abyss rose

In the rest room of the city defense center, the warm yellow light shone on the two people sitting side by side, casting a thin layer of light shadow on the light gray broken floor tiles.

They were arranged here, in this extremely clean room, under multi-directional monitoring and observation, waiting for the result of a temporary meeting of the base.

The gadget that Chu Ci handed over was taken away by relevant personnel two hours ago.

Relevant technicians preliminarily determined that this object really looks like a miniature system for tracking and positioning, and the damage is not serious and can be repaired.However, considering that the manufacturing principle is unknown and the internal structure is small and complex, in order to avoid the risk of complete damage, they need a little time for structural analysis, and it is estimated that it can be repaired in about three days.

The sudden hope shook the base up and down.

All of a sudden, whether to continue to activate the self-destruct procedure of the outer city has become a question worth exploring.

Under the premise that the base itself has completely cut off external signals, can the cube really send the location of the dungeon to the floating city in the distance?

Is the girl who claims to be the experimental subject of the Floating Void City important to the Floating Void City?

When there is only one location and no information can be transmitted, will Floating Void City care about where an experimental sample is, and will it send enough reinforcements for a sample?

If the answers to these questions are all in the affirmative, how long will it take for the reinforcements of the Floating Void City to arrive after receiving the location?

Can the outer city, which has been occupied for several days, survive until the arrival of reinforcements?

If the outer city bred alien beasts that were difficult for human firepower to deal with, even if reinforcements from the floating city arrived, they would probably be powerless to recover.

The impromptu meeting held in the main city was attended by scholars from the research institute. It was destined to be a reasonable dispute on both sides about whether to insist on blowing up the outer city, and the final result was bound to be full of controversy.

But what does that have to do with the people in the lounge at the moment?

Chai Yuening looked up at the surveillance camera in the corner of the room, silent like a mute.

She was too aware of her status, she was not even worthy to attend that meeting, let alone influence the outcome.

Compared with the outcome of the meeting, she wanted to know what the girl sitting next to her was thinking.

Chai Yuening thought about it for a long time, starting from the day they met, the more she thought about it, the more she felt that she had never really known Chu Ci.

At that time, she met Chu Ci deep in the foggy area.

She saw that Chu Ci was bandaging the deepest wound on his arm, and saw that the bloody hand was holding a blood-stained knife, and based on her past experience, she naturally thought that it was using gouging out flesh to debride the wound way to prevent infection.

When she was worried that Chu Ci might be infected, the answer she got was also an extremely positive "I am not infected".

If it wasn't for today, she would have almost forgotten that Chu Ci was an existence that would not be infected by strange beasts at all.

A person who believes that he will not be infected, and will not be infected at all, has no need to treat the wound in that way.

Chu Ci said that she really lost her memory.

But if this sentence is true, they have been together before, when did she take out the thing implanted in her body?

How do you think, it was the day we first met, right?

Chai Yuening suddenly became confused.

She didn't know, and even began to be a little afraid to know, how many of the words Chu Ci said to her were true and how many were false.

A deathly silence, I don't know how long it lasted.

After all, she couldn't help breaking the silence.

Chai Yuening: "The day we first met, you dug it out, didn't you?"

Chu Ci lowered his head, and replied softly: "Yes."

Chai Yuening: "As you said, one thing you didn't lie to me is that you really lost your memory."

Chu Ci: "Do you still believe me now?"

Chai Yuening thought for a while, then gave a soft "hmm": "I'll believe what you say."

She looked sideways at Chu Ci, as if expecting something.

Chu Ci pursed his lips slightly, and unconsciously pinched his knees with his thin fingers: "It's true."

She said the amnesia was real and she wasn't lying.

When she woke up, the deepest wound on her body was on her right arm, and there was something in it, which she pulled out.

She didn't know what it was, she couldn't remember anything, it was something in her body, it must be related to her past, so she secretly hid it.

Chai Yuening asked: "Did you remember later?"

Chu Ci nodded, and said calmly: "Memories are sporadic fragments. Every night, they approach me little by little. I always seem to be in a blue water tank, looking at the electronic screen outside. A green light, or in a fog zone, with lots of people around. I didn't know what that meant until I remembered... what a thing I was."

She spoke softly, without any emotion on her face, but her eyes seemed to be covered with mist.

"I don't want to go back," she said.

The voice was so soft, as if a person who had given up struggling a long time ago was talking about a fantasy that he knew was hopeless.

"Then why don't you throw it away?" Chai Yuening's voice trembled, "The world is so big, no one can find you."

"You said, I can choose."

"I said."

"But people have always told me what is right and what is wrong, what I should do, and what I can do for mankind. Before I met you, I never made a choice." Chu Ci said, raising his eyebrows Smiling, "It's so hard to choose. I'm afraid I'll make the wrong choice, but no one will tell me."

Chai Yuening unconsciously held her breath.

She stared blankly at Chu Ci, as if she had forgotten how to speak.

"You are different from those people in my memory. I always let me choose big and small things." Chu Ci said calmly, "I don't actually need to choose. I'm used to someone who arranges everything for me, and then follows That sort of arrangement, inside or out, goes through my day."

She raised her eyes to look at the surveillance camera diagonally opposite, her gaze was as calm as if she saw an "old friend", without any discomfort from being watched.

"I don't have a direction." She said softly, "No matter who it is, as long as you give me a direction, I can go there, anywhere."

"What do you want me to choose? I don't understand anything, so why should I respect my ideas?"

"You can keep me in the Ninth District, you can suspect that I am not human, you can expect more advanced infection testing to make me visible, you can not care about my life or death, and you don't need to consider my feelings. We are different. I am not even human. No, even if you shoot me, or send me to the base research institute, I won't be surprised."

As Chu Ci spoke, he looked at Chai Yuening quietly.

She asked her: "Aren't you good at choosing? Why don't you choose for me?"

Not a trace of reproach, just curiosity.

This human being was strange, different from everyone she had ever seen.

Obviously I am not doing well, but I have to raise an extra burden.

He clearly suspects that she is not a human being, but still cares about her safety. He wants to take her to evade detection, and also wants to leave her the only car key so that she can escape the danger zone alone.

Knowing that she is a heterogeneous species, clearly knowing that she has research value, clearly thinking about handing her over to the base, but still hiding everything for her from others for her feelings.

This strange human being, even though he has seen her in her truest form, still treats her as a human being and tells her seriously that she can have her own choices.

She didn't know when, she suddenly wanted to stay here.

Before that, it didn't matter where I was.

Someone beside her sighed softly.

She tilted her head and looked at the man.

"Chai Yuening." She asked in a low voice, "If you knew that handing me over could save the outer city, what would you choose?"

Chai Yuening was dumbfounded for a moment.

Something was blocking her throat, like water plants at the bottom of the lake, entwined around her body, constantly dragging her down.

So heavy, so heavy.

She seemed to have lost the ability to breathe.

If only she could choose...

She wished she had no choice.

If the world is falling apart, she should be a powerless person.

Strive hard, live hard, until you die.

Just like what Xue Zhou said, a mortal does not need to criticize himself for what no one else can do.

But if, her choice can change anything.

If she could choose to sacrifice an experimental subject's yearning for freedom to save countless people...

This is obviously a very simple choice, one and tens of thousands, and among those tens of thousands, there are even comrades-in-arms who have fought with him countless times.

Three-year-olds know how to choose.

But she didn't know why, and she couldn't say that answer.

"Thank you for your hesitation." Chu Ci smiled, "But this time it's not your turn to choose, this is my own choice."

"..."

"I can choose, right?"

"Correct."

"Is it the right choice this time?"

"You'll be the hero of the base."

"like you?"

"I'm not."

Chai Yuening responded in a deep voice.

"You are."

Chu Ci shrugged, propped his knees with his palms, his eyes were calm, just like every ordinary day and night in the past.

After an unknown amount of time, someone knocked lightly on the closed door.

Chai Yuening stood up, subconsciously raised her right arm, trying to protect Chu Ci behind her.

When the door was pushed open, someone outside came in.

He looked at them with a serious expression: "The base has already discussed the issue of the outer city."

Chai Yuening subconsciously took a deep breath.

Chu Ci beside him also stood up, looking at Xue Zhou with anticipation.

"Although there are many uncertain factors, although the time is tight, and although the final decision is accompanied by great risks, the base still thanks you for bringing us choices."

The major general's tone was very solemn.

"This time, the base chose to believe in hope."

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The author has something to say:

The day I watched the lanterns...

"What does this look like to you?"

"Like the outside."