On the first night on Mars, Masato Shimizu didn't sleep well.
In the dream, she was sitting on a small boat, and the waves beat down mercilessly. She was knocked down in the cabin again and again as she tried to struggle to get up. Finally, she lifted the boat high, then broke it, and followed Masato Shimizu.
Then he fell into the sea and watched the light disappear before his eyes.
Wake up from nightmare.
Youmi turned around and entered the room and asked, "Have you had a nightmare?"
Masato Shimizu held her forehead, and it took her a while to figure out where she was.
It's such an unreal experience... Masato Shimizu, who has been on Earth since he was born, is now sleeping in a base on Mars, hundreds of millions of miles away from his hometown. It's a really scary feeling.
"I want to drink water." Qingshui Masato said.
Yumi very considerately went to the bathroom to get some warm water for Masato Shimizu to drink.
Masato Shimizu drank several glasses in a row, but she still felt dry. But she knew she couldn't drink anymore... The current thirst was just a mental stress reaction and had nothing to do with her physical needs.
I got out of bed and put on the standard Mars base uniform.
There was already a person waiting outside the door.
It's Chu Xiaoming. This brother drank a lot yesterday, but he is still in good spirits today.
"Good morning, Yaren." Chu Xiaoming was still as familiar as before.
Masato Shimizu was a little embarrassed, but she still felt quite friendly.
Chu Xiaoming smiled and said: "I live next door to you. When I got up in the morning, I thought you might have forgotten the way to the restaurant, so I waited for you here for a while. How about, are you hungry? Let's go have breakfast."
To be honest, Masato Shimizu was indeed a little hungry.
At the welcome banquet last night, Masato Shimizu couldn't let go, and she was too tired, so she had no appetite. But now she is hungry. If there is roast suckling pig in front of her, she feels that she can eat it by herself.
.
"Well, okay, thank you, Brother Xiaoming."
Chu Xiaoming scratched his head.
On the way to the restaurant, Masato Qingshui asked Chu Xiaoming a few questions.
Most of them are about the calibration of the intelligence samples that Shimizu Masato received yesterday. Before she can form a more accurate and systematic memory, she still needs to ask questions repeatedly to consolidate it. It's like she has just learned a lot of knowledge and needs to do questions to remember it.
Same.
"Did you really find human remains on Mars?" Masato Shimizu asked.
Chu Xiaoming nodded, then shook his head.
Qingshui Masato was puzzled: "Huh?"
Chu Xiaoming said: "Logically speaking, those relics should indeed be created and left by humans, but they existed far earlier than the birth of our ancestors on the earth, so they are not so much ancestors as they are ancestors."
Say they are our creators.”
Speaking of the Creator, Masato Shimizu asked: "Shouldn't the Creator be a very mysterious and great existence? Why can't I feel too much mystery and greatness from your current discoveries?"
"That's a good question." Chu Xiaoming stopped, thought for a moment, pointed at Youmi and said, "For Youmi, are we its creators?"
Masato Shimizu looked at Yumi.
Yumi replied on behalf of her master: "According to human logic, human beings are indeed Yumi's creator."
But Masato Qingshui didn't understand what Chu Xiaoming meant.
Chu Xiaoming spread his hands and said, "Look, we are the creators of Youmi, but are we mysterious and great?"
If Masato Qingshui has some enlightenment.
But Yumi said: "Compared to humans, our immature artificial intelligences are still very low-level existences, so from our perspective, humans are still very mysterious and great."
"But your future will be much more powerful than ours. When you truly mature, won't we be just carbon-based organisms with very fragile bodies? At that time, will you still think that we are mysterious and great?"
Chu Xiaoming asked Youmi in return.
Yumi's calculation core is obviously not able to cope with this kind of question that sounds simple but is quite difficult to answer.
Chu Xiaoming smiled and continued to walk forward. At the same time, he said to Qingshui Masato: "Actually, there is no need to have an answer to the question you just asked."
Qingshui Masato looked at Chu Xiaoming doubtfully: "Why?"
"Because... this is a kind of cognitive barrier... and the so-called cognitive barrier is just like we can never understand things that we have no access to... Just like humans and ants, will ants understand how humans seem to exist?
"But..." Chu Xiaoming suddenly sighed softly, and then laughed at himself: "But we still have some differences. Our wisdom allows us to realize that this layer seems to leave a hope and a way, so now it is more
It’s worth thinking about why our wisdom has given us some expectations, but our current reality is losing the tension of civilization and progress.”
Masato Shimizu's eyes widened, and she suddenly felt that she should stop, at least draw a line for herself when it comes to asking questions, otherwise she might not get the answers she wanted, and more questions would follow.
Chu Xiaoming looked at Qingshui Masato's cute expression and laughed and said: "Actually, these are all things Su Wanxia told me. I just borrowed them to show off in front of you. Okay, let's go to the restaurant, you go first
Wait a minute, I'll go to the kitchen to prepare it, and you can have breakfast soon."
Masato Shimizu smiled awkwardly, nodded, and sat down in the restaurant obediently.
Not long after, Shen Yinuo and Su Wanxia came. It seemed that they had not slept much last night. They started yawning non-stop when they entered the restaurant.
Masato Shimizu couldn't help but asked in a low voice: "Did you two sleep well yesterday?"
Shen Yinuo waved his hands and said with a sad face: "I don't know what evil I did last night. I actually chatted with this nerd all night... Now I'm sleepy to death..."
Su Wanxia didn't say anything, she just looked silly.
Masato Shimizu was a little confused. She blinked and asked, "Do I have to clock in and clock in at work here?"
Shen Yinuo looked up at Qingshui Masato, a little confused.
Masato Shimizu said: "Uh... I mean... you can sleep in, right?"
Shen Yinuo sobered up a little, but she smiled bitterly and said: "That will make you lazy and sick... people... you still have to find something to do for yourself."
Masato Shimizu said "Oh" and stuck out his tongue quietly, feeling a little embarrassed.
Su Wanxia walked to the constant-temperature safe in the restaurant and brought back a glass of ice. After sitting down, she and Shen Yinuo started chewing one piece at a time. Masato Qingshui grinned at the sight, thinking that this was too violent, no.
Will it upset your stomach?
After about ten minutes, breakfast started.
But until the four people in the restaurant finished their breakfast and washed the dishes, Yan Sichen and Xian Qianhua did not show up. Masato Qingshui looked at the entrance of the restaurant, feeling a little uncomfortable.
Su Wanxia glanced at Qingshui Masato, walked over with a smile and said, "Masato, if you have nothing to do today, why don't you come over and help me sort out the books."
Masato Shimizu was stunned for a moment. In fact, it was not that she had nothing to do, but that she had not yet thought about what to do.
But now that Su Wanxia has taken the initiative to invite, Masato Qingshui nodded in agreement.
"OK, all right."
But Shen Yinuo said inappropriately: "Congratulations, Wanxia, for tricking a little girl into working as a coolie for you again."
Su Wanxia pretended not to hear anything, while Qingshui Masato looked stunned, feeling as if she had been tricked.
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When she arrived at Su Wanxia's house, as soon as she opened the door, Qingshui Masato could smell the smell of moldy books. She pinched her nose and frowned: "Brother Su, how long has it been since your place... has been cleaned?"
Su Wanxia, who was so moved by the call of Brother Su, scratched her head in embarrassment: "It must have been more than ten years."
"Ah? How long will it take to clean it?" Qingshui Masato now feels that he has been cheated, and he has clearly been sold as a coolie.
Su Wanxia quickly explained with a smile: "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, I didn't ask you to come here to trick you. These books have been here for more than ten years, and I am already familiar with their locations. If you really haven't touched these books, I'm here to clean it, I'm really worried that you might mess up the books."
Qingshui Masato heard this and frowned: "Then you asked me to come over?"
Su Wanxia smiled mysteriously. He closed the door, then looked at Qingshui Masato and said, "Masato, I am your contact person. My husband should have told you about this before you left."
Qingshui Masato was shocked when he heard this: 'Sir?'
When Su Wanxia saw that Qingshui Masato was silent, she continued: "The gentleman I am referring to is You Gege. The 'Traveler 9' you are riding on was built by our Su family more than thirty years ago. In this way, will you not Will you feel more confident trusting me?"
Qingshui Masato was not only shocked now, she said in surprise: "It turns out that the surprise that Gege mentioned was you, Brother Su."
Su Wanxia smiled: "Why, are you surprised?"
Masato Shimizu was a little embarrassed. In fact, she couldn't say how surprised she was.
Before setting off, You Gege did tell Qingshui Masato that the destination of the trip had a surprise for her. However, at first Qingshui Masato naturally thought it was because Yan Sichen was still alive. But now that she saw Su Wanxia, she After hearing what Su Wanxia said, Qingshui Masaru realized that the real surprise was not her reunion with Yan Sichen at all, but the reveal of Su Wanxia's identity as the coordinator.
"It is indeed a surprise." Masato Qingshui patted his heart and asked Su Wanxia: "But...how could it be? What on earth is going on?"
Su Wanxia found two clean chairs and the two of them sat down.
"Actually... I wasn't very sure before I really saw you... But when you came, I realized that it was finally my time to appear." Su Wanxia smiled bitterly.
Qingshui Masato still didn't understand: "Brother Su is talking about... what does he mean?"
Su Wanxia's hands trembled slightly. He was silent for a while and then said: "After connecting to the central calculation core of the base, you should know my identity, right?"
Qingshui Masato nodded: "Yes, I understand a little bit."
"What do you think?" Su Wanxia asked.
Qingshui Masato grinned, hesitated for a moment and then said: "It's hard to say..."
Su Wanxia encouraged Qingshui Masato: "Just be more honest and don't have too many worries. I want to hear your true thoughts."
Qingshui Masato looked at Su Wanxia and then plucked up the courage to say seriously: "If those information are not fraudulent... Brother Su should be a person who had an unfortunate childhood, but is very strong and lives a brilliant life with his own efforts.
people."
Su Wanxia burst into laughter after hearing Qingshui Masato's slightly flattering description.
Qingshui Masato was a little confused. She clenched her hands nervously and asked: "Um...did I say the wrong thing?"
Su Wanxia shook her head: "No, no, no, you said it very well, and this proves from the side that I have done quite well in these years."
Qingshui Masato laughed twice when he heard this, and at the same time thought to himself: 'How narcissistic...'
But on the surface Masato Shimizu would not behave like this.
She smiled and said: "You are indeed very powerful."
"You? We were just acquaintances of the same generation. Why are you suddenly used? It's so strange." Su Wanxia was a little unhappy.
Masato Shimizu quickly changed his words: "Oh, I'm sorry, I just can't let go."
Su Wanxia could understand Qingshui Masato's mood. After all, they had not interacted at all in the past few decades. It felt like a man and a woman didn't know how to control the intensity of a blind date.
"Besides the advantages, what about the disadvantages? Do you have any feelings about my personal shortcomings?" Su Wanxia asked again.
"Disadvantages?" Qingshui Masato was a little confused about what Su Wanxia meant.
Masato Shimizu didn't understand why Su Wanxia asked her to analyze his character after revealing her identity, but...
"Yes, shortcomings, this is very important."
Qingshui Masato thought for a while and then said: "Well... maybe I personally think that you..."
"you?"
"Oh, no, no... Brother Su, you used various channels to fight back against Mr. Su Yao after leaving the Su family... which makes me feel a little uncomfortable." Masato Qingshui hesitated to express his true feelings.
After listening to this, Su Wanxia looked at Qingshui Masato in silence, and when she looked at her hairy body, Su Wanxia suddenly smiled, not a sneer, but a satisfied smile.
Qingshui Masato was completely confused. She frowned and said, "Brother Su, what do you mean by this? Why do you have to ask me to analyze you?"
Su Wanxia smiled for a while and then waved her hands. He took a deep breath and said, "Qingshui Masato."
"Here!" Masato Shimizu, who was called by his first name, sat upright unconsciously.
Su Wanxia nodded and continued: "In fact, in these years, except for your status as the second young lady of the Qingshui family, you have basically done nothing. You can only grow up healthily, and then work and live like an ordinary person.
Am I right?"
Although Qingshui Masato was a little unhappy when he heard this, Su Wanxia said the truth.
"Hmm..." Qingshui Masato nodded dully.
Seeing Masato Qingshui lowering his head, Su Wanxia quickly comforted him: "Don't get me wrong, Masato, I'm not criticizing you, or showing off in front of you... but... I want you to see yourself clearly from an objective perspective.
.”
Qingshui Masato was stunned for a second, then puffed up his mouth and muttered: "Aren't you still laughing at me..."
Su Wanxia was suddenly embarrassed. He laughed twice and quickly continued: "Yaren..."
"Um?"
"Actually, we are the same kind of people." Su Wanxia sighed deeply.
Qingshui Masato looked at Su Wanxia in confusion: "A kind of person?"
"Well, it's just that you are luckier than me. Your family... protects you very well." Su Wanxia said seriously.
Masato Shimizu was in a daze and had completely given up thinking.
Su Wanxia glanced out the window and said: "Maybe you will find it very sudden, but what I want to tell you is that the reason why you were sent to Ginko Takahashi by your father back then was because you would be eaten by her and your heart would change.
It's not complete, all this is the decision of Master Huan of your family."
When Qingshui Masato heard these words, he sat up immediately, with complete disbelief on his face.
"this……"
"It's unbelievable, even hard to accept, isn't it?" Su Wanxia smiled bitterly, and then sighed deeply: "But this is the fact, and your Master Huan certainly didn't intend to tell you."
When Qingshui Masato heard these words from Su Wanxia, it was really difficult to accept them.
Because back then, Shimizu Gen had publicly executed several servants around Masato Shimizu because he had become disabled.
Masato Shimizu still remembers how cold-blooded and ruthless Gen-sama was who no one in the family dared to anger.
But today, Su Wanxia said that all of this was done under Qing Shui Huan's instruction. How could Qing Shui Masato accept such truth so easily?
"No...impossible...I am a direct daughter of the Qingshui family. I was supposed to be the victim of the combination of the divine vessel and the 'Old God'. How could it be..."
"Don't rush to refute me, why don't you listen to me tell my story first." Su Wanxia came closer and touched Qingshui Masato's head, trying to comfort her and calm her down.
Qingshui Masato raised his head and looked at Su Wanxia.
Su Wanxia was silent for a long time before finally speaking.
"Indeed, in many people's impressions... Although I come from a wealthy family, my childhood was not satisfactory because my mother was not loved by Mr. Su Chesu. But few people know that if I were not my
With the instruction and secret protection of my father, Mr. Su Che, I might have been stillborn a long time ago, and my mother and I were wiped out by the tumor class of human society." Su Wanxia's words were shocking.
Although Qingshui Masato knows very little about Su Wanxia, and most of what she knows now comes from what she accidentally heard in the past and the comparison of information in the central calculation core this time, she can tell that the facts may not be as known to the outside world.
As recorded.
"A disgraced mother...a miserable childhood...and I have been fighting against my father since I grew up, so everyone who knows me thinks that I have broken up with the Su family, but few people realize...all of these
The so-called truth comes from my own mouth, and was secretly instilled in them by me and my father, as well as those who secretly protect me and the Su family."