East of Eden

Chapter 45 OFF

"I've wanted to see you for a long time, Xing."

The man took off the red sunglasses at him, and Xing felt dizzy for a while. When he woke up, he found himself on the roof of a high-rise building. The dragon cave and the rain forest disappeared. They were located in a bustling metropolis. They are hundreds of feet high, and all the lights of the city are trampled under their feet.

The night wind howled, and the hem of the clothes of the two of them was rattling, and the smell of sea water was faintly carried in the wind.

What's this?Hypnotism?Hallucination?

Xing felt a little numbness in his fingers. He looked at his body, and was surprised that there were blurred colored light bands in some places, like an old-fashioned TV screen with poor performance.

"It will take a while for the rendering to complete, but your body will stabilize immediately." Commander Su Huang, dressed like a magician, said, "In order to prevent being disturbed by others, I brought you into the VR world. Here we can talk freely."

"Who are you?" Star asked.

"Chauvin Edifence." The man said, "As you can see, I am one of Su Huang's chief commanders, the commander of the Military Affairs Academy, and the world calls me Su Huang's sharp sword."

There is this person in Xing's common sense memory. Xiaowan Edifence is one of Su Huang's highest-ranking leaders. His status is second only to the president, and he is equivalent to the president's left arm.

"What do you want to do?" He held the Zhanfeng gun vigilantly.

"Submit to us, Xing, there will be no good results in cooperating with Helios. You should know that he is a man-made man and a lunatic. If he gets the holy object, he will destroy the whole world, I promise." Xiao Wanchao Xing took a step closer , stretched out his hand, as if to shake hands with him.

Xing said: "Are you sick?"

A high-ranking Su Huang, who has been chasing them for so long, suddenly wants to shake hands and make peace?What kind of trick is this?

Xiao Wan said: "I know you don't believe me, but you shouldn't believe Helios, he will make you regret it forever."

"I never believed him." Xing said truthfully.

Since waking up 3000 years later, Xing has been feeling deeply confused in this bizarre new world.There is nothing here that belongs to him, and there is nothing he can hold. Everyone is using him and telling him some beautiful truths, but Xing still can't empathize with the Weaver Party.

He is just an ancient warrior, he has no desire to overthrow Su Huang, but he also hates Su Huang's tyranny, he has no faith, and wanders around the city like a steppen wolf.Whoever gives him something to eat, whoever treats him better, will do things for him.It's a bit sad to fall to this point.

Maybe he shouldn't wake up, sleep forever in ancient times, and become a light stroke in the history books.How nice and easy.

"Xing, I think you should remember this." Xiao Wan took out a rose from the black windbreaker, and tied a piece of paper sprinkled with gold flakes on the rose.

Roses, pieces of paper...

The smell of roses seems to have been seen somewhere.

Xing suddenly remembered: "You were the one who visited Dr. Shanmu in the hospital that day?"

"That's right, it's me, and I'm the one who gave you the card with Zhanfeng Gun written on it." Xiao Wan lightly raised the brim of his hat, "I've been staring at you for a long time, Xing."

With too much information, Xing felt some pain in his brain.

Xiao Wan continued: "Shanmu Zhelang should have mentioned it to you. He had an old comrade in arms during the Battle of Kesar. We also liked a girl named Ning. Later, the girl died and Shanmu defected to Su Huang's army. And I stayed and rose to where I am today."

The star of this classic love triangle story had heard from Sophia, but he did not expect that the "Su Huang's Sword", Chauvin Edifence, was another male protagonist in the story.

"Although Shanmu and I have embarked on different paths, we still contact occasionally. He sometimes helps me, and I sometimes help him." Xiao Wan said, "This time I am also helping, Xing."

"By helping, you mean killing so many members of the Yepulong tribe, and then forcing us to hand over the sacred objects?" Xing shook his head, "That's not helping, but sucking blood."

"You are really a stubborn person, no wonder they like you so much, Shanmu Zhelang, Helios, Liang Shiheng... You are too easy to be used."

Hearing Liang Shiheng's name, Xing felt a stab in his heart.

At this time, the entire VR world began to shake, the neon billboards began to twitch, high-rise buildings deformed in front of their eyes, and blurred colored light bands flashed in more and more places.

"It's almost unbearable here, your attack is fierce." Some pixels appeared on Xiao Wan's body, he looked at Xing and said firmly, "I'm sorry, today I have to control your consciousness and take you away .”

Before the words were finished, Xiao Wan gently raised his hand, and the world under the feet of the stars began to collapse.He realized that in this virtual world, Xiao Wan is the master of everything, as long as Xing loses consciousness here, his consciousness will be taken away by Xiao Wan forever.At that time, he may experience amnesia again, and then wake up from an inexplicable place, a bunch of people said some inexplicable words to him, and used him to do some inexplicable things.

Stars are not tools.The memories, ties, and pieces of truth that he had managed to build up with great difficulty, he didn't want all of these to be erased and start all over again.

Tall buildings collapsed under his feet, shards of glass flew in the night, and stars were falling. With a strong desire to survive, he hooked a metal steel frame with his zhanfeng gun and swayed in mid-air.

The entire building collapsed until only the skeleton was left. All the billboards and neon tubes defied gravity and fell towards Xing. Xing barely avoided it, and fell down a few sections, hooking another steel frame.

"You have nowhere to escape." In the building with only skeletons left, Xiao Wan stood opposite him, and the lights blurred into spots of light behind him.

Xing suddenly remembered an ancient story in the Eastern Continent. In the story, there was a monkey who was fearless. He could cover hundreds of thousands of miles with a single somersault, but he couldn't fly over the Wuzhi Mountain of the Buddha.

Xing took a deep breath, threw away the Zhanfeng gun in his hand, and then unloaded all the equipment on his body, throwing them away together.In this unreal world, all weapons are unreal.Xiao Wan couldn't figure out what he meant, thinking that he was about to surrender, but suddenly Xing jumped up and rushed towards Xiao Wan.

Before Xiao Wan fled, the black-haired berserker had already hugged his neck tightly, and the two of them rolled towards the abyss below the tall building together.

"madman--!"

Xing heard Xiao Wan curse in his ear, and suddenly felt very happy.

Since you can't escape, let's destroy together, destroy the master of this virtual world, and burn everything together.

The long wind blows, and the four fields are boundless;

The sky is blue, call me insane;

The dead are rushing, who will go with them?

The geese return to the north, the snow falls in the wild;

The whip is gone, the sunset is long;

Jade flutes and horses don't travel to other places.

......

A grassland appeared in the dream. At the end of the grassland was a snow-capped mountain. The mild sunlight shone on the earth, and the dust drifted away. Cang Xing lay on the field, wearing a black robe, wearing spike earrings, and leaning against a tree with a Zhanfeng gun.With his eyes closed, he felt the wind passing through his hair, which was very refreshing, the sun warmed his eyelids, and the air was filled with the sweetness of fruits.

The singing came from not far away, clear and clear, like wind chimes hanging by the window.Cang Xing opened his eyes slightly, and saw long blond hair, Liang Shiheng humming an ancient song of their nation, turning the pages of the book with his fingers.Under the sunlight, his whole body is almost transparent, like a picture in a mirror, or a reflection in water.

"Liang... Chen." Cang Xing moved his lips slightly, trying to see the man's thoughts clearly and wake him up from the coma.

"The long wind blows, and the four fields are boundless; the sky is so blue, that I am insane; the dead are rushing, who will go with them?"

The humming sound was still there, the long blond hair was blown by the wind, Xing raised his eyes vaguely, and the blond man who fell in sight was humming casually, peeling an apple in his hand.

"Huh? Are you awake?" Noticing Cang Xing, he stopped humming and the movements of his hands, and moved his face closer.

For a moment, Cang Xing really thought he saw Liang Shiheng, but then he realized that this was Helios.

"You're noisy..." he said weakly.

"Fuck, aren't you satisfied that the dignified leader of the Weaver Party is here to take care of you?" Helios slapped him twice on the cheek mercilessly, making him wake up quickly.

"Where is this place? How's Ye Pulong? Where's the holy thing?" Xing asked struggling.

"We won, Cang Xing!" Helios said loudly in his ear, as if treating an old man with deaf ears, "We repelled Su Huang's army, and the holy object is also in hand. Now you are in Haven City Hospital, Has been in a coma for more than a week!"

coma......?

Wait a minute, Xing tried to pinch himself, he felt pain, and he still remembered Helios, which meant he didn't have amnesia.

"Where is Chauvin?" He sat up with support and asked, "Where is Chauvin Edifence?"

"Evacuated with Su Huang." Helios said, "I know, you were brought into the VR world by Xiao Wan at that time, but fortunately I found out that I rescued you in time and cut off your brain-computer interface. Otherwise, you should say goodbye to the new world again."

Helios spoke briskly, peeling the apples into standard slices and putting them on the plate.

Xing looked around the empty and familiar ward, and asked, "Where are the others?"

"Except for Shano who is still missing, everyone else is safe and sound."

Star exhaled.

At this time, Helios' cell phone rang. He glanced at it, then picked up his coat, put on his peaked cap and said, "I'm leaving a bit earlier, and Long and Franka will come to express their condolences to you."

With that said, he left the ward in a hurry, as if there was something urgent.

Xing was the only one left in the ward. He suddenly felt a burning pain from the scar on his chest, so he untied his clothes to check.I saw that the scar that had faded suddenly turned red again, as if it was a sign of something.

Fortunately, he didn't spend too much time alone, so he didn't have too many chances to think wildly.Not long after, Long and Franka broke open the door of the ward in a hurry. They must have been driving all the way to get the news of Xing's awakening. Both of them were holding oversized gift bags and a teddy bear.

"Oh my God, you came back alive!" Franca exaggerated, giving Xing a warm hug.

Franka was introduced to Xing by the Weaver party, in case Xing felt lonely living a single life in the new world.Franka really likes Yi Xing, maybe she just likes to tease this ancient man.

"Come on, let me see if your face is injured." Franke held Xing's face and looked around. "Hey, why is it a little red and swollen? But overall, you are still handsome."

Xingxin thought: the redness and swelling should be caused by Helios just now...

Long opened the big gift bag with a smile, and took out two bottles of wine out of it: "In order to celebrate Xing's safety, I specially took out the most expensive wine in the bar."

"There is no one who drinks alcohol for a patient who just woke up, please calm down." Franca reprimanded.

So they chattered for a while, and Xing finally couldn't help asking: "Where's Sophia? Where's Shano? And age, how are they doing?"

"Dr. Sophia and Dr. Chuanliu are staying in the southern rainforest. They plan to help the Yepulong people to treat the sewage. Is that the little boy? He kept it, and he will be the little dragon master in the future." Franke said energetically.

"But we haven't found Shano yet." Long said, "The worst guess is that he was taken away by Su Huang."

"Hey, don't think about it. Our mission has been completed and the holy object has been obtained. Everyone is happy today." Franka gave Long a look.

So Long Xin took out the projector knowingly, and said to Xing: "Franka is right, let's take a look at this, it is the video left by Dr. Sophia, and the video of Heathville and Yun'an."

The video can be played with one click and projected on the wall.

In the background of the tropical rainforest, Dr. Sophia and her girlfriend Dr. Chuanliu said to the camera: "Little brother, we decided to stay here to solve the ecological pollution problem. It may take many years to come back. The scenery here is beautiful. There are flowers and grass, Chuanliu and I plan to settle down, you must recover soon~"

Then the two compared their hands to each other, and sprinkled another wave of dog food.

Franka sighed: "When I heard the news that you met Su Huangjun, Dr. Chuanliu immediately flew to the rainforest. My girlfriend is so powerful and touching."

The next one is Heathwell's video. She held the camera in her hand and said as she walked: "Xing, I am in Jinsuo City with Yun An and Su An. This is the place where I went to college. It is very prosperous and there is no danger. A few days ago we We even went to the amusement park together...Huh? Can't we say that?"

Then the camera was snatched by Yun An, and the boy's face was pressed against the screen and he said, "Come and see us soon Brother Xing, I'm going to be nagged to death by Heathwell!"

The two quarreled constantly, and then the screen went black.

Changing the dragon this time said with emotion: "It's so good to be young."

Xing ate the apples silently. For some reason, seeing these familiar smiling faces, a trace of warmth gradually overflowed in his heart, just like the sweetness of apples.

Perhaps this is the few pieces of truth he can grasp in this world.

Haven City, outside the hospital gate.

Helios came out of Xing's ward and saw the man in the black windbreaker holding a bouquet of roses.

The man had been waiting for him at the door for a while.

"It's an honor to meet you, Mr. Helios, leader of the Weaver party."

"It is my honor too, Mr. Chauvin Edifence."

There seems to be a big age gap between the two, and Xiao Wan looks like Helios' father. They shook hands lightly and soon separated.

"Do you often send flowers to Shanmu Zhelang like this?" Helios asked looking at the bouquet in his hand.

"Yes, we are old comrades-in-arms, so we deserve condolences." Xiao Wan replied appropriately.

"It's not good in your capacity."

"Indeed, it would be miserable if the leader finds out." Xiao Wan said with a smile, "But having said that, you really caused Su Huang a heavy loss in the rainforest this time. We not only lost the warship, but also buried hundreds of soldiers. It was me. I have underestimated the enemy, I have underestimated Cang Xing, and I have also underestimated you."

Helios glanced at him: "Oh? Really?"

"But we will meet again soon, in Jinsuo City."

Helios raised his head and looked at the gloomy sky: "It's also..."

The competition for the third piece of holy relic will start in Jinsuo City, which is the academic capital of the world.

"Then goodbye." Chauvin Edifence pressed his hat, and walked towards the glass revolving door of the hospital with a rose in his hands.

When he was at the door, he stopped suddenly, turned around and said, "Helios, you are very smart and courageous, but if you don't let go of your ambition, it will cause disastrous consequences."

"What do you mean?" Helios asked with a smile.

"Sincere advice."

After that, the man hugged the flowers and disappeared behind the door.

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