Chapter 24 24
Chapter 24 24
After that day, Bai Duo became Dr. Wu's new assistant.
Wu Xie started to participate in the sharing sessions of the Brain Research Group. Every time he sat in the corner of the second row of the meeting room, bowed his head to take notes like a student, and left on crutches after listening carefully to the sharing sessions, even if he was due to other projects. He could not arrive in time because of the reason, and he would use his free time to watch videos. He no longer gave himself time to rest. Even though his body continued to deteriorate due to tuberculosis, he still worked day and night.
Yes, tuberculosis.
The cold that he never cared about at the beginning finally turned into an irreversible serious illness, but even the top medical staff were helpless against his illness, because any antibody was ineffective against him, and his life began to count down—at the latest Late, that is, about three years.
Bai Duo advised him countless times not to work so hard, and even cooperated with the therapist to enforce his sleep time, but apart from sleeping pills, there was nothing that could make a man fall asleep normally. The pain will be released in the middle of the night.
He couldn't be indifferent after crying for the person who died in front of him like the characters in the TV series, even if the system repeatedly persuaded him that the woman who died for him was just a set of data.
He thought, maybe his cowardice was at work, and he started doing useless things again, but he couldn't control it, just like he couldn't restrain his dependence on nicotine.
As long as he closes his eyes and pauses for a moment, the scene of Wu Tong standing in front of him will be played again and again, which makes him feel that it is shameful to stop the experiment and stop thinking, and he has the obligation to do his best for this matter , not for the task, but for Wu Tong, for the expectation and belief that cannot be captured by the data at that moment.
He was finally able to understand the original owner's idea of devoting all his life to his career after losing everything. After thoroughly deconstructing the message "Wu Tong is dead", he suddenly realized that even if this is the data world, everyone has treated him or This character has real feelings and sustenance for this world, and what he feels are real emotions that cannot be accurately replicated and quantified by any data.
He couldn't be indifferent and indifferent to it.
He is a man, not a machine.
When the progress of Event [-] gradually stagnated, he became anxious and irritable, coughed a lot of blood into the toilet, and then smashed the crystal jar full of cigarette butts. This time, Bai Duo didn't babble on words of persuasion as before, but silently swept away the debris on the ground, looked at him worriedly before leaving, and said:
"Teacher, take a good rest...the project, there will be a turning point."
The door was snapped shut.
Wu Xie had a big fight with the system.
"When Wu Tong woke up that day, why didn't you tell me that I have refresh potions and I'm not afraid, she's just an ordinary person, she was shot in the chest! Chest! The heart was smashed and there's no way to save it, you know that? !” He walked around the room with a cane like a roaring lion, “You know data every day, what do you know, you don’t know anything—you can’t even recognize the emotions on other people’s faces, What kind of system are you, you are trash!"
"...The system can only monitor the situation in the vicinity of the male and female hosts. The alarm monitoring was blocked by the male host that day. The system cannot detect and cause inconvenience. Please forgive the host." The electronic voice in his mind replied dully, "After the system upgrade in the next world You can recognize the facial expressions of the characters, please come on host."
"Come on? Fuck you, you have a fucking attitude to let people pass the level?! Don't you feel tired of selling chicken soup for your soul every day? Do you have any clues about what happened in these worlds, huh?" The man Throwing the crutch out angrily, the metal crutch knocked against the wall, making a loud crashing sound, "The first world let me be a pervert and not OOC, forget it; the second world let me do it again Crazy scientist, okay, the villain of two worlds in a row will admit it, I will study your mother's biology and pathology from morning to night, what am I doing, just to finish the progress value quickly and leave this world, I don't want to owe anyone a favor Even if she is just a piece of data in your mouth, do you understand?!"
The system was silent, listening to the other party's venting of completely abandoning parenting.
"Now, Wu Tong is dead... You say she is data, you say that as long as I leave her, she will be refreshed and resurrected, but what's the use of it... What you think and what I think are completely different." He sat down on the edge of the bed and said softly, "Even if she is refreshed and revived, 'she' will never come back."
The strong smell of tobacco climbs in the room, and the room is filled with suffocating silence. The ticking clock emits monotonous music, and the depression spreads from one end of the light to the other end of the shadow, and is torn into two indistinguishable halves.
"……sorry."
The man lowered his head and rubbed his face. He tried hard with his fingers and his voice was choked up, but he finally recovered his usual calmness:
"I'm not blaming you, you're fine, these worlds have been taking care of me, I'm too anxious."
"It doesn't matter." The system said sternly, "The next world system will be upgraded, and some of the host's troubled problems will also be resolved. The collapsed system will sincerely serve you."
Wu Xie showed a seemingly wry smile. He fell into the soft quilt on his back, quietly staring at the rotating wall lamp, a little lost in thought.
Time waits for no one. Since Yan Song left the base, he has been in such a tired and chaotic life for more than two years. The tuberculosis deteriorated rapidly. The therapist said it was caused by excessive smoking and work pressure, but only he knew …The so-called work pressure is not the main reason at all, but the few words left by Wu Tong before his death is the root cause. He can always hear that faint but true prayer in the dead of night.
If he can, he doesn't want to be God in anyone's heart—the reason why God is God is because He has done things that humans cannot do. It is too bitter, too tiring, and too difficult for humans to become God.
It's just that he couldn't give up the obsession that was expected, and he couldn't live up to the hope that was opened under the blood.
It was the last prayer of a man, and he was the only recognized "god".
He overcame thorns and thorns, and kept moving forward—just to be worthy of himself and the heart that has been listening for a long time in his chest.
Sure enough, the turning point came soon, although Wu Xie was not surprised by this "turning point".
Countless supernatural beings kicked open the door of the independent laboratory, and a group of scientific researchers who were meeting inside were quickly made dumplings. They were driven together, headed by Wu Xie, and vigilantly confronted the unknown person who rushed in ——These people didn't kill them, they just didn't let anyone leave as if they had received some orders.
Soon, a familiar figure appeared outside the door.
It's Song Wei.
She is very different from when she left.
The black wool windbreaker replaced the original denim jacket, and the turned-out snow-white collar was neat and clean. She moved her hands and gestures with full momentum, and her iconic peach eyes glanced around the laboratory, as if she was looking for something carefully—— When she realized that there was no one she wanted to see here, her pupils quickly moved to the man standing in front of everyone.
The tip of the gun is drooping, and there is a lukewarm smile in her beautiful peach eyes, and the curved corner of her mouth is polite and hypocritical:
"Doctor Wu, long time no see."
The man turned a deaf ear and didn't respond verbally. Song Wei didn't care about it. She hid what she really wanted to ask in the ridicule of "reunion after a long time" and sent it lightly:
"Where's your good assistant, has he abandoned you?"
Wu Xie finally looked at her with straight eyes, and there was a deep determination hidden in his slightly narrowed pupils.
His attitude is cold, and his words are clear:
"My assistant is right next to me."
Song Wei froze for a moment, looked at the strange man who stretched out his arm to half-protect Wu Xie behind him, her heart skipped a beat, and she clenched the handle of the gun as if realizing something.Swallowing her saliva, she stopped hiding her emotions and asked in a cold voice:
"Wu Tong, where is she?!"
Wu Xie looked at her calmly for a while, then suddenly smiled.
He seldom smiles, but whenever he encounters something that surprises him or finds it fun, he will always give a different expression from the past. Song Wei senses a trace of fright from the momentary emotions leaked by the other party. the chill.
"she?"
The man folded up the documents in his hands, and stated the cruel facts lightly.
"She's dead, you shot it yourself, have you forgotten?"
A helpless daze appeared on the woman's face, even blank. Even though it was only a few seconds, it was enough for Wu Xie to see the trembling emotions of the other party clearly.
Song Wei seemed unable to understand the meaning of this sentence for a while.
But she reacted quickly, pointed the gun at the overly calm man in front of her, suppressed the panic that rose sharply in her heart, and said with a sneer:
"Don't try to lie to me, has she gone to find reinforcements for you? Call her back immediately, there are all our people outside, she can't escape."
No one spoke.
Only Wu Xie looked at her calmly, as if looking at a fool.
After a long time, the man repeated what he had said:
"She's dead."
"She's not dead!"
The woman roared, and the hand holding the gun began to tremble.
"I still have her blood on my white coat." The man's eyes were full of disgust and indifference, "The clothes are hanging in my room, do you want to see them?"
The woman suddenly screamed violently, clicked on the trigger safety, and said frantically:
"You lied to me—you're a liar, she's not dead, it's you!"
boom.
The moment the sparks flickered, the tall young man appeared behind the woman like a ghost, the barrel of the gun was pressed down instantly, and the bullet made a slanted hole in the metal ground in front of the man's feet with a "thud", and the green smoke that hadn't dispersed from the gun rose slowly , the expressionless man looked at the young man with a gloomy expression:
"Take care of your men."
Obviously, after mentioning Wu Tong, his mood was also affected.
"Okay, father."
The young man who has been training abroad for two years speaks much more fluently. He confiscated Song Wei's penis as good as he could, and gently pressed the woman's shoulders that were trembling violently due to excitement. He repeated what he had said to Wu Xie.
"Father, I would like to ask you to be my test subject."
The research team was in an uproar, and most of them stared at the young man who fell out of nowhere with righteous indignation, or stopped Wu Xie who was standing in the front. They were all old people who had seen "Sweet Potato". Immediately recognized the other party—of course, they also knew very well what the research institute had done to "Sweet Potato". "What other meanings does the request have for the youth.
"I refuse." Bai Duo was the first to retort, gritted his teeth, "The doctor is the main promoter of anti-disease drugs, the reason why he stands here is because he has more important things to do, if you want to avenge your personal revenge, you can find anyone— But if you want to touch the doctor, you have to step over my dead body first!"
"We can understand your request." A middle-aged pharmacology expert said in a deep voice, "but it's hard to obey."
"Let the doctor stand inside." Someone began to remind the people in front, "Don't let them take away Dr. Wu."
Wu Xie was caught off guard by the reaction of the team members, and was immediately pulled behind by Bai Duo. Several important experimenters rushed over to block him. At this juncture of life and death, the brain that most needs protection is surrounded first, and no one is allowed to move forward.
Bai Duo was actually trembling with fear, but he still gritted his teeth and protected everyone behind him, baring his fangs like a wolf cub at the end of the road and looking at the young man with a half-smile in front of him—this person is indeed very different from two years ago. It's different. When he was in the laboratory, the young man had no expression on his face, and expressed his emotions with a cold face. If he rounded it up, he looked like a replica of Dr. Wu, but now... the other party showed a face that he had never seen before. demeanor.
"It's really touching." The young man applauded admiringly. After clapping twice, he found that no one was following him. He looked at the supernatural beings who were guarding around him, and said dissatisfiedly, "What's the matter with you? Isn't this scene wonderful? Why not?" applaud?"
The monotonous clapping quickly turned into applause. Wu Xie accurately received the hot gaze from the other party when his eyes passed through the crowd. The moment the focus was on, this handsome young man gave him a kind of Déjà vu.
...It's as if I've seen it somewhere.
"Father's popularity really exceeded expectations, but." The young man stopped applauding, stretched his arms forward, and raised two fingers, as if to shoot, "My patience is not very good. Within three shots, if father Unable to decide, I can only step on their corpses and take my father out."
He smiled slightly, and his lips parted slightly:
"bang."
A huge sound of glass shattering came from behind everyone. No one saw any bullets fired by the young man, and they didn't know what kind of energy he activated. It was as if the effect of explosion and blasting was staged in front of their eyes, and a large piece of shattered glass plate Mixed with flying debris, it fell on the metal floor and broke into pieces.
Everyone was shocked and frightened at that moment, but they just stood closer together, locked Wu Xie more firmly in the middle, and used silence to confront the enemy who was about to commit atrocities.
"Very good." The young man finally revealed a slightly surprised expression, "As expected of someone who has been under my father for so long, it's a pity..."
"There is no pity." The man's cold voice came from the crowd, "I know what you want."
Wu Xie walked out of the crowd, and the people who were protecting him pulled him away one after another. He turned his head slightly, with calm eyes, made a stop movement, and said in an unusually gentle voice:
"Thank you—but I can't lose you, not one of you."
Crunching on the shards of glass, his mind wandered back to two years ago, but now, everything has changed.
Leaning on crutches and confronting the young man, the man straightened his back, as if he was meeting him for the first time, carefully and conscientiously looked at this former experimental product, and the other party didn't dodge or avoid him and let him look at it casually, and even seemed to like it very much. He took a step forward to make it easier for the man to continue "checking", and said in a low voice:
"If you are not sure, you can still touch it."
"no need."
Withdrawing his scrutiny, the man said:
"I have three conditions. If you agree, I will be your test subject; if you don't agree, then there is nothing to talk about. I apologize with death, and you have revenge, how about it?"
The young man's eyes twinkled slightly, and he said with a smile:
"Don't go too far."
"No." Wu Xie said, "You can do it all."
"All ears." There was a slightly hypocritical smile on the corner of the young man's mouth.
"First, virus research must continue, and the base will continue to supply all the resources needed for the project as usual."
"Yes." The young man smiled. "Of course the project is important. This priority will not change. Father can rest assured."
"Very good." The man turned to look at Song Wei with a gloomy complexion, and his tone became more serious, "Second, this person is not allowed to come and go at will in my laboratory, and I don't want to see her—this is due to personal reasons , I hope you can understand."
"Of course I understand." The young man nodded understandingly, "I will never let her disturb father again."
"In the end, I and every core member of my team will apply for the base to provide corresponding protection—from personal safety to mental state. The protection measures that should be provided are irrevocable without sufficient reasons." Wu Xie Say, "I think you can do this."
"No problem." The young man blinked, "I agree to all the conditions that father said, so... will father listen to my request?"
"You said."
Yan Song seemed a little surprised by the man's straightforward answer, but also a little happy, he leaned over slightly, and said in a low voice:
"My request is only one-once I want to 'experiment', my father must be on call. As for the rest of the time, you can arrange it as you like, and I will not interfere."
"Okay, I agree." The business-like man picked up the documents and made a "please" gesture, "Then, if there is nothing else, we are going to have a meeting, please take you and your people out first, Thanks."
This was an unexpected development. Although Yan Song was driven away, he didn't show any displeasure. He snapped his fingers as if he was familiar with this person's temperament, and he really took his people away in an orderly manner. here.
From this moment on, the Second Base finally changed its world.
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