"What's the truth?" everyone pressed.
Some looked around, trying to spot the truth Li Chun had seen.
But all that lay before them was an ordinary stretch of plains.
A river flowed quietly nearby.
The grass was exceptionally lush.
This was a land brimming with life.
Only, the oxygen concentration in the air was far too high for humans to breathe normally.
That was why they were all wearing Spacesuits.
Now, there was nothing here.
Yet just yesterday, there had been a complete ecological complex here.
It had fully equipped facilities: a train station, hospital, school, residential districts...
It had been designed to accommodate ten thousand people, though only one thousand had actually moved in.
Two had recently died from illness and accidents, one baby had been born, leaving 999 people.
Li Chun smiled. "It's not yet time to reveal the truth."
"What are you playing at?" someone snapped.
"You think this is some detective game? We don't have time to listen to your deductions. We only need the truth." His superior, an officer responsible for the safety of over a hundred Eco-Villages, rebuked him.
"Of course not. But have you studied Quantum Mechanics?" Li Chun suddenly asked.
"What Quantum Mechanics? I majored in the humanities in college." The officer looked baffled.
"I know the saying—when in doubt, blame Quantum Mechanics. Don't tell me you're planning to use that stuff to fool us?" someone asked suspiciously.
"Of course not. But what happened today really is related to Quantum Mechanics. You should know about the Observer Effect. Take a group of electrons. If you regard them as particles and observe them as particles, they are particles. If you regard them as waves and observe them as waves, they become waves," Li Chun said calmly.
"What does that have to do with