With Paul's words, everyone in the conference hall stood up. Ling also stood up, and said in a deep voice: "Are you sure, Your Highness Paul?"
"One hundred percent sure." Paul nodded and said, "This is a message from Mendriza. Sauron arrested Cinderella and returned to Rome. Many people saw it. So Cinderella is not dead. Absolutely."
"Very good!"
"This way we still have a chance of rescue."
Hu Ke and the others boxed one after another, and then looked at Zero. Ling Chang let out a long breath and said, "As long as people are not dead, there is still hope."
Seeing the excited expressions of these people in front of him, Paul smiled wryly again: "It's not that I poured cold water on you, but I also said it just now, and there is another bad news."
Suddenly, everyone fell silent. Zero looked at Paul and said, "What's the bad news?"
Paul sighed: "The person did not die, but on the second day after being escorted back to Rome, Cinderella was escorted to the Thebes prison again."
"Iron Prison?"
Mr. X and Mamelo, the two former members of the Pope Hall system, gasped and gasped. Hearing the two people's surprise, Ling's heart skipped a beat. Knowing that this so-called big prison might not be simple, he asked, "What is the difference between the prison and the prison?" What's going on at Star Prison?"
Paul replied: "It is located on the Konavando island in the northern sea, and it is used to imprison some vicious people. Rather than calling it a prison, it is more appropriate to call it an underwater base."
On the island of Kunavanduo in the sea to the north of the Western Continent, is the location of the Great Prison of Thebes, referred to as the Iron Prison. The Iron Prison is heavily guarded, and since it was built, none of the prisoners imprisoned in it has been able to escape. In addition, its biggest feature is that the real prison is located in the seabed 300 meters below the island, connected to the surface through an elevator passage.
There are six gates in the lift passage, one of which will be closed if a prisoner is found to have escaped from the prison. But apart from using the elevator to leave, the Thebes prison has no other way to escape. Even if the walls made of armor plates can be cut open, they will only be submerged by the seawater full of radiation. Therefore, the big prison is also known as the iron prison.
After briefly explaining the special features of the Thebes Prison, Paul continued: "But this is not the worst news. The worst news is that Sauron has already announced that he will have an interview with Hindry in two months. Ra will carry out the public execution. I don’t need to remind you, but you should know when it will be two months later. At that time, it has entered the early spring, and the winter snow has melted. It is time for Sauron to attack the Rock City. The execution time of Cinderella is set at This critical moment is clearly a trap!"
"Because Cinderella will appear on the surface only on the day of execution, and that is the only chance to rescue her."
Everyone was silent, Paul was right. Setting Cinderella's execution time at this juncture, it is very unfavorable whether Zero goes to rescue her or not. Go to Iron Prison for rescue, but don't care about Rock City. If they stay in the city, they will inevitably be affected by the execution, causing Zero to be unable to make a correct judgment, and even end in failure in the war. No matter which one is chosen, it is extremely unfavorable to zero. It can be said that Sauron threw him a dilemma.
An automatic door opened silently, allowing the light from outside the door to slip in, which made Cinderella, who was used to the dim environment, a little uncomfortable. The dilated pupils in the dark environment suddenly come into contact with the light, giving birth to a dazzling feeling, making things in the sight blurred, so only one figure can be roughly seen.
After a while, she finally got used to it, and she saw clearly that the figure in front of her was Sauron.
Sauron is also looking at her, Cinderella is now like a mummy lying in a coffin. It's just that this coffin is made of metal and has its own life support system. It is actually Cinderella's straight prison. This is a set of confinement system called "Iron Prison", which will fix the prisoner in an immobile metal warehouse. At the same time, it has the same life support system as the hibernation warehouse, but the prisoner's body is in the warehouse, but the head can be kept outside the warehouse.
There are four arm-thick alloy metal bars that are connected to the gravity lock behind the iron prison. When the prisoner is fixed in an upright posture, it also prevents the prisoner from leaving this terrible prison.
There is no sleep system in the iron prison, which means that prisoners can stay awake and see the automatic door close at hand. This is undoubtedly a psychological torture for the prisoner. It is said that since the system was used, no prisoner can stay for three days without going crazy.
However, Cinderella has been here for the fourth day.
"It seems to be in good spirits." Sauron smiled.
"Thanks for taking care of me, I'm just curious why you didn't just kill me." Cinderella said calmly.
Sauron stretched out his hand and stroked Cinderella's face, saying, "Dear Miss Cinderella, you ruined my plan, and also destroyed my three warships and my mounts, as for the one who died in the tsunami directed by you. There are countless soldiers. You, who committed such a crime, actually expect to die?"
"Oh, besides killing me, I really can't think of anything else you can do to punish me?" Cinderella said mockingly, "With this ingenious system? To be honest, it's really special. If it's normal If you are a human, you will go crazy in a few days. Unfortunately, I have a way to put myself into a deep sleep. If I want to, I can sleep for ten or twenty years. "
"Indeed, I never thought of using it to torture you. It's just that in this prison, this thing is the only thing that can completely block the activities of a high-ranking person." Sauron stood two steps away: "Miss Cinderella, yes From my point of view, besides keeping you here, you actually have some value. For example, I have passed the news of your public execution in two months through the mouths of Mendriza. I think zero We'll find out soon, so let's take a guess, will he risk his life to rescue you in two months' time?"
"It doesn't matter whether he comes or not, it's a kind of torture for him. This is my real punishment for you." Sauron laughed and said, "Enjoy the next two months of vacation. .”
Cinderella was neither angry nor surprised. When the automatic door closed, she whispered in the dark: "Don't come, Zero, this is a trap..."
Quickly walking out of the passage, Wessel and a man with beards followed. Sauron said to the man: "Director Hiller, I want you to pay attention. Prisoner No. 98 is of great significance. You must take care of your subordinates and don't let them do those dirty tricks. Otherwise, you Know what I'll do?"
The man named Hiller trembled all over, and said in a deep voice: "Don't worry, my lord. In these two months, no one will touch a single hair of that prisoner."
Only then did Sauron make a "hmm" sound, and left with Wessel.
"My lord, you are really kind. The atmosphere in the Iron Prison is not good, and it happens from time to time to play with female prisoners. I didn't expect that you would personally award a talisman to that woman." Wessel said respectfully.
"Merciful?" Sauron shook his head and said, "Wessel, that woman destroyed three of my warships, causing great damage to my buildings, and hundreds of soldiers were killed or injured. More importantly, she let Zero and Paul be in my warship. I ran away under my nose. I hate her to the bone, but I have to admit that she is a strong person. This alone makes me eligible to retain her dignity!"
"This is her... right she deserves!"
That night, Sauron returned to Rome from the prison of Thebes. As soon as he stepped into the Pope's Hall, his heart beat wildly. The entire Pope Hall is enveloped by a strange force field, it seems to be everywhere, but when you touch it, it is like air. This force field is deep and obscure, completely Gaia's style. So he knew that the silver-haired man was back.
Leaving Wessel behind, Sauron came to the palace alone. The palace is being rebuilt, but the scene is still like ruins, clearly recording the scene after the explosion that day. As soon as Sauron walked in, he saw that Gaia was still sitting on the miraculously undamaged throne. As usual, he rested his chin on his hands, as if he was taking a nap. But the moment Sauron stepped in, he opened his eyes.
"Lord Gaia, you are back. Nasine..." Sauron asked.
Gaia said indifferently: "He is very interesting, but I got tired of playing games with him for a few days, so I just solved him. But you, I heard that you just did something interesting recently. "
"Yes, my lord." Sauron said: "It's only a little short, and I can bring that man named Zero back to you."
Hearing Zero, Gaia's pupils dilated, and then asked: "Let's listen to the details."
So Sauron surrendered Rex, raided the city of St. Louis, and launched a chase battle with Zero's power ship at sea, but at a critical moment, Cinderella revealed a series of events that ruined the good things. Finally said: "But it doesn't matter, my lord. I have already released the news that Cinderella will be publicly executed in two months. From the information we have collected so far, Zero loves his wings very much. This Cinderella is his woman again. The possibility of him coming to Iron Prison for rescue is very high, as long as he dares to come, I will give him a huge surprise."
"Not bad, Sauron. I want you to bring him to me, as long as he doesn't die, and you can arrange the rest."
"Yes, my lord." Sauron changed his tone and said, "However, I fought against Zero on the boat, although neither of us used our full strength. But to be honest, my lord, I don't think I can win an overwhelming victory with my current strength. Advantages. So after two months, I am really not sure whether I can hand over Zero to you."
Gaia smiled lightly and said, "I understand, don't worry. Two months later, you will face zero with a tenth-level posture. But if you still fail, you don't need me to tell you the consequences."
"Of course, my lord." Sauron was ecstatic, watching Adam and the others break through their bottlenecks one by one, Sauron was more eager to get Gaia's help than anyone else.
Now, the door leading to the tenth step is in front of him, how can he suppress the excitement in his heart. At this time, Gaia said again: "It is not a problem to raise you to the tenth level, but the tenth level is different from the ninth level after all. I need you to provide some blood so that I can analyze your gene sequence and formulate the best promotion plan." .”
When Sauron heard this, the excitement just now dropped a lot. Blood is such a thing, as Gaia said, with a powerhouse of his level, it is enough to analyze many things from blood. Including the limits and weaknesses of Sauron's abilities, it can be said that once the blood is provided to Gaia, it means that Sauron's life will be sold to this man from then on. No matter how much he wanted to increase his strength, he couldn't help but hesitate at this moment.
Seeing Sauron's hesitation, Gaia sneered and said, "It's okay if you don't want to, then I can't help you increase your strength."
Sauron gritted his teeth and said, "I don't know how much your lord needs?"
"One drop is enough."
Sauron didn't hesitate anymore, he cut the skin of his finger with his armor, and squeezed out a drop of blood from it. As soon as the blood was squeezed out, it was immediately covered by a force field. Gaia waved at the drop of blood, and it automatically flew to Gaia. Gaia opened his mouth, and the drop of blood flew in, and then he swallowed it into his body. Finally Gaia said: "You can go down, and come to me in three days. Don't let people disturb you these days, I want to analyze your genes."
"Yes, my lord."
Sauron withdrew, knowing that he had reached a point of no return. Today, he has no way out. You can only go forward desperately, once you step back, there will be a cliff behind you!
In the morning, when Leah woke up, she found that Zero was no longer by her side. ** is still warm, and I think I should get up soon. She got off the bed, put on her clothes and walked out of the bedroom. The house was quiet, as if leaving. She felt a slight sense of silence, since she learned that Cinderella will be executed in two months, her mood has been depressed for the past two days. Leah knew exactly why this was happening.
After all, what Sauron is asking now is a dilemma.
On one side is Cinderella, on the other side is the City of Rock. One side is private affairs, the other side is the overall situation. Zoro wants Zero to be unable to take care of both the first and the last, thus making mistakes and leading to failure. But knowing this, Zero still inevitably slipped in the direction Sauron wanted.
As Zero's woman, Leah knew it well. Although there are many people around him, he is lonely. From Beyoncé's mouth, Leah already knew something about Zero. He knew that he was not an ordinary human being, but a body of some super life form. For Zero, this life is not naturally generated, but comes from a scientific experiment.
The reason why human beings have self-cognition is based on the uniqueness of the self.
who I am? Where am I from? How am I different from everyone else. All of these are self-defining labels and references to distinguish them from others. Without these, the self will become blurred, and the self without boundaries is like a confused life. Fortunately, before Zero wakes up, all other bodies have died, and Zero's uniqueness has been achieved.
So he didn't collapse, and in it, there are people like Beyoncé and Leah. It is because of their emotional dedication that Zero can become a beacon of self-definition, so that he will not get lost in this world that does not belong to him.
Therefore, as Zero said, he is a person who cherishes his wings. Regardless of whether it is a lover or a comrade-in-arms, he cherishes these people who have walked with him. His indifference is more often a disguise. Only with an indifferent face can we face this cruel era. But in his heart, there was a flame wrapped in solid ice. If it could be as cold inside and outside, Zero would not be as distressed as he is now.
Too bad he couldn't.
Because he is zero.
Liya found Ling in the office of the city hall. Ling who usually stays here is either reviewing documents or standing in front of the plasma tactical board silently looking at the map of the Western Continent to deploy the next work. But today, looking through the gap in the door, Zero did nothing. He just sat at the table, lifeless, like a puppet with an empty shell.
This scene made Leah feel a pain in her heart, and she retreated again. Just back away, as if bumping into someone. Turning around, what I saw was Su smiling.
Su pointed to the inside and said, "Is the head inside?"
"Yeah." Leah nodded.
"Sure enough, I felt a depressing but huge breath in it early in the morning. I knew it must be the head. He must be very confused now, so he let the breath leak out. Otherwise, even if he is standing It is also difficult to be found behind me. It seems that this time, he is really troubled." Su folded his arms around his chest.
"How can it not be a headache, he is far less cold than he looks on the outside." Liya shook her head.
"Since this is the case, let's cheer him up." Su said suddenly.
"Cheer up?"
Before Liya understood it, Su had already pushed the door in. The moment the door opened, the heavy and huge pressure entrenched in the room suddenly disappeared completely, and then Zero raised his head to look at the two of them: "You are here."
The voice is low and astringent, like a rusty machine.
Liya suddenly pushed Su forward, and then Su said: "Boss, Liya has something to tell you."
"Eh?" Zero looked at Leah and asked, "What's the matter?"
Liya was about to cry, she was just pushed by Su Hard, and she was not prepared to say anything at all. But seeing that zero hour, Liya suddenly moved. When she recovered, she found herself holding Zero tightly in her arms like a mother hugging a child.
Zero's whole body tensed slightly, and then relaxed. Liya leaned against his face and whispered in Zero's ear: "Tired, right? Since Z7 base woke up, Zero has been fighting like this. Now, he has so many responsibilities on his shoulders. They just It’s like a series of shackles, tangible and intangible, on your body. So you can’t move freely because you have too many things to consider, isn’t that right, Zero?”
Zero in her arms, nodded slightly.
"So now, I want to ask you to take off the shackles." Leah said suddenly and unexpectedly.
Zero raised his head and said in surprise, "Remove it?"
"That's right, take it off!" Liya pressed her chest lightly with one hand and said, "Now, Zero is not alone. There are me, Yousu, and everyone. We are all by Zero's side, aren't we? If Zero has too many shackles , it’s too heavy. Then we each share a little bit for zero, isn’t it all right?”
"Zero responsibility and pain, let us bear it together!"