When Jing Huang walked into the computing center, Tuba rolled out of his sleeves. It was not something it did voluntarily, but with Jing Huang's deliberate shaking, the red cloth that was as stable as a hammock became powerless. It couldn't cling inside, so it could only roll down to the railing with force.
Storing memories and mental structures requires volume, so it can't actually make itself very, very small. There is no life-threatening risk in trying this, as the decision will be forgotten when it becomes small enough, just as one cannot actively strangle oneself to death. It could only try to form itself into an inconspicuous sphere, but it was undoubtedly noticed by everyone present.
"We don't need everyone to go in." Ji Xun said calmly, as if he didn't notice Zhu Er's mocking gaze, "Maybe I can trouble you to guard the exit for a while - there may be volunteers from the Ethics House here. Come."
His words were addressed to Toba. So after a few seconds, Toba caused the hyphae to grow into a crooked human shape. The blouse that normally covered its body had been lost in the chaos. In the past, it would have been unpleasant to be exposed in a figure that was so close to the human body but so ugly, but now it didn't care at all. A dizzying stench spreads out from the dust spread by the mycelium. Six or seven optical receptors with eyeball-like shells have been generated on the surface of the hyphae. They all stared viciously at the immortal man with pink eyes. The latter paid no mind to its silent threat and even let out a short, triumphant laugh.
"Look who this is," she said in a deliberately weird voice. "What a unique look. Kimo, do you still recognize him? The little lunatic I raised. He was once praised by Wes as a natural. Where are the soldiers? Do you still remember how he stood in the meeting hall and scolded all of you? He said that you were a group of rotworms that sucked the corpses of the same kind? He was so arrogant at that time, relying on the eyes I gave him. I I really put a lot of effort into him. Look who is more like a rot worm now?"
Her taciturn companion nodded wordlessly, looking wary and wary, but unmoved by past insults. Toba made a strange, growling-like vibrato from within his body.
"You're still so disgusting," it said softly, "Better think about your last words, you dirty bitch."
"I don't have time for a snivelling brat asking for candy," Jules retorted scornfully. "If you want anything, don't think you can get it by throwing shit. It's a shame. Looks like you're changing gears." Your body won't let you grow up either. Oh, my little lunatic, you will always scream about how much you are owed and knock over the candy box with your hands."
The fungus carpet begins to spread on the ground. Before Zhu Er continued to express his position, Ji Xun took a step forward and stood between the two parties. Some kind of clear solution overflowed from his fingertips and dripped onto the top of the creep. The hyphae quickly shrank and retreated, but Toba remained silent.
"Give me a reason," it said in a low voice, "that you don't intend to be one of them."
Ji Xun smiled slightly: "I just want to solve the problem efficiently."
"Solve the problem? Or make the problem yours?" Toba asked acidly.
"I'm not a manager." Ji Xun said.
"Yes. You are a great scientist. Is that what you said? You must be more correct than anyone else."
"That's not accurate enough." Ji Xun still answered patiently, "From a strict definition, my job is more like an engineer. There are not many innovative research on new rules, but more on the design of old rules. and construction. There is a big difference between the two. I am not not doing the former at all, but as far as what we need to deal with now, I think it is the latter. And no matter which one they are, they will all go wrong. .”
"Is this your explanation for cooperating with them?"
"What we need is to solve the problem." Ji Xun said. For a moment it looked as if Toba would expand, letting a spray of mycelium engulf the man who had carried it away from the House of Disaster. But Ji Xun stared at one of its eyes.
"Aren't we here to solve problems?" he asked airily. "Aren't we here to solve problems that obviously should be solved? You know Jules is right about that part. This is not a situation that can be dealt with by anger. . We can look at it more innocently. Regardless of who is involved, the past that you hate has no relevance to the future. I will stop the machine."
"Stop wasting your time screaming at me," Jules said. "Pretending to hate me won't change anything. No one is interested in your emotions, little lunatic. We'll just find you annoying and useless."
"Wow," the immortal cat chimed in, "your relationships here are complicated, man."
"A little family dispute." Ji Xun said gently.
The Cat Killer stood beside Jules and waited indifferently. Its bright yellow single eye just stared at Jing Huang viciously.
"We don't have that much trouble," commented the Immortal Cat. "Only the imp needs to remember his mother. Oh, no offense. I'm not complaining about the lions. But you guys have a lot of fun here, look, almost Everyone is being stared at, or is glaring at others. Why is everyone so unfriendly? You are the only one who is polite, number two, you are the best here."
Ji Xun smiled as if he was amused and pretended not to know that someone was staring at him at the door.
The fungus carpet quietly shrank back to Toba's feet. The dangerous expansion of the mycelial mass has also subsided. Toba returned to its usual state of calm.
"Are you planning to all go in?" it asked in a low growl.
"Stopping requires someone to issue an order." Ji Xun said, "Zhu Er and I will go. The Xuanhong Jade is the safety guarantee for this process. Kimo will be outside to monitor any unexpected events, is that right?"
Jules made a gesture of approval.
"So we'd better put one person outside." Ji Xun continued, "It would be safer to monitor what's going on outside. And if we all fail, at least you can try to wait for a new collaborator. Have a backup Solutions are always good.”
Toba made something like a sneer: "In the prison of the House of Ethics?"
"At Wei's house." Ji Xun said, "A way for reference only: tell him that I lost the duel, and according to the agreement, I will not stop him from going out. As punishment, I will delete my memory, completely Become a different person - that means I will never say hello to him again or talk about our past."
"Are you planning to return that house to its true owner?"
"If I die in the computing center." Ji Xun pointed out calmly, "You can't maintain the flow of that room alone. The Golden Bell Question and Answer will find that you are not the original resident of the house, and a new baby will be born in the front hall. All of this will It's inevitable. But Wei didn't know about it. You can say that I asked you to live in and take care of him as a gift to apologize to him. If he can pass the Q&A, you can continue to exist. I guess Kimo has Pretty much the same instructions. If you don't do this and something happens to us again, then he will be the last person alive to know everything."
Zhuer looked at the door of the computing center with disdain.
Toba stared at him viciously for a moment. Finally, he started to back away.
"Okay," it said reluctantly, "I'll stay and keep an eye on the security guard."
"If people from the Ethics House come, don't get involved with them. You should escape as soon as possible."
"You don't need to remind me."
Ji Xun turned around and walked towards the door of the computing center. Jules and the cat killer next to her followed closely behind. The three of them passed through the gate of the computing center one after another and stood in the corridor in front of Jing Huang.
The immortal cat remained where he was. It plucked the feathers on its hat and said, "What? You even want to bring the little devil with you?"
"I'm going to use the wishing machine to turn you into a pregnant female mouse, old man." Cat Killer said, "Then I'm going to cut open your belly and eat all your babies in front of you."
"You have no respect for ladies at all." The immortal cat complained. "Your mother must beat you until you scream."
The door to the computing center slammed shut.
