First Player

Chapter 18·Millennium·"Don't go gentle into that good night (5)"

Within a few days, 0002 appeared in front of me.

Now even the subtle differences in appearance have disappeared. 0002 As long as he doesn't speak, everyone will think that he is Su Ming'an himself.

I didn't say anything this time, suddenly feeling that it was pointless.

If this thing really goes smoothly, I will not be reduced to a wheelchair if I was marked by the gods for control before. But... I know clearly that this matter did not go smoothly.

For the overall situation of the millennium, this job is just a backup plan, just a small screw in the fate machine. It doesn't matter whether it is present or not, but it... determines the lives of so many "black magpies".

"Su Mingan-3030..." I muttered this sentence.

Later, I walked through the corridor and accidentally noticed that the students had moved to other areas. The student dormitories were transformed into locked rooms, and the sound of piano, cooking, and live broadcasts could occasionally be heard from inside. These sounds were exactly the same as mine. At this moment, I knew that I had witnessed all these steps.

End to end.

I caressed the name of the black magpie on the ring of time. He is not yet born, but he is already destined to die.

…

Another peace festival.

Every Christmas Day, Xia Jiawen would deliver candies door to door, but told people not to eat them. Maybe it was some kind of custom.

Lu Shu and I leaned against the peace tree, looking at the colorful gift boxes around us, with the colored lights spinning.

We leaned against the peace tree, feeling sleepy little by little.

Until the siren sounded.

"B-B-B-B-B-!"

I have never heard a warning sound, and what I see is bright colors. Thick black fog spread in, which was an unprecedented sight.

"What's going on?" I realized that Jiuyou finally had a problem.

Xia Jiawen came to me quickly, still smeared with cream and silk ribbons: "...It seems that Jiuyou has been discovered. I don't know why the enemy can still find this place under the protection of the Utopia. Mingyue, you and me Let’s go to the safest place.”

I asked Xia Jiawen to stay behind while I went to deal with the enemy. He failed to stop me, there were too many children behind him, and eventually he took thousands of people and hid in the auditorium, where there were many defensive barriers.

"Dr. Li——!" His cry was left behind me.

I walked out and the enemy I saw face to face was a blond man with beautiful blue pupils and holding a delicate cane. All attacks falling on him were like passing through a gust of wind.

——It is the overlay of the invader.

I didn't say much.

I have been studying the spirit of speech for decades, and I have mastered almost all of it. Even if the overlapping shadow can affect the world now, the degree of influence is very low. It can only drive the black mist to spread, but it cannot do much.

But He was followed by many people, who were sallow and thin and dressed in rags. I could see their anger and dissatisfaction at a glance.

"——Okay! We are suffering and tired outside, and we are almost unable to survive, but you actually live in such a good place!" This group of people looked at Jiuyou, full of accusations:

"Is this where the Millennium Project gathers? You have the heart to build such a sophisticated instrument, but you refuse to give us a bite of bread!"

"What kind of chaos is going on outside? You talk about thousands of years. What will our generation do? You guys have never thought about it! Why..."

What does my expression look like?

Probably very indifferent.

It was like seeing the mob that finally broke into Akto's house. It turns out that no matter which world we are in, people are the same. I understand their grief and anger, but their anger is not directed at the invaders, but at the people who saved this civilization.

The overlapping shadow is smiling, it seems that He has expected that human nature is like this.

"As long as you capture this place, you will have food, drink, and shelter. You can also enjoy this paradise." Duiying tempted.

But even if he captured this place, he couldn't leave it to this group of people. But people don't understand, they just want to live.

We have no choice and they have no choice.

But they directed their fire at the wrong target.

They - shot at the children.

…

The first gunshot rang out, and a child who was only eight or nine years old fell to the ground. The bullet passed through his shoulder and he shouted in pain. But no one cared about his pain.

Then a second, a third, a fourth.

I blocked the spreading black mist, but I couldn't move to stop these people who also mastered the spirit of speech. Duiying gave them power.

Like a stampede at the zoo, "animals" ran past me, making inhuman noises, trampling on skinny children, rushing toward bread and cheese.

I could barely see a human form.

What you can see with the naked eye is a beast-like face.

At this moment, I suddenly realized that "people" themselves are the end of civilization. When someone whispers into their ears, benevolence, justice, propriety, wisdom and trust will soon disappear, and the speed is so fast that it shocked me.

In the end, I managed to prevent the disaster.

The blond man possessed by the double shadow was killed by my sword, and the mob was gradually killed by the machines and traps of the experimental city. The preparations for the Millennium Plan were in place, and everything was not lost because of a single turmoil, but the price paid was heavy. The black mist is extremely lethal, and people will mutate if they touch it. When everything was over, Jiuyou had become very quiet.

I could barely see anyone alive.

The level of "God" is so powerful that He didn't even really come. He just found a loophole and entered the Nine Netherworld, causing horrific disasters.

After mobilizing Jiuyou's data, I finally discovered who this disaster originated from - just an inconspicuous researcher. In order to secretly send his child into Jiuyou and enjoy the paradise, he delayed the closing time of Jiuyou by one millisecond.

Just a millisecond.

Duoying noticed this millisecond's breath, and after dormant for a long time, he came in with someone. Even the person in charge would not have thought that a gap of one millisecond would be captured by the overlapping image.

I ran towards the auditorium, looking for Xia Jiawen. Nowadays many people have died and I don’t know if he is still alive.

I saw through the auditorium window that people were eating candy. This makes me feel reassured... Fortunately, some people are still alive.

The light was a bit dim, coinciding with the transition between dusk and night. The lights were not turned on in the auditorium. Thousands of people sat in the seats in the auditorium and peeled off the candy wrappers in their hands.

"Has everyone been given candies?" Lin Yawen gestured on the stage, smiling and waving:

"Okay, let's eat some candies and wish for peace and harmony in the coming year..."

Like the last peaceful day before the end, when the defensive barrier is exhausted, the black mist will swallow up this auditorium. In response to the eulogies of Peace Festival, people peeled off the candy wrappers in their hands.

"...Xia Jiawen!" I shouted, but no one responded.

Candy scent.

There is a strong scent of candy floating in the air.

I didn't see Xia Jiawen.

Click, click, click.

The sound of chewing candy.

The sound of black mist corroding the barrier.

I didn't know how to dispel the black mist. The only thing I could think of was to protect these people with my own body.

...but that makes no sense.

I can only save a few, the rest will die.

Click, click.

The teeth crush the candy and collide crisply. The plastic shell rattled like a rainstorm.

I pushed the door open and entered. The auditorium suddenly became very quiet, and there was no sound of eating candy.

Thousands of people were sitting on their seats, their heads slightly lowered, and their eyes seemed to be looking at me, but they seemed not to be there. The light was too dim, and the black fog had corroded the electrical system. Only the dust swirling close at hand could be seen, and the seats were covered with a layer of dusk color.

They were so quiet that I almost thought it was my imagination that they were eating sweets just now.

I walked up to the stage, and Lin Yawen was sitting behind the piano. The huge piano board blocked her thin body, and I could only see a white arm, resting on the black and white keys, with her index finger lowered.

"clang--"

The auditorium echoed with the aftertaste of the piano.

"Lin Yawen, the black fog will be automatically drained away by the Utopia after a while. But the black fog will soon erode the auditorium. I have to send you out, but I can only save a few at most..." I stopped here. .

Sweet candy flavor spreads.

The woman with a hollow expression straightened her back and sat on half of the piano bench, as if she had left half of it for someone.

She is dead.

At this time, the power was restored, and the auditorium suddenly became brighter. Under the shining of crystal lamp balls, I suddenly saw the whole auditorium.

I saw hell.

Broken candies lay on the ground, and candy wrappers were scattered all over the floor.

Thousands of people are still sitting quietly in their seats, with their heads slightly bowed. No matter what actions I take, they will not make a sound, because their foreheads are connected to a pipeline that extends to the underground of the auditorium-all the way to the rooftop. Seats.

No wonder no one said hello to me along the way. They obviously liked Teacher Li very much. It turns out it's not that they don't want to say hello, but... they can't.

The second after I saw them eating candy through the window, the second before I pushed the door open - thousands of people died at the same moment.

Just for a second.

The candy wrappers fell, and the head hung low.

The fall of Jiuyou is imminent. According to the backup plan, if it is confirmed that there is no hope of survival, you can "store" yourself in time. So Lin Yawen took people to sit down here, and everyone connected to the pipeline and stored "themselves" in the largest hard drive of life.

I picked up an unbitten candy, smelled it, and suddenly felt suffocated.

I smelled the ingredients in it - it was to reduce pain and unconsciousness, so that they would not feel the pain of death at the last moment when their souls were "stored".

This is the truth about eating "sugar".

Xia Jiawen gives them candy every year, but tells them not to eat it because he knows that... once they eat this candy, it means the storage of the soul and the end of life. Everyone knows very well that Jiuyou is not 100% safe and may fall. Even if the plan can go smoothly, it does not mean that everyone can survive. We are just trying to survive the end together.

…My throat felt like it was being strangled, like it was soaked in an ice cave.

The auditorium was packed with thousands of people, and they were rubbing shoulders.

It was full of people, but also empty.

Pairs of eyes looked at me blankly, and they smiled in the end. Maybe they knew that they would have another life, maybe they didn't regret this short life.

"Click."

I stepped on a Gundam.

It was made by a child... He handed it to me very excitedly that day and said that he would be a great mechanic in the future. Some children said they wanted to taste the dessert.

...has it been achieved?

I held my little hard drive of life in my arms.

……I have no idea.

I looked at Lin Yawen's life hard drive. She had some small words engraved on it that she must have engraved before swallowing the candy.

…

[Jiawen:

"The Selfish Gene" once mentioned that when a couple gets married, they should put their hands on "Evolutionary Psychology" and "The Selfish Gene" and swear: "I will go against my nature, disobey my instinct, and love you forever." ”]

[I can't guarantee that I can love you for a long time against my instinct, but my life is too short to be worthy of the word "long-lasting". 】

[So if there is another life, my genes will still drive me to love you brand new. Because we will not change in the next life, so I will still fall in love with the same you. Falling in love with you is my instinct. 】

【So I will promise——】

["I will obey my nature, follow my instinct, and love you forever.\