third rebirth

Ye Xiao was woken up by Ling Chen, because the surrounding body temperature and smell were familiar and reassuring, his eyes were dazed for a while before he woke up.

"it's dark?"

"Well, it's getting dark, and it's time for our little Maomao to get up for dinner." Ling Chen helped him straighten his hair, and observed his eyebrows and eyes probingly, "Are you hungry?"

Ye Xiao touched his stomach, "I'm hungry."

Ling Chen teased him, "I guess you're hungry too, I don't know what I dreamed just now, it's been biting me all the time."

Ye Xiao became nervous, turned over and sat up, "Where did I bite? Does it hurt?"

Ling Chen leaned closer and pressed against his ear, "It's biting on my heart, it doesn't hurt, it's very itchy."

Ye Xiao realized that Ling Chen was teasing him again, he was a little shy, got up and got out of bed, "I...I'm going to eat."

Ling Chen went down to the ground, "I'm with you."

Hearing what he said, Ye Xiao quickly walked around the end of the bed, stood in front of Ling Chen, and said worriedly, "But you were injured, the doctor said you can't move!"

Ling Chen didn't care, "This injury is nothing." He swallowed back the words "I can jump and run 800 meters without a breath" and changed it to, "But the wound is indeed painful, and there may be some pain." collapse."

Ye Xiao became even more worried, he circled around Ling Chen, and then firmly held Ling Chen's arm, "I'll support you, let's walk slowly."

In the dining room, Jiang Cancan was gnawing on a chicken leg, wondering, "Why hasn't Brother Chen arrived yet? Didn't he reply to the message saying he'll be here soon?"

Jia Lan was tearing up steamed buns when she suddenly bumped Jiang Cancan's arm with her elbow and lifted her chin towards the door, motioning him to take a quick look.

As soon as Jiang Cancan turned his head, his eyes were sharply "hissed", and he beeped softly, "Damn it, brother Chen is playing the same old trick again, pretending to be weak, to deceive the children's sympathy!"

There was a cup of coffee in front of Bai Hengyun, she followed it curiously, and asked in a low voice, "That mallet is always like this?"

Jiang Cancan complained in a low voice, "That's right! I pretended to be weak before," he said, squeezing his throat to imitate, "Oh, my wound hurts so much, my hands are weak, and I can't stand still!" Turn and turn.

Bai Hengyun clicked his tongue in amazement, "I thought that Ling Chen's fierce aura, which scares kindergarten children into tears every minute, was destined to be lonely all his life. I didn't expect to be able to act now." She looked at him with strange eyes and approached Ling Chen finally expressed the same emotion as Jiang Cancan, "Men really are big pigs!"

For a moment, in the entire dining room, only Jialan, who was tearing up steamed buns, was not attacked by the map cannon.

Ling Chen sat on the chair, and Ye Xiao sat next to him, with a worried expression on his face.Bai Hengyun couldn't stand it anymore, and pulled Ye Xiao to talk, "Did you sleep well?"

Ye Xiao nodded, "I slept well."

"You are too thin, eat more meat, more vegetables, and milk, anyway, if you want to eat anything, just tell me, and I will make it for you."

Ye Xiao's ears turned red, he didn't know how to respond to such concern, so he murmured, "Thank you."

The more Bai Hengyun looked at Ye Xiao, the more he liked him, and correspondingly, the more he looked at Ling Chen, the more he disliked him.Seeing that he insisted on eating what was in Ye Xiao's spoon, he kicked Ling Chen under the table in disgust, "I don't have hands?"

Ling Chen's skin was as thick as an armored vehicle, "I was injured."

You suffered an abdominal injury, not a broken hand!

Bai Hengyun sighed in his heart: It really is better to give birth to a mallet!

After dinner, several people had a meeting in the dining room very casually.

Holding a coffee cup, Bai Hengyun first looked at Ling Chen, "The core of the area has already started doing relevant tests."

Ling Chen let out a "hmm". Not long after he woke up, he found that the area core he was carrying with him was missing. He sent a message to ask, and it turned out that Bai Hengyun had taken it away.

Bai Hengyun glanced at the time, "I still have 10 minutes to rest. If you have any questions, you can ask them, and I will answer them as soon as I can."

Jiang Cancan spoke first, "Professor Bai, is there really something wrong with the top management?"

Bai Hengyun nodded, "Yes." She sighed in her tone, "Sometimes I also wonder whether I am too stubborn, or they are too flexible."

She put down her coffee cup and put her elbows on the table, "In the beginning, several professors and I discovered that Area D was constantly expanding, and it only took about two years to occupy nearly half of Noah's world. And in Area D There are chaotic data flows, irregular seasonal changes, and sudden temperature changes, which are not suitable for ordinary people to survive."

Jiang Cancan nodded. They had wandered around D area for so long before, and they knew the danger level inside. Even they had to tense their nerves 24 hours a day. The chances of ordinary people surviving smoothly were too small.

Jiang Cancan: "Did they ignore it after reporting it to the higher-ups?"

"No." Bai Hengyun's eyes showed sarcasm, "While they kept it secret, they thought this was an excellent opportunity, an opportunity to change the destiny of mankind."

"They want to extend the lifespan of humans, and keep extending, extending, and even immortalizing."

Jiang Cancan was stunned, "No...it's Master Can, I'm not smart enough? What kind of logic is this?"

Jialan understood, she put down the steamed bun in her hand, "The D area is equivalent to a bug in the Noah system, and the Noah system itself cannot be repaired. They want to use this bug to make trouble, right?"

Bai Hengyun: "That's right. We are now in a virtual world, but no matter how real we are perceptually, we are all made up of a bunch of data. The real world and Noah's world correspond. We are aging, so we in Noah's world will also be aging. We in Noah's world will get sick and die, and we in the real world will also get sick and die."

Her fingers lightly tapped on the table, making a "duk-duk" sound, "Thus, they had a very naive idea."

Ling Chen frowned, "They want to control the Noah system by controlling the core of the area, and then use the method of gene fusion to prolong human life, or even immortality?"

"Yes." Bai Hengyun explained, "They naively believe that as long as the D area continues to expand, the disordered data flow will flood the entire Noah's world. At that time, the internal logic laws of Noah's world will be invalid. Then use gene fusion Technology, modify human short-lived genes, increase lifespan, then they can live forever in this peaceful world."

Jiang Cancan opened his eyes wide, "Damn it, isn't this crazy? It's impossible!"

Bai Hengyun took a sip of coffee and commented calmly, "There are always a lot of idiots in the world."

Jiang Cancan raised his hands in agreement, "Master Can, I know how ridiculous this idea is! The first is that when the data flow in Noah's world is completely disordered, then Noah's world will definitely collapse! Noah's world will collapse, what else? For fun?

The second is that Noah's world itself has internal logic laws. For example, taking medicine will be effective when sick, for example, if a person is cut with a knife, he will bleed, and if he bleeds too much, he will die.If everyone will not die, and it will be fine if you cut it with a knife, then the laws of logic will not be able to support it, and Noah's world will also collapse! "

Jiang Mu, who had been silent all this time, agreed, "Besides, the world of Noah's system is only a temporary safe haven for human beings. We will go out one day."

Jiang Cancan nodded again and again, "Sure enough, there are always a lot of idiots in the world!"

Ye Xiao was drinking sweet milk, listening to them carefully.He seemed to understand a little bit why Noah wanted to make a deal with him—perhaps in the original world line, Noah’s world collapsed for these reasons, and Noah wanted to save himself, so he found him and made a deal with him. trade.

Bai Hengyun said with a sigh, "From ancient times to the present, 'immortality' and 'possessing great power' have been too tempting for human beings. It seems that there is a possibility of realization, even if it is slim, there will be Countless people are crazy about this, like moths to a flame, and they will not hesitate to pay huge sacrifices."

Ling Chen thought about it for a few seconds, and asked, "The higher-ups keep making concessions when confronting the Holy Tribunal. What's the reason?"

"Because of a technology." Bai Hengyun did not hide anything, "You should all know that at this stage, the technology of gene fusion is not perfect, and the failure rate is very high. And even if it is a successful experimental product, it will not be long before, because of The phenomenon of rejection is slowly dying. Such a situation, of course, does not meet the expectations of those ambitious people."

Several people thought of the experimental subjects they met in the research institute, and the man with vertical pupils who followed Harrison, and their feelings were a bit complicated.

Jiang Cancan raised his hand: "Is it because the Holy Tribunal has more powerful skills?"

"Almost." Bai Hengyun leaned back in the chair, stroking the rim of the coffee cup with his fingers, "It is said that there is a drug that can solve the problem of rejection, but I think it is mostly a fake bait released to catch those brainless people. of fools."

Hearing these words, Ye Xiao remembered that the Mayflies had heard similar news before—wondering whether Ah Jiu was still alive.

Holding the glass in a daze for a while, Ye Xiao thought of something, "So after I came out of the silver blade, I was taken away by the holy people. They probably thought that I was a perfect fusion of genes without any signs of rejection. People. But I did not accept gene fusion at all, they have been studying for a long time, but they have not made any progress, and slowly relaxed their defenses against me."

He said it plainly, but everyone present could imagine what kind of experience this was.

Ling Chen put his palm on the back of Ye Xiao's neck, comforted him gently, and said in a hoarse voice, "After finding a chance to escape, you came to find me, right?"

Ye Xiao nodded, "Yes!"

Hearing Ye Xiao's answer, Ling Chen felt more uncomfortable than before when he was scratched by a mandrill.The dusty memories were all searched out, and he still remembered that Ye Xiao was in his palm, carefully writing "I will definitely come to you in the future."

He came as promised, but he did not recognize him.

Ling Chen suddenly felt that what his mother said was still right, and he was just a stick.

In the end, Bai Hengyun put down the empty coffee cup, "What we need to do now is to thoroughly analyze the regional core of District D, restrain the expansion of District D, and allow human beings to stay in this virtual world for a few more years to breathe rest."

She stood up, "Ling Chen, your mother and I are going to save the world now, do you want to see me off?"

"Let's go." Ling Chen squeezed Ye Xiao's hand, and whispered, "Wait for me to go back together."

Afterwards, he fit the character of the son of the mallet very well, put his hands in the pockets of his clothes, and walked directly to the door.

In the corridor, there was no one around, Bai Hengyun walked with the wind, and asked with a smile, "Is there anything else you want to say?"

Ling Chen raised the corner of his mouth, "Didn't you all see it?" His smile softened, and his tone was serious, "Mom, his name is Ye Xiao, and he is the person I've been thinking about for the rest of my life."

Bai Hengyun's footsteps paused for a few seconds. She patted Ling Chen's shoulder and sighed, "Mom is very relieved. I didn't expect you to be wanted. I did it when you were a teenager. You will be lonely." Mental preparation for old age."

She had a beautiful smile, with a kind of capable and intellectual beauty, "Ye Xiao is fine. At that time you were injured and unconscious, and he was standing by your side with a long knife in his hand. When I passed by, he protected you like a little beast with bared teeth. .”

"He's fine." The corners of Ling Chen's mouth curled up, and then he calmed down again, "Ye Xiao was taken into the training base of Silver Blade when he was a child. bumped into him."

Bai Hengyun was curious, "And then?"

"At that time, Ye Xiao was still very young. He may have been injured. There was a bandage under his nose and his hair was long. I thought he was a slender girl. Before he left, he couldn't speak, so he wrote in my hand. , will definitely come to me in the future.”

Bai Hengyun recalled what Ling Chen said in the dining room, and the smile on his face faded, "Then he was taken away by the priest?"

"Well, he was imprisoned for three years before escaping." Ling Chen smiled bitterly, "As soon as he escaped, he kept his promise and came to look for me in District D."

"But I didn't recognize him, and in front of him, I said I didn't remember the little girl."

Bai Hengyun took a deep breath, and slapped Ling Chen on the shoulder, "Scumbag! I cut you off!"

She stopped, "Okay, okay, it's annoying to see you, don't send it off, go back to accompany Ye Xiao, and speak clearly. He came out of the Holy Tribunal, and he will come to find you in such a dangerous place as District D, don't let him down." gone."

Ling Chen said "Yes", "You too, you need to do research and pay attention to your body. By the way, my dad also has Jialan's grandfather and dad, why didn't you see it?"

"I went on a mission, and I guess I'll be back in two or three days."

Ling Chen breathed a sigh of relief, "Well, that's good."

Bai Hengyun raised his eyebrows, "Why, do you think your father has already died a heroic sacrifice?"

Ling Chen was seen through, "Yeah, I'm mentally prepared."

"Little bastard, wait for your dad to come back and beat you up!" Bai Hengyun looked at his injured area, "There is nothing for you to appear on stage, hurry up and recover from your injuries, understand?"

Ling Chen gave a military salute lazily, "Okay, Professor Bai!"

At night, Ling Chen took the medicine, lay on the hospital bed, and held Ye Xiao's wrist, "Sleep with the captain at night, huh?"

Ye Xiao thought of Ling Chen saying that sleeping alone is very cold, so he nodded, "Okay."

The two of them squeezed into the narrow hospital bed, sticking tightly together. Ling Chen held Ye Xiao's hand until his palm felt hot, and then he said, "I'm sorry."

Ye Xiao dozed off next to Ling Chen, and when he heard his apology, he mumbled a "hmm", "What?"

Ling Chen turned his body sideways, his fingers went down from Ye Xiao's eyebrows, and finally stopped at the chin, "At that time...why was there a bandage here? Was it because of an injury?"

Ye Xiao's eyes widened slightly, his eyelashes trembled, and the drowsiness disappeared in an instant, "Because... because the bone was injured, it hasn't grown well, and there is no medicine, so it is fixed with a bandage."

As he spoke, the corners of his eyes turned red, and he asked cautiously, "Do you remember?"

Ling Chen's heart was about to be broken into eight petals, he kissed Ye Xiao's thin eyelids, "Well, I never forgot, but I never thought that you would really come to me."

"We have an agreement."

Because of the agreement, he traveled thousands of miles and came to find him.

"My fault, I didn't recognize our little Maomao as that little girl." Ling Chen was silent for a moment, then buried his head in his neck, "Why didn't I put you in my pocket and take you away?"

Ye Xiao rolled his eyes, "Because I'm a big one, I can't put it in my pocket."

Ling Chen pinched his nose, "It was slender at that time, it was obviously a small one, how big is it?" He inserted his fingers into Ye Xiao's fingers, and clasped them tightly, "No matter where we go from now on, we will be Together, we will never leave you alone."