Gate of Apocalypse

“I'm finally waiting for you. ”

Chen pushed the door open and walked in with Adam and heard a gentle, magnetic male voice.

Inside the door is a small room with nothing but two soft leather sofas.

Face the door on the sofa, sitting a man.

Blonde hair, handsome face, perfect figure.

Tatsu!

Another day!

Adam stared wide-eyed and looked amazingly at the man on the couch, then looked at the day holding his own: “You guys... how do you look exactly the same? ”

Chen smiled: "Because —— he's me. ”

He looked at the “Chen” on the couch: "After all this time, has anyone come in? ”

“No." “Chen” shook his head: “Of course, it could be that I hadn't met him. You know, to get to the core, you just have to go through three random levels. ”

After that, he reached out and nodded a little across the sofa: "Sit down and say it. ”

“No.” Chen smiled: “I want to hurry over. ”

“Don't you even sit down?” “Chen” frowned and laughed: “Didn't I see you again soon enough? Didn't I have the kung fu to say more words? ”

“I remember… I'm not a chatty person, am I?” Chen crooked his head and weighed the "Chen” sitting on the couch: “How could you...”

'Cause this place is so lonely. Being alone in a place like this, like jail, can change a person's personality. Even if I'm your split. ”“ Chen ”sighed and stretched out his hand with a bitter smile:" Never mind, you must be anxious to come back here. ”

On his palm, he held a shiny key.

“Thank you very much.” Chen nodded and twisted the key from Chen's hand.

On the other side of the room, a door appears on the wall.

“So easy?!” Adam looked at Chen with surprise.

“Sure.” Chen shrugged: “Otherwise, why should I leave this back door for myself? But the 50 percent chance of me hitting my own set of levels is lucky. ”

“By the way, there's something I want to remind you of. ”

As Chen dragged Adam to the opposite door, Chen suddenly twisted his head off the couch, stretching an arm against his back, lazily said: "Although no one has ever entered the core,... she has. ”

“Her?” Chen turned around and frowned.

“Yes." “Chen” saw the expression on the other face and laughed: “I'm just a gatekeeper at the level, and I know very little. But... one thing I can be sure of is that she modified her level. I don't know what the next level will be after you push this door open. But... I think I still need to tell you about it. ”

“I get it. Thank you." For a moment of silence, a bitter smile appeared on his face.

“Who is she? Why didn't he mention his name and you knew who he was talking about?” Adam looked up curiously and asked Tatsune.

Chen hesitated for a moment and shook his head, reaching out and gently touching Adam's head: “Didn't I tell you, Adam, he... is me. ”

He only answered Adam's second question, not the first.

After that, Chen slowly took a deep breath and opened the door handle in front of him.

When he saw the first light coming out of the door after the door had been opened, “Chen” simply turned his head silently.

Then she sighed gently.

……

“I made a mistake. ”

Just as the door opened, Tian Li and Nicole didn't have time to step in and hear zero behind them.

“What's the matter?” Half the steps of the heavenly world have stopped, turning to ask.

“In order to arrange a relatively simple level for you, in the end, the Chen passed faster. I didn't expect him to leave a back door for himself.” Zero shook his head: “Now he's only got one last turn left. ”

“Smart people sometimes do stupid things, not to mention intelligent procedures.” Heaven blew a whistle and walked into the door.

This is the summit of a lonely peak. Looking down and around the hilltop, there is a dense cloud, invisible to the end.

The ground was covered with snow and no footprints on it.

And in front of the sight of the three, a man sitting on his knees in the snow, lowering his head, writing and painting on the snow with a twig. The area is surrounded by ice and snow, but he only has a simple set of one-piece clothes.

When he heard the three people in front of him, he simply looked up and looked back.

He has an extremely pale face, pale to near transparent. Through the skin and muscles, you can even see the underlying bones.

“Only one opponent this time?” Tianli rubbed his fist: “It looks much easier. ”

“No.” Zero Shake Head: “This time, you don't need to and you can't pass the fight. This man, you can't beat him, I'll deal with it. ”

In the talking room, the man had raised his head, stretched his hand over what had just been written on the snow and stood up and walked in the direction of the three.

“Why did you bring it in? It's, like, irregular.” His eyes just swept through Tian Li's face and Nicole's, eventually staying on Zero's face.

Unlike his face, his voice was very pale and dull, sounding like an old man with a candle age.

Tian Li and Nicole simultaneously brushed their eyes towards zero.

The first level they went through was a maze without a guardian. The second level, the wooden man inside also has no sense of self, only a good fighting instinct instilled in him beforehand.

But this time, the man in front of him, is in a conversation with Zero.

Obviously, he is… a living, self-minded man!

“There are no more rules and irregularities.” Zero slack: “Save some time, I hope to take them quickly through here. I know you're reasonable, Chris. ”

“Why?” The man named Chris laughed inevitably: "I never thought you'd bring someone into your control core one day. ”

“Because of the order. I was ordered by someone with my authority. Unlike you, I have only the authority to execute, and I am not qualified to question and change. ”

“What are the orders?” Chris continued to ask.

“Make every effort to avoid giving a person core competencies. ”

“Who?”

“A man named Chen. ”

When he heard the name, Chris' eyes suddenly stitched: “You said... Chen? ”

Zero looks at Chris: “Do you know him? ”

“Not really. Just knowing.” Chris smiled: “Interestingly, you don't look like you know this guy? ”

“Of course I do. He is an advanced player, the leader of the Thorn Blossom. Of all the player profiles in my library, he is one of the most powerful, perhaps none.” Zero still has no expression on his face.

“No. Looks like you... don't know him.” Chris sighed softly, but still smiled on his face: “Or did not remember him anymore. That's... emotional. ”

“I know what you're trying to say.” Zero on Chris: “He had my highest authority, too, right? ”

Chris suddenly stared wide-eyed: “You... you know what? ”

“I'm just a program, but I'm not stupid.” Zero reveals a faint smile: “In one of these six levels, there's a guy who looks exactly like him. Although I don't have any memories of him in my database, I'm not so bad at this basic reasoning capability. ”

“Indeed...” Chris nodded slowly: “Now that you know he had your highest authority...”

“Even if I knew he had the highest authority, so what?” Zero cold tunnels: “My vocation is to follow orders of authority. Now he has no authority, so I have to stop him from taking authority, as ordered. ”

“Okay.” Chris waved: “So how are you going to stop him from getting access? ”

Zero doesn't seem to have much curiosity, just nodded, fingered Nicole and Tian Li: “Let one of them get the privilege first. That's the only way I can do it right now. ”

“Let them get it?” Chris frowned: “Doesn't that mean...”

“Yes.” Before Chris finished, Zero nodded: “Zero City, as an entity, will disappear forever. ”

“Disappearing also includes yourself. Are you really ready to face this ending?” Chris laughed.

“The same is true of giving Chen the authority. Besides, I've taken orders.” The sound of zero is still peaceful.

I know that. ”Chris lowered his head for a while and then looked up and suddenly laughed:“ Well, let's go. ”

He extended his hand and held a key flat in his palm.

“That's... okay? ”

Tian Li and Nicole looked at each other in disbelief and couldn't believe their eyes.

The Labyrinth of Level 1, although it did not encounter any obstructions along the way, was made so smooth because of the zero lead.

And the second level of the wooden sword array, if only Nicole had broken the array by herself, would have died long ago. Even without the sky, Nicole would not stay in the Red Circle to die and retreat to start over, but given the Wood Man's ability to evolve continuously, there is no possibility of customs clearance, even if attempted hundreds of times.

And the guardian of this third level, although there is only one person, listens to the tone of zero, and his strength is even stronger than Tian Li and Nicole combined.

And such a person, after only a few sentences of zero negotiation, handed over the key with joy?!

“Thank you, Chris.” There has been an unemotionally sporadic smile.

“Don't laugh if you can't laugh. It's hard to squeeze out. It's ugly.” Chris shook his head: “I've been in this cage for a long time. I also want... to have a relief. ”

“I can guess, that's why I arranged this for them.” Zero look at Nicole and Tian Li: “What are you waiting for? This key is untouchable. ”

Heavenly nodded and went up to pick up the key from Chris' palm and a door immediately appeared in front of him.

“Go on.” Chris restarted his legs and slowly closed his eyes.

When Zero walked into the door with two people, the door closed slowly and disappeared, Chris' eyes suddenly opened again, flashing a fine light.

He stretched out his hand, picked up the twig, and wrote a line on the grass in the snow.

That line flashed a faint light just after it was written, then quickly disappeared and the snow was restored to flatness.