Zhou Lin - Chapter 225

Early morning, somewhere on the west bank of the Harry W. Kelly Memorial Bridge in Ocean City.

In this area not occupied by the thugs, there is an inconspicuous motel.

At this time, a man and a woman were sitting in a guest room in the hotel, eating midnight snacks around a small table.

It’s unbelievable. In the room, Carmen said as she put a spoonful of scrambled eggs into her mouth, What the hell is this? Molecular cuisine disguised as scrambled eggs?

No, this is just scrambled eggs. On Lance’s side, he was eating a piece of cheese that looked moldy and took a sip of red wine while saying this. It’s just that the eggs used are more sophisticated. And the people in charge of cooking are also pretty good.”

Oh? Did you bring a chef with you this time? Carmen asked.

Haha… Lance chuckled twice and explained, These dishes are all prepared by Sakaki.

Carmen was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and then continued: You mean… Sakaki Mugen?

Yes. Lance replied, This kid has been in Sakura Mansion for more than half a year. He said it was for surveillance, but in fact he didn’t have much serious business to do, so he followed the legal lolita all day long to have fun and have fun. What kind of ‘cooking hunt’ was he doing? Unexpectedly, during this process, he unexpectedly discovered that in addition to gambling, he was also extremely talented in cooking… His meticulous skills can be said to be perfect when used in cooking. As a result, in less than half a year, he went from being a half-hearted gourmet to a first-class chef… I was telling him yesterday morning that he would no longer have to gamble, he could just open a restaurant and sell scrambled eggs and he would make a fortune.

Don’t you think…you revealed too much information in this statement? Carmen said calmly without changing her tone and expression after hearing this.

Isn’t that what chatting is? Lance said, Share some random things you know.

Just because I’m sitting with you eating together now, do you think we have a relationship where we can reveal information at will? Carmen said, Or are you like the villains in those vulgar movies, who like to treat prisoners You talk a lot in order to show your calmness?

After hearing this, Lance was silent for a moment.

During this period, he put away his frivolous smile and became thoughtful.

After a moment, he spoke again: I just want to chat with you like a normal person, can’t you?

What do you think? Carmen asked.

But I remember we had that conversation before. Lance said.

I was young and ignorant before, Carmen replied coldly, with disgust in her eyes.

Do you only feel regret about the past between us? Lance asked.

Carmen was also silent, but only for a few seconds: I never regret the things I have done, and I also want to turn those things into something worth remembering. The person who ruined everything… is you.

What happened to me? I just let you see the real… Lance said.

The real you is an antisocial murderer. Carmen interrupted him.

Ah… Lance waved his finger, You, the ‘young and ignorant’ person, thought I was a murderer. He paused, Do you still think so now?

Then what should I think? Carmen asked, Do you think of you as a ‘hero’ like those people do?

Isn’t it possible? Lance asked, Isn’t the person who sends the villains who cannot be judged by the system to hell a hero?

Those who send villains to hell through the system are heroes. Carmen is not easily led astray by logic, Those who jump out of the system to engage in violence are also villains… no matter what their motives are.

But you don’t believe in the system you talk about. You didn’t believe it when you were in law school. Lance said.

That’s why I want to change it from the inside. Carmen said.

Huh… Raymond thinks so too, Lance said.

I’m not as easily brainwashed by you as he is. Carmen said.

But you also admit that you were once as stupid as him, right? Lance said.

Don’t force me to splash people with such good red wine. Carmen said.

Hearing this, Lance laughed and became even more reluctant: In the final analysis, it is your origin that has shackled you, allowing you to limit your own path and camp from the beginning, but I…understand you. He looked into Carmen’s eyes, took a quick sip of wine, and then said, You and I are the same kind of people. If it weren’t for your blood, you would have done the same thing as me, and you would even be able to do it. Even more extreme, am I right… Carmen Mo Wickstock?”

Ding–

At this second, the goblet in Carmen’s hand shattered.

Crushed by her.

Some shards of glass pierced her white palms, and the blood and red wine mixed together, exuding a unique rich smell and dripping down.

It took her a long time to calm down, and she looked at Lance and said: Okay…I admit, I am this kind of person. I tied myself up with those stupid and worldly baggage, and I was provoked again and again by the same kind of you. Revealing my true nature… I’m like a lunatic who locked himself in a lunatic asylum, a thief who forced himself to be a good person, are you satisfied?

Lance did not answer her, but silently stretched out his hand, pulled her hand over, and then slowly and gently began to pull out the glass that had penetrated her hand.

I can handle this small injury myself. Carmen said after a few seconds, but she did not take her hand back.

Let me do this last thing for you. Lance’s answer was a bit confusing.

Carmen thought for a few seconds and came to a conclusion: So… I won’t survive the sunrise?

Ha… Lance smiled, If I wanted to kill you, I would have killed you a long time ago. Why should I capture you and treat you to delicious food and drinks. He seemed to be afraid that the other party would not believe him. After a slight pause for half a second, he added, Don’t worry, you are also a ‘Vickstock’ no matter how you say it, and you are the only direct descendant of the ‘Great President’. Boss Tian personally said hello, no matter it is the era of the Federation or the future dynasty, anyone will No harm is allowed to you under any circumstances…except, of course, yourself.

When he said this, Carmen not only did not feel relieved, but showed a more solemn expression: Then what do you mean?

Don’t you already understand what I mean? Lance said.

Impossible. Carmen suddenly stretched out her other hand and grabbed Lance’s wrist, making him stop what he was doing. Why?

Heh… At this moment, Lance showed a gentle smile that was completely inconsistent with his personality, Because it’s time for me to ‘go back’.

Go back to what? Where? Carmen continued to ask, her voice gradually rising.

I know, you think you know me very well… Lance said, But in fact… I have a secret that only a few people in the reverse cross know about. I can’t tell you, but you also Don’t be sad, I told you, I’m not going to die, I’m just…’going back’.

What should I do? Carmen blurted out this sentence, and she didn’t know why she asked.

You… Lance was about to reply, but suddenly, something seemed to interrupt his thoughts, causing his expression to change slightly, Oh… the time has come. I wanted to chat with you like a normal person… so… , it’s time to say goodbye, maybe, never see you again.”

Before he finished speaking, he suddenly rolled his eyes and fell limply.

Carmen quickly helped him to prevent him from falling to the ground, but when Carmen lifted his head to check, she found that Lance’s breathing and pulse had stopped.

…………

About a minute ago, somewhere in the Pacific Ocean, deep in the ocean.

In this depth that human technology cannot yet reach, in the dark trench, lies a square black object quietly.

Compared with the one in the South American jungle, this ruins of the Dark Water Tribe are obviously much smaller, and its size is no larger than an ordinary residential building.

The interior of the ruins is not divided by wall columns, there is only one integrated space.

In the middle of this space, there is a light pillar with a diameter of less than two meters. In the light pillar, there is a child suspended; it is a little boy, he looks about ten years old, and his appearance is basically a miniature version of Lance.

Ta-ta-

In the empty space, footsteps slowly approached.

A man walked up to the light pillar and slowly raised his right hand. With the movement of his hand, countless black square particles surged out and rose from the floor, and quickly pieced together a black object with dense lines of cyan on the surface. Streaming metal console.

The man glanced at the console, then lightly touched it with his hand.

Immediately afterwards, the light pillar in front of him slowly dimmed, and the little boy in the light pillar also slowly lowered, and the moment his feet touched the ground… he opened his eyes.

Oh? It’s you who came. The boy who looked a lot like Lance said this to the man as soon as he opened his eyes.

To be honest. Li Xiaofan shrugged, I was quite shocked when I heard about your ‘secret’.

Knowing too many secrets may not be a good thing. The boy laughed.

I understand, maybe one day I will be silenced for this. Li Xiaofan replied, But now… I think we should get to know each other again, right?

Well… The boy nodded and said seriously, This is the first time we meet. My name is Gu San.

Nice to meet you, Li Xiaofan. Li Xiaofan responded.

Heh… Gu Sui smiled, To be honest, I originally thought that the one who came to ‘send me off’ would be Zi Lin or Boss Tian himself, but it’s really reasonable for you to do it…

Yes, after all, we are using wormhole technology, and there are irreversible risks. Even if there is only one in tens of thousands of chances that something will go wrong, we should avoid it. Li Xiaofan replied, In order to prevent Boss Tian himself or Zi Lin from Being involved in other parallel universes will cause immeasurable consequences, so it is obviously more appropriate for me to do it.

So I say it’s very reasonable. Gu Yan said, Anyway, you are a parallel universe traveler yourself, so you are more accepting of my matter. Besides… an ordinary person like you, even if you are trapped again due to an accident, Once it travels through time, it won’t have a big impact on other universes.”

But what about you? Li Xiaofan asked, You are not an ordinary person, are you?

Didn’t Boss Tian tell you about me before he asked you to come? Gu Su asked.

He only said that you also came from another parallel universe, and also told me what he wanted me to do. For the rest, he asked me to ask you directly. Li Xiaofan replied.

You’re really lazy, that uncle… Gu Shen curled his lips and muttered, then paused for two seconds and continued, Well, you guessed it right, I was indeed not an ordinary person in the original universe… …It is precisely because I am so extraordinary that I was sent here.”

Are you the same existence ‘over there’ as Boss Tian or Zi Lin? Li Xiaofan asked again.

It can’t be compared like this. There are completely different rules and conditions over there than here. Gu Yan said, To put it simply…for various reasons, I have been burdened with too much ‘karma’ since I was born. , if left alone, I would probably destroy the world around me before I reach adulthood, so… my parents asked one of their friends to take me here and make a deal with Boss Tian. .”

What deal? As a reporter, Li Xiaofan was still very curious. He asked enthusiastically, Before this, what was ‘karma’?

Gu Sui was going to leave anyway, so he didn’t mind telling him this, so he straightened his thoughts and said: Using the concept of this universe, the ‘sin’ controlled by the Heavenly Boss is actually incomplete. version of ‘karma’ – it is a naturally existing high-dimensional principle that cannot be accurately measured but is incredibly accurate; however, in this universe, due to the death of the ‘Eraser’, only The sin part is still functioning normally, but the part related to the causal cycle is missing; and due to the laziness of the gods, this part of the function falls to the narrator, who is now the guide ‘…On Tianyi’s body.

So Boss Tian is actually a demigod? When Li Xiaofan heard this, he couldn’t help but interject.

Actually, from a physiological point of view, he is just a relatively special human being. Gu Yi replied, But if you insist on saying that he is a god, then he is definitely not just a ‘demigod’… because He himself is already considered a part of the order of the universe. He is not only the gear that drives the timeline of this universe’s civilization, but also the embodiment and executor of the ‘law of causality’, an imaginary space variable, in the physical world… Everything he carries , and what a tragedy what happened to him is, neither I nor Zilin can compare with it, and ordinary people like you… can’t even imagine it.

As for…the ‘transaction’ I just mentioned, it’s actually not a big deal.

To use the time of this parallel universe, more than a century ago, that is, the era shortly after the establishment of the Federation, I was raped by a devil… yes, a ‘devil’ in the literal sense. He was of my parents’ generation. People have some origins, and it was he who brought me to this universe.

Boss Tian and the devil are also old acquaintances. They quickly reached a deal – the devil promised to bring a very dangerous ‘AI’ born in this universe to the universe where I am to be disposed of. Boss Tian The promise is that I will continue to live in this universe in some form until my ‘karma’ is completely eliminated.

After the deal was concluded, the devil went back. He claimed that when I re-entered the time and space tunnel, he would drag me back to a certain point in time in the original universe not far from when I left.

After that, I studied with Boss Tian in his bookstore for a few months and learned some history and common sense about this world; then we both felt… it was time to separate.

When Li Xiaofan heard this, he wondered: Why? Did you two have a falling out? He said and glanced around, So he locked you up here?

On the contrary. Gu Sui replied, We get along very happily, and the landlady also likes me very much. If I leave half a month later, she might treat me like her own son and take pictures of me dressed in women’s clothing.

Hmm…that’s it… After hearing this, Li Xiaofan immediately raised his eyes thoughtfully, and began to look at the really cute child version of Lance in front of him with malicious eyes.

Uh-huh! Gu Suo cleared his throat loudly, interrupting the other party’s malicious joke, and continued, The reason why I left is because Boss Tian and I agreed that if I continue to stay in the bookstore, , the couple and I will have a very… very troublesome emotional bond similar to family ties. Considering that I will leave this universe sooner or later, and the two of them may have to stay until… uh… forever, so It would be better for us to separate as soon as possible.

Therefore, I was sent here; Boss Tian kept my original body in this dark water tribe’s energy container. Staying here for a year is only equivalent to a few days physiologically, so this After more than a hundred years, my body only looks like it has grown two or three years older.

In addition, he also sealed my memory as an ‘ancient man’, and on the basis of retaining common sense, he also added the recognition of ‘I am an ability user’, allowing me to act in a way that is quite similar to you. A state of ‘possession’, operating on this planet.

Of course, because I am not a fuel-efficient lamp, in order to prevent me from turning the world upside down, every ten years or so, he will reset my memory to zero again and let me possess a new body.

“And this situation lasted until that ‘trial’.

Until that day when I sat with you ‘jurors’, I thought I was James Lance. But after that, Boss Tian felt that the time was almost right, so he lifted the seal on my memory… So, from the beginning, Months to now, nearly a year, my memories as an ancient man and the various experiences I have had over the past century or so have become clear bit by bit like a trickle…

After hearing this, Li Xiaofan thought for a while and then continued: Then can I think that by now, your ‘karma’ has been almost cleared?

Well… Gu Su nodded, a trace of disappointment seemed to flash across his brows, Even if I want to stay a little longer, it won’t work… right?

Li Xiaofan was very perceptive, and he immediately answered: Is there anyone or something that you can’t let go of?

You asked too many questions. But on this issue, Gu Shen was not so frank, We have been delayed a lot of time, it’s time to say goodbye.

Li Xiaofan also nodded, with a little helplessness in his eyes: Then…do you need me to talk to someone? For example, Boss Tian, ​​Zi Lin, or anyone else, anyone can do it.

Gu San also thought for a moment: Okay… just give Zi Lin a message for me.