Gate of Apocalypse

Chen looked at the red-haired figure standing outside the door and sighed gently into the door.

“You did come. ”

Outside the door is a green lawn lined with numerous varieties of flowers, arranged as a colorful rainbow.

In the middle of the flower, on a pebble-laid trail, the owner of the long red hair is holding a long handle scissors and carefully constructing the leaves.

When the door rang, she lifted her head, lowered her scissors and walked towards the sun.

“Yes, I'm coming.” The door disappeared behind the sun.

“I figured you'd come one day.” The red-haired woman walked in front of Chen and looked up and down at him: “After so many years of not seeing each other, you haven't changed a bit. ”

“You haven't changed, have you?” Chen passed out of sight and stopped looking at redheads.

“Are you sure?” The red-haired woman sighed softly and shook her head: “You saw me, not her. Perhaps I don't know where that body of mine is, but it's getting old now. Even this redhead may have flowered white. ”

“Don't joke.” Chen gently shook his head: “How could you possibly get old? ”

“People die, not to mention old people.” The red-haired woman reached out and pressed faintly in front of her, revealing a small square table of logs and two opposite chairs.

On a small square table, you'll find a full set of tea utensils, tea milk and sugar cubes.

“Since it's been so long, sit down and have a cup of tea. Talk about the past.” The red-haired woman promised not to wait until she had sat down and raised the tea with a small silver spoon, sprinkling it evenly into both cups.

“Sorry, I don't have time to talk.” Chen did not sit down, but frowned and measured the redhead up and down: “And... Orange, how did you end up like this? ”

“Like what?” Orange stretched her hand in her ear with her long red hair, swept a glance, and the corners of her eyebrows were filled with all kinds of flair: “Didn't you just say I haven't changed a bit? ”

Tatsune shook his head: “My face hasn't changed. People have changed. How could you talk to me like that? ”

“Oh, really? You prefer me to be mean to you?” Orange flushes hot water into the teacup, pours only half a cup, then picks up the milk pot and pours it in two squares of sugar each, then mixes it carefully with a small teaspoon: “Your flavor has changed. ”

“I don't know what personality program she has for you, but I can be sure that if I see a real orange, she will never be the way you are right now.” Chen still hasn't sat down, his eyes are always out of the orange direction: “Give me the keys, I don't have that much time to play with a shadow. ”

“Playing?” Orange took the cup and sipped it gently: “Why don't you look at me? Do you hate me that much? Don't you like me anymore? ”

“Neither disgusting nor liking.” Tatsune's tone is still faint: “I don't have any emotional need for a shadow, do I? I repeat, let me through. Otherwise..."

“Otherwise…? What else would you have done?” Orange Mouth Smiles: “Kill me? ”

“You think I won't?” Chen's face turned and looked at the orange with chills: “It's just a shadow. Is it hard to kill you? ”

“You can try.” Orange stretches out a finger and circles around a long hair.

“Okay." Chen simply spit out a word, the figure had disappeared in place, instantly appeared in front of the orange, the index finger of the right hand had dotted between the orange brow heart.

The golden light flashes and the orange orange starts to break apart from the brow heart in a smile, quickly dissipating into pieces.

Just that Chen had not retracted his right arm, the orange, which had disappeared, reappeared on the chair with a glorious flash.

“It seems... it's not that easy, is it?” Orange also stretched out an index finger and gently touched Chen's finger.

If her fingers slipped from the tip of Chen's fingers, her perfectly trimmed nails gently rubbed the back of Chen's hand, slightly extending towards her arm.

Chen's expression remained unchanged and even his fingers were not retracted, but his face turned into an iron blue.

“Why do you look so unhappy?” Orange sighed softly: “Do you really want to kill me so badly? ”

She opened her cherry lips slightly, stretched out the pink tip of her tongue, licked her fingertips gently, and then inserted them all into her mouth.

A warm and damp wave wrapped Chen's finger around it.

And then...

The golden light reproduces, and the orange body is again shaken.

Less than a second later, the orange reappeared on the chair.

“Useless, Chen.” Orange smiles and shook her head: “No matter how strong you are, there's no way you're going to kill me in this space, let alone get the keys by force. ”

“So what do we do?” Chen already feels a little strange.

This orange in front of me... something is wrong!

In the long past, when the two broke apart, the orange was clearly quick after what he wanted to kill.

But the girl in front of me is clearly not hostile to herself.

without a trace.

Chen did not believe that when orange once looked at himself, the killing machine that was about to spill in his eyes could be hidden so well, so deep that it did not reveal a trace.

“If you don't drink it, the tea will get cold.” Orange leaned against the back of the chair, holding his elbow against the table, holding his chin and looking up at the star.

Chen was silent for a moment and sat down beside the orange.

When they each set up this insurance mechanism to enter the core, they did not disclose the content of the level to each other, but only Chen and Orange told each other how to pass their own level.

But now, this level is no longer what Orange once told Chen. Orange came here and modified the setting of the level, as stated in the shadow of the previous day.

And it looks like it was modified for its own sake.

Since the keys cannot be obtained by force, only try to negotiate.

And Adam blinked, flashing a hint of curiosity on his face, but did not speak voluntarily, but instead sat on the grass with his knees closed.

“You're not just a shadow, are you?” Tatsune picked up the teacup and sipped.

It's not what you set for yourself. ”Orange nods and smiles, and suddenly there's an extra plate of cookies on the table:“ Want some? ”

Tatsune put a piece of cookie in his mouth and chewed it slowly, but he didn't have the heart to tell what was really in his mouth.

“To be precise, I'm her other half.” The orange also holds up a cookie and gently bites the next one with her teeth: “In her personality, a separate emotion. ”

nodded silently.

“You know what that is, right?” The oranges look at the waves of water in the eyes of the stars.

“Sorry.”

“There's no need to say sorry to me.” Orange shakes her head gently: “It's not me, it's her who wants this apology. The orange one that only left you with hate. What I want… is not this. ”

“What is it?” Tatsune suddenly looked up at the orange.

“It's an explanation.” Orange sighs: “I guess you don't know exactly what happened to us, do you? ”

Chen nodded slowly.

“We were... in pain. No, to be exact, there was only ‘me', not ‘us’.” The orange phantom looked away from the star and looked at the sky: "You left me without giving any explanation and told me that in the future, we were strangers to each other.

I cried, I begged, I was angry, but you never changed and you never told me why.

In my mind, two thoughts are fighting each other. One thinks that you don't love me, you just have to leave for some reason and can't tell me why. The other thinks you're just a selfish bastard with a bad heart, and everything you ever said you did was just a joke.

These two thoughts are expanding, and one day they can no longer exist in one body at the same time.

So I made a decision.

I came back here and split myself in two. No... ”

Orange laughed suddenly: “It should be said that she came back here, kicked out the thought that still loves you, and sealed it behind this door forever, never to see the sun again. And all that stays is hatred for you. I think you've seen her, haven't you? ”

“Yes.” Tatsune's voice was mild: “Now she hates me, all that's left is hate. ”

“A man who has nothing but hate will not care to explain.” Orange sighed softly: “But I... stayed here alone for so long that I never understood why you had to leave me suddenly. I, I want your explanation. ”

“Is that the condition for handing over the key?” Chen raised his head and looked at the orange.

“Yes.” Orange nodded: “That's your only way. ”

“Sorry.” Chen shook his head without the slightest hesitation.

“So... you're not going in? Now that I'm back here, I think it's important for you to go back to the Hall of Everlasting Life.” Orange glanced at him with surprise: "You have already verified that you cannot take keys by force. The only possibility is for me to hand it over. ”

“Because of a promise. I promised I would never tell you the truth about this.” Tatsumi chuckles: “If I could, I wouldn't have waited till today. ”

“What are you going to do?” Orange frowned: “After she left me, she changed the rules of this space to no use of force. Though I... when I was separated, I didn't have any power. But I don't need to attack you, and you can't hurt me half. ”

Tam continues to remain silent.

“Are you going to… just keep stalling?” Orange laughed: “But to me, that doesn't seem too bad either. At least I see you again, and I can stay with you like this. Though no longer a lover. ”

“Although you, not me, are the arranger of this space, we built it together for 33 days.” Chen slowly shook his head: “We all know that the most basic rules cannot be changed by anyone alone. I don't believe you can let the power fail here completely. ”

“You can keep trying until you give up.” Orange stood up and walked across from the star, reaching out and pressing his hand against the star's hand: “Just like that. ”

Chen shook his head, didn't do it, but turned his head to Adam: “Do you know... who this child is? ”

“It can't be your son, can it?” Orange glanced at Adam.

“How is that possible?” Chen Shaking Head: “He is… another mini version of the administrator. ”

“What do you mean?” Orange orange puzzled.

“I don't know how long you've been here, but... since we left, there's been a lot of change here, and you... stay in this space, just because you don't know what's out there.

Occupy this place now and call it Zero City. They were smart enough to realize that they were only temporary tenants and that there was no way to take control of the Zero City. The MC releases tasks to them in accordance with established procedures to provide some benefits, but that is all.

And what they want is to master more.

So they cut a tiny little corner off the main screen to do research.

Though not entirely fulfilled, they did at least one thing - they copied through that corner of the main screen… a new administrator.

I don't know exactly how they did that. Although this replicated administrator is far less powerful than the original version we opened in 33 days, at least some permissions were granted.

Not much, but enough.

For example, lead me to the core region, and… see information about some of the core regions. ”

Orange looks a little different.

And at the same time, Adam opened his eyes.

“Chen, I found it. ”