Chapter 72
Chapter 72
A month later.
The sun was shining brightly. Pei Lin was eating oranges on the hospital bed with gauze wrapped around his head and one hand hanging.
He is lucky.
First, he was pierced by a bullet and then fell into the vast sea. In the end, he was not dead or missing an arm or a leg. He just fell into a coma for more than three months.
During these three months or so, his "good colleague" performed a full set of plays and gave him a decent unlucky funeral.
The purpose of the funeral is to divert the attention of transnational criminal organizations and facilitate the actions of other colleagues.As for the unexpected Seth ran back and put a lily on his "tombstone", Pei Lin didn't know what to say.
He didn't know that Seth was his high school classmate Huo Xiuxun until he was on the ship where the accident happened.
Before I had time to think about anything else, three months later when I opened my eyes.
The young colleague beamed and told him that Seth had been arrested, and said excitedly that it was all his fault——Pei Lin had been developing an immersion cracking program for the system of the Temple of Philae before the accident, but until he set off to find Al At the time of Wen Yang, in his opinion, the program was far from perfect, and it was not enough to fight against the Philae Temple system.
Unexpectedly, after his accident, the genius boy Alvin Yang tinkered with his program by himself and managed to run it successfully.
Alvin Young is very adventurous.
After successfully running Pei Lin's program, he did not hesitate to immerse himself in that unknown world.However, his self-confident internal sabotage plan failed repeatedly in practice for unknown reasons.
The infiltrator can maintain his own personal will in the Philae Temple system, but every time he wakes up, he will lose his memory.
Amnesia is not not remembering anything. Every time Erwin Yang wakes up, he clearly knows that he has experienced many things in the temple, but he just can't remember any specific details.
This situation is quite a headache.
Alvin Yang thought of many ways, and finally persuaded his colleagues in the first office to force Professor Pei into the program.
Even though Pei Linren was not awake, his brain waves were active.
And Erwin Yang felt that he failed repeatedly "inside", it must be because he hadn't played seth somewhere, or there were some omissions in this program that he didn't notice.The person in this world who is most likely to be able to play seth before, and who can make up for the omissions he didn't realize the fastest, is Professor Pei, who has fought against seth countless times and is also the creator of the program.
……
Now Pei Lin can understand what Alvin Yang said, "I know I have experienced some things in it, but I can't remember what I have experienced anyway".
Just because he has no memory, everyone says he won seth, he has no sense of reality.
On the contrary, he was recovering in the hospital during this period, and he always dreamed from time to time, dreaming about some strange things.
For example, I dreamed that Ning Ning finished high school with him and went to university opposite his university.She dreamed that she had pursued that elementary school principal since she was in middle school, and later that person became her marriage partner.
The actual development trajectory is obviously not like this.
He knew it very well, but still couldn't resist the unusually strong sense of familiarity in those dream scenes.Even though I know it's fake, I still feel like I experienced it myself.
Zhao Xinglu: "Hey, isn't it a coincidence? In the past few months, I have always had dreams about my childhood!"
He came to the hospital to see him, and while carelessly taking various large and small bottles of supplements out of the bag, he bared his happy little tiger teeth as usual and babbled non-stop:
"I dreamed yesterday that we played basketball together and won the first place in the city!"
"I also dreamed about... Huo Xiuxun, the former high school classmate you just captured. It's very strange. I remember that I didn't know him very well. I don't know why I dreamed of going to pick Ning with him. Shanmei. In the end, it rained heavily and I got lost. Hey, I ate roasted sweet potatoes at the doorman's place all afternoon."
"..."
Pei Lin's head buzzed lightly.
There is a very lively voice, right next to my ears: "Although I don't remember what's inside every time I wake up, sometimes I have some strange dreams..."
"Moreover, it's not just me. Later, I found out that Zhao Xinglu can also dream about things 'inside', and your sister can too! But this is a very logical explanation, and they didn't immerse themselves in the system like us..."
He couldn't recall the man's face.
Zhao Xinglu: "Oh, by the way, let's talk about Ningning."
As if he remembered something, he dialed the video on his phone.
The scene is noisy and festive.
After a while, 28-year-old Tao Xiaoning finally showed her blushing and nervous face.She has long hair, and her eyes are red when she turns around.
She was wearing a pure white wedding dress with countless shining little stars falling on it.
It's been many years since she last saw her, and she called out "brother" very jerkyly.Still mustered up the courage to look over, a pair of big eyes moist.
"Brother, Brother Pei Lin, I, I... get married today."
Zhao Xinglu smiled and explained: "It's not that you are not invited to the wedding. Before she heard about your accident, she did not hesitate to postpone the wedding and flew over half the country. She stayed here for more than a month. Now she and her primary school principal are going together The UK is already studying for a Ph. D., and it will be too late if we don’t cancel the wedding banquet.”
As soon as the words were finished, the picture over there changed, and a handsome foreign boy with blond hair and blue eyes approached the screen with a big face:
"It's okay, Professor Pei, I'm here to attend the wedding for you, and all the gifts and money will be brought along, hahahaha."
Alvin Young.
The faceless voice in my head finally matched the face successfully.
Fragments of memories flooded up, but they couldn't be caught by the fleeting light.
Zhao Xinglu: "Hey, Brother Lin, what kind of fate do you think this is? Ning Ning stayed here for a month, and hit it off with Alvin right away. Ning Ning's primary school principal was so nervous that he might try to trick Ning Ning. "
Pei Lin: "..."
"Then have you told the primary school principal the truth?"
Zhao Xinglu's expression was very strange for a while.
"By the truth, you mean...?"
Pei Lin: "Isn't Alvin Yang your little boyfriend?" Isn't it still dancing on the grave and celebrating the funeral?
Zhao Xinglu stammered fancy: "Who, who told you?"
Alvin Young.
Alvin Yang's unique lively voice sounded in Pei Lin's head.But he quickly realized that before today's video, he had never seen Alvin Yang at all, and it was impossible for Alvin Yang to tell him about this.
……
It is even more impossible for other colleagues in one office to tell him.
Chu Xun: "He has only been here for three months and is only 19 years old! Who is so insane and immoral to attack such a young child so quickly?"
Pei Lin: "..."
It would be better to say, who is so immoral, who is so quick to attack stupid people.
Chu Xun: "Leave him alone, and pay you back first."
"After you fell into the sea, all your personal things were washed away. You can reissue your ID for you, and you can only buy your mobile phone again. Only this thing is still there."
Ding--
a ring.
Sunset antique design with intricate texture and beautiful sapphires.
After Pei Lindan accepted it, his first subconscious reaction was - "How is this possible", and his second reaction was, "What's my first reaction?"
He did not recognize the ring.
But Chu Xun and other colleagues insisted that the ring was firmly worn on the ring finger of his left hand when he was salvaged.
During the period when Mr. Xiao Qi was helping to keep it, he took the ring to his friend who is a gem dealer to have a look. The result of the appraisal was that it was not an antique, but the clarity and workmanship of the gemstone were extremely rare, and it was definitely extremely valuable.
Gem dealer: "Ah, I have never seen such a pure blue and flawless sapphire, as if it contains an entire ocean... If your friend is willing to sell this ring, it should be able to sell for nine figures."
That day, everyone in one place was thinking about the same question. Has Professor Pei always been so low-key and luxurious?
But if hundreds of millions of rings can be worn on the wrist, why do you rent an ordinary small apartment near the company every day?Pei Lin found that he couldn't say "this ring is not mine".
Because in his subconscious mind, this ring is indeed his.
It's just that it shouldn't appear in this world.
this world?
Chu Xun interrupted his thoughts: "By the way, Professor Pei. Your high school classmates are now in the third prison, and you may have a lot of common topics. Professor Pei... plan to meet him?"
Pei Lin: "Yes."
In the past few days, every time he got tired from the rehabilitation exercise, he would turn on the computer.
There is a lot of information about criminals, and he often looks at the strange and familiar face in the photo seriously.
Seth, Huo Xiuxun.
He still needs to be raised before he can go to see him.
During this period of time, he needs to eat well and recover quickly.It may be because of his competitive spirit, he didn't want to see him with this haggard appearance after recovering from a serious illness.
……
Pei Lin raised her for half a month.
During the period, I also went through the relevant materials of the trial of seth.
It is said that when they caught Seth, Seth was very calm and had been watching the sunset outside the window.
But after being locked up for a few days, the whole person suddenly went crazy in prison.
Completely out of control.There was nothing to smash in the prison, so he slammed his hands on the iron bars and smashed them violently, and there were bloodstains all over them.
After going crazy, he calmed down again.
After sleeping in a daze for several days, the people here began to try to negotiate terms with him, and he said he wanted some books.
The book he asked for was outrageous.
The street stalls in the second-hand flea markets in the United Kingdom and the United States are not sold in regular bookstores, and the contents are often nonsense and are not read at all.
But no cooperation.
The interrogators and the first office once believed that there must be a conspiracy behind this matter, and wondered whether there were any secret codes or passwords hidden in the book.But having said that, the books were all randomly bought from a messy market, and nothing was found to be wrong. In the end, to be safe, Huo Xiuxun gave Huo Xiuxun a reprinted version with the page numbers disrupted.
Seth didn't resist at all, and accepted all the orders.
Then he really read those books every day, took notes while reading, and muttered words in his mouth.
...He doesn't really believe in such things, does he?
Some young people in one place are a little skeptical of materialism because of his operation.After all, this person is Seth who designed the Temple of Philae beyond the scope of scientific understanding.
Could it be those programs, he read those metaphysics books... and compiled them?Or, summoned directly with black magic?
During the period when Seth was immersed in the study of black magic, he was sent for more than one health check.
It is said to check his body, but in fact, he is more inclined to repeatedly check whether he has any mental problems.
The result is of course not.
"..." Pei Lin continued to flip through the records.
Regarding the list of Huo Xiuxun's crimes, the most famous one is that he provoked the infamous Sicilian Mafia to fight among themselves, and many people died.However, first, this incident happened abroad.Second, Huo Xiuxun did not do it himself.Thirdly, the person who could prove that he was the mastermind either died in that internal strife, or he was a shady gangster, so it was impossible to testify in court.
Therefore, the only thing that can convict him is the fact that he sold technology to criminals in various countries. Such crimes can be serious or light.
Pei Lin always had a feeling.
Has anyone taught seth how to deal with one place?
He always had a vague feeling that the various performances in Huo Xiuxun's interrogation records were like a cat who clearly knew how precious and valuable he was, arrogant and cunning, and good at dealing with it.
The more Seth was like this, the more he wanted to meet him in person.
……
Cicadas sing in hot summer.
Huo Xiuxun was routinely interrogated.
Today, these people wanted to know if there was blood directly stained on his hands—Huo Xiuxun raised his eyes, squinted his eyes and shook his head at the skylight that was so narrow that there was almost only a slit.
In fact, there have been, in his own world.He has killed many people with his own hands.
"...No."
The other party obviously didn't believe his words, but he asked back:
"How long have I been in?"
It seems like half a year, like a year, the time is so lonely and long.
"21 days."
Huo Xiuxun froze for a moment, very calm.
The question continued, the person who interrogated him always had a kind of condescending arrogance from a righteous person—whether it was words or eyes.The kind of contempt for someone like him who has degenerated like this.
He doesn't mind.
Because when he was a little dinosaur.Professor Pei, who looked only ten years old, also looked at him in this way.
I miss it very much.
At the end of the long interrogation period, the other party hypocritically stated: "I know those experiences in your childhood, and I can understand that you hate this world."
Huo Xiuxun: "..."
"Officer, you are mistaken."
"I love the world very, very much, and always have."
He knew the other side would not believe it.
But it is true, he has always loved this world, even in the years when he knew he would get nothing in return, even when he never got any redemption.
And what made him love very, very deeply later on was those people, those times and memories he met again.
All of that was enough to keep him alive.
Even in the days to come, it is inevitable that there will be some self-deception.
It is inevitable to hold some weird books and read weird spells.Waiting for a miracle that can never happen in a lifetime.
But he will wait.
Because he promised someone.
He promised him to go eat at Aunt Tao's bakery, see Ningning's married life, and then successfully blend into the lives of Tang Caiping and Pei Libin, and eat their family's New Year's Eve dinner. Maybe he will be lucky and become a listed company The adopted son and heir of the big boss is Dangdang.
That way, even if he could never wait, he would at least have a home.
It is also possible to spend a lifetime happily as that person hoped, isn't it?
……
A morning of interrogation, without any results.
When the police officer shook his head and walked out with the materials, the lunch arrived.When Huo Xiuxun was halfway through his lunch, another figure came in from outside the glass door.
He raised his eyes.
Then froze.
The visitor wore a meticulous suit and a mirror frame with silver wire, and his whole demeanor was cold.
The blood on Huo Xiuxun's face faded in a second, his pale lips moved, and he couldn't make a sound, as if he was afraid of waking up from a dream.
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