No matter what the concept is, it is nothing more than the difference between success and failure.
So Li Dan simply gave up the futile attempt to decipher Cube. She sat in one corner of the glass room, while Cube stayed quietly in the other corner.
Also choosing to give up was the savage-looking uncle next door. This guy had done countless unseemly things in order to survive. Now he seems to have figured it out.
Screening tests continue.
Most of the time passed quickly. Li Dan closed his eyes, knocked on the wall of the glass room and asked softly: "Uncle, we are all going to die now, why don't we get to know each other before we die?"
The uncle sitting in the corner next door put his hands on his knees and sneered: "What do you know? It's just an old dog without teeth. It would be a shame to die."
Li Dan smiled and said: "An old dog without teeth? What? Uncle also served in the army before?"
The savage uncle didn't want to pay attention to Li Dan, but after a while of silence, he muttered: "New Midland Disaster Management Bureau, I used to work there."
After hearing this, Li Dan opened his eyes and said in surprise: "Hey? Isn't that place at the easternmost point of the American continent? It's far away from Beijing!"
"It's far away from Beijing... But for these people, the world is too small. They can come and leave when they want, and no one can track them." The savage uncle seemed to be recalling the past, and he sneered.
: "Mom, why am I telling you this?"
Li Dan asked with great interest: "Uncle, have you ever investigated these people before?"
The savage uncle didn't say anything... Li Dan thought he was tired, so he lowered his head in disappointment and asked, "Uncle, you must be worried about something, right?"
The savage uncle frowned and said, "What did you say?"
Li Dan smiled: "Otherwise, how could you become like this just to survive?"
The savage uncle heard clearly, but he sneered: "What? You can't use all means to survive if you have no worries? You little girl, you deserve to be brought here to be a guinea pig just after you were caught."
"Don't you feel very lucky?" Li Dan was not angry at all, but smiled. She turned to look at the savage uncle. The initial impression was meaningless. We are all "beasts" in a cage. What's the point?
But whoever dislikes whom?
The savage uncle turned his back to Li Dan. He looked at the glass roof dreamily and said: "Luck...luckiness belongs to a very small number of people after all. I really hope that the sun will never rise again, so that everyone will be truly lucky."
Already."
Li Dan shuddered at the idea of the savage uncle, but then he thought about it... His life was worse than death now, and he really had nothing to look forward to.
Silence again.
A terrible, tortured silence.
Looking at the man in the other room who was tortured by the cube again and again, struggling to get up and try to decode, Li Dan suddenly wanted to laugh. How could life suddenly become like this... Those familiar things that once were
, why haven’t you cherished the beautiful things?
Slowly, Li Dan stopped thinking about anything. She closed her eyes again and her breathing gradually became calmer.
Another ten minutes passed.
Li Dan heard a sound like a snake spitting a message.
She opened her eyes suddenly, only to find that it was her other self making a strange "puff" sound at her. Seeing that Li Dan woke up, the woman smiled and said, "Do you also want to harness my power?"
Li Dan frowned and glanced at her and then looked around.
There is no glass house anywhere, it's empty all around, it's angel black, the floor is dark gray, it feels like you're sitting on a big piece of pig iron.
It was cold and had no smell of living things at all.
"Who are you?"
"Me? I'm the Rubik's Cube, a Rubik's Cube made of living mimic crystals." She didn't hide anything from Li Dan. But Li Dan still felt creepy, so she asked tentatively: "Then I am now...
Dead?"
"No, I entered your brain and cut off all your nervous system. Everything you feel now is simulated by me." She sat down and looked around and said, "But your memory world is really strange.
It’s so monotonous and boring, don’t you have anywhere you want to go or people you want to see?”
After her reminder, Li Dan suddenly remembered.
This was a test Li Dan underwent when he first entered the first center axis.
Although countries around the world have explicitly banned the research and development of memory snooping technology and systems, this does not mean that this technology has been completely blocked, just like those two sheep, just like those fertilized eggs received before forming living embryos.
It's the same as genetic enhancement. Once Pandora's box is opened, it cannot be blocked by a ban on paper alone.
Human technology sometimes really seems like a curse.
The only thing that can fight against it and control it is probably the kind-hearted heart in human autonomous consciousness.
Black sky, gray ground, this is the blockade method used by the first central axis special commissioner who has gone through rigorous training to fight against memory snooping technology. It's no wonder that Li Dan doesn't feel strange or depressed about this place at all.
But she seems to dislike it here.
"All the brain nerves are severed? Then my body..."
"Well, without the control of the headquarters, your body has stopped functioning. I estimate that you will die in ten minutes at most." She did not feel cruel at all when stating these facts.
Li Dan, who clearly knew the countdown to her life, naturally felt fearful and painful. She tried to calm herself down, and then asked: "The person who developed you is really amazing."
"No, in fact, no one can create me, I taught him, just like the devil tempting mortals to open the seal, you humans are really easy to be deceived and deceived... But I feel very happy because I am free.
"She stood up and waved her hand, and a sea of flowers appeared on the ground.
Seeing this fantastic scene, Li Dan asked unmoved: "Humanity's attitude towards science has always been contradictory. Some people are brave, but they are called crazy, and some are obviously conservative, but they are dismissed.
To say it's safe, huh... is just a way of saying it."
"Oh? Interesting insight, so it's not me who confused him, but he wanted to give it a try?"
"An old man once asked an interesting question, that is, does God play dice? I think the answer is yes... one in 3.9 billion, I want to give it a try." After Li Dan said this, his eyes suddenly turned into
Blue, she stood up suddenly and raised her hands to strangle the woman's neck.
The woman obviously didn't expect that Li Dan could fight back under such circumstances.
She also raised her hand and strangled Li Dan's neck, and she was even harder!
Li Dan's face turned red and she remained unmoved. Her blue eyes flickered several times before turning scarlet.
For a moment, she panicked!
"No! You are not human!?! What on earth are you! What on earth are you!"
Li Dan ignored her and she continued to fight back. The sky around her turned dark red, as if blood was dripping...
Outside, Li Dan had been covered with a white sheet and carried away.
The same goes for the sloppy savage uncle. He bit off three of his fingers before he died, as if he had suffered great pain. As for the living mimic crystals in the room, they returned to normal cubes, as if they were nothing.
happened before.
As for the person who has been trying to uncover the cubic code, he actually succeeded.
It's just that his body was covered in scars, electric shocks, burning, stabbings, lacerations... He had endured all the pain a person could bear.
…
On the other side, Natsume was taken to a small bedroom and was still in a state of continued paralysis.
Takeda Nobu said that the poisonous arrow was enough to make an elephant lie down for three days and three nights. It was difficult for Natsume to get rid of this paralysis in a short period of time. But as soon as the servant left, Natsume sat up.
At this moment, Natsume is still in the embarrassment of being paralyzed by a poisonous arrow. Everything is just a cover-up. As long as he can rush to rescue Li Dan, winning or losing in the scene is meaningless.
Feeling the footsteps outside the door go away, Natsume stood up, opened the door and walked out.
He walked through the long corridor and found the stairs. He was as calm and leisurely as if he were at home. Even if he met someone on the way, Natsume would not avoid it, because at this time he was wearing a uniform and had a thick coat on his face.
The trick of a maid with a layer of makeup and blindfold is also an entry-level trick in the occult arts, and Natsume does not need to really disguise. He only needs to spread the memories in his mind, so that all those who enter the area where his consciousness diverges will
When people see him, they will think they are seeing a maid who walks cautiously, rather than a tall and handsome young man.
Go down the stairs to the first floor.
After seeing the staff wearing protective clothing, Natsume had already completed her new disguise when she walked through a door.
Continuous loss of consciousness is quite depleting of energy, so Natsume only starts to use tricks when he is about to meet someone.
After ten cleaning and purification processes, Natsume felt like he was a product that met safety production standards. He finally entered the underground factory beneath Karizuki Residence.
However……
When he really saw the scene in front of him clearly, Natsume was shocked!
As mentioned before, after the advance team was attacked, Natsume thought that after being taken hostage, he would be imprisoned in an underground structure in Xiongan City. However, after passing through the door, Natsume discovered where he was.
It seems that the place is not the urban area of Xiongan at all, but inside an underground dome structure. If not, where would the snow scene come from?
But now, after going down to the basement level and undergoing a round of cleaning and purification, Natsume opened the door and found that he was standing on top of a glorious underground city. This city is located on two ring-shaped ecological structures.
, its size is at least equivalent to a quarter of Xiong'an. Being in it, Natsume feels like a little ant.
Not to mention, the starry sky in the distance is swaying. From here, Natsume can actually overlook the entire earth.
Really stupid.
Even if you enter the mysterious door, you still can't tell whether everything in front of you is true or false.
But the "sun" has disappeared, so why can he see the earth in the universe? And at such a close distance... could this... be the moon?
Just when he was confused and uneasy, a childish voice suddenly sounded in Natsume's heart.
"You guessed it right, this is the moon, the last line of defense guarded by the Qingshui family, and it is also the only place for humans to break into the second civilization ladder."
Natsume was shocked when he heard this. The art of listening to the heart and understanding the mysteries of the mysterious esoteric sect?!
There are also masters of the mysterious sect in Shangyue Curie?
"you are?"
"My name is Luo Bao'er. According to my seniority, you should call me master, but I don't know if that girl Gege still recognizes me as master."
Hearing this, Natsume was even more horrified!
This person not only discovered Natsume who broke into this place, but also penetrated the mysterious atmosphere of Natsume at a glance, and realized who Natsume's master was. With this alone, Natsume understood that if the other party was hostile, he would be afraid
It's more bad luck than good.
Thinking of this, Natsume said sternly: "Master Bao'er, disciple Natsume, is an occult apprentice practicing in the world, but I don't want to be involved in this huge wave. I have no ill intentions in rushing into this place today.
I just want to save my friend, and I hope that the master, for the sake of my master, will allow this disciple to do as he pleases."
The most taboo thing in the occult is the conflict between two people who understand the occult, because that will inevitably lead to an immeasurable horrific disaster. Natsume took the lead to express his position mainly to save time. If Master Luo Baoer does not allow him to be here,
If he made a mistake, then even if Natsume had the intention to break in, he would still not end up with a good end, so he simply asked, and if he was allowed, he would save people. If he was not allowed, he could only choose to go back.
Luo Baoer sighed softly: "My child, your master abandoned me back then just because I had a different stance from her. Today, although I want to help you, I can't help you, so... you should go back."
When Natsume heard these words, his pupils instantly dilated, and his heart felt as if it had suddenly stopped.
What does it mean?
Powerless?
Li Dan is dead?!
Yes... Luo Baoer said it very vaguely, but also very clearly.
Natsume, who pressed his hands on the guardrail, suddenly exerted force, and the steel guardrail as thick as his arm broke. Then Natsume cupped his fists, cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, Master, I understand..."
After saying that, Natsume turned around and left without any intention of lingering.
There was a sigh from behind.
There is a suspended courtyard in the center of the city.
The architectural style leans towards Huizhou style. The child sitting in the courtyard put down the book in his hand and looked up at the slowly rotating city above his head. He murmured to himself: "Gege... I didn't expect you to teach such a person so quickly.
Excellent disciple... Is it possible that you really intend to go against heaven and become an enemy of all laws?"
No one answered him.
When Natsume returned to Karizuki Residence, he bumped into Takeda Nobu as soon as he reached the first floor.
When this human swordsman saw Natsume who looked disappointed, he smiled slightly: "Little brother, you have deceived me."
Natsume came back to his senses after hearing this. He looked at Takeda coldly and said: "Get out of here."
Takeda Nobu was shocked when he heard this, and actually gave way obediently, because he knew that he was no match for Natsume. He also knew very well that these demigods who had mastered the mysterious ancient wisdom and power of the East were not like him.
It's something that mortals can provoke.
Natsume continued to walk forward, but when he passed Takeda Nobu, he stopped again.
Although Takeda Nobu looked calm, he had already subconsciously grasped the handle of the long knife hanging diagonally on his body.
"Where is your master? Why don't you come out and have a chat?"
Takeda Nobu said calmly: "Miss Huan is planning the next thing for Mr., and has already left Karizukiju to go to the earth. If you want to see her, you can wait until the second miss comes back, and ask the second miss to take you to the earth."
"Second Miss? Masato?"
"It's Miss Masato."
Natsume was immediately disheartened when he heard this... He had a good relationship... Masato Shimizu actually hid so many things from him. He originally thought that he was already a little sorry for Masato Shimizu and Hanako Momosawa by hiding in the Wangye Ecological Zone as an ordinary person.
, but I didn’t expect that people’s hearts are formidable and everyone has their own secrets.
But it was Natsume who was careless.
Masato's surname has already destined her to be extraordinary.
Even people who know nothing about the Shimizu family clearly know that since the matriarch named Gen Shimizu took over the family affairs, there will be a successor matriarch in every generation of the family. Masato Shimizu is the only one of this generation.
The successor...even if she hides in Wangye Ecological Zone, nothing will change.
Thinking of this, Natsume shook his head and asked, "Where is Nayato now?"
"Well... I'm sorry, I'm not very clear either." Takeda Nobu was quite polite to Natsume.
Although Natsume dislikes this place and everyone here, he has no intention of really going to war and turning this place upside down... not to mention that there is a man named Luo Baoer guarding this place.
"It's really... fighting from all sides..." Natsume sighed.
Takeda Nobu asked curiously: "I've only heard of being surrounded on all sides. What does "war on all sides" mean?"
Natsume laughed dryly and ignored Takeda Nobu. He opened the door on the first floor and walked out. Outside the door was white snow, and further away there was a magnificent interstellar port. The huge starship moved slowly like a mountain. It was amazing to see.
Natsume was trembling all over.
He suddenly calmed down.
If this was a huge wave, then he would only be able to watch the excitement.
In this case, why think too much.
Sit down in front of the door, feeling the familiar yet unfamiliar cold wind. Takeda Nobu walked behind Natsume and said, "Little brother, would you like to have a couple of drinks?"
Natsume waved his hand: "I don't want to drink, and we are not friends, not now and never in the future."
Takeda Nobu was slightly embarrassed. He held the long knife and looked at Xinggang in the distance and said: "But I really want to get to know you, little brother."
"Me? Haha, what do you know about me? I'm just a loser who can't even save his friends." Natsume now feels like he's broken. At first, he thought he could change or prevent something.
things happen.
But now it seems that everything is just wishful thinking.
Natsume didn't know how far it was from the earth to the moon, let alone what the heavy snow in front of him and the star port in the distance represented.