As an "outsider" who had just arrived in this world for a short time, Hao Ren could not empathize with Nolan's thoughts. It was difficult for him to understand what thousands of years of continuous reincarnation would do to a person just by imagining it.
What a profound impact it has on people, but one thing he can be sure of is that the world in Nolan's eyes has long faded, everything is illusory, everything has lost its meaning, when the whole world becomes a stage play that can be replaced and changed at any time.
, it becomes difficult for her to have any sense of things in the world. In each reincarnation, she continues to accumulate experience and knowledge. At the same time, she also accumulates a thick shell deep in her heart. She said
Yes, if the world can be reset at any time, there is really no value in retaining feelings for everything in the world.
The things you cherish, hate, and trust are all temporary and arranged. It is possible that they will change their identities as soon as you wake up, and it is even possible that your former friends will be set up right in front of you.
Decided to become an enemy. After experiencing such a long period of time, Nolan learned to survive in the most efficient way, and became ready to give up everything at any time, including the Gray Fox mercenary group he formed by himself.
But now Hao Ren and Zhiji Terminal have become exceptions in her eyes: for the first time in thousands of years, she has found someone who can retain the memory of reincarnation like herself. There is no doubt about the significance of this to Nolan. She feels that she finally has something.
A partner, a true partner.
That's why she told Hao Ren everything she knew without hesitation, even ignoring the somewhat strange words and deeds of Hao Ren and Zhiji Terminal. Now, for her, it was important for her to quickly understand the situation for the two compatriots in front of her.
Most importantly, it means you can live better.
The sun had already completely set in the mountain, and two small moons rose up from below the horizon one after another. The not-so-bright moonlight coated the outside of the cave with a layer of silver. Nolan came to the entrance of the cave and carefully
Confirming the situation outside: "It seems that the battle over at the launch base is really over. No self-destruction was heard... It should have been controlled by the Imperial Marines before it detonated."
"By the way, no one will notice this place, right?" Hao Ren walked up from behind and turned to look inside the cave. The Corpse Terminal was curiously studying the cold light stick hanging on the car. The light emitted by the light stick
Some traces leaked out from the cave entrance, "Won't those soldiers pass by this road when they evacuate?"
"It's very safe here. I've surveyed it...I've surveyed it in my memory," Nolan nodded. "As long as you don't light a bonfire, it'll be fine. The remote sensing infrared detectors of the Imperial Marines are quite sensitive."
Hao Ren groaned and looked up at the sparse starry sky above. A strange group of stars twinkled in front of his eyes. He was thinking about the next detection plan in his mind. He said casually: "The stars are very beautiful..."
"Yes, it's very beautiful." Nolan raised his head and opened his eyes slightly, as if he suddenly realized the stars above his head. "I really miss it... I haven't seen the stars in more than ten years. It seems that this time
The script isn’t too bad, at least the sky is open.”
"I can't imagine that six hours ago this world was still shrouded in dust and mist that had not dispersed for decades, and the air also smelled of tar," Hao Ren sighed, and suddenly thought of a question. "It is said that the starry sky in previous reincarnations has
Has it changed?"
Nolan shook his head: "The starry sky hasn't changed much, probably because they are too far away from humans and humans can't touch them at all. The 'director' behind the world doesn't seem to have bothered to create a more exquisite starry sky. And reincarnation
I have been there so many times, but I have never seen human beings develop to the stage of alien colonization."
Hao Ren fell silent thoughtfully until Nolan tugged at the corner of his clothes: "Go back, eat something, rest early today, we have to travel tomorrow."
The two returned to the cave, and Zhiji Terminal waved to Hao Ren: "Hey, partner, are you back to pick up girls?"
Nolan stared at Hao Ren: "...What is the pattern of your relationship?"
She has no idea about the relationship between Hao Ren and the blond girl. There's nothing you can do about it. You abruptly changed the painting style from a touching love tragedy to a love apartment. This is how you pull a sociologist.
He couldn't figure it out clearly even when he came here!
Corpse Girl Terminal was free and easy, patting her chest with a proud look on her face: "I and my partner are close friends of life and death!"
Hao Ren thought about it and unexpectedly discovered that what he said was right, especially the words life and death...
Nolan rummaged through the car and found supplies. In those memories that fell from the sky, she had replenished them in the small town at the foot of the mountain twenty-four hours ago. She threw two bags of compressed dry food and two bottles of water to Hao
Renhe Terminal: "Eat whatever you want. Don't eat too much, as it will lower your vigilance."
Hao Ren grunted and took the food. Before he could tear the packaging, the corpse girl terminal next to him secretly tugged on his sleeve: "Hey, can this machine eat?"
The familiar headache came immediately, and Hao Ren looked at the blond girl beside him with twitching eyes: "How about... you try to drink some water first?"
Corpse Girl Terminal awkwardly unscrewed the water bottle and took a sip, smacking her lips and muttering in a low voice: "It feels like it fell directly into the stomach, and then it seeped out in all directions."
"...You'd better stop eating, your esophagus is broken," Hao Ren said while thinking about how strong the topic was. "And you don't have to go to the toilet. You haven't been weak without eating or drinking for so long. You probably don't need it."
Replenish your energy."
Hao Ren knew that his inference was a bit unscientific, but after knowing that this world was very likely to be false, he no longer cared about it at all: maybe the data terminal caused a bug when it traveled in, resulting in such an unscientific appearance.
The body of common sense, as for principles... the world is fake, who the hell cares about principles.
Nolan looked at Hao Ren and the blonde girl chatting mysteriously, and had no idea what they were talking about, but he still asked casually: "By the way, I never had time to ask, what's your name?"
"
She was speaking to the Corpse Princess Terminal. As soon as she said this, both Hao Ren and the terminal were stunned. The latter stared at Hao Ren and whispered: "Damn it! Think of a name!"
I bet even this guy knows that the words "data terminal" are not a person's name when spoken.
Hao Ren quickly started thinking about making up a name, but everyone knew that he was good at naming. Under normal circumstances, Ge Erdan would be as useless as his father, let alone such a tense moment. He hadn't spoken yet.
The terminal quickly interrupted in the mental connection: "Don't say anything. In this case, we can't expect you to let the machine think of it on its own."
Nolan watched the two people flirting there with curiosity. Just when she was a little confused, the corpse girl terminal suddenly spoke: "Oh, this machine... my name is Pattian, you can just call me Patty."
Nolan said oh and stopped asking. Hao Ren was surprised and asked the terminal softly in the spiritual connection: "You can do it, why did you suddenly think of such a name?"
"pda."
Hao Ren: "...It's really simple, crude and easy to understand."
The night was getting darker, and soon it was time to rest. Nolan climbed to the car and took out his sleeping bag and thermal insulation plastic tarpaulin. While arranging the arrangements, he said: "There will be someone keeping watch tonight. You go to bed first. I will guard the first post."
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Hao Ren looked at the starlight shining in from the entrance of the cave, and waved to Nolan: "You go to sleep first, Patty and I will take a walk outside."
"At this time?" Nolan stopped his movements, "It's not wise to waste energy, especially walking around in such an unfamiliar place after dark."
"Don't worry, I'm a professional too," Hao Ren said as he walked to the entrance of the cave, with Zhi Ji Terminal limping beside him. "I'll go check and confirm that the surrounding area is safe. Nothing will happen. You forgot that short knife?"
Do you have a stick?"
Hao Ren said, mouthing at the sentry cane hanging on Nolan's waist: "I have something more powerful than this thing, and I will explain it to you when I get the chance."
Nolan looked at the mysterious weapon at her waist and then remembered that Hao Ren seemed to have a lot of secrets. However, she held back and didn't ask too many questions. She just nodded: "Be careful."
After finding a relatively open place outside the cave, Zhi Ji Terminal asked: "What are you going to do? You don't really intend to play life and death with this machine, do you?"
"I'm going to check it for you when I get back. You must have burned out the chip during this abnormal time travel," Hao Ren said while looking up at the sky, "I'm going to go up there and take a look at this."
How far has the world been simulated?" (To be continued.)