[Zhongyingmei] The beating heart

When Bi'er felt that the strength to hug her was gradually disappearing, she also saw a somewhat dazzling white light.The dark space that made her almost unconscious just now has disappeared, replaced by a dilapidated city.Discarded cars covered with disgusting blood vessels were discarded casually on the side of the road, and the tall buildings lined up under the gray sky looked dead silent and strange.There was almost no one on the street, and a few shambling people wearing white masks could be seen in the distance.

Is this the crumbling world that Captain Turing was talking about?Sure enough, it looked like it was about to collapse... Suddenly, I felt that the mission on my shoulders was getting bigger and bigger!

"It's not... um..."

"Huh?" Just as she was about to walk forward to look for clues about what she could do or just turn around, Bi'er heard such a voice behind her. When she turned around, she saw Captain Turing standing there with an expression on his face full of vomiting. There, "Captain? Aren't you coming with me?"

"Yes, yes...but... woohoo..." Before finishing speaking, Captain Turing quickly turned around and bent down to support the wall before vomiting it out.

"Boat, captain ==?!" What the hell is going on!Bi'er was surprised and patted him on the back lightly, "Are you okay?! What's wrong?!"

"Sorry... I feel a little inexplicably nauseous after using the ability that allows you to travel through time... Maybe it's a sequelae." Captain Turing calmed down a little, wiped the corner of his mouth, and said, "It's also possible that I made a mistake. reason."

"Wrong?"

"Yeah. This is not where you should come. As I said, I'm not very good at using the ability to travel." Captain Turing straightened up. He looked around and said, "This is also one of the few left." world. But it is a tolerable time before its collapse."

"Oh... so that means, this is also the world in someone's novel?" Bi'er also looked around, and the red blood vessels on the ground, on the wall, and on the abandoned cars reminded her of a certain world. indivual……

"It's not just novels. Games, movies, TV series, comics...all of these are included." Captain Turing corrected, he said, "I don't know your world very well, so I don't know the specifics. It’s the work in your world. You should also get to the place you need to go as soon as possible. But since we’re here, we can’t come in vain.”

"Not for nothing? What can we do here?"

"Theoretically speaking, I can't do anything. But you can." Captain Turing put one hand on his hip and touched his chin with the other. He said while thinking, "To be honest, let you go to that world alone. I'm not at ease either. But because I know the 'truth' and I'm a created person, so I can't go with you. You also have to remember that you can't tell the people here about your identity."

"Can't tell them I'm from another world?"

"Yes. At the same time, you must not say things like 'Actually, you are all characters in such and such a movie' that will destroy other people's worldview. It may speed up the collapse, so if you are asked, just make up something casually. Let's talk nonsense."

"I understand." Even if such words are said, it is impossible to be easily believed.Beer nodded like this, and then asked, "So what else are we doing here?"

"As I said just now, I'm not very relieved that you go there alone. Because although these worlds are created by people in your world, they are still real worlds. It's not a game, it's not a movie, and It’s not fake. If you’re injured, you’ll hurt and bleed, and if you die, you’re really dead.” Captain Turing said, “The place you’re going to is generally quite dangerous. If you are not careful, you will be injured or die without any ability."

"I'm not that weak anymore!"

"..." Captain Turing listened to Beer's words, turned his head and looked at her seriously, but turned his eyes away and continued to say seriously, "So it's better to have someone to protect you."

"Hey... are you ignoring my words..."

"There should be someone like the 'protagonist' here. Why don't you persuade him or her to come with you. It's better to have a companion." Continuing to ignore Beer, Captain Turing said to himself, " Although I can't tell him the truth, but when you find him, you just need to rush over and hug him, and I can send you to the destination together."

"That's it?! It's okay to take the 'protagonist' away like this?!"

"Do you see that I'm still wandering around here?"

"That's right..."

"This kind of 'taking away' is not 'disappearing', so there is no problem." Captain Turing added a little bit, he said, "However, how to persuade him to help you after you get there is up to you. It may be smoother to pretend that he is also helpless and hit by the same fate... By the way, have you not discovered what world this is?"

"In our place, there are so many entertainment items, and I haven't been in touch with all of them!" Bi'er explained, looking around and said, "But I'm quite familiar with this place... Maybe I really—"

Before Bi'er finished speaking, suddenly a black spot appeared in the sky ahead!The black dot was getting closer and lower, and when Bea and Captain Turing finally saw that it was a man, the man had landed on the ground not far in front of them.Because of the strong gravity falling directly from the sky, the asphalt road was even smashed, and some debris flew up. The man might want to continue walking, but he didn't know what stopped him. He stopped, straightened up and looked Beer and Captain Turing were also looking at him.

"It's definitely the protagonist." Captain Turing looked at the man, and then said something like this.

"I really know... this person is..."

"You don't need to tell me the details, he is the main character, right?!"

"That's right..."

"Hurry up and hug his thigh!!"

"What?!!"

During the long years of writing the novel with Captain Turing as the protagonist, Beer never once thought that Captain Turing would say such a thing.Sure enough, people can change... Sure enough, Captain Turing has always been a real person living in the real world! !But the person in front of them is not such a simple 'protagonist'!Although there is nothing to say in terms of combat power, if you want to use "I am one of the helpless victims of time travel like you" to seek a sense of companionship, it will not work at all! !Because it is impossible for this person to be helpless at all! !He is the source of others' helplessness! ! !

"If you stay still, he will run away!!"

"Wait, Captain! No! No! This won't work! Your method won't work for this man!!"

"Why doesn't it work?! Hurry up and stop wasting time! What a great opportunity this is!! Give it to me!!"

These two people are really weird... The man thought as he looked at the two guys who didn't know what they were talking about.Just leave them alone.I don't know why I stopped just now, I always feel that these two people seem a little different, so is it an illusion?Or... is there some mental problem?Maybe the mental hospital is out of business.perhaps.In the end, the man decided to stay away from the mental patient, and prepared to go around here, but just when he took a step to the side——

"?!!!"

A gunshot!The man quickly dodged to the side, and the first bullet shot directly into the ground that he had just shattered, splashing some tiles, and he looked vigilantly at the shooter——

"Ah——" Bi'er hugged her head in despair, "Captain, what are you doing!! You're dead!! We're dead!!!"

"It's quite powerful." The captain put down the gun in his hand, put it back into the holster on his waist, and then slowly put his hand on Bier's back as if nothing had happened, "Well, Bier, Mark what I said. Convince him to help you. Don't tell anyone where you're from."

"Boat, captain?"

"Then hold me tight!!!" At the same time Captain Turing said these words, he pushed Bea towards the 'male protagonist' who was still staring at him. Anticipating this kind of development, he saw a terrified girl flying towards him, and then——

"Alex!!!"

The girl called out her name.The male protagonist—or Alex, was stunned in place by the sound.Is there anyone who knows me now?Does she know herself...?But I don't remember her?Is there... anything else I haven't remembered?

"Who are you...?" Surprised by the girl who flew over, Alex subconsciously asked, but what he got was a tight hug and a firm look that he had never received for a long time ——

"I can fix you." The first thought in my mind blurted out.Beau looked up at Alex's abnormally pale face and gray-blue eyes full of surprise and slight expectation, and she didn't know why she said that.But this may be the only way I can convince this person, the only...

"Cure... what do you mean?" Alex was still in deep shock, cured?Can I still be healed?No...it's impossible.It's no longer possible, because I'm already dead!Not even humans!It's nothing... It's not an ailment, it's not a scar, it's a transformation, an irreversible change.

"..." Looking into Alex's eyes, Bi'er was suddenly speechless, and she lied to him.The thoughtless talk for a while made me deeply deceive him... No, it can't be like this... Bi'er wanted to let go, she gradually let go of her strength, and wanted to retreat, but——

"Don't give up. If it's you, you can do anything." Captain Turing suddenly appeared behind her, pushing Bea who was gradually leaving Alex's side, "Whether it's saving the world , or save this person. Don’t give up.”

Before Bi'er or Alex could refute and question, a dazzling white light appeared in front of their eyes!White light gradually enveloped the abandoned city, the gray sky was covered, the dead buildings were covered, and the deserted streets were also covered. There was a vast expanse of white in front of my eyes, and then this white area was replaced by two people. Disappear outward from the center!

"This is...New York?"

"Oh my god... what the hell did you do? Who the hell are you?"

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