implication [end times]

[Ran Yu's 30th letter to Hem] (excerpt)

I think I can understand the sense of confusion you are talking about. For a long time, I have been similar. I feel like a big mess. Countless inexplicable emotions bind me in the middle, and I can't breathe.At that time, I kept thinking about a question over and over every day. Are people born to suffer?

When my parents were still there, I went hunting or training with my father in the wild, and almost every time I came back with an injury. My mother treated my wound carefully and told me to be strong, which is necessary in order to survive.After I grew up, my thoughts changed, so I asked her, if she was in so much pain every day, why did she live, was it just to meet the new pain.Because maybe something good is going to happen, Mom said.I asked, what is a good thing.Mom said that for her and Dad, I was just a good thing that just popped into their lives.There are other things, such as the weather on a certain day is very good and the scenery is beautiful, such as a certain time when I went out to look for food, I was lucky and did not encounter danger, and the potatoes and tomatoes grown in the yard were bigger than usual.I asked her, but to live you must be hurt, but good things can only happen.Is it worth it?Mom thought about it and said it was worth it.

She has a red string necklace with some pretty beads on it.She slid the two beads away along the red rope, and said, when walking in the middle, just think about the beads in front, and then think about the beads behind, and then you can walk down.It was a long time later, that is, recently, that I figured out what my mother meant, that I live to chase the moments when good things happen, to meet the next shining pearl, and to live for those pearls I already have.

The memories my parents left me, many letters you sent are my beautiful beads.This idea of ​​beads can make a little fun, so I thought I'd share it with you, and maybe we can find new beautiful beads together when we meet in the future.

The day of the entrance examination is getting closer and closer, and the signal outside is getting worse and worse. The Minghui Radio Station I mentioned to you before seems to have stopped broadcasting recently. I don’t know if the new program can be listened to in the city.I still remember that he talked about science fiction in the last episode, and he mentioned an article called Solaris, which sounds very interesting. Have you heard that episode?I think the anchor's analysis and expansion are quite good. Anyway, when he told the story, I didn't realize that there was so much attention to it.

By the way, English is really difficult to learn.I don't understand why such a language that is not used in daily life is required to be tested.Even if some ancient documents are in English after entering the city, but I don't do scientific research, why should I learn this?Oh yes, it seems that there are a lot of English words in everyday language, which is a problem left over from history, anyway, this test is too difficult.

……

I seem to be the same as you. I am more and more used to writing letters as diaries, and I can write all kinds of messy trivia.I ran out of letter paper again, so let's write here first this time.

good luck.

When the scorching sun at noon scorched the window panes, Lou Yue, who was sitting by the window, suddenly felt a throbbing pain in his head, as if a steel needle was churning in his brain.He pinched his temples hard, but it didn't relieve him a bit.

Yan Ai asked with concern: "How long have you been spinning? Do you want to take a break?"

"It's okay, go ahead and talk about your new discovery."

If Lou Yue's lips were not so pale and chapped at this time, and his hands were not trembling slightly uncontrollably, Yan Aixing might still believe his nonsense that he was "all right".

She didn't insist on asking, and continued to talk about the purpose of finding Lou Yue: "I was wondering if the connection between the sea ghosts and the connection between Ran Yu and the sea ghost are the same thing. In fact, until now , our definition of connection is still very unclear. It can be said that it is a special kind of wireless bioelectric signal, but Shi Xun has ventured to collect the signal many times, but he can't find a pattern, and there is no way to simulate it. In addition, the scientific research institute Another batch of top-secret information was released. Some team members told me that before the city was built, Ran Yu’s grandparents were engaged in research on sea ghost virus and were infected during pregnancy, and they were not discovered until after giving birth. I think this can help Explain the connection between Ran Yu and the sea ghost."

"During that time, she was not found to have any problems?"

"No. We mentioned before that it was the few cases where she was briefly connected with sea ghosts, but at that time I didn't know her relationship with Ran Yu, nor did I know that the virus had such a long incubation period."

Lou Yue said: "You are within the scope of secrecy, but those who know will closely monitor the offspring of the infected, and they will live a more depressed and restrained life than others. But at that time, research on sea ghosts declined, and almost no one believed that sea ghosts The ghost will reappear, so Ran Yu's parents' request to leave the city was approved."

"That's right. At that time, the v-point allocation of the scientific research institute was also in short supply. The administrative leader in charge of approval felt that their contribution was not enough, and wanted to make room for newcomers who could endure hardship and work hard." Speaking of this, Yan Ai couldn't help but sigh, "Also It’s only been a few months, and now it’s like a previous life to mention the v-point system. Originally, everyone took it as their lifeblood, and they couldn’t live without the v-point system.”

"No matter what, it's hard to survive now." Lou Yue added, "We are too passive now, like a nest of ants stuck in a hole, we are dead anyway."

Just as he was talking, Lou Yue's communicator turned on. He glanced at it and said to Yan Ai, "It's just that, I also have a new clue. I don't know if it will be useful to you. The pastry that followed Gong Xiao that Shi Xun said Shopkeeper Asong, he has a twin brother who voluntarily went out of the city to prepare for the exam last year, but there has been no news since then. I showed He Rongsheng the file photo, and that person is the sea ghost who has been pretending to be Ran Yu's brother."

Yan Ai pondered for a while, and said, "So it's not unreasonable for sea ghosts to have a cross-species connection through Asong. Have you ever heard of the 'telepathy' between twins?"

"I heard that you set fire to half of the experimental materials that had failed before, and you were almost arrested by Lao Wei for arson." Lou Yue said, "Now I can't hold back anymore and started to study metaphysics?"

"No more headache?" Yan Ai said, "What a pity."

Yan Ai's face remained unchanged: "There are too many failures, and people sometimes lose control of their emotions. Recently, I have always felt that the research on sea ghosts cannot always stay at the physical and biological level... Maybe you are right, it is closer to metaphysics. There may be an induction or relationship between parents and children, between people who are related by blood, between lovers and friends, and even strangers, which cannot be explained by science at present, and creatures like sea ghosts can amplify this kind of thing , and even as an efficient means of communication instead of language. From this perspective, I have to admit their evolutionary advantage."

"Evolutionary advantage?"

"Language helps us think and express, but it can also imprison our thoughts." Yan Ai said, "Human's way of thinking can be reshaped by language. In a sense, this is anti-customer. But sea ghosts are different. They You can be the master of consciousness from beginning to end."

Lou Yue's thoughts seemed to be still stuck in the last conversation, he asked: "Is there such a close connection between people?"

"Maybe, it depends on the situation." Yan Ai said, "Actually, it's easy to understand if we put aside science and talk about feelings. Some people live together intimately every day, but seem to be far away. Some people are always parting , but they seem to be together forever.”

Lou Yue lost his mind for a moment, Yan Ai quickly got down to business, and asked, "How do you plan to inquire about the sea magnetic field and the Leitu system? Can sit still."

"So I plan to start with the deputy city lord."

Yan Ai: "Li Jing is no less difficult than Lou Yi."

"Do you know who told me where Ran Yu is?" Lou Yue said, "It's Li Shuxiu."

Yan Ai: "You mean, the deputy city lord's son is not ready to serve the city lord?"

"You also guessed that he is the owner of the city?"

"Xiangxiang told me once that he got close to Li Shuxiu recently and thought he was a very contradictory person. However, sometimes I felt that he was acting too much, and sometimes I felt that he was really naive. imagine."

"There is no one who is not contradictory." Lou Yue said, "As long as it can be used."

As soon as he talked about Xiang Anxiang, he called Lou Yue, saying that the telegraph machine in the office of the Yihuan Inspectorate Team had received a very short telegram, with no beginning and no end, only one English word.A technical colleague said it was sent from outside the city.

Living people outside the city who know the frequency of the telegraph in the office of the Inspectorate.

Lou Yue and Yan Ai asked at the same time: "Ran Yu?"

Ran Yu tugged at the red rope around his neck, and the pearl hanging from the rope was white, round and quite heavy, just hanging down to the center of his collarbone.The sun was getting stronger and stronger, and the weeds and seaweed in the crevices of the stones were wilted. Ran Qiu finally had enough sun, and waved to Ran Yu: "Let's go down the mountain."

On the way down the mountain, there was obviously no wind, but the leaves on the side of the road swayed slightly.The slender sea calamus under the tree swayed softly and bonelessly, hooking Ran Yu's ankle several times.Just as Ran Yu was about to lift his foot to tear it off, they retracted and shook the leaves as if playing.

Ran Qiu still walked briskly in front, and Ran Yu followed behind, his thoughts were heavy, but he had to distract himself in time to avoid being discovered.

After experiencing miracles and recovering his vague memory, Ran Yu can clearly feel that his connection with Ran Qiu is getting stronger and stronger.Ran Yu had some vague guesses about creatures like sea ghosts.

According to what Shi Xun told him before, he is connected with Ran Qiu.Through this connection, Ran Qiu can use all of Ran Yu's senses, feel all emotional fluctuations, and even simultaneously perceive a part of the processed thoughts that can be directly expressed in language—the fragmented thoughts that can be processed into a complete language in the future become the ones that slip through the net Fish is also the only private territory that Ran Yu can keep at present.

Ran Qiu can directly link to Ran Yu.However, the end of the connection that Ran Yu perceives is not just a Ran Qiu.

Just like the dream that Ran Yu had many times before, he changed from a small fish to a big fish, an unknown sea creature, and even an ocean wave.He can see the same coral from many angles at the same time, and he can also feel that he is eating or being eaten by other things at the same time, just like the left hand hits the right hand, and the pain of both hands is superimposed on one place.Later, Ran Yu tried to use the connected end like his own body, but unfortunately he could only use a very small part of it with all his strength—so he could only control the actions of a very few sea ghosts , cannot affect the whole.And once he takes action, he will definitely be discovered by Ran Qiu.

Ran Yu didn't know if his guess was right. He didn't understand science, but he believed that someone would understand.

At Captain Ding's wedding banquet earlier, Ran Yu had the opportunity to chat with Yan Ai about sea ghosts through Huatou.Fortunately, it was a natural conversation, so Ran Qiu didn't find the information he buried in the words.But the bad thing was that it was so natural that it was too obscure, and it was difficult for Yan Ai and Lou Yue to guess.Later, he went to help arrange the venue, accidentally discovered and controlled a fish jumping out of the water and saw the sign by the pond, and then there was a tense battle, and he was sent out of the city without finding a suitable opportunity.

Ran Qiu suddenly stopped in front of him.

Ran Yu quickly emptied his mind, staring at the sea calamus on the side of the road, thinking whether the width of its leaves was related to the air humidity.

Ran Qiu asked: "There is an abandoned car here, there may be food, should you go and have a look?"

Ran Yu saw that there was indeed a car parked on the dirt road halfway up the mountain. It looked familiar, like a large truck from the post office on a mission.However, the car body seems to have been attacked by a group of mutated beasts, and it has been severely damaged, with all the glass shattered.The outside of the car was stained with a lot of half-dried blood, and a strong smell of blood wafted over. It seemed that the people in the car had died.

Ran Qiu nimbly jumped into the car with a few steps, got into the rear compartment, and then exclaimed like a mouse in a rice jar: "There's so much to eat! What do you want to eat? Canned meat or candy?"

"It's all right."

Hearing Ran Qiu's inquiry, Ran Yu found a small wireless telegraph under the passenger seat at the front of the truck, and beside it was a piece of draft paper written in Morse code converted from Chinese characters. The original text is "Sheng, We are fine, don't read it." I don't know if this telegram was successfully sent.The seat of the car was soaked with blood, and some bones and flesh remained. A work permit fell under the seat. Ran Yu glanced at it and recognized He Rongsheng's family members.

Ran Qiu was still looking for things in the rear compartment.Ran Yu glanced at the telegraph. The machine was in good condition, and the communication status seemed to be normal. He didn't have time to dawdle. After adjusting the frequency, he quickly converted letters and Morse codes in his mind, typing quickly.

s, o, l, a, r...

The sense of urgency made his spirit too concentrated, his mind was hot, but his hands and feet were cold.

Just as Ran Yu finished typing the code corresponding to the fifth letter, a huge mutant wolf's head suddenly appeared outside the car window with only an empty frame, opened its mouth wide, and bit the telegraph into pieces.

At the same time, a small hand moved from behind Ran Yu to the front, stroking the wolf's head.The mutated wolf grinned with a howl, exposing the fangs that still had flesh and blood, then turned around and ran into the woods.

Ran Qiu's voice came from behind, and it was so gloomy that it made Ran Yu's back feel cold.

"What are you doing, brother?"

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The author has something to say:

sudden appearance! (Just want to put your hands on your hips, then put down your paws guiltily)

Humblely scratching his head.