, looking at her serious expression, feel that she is not serious at all, and instead feel like laughing.

The woman bowed and introduced herself, "Hello, three executives. My name is Tian Yu, and I am the instructor of the guidance class."

After the introduction, she said, "First of all, I have to inform you that the field resources at the base are limited. We must prioritize communication. Other functions will not be open unless necessary. Therefore, I can only use this old-fashioned projection method to give you lectures."

She nodded her glasses. "Let's start the story now."

At this time, the surrounding lights dimmed, and only the projection screen in front lit up.

Tian Yu picked up the teaching stick and said seriously: "This is the first time for all three of you to come to the fusion land. After arriving here, the first thing you need to pay attention to is your brain. Be careful that there is something wrong with it."

The male team member said from below: "Are you afraid that we might go insane?"

Tian Yu looked at him and said seriously, "Executive Yuan Qiyuan, if you have any questions while I am speaking, please raise your hand." She was small in stature and tried hard to look serious, but she still didn't look scary.

Seeing that there was no sound below, she pointed with her pointer, and a picture appeared on the screen. It was of many people who had died in miserable ways. Without exception, the upper part of their heads were missing, and there was a hole inside.

Chen Chuan looked at it and always felt a sense of déjà vu.

After this picture, the image changed again, and this time it was different. There were some things like limbs and tentacles sticking out from a person's seven orifices, and the person was grinning.

It looks like a human on the surface, but it is obviously different from the original one.

Yuan Qiyuan raised his eyebrows.

Tian Yu listed more than a dozen pictures before saying, "These people became like this because they were infected by something, and their brains came alive and crawled out of their bodies. So when I said that their brains are prone to problems, it was not an adjective, but they really can have problems.

She said seriously: "A person is a whole, but at the same time not a whole. The human body is composed of multiple systems and organs, which have their own independence in function and structure. If you don't pay attention to them from time to time and ignore them for a long time, they will have their own ideas and thoughts."

Yuan Qiyuan muttered, "This sounds so funny, is this a scene from some childish cartoon?" Tian Yu tapped him with a pointer, "I'm not kidding!"

She reminded: "Don't think that you are an exception just because you are a fighter. Although fighters are more resistant to this, once a problem occurs, it will not be a small problem. All the people shown in the picture just now are fighters."

Yuan Qiyuan raised his hand.

Tian Yu said, "Executive Yuan Qiyuan, what's your question?"

Yuan Qiyuan folded his arms, leaned back in his chair, and said, "I guess there must be no third-level fighters here, right?"

"No."

"Then I won't get married." Yuan Qiyuan spread out his hands and nodded his head, "I can take care of my own brain."

Tian Yu said to him seriously, "Executive Yuan Qiyuan, although there are no third-level fighters here, it does not mean that third-level fighters will not be infected. It is just that it is more hidden. To put it in an extreme way..." She looked at the three people, "Maybe someone among us here has already been infected."

"What do you mean?"

"This is what I am going to say next. If you, Executive Yuan Qiyuan, listen patiently, you will not ask this question again."

Tian Yu picked up the pointer and pointed it. On the projection screen, a thing with many tentacles appeared, but it still looked like a brain.

"Third-level fighters have a high degree of brain alienation. They often have extremely strong mental powers, so they can usually restrain themselves. But that doesn't mean they won't lose control. It's just that once they lose control, the form they show is different from the usual ones. In most cases..."

She pointed at the weird brain in the picture with her pointer, "Even if they become independent, they will stay there forever, but the person is not the same person anymore.

They are more cunning and intelligent. Instead of acting purely on instinct, they observe everything around them and imitate their original appearance, living habits, and every move. Even familiar people usually find it difficult to recognize them.

But there is another situation where it does not know that it has changed. "At this point, she pushed up her glasses and looked down, "and even thinks that it is a normal person. "

Yuan Qiyuan sighed.

The female team member raised her hand at this time.

Tian Yu looked over and said, "Executive Qin Qingque, do you have any questions?"

Qin Qingque asked earnestly: "Coach Tian, ​​if there are such people around us, how should we distinguish them?"

“Well, we have a metric for judging these things, which is the ‘activation index’.

The activity index is defined on a scale of zero to one hundred. The initial stage is defined at thirty. Over thirty is the warning stage. Over sixty is the danger stage. Over ninety is the transformation stage. Over one hundred is the complete stage.

She paused and said seriously, "Then it's irreversible."

At this time, she walked to the side and turned on the light, then used her credentials to notify three orderlies outside to come in, walk to their positions respectively, and hand them three metal boxes.

Tian Yu said: "This is the 'activity line'. By linking this thing to the boundary, you can visually see the activity index."

The three people opened the box and saw a long jade-colored beard coiled inside, which looked quite beautiful on the surface. As soon as they stretched out their hands, the thing started to move, with one end spontaneously wrapping around their wrists and the other end connecting to the boundary.

Chen Chuan felt it and found that it was very tough and had little effect on his movements. After the connection was established, a row of green numbers seemed to appear on the interface.

A "zero".

Tian Yu said: "The 'activity line' can sense the activity changes of your body at any time. The normal stage number is green, the warning stage number is yellow, and the dangerous stage number is red.

Teams can choose to share observations, and I recommend that you do this so that even if you don't notice it, your teammates can still find the problem in time.

Well, I forgot to mention one thing just now. After the brain of a third-level fighter is activated, the body is no longer the most important thing. Under certain conditions, they may change to another individual.

The closest teammate is the best choice. They will kill their teammates, enter their bodies, and then devour their brains and live in them.

Yuan Qiyuan couldn't help but say with disdain: "It's disgusting."

Tian Yu said: "So you have to pay attention to your own and your teammates' activation index. If it's excessive, you have to find a way to reduce it.

Third-level fighters can usually do this through mental suppression, but the effect is average. We have specialists here to teach more effective breathing methods that are specifically used to restrain activation.

Because we consider that you are fighting in the wild, you may not have time to do these things after the high-intensity battle, so there are special drugs that can temporarily suppress it. "

At this point, she emphasized, "But try not to rely too much on the medication, because once you adapt, the activated parts may also adapt."

Qin Qingque raised her hand again, and after getting permission, she asked, "Instructor Tian, ​​I want to ask, is the brain the only part that can be activated?"

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(End of this chapter)