Chapter 196 Still Camera
"I thought you would stay there, Xiao Ming, but I didn't expect you to come to my place." Sylvie sighed and changed the subject, "But this is within my expectations, right? The God of Dreams has chosen you, right?"
"Yes." Su Ming nodded in acknowledgement. He was not surprised that Xi Wei guessed it.
"Don't worry, this is a good thing. If it really doesn't work, we may be able to exchange you with the God of Hope for the qualification to go out." Sylvie said.
"I hope you won't make such unrealistic jokes. It's not funny at all." Su Ming frowned.
"Hahaha! I think it's quite interesting." Sylvie laughed.
"Minister, why did you come in this time?"
"Why can't I come in? It's not that the higher the rank, the safer it is. Even the deputy director often participates in very dangerous missions. My coming here is a unified decision made by the upper echelons."
"Does anyone outside have any instructions?" Su Ming asked
"Instructions? The instructions are that if I don't go out within a certain period of time, or the white fog outside expands to a radius of 5,000 meters, the Alliance may use the [Still Camera]." Sylvie said nonchalantly.
"【Still Camera】, what is this?" Su Ming looked curious.
"It's a very dangerous containment tool, but it can be very convenient if you use it skillfully." Sylvie gave a perfunctory description, seemingly with no intention of explaining in depth.
Su Ming was very curious about this object, so he opened the system and searched for the effect of a still camera.
It didn't take long for the file of the contained object to be retrieved.
【Still Camera】
[Danger Level: A]
[Containment Difficulty: 0]
[Discovery process: After a second-hand shop owner used the camera to take pictures of his wife and daughter, his wife and daughter, as well as any visible objects in the camera became completely still. The second-hand shop owner then reported the case to the police, and the investigation bureau successfully contained the special camera.
This camera is an ordinary digital camera. The images it takes can be freely transmitted to most electronic devices. Its functions are completely the same as those of ordinary cameras.
[Effect: When you shoot any object, you can make it appear as if time has stopped. The object cannot be affected by any means. When you take a photo and the photo information is stored in the camera, all non-transparent substances in the camera will enter a static state.
The stored photos will gradually become blurred as time goes by. Within a few years, the physical properties of the stationary objects will gradually return to normal as the photos become blurred, and eventually the stationary state will disappear.
【Specific test:
When photographing the apple, the apple is still. In this still state, no matter whether it is hit with a knife or chopped with an axe, it has no effect and no scratches are left.
A month later, the pixels of the photos stored on the computer decreased and became slightly blurred. At this time, various weapons were used to attack the apple, and upon inspection, no scratches were left.
After a year, the clarity of the photo further deteriorated, and the apples showed signs of slight decay, at which time a sharp knife could leave tiny scratches.
Two years later, the pixels in the photo were severely blurred, making it almost impossible to distinguish the scene in the photo. In reality, the apple's surface was rotting rapidly, so the researchers implemented anti-corrosion measures.
Three years later, the apple completely rotted, and the photo, which had become unclear, returned to normal pixel levels in a short period of time.
Upon observation, it was found that the preservative measures did not play a role in preservation and the investigation report showed that the preservatives were added to the apples only after the apples were completely rotten.
In addition, no carrier can prevent the blurring of photos. In the control group experiment, the use of PS or other means to retouch photos will cause the static state to be released, the decay process to be accelerated, and the photos will be at the same level as normal in a short period of time. 】
This concludes the general description of still cameras.
But because Su Ming's system contains all the information in this world, Su Ming can also directly see the hidden files. He suddenly discovered that this camera actually has hidden files!
So he also read the hidden archives.
[Hidden files (only positions above the Director of Investigation Bureau can be viewed, the following positions are not displayed):
【Specific test:
The selected death row prisoners are filmed. After the filming, the person is still and no matter how they are attacked, they cannot be hacked with knives or axes.
After a month in stasis, the photo is slightly blurry, and transformations with various weapons have had no effect.
…
After one year in a static state, the clarity of the photographs declined and the prisoners began to move at a speed of one millimeter per minute. Because their relative positions could not be moved, cells were built around them. After several days of observation, the continuous shooting of images accelerated and it was discovered that the target was looking left and right.
…
Two years after entering the static state, the clarity of the photos further decreased. The movement speed of the death row prisoners reached the level of normal people, and they were even able to communicate with researchers. However, the photos still did not restore the original pixels, proving that the photo effects still maintained abnormal effects.
The following is a Q&A between the researcher and the death row inmates:
Questioner: "5673, how did you go from being still to being able to move?"
Death row prisoner 5673: "I... I was able to move the whole time, right? But you guys were so weird before. After you took the photo, you suddenly moved really fast! I saw groups of black phantoms flashing around me! I couldn't see clearly at all!"
Questioner: "Is there anything wrong with your body?"
Death row prisoner 5673: "Nothing unusual happened, but some shadows touched me and scratched my skin a few times." (5673 showed the questioner the slight redness and swelling on his arm)
Questioner: "Really? That's fine. I'll ask again tomorrow."
…
After several weeks of standard questioning, it was observed that the subject's normal movements began to speed up.
…
Entered a state of stasis for two years and three months.
The target of observation has moved five times faster than an average person, and speaks five times faster than an average person, so questions and answers must be conducted under special circumstances.
Questioner: "5673, you have been moving faster recently. Please describe how it feels."
Death row prisoner 5673: "You are slow. I am hungry. Your food is too hard. Can you make it softer?" (It can only be heard clearly after slowing down the recording several times)
Questioner: "Is our food hard?"
Death row prisoner 5673: "It's very hard. Just give me some porridge."
After that comes the basic inquiry, click here for details.
…
Entered a state of stasis for two years and five months.
The speed of observing the target has increased to hundreds of times that of an ordinary person, and the video can only capture the phantom of the observed target.
During a meal delivery, he observed the target escape, killed thirty-six Bureau of Investigation agents along the way, and escaped from the Bureau of Investigation.
The top project leader retouched the photo and removed the still camera effect.
The total time from the target's escape to the elimination of the anomaly is three minutes.
Within three minutes, the actions of Death Row Inmate 5673 were:
1. Physically assaulting Grace, a female star who was touring in the 19th arrondissement, which resulted in her death on the spot.
The same incident occurred 56 times, and 5673 confessed afterwards that he had only performed the act 56 times in total, but finally gave up because the touch was extremely uncomfortable, and admitted that it was not comfortable at all, but just to satisfy a weird vanity. (After discussion, the researchers believed that this special psychology had nothing to do with the still camera, and was purely 5673's perverted hobby.)
2. A total of 369 passers-by were killed and more than 600 were seriously injured.
3. The food in most restaurants in the city is missing for no reason.
When death row inmate 5673 was found, he was drinking glucose syrup in the hospital and was extremely weak. He described that except for the first "week" (5673's estimated time based on his physical sensation), he felt fine, but after that he could not eat or drink anything.
He described drinking water as eating biscuits, which could not be "chewed" in the mouth, but if he completed the swallowing action, he could feel the liquid flowing from his throat into the stomach. Eating was like swallowing a piece of iron, and no matter who he attacked, the other party would not suffer serious injuries. He could only create some scratches on their bodies.
After discussion and judgment, still cameras are extremely dangerous. The general file is marked as: A, and the hidden danger level is S. 】
[Usage examples, priority testing: stored in the archives of the Seven Gods Alliance headquarters.]
Soon, Su Ming finished reading the files about still cameras, and he had a new understanding of this still camera.
He could only say that this was a very dangerous containment device. If someone from the outside used this containment device, they would probably not be able to get out.
When Su Ming was reading the materials, he was just looking at the empty air in front of him, as if in a daze. Sylvie looked at him a few times and said:
"Xiao Ming, what are you daydreaming about? Is there anything so beautiful in the air? If you are just daydreaming, you should eat quickly. After you are full, you should get back to work."
"Minister, when will they use that still camera?" Su Ming asked casually.
"Probably... um... a week. We agreed on a week." Sylvie responded casually.
"A week?! That's too fast!"
Su Ming was shocked. He didn't think they could leave this damn place within a week.
Xi Wei glanced at Su Ming meaningfully and said, "I'm not nervous at all, why are you nervous? From the looks of you, it seems like you know about still cameras?"
"I haven't heard of it, but it sounds very dangerous. It is definitely not a good thing to use it." Su Ming skillfully made up for the flaw he had just revealed.
"It is indeed very dangerous, but the situation outside is already critical. All residents within 2,000 meters of the white fog area have been evacuated. The white fog spreads very quickly, so there is nothing we can do in a short time."
"But a week is too short." Su Ming frowned.
"Hahaha!" Sylvie laughed heartily and patted Su Ming's shoulder happily. "Don't worry, I'm your superior. I will protect you no matter if it's a week or a day. Unless it's necessary, I will never let you die in front of me."
"Unnecessary?" Su Ming frowned and stared at Sylvie suspiciously.
