The tranquility of the night was broken by the sound of fighting, and no one would come to investigate. The residents here have long been accustomed to this kind of sound.
Without any sympathy, pity, reluctance and love, these are just two ruthless intelligent entities who want to kill each other, and gain the right to survive by killing each other.
Ling Qi fell heavily, and the dagger in Ye Zheng's hand also stabbed into the opponent's chest. Judging from their posture, they thought that one of them was just overpowering the other. Who would have thought that there was a cruel fact here occur.
A gust of cold wind woke Ye Zheng, he recovered from losing control, Ling Qi lay motionless under him, the weapon that pierced his chest was holding in his hand, although only part of the tip of the dagger was submerged, it was enough to stab him. Into Ling Qi's heart.
The words that the mysterious man said during the day were still in his ears. He finally killed his lover again with his own hands. They found each other for life, but each life went to the same ending.
Is this fate destined to be irreversible? Ye Zheng pulled out the dagger in pain, and bright red liquid poured out. He lowered his head and licked the wound on Ling Qi's chest, trying in vain to prevent the blood from flowing out.
"Don't leave me again."
It had happened so many times that he didn't want to go through it again.
He kissed from his chest to his lips, Ling Qi's eyes were open absentmindedly, the melanin inside was fading little by little, when the color there became completely transparent, it was the end of his life.
"I don't want to lose you again."
His tears fell drop by drop and fell into Ling Qi's eyes, as if there were some kind of ripples.
After a long time, Ling Qi's eyes turned slightly, and the black faded, leaving a layer of ash that was hard to capture.
Such a slight movement made Ye Zheng ecstatic.
"Ling Qi?" he called tentatively.
It took a long while for the person under him to react to this sentence, his empty eyes had a focus, and Ye Zheng was sure that the focus was on himself.
"Ling Qi," he shouted excitedly again, and finally got a further response from the other party.
"... Ye Zheng?"
Ling Qi's voice was very weak, "We are...?"
"You survived," Ye Zheng held his face in disbelief, "you really survived."
He hugged the lost and found person tightly in his arms, wishing to smash it into the bone marrow, even if it was an illusion, he didn't want to let it go. After so long a dream, it finally came true for a moment.
Ling Xiao jumped down from the tree, and when he met Ling Qi's light gray eyes, he was stunned.
It was as if it was him before, it was them, it was the color shared by all Qizi's eyes.
It had been a long time since he had seen such gray eyes. Ever since he went back to history, the eyes of Tiansu people only had two colors of black and dark gray, which were more monotonous than in their time.
"What happened to us?" Ling Qi asked, "Is this what you said, the solution that will satisfy the vast majority of people?"
"I… "
Before Ling Xiao could speak, Ye Zheng couldn't wait to speak, "We can go to the genetic center. The experts invited by the government are there. Maybe this is the opportunity to change the coming-of-age ceremony."
The expert in Ye Zheng's mouth was the one who added active trigger conditions to the coming-of-age ceremony today, but as soon as Ling Xiao saw this person, he realized that he was not a Tiansu person - at least not a Tiansu person today.
"Where are you from?" he asked.
"From Fire Pleiades," the man replied, "my ancestors were the Tiansu people, the people you destroyed. My great-great-great-great-grandfather, named Teddo, was a scientist in this country. Our family I immigrated to Huosu a long time ago, and I grew up there, and this is the first time I have come to this planet."
The three of them were surprised that it turned out to be the day before yesterday, and the staff of the gene center quickly explained, "Although Tai Shao is the day before yesterday, he is here to help us this time."
"You? Come and help us?"
Lone Star has a revenge for the people of the previous day, and it is unexpected that they still have leftovers in the world, but even so, they only have a reason for revenge, how could they possibly help Lone Star
Tai Shao saw their doubts, "It is true that we are the remnants of the Tiansu people, but my ancestors have always been on the side of opposing gene transplantation. If the Tiansu people could have what they have today, they would have been killed by him long ago. The prophecy has come."
"He once left a will, saying that our compatriots became like this by themselves. They created you and gave you human wisdom, so you should be treated equally as independent individuals. Before he left, he copied the sky privately. The code of the host, but only we are allowed to master it, and we are not allowed to create it, so that one day, when it is needed, it will give you some help."
Seeing Ling Xiao and the others wanting to talk, he hurriedly said, "You don't have to be too grateful or anything, he ordered us to do this for our own sake, if you continue with the current model, it will only become more and more difficult. It's getting scarier."
"The Lone Star Project was also proposed by our ancestors. We don't want the artificial troops we created to become a threat to the entire galaxy."
"If possible, he still hopes that you can enjoy the emotions brought by human wisdom. As long as you are willing to live as ordinary humans, I will do my best to help you improve the code. Of course, only through imperial power can you modify the code. the core program, I am helpless."
After explaining why he came here, Tai Shao turned to Ling Qi again. He survived the coming-of-age ceremony, but he was still seriously injured. The light grey eyeballs achieve an amazing unity in tone.
"You said you survived the coming-of-age ceremony?" Tai Shao asked.
Ling Qi nodded with difficulty.
"How do you feel now?"
"I feel that the soul within me is not my own."
Ye Zheng clenched his hand, his eyes were completely black, even if a little bit of gray was separated, it would not be noticeable at all.
Tai Shao used the instrument to read Ling Qi's data.
"It's so strange, many of his codes are different from ordinary people. Could it be that biochemical people also have genetic mutations? Judging from the current reaction, I guess the party who won the coming-of-age ceremony is showing mercy. This is in line with your instincts. Conflict and being able to overcome instinct is really rare.”
Tai Shao shook his head. Science cannot explain everything clearly, so there are religions and superstitions.
But the people at the gene center don't care how it came about, but more about whether such a case can be applied.
"So can this code that allows him to live can be copied to others?"
"Yes, yes," Tai Shao held his chin, "but there are various indications that the reason why he was able to continue his life was not created out of thin air, but completely taken from another person."
Tai Shao turned to Ye Zheng, "If you guessed correctly, you extended his life, and the price you paid for it was your own life."
He pointed to the intricate data on the instrument, "Even artificial life will have a day of aging. When the system determines that you can't handle more information, it will automatically recycle, empty, and cultivate again. Of course, this process is relatively long. A lot of people died unexpectedly before they arrived, so it seems like you have infinite lives." "If each of you, like him, divides his lifespan to the loser in the coming-of-age ceremony, then the lifespan of both of you will be It will be reduced, not just by half, but even lower.”
"If he can survive just by dividing my lifespan, of course I am willing to do so." Ye Zheng snapped.
"I'm not done yet, the truth is far from that simple."
"I'll give an easy-to-understand example. Now there are two computers in front of you. One's CPU is damaged, but its memory, hard disk, graphics card, etc. are all normal. If you want it to continue to work, you can only Plugging these parts into the motherboard of another computer is equivalent to connecting two monitors to one mainframe.”
Tai Shao pointed to the two screens placed side by side in front of him, "On the surface it looks like it has two windows, but in fact one window is controlled by the other window, and the second computer can control everything on the first computer, even, "He paused. "Behaviour."
"That is to say, if you want to continue this relationship, your identities are no longer equal, and one person can control the other person's everything except his thoughts, his words and deeds, his behavior, anything, he can easily control."
"And the other person will become a subordinate of this person and will live forever depending on him. If he leaves this person, he is likely to suffer the pain of separation of roots and soil."
"I can't make such a complex program a multiple-choice question, so that each pair of people participating in the coming-of-age ceremony can choose independently, not to mention the host can't load such a lengthy code. So you can only have one decision, and this The decision will be for each of your fellow citizens, accept it together or reject it together."
Tai Shao carefully checked Xia Lingqi's state, "There is not much time left for you. You only temporarily extended his lifespan. If you don't consolidate it, he will be reincarnated. The probability of this kind of mutation happening. Very small, if you don’t grasp it, you may never have a chance in the future.”
Ye Zheng held Ling Qi's hand tightly, and he hasn't let go since the coming-of-age ceremony ended, as if letting go of the other party would turn into a soul and fly away.
However, at this moment, he has to make a choice, let this person's hand stay in his palm, or let him go away.
The two of them stared at each other for a long time, and it was the love accumulated in seven lives and seven lives that allowed them to get along with each other for a moment longer than others.
"I used to think that losing you was the ultimate pain, but I didn't know until today that giving up after what was lost is truly nothing."
Ye Zheng choked, "I am willing to give all my life to save you, but I am reluctant to pay a price more important than life. I hope you will always be free and happy, instead of becoming anyone, even my vassal. ."
"If you have to give your freedom and dignity to live," he paused for a long time, tears streaming down his face, "I choose to let it go."
His hand was getting harder and harder, but it was slipping away little by little. Ling Qi's hand was pulling away from his palm little by little.
This is the most difficult decision I have made in the longest time in the world, two hands clenched each other, but gradually drifting apart.
"Wait a minute!" Ling Qi suddenly held his hand back.
"I can't give an answer now, because when people have nothing, they always want to have everything, but when they have everything, they will never be content to pick and choose."
"Now we are people who have nothing. Even if we find a drop of water in the desert, we will drink it happily. But when this drop of water becomes poisonous wine, will our descendants still accept all this left by our predecessors?"
"They may resent, they may resent, because our selfishness is the source of their inequality."
He turned to Ling Xiao, "Everyone of us here is a party who can't make an objective decision, only you, you come from a future where both parties of the coming-of-age ceremony will survive, and only you know best whether this decision will bring happiness or misfortune ."
"So please forgive me for handing over this difficult decision to you irresponsibly. Your decision today may affect the future of the entire Tiansu, and even rewrite the world in which you exist, so please make your choice carefully. …”
He stared at Ye Zheng affectionately, "...whether to give up status, give up dignity, give up everything to be with loved ones, or live alone and free forever."