Arknights is too real, right?

Playing baseball and counting money at the same time sounds like a good life.

However, if he wants to fully realize it, he may still have to work hard at this stage, not only on his own efforts, but also on the cooperation of certain people.

As the saying goes, jealousy makes people jealous. If you see others making money, you will always be unable to control your hands. Even if you can barely control your hands, you cannot control your heart.

Of course people like Lang Da would not be jealous. Xia Feng was very generous to his friends. To put it bluntly, he spent money on his friends.

But apart from oneself, others may not be jealous.

After all, he is not in the familiar Victoria, but in the disputed East Kingdom.

During this time, only some of Heiyu's companions came, and Xia Feng missed those who didn't come very much.

For example, Doctor Kane, Ansel, Snow Monster Squad, Froststar, Darksoul, White-faced Owl, Aina, Huang Xuanshan, including the Platts brothers who have gone to the north to develop, etc.

In addition to these people, there is another person he cares about especially, because this person is related to a good neighbor of his in the cherry blossom forest.

One day, he accidentally asked Hong Dao after dinner.

"Hongdao, Master Xiao, are you okay? Why didn't you come with us this time?"

Mr. Xiao originally stayed at the barbecue restaurant to stay at Xina's house in Styx, so it was reasonable to refuse to leave Baigui Street.

However, Hong Dao's answer was beyond his expectation.

"Master Xiao is gone."

Xia Feng was stunned.

"Gone? Where did you go?"

"Not sure."

Recalling the scene that day, Hongdao said in a deep voice.

"The day Master Xiao left was when I was injured by that Eastern warrior. He left suddenly and didn't explain anything. He just said that there was no need to look for him and that he would come back naturally after finishing some matters."

After hearing the whole story, Xia Feng fell into deep thought.

Later, he asked a few more people, such as Brother Lang and Brother ACE.

Everyone's answer was basically the same as Hong Dao's. No one knew where Mr. Xiao went or what he had to deal with. There was no sign before Mr. Xiao left.

Combining everyone's descriptions, there is only one possibility.

Master Xiao's departure was not planned in advance, but a sudden decision. In other words, it was a temporary decision after learning that the name of the person who injured Hong Dao was Ying Wulan.

As for the reason, no one knows.

The days are passing by, the weather is getting colder day by day, and the balance of autumn has bottomed out.

As time went by, the entire sandworm breeding base was gradually completed, and the engineers who completed the construction began to return to Victoria one after another on the Haimen Group's cargo ships.

In the evening, by the pier.

Xia Feng was wearing a thick coat, squatting on a flat rock alone, looking at the sea in trance.

On the coastline behind him are newly built facilities one after another, as well as a smooth cement road connecting Sandworm Bay and Nanye Village.

The sea breeze is very cold and the surroundings are very quiet. After the huge project is completed, the hustle and bustle fades away.

In the silence, Helmer's familiar voice came from behind.

"Xia Feng."

Looking back, Hemo was wearing a gray-white coat with a slight smile.

But there was a hint of melancholy in this smile.

She glanced in the direction Xia Feng was looking just now.

"What are you looking at here alone?"

Xia Feng tightened the scarf around his neck and gave a self-deprecating smile.

"nothing."

Homer took a few steps forward, his voice gentle.

"There's no need to hide anything in front of me, Xia Feng. I've known from a long time ago that you are a very special person."

Recalling every bit of his life in Rhine, Xia Feng felt that everything seemed like yesterday.

Yes, he doesn't have to hide anything in front of Hemo. Perhaps in a sense, Hemo may be the person who knows him best in the world.

Hermer had saved his life and had seen him in the most miserable state with nothing. Even so, she still entrusted Ifrit to her.

Because Hemo is very sure that even if he is clumsy and stupid, he will risk his life to protect Ifrit, regardless of whether he is strong or not.

Some things are so beautiful, so beautiful that people can’t help but feel a sense of disobedience.

At the pier, Xia Feng exhaled heavily and turned his gaze to the sea again.

"Hermer, I just feel that this all seems to be a dream. Sometimes, I just subconsciously want to remember the scenery in the dream. Even if it is really a dream, it can be regarded as a memory after waking up."

This is not some pretentious conjecture, but a thought that always flashes through Xia Feng's mind occasionally.

Of course, except for Helmer, he would not tell anyone such hazy things that even he himself could not figure out.

Hearing his very vague words, Helmer did not laugh at him or comfort him.

"Do you really think that everything you have experienced in this life is a dream?"

Xia Feng looked at the sea and spoke softly.

"I don't know what to say. Sometimes I have this vague feeling. Oh, maybe I'm being too pretentious."

Helmer thought for a moment, then said seriously.

"If everything is your dream, then everyone you have come into contact with, including me, does not exist. However, I am very sure of my existence, so this is not a dream."

Xia Feng laughed dryly after hearing Hemo's very professional answer.

"Oh, yes, how could this be a dream? I'm too stupid."

"No."

At this point, Hemo suddenly categorically refuted Xia Feng's self-deprecating stupidity.

"It's not necessarily that you are too stupid, it could also be that you are too sensitive, so sensitive that you can subconsciously detect some abnormalities."

"abnormal?"

Helmer nodded and continued.

"A long time ago, Rheinland Life conducted a hypothetical experiment. This experiment had no concrete implementation, and everything was just a theory."

"What experiment?"

"It's about the soul."

"ha?"

Soul, when Xia Feng heard this term, he was a little confused. Why do scientists still believe in the soul?

Hemmer then gave some explanation of this hypothetical experiment.

The soul is just a general name. The soul that Rhine Life refers to is the thinking in the brain, which is the so-called acquired habits, memory, cognition, and thinking patterns.

The content of the hypothesis is to separate the "soul" from body A and put it into body B.

If the transfer is successful, then a problem arises.

[When this person wakes up, who is he? 】

In fact, there is no precise answer to this question. It can also be called a philosophical question, just like the bloody soul-piercing novel.

If forced to answer, there are only two answers

One, he is A, just in a different body.

Second, he is B, he just has an extra memory in his mind.

Who he is is a matter of opinion.

Naturally, Rhine Life will not be entangled in this. It does not matter who he is. What is important is whether this possibility can be realized through scientific means.

And in the end, Rhine Life concluded, no.

Because more than half of biologists believe that "soul" is not brain cells, but brain cells are just carriers. The real "soul" is a special existence that is invisible and intangible.

Because of this particularity, the "soul" has a more special ability, that is, it is not bound by the theory of everything.

That is, it is not affected by external factors such as climate, environment, radiation, etc.

Even, not limited by time and space.

Speaking of this, Hemo seemed to explain Xia Feng's so-called "dream" from another angle.

At the pier, the cold wind blew across my cheeks, bringing a chill from the inside out.

Helmer's voice was ethereal and deep.

"If your soul has experienced another story at another point in time and space, then at this moment, that story is a dream to you, and everything you are experiencing now is real."

Before Xia Feng could respond, Hemo changed the topic.

"But if your soul will experience another story in another time and space after this moment, then for you at that time, everything you experience now is just a dream."