Steel steam and flame

The process of perception improvement is very slow, and it is not a definite surgical ability. It can involve organs such as eyes, and Cassia has to treat it with caution.

It doesn't end until 11 p.m., and this is just the foundation for improvement. It will take more than ten times of the same operation before you can see the actual effect. Cassia performed an extremely large number of simulations on her mental body, with almost no failures. All she lacked was time.

After handing over control of her body, Xicia felt subtle changes. She went to the window and opened a corner of the curtain. Under the snowy clouds, the central circle of the city was still flashing lights, but there was no lively atmosphere. New Year was two days ago. Except for that night, the city and the people in it returned to normal very quickly.

Participating in the excitement itself will consume excitement and energy.

Sisia stood by the window, her thoughtful face reflected on the glass. She sighed and closed the curtain, and when she sat down at the table, her thoughts disappeared.

"After reaching the third stage, there will be huge changes, right?" She had organized the words in her heart, and after her throat moved many times, she said words with multiple meanings, "The world and environment of strangers that I then came into contact with. The enemy. The appearance will be completely changed. A large number of second-stage students at the training ground will suddenly disappear and it will be difficult to encounter them again."

"Enter another circle. In the past, in the mushroom cultivation base, there was a kind of mushroom in a shed, and the appearance was roughly the same. Are the strange ones the same?"

"That's right, weirdos will all move up. There is a reason to have to move up, no matter whether the process of becoming a weirdo is active or passive." Cassia replied, hearing something wrong in Sisia's tone. He himself was also prepared - Xicia, as a woman, was reminded by Lina and Hilary, and had seen the same thing from Ye Jielin before - female intuition.

Having anticipated this situation in advance, due to intuition, Sicia took the initiative to ask about the situation. It was also one of the few opportunities that Cassia herself was waiting for.

"Besides yourself and the environment, is there anything else that changes?"

"No more, it's all focused on yourself and the environment." Cassia leaned against the broken analysis machine. He had been thinking about it for a long time in the past few days, and Sisia's inquiry at this moment reminded him of the traces he had left along the way in the past few years. He felt relieved and relaxed. Looking back, he knew that it was not easy for him to reach this point, or to live until now.

He didn't dwell on the mood too much. Although Cassia knew that it could indeed make him feel comfortable for a while, he didn't need this kind of comfort now. There are more and more important things waiting for him later. And he must pick up these waiting people one by one. He didn't know if it was considered a responsibility, but he knew that these were the things that allowed him to go and live until now.

"With your adaptability, it will take very little time to integrate into this kind of change." He quickly added, "Since you have chosen to be a strange person, there should be no hesitation in your heart."

Cassia suddenly remembered the scene when he enrolled in the Imperial Heavy Industry School, met Coach Bei, and pulled out his revolver when he sensed danger. The memory was clearer than he thought.

"Hesitation is an emotion that cannot exist in front of these metal appliances." He repeated the words of the coach at that time in a heavy voice, "This is also completely applicable in the world of strangers, because hesitation will lead to choices that deviate from the route. Correcting it takes a lot of time and effort.”

"Is this how you got through step by step? Constant correction, and you have paid a lot of price. Approaching death seems to be the norm for people like you."

Cassia in the spiritual body smiled: "It's not the norm. People who are approaching death are more of the enemies standing in front of me. But they don't say they are approaching death. Most of them are really dead, and their bodies are not. It won’t be complete. It will either be in pieces, or it will be partially torn apart by the wind of the bullet into something like mist.”

He sighed, "My situation is very similar to yours. You come from an ordinary small tribe, and I started from a small town in the border area. I also went to school at that time. Later, due to many reasons, the entire trajectory changed completely. . The moment before I became the surgeon, I also had no idea what the medicines and syringes in those people’s hands meant.”

"Just like you want to do automated mushroom cultivation, my previous dream was to be a holy messenger of the church, because the church will take care of many things, including houses. As an individual, as long as you do almost no work every day , and just spend a little time singing and praising the glory of the Holy Emperor."

"Simple job, right?"

"It is simpler than growing mushrooms. When growing mushrooms, you have to consider temperature, humidity, seasonal effects, and prepare fertilizers, etc. Even if they are mature and harvested, how to sell them at a good price is another worry. Things. Later, if you want to do mechanical and automatic work, there are more situations that need to be taken into consideration." This memory is a beautiful thing for Xixia.

"But it's almost like what you said. I was lifted directly and put on another track. I couldn't stop, so I had to run along the new track. As for the original track, I haven't found it again until now. The traces just disappeared."

"If you think about it carefully, my adaptability is indeed very good." Xicia sighed, "I don't know if this is a good thing or a bad thing."

"At least so far, it has shown a good side." Cassia, who followed up, gave a judgment. "It can help you eliminate your hesitation as quickly as possible. This is very important, no matter the dangers you will continue to face in the future. , or all kinds of people who are constantly approaching and leaving, you need to have a good mood and face it with a strong mentality."

"You are being protected now, can you feel it?"

Xicia nodded with certainty and took a deep breath: "I can definitely feel it. Maybe you can't understand what it feels like for a girl to feel at ease. During the period of narcolepsy after the sacrifice ceremony, you, as a From the moment the second personality woke up to now, I have had different feelings. Thank you very much."

"But it will always disappear." Cassia said with regret. "From becoming a surgeon to now, this path has been like this. The happy memories have always been blurred, but the regrets and sadness have become clearer. When protecting Disappearing layer by layer, what I told you in the past is roughly what the world of Strangers is really like."

"A world as cold as steel?"

"There are too few things that are not cold, but essentially warm. If you want to protect them, you have to integrate yourself into this world. This is not a process that makes people happy or want to remember. It's like half a month Before, I asked you to use fire blunderbuss to kill the group of unconscious people one by one. In fact, it is okay not to kill them all." The last example Cassia said made Sicia exhale one after another.

"That's it. I just came out of a small town, and I was almost like you at first. Every time I killed an enemy, I could feel something diminishing in my heart. I was very emotional at that time, and I kept looking at my heart. It's just... In fact, I can’t remember when it started. No matter whether the other party is an enemy or not, as long as it is someone who has nothing to do with me, it will no longer cause any emotional and emotional fluctuations."

"There is no need to even find a suitable reason for their death. Even if they are enemies, it is fine. But I won't do that anymore. Whether they are enemies or not, it doesn't matter at all. The important thing is that they became corpses, which is very important to me. It's important." Cassia sighed, and many memories came back to her, as if they happened just a few days ago.

It's extremely clear, but it never makes people happy. It is undeniable that it is these things that have happened that make people make choices and bring about changes without realizing it.