Duan Wen adjusted his suit and stood by the floor-to-ceiling window. The red flowers on the window sill were swaying. There was a chess table by the window, and he played a close draw.
It was from him and Li Yun before.
After he assigned the task of transferring the device to a competent subordinate, he had a chat with Li Yunshou. It had been a long time since he had played chess with anyone so happily. Li Yun's skill was good enough to make him feel good about his opponents. He craved this feeling and wanted to prolong it indefinitely. At this time, after 20 years of chess, he played half of the game and kept half of it, and it didn't matter if he played again at night.
Li Yun had already fallen asleep, and although Li Yun's consciousness was implanted in the reconstructed human brain, it was very easy to get tired.
Duan Wen smoothed the folds on the front of his clothes, came out of the bedroom, stood alone in the living room, and listened to the urgent report of Lu Yuzhu's clone.
"That's how it happened." Lu Yuzhu cloned, "Mr. Duan, he said he was the first emperor. He wanted to see you."
Duan Wen slowly finished smoking a cigarette.
Lu Yuzhu's clone cautiously said, "Look..."
"Go and bring him." Duan Wen's voice could not be heard, "I'll see him here."
"Yes."
The Lu Yuzhu clone withdrew.
Duan Wen held the cigarette between his fingers and looked out the window.
A lot has happened in the past few hours. In addition to his own personal affairs, Lu Yuzhu came to report Xie Qingcheng and suddenly admitted his identity as the first emperor, Anthony also completed the final brainwashing of He Yu and put him on the battlefield …
Looking out from here, you can see the fierce battle between Mandela and the Dreambreaker, and the blood Gu has already gone to the front line just now. The back of the mecha made through virtual imaging is like a burning mountain, which is shocking enough. Coupled with the greatly improved power of He Yu, it is not difficult to imagine how soulful those dreambreakers who are confronting He Yu are. Frustrated.
He could see from the monitoring from Anthony that He Yu's strength was amazing. As soon as the blood gu power came out, there was a lot of grief and blood, and his companions raised firearms to kill each other, cruel and morbid. tragic beauty. This is completely different from the beauty of the rapid cold light ice and snow weapons, the beauty of killing like oriental witchcraft.
Duan Wen watched the war like a magnificent oil painting.
In some respects, Duan Wen is actually more cold-hearted than Duan Cuizhen—Duan Cuizhen changed from a normal person to what he is today, but Duan Wen grew up morbidly since he was a child. It was an abnormal existence that Duan Cuizhen carefully nurtured.
Because of this, he is different from everyone on the island. People on the island seek fame, money and power, while Duan Wen only seeks a scientific research result.
Blood Gu is undoubtedly very successful.
It's a pity that the researcher from the American laboratory that developed the special rn-13 for Vivian at that time has died. Duan Wen still remembered that the day before the man died, he lost a vintage photo frame necklace, which was picked up by Duan Cuizhen. Duan Cuizhen called the researcher to get it, and the other party said that the photo was of his grandmother, and the necklace was his grandfather's relic.
Duan Cuizhen stared at the old black and white photo for a while, without the slightest disturbance: "They are so affectionate?"
The researcher who grew up in the United States did not have any shyness in this regard, and smiled: "My grandfather's laboratory is named after my grandmother."
"Oh." Duan Cuizhen put his hand on the palm of the researcher's palm, paused for a few seconds while holding the necklace, and released, "It's a lot of soil."
"What?" He couldn't hear her, because her voice was soft, sneering and mocking.
Duan Cuizhen said, "Nothing."
the next day
The researcher died mysteriously. I don't know what went wrong during the experiment. The necklace on his neck was twisted into the machine.
Duan Wen could see at a glance that it was the method of the great-grandmother, but he had no interest in the specific cause of the person's death. It was a pity that such a good medical talent was lost. Over the years, he has been looking for a better replacement. He once wanted Qin Ciyan very much, and he also made some efforts in the dark. Unfortunately, Qin Ciyan was too stubborn and ended up in a tragic death.
After that, Xie Qingcheng became his very favorite candidate.
After Duan Wen finished talking with Xie Qingcheng, he actually had it in his heart. Judging from his years of observation and research on human nature, Xie Qingcheng was full of guilt and love for He Yu, and it was difficult to leave He Yu alone. It is also a matter of time before Mandela takes refuge.
But he didn't expect Xie Qingcheng to have an unexpected hole card in his hand.
The first emperor.
The clone of Lu Yuzhu just reported in a panic, saying that Xie Qingcheng wanted to exchange his life for He Yu's freedom. At the same time, Xie Qing presented Mandela with a pass that no one could refuse nor dare to act rashly - he said he was the first emperor.
Duan Wen couldn't help but wonder why he and his wife never thought of this - Chu Huang is not data, Chu Huang is a person.
Why didn't you think of it
In fact, he was not without doubts at first, why Xie Qingcheng returned to Huzhou intact after the car accident, but Qin Ciyan pretended to be too similar, and the old man made a bunch of fake data to mislead their investigation before he died , Qin Rongbei, the old man's daughter, was tortured to death, and she was bitten to death. To create the illusion that he is also trying to find the data of the first emperor left by Qin Ciyan.
These staunch, indestructible people form an airtight wall that protects a truth that they should have discovered earlier.
What is it that makes human beings so fragile to form such a strong city wall
What makes these irrelevant people with different personalities able to keep the same secret for ten or twenty years
Is it love again
He once thought that he would study the subject of love very thoroughly. He had read many academic and literary works, observed the feelings of people around him, experimented with family and friendship, and personally experienced the relationship between the sexes - the kind of Described as "original sin" is regarded as a bed of bliss.
and many people. That is, many control samples have been changed.
But in the course of these experiments, he never experienced the so-called satisfaction. Gradually he felt very disappointed and no longer interested in it. He even thought that human reproduction was a more boring thing than a meeting. He doesn't understand why this is part of love.
Perhaps he had to admit that this was a topic he had not fully understood until just now with Li Yun...
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"Dong dong dong."
The door was knocked at this moment, interrupting Duan Wen's contemplation.
Duan Wen regained his senses: "Please come in."
The first person to enter is the clone of Lu Yuzhu: "Sir, people have been brought."
"Let him in."
Shackled and shackled, Xie Qingcheng was pushed into the room.
The door closed behind the two of them, the clone Lu Yuzhu was on duty, the bedroom door was locked, and only Duan Wen and Xie Qingcheng were in the living room.
"I didn't expect to meet again so soon." Duan Wen turned around, his eyes were gloomy, and he looked up and down the other side, "And in this way."
Xie Qingcheng did not answer his words immediately
, but immediately cast his eyes out the window.
He had heard movement along the way and knew that He Yu had been awakened.
But he couldn't see the battle outside at all before. At this time, he was transferred to Duan Wen's room, and he saw the exchange of fire between Mandela and the Dreambreaker.
"You can't see the blood Gu mecha." Duan Wen did not block Xie Qingcheng, walked to the desk in the living room, and began to warm a pot of water and pour tea, "What Chu Huang can see should be real. The sight. Tell me, what did you see?"
Xie Qingcheng didn't look away, he knew that He Yu was there.
"Drones," he said.
"Yeah." Duan Wen raised his eyebrows and smiled lightly, "But this doesn't mean that your words are true. He Yu has been with you for so long, and he has a chance to tell you."
"You never believed him."
"I don't have absolute trust in anyone." Duan Wen poured a cup of tea to Xie Qingcheng, "The same cup of snow and cold fragrance, this time, do you want to drink it or not?"
He smiled and looked at him, but that smile made people chill.
Xie Qingcheng sat down in front of him.
"Have you seen that we are acting in the room?"
"I saw it earlier." Duan Wen said, "I just think it's very interesting. I know that no matter how hard he struggles, he can't escape our control, but I want to see how far he can struggle."
"Actually, you may not be so strategized." Xie Qing said.
Duan Wen: "What do you mean?"
"If everything is in your calculations, you won't come after we have destroyed the rapid cold light."
Duan Wen paused, glanced over the chessboard next to him, and adjusted his unbuttoned cufflinks.
Then he raised his eyes and smiled.
"There was a little private matter at that time." Duan Wen said, "It was delayed. Sometimes it is like this. One thing happens to meet another, and a choice must be made. The so-called man is not as good as the sky."
The tea was very fragrant, Duan Wen took a sip by himself, and after putting the cup down, he said, "Let's talk about business. Xie Qingcheng, tell the guard that Chu Huang is not data, but a person, and you are us. The one I've been looking for."
"Yes."
"Can you prove it to me?"
"You have to ask He Yu to stop the killing first."
"...Are you talking to me about the requirement of choosing one from the other?" Duan Wen smiled, "His Royal Highness the first emperor?"
"You heard that right." Xie Qingcheng sat there coldly, with frosted brows, "I'm just talking to you about choosing one or the other. You said it yourself just now, some things are one meets the other, and you can't have both, After all, man is not as good as God.”
Duan Wenbu smiled and said lightly, "Where did you get the chips. Besides, I'm not in a hurry this time."
Xie Qingcheng did not directly deny him, but raised his still sharp eyes: "The little boy's body is not easy to use."
"… "
"The rejection reaction is very painful, and it makes it difficult for her to even appear in front of people, isn't it? I think she has reached the limit with that child's body. Maybe she is still very sick these days. Otherwise, we will start a war. She hasn't even shown her face for so long."
Duan Wen sat up straight, his eyes were cold, staring at Xie Qingcheng.
Neither of them mentioned Duan Cuizhen's name, but they both knew that "she" was referring to Duan Cuizhen.
Duan Wen said slowly: "He Yu really told you everything. But now that you are in our hands, I can actually use any means to force you to submit. What qualifications do you have to negotiate with Mandela? "
Xie Qingcheng: "Since I can directly showdown with you, do you think I'm really helpless and let others be slaughtered?"
Hearing him say this, Duan Wen's body tensed slightly, his eyes swept across his body.
Xie Qingcheng: "I don't have a weapon, and the person who brought me has searched it no less than ten times. But if I don't want to cooperate, you can't grasp the secret of the first emperor so quickly. I can control it, and even stop it on my own initiative. Power. You know, once I self-destruct, you'll get nothing."
"… "
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"I'm afraid Duan Cuizhen won't be able to hold on for too long, whether it is the first emperor or the blood gu." Xie Qingcheng said, "You choose."
A few simple words made Duan Wen suddenly silent.
After several minutes, Duan Wencai suddenly raised his head and laughed: "Xie Qingcheng, you are indeed Xie Ping's son, you can be calm under any circumstances...!"
"You are overrated." Xie Qing said, "My ability to stay calm is thanks to Mandela. During the 20 years of fighting against Ebola, I suppressed my emotions all the time, and finally became a What it looks like now. It's the result of your own hands."
The fire of gunpowder continued outside.
Xie Qingcheng said: "Let He Yu go. Otherwise, even if I am here, you will not get the ability of the first emperor."
Duan was silent.
After all, the first emperor is different from the blood gu. A lot of their understanding of the first emperor is uncertain. The information of more than 20 years is mixed together, and it is difficult to distinguish the true from the false. At present, he really didn't know if Xie Qingcheng had any way to restrain the power in his body, so he didn't dare to act rashly.
After thinking over and over again, Duan Wen said, "Xie Qingcheng, why don't we each take a step back."
"What's the meaning."
"It's impossible to give up blood Gu now. Once he wakes up, we'll be very passive if he comes to steal you again. And you won't necessarily cooperate with us after he leaves." Duan Wendao, "But I can make him stop attacking, first reduce the casualties of the Dream Breaker, and reduce the damage to himself. Until you become Duan Cuizhen's donor, I will show you that he is returned to the Dream Breaker safe and sound. on the ship."
"What if you don't send it."
"Then you can also terminate your ability at the last minute, can't you?"
"..." Xie Qingcheng actually has no ability to contain the attributes of the first emperor. Once Duan Cuizhen obtains his body, he can completely gain the power of the first emperor.
But this is absolutely not something Duan Wen can see at this moment. It is a secret that can be deceived for a moment.
Xie Qingcheng noticed that Duan Wen was observing his expression meticulously, as if he wanted to capture his innermost feelings from his expression.
Xie Qingcheng closed his heart city tightly.
Duan Wen peeped for a long time, but couldn't see anything clearly.
"It seems that this is the best way at the moment." Finally, Xie Qing said calmly, "Neither you nor I have any other choice."
"I'm glad you can quickly understand this." Duan Wen said, "You have more current affairs than He Yushi back then. You don't have to be detained for so long like him before deciding to cooperate with us."
"… how long has he been in that basement?"
"Basement?" Duan Wen said, "He was too injured to stay in the basement at that time. We gave him a very clean room."
When Duan Wen said this, he stopped and thought about it: "I'm afraid it is not appropriate to lock His Highness the first emperor in the basement now. Before the operation, you should live in the room he used to live in."
Xie Qingcheng said: "Yes."
"If you have no other objection, I will now order He Yu to end the battle. Then we will arrange the donor transplant operation as soon as possible." Duan Wen said.
Xie Qingcheng's reaction was very calm, as if he was not the one who was about to sacrifice: "When will the surgery be."
"It won't be long after all the tests are done." Duan Wen looked at Xie Qingcheng, "Aren't you afraid or regret at all?"
Perhaps knowing that everything will finally be settled, Xie Qingcheng carried a kind of tiredness and calmness similar to that after a long journey.
He looked at Duan Wen calmly with those eyes with diminished vision, and said, "I know that even if you gain the ability of the first emperor, these darkness will eventually end in our hands."
Duan Wen was silent for a while: "Why do you believe so?"
"There is always some indelible belief in one's heart. I am like this, and you may be the same." Xie Qing said, "You are different from Duan Cuizhen, you are not as ruthless as you think. , that's why I told the guard that the person I need to see is you, not Duan Cuizhen."
He didn't expect him to say this, Duan Wen stared at the person in front of him - at this moment, he felt that the person standing in front of him was not a dying prisoner, nor were they on this dangerous Mandela Island.
He felt as if he was just having a painless conversation with a person who was not familiar or distant on an ordinary evening, in an ordinary place.
Before ordering Xie Qingcheng to be taken to the cell where He Yu once lived, Duan Wen stopped him for the last time: "Xie Qingcheng."
"… "
"I regret that you are the first emperor, and she has to rely on your body to continue living. I originally wanted to wait until you are willing to serve us instead of making you a brain transplant donor. I promised him not to kill You, but now there is no other choice."
Xie Qingcheng turned his head sideways: "I'm sorry too, why do you have to follow her, Chen Lisheng."
Duan Wen: "…"
He didn't answer.
But he knew in his heart that he did not follow Duan Cuizhen, but that he had grown up with this treacherous island since childhood. There were too many answers he longed for, results he saw, and things he didn't want to lose. thing.
As big as that future Mandela world.
So small that he has an unfinished set of chess at hand.
"The oath you made to Li Yun twenty years ago." Xie Qingcheng turned back, looked at him with a gloomy face, and said calmly, "After all, it will be broken by you."
"… "
"The first emperor's blood exchange Gu, a life for a life. I'm waiting for you to take me to see Duan Cuizhen." He dropped these words, turned and left here.
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