An Yu continued to go downstairs, and the sound of a wheelchair turning was heard behind him. The poet came to the railing and watched him leave.
He walked to the door and suddenly stopped, looking back at the figure hidden in the darkness.
"I seem to have heard something between the lines." An Yu frowned, "You mean, I can't do it, but there is another person who may be able to influence the future?"
The poet said indifferently: "No, in my vision, all roads lead to endless chaos, and the future will not change due to anything. But I agree with the classic concept - things that cannot be seen may not happen. So it's up to you how to think."
An Yu turned around and left. The moment the solid door of the church was pushed open, light came in, and the poet murmured behind him: "This should be the last time we meet."
*
"He won't commit suicide again." Zhu Tao was lying on the sofa reading comics. "Don't ask anyone to save me this time. I don't want to be imprisoned again. The world is in chaos. If he wants to die so much, just let him." Let him go."
An Yu shook his head while browsing the Minaret Forum, "I didn't ask, I couldn't understand what he answered anyway."
"Dian!" Zhu Tao turned around and asked, "Do you have any premonition about how he wants to die this time?"
The surroundings were quiet for a while. An Yu flipped through a gossip post without waiting for Dian's answer. He looked up and saw Dian looking out the window, contemplating. He seemed a little troubled. After a long time, he said softly, "He probably didn't want to die."
"I think so too." An Yu muttered: "The poet was different after he was rescued."
There had always been a sense of pessimism lingering around me in the past, but now the pessimism had turned into danger, and even the church that had not turned on the lights for a long time was as depressing as a tomb.
Zhu Tao was not interested in poets. He carefully observed Dian's expression, "You have been absent-minded these past two days. Is it because of the discussions on the forum?"
Dian turned around blankly, "Huh?"
The Minaret Forum has been very lively recently.
The surge in abnormality in the past few months has caused a lot of trouble for the lawful people, and the more capable people are, the more tasks they have to fulfill. After a lot of hard work, the statistics of the lawful ones at the top of the ladder have exploded. Some of them have unlocked triple and quadruple distortions in the abnormal tide. Their genetic entropy and record points are terrifyingly high.
An anonymous poster compared the data of the top ten in the ladder with the high-level panel. Although no conclusion was drawn, the difference in the data was indeed ugly.
"We are fine. After all, the screening criteria for junior high-level executives is talent flow. It is only a matter of time before the record points are low, but..." Zhu Tao looked at Dian worriedly, "They are focusing on you, probably because you are a real high-level executive. .”
Dian has been airborne to the top of the spire for several months. He has basically never been on a mission, and the direction of his abilities is also very vague. Someone on the forum pointedly pointed out: "A certain high-level person has not awakened any useful abilities so far. Gene entropy belongs to the category of ordinary humans. It is said to be a book-oriented aberration, but it has no physical signs and no superpowers, so it is difficult to evaluate."
Some people even drew An Yu for comparison. After all, they are both human beings. An Yu completed the mission of Area 53 that shook the minaret as soon as he joined. Not to mention that now - Corner's prestige in the minaret is no less than that of Qin Zhilu.
Zhu Tao did not express his worries, but Dian understood his thoughts instantly.
"Oh, I saw those posts." Dian smiled helplessly, "But I can't help it. I really haven't awakened any useful abilities. This is a fact. It doesn't matter if the superiors don't let me be this high-level person."
As he spoke, he flipped through the notebook. Countless insights flashed alternately on the pages. He turned to the last page and closed it again.
An Yu stretched out his hand to open the last page, pointed to the small and cruel words in the corner and said, "I wanted to ask last time in the restaurant, who wrote this?"
"The book contains all things. Everything in the world is in my heart." Zhu Tao read curiously, "This word looks weird and scary. Isn't it your word?"
Dian nodded, "It is."
"A revelation about your powers?"
"Maybe." Dian gently touched the small words, "At least now it seems that mind reading and cognition are indeed all my abilities."
Zhu Tao patted the back of his hand and said, "Although your ability is not enough to cope with the distortion, I still think it is very powerful. Don't take it too seriously."
"I didn't take it seriously." Dian curled his lips and looked out the window again. "I just feel that my mind is getting more and more confused. I seem to see more things, but I can't see anything clearly."
An Yu stared at his side face quietly, and heard him suddenly mutter to himself without any clue: "Maybe I'm incomplete, so I can't see clearly..."
*
"All Zhan Xue's manuscripts were destroyed, but I saw the notes she wrote to my mother when I was a child. Her handwriting was neat and delicate, and had nothing to do with scrawling." Qin Zhilu lowered his head and wrote the document, "But it's hard to say. Zhan Xue went crazy after the deformation. If the book Dian was really left behind by her, it might have been written by her. He said he was incomplete? "
An Yu nodded.
Qin Zhilu raised his head and said, "There is nothing we can do about it. The Black Tower is like an ant on a hot pot now. It is impossible to have the manpower to search for the second book all over the world."
An Yu snuggled into the sofa without saying a word, and picked up the basket of sweets Qin Zhilu had prepared for him.
Qin Zhilu suddenly smiled, "You seem to have developed a habit."
An Yu pulled the wrapping paper and looked up blankly, "Huh?"
"Whenever you have something to say, you eat chocolate one piece after another. Can chocolate help you overcome your fear of speaking?" Qin Zhilu's eyes were soft, "What do you want or want to ask, just say it."
An Yu looked at the chocolate he had just peeled off slightly stiffly. After a moment of hesitation, he put it into his mouth, sucked in the rich sweetness and said, "The eyes say that he can't see the turning point, and he doesn't believe in the turning point. Dian said that he can't see the turning point for the time being." There is no chance of a turning point, but I am willing to keep hope. And you—" He recalled the weak reply of the superior during the hypnotic interrogation, and unconsciously lowered his voice: "There is a voice telling you that there will be a turning point, and you have been waiting for it."
Qin Zhilu put down his pen, "What do you want to ask?"
"Who is that voice?"
Qin Zhilu shook his head, "I really don't know. I was in very bad shape during those days, and the side effects of the genetic experiment were particularly severe. I was blind for a few days and couldn't see the owner of the voice."
"Didn't you hear similar sounds again?"
Qin Zhilu pondered for a while, "No. But judging from the sound alone, that person should be young. He doesn't sound like a cold or arrogant person, that's all."
An Yu immediately asked, "Does it look like Dian? Or does it look like the poet?"
Qin Zhilu shook his head naturally, "How old were they two at that time? And the voice was a little hoarse and the pronunciation was not very neat."
An Yu was stunned for a moment, "Is it a female voice or..."
"Male voice." Qin Zhilu smiled, "What are you thinking? It can't be Zhan Xue. She has been secretly executed for sixteen years in 2138."
Qin Zhilu picked up the pen again and smoothly rotated the pen on his fingertips. "Maybe the brain's judgment is correct. It is most likely an illusion. I had many hallucinations in the days when I lost my sight, and even delusions about me. My mother and sister were both alive, and they were by my side taking care of me. I held my mother’s hand and refused to let go. When I woke up, I discovered that the hands of the person responsible for taking care of me were covered in bruises.”
Qin Zhilu recalled the past events calmly, as if he was just recounting the experiences of others.
An Yu asked softly: "You said before that 21 will strive to survive for mankind. You added this premise without authorization. What about the turnaround? Are there any conditions for the turnaround survival?"
Qin Zhilu paused, "It is said that there is."
"What is it?" An Yu asked immediately.
This time Qin Zhilu did not answer immediately.
He lowered his head and wrote a few more lines on the document, then opened the computer, raised his eyes and glanced at An Yu, "Come here, I have something to discuss with you."
An Yu hesitated and said "Oh", "Are you avoiding my question?"
Qin Zhilu raised his eyes and glanced at him again, "Heita is urging me to reply, so how can I have time to dwell on unnecessary things?"
"What's the reply?" An Yu looked closely at the email title on the screen, then froze, "You want me to be an independent senior executive? What do you mean?"
"You stand alone and supervise the code. Recently, the Black Tower has received a lot of anonymous complaints from lawful people, and it has been overwhelmed, so I simply made this suggestion." Qin Zhilu commented lightly: "It's logically reasonable. You two are the only people in the Spire who have not experienced genetic entropy, and the directions of your abilities have transcended the biological category, and your abilities are higher than those of Di, enough to be his commander."
An Yu was stunned for a while, "How do you reply?"
"I haven't replied yet. Let me ask you what you mean first."
"Me?" An Yu was confused, "What do you think?"
Qin Zhilu smiled, "You have to have your own ideas. No one, neither Ling Qiu nor me, can always provide you with direction."
"I don't have any ideas." An Yu paused, "I'll listen to you."
Qin Zhilu raised his eyebrows, "After becoming independent as a senior executive, the weight of the division of record points will be increased, and you will have better treatment. The Black Tower also promises that you will still have absolute freedom and can refuse any mission, or even not accept the mission at all. .If you supervise Dian, there will also be a fixed reward, and——"
An Yu interrupted him and said, "Do you really want me to go out independently?"
Qin Zhilu didn't answer, and An Yu pursed his lower lip, "I joined the Lawful Ones camp firstly to repay your money, and secondly because you could protect me."
"The profit from the bakery has long been enough to repay the debt, and you no longer need any shelter. You can even shelter many people yourself, including Dian." Qin Zhilu paused, "Rationally, you can become an independent There is no harm in being a high-level person. The benefits I mentioned earlier are not important. The biggest advantage of being an independent high-level person is that it allows you to have a higher voice in the spire. The lawful ones will change their name and follow you legitimately. You will even To a certain extent, I have the ability to compete with the Black Tower. And emotionally, even if you are independent, I will still protect you - if you need it."
Qin Zhilu's voice was calm, even gentle.
But An Yu suddenly felt angry. He rarely got angry. He only remembered being angry with Ling Qiu once many years ago. That was the first time Ling Qiu told him that he wanted to take the military examination. But then he accepted it, because it was indeed Ling Qiu's dream.
However, the superior's euphemistic advice to him to become independent at the top seemed to be difficult to accept.
"An Yu?" Qin Zhilu looked at him searchingly, "Do you want to agree?"
"No." An Yu turned away.
He realized that his tone was harsh, which was extremely rude to the superior. He wanted to round out his words, but pursed his lips.
Qin Zhilu continued to ask, "What's the reason?"
"No reason."
"But you just don't agree?"
"Um."
There seemed to be some kind of stalemate between the two, and the silence seemed to freeze the air.
An Yu didn't look back. Anger mixed with guilt made it difficult for him to make amends. But even if the officer gets angry, what he has said has already been said and he can only let it be dealt with.
Qin Zhilu's low laughter suddenly sounded behind him.
"Aren't you very thoughtful? You always pretend to be very docile." Qin Zhilu pressed the keyboard as he spoke, took a long and gentle breath, and whispered: "Then...continue Stay with me."
That decision sounded like a sigh, but also seemed like relief.
An Yu's eyes and heart trembled slightly, and he looked back at the screen, but only saw a message that the email was sent successfully.
"Turn it down for you." Qin Zhilu buttoned up the computer and said very smoothly: "This suggestion triggered severe anxiety in the corner. He immediately refused and locked himself in the room and began to eat bread and chocolate. He suggested that Heita Yong No reconsideration.”
An Yu opened his eyes wide, "How come you lie without blinking?"
"Really, didn't I blink when I lied?"
Qin Zhilu paused for half a minute, staring at An Yu without blinking, "Actually, I still hope you can go out independently."
An Yu was stunned, "Huh?"
Qin Zhilu raised the corners of his lips again, "Did I blink?"
"..."
Ling Qiu was right, he should be wary of anyone who lies without blinking an eye.
He is generally not a good guy. Even if he doesn't do evil, he still likes to tease people.
The Black Tower did not respond to the lawful people's doubts about the code, so naturally the matter did not calm down quickly.
Anonymous posts were posted every day. Except for Dian, everyone above level 190 was discussed. Although Zhu Tao felt that the lower-level executives had good reasons to stand up, the few with lower presence were still complained about.
The first person to bear the brunt was An. I don't know how the news got out. An's illegal and secretly ascending consciousness during the Mo Li incident became known to everyone. An Yu looked through those posts and frowned.
-The nanny with the worst temper in the Spire is said to be very capable, but I haven’t seen him assist in a few tasks.
- Agree, no matter how powerful you are, what's the use? People don't use them at all, they just enjoy being held up.
