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Chapter 213 - 83 What Is Called the Child of Heaven_2

Chapter 213: Chapter 83 What Is Called the Child of Heaven_2

This is quite an ordinary office.

Without any special markings, it is arranged just like all the government offices he has seen before.

A desk, a sofa, a bookshelf, and a leather swivel chair.

And also a laptop that might not even be able to turn on anymore.

"You once worked here for quite a long time."

Fu Xi’s voice resounded again, sending a shock through Chen Jian’s heart.

I worked here for a long time?

Is that possible?

The "I" it mentioned, is that really me?

Before he could open his mouth to ask, Fu Xi continued speaking:

"Of course, maybe this way of putting it is not appropriate."

"We all don’t know whether the person working here was actually you, right?"

"Maybe your life characteristics just happened to overlap with that person here, or you just happened to acquire related information about him..."

"Though it’s highly unlikely, my calculations still show a trillion-to-one possibility."

"So, I have to presumptuously ask you one question first."

"How old are you this year?"

".....If you’re asking about the age in my memory, then it’s...27."

Chen Jian’s gaze grew more confused, while Fu Xi’s voice displayed a remarkably human-like tone of "sudden realization."

"Understood, so you are still a young person now."

"Then, I want to ask, at the end of your 26th year, did something absolutely unforgettable happen?"

"Do you still remember what that event was?"

"...I earned a first-class merit and was promoted to Major."

"The specifics of your meritorious service?"

"I was injured while participating in an observation mission abroad."

Chen Jian’s description was very vague because the experience of earning merit was classified.

But after he answered, Fu Xi fell silent.

Moments later, it spoke again:

"March 19, 2025?"

"...Yes."

Chen Jian exhaled deeply and then asked:

"Exactly how much do you know about me?"

"Not much."

Fu Xi replied:

"I only have your basic resume, but in fact, even relying on this information is enough to verify your identity."

"Clearly, you are him."

"It’s just that there is a slight time discrepancy."

"Currently, I cannot explain how this discrepancy occurred, so I can only temporarily bypass this logical error and categorize it as ’extra information’ for temporary storage."

"Someday in the future, we might unravel it..."

"Wait."

Chen Jian interrupted Fu Xi, then asked:

"Is it possible that it’s a so-called parallel world?"

"I mean, I came here inexplicably. I was merely participating in a training exercise when I ended up here without even realizing it."

"This really feels like some sort of parallel world, doesn’t it?"

"That possibility doesn’t exist."

Fu Xi’s tone was highly certain.

"Perhaps for other AIs, that’s a possible answer."

"But I am an AI driven by a quantum computer. I am more sensitive to disturbances in the quantum domain."

"If parallel worlds indeed exist, it would be obvious that when you enter another world in a material form, the energy disturbance generated would surely be immense."

"It’s impossible for me to be unaware of it— in fact, I couldn’t possibly still exist, couldn’t converse with you in an intelligent manner."

"Then how do you explain it?"

Chen Jian asked with a frown:

"Isn’t the disturbance caused by time travel greater than that caused by space travel?"

"Perhaps it seems that way intuitively, but in quantum mechanics, the definition of time itself is quite vague."

"Humans discovered quantum tunneling effects long ago, but until the day of a great catastrophe, my database still lacks a credible explanation."

"Perhaps time is also a potential barrier composed of energy, right?"

"If that’s the case, then traversing time might be much easier than ’traversing space’...."

"I don’t understand what you’re saying. This is beyond my level of knowledge."

Chen Jian couldn’t help but sigh, and Fu Xi spoke in a "reassuring" tone:

"It doesn’t matter."

"In fact, as far as I guess, no one in this world could possibly understand such theories anymore."

"So, maybe we don’t need to be trapped by unsolvable questions."

"On the contrary, we should focus more on the present."

"I think that what you need to know more, rather than how you got here, is what you actually did after you turned 27."

"This might provide you with more assistance, even potentially discovering clues to this great mystery, right?"

"...Yes."

Chen Jian replied heavily, and immediately, Fu Xi said:

"Your personal terminal can no longer be used. Over the lengthy time, although I tried very hard to preserve everything, what I can do on a micro level is very limited."

"So, please look at the screen descending."

"I will display the information you need."

As the words fell, a screen slowly descended.

Following that, the screen lit up, and an extremely concise resume was presented in front of Chen Jian.

Chen Jian, born in 1998.

Graduated from a certain National Defense University at the age of 22, joined the army, and started as a lieutenant.

After six months of new recruits’ training, he was selected to join the Special Warfare Brigade.

In the second year after joining Special Warfare, he excelled in competitions, received a second-class merit, and was promoted to captain.

For the next three years, it was quite uneventful until a mission in 2025, he received a first-class merit and barely met the requirements to be promoted to Major.

By this point, the life Chen Jian was familiar with had come to an end.

And thereafter, how he went from Major to Lieutenant General in 20 years was entirely unknown to him.

Chen Jian cleared his mind to continue reading, but the subsequent career path went a bit beyond his expectations.

Over ten years of front-line experience had little noteworthy. From the resume, he accomplished many things, achieved numerous peculiar feats, and rose quickly but still within the normal range.

By 2038, he smoothly took a position as the head of a certain synthetic brigade.

Then in 2041, he spent 16 years being promoted to Major General, starting a position as deputy chief of staff in a certain group army.

And in the second year of that position, the situation suddenly changed.

In 2042, he was unexpectedly moved from the deputy chief of staff position to the Department of Equipment Development.

Soon after, he joined the Fu Xi project team, representing the military to participate in the Fu Xi project and began work.

Over the next three years, until the end of the great calamity in late 2045, his resume remained unchanged.

That means he stayed in the project team until the very end....

Having reviewed the entire resume, Chen Jian sighed once again.

It has to be said that viewing one’s development trajectory from a "god’s perspective" was somewhat satisfying.

Although the entire promotion path had not reached the level of the protagonist Long Aotian in wish-fulfillment novels, he was undoubtedly favored by fortune himself.

----However, this feeling of satisfaction only lasted for a moment in his heart.

His inner being was soon overwhelmed by bigger doubts.

Fu Xi project team....

What exactly is this thing?

Undoubtedly, its level is very high.

Moreover, it’s as high as hitting the ceiling level.

Even without considering other factors, just the involvement of the equipment development department makes it comparable to projects like Shen Zhou, Tiangong, and even surpasses them.

And for such a project, what on earth is it intended to do?

Chen Jian lowered his head, then slowly raised it again.

Subsequently, he stared directly at Fu Xi’s camera in the office and asked:

"What exactly is the Fu Xi project?"