implication [end times]

In the quiet ward, Yuan Qiong half leaned against the head of the bed, trying to fully describe the fragmentary memories she suddenly had.Shi Xun and Lou Yue sat on the chairs in front of the hospital bed, their expressions becoming more and more serious.

"There are too many things that can be said, and they are very fragmented. I will talk about what comes to mind first. Let's start with the most recent one. This piece of memory is relatively complete. In order to prevent omissions or memory confusion, you should ask questions in time." Yuan Qiong stared at a point in the sky and said, "Gong Xiao is the subordinate of the city lord, but he has his own thoughts, which are not completely consistent with the city lord. Today he threw off the guards to cut off a small piece of sea magnet and keep it Do your own research."

"Sea magnet?" Shi Xun asked, "Is it a piece of blue ore? In the box he took to the abandoned factory tonight?"

"Yes, it was given to him by the city lord to put it in a certain defensive point. Do you know the Leida system?"

Lou Yue's expression was a little stiff: "You may not know yet, but the authenticity of this system is yet to be considered."

"No, according to Gong Xiao's memory, it exists. But it's not what we thought. More than 20 defense points are also true. Only rumors with mixed truth and falsehood can penetrate into the hearts of the people." Yuan Qiong suddenly coughed violently, and the infusion tube shook When he got up, Shi Xun hurriedly supported the infusion stand and the bottle, Lou Yue was going to call the doctor, but Yuan Qiong waved his hand vigorously to stop him.

"I'm fine, listen to me. These defense points scattered throughout the main city are not combat bases, but anti-magnetic field generators, which need sea magnets as a medium to maintain the stability of the magnetic field in the main city." Yuan Qiong gradually stopped Cough, "This kind of ore originates from the deep sea, and its quantity is extremely rare. Sea ghosts and many marine plants thrive in that kind of magnetic field, but humans can't feel it. The drastic changes in the ecological environment under that kind of magnetic field are not good for people. Neither does Gong Xiao. Knowing how the city lord got it, he seems to be only following orders, and the news is limited. However, he does have a private connection with the sea ghost."

Shi Xun asked: "Before I saw a boy who might be linked by a sea ghost, Gong Xiao asked him for a 'miracle', do you know what happened?"

"'Miracle'..." Yuan Qiong sighed, "No wonder, no wonder."

He didn't answer directly, but asked Shi Xun with a strange expression: "How do you think Gong Xiao was doing in the research group before?"

Shi Xun was taken aback, thought for a while, and said, "It's pretty good. He has a good personality, never loses his temper with others, and is very considerate of others. Everyone has a good impression of him."

"I used to think so," Yuan Qiong paused, and said, "but he didn't think so. In his memory, he was suffering every day during that time, as if he was living in hell and being tortured. But He needs to comfort himself that this is good and right, so that life will not be so uncomfortable. Therefore, when he was ordered to attack us, he didn't think too much about it."

Although he had guessed the truth of his death for a long time, Shi Xun was still shocked after hearing it with his own ears: "How could this happen? Isn't the relationship between colleagues very good? Besides, senior brother Gong Xiao is happy every day, and he seems to be in a positive mood." It’s sunny, and there’s no negative emotion to be seen.”

What Shi Xun said was indeed what she thought in her heart. For her, the time in Yuan Qiong's research group was as beautiful as heaven.There are good and pure interpersonal relationships, a smooth research process, continuous progress in achieving results, praise and affirmation from teachers and colleagues, and a stable relationship with Yan Ai.

"It's just that we didn't feel it. Maybe many people who have a good attitude towards you don't necessarily treat him. He cared too much about other people's opinions at that time, so people couldn't find fault. They only thought he had a good temper. But this way The risk is that it is easy to lose the boundaries of self and feel pain. He has accumulated too much pain caused by other people over the years, so he is paranoid about getting relief—complete relief. The so-called miracles brought him This is how it feels. All the boundaries between people have been broken, there are no disputes, no comparisons and competitions, no class and wealth distinctions, everything is peaceful and serene, just like returning to the origin of life.”

Lou Yue, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly asked: "Is the miracle he felt real? Or is it the psychological effect of looking up and surrendering to a species that is completely different from himself?"

"According to Gong Xiao's analysis, this is the unique communication method of sea ghosts. This feeling is related to the resonance between their genes and the 'sea magnetic field'. He used the 'sea magnetic field' to refer to the unique communication between sea ghosts. Sea magnets can be used to help strengthen the magnetic field. In fact, there are magnetic fields in living things, and humans are no exception. But the magnetic field induction between people is too weak. Maybe our bodies used to have something to serve this, but in the long run The evolution of the cecum and tailbone is like the cecum and tailbone in our body. Oh, maybe the cecum and tailbone are still useful, here is just an example."

Yuan Qiong continued: "The principle of the miracle is probably that the sea ghost stimulates the original magnetic field in the human body through its own electrical signal, so that people can also have a sense of intimacy and connection between sea ghosts through the sea magnetic field. ...communicating emotions and feelings, it's like opening a port on something in your body."

"Break the boundary, live in harmony and coexistence." Lou Yue asked Shi Xun: "By the way, do you think this is very similar to those preachers in the second ring?"

Shi Xun: "I heard people from the tenth team say these things. They were very popular in the third ring road before. It is said that Xu Pei'er went there as an informant. Could it be that these preachers got this kind of knowledge from the 'miracle'? A sense of relief, so you spare no effort to believe in sea ghosts and do things for them?"

Yuan Qiong said: "It is very possible. The preacher you are talking about should be Gong Xiao. He used to organize a Ginkgo Road Mutual Aid Association in the Third Ring Road. He used ginkgo leaves as invitations to invite people to join the association and fulfill each other's wishes. In his opinion , before all human beings can obtain miracles, this kind of mutual assistance is the way to get as close as possible to his ideal society.”

"So, he is still an idealist, wanting to create a utopia without interpersonal harm?" Lou Yue said.

"Not exactly. On the one hand, this association is to satisfy this part of his wish. On the other hand, it is to facilitate secret experiments. My research group was forcibly suspended and handed in the experimental results back then. The city lord assigned them to Gong Xiao’s companions were secretly executed, and Gong Xiao was responsible for finding and assisting them.”

Shi Xun: "Take away our research results, kill us, and continue to study. Isn't it superfluous?"

"Because the new experiment is the real anti-humanism, the city owner knows that we will not agree to do it, and may even expose it to the public." The accomplices made profits during the experiment, and traded members' bodies to rich people who wanted to live again. The ultimate goal of the research is to gradually increase the number of fusion people, and it will be dominated by the will of a specific person."

"It's like a host controlling many terminals at the same time?" Shi Xun asked, "But why do you want to do this, the city owner itself has the highest power."

"Gong Xiao doesn't know the specific reason. He only knows that the existing human physiological characteristics determine the social characteristics, and the aggregated human groups can only accumulate stupidity instead of wisdom, just like the several large-scale riots since the city was founded. Too much The social experience that one plus one is less than one and his own experience made him disappointed with this social model. And in his view, the city owner is a very compassionate person, and he is doing something for the future of all mankind. The things that everyone will object to are doing things that you know you can’t do.”

Lou Yue snorted coldly: "Standing on a safe height and looking down at the commander, he only has compassion for all human beings, and sacrifices the lives of individual people at will. It is indeed easy to be great."

"Wait, these memories are too trivial. I suddenly thought of a very important question, so I have to say it quickly. The talisman reagent can detect parasitic sea ghosts, but it can't detect people whose minds are controlled. Gong Xiao seems to have sent A man named Sun Er approached the special operations team, and wanted to take advantage of a captain's wedding banquet to find the team members who were alone to inject the puppet virus as an internal response. The experimental conditions were limited, so he only made the injection type, in order to ensure the hit rate "Yuan Qiong rested for a while, and continued to speak with difficulty, "But when Sun Er completed the task and reported to him, he might have been attacked by a sparrow flying out of the pond, so he didn't know until the time his blood was drawn. who's that person."

After Yuan Qiong finished speaking, he closed his eyes tiredly and fell into a deep sleep.The remaining half bottle of injection was about to run out, so Shi Xun and Lou Yue got up quickly and went to the doctor to pull out the needle.

The originally pitch-black night outside the window was diluted, revealing fish-belly indistinctly.It was almost dawn.

When Ran Yu opened his eyes, he saw the faint sky light outside the window.Underneath was the familiar bed, which seemed to have not been changed for a long time, exuding a stale and damp smell.Next to it is the desk and bookshelf that he made by himself, and on the opposite wall is a wall clock that will spit out a bird to tell the time.This is the place where Ran Yu had been living before entering the city, but this time he no longer felt it through the connection.The texture of the bed sheet in his palm, the pain in his shoulder and neck, and the limp feeling after being injected with stun drugs reminded him that he was indeed back here.

There was a sound of footsteps outside the room, and Ran Qiuji pulled on the cloth slippers, handed a bag of bread from a small warehouse to Ran Yu, and said, "Long time no see, brother, this time I finally really see you."

"Why did you bring me here?"

"What do you think?" Ran Qiu propped up his hands, and sat on the desk, swinging his thin legs casually, "The big liar who didn't keep his promise made me hungry for a long time. I can't keep you in the crowd."

"What deal did you reach with the city lord?"

Ran Qiu didn't answer, but asked instead, "Are you going to climb a mountain?"

"I don't want to go."

"Okay, can we finish breakfast in 5 minutes?" Ran Qiu glanced at Ran Yu's dirty clothes, which were covered with mottled green blood, "You still need to change, so let's leave in 10 minutes."