Boundary Convention

diary excerpt

"The arrogance and indifference of the survivors destroyed the hope of human civilization."

I don't know how long I and Mo Xiao ran in the dark. I kept my eyes tightly closed while escaping from the fire. In the thick smoke, the sound of explosions constantly stimulated my brain, and the heat waves and debris scratched my skin fiercely, which was really uncomfortable.

I squinted my eyes hard and saw that Mo Xiao's footsteps were extremely firm. I took her hand and felt a sense of direction, but combined with everything that happened just now, a terrible thought came to my mind. She planned it all by herself, and then escaped according to the pre-planned route? Thinking of this, I feel more and more wrong, but in the current situation, it is wiser to hold her hand tightly.

Gradually, the intensity of the fire subsided, and the suffocating ashes in my nasal cavity gradually dissipated, which made my breathing much easier. Mo Xiao's pace also slowed down a lot, I know that we are already away from danger.

"Okay, it's almost safe." Mo Xiao whispered in my ear.

"Where is this?" I cautiously opened my eyes.

"Don't ask, you can let go of your hand." She said impatiently, and then shook my hand away heavily. "Looking at how weak your hands are, I didn't expect your hands to be quite strong. Keep going!"

"Uh, I'm sorry, Director, but I..." After listening to her words, I opened my eyes, but Mo Xiao didn't give me time to ask questions at all.

Mo Xiao looked around for a while, mumbled something thoughtfully, nodded, as if he really saw something, and then started talking to himself.

"Yes, yes, they don't know about this place."

"Well, sir, where are we going?"

Mo Xiao didn't look back, just walked forward on his own, and within a few steps, he heard a heavy collision sound in the darkness - it sounded like someone's head hit the iron railing sound.

"Tsk..."

Mo Xiao rubbed his forehead and retreated step by step.

"Are you okay?" I asked with concern.

"Hmph, I don't believe it anymore, you can still trap Miss Ben?" She said unwillingly.

And she was backing away as if she had gone too far, and she was tripped by something again, and then with a "bang", she fell down on her buttocks squatting in an extraordinary manner.

I just heard her fall to the ground and swear a lot of swear words. To be honest, this is the first time I heard the director swear.

"Ah! Something tripped me! Could it be you! You still don't give me a hand!" Mo Xiao yelled at me

"Ah, good good."

But before I stepped forward, she straightened up like a carp, got up from the ground again, and then grabbed the thing that tripped her up, and was about to throw it out as she said. But just as the thing was raised above her head, she suddenly stopped, touched the thing in her hand for a while, and then put it on her head.

"Hehehe, it's lucky that there are night vision goggles in stock here."

She was talking to herself, and suddenly looked at me, the flashing red light of the switch and her silly grin were really funny.

"Why don't you wear night vision goggles, can you see in such a dark place? Have you evolved?!"

"You didn't give it to me either!"

Without saying a word, she shook her head, bent down, picked up another pair of night vision goggles and gave it to me.

Putting on night vision goggles, I realized that the two of us were in a tunnel, surrounded by many daily sundries, wooden boxes, and some broken furniture. It can be seen that someone has been here not long ago.

The two of us continued to walk forward, and there were more and more sundries around, even a small operating table. Tube of something like toothpaste. The sight passed by, but I still saw it clearly. It was a tube of silver oil paint with the words 'William Henry' engraved on it. Isn't this the best paint in the world that I asked for from the professor before? , How could such a place exist.

At this moment, I suddenly felt a coolness coming from the front, which meant that we were very close to the exit. The wind was whistling past my ears. When I looked up, I could already see the exit. I excitedly moved towards the light run away.

"Hey! Wait!" Mo Xiao shouted at me suddenly.

"Oh my God!"

I was stunned, almost suspended in mid-air, and there was a strong wind at the exit, which almost blew me away. And in front of me, there was a rough sea. If it wasn't for Mo Xiao rushing up and grabbing my collar, I would have fallen headfirst.

"You come back to me, don't die?!"

She pulled me back.

"What... what's going on here?"

"What's going on?"

"Sea... the sea? Is it the sea outside?"

"Yeah, where do you think you are, the studio or the cafeteria? We are now in the launch hole of the giant missile." Mo Xiao tapped the ground with his toes.

"But, the hospital... the library... I..." I didn't know what to say for a while, this kind of chaotic situation was really a headache, Mo Xiao didn't seem to intend to explain it to me, she took off her white coat It came down, tied around the waist, and rolled up her tight skirt.

"Great painter, can you swim?"

"No, I won't..." I haven't been in the water since I entered the hospital.

"I knew you were a waste. Fortunately, I was prepared." She said, then lifted a wooden box beside her, raised it above her head, and slammed it on the ground. The candies that were originally placed in the box were scattered all over the floor. I really can't see that Mo Xiao's strength is so great. She chose the largest piece of wood, fastened it to the coat around her waist, and handed it to me.

"Hold it," she told me, "no matter what happens, never let go."

After she finished speaking, she paused, and then added another sentence.

"Believe me."

"Okay! Wait, where did these candies come from..."

In the next second, she rushed out like a bullet, and jumped into the vast sea together with me who was clinging to the board.

"This is what you have been prepared for..." Before I could yell out, a mouthful of seawater was poured into my mouth.

Among the turbulent waves, Mo Xiao and I were like a pair of seabirds falling into the water, flapping about with all our might.

At this time, I suddenly felt a loud noise behind me, and turned around suddenly, and saw a huge ship full of flames roaring crazily in the night sky in the blazing sea of ​​flames.

Judging from the severely distorted gun barrels and the collapsed radar due to the impact, it was clearly a battleship!

Following another explosion, a piece of silk stained with sparks fell in the wind and landed right next to my hand. It was painted with a strange bronzing pattern, which looked like a rectangular door made of ten fingers. It was like some kind of esoteric mathematical symbol, or some ancient religious totem. Accompanied by this strange silk, I gradually lost consciousness.

"Is life on Earth satisfactory?"

After an unknown amount of time, somewhere, someone was talking to me.

"What do you think about the way of life of barbaric civilization?"

I opened my eyes, raised my head subconsciously, and looked at the person speaking in front of me, who was sitting on a luxurious European-style classical seat with his legs crossed. I opened my eyes wide and saw that the man turned out to be a professor.

Is she talking to me?

"Civilization has no distinction between barbarism and civilization."

Just when I fell into hesitation, I suddenly opened my mouth and made a sound involuntarily.

"There is only the difference between one step ahead and one step behind."

This is definitely not my voice, how could a woman's voice come out of my mouth.

"Childish answer," the professor sneered. "I thought that the so-called advanced civilization would not have such a naive idea."

After hearing this sentence, I picked up the wine glass, to be exact the owner of this body.

"Don't you think your arrogance is a little ridiculous?"

"This room is designed according to my father's bedroom. You are the first guest to check in. Are you satisfied?" The professor pointed to the interior of the room with the crutch in his hand.

"Very special courtesy, I like it."

"I think we will be friends, Gherardini." The professor said, picked up a goblet from the table beside him, and handed it to me, no, it should be handed to this person named Gherardini Miss.

"There is only one bottle of Lafite in 1982."

I lowered my head, stared at the bright red liquid in the cup for a while, took the cup, sniffed it, and then lifted the cup and drank it down.

"Strange taste," I said, the sweet sour taste lingering on the tip of my tongue. "What's it called?"

"Red wine, wine, call it what you will."

"usefulness?"

"Drink it, or throw it away." The professor put his hand on his cheek and said with a half-smile.

I saw that I picked up the glass and put it in front of my eyes, looking at this glass of expensive red wine carefully, thoughtfully.

Suddenly, I made a move that I couldn’t understand. No, it was this woman named Gherardini. She got up and walked towards the professor, then picked up the glass, pointed at the professor’s head, and poured it all over.

"Thank you for your hospitality, I am very happy." Gradini turned around and said casually to the professor.

The professor wiped his face with his hands without changing his face. At this time, I was already terrified, because I couldn't see Gherardini's face, and I really didn't understand why she did this.

"That's it for today, I'm going back."

After finishing speaking, I walked towards a painting hanging on the wall next to me.

No, no, it's not strictly a painting, it's just a piece of black paper with a gold frame around it. I slowly approached this piece of paper, it seemed to have a magical power, and I suddenly felt short of breath and dizzy. I saw that black paper began to emit colorful and strange light...

"Hey, get up."

Someone is calling me.

In a daze, I saw Mo Xiao shouting at me with arms crossed.

"Have you recovered yet, and still use me to give you artificial respiration?"

I opened my eyes, and suddenly a warm current gushed out of my throat, causing me to cough up a few sips of water.

"Oh, really."

Before I could see Mo Xiao's face clearly, she immediately pulled me up.

"Get up, we have no time to waste."

"here it is?"

"Sand, we're getting out of the boat."

"Boat, boat, by the way, tell me where this is, why the library is on the boat, and who I am, if I can't tell, I'll just..."

"What's wrong if you can't tell? If you can't tell, why don't you cry for me?" Mo Xiao sneered.

Also, in the current situation, I am not qualified to ask questions, so I can only obediently let her dictate.

I got up from the ground and sighed.

Seeing my sad face, Mo Xiao also felt compassion, "Let's go, some things have to be taken slowly, and I will let you know what I should know."

Thinking about what she said and the dream just now, I became more and more confused, but as Mo Xiao said, let things take their course now. So, I walked through the deserted beach with her, and walked towards the deep jungle ahead.

Walking into the dense forest, it is much quieter than I imagined. In the various documentaries in the library, the night in the forest is also very noisy, with insects chirping and wind whistling, branches rustling, animals courting songs when they are in heat, and nocturnal animals snorting, but here, none of these can be heard.

The surrounding area is terribly quiet, as if this place is not a green place full of vitality, but a barren place with no soil. Even the soil here is as dry as the material of a construction site, and it is completely impossible to see that it contains any nutrient.

At this moment, I felt something lightly falling from the top of my head. When I reached out to touch it, I only felt that it was some kind of cold and hard thing, and I couldn't feel its shape. I took it down and saw that it almost didn't scare half my life. He fell down on the ground covered with dry mud, and then threw the thing in his hand—it turned out to be a big brightly colored spider.

"Are you afraid of bugs?"

"Scared, very scared."

"Cut, not manly." Mo Xiao said as he picked up the spider I threw from the ground, with no fear on his face. "This thing won't bite."

"But the spider..."

"This is a gardener beetle." Mo Xiao said calmly, and put the spider on a tree, watching the eight-legged insect climb up the crown of the tree and disappear behind the leaves. "Although artificial plants are easy to take care of, it doesn't mean that they don't need to be taken care of. This kind of insects can inject nutrient solution into artificial plants with their mouthparts according to the procedure. Although they are not alive, they can be regarded as 'beneficial insects'."

After listening, I realized that the so-called forest is just a synthetic fake. The soil, trees, flowers and grassland here are all fake.

"Why did it happen like this, where did those real plants go?" I was puzzled.

"If you can really make a living, who would fake it? Wake up, young master, it's already 2073, and you still want to see the original one? Go back to the library, there are a few pots in the professor's office." Mo Xiao was impatient. replied.

"2073? I remember that the documentary in the library is only released around 2020, so what happened in these years, why did the professor hide it?"

"She hides a lot, what is this, the library is just... forget it, I'll tell you later." Mo Xiao replied. Seeing that Mo Xiao was unwilling to answer, I didn't want to ask any more questions, so I followed her and continued walking in this artificial forest.

After walking for about an hour, our vision gradually widened in front of us. When we looked up, we saw the city in front of us. Mo Xiao said that we had to go through a long underground tunnel before we could get there.

After entering the tunnel, our pace also slowed down a lot. Thinking about it, the two of us have experienced too many changes from yesterday to now, and we are exhausted physically and mentally. But at this time, Mo Xiao suddenly opened up the conversation box and told me a something about the professor.

The chameleon I met in the library before was named Newton. It was a birthday present given to Mo Xiao by the professor when she was very young. At that time, Mo Xiao was very happy. goodwill. So she rummaged through dictionaries and literature, planning to come up with a favorite name for this little guy.

"So you called it 'Newton'?" I asked.

"Heh," Mo Xiao glanced at his mouth, "I didn't realize until after I finished it that it already had a name. Do you know that the professor likes to name all the things under her control, and she never cares. The attitude of the owner, regardless of whether the name is suitable or not, the name Newton was given by a professor, and I don’t study physics, so why call it ‘Newton’?”

"I see. From what I know of the professor, she is a very possessive person."

"The city ahead is also named by the professor." Mo Xiao pointed to the front.

"Huh?" I was surprised. "The professor has so much power? Can he name the city?"

"This is just the tip of the iceberg. The professor's power is beyond your imagination, but this is all in the past." Mo Xiao replied.

From Mo Xiao's words, it is not difficult to hear that the professor is not an ordinary scientific researcher, but to have the right to name a city, it must be at the mayor level, right?

"Then what's the name of the city in front of you?"

Mo Xiao smiled slightly, but did not rush to answer me.

After walking for about half an hour, the two of us walked out of the tunnel and looked up. The sky above here was so lively, which was very different from the previous scene.

All kinds of high-rise buildings are straight into the sky, and the holographic projection billboards are constantly switching between the buildings, making people unable to take their eyes off them. There are flying cars flying everywhere in the sky, and the flashing lights make the sky extraordinarily beautiful, looking like a colorful galaxy. The shops on the street are also decorated in different styles, ranging from small workshops painted with various graffiti to grand hotels decorated magnificently.

Some pedestrians finally appeared on the street, which made me feel very cordial.

"I finally saw a living person." I breathed a sigh of relief.

But what is strange is that the atmosphere here is the same as the artificial forest we just passed, it is extraordinarily quiet, and there is no communication between people. As we continued to go deeper, I found that everyone here looked thoughtful, as if no one around him existed. This weird atmosphere made my scalp tingle.

"Director, aren't these people also synthetic dummies?" I asked in a low voice.

"Of course not. Don't look at the quietness in reality. The online world is full of excitement. They have a chip in their brains and can directly log in to the Internet. They can do anything there, as long as they don't break the law."

"So that's the case, did you pretend?"

"No, I hate that kind of thing very much, why are you a hundred thousand, shut up!" Mo Xiao replied angrily.

At this moment, something suddenly pushed me from behind. I turned around and saw that it was a green shell that looked like a trash can. It paused, and a pair of glowing red eyes emerged from its body.

"What is this?" I bent down jokingly, and clicked on this thing, only to see that it seemed to have been poked by me, and it shook wildly for a while.

"Why do you owe your hand so much!" Before I figured out what happened, Mo Xiao suddenly rushed over like crazy, took my hand and ran away.

"Hey, what's the matter?"

"That's a security robot on the street, why are you poking him when you have nothing to do! This thing is notoriously hypocritical!"

Before I could react, there was a rapid siren sound behind me, and the green trash can actually turned into hands, roaring and chasing after me.

"Routine inspection, routine inspection." While running, this thing repeated this sentence mechanically with a cute girly voice.

Mo Xiao and I ran desperately. Under her leadership, we got into an alley. I looked back, and the security robot was stunned outside, then turned and went to another place.

Mo Xiao and I breathed a sigh of relief, looked around for a while, and there is something strange here again. This place is very different from the bustling city just now...

"here it is……"

I stepped on the uneven road with my feet. It was completely muddy. The surrounding buildings were also made of mud from the ground. Some of the mud surface had peeled off, and the red bricks inside were exposed.

"Are you surprised? Is it fun? If you make trouble for me again, I'll bury you in this mud."

Mo Xiao glanced at me.

"I'm sorry, Director, I won't dare next time." I apologize for my carelessness.

"Forget it, alas, gold and jade are beautiful, and they are broken, not only this city, but also this era." Mo Xiao looked around and said something thought-provoking.

At this time, I smelled a fragrance coming from the side of the road, which was very attractive. It was a noodle restaurant, and the boss was sitting on a chair with sweat profusely, talking to diners inarticulately while eating something.

Only then did I remember that Mo Xiao and I hadn’t even had a drop of water from yesterday until now. Now that I smell this, I suddenly feel empty in my stomach.

"Hungry?" Mo Xiao asked

"Well, I was too hungry."

"Let's go, why are you standing there?" Mo Xiao and I walked into this noodle restaurant.

This noodle shop is not big, but there are quite a lot of diners inside. The water vapor from the big pot in the shop and people's second-hand smoke make the place smoky.

"Boss! Two bowls of fried noodles, more chili, more soup, and a few more pieces of meat!" Mo Xiao shouted while rubbing his chopsticks.

I looked around and saw that the diners here were all in ragged clothes, devouring their meals, everyone's faces were lifeless, and their eyes were empty.

"Don't look, this is a slum, do you think everyone is pampered like you, young master?" Mo Xiao said to me.

At this time, the two bowls of noodles we wanted were brought up by the waiter.

"Let's eat, we have to go on our way after eating." She said lightly, Mo Xiao picked up a large amount of dried noodles from the bowl, and sucked them into his mouth, not paying any attention to the splashes on the white coat. oil point.

I looked at her, then at the noodles in my bowl, hesitated for two or three seconds, and still didn't eat.

"What's the matter, don't you eat?"

Seemingly noticing that I hadn't moved the chopsticks, she raised her head to look at me, the corner of her mouth was still stained with thick spicy oil.

"Aren't you hungry? Oh, I understand. You like to watch others eat, but you are hungry. Okay, go ahead."

"No...it's not the reason, it's just..."

I frowned.

"Don't you think this is too spicy?"

I picked up the bowl, and on the dark soup base, there were large chunks of red oil, chopped green onion, and some meat stars. Although it looked very appetizing, but when I moved my face forward, it was like pepper. The numbness of the spray on your face is prohibitive.

"You can't eat spicy food? It's really useless."

"No...the food in the hospital is very bland..."

"Ah, it seems to be true..." Saying this, Mo Xiao hesitated for a moment, then suddenly picked up a piece of meat covered with spicy oil, and stuffed it into my mouth.

"Damn? What are you doing?" Instantly, I was dizzy from the heat, and my nose and tears poured out all at once.

"Oh, it's really useless!" Mo Xiao grinned loudly.

"Director, please eat. I don't have an appetite. I just want to find a place to sleep well." After being teased by her like this, I lost my appetite immediately.

"Tch, there are so many things to do." Mo Xiao glanced at me, and started to gobble it up on his own.

Her appetite was astonishing. After eating her own bowl, she ate mine and there was not even soup left.

After eating and drinking, Mo Xiao burped hard, took out a map from his pocket, and beckoned to me in a serious manner. I leaned forward to take a look, and the map should be our map. the city where it is located.

"Look here," Mo Xiao pointed to an area above. "Didn't you ask what the name of this city is? It's called Dyson Bay, which comes from physicist Freeman Dyson. The professor likes to name various physicists. A river runs through the middle of this city. , we are now on this side, and the destination is on the other side. Although the river is small in size, it has 42 bridges. These bridges were originally closed five years ago, and no one can enter or exit. But from Recently, one day in every month, one of these 42 bridges will be opened at 3:00 a.m. At that time, there will be a lot of military vehicles traveling between the two sides of the strait. All we have to do is to pass this bridge to the On the other side."

"Where is the other side? Will someone pick us up?" After listening to her talk for a long time, I was a little confused.

"Don't you want to know who you are, the answer is on the other side." Mo Xiao stretched his neck and said to me.

Hearing what she said, I immediately became excited, and finally I was able to figure out the mystery of myself. From the accident in the library to now, I have been thinking all the time, I must find my memory and return to my original state. in life.

"Okay! I listen to you, Director, so what are we going to do now?" I asked.

"To cross this bridge, we need two things first. One is the permit, which I have already got in hand, and the other is the means of transportation." Mo Xiao knocked on the table with his hand, "The point is, at that time there will be a A formation of helicopters patrols the air and monitors passing vehicles on the ground, and our goal is to blend in with one of them."

"Wait, Director, aren't we crossing the river? The river is not big, and the bridge is relatively short, right?"

"Look at you, let's start again, don't tell you, you keep asking, tell you, you keep asking, why don't you go back to the library, the professor probably misses you a lot. "Mo Xiao pushed the map and leaned on the back of the chair, looking a little annoyed.

"No, Director, why don't we mix in the convoy? Can you fly a helicopter?"

"...Because the security on the ground is very strict, can you stop asking, young master?" Mo Xiao lowered his voice and said angrily.

"Okay, I'm sorry, I'm just curious," I also realized that I was talking too much, so I quickly stopped my voice.

We rested in the noodle shop for a while, and then continued to set off. Mo Xiao and I walked around many low-rise bungalows and came to a crowded market. This can be said to be the busiest place since I arrived in this city. Although the sparrows here are small and complete, there are street stalls all over the street, from the street to the end of the street, all kinds of cries are heard, all kinds of daily necessities, antiques, decorations, sacrificial objects, and even medical equipment are sold.

"Finally I can smell the breath of a real living person." I let out a long sigh of relief.

We walked and watched, at this moment Mo Xiao stopped in front of a stall, and moved forward as if he had discovered some treasure.

"Master, come and have a look, this is a good thing." Mo Xiao said to me.

I lowered my head and found scalpels of different sizes neatly placed on the floor.

"Director, what do you want it for? You don't want to kill me, do you?"

"Surgery on you? That's what the professor likes to do, I'm not interested." Mo Xiao replied.

"Professor still has this kind of elegance." I don't know if Mo Xiao's words are joking, so I can only apologize.

Mo Xiao waved his hand at the stall owner and said, "Give me a sturdy travel bag, I'll take care of everything on the ground."

"Hey, little sister, everything on the ground is covered, it's not cheap, can you afford the price?" the stall owner said with a look of disgust.

After hearing this, Mo Xiao rolled up her sleeves, and I saw an icon light up from under her skin on her wrist.

"Director, don't you reject this kind of thing?" I asked curiously, "It must be very painful when it is implanted?"

"It hurts but it doesn't hurt, it's just a little awkward, I say you calm down for a while, don't look at everything new." Mo Xiao said to me.

The stall owner seemed to have seen something extraordinary, took Mo Xiao's wrist, took out something like a scanner from his pocket, and scanned it carefully several times.

"Oh, I didn't expect that my small stall is full of splendor today. You are from the coalition government?" the stall owner asked tentatively.

"What's the matter, is there a fake?"

"That's not true, but you're not fishing law enforcement, right? We're just eating together." The stall owner whispered.

"Swallow your heart into your stomach and pack it for me." Mo Xiao stood up and dusted the dirt off her skirt.

"Okay, a total of 80,200, 80,000 for you," said the stall owner, picking up the scalpels on the ground one by one.

"This guy is so rich." I was a little surprised at Mo Xiao's extravagant spending.

"Let's go, the place ahead is where we are going, and there are things we need." Mo Xiao waved his hand at me.

The two of us walked for a while before passing through the market. Under Mo Xiao's leadership, we passed an abandoned construction site and walked into a small shop deep in the alley.

The architectural style of this small shop is completely different from the previous slums. Three gray brick walls form a triangle, exuding a solemn momentum. I looked at the sign hanging on the second floor, which read " Observatory" three characters, it seems that the boss is an astronomy enthusiast.

Walking into the store, people are sitting in twos and threes in the dark room, candle holders made of hollowed out globes are placed on the table, and murals about the starry sky are hung on the walls.

At the bar in the distance, a woman with colorful hair is mixing drinks. She is holding a wine glass in her hand, pouring red, green and blue wines into it one by one, and then mixing them quickly. The guests below made provocative whistles from time to time, and then she held her breath, then turned her wrist down suddenly, and then lifted it up, the wine glass was reversed 360 degrees up and down in her hand, and the movement was done in one go. Afterwards, the guests took a closer look and saw that the originally cloudy wine was re-divided into three colors: purple, yellow, and blue. This extraordinary skill made the guests in the audience applaud again and again. I was stunned by this magical operation. This is not bartending, it is clearly magic. There must be something strange here.

"Don't watch it, I've watched this trick more than 10,000 times, follow me," Mo Xiao said to me.

Mo Xiao and I found an empty seat and sat down. Mo Xiao snapped his fingers, and an old man dressed in fancy clothes came over.

"Hey, Miss Mo, you're in such a good mood at night, playing wet?"

Seeing us in a mess, the old man joked.

"Don't talk nonsense, don't turn on the lights at night, black shop?"

Mo Xiao walked to the bar and asked.

"Forget it, Miss Mo, do you think everyone uses electricity like you do?"

The old man replied, and then holding a candle, he looked at Mo Xiao's side and cast his gaze at me.

"Is he the one the crazy woman is looking for?"

"That's right."

"Oh, then you are really capable."

"I'm not here to chat with you, to talk about business."

Mo Xiao suddenly became serious and moved his face closer. The fancy-dressed old man didn't change his face, he took out a large glass bottle from behind, and patted it on the table.

"Come on, business."

He pushed the glass bottle in front of Mo Xiao. Mo Xiao looked at the glass bottle, then pushed the bottle back.

"It's fun, but I don't want to drink today."

She said, pointing to me next to me.

"That's the business."

"Okay, but let me remind you, Mo Xiao, once some things are done, there is no turning back." The old man's expression suddenly became serious.

Mo Xiao smiled, but did not answer.

"Okay, good luck then, come with me," said the old man.

Mo Xiao and I got up and walked into the kitchen of the bar under the leadership of the old man. After passing through a pile of pots and pans, we walked out the back door of the bar. The old man took out a remote control and pressed it. There was a sudden "humming" sound under the ground, and then the ground cracked, and a small helicopter rose from the ground.

"So it's hidden in this kind of place." I said to myself.

I saw Mo Xiao climbed up excitedly, and began to tap on the console of the helicopter, and I suddenly noticed a small shadow at the corner near the bar. Through the faint light, one could barely see that it was a child, wearing a nightgown, leaning on the corner of the wall and looking at us curiously and fearfully.

I was about to go up to say hello, but Mo Xiao stopped me.

"Come on, this thing is right, it can be used."

She patted the door of the helicopter and said. This is a small helicopter, and it probably can only seat two people.

"Director, where is the destination? Is it far away?" From my point of view, this helicopter doesn't seem to be able to fly very far.

"Destination? Hell, didn't I say that before?"

"Hell??? Director, go on your own, leave!" I was taken aback by Mo Xiao's nonsensical words. But at this moment, a beam of dazzling light shot over, making people unable to open their eyes.

"Who is it?"

"Tsk, I knew it was someone from the library."

Mo Xiao smacked his lips.

"It's so fast." As she said, she leaned out of the plane and wanted to pull me up, but she had to give up because of several gunshots.

"It's not my fault, miss, you're too slow." The old man shrugged.

"If it weren't for saving the materials in the laboratory, you two would still be happy up to now?"

Several people with guns said to us, I raised my hands reflexively, not daring to make any movements. Mo Xiao looked at me sideways, clicked his tongue unwillingly, and raised his hands as he got off the helicopter.

Following the sound, a woman came out of the crowd. She was wearing a brown military overcoat, playing with a pair of bronze handcuffs in her hands, and her golden curly hair was very conspicuous.

"Good evening." She smiled at me.

"I'm here to pick you up, miss, and that little brother"

"Are you...?" I asked tentatively.

"It doesn't matter who I am, besides, isn't there a sensible person next to you?"

"Wakatsuki Uragi!"

Mo Xiao suddenly shouted.

"One day I will kill you and tear off your stinky face! Pull out the internal organs and feed them to Newton!"

Mo Xiao roared like crazy, his teeth seemed to be crushed.

"Oh, miss, what did Ruoyue do wrong again? I don't care if you go back or not, but he, you can't decide whether to go back or not." Saying this, Ruoyue looked at me.

"Little brother Huangyuan, the professor is very concerned about your condition. You still need to go back to the hospital for treatment, don't you?"

"I... cure the disease, you can get it..." At this time, I have completely believed that the so-called library is not a hospital, and I am not a patient. The most important thing for me right now is to save my life , and then figure out your identity.

"That's right, the wasteland..."

Ruo Yue smiled.

With just one sentence, a murderous aura suddenly overflowed in the surrounding darkness. I could feel that around Mo Xiao and me, there were dozens of people waiting to go. These people were holding murder weapons and were always ready to attack. Assault on us.

I frowned, and subconsciously held Mo Xiao's hand.

But at this very moment, I suddenly felt something cold against my head, and I squinted tremblingly. Mo Xiao actually took out a pistol and pressed it against my temple.

"Then I'll blow his head off."

She said it in a tone that didn't look like a joke at all, and the scene suddenly became tense. No one dared to move, as if even the act of breathing would be too angry.

"Director, we have no grievances or enmities, so it shouldn't be like this?" I said to Mo Xiao.

"Shut up, no one thinks you're dumb."

"Ah~~ I'm so sorry, Sister Ruoyue, if he dies, it will be very difficult for some people, will he be executed?"

Ruo Yue is obviously the leader of this group of people, she doesn't speak, and no one dares to speak. She put away her previous smile, and fixed her eyes on Mo Xiao's hand holding the gun. In this empty space, everyone felt the terrifying pressure, as if the air had become sticky.

"The professor asked me to give you a message, young man, take a few steps, especially for someone as smart as you."

"Get out!" Mo Xiao suddenly shouted madly, as if she had been insulted, her eyes widened, and then she pulled the hammer of the pistol.

"I'll say it again, get out!"

This action also forced Ruoyue not to dare to go forward. She said coldly, "Back down", and then waved her big hand, causing the people hiding in the darkness to disperse one after another, but the terrifying murderous aura was gone. It hasn't abated in the slightest.

"Let's go, go in and have a drink, you can rest assured, I promise to let you off today, and I won't break my promise." Ruo Yue's eyes suddenly softened.

"Okay, from now on, she will take her Yangguan Road, and I will take my single-plank bridge." Mo Xiao replied.

So, I went back to the bar with Mo Xiao, but Mo Xiao's gun never left my head.

"Whatever you do, I'm not the only one who is troubled."

While saying these words, Ruoyue picked up the wine that was supposed to be for Mo Xiao on the table, and gulped it down.

Mo Xiao froze for a moment, I could feel the muzzle of the gun at the temple and the hand holding the gun trembling all the time. For a moment, she choked up and couldn't speak.

At this moment, the old man who was wiping the cup suddenly coughed twice.

"I said, we are going to close, since you said you would let them go, you should go back now"

"Oh?" Ruoyue looked at the old man sideways. "Do you think this request is realistic?"

"What do you mean!" Mo Xiao roared angrily, "Didn't you say you let us go?!"

"Yeah, I said I would let you go, but I want to go back to work, you know how the professor is, I can't go back empty-handed. You have to give me some face." Ruoyue stretched out her hand. Hand, showing a magazine.

"Damn, when?" Mo Xiao quickly looked at the gun in his hand, only to see that the place where the magazine was loaded was blocked by a piece of scrap iron.

Only then did I realize that the black shadows that had just disappeared appeared again on the windows around the bar.

"Then give it face." Said the old man at the side, picked up another bottle of wine from behind, and smashed it heavily in front of Ruoyue. Ruoyue took a look at the wine bottle, held the cork of the wine bottle, turned the bottle around, and showed an imperceptible smile.

"This is a good thing...it's really worth saving face." She paused again, "But it's not enough."

"Then take me." The old man said lightly.

"Is that so? It's barely okay." Ruoyue agreed with some reluctance, and saw her wave her hand, and the shadows hidden in the shadows retreated back.

"Then Professor Chen, let's catch up on the past."

"Okay, it's been a while, even a kid like you has grown up... I remember you always bullied other children and made a mess of my laboratory." The old man shook his head and sighed.

"Hehe, I was really indebted to you for taking care of me at that time..."

"Is that crazy woman okay? How is your body?" the old man asked.

"Professor's health is very good, but he has grown a lot of white hair." Ruoyue deliberately dragged the word "again" long.

"Oh? Congratulations to her, she has reached another level. This is really the misfortune of the world. The sky has no eyes."

"Do you have no plans to come back? For a person like you, I believe the professor will let go of what happened before and today."

"No." The old man waved his hand. "Different road non-phase plan."

"All right."

Ruoyue shrugged, and took a sip of what was in the bottle.

"Well... the wine is good, it's genuine raw materials, not synthetic garbage."

After speaking, she looked at the old man again for a while.

"Although the concept of country no longer exists in this era, I still feel that many special cognitions are engraved in the bones." She held her chin and said meaningfully.

"It's like this. Different cultural genes affect people and constitute a diverse human civilization."

"It is said that you and the professor have the same root, but why do you feel so different to me? This question has been around since I was very young. To be precise, it should be that she has a completely different belief from the rest of you. In your In cognition, family affection is your belief, right?"

Saying this, Ruoyue took the candle on the table and looked to the side, only to see a little girl in a nightgown strangled by a hand in the darkness.

"Grandpa, who are they?" The little girl hid behind and asked in a low voice.

"Don't be afraid, they are good friends of Grandpa." As he said, the old man brought a glass of milky white wine to Ruoyue from nowhere, with a pleading look in his eyes. "For the sake of loving you so much before, please do me a favor."

"Just tell me what you know, there's no need to do that." Ruoyue said lightly, and took the cup.

"I remember that it was about 17 years ago. We were as excited as children that day. The people in the base were crazy. People cheered. All kinds of documents, manuscripts, and counting papers flew all over the room." Said As he spoke, there was a gleam in the old man's eyes.

"It's a pity...that's really not something we should move." The old man sighed.

"I see."

Ruoyue said, stood up, walked slowly to the little girl and squatted down.

"good."

With a smile, she brought the wine to the little girl's mouth and fed her to drink. The little girl was choked, coughed a few times, and then passed out.

"Why did such a thing come out of the Mo family!" the old man said fiercely, and then drank the wine in one gulp.

Mo Xiao and I boarded the helicopter as we wished, and flew away from the observatory, while Ruoyue, with his arms around each other, watched us leave from below.

"Director, what will happen to Professor Chen and that child?" I already had an ominous premonition in my heart and asked in a low voice.

"I will avenge them." Mo Xiao's words were covered by the roar of the engine, just like this bar and the people inside, disappeared from this world, as if it never existed.