Absolute Persona [Unlimited]

Zhong Xun saw Jiang Jian expressing the emotion that should be called hatred with his indifferent and peaceful face, and leaned over to hug him, with the palm of his hand gently smoothing his hair behind his head.

He couldn't figure it out, Jiang Fan was obviously not much older than Jiang Jian, how could he be so cruel to get rid of such a murderous hand?

Once the perpetrator committed crimes, he disappeared without a trace, but his Jiang Jian spent more than 20 years to heal his psychological shadow.

Afraid of cold and weak, because he hates the feeling of shortness of breath, he is extremely resistant to long-distance running and various sports, and he has symptoms of cleanliness since he was first brought to the electronic city, curled up in sleep and restless expression ...

It all started with that afternoon nap that didn't end well.

"I don't know if they put those materials into practice, but I should be normal." Jiang Jian leaned on Zhong Xun's chest, with a muffled voice, "I don't know if you have seen it, but I got it from Bureau Shen After collecting these materials, I made a special trip to find my adoptive father, and he said, I have been tested.”

Zhong Xun recalled that he looked back over the past 20 years of Jiang Jian. Since He Minzhi adopted him, he has always had regular physical examinations.However, listening to the conversation between him and his adoptive father from Jiang Jian's main perspective seemed to be a riddle throughout the whole process. He had to admit that he didn't fully understand it when he went back.

"To be honest, I'm too busy watching you work so desperately that it's too late for me to feel distressed."

Zhong Xun argued in a low voice, and hugged Jiang Jian a little tighter as he spoke.

"Then let me make a long story short and review the situation on my side." Jiang Jian slightly raised the corners of her mouth, allowing Zhong Xun to act recklessly, "Just say it once, and no arguments are allowed."

Zhong Xun: "..."

Does he look like ETC?

"After you disappeared, I got all the videos and materials of Jiang Fan's haunts from Bureau Shen, and integrated the time, place, archived surveillance, and files collected by the Department of Disorder before and after his appearance. , trying to find some clues. From the time point of view, there is no pattern. After screening surveillance videos on a large scale and conducting facial recognition comparisons, it is found that the places where he haunts are places with complex population structures and relatively chaotic public security, but different provinces and cities The hospital and its surroundings are indeed places where he frequents."

Having said that, Jiang Jian suddenly stopped.

He thought of what he had seen in previous shows, whether it was Huang Weiwei or Lin Tang, they had seen Jiang Fan, the so-called "grey coat man" who looked very similar to him.

"We made portraits of the people he came into contact with. Basically, they were those with simple family structures, frustrated life and nowhere to go, suffering from illnesses that could not be cured or had no money to treat them. At that time, I couldn't understand the relationship between these groups of people. Thinking about it now, he brought all these people to this world."

Some people have become guests, and some people stick to a certain program world and don't know when it will be.

He leaned against Zhong Xun's arms and couldn't see his expression, but he could clearly feel Zhong Xun's movements slightly paused.

Jiang Jian has gradually become familiar with Zhong Xun's body language, which is a subconscious movement when he hesitates to speak.

He wanted to say something, but didn't know how to say it.

Undoubtedly, Zhong Xun has a lot of things hidden in his heart, he is unwilling or unable to say, all of which make him in a dilemma and make him anxious.

He just didn't want to see Zhong Xun in such pain.

Jiang Jian sighed, and continued: "During this period, Bureau Shen sent another team to the north, and I was in charge of remotely directing the deduction."

Zhong Xun responded in a low voice.

"Although the direction of the location left in the recorder before Shen Li's disappearance is different from ours, when we searched, although we searched for him in the direction of his disappearance point, the intersection of the extension line of Shen Li's moving route and us, but later The directions of the seismic sources surveyed are almost the same."

Hearing this, Zhong Xun let go of Jiang Jian, and his eyes lit up slightly.

In Jiang Jian's memory retrospective, the days after he disappeared passed quickly. The more he felt sorry for Jiang Jian's endless work, the less details were shown to him during the retrospective, as if the playback was doubled and missed. Jiang Jian's many survey results this year.

Jiang Jian saw that Zhong Xun's expression gradually returned to normal, and his eyes became softer.

"We found a small hole near the epicenter. The diameter of the hole is so small that it is impossible to pass through. Many detection equipment were changed at the scene, but they were not able to enter the deepest point, so a large part of the follow-up investigation was focused on this. "

Whether it is replacing or customizing equipment, or stepping up surveys and surveys of the surrounding environment before winter comes and the mountains are not closed by heavy snow, everything is proceeding step by step.

Even if he disappears inexplicably, as long as there is a clear direction for the investigation, the Abnormal Department will not be affected in any way.

Especially when recalling Zhong Xun's memory, he inadvertently noticed that Jiang Fan's gray coat also appeared in that forest, and he felt more and more that his direction was correct.

"Your direction is not wrong."

Zhong Xun, who had been silent for a long time, finally spoke.

Jiang Jian watched him lick his lips subconsciously, as if he was considering how to speak, and unconsciously held his breath.

"The world we live in and the world of the show...to be precise, the world where the studio is located, are connected. It may be connected in a strange way. The hole you mentioned is probably the connection point .”

"Wait a moment."

It was the first time Jiang Jian heard that Zhong Xun was willing to tell the secrets he knew, like a curious baby, unwilling to let go of even a single detail.

He turned around, lit up a screen randomly, and shorthanded his words in a way that only he could understand.

"Is there any difference between the world where the studio center is located and the program world?" Jiang Jian asked.

Zhong Xun thought for a while, and said in Jiang Jian's usual way of understanding: "Assuming that the α world is the world we are originally in, and the β world is the world where the studio center is located, then these program worlds are β', and each program world is parallel to each other. They do not interfere with each other, and are connected to the β world. Only those with guest status or high-level management authority can freely travel to and from it."

"That is to say, the entire program is built on the β world where the studio center is located and the β' world composed of various programs. Well, Lin Tang and Huang Weiwei should belong to... and can only be spent in one of the program worlds The rest of my life?"

"Yes." Zhong Xun said, "The so-called program group is actually a complete system composed of multiple systems acting on the β and β' worlds. The coming and going of guests is controlled by the operating system of the entire program." .”

Jiang Jian understood, and his fingertips drew another blank area.

The experience of this period of time quickly flipped through his mind, he drew a simple tree structure, and said: "If I am not mistaken, the guests' recording system, memory shielding system, program world distribution system, and the game mechanism of the studio center , I’m afraid they are independent and interoperable with each other, right?”

Said, Jiang Jian glanced out.

Tang Yin himself must have undertaken important work related to these systems before he was demoted to the small bar of the studio center.

"I don't know about this part. The old man seldom talks about himself." Zhong Xun shook his head.

"Since the β and β' worlds can go back and forth, can we also go back and forth between us and the original world, just like Jiang Fan brought you here?"

He was writing and drawing, but Zhong Xun was silent, and looked up suspiciously, meeting Zhong Xun's dignified gaze.

"People who become part of the program, such as Lin Tang, completely lose the qualification to return to the β world; guests who have personal settings, although they can go back and forth between the show and the studio, they are also under the domination. Here they can freely go back and forth Of these three worlds, there is only one person."

"Jiang Fan?"

"Now...it should be him."

Now?Why now?

Jiang Jian frowned, expressing her incomprehension of Zhong Xun's words.

He looked at Zhong Xun, and found that the man who had always been rebellious in front of him was a little dazed.

He soon realized that Zhong Xun was sorting out the mixed memories that came flooding in and had been shielded for a long time.

"Or, let's start thinking back when he brought you here." Jiang Jian decided to help him, and guided softly, "I saw the surveillance at that time, and you didn't even have time to resist. You were taken away by him directly. From the α world to the β world, right? After you came here, there was no... counterattack?"

Zhong Xun seemed to hear some teasing from Jiang Jian's tone.

After his partner became enlightened in understanding emotions, he seemed to have grown up in an instant, his wings became stiff, and he dared to make fun of him.

He snorted softly, and said truthfully, "When I woke up in the beta world, I was tied to a tree."

Jiang Jian was slightly taken aback: "Trees?"

"That tree is tall and big, with a lush canopy, and it grows in the beta world. The tall tower in the studio center is actually hollow, and the tree is in the middle of it."

Zhong Xun's voice was deep and deep, his eyes were far away, and the images of that day gradually emerged from his mind.

He woke up faintly, and found that there was a vast expanse of whiteness in front of him, and he was tied to a huge tree, and vines climbed up from the roots of the tree, strangling him tightly.

The waking time was very short, and soon a piercing pain came from the top of his head, along the head, spine, and spread to his fingertips and toes, and he passed out almost immediately from the pain.

The moment before he passed out, he held back the pain and looked up, only to find that the source of the pain was just a hanging leaf.

Then he thought he had a long dream.

"It's not so much a dream, it's more like a...simpler and more jumpy memory recall? No, it may be a memory fragment." Zhong Xun scratched his hair and recalled.

He seems to have opened a floodgate full of memories, and each wave comes from a different memory owner.

"I can't see their specific appearance, but everyone has something in common with me." Zhong Xun paused, and said word by word, "They have all experienced cramps and ticks on this tree just like me. bone pain."

Jiang Jian tilted her head: "It means that this tree has the remaining memories of other victims, and when it inflicted pain on you, even the memories were passed on to you?"

"not quite."

Zhong Xun shook his head, the black hair from the top of his hair was hanging down in front of Jiang Jian's eyes, and his eyes were filled with pain as the memories gradually plumped up.

Jiang Jian raised his hand and grabbed Zhong Xun's wrist.

The knuckles went down his wrist, bit by bit, he opened the fist that was hanging by his side, clenched tightly at some point, and pressed the heel of the palm against his, and then the fingers fell on Zhong Xun's fingers one by one. seam.

"If not, what is it?"

He guided him softly, and there was a hint of bewitchment in his soothing voice, which made Jiang Jian inexplicably have the illusion that he was coercing a good family.

Zhong Xun's eyes were deep, and he lowered his head against Jiang Jian's forehead, avoiding his gaze.

"This tree is the core of the entire β world, including the program world, to maintain normal operation, and the tree, which takes people's spirit as nourishment, continues to exist by grabbing people's spiritual power. We who provide the tree with spiritual power are equivalent to its Host."

Those fragmented memories come from the previous hosts of the tree.

"So, the stability of the β world where the studio center is located and the program world depends on that tree. Now the host of this tree is you. No wonder your mood swings will affect the program weather."

The doubt in Jiang Jian's heart was finally revealed the tip of the iceberg.

He tilted his head and looked at the dejected Zhong Xun, "Jiang Fan made you the host of the tree without authorization. It's his business. I won't blame you. What are you worried about?"

Zhong Xun was silent.

After a while, he opened his lips and said, "When people are alive, the tree lives; when people die, the tree dies."

Jiang Jian was shocked.

"When the host is fully integrated with the tree, the host can freely travel to and from various worlds, but at the same time, the lifespan is also closely related to the tree. The longer the time away from the tree, the greater the mental power that needs to be provided to the tree. When the mental power is exhausted, the tree People will die, and the whole world will also collapse. Therefore, the best way to destroy this world is——

"Me, self-destruct."

Zhong Xun found that once some words were spoken, those worries disappeared without a trace.

There is a sense of broken cans and broken pieces in it.

When those words were spoken by him calmly, Jiang Jian instantly thought of the exhaustion on Zhong Xun's spirit sharing.

He grasped the subtle details in Zhong Xun's previous words: "You said just now that you are still Jiang Fan...meaning, you are now parasitized by that tree, but you have not fully integrated?"

"Because I was not persuaded by Jiang Fan to come here, in fact, my subconscious has been resisting the fusion with the tree."

"But the process of integration is always going on, isn't it?" Jiang Jian looked at him worriedly.

The huge waves that were instantly frozen into ice outside the cliff of the ancient castle are the externalization of Zhong Xun's emotions, and it is not a portrayal of him and the tree—the noumenon of these worlds being more and more closely connected.

"Do you know what my personality is?"

The recording system was still crashing at this moment, Zhong Xun changed the subject without hesitation.

Jiang Jian shook his head. From entering the show to now, this is a question he has been observing for a long time but has not figured out.

"Be a perfect host to ensure the stability and order of the program world." Zhong Xun said, "Jiang Fan programmed me into If the number of times I have violated the human settings and received more punishments, he will find a more suitable host for the tree."

To some extent, thanks to the memory shielding system, I have always maintained a vigilant awareness, so I have been resisting the integration of the tree of rebels. "

Jiang Jian was stunned.

The Zhong Xun he knew was someone who wanted to join the Discipline Department regardless of his family's objections.

He has great love in his heart and is by no means a selfish person.

When he leaves that tree and becomes a guest, he will find that in the beta world, there are so many unknown human beings in the world of countless programs.He was not willing to rely on the simplest and crudest way to die.

As long as Zhong Xun decides to save everyone, he has no choice but to live according to the human setting, and even seek skin from the culprit and the tiger in order to explore the deepest secrets of the whole world.

And this fell right into Jiang Fan's arms——

In a short period of time, Zhong Xun will ensure that he will not cause trouble, which will ensure the stability of the tree's vitality.

Zhong Xun, who became a guest on the show, is restricted by the memory shielding system. The more he forgets, the more likely he will forget the option that he can perish with the world.

"Also, when I first participated in the show, I met many 'you'."

At first, he could tell the difference.

And later, no matter the NPC or the guest with the face of "Jiang Jian", there will always be a moment when he feels at a loss, until he is stabbed in the back by a person who looks very much like him.

"I guess that's also Jiang Fan's handwriting."

Zhong Xun had to admit that Jiang Jian knew nothing about emotions, but his elder brother was a master at manipulating people's hearts.

"When I met you, I didn't dare to destroy your place easily. The more cautious I was, the more cautious I lived, the less willing I was to die. What if? What if it was really you? What if I really would met you?"

Jiang Jian was silent.

His good brother may not have expected that he would also come here because of Lao Huang's accidental reward, so he had to use fakes to maintain Zhong Xun's hanging feelings.

He suddenly remembered that when he met Zhong Xun in Qingluan Village, his eyes were full of wariness, and he was jealous of his approaching.

It turned out that it was not all defense.

Perhaps his false self had hurt him a lot.

He put his arms around Zhong Xun, wanting to pat him on the back.

Unexpectedly, he was imprisoned in his arms first, bowed his head and kissed her.

This time, it seems that there is a thunderstorm, different from the mental stimulation in the memory corridor, with uncontrollable strength and entanglement, which is extremely intense.

It doesn't seem to be expressing love, but it seems to be pouring out some unspeakable ailments.

The two breathed together, and after a long time, Jiang Jian heard a man's low voice in his ear.

There were some extremely restrained gasps in the hoarseness.

"When I didn't recover my memory, I was worried that if you were fake, I was also worried that innocent people would be involved. After all, everyone in those counterfeit products will end badly."

"and after?"

"later……"

Later, knowing that you were here, I didn't want to die, and I didn't dare to die.

"You have to find a way to leave here, and I—I, who lived and died with the tree—may only be able to watch you leave in my demise. And another bad and terrible idea sprouted at some point .”

"What is it?"

Jiang Jian looked into Zhong Xun's eyes without moving.

Those eyes were like deep wells, reflecting his appearance.And he himself is the source of that puddle of water, and all Zhong Xun's fragility and anxiety come from him.

"I began to fear that one day, I would lose control of myself and let you stay here with me."

What a keen and inquisitive person Jiang Jian is,

He has nowhere to hide from him.

So as long as he doesn't tell, Jiang Jian will never find out his pain, struggle, let alone his meanness and delusion.

He is very clear that this outrageous world shouldn't exist at all!

How dare he!

How dare you have such selfish thoughts?

"What's wrong with thinking about it?" Jiang Jian interrupted him softly.

"I like you, you who love all living beings, and you who are full of possessiveness, as long as it is you."

He is selfish, so what?

Love is inherently selfish.

"Can't we find the optimal solution together? Just like before."

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