Merit Book·Xinghai

"Gollum...gollum...gollum..."

Strings of bubbles rise quietly, break and dissipate.

In the rose-red liquid, strands of gray-black impurities gradually appeared, not many, but very conspicuous.

Because of the loss of the life energy provided by Drobuk, the most important part of the resurrection device was missing. Various other medicines and nutrient solutions conflicted with each other and did not mix with each other, causing the liquid to be quickly polluted.

Rong Yuan watched quietly, and then... His eyes gradually became sad.

During the battle with Drobuk, he never tried to break these jars, not because he had expectations of these resurrection devices, but because he didn't want Drobuk to see what was inside.

He has devoted his whole life to this, and even when he is dying, he must still have warm expectations for these devices.

but……

Rong Yuan closed his eyes, felt the obscure life fluctuations around him that seemed to be continuously screaming, and raised his right hand.

"Snapped!"

Snap your fingers!

In an instant, more than a dozen jars around were shattered at the same time!The alloy tank broke into countless pieces, and the glass that Todd could not break with all his strength fell like crystal ice, and the rose-red liquid spewed out like a flood that burst a bank!

More than a dozen objects hidden in it also fell at the same time, some were hung on the edge of the broken jar, some were washed to the side of the wall, and some rolled all the way to Rong Yuan's feet, twitched twice, and stopped moving .

Pea sitting on Rong Yuan's shoulder saw this scene, exclaimed, and subconsciously jumped up and stretched out her two little hands, trying to cover Rong Yuan's eyes.

"It's all right, Pea, it's all right."

Rong Yuan said in a low voice.

He pinched its small body, put it back on his shoulders, looked around, then squatted down, and looked at the object at his feet.

It can't be said to be a person, just like a skinned ghost.

The arms and legs are thin and short, the fingers and claws are like hooks, and the stomach is as big as a ball full of water. As for the head, it looks like a distorted outline drawn by a person who doesn't know how to paint.

Its eyes were tightly shut, but that monstrous face...even in death...was congealed into one pained, hateful, dark expression.

If Drobuk saw that what he was resurrected turned out to be something like this, how would he collapse and despair?

Pea looked at Rong Yuan, bit her lip, then suddenly sat up on her knees, opened her arms, and hugged Rong Yuan's neck as much as possible.

"Rong Yuan, Rong Yuan, don't look at them... just look at me!"

Rong Yuan took a deep breath, touched the pea, let it sit, and then stood up.

The string force oscillates, and invisible fluctuations radiate. When reaching a certain point, a golden flame suddenly ignites with a loud bang. With Rongyuan as the center, it spreads in all directions, and soon engulfs everything in the central room!

Rong Yuan walked out of the blazing flames. In front of him, the sea of ​​flames automatically divided into two sides; behind him, everything was turned into fly ash in the flames as a sacrifice.

As he walked, the flames followed behind him, devouring everything on the [-]th floor like a living gluttonous beast... Resurrection devices, cloning instruments, nutrient delivery pipelines, smart brains, conference rooms, energy equipment ...

Groups of exploding flames soared into the air, blossomed in all directions, and gradually spread to the entire eighteenth floor.

Suddenly, Rong Yuan's footsteps stopped.

He saw that in a transparent glass research room not far away, more than a dozen clones were still conscientiously preparing the nutrient solution needed for resurrection, as if they could not hear the explosions outside; There is nothing to do for a while to transport the supplies, so they can only stand there helplessly, with dull and dazed eyes.

There were originally many clones on the [-]th floor, but most of them died when Todd and Map and others fought, and some were sucked into the vacuum and died tragically. These may be the only clones left.

The fate of these clones is also very tragic.They have lost their self-awareness since birth, and become tool people driven by orders. They don't know how to resist or save themselves. They repeat mechanized work in a short life, and then their brains are removed and they become Austrians. A part of the odd system.

Rong Yuan looked at it for a moment, and pointed at it, a black string spread out, completely cutting off the area where the clones were located from the rest of the eighteenth floor.

The flames quickly engulfed the rest completely, leaving only a small area around Rong Yuan.

Rong Yuan said: "Pea, tell Alpha to send a spaceship to bring these people back."

"Yeah." Pea passed instructions to Alpha, and then asked: "But Rongyuan, these people... don't have independent self-awareness, even if they return to normal society, they won't be able to survive."

"Then let the welfare agency take care of them for the rest of their lives...at least, let them know what the outside world is like."

"Ah."

Pea responded.

There is no need to ask others for this kind of thing. In the Star Alliance, Rong Yuan actually has a huge amount of assets under his name, most of which come from the share dividends of the Emerald Corporation.That money is more than enough to buy a few habitable stars, let alone house a few clones.

[But...he has so much money, but he has never been happy. 】

Out of nowhere, the idea popped into my mind.Pea trembled in her heart, and then shook her head vigorously, as if this could shake off the thought just now.

[Cheer up, Pea! 】

【If you always look sad, how can you make Rong Yuan happy again! 】

Rong Yuan tilted his head, looked at it strangely, and asked: "What's wrong?"

"No...it's nothing." Pea stammered, suddenly saw a strange room floating in front of him, pointed at it without thinking, and said, "Hey, Rong Yuan, you see, that room is so strange..."

Suddenly, Pea realized something and stopped talking abruptly, almost biting her own tongue.

But Rong Yuan has already looked in the direction it pointed.

He is well aware of Pea's clumsy technique of changing the subject, but there are many things that don't need to be delved into.So Rong Yuan didn't ask Pea, but turned around casually following what it said.

Then, he was stunned.

The part of the spaceship that was cut off whirled past the part where they were, and some things drifted into space, becoming veritable cosmic junk.

Among the flying pieces of paper and broken glass, a room slowly floated in front of Rong Yuan.

On the door frame of the room, there is a sign [Lounge] obliquely hanging, and Rong Yuan once passed in front of this sign before.

At this time, the room was also cut in half by Rong Yuan's string just now, and the scene inside was unobstructed, slowly unfolding in front of him.

The small model of Feiyan was placed in the center of the room like a beautiful white bird, but it was missing a tail and half a wing.

In the middle of the model, corridors, beds, seats, kitchen utensils, etc. are all vivid and clearly visible, as if there were people walking and living in it just now.

On the wall is an enlarged photo of the members of the Feiyan team.Rong Yuan himself has the same photo.

In the photo, everyone smiled brightly and looked relaxed, completely unaware of what kind of bad luck they would encounter in the future.

But at this time, the photo was also divided into two halves, and the smiles of everyone were also blurred under the light of the fire.

This is Drobock's room.

Rong Yuan is not very surprised by what he sees.What really caught his attention was the picture displayed on the holographic screen hanging on the wall.

A game character dressed as a mercenary stands alone in a room with a broad sword on his back and arms folded.

He has a name on his head——

【Die Serges】!

Suddenly, Rong Yuan remembered the chat records left by this game character——

【Feiyan team is the best!I like the Feiyan team the most! 】

[It would be great if the Feiyan team was still there! 】

[Let me tell you, they used to be... Hahahaha, weren't they very powerful? 】

[Yes, the captain is of course the best!The best! 】

[There is no Feiyan team for a long time!Didn't I tell you?The Feiyan team had already been wiped out when the supernova broke out!right here!Right near the Pillars of Creation! 】

[...Don't do stupid things, the Feiyan team is really gone! 】

[Dreams are dreams, reality is reality.Although I am very reluctant to accept it, the fact is that the Feiyan team is facing a supernova explosion at close range, and they have already been wiped out! 】

[How many people searched around the Pillar of Creation back then and found no trace, which means that the Feiyan team is really gone.What can you find right now by yourself?Instead of finding the non-existing Feiyan team in the vast universe, it would be faster to meet them in your dreams. 】

【I am worried about you! 】

[I wipe, I feel that I have sinned deeply, what should I do? 】

【Hey, Mumu, Mumu, are you still alive? 】

In an instant, Rong Yuan felt that he had no strength at all, and he slid slowly to sit on the ground, propping his forehead with one hand.

It turns out...he knows everything...knows everything...

The greatest tragedy is not when you lose someone.It's the person you lost... not so long ago... who used to sit here, earnestly making models, playing games, bragging and chatting with people on Starnet, and crying silently in front of photos.

Maybe I once showed a satisfied smile because I ate delicious food.

Maybe he once killed the Quartet in the game, and then danced happily like a child.

He didn't become a walking ghost after losing everything. He used to live so vividly... He also clearly knew that his efforts were meaningless... But in the end he still chose an endless road of no return.

After a long, long time, Rong Yuan whispered hoarsely: "Wan Dou, if...if I could find him earlier, wouldn't this be the case now?"

However, life... there is no if.