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When Lucifer was standing in the shower, he was also a little absent-minded, the hot water was dripping down his hair, and he didn't even bother to stroke it.In the steaming heat, he repeatedly recalled the fragments of information he heard at the beginning, Lucifer introduced him to be able to glimpse the dream of the experimental subject.

I was negligent.He should have noticed earlier that when Lucifer introduced a certain new technology to him, he usually had a mentality of exchanging ideas. He probably had already basically mastered the dream state... or the method of compiling consciousness.In this case, the theft of Beelzebub's core makes sense-if consciousness is written into the core, it means that Beelzebub may even be resurrected.But what is the significance of Lucifer's creation of the core complex of Avatar?

His thoughts were momentarily interrupted by a knock on the door.Sandalph's voice came through the door: "Master Lucifer, are you okay? You have been in for a long time."

"Sorry, I was thinking about something just now." Lucifer came back to his senses and responded, then turned off the hot water and picked up a towel beside him.Afterwards, they were fine. Lucio had asked them to take them to the guest room and told them that they were free to move around until the evening. The core discussion would have to wait until the evening at the earliest, after Eden sorted out a wave of information first.So he shook his head to distract himself from it for a moment, and as he left the bathroom he was relieved by the aroma of coffee, which Sandalphin had made and was waiting for him.

"Sunda Fern." He walked towards San Del Fern, both of them were preoccupied, but after seeing each other's eyes, these preoccupations suddenly melted like ice cubes.Sandalphin saw that his hair was still a little wet, and immediately went to get a towel and a hairdryer: "Master Lucifer, you have to dry your hair..."

"Will you help me?" Lucifer asked gently.Sandalph was stunned for a moment, and then blushed a little, but he quickly said: "Yes, please let me help."

Lucifer leaned back on the chair and let out a long breath.Sandalphin covered his head with a towel and rubbed his hair with a comfortable force.This made Lucifer narrow his eyes comfortably, and he soon heard Sandalph's voice: "In the end, I still can't help you, only these small things..."

"Everyone has a process of changing and learning, this is very natural." Lucifer responded: "What's more, you are also working hard in your own way, aren't you? Would you like to talk to me about the experiment before Something happening outside? I heard some commotion outside."

"Ah," Sun Defen was reminded by him that he hadn't reported to him, so he explained: "I found out that someone here is trying to spy on us, although it is very lame. After I find out, I want to ask the person behind her , but without success."

"Surveillance... can be imagined."

"..." San Defen was a little surprised, Lucifer didn't look confused or surprised at all.He tried to ask: "Do you know that someone will come to watch us?"

"No. I don't know exactly who is spying on us. I'm just not surprised by this situation. There are too many people who want to spy on the enhanced person or want to spy on Eden. It's not surprising when they are caught. No Don’t be discouraged if you ask anything, it won’t hinder our course of action.”

This answer is both reasonable and unreasonable.Sandalph was silent for a moment, the hand that was wiping his hair couldn't help but gently held Lucifer's face down: "You are very used to having all kinds of people watching you...?"

"I will still keep my private space more or less. But from a standpoint, this is what happens when you are outside. Even now, maybe the Eden side is monitoring our behavior. People always want to know more Others, to gain an informational advantage, which is closely related to their sense of security."

Lucifer said as he rubbed his cheek against Sandalphin's hand: "If you're worried, we can talk about some irrelevant and non-confidential matters next. This will prevent potential observers from spying on us. Be vigilant."

It can only be the.But Sandalph still couldn't help but wonder how many gazes were cast on Lucifer, and how many of those gazes contained malice——Thinking of this, he felt negative emotions welling up in his heart.He quickly diverted his attention, took off the towel on Lucifer's head and turned on the hair dryer. Lucifer took a sip of the coffee on the table and commented with a smile: "Very delicious."

"It's far inferior to you." Sandalphine replied while blowing his soft white hair: "The coffee you make is very wonderful in both aroma and taste. I tried many methods, but I still can't reach yours level."

"Shall we practice together next time?"

"Well, I look forward to it."

Lucifer was silent for a moment, put down the cup, and didn't look back, but the volume just overwhelmed the sound of the hair dryer: "Sandall, have you ever thought about what you will do in the future if you are no longer a strengthened person? "

There was a trace of doubt in Sandalphin's voice: "The purpose of this hypothesis is...?"

"Just want to know." Lucifer looked out of the floor-to-ceiling windows of the guest room, outside was a beautiful lake, glowing golden in the sun: "I also want to know what your wish is."

"..." Sandalphin's fingers combing his hair slowed down, and then he said: "My wish is to be by your side all the time, and not let others hurt you."

"Then, suppose this wish has been fulfilled. I am no longer a reinforcement person, and I can go anywhere and do anything with you. What kind of life do you want?"

This seemed to stop Sandalphin from asking, and he repeated in confusion: "What kind of life...? What kind of..." Then after thinking about it, he smiled helplessly: "I don't know. Lucifer My lord, I only have a theoretical understanding of how human beings should live, I don’t know what is interesting, you should know better, as long as it is something that makes you happy, I can do it.”

"Sandall..." It was difficult for Lucifer to define the feeling in his heart that was gradually being filled with warm emotions, he stretched out his hand to hold Sandalph's hand, asking him to turn off the hair dryer and walk around to the sofa Come ahead.Sandalph followed his movements and sat beside him, then became shy when being hugged by Lucifer: "Lu, Lord Lucifer?"

"I'm very happy." Lucifer leaned against his head, Sandalphin was a little stiff because of nervousness.Even though they just crossed the line last night and established a relationship, Sandalphin still subconsciously treats him with the same attitude as before.Lucifer knew that this had to be done slowly, but on the contrary, he himself often had the feeling that he couldn't bear it, wishing to stay with Sandalphin so intimately.After they endured quietly for a while, Sandalphin relaxed, and tried to reach out to hug Lucifer's waist, Lucifer took the initiative to get closer to him, Sandalphin leaned his head against him At the neck and shoulders, from Lucifer's angle, he could vaguely see a little bit of red ears protruding from his hair.

"Sin Defen, after this incident, I plan to cut off contact with humans." He softly told him the purpose of these questions. Hearing this, he raised his head in surprise.Lucifer explained to him: "I also mentioned to you before that there is an irreconcilable contradiction between strengthened people and human beings. I can't ask every strengthened person to have self-sacrifice as the premise. And for the process of human society Too much interference will also lead to distortions. We will still follow our duties, just in absolute darkness, completely disconnected from human society."

Sandalph was stunned for a moment, then a smile appeared on his face, and he asked, "Is this the solution to the conflict you got after thinking about it?"

"Well. Presumably, our side's separation from human society without authorization will cause panic among many people in the know. They will use all their strength to exclude us, but as long as they can protect themselves and disappear from human vision, then we will be able to It will only become an 'observer' instead of an 'intervener'. Humans can no longer serve enhanced people, and enhanced people cannot harm humans with their physical strength." Lucifer said while lowering his head: "Will you Do you think I'm naive? Personally, I think it's a very difficult goal, but I'm sorry, life after that is really attractive to me."

"Relinquish all responsibilities and just exist as a life? That sounds really attractive, Lord Lucifer, you are right." Sandalphin smiled at him: "If you just now The question refers to where do you want to go after leaving office... Then, I suggest you open a coffee shop?"

"Very good suggestion. It sounds wonderful if we open a store together."

Lucifer closed his eyes, as if constructing such a scene in his mind.But he quickly thought of a question that he had almost forgotten for a long time.

All the futures he envisioned contained Sandalphin, and Sandalphin was willing to be with him without a doubt.But from time to time he would worry uncomfortably, whether he was a kind of sneaking in?Calculated by human age, Sandalphin was still an immature child when he first met him.Although due to the strengthening of the human production process, he has achieved more intense growth than others in a short period of time, but if it is still calculated by human standards, he should also have just grown up.And after thinking about it, he actually didn't need to transform Sandalphin into a complete enhanced human. When constructing a new body, there is no need to follow the enhanced human standard at all.In this way, Sandalphin can be sent back to the human world and have a life that humans should have.

But now, they have influenced each other like ink mixed together, and it is impossible to separate them.A mixed feeling of guilt and gratitude made Lucifer hug Sandalphin tightly in his arms.He committed this sin of arrogance, so he hoped to make it up to Sandalphin for the rest of his long life, at least so that the choice that was more like his own selfishness could have a better future.

When they met Lucio again in the evening, Lucio looked seldom serious.He made an appointment on the island in the middle of the lake around the guest room, and there was a small house on it.As soon as Lucifer and Sandalph entered the room, they heard Lucio's conclusion: "The core of Lucifer's research is the storage of the soul."

He still uses the distinctly romantic word "soul," but his expression doesn't look like he's joking at all: "Consciousness, personality, every thought-level thing you can imagine is programmed according to certain The rules are compiled in the inner layer of the core. The structure of the core is like a lasagna - the front and back of each layer are densely engraved with codes. Of course, because you don't know it, the code of the copy core is seriously lost .But it is still possible to speculate about the approximate control area of ​​each layer, so this conclusion is drawn."

He handed the information to Lucifer and Sandalphin, Sandalphin needed a little time to understand, but Lucifer frowned after a brief reading: "If that's the case..."

Now it was hard to say who was in front, they or Beryl.They lack the means to quickly decipher the code, and Belial lacks the material conditions required for research.Sandalphin also thought about this, and he raised his head and asked, "How many facilities are there in the world that can conduct research on enhanced humans?"

"Only Canaan and Eden." Lucifer replied, "But it is not ruled out that someone secretly prepared the corresponding research facilities. Even if they did not, the information that Belial remembered was enough for him to cooperate with any organization and cost a lot of money." Time to rebuild. We've got to pick up the pace."

"If he completes the core research first, what will happen?"

"Enhanced humans stronger than us will spread into human society, causing commotion and panic."

"It would be good if it was just like this. Human society is not such a fragile thing. No matter how strong a single body is cultivated, its foundation cannot be shaken. When human beings unite, it is the time for each other's death. But what this core represents is more serious than that. People Condensed into such a core..."

Lucio picked up the replica core and put it on the palm of his hand.

"The old physical body is no longer necessary. After the soul is housed here, there will be no disease and hardship, no birth, old age, sickness and death... The definition of life has changed."

The concept of a human being needs updating.Lucifer remembered what Lucifer said back then, so it was so.This is indeed an update.

The three of them each fell into thinking and silence.Then Lucio seemed to liven up the atmosphere a little, and said to Sandalphin: "Xiaosheng, the investigation of the monitor you caught today has also come out. There is no information worth paying attention to. She explained what happened to her. What. Someone was violently and mentally controlling her. Her spirit was very unstable and she was in a state of needing treatment. The prisoner has excellent anti-detection capabilities, and as expected, he did not find out the real culprit behind the scenes, but only Just a mercenary. Anyone can pay him to do things."

Is the clue I finally found broken again?Sandalph was a little disappointed.But Lucio added: "However, there are some interesting things in the transaction records of the mercenary. Xiao Sheng, you guessed what Belial did, right? But in fact, the company connected with the mercenary belongs to another company." Zeb."

Upon hearing this, Lucifer repeated softly: "Affiliated to Beelzebub?"

"Of course, I'm not saying that the eyeliner is Beelzebub's sign, but at least it's information that can be taken into consideration." Lucio explained.Lucifer propped his chin thoughtfully, then nodded: "I understand. Then I would like to talk to you about specific technical issues."

Their conversations, which continued on and off for several days, touched on a variety of issues that Sandalphin had never heard before, and for Sandelphin it was more like a class than a discussion.Fortunately, all kinds of information are also kept open to him, and he can keep up with the pace of their discussions if he spends a little more time.And at the same time, the copying of Lucifer's body had also started, another petri dish in the laboratory was filled with water, and an inhuman-shaped flesh ball emerged inside.Over time, gradually the group took human form and was implanted with a replica core.

The core of the replication has certain flaws, but anyway, the experimental subject in front of him is also an unconscious and unconscious piece of meat, so it is not surprising that the results of the experiment will happen.Sandalph knew this rationally, but seeing the actual experiment process still made him a little nauseated.

"San Defen, if this makes you feel uncomfortable, it would be better for you to wait for me in the room." Lucifer noticed that San Defen's pale complexion standing in front of the petri dish was a little worried. It's not that he doesn't understand Defen's behavior - the reason is obvious. In order to put it into use as soon as possible, the experimental subject was catalyzed to grow while cutting off consciousness and perception, showing an extremely emaciated and sick state. The heart was directly replaced with a new core replica, leaving the experimental subject in an extremely pessimistic state.The liquid in the petri dish was extremely turbid, and the vital signs of the experimental subjects were almost all forcibly maintained by instruments.And under this premise, the experimental subject had a face similar to Lucifer's, which was undoubtedly a kind of mental pressure for Sandalphin.

"No, I'm fine." Sandalph shook his head: "I'm useless. I know it's a matter of course, but there are still changes in my emotions. It's really..."

"The ability to empathize is a good thing. It's an emotion that perpetuates the community as a whole. It's just that now it's overworked like the immune system with a cold. You don't have the hard It is necessary to hold on."

Having said that, Lucifer's voice was quickly covered by the sound of the machine running.This is the first startup experiment, and no one knows what will happen.Sandalphin's attention was refocused on the petri dish, the core of the subject's chest twitched, and then flickered for a while like a broken light bulb, and then emitted a steady faint white light.

"Did it succeed?" Sandalphin was taken aback. The incomplete experimental subject and the incomplete core were able to activate. It was as lucky as winning the lottery.Lucifer obviously didn't expect this, and quickly moved closer to observe.The experimental body itself didn't react at all like the puppet, but the chest was moved up and down, but the moment Lucifer and the experimental body made eye contact, an unprecedented feeling suddenly darkened his eyes, In the next second, everything was spinning and out of control.

"Lord Lucifer?!"

Huh?

When he opened his eyes again, he first saw the cloudy liquid, and through the glass, he saw Sandalphine turning around in horror to support something.In the next second, his field of vision disappeared again, and he opened his eyes again, and saw himself falling to the ground, the documents were scattered all over the place, and many unknown researchers surrounded him and shouted something in a panic.The third time he was dragged into the liquid again, and he sensed the surrounding environment through the glass. It seemed that he was in a certain train, and Beryl's voice came over: "Fasan? What's wrong with you?"

Consciousness stays here for an exceptionally long time.

"Fasan?"

He can't see or hear from this perspective, but he can indeed perceive everything around him.The desert scenery was reflected in the window of the train, and Beryl stared at him rather seriously: "Why was the balance suddenly broken..." He stretched out his hand to the glass, only then did Lucifer realize that the place he was in was " "Petri dish" seems too small, he seems to be contained in a cup.But then he couldn't hear anything, and his consciousness was pulled away again. Accompanied by all of this, there was the sound of bubbles flowing in the liquid, and the sharp alarm sound of the equipment—Lucifer suddenly woke up. , and found himself lying in Sandalphin's arms.

He fell down at some point, Sandalphin was obviously terrified by this situation, and seeing him wake up was a little relieved: "Lord Lucifer, are you alright?!"

"..." The feeling just now was definitely not spontaneous, and something must have changed.Lucifer was stunned for a few seconds, then tried to sit up, his body was still in control, without any special discomfort.So he took the lead in reassuring Sandalphin: "I'm fine, but I saw it just now..." He noticed the petri dish while talking, and his eyes widened slightly.

There were no more experimental subjects in the petri dish, only muddy blood.

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