Let me live [Quick Transmigration]

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Dark red moon.

This was the first sight Lu You saw after regaining consciousness.The night sky was deep, and there were no clouds or twinkling stars. There was only a pool of stagnant blackness. There were few lights on the ground, and huge strange-shaped shadows were sleeping in the darkness.Everything he could see was hazy, as if blocked by a layer of not-so-smooth glass.

Lin Heng hugged him, with his arms around his waist, and Lu You's profile was pressed against his shoulder, and he was still a little dazed at the moment.They were standing on the top of some kind of steel-like structure, the wind flowing high above was turbulent and cold, carrying a strange pungent smell.Lin Heng's body was also getting colder, his skin lost its temperature, his heartbeat became slower and slower, and he seemed to be dying rapidly.

Lu You panicked and wanted to break free from his embrace. Lin Heng seemed to have not noticed anything wrong with him, and lowered his head to look at him in bewilderment.His eyes became darker than before, the boundaries of the iris and pupils completely disappeared, but there were little fluorescent lights flowing in the depths, like plankton floating in the deep sea.

"We..." Lu You said, and found that his voice was a little hoarse, "Where is it?"

The last scene he remembered was the scene where Lin Heng stretched out his hand to press the gap that opened in the upper half of the sky in the gradually collapsing world.How they got here... on what looked like the roof of an abandoned building, he had no idea.

"We are in the outermost layer of the conscious world, the place closest to 'reality'." Lin Heng said, "Don't worry, 'it' won't find this place for the time being. The scene you see now is the projection of the real world outside .”

"……'it'?"

"The artificial intelligence responsible for managing this conscious world." Lin Heng pulled him back into his arms, folded his arms and hugged him tightly, "I know you have a lot of questions to ask... come with me." The solid steel frame turned into nothingness, and they began to fall slowly in the stream of data.

"I...we have been aware of the truth of this world since two months ago." Lin Heng stretched out his hand to block the flow of data, and those illusory characters were like real water, and when they touched the back of his hand, Obediently bypassed, "Actually, it's because of you... When you transferred, we saw the data flow. Since then, we have been trying, but being able to control the data flow and connect to the outside world, That’s what it’s been done for a few days.”

Their descent slowed until their feet hit the ground.This is a deserted street, with rubbish and broken cement blocks scattered on the cracked ground, and the ruins of buildings on both sides of the street, surrounded by silence.This world seems to have just experienced a huge disaster, destroying the traces of civilization created by humans, and perhaps humans themselves.

"Then you... have made rapid progress?" Lu You said hesitantly.The manager who wanted to "execute cleanup" seemed to be unable to compete with the system, but was stopped by Lin Heng... At this time, he showed ease in his actions, not at all inexperienced.

Lin Heng smiled.His arm loosened from Lu You's waist, and he took his hand instead. "Actually, last night... I remembered something." He whispered, "I have to get something back." Lin Heng turned his eyes away. From Lu You's point of view, what he was looking at was only the empty room. The dark street, "Now, the way I observe the world... probably is different from yours."

A slight sense of uneasiness suddenly rose in Lu You's heart, but he didn't show it.Lin Heng's hand was not warm at all, and he squeezed him tightly as if he was afraid that he would disappear, but he still controlled it so that it would not hurt him. "Look." Lin Heng said softly.

The scene around me began to change.It was as if they were standing in a room surrounded by screens, and the pictures played on the screens were constantly changing--explosion firelight.A cloud of smoke and radiation.Desperate people in disaster.Machinery cleaning up debris.The brain contained in a container shaped like a drawer... a huge number of drawers are neatly arranged, and the edges cannot be seen from left to right, up and down. Among the dim light, solution and criss-crossing wires, only the part of the brain remains. People are immersed in the same dream world.

The disaster that swept across the entire planet completely destroyed the environment suitable for human survival.In order to save resources, the surviving people abandoned their bodies and handed over the reconstruction task to machines and artificial intelligence that don't care about the environment and don't get tired.In order to keep their brains active, they upload their consciousness to construct an illusory world; in order to maintain order and avoid the long wait before returning to reality, spreading despair and destroying their minds, the truth is deleted from their consciousness, making them unconscious reincarnation of virtual life.

"There is an evaluation system in the conscious world, and the selected people will regain consciousness and manage the real and virtual worlds together with artificial intelligence." Lin Heng said, "It is mainly to deal with some technical problems...some people can Work for a long time, and some will actually die after a period of time due to mental aging-the brain stops functioning, and the spirit completely disappears."

Lu You thought of someone. "...the bartender?" he murmured.Lin Heng nodded. "He is one of them. Monster and I have always provided him with a lot of inspiration." He said with a smile, not looking angry, "I have a high degree of control over the world, and there should be reasons for this Bar."

"If," Lu You asked, his heart beat a little faster, "a person who shouldn't be awake wakes up...will he be wiped out?"

"It's just that this life will end early." Lin Heng said, "Clear the memory, fall into a deep sleep...waiting for the next restart."

He gently squeezed Lu You's hand.Around them, the last image was being displayed on the "screen": the real world under reconstruction, with lights spreading out.Then, the whole picture went dark, and all light sources disappeared.In the absolute darkness, Lu You felt Lin Heng's breath approaching him, and his cold fingertips touched his cheek.

"Get rid of the positioning program here, 'it' can't find you." Lin Heng whispered.His breath was still warm, so close that it almost touched Lu You's lips.The wound on Lu You's lip that had been bitten by the Monster and had long since felt pain suddenly started to hurt again. For some reason, he stepped back subconsciously.Lin Heng didn't push forward, or he didn't have that intention in the first place, but just stretched out his arms and hugged him gently.

"Let's go back to our dreams." The voice said softly in Lu You's ear.

The ground under my feet vibrated, as if the elevator had reached the floor.Then, the "touch" disappeared.Lu You opened his eyes... He found that he didn't seem to have "eyes".I don't know what Lin Heng did, he became an existence without entity again, the "perspective" lost its definition, and the "body" lost its boundary.He seems to have become a completely free data, no longer restricted by "electronic equipment", and can flow freely in all things.

Lin Heng's figure stood alone in the middle of the street.Except that it doesn't look shabby, the place they are in at this time is very similar to the real world.There was no light, no one, and the screen in front of the store, which should have been showing gorgeous advertisements, was pitch black, and there was a desolate atmosphere in the silence.Perhaps because of the special state at this time, Lu You understood without needing to explain: this is the last barrier.After passing it, he can reach the conscious world that he has regarded as reality for the past few months.

Lin Heng walked forward slowly without saying a word.Lu You followed him, like a tide moving forward with the huge creatures in the sea, and like an electric current bringing active energy.Where he passed, the street lights were quietly turned on, the windows of the shops on the street revealed light, the electronic screens that had been silent for a long time were turned on, and the screens that did not display images emitted soft white light.After he left, the lights dimmed silently.

In the silent city with no residents, the light followed the footsteps of that person and gradually moved forward.Everywhere there will only be light for a short time, like short-lived plankton, finding a way to accompany the immortal.

Lin Heng lowered his head, staring at the shadows on the ground that swayed and shifted as the light moved.Lu You felt that he seemed to be considering his language.

"I told you just now," he said slowly, "I remembered something last night."

What do you remember?Lu You asked in "consciousness".Although I don't know if he can hear it.

long silence.

"I remembered..." Lin Heng whispered, "...'I cried'."

Lu You almost doubted his ears.He was hit by the sudden sense of absurdity and didn't make a sound.This time there was a longer silence.

Lin Heng closed his eyes. "I'm reminded of... 'anger' and 'sorrow'." He stopped, and the movement of the light stopped, and remained on for a brief interval of silence.Lin Heng raised his hands and stared at his palms, as if the touch from his dream still remained there, "Being torn back and forth by these two terrible emotions, it hurts so much..."

It turns out that there will be something that makes him feel "scary".

Lin Heng didn't say any more.The memory floated up in his mind and overwhelmed him once again.No matter when and where, as long as he closes his eyes, he can return to the seaside under the gloomy sky.He knelt in the water, the sea water was icy cold, before he could be warmed by his body, it trickled away from his fingers.What's the use of keeping this little water?A handful of ashes, tens of thousands of hectares of deep sea, a soul freed from death... Even if it compensates for the "sorrow" of tears, blood dripping from the corner of the lips because of a broken heart, even if it is the "anger" that destroys everything you see, Still can't get him back.

Those who are "unwilling" to stay can always find a way to escape.

Am I doing something wrong?

Maybe, I didn't do it thoroughly enough...

On the seashore under that gloomy sky, the two thoughts that refused to compromise with each other accelerated the collapse, and he tore himself apart because of it.This is an overly reckless and hasty decision.after that...after that...

A gentle wave of consciousness interrupted the memory. "Are you all right?" asked the man who was with him, sending him a worried emotion.Lin Heng felt his body that was frozen by the cold in the dream begin to warm up.He was about to respond when he suddenly frowned.

Lu You felt that he was being jerked.The surrounding scenery instantly distorted and reversed at a high speed. After a whirlwind, he fell from nothing to support, and after a short distance, he fell on some kind of elastic soft object.

Familiar layout around... This is Lin Heng's bedroom.He's back in his body...

Lu You struggled to sit up from the spread quilt on the bed, and saw Lin Heng half-kneeling on the floor beside the bed, looking away with a strange expression.Before he had time to call out, the figure of the man disappeared from the room like a hallucination.

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A dimly lit space... Two figures floating out of thin air, with exactly the same face and completely different expressions, confronted each other.Below them, the surface of the sea of ​​consciousness rippled softly.

Lin Heng stared blankly at the Monster opposite.Just now, Monster dragged him in forcefully.He is the stronger one among them, and Lin Heng, who is from the same source, can't stand up to him when confronted head-on.

"Finally can't bear the jealousy anymore?" He asked in a low voice, "Because I can think of it, I can get it, and you..."

Monster said nothing.He stepped back, and a figurative wall slowly condensed between him and Lin Heng.Lin Heng didn't try to force a breakthrough, but when the consciousness could still pass through, he said coldly: "I've been rejected, and you know he doesn't like it, but you still only use violence and plunder? It's really low-level... ..."

Monster smiled at him.The monster, who lost his mind day by day and didn't want to be suppressed anymore, showed a distorted smile to the guardian.The walls close together in the middle.

Contact is broken.