Flowers Blooming in the Wasteland

It is true that they live a life of food, clothing and entertainment in prison. Except that they have no freedom, this kind of life is as happy as heaven compared to before.But they must be like the machines on the production line, using the high-quality fertilized eggs equipped in the life science laboratory to continue to give birth, and they cannot visit and educate their children born in October, lest some dangerous ideas be passed on .

This kind of cold and programmed thinking has indeed avoided many tragedies that shouldn't be there, but it also makes people feel unspeakably uncomfortable.

Even base administrative staff like Paggy, those excellent women collected from all over the base at that time, can only enjoy limited freedom-they can be with whoever they like, but they have to be selected every month to mature The egg cells stored in the bank are not allowed to conceive without permission.Only when the man is also a sperm provider who meets the optimal fertility standards, can they give birth to their lover's offspring, otherwise they can only be randomly selected from the sperm bank.

In the face of the pressure of survival, the bottom line of human tolerance can be suppressed to a very low level. Compared with the cruel world outside, they don't even feel that there is anything wrong with being bred by aliens like pet dogs. In front of the dogs, there was a mysterious sense of superiority, and they didn't realize that the "offspring" born by optimal breeding were actually just the spare shells of the guardians.

--Why do human beings have to be reduced to such a point!

At that moment Fu Yunlan was full of anger, and had a strong urge to smash something, but the intercom in the cab rang at this moment, and Celeste asked hoarsely in a somewhat distorted voice: " Blue, are you here?"

Fu Yunlan suddenly stopped his dangerous thoughts, and he replied in a dry voice with lingering fear: "Quickly."

"I have encountered some troubles in the construction here, and now I urgently need a batch of aluminum materials, the more the better." Celeste said, "If you see any, help me bring some back, any aluminum products or aluminum alloys It's all right."

"Okay." After Fu Yunlan answered, the other person hung up.

This should not be the real Celeste, but Mars or Case noticed that his mood was fluctuating violently, so they reminded him.

He seems to have had some terrible thoughts just now, but he has no idea why he suddenly got into a dead end. Guardians use human beings to protect human beings. This is more like a cooperative relationship where everyone gets what they need. What are you sorry for?

There must be something wrong with his head.

-

On the other side, Celeste was also struggling with this matter.

"The polygraph system showed that he was telling the truth, and he really didn't remember anything," Thurlist said. "Why did this happen?"

"It looks more like a split personality." He Xiao had a guess, "There have always been such rumors among human beings, but so far there is no real and reliable scientific experimental data. It's like you were reborn and split into two , and then forced to be squeezed into the same body, the two personalities have the same memory, but completely different personalities, alternately control the body, and one of the personalities is awake when the other is unconscious. It is generally believed that This is a mental illness, or it is probably because of the Devourer that he has a split personality."

Celeste was silent for a while, and asked without hope: "Is there any way to bring him back to normal?"

He Xiao shook his head: "Humans don't even have reliable records of dual personalities, and we don't even know anything about the spiritual world of human beings. I'm afraid we won't be able to find any way to cure him. Moreover, in the current situation, we cannot Too much energy has been put into researching this subject."

"Hmm..." Celeste could only express his understanding.

-

After that, Celeste still spared work and research as much time as possible to accompany Fu Yunlan in the virtual world.

According to He Xiao's suggestion, Celeste tried to find some signs to stop him from "onset". For example, as soon as Case detected certain emotions in him, he would forcibly terminate the simulation and put Fu Yunlan into a coma.

But relying on the artificial intelligence system to judge people's emotions from some external signs is not accurate enough after all. Sometimes Keith judges that the bad personality reappears, but in fact, Fu Yunlan is just a little excited, angry, or even just being rejected. Just startled.

After many false alarms, Celeste relaxed his vigilance, and they spent a relatively peaceful time.Until one day when Celeste entered the simulation cabin again, he found that the scene was no longer Hummingbird Town, but China in the [-]th century.

Fu Yunlan was sitting on the balcony of a western-style building, looking at the bustling traffic and bustling life below, her expression looked particularly lonely.

"Blue?" Celeste called him uncertainly.

Fu Yunlan turned around and said in Chinese: "...I just want to come back and have a look, and return him to you soon."

Before Celeste had time to say anything, the surrounding scene began to change, turning into their home in Hummingbird Town.

Fu Yunlan looked a little confused, he shook his head: "It seems that another unwelcome guy has come."

Celeste thought it was the real Fu Yunlan who woke up, but when he heard this, his pupils dilated a little: "It's you?!"

"Why do you look so oblivious that you don't want to see me so much?" Fu Yunlan stepped forward and trapped him between herself and the wall with her hand, "At least I'm also a part of the person you like. , Just as where there is light there is shadow, every individual has a dark side."

"You are not Lan, you are just an illusion created by the Devourer." Celeste was full of disgust, but he had to endure his discomfort and talk to him for a while, so that Case could record Fu Yun Blue's heart rate, blood pressure, brain waves and other signs at this time.

"It's convenient to have a strong enemy. Everything that makes you uncomfortable can be pushed to the enemy's head, so it can make your life easier?" Fu Yunlan sneered, "But unfortunately, I am not a devourer faction. Come to make trouble, I am just the dark side of your little lover suppressed in the bottom of my heart, and I refuse to admit that this precious human being on the tip of your heart also has a dark side, so that you can insist on playing this love game?"

He really knew Celeste very well, and managed to irritate him with a few words. Celeste grabbed Fu Yunlan's collar and said angrily, "Listen to me, this is not a game!"

"What is that, my honorable and powerful Emperor?" Fu Yunlan didn't try to break free from his hand, but just continued to say in an angry tone, "Yeah, admit that this is just a whim , it will make you and the three generations you go up become a joke in capital letters, and I will be stubborn to the end."

Celeste closed his eyes and took a deep breath, then resumed his iconic expressionless face: "If your purpose of saying this is to annoy me, then you have succeeded."

"Enrage you?" Fu Yunlan smiled, "No, why should I provoke you? I just want you to know my pain and see your own self-deception. How can there be love between us? Although I did like you sincerely at the beginning, but in the end it was just a human's unrequited love, you would never understand the pressure I have in front of you as a mortal, I have to work hard, If you don’t do your best, you won’t be worthy of you, but it’s my fault if you work too hard and don’t have time to accompany you. Since you arrived at the Blue Shield Base, I haven’t had a day of relaxation. I’m always afraid that I’m not good enough, no longer please you."

"I... I didn't even know that you were facing such pressure."

Fu Yunlan sneered: "Of course you don't know, or you don't care about it at all. You have a lifespan of tens of thousands of years, and my whole life is just an ant who lives and dies in your eyes. You can keep an ant by your side to play with on a whim, but who cares if the ant is in a happy mood?"

These words made Celeste feel aggrieved: "But I never regarded you as an ant."

"This can't change the fact that there is a gap in status between us. Do you know why I never get angry with you? At the beginning, I didn't mention it out of love during the love period. Later, it was all because I clearly knew the relationship between us. Gap, as long as you are unhappy, you can disappear into the sky. I have nothing to do with you, and I will become a sinner for all mankind. Of course, I must try my best to please you. I know why I miss you so much The broken house in Hummingbird Town? Only when you were there, you were visible and tangible to me, and you were a real person, not the alien savior who had to try his best to please."

Speaking of this, Fu Yunlan gritted her teeth: "You made me as a container for your old lover, and then casually threw me away like garbage. You missed him, so you found me as a substitute. If you are caught, just say 'I'm not using you as a stand-in', I have to be grateful to Dade, right?"

Celeste frowned in pain: "I don't know... so there is so much hatred between us..."

"How can it be called hatred? This is the true face of love." Fu Yunlan suddenly smiled again, holding Celeste's face gently as before, but his words revealed complete madness and viciousness, " If possible, I really want to make a cage to lock you up, so that you can't go anywhere, I want to gouge out your eyes, so that you can no longer look at other people. At that time, I should have listened to the advice of the devourer and directly Swallow you, so that you will always belong to me alone, instead of being trapped in the virtual cabin every day, like a boudoir who waits for the curtain to hang down, hoping that you will come to me once, if you empathize , I can’t be bothered to appear in front of me anymore, and I can’t do anything about it.”

"... That's enough, stop talking!" Celeste shook his head suddenly, but Fu Yunlan obviously didn't think it was enough: "Is it hard to listen? I still have a lot to say to you."

"Case, abort the simulation!" Regardless of whether Case collected enough data, Thelister ended the conversation as if fleeing.

-

He Xiao soon found out from Case that something had happened, so he quickly dropped what he was doing and came over to find him.

Celeste didn't want to see him, and he didn't want to see anyone. He locked himself in the room and ignored no one, but He Xiao swiped the door open and came in relying on his authority.

Celeste didn't say anything, just looked up at him expressionlessly.

"I know you're in a bad mood, but let's calm down first. Fu Yunlan's becoming like this must have something to do with the Devourer. If you are upset because of this, then it's in its favor."

"But I think what he said is true. Those are Lan's true thoughts that he didn't say. I never knew that he was facing such pressure. It turns out that his liking for me has long since become a What's the point of me continuing to maintain this relationship?"

He Xiao didn't expect Celeste to think about this: "...do you want to leave him?"