Neverland

Neverland's cafeteria never stops opening.

Song Yan swiped the card in the loyalty card slot behind the coffee machine, the machine made a light beep, and automatically pushed out a clean coffee cup from the abdomen disinfection tank of the coffee machine.

The coffee cup is made of bone china, pure white, without any patterns, and looks expensive.

The cup is mounted on the buckle and aligned with the delivery port. The coffee machine makes a small buzz and automatically pours delicious coffee—there is a small auxiliary port next to the main delivery port, which is used for adding milk.

Song Yan looked at the small button on the coffee machine for a while, and she seemed to have seriously thought about "whether or not to add milk", before she reached out and clicked the button after a few seconds.

The slender delivery tube hangs down, pulling out a small white love heart on the cup of poured coffee.

The buckle clamped the coffee cup and sent it forward again, and sent it to the edge of the table thoughtfully, before folding it twice and retracting it into the coffee machine.

Song Yan took the cup and took a sip.

— a little bit bitter.

The level of the cafeteria in Neverland seems to be a bit up and down—this seems to be the only thing that is "changing" in Neverland. Every time, the taste of the cafeteria seems to change slightly. Obviously the dishes are still the same, but the taste Either sweet or salty.

The coffee this time was more than a bit bitter than last time, and it didn't work well even with milk, so Song Yan took another stick of sugar from the paper box next to her.

While sipping her coffee, she took back the documents that had just been placed on the table in her hand, turned her head and walked towards the open-air restaurant on the other side of the cafeteria.

The open-air restaurant did not turn on the lights, and several tables, chairs and benches were neatly arranged in a corner of the terrace, leaving most of the balcony free.

Zhong Lu was wearing a long red dress, and was lying on the railing looking at the scenery.

"This mission record." Song Yan walked to her side and handed her the document in her hand: "The mission is over, everything is normal."

Zhong Lu squinted her eyes slightly, looking at the vast and boundless sea outside Yongwu Township, the sea breeze raised the corner of her skirt, and the red color fluttered in the wind, making it unbelievable.

The sea breeze in the middle of the night never knew what the word "gentle" meant. Zhong Lu looked at it for a while, then pulled her messy long hair behind her ears, and took what was in Song Yan's hand.

"How does it feel to do the task alone?" Zhong Lu didn't look at the document, but put it on the railing beside her, and asked, "Are you used to it?"

"It's okay." Song Yan said: "I feel that the work frequency has accelerated, and nothing else-the object of this task is easy to talk, and it is not difficult to handle in general."

"Hmm—" Zhong Lu tilted her head to look at her, and said with a smile, "It seems to be true. After all, besides Yan Cen, you are the only one in Neverland."

"I'm on secondment." Song Yan took a sip of coffee and said calmly, "If it wasn't for the lack of people cleaning up the system, it wouldn't be my turn."

"Don't worry." Zhong Lu bent her eyes and smiled meaningfully: "—the system will be cleaned up and there will be new people soon."

From the point of view of normal people, Zhong Lu is too beautiful. She has a clear outline and is suitable for heavy makeup. She is beautiful but not coquettish. The everlasting red rose.

She is beautiful, sensible, and always seems to be unpredictable.

Song Yan's fingers holding the coffee cup tightened slightly, and she took another sip of coffee calmly.

Outside, the originally only warm coffee cooled rapidly, and the bitterness increased rapidly, reaching an unbearable level, so bitter that the root of Song Yan's tongue tingled.

So she gave up the cup of coffee and poured it into the sea.

"... Protecting the environment is everyone's responsibility." Zhong Lu sighed, then remembered something, and said casually: "By the way, Yan Cen is back, you can go and see him when you have time—"

"Come back so soon?" Song Yan was a little surprised.

Song Yan also knows the details of the S1659 mission. To put it bluntly, it is a pure group destruction mission. The mission targets are scattered among six people. All six people must die to complete this mission. Yan Cen is the only one left to clean up the system. Zhong Lu has never dared to take risks with his only seedling, that's why this task has persisted for so long.

"You're quite willing this time." Song Yan said: "In the past, you would rather die than take this task out."

"It's different today." Zhong Lu shrugged and said with a smile, "He is willing to be a hero to save the beauty. I have to give him a chance—well, but he never loses the chain, and he has completed the task well."

Song Yan curled her lips and said with a sneer: "I hear what you mean, are you going to pay him a pension?"

"It's so ugly, what kind of pension." Zhong Lu turned around, leaning against the railing and said, "The bonus will still be paid. Although it is a punishment task, there is still a reward for completing the task—the reward for special tasks is One to three, counting the extra reward that went to Qin Wei... Congratulations to Xu Muzhou, he only has one task left to complete the work target."

Song Yan was taken aback for a moment, and she slowly frowned, her tone was a little cold: "Yan Cen just died, it's not good for you to kill the donkey."

"Huh?" Zhong Lu blinked, and said suspiciously: "Isn't it good to triple the reward? The task points are also tripled—oh, and I also approved the recuperation leave. I never deduct the wages of migrant workers." treatment."

Song Yan felt a little suffocated, Zhong Lu understood everything, and clearly knew what she was talking about, so she was just pretending to be stupid.

"I said, if you reduce the number of Xu Muzhou's tasks, you are shortening the time they spend together." Song Yan said, "Even if the cleaning tasks can be delayed for as long as you can, aren't you—"

"Song Yan." Zhong Lu interrupted her calmly: "I act according to the rules and regulations, and Neverland has always stipulated in this way."

"I know, but at least you should also consider the fragile hearts of your staff." Perhaps because of Qin Wei's matter, Song Yan always had a bit of a brother-in-law mentality towards Yan Cen that she couldn't explain clearly, so she couldn't help but feel sorry for him. Say a few words: "... your precious staff is a blossoming iron tree, what if your big stick for hitting mandarin ducks falls down and breaks it again?"

Zhong Lu shook her head, and said with emotion: "Everything is good for you, but you are always so pessimistic."

As she spoke, she touched the cigarette case from the railing next to her, gave one to Song Yan, and took out the lighter from Song Yan's pocket. She lit a cigarette for herself first, and then threw the lighter back into Song Yan's arms.

"After the mission is over, I will ask Xu Muzhou what he thinks." Zhong Lu said: "After the Qin Wei incident, I promised Xu Muzhou a promise within my power. If he wants to stay, I will agree to him staying. Down."

Song Yan paused for a moment to light the cigarette, and then realized that she was a little overreacted, she hurriedly lit the cigarette as if to cover up, and shook her hand to extinguish the flame.

"Yan Cen will not agree." Song Yan said.

"Whether Xu Muzhou stays or not is none of his business." Zhong Lu raised her eyebrows and said, "I will only ask Xu Muzhou's opinion."

Song Yan frowned slightly, feeling that there was something in Zhong Lu's words.

"Xu Muzhou is an independent person, he is qualified and has the right to decide his own destiny." Zhong Lu took a puff of cigarette, narrowed his eyes and said, "His destiny should not depend on others, and of course there is no need for others to make decisions." .”

Song Yan: "..."

She felt that Zhong Lu seemed to be connoting her.

Of course, Zhong Lu's "connotation" was very obvious. She smoked a cigarette, looked at Song Yan again, shook her head, and her face was full of regret.

Song Yan: "..."

——Sure enough, it was connoting her.

"If everyone can decide their own destiny, then why should the guidance system do?" Of course Song Yan refused to suffer, she smiled sarcastically and said: "Those who are unknowingly led away by the guidance personnel Do you know that those who are biased in their missions know that their choices are all set?"

Everyone in Neverland is well aware of this matter, but few people will turn this matter up, because it means that all of them are a bird in a cage, no matter what they say It sounds so nice.

But Zhong Lu, as the "rule" herself, was not angry because of Song Yan's words.

"What is the sixth principle of guiding missions?" Zhong Lu asked.

"It is not allowed to interfere with the behavior and ideology of the task target by coercive means." Song Yan replied subconsciously.

"The world line is not completely unchangeable, as much as the world can be influenced, there is as much room for redress." Zhong Lu said: "Guiding people to perform tasks will only ensure that the choice related to the direction of the world will not be changed within a certain period of time." Accidents, rather than teaching the task object to live a lifetime. The world is not a cold line, nor is it a lead letter on the task document. It actually has countless possibilities—in the final analysis, who defines the "world" In fact, it is not you, not me, nor Neverland, but the character, growth environment, etc. of those task objects. The norm of the world line is actually the best one from the selection of those task objects. It's up to them to decide -- that standard is still essentially up to them."

"For example, the subject of the task likes to drink Coke very much. All the guide has to do is let him choose Coke in the next choice, and there should be no accidents in the middle. It's that simple." Zhong Lu said: "Everyone should be responsible for their fate. At the same time, they are also given the right to choose by fate... Song Yan, don't you remember what it's like to be changed by others without saying hello?"

Song Yan was taken aback.

Those "before life" things are actually too long for them. Traveling through countless world lines, meeting different people in different time and space, and living completely different lives, if each task is counted as "lifetime" ", they don't know how many lives they have passed.

The "lifetime" events are like a dust-sealed secret box, every staff member of Neverland has this box, but the key of the box has long been lost in the gap of time.

But Song Yan still remembers that she is different from Qin Wei who chooses to deviate her fate line by herself. She was deliberately influenced by others.

Thinking about it carefully, it was before the reorganization of Neverland. The former members of Neverland had no rules, and they thought they controlled everyone's fate. The expansion was unbelievable, and they fought fiercely with each other.

Both Song Yan and Yan Cen were the victims of that chaotic storm. They were just living step by step, but in their ignorance, their fate had been artificially changed.

"...Why didn't you say that before?" Song Yan said.

"As I said before, everyone has a chance to choose. I gave Qin Wei this chance, and I will give you this chance." Zhong Lu paused, suppressed her smile, and said seriously: "I am the 'rule' , so I'm always fair."

"But having said that, fate does not override human beings, whether you or Yan Cen, you have been in Neverland for a long time, and sometimes you will suffer from the bad habit of 'arrogance'." Zhong Lu said: "Don't impose There is no need to pity anyone for your own meaningless pressure."

Zhong Lu sighed and said, "I have to find an opportunity to give a lecture on moral and psychological safety to Neverland."

"After all, don't forget..." Zhong Lu lowered the corners of her eyes slightly, and said softly, "You were once human."