[Science Fiction] Escape from Paint City

Shui Chen remained silent, his hands dropped unconsciously, pinching the tiger's mouth fiercely, causing the pain to spread along the nerves to the heart, and his whole body trembled unceasingly.

No. [-] waited patiently, suddenly, Shuichen stood up abruptly, wanting to rush out without saying a word, No. [-] stopped him with crutches horizontally, Shuichen pushed him, but remained motionless.

No. [-] pinched the brim of the hat with the index finger and thumb of his right hand and slid it smoothly, exerted force with his left hand, and the crutch knocked Shuichen back to the sofa and sat down.

"Time is running out, you must give me an answer now, your choice will determine how I will help you later."

Escape to no avail, Shui Chen forced himself to make a choice.

If you stay in Qicheng, everything is the best, you don't have to worry about anything, you can do what you want, and Qianxing can survive.However, Qianxing definitely didn't want to, otherwise he wouldn't have to sacrifice himself and try his best to lead me away from Qicheng.And in my heart, I have always longed to find the truth that cannot be found in Qicheng.Could it be that he is really willing to hide in the paint city in chaos, turning a blind eye to the truth that is within reach?

Besides, Shuichen made up his mind from the very beginning that he would definitely find out the truth about Tan Ling's death.He had a hunch that if he didn't leave Qicheng, his memory of reality would be slowly covered up, and his heart would always be uneasy.

"I still want to get out of here and get back to reality."

"Even if you lose everything after leaving, you will never regret it?"

"No regrets."

Shui Chen violently rubbed her face with both hands, pressed her temples tightly with her palms, combed the hair on both sides to the back of her head, and said to Number Seven with firm eyes.

"Okay, then I will tell you what I know, the origin of the whole world, and why you appeared in Paint City."

Number Seven raised his crutches and drew a huge W on the glass window. At the end, the glass window darkened, and light shot from the ceiling, printing on the window surface to form a flowing black, like the prologue of a movie.

"The part that involves reality, the ones that you haven't recalled, no one can tell you. This is the basic law of Qicheng. Please tell me what you recall first."

Shui Chen closed her eyes and tried her best to dig into the depths of her memory, but there were still only those few pictures.

"My parents died a long time ago... Is the world in a crisis of insect swarms? Qin Chen also fell into the swarm of insects and died. It seems that the White Tower is the last place for human beings to survive. There is also a man named Dr. Qi, He looks the same as you, but for some reason, the moment you open your mouth, I'm pretty sure you're not him."

Shui Chen smiled wryly, and said: "To be honest, my memory of reality is still very fragmented, especially about Tan Ling's death, I always feel very sad, so it really has something to do with me."

No. [-] didn't answer his question, but just nodded to show that he understood, took off his top hat and leaned against his chest, his transparent brain attracted Shuichen's attention.

"Then let's start with the creation of Qicheng. Qicheng was originally a chaos, and because of your desire, it formed the paradise in your mind. But you don't seem to like the luxurious life and high-tech world very much."

Following No. [-]'s words, this chaos turned into a small town. Except for the chip service of the Science and Technology Office, everything else was not very developed, forming a strange technology tree in the entire small town.

"Of course there are also the people you want to get along with and the things you want to do the most."

The Shui family, Shui's father and Shui's mother who are eating together at home, and Shuichen's studio in Xincheng District appear on the screen.

"But even if you don't realize it, you won't get close to them subconsciously, or because of their early death in reality, you have forgotten how to get along with them, and that's why you have always been in this cold state. Even the most beloved For painting, you basically only use black, white and gray, probably because of your resistance to the city of lacquer.”

Number Seven's tone became a little depressed, Shui Chen and everything around him were the masterpieces of Number Seven, but this kind of masterpiece was not recognized by Shui Chen himself, which made him a little sad.

"...When all the dust settles, if possible, I also hope to return to Paint City."

Shui Chen hesitated, but in the end he could only say such words, he paused, and changed the subject.

"What's the matter with the black mist? I think they are very similar to the insect swarm in reality."

"The thorns created by your deepest fear restrict you from getting out of the Painted City, but they also protect you. This is the change of the initial code, which can naturally swallow other codes inside the Painted City, and become the basic material for creation .”

"The deepest fear..."

Shui Chen felt a twinge of pain in his heart, and the picture of Tan Ling's death in his mind extended into a longer video.His fear of the insect swarm did not come from their devouring ability, but because he watched them swallow Qin Ling helplessly, and the source of all this was because of him!

Shui Chen frowned and closed his eyes, as if he had returned to the most painful time, feeling the same as himself at that time.

--split line--

The sky was as blue as washing, so blue that it was a little fragile, as if it would shatter if touched.This is by the West River, the flowing water is crystal clear, people are basking in the sun on the artificial beach, playing and playing, surrounded by sporadic black bugs moving among the crowd, from time to time someone throws the garbage in their hands, watching them Garbage dissipated.Everyone is used to this, and some people even lie flat, letting the swarm of bugs walk around them.

Shui Chen and Qin Chen are also among them.The two of them were sitting in the distance, Shui Chen was painting according to the scene in front of him, while Tan Xing stayed aside, moving around restlessly, looking at the sky for a while, grabbing the fine sand for a while, watching it between his fingers Sliding down, humming a beautiful ditty.

"There seems to be something in the distance, look!"

Shuichen stopped the paintbrush, pulled Tan Ling's clothes, and asked him to look in the direction he was pointing.

A black line appeared on the horizon in the distance. Gradually, the black line continued to expand and surged closer. Looking carefully, it was an unprecedentedly large swarm of insects. Even the sky seemed to be covered, and the light became dim.More and more people noticed that the crowd began to commotion, and the surrounding insects also froze in place, as if they were shocked by the same kind in the distance.

"What is this, I have never seen such a huge swarm of insects before."

"The new achievements of the scientific research institute, how come they were released without prior notice?"

"Cool, it's almost covering the sky, it looks like the end of the world, take a quick photo, and post it on the Internet, it will definitely become a hit."

People were discussing, but no one was panicked.

"Dachen, the number and state are not quite right."

Tan Chen stood up and stepped back unconsciously. His hairs stood on end, and he was intuitively terrified of the scene in front of him.

Suddenly, Shuichen received a call, and after he connected, Dr. Qi's face appeared in front of the two of them.

The camera shakes, and Dr. Qi is constantly running.His face was sallow, his lips were chapped, and his hair was messy. He was armed with a set of granular transparent protective clothing outside the white lab coat he used to conduct experiments. The black insects behind him kept swarming up his back, and the transparent protective clothing scorched their bodies. Simultaneously flashes a blue light.

"Dr. Qi!"

"Run away, flee to the White Tower, the swarm will mutate and will devour everything, we can no longer control them!"

With the end of this sentence, the call was interrupted. During this period, the insect swarm approached the crowd at an alarming speed, but people did not know that the danger was coming.

"Everyone run away, there is danger!"

Shuichen shouted, but no one paid attention to him.In the past few years since the devouring bug has been promoted in human society, it has become very popular, and all the worries in the past have turned into reassurance. Only a few crisis elements are still vigilant.

The young man at the outermost stretched his foot over, teasingly said, "Come and do a deep cleaning."

The swarm couldn't wait to attach itself, covering the young man's right leg, and kept going up.

"It's okay, it's okay, go down quickly, you see, there's nothing wrong."

However, the insect swarm did not act according to its orders, but continued to spread, and finally swallowed the young man without making a sound.There was light gray smoke drifting out, touching the skins of several people nearby, and there was a sizzling sound instantly, the entire flesh and blood of the arms and thighs were corroded, forming a hollow piece.

"what!!!"

People finally couldn't calm down and fled one after another.Shui Chen and Tan Xun ran in the front, listening to the screams from the people behind them, people kept falling behind, and the movement behind them gradually became smaller.

Tan Chen hesitated and wanted to turn back, but Shui Chen grabbed his arm and continued to run forward.

"Don't stop, don't look back. Now you can only run away, everything is useless, only to reach the White Tower, Dr. Qi will definitely have a solution."

Under the leadership of the two, the crowd unconsciously ran towards the White Tower base.

The White Tower Base is located in the southwest suburb of Mocheng, and it is the experimental site of the Dust Star Project, which is not known to everyone.Shui Chen and Qin Xing were also grown up under the supervision of Dr. Qi. Although neither of them chose the path of scientific research, they vaguely knew something about the White Tower Base.

In the face of devouring insects, all weapon attacks are empty talk, and they will be decomposed when they penetrate into the insect swarm. At present, it seems that they may even turn into poisonous smoke, and the state machine is of no help.

Soldiers were constantly guiding the crowd on the road, and the loudspeaker repeated a sentence.

"Go southwest to the edge area southwest of Mo City, where our defense base is located."

With the continuous devouring, the number of insect swarms is increasing, and the types of services that were originally law-abiding have also been assimilated, leaving less and less space for human beings, and the soldiers are constantly shrinking in the periphery to protect the civilians.

Shui Chen and Qin Chen ran into the protective circle in time, and the one who let him pass was a strong and tall man with bright eyes, Shui Chen couldn't help but take another look, and their gazes intertwined for a few seconds.

"Da Chen?"

"It's okay, depending on the situation, the destination given by the military is also the White Tower Base, but I don't know if it can accommodate the people of Mo City.

Shui Chen and the strange man's eyes staggered, and there was a burst of worry in his heart. Mocheng is the capital of the entire country. Although every city has a base for the Dust Star Project, when the crisis comes, even Mocheng's carrying capacity is not enough. Others Cities can be even worse.

"It's here!"

"There are also here, and there are also here! What to do, I'm going to die!"

"Damn scientific research institute, I said that this kind of worm should not be produced, and now the problem is coming, what about them!"

"We are all going to die, the end of the world is coming!"

There were swarms of insects appearing on the three sides, and they were constantly accelerating. Panic and cursing were mixed together, and the crowd began to flee uncontrollably.

The originally gathered crowd broke up, and Shui Chen and Qin Chen were also pushed away.

"We meet at the White Tower!"

With only time to shout out such a sentence, Tan Ling disappeared from Shuichen's sight.

The author has something to say: the update has finally resumed, and this chapter will start to tell a lot of real stories. I wonder if any friends have guessed the truth before?

This chapter was originally titled "Difficult Choices", but Brother Chen actually knows what he wants, so no matter how painful it is, he will make a decision quickly.

After the next chapter talks about Tan Xing's death, the next chapter will let Qianxing, who has been offline for an unknown period of time, go online.

I think Tan Chen's "Dachen" is really special!After all, he is a young man, but please keep in mind that Qin Lin is only 15 years old!

--small theater--

The initial fate between Qianxing and Brother Chen: just because I took one more look at you in the crowd.