When Zhou Jinru found Zhou Fu, she was treading water alone at the beach.
"PhD?"
"You are not with Evefu."
Zhou Fu tried her best to cover up her embarrassment with a smile: "Ms. Hemer wants to help her with her homework, and me being there will only have the opposite effect."
"You don't want to do your homework, do you?"
Doing homework is a nightmare that students can never escape. Even Zhou Fu, who is a defender, is the same. Her face looks unnatural: "I am no longer a student, I don't need to do homework anymore."
The purpose of Zhou Jinru's visit was not for homework, and no one could make Zhou Fu do homework now. At least there were very few people who could beat her.
The doctor stood next to Zhou Fu and looked into the distance: "You seem to like it here very much?"
"People living on this land rarely see the ocean. I think it's normal to see it more often."
"I need your help."
Zhou Fu put away her smile and said seriously: "What's the problem?"
"In the old city, Dr. Kelsey said there was a big hole there. Do you know what that means?"
"Breaking through reality creates a hole that cannot be closed, and the boundary between reality and illusion becomes funnel-shaped. Reality will continue to swallow everything around it, and illusion will continue to spit out things that do not exist in reality. If If we can’t close it, the hole will only get bigger and bigger until the boundary between reality and illusion no longer exists.”
Zhou Jinru was slightly surprised: "Is it so serious?"
He had experienced a breakdown in reality, but the impact did not seem to be as great as Zhou Fu stated.
"I came to you after breaking through reality. When we try to break through reality, we will go through precise calculations, the error will be extremely small, the breakdown time will be extremely short, and we will actively close the hole, and..."
Zhou Fu paused for a moment: "I will try to break through when the emotional fluctuation reaches its peak, so as to ensure that when passing through the hole, I can maintain my independence and not be swallowed up."
Zhou Jinru asked: "My own independence?"
"Emotions that are too plain will be assimilated. When passing through the void, extreme anger, sadness, and joy will help maintain one's own stability. Doctor, you should have heard a saying that personal brilliance will eventually be destroyed by collective mediocrity. Submerged.”
Has it turned out that in her world, the penetration of reality has been studied so thoroughly?
Zhou Fu saw what he was thinking and said softly: "Doctor, in my world, apart from breaking through reality, there is no future. I can't die there, at least I can't live up to the person who passed the light to me. .”
"What's your Defender serial number?"
"...No. 017."
It seems that each Defender has its own serial number.
Zhou Jinru nodded: "Come with me, I want to confirm one more thing."
…
Chen Xi took off his heavy armor, put on new clothes, and wore a hat with cat ears like the Romans.
She was standing on a strange street. As Zhou Jinru said, everything here was both strange and familiar. Animal race characteristics could be seen in almost everyone. This was her world, but it did not belong to her time.
"You guys are here?"
Chen Xi saw Zhou Jinru walking slowly, and Zhou Fu following behind, whom she didn't recognize yet.
Zhou Jinru introduced: "Let's get to know her. She is Defender No. 017, Zhou Fu. This is Chen Xi, um, the former agent of the Defender organization."
"Hello."
Two strong women shake hands as a sign of friendship.
Chen Xi said calmly: "I know what you want to ask. The defenders are not immortal. They will naturally decline and die due to external forces, but the defenders will be passed down. The upper limit of the number is thirty-one."
"Are you Chen Xi?!"
Zhou Fu seemed to realize something and exclaimed.
"It's me, yes, the one you think of."
"You are No. 001's wife, and you were in control of the Defenders until he recovered?!"
This time it was Chen Xi's turn to lose control and grabbed Zhou Fu's arm: "What did you say, he will revive again?! When and where can I see him now?!"
Zhou Jinru understood. The Chen Xi in front of him came from the world after No. 001 fell asleep. He didn't know that No. 001 would wake up later, let alone that her husband would become a god on earth.
And Zhou Fu is a genuine defender, so she knows the number of the defender of the God on Earth, and has even heard of Chen Xi's name.
"I don't know. I only know this vague history from the Defender inheritance. I don't even know the real names of each serial number."
Chen Xi let go of his hand in disappointment and managed to regain his composure: "Names are meaningless to the Defenders. Most of them are named by their serial numbers. I am the former agent and have not managed the Defenders organization for a long time. Moreover, the organization has changed since I left office. It was publicly disbanded the next year.”
"Why, the defenders have been protecting this land from infringement and resisting several world-destroying disasters..."
Chen Xi smiled bitterly and said: "Because the people of this land fear the power of the defenders, do not want to see the defenders exist, question the necessity of the defenders' existence, and hold public trials to judge all defenders, at least in the world I live in, defenders The name is a despicable adjective."
Zhou Jinru opened his mouth, but didn't know what to say.
He once saw a fragment in a dream, in which Zhang Taiyue told a man whose face could not be seen clearly that all defenders would die, and Zhang Taiyue himself was the last being to be eliminated by human beings. After that, human beings would gain true freedom.
But now it seems that the defenders have not disappeared completely, but have hidden themselves among the humans living on this land. Zhou Fu is a good proof. Her existence means that the defenders still protect the world, but they have changed. form.
"Let's get down to business, Miss Chen Xi. We found a huge hole where you and your team appeared..."
"Just tell us what you need us to do."
Zhou Jinru shook his head: "I have no other requirements. I hope you can protect yourselves. This land is not peaceful."
He originally wanted to ask Chen Xi for help, but now it seems that it is not realistic at all, and he cannot even expose any sensitive information.
"I will help you prepare your identity information, and you will join as Rhode Island's tactical advisor. It is best not to say anything else."
Chen Xi solemnly said: "I already understand what you mean. We will definitely be careful about things that should be paid attention to. There is another thing I hope you can understand."
"What?"
"Don't call me Miss Chen, call me sister-in-law. That's what all the defenders except him call me."
Zhou Jinru: "..."
Could it be that No. 001 is the big brother who takes the lead? !
