Gate of Apocalypse

By the time Chen Xiaoxiao had explained everything, the floor in front of the Blue Sea had scattered tobacco butts that had been stepped out.

“Are you saying… that I once had the same weird ability as you? And I've been dead twice? ”

“Stronger than me. At least, before I get the power of Skyknife.” Speaking of which, Chen Xiaocai smiled bitterly: "But now it is not only the power of Heavenly Knife, but even my own power, for the time being, is gone. ”

“So... what evidence do you have?” The Blue Sea pondered for a while, slowly: “About what you said, the truth about the world, the development team, the players, the awakeners, the loopholes, and... you knew me once. ”

“Evidence?” Chen Xiaocai smiled. “Mr. Blue Sea, as a heavenly soldier, you must be a purely atheist. But you didn't disappear after you died, but you came to this strange place, and you saw me, and those monsters, and that wasn't enough evidence? ”

“Not enough.” Blue Sea shook its head.

“Okay.” Chen Xiaoliang lit himself a cigarette, too: “Well, after listening to the next thing, you'll believe it. ”

“If you say so, I will naturally judge. ”

“You know, I'm looking for a girl named Jojo, who's my girlfriend. But did I ever tell you her father's name? ”

Blue Sea frowned: “Your girlfriend, how do I know who her father is? ”

Chen Xiaocao stared at the Blue Sea and said word for word: “Jojo's father - called Joey Peak. ”

Blue Sea gaze: “Joey Peak? Which Joey Peak? ”

“What other Joey Peak could there be?” Chen Xiaolian smiled: “Your team in Zero City is called Knife Mountain Fire Sea. Mountain, it's Joey Peak, the sea, it's your blue sea. ”

Blue Sea silence for a moment: "What about the knife and the fire? ”

“The names of both of them, I don't know.” Chen Xiaolian stall: “All I know is that Skyknife has a son, is a fat man, and Thunderfire... is a woman. Her sister, Joey Peak's wife, is Joey Joe's mother. ”

“…” The cigarette in Blue Sea's hand burned between his two fingers in the food, burning him, and he shook his finger, dropped his cigarette butt and stepped on the floor: “I get it. It's Liang Feng and... Choi Yunyan. But in my memory, Liang Feng did have a son, but Joey Feng and Choi Yunyan's sister were married, but neither of them had a daughter until she died. ”

Chen Xiaocai stretched out a finger, pointing to the top of his finger: “I told you before that when the awakener dies, the guys in the upper world... or the system, will forge a memory for you and include all the relevant memories of ordinary people about you. But loopholes like Jojo are different. When we die, the system completely erases the memory of us from all ordinary people's minds. ”

“You… speak in more detail.” Blue Sea conceived, not letting go of every word of Chen Xiaolian.

Chen Xiaocai thought about it: “Sky Knife... that is, Liang Feng in your mouth, died as an awakener. When he dies, he will be refreshed into an ordinary person. In his brain, as well as in the minds of others around him, his experience as an awakener was completely non-existent, but the system would fabricate another experience of his life as an ordinary person, making everyone, including himself, believe it. But all those who have come into contact with the Skyknife, such as you, can still remember that he was the Skyknife.

But Jojo is not an awakener, but a loophole. After she died... she disappeared completely. No ordinary person can remember her anymore, as if she had never existed.

In the final battle of Zero City, you, Mr. Blue Sea, also died. Like Skyknife, you've been systematically assigned a new identity, a new memory. You can still remember Joey Peak and Skyknife them, but in your memory, they're just ordinary people, your former comrades. But as an ordinary man, you will never remember Jojo again. ”

Blue Sea nodded slowly after a long time of reflection: "You said... logically no problem. ”

“These are facts, of course, no problem.” Chen Xiaolian smiled.

Blue Sea is a smart man, and Chen Xiaoliang knows this very well.

Although these things may be difficult for ordinary people to accept. But when the Blue Sea first became an awakener, it also experienced such a shock of truth.

Now that he has successfully accepted these facts, this time, Chen Xiaoliang is sure to convince him of this.

“But... as you just said, you committed suicide intentionally to find Joe's daughter.” Blue Sea suddenly raised his head and looked at Chen Xiaocai: “But even if you found her, you wouldn't be able to go back? ”

“… yes. ”

Chen Xiaolei hesitated for a moment and nodded.

He had enough faith in the character of the Blue Sea, but at this time there was a third person in the room besides him and the Blue Sea.

Blue Sea looked deeply at Chen Xiaocai, but did not speak.

There was a strange silence in the room.

“So, what are you going to do now? ”

The Blue Sea cleared its voice and broke the silence.

“I want… to find that covenant.” Chen Xiaolei glanced at Lu Leia shrinking in the corner of the sofa: “I'm sure Jo Jo won't join their covenant at will, but could be caught by them. At least for now, this is the greatest probability. ”

Blue Sea thought about it and nodded: “That's right. But don't forget, you just killed two of them. The tough guy Lu Leia met said they would kill you too if they killed them. ”

“Who knows?” Chen Xiaoliang shrugged: “The thin man and his teeth are already dead. Who knows, I killed it? ”

“Are you sure? ”

“Of course not.” Chen Xiaocai laughed: “But the chance is enough for me to make a bet. The material at the end of the world is too scarce and refreshes every once in a while. Each of these vulnerabilities is so poor that it is impossible for everyone to carry a communication tool with them. Others... perhaps none of them knew they were dead. ”

“Okay, so... what can I do for you? ”

“You?” Chen Xiaocai grinned. “If you're still the Mr. Blue Sea I know, of course you can. But... don't forget, you're just an ordinary person now. ”

Blue Sea laughed too: "Aren't you now too? ”

Chen Xiaolei glanced at Lu Leia, sitting in the corner without a sound: “Let's... go for a walk in the yard. ”

The Blue Sea nodded and stood up and walked to Lurea: "Thank you for sharing such an important message. If you're tired, go get some rest. ”

“Hmm...” Lu Leia nodded, stood up and walked to the door. When she was about to turn around, she suddenly turned her head and looked at Chen Xiaocai: “That...”

Chen Xiaocao looked at Lu Leia and waited for him to continue, but Lu Leia just shook her head and squeezed a smile: “Nothing... I... I'm leaving. ”

Lu Leia walked out of the room, closed the door, stood on the trail between the lawns, took a deep breath, looked up for a long time, and the whole person slowly and softly squatted down.

“Are we… really… doomed to die, no matter what? ”

……

In the backyard, Blue Sea walked on the lawn side by side with Chen Xiaocao.

This is a typical American town house with a large lawn in the backyard just because of a long lack of construction and a bit of chaos.

“After that fight with the fangs, you get hurt.” The Blue Sea faintly said: “I don't know how badly it hurt, but if it was you, we wouldn't have made it that bad when we saw those ants in the desert. ”

“Exactly.” Chen Xiaolei nodded.

“So I doubt you're really capable of rescuing Old Joe's daughter alone right now. ”

Chen Xiaocai shook his head: “My wounds are slowly recovering, all I need is time. And… I do not intend to confront that covenant positively. When I see the man in the covenant, I'll just grab him. They're going to lock me up. I always get to see Jojo. ”

“Time?" Do you have this thing? ”The Blue Sea thought,“ I still have to go with you. ”

“I told you, you're just an ordinary man now.” Chen Xiaolian shook his head firmly: “If anything happens, you will die. Besides, you have other things to do. ”

“What is it?”

“These… people. People in town.” Chen Xiaocai reached out and drew a circle around him: “Sooner or later, it's your turn to clean up what the loopholes are doing. There are no hidden measures in this town, what do you think would happen if it were discovered? ”

Blue Sea sneers: "So what should I do? ”

“Of course they moved with them.” Chen Xiaolian was surprised: “Are you... not going to mind them? ”

Blue Sea sighed and sat down on a beach chair next to the lawn, looking at Chen Xiao Lian with a strange look: "So tell me, where are we going? ”

“…” Chen Xiaoliang temporarily plugged.

“You know, there are very few environments in this world that are suitable for human beings.” A grass at the blue altitude wrapped gently around his fingertips: "Copies around this town are either desert or Gobi, and there are even post-war ruins. More than a hundred of us left here. You think you can survive? ”

“Yes, you did.” Chen Xiaocai sighed and nodded.

“You remember why I took a copy of Manhattan? The food here is almost depleted.” Blue Sea faint: “The town is small, there is only one commercial street, the grocery stores are not replenished, the last few months are almost over. At first, we didn't think about the long term, we were all free to use it. It was not until recently that we began to gather food together and start rationing it. But even then, it won't last long. According to the current stock, we can eat another week or so at most. ”

“There are more than a hundred people here...” Chen Xiaoliang frowned: “Even if I brought back those foods before then, that's all, I'm afraid I won't last a day? ”

“It's a little something to bring back. The primary aim is to find a place to migrate. We thought the Manhattan copy would be a good choice, but... as you can see, there's a covenant chase there, and that monster... we don't know if there's any remnants left to live. ”

“Are you going to leave them all here to die? ”

“Waiting to die...?” Blue Sea raised his head and looked at Chen Xiaolian, with a faint smile on his face: “We, aren't we already dead? ”

“ …… ”

“Well, I've been dead twice already, haven't I? In Zero City, I died as an awakener, refreshed into a normal person without any previous memories, which you told me. And then... more than a month ago, I died in a pre-triggered explosion point in a live bomb drill, as I remember myself. I could have lived long enough. ”

The Blue Sea stood up and took a long breath: "In Manhattan, you talked to Tooth for a long time, and eventually the war started. Then you're just trying to protect me. But... since this is just a trash can, we can live to this day, only because the world is running with BUG. Whether killed by the loopholes in the covenant or automatically emptied by the system, our end is long overdue, isn't it? ”

“… Yes. ”

Chen Xiaolian nodded honestly.

In his earlier statements, he deliberately took this part vaguely and not too narrowly.

But even so, the Blue Sea caught the heart of the problem sharply.

Although it has been refreshed back to ordinary people, the Blue Sea of the Wise is always the Blue Sea of the Wise.

“And this time, death will be eternal, completely lost.” Blue Sea walks towards the back yard door: “JoJo Jo is the daughter of Old Jo, and you are my friend. I don't remember any of this, but I'm sure it's true. Since it is ultimately destined for nothing, then..."

He turned his head and smiled at Chen Xiaolian: “Why don't you just let the light shine again before then? ”