Before sunset, the guide took the new tasker to the 24th floor.
The person walking beside him was also wearing the white uniform of a time traveler. He had a handsome and elegant appearance, but he had a pair of blood-red eyes that frightened people. The new tasker had an extremely cold temperament, and kept people at a distance.
The guide had never seen this person before. He only knew that this person came to the control center a few days ago. Today, the supervisor found him and asked him to take this newcomer to the 24th floor.
He didn't say what he was going to do. The guide guessed that he was a new resident on the 24th floor.
Those who can live on the 24th floor are the highest-level time travelers. The guide thought that perhaps this new tasker had some extraordinary qualities, or had some connection with the highest level.
Finally, we arrived at the 24th floor.
"This is the 24th floor of the main building, and it is also the highest-level residence in the entire base." The guide said, "Don't be fooled by the fact that they look like just doors. In fact, the dormitories inside are all transformed according to the owner's ideas. If you want, you can even push open the door and see a castle. Do you know No. 9? I know him very well. He transformed a Versailles Palace here and holds parties there every day..."
The guide tried to liven up the atmosphere, but the newcomer's expression was still cold, which made him a little hesitant and he stopped his dry laugh.
"So, those who can live here are not ordinary people." Although the newcomer was very indifferent, the guide kindly reminded him, "Although I don't know why you were assigned here when you first arrived, the people who can live here are all single-digit-level travelers. Each of them has a weird temper and is very difficult to mess with. Try to get along well with your neighbors..."
As he was talking, he saw a man coming out of the room in front. The man was wearing apricot-yellow clothes and had a calm expression. When he passed by the two people, he simply smiled at them.
"…The one who just passed by was No. 3, who is obsessed with hands." After No. 3 left, the guide whispered, "It is said that he used to be a musician, but was framed and his hands were destroyed. He cares a lot about his hands, but you must not mention this to him…"
"Is he number three?"
The newcomer who had been silent all day finally spoke. The guide nodded and said, "Yes..."
The newcomer didn't tell the guide his number, and he only knew that he lived on the 24th floor. He then said, "So you know your number, right? 24 is the first number, and the two digits that follow are your number. For example, number 3 lives in 2403. Go to your room, don't go to the wrong door, don't remember the wrong number. Of course, even if you remember it wrong, you can't open the door. If you meet the bad-tempered number 8, you might get beaten up by her..."
The guide didn't expect any answer from the newcomer. He was about to end this thankless conversation, rubbed the pimples on his arms and was about to leave. At this moment, he heard the newcomer whisper, "I won't remember it wrong."
"Just make sure you don't make any mistakes."
The guide was going downstairs without a care in the world, but when he was near the elevator, he looked back. It was evening now, and the setting sun shone through the window into the corridor, and the figure of the newcomer was wrapped in the twilight. At that moment, he didn't know why, but he felt a little lonely.
He stopped unconsciously. He saw the young man walking deeper into the corridor, and somehow a sentence rolled out of his mouth.
"You don't live here, do you?" he said. "You told me you were coming to the 24th floor, but you don't look like you're moving into a new house..."
The young man stopped in front of a room.
The setting sun illuminates the metal "2405", 24th floor, number 5.
2411, 2410, 2407… He passed by many doors similar to this one, with numbers written on them, looking like cloned twins.
But in the end, it just stopped in front of this door.
He grasped the door handle, and the door lock recognized his identity and made a crisp "click" sound, opening.
"I'm here to look for someone." He said to the empty room.
Room 5 was very empty. There was no Versailles Palace or mansions. It was even worse than the mansions they had lived in in the past world. There were no gorgeous carpets or gold and silver jewelry.
There were no luxurious decorations added by him when he lay on his knees and begged her to add them.
It was a pure white room with a bed, a sofa, a table, and a bathroom, that was all. At the end of the room was a floor-to-ceiling window that covered the entire wall. The young man looked carefully and realized that it was not a floor-to-ceiling window.
It was just a screen showing a twilight scene.
It was such a pale and barren room.
It is such a simple display.
He sat on the bed, which was against the walls on both sides. The mattress was very soft. The room was small, and everything was wrapped in a nice cushion.
Sitting on the bed, you can see every position in the room clearly, and any strange scene will not escape your eyes, but will be fully visible. When you raise your eyes, you can also see a huge simulated screen, which shows fake scenery or a video of a strategy.
People who live in such a room must feel insecure, right? That's why he needs a small space to wrap himself up, so that he can see everything, or feel like he's being imprisoned.
This was Lucian's room. He loved to laugh, play and act like a spoiled child in his arms, complaining about the unglamorous furnishings, the uncomfortable mattress, the insufficient wardrobe, the undelicate vases... It turned out that he never needed these things when he lived alone. It turned out that when he could decorate the room as he pleased, he made his life so barren and boring.
He didn't need those things, did he? He just wanted himself to agree to his requests. No matter how boring, trivial, and ridiculous those requests were. When he was alone, he could only be wrapped up in his small room, but in that world, he had been wrapped up by a man named Wade. Those wrappings came from those coquettish questions that were either sincere or false, but always got answers.
Actually, Lucian is also a fool who is not much better than him in terms of emotions, right? Although the crystal core has not been opened yet, Wade can already piece together Lucian's past from the fragments of memory. Because of those past, Lucian does not have the ability to love like a normal person. The identity of a time traveler has given him a new identity and self-esteem. He cannot feel that he is being loved through a little positive motivation like ordinary people. Therefore, he always relies on bullying him and angering him to get more and more intense emotions.
To sense more emotions coming from Vader, directed at him.
He needs a lot of love, a lot of love to wrap him up. Only in this way can he become cute and gentle, and be able to smile happily like those who have never been hurt.
"In fact, Lucian..." the system said in his mind, "is a person who lacks a lot of security. He needs a lot of reactions, a lot of tolerance, and a lot of emotions to confirm his existence."
"Um."
"So this is his room. 2405, no different from any other ordinary room. 2405, just a number like it was pulled out of an assembly line. Vader, he never admitted it, he was afraid of loneliness and boredom."
The young man turned his head and seemed to see No. 5 sitting next to him, hugging his knees and looking at the screen. No. 5 watched all the scenes of the strategy flash before his eyes, or just looked at the imaginary scenery on the screen. He stared blankly at those absolutely safe scenes that appeared under his control until he fell asleep.
The young man touched his hair, and the illusion disappeared. He only felt air.
"It's not an assembly line." The young man said softly, "No."
There are many 2405s and 2406s in this world. In everyone's eyes, 2405 is just an ordinary number.
He said to the illusory shadow in his heart.
But you don’t know that from now on, the number 2405 will be different from all other numbers in my eyes.
Because it belongs to you.
It is not 2405 that gives you, but you that give... 2405.
He leaned back on the bed, closed his eyes, and replayed the number in his mind until the simple number was colored.
A color that belongs only to Lucian.
There was the scent of Lucian in the room. He finally found the real Lucian here.
Wade closed his eyes and opened the blue crystal core.
…
"In theory, after forcibly leaving the system, the tasker's soul will dissipate."
Vader stood on the highest balcony of the control center, and No. 2 stood beside him. She looked at the setting sun in the distance, her fingertips bright red.
"However, fortunately, before this punishment mission, Lucian had already completed all the tasks. His soul was strengthened to its most perfect moment, so this prevented him from dissipating. But inevitably, his soul was also severely damaged."
"What will be the consequences?"
"His incomplete soul will be reborn into different creatures in different worlds again and again. He will experience his life as these creatures. If he is lucky, his soul will be repaired a little bit with each life. In this process, his soul will be nurtured, restored, or completely dissipated - who can say for sure? But with the tenacious and harsh vitality of No. 5, he should be able to recover." No. 2 said.
Wade nodded gently and said, "Thank you."
"You're welcome. You'd better be prepared. With the degree of damage to his soul, he can't even be a retard at first. Maybe he can only become an animal, or even a plant or a pot of grass. If I were you, I wouldn't go looking for him. It's too difficult to find a tree in a vast sea of people." Number Two winked at him and said, "And maybe you can't find him. Maybe his soul has dissipated. He said he would come back, but he was lying to you."
But Wade said: "Then how can I confirm that he is him?"
"You will have a slight sense of it, but it is also difficult to find. After all, there are billions of small worlds. Since I used to be a colleague of No. 5, I will make a note of this information for you." No. 2 said, "His soul will tend to possess things or creatures that have impressed him deeply, or, it may also include the worlds he has traveled through."
Wade took note of the information. When he turned around, Number Two, who was leaning on the balcony, suddenly said, "Number Five is stupid, isn't he? He always said that being trapped in love was a very stupid thing, but now it's his turn."
When Wade looked back at her, he saw the girl giggle. "But if you took away his identity as a time traveler and didn't go looking for him, he would probably be mad to death, right? To be honest, I really want to see Number Five get humiliated. He was very mean to you at the beginning, wasn't he?"
"Lucian just needs... a lot of things, that's all." Wade smiled, his cold face seemed to be melted by the sunset, "For example, now..."
"He needs me, go find him."
Number Two was stunned. She watched Wade's figure disappear on the rooftop. After a long while, she covered her eyes and couldn't help laughing, "I have done my best, Number Five."
After that, Number Two didn't see Vader for a long time.
Before returning to the control center, with the help of Lucian, Vader had become the God of Creation. The control center had no way to deal with this power that transcended logic. He refused to accept his number, nor did he allow others to take over "Number Five". The only thing to be thankful for was that he was never interested in blowing up the control center, but instead spent a very long time traveling through thousands of small worlds.
Some people said that he was looking for someone.
But it is not easy to find a "person" without a human form. They only saw him teleporting in different worlds, passing through spring, summer, autumn and winter, mountains and rivers, but returning empty-handed. At first, some people secretly set up gambling games to guess when this powerful time traveler would end his journey. Later, they forgot about this time traveler and lost interest in him.
But he is still looking.
Number Two was about to forget about it, until one day, she came back from her own little world and discovered an abnormal light spot while exploring a world.
It was a minor anomaly, and No. 2 didn't take it seriously. But soon, she heard the news that Wade was going to enter this world.
He said he found it here.
Out of curiosity, Number Two followed into this world. She walked through the jungle, wanting to know what Lucian had become.
Until she saw Vader at the end of the forest. Vader was wearing a black dress and standing next to a blossoming tree.
It was raining heavily, and he was actually holding an umbrella for the flower tree.
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