[Science Fiction] Escape from Paint City

Going to the Science Affairs Office now, maybe everything can be settled, and the truth may be thoroughly understood, or a greater crisis may be encountered.Shuichen was not reconciled, but also a little scared.

"Since memory may be fake, then trust my intuition and feelings at this moment."

Shui Chen restrained her negative emotions, pulled herself together and said to Sha Qianxing.

Self-doubt and painful choices made him feel his own existence more clearly. After some mental struggle, Shui Chen focused more on the present moment.

"When they tampered with my memory, they may have added a personality factor that does not belong to me, which made me behave so strangely in the morning."

Shuichen thought of Tan's mother's warm and humble attitude, Qin's father's secretly observing eyes, and the phrase "Chenchen" or "裎裎"?Is that the character factor from Qin Chen?

This feeling was like Tan Ling's soul in his body, Shui Chen touched his warm chest, and felt for a moment that maybe it was not bad.

Then he shook his head, sweeping the thought out of his mind.

No matter how similar it is, it's not Tan Ling.

"What do you want to go back to?"

The distance between the two was slightly further away, Sha Qianxing wanted to withdraw his hand, but Shuichen naturally grabbed his right hand, clenched it tightly and hung on his knee, the heat from the two bodies tended to become one, which made Shuichen feel at ease.

He replied to Sha Qianxing, "Confront them directly and see what they say."

Shui Chen thought of the calluses on his hands and neck, and continued to add.

"Since all memories may be false, and the related reality may also be false, if we simply confront each other directly, the other party's direct reaction will be the most real."

Shui Chen has already given up all reasoning and guessing, and is not obsessed with finding lost memories, but acts according to the intuition at this time, so maybe he can find the truth instead.

"Their longing and love for Tan Ling is true. I think they are different from other Qicheng people."

Shui Chen hesitated, but finally said what was in his heart.The reason why he chose to go back and confront Qin's father and mother was just to hope that he was not the only one whose thoughts changed, and he wanted to call everyone to face the Science Affairs Office.

Compared with water father and water mother, Qin father and mother look more real.

"Okay, I'll go back with you."

Sha Qianxing replied.

"You went there, what if you were found?"

Shuichen recalled what Sha Qianxing said about the mysterious crowd who broke into the door last night.

Sha Qianxing shook his head, and unconsciously pinched the burn mark on his right arm with his left hand from being touched last night.

"It's okay, I'm with you, as long as I don't touch you, I won't be discovered by them."

"Then what happened last time?"

Shui Chen continued to ask.

"Last time your consciousness was too chaotic, I have to help you stabilize it. Now your main body consciousness is very strong, and other people can no longer affect you."

If Qin's father and mother did not riot and contacted the Science Affairs Office to force a correction, Shui Chen might have to slowly explore the truth before he could awaken his subjective consciousness.Now that he has been greatly stimulated, it is a blessing in disguise.

"Well."

Shui Chen thought for a while, and agreed, since he didn't want to be separated from Sha Qianxing in his heart.

One of them had a confused memory, and the other was restricted from directly explaining the truth, but they also discussed the next plan without any grievances.

There was another moment of silence, and the two sat on the ground like this, holding hands tightly.Shui Chen emptied his mind and stared at the sky in a trance.

Sha Qianxing didn't urge him, just stayed quietly aside, his mind was spinning.

These seven days in Qicheng were also the last seven days of his life.

It is his selfishness to choose Shuichen to be the next watchman, but Shuichen's awakening value is also higher than the threshold. He believes that Shuichen can awaken and do a good job in guarding tasks.If the pioneer has not returned, he will wait for Shuichen at the end of his consciousness.

The body is mortal, but the soul is immortal.

--split line--

I don't know how long it has passed, Shuichen has completely settled down all his emotions, went downstairs to take a shower, and changed into a white shirt and washed-coloured cropped jeans, looking a little weak like a teenager.

The two walked quickly to Qin's house.

On the same road, at this time, you can see many people walking around.In Qicheng after adjusting the settings, people are no longer obsessed with the Internet, and moved all online activities offline, gathering together to eat, drink and have fun.People on the street came and went to greet each other.

Shuichen ignored them, just walked quickly in silence.

The Qin family on the other side.

Mother Qin knocked on the door of the room with a fruit plate.After receiving no response for a long time, Qin's father and Qin's mother broke in and found an empty room with a chair on a desk and a high window that was wide open.

The fruit plate was thrown to the ground, Mother Tan yelled, fell to her knees like a lunatic, weeping and beating the ground.Qin's father's expression was also very displeased, and a little restless.

"My Chenchen...my Chenchen!"

Tan's mother's voice was mixed with crying, and she couldn't make out whose name she was saying.

It was also at this time that the low and vibrating doorbell rang again, and Mother Tan rushed downstairs, and Father Tan also lost his composure, stumbling and running down the stairs.

The door opened, and it was Shui Chen who had changed into clothes and Sha Qianxing who was invisible appeared.

The young man with a clean demeanor and no words touched Mother Tan's heart. She seemed to see the young version of Tan Chen standing in front of her.She didn't care about the censure, she just wanted to go forward and hug Shui Chen.

Qin's father also obviously lost his composure, but he still froze in place, looking at Shui Chen.

Shuichen took two steps back and raised her hand, the intention of pushing back was obvious.

Tan's mother paused, looked at him with tears in her eyes, her tone of voice became uncertain.

"Chenchen?"

Seeing that Qin's father and mother didn't find anything abnormal, Shui Chen secretly breathed a sigh of relief, put his hand on his forehead, and pressed his ring finger and thumb on his temple.

"Aunt Tan, Uncle Tan, let's go in and talk."

Appearing in a dress similar to that of Qin Chen really made Tan's mother lose her composure even more, which verified Shui Chen's conjecture.

Shui Chen's unfamiliar tone made Tan's father and mother feel disappointed, but his expression was normal.During the day, there was no numbness or tyranny in their eyes, and after seeing Shui Chen's previous personality, they all treated him cautiously.

The three of them sat down in the living room, and Sha Qianxing leaned against the window to ensure the distance between himself and Shuichen so that he could act in times of crisis.

"Did you ask the Science Affairs Office to do something to my memory?"

Shuichen sat on the sofa and asked questions straight to the point.

"It's all for your own good. Outsiders are not good people, they just want to take you away and destroy the world."

Mother Tan rubbed her hands awkwardly, but did not deny what she had done.

"How about imposing Tan Ling's factors on me and treating me as Tan Ling's substitute?"

Shui Chen pursed her lips, and her voice suddenly increased.

"That's what I asked for."

Father Qin, who rarely spoke, suddenly interjected, with a trace of nostalgia in his expression.

"We just wanted too much to touch him, too much to actually touch him."

Qin's father and Qin's mother showed strangely synchronized desires again, and the expressions on their faces were not the same, which made people feel chills.

"How can you be sure that he must be dead? Maybe he just made it to the outside world?"

Shuichen choked his throat, still asking in obsession.Even though everyone told him that Tan Ling was dead, he still persisted in holding on to this point.

With a puzzled look on his father's face, he said, "If you leave Qicheng, you will die. Without Qicheng, there would be no us."

"Then what if... all of this is a conspiracy by the Science Affairs Office?"

On the way here, Shuichen has been thinking.The extraordinary influence of the Science Affairs Office on Qicheng, and the almost blind admiration of Qicheng people for the Science Affairs Office, made everyone follow the arrangement of the Science Affairs Office.

"If Qicheng is a fake, it's just a means for the Science Affairs Office to control us, and Qin Chen is the one who really left the prison and regained his freedom?"

Shui Chen's voice became louder and louder. In his heart, he still believed that stepping into the mist was tantamount to leaving.What he is afraid of is the fog that engulfs Tan Chen in his memory, but he wants to try to go deep into it in order to understand the truth, even if he may pay the price of his life.

But before that, it is necessary to go deep into the Science and Technology Office.Shuichen firmly believes that his choice is right, he wants to gather everyone and leave Qicheng together.

"My memory can be tampered with, but what about yours? The fact that you hold firmly in your heart, that Qin Ling and I were induced by outsiders, and Qin Ling died in the mist, must it be true?"

"Didn't you realize that your behavior is being controlled? Think about it, each of us has been implanted with a chip and may be controlled at any time. Why are you not angry now, why don't you treat me like last night?"

"Let's go to the Science Affairs Office together to see what's going on in this world."

Shui Chen's words became more and more agitated, and the more he spoke, the more frightening he felt about the Science Affairs Office.He thought to himself, why he could live with peace of mind and no grievances before.

No!It is possible that the former self was disturbed and resisted, and then the memory was cleared.

What I remember now is just this time, so how many times have I repeated this awakening before?

Thinking about it this way is simply an infinite negation and an infinite loop.The chip node behind Shuichen's ear flashed blue light at a very high frequency, and he had a headache as if a nail was being driven into his skull from his temple, so he couldn't help but hammer his temple with his fist.

A picture flashed in my mind, like on the top of a mountain, with a towering white lighthouse.Something else flashed by quickly, only this image was deeply imprinted in my mind.

Shui Chen's painful look came into his eyes, and Sha Qianxing wanted to step forward, but he withdrew his hand after seeing the rapidly flickering blue light.

He knew that this step was necessary to truly return.

As for Qin's father and Qin's mother, after Shuichen said "Qicheng is a fake", it seemed that they had received a key order, and they completely shut down. They did not respond to Shuichen's words after that, and their limbs and head naturally Drooping, without any emotion on his face, he fell on the sofa.

Shui Chen was also sweating profusely, after recovering from the severe headache, seeing the scene in front of him, his mood dropped to the bottom.

From this point of view, Qin's father and mother are different from him. They really... are fake.

Are other people in Qicheng also like them?

Shui Chen fidgeted and messed up her hair, her bangs were all placed on her forehead to cover her eyes.

He lay on the sofa, remembering the picture that had just appeared in his mind.There is no mountain in Qicheng, and he has never seen that white lighthouse.

Shuichen looked at Sha Qianxing through the gap in his hair, thought for a while and asked, "Is there a white lighthouse in the outside world?"

The author has something to say: This chapter gives a hint of the ending, it is definitely HE, cuties don’t panic~