The person who had died appeared in the old dean's house, looking at him with a gentle smile.
An indescribable strange feeling came to my heart.
If such a weird scene happened in an ordinary person's home, Lu Xin and others, who are used to seeing weird events, would not feel moved. Weird incidents caused by mental pollution are endless. This One piece can even be said to be somewhat ordinary.
However, this is the home of the old dean and the home of a researcher who stands at the highest point in the spiritual field.
How could such a person have a dead person in his family?
Especially, everyone present has their own way of distinguishing between falsehood and truth, but looking at the living person in front of him , but they all felt an extreme sense of astonishment in their hearts, as if their brains were slightly numb, confusing reality, and actually felt extremely real
Every frown and every detail was vivid.
Everyone stayed at the door for a while. After a long time, no one spoke.
Especially Lu Xin, at this moment, he suddenly pursed the corners of his mouth tightly, turned around sharply, and looked to the left and right.
He is looking for his sister.
Because he suddenly discovered that the state of these three people seemed to be very similar to his sister
"What are you doing standing at the door?"
Everyone When they were all in an extreme trance, they suddenly heard someone speaking with a smile in the room.
In an instant, countless eyes focused on the past.
A sense of reality that had been far away also returned to everyone.
The man was wearing dark clothes. Even though he was at home, he still looked a bit serious and upright. What was not consistent with his clothes and temperament was that he was wearing an apron and his hands were There were two plates of food inside, and his smile was gentle and friendly.
Old Dean.
The moment they saw clearly that it was him, at least two or three people subconsciously took a step back.
"Come in quickly"
The old dean held a steaming plate in one hand and looked out the door with a smile, seemingly blaming him.
This seems to be a normal scene.
But a certain impact with strong contrast gives rise to an invisible fear in people's hearts.
"Huh"
At this moment, Lu Xin was the first to react. .
He saw his sister, who was lying on the dirty wall in the corridor behind her, her little head stretched out, and she looked warily at the wife and two children in the room. She seemed to be Some were surprised, even scared, and most of them were equally confused.
Lu Xin could not find the answer in such a short time.
So he was silent for a moment, then picked up his sister, held him in his arms, and nodded towards the room
"Okay."
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Lu Xin was the first to walk into the old dean's house and put the fruiton the kitchen cabinet next to her, and then looked at the mistress politely
"Do you need to change your shoes?"
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"No, no, no"
The master’s wife waved her hands hurriedly, like a hostess who couldn’t bear to scold her guests.
But it was the old dean who spoke. He put the dishes on the long table with a smile and said with a smile, "Just come in."
"After the Red Moon The world really can’t be too vigilant, so it cured my mysophobia.”
“”
Listening to the old dean’s kind and humorous words, everyone was in a good mood. Extremely complex.
Under the reception of the hostess, or the mistress and the old dean, I slowly walked into the room and came to the living room. I saw this small and warm home, and also saw the Zhang seemed to have bought a long table specifically to accommodate everyone at this party. He saw the dishes on the table, and then he sat down slowly with his body a little stiff.
"Don't be anxious yet. Go wash your hands. There are still a few dishes left. They will be ready soon."
The old dean smiled and asked, and then returned to the kitchen, while everyone Subconsciously, I got up and went to the bathroom to wash my hands.
"The next dish should be roasted fish."
Lu Xin slowly swept across the long table under the anxious gazes of everyone.
He saw that it was filled with dishes such as braised chicken legs, scrambled eggs with shrimp paste, cabbage with oil, boiled mutton, stinky tofu with garlic sauce and so on.
Scenes of familiar scenes echoed in front of his eyes, and he suddenly understood why the old dean prepared it in such a way, and even guessed the dishes behind it. Sure enough, while he was thinking about it, the old dean brought out the last dish and placed it gently on the table.
Everyone looked at these dishes with complicated expressions and said nothing.
This was everyone’s favorite dish when we were in the orphanage.
The world at that time was too chaotic and food sources were scarce.
It is so depleted that even in a place like the Red Moon Orphanage, the old director still needs to beg those chickens to lay eggs quickly.
But even in such an environment, the old dean insisted on giving them adequate nutrition, and even cooked something delicious for them every week, and before each meal, Tell them stories and tell them how delicious these things are.
Before eating, let everyone look forward to it. After eating, you even have to discuss how delicious it is.
Whoever is better behaved may make his favorite food again next time.
That was a very ritualistic thing.
The old dean now puts everyone’s favorite food on the table, including No. 8’s favorite stinky tofu.
But there was no Lu Xin, because Lu Xin didn't like anything at that time.
Braised chicken legs is actually Teacher Xiaolu’s favorite food.
"Okay, it's better to be more hasty, just make do with it."
The old dean brought the last dish to the table, without even taking off his apron, and sat down at the table with a smile.
A long table separates him from Lu Xin, facing each other from afar.
Everyone was looking at him, observing very carefully, and saw that his face actually had a lot of wrinkles, and the hair on both sides was gray, and the smile on his face looked like Heartfelt, with a meaning that comes from the heart, is sincere and satisfying.
"You guys eat, we haven't seen each other for many years, you must have a lot to talk about, so we won't interrupt you for now."
After everyone sat down, the wife helped He took the bowls and chopsticks, served the soup, and then took the two children with him, smiling and nodding.
She returned to the next room and gently closed the door.
No. 14, who was sitting on the left side of Lu Xin, suddenly turned his head nervously and looked at Lu Xin.
Lu Xin nodded slightly, understanding what he wanted to say.
The teacher’s wife and two children disappeared after entering the room, as if they had never appeared.
"Everyone is here, right?"
The words of the old dean brought Lu Xin's attention back to reality.
I saw him smiling, picking up the towel, wiping his hands, his eyes kindly scanning the faces of the people present, and then calling out the names of the five people according to their seats at the long table. Number, number eight, number fourteen, number nine, number nineteen, number two, number three"
"Well, there is also number seven"
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< p>Then he nodded with satisfaction, "Eight people, that's great."No one at the table agreed that it was great, they were just slightly surprised.
The old dean did not mention the 17th.
"However, there are still three people missing."
The old dean didn't wait for Lu Xin to ask questions, he smiled and nodded, and said, "I remember there are still more people in the orphanage. There is a girl named Zeng Xiaolu. She is now a teacher in Qinggang. Yes, she is somewhat different from us, but it is good to come here."
"There are two others, one is. No. 1, it’s not convenient for him to come here now."
"There is also No. 12, haha, this kid is really good at hiding. Over the years, he is. The only one who escaped my sight, I even spent some time looking for him before, but never found him."
"But that doesn't matter anymore, every class reunion. , there will always be someone absent, right?"
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When everyone listened to the old dean's words, they couldn't help but feel more astonished in their hearts.
This is an extremely torn feeling.
On the one hand, everyone felt the kindness from his words.
It’s really like the feeling of meeting an elder who relied on respect when you were a child and becomes more friendly as you grow older.
On the other hand, I couldn’t help but feel panicked.
Every word he said seemed to be meaningless.The shaped blade gently scraped the skin, and a hint of coolness penetrated into the bone marrow.
Especially when he said that only No. 12 escaped his sight
It was like an invisible cold, making everyone's cheeks feel slightly cold and stiff. .
Lu Xin raised his head in this coldness. He hugged his sister tightly and looked at the old dean with cold eyes
"You really treat this Treat it as a party"
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This was the first time he talked to the old dean after entering the door.
When he couldn't help but say these words, the cold spiritual power emitted invisibly.
This made the people at the table finally feel a little more comfortable.
Although the cold and depressing power is not as relaxing as a spring breeze-like smile.
But sitting next to the old dean, the feeling of panic and discomfort has enveloped their whole bodies, making them unbearable.
On the contrary, it was Lu Xin's cold attitude that made people feel a little better.
"This"
Lu Xin's unceremonious question seemed to make the old dean a little embarrassed.
He raised his head, wiped his glasses with the tablecloth, and said hesitantly, "At least now, it is indeed a long time no see party, isn't it?"
He seemed to be vaguely pleading. Taste "Can't you give me some time to talk to everyone?"
Lu Xin fell silent.
He didn’t know how to reject the old dean who spoke like this.
In the original Red Moon Orphanage, I had no feelings at first.
Whether the old dean is good or bad to me, it doesn't matter.
At a certain moment, he suddenly opened the floodgates of emotion. As a result, everything in the past, the gray memories, all took on color. The emotions that he had once been unable to perceive also appeared with his memory. The temperature poured into my heart.
So, I really have no memory of having a cordial conversation with the old dean.
For this reason, I have some expectations
"Come on, come on, I have prepared two bottles of wine. These were good things before the red moon incident."
Lu Xin's silence made the old dean breathe a long sigh of relief. As if he was rushing for time, he hurriedly smiled to adjust the atmosphere on the table. He smiled and took out two bottles of good wine he had prepared in advance, and then used his strength to He twisted the lid and said, "Let's all drink a little."
"When you were little, I never taught you how to drink, and I would scold you when you drank secretly."
"But now, After all, they have all grown up."
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He poured the wine into the cup, and then looked at each one with his eyes, and No. 7 sent the wine to everyone.
His face was full of relief and happiness. After placing cups in front of everyone, he picked them up with a smile.
“After you left the orphanage, you did very bad things.wrong. Especially recently, the threat posed by the third advent is even greater than the red moon incident, but the real harm caused is not as good as the 30 red moon incidents."
"I know, this incident You have put in a lot of effort into this matter. ”
“I’m proud of you. "
" Haha, to be honest, my teachers are the first generation of people who started research on spiritual power. Their starting point is still good. However, in the end, they still fell into the cliché. They used the guise of restarting the world, but what they really wanted to do was to learn from Noah's Ark. But we don’t believe this. When we encounter mountains, we can create mountains and when encountering rivers, this is the concept we pursue.”
“I would like to offer this cup to you, these amazing children”
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He said, sighing slightly, then picked up the wine glass, frowned, and drank it.
Everyone was sitting at the table, and no one even touched the glass. The classmates in the orphanage were a little uncomfortable.
Should I drink this glass of wine or not?
Lu Xin was also a little unsure, and he looked at the old home silently. After finishing the cup, he tapped his fingers unconsciously. After two or three seconds, he slowly picked up the cup and took a sip. It was spicy and had no other taste.
When others saw this, they also picked up the cup, either drank it in one gulp, took a sip, or just picked up one end.
The atmosphere seems to have become a little calmer.
"I didn't expect that in a blink of an eye, I have grown up."
The old dean seemed to open up. Chatterbox, while raising his chopsticks to signal everyone to take the food, he smiled and said, "Think about it, when we were in the courtyard, we were all a bunch of children. Although they were somewhat different from others, I understood that they were all kind-hearted children. , now that I see you, it confirms my thoughts. Kind children grow up, and they are also kind people, and they do well."
Everyone's expressions are slightly weird. .
Is the old dean really talking to everyone?
His smile, his words, and his behavior are all so normal
But, who of you is really normal
"Come, try these dishes, I hope the taste has not changed"
The old dean is kind and enthusiastic "Dry roasted fish" It's your favorite, Fourteen. I still remember when I was a kid, you and No. 12 secretly ran out to dig for loaches just to have this bite. As a result, the security guards in the entire courtyard were alerted, and two armed vehicles were dispatched."
"Hmm, but considering your current figure, it would be better to eat more vegetarian food in the future"
"Chinese cabbage with oil is also good, you can eat it after you rinse it with oil"
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No. 14 had a grimace, not daring to eat, but also not daring not to eat. He stretched out his arm to pick up some green vegetables, rinsed them in a tea bowl before eating.
No one else moved their chopsticks, they were all sitting upright, their bodiesThe body leans back.
"You all should eat too"
The old dean persuaded and seemed to want to continue.
But at this moment, No. 5 suddenly interrupted the old dean. Her thin face turned to the old dean and smiled lightly
"Dean, listen to what you just said You don’t seem to agree with Gao Shan Laboratory’s plan."
"
"Yes"
The old dean was interrupted by her. After saying this, he was slightly startled and slowly put down his chopsticks.
The expression on his face adjusted, and then he smiled, adjusted from chatting about daily life, and nodded gently
"Their plan is actually another kind of plan. A formal compromise."
"And although it is theoretically possible, I don't think they can really succeed."
"It is a sea that can be diluted to everything. Impurities, even the only consciousness, are also a type of impurities."
"Eventually, they will be diluted."
"They hope to wait until civilization restarts, perhaps. You can only wait for a dream that you cannot wake up from."
"In the beginning, it is not something that a certain consciousness, spiritual quality, or even authority can grasp."
"Just like there can't be only one emotion in a person's life, or there can't be only one thought in this world."
"The only consciousness is indeed a miracle created by a generation of researchers."
"But this will definitely not be the key that can help mankind escape the beginning or open a new world."
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Everyone listened to the old man's words. The dean's words brought the hesitation in his heart to the extreme.
"So"
Hearing this, Lu Xin couldn't help but speak, and looked at the old dean seriously, "What do you think this key is?"
Faced with these questions, the old dean smiled bitterly and said, "We are going to talk about these now"
Others seemed not to have expected that the old dean would ask such a question, and their expressions were a little surprised.
Lu Xin nodded slightly and said, "Yes, Dean, this is what we are concerned about now."
Maybe this was too ruthless, maybe After sitting down, everyone was cautious and vigilant and never let go.
The old dean finally shook his head gently and put down his chopsticks.
He poured a glass of wine alone, picked it up slowly, drank half of it, and then said softly
"In my opinion, consciousness and characteristics, or authority, They are not controllable, even the initial weapons."
"However, it is not really impossible to fight at first."
"Logic"
He spoke in a slightly heavy voice, and then said, "Logic is the key to solving all this."
"It is impossible for humans to fight against God, or to control God, or even to predict and understand God. This concept is impossible. ”
“But logic does. "
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"Logic"
The words of the old dean made everyone present slightly surprised.
They remembered , I have heard No. 5 say before that what the old dean has been studying in recent years is logic.
"In the beginning, I will definitely know it. What comes, like the tide, comes based on deeper instincts. "
The old dean spoke in a low voice, telling some shocking truths as if chatting about family matters
"A generation of researchers regards the inheritance of civilization as the most important thing. This is a generation of researchers. This behavior seems sensible but is actually unnecessary. "
"First of all, they may not be able to stay sane until the world restarts. "
"Secondly, when the world restarts, a new civilization will inevitably be born, so why should we guide it?"
"For them, our civilization may not be an impurity. . ”
“And if you really want to fight against the beginning, you need logic. ”
“Just like if you want to clean up a certain kind of pollution, the easiest way is to find its logical chain, cut off its logic, or guide its logic into chaos. The same is true in the beginning. , requires logic, and more importantly, imagination that breaks the rules. "
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As he spoke, he picked up the towel at hand and said with a smile, "Can a piece of paper only have one side?"
As he spoke, he turned around and folded it to form a Möbius strip.
“Look, it sounds impossible, but it only requires a small change. Finish. ”
“In the beginning, it was actually the same. ”
“It is powerful, chaotic, irresistible, and unavoidable”
“However, if you think about it from a rational thinking perspective, you will find that it may not be enemy. ”
“It is just another side of us, a projection of our subconscious and that of countless generations of civilizations. ”
“Theoretically, the beginning exists deep in the consciousness of each of us, and we are all located in the original embrace. ”
“These are two sides of a piece of paper, and they are also one body. ”
“Like straw, when spring passes and autumn comes, it becomes yellow and withered, but the grains are full and buds grow when they fall to the ground. ”
“Is this a death or a new life?”
“From this perspective, is the initial arrival a nightmare or a gift of life? "
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"This"
Everyone present was slightly nervous, as if there was an invisible big hand kneading their hearts.
The old dean's tone was too relaxed and he spoke very calmly, but it made people feel a huge panic surging.
"You"
No. 8 suddenly couldn't help but speak, and paused for a moment, "Dean, what do you think?"What do you want to do?"
"What do you want to do?"
The old dean hesitated slightly, as if this was a very difficult question.
He subconsciously raised his head Come and look at the room next to you. This is the room where the wife and the two children disappeared.
"Have I told you before?"
The old dean was silent. After a while, he replied softly, "I hate the red moon incident. "
No one answered, everyone was waiting quietly for him to continue.
The old dean drank the remaining half of the wine in the glass, and then said softly: " Before the red moon incident, I was actually an ordinary person. However, such an ordinary me met my wife. She is a particularly kind and beautiful person. She married me, who had nothing to achieve, and was willing to spend her whole life with me, an ordinary person, in this world. ”
“She gave birth to two children for me. They are very smart and very cute. ”
“I often wonder how an ordinary person like me could have such a good wife and such a good child”
“I am really, really lucky.” . ”
“”
I thought of the family photo I saw on the desk of the old dean, and also thought of the gentle and amiable person I saw when I just entered the door. The woman, as well as the two smart and cute children, made everyone feel a little depressed.
The better the old dean said, the more ominous the feeling became.
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“When the Red Moon Incident happened, my wife killed two children and jumped off the building holding their bodies. "
The old dean suddenly said it, causing the pores of the people at the table to suddenly open slightly, and coldness seeped in.
His face, I don’t know when, faintly Becoming a little pale.
Even the eyes that were gentle but still firm enough before seemed to be slightly weak and out of focus.
"It's like a nightmare"< /p>
He sighed lowly, his voice seemed to be a little unreal, "They died like that, without any regrets. "
"Even their deaths were buried in the chaos caused by the Red Moon Incident, and seemed not worth mentioning. ”
“However, this is by no means unworthy of mentioning to me. ”
“I saw countless times in my dreams that they were still alive and still beside me, and then I woke up and accepted this fact. "
"So, I often think about it."
The old dean seemed to have a slight bitter smile on his lips, "If the dream is real and the reality is a dream, then Okay."
Everyone here seems to have tensed up subconsciously.
They can feel the deep sadness of the old dean, and they still cannot forget it after so many years.
However, this does not seem to be a new topic
Just like the old dean.It is said that their deaths have been concealed in the chaos caused by the Red Moon Incident
How many people died in that catastrophe that turned 70 people in the world into madmen? How many people have lost their loved ones? How many people go to bed with sadness like the old dean every night, and then wake up crying.
Let this disaster pass like a dream, Many people have similar thoughts
The old dean
"So, I have been thinking about it since then"
The old dean was in everyone's mind As he thought repressed and carefully, a smile slowly appeared on his face
"How can I turn this idea into a reality?"
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"Shua"
At this moment, everyone felt a little creepy. Even No. 7, who was closest to the old dean, shrank down subconsciously.
The old dean’s smile was very calm, but it gave people a great sense of oppression.
At this moment, No. 5 straightened up for the first time. She looked directly at the old dean and said, "This is impossible."
The old dean greeted him. Her aggressive eyes were neither avoided nor looked directly at.
But he shook his head slightly and said
"In the world after the red moon incident, nothing is impossible"
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The smile on his face seemed to be getting thicker and thicker, and he said, "After the Red Moon incident, I saw countless craziness and weirdness. I experienced scenes where madmen were running around in the world. I also experienced being abandoned by a generation of researchers and faced a desperate situation. I saw a series of strange events that were beyond common sense, and also saw heinous blood and cruelty."
"So, the more I I miss the civilized world before the Red Moon Incident more and more."
"Not only for me, but also for the people struggling in this desperate world, for the miserable people."
< p>"Living in a civilized world is the luckiest thing for a person.""Living in a chaotic world is the most tragic thing."
" What’s even more despairing is that we can’t choose which world we live in.”
“”
He said in a calm but weird tone, Let everyone's heart beat loudly.
After a long time, he paused slightly and said with a smile
"So, I began to search hard, organize my thoughts, and wanted to find a solution for this desperate world. A way out."
"I read through many rituals of mysterious organizations before the Red Moon Incident and the endless cases of spiritual pollution that followed. Under the endless weird and absurd appearance, I found a fact, that That is, whether it is some mysterious organizations or some special ability users, they seem to be able to create life, or bring dead life back to this world."
"Such as this Life may be strange, but theyYou can also communicate and even think."
"I quickly thought of one thing, which was a cult organization that I destroyed with the institute before the Red Moon Incident. ”
“Do you think this kind of life is real?”
“”
“You”
heard this , No. 5 finally couldn't help it, and felt the madness and obsession in the old dean's words.
Her voice became sharper subconsciously, "So, you are doing this just to resurrect your dead wife and husband. Child"
"No"
The old dean shook his head slightly, looked at her with a smile, and corrected
"Child, I want to resurrect the child who was A world where the red moon kills, a prosperous and orderly world where everyone can live happily."
"I want to make the decades since the red moon appeared a nightmare in people's memory. ”