#32 - Chapter 32 Future Scenario

Dongfang Chen was incredibly annoyed inside.

Yan Fangfang was still making a scene outside. However, it was clear that the knocking and shouting weren't as intense as they were at the beginning, probably because she was tired.

After a long silence, although Dongfang Chen was extremely unwilling, he still勉强 sat up and said to Xiaolin:

"Xiaolin, turn the entire process you just described into a demonstration animation."

"Understood, Commander.", Xiaolin replied.

For artificial intelligence, this was a matter of minutes.

Afterward, Dongfang Chen had Xiaolin open the door.

Yan Fangfang, seeing the door open, stormed in angrily.

But once she was inside, her courage failed her.

She had been shouting about killing him outside, but when she actually saw him, she didn't dare to make a sound.

She just stood there stupidly, wanting to say something but not knowing how to start.

"What's wrong? Weren't you going to kill me? Why aren't you doing anything?" Dongfang Chen mocked.

"Boss, I was wrong!" Yan Fangfang lowered her head and mumbled.

"What was that?" Dongfang Chen pretended not to hear and asked loudly.

"Boss! I was wrong!" Once bitten, twice shy. This time, Yan Fangfang shouted very loudly.

"Then tell me, what did you do wrong?" Dongfang Chen asked pretentiously.

"I shouldn't have acted without authorization," Yan Fangfang replied.

"What else?" Dongfang Chen continued to ask.

"I shouldn't have lost my temper at you," Yan Fangfang replied.

"What else?" Dongfang Chen continued to press, not letting her off the hook.

"What else? That's it, isn't it?" Yan Fangfang thought for a long time but couldn't think of anything else.

"Think again!"

"Really, that's it!" Yan Fangfang spread her hands.

"Your attitude towards admitting your mistakes isn't sincere!" Dongfang Chen leaned back on the sofa and shook his head.

"Then you tell me! If what you say is right, I'll change!" Yan Fangfang completely let go. Now that she had lowered her head, she couldn't give up halfway.

"I can come up with so many. Look, you're naive, arrogant, have a bad temper, are self-righteous, don't respect the old and love the young, don't follow the rules, can't see the situation clearly, form cliques, attempt to leak team secrets, betray teammates..." Dongfang Chen counted them off on his fingers one by one.

"What do you mean by not respecting the old and loving the young, forming cliques, leaking secrets, and betraying teammates? Don't make false accusations! I didn't do any of that!" Yan Fangfang denied.

"Okay, you don't admit it, then I'll explain them to you one by one."

Dongfang Chen cleared his throat, held out his finger, and began his performance:

"First, not respecting the old and loving the young. Let me ask you, am I younger than you? And by at least seven years, right? You're always yelling at me. Do you call that respecting the old and loving the young?"

"I... you..." Okay, Yan Fangfang held it in for a long time, but couldn't say anything.

"Second, let's talk about forming cliques. Don't you guys always hang out together? Don't you often whisper privately? Even using sign language? What's that about? Are you afraid people will hear something they shouldn't?"

"Are you spying on me?" Yan Fangfang asked, pointing at him in surprise.

"What do you mean 'spying'? That sounds so unpleasant. I'm the supreme commander of the base, and I have a duty to ensure the absolute safety of the base. Besides, there's nothing in this base that I don't know about," Dongfang Chen said pretentiously.

She couldn't refute this point now that it had been pointed out to her face.

Seeing that Yan Fangfang didn't say anything, Dongfang Chen continued his triumphant performance:

"Third, attempting to leak secrets. Wow, that's very serious! You could get shot for that. Aren't you always secretly taking out your phone, snapping and snapping pictures? Don't tell me you're going to post them on social media. Besides, even posting them on social media isn't allowed!"

Okay, since she was being monitored, it was normal for him to know these things. No wonder the photos she had clearly taken couldn't be found in her album. Especially some important photos, which mysteriously disappeared. It turned out that this guy was behind it all.

"I won't even mention betraying teammates. You don't even care about the safety of your own subordinates, so what does betraying other guard team members matter?" Dongfang Chen shrugged, pretending to be indifferent.

"Fine! I accept everything you said! Is that okay? Can I return to the team now?" Yan Fangfang was no longer afraid of anything.

No matter what you say, I just want to return to the team.

"Just admitting it isn't enough. You have to apologize, apologize to all the guard team members," Dongfang Chen said.

Yan Fangfang gritted her teeth, stomped her foot, and said:

"Fine! I'll apologize! I'll apologize in front of all the team members! Anything else?"

"There's one more thing. I'll tell you after you apologize," Dongfang Chen replied with a sly smile.

It wasn't easy to make a proud swan lower its head and admit its mistakes. To be honest, it was quite fulfilling.

Soon, except for the three injured, all the guard team members had gathered in Dongfang Chen's office.

In front of all the guard team members, Yan Fangfang lowered her head and spoke in a voice as soft as a mosquito's hum, roughly repeating the mistakes she had just mentioned.

Throughout the entire process, she stammered and mumbled. The team members standing opposite her couldn't help but lower their heads and laugh secretly.

Because they didn't dare to move too much, everyone tried their best to hold it in. Several people even sneezed out mucus as a result.

They were all men in their thirties. This image, tsk tsk, was not flattering.

Dongfang Chen didn't ask for more. It was enough. Pushing too hard would easily make the swan fly away.

Ten minutes later, Yan Fangfang finished speaking and bowed to everyone.

The scene erupted in thunderous applause. This applause was not praising how well she spoke, but praising her growth and her progress.

"Comrades, we must take this as a warning and not make the same mistakes as Yan Fangfang. From now on, anyone who disobeys orders or refuses to follow arrangements, I will show no mercy and directly expel them from the guard team. Did everyone hear that?" After Yan Fangfang finished speaking, Dongfang Chen stood up and said.

"Yes, Boss!" Everyone answered in unison.

"Alright! Yan Fangfang, return to the team," Dongfang Chen ordered.

"Yes, Boss!" Yan Fangfang replied loudly.

She had finally passed the test. Yan Fangfang finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Comrades, there's another matter I called you to the office for. Next, please watch a video."

Dongfang Chen had Xiaolin play the video.

Everyone looked at the screen lighting up with confusion, and magnified versions of microorganisms swam across the screen.

The video had voiceovers, background music, and subtitles, making it vivid and engaging.

Videos are simple and intuitive to watch! Dongfang Chen couldn't help but praise his own cleverness.

At the beginning of the video, the wandering microorganisms climbed onto the dead mutated zombies and began to devour them.

The virus was ingested into the microorganisms, and the genes mutated.

Then, the mutated microorganisms multiplied in large numbers and began to spread across the oceans and land.

One by one, (CH4)3 molecules, drawn as spheres, were continuously released from the microorganisms and gradually rose into the air.

Next, the screen entered space, and a close-up of a (CH4)3 molecule began to absorb the surrounding CH4 after being exposed to radiation. Like building blocks, one CH4 after another gradually connected with (CH4)3 under the transport of O3 and O2, and finally formed a spherical regular dodecahedron. And O3 and O2 were finally trapped inside.

The camera zoomed in further, and the O3 and O2 inside the sphere trembled under the irradiation of radiation. As the temperature rose, they gradually became ionized, and eight oxygen atoms scurried around inside the sphere.

As the light on the screen dimmed, the sun set. The eight oxygen atoms began to calm down, and finally arranged themselves into a blood-red cubic structure.

The camera gradually zoomed out, and more and more circular spheres gathered around, each sphere containing a blood-red cube. The camera zoomed further and further away, and a special atmospheric membrane formed from the small spheres began to form. From a distance, the membrane showed an eerie faint red light.

Schematic light rays, drawn as straight lines, shone on the membrane, part of which was reflected back, and part of which shone through the membrane.

The perspective moved down along the transmitted light, passed through the atmosphere, and projected onto the ground. The ground was as dim as on a cloudy day. The leaves of plants gradually turned yellow and withered because they could not absorb enough light.

The background music began to become intense and rapid, and the screen flashed quickly across the ground, with more and more plants withering and dying, the scene like the end of the world.

The entire Earth's ecosystem is an interdependent whole. A change in one link is like the collapse of dominoes, which will affect the entire ecosystem.

Following the rhythm of the drums, the screen flashed continuously. Animals died, birds died, fish died, cities decayed, crops failed, and humans died. Zombies, like ghosts, crawled out of the ground and slowly gathered. Underground and in the sky were filled with various types of zombie animals and birds. They swept across the globe, devouring everything they saw.

The entire Blue Star seemed to fall into a dim and bloody hell.

The video ended with the music.