"30. Vertex 23S. Fastest update"
After silently accepting several cycles of fate, Zach suddenly spoke.
The first one to react must be the weakest one here, James, "No need to count! I know the time!"
Zach glanced at James, "I'm not counting for you." He gave Louise an apologetic look.
Louise just pursed her lips and said nothing.
Leave the questions to the less smart one, Benjamin. This Alpha, who clearly expressed his dislike of our vampire attitude, asked in a very childish way, "31, 32, 33, 44, 45..." He was disrupting Zach's counting.
It would be hilarious if Zach could fall for such a silly trick. Simply, "Do you still want your client to come back? If you do, shut up."
Murphy, not here. After her sudden departure at the beginning of the 26th cycle, she never appeared again.
Now you can understand what Zach is doing. He's recording the time Murphy left, preserving the last glimmer of hope that Murphy can reappear in... any world.
We have already known why Murphy left the scope of soul self-destruction to explore this 'simulated' world. But we don’t have to think so far ahead to worry about what Murphy wants to explore:
Zach reminded Benjamin, didn't he? At least after Murphy was able to come back, it was verified that at the end of a cycle, leaving the time reset range and then rushing back, he could enter the next reset normally, and still hold the ability to be reset. Walt's chance to save. After you have the factual basis that it must be a good ending in the end, then consider the following things.
But Murphy didn't come back. Who knows where she was first, so this verification was just feeding the dog. Zach's count, at least, was tracking Murphy at that time. And these people are truly trapped here. Anyone who wants to follow in Murphy's footsteps is free to do so.
Benjamin glanced at Zach, "I didn't ask you to help me with my commission, and I won't pay you."
"I'm not helping you with your commission, I'm doing my work as a Sabbat vampire." Zach didn't bother to look at Benjamin and continued to give Louise an apologetic look.
Imagine a situation where your girlfriend asks you, when your wife is in unknown danger, can you help
That’s Zach’s situation, and the answer. Although Zach wisely threw the blame away from the Sabbat, the Sabbat hoped to obtain information about the Assamite clan, right? No matter it ended up being hostile or otherwise, no one would want the information.
Louise has proven to us many times that her wit is not inferior to that of Zach, and she often runs ahead of Zach... Therefore, Zach's little thoughts have long been exposed.
Louise pursed her lips again and said, "Murphy, what kind of person are you?" The significance of this question is that the difference between Zach grabbing the last chance to be saved for Murphy at this time is because Murphy Asa Matt, or Murphy Moriarty.
Zach didn't even speak, James took the lead. It was the irritated Louise who said, "She has been living in Grande for a few days, and you are still asking what kind of person she is!"
Louise directly pressed James on the table, and everyone's patience was worn away again. Then he looked at Zach with a look that demanded an answer.
Zach knew that he could not escape this disaster, and said: "Innocent, brilliant, dreamer, and gentle woman."
Murphy? How does the Murphy we see meet the above qualities
Louise continued to ask, "That's the Murphy you married, and then, what does the Murphy you want to strangle to death look like."
"A woman who is emotional, stubborn, unpredictable, unreasonable, and dangerous."
No! This isn’t the Murphy we saw either.
"Murphy now." Louise's third question.
"Assamat." Zach's answer was simple and straightforward.
Louise nodded. She could accept that as an answer, it meant Zach knew what he was doing. Louise let go of James and continued to speak without paying attention, "I have a guess that Murphy didn't come back on purpose."
Now that Louise had given the beginning of a rational discussion, Zach answered, "What speculation?"
"As long as some of us continue to count time here, the chance of being rescued by Walter and returned to the real world can be maintained." Louise glanced at Benjamin, "I guess when Murphy left, he had no intention of coming back." After Benjamin Just when she was about to retaliate against Zach, Louise glared at Benjamin, as if for the first time, it was shocking enough to make Benjamin cross his arms and keep quiet.
Zach, on the other hand, frowned, "She did emphasize the number of cycles for the last time before leaving."
"If Assamat is so proficient in the calculation of rational logic, we cannot ignore this possibility. Every time we cycle here, she is outside, freely exploring the secrets in Barton."
Benjamin made a move, but was caught by Zach in time, speechless, "It's useless for you to go find her now, our time has been staggered, you will only let yourself enter another timeline." Zach is really afraid of Benjamin I don’t understand, “What Louise said was just a possibility. The other possibility is that Murphy wants to come back, but can’t.”
"Perfect!" James, the weakest, did not mean to be derogatory. After all, it is normal for human beings to have lower endurance than these old monsters. "So no matter what, our situation has not changed! We are still trapped here! And every second we can’t do anything here, we don’t know what that Murphy is doing outside!”
The 'good guys' stand still and the 'bad guys' move forward. It doesn’t matter whether this comparison is accurate or not, that’s what James meant anyway.
"Actually..." Zach suddenly raised his eyebrows, "We know..."
Louise was the first to react, "What did you think of?"
Zach took all the papers on their table and put them together, "The self-destruction on the bus, the incomplete world that Papa and I were in at midnight..."
Pink mist, scattered fragments of radiation...
"31." Zach counted the number. Habits become natural, there is nothing to say.
Repeat the action before the time was reset, and pick up the pen and draw Patton's map of the owl holding a mouse tail on the spliced paper. Then cutting with lines on Patton's map, at the same time, explaining, "I suddenly remembered what Papa said at midnight."
"Papa Midnight?" Louise frowned. It would not do anything good to mention this Indian god at any time.
"He said." Zach slowed down, "The soul determines the size of the world." Then he showed the result of his painting, the incomplete world.
No one understood what Zach was talking about.
Zach waved his hand, "It's my fault. I told you that Papa and I were exploring that incomplete world at midnight. We only focused on what happened in that world that was not real, but did not realize that So obvious..."
Louise was enlightened, and with a moment of excitement, she pressed down on the incomplete world that Zach had drawn, "It's not an incomplete world! It's that the world is only so big!"
"Yes!" Zach began to recall, recalling how many people were in that bus! "The soul determines how big the world is, and there were people whose souls self-destructed in the car at that time..." Zach wrote the next number in the gap of the paper. Don’t doubt the accuracy, we all know how many times Zach cycled through that weird time, Zach can’t remember it wrong!
Then it’s simple division.
Zach looked back and saw the person who had put them in this situation, the self-destructor who had been dumping his pen for who knows how long. Then, talking in a circle around the Patton Map City Hall Square, "This is the size of the world we live in now."
Then, it was James who reacted, pointing to the outside of the boundary drawn by Zach, "The North District Police Station is not within the range! So Murphy cannot explore things in the police station!"
Louise gave James a straight look, "Are you serious? What can Murphy get by going to the police station? How many unsolved cases do Barton have, eh." Louise pointed to a point in the circle, " The city government is within range!”
It was inevitable, they were in the square outside the city hall, so close.
Zach ignored James, who looked ugly. The only one who could help him here was obviously Louise. "A small part of the Lister area," his hand tapped at the northwest part of the circle, and then moved westward, "A little bit of Paisin." District." Moving north, "a Bache Street."
Louise looked at Zach, "The only thing worth exploring is the city government!"
Zach nodded, "What's in the city government?" This was a question to help him think, "It's worth Assamat."
"Anthony knows everything." Benjamin spoke suddenly, quite abruptly.
"Huh?" Zach looked at Benjamin.
"I said, Anthony knows everything about Barton."
Zach wasn't going to take it seriously, it didn't help the situation, so he replied, "He's the mayor, of course he knows everything."
"I'm not talking about such a general thing." Benjamin actually stretched out his hand and turned Zach's gaze back to him, "When the ancestors' office officially opened, Anthony sent someone over and asked me to report every foreign commission. .I agreed.”
James was actually the one who expressed his opinion first, "Why does the mayor need to know about the alien commission?"
"Don't ask me, Anthony is a friend. He wanted to know and asked kindly, so I agreed." Benjamin's answer was simple.
A few people were quiet for a while. Zach shook his head and adjusted his thoughts, "So the city government has records of the Barton aliens' daily troubles." It wasn't that Zach meant to say it was so... harmless, but something serious. Zach didn’t want to say that in the world created by the self-destruction on the bus, we all know that because Papa Midnight kidnapped Anthony in the belief that it would not have any impact on the real world, that world ushered in the end.
If knowing that the daily troubles of Barton's aliens were one of the reasons that Barton's mayor, Anthony, became a key point in this world, Zach didn't know what to do now.
"Think about the worst." Zach glanced at Benjamin and looked away, "Murphy can get detailed information about the Barton aliens from this, based on how popular our ancestors' offices are."
Benjamin snorted at the wrong time, "Very popular. You should think the worst."
"Okay!" Zach had to look at Benjamin again speechlessly, "Murphy can get all the information about all the alien races in Barton. Are you satisfied?"
Benjamin shrugged.
"Then what's the point of knowing the information about all the Barton aliens?" It was James again. Although his tone continued the excitement and impatience of his weakest position here, he had to admit that when the topic turned to Mayor Anthony, James became visibly more focused.
Ha, role model. Everyone understands.
It was Louise who answered James. The wonderful thing is that she looked at Zach and answered, "I..." Her uncertain speech slowed down, "I can only think of one thing, related to all the alien races in Barton." Did you think of anything, "Cui A child in the belly of sand.”
Zack, lowered his head.
To be honest, the logical line that can advance thinking at this time is very fragile. Zach and the others are using Murphy to explore what they can in this limited world, and what exactly Murphy is waiting for in Barton!
The limited world means that the possibilities that Murphy can explore are limited, which also means that the conclusions that Zach and the others can draw at this time may be far from the truth.
For example, in the current situation, the 'Son of Barton' created by Papa Midnight has something to do with the Asamat clan hidden in the middle!
But the question is, besides speculating on conclusions within this limited possibility, what else can Zach and the others do here
…
"32." Zach counted again. Then this time, "I have a bold idea."
"Don't listen." Don't worry, this is what Louise said. Louise understands Zach, so the follow-up to this sentence is, "Too busy, no time."
It was impossible to laugh at words that were obviously used to lighten the mood. No one here wants to laugh. But twitching the corners of the mouth twice means that you have accepted this self-adjusting attitude.
"Let's not save Murphy yet." Zach expressed his bold idea. "We keep track of where she is and when she is. So when we want to save her, we can save her."
"Meaning?" Benjamin asked.
"Testing." Zach glanced at Benjamin, "It's actually an interrogation technique. Lock the prisoner in a place isolated from the outside world, and then observe the reaction of the outside world to judge the correct intelligence. In our case, it's to lock up Murphy. Then observe the movements of Assamat in the middle.”
James' face wrinkled slightly and said, "This is a good method. Fortunately, Murphy was not imprisoned by us, she came by herself. We did not force her or anyone, so Assamat in the middle cannot pursue Blame us. Then if things get bad, we can save her and pretend it didn't happen."
Louise looked at James suspiciously, "Is this skill real? Or are you just, uh, too familiar with us."
Control the direction of events, right
James curled his lips and did not answer.
"So, it's settled?" Zach looked at Benjamin, "This world is absolutely safe for your client."
"What if she starves to death?" Benjamin frowned.
"She won't." Zach shrugged, "We know the time and place, and we can send her food regularly. Real food." Looking at James, "But of course, after all, she is our prisoner, and the diet will not Whatever is good is fine."
"As long as she is absolutely safe, I have no problem with it." Benjamin was also honest. That's right, his job was just to ensure Murphy's safety.
"Okay." Zach nodded, "Now, we just need to wait for Walter to come..."
"*!!" A leaky curse appeared among a group of people who were bowing their heads to fill in their ballots. Walter rushed here, "Every time! Every time! You run around! Entering the world of God knows when! Today! You are Stop running around!! Do you know how long I spent looking for you?!!"
"Sorry?" Zach raised an eyebrow and asked, "You know you are saving us?" Zach didn't remember telling anyone that they would come to vote. Could it be Alice
"*!" Walter pointed to the top of his head, "Monitor!!"
"Oh." Zach looked up, blinked, and looked at the black lens above his head. There’s a tiny, upside-down Zack inside~
"Hurry, catch me! He's going to explode!!"