[Science Fiction] Escape from Paint City

Seventh kept looking at Shuichen, seeing him from contemplation to pain, showing constant struggles on his face, and himself showing impatience, his fingers kept beating on his knees.

"Looks like you already remembered."

Shuichen wiped away his tears, looked at the blackness outside the city painted on the glass window, and muttered to himself: "It turns out that Qin Chen died like this. He died to save me. I'm really bad." , I actually want a young man to save me."

Number Seven raised her hand, as if to comfort Shui Chen, but in the end she didn't say anything.He is just an agent of the virtual world and has no right to interfere with what happens in the real world.

The ups and downs of Shui Chen's chest gradually became smaller, and the sound of heavy breathing also gradually became lighter. After a few minutes, Shui Chen's emotions could no longer be seen from his face.

He pretended to be relaxed and joked: "If you hadn't wiped out the existence of Xiao Jin, maybe I really wouldn't be able to find out what's wrong with Qicheng."

Number Seven shook his head and said: "It's useless, in your heart Tan Ling is dead, we can't create a living Qin Ling for you. Whenever you think of Tan Ling's death, you will be connected to the worm tide, so Only related memories can be erased."

He raised his hand as if he wanted to support the brim of his hat, halfway up he realized that the top hat had been taken off, and then dropped the top hat to caress his chest.

"I used to not know how I was created, but I know that my existence is to satisfy the core person—that is, you, to satisfy all your wishes, so that you can forget all pain. For this reason, I You have created the entertainment environment with the most perfect calculation results, but you reject it even though other virtual personalities adapt well. I really still don’t understand what human beings are thinking..."

"You mean chips and Internet systems?"

No. [-] nodded and said: "Is it not good to be able to isolate all dangers, avoid all trivial matters of life, have no worries, and only enjoy and entertain?"

"It's not bad."

Shuichen scratched his hair, obviously it was No. [-] who should explain the truth to him, but unknowingly it turned out that he was explaining the confusion to No. [-].

"It's just that people are a very complicated existence, and I am a special case among human beings. Pain and sorrow, let us remember, constitute a real person. Only enjoyment and laughter, like a person who has nothing I understand, a doll that can't think."

"So I should add more disasters and accidents to create more misery?"

Number Seven tilted his head. After all, he is only a brain, not a human being, so he cannot understand the contradictory emotions and feelings.

"The only one who can make a choice is each person. After contact with the most real world, the subsequent development and changes have nothing to do with others. You can only experience and bear it yourself."

Number Seven pursed her lips and lowered her head.Shui Chen's words made him feel that everything he did was useless.

"I thought I was protecting the city of paint, trying my best to stop the outsiders, but I didn't expect that for you, I and the whole city of paint are the outsiders."

Shui Chen stood up, approached No. [-], and put his hand on his shoulder to comfort him silently.

"I am very grateful for everything you have done for me. Perhaps serving the core people is the original intention of your creation, but in the process of implementation, a more important mission has already emerged. In fact, don't you also find that this Is it one o'clock?"

Shui Chen took the crutch that No. [-] was leaning on all the time, and pointed forward.With his movements, the picture changed again. Living in Qicheng, those who have awakened or are awakening their individual consciousness are appearing on the glass window in turn.

"Although they are just created virtual personalities, under my influence, they are becoming more and more like a real life. They are not following your orders, but really acting out of their own will. You also realized that This is why I was chosen to participate in the management of Qicheng."

Seventh remained silent, although he acted in the name of serving the core people, the development of Qicheng and the concern for the people of Qicheng largely had nothing to do with Shuichen's wishes.

"Otherwise, you wouldn't tamper with my memory and implant Tan Ling's personality factors into me just because you responded to Qin's father and mother's wishes."

"That time was just an accident. Most of the time I was in a deep sleep state, my consciousness will spread throughout the entire paint city, and act according to the default principles. The wishes of everyone in the paint city are also within the scope of my satisfaction."

Number Seven couldn't help but argue that he didn't want Tan Chen to misunderstand him.

"it does not matter."

Shuichen put down the crutch, put it back into No. [-]'s hand, picked up the top hat, and put it on his head neatly.

"Since you created them, be responsible for them and protect them to find their own meaning. And I, too, will return to the real world, continue my responsibilities, and protect my world."

Shui Chen sighed and said, "I've been hiding for too long, it's time to wake up, step out of the fog and return to reality."

No. [-] was stunned, thinking about Shui Chen's words ecstatically, until Shui Chen turned around and was about to leave, then he suddenly stood up.

"Are you leaving?"

"I suddenly discovered that things are not as complicated as I imagined. The behavior of the Science Affairs Office is just the result of one-line thinking."

No. [-] did not stop Shui Chen, but made a final request.

"Before you leave, can you walk through every place in Qicheng again? Just like your daily walks in pursuit of inspiration, let's take it as your last memory."

Shui Chen nodded and agreed.He touched the brim of his hat, exactly the same as what Number Seven had done before.

"Give this top hat to me as a souvenir, and I will keep it until the last moment."

"Okay, I'll still be there when you need me the most."

After saying this, Number Seven turned around and sat on the high-backed chair again.This time there is no top hat, and it is no longer possible to see whether someone is sitting on the chair from the back.

After walking out of the room, Shui Chen could no longer keep his composure on his face, and now he desperately hoped to see Sha Qianxing.There are only two days left for the two of them to be together.

Dongdong footsteps sounded, two steps took one step forward, Shuichen took the top hat in his hand, and ran down the spiral staircase quickly, from the brightest place down and finally into the darkness.

When he was about to get close to the exit, the door of the lighthouse opened suddenly, and Sha Qianxing appeared in front of Shuichen against the light.With a warm smile on his face, completely hiding his sharp appearance, he opened his hands and said to Shui Chen: "I really can't wait, so I came here to pick you up."

Goodbye to Sha Qianxing, the emotion of separation choked up in his throat again, Shui Chen paused for two seconds, then walked out quickly, hugging Sha Qianxing tightly in the first ray of sunlight after the darkness.

"You never told me what will happen to you after you leave Paint City."

Shuichen hugged him so tightly that Sha Qianxing felt a little out of breath, but he didn't let go, but returned the hug with the same strength.The two are like intertwined vines, clinging to each other to survive.

"I thought of telling you at the last moment, and I didn't want you to be affected."

Sha Qianxing's lips touched Shui Chen's forehead, then slid down to between his brows, his nose, and finally to his lips, the breath they exhaled stuck together, their lips were already equally hot.

After getting close for a while, Shui Chen let go of Sha Qianxing, but still held his hand tightly, and walked under the swaying pear tree.

"Have you met number seven?"

Sha Qianxing nodded and said, "He is a very elegant elder, but he is rather cold."

"It seems that you are really disgusted. He is completely different in front of me."

Shui Chen said with a smile, the sad atmosphere was slightly blown away.

"He told me that if I agree to stay in Qicheng, there will be a way to save you from dying, and the seven-day deadline will no longer exist."

Speaking of this, Shui Chen deliberately paused for a long time, but Sha Qianxing didn't panic at all, looking gently into his eyes, quietly waiting for the next words.

"You don't care about my answer at all?"

"You agreed to him because you cared about me. If you didn't agree to him, you were obsessed with reality. No matter what, I will be very happy. But if you agree, I may have to spend some effort to persuade you to give up."

Sha Qianxing made a distressed look on purpose, and both of them used exaggerated movements to soothe the sadness in their hearts.

"I rejected him, won't you blame me? You gave up the possibility of you surviving."

"I'm very glad that you were not influenced by your feelings and made the right choice. Since this is the case, I also believe that you have no less love for me."

Sha Qianxing still had that gentle look, and he never showed any sharp look in front of Shuichen.

"You really..."

Shuichen couldn't find a suitable adjective for a while.

"Why do you feel that you are different from before? I thought you were a restrained type. Don't forget that I am still your teacher! Be respectful to the teacher."

Shuichen pretended to be serious, pulled out his hand, and tapped a chestnut on Sha Qianxing's head with his fingers.

"Yes, teacher."

After a pause, Sha Qianxing said again: "My love for the teacher is no less than that of the teacher."

"I really didn't expect you to have this personality. Too bad, I don't know if I can return the product now."

Shuichen covered his forehead and sighed exaggeratedly.

"Sorry, once sold, no return."

Saying that, Sha Qianxing held Shui Chen's hand again, and placed it in his heart.

Shuichen also smiled, and spread out his palms, feeling the steady beating of Sha Qianxing's heart.

"Speaking of which, we met in the real world, when the bug swarm just broke out."

"Do you still remember? It's just a wrong face. Besides, the situation at that time was so chaotic. I thought that even if you recovered your real memory, you wouldn't remember this detail."

"You have a pair of bright eyes, which will impress everyone you see. I am very happy to remember our first meeting."

Shuichen leaned forward and kissed Sha Qianxing's heart, feeling his vigorous vitality at this time.

After a while, he got up and his face became more serious.

"Let's go. I promised No. [-] that I will walk through every corner of Qicheng, just to let you see what the new Qicheng looks like."

The author has something to say: no matter what the situation, brother Chen can control the conversation.

The closer to the end, Qianxing's true character is revealed, he is definitely not a restrained person, or after communicating with Brother Chen, he becomes more unrestrained, just like a confession madman~【hhh】

When writing this, I actually thought of a famous saying: "My love can never offset stupidity." This sentence is really beautiful.

When I wrote Gongshou Interaction, my thoughts flowed like a spring. I changed the input method of Peppa Pig, and I feel more motivated when typing~