Bionic Era

"Illusion for a lifetime, see the truth when you die." This is the first sentence described by this human congressman.

"Don Quixote?" Lu Wen looked at him.

"Um."

Chen Qiang put down the bread in his hand.

He sat across from the two with a calm expression.

"One of the consequences of fear is that it makes people confused and unable to see the original appearance of things." Lu Wen whispered this famous line from "Don Quixote", "In your world, All creatures are twisted, are they fantasy? or reality?"

"It's a fantasy for you, but it's reality for me." Chen Qiang said.

The book "Don Quixote" depicts a fallen nobleman who is fascinated by chivalrous novels.

He turned the fantasy written in the book into reality.

Those magic and justice, struggle and inheritance collided in his mind.

So in the century when knights disappeared, he put on heavy armor, got on his horse, and chased the disappearing chivalry alone between dusk and dawn.

He takes the girl from the neighboring village for his hostess, and he wrestles with the windmill, which he stubbornly believes is a giant.

"You suffered something frightening in your childhood, and the world began to become distorted, so No. 0 created another world for you, the world you thought you saw in your dreams." Lu Wen said.

"I never dream, I am awake, this world is not in a dream, it exists in reality."

"What do I look like to you? A torn monster? Wriggling flesh? Eyes all over my body?"

"Roughly the same."

Yin Liuyue watched the two of them chat from beginning to end, but she couldn't find a common topic.

This guy named Lu Wen knows Number Zero quite well.

She did not know what Don Quixote was.

The conversation between the two, to her, sounded like it had been encrypted.

"According to ordinary people's thinking, after discovering me, they should pay close attention to me and monitor my actions until I contact the teacher." Chen Qiang said

"That's just how ordinary people deal with ordinary people." Lu Wen looked at him.

"The teacher said that he wants to build a perfect world, so I am willing to follow him and turn this distorted world into a page of history."

"But now you've been abandoned by him."

Lu Wen looked at Chen Qiang.

This human councilor has a lot in common with the little painter.

Childhood is their common weakness.

Zero stepped in at that time and gave them another world, a world better than the cruel real world.

"Do you know that the death of the family who adopted you may all be related to number zero."

"I know, I watched them die."

This man is beyond help.

At least the little painter knows how to stay away from Mowu City to protect his beloved.

Chen Qiang actually watched his family die helplessly.

Perhaps in his eyes, those family members who died were all horrific monsters?

"They adopted you after all."

"Everyone knows the world differently. The world you see is a world that is generally recognized. This world exists. Then why can't the world I see exist?"

When Chen Qiang stated all this, his tone did not change.

As if he was just a passerby.

"I see the sky is blood-red, the earth is full of abysses, monsters are walking in the world, and everyone lives with demons... You can think this is my fantasy, what if it's not?"

"Actually, you are not worthy of that epitaph." Lu Wen looked into his eyes, "You have been delusional all your life, and you are still confused when you die. This is you. You paranoidly think that you are right, and that number zero is right. "

Lu Wen got up, knowing that there was no value in asking.

He went to the door and opened it.

It was the morning breeze from Baker City.

Yin Liuyue followed beside him.

"Why don't you keep asking?" she asked.

"It's not necessary, I already got the answer I should know." Lu Wen looked into the distance, "Sometimes, a person knows that he is wrong, but he is unwilling to correct it, because that mistake cost him too much, so He can only immerse himself in his mistakes, and once he wakes up, the price will completely break him."

It's not too loud

But he was standing at the door.

So in the room behind, Chen Qiang, who was eating bread, could hear it clearly.

He sat on the stool with his head bowed, his body trembling slightly, and soon regained his composure.

Lu Wen and Yin June returned to the car and drifted away.

"Tell me, is number zero looking at us now?" Yin Liuyue sat on the co-pilot and fastened her seat belt.

"Yes, and he knows the content of my conversation with Chen Qiang before, and he can hear every word clearly." Lu Wen said.

"Then doesn't he know all about our plan?" Yin Liuyue asked.

"Do we have a plan?"

Lu Wen smiled, their plan was to destroy No. 0's plan.

Dr. Jiang seemed to be interested in exercising the two of them, so he didn't give any other suggestions. He just opened up the permissions of all the devices and let the two of them use them.

I always feel that this old man is very sure.

"When you went out just now, what did the last sentence mean?"

"Chen Qiang has actually realized that everything he suffered in his childhood was planned by Number Zero, including those fearful incidents that distorted his worldview."

Lu Wen looked for a hotel with a relatively high rating on the map.

Make it your destination.

"The death of the family who adopted him was also caused by number zero. It can be said that all the tragedies he has experienced since childhood were caused by number zero."

"Then he is still determined to work with number zero?"

"Because other than that, he has nothing else to do, and there is no hope in his life... No. Zero can at least give him a real dream, so that he will not be too painful."

"It's better to die like this."

A manipulative life is such a tragedy.

Before the two arrived at the hotel, a piece of news spread.

[Human Congressman Chen Qiang committed suicide by swallowing a gun at home, the reason is currently unknown]

[After investigation, Mr. Chen Qiang suffers from long-term depression and lives alone all year round]

died.

Chen Qiang knew that although his exposure caused No. 0 to abandon him, he still had one last thing worth using.

That was his death.

"Number Zero can arrange his death, making it more like it was created by the bionic organization, which can also achieve the effect of increasing contradictions, but in the end...he may finally wake up."

A life that is manipulated like that is meaningless.

During the conversation between the two, Lu Wen kept reminding Chen Qiang.

"Illusion all my life, it's hard to see the truth when I'm dying."

If he doesn't make a decision for himself, he won't see the truth.

So Chen Qiang made the final decision.

Arrange your own death.

He opened the door of his home and took one last look at the twisted world.

The gunshot woke up the neighbors all around on this quiet morning, and they rushed out of the house.

At the moment of death, he finally got rid of the control of number zero, and he didn't know if the world in his eyes had returned to normal.

"He died on the street, and No. Zero had no time to set up the scene. After the gunshots, people around him quickly found the body, so No. Zero couldn't take advantage of his death."

How is number zero feeling now?

Feel like things are slipping out of his control?

"Get out of the car, the restaurant is here, order whatever you want."

Lu Wen parked the car on the side of the road.

The car modified by Dr. Jiang has a monitoring system with no dead ends, which can prevent some malicious people from installing wiretapping devices on the car.

Yin June ordered a table as usual.

"Chen Qiang's words actually revealed a message. No. Zero has a bigger plan. Each plan complements each other. Even if there is a problem in one of the middle ones, it will not affect the final outcome too much. He wants to provoke the city and no-man's land. flames of war."

Lu Wen leaned back in his chair and analyzed it carefully.

Something was missing.

The death of several members of different forces may be used to achieve the ultimate goal.

But that plan was scuttled.

Make it public.

Now, as long as the bionic congressman dies, the first thing people think of is number zero, not anyone else.

So the death of the congressman has no value.

But from Chen Qiang's tone, Number Zero seemed indifferent.

"It turns out...his goal has actually been achieved, and there is only one thing to do in the follow-up." Lu Wen suddenly wanted to understand a certain key point.

"What?" Yin Liuyue looked up at him.

"Think about it carefully, the doctor is here to exercise you, not to let you eat and drink all day long."

"I don't know about number zero. You and the doctor have been discussing for hours in the early morning. Who knows what kind of charades you are playing. She is just a beautiful girl from an ordinary family."

"..."

Large-scale wars often originate from local small-scale turmoil.

When the casualties reach a certain level, both sides will start to be unable to restrain themselves.

The so-called, got angry.

"Casualties, this is the result of Zero's final request, and he has already done it." Lu Wen said.

"You mean... the battle between the underground organization and the bionic forces last night? But wasn't that deliberately provoked by the two of us?"

"Yes, but even without the two of us, there will be other people who will start the fight. The most important point is... the bionic organization from No Man's Land must come to Baker City."

After the reformer member died, number zero was already half successful.

With slandered anger, many bionics risked their lives to sneak into Baker City to investigate the truth of the death.

After that, things are very simple.

Randomly let these bionics interact with some underground organization, or the executive bureau, or the force of the army, and turn into a firepower conflict.

"Last night's battle loss was 1:4. It seems that the bionics have won a big victory, but they escaped desperately. They must be holding a breath in their hearts. The brain circuits of these guys are quite simple. If they can't stand this anger, they must Will come back again." Lu Wen said.

"You are also a bionic person, and you actually scolded your compatriots." Yin Liuyue rolled his eyes at him.

"No, I'm actually... In a sense, I'm a little bit more advanced than those bionics."

"The legendary sixth-generation bionics that haven't been released yet?"

"No, I can't explain it clearly to you."

Lu Wen looked out the window.

No matter how sunny the weather is, there are always low-pressure clouds over the city.

No. Zero's plan is not very shrewd, but it gives people a feeling of being unstoppable, and the links are intertwined. As long as any link fails to stop him, the result of the plan will not change much.

"You just said that Number Zero needs to do one more thing. What is it? To draw the flames of war away from those two forces and spread to the entire Baker City?" Yin Liuyue asked.

"Yes." Lu Wen nodded, "The reason why I agreed with your plan last night is to use the bionic organization in no man's land to weaken the underground organization in Baker City... I didn't think of this at the time, Dr. Jiang said Yes, I'm still not flexible enough, I can't turn my head, and it will be a disadvantage to line up with No. 0."

The plan for last night was simple.

Jia Ren's underground organization was chasing and killing Lu Wen, so Lu Wen naturally couldn't sit still, he had to show them some color.

So he agreed to the girl's plan.

Lead the members of the underground organization to the place where the bionic organization is lurking, and induce a war between the two sides.

In fact, Lu Wen had already seen far away at that time.

Before implementing Yin Liuyue's plan, he calculated it many times.

Based on Baker City's current attitude towards bionics, the capabilities of underground organizations, the strength of bionics organizations in no-man's land, and other factors, a comprehensive analysis was made.

in his reckoning.

The battle between these two organizations, no matter how fierce it is, will not spread to the entire Baker City.

The underground organization is unpopular, and the bionic organization in the no-man's land is also unpopular. The two organizations are at war, and the possibility of alarming the entire Baker City is very small.

The worst result, that is, the war lasted too long, so the Baker City Council came forward to mediate.

"What method will Zero use to involve the entire Baker City in the struggle between these two forces?"

Lu Wen sighed.

Kill some MPs? This method doesn't work.

Lead two organizations to blow up the Houses of Parliament in a campaign? The two organizations are not so stupid.

And it's all too obvious.

The arrival of number zero has been made public, and no matter what strange things happen, they can be pushed to him immediately.

Although the city is chaotic, the most basic order is still there.

"Chaos? How to expand the chaos?"

Lu Wen was thinking about these two words with his head down.

Trying to figure out what's next for Number Zero.

But something happened suddenly in Mowu City, which made him stunned for a moment.

"A member of the Floating City and a deacon are coming to Mowu City?"

This is the news from the executive board.

Very few executives know.

The news about Lu Wen was given to him by Wei Bo'an.

Wei Bo'an told him not to let ordinary people know.

No one from the floating city has visited Mowu City for many years.

This is understandable for the MP, one of the 29 old immortals.

As for the deacons, there is no executive bureau in the floating city, they have set up a deacon, and all disputes are mediated by the deacon.

At this critical juncture, what are these two doing in Mowu City?

The atmosphere in Mowu City is very weird now.

Under the operation of Ma Bo and others, many ordinary people know that the bionic organizations outside Mowu City have formed an alliance and expressed their wish for peace.

"Is it to prevent the birth of another Eden?"

Or……

Take advantage of this once in a lifetime opportunity.

Completely destroy the bionic organization outside Mowu City?