Boundary Convention

diary excerpt

"I took my father to the beach. The scenery there is beautiful. If he can see it with his own eyes, he will be very happy."

second inning.

Because of Mo You's failure in the last round, she is still the banker in this round. Mo You proposed the rule that the order of rolling dice is reversed when the dealers sit together. Mo Xiao arrived.

Mo You opened the dice cup, took a look, and showed a sly smile.

"Four six."

After the last game, I probably have mastered the skills of this type of game. If I don't have extraordinary courage and calculation ability, no matter how lucky I am, I can only be a loser.

"Four six...I really want to get rid of you, but I hope that the loser is Huang Yuan." Mo Xiao said.

"Stop acting, my dear sister, if others don't understand you, don't I understand you? You are like your stinky gecko, you know how to pretend all day long." Mo You showed a sneering look, He challenged Mo Xiao.

"It's a chameleon, miss. The temperament you show is still so vulgar. I'm afraid that even if you didn't leave at the beginning, you might be kicked out by the professor someday, right?"

"Oh, sister, you started again, let's continue quickly."

On the side, I watched the bickering between the two sisters, and found it a little funny, which relieved my nervousness. But back to the topic, I am a little puzzled by what Mo Xiao said. If I lose in the end, it can be said to be the most useless result, because I don't know anything, and I don't have to obey anything. Glory', unless they ask me about my height and weight. Mo You should also know this, so why did she drag me into this game? Wouldn't it be easier to fight Mo Xiao alone?

"Ten five." Mo Xiao said lightly.

"Director, are you here again? I don't have five here, and I don't have one."

"Ten five." Mo Xiao repeated. Wait, did she want to do that? I suddenly understood what Mo Xiao meant. She wants to play a game with me? If I continue to call up, I may lose the game due to too many points. Then the two sisters will not get any effective information in this game. It seems that this is Mo Xiao's strategy, dragging Mo You into the water together , so that Mo You appeared to win, but actually lost.

And the most ingenious thing is, if Mo You doesn't choose to let me go, then she will fall into a losing situation. Mo Xiao's move kills two birds with one stone. I have to say that I am amazed by this woman's ability to judge and adapt to the situation. Maybe she is really a cunning 'chameleon' as Mo You said.

But at this moment, there are two paths before me, should I choose to win Mo Xiao, or stand with Mo Xiao? I feel a bit embarrassed, after all, I have a great chance to win this game.

"Master, what are you thinking? Hurry up, dawdling. Also, didn't you say you want to get something to drink, go to the moon to get it?" Mo Xiao continued to launch a psychological offensive against Mo You and me.

"open."

After I said this word, the whole room fell into a brief silence, and then there was a burst of wild laughter from Mo You.

"Hahahahaha...my dear sister, it seems that this handsome young man doesn't want to stand by your side. Just like in the past, no one will stand by your side." Mo You let out an exaggerated laugh, echoed in the room.

"Director, I just want to ask you something, I don't mean to offend you in any way." Ignoring the laughter, I explained to Mo Xiao.

"Understood." Mo Xiao remained calm, that poker face made it impossible for me to see what she was thinking.

"Little handsome guy, you should ask first." Mo You said to me with a smile.

I looked at Mo Xiao, but I still didn't dare to look directly at her. Although she has always had a stinky mouth and a somewhat annoying personality, she saved me after all and told many things... Is this considered a betrayal?

"Director, why do I have no memory?" I didn't ask myself why I was a death row prisoner. I just need to follow the clues in the later games to guess. useful information.

Mo Xiao sighed, and said slowly: "About three years ago, you were arrested and sent to the prison, which is the so-called library. All the detainees in that prison were death row inmates, and many of them only stayed for one day. I was executed. I didn’t know you at first, after all, every once in a while, prisoners would be caught, nothing unusual, until one day..."

Mo Xiao paused, as if recalling the scene at that time.

"Until one day, the professor suddenly called me into the office and said that he needed my assistance to perform brain surgery on a patient, and that person was you. I didn't know until later that the professor washed your brain, you All the previous memories have been preserved by her, and only she knows."

"So that's how it is."

I don't seem at all surprised to hear such an answer. In fact, I have long suspected that I have been brainwashed. The only person who has this ability and is by my side is the doctor in the library, but I didn't expect it to be done by the professor himself.

"Okay, I'm done talking, is there anyone else who wants to ask?" Mo Xiao suddenly looked tired.

At this time, the big butler brought over several cups of unknown colored liquid, and my mouth was dry, so I drank it no matter what it was.

"Sister, I don't want to ask any questions, I just want to tell my sister a story."

Mo You raised the corners of her mouth and her eyes were also crooked. She looked at Mo Xiao with a smile and made a weird request.

"Huhu—come on, listen to me slowly come on."

"Have you ever heard of a man named Bigan?" Mo You deliberately lowered her voice, looking a little weird.

"Hmm." Mo Xiao had a strange expression on his face.

than dry? Isn’t this a historical figure in Chinese civilization? I learned it in a history class in the library. He was the son of Tai Ding, the emperor of the Shang Dynasty, and later became a minister of the Shang Dynasty, assisting the king at a young age.

"What I want to talk about today is not the real Bigan in history, but the Bigan in mythology. Sister, you are knowledgeable and talented. I don't need to introduce this kind of common sense."

"so what?"

"Did you know? Sister, in the myth, this Bigan had his heart dug out and died."

Hearing this, Mo Xiao was startled for a moment, then fixed his eyes on Mo You.

"Bigan was hated by Daji because he burned many of Daji's compatriots to death... Ah, Daji, you should know it too, right? So Daji pretended to be sick and said that it would be better if he had to eat Bigan's heart. King Zhou of Shang is fatuous , I heard that Bigan has a delicate heart, and he wanted Bigan to take out a piece of heart for Daji to make medicine. Walk."

"I remember the story like this. When Bigan was young, a god told him that he would be doomed in the future." I added on the side.

"Bigan rode his horse and fled quickly. At this moment, he met a woman selling water spinach. He asked the woman, 'The vegetable can be careless, but what will happen to the man if he has no mind?'"

While listening to Mo You's narration, I looked at Mo Xiao. Mo Xiao showed an expression of seeing something terrible, and beads of sweat even appeared on his forehead.

Having said that, Mo You couldn't help showing a weird smile.

"Sister, why don't you ask me this question! 'The food can be unintentional, but what will happen to the person?' Hahaha, do you want to guess how I will answer you?" Mo You laughed and turned The drinks on the table were drained in one gulp.

What's happening here?

I was a little confused. Why did Mo You tell this story? It doesn't make sense, and she wasted such a precious opportunity. Is there something wrong with her brain circuit? And why Mo Xiao is so nervous, I really don't know what's behind the two sisters. How many secrets are hidden, let alone guessing.

"You'd better ask a question honestly, I just thought you were farting." Mo Xiao said harshly to Mo You.

"Question? I've finished asking, and you've told me the answer. This is exactly the same as the information I got before. I'm afraid the only person in this world who knows your secret is me?"

At this time, there was a terrible atmosphere between Mo Xiao and Mo You.

Mo Xiao made no effort to hide her hostility, glaring at Mo You, obviously she felt that Mo You knew something.

And Mo You was on the opposite side of Mo Xiao, smiling tit for tat, reciprocating the frank hostility. I was caught in the middle, feeling uncomfortable all over.

"Come on, let's move on to the next round."

Mo Xiao couldn't wait to throw the dice back into the dice cup.

To be honest, even though I've only been playing for a while, I'm already a little bit reluctant to continue playing.

I am really concerned about Mo Xiao saying that I am a death row prisoner, but judging from the situation just now, although Mo You took the lead in guaranteeing the authenticity of the answer with "the glory of the Mo family", it seems that this "mo family's "Glory" is not very important to her.

"well."

I sighed, now this game has simply become a contest between two women, and I'm just making up the numbers.

But what Mo You said just now made me very curious. Mo Xiao's behavior is obviously hiding something. Is there any connection between her and the story of Bigan digging out his heart...

Thinking of this, I took a look at the big man named Tang Ren behind Mo You. Maybe he is the only one who can interrupt this ridiculous and meaningless game at this time. The relationship between this guy and Mo You really gives people a wonderful feeling. Although he is always humble and humble in front of Mo You, I always feel that the relationship between them and Mo You is not a simple master and servant, but like It's the parent-child relationship...an enlightened parent and a wayward child.

Having said that, this big man's standing posture is really standard, his chest is as straight as a rooster, his legs are as straight as a telegraph pole, his head is slightly raised, but he doesn't feel any arrogance. He just stood there like a rock, and I glanced at him casually as we played the game, and he never seemed to turn his head to see our game. It is conceivable how terrifying this person's concentration is. Maybe he has engaged in some kind of work that requires a high degree of self-discipline, er, such as being a soldier, or a bodybuilder or something...

Suddenly, Tang Ren, who hadn't moved for so long, suddenly moved. He turned his head slightly, and then pressed his hands behind his back to the pinnae of his ears. It's not obvious from the outside, but this action, I'm sure, is a common action when receiving messages with tiny earphones. It looks like he got some news, maybe big news enough to interrupt this 'little game', I hope so.

Sure enough, Tang Ren did not disappoint me. Just when Mo You buckled the dice and began to shake it back and forth on the table, Tang Ren stepped forward quickly and whispered something in Mo You's ear.

In the Moyou dice cup, the sound of the dice hitting and rubbing back and forth stopped abruptly, and in an instant, the whole room fell into the silence that it was when there were only Mo Xiao and I at first. Involuntarily, I lowered my voice even to breathe.

"……real?"

Mo You, who was always smiling, frowned rarely, and glanced at Tang Ren with some disbelief.

I also took advantage of the situation to look at Mo Xiao, so as to observe her attitude, but judging by her confused appearance, it seemed that she didn't quite know what kind of plan Mo You was playing in her gourd.

In the small room, a rhythmic rhythm suddenly sounded.

After getting Tang Ren's repeated affirmative answer, the little Mo You tapped her finger on the table. Although I don't know much about Mo You, I was deeply impressed by her daily moody and hippie smile. The profound obsession that a small body can carry. It was as if fear, worry, and ecstasy had been crammed together haphazardly.

What happened?

I wanted to ask this question very much, and Mo Xiao also cast a curious look at her. Mo You also seemed to be affected by us and became more restless, fidgeting and beating the table with his fingers faster.

"Boom!"

Finally, Mo You slapped the wooden table forcefully, the slap was very loud, like the sound of an inflated balloon bursting, and it shocked everyone present.

For a moment, everyone in the room looked at Mo You, waiting for her to make a decision and tell the world what she was thinking.

Mo You stood up from the chair seriously, shaking the red and swollen palms from beating the table.

"Wake everyone up for me."

She said so, as if casting an unquestionable oracle from the sky.

Tang Ren opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something, probably something like it was too late, but his tongue hadn't lifted his head in his mouth, and he was silent for a while, after all, he still couldn't get the words out.

He just bowed slightly and backed out of the door.

"What else do you want to do?"

Seeing that Mo You had made up his mind, Mo Xiao seemed to relax a little along with the slightly relaxed atmosphere in the room. She arrogantly turned her body to one side, crossed her chest with her hands, then crossed her legs, and sneered at the right time.

"I'm very sleepy, and I want to finish playing early and go back to sleep," Mo Xiao said.

"Hmph, I didn't allow you to sleep, why do you sleep?"

"Sleeping is a necessary physiological need for human beings, and you still need your approval?"

"Okay, then go to sleep, but you will miss the next good show."

Saying this, Mo You jumped up from the chair, stood on the high table, and looked at me coldly under the halo of the light bulb.

I couldn't help swallowing my saliva, I didn't know what she wanted to do, but she bent down and pressed her face towards me domineeringly.

"Hey, kid, you must be going, right?"

"Uh, where are you going?"

"It's not a very troublesome thing, don't you really want to know your status as a death row prisoner, and something about your prison?" Mo You rolled her eyes, and the corners of her mouth raised an inconspicuous arc. He glanced in Mo Xiao's direction. "Instead of asking the guy who doesn't want to say anything, why don't you just ask the person who is actually in charge?"

"The person who is really in charge...?"

I think the director's status in the library should already be very high. If she is not really in charge, then there is only...

"What do you mean!?"

I haven't given the answer to this question yet, Mo Xiao slapped the table with his hand, the whole table shook, and even Mo You, who was standing on the table, couldn't stand still, almost fell headfirst into my arms inside.

It took Mo You some time to regain her balance, she dexterously jumped off the table, and replied with a playful smile.

"Hee hee, it's not interesting, I just want to see how the old woman is doing, and go meet her."

"Are you going to see the professor?" I asked hastily, and the manager of the library could only think of this person.

"Correct, you are so smart, I will give you five stars."

"What are you going to do when you see her?"

"Then you have nothing to do with it. I'm just offering you a chance, a chance to get more truth from my sister who loves to lie, so... are you going?"

"Wasteland, don't go!"

As soon as Mo You finished speaking, Mo Xiao turned to stop me before I could answer.

It seemed she obviously thought I was going and didn't want me to.

"What qualifications do you have to hinder other people's choices? Hmm? You, an unfilial girl, choose to hide the truth and forget it. Do you still want to prevent others from seeking the truth?"

The petite looked over at Mo Xiao triumphantly, with an exaggerated smile on her face, like Gwynplaine who had obtained a permanent smile through an unfortunate operation, the smile almost stretched from the corners of her mouth to the roots of her ears , which is full of banter and malice far beyond ordinary people's perception.

"Even if we don't talk about this, let's retreat 10,000... No, one Beijing (measurement unit) step, who is he to you? What does it have to do with you? Why do you want to hinder him from making a choice?"

This speech made Mo Xiao speechless. Her hands were gripping the handles of the chair uneasily, and her legs were unnaturally inward. This was the first time I saw Mo Xiao like this. For a moment, she raised her eyes and cast an indescribable gaze at me. It seemed to be just a blank gaze, but there were some sincere pleas in it.

"……Feel sorry."

Even facing Mo Xiao's expression, after pondering for a moment, I still made a decision.

"I'm going."

There is no future without truth.

Yes, I have to go, although I can vaguely feel that there is a reason for Mo Xiao's efforts to stop it, and it may even be correct.

But "There is no future without the truth", this is a line in a movie I like very much, but it is not the most classic line that I remember, but the most failed line. Maybe the director just wanted a line that was deep enough to become a famous scene, but judging from that scene, this line was too contrived. All that aside, I think it's a pretty good movie.

But I think there is no line that is more suitable for the current situation than this line. Although it is very artificial, I must know my past and what it is that I am a "death row".

When Mo Xiao heard what I said, her whole body felt like she was being shocked by an electric shock. I don't know if it was because of anger, surprise, regret, or all of the above, but she stood up from the chair suddenly, and then she tensed up. Her whole body relaxed again, as if the stand just now had exhausted all her strength, she sat back on the chair in a daze.

"Oh, is it so……"

She pretended to be calm and said, resting her hand on her chin, looking at me and then at Mo You.

"Then I'll go too."

"Oh? Sister, why do you want to go too? Didn't you just run away from home? So lack of perseverance? Are you going to compromise immediately?"

"Whatever you want."

Mo Xiao replied with an expression of indifference.

Coming out of that small room, the freezing wind at night was bone-chilling. The little Mo You seemed to be quite used to this kind of weather. She was the first one to go out, and now she was no longer seen among the crooked city walls. up.

Before Mo Xiao and I could walk back to the room below from the outer wall, our hands were already numb and stiff, but it only took less than a minute.

"Ah Choo!"

I couldn't help but sneezed, then rubbed the tip of my stiff nose annoyed.

Mo Xiao turned his head and glanced at me, said nothing, took off the white coat that he had never left, and put it on for me.

"Ah...thank you."

"Do not misunderstand."

Mo Xiao said bluntly, from the tone of his voice, he might be angry with me.

"It's just that you sneezed just now, and the saliva splashed on my clothes. I think it's dirty. When you go back, you have to wash me with laundry detergent until the hue is X0Y0Z0 and return it."

"……Understood."

Am I being self-indulgent? Or is this a euphemism with her own style?

I don't know what kind of medicine is sold in Mo Xiao's gourd, and why she tried her best to prevent me from going, but I don't know why, I feel that the things that happened in the past few days seem to have made some fetters between me and her, This may be the so-called drawbridge effect. Although I still don't know if we can be considered friends now.

Although the night was cold, but after being ordered by Mo You, it was very lively. Several searchlights illuminated the large open space below the city. But it seems to be busy, but it does not mean that it is good enough to see the law among the seemingly disorderly operation of the crowd.

"It's really inefficient."

I said to myself, among the people down here, more than 70% are just wandering aimlessly. In other words——I was looking for things that needed help, and the remaining 30% were just doing tasks that an adult could complete, such as moving things, but it was just a few more people to help, which was not very meaningful.

"Huh? Can you tell?"

"That's right."

"This is completely over mobilization. If you really want to go to that kind of place, it is impossible to bring so many people."

"Do you know where you're going?" I asked.

"That's right." She answered in my tone. "If you want to meet the professor, I can probably guess where she is now."

"where?"

"I won't tell you," Mo Xiao seemed a little awkward, "Anyway, it's not a place where it will come in handy for any big scenes."

"I don't think they plan to take many people there, you see." I pointed to the place where the busy people gathered below, where several helicopters were placed firmly. It's not the kind of personal toy that Mo Xiao got from the tavern. From the perspective of capacity, at least it is for police or military use, and at worst it is also for medical use, but the spray paint is so worn that even the background color cannot be seen clearly.

And this kind of large-capacity helicopter, there are a total of five helicopters on the apron, and they only deal with two of them. Since the helicopter is going to be used, it means that there should be a considerable distance to the place to go. If you want to bring a sufficient number of people, you will not let the other three be idle.

I told Mo Xiao what I thought, and she nodded slightly and smiled.

"Although it is a logic that monkeys can understand, but you can think about problems to some extent, which is also a kind of progress."

As he spoke, Mo Xiao's expression suddenly darkened again.

"However, this journey may be very dangerous."

"Why?"

"I just praised you for using your brain a little bit, have you forgotten? You are a death row prisoner, and now you have to go back to your prisoner and ask a bunch of questions. Isn't this a self-inflicted trap?"

"Perhaps so. But ... I feel I must know, must know who I am."

"Knowing the truth is not necessarily happiness."

"'There is no future without truth'." I couldn't help saying the line I remembered before.

Hearing this, Mo Xiao froze for a moment. Seeing her reaction, I immediately regretted it. It seemed that she was going to make fun of me. Sure enough, it was a bad line.

""Garden of Life and Death"?"

But unexpectedly, the name of the movie came out of her mouth.

"……you saw it?"

"It's really "Garden of Life and Death". This line sounds like it would appear in a suspense movie or a sci-fi movie. I thought you were quoting another movie."

"I didn't expect you to watch that kind of drama. I thought you only watched medical documentaries."

"Forget it, from a professional's point of view, those things are just for children's entertainment."

"Speaking of which... where did you watch "Garden of Life and Death"? I remember that there is no such movie in the library's viewing library. There are no so-called scientific and educational works, and the library doesn't even have it."

"I……"

After hearing this question, I was stunned. I clearly remember all the plot and process of this movie, but since I didn't watch this movie in the library, then...

Just when I was thinking wildly, I was suddenly patted on the back.

"Two, please hurry up."

I turned around and saw that it was Tang Ren. In this night, he was as tall as a tower.

"If you want to go together, you are ready."

In the end, as I expected, there were only a dozen or so people who got on the helicopter in the end, five people in one helicopter. Unfortunately, Tang Ren, Mo Xiao and Mo You were all on the other one, and I was the only one sitting in the pile. Overwhelmed by strangers, and most of them are guys in gas masks who look alike...

I sat in this narrow knee space, feeling a little uneasy. I haven't forgotten the shadow of the last plane crash. Moreover, this place is really too crowded, Mo You didn't know what she took, and put more than a dozen boxes here. It's kind of hard to put me in a huddle with these guys in gas masks.

But among this group of tall and burly guys, I still saw a familiar figure. Before the plane started, they hadn't had time to pay attention. If he was added, there would be eleven people in total.

"Yo, Rick, why don't you go too?"

That is undoubtedly Lake. Although he replaced his hood with a steel helmet and wore a body armor full of pockets, he was armed to the teeth, but I couldn't recognize his short body with small hands and feet. .

When Lake heard my question, he jumped up from his seat, pointed at me, and pointed at himself, then compared the appearance of Bi Xiaoji with his hands, and looked at me confidently.

[I just want to ask you, why do you, a weak chicken with no strength to restrain a chicken, want to come together. 】

That's probably what it means.

"Don't worry..."

Before I could finish my sentence, suddenly the other four people who were sitting in the seat pointed at me with guns at the same time. I was so frightened that my tongue was almost tied and I didn't dare to move.

If it wasn't for Lake waving his hands at these people, I think I might really become a sieve.

"Uh, did I say something wrong just now?"

"How dare you call Mr. You by his name directly, without any honorific title, it is true, you deserve death!"

Saying this, one of them pointed a black muzzle at me again.

"Then, then I'll do it again, worry... Your lord asked me to come, so I followed."

【So that's it, it was Mo You who called you here. 】

Rick nodded thoughtfully.

【Okay then, when we get to the place later, we have to follow closely. If your weak bones are left alone, they will be eaten up in three minutes. 】

"Do you know where we're going?"

【black market. 】

"black market?"

Sounds like a dangerous place, but what would a professor do in a place like the black market?

Thinking of this, I inadvertently looked at the distant horizon. There is a little white belly in the sky.

"How is this going?"

It should be close to midnight when we set off... We have been walking for less than half an hour now, why did it dawn so soon? I suddenly recalled what happened when I went to the Eternal Dead. I remembered that it was still evening outside, but it was already late at night inside... What is the principle?

I shook my head, it seems that this is not something that can be figured out with only my brain.

As the plane moved forward, I felt that the weather was getting warmer. On the one hand, it may be because the sky is getting brighter, and on the other hand, our destination is also warmer. Almost no one spoke along the way, only Lake expressed to me After some things, Belita and George didn't follow, but Mo You went there in person, which made him feel strange.

In the distance, I saw some familiar scenery on the ruins below, and in the distance, it seemed to be a bridge. Here... here, here is Dyson Bay! ?