East of Eden

Chapter 17 POWER

The air in the valley smelled of grass after the rain, and it was not yet clear, around four or five o'clock in the morning, a cloud of blue was shrouded in the vicinity, and a faint white light appeared in the distance.Xing Qian fell asleep, pillowed on clothes or wrinkled sheets, curled up like a child, holding Liang Chen's hand in her hand, with five fingers folded.

The cold wind blew in through the gap in the window, and blew the wind chime hanging on the bedpost. The light gauze bed curtain brushed over Xing's face, embroidered with snow-white flowers, and had the same aroma of sandalwood as Liang Chen's body.Xing moved his fingers a little, opened his eyes, and found that the person beside him had sat up, his blond hair was scattered on his naked back, and there was a charming ravine in the middle of his back.Liang Chen flicked a small globe, the sound of mechanical rolling echoed in the room, accompanied by cuckoos singing in the distance.The faint light soaked his whole body, his complexion was as refined as a lamp lit in the marble, the flowers and plants outside the window were moored in the lonely mist, all bowed their heads like a ship with its sails folded, and his eyes were shining like golden key.

"You woke up so early?" Xing rubbed the corners of his eyes and sat up too.The sweat from last night had been dried, and his skin was smooth, so he stroked his hand up the gully on the man's back, resting on the back of his neck, touched the fine and soft blond hair there, and then brought the sound of breathing to his ears , rubbing his chin against his shoulder.

"Are you awake too?"

Liang Chen was embraced by him, so he leaned into his arms, his knees were bent, and the bed sheets rustled, only a thin golden quilt was draped over his stomach.He was still holding the globe in his hand, spinning aimlessly, clattering, so Xing asked him, "What are you doing?"

"Take a look at this world." He said, buried his head a little deeper, and lifted the globe to Xing's eyes with his index finger.Xing took it over, and Liang Chen asked, "Do you still remember the scene when we first met?"

"That was five years ago."

"Yeah, I remember that was the last stop of my journey. The team passed through the grassland at the foot of the snow mountain. I suddenly saw some barbarians with black paint on their faces riding towards me on tall horses."

"We stole you, didn't we?"

"It's not just a robbery. You killed all my followers, and took the few gold coins I had left for yourself. You probably planned to kill me, but someone suddenly shouted, 'He is Zhu Siliang Shiheng. !', your knife stopped. At that time, I was sitting in a small sedan chair, wearing a mask, and my white robe was dirty, and you were riding a horse, also looking ashamed, with a lot of blood spattered on your body .”

"I remember you were not afraid at all."

"Because everything was too sudden, and then you picked up my mask with the tip of a knife. It was made of pure silver and was given to me by the Emperor Donglu. You just threw it away. The sun suddenly became It was so dazzling, you grabbed my wrist, dragged me out of the car, and threw it on the ground like trash."

"...Really?" Xing scratched his hair: "I don't remember."

"I remember. You ordered your men to imprison me, and you said that what you hate most is a magician who is playing tricks, and I said that what I hate most is a savage."

Xing smiled and stroked his hair: "Then what happened next?"

"Later we all broke our promise to each other." Liang Chen took down the globe in his hand and let him wrap his arms around himself: "We were riding horses, hunting, and making love crazily that whole summer. Thinking about it now, I'm so happy, If I could, I would stay there forever..."

"I'll take you back."

"I think so too, but no, we can't go back. Emperor Qi is sending people to chase me down, and he wants to destroy the sacred objects."

"Are holy things important to you?"

"It's very important." Liang Chen grabbed the tag on Xing's chest, which was given to him by Liang Chen when they parted five years ago: "Do you know what animal is engraved on it?"

"Like a wolf with eagle's wings and antelope horns."

"Yassenia desperado." He said: "The madman Yassenia, the legendary beast raised by the god of war Shang Capricorn, it disregards all the rules of the gods, and will fight until death. I think it is very similar to you."

Xing didn't speak, so Liang Chen continued: "I made four hanging tags in total and gave them to four people. I hope you can help me manage the holy objects with them."

"Four people? Are they all the same as me?"

"Of course not." Liang Chen got up and heard the jealousy in his words, so he clapped his fingers and explained: "One is my childhood teacher, Du Chunfeng, the Silver Pigeon Knight, you met yesterday at the execution ground; one It is a friend I met when I traveled around the world, I saved his life so he will repay me; there is also a female apostle from the Holy Moon Sect, and their church has obeyed Zhusi for generations."

Liang Chen got out of bed, put on thin clothes, took out a small delicate thing from a sandalwood box, and sat in front of Cang Xing with his clothes on.

"Is this the holy thing you said?" Cang Xing watched Liang Chen put the golden thing in his palm.

"It's only a quarter." Liang Chen said.

"If each piece of holy relic can activate Yinqi technology individually, what will happen if the four pieces are combined together?"

Dr. Wen Luo folded his arms, put the ballpoint pen into his breast pocket, and said solemnly: "Summon the dragon."

In the ward filled with the smell of alcohol, the electrocardiogram equipment was beeping, countless infusion tubes were inserted into the arms of the man on the bed, his face was covered with an oxygen mask, wounds covered his whole body, and he was wrapped in various bandages He looked like a mummy, and there were three people standing around his hospital bed. They were all wearing white coats, and their expressions were as serious as if they were carved out of a mold.

Among the three, the woman with dark brown hair said: "Dr. Wen Luo, you are the smartest among us. If you continue to play "Dragon Ball" memes regardless of the occasion, I will burn all the comic books in your office."

"Oh, Dr. Sophia, let me go." Wen Luo wiped off his sweat, "I just want to be humorous."

"Your humor has failed." Shanmu Zhelang said tactfully.

Wen Luo had no choice but to be stern: "Actually, I'm not joking, I'm serious. It's just that the one who gathers the four holy objects to summon is not the dragon, but the entire Yin Qi civilization."

"What do you mean?"

"Yin Qi Civilization has many powerful technologies, so what do you think their most powerful technology will be?"

Tetsuro Sugi said: "Technology that spans space and time. No matter what age it is, this is the pinnacle of science."

"That's right. The combination of the four holy objects can activate the ancient technology related to time and space." Wen Luo gave a thumbs up.

"What does this have to do with summoning Yin Qi civilization?" Sophia asked.

"Three thousand years ago, the Yin Qi civilization escaped collectively, most likely to avoid some kind of disaster, such as meteorite impact, great flood and so on. The holy object can be understood as a parallel world created by Liang Shiheng. After the natural disaster, he activated the four sacred Objects, open something like the gate of time and space, and migrate the entire Yin Qi civilization to a world line that has not encountered natural disasters, so that they can survive."

"Have you read too many old-fashioned comics? Return the Gate of Time and Space?" Sophia sneered.

"Of course it can have more advanced names, such as the Gate of Creation, the Gate of Steins, the Gate of Quantum Entanglement...but I think the Gate of Time and Space is more helpful for understanding."

Dr. Sophia and Dr. Shan Mu Zhelang did understand his conjecture.

"Is there any relevant evidence to support your speculation?" Shan Mu asked.

Wen Luo lowered his head and poked his finger: "No, but I have been collecting data."

This is his biggest knot: there is no evidence that Yin Qi Technology has reached the level where it can change the world line.

If Yin Qi civilization is not destroyed in that world line, how will they develop next?At this moment, in the parallel world they are in, another completely different story is unfolding.

The woman said worryingly: "Even you have no evidence, so it seems very hopeless, we will never be able to communicate with Yin Qi civilization."

"Please, otherwise, why do we resurrect an ancient corpse? Of course it is to let him help us solve problems that we cannot solve!" Wen Luo said with a jump.

"Could it be solved by relying on him?"

"At least you can know how to activate the sacred object. After all, he came from that era, and the most important point is that he didn't escape with Liang Shiheng."

Hearing this, Sophia looked at the black-haired man on the hospital bed.He had a very good-looking face, and he was so young when he died, which is really embarrassing.A physical examination showed that his bones were severely worn, especially at the joints, the fatal wound was on his chest, and there were many scars on his body.Is it an ancient warrior?To die to guard the sacred object?

No one will know the answer until he wakes up.

After a while, when it was time for lunch, Sophia left the ward, only Tetsuro Shanmu and Wen Luo were left here, and the electrocardiogram equipment was still beeping.

Wen Luo sat in front of Xing's hospital bed, crossed his hands uneasily, and the short pants made him reveal the little yellow duck wool socks inside.Wen Luo is a scientific genius. He hasn't even finished college, but his mind is beyond ordinary people's intelligence. Sometimes no one can keep up with his thinking.

However, a person like Wen Luo died later. To be precise, he committed suicide.Just the day before Xing woke up, it was discovered that Wen Luo ended his clever brain with a revolver|gun.He sat on an iron chair in a dark rental house with a huge graffiti painted on his back. Until now, no one knows why he committed suicide.

After Wen Luo's death, the task of being in charge of the "Star" was handed over to Tetsuro Sugi. In the process of pursuing Sakuwa, he was also looking for the truth about Dr. Wen Luo's suicide.

I remember that after Sophia left that day, Wen Luo talked with Shan Mu alone for a while.

"Hey Shanmu, do you think my reasoning makes sense?" The man's crossed hands were almost knotted, which shows that this genius also cares about other people's thoughts.

"I think this is a possibility." Shan Mu said calmly.

"It's not possible, it's just like this!" Wen Luo was a little excited, but afraid of disturbing Xing, he could only stand up and sit down again.

Shan Mu looked at him and said, "Okay, assuming your thinking is correct, but there is one thing I want to ask. You said that the stars can help us, but I don't think the ancients' intelligence level was higher than ours."

"Oh, he can." Wen Luo suddenly lowered his voice: "Shanmu, I'm only telling you about this, don't think I'm crazy or influenced by comics, I'm sober, really, I Very sober now."

"Just say it, I know you're awake."

Wen Luo scratched his hair nervously, wearing a Mickey Mouse watch on his wrist: "Do you think the whole thing seems familiar?"

"what?"

"I seem to have seen Xing, I mean, when we found him on the snow mountain, I seemed to know that he was buried there, waiting for us to dig."

"But we found him with a detector."

"No, actually I didn't use the detector. In order to appear normal, I pretended to turn on the detector like you." Wen Luo said, "When I walked into the snow-capped mountains, I had a hunch that someone was there, or it wasn't a hunch, but It's memory."

"Dr. Wen Luo, you should go to rest." Shan Mu sighed, "How could you have such a memory."

"You don't believe me, none of you believe me!" Wen Luo shook his head, turned and left, leaving behind a lonely figure.

This was the last time Shan Mu saw him.

When Venlo died, a giant symbol was painted on the wall: LOOP.

[Volume [-] TurnOnThePower/End]

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The author has something to say:

* Fixed the world view.