Dong Zheng put down the file, all the rhetoric and clues became a mess in his mind, they contradicted each other, and there were fatal flaws when scrutinized carefully, what should he believe? Or to believe nothing at all
The phrase "the truth is false" written on the mirror came to mind.
Dong Zheng leaned on the edge of the table, staring at the nothingness in the air for a moment, and slowly tore the file in his hand into several pieces.
Does the so-called true or false really matter that much
Pieces of white paper fell feebly like a butterfly, and at the end of the archives, a lamp lit up, illuminating the dark corner. There, there was an old-fashioned gramophone with a big brass-colored speaker facing Dong Zheng, as if to Say something to him.
Dong Zheng walked up to him, and there was nothing on the turntable.
"Hello," he said.
"Hello," the gramophone said, his voice low and hoarse. "Have you found the key?"
Dong Zheng put his hand on the turntable, stared at the center of the black hole of the speaker, and said, "the truth is false."
His vision went dark immediately.
Dong Zheng heard the gurgling sound of water, and it seemed that liquid was flowing past his ears, and the coolness poured into his brain. Someone grabbed his hand and pulled him out of something.
He opened his eyes, and what caught his eye was the face of the person in front of him. When Dong Zheng woke up, the man showed a happy smile, patted his shoulder hard, and said excitedly: "Look! I knew you could do it!"
The man looked like he was in his twenties. He was wearing a military uniform. It didn't look like any army known to Dong Zheng. They were in a laboratory-like place. Many large transparent jars were placed vertically, connecting various circuits and The pipes, some empty, others filled with liquid, with people still soaking in them.
Dong Zheng is also one of the soaked members, but the liquid in the jar he is in has been completely drained. The lid is opened so that he can be pulled out. smell.
The task reminder that has been in the upper left corner of the field of vision is now gone.
Dong Zheng himself also wore the same military uniform, and there were many people around him. They were men and women, wearing white coats or military uniforms. Come.
It was as if Dong Zheng was a warrior who returned from the abyss to slay the dragon.
He didn't know why, looked back in the cheers and applause, and was surprised to find that behind him, there were still many jars, and each of them was closed with people. Among the various faces, Dong Zheng could see at a glance. Saw the familiar ones—
Dong Linhai, Wang Que, Lin Hangzhi, and Xia Qiongyun.
The four of them were mixed among the crowd, and the transparent solution with their eyes closed in the jar slowly floated up and down, and there was no sign of waking up. The man who pulled Dong Zheng out of the petri dish raised his hand and gave him a hug, and said excitedly: "You are the first to successfully pass the test, and you can finally fulfill your dream of entering the special mobile team!"
Dong Zheng could only pat him on the back symbolically as a response. Everything in the huge room in front of him was filled with a sense of science fiction. In the end, his eyes still focused on the culture jar where the four people behind him were. Dong Zheng opened his mouth, only to find that his voice was extremely hoarse: "How is their situation?"
"It's okay, there are two people who are particularly dangerous. They have already used the only opportunity for external support, but they still have some progress left. I don't know if they can pass it smoothly and come out of the consciousness space."
Outside support opportunities? Dong Zheng frowned. There were numbers displayed on the screen above the petri dish. Lin Hangzhi's index was 78%, Wang Que was 82%, Dong Linhai was 71%, and Xia Qiongyun was at a dangerous 64%.
Dong Zheng didn't know the specific meaning of the numbers. He glanced at the screen of the training warehouse where he was, and the number was 92%.
His forehead jumped.
"It is detected that you have fallen into an unsolvable logical predicament during the test. According to the regulations, we have changed some of the data at that time to help. This will also be recorded in your file, and your score will be corresponding. Reduced." One of the senior researchers in a white coat smiled at him, "But even so, you are still the experimenter with the highest score so far, congratulations, the Special Mobility Team welcomes you."
Help
Dong Zheng thought of the medical license that suddenly appeared in his chest pocket when he was restrained by the police in the counseling room.
Or the scene change that can happen when Lois Hotel is stabbed in the heart by an attacker
Is everything he has experienced since entering the box a test for him in the test
Under the applause and everyone's attention, Dong Zheng was led to the door by the staff, and several pharmacists stood in front of the experimental table and adjusted the formula of the solution.
He didn't have a chance to stop and take a closer look. The staff took him out of the laboratory. A streamlined hover car was parked at the door, and the endless space stretched in the building. The special texture of metal was paved into a circular passage. There is no light source, but it is just right.
Dong Zheng sat in the driver's seat, the staff closed the door for him, smiled at the window and said, "Follow the instructions, and you can reach your destination."
She turned around and left without giving Dong Zheng a chance to ask questions.
The pattern of the slender triangular overhead gear on the console lights up, followed by a gentle female mechanical voice: "The system is connected... After one kilometer ahead, accelerate to 180 kilometers, turn right into ██, descend to the Howling Void, and you will arrive at your destination. ."
Dong Zheng: ? ?
Before he could react while holding the steering wheel with both hands, the hover car started automatically and quickly drove along the circular passage. At this moment, Cui Zuojing finally appeared beside Dong Zheng again.
The teenager sat in the co-pilot, looked at the endless space ahead, and sighed, "What the hell is this plot!"
"I don't know!" Dong Zheng stepped on the brakes hard but to no avail. At this moment, he saw Xin Xinnian again and was sure that Cui Zuojing was safe and sound, but he couldn't spend more time communicating with him. The speed of the car quickly reached 180 kilometers, and the feeling of pushing back when accelerating pressed both him and Cui Zuojing on the back of the seat, and the navigation continued: "Turn right to enter ██."
Vehicle turn right.
"Have to find a way to get out." Dong Zheng immediately wanted to open the door from the inside, but to no avail. He quickly invaded the vehicle's control system, but felt an extremely strong resistance, which came from the navigation that issued the strange command!
There was a tingling pain in the temple, and the spirit was counterattacked and also reflected on Cui Zuojing. The temporary weakness made Cui Zuojing understand that Dong Zheng was in trouble. He grabbed the magazine in the glove box and tore it off casually. Page cutting door: "I'm coming!"
The material of the sci-fi world is also a bit difficult to deal with in terms of Cui Zuojing's ability. It took him some time to destroy the door lock, grab Dong Zheng's hand, and shout: "Go!"
Cui Zuojing opened the door, and the high-speed wind swept him out of the car almost instantly. The two jumped out of the speeding suspension car one after another. At this moment, the voice of the navigation system sounded behind him:
"You have reached your destination."
Without the expected severe pain, Dong Zheng only felt that his body and soul were separated at this moment, his body failed to jump out of the car, and suddenly fell into an unknown area together with the hover car, and his soul floated upwards gently. , still holding Cui Zuojing's hand.
Dong Zheng couldn't make a sound, looked at Cui Zuojing, and was shaken by the boy who was also floating.
It's like a highly skilled director taking control of the camera, and the perspective is quickly zoomed out, corridors, floors, buildings... quickly zoomed out into space. In the universe dotted with endless dark stars, the space station runs according to the established orbit.
A low voice slowly resounded in the minds of the two of them.
[Shaggai zerg, crazy believers of the old ruler Azathoth, interstellar exiles from the distant Shaggai star, they can directly travel through the brains of other creatures to control the host's mind.]
[You are not lost in the series of absurd dreams caused by electric wave stimulation of the brain, you passed the experimental selection with tenacity, admirable reason and desire to live. You joined the K1 special mobile team as a One of them was transformed into a biochemical warrior and sent to the battlefield to fight against the rapidly expanding Shaggai Zerg and protect the human territory.]
The camera continued to zoom out, and the two figures were drifting towards the end of the universe. Moments before the sight darkened, a dove-sized creature passed in front of their eyes. It had no eyelids, and its segmented tendrils were twisting in confusion, covered in black. The ten legs covered with luminous tentacles are entangled, and the nearly circular wings have triangular scales, emitting a strange light.
"You have cleared [Challenge · Bald Singer], the points are being settled, please be patient..."
A burst of light suddenly erupted from the black box in the center of the floor. Dong Zheng's figure appeared out of thin air. He staggered back and fell on the sofa.
That kind of fear unique to the Cthulhu worldview still lingers in his heart, indescribable, unspeakable, strong and ancient.
Cui Zuojing came out of the prisoner's space and sat next to him. He felt Dong Zheng's weakness and raised his hand on his chest with concern: "Are you okay?"
Dong Zheng nodded, every time he took a breath, he would feel a sharp pain in his heart, and there was no wound. This pain seemed to come directly from the soul level, and Cui Zuojing could not perceive it through the blood pact. Dong Zheng knew that this was probably because he was injured in the hotel, and the series of scenes in the box, except for the final interstellar laboratory, were all acting on the illusory world created by the brain, where no matter how serious the injury was. Fatal injury, as long as you firmly believe that you won't die, you can't really die.
However, the injuries that have been received will eventually cause corresponding damage to the spirit. A large piece of the firewall in the kernel has collapsed, and the security phages have eliminated illegal visitors who took the opportunity to break in.
"Go and rest." Cui Zuojing helped Dong Zheng up, the muscles of the man's arm were shaking uncontrollably, showing how severe the pain was.
How could Cui Zuojing not know? When he woke up from the madhouse, he felt the same pain, almost tearing people in half.
The clock on the wall showed that it was three o'clock in the morning, and the two entered the castle. Without knowing how long it would take them to clear the box, it was naturally impossible for Fu Zhe to wait at the table at this point.
Cui Zuojing helped Dong Zheng to the upstairs room and helped him take off all his dirty clothes. Dong Zheng's pain was no longer so severe. Cui Zuojing covered him with a quilt and was about to go back to the apartment to guard the others.
Dong Zheng got 92% of the evaluations and it was so uncomfortable, not to mention others, Cui Zuojing even suspected that after they left the box, the feedback of the pain would not only be on the soul level.
Just as he turned to leave, his wrist was caught.
In the darkness, Cui Zuojing couldn't understand Dong Zheng's expression, and he could only feel the strength that his hand was eager for for a moment. Dong Zheng seemed to be surprised by his ignorant retention like a child, and he quickly let go of his hand and said: " Go ahead."
It was as if the milk cat's paw was scratching in his heart. The itch almost made Cui Zuojing's heart melt into a pool, and even his soul trembled. He took a deep breath, smiled slightly, and walked out of the room.