Doomsday Wonderland

"Qiao...Professor Qiao?"

Separated by the dense, almost ferocious iron railings, Wu Yiliu did not dare to get too close; his eyes passed through the narrow gap and fell on Professor Qiao's profile cut into pieces by the railings, and he let out a soft cry.

The wizened woman had been gone for nearly ten minutes, and Professor Qiao's continued silence finally made him unable to sit still. Before the female evolutionist left, she neither confirmed nor denied. Professor Qiao's question seemed to be hung in the air, making people uneasy.

If they really found Sakura Mizugan... Ichiyanagi wouldn't even want to think about it further.

After a few seconds, the old lady's voice rang out, unexpectedly calm.

"I'm fine." She said slowly, "They have many tricks. It's not surprising that they found a few names. Don't blame yourself."

The words "I'm sorry" in his throat became even more burning, even though Yatanagi didn't know what he wanted to apologize for.

The old lady turned her head and looked around her, as if she had just realized that she was locked in an iron cage. "This is her special item," she said, looking surprised. "You'd better not touch the railing."

Wu Yiliu also noticed that in the smooth and deep iron gray, a black line would occasionally flash past, like an electric current or a swimming fish, it would disappear in a flash. After all, this was something used to trap the evolved person. He didn't dare to think about the consequences if he encountered it.

"She didn't kill us or infect us. Instead, she just locked us up." Professor Qiao seemed to have returned to normal and said, "This is a bit strange."

"Yes." Wu Yiliu was somewhat relieved and replied: "I thought over and over again, we obviously don't have anything that can check and balance them, and it is completely useless to them... It's like entering the house. There was a bug, but instead of getting rid of it early, I covered it with a cup."

"One thing is for sure, they will get rid of us two bugs sooner or later. Either kill them or infect them, but they won't keep us in jail." Professor Qiao could still smile at this time, which made Yaichi Liu secretly admire him - - "But the female evolver didn't touch us just now. Think about it why?"

If it weren't for the weird environment at this time, it would be a bit like being in class. Yaichi Liu thought about it for a few minutes and said: "I can't think of any use to them. If this possibility is eliminated, then I only have one feeling left, and I don't know if it is right... She Do I need to ask someone for permission first before I can take action?"

This statement sounds incredible: as an evolutionist, the wizened woman can obviously walk sideways, so why does she need to ask the opinion of the shapeshifter first when dealing with ordinary people?

Perhaps Professor Qiao didn't think so either, and was too lost in thought to speak. Wu Yiliu sat down on the ground and said with a wry smile: "Forget it, no matter what, it doesn't mean much anymore. They are about to turn this place into a real replica..."

Facing Professor Qiao's doubtful look, he told everything he had just heard. Although he tried his best to control his emotions when he told it, he couldn't help but become more depressed and desperate the more he talked about it.

"For shape-shifters, fake copies are almost perfect. The only drawback is that they have no actual binding force on evolvers."

He lowered his head, plucked his shoelaces, and said, "If it were me, I would use special items to turn it into a true copy with exactly the same content and exactly the same operation, but binding on evolvers. When the time comes, come in No one can escape...I thought about it again and again, but I couldn't think of any way."

"That item can be used like this?"

"It should be possible," Yachiyanagi recalled, "It can 'form copies according to arrangements,' that's what they said. Besides, if it can't be used in this way, why bother looking for it? If it randomly generates unmeasured content, A copy is not like shooting yourself in the foot."

Professor Qiao tilted his head thoughtfully. She is old and has experienced many twists and turns for most of the day, and now she cannot bear to sit down. "It would be quite interesting if it really succeeds," she actually smiled slightly and said, "I'd really like to see it."

Wu Yiliu couldn't help turning his head and glanced at her. "Professor Qiao..."

"I know, it sounds bad," the old lady said, subconsciously twirling the ring on her finger. "No, it's not just bad, there's absolutely no way out."

Sure enough, there was nothing Professor Qiao could do... After all, they were all ordinary people, and it was incredible that they could reach this point. Wu Yiliu nodded and silently buried his face in his knees.

Are ordinary people really so powerless? If he doesn't struggle, he may still have a few or more years of life; if he struggles, he is about to reach the end.

The two sat in the cage for a long time. Professor Qiao would tell him about past events from time to time, almost all of which had never happened in this timeline. After all, what else could she do now? Both of them could only wait in helpless despair for the shape-shifter to pronounce their sentence - Yachiyanagi clearly understood the mood of the death row prisoner. But the strange thing is that several hours have passed and no one has come to deal with them.

what happened?

It would be okay if he was given a break, but suffering in the unknown like this was really uncomfortable, as if there was a hard stake stuck in the chest, piercing his throat when he sat, and pressing his stomach when he stood up. When Wu Yiliu was anxiously spinning around in the iron cage, he suddenly heard the sound of keys clanging in the corridor outside the door.

Both of them raised their heads at the sound.

The footsteps accompanied by the sound of keys were obviously not directed at them. They floated up from one end of the corridor, passed through the door with a clatter, and disappeared at the other end. Wu Yiliu almost threw himself on the railing. He listened for a while. When the sound of the keys sounded again, he hurriedly asked: "Professor Qiao, what time is it now?"

"Three past five," the old lady took out her phone and looked at it before replying. After being captured, no one searched their bodies; even if they had mobile phones, they had no one in the world they could call for help.

Wu Yiliu's heart warmed and he suddenly felt sure; when the sound of keys was about to reach the door again, he immediately shouted loudly - "Brother Chen! Brother Chen!"

The sound of keys and footsteps stopped at the door. Professor Qiao couldn't understand the situation and glanced up at him.

"Just come in for a moment and you'll be fine in no time," Wu Yiliu lowered his voice and shouted to the door through the railing: "Just for a little while, you won't regret it. If I have something good to do, I'll come to you!"

The man outside the door still didn't make a sound. But after a few seconds, the door was hesitantly pushed open a crack. Wu Yiliu's heart almost jumped out of his chest - he remembered correctly, it seemed that because he trusted his iron cage so much, the shriveled female evolver didn't lock the door when he left.

"What did you ask me to do?"

The shape-shifting guard who had accepted a cigarette from him last time poked his head in and complained with surprise and suspicion: "What good can you do? Stop screaming, lest others hear and misunderstand me."

"Come in, I promise you'll be fine soon. I won't let your help go in vain. It will definitely do you no harm." Wu Yiliu's palms were all sweaty, and he tried desperately to keep him here, saying: "My teacher and I can't get out." If you go, there’s no point keeping the money..."

The word "money" immediately lit up the guard's eyes. He shrunk his head and went out to look at the corridor. Seeing no one outside, he ducked into the house and the keys in his waist clattered. After he quickly closed the door, his attention was first attracted by the iron cage. He stared at it with his mouth open for a while, then he remembered the business and asked, "Hey, how did you know it was me outside the door?"

The last time he came here, Wu Yiliu heard the sound of a large bunch of keys on his waist - it's not that he can remember the sound of the keys, but the sound of a large bunch of keys is louder and more audible. When he came out, except for the guards, no one in this building had so many keys hanging on his body. In addition, he heard the sound of keys twice, both at the same time in the afternoon. There was a high possibility that the same person was on duty. He tried Once I tried it, it turned out to be right.

However, the guard didn't seem to be too interested in how he discovered him. His eyes stayed on Professor Qiao for a while, and his expression became slightly more relaxed - just by looking at his expression, Yaichi Liu could guess his mental activities: Wu Yiliu looks like a young student with little money, but the old lady is different. She has a lot of life savings, right?

Professor Qiao is very reliable and has already taken out his wallet.

"What are you looking for me for?" The guard probably knew that the money would not be for nothing, so he asked cautiously.

"Brother Chen, although I really want to have a good talk with you," he inquired tentatively, "but are you safe now? What if the female evolution suddenly comes in and sees you..."

"She left a long time ago, it's been two hours." The guard waved his hand and said, "The man who came last time suddenly came to her and said that there was news, and the two of them left in a hurry .”

You mean the visa officer? That wizened woman left with the visa officer?

Wu Yiliu immediately asked: "What's going on? Where did she go? Can't she come back suddenly?"

The guard reported a place name, which was another small city four or five hours away by train from this city. "I'd better tell them how to go. It's so far away. I won't be able to come back for a while."

"Didn't she say what she was going to do?" Wu Yiliu had already vaguely speculated in his heart - the group of evolvers including the visa officer, the latest goal is to find the item that makes a copy; at this time, the withered woman suddenly I set off with the visa officer, probably knowing the whereabouts of the item.

He thought that the wizened woman was going to ask someone for instructions, but it seems that he guessed wrong?

No, that's not right. She just left two hours ago; when he and Professor Qiao were arrested, the wizened woman didn't know that she was going to find a special item. Why she didn't take action at that time is still a mystery.

"How could they tell me about their affairs?" the guard began to lose his patience.

Wu Yiliu knew that he had to give him some benefits - but this was probably his only chance. What should he do in exchange for the benefits to ensure that the two of them could escape?

"You know Pease, right?" He leaned closer to the railing and whispered: "It's the evolver who collects special items... Could you please ask him to come here anyway? Just tell him that it's related to Matters of his vital interest..."