Overturned Tower

But even so, she doesn't trust the uncoded.

The godfather sighed.

——The malice, discrimination and distrust of the uncoded people in this world have already been deeply rooted to this point.

Chapter 40 Are you crying

The barber went to inquire about the strangulation before.

The network of each sky island is a local area network, and they are not connected to each other.Even if you want to check the information, you can't find it... And this kind of query may be reported to the company's network security department.

But the dream world is different.

The dream world is connected, and the whole world shares one dream world.The new mages of each sky island and the old mages on the ground will appear in the dream world.As long as they enter the dream world, mages can exchange information with mages of other empty islands.

It's not just that Happy Island has a lower city, other empty islands also have places where these uncoded people gather... but the places are different.

For example, on Sogo Island, which he is most familiar with, the upper and lower urban areas are basically completely connected.There is no such thing as Happy Island. All entrances are blocked or supervised, and the rest are kept secret... Anyone can enter the lower city at any time.

Because the "lower city" alone cannot escape the eyeliner of the ubiquitous artificial intelligence.Those without a code can only hide in a corner of downtown, in a radio quiet area called "The Black Zone".Therefore, although Chongguang Island does not distinguish between upper and lower urban areas, the "black area" is actually the lower urban area of ​​Happy Island.

As for Tongshen Island, which is under the jurisdiction of Shenzhi Heavy Industry, although there is also a lower city-but the gathering place for uncoded people is in the upper city.

Unlike Happy Island, they know production very well... almost all of them are workers, because more than 90.00% of the population of Tongshen Island are workers.So they all knew that if strife and fighting destroyed the factories, prices would go up and everyone would starve.And in the factories in the upper city, almost all the workers were from the same background as them, so they were more likely to be injured.

Therefore, their disputes will try to avoid the running factories-the uncoded people on Tongshen Island are usually not criminals, but organizers of strikes and parades.They will even spontaneously exclude criminals from joining, trying to maintain an "internal order".

As for the Hudson Ocean Mining Company... As the lowest floating island, the lower city is too close to the ocean, so it is extremely humid and uninhabitable.And the upper and lower urban areas on their side are also connected, with countless "waterways" that are easy for aquatic souls to travel through, even as wide as a motorway.

The uncoded people over there live in the "port area".This refers to the area, including Uptown and Downtown, where labor is transported into marine exploration ships.

The giant dragon named "Hudson" is on the island.Although no one had ever seen it, that island was much brighter than the others—at least the directors of the company did not dare to mess around.These illegal psykers, on the contrary, get along with the company in a semi-cooperative manner... As mercenaries in some dangerous exploration, a small number of criminals generally revolve around the theft of resources and information.

Happy Island is a special case... Few uncoded people in other sky islands can occupy such a large area like them.

As long as people can live, it is always easy to tolerate.For example, Hudson Ocean Mining Company, although uncoded people also have no human rights, and the executive department will not be held accountable if they are killed, but at least everyone will not shout and beat them-they do not rely on robbery and killing for a living, but with Companies collaborate...to do the most dangerous jobs that pay well.

——For example, go to the ground to mine.

Despite the protection, radiation and curses can still kill if the work clothes are even slightly damaged.If ordinary people die in that kind of place, it will cause public outcry... but it doesn't matter if they are uncoded.

Because they are "already dead".Even if you die, you won't make the news, and you don't even need to count the loss of personnel.

From another point of view, because their crimes are rare, there are not a few people in the upper city who sympathize with them and help them.There is even an organization like the "Uncoded Human Rights Foundation" to fight for their interests.

This makes them less likely to rebel against the company.

The idea of ​​strangling to create an "underground order" came from the inspiration given to him by the mages of other sky islands.

He never believed that the uncoded could beat the company.But he doesn't want to surrender either... In this case, it may be easier for people to accept their existence by controlling the loss and destruction that the lower city brings to the upper city.

"However, he was too naive."

The godfather whispered: "Tovatus's vision is higher, and he is right.

"These uncoded people are essentially petri dishes...their purpose is to increase the number of illegal psykers.

"The number of psykers is fixed—as for the possibility of exhausting psychic powers, I can only half believe it.

"I think that they...or at least, Tianen Group's purpose is to reduce the number of psykers in the upper city. Because the more psykers are born in the lower city, the fewer can appear in the upper city. But compared to 'extermination', Tianen Group's behavior is more like 'expulsion'.

"Because the strength is too weak. Whether it's the strength of the arrest or the strength of the trial... it seems lazy.

"The work attitude of the executive department undoubtedly comes from the special executive department and the board of directors.

"Before I judged that the company's sudden move to the downtown area was because their 'experiment was over'. But after the strangling situation added, I think things are not that simple.

"It's more like 'harvesting'. Clear the lower city for a round, and then push in a new batch of dissenters and instabilities from the upper city. Eliminate the old rebels and continue to cultivate new ones. Always control Their strength ensures that they will always be young, immature, and have never really suffered...so they will always be disgusting."

"...Is that why you become the godfather and teach them?"

Morgan listened carefully: "Because you want to turn them into normal people?"

"They were just normal people."

The godfather corrected: "I just reminded them of it."

"...What a good father."

Morgan stared at him, a little absent-minded, as if remembering something.

The barber turned his head sideways, a little helpless: "You should know that I am not the person you know."

He also knew that he shouldn't have said those words.

This is tantamount to admitting that he at least knows about the existence of Blue Robin, and was just pretending not to know her before.

But the surging emotion in his heart made him unable to restrain his impulse... so he made an irrational speech.

But since it has been said, it is better to say it directly——

"The blue songbird is dead, and I'm just a phantom born from his corpse. He's not me, and I'm not him. You shouldn't have any special feelings for me..."

"But you...are crying."

Morgan's words interrupted the barber softly.

Hearing this, the barber froze in place.

He reached out to touch the bridge of his nose, and reached out to touch the wetness.

Am I... crying?

Is the barber crying, or the blue robin crying?

Chapter 41 I'm so sorry

"……what."

After being silent for a while, the godfather reached out to wipe away the tears he had shed unconsciously, and his expression became flat again.

"You're kidding, Miss Morgan.

"I think there are probably some unforgettable feelings still engraved in this body."

This is obviously not what the "barber" should say... He must rely on this sentence to solve the situation, which has proved his embarrassment.

According to the barber's thinking and general logic, at this time Morgan should continue to ask "what is the relationship between you and the blue robin" and "why do you have the body of the blue robin".

In this way, he can take advantage of the opportunity to say that he is a thief who used psionic power to steal the identity and body of the blue songbird, so he distanced himself from Morgan.

But Morgan's reaction was not logical...

"Just that's enough."

Morgan put his hands behind his back and spoke softly word by word.

"……what?"

As smart as a godfather, it was difficult to understand Morgan's erratic thoughts for a while.

Looking at the bird feathers curled up in his hair, Morgan's expression softened.

"I can know that he didn't forget me until he left... that's enough."

"enough--"

The godfather, known for his eloquence, became clumsy in front of Morgan.

Morgan, who was slightly taller than Russell, only reached the barber's shoulder.

She followed the barber so that the barber could smell the shampoo just by turning sideways.

When he smelled this smell, it seemed that some memory was about to emerge in his mind.

That feeling made the barber feel a throbbing pain deep in his skull... He could even hear his own heartbeat clearly and feel the powerful pulsation of the blood vessels above his temples.

It seems that I have smelled the same fragrance somewhere...

I also inexplicably thought of the light of the sunset, the warmth of the sun at noon, and the laughter in the early morning.

The creaking sound of the swing, the immature smiling faces in front of my eyes, and the noise when two people share a microphone to sing.

That warm feeling is by no means an illusion.

He finally couldn't lie to himself, to suppress the emotion that was rushing like waking up... His eyes became hot, and tears flowed down again.

"Okay..."

Morgan handed over a dark blue handkerchief helplessly: "Did I make you cry again? Sorry, sorry..."

"...was he such a crybaby before?"

As the last obsession of the actor, let the barber at least refer to that identity as "he" instead of "I".

He took the handkerchief and wiped away his tears.

Then he folded it up and put it in his pocket... But until then, he thought of something, paused and wanted to take it out.

But his arm was held down by Morgan.

"Let's keep a memory."

She said softly, "Crybaby always needs it."

The barber nodded silently, and withdrew his hand from his pocket.

"so good."

Seeing that the barber obeyed his words, Morgan immediately smiled again.

She sighed: "It's almost like a date."

"……Dating?"

"He never went out with me at night."

Morgan said softly: "The uncoded people in the lower city often come up to kill, rob or kidnap...so my father never let me go out at night before.

"Occasionally, I would look at the misty gray-white moon in the sky, thinking of him flying to my window and taking me to the moon."

The Godfather was also silent when it came to the many crimes the Uncoded had committed against Uptown.

Morgan paused, and said with a smile: "But it's reasonable, after all, he's a weak bird.

"When I was in school, I didn't dare to tell others when I was bullied. I could only come to me and cry.

"Obviously she has such a tall figure, but her personality is so soft."

"It's really incompetent."

The barber lowered his eyes and his voice was low.

Morgan responded: "Yeah... what an incompetent man.

"But there is no way. I have been protecting him since he was a child."

The two walked in the dim freight corridor, the only light was the light from the surrounding factories, and the only sound was the roar of machines.

"There is the sound of the tide in the sky."

"Ah."

"I think it's more beautiful than moonlight."

"...the sound of the tide?"

"Yes."

Morgan looked up at the dim ocean current, dark and upside down on the sky.

The sun hadn't fully set yet, so it wasn't that dark.The sea in the afternoon, including the shadow cast by the floating city... also happened to be ultramarine blue.

"You know, 'Morgan' is his name for me."

"Is this the code name?"

"Yes. mor (sea)-gen (birth). The meaning of this name is 'born in the sea'."

She looked at the sea above her head with some melancholy, listening to the never-ending sound of the tide: "Because he always felt that the glass robin was the same color as the sea.

"That is the farthest distance from the sky, which means bad luck.

"He told me that one day he might fall into the sea... I hope I can be born from the sea."