I'm not a drama god

After a long silence, Hongxiu spoke again:

"…This is not a token of love. It is just a found sacrificial vessel."

"Sacrificial vessel?"

"There was a tongue inside, mumbling something incomprehensible, and the content was very long... Anyway, it had nothing to do with me."

"It has nothing to do with you?" Chen Ling asked back, "Where did you pick it up? Since it has nothing to do with you, why don't you throw it away? Sacrificial vessels of unknown origin are not good things."

"I……"

Chen Ling knew that if she wanted Hongxiu to gradually come out of her current "knight" role, she had to take some drastic measures... The stronger the sense of separation, the more suspicious she would become. Now that no one in the Wuji Realm could steal these doubts, this was the best time to let Hongxiu break free from control.

Hongxiu clutched the pendant in her palm, a hint of confusion flashing in her eyes.

"Ms. Hongxiu, I have done some research recently. The clothes you are wearing now seem to be the uniform of the law enforcement officer of the Aurora Realm... Think carefully, have you ever been to the Aurora Realm?"

"No." Hongxiu immediately shook her head, "I have never been to the Aurora Realm."

"That's strange..."

"Maybe they are just similar styles, which doesn't mean anything."

Chen Ling looked at her deeply. For some reason, the moment Hongxiu looked at him, she subconsciously turned her gaze away... as if she was avoiding him.

"Ms. Hongxiu, you've actually realized something was wrong a long time ago, haven't you?" Chen Ling spoke slowly.

"I understand your feelings... confusion, fear, everything you once believed in is shaken by various details, and you begin to doubt who you are and whether you exist... You are afraid to think deeply because even you don't know where the final answer will lead to... I am too familiar with this feeling."

"...I don't understand what you are talking about." Hong Xiu took a deep breath, "Wuji Realm is where I grew up. I put in so much effort just to protect this place... This is my mission."

A hint of sympathy flashed across Chen Ling's eyes.

He understood Hongxiu's feelings too well... Just like he risked his life to reverse the times and reunite with his family, so even if Shen Nan raised doubts, Chen Ling would instinctively deny it. In Hongxiu's eyes now, protecting Wuji is also her lifelong pursuit. She has paid too much for all this, how could she easily deny it?

But now, Chen Ling had to overturn everything that Hongxiu had done... After all, they really didn't have time.

"No, this is not your mission. What you are carrying is more important than you think now!" Chen Ling said firmly.

"It was the Silver King who stole your real life!"

click -

As the last words were spoken, the car emitted a low hum.

The vehicle stalled at the intersection in front of the church and stopped there alone. There was deathly silence inside the car, with only the slight sound of raindrops hitting the windows.

Chen Ling's last words completely tore off her disguise and pushed everything in an irreversible direction... If Hongxiu chose to believe him, that would be the best; but if Hongxiu still chose herself as a "knight", as long as she said this, Chen Ling would immediately fall into an irretrievable situation.

Chen Ling was just gambling. He was gambling that after he revealed his identity, Hong Xiu would eventually stand on his side.

Hongxiu sat silently in the passenger seat.

After a while, she looked at the church standing in front of her in the rain, and her voice was a little hoarse:

"We're here...get out of the car."

After saying that, without waiting for Chen Ling to come to her senses, Hongxiu slammed the car door and walked into the rain without looking back.

Hongxiu didn't respond at all, nor did she answer Chen Ling. She just walked away as if she didn't hear the last sentence... Fortunately, Hongxiu's reaction didn't seem like she was going to expose Chen Ling.

Chen Ling looked at her back and sighed.

He knew that Hongxiu needed to be alone and quiet... just like himself not long ago. In any case, this attempt to expose herself did not lead to the worst outcome.

Chen Ling didn't stay long. He parked the car in front of the church and walked into the house.

……

In the darkness, Hongxiu slowly locked the door.

Hongxiu stood there for a long time before she took off her clothes one by one. She seemed to have lost all her strength and lay on the bed... Her eyes were fixed on the dark and depressing ceiling, and no one knew what she was thinking.

She took off the metal pendant from her neck, twisted it in the middle, and opened it a little bit...

Finally, a piece of scarlet tongue was exposed to the air.

at the same time,

The tongue began to tremble and speak, and an emotionless voice echoed in the house.

"… Experiment record No. 35821."

"We took samples of Aurora-kun's hair, extracted the cell nucleus samples, and transplanted them with enucleated mother cells from another volunteer with the same blood type. Considering the previous failure experience, this time we thoroughly de-staticized the experimental environment..."

"After 3 hours and 16 minutes of observation, cell death was confirmed and 35821 experiments were declared failures."

"… Experiment record No. 35822."

"Conduct a magnetic field simulation experiment on Aurora-kun's hair, record all the data of Aurora-kun's own magnetic field, and artificially reproduce it..."

"Reproduction failed. Reason: Aurora-kun's magnetic field fluctuates too fast."

"…Experiment No. 35823…"

The emotionless voice kept reporting, like a pure recorder. With a fixed speaking speed and a fixed tone, the voice lingered in the room, making people feel sleepy unconsciously.

Hongxiu's lips were slightly pursed.

During this period, she would listen to the sound made by this tongue every day... She didn't know why she did this. After all, she couldn't understand what it was saying. As Hongxiu herself said, these things had nothing to do with her.

More than 30,000 experimental records, various incomprehensible terms, and endless failures...

But Hongxiu still listened.

Every day, this sound accompanied her to sleep. Perhaps it was because the experiment was too hypnotic, she slept soundly every night... Hongxiu even thought, could this be a sacrificial instrument specifically used for hypnosis?

As the experimental records were broadcast one after another, Hongxiu's eyelids became heavier and heavier. Although she was full of worries today, she quickly fell asleep under the hypnosis of the broadcast.

"… Experiment record No. 35902…"

"… Experiment record No. 35949…"

"… Experiment record No. 35997…"

"..."

Hong Xiu breathed evenly and had already fallen asleep. When the 36,000th experiment ended, her tongue did not make any more sounds, but fell into silence...

It seemed that the experiment had ended here.

I do not know how long it has been,

A voice came out from the tongue again.

It was the same voice, but this time, it was no longer emotionless, but rather had a touch of tenderness... It was as if a man was specifically facing this sacrificial vessel, looking into Hongxiu's eyes, and recording this last voice.

"...Hongxiu, I love you."