Did something go wrong in finding the truth on the way to defections?

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"Good afternoon, Zhan Xin'an."

"When you read this letter, you should have just finished the semester general assessment. I know you are the first again. This is too easy for you. The teachers and instructors will let you celebrate with everyone else, but these trivial things are not worth it. Waste of time. You should not have left school by now, I hope you can go to the library to read this letter. You like the atmosphere of the library, so do I. Compared with the code on the electronic screen, the words on paper are more humane, Isn't it? That's the difference between us and the machines."

"I went back to my father. I told you about my family. Both my parents are members of the scientific council. My father is the general director of a large project. I can't tell you the specific content of the project. I can only Said that it was a research related to the future of mankind. Since I had contact with my father, I had to sign a non-disclosure agreement. It's all to avoid suspicion. So don't come to me, and don't inquire about my whereabouts. I didn't tell Garcia about this, and you don't tell her. I know you will take good care of her for me."

……

"Library's three-story science and technology collection, Section H, I-612-4 book you will like very much. Borrowing collection requires level [-] authority, and I know you only have level [-] right now. But it doesn't matter, the next school year will start For the screening of reserve commanders, as long as you can get the first place in the preliminary test, based on your top results in the past three years, you are eligible to apply for the fourth-level authority in advance."

"The school will agree. You are the first grader for three years in a row, the future chief, and you have a bright future. They can't refuse you. In case they make things difficult for you, you just need to pretend that entering the collection is to access academic materials. You know you should How to Fool Them, you did a great job at the first year gala. That book is really for you, trust me, I don't want you to regret not reading that book."

"Remember the debate meeting last school year? You were the first debater, I was the second debater, and the senior debate team was helpless against us. The debate topic at that time was 'Does the structure work in non-combat life? Should have equal rights with human beings', we were against it. It was a really good debate, you did a great job, you were the center of attention. We were discussing similar issues the day before the debate, really Glad you were persuaded by me then."

"But this is a very deep debate, and our point of view at the time was not complete. I know you have always had doubts, and maybe you haven't gotten rid of that question until now. I have read the book I-612-4 , which explains the problem in detail, so I recommend it to you, I think it can help you."

"■■■■■, you will be graduating in one year. When you graduate, the school will recommend three students who have the qualifications of commanders for the military to select. If you only talk about grades, you are a veritable chief, and the other two don't matter. No matter what, it is impossible to surpass you. The only problem lies in your heart, and you are still confused and confused about that problem. There is not much time left for you. After a year, you must convince yourself that you are still on the opposite side. "

……

"■■■■■, you are not only the head of the school, you are also my friend, my pride. Once you leave the school, you will lead the best structures to fight for the future of mankind. You are the hope of mankind. "

"And hope, there must be no confusion."

……

"The results of the qualification assessment for reserve commanders are out. Congratulations, student ■■■■■, your grades are much higher than No.2. As long as you keep at it, you should still be number one in the second evaluation at the end of the semester. "

"Yes, sir."

"Don't be so serious, you are only so old, you should smile more."

"..."

"Do you have any wish to achieve? The high-level officials are very satisfied with you. This morning, an officer asked to pass your file. He said that the high-level officials agreed to give you some rewards within a range that is not excessive."

"But it's against the rules."

"The big shots like you. Since they are willing to give, why don't you take it? Besides, you have given so much in the past three years, and you deserve it."

"I don't have anything to ask for at the moment. Thank you, sir, and thank you, sir, for your kindness."

"Don't say that. The big man has already said what he said. If you don't agree, it's tantamount to refuting his face. If you meet that officer at work in the future, aren't you afraid that he will target you at that time?"

"..."

"Think about it, it's related to your future development."

"...So, can I apply for permission to enter the collection? I found a document with a very unique point of view when I was studying the paper yesterday, but it is collected in the collection, and my current permission cannot be borrowed."

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1.

You had a dream.When I woke up drenched in sweat, the wound under the bandage was aching again.You curled up to the corner of the bed, your back pressed against the cold wall.You can't see anything in the dark, and the only thing that accompanies you is the rubbing sound of the shackles on your wrists when you move your hands.

It was a very strange dream, as if it were real.

A virus also broke out in the dream world, but it was not the Pamish virus, but a biochemical virus.

This virus can infect all intelligent creatures, such as humans.After being infected, human beings will show extremely aggressive and bloodthirsty, which is a bit like zombies in old film and television works.

However, even if they become zombies, the infected still retain some human characteristics, that is, group consciousness.Together, they organized an attack on the remaining humans.

In the dream, you were not infected and became the second in command of the human base.Your leader is a talented young scientist who is working on an antidote and is on the verge of success.In order to test the effect of the antidote, you keep sending people out to capture zombies.Those zombies are locked in a huge glass room. Every day, countless humans in white coats inject antidote into their bodies. Once there is a mutation, or once a zombie tries to struggle, you will kill it immediately. them.

You are not responsible for the records and do not participate in scientific research.In this last bastion of mankind, you represent the supreme force.

You are the most trusted person of the leader. In order to fulfill the will of the leader, you are willing to be his knife and sword.You don't even need the leader to intervene to clear the inner ghosts. You won't let these dregs take up the leader's time, and you will clear all obstacles for your leader.

Zombies have the ability to evolve, and even your leader doesn't know why.You don't know the evolution mode of zombies, you only know that the few zombies still living in the glass room can talk, but unfortunately they all speak the language of zombies, you are human, you can't understand what they are saying.But they shouldn't live long. After so many drug experiments, even zombies probably don't have many good cells left.

It's been a long time since the leader asked you to go out to catch zombies, and you are happy to be idle, but idleness is not slack, you spend about twenty hours a day guarding the side of the glass room.

You don't care about these, and you don't feel lonely.You don’t like to talk to people, and most people don’t like to talk to you—they are used to seeing you go out to fight with blood on your face, people yearn for comfort, who would like to associate with people who kill too much Woolen cloth?

The zombies in the glass room are talking every day, but you can't understand a word.They will occasionally look at you, and you will draw out your knife in coordination to signal them not to make trouble.This is the case day after day, but just when you feel that you can understand the zombie language immediately, one of the zombies in the glass room speaks.

He knocked on the glass, and after you looked over, he said, "Could you please come closer?"

Hell, it's human language, or human lingua franca.Are the zombies evolved again, or are you crazy?

Seeing that you stood still and didn't respond, the zombie knocked on the glass again, then took a step back and raised his hands, "I won't attack you, can you come closer?"

It should be that the zombies have evolved again.You should report to the leader as soon as possible. Zombies spit out people's words. This must be a big event in the research field, and it may be recorded in the annals of human history.

You thought so, but when you were about to rush out to report to the leader, you realized that you had already walked in front of the glass, and the talking zombie was looking at you through a thick layer of glass.

This zombie is quite good-looking... No, this zombie was quite good-looking before he was alive. He should have blond hair and blue eyes before his death, but unfortunately his eyes have turned into gray now.Alas, blame this damn virus.If there is no outbreak of virus, maybe you will be very happy to meet this zombie, maybe you can become friends...

No, what are you thinking.No matter how good-looking it is, it is still a zombie. Sooner or later, it will die under your knife, and it is nonsense to be friends.

You quickly put away these random thoughts, then pulled out your knife and signaled the zombie to move away with your eyes.

The zombie obeyed obediently.

Just when you didn't know what to say as an opening remark, the zombie next to you that had been turning its back to you suddenly looked sideways at you, then snorted and said, "Why don't you report to your leader? Aren't you very Do you like him?"

Hell, these zombies speak lingua franca so fluently, it's as if they've never forgotten human language.Is this also a manifestation of evolution?But this is also evolving too fast, right?

You ignored that zombie with a bad attitude.

The blond-haired, blue-eyed, no, blond-haired, gray-eyed zombie in front of you is looking at you quietly, like a well-bred nobleman, and you are even a little embarrassed to be stared at by him.

You changed the gesture of holding the knife so that you can chop off the head of this bloodthirsty monster at any time.

"What?" you asked.

"I would like you to listen to us, but please don't tell your leader." The blond hair and gray eyes said to you, his expression was very serious, although you don't think a zombie knows what seriousness is, "Our companion Suffering outside, I can hear them, they are suffering. We need your help, please let us go."

You took a step back and pointed the tip of the knife directly at the zombie's face, your eyes instantly became cold and piercing.

"Do you know sirens? They confuse sailors with their songs, and then cause them to sink their ships on the rocks and die in the sea. I admit that your voice is very nice, but it is useless to me. I will not be seduced by you."

"Could you be Odysseus?" said the blonde with gray eyes.

Zombies still have fairy tales in their minds?This is really strange, it seems that there is one more thing to report to the leader.You gripped the knife tightly and said, "Of course."

"Odysseus was saved by ropes, masts, and sailors with their ears sealed. What do you rely on?" the blond-haired gray-eyed continued.

When you just want to talk, you feel that it is too stupid to talk to a zombie, but the humans in the base are not willing to talk to you, and the only leader who is willing to talk to you doesn't like fairy tales. In this case, it seems that only This zombie is willing to communicate with you and has the same interests as you.

It's absurd that you, a human being, are so reduced to wanting to discuss interests with a zombie.But idleness is idleness, and after the leader watched the surveillance, if he asked, he would just tell the whole story of the conversation.

"Circe is in my head, I know what to do." So you decide to continue the conversation with the zombie, "You are a zombie, I am human. You want to kill me, and I want to kill you. On this basis , I won’t believe anything you say.”

"What I want to say is about your leader." The blond hair and gray eyes didn't care about your hostile attitude, his throat was eroded by the virus, and his voice was a bit strange, but it didn't affect his understanding, "We and others... …The zombies have all been infected with the virus, and the virus in our body is the same, but why are we also injected with drugs, and other zombies died, but we didn't die?"

"Didn't you evolve?" You replied.

"Since it's evolution, why is your leader still just injecting us with drugs, instead of taking other research methods? It's impossible to develop new drugs as fast as he is." The blond-haired gray-eyed said.

"He is a genius, of course his research is fast." You frowned slightly.You don't like anyone to doubt your leader.

"Don't waste your time, ■■■. This guy has been brainwashed, and he can't understand the words." The zombie with a bad attitude seems to be glaring at you.

The blond-haired and gray-eyed zombie ignored the zombie, and he still said to you sincerely: "The researcher's experimental records are on the table, you can read them. There is no progress in the experiments these days, and the same goes for the medicine injected into our bodies." Yes, but why does your leader still insist on injecting us with medicine every day?"

"Why should I listen to you." Your tone has begun to be impatient.

The blond-haired gray-eyed fell silent.He didn't speak anymore, and the other zombies in the glass room didn't talk to you again.

You put away the knife and go straight out to the leader's research room.

The dream after that was very unstable, and you only remember that you brandished a knife and killed all the zombies in the glass room at the end, and the pretty blond-haired gray-eyed zombie didn't say anything before being killed by you.

Forget it, let's talk about zombies later.But you really admire yourself, in this situation, your life will be lost soon, you can not only fall asleep, but also have a dream with a plot and characters.It's a pity that the faces and voices of all the people and zombies in the dream are blurred as if they have been processed, otherwise you really think this dream is quite ironic.

I don't know when it is now.The Hanging Garden's policy on death row prisoners is really bad. There is no light in this cell, there are no windows, and even the cracks in the door are so narrow that no light can pass through. It is more torture than confinement.But according to what I saw on the road when I was brought here, it should be...night, right?Maybe it was still late at night.Of course, you can't determine the time, and you have lost all perception in a dark environment.

Recalling what happened on the road just now, you couldn't help touching your cheek.It still hurts, and it seems to be swollen. I didn't expect the power of the cannon to be so strong even if it was hit with a cannon barrel close to the face.

You were brought back to the Hanging Garden by Kurom, along with Kamui and Garcia.You fell asleep almost all the way, and when Kurom woke you up, the flight capsule had already arrived at the sky garden, and you saw a group of fully armed constructs standing by outside.

Garcia and Kamui have already left first, and after handing you over to the Hanging Garden, Kurom also left.Your hands were immediately shackled, and the team of constructs escorted you into the hanging garden without saying a word.

A team of heavily armed constructs and a man in manacles and blood all over his body is so rare and so obvious that anyone who sees it knows without thinking that you are JA-02 from the arrest warrant.The Hanging Garden is worthy of being an elite staff, and the passers-by are very qualified, at least no one throws rotten eggs and rotten leaves on you or clamors that you should be executed in public.

Until you walk through the ICU.

Speaker Hassan is lying inside, wearing a ventilator, surrounded by medical staff who are recording the values ​​of the ECG monitor and various instruments. One of them is sitting on a chair with his back facing you, and is checking Did Speaker Hassan regain consciousness.

Just when you didn't understand why the doctor was sitting on the chair and wanted to take a closer look, a burst of hurried footsteps sounded from the side.The structure responsible for escorting you warned someone in a low voice, but before you heard it clearly, a black shadow suddenly swung towards you.You had no time and nowhere to dodge, and the black shadow slapped you on the left side of your face.

"Well--!"

That black shadow was very hard and hot.When you failed to stand still and fell to the ground, and looked up to see the identity of the opponent, you realized what it was that hit you in the face just now.

Frantic Fusion Cannon, Karenina's exclusive weapon.

It was Karenina who came.She seemed to have just returned from the training room, so the gun barrel was still warm.But even though it's still warm, when it falls on your face, it's still as hot as if it could burn off a layer of skin.

Karenina knew that you were human, so she didn't use all her strength just now, but you still felt a belated dull pain from your cheekbone.

"What the hell are you thinking, you idiot!"

Seeing your dull eyes, Karenina was even more angry. She walked towards you again with the cannon, but was stopped by the structure responsible for escorting you.She clicked her tongue impatiently, and then shouted at you: "Hey! Aren't you very eloquent? Tell me everything! Did you do it? Why did you do it? Who is doing it? Instigate you behind the scenes? You should explain everything to me quickly!"

Bianca hasn't come back yet, and Lucia isn't here, so no one can control Karenina for a while... No, there are still some, but that person is sitting on the ground like an idiot and being beaten by Karenina Scolding, that person is you.

You stare blankly at Karenina.Maybe it's because half of your face is bandaged and half of your face is swollen and swollen is too hideous and pitiful, Karenina froze for a moment, and didn't continue to scold you.

The structure next to you grabbed your arm and pulled you up, the action was so rough that it even directly tore open the wound on your hand.You took a deep breath, but those structures ignored you, did anyone come to check on your injuries?You were taken away again, no one paid any attention to Karenina, and Karenina didn't catch up again, and the team of constructs pushed you forward.

Soon to be walking through the ICU.The huge pane of glass is right next to you, and you glance inside out of the corner of your eye.

Karenina's commotion was too great, almost all the medical staff's attention was attracted, and you felt the lingering of countless cold gazes in an instant.The construct behind you brusquely presses its weapon against your waist to signal you to move quickly, and you only have time to take one last look at the man sitting in the chair.

The man didn't respond.

Everyone cast contemptuous glances at you, but that person didn't respond.

After you are taken to the cell, the construct still pushes you in roughly.You stand in the same place, in front of you is the darkness where you can’t reach your fingers, behind you is the cold white light in the corridor of the sky garden, the shadow extends from your feet, but only the part below the head is in the shadow of the white light, the part of the head and the dark dungeon Melted into one.The cell door was closed with a slam, and you watched your own shadow being swallowed up by the darkness little by little.

You have seen the prison cell in the Hanging Garden, the facilities inside are so simple that you can walk to the bed even with your eyes closed.The moment your back touches the bed, even though the bed is as hard as reinforced concrete, you quickly fall asleep.

You are so tired, even if you have slept on the way back to the Hanging Garden, you are still very tired-there is no way to take a good rest on the way back to the Hanging Garden, Kurom, Kamui and Garcia are all beside you, these three people It is still uncertain whether it is an enemy or a friend, how can you sleep peacefully while sharing the same space with them.

Too bad you didn't sleep well even when no one was around.Although the scene in the dream soon became blurred with your waking up, the weird feeling still shrouded in your heart.Dreams come from the mind, and you always feel that the dream should come from something in your subconscious, but it feels so illusory that you can't grasp it.

You buried your head in your arms, and after taking a deep breath, you raised your head, got up from the bed in the dark, sat on the edge of the bed and touched the wall.You raised your wrist and knocked the shackles against the wall lightly. When the shackles just collided with the wall, a weak electric current emanated from the inside of the shackles and penetrated directly into the skin.You hurriedly withdrew your hand and flicked your wrist to relax the muscles paralyzed by the electric current.

The people in the R&D department are really geniuses. You can bet that the setting that the shackles will discharge is definitely a good thing the R&D department did.

They are still not cruel enough, the shackles should be the same as the torture tools in ancient times: there are countless torture tools in the legendary Tower of Terror, one of which is handcuffs, the inside of the handcuffs is covered with sharp thorns, if a person wears them and tries to break Handcuffs, the skin will be pierced into a sieve by those spikes.

Fortunately, this little current did not call the guards.You stand up against the wall and walk to the door.

The door of the cell is made of the same material as the wall. If you don't touch the doorknob, you can't be sure that this is the door.You slowly touched the two sides along the door panel, and as expected, you touched the gap between the door panel and the wall where even a piece of paper couldn't fit in.

You leaned on the crack of the door and looked out. There was no light coming in at all, and the only thing you could see was darkness.You stuck your fingernails in and tried to pick at it, but the door didn't budge.You pressed your ear against the door, but as expected, there was no sound at all.You noticed the thickness of the door panel when you were locked in, it was indeed very thick, unless someone outside stood in front of the door talking, otherwise you couldn't hear anything at all.

Hanging Gardens doesn't seem to be planning to interrogate you right away.I really don't know what else they hesitate to do.Not only Coulom, but even Garcia have seen that video, and of course the higher-ups have already seen what you did through that video...

……

Garcia?

Cullom was able to see that video because he had high-level clearance, but what about Garcia?Garcia's original graduation ranking was only No.9, and the task assigned to her by the Hanging Garden was only a clerical position in the archives room at the beginning, and she was urgently dispatched to become the commander of the night owl team only because the original commander died in a mission , and as far as you know, the Night Owl team hasn't carried out any big missions recently.Such Garcia has no power, why can she know about that video?

And there are so many teams performing missions on the ground at the same time, why did the night owl team led by Garcia stand in your way?The number of infected bodies in the East B area is not large. Is it because of this that the Hanging Garden sent Garcia, a newcomer commander, to carry out missions in this relatively safe area?What mission did they put Garcia on?

... No, the brain cells are going to burn again.

You hit the door with your fist, and the pain from the wounds all over your body seems to have revived again.Although your fever symptoms have improved after sleeping twice, the blood stains all over your body, the muddy water caked on your clothes after drying, and the roughly bandaged abdomen and legs are still there. It's not getting any better, it's getting worse.

"Are you in there?"

Suddenly, there was a vague sound from the other side of the door panel.

You subconsciously take a step back, but soon you realize how ridiculous this approach is: this is also a cell for detaining criminals, and the cell door has been reinforced and modified by the R&D department, and even the most powerful structure will cost It took quite a while to break open the door, and during this time, the guards had already arrived.

You put your ear close to the crack of the door, but no sound came from the other side.You can't be sure whether the other party is still here, you can only recall the vague and weak voice blocked by the door just now, and then tentatively ask: "Li?"

There is still no sound on the other side, but you should have heard correctly, that voice is indeed yours... the one that once belonged to your Gray Crow Squad.Combined with Li's character, you don't think he will leave without saying a word, so you continue to put your ear on the crack of the door and wait for Li's answer at any time.

Although you don't want to see the Gray Crow Squad, but you can't see your face through the door, if it's just talking, you can still stick to it.You just wonder: if it is late at night in the Hanging Garden, the structures should have entered dormancy, how did Li sneak out of the dormancy cabin and walk around the guards all the way?

And you have always thought that with Yili's character, he should be more willing to hit your head with a yellow and red combo than talking.

You waited for a long time, but there was no sound from behind the door.Just when you really thought that Ri had left, there was another vague and weak voice from behind the door.

"Shenwei has already told us. All of this...was it really you who did it?"

It's over.As expected of a scout troop, news spread really quickly.

You sighed softly in your heart, and then said: "Since he has said everything, why do you ask? Li, don't tell me you are doubting Shenwei."

"I didn't doubt him!"

There was a bang, and a muffled sound came from behind the door.Hearing the sound, it should be that Li hammered on the door with both hands. You imagined Li's expression now, and there was a chill on your back for no reason, as if the wolf-devouring gun had been pressed against the back of your neck.

You reach out and touch the door.With the sound of hammering the door just now, you have roughly confirmed the location of Li.Through the door panel and an unknown distance, you put your hand on the place where Ri's cheek should be.

"What did Culom say? He should have gone to find you with Kamui. You should believe what he said."

"I didn't see him. Shenwei said that he won't be able to find anyone once he comes back." Li's voice sounded like he was restraining his anger, "Don't change the subject, is it so difficult to answer positively? Did you do those things? thing?"

"Do you mean killing Ye Xiao's team, injuring Garcia, or ordering an attack on Kamui? Or threatening Kurom? If you are talking about these things, then I did it." You replied.

boom!

There was another muffled sound of slamming on the door, and you even suspected that Li had drawn his gun and aimed at the door.

"Stop kidding!" Ri whispered, "You know what I'm asking, referring to..."

He was silent for a few seconds, but in the end he didn't call out "Commander".He directly skipped addressing you, and then continued: "I just want to know if you did all of this."

"You already have the answer in your heart, Ri. Does my answer matter?" You still avoided the question.

Li was silent for a long time this time.You don't have any hope of whether he will answer, you turn around and go back to the bed to sleep again, but at this moment, there is another voice from the door behind you.

"important."

You paused, but didn't look back.You laughed softly, the sound was very small, you were sure that Li would not hear it.Say what you want, anyway, soon the guards will come and drive him away.Your answer doesn't matter at all.

You take another step, ready to walk back against the wall.

"I want to hear you tell me, does all this have anything to do with you?"

...It's too foul, Rigo, this kind of pitiful and abandoned tone is not too bad for Kamui.Alas, if you tell a lie again at this time, you will definitely end up being struck by lightning.

You close your eyes in relief, and say:

"It does, Rie. It's all about me from beginning to end."

Li's voice obviously paused, "You..."

"I did stab Mr. Hassan," you said.

There was no sound from behind the door.

You just stood there and didn't leave.You haven't connected with Li's consciousness, so you don't know what's going on in Li's sea of ​​consciousness.In case he deviates from the sea of ​​consciousness due to excessive anger, as long as you feel that there is something wrong behind the door, you will immediately open the sea of ​​consciousness in the stability of the thinking beacon.

Fortunately, this situation did not arise.You waited behind the door for a long time, until you were sure that there would be no more sound coming from behind the door, then you returned to the bed and sat down again.

Ri left.Whether it was anger or disappointment, Li had left now anyway.He said your answer is very important, he said he wanted to hear your own confession, so you told him that it was indeed you who assassinated Speaker Hassan.It's not a lie, it's a fact etched deep in your memory.Even though your mind was still a little clouded when the intel was exchanged with Watanabe at the Oasis, you've been through so much along the way, you've already figured it out and remembered the whole thing.

The knife did cut it off, and you did take it to R&D for repairs.On the day of the incident, you planned to go to the Gray Crow Squad after checking the mission for the last time, but the moment you opened the drawer, you saw the saber lying quietly in the drawer—you are so familiar with this knife However, it was a gift from the instructor who was in charge of the fighting class when you graduated. It is said that the big man who has been paying attention to you asked the instructor to give it to you.And at the same time you picked up that knife, your terminal received an anonymous email.

that email...

It all started with that email.

"Damn it," you whisper, "I should have just deleted it as spam."

You lay back on the bed and slowly closed your eyes.The wound on the abdomen seemed to be split open, you touched the bandage through your clothes, there was a faint wet feeling on it.

The magic of the bed is always great. No matter how hard the bed board is, the moment the back touches the bed, the brain will send a sleep signal to the body.Before your consciousness fell into a deep sleep, you remembered what Bellamy wrote in that letter:

"You are the hope of mankind. And hope, there must be no confusion."

—Is that so, Bellamy?Is this what you taught me?

——Do you think... I should be the hope of mankind?