Xie Qingcheng was a prisoner of Duan Wen's special treatment.
He was kept in a separate compartment. Although he was shackled on his hands and feet, he was not chained to the wall like the others. There was even a bed, a desk, and a chair in the cabin.
Xie Qingcheng was lying on the bed, his head still hurting.
It's been a while since he's been awake, and everything that's happened before is spinning wildly in his head. The attack of Li Yun, He Yu, and the Dreambreaker, Chen Man who was sent to the car... All these are connected together to draw an answer that is about to be revealed. The answer made him extremely sick, but he couldn't escape it.
After he was locked in, he was very desperate at first.
He didn't know how He Yu was doing now.
I don't know other people, or even the whole situation of the war.
He tried to ask the guard, but the guard was a clone of Lu Yuzhu, who only obeyed orders. No matter what he said, she remained motionless outside, and human feelings were not hers.
Just when he was in despair, he suddenly realized that the Feng Bo system on his wrist had not been removed.
This is carefully modified by He Yu and will not be detected by electronic detectors. From the outside, it looks like a simple leather bracelet, which is completely different from the one worn by He Yu himself. Not found.
Feng Bo is still there, he can still contact other people.
With the attitude of giving it a try, Xie Qingcheng lay back on the bed, covering his hands in front of his eyes. In this way, to outsiders, he seems to be doing this because he is too desperate, but in fact, through this action, he uses the lightest voice and the most natural gesture to issue instructions to the Fengbo system.
He first tried to connect to He Yu, but it was unsuccessful. Feng Bo replied: "User He Yu has disappeared from the line."
This answer made Xie Qingcheng's fingertips tremble slightly.
In this kind of combat connection system, the disappearance of the user means either the death of the battle or the destruction of the wristband. Xie Qingcheng seems to have returned to the day of the naval battle in Guangzhou at this moment, the day when he couldn't help him...
He didn't know how much self-control it took him to not let his emotions collapse.
He gritted his teeth, and in a very light but trembling voice, said to Feng Bo System: "I see. ... Let's take over the headquarters."
The line to the headquarters is open.
"Xie Qingcheng? Are you..." The commander-in-chief's surprised voice came from the other end of the line.
Xie Qing said: "You should have seen it through Feng Bo's camera. I am in the dungeon."
His voice was tired, but he couldn't stop for a moment.
"I don't have much time to communicate with you, and I don't know if there will be another chance to communicate with you. Now what I ask you to answer, what I want to say, try not to interrupt, okay?"
Commander-in-Chief: "...Okay. You say."
"Do you have He Yu's whereabouts?"
"He lost contact, we couldn't contact him, we thought he was by your side."
"He's not with me." The last hope in his heart disappeared, Xie Qingcheng closed his eyes, trying to keep himself as calm as possible.
His Adam's apple rolled, and then he asked, "So, what about Chen Yan?"
The commander-in-chief said, "He's back."
"Really..." Xie Qingcheng said softly.
Chen slow will be sent back, after Xie Qingcheng has a rough guess, it is no longer surprising. This answer only further confirmed his innermost thoughts.
"Yeah. After you destroyed the Rapid Cold Light Device, the Fengbo system's network suddenly broke. At that time, I knew something must have happened on your side, so I immediately sent a group of people to your direction. As a result, halfway there, Our support unit came across a jeep."
"At first we thought it was an attacking vehicle, but no one in the car opened fire." The commander-in-chief continued, "After the seizure, we found that the back seat was a confused Chen Yan... The driver was a mechanical warrior and ran away..."
Hearing this, a strong sense of sadness suddenly emerged from Xie Qingcheng's chest. He knew that he might never have the opportunity to contact the headquarters again. At this moment, Xie Qingcheng had no scruples.
He said to the commander-in-chief: "That's not a mechanical warrior at all."
The commander-in-chief was still saying to himself: "This matter is really strange. We once suspected that something was done to Chen Yan, but after checking all the equipment, we found out that he was simply sent back. But why? Only him? What happened to you later?"
"..." Xie Qingcheng didn't respond to the commander-in-chief. He took a deep breath and repeated: "Did you hear what I said just now? That's not a mechanical warrior."
The commander-in-chief stopped, and there was a tinny current in the bracelet.
"… "
"He Yu has told you in the past three years." Xie Qing said, "He has told you many times that many of these surreal weapons on the island are fake, they are projections of virtual reality. The markings on the butterfly's wings are Mandela's guise for self-defense, stalling time to develop a truly powerful weapon. None of you believe him."
"… "
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"Because he's a lunatic, and because we've ever felt bad for him, no matter what he said, no one believed him."
Xie Qingcheng said in a low voice: "But I saw it. I saw everything he described, and he never lied to you. Mandela Island is a semi-illusory island, through magnetic fields, noise, vision... etc. Everything, to deceive your perception. The driver who sent Chen Gan back was just a reformer, that's all."
"If you could have listened to him earlier, weapons like the Rapid Cold Light would never have been invented. Now that the Rapid Cold Light has been destroyed, there will be no such terrifying things on this island. I want to ask you to let the follow-up two All three troops have landed to end this war as soon as possible. The longer you delay, the greater the variable will be.”
The commander-in-chief said: "... Xie Qingcheng, do you know what you are talking about? Now let the second and third troops land directly. If there are any more variables, the entire army will be wiped out."
"If you log in now, you won't have any problems." Xie Qing said, "Can you let go of your inherent cognition and trust us this time?"
"… "
"He Yu may have fallen into Duan Wen's hands now." Xie Qingcheng took a breath and said, "You must have already known that he is a blood guinea pig. To be honest, I am very worried about him now, he is giving You are a double agent, Mandela couldn't have been unaware, but they kept him, I don't think this is normal. Now it seems that the only reasonable explanation is that his use value is high to make Mandela I don't want to give up."
The ceiling in the cell is low and oppressive.
Xie Qingcheng stared at Tianding and said, "You have seen the power of blood Gu. I am worried that they will take him away after the rapid cold light is destroyed, because only he can replace him and become a new murderer. Tools... You told me before that they were testing a blood worm spreading device, and it's probably that thing."
"But they haven't moved yet—"
"They haven't moved yet, it just means that they are still unsuccessful for some reason, but it won't take too long." Xie Qingcheng said at the end, his hands clenched into fists, all flesh and blood, "It won't take too long Yes, do you understand? Three years ago, you didn't believe in He Yu, so there was a rapid cold light. Can you believe me again three years later? Don't let new weapons appear. Don't let He Yu stand opposite us Don't let him get hurt again. Don't let your people sacrifice more."
His voice trembled like a candle.
"Even this time, okay? Officer."
The commander was on the opposite side, and there was no answer for a long time.
Xie Qingcheng couldn't see his face, in fact he couldn't see anything except the dark ceiling in front of him.
His heart was beating violently in his chest, and his 34-year-old blood had given him the courage to say all these words to a man who was in the same profession as his parents.
Almost for help.
Xie Qingcheng murmured, "Even if it's just this time..."
The sound of footsteps came from the other end of Feng Bo's system, and the commander seemed to have gone to a quieter environment, with no one else around.
Then Xie Qingcheng heard him say: "Xie Qingcheng... Actually, it's not that I didn't believe it."
"!!"
"I believe it." There was a sigh in the commander's voice, "I have handled many cases over the years, and I understand that many truths are buried in the deepest part of the soil, and sometimes things on the surface cannot be trusted at all."
"then you-"
"But I'm just a man with orders to win. Above me, there are tops, and there are tops above me... Every decision I make is considered by my colleagues and superiors, you think my superiors are sitting on top of them When looking at battle images in the office, would they believe what a patient said, would they believe it was fake? Even if they believed it, would they admit that it was a decision error caused by their inability to see the emperor's new clothes?"
Xie Qingcheng suddenly felt that a bucket of ice had been poured into his stomach: "You..."
The chill spread from the bones: "You actually believed it for a long time, so He Yu once said that you were the only one who tried to investigate..."
"Yes. I have even tried to convince the people around me and the people above, can we change people's inherent thinking? Can I change a piece of military order and the hearts of 100,000 soldiers? In the eyes of many people, It's just a tool that can be replaced at any time!"
"… "
"I understand your feelings, Xie Qingcheng, I don't want anyone to be the cannon fodder in this battle, but when the cannon fire falls, there will be catastrophe. If I were in He Yu's position, I would also Will make the same decision and turn myself into ashes."
Xie Qingcheng was still dizzy in front of his eyes: "...Is there no other way? It must be like this, according to the rules and orders... It must be like this... Waiting for Mandela to be ready to fight , shed more blood...?! Isn't human life more important than the correct decision of an official..."
The commander was speechless.
Xie Qingcheng closed his eyes: "Is there really nothing I can do..."
"Don't think about it, some things can't be changed even if you know the ending. Any other way will only be more difficult to achieve than this-"
When the commander's words came to this point, Xie Qingcheng felt like a light suddenly fell in his heart.
He suddenly realized something: "Another way? What do you mean?"
"… "
"So there is a way, right?!"
The commander didn't have any hope for this at all, he just sighed: "Alas!... It's pointless for me to tell you this, it's just an assumption, it's impossible for anyone to meet directly with Huizhen without defense. to her."
"Why do you want to see her directly?" Xie Qingcheng whispered, "Although this organization was founded by her, the island is almost entirely populated by a group of inhuman lunatics, and most of them do not have the so-called loyalty and unity. What's the use of catching a thief and a king? Could it be—"
Halfway through he said, he suddenly stopped.
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Immediately afterwards, an eerie chill came up from the soles of his feet.
"—She's not just the head of state, she's the core key that they must not lose for some reason, right?"
The commander-in-chief did not answer, but Xie Qingcheng was already in the torrent of information and suddenly caught the key. He thought that He Yu had told him that the commander-in-chief seemed to be looking into something about Duan Cuizhen. After a long silence, he opened his mouth: "Are you... Are you going to follow the information Heyu gave you, and have been investigating? You believed what he said and believed that there is indeed this master valve on the island that controls all energy. ?"
"...Yes," the commander said. "At this point, you and I don't have any information to hide."
"I really have been sending people to collect information from the dark. Just a few days ago, I received the most precious and important piece of information I have so far - Huizhen is the 'maternal body of the entire Mandela Island' ', as you said, all the people she convened under the table were a group of lunatics who had no concept of loyalty and filial piety or even the concept of human nature. There were so many lunatics, how could she just sit back and relax, not worry about them trying to usurp the throne, and letting them die for her use. ?"
"So she figured out a way," the commander said. "She probably has the most important chip implanted in her brain. The chip is connected to the core energy station on the island. Whether it works smoothly or not? Depends if her brain waves are still active. It's the only valve on and off."
"That is to say, as long as her brain is still alive, and the island's hydropower, wind, and heat... All the equipment that researchers cherish so much, and that condense their lifelong efforts, will be able to operate normally. Everything on Mandela Island, It controls the main valve, not the power station, not the water station, not any machine - but her own life!!"
The commander-in-chief paused and continued:
"Huizhen probably completed such a hook before forming this team. She passed some kind of ingenious and crazy design to make her brain activity completely and closely glued to this otherworldly island. Transform the physical master valve that controls everything into a biological one. This island is not big, and it is still a controllable area, so she has been able to do this for decades, and as long as she is alive, everything on the island can be be protected, and once she's brain-dead..."
Xie Qingcheng's pupils tightened, and he already knew the answer: "Once she is brain-dead, the brain chip activity will stop, the main valve will be closed, the whole island will 'die' with her, all the lights will go out, all the The machinery is no longer running, and everyone's scientific research results are destroyed in an instant."
"Yes, they were born for her. They regarded her as their mother and died for her. She would not allow her Mandela world to fall into anyone's hands." The commander said, "According to my information, As long as she dies, the island will have an energy backlash within ten minutes of the island's power outage, all the heat energy will be concentrated at the core of the power station, and then - the whole island will explode and vanish."
Commander finished.
The last words fell to the tail, and then there was a long silence.
"That's why Duan Wen has always been there, and Huizhen is almost staying at home." Xie Qingcheng whispered, "because not only herself, but all the people on the island are afraid of her death. They Will defend her life with all her powers."
"exactly."
Xie Qingcheng: "She made herself become one with the island..."
Commander: "She made herself one with the island."
In this way, the enemy will definitely pay attention, and there will be no loopholes that can directly attack Duan Cuizhen himself.
"That's why I said, this method is useless." The commander sighed, "We can only force it, I'm sorry, but..."
However, at this moment, Xie Qingcheng suddenly heard footsteps coming from outside!
"somebody is coming!"
He was suddenly excited, and before he even had time to say more to the commander-in-chief, he quickly interrupted the Fengbo system, took off the bracelet, and hid it in a pocket that would not attract attention.
And just as he had done all this, the door to the dungeon opened.
A tall man in a black trench coat stepped in from behind the door. He put his hands in the pockets of his windbreaker, raised his head, his facial features were as cold and steep as Cui Wei's snow mountain, his eyebrows were very deep, the bridge of his nose was upright, and his whole body showed a kind of slow calmness.
Duan Wen, who ended his scrutiny of He Yu, appeared in this cell.
"You seem to have just ended the conversation with someone." Duan Wen also followed two bodyguards behind him, all of whom were his die-hard cronies.
He motioned for the bodyguard to bring him a chair, straighten his clothes, and sit down in front of Xie Qingcheng.
The cell was dimly lit, he lifted his eyes, looked at any detail of emotion on Xie Qingcheng's face, and said with a smile, "I dare to ask who Professor Xie is chatting with in this dungeon."
"… "
"Li Yun didn't find the Fengbo system from you, but I don't think so."
Duan Wen was very polite, but there was an oppressive force in that politeness: "Take it out."
He paused, then added: "I admire you very much, I hope you don't force me to be rough with you."
Xie Qingcheng did not move.
Duan Wen raised his eyebrows, waited, and stared at him.
Xie Qingcheng's peach blossom eyes were unwavering in the ancient well, but his eyes with weak eyesight seemed to penetrate the thick painted skin wrapped around Duan Wen's body, cutting straight into the opponent's heart like a sharp bayonet.
Instead of handing over Uncle Feng, he suddenly said:
"I used to admire you too, Duan Wen."
"...What do you mean." Duan Wen smiled.
Xie Qingcheng closed his eyes, and when he said the next sentence, there was almost no ups and downs in his chest.
"Or, should I call you directly, Chen Lisheng?"
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