God of unknown origin, please don't ask [criminal investigation]

Under the gray-blue dim light, one could vaguely see the creature in the cage slamming against the iron railing with all its strength, and there was a low whimpering sound in its throat, as if it couldn't wait to escape from here.

Wen Xichun frowned, raised his flashlight and shot it into the nearest cage——

He suddenly widened his eyes, and his pupils dilated instantly.

Guessed wrong, what is in the cage is not a wild animal unknown creature, but a living... people.

They are still wearing their own school uniforms. They look like they should be students. They are so dirty that they can no longer be seen. Their hair is knotted and stuck to their faces, and their black fingers are tightly grasping the cage. , Pairs of eyes with strong expectation were glued to Wen Xichun's body.

But the strange thing is that they didn't say a word, they just kept whimpering.

Wen Xichun hurried over, walked to one of the cages, groped for a while, and found that the exit was locked with iron chains.And the girl in the cage, as if seeing a savior, sobbed as if she was telling Wen Xichun something, and slammed into the cage with her body forcefully.

"Don't worry, I'll find a way to get you out right away." Wen Xichun tried to pull off the iron chain, but found that he couldn't pull it off at all.

He took out a police gun from his pocket, and said to the girl in the cage, "Cover your ears."

After all, he pulled the trigger, and the bullet flew out of the gun chamber, directly hitting the big lock on the iron chain.

There was a loud "bang", and the girl in the cage was also frightened. She jumped up and quickly curled up and hid in the corner.

Wen Xichun manually pulled the iron chain, removed the broken lock, and threw it aside.

But the moment his hand touched the cage door——

"Are you sure you want to open the cage?"

The emotionless and treacherous voice that seemed to have been processed by the AI ​​resounded in the air.

Wen Xichun's hand stopped suddenly, he raised his head and looked around, and found a stereo in the corner of the ceiling above his head.

It seems that this mysterious person has installed monitoring equipment inside, watching his every move.

"I don't need to negotiate terms with you. As a policeman, I only do what I think is right." Wen Xichun was really tired of being led by the nose by such a person hiding in the dark, so he simply reached out and opened the door. cage door.

The girl inside looked at him timidly, trembling uncontrollably.

"You don't have much patience." The man laughed provocatively.

"But right now, you have to make a choice, 'one?' or 'one? Hundred.'"

Wen Xichun didn't know why, one or one hundred?What does it mean?.

All of a sudden, he thought that he had received a message from Wen Xiyuan before, and the content of the message was only a single "one?". Could it have something to do with the choice the mysterious person said.

Just as he lowered his head to meditate, suddenly there was a strange sound above his head. Accompanied by a slight shock, the ceiling above his head suddenly opened slowly to both sides, and a faintly hidden figure appeared in the dark room. A light blue light.

Immediately, a cylindrical glass cover about two meters high slowly fell from the black hole.

When he saw clearly what was in the glass cover, strange and complicated emotions flooded like a tsunami.

if--

How do you feel when you see a dear relative who has been dead for many years standing in front of you alive again?

"Yuan... Yuanyuan." Wen Xichun muttered in disbelief.

The glass cover was as smooth as ice, revealing Wen Xiyuan's bright and charming face.

She opened her eyes wide, and her eyes were full of horror, but after seeing Wen Xichun, her body suddenly jumped forward, her hands were tightly pressed on the glass cover, and her mouth opened and closed as if in harmony with Wen Xichun. What did Xi Chun say?

But because she was locked in a glass cover, Wen Xichun couldn't hear what she was saying at all.

But the glass dome was still falling slowly, falling from the roof until the bottom of the dome brushed the water level in the hole in the ground below.

"In 3 minutes?, the glass cover will be filled with? water. At that time, your sister will only be left in it, struggling in pain and finally? suffocating to death. Think about it, 'one?' or' One? One hundred', the decision is yours."

In a daze, looking at Wen Xiyuan who was desperately asking for help in the glass cover, and looking at the miserable students in that circle of cages, Wen Xichun suddenly understood the so-called "one" and "one hundred". What exactly does that mean?.

Among Wen Xiyuan and these hundreds of innocent students, I can only choose to save one of them, and the other will walk on another road without turning back because of my choice.

A little bit of water had already seeped into the glass cover, and a thin layer of water was brushing against Wen Xiyuan's ankle.

She looked like she was nervous, with her hands clasping the inner glass wall, her feet helplessly pacing back and forth.

Seeing Wen Xiyuan's face again after many years, there is only an unreal sense of emptiness, just like a dream, and I can stay awake at all times in the dream, constantly telling myself that what is in front of me is an illusion, don't be fascinated by it mind.

But seeing her face, that kind of conditioned reflexive longing still came without a trace.

There are innocent students on the one hand, and the younger sister on the other, but there is only one answer.

Wen Xichun clenched his hands tightly, his fingertips deeply embedded in his palm.

If... just if, she chooses Wen Xiyuan, then in the real world, she will change her life against the sky and live again?

But even if this is the case, what kind of fate will the hundred or so students in the cage face?

Wen Xichun was very unwilling, unwilling to be led by the nose by a mysterious person who hadn't shown his face the whole time.

He looked at Wen Xiyuan who was panicked in the glass cover, and at the students in the cage who were full of expectations for him.

The water level in the glass cover was still rising slowly, and it had already submerged Wen Xiyuan's ankle, and was going up her little leg.

Through the glass cover, one can vaguely see the simple syllables of Wen Xiyuan's opening and closing mouth:

"elder brother."

"You're running out of time." The weird tone sounded again, full of sarcasm.

No, you can't give up so soon.

Wen Xichun put away his gun, turned around and ran out suddenly.

All your cages and glass covers must have switches controlled by electric circuits. From the structure of the entire orphanage, the main control room should be above the underground hole, because the ground is cold @燕@儿@赛@ Too much water is stored in the raccoon hole, and the circuit is easily corroded.

After going out the door, there was a dark and narrow staircase on the right hand side. Wen Xichun turned on the light and took a look. The floor looked clean, and there were some traces of footprints, although judging from the size of the footprints... It looks like it's not an adult man, but a slender woman, but as long as the above engraving passes, then it's worth a try.

Wen Xichun went upstairs in three steps, and immediately there was a wooden door painted with blue paint. The traces of being burned by the fire were very obvious. The blue paint was mottled and cracked. The door lock looks like it is indeed the style of the lock handle many years ago.

He raised his police gun and pressed the trigger on the door lock without hesitation.

The wooden door makes an unpleasant "squeak", and there should be a spring device installed on the back, so it can open automatically without external interference.

In the dark room, a TV-sized display is emitting a strange green light, and the display on the screen is exactly the scene in the cave.

The hundreds of iron cages, including the cylindrical glass cover above the water storage hole, everything can be seen in a panoramic view.

On one side of the display is an old-fashioned tape recorder, and the number on the display card in the middle flashes one after another, indicating that the tape recorder is running.

Wen Xichun was stunned for a moment, and a strange thought suddenly flashed through his head.

He picked up the radio, looked at it, and pressed the ? Repeat button:

"You're running out of time."

Exactly the same sentence as before.

Could it be that from the moment I entered the underground cave, the prompts played were only recorded in advance?

If this is the case, how could this mysterious person guess his own mind?, and play the recording at the right time.

There is only one possibility: this mysterious person knows himself very well.

Maybe...it's the people around me who get along with me day and night.

Wen Xichun suddenly widened his eyes and turned to the display screen.

On the screen, the huge glass cover carrying Wen Xiyuan can be seen very clearly, including the change of Wen Xiyuan's expression inside.

She was no longer at a loss as before, she was so calm and frightening, to the point that she suddenly raised her head and her gaze fell somewhere.

And at this moment, Wen Xichun's gaze met that of Zhong Xiyuan on the screen...

She looked at the screen and met Wen Xichun's eyes, but the corners of her mouth suddenly curled up in a strange way.

Like laughing.

A chill rushed from the soles of his feet to his forehead, and Wen Xichun couldn't even move.

The water level of the glass cover was still rising, and it had already reached Wen Xiyuan's chest.

Wen Xichun stared blankly, but also a little confused? He looked into his sister's eyes on the screen.

These eyes are always full of love for themselves.

In my mind, I suddenly remembered the words that the girl once said seriously to myself:

"Brother, no matter what you want to do, I will support you unconditionally."

It turned out that the two little people, a man and a woman, were drawn on the note she left behind. The man was not the classmate she had a crush on or liked, but herself.

"Batta, Batta—"

Suddenly, crisp footsteps sounded behind him.

Wen Xichun immediately looked back vigilantly.

In sight, there was an unexpected face.

"At the beginning, Wen Xiyuan didn't wait for you, so she chose to buy a murderer to kill herself. She thought that maybe only the pain of bereavement can help you realize your dream, but you are still too young to find She left a note of ?, and her murderer could not be found."

In the darkness, the tall figure was getting closer and closer, and the face that was indistinguishable from Yao Jingrong stood in front of him with a strange identity.

Wen Xichun never thought about it, and Yun Muyao knew about this matter a long time ago.

And, very likely, he is also one of the people who was brought into the world of the book.

Yun Muyao smiled treacherously: "Everyone, including that fool who regards you as his life, also gave up the most important thing for you. I thought that you were a sensible person, and I thought that you could simply do it this time. Where? Made? A choice, unthinkable, you are still just a waste of indecision."

"What do you mean?" Wen Xichun lowered his voice, his eyes were cold.

"Aren't you curious what Yao Jingrong did during the years when he disappeared?"

Wen Xichun gritted his teeth, and quietly pulled down the safety catch of the police gun with his fingers.

"Don't worry about it, that kind of weapon can't cause any harm to me. The things created by human beings can't hurt a god who overlooks everything."

The arc of Yun Muyao's mouth widened: "But for Yao Jingrong, who was once a god, but was punished by falling into the sky and turned into a human, that's a different story."

His breathing suddenly became stagnant.

Wen Xichun carefully chewed his words.

That is to say, the current Yao Jingrong is just an ordinary human being?

"It's been a long time since Wen Xiyuan passed away. Because you couldn't get out of the shadow she brought you, you were always in a daze and made yourself look like a ghost. Yao Jingrong stubbornly believed that , as long as you can revive Wen Xiyuan, you can get out of the shadow and become a normal person. So he gave up the position of God and asked the Lord God for a chance to revive Wen Xiyuan, but he seemed to have forgotten that human beings , the only thing that cannot be changed is nature.”

Yun Muyao pursed his lips and pointed at Wen Xiyuan on the screen:

"So? This girl seems to be posing a problem for you again."

"But you still have only one choice this time, and the students locked in the cage don't represent themselves, but all those around you who are trying to make things right for you, including Yao Jingrong."

"The reason for the existence of evil gods is to fulfill the dirty wishes of human beings. If they can't be fulfilled, there will only be one ending. I don't need to explain it clearly, but you should understand it."

I understand, of course I understand. What he said was nothing more than telling himself that Yao Jingrong gave up the god position in exchange for him? The chance to revive Wen Xiyuan, but at the same time, he must also consider that if he chooses Wen Xiyuan, then Yao Jingrong The ending is just as Yun Muyao said.

Maybe we will never see each other forever.

So instead of one dollar and one hundred, one dollar and one hundred.

Wen Xiyuan and Yao Jingrong.