"Safety."
Jin Xuyan only said these two words to him in the end.
There was dead silence in the confinement room for a long time. An Yu had never seen Lu Ming so haggard, that bright and arrogant superstar - even though Lu Ming had joined the Spire, he still could not forget that Lu Ming was a star. After all, Ling Qiu had also praised his brilliance - - Right in front of him, huddled helplessly on the ground, like a child with nothing.
"I didn't submit a report to the Black Tower because I didn't dare to recall. Maybe only by facing you - you are indifferent to everyone and everything, can I recall what happened that day." Lu Ming finally opened his eyes and looked at An Yu weakly. He raised the corners of his lips and said, "Thank you, I didn't expect you to come see me."
An Yu shook his head and murmured: "Maybe I'm not so inhumane anymore."
Although the commander had already said in Area 53 that human nature was unnecessary, he still gradually developed some of it.
"If it can make you feel better..." An Yu explained in a low voice, "This is a chaotic reaction. Areas 95 and 99 have also experienced the same thing. The super abnormality is just a trigger point, no matter what form it takes, The essence of chaotic reactions is the indiscriminate fusion of life and matter. The world is like being thrown into a huge meat grinder. The sky, land, and everything in between are mixed together. After complete chaos, they are then thrown into the furnace - the commander said , that is the heat death of the universe, the endgame of entropy increase. In the scientific conception, this was supposed to happen after billions of years, but everything has been accelerated. Before every chaotic reaction goes to heat death, the reaction is super-abnormal. Controlled by his will, Chief Yan... In other words, the lawful ones at the top have the ability to compete with the super abnormal body for the reaction core and control the direction of the reaction. Perhaps Chief Yan has also realized this. Therefore, he is the only one who feeds himself to the black goat. Methods."
An Yu finished his words and whispered: "I'm sorry."
"Sorry for what?" Lu Ming smiled palely, "You did nothing wrong."
An Yu didn't say anything. He didn't say that he could break all this chaos. He suddenly felt a little confused. He was only one person. If there were countless chaotic reactions all over the world at the same time, then he would have nothing to do.
Only when those chaotic reactions come together, maybe he can end everything - but what's the point then, the world has been shattered.
Lu Meng was idle for a while and murmured: "I just can't figure out why. I'm just one of his pawns. He should obviously use me to feed it first..."
"Since you can't figure it out, let's go to the swamp again to find the answer."
A sharp and steady voice sounded from the door, and Qin Zhilu strode in.
Behind him was a woman with long silver-white curly hair. Lumen frowned for a while before he remembered who she was.
Shen Che, codenamed Mian, is another subject of Yan's supervision.
Mian was too mature and capable, and always went on missions alone, rarely appearing in the spire. Lumen only accompanied her in the first mission of the spire trial.
An Yu also stood up from the ground, stood beside Qin Zhilu, and stared at Lumen with him.
Qin Zhilu said resolutely: "You don't have to run away again and again to return to the swamp alone. I just watched the strange phenomena in the swamp area with Heita for more than a month after you came back. We integrated the current knowledge , decided to restart the battlefield."
Lumen immediately asked, "What happened to the swamp?"
"No one knows what is happening there, but our drone did detect a known distorted energy frequency in the surroundings - from Jin Xuyan. That frequency is strong and weak, but it is always there. The drone also passes through Misty took some very blurry pictures. The black goat's meat seemed to have cracks frequently, and some mud whips were still attacking and wringing themselves. I think that after the symbiosis between Yan and the black goat, they started autophagy, just like..." He After a pause, he glanced at An Yu beside him, and found that An Yu was just looking at Lu Ming calmly and firmly, so he continued: "Just like in Area 53, An Yu's brother was swallowed by an octopus abnormality, and he kept He gained his own will and strangled the mother body at the critical moment."
Lu Ming stood up suddenly, and the confusion in his eyes faded.
Qin Zhilu admired the fighting spirit he exuded, "So I think Yan's will has not completely died."
"Go save him." Lu Ming said immediately.
"No. I have to be honest with you. A person who gets involved in chaotic reactions cannot come back, but his will is still fighting and he needs our help." Qin Zhilu paused, looked at him and said solemnly: "Only martyrs with determined will can be rewarded with sacrifice."
Lu Ming curled his lips mockingly upon hearing this, "This is your idea and it does not conform to his values..."
"Do you really know him?" Qin Zhilu said: "Yan Zeng chatted with me and said that when you were forced to come to the minaret, you asked him what was the difference between lawful people and super abnormals. I think he should have asked him at that time I answered you, but you didn’t take it to heart.”
Lumen was stunned.
He remembered that at that time, the man was silent for a moment and then smiled lightly. He took several puffs of his cigar and said word by word: "Super abnormal bodies are eternally disordered, and those who are lawful prove it with their own bodies."
The man he always thought disdained fighting and only regarded his status as a lawful person as a superior man who appreciated his own abilities, was actually fighting all the time.
Fight with this huge disaster and fight with your life.
"Today is the winter solstice, and the heavy snowfall that has fallen all over the world for two months has finally stopped."
Qin Zhilu turned around and left, saying, "The snow has stopped, let's set off."
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【Snowflakes】Jin Xuyan (6/6) wishes peace
Let's go... Zhaoran, let's go quickly...
Leave here and tell An Yu and Qin Zhilu——
The trajectory of entropy growth in this world has changed, and it is no longer a simple blend of organisms and matter.
Atmosphere, land, ocean, swamp...
The world is a huge sandbox. But that thing didn't want to play with the sand. On the contrary, what it wanted to do was to overturn the sand table.
Go ahead, follow suit.
Even if I can't find a way out, you must leave.
I hope you can understand that what you think of you is not because of what you are like, but because of what you want you to be.
Compared with the leopard on the bloody battlefield, I would rather you be a free sparrow, flying upward and out of disaster.
Sorry, you shouldn't be forced to be a Lawful One.
Although freedom is ultimately unavailable, if you leave, don't look back.
Peace be upon you.
Chapter 96 World Line·96
An Yu was speechless after coming out of the solitary room. He followed Qin Zhilu into the elevator with his eyes lowered. Qin Zhilu asked, "Are you worried?"
"Huh?" An Yu raised his head, his eyes a little blank. After a while, he realized that he had not pressed the floor. He said "no" while reaching out to press 199. Qin Zhilu's hand crossed his and pressed the floor 1, saying : "I have something to tell you, go outside."
It was approaching lunch, and the first floor of the minaret was deserted. Qin Zhilu was walking in front, passing by the Orderly Oath, and stopped in his tracks. He stared at his father's statue and the few lines of the oath, and looked at it for a while before continuing to walk outside.
The spire is backed by the main city, and in the distance is an empty snowfield.
An Yu suddenly remembered that the place where Qin Zhilu pretended to shoot him was actually not far from here. But at that time, he knew nothing about the main city, and every step he took was so unfamiliar and huge that he could not bear it. Don't cower in fear.
An Yu looked up at the clean and solemn sky, "The snow has stopped, sir."
Qin Zhilu said "Yeah" in a low voice, "Disappeared completely."
"Did it really rain for nearly two months?"
"That's right, never stopped for a moment."
"No wonder this snowfield seems to be thicker than this time last year." An Yu stomped the snow under his feet and looked back at Qin Zhilu in the white light, "I heard that there was a heavy snowfall at the winter solstice last year. , but this year it stopped snowing on the winter solstice.”
"I heard?" Qin Zhilu pondered for a moment, then nodded and remembered, "The snow on the winter solstice last year only started to fall in the afternoon. You should have been unconscious by then."
"Well, I only found out later when I listened to the researchers chatting during the genetic test." An Yu pursed his lower lip, "I'm just looking at Lumen. Has the public opinion subsided over the fact that you can be infected by non-biological aberrations?"
Qin Zhilu shook his head calmly, "It's not important."
"Then, what's Black Tower's attitude?"
"Heita..." Qin Zhilu paused, "I removed the source of infection in Area 99 and was not really affected. Heita has nothing to question me. By the way, Siena's genetic experiment has been completed. Eighty percent, she shows the same steady-state characteristics as me, and Heita is already crazy with joy. Although she is not strong enough, they all expect that she may grow into the second me."
An Yu breathed a sigh of relief, "That's right. As long as you are not infected in the end, you are still everyone's biggest reliance."
Qin Zhilu stopped talking. He stood a few steps away from An Yu and looked at him. His black eyes were deep and peaceful, but there seemed to be some different emotions that were clearly extinguished in those eyes. An Yu also looked at him, his eyes also flickering subtly.
The snowfield is so quiet. After the snow stops, even the sound of the wind disappears, making people accustomed to wind and snow feel like time has frozen here.
After a long time, An Yu looked away, lowered his eyes and asked softly: "Sir, what do you want to tell me?"
Qin Zhilu took a long breath and broke out of his trance, "Yan and Black Goat are in a stalemate. We have already added weight to the balance in the past. Regular combat is enough."
An Yu was unsure: "What do you mean..."
"Don't enter the chaotic reaction. Don't expose it. You can restrain all chaos. I have truthfully reported the fable of Area 99 to the Black Tower. They may suspect that I am related to the red light of chaos, but no one can guess that the golden humanoid is your symbol. .As long as your abilities are not leaked, they will never think of it." Qin Zhilu took a deep breath, "Jiang Xiao is your very reliable confidant, and his loyalty to you goes beyond the superiors and subordinates of the minaret. Siena’s will is independent of the Black Tower, and they have promised me absolute confidentiality.”
"Okay." An Yu nodded immediately. He opened his mouth again, but hesitated.
Qin Zhilu raised his eyebrows, "You seem to have something to say?"
An Yu fell silent. He just stood there and looked at the snow on the ground, returning to his silent state of not responding.
Qin Zhilu was used to him retracting his shell from time to time. He vaguely guessed that it was originally a "thank you", but he didn't know why he didn't say it. After waiting for a while, An Yu still didn't say anything, so he smiled. He turned around and said, "Let's go. We'll leave in three hours."
"Sir!" An Yu suddenly said, "What happens after the time is reset——"
Qin Zhilu paused in his steps and turned to look at him, "What's the matter?"
An Yu suddenly raised his head and frowned.
He rarely showed such an almost accusatory expression to Qin Zhilu. Qin Zhilu asked again, "What's the matter?"
"You asked knowingly." An Yu bit his lower lip, "Ling Qiu said that people who stand at high places are all the same."
Qin Zhilu raised his eyebrows and turned completely towards him, "The same thing, what does it look like?"
"Forget it if you sleep with it." - Ling Qiu once said with emotion: "If you stop after you have tasted the taste, how can you be completely satisfied somewhere?"
Although these words did not completely match what happened at that time, An Yu still felt a little annoyed when he saw Qin Zhilu's confident look.
"I kissed you." Qin Zhilu suddenly said, "I know you don't understand this at all, and you are most likely even afraid of such complicated interpersonal relationships, so don't think about it. At that time, I just..." He paused. , looking at An Yu with dark eyes, "I'm just too shocked. I still can't figure out how your brain is turning. You would shoot yourself to bet on my life."
He lowered his voice at the end, and looked away from An Yu's face, his eyes scanning the ground, as cold as ever, but also seemed a little depressed.
Qin Zhilu turned back and walked towards the door, "I'm sorry for my loss of control and..."
A voice sounded behind him, "Perhaps I fired because I love you."
Qin Zhilu's toes suddenly stopped on the snow.
The voice behind him was too soft. Even though there was clearly no wind at the moment, it still seemed like it was just some illusory illusion.
But then, that light voice sounded again.
"Ling Qiu said that love is being willing to do things for another person that you would never do for yourself. He gave an example at that time - "
"For example, if you are a life-loving person who is willing to die for another person and is willing to share your bread with that person, that is love."
At that time, Ling Qiu explained to An Yu with a smile.
An Yu looked at him in confusion, "I can understand the first one, but the second one... I'm also willing to share the bread with you."
"Isn't this because I earned both of our breads? Please understand clearly, it was I who gave my bread to you, not you to me." Ling Qiu was so angry that he hit him, but After a while, he lowered his eyes and said with a smile, "Maybe I should also add that I understand and feel sorry for that person."
Before An Yu could say this example, Qin Zhilu turned around and interrupted him, "Don't use other people's theories to define your own emotions."
"I didn't." An Yu defended in a low voice.
He gently rubbed the snow on the ground with his toes and whispered, "It's hard for me to understand anyone, including Zhu Tao and Dian who are so close. Even Ling Qiu, I know everything about him, but he still has to tell me personally As for his philosophy and reasons for doing things, there are always some parts in those explanations that I wouldn’t expect.”
