[APH Mega Bu Ying Lu Zhong] Fools' Carnival

In high school, Matthew promised Steve to let him out every Sunday to get some fresh air. They first found a reason to drink some wine, so that even if he leaked the truth, they would always be able to fool him. It happened that Alfred and the others had a party every week. Habit.Sometimes it’s in the deserted wilderness, and sometimes it’s on the beach in the dead of night. A group of young people carry bags of food and stereos, and happily drive out of the strictly disciplined end-time city as if they were fleeing. Laughing, singing and dancing, even if they will be preached by their guardians afterward.

Wang Yao doesn't care about Matthew and the others, he is already busy enough, thanks to him, the twins enjoy special respect in the class.Although Arthur and Frances have graduated long ago, they sometimes come to babysit the overexcited little ones.The party is usually arranged on weekends. If it is Saturday, Matthew will be there, and Sunday will be Steve. Their code of conduct is basically the same: one person stays in the corner and waits for someone to call him.

Every Saturday night at the party, Matthew would take a night swim alone in the ocean, each time Alfred called him back, each time he nearly dived forever.The meaningless tug-of-war has continued from childhood to today, secret gestures and dumb words are like an undercurrent surging between the two, and Steve has witnessed everything.

As for Sunday's midsummer night, Steve likes to sit alone on the reef looking at the moon, with a bottle of beer and an old radio at hand, the radio just repeats the same lyrical old songs, and the sparkling sea reminds him of Beethoven "Moonlight Song".Sometimes he would meet Ivan, who was also a loner, and the two of them looked at each other and hurried away—he felt that Ivan had noticed his existence, but it didn't matter, that person was not a troublesome person who would gossip everywhere.It's weird that they're all here at the end of the party when they're clearly not there.

A beach volleyball flies down at Steve's feet, and the girl in the bathing suit in the distance yells, "Excuse me!" He picks up the ball, and just when he thinks about walking over to give it to the people, thinking about joining them himself, When he thought of the shadow of the sheep girl hidden in the crowd, the volleyball had already flown back along a perfect parabola, taking away all his delusions.

Steve woke up with tears on his face, and he couldn't tell if it was Matthew's or his own.Looking back, Anna is gone, Meg is gone, and finally Matthew himself... For so many years since his birth, he has been forced to be a bystander, knowing everything but powerless to the real world, and now he has the physical , but do not know what to do.First, ensure your health, and then freedom.He sat up and began to eat breakfast.

In order to protect Matthew's body, Steve confided part of the truth to the laboratory, including the functional interpretation of telekinesis, the interpretation of self-existence, and the generalization of the relationship between twins.If Matthew knew that he had exposed Alfred's identity, he would definitely not forgive him, but ordinary people are already eager to get Alfred.

Psychic power is the ability to imagine and change reality, including the power to create something out of nothing.Steve was born out of that.As he grew older, Matthew's psychological restraint on himself became stronger and stronger, so Steve's growth also tended to stagnate, otherwise he might have obtained the entity, and that would cause a big mess.Steve was secretly glad that Matthew couldn't do it, after all, no one could imagine what price he would pay, the worst case... he would die.That's why Alfred snuffed out Matthew's fantasy when something was wrong.

In fact, Alfred is Matthew's safety valve. Matthew will believe what Alfred believes. Without Steve's confidence, he was locked in a cage in the mirror.Steve ate the last piece of food slowly, and his thoughts were almost sorted out. The sound system notified him to go to another room to replace a new suppressor. Dare to contact him directly, and hastened to make a more powerful suppressor and a new proving ground.Steve was waiting for this moment to replace the suppressor.

There were two "penguin men" outside the room who were in charge of escorting him. He looked at the two armed men, and first ruled out the possibility of violent resistance.Secondly, the hope of activating telekinetic power in the interval of replacing the suppressor is also very slim. After all, he is only a substitute, and the telekinetic power that can be used is very limited, such as moving objects through space, and it is almost impossible to harm human beings.Then there is only one path left, which is very suitable for him who is good at hide-and-seek.

Steve quietly observed the corridor he was passing through. It was surrounded by white soundproof walls, with gaps every two meters and exhaust vents every ten meters. It was a bit difficult to squeeze in, but every turn Everywhere there is a door that looks like a utility room or something, and there are firewalls and cameras between the different areas.Upon arriving in the new area, Steve was escorted into the nearest infirmary, one "penguin" was responsible for pinning him to the hospital bed, and the other was responsible for preparing the suppressor.The anomaly happened as soon as they took the old collar suppressor off.

"Ouch—" Steve suddenly struggled to spit out a mouthful of acidic water, and at the same time his hands and feet began to twitch. The "Penguin" was taken aback, he couldn't help but let him go, and turned around to call the medical team. Steve took this opportunity to quickly untie the plastic cloth clothes on his body, and then disappeared in place. The "Penguins" were all taken aback for a moment, and then they opened the door in shock and activated the yellow alarm representing the escape of aliens. Behind them, Steve, who was invisible, walked in the opposite direction lightly. Run out quickly.

Steve's powers are comparable to Matthew's in his youthful prime, which means he has full control over his invisibility abilities.He is confident that he can play hide and seek with ordinary people in this laboratory until he finds the exit. Hiding and patience are his strengths.However, the camera can capture his figure. Running in the corridor is not a long-term solution. At the first corner, Steve opened a door. As he expected, it was a utility room.

He breathed a sigh of relief and began to check the utility room.There are some cleaning supplies and garbage piled up here. He shakes off a tarpaulin and wraps it around his body. Time is running out. The camera must have caught his figure. He found a cargo elevator in the corner of the utility room, and used hemp The rope was wrapped around the palm of the hand and tried to slide down the steel cable. In this way, he went down two floors and arrived at another utility room.He was lucky, a cleaner just came in to pick up tools, he lifted the toolbox and smashed it on the back of the man's head, changed into blue overalls, rolled up his trouser legs twice, put on his hat, and when he pushed the cleaning cart out, yellow The siren was still sounding, and a group of "penguins" passed by with guns, yelling at him: "Go to area C!"

So he was inexplicably pushed to another area, walked out of the passage, and entered an open space—the alien's glass box area.Steve suppressed his beating heart and walked nonchalantly on the square with a wide view. He was surrounded by glass boxes stacked one after another. Hundreds of different people were imprisoned inside. The sound, the prisoners leaned on the glass wall and looked around, with panic and hope on their faces, but he could only leave here without turning their eyes.At this time, the yellow alert suddenly stopped.

Steve felt a "thump" in his heart, and the alarm stopped, maybe because he was exposed, and he speeded up his pace calmly, hoping to find the next hiding place.He heard a lot of footsteps in front of him, turned around abruptly and ran back, but there were people rushing in on the way he came, so he had to find a corner and hide in the cleaning truck, praying that no one would notice him.The square gradually became crowded with people, as if a large army had descended from the sky. In the dark cleaning vehicle, Steve felt a jolt. Someone pushed the car away. He looked out through the gap, and he was leaving the square.

After a while, the car was left in another utility room. Steve climbed out and just walked out the door when a doctor hurried past him, and several documents leaked from the bulging briefcase. one place.Steve frowned, feeling deeply that something was wrong, he picked up the few pages and followed the escaped doctor, and finally arrived at the bustling small square. Wei An, it seems that everyone in the lab has gathered here to escape through the back door.

Steve lowered his hat and blended in with the crowd.He doesn't know what's going on, but this might be his best chance to escape.As soon as the safety valve is opened, the crowd rushes up, and Steve follows the flow of people, and he sees a light in the doorway, and he is pushed out of the cage.

"Huh...huh..." Steve breathed heavily, the scenery of the winter forest came into his eyes, a dark and wet asphalt road stretched into the distance, and vehicles full of fugitives kept driving away from the scene, taking a deep breath for half a minute, Free air crazily poured into his body.The laboratory pretending to be an abandoned hospital behind him is still full of people. After leaving the constant temperature environment of the laboratory, the work clothes on his body will look very thin when the cold wind blows. Although it is cloudy at the moment, Steve still feels that the sky is too bright and the world is too wide. His eyeballs were weeping.He didn't have time to sigh, the crowd was still in a commotion, no one noticed him, he had to leave quickly.

He walked quickly around the wall of the abandoned hospital to the other side. The front of the hospital was empty, and he planned to go inside to see if there was anything usable before leaving.Steve guessed that this hospital was the back door of the laboratory, and its gate was in another place not far away, and it was attacked there.By who?It will always come to light.However, Steve soon discovered that he was not alone here. A figure walked out of the abandoned guard room, holding a picture album in his hand, and a white scarf hanging around his waist: "I found you." In an instant, the big stone in Steve's heart fell to the ground, and he almost sat on the ground. Ivan stepped forward to give his hand in time, and Steve wiped his wet eyes: "Sorry. You really came."

"I promised." Ivan showed him the album, which was painted in his dream, where he and Steve met on the island of the cemetery.Seeing a familiar face, Steve's body temperature recovered, and in a choked voice, he repeated several times before he could say a complete sentence: "Thank you, I thought I could only rely on myself. If it weren't for you, I might have to To be alone with them for weeks, months..."

"So, has he gone?" Steve nodded, and Ivan lowered his voice, "They won't be very friendly to you." Steve stood firm: "I never expected that kind of thing." He said deeply Take a breath, "Okay, I'm fine, let's go."

Alfred reached out and grabbed Steve by the collar, and yelled at him: "Where did you get him, you bastard?!" Arthur and Francis stood silently, Wang Yao gave Ivan With a wink, he pushes Alfred away before Steve fights back and the two fight.Alfred yelled like a disappointed child: "Give him back to me! Now immediately!" Tears wet his cheeks, "Give him back to me..."

The person who has always been treasured by his side and worried about losing it was suddenly taken away, Alfred couldn't help sobbing, Steve's face turned red and white, white and red again, and finally couldn't bear it: "You think this is all Whose fault?! You are always absent when he needs you the most, always me, always me, watching him struggling and helpless! You don't understand anything at all! He won't come back... ..."

"Pause! Don't argue outside, come back with me." Wang Yao intervened.So the six of them got into the car sullenly and drove into the Seattle living area. The gloomy atmosphere enveloped the car all the way, especially Alfred, who kept trembling with his face buried in the blanket. Arthur had never seen him so vulnerable. .

It is now December, and Christmas is just around the corner. Whether it was then or now, Seattle is a beautiful city. The quiet harbor is covered with light snow. The long streets are bustling and brightly lit. Christmas decorations and happy smiles on people's faces.The number of aliens in this city is relatively small, and the aliens get along fairly harmoniously. They have their own neighborhoods. The Alien Association has also opened a small branch here, which is mainly used to resolve daily disputes and provide basic benefits. , so far, all aliens who aspire to move here can be allocated a cheap apartment.

Wang Yao separated Alfred and Steve into two apartments, and got Arthur and Francis ready to talk.Steve was very cold, when he took a hot shower and walked into the living room, Wang Yao was sitting on the sofa waiting for him.

"I think you should be hungry." Wang Yao pointed to the hot broth and whole wheat bread on the table.Steve began to eat unceremoniously, swallowing hard, feeling an unexplainable pain from a lump in his throat, but the strength was returning to his body.Wang Yao stared at Steve: "You should already know me. My name is Wang Yao. I used to be Matthew's guardian and his teacher. At that time, I always wanted to know you, Steve. "

"You want to heal him, so get rid of me." Steve said flatly.Wang Yao was calm and composed: "I really thought about it, but in fact you are not his second personality, you are an independent existence, so I have no right to let you quit. In fact, you are the one who is responsible for this whole thing." One of the protagonists."

"A 'protagonist' who can't do anything." Steve laughed at himself, "So, what do you want me to do?" Wang Yao shook his head: "I don't want anything from you, I don't even want Matthew is back. It's just that, as it is, if you're asking for help as a human being, I have no reason to say no."

"Then keep that guy away from me. I don't want to see any of them." Xiu' this cage is imprisoned."

Steve was a little discouraged, he could understand why Matthew respected Wang Yao.Wang Yao said again: "From now on, you don't care about others, just be a good person, go to work, play, fall in love, and suffer. As long as you need it, I will try my best to help you." Steve nodded silently, but there was something in his heart. A voice kept shouting "impossible".He was too tired, so he went to bed early, Wang Yao said good night, and went to Alfred's side.

"It's too late, we're late." Arthur lowered his voice, and Francis looked at Alfred, who was curled up on the sofa, without saying a word.Wang Yao slowly made a pot of black tea: "I don't think so, after all, Matthew's body is still healthy, and his ability is also unprecedentedly powerful and controllable."

"What about his soul? His soul was broken from the very beginning." Francis regretted it as soon as he opened his mouth. He saw Alfred's back trembling.Wang Yao poured everyone a cup of tea: "Don't underestimate the importance of the body, the cause of psychological problems is inseparable from physical problems. First of all, we have to give him enough recovery time, and then he will come back Courage, and secondly, we have to figure out his second ability as soon as possible."

"What are you going to do next?" Arthur asked bluntly.Wang Yao took a sip of his tea: "I suggest not to do anything. Also, you should call Steve by his name properly in the future." The air froze for a while, everyone thought that Alfred would be hysterical, But he was quiet, so Arthur said, "If it makes things better, I will." Francis held up his hand, "Can I stay with him tomorrow? I'd like to find out, especially since he's experimenting experience in the room."

"The premise is that he agrees." Wang Yao approved, "I recommend you to take a walk around Huanhai Road. The scenery is nice and it's very refreshing." Finally, everyone's eyes fell on Alfred, and Arthur said without hesitation, "I will take it. "

Everything has been arranged for the time being, and the meeting is adjourned.

Ivan was waiting for Wang Yao in the small living room of the Seattle branch of the Alien Association. It was almost midnight, but he didn't feel sleepy at all. Maybe he slept too long.In order not to miss any information, Wang Yao asked him to draw all the bits and pieces in the dream: the world tree, the corridor with the door, the upside-down lighthouse, the temple of the sun, the projection room of the abyss, the island in the cemetery, and the deceased sister.It is an unsolved mystery that he met Steve in the dream. Maybe there is a passage between the world in the mirror and the dream, which is unknown.

"Sorry, I've been waiting for a long time." Wang Yao, who was a little tired, came late, and immediately sat down and looked through Iwan's sketchbook.Ivan said: "This time the power runaway probably has something to do with Matthew's ability. With my own strength, I should not be able to enter the world over there in a short time, and the outside cannot interfere with the inside."

"I understand, but in your opinion, what state is Matthew in now?" "It's similar to me at that time, only the consciousness is drifting there, the exit is a bit hidden, but it is by no means difficult to find, and if you swim too much If you are far away, you really can’t come back.” “So he might come back by himself like you.” “It’s hard, after all, he went there voluntarily.” Wang Yao thoughtfully: “Then, the egg must be broken from the inside.”

"I think, no matter what, we have to get Steve's support. He is the only bridge." "Yes, I also asked them, I have to figure out the principle of telekinesis. But in order to drive away a person It is too difficult to treat him kindly without being noticed." "He doesn't expect to be treated kindly." Ivan shook his head, "He said it. So just treat him with a real attitude." Wang Yao hit Snap your fingers: "That would be the best."

"So, are you feeling alright?" Wang Yao stared into Ivan's eyes, unabashedly as if he wanted to see through the fragile interior under the cold shell.Ivan's smile never left the corner of his mouth for a moment: "From the beginning to the end, I was not taking any risks. Rather, I am really happy to be able to reunite with my sister. It is also very interesting to witness the potential of my abilities. I want to give I wrote a letter from home."

"That's fine, just ask if anyone is going to Chicago to give them a ride! Your sister will definitely be happy." Wang Yao was refreshed, and being able to take the initiative to contact the old man was a direct manifestation of Ivan's learning to face the shadow.

"Well. Do you have something else to say?" Ivan reminded Wang Yao not to digress.Wang Yao shrugged briskly: "Oh, there is another matter, which must be kept secret for the time being. In fact, we arrested some researchers and escorted them to Sacramento in the sealed-up laboratory this time, and Meimei inspected them I found out that there is a person in it who is an alien." Ivan curiously repeated: "An alien who studies aliens?"

"That's right. And it's said that he is the host who is in charge of researching Matthew——If Alfred and the others knew that there was such a person, they might join together and strangle him to death." Wang Yao sent the broken pieces on his forehead to After brushing his head, the light reflected in his eyes was like a silver fire, "Obviously, he has a lot of information about Matthew, maybe including... secrets that we don't know."