glory [rebirth]

Schwartz did not reply to the message for a long time. They used the instant chat dialog box. The words being typed were displayed on the screen, but they appeared for a while and then disappeared. They must have been deleting, deleting, and modifying.

Mu Qingtong waited patiently for Schwartz to finish typing.

After more than a minute, his message finally came back.

[Schwartz: What's the matter with you tt-tt]

Mu Qingtong suddenly laughed after looking at the lettered expression for a long time. Although Schwartz is 27 this year, his mind is still like a child's, and his personality is pure, which makes people feel good.

【Mu Qingtong: I had a quarrel with Lu Sien yesterday. 】

【Schwartz: ...】

【Schwartz: I guessed it...】

[Schwartz: I dare not send messages to the boss until now, I am afraid he will scold me tt-tt] [Mu Qingtong: Do you know who Lu Sien is? 】

【Schwartz: Well...】

【Schwartz: But he didn't allow me to call him His Highness, I always called him the boss, and he didn't allow me to reveal his identity. He said that he is now in the military academy, and it is not good for people to know that he is the crown prince. 】【Schwartz: Has he been hiding it from you? 】

【Mu Qingtong: I realized it when I saw the knife last night. 】

【Schwartz: Alright...】

[Schwartz: Did you quarrel with the boss because of this? 】

【Mu Qingtong: Not all of them...】

[Schwartz: That's because we lied to you, right? 】

[Schwartz: I thought you were a bad person at first... But now I know, you are also a member of the group, so I think it is not good for the boss to do this. 】【Schwartz: Don't tell him I said this! 】

Mu Qingtong instantly imagined Schwartz's frightened expression. He shook his head with a smile and continued typing.

[Mu Qingtong: Okay. 】

[Mu Qingtong: There are other reasons. 】

[Schwartz: Anything else? 】

[Mu Qingtong: Yes. 】

[Schwartz: Can you tell me? 】

[Mu Qingtong: He lied to me for a long time. 】

[Schwartz: What do you mean? 】

[Mu Qingtong: It's a very serious matter. 】

[Mu Qingtong: Do you know why they figured out my movements? 】

[Schwartz: I don't know...I'm not in charge of this. 】

[Mu Qingtong: It's quite late today, and I'm a little tired after the transfusion. Let me tell you tomorrow, okay? 】【Mu Qingtong: Where is your dormitory?I'll see you tomorrow at eight o'clock. 】

[Schwartz: ... not good. 】

【Schwartz: I really want to know what happened to you...】

【Mu Qingtong: It's a bit long, I can't explain clearly now, I have to type a lot of words, the blood vessel was punctured during the injection yesterday, and now typing is very painful. 】Schwartz's curiosity has been aroused by Mu Qingtong. In his impression, the crown prince has never deceived anyone, and has always followed his word.

Besides designing to get Mu Qingtong arrested, what else did he do to make Mu Qingtong so angry?

【Schwartz: Then don't type...】

【Mu Qingtong: So I will come to you tomorrow. 】

【Schwartz: Not good...】

[Schwartz: You can come to me now!I live in t2 building 1701! 】【Mu Qingtong:? ? ? 】

【Schwartz: Anyway, if you ask for leave tomorrow, why not just sleep with me. 】

【Schwartz: Really, my bed is huge!I can spin circles on it! 】【Mu Qingtong:...】

[Schwartz: Well, I just want to know what happened between you and the boss...] [Schwartz: If you don't want to, it's the same if you come over tomorrow. 】

Sure enough, he was still a child, so he was led away so easily.Mu Qingtong typed the last sentence expressionlessly.

【Mu Qingtong: Alright, then I'll come over now^_^】

[Schwartz: Can you bring some sugar by the way?Your candy is super delicious! 】【Schwartz: By the way, you are not fierce at all tonight...】

[Schwartz: This is very good! 】

Mu Qingtong turned off the screen twitching.

Before going out, Mu Qingtong thought about it and took Jiang Yao's bracelet. Even though he thought that the Rongguang Project had nothing to do with him for the time being, his misjudgment of Lyle made him unable to stop it.

After all, he still couldn't accept his failure.

But he didn't ask Lawson to withdraw from this operation. Would Jiang Yao think that this matter was just exposed?

He sighed, and smiled self-deprecatingly, thinking that he looks like a meddling old lady who eats radish salty and doesn't worry about it.

When he went out, it happened to be the end of get out of class, and the whole corridor was very noisy. Many students took off their hats and coats, talking loudly about today's interesting things.

Mu Qingtong was so depressed that he didn't want to greet them at all. He lowered his head and put his hands in his pockets, and slowly walked down against the wall.

Feeling weak after the fever, he was always worried that he would fall when walking on the stairs.

If it does fall, which part hits the ground first?Will hitting the head stimulate the memory?Mu Qingtong couldn't help thinking.

When he walked to the gate while thinking wildly, he suddenly saw a still figure standing there, as if waiting for someone.

Mu Qingtong interrupted his thoughts, looked up subconsciously, but bumped into a familiar sight, and that was the face he didn't want to see at the moment——

Lyle Murphy.

It's just that I haven't seen him for more than a day, and Lyle looked a lot haggard. He stood quietly at the gate and looked at Mu Qingtong with a slight frown.

Mu Qingtong felt extremely embarrassed. Fortunately, there were no classmates he knew around, and the others rushed back to the dormitory. After taking a look at them, they went upstairs, and did not stop out of curiosity.

At night, the door of the dormitory was only half opened, and Lyle stood there almost blocking most of the side road, and he had to pass by him to get out of Building B.

What on earth is Lyle trying to do?

Mu Qingtong no longer had the energy to deal with him, so he lowered his head, took a deep breath, and walked forward slowly.

When passing by Lyle, a low voice came from above Mu Qingtong's head: "Are you okay?"

Mu Qingtong froze there immediately. He looked up in surprise and saw Lyle's eyes full of concern. He nodded after a long time and said with a smile, "It's much better."

Hearing his answer, Lyle finally relaxed a little. He looked around before answering: "You still going out so late?"

"Uh..." He is going to see Schwartz, and Lyle must not let Lyle know about it, he hesitated for a while, and replied, "I left the communicator in the hospital during the infusion today, now go and get it. "

"How about I help you get it." Lyle said immediately.

Mu Qingtong's expression was a little reluctant for a moment: "It...it doesn't matter, I will go by myself..."

"Ah, I'm sorry, I was the one to be abrupt." Lyle interrupted him, and immediately vacated the seat at the door, making way for Mu Qingtong, "I'll go up first, you should rest early, good night."

It was the first time to hear Lyle being so polite, and Mu Qingtong didn't quite get used to it. He nodded blankly and said, "Okay, good night."

After Lyle finished speaking, he walked away from Mu Qingtong's sight in three steps and two steps. After a few seconds, the gate was empty, and the chirping of small insects outside the door became more and more clear, making the whole night very quiet.

After Mu Qingtong stood there for a while, he raised his feet and walked in the direction of building T2.

The location of building t2 was opposite to the hospital. After walking for a while, he paid special attention to whether there was anyone following him, but unexpectedly found nothing.

Lyle did go back to the dormitory very honestly.

After several attempts to no avail, Mu Qingtong sighed again.

The building starting with t is an apartment built by a military academy. It is much more stylish than the average student dormitory, and the greening is better. The building with more than [-] floors looks so towering from the bottom...

Wait, you need to swipe your fingerprints when you go in?

Mu Qingtong looked at the iron gate in front of him speechlessly, took out his bracelet and sent Schwartz a message.

【Mu Qingtong: I'm already here. 】

[Schwartz: I'll open the door for you!wait!Right away! 】

As soon as Schwartz's news arrived, the lock on the iron door opened with a "click".

Mu Qingtong: "..."

[Schwartz: Are you on?Come in quickly!Don't be seen by others! 】【Mu Qingtong:...】

Schwartz was bouncing around the house in his nightgown. He had lived alone in the dormitory for several years, and no one had come here to accompany him, so he was so excited that he didn't feel sleepy at all.He finished all the work within ten minutes, rushed back to the dormitory building, and waited for Mu Qingtong to arrive.

A few minutes later, Mu Qingtong finally arrived at 1701, and Schwartz opened the door for him barefoot.

"You, you are here..." Schwartz looked a little nervous, completely lost the joy he had just sent the message, and seemed to have lingering fears from Mu Qingtong's ferocity.

Mu Qingtong smiled and nodded.

Schwartz rushed to pour him some water: "It's almost 11 o'clock, you, you, you can sleep by my side!"

"En." Mu Qingtong responded softly.

Schwartz's dormitory is not small. There are two large bookcases in the living room. There are not many things in the room, but it looks very messy. The used bowls are still on the coffee table and there are two uneaten bags on them. Finished Potato Chips.A blanket was spread on the floor, and two computers were placed on it, one of which Mu Qingtong recognized as the one he had seen two months ago.

"Here, here you are." Schwartz poured hot water, which was still hot to the touch.

Mu Qingtong took it and said thank you.

"Sit, sit." Schwartz sat cross-legged on the blanket, and said slowly, without stuttering, "I sometimes sleep here, and I don't want to go to bed when it's too late."

He scratched his head, but instead raised a bunch of dull hairs on the back of his head.

Mu Qingtong stroked it down helplessly, and then sat next to Schwartz.

"Actually, you're not fierce at all..." Schwartz said.

Mu Qingtong wondered: "Why don't you stutter anymore?"

Schwartz blushed and explained: "I, I usually don't stutter, sometimes I'm too nervous to speak. And every time I, I only have a few key words in my mind , jumping too fast, my mouth can't keep up with the speed of the words..."

Mu Qingtong: "..."

"Stop talking about my stuttering, what's going on with you and the boss?" Schwartz looked curious.

Mu Qingtong took a sip of water, fiddled with the fluff on the blanket, and said, "Do you really want to know?"

Schwartz immediately nodded five times a second.

Mu Qingtong twitched the corners of her mouth, paused for a while, and said, "I want to ask you for help."

Schwartz was confused: "Me?"

"Well," Mu Qingtong said seriously, "Have you heard of the memory overlay experiment?"

Schwartz obviously hadn't heard of this word before. He was stunned for a long time, making sure that he had never heard of this word before, and shook his head: "No, what is that?"

"I'm not Mu Qingtong, I'm an information trafficker." Mu Qingtong said calmly, he stared straight into Schwartz's eyes, and continued, "When the scholars of the Science Museum were studying memory, they found that it was What can be recorded with data, just like the program you write, is ultimately composed of code, and so is human memory.”

This is outside the scope of Schwartz's research, and he nodded with a vague understanding.

"Their research shows that a person's memory can be rewritten. Read another person's brain memory, and then copy it into other people's brains through surgery." Mu Qingtong tried hard to recall what Jiang Yao told him last night. What he said, try to make his words have no loopholes, he nodded his temple, "Unfortunately, my memory has been rewritten."

Schwartz: "???!!!"

Schwartz: "You, you, this..."

Mu Qingtong: "..."

Schwartz scratched his ears and cheeks anxiously, and quickly took out his wristband to type.

[Schwartz: Is there really such an experiment?It's terrible!And how could you be the one whose memory was copied!How did they choose you! 】Mu Qingtong suddenly wanted to reach out and touch Schwartz's head, but finally suppressed the idea: "I don't know the details, I want to ask Jiang Yao for clarification, but I haven't watched it since I woke up at noon today. to him."

【Schwartz: The boss went to the game, I thought you knew...】

【Schwartz: But why did they change yours?I do not understand. 】

"My parents are biologists, and they volunteered to participate in this experiment." Mu Qingtong took out milk candy from his pocket, ate one by himself, and then gave the rest to Schwartz, whose frightened expression instantly changed. Picked it up for the surprise.

Mu Qingtong continued: "I don't know the details. I completely forgot about the past. What I can remember now is another person's life experience. Can you understand me?"

Schwartz peeled off two candies, put them in his mouth, and nodded.

"I woke up on the first day after the operation, and found that this was not my body. I didn't know what was going on... At that time, I thought I was dreaming." Mu Qingtong stretched out her arm and pointed at it. A light-colored scar, "In order to wake myself up, I took a knife and scratched it."

Schwartz was spooked again.

"I cut it very shallow, so it doesn't hurt." Mu Qingtong said indifferently, "But...but I feel very uncomfortable right now."

Schwartz can't comfort people, he was overwhelmed by the hurt expression on the other side, he wanted to speak, but couldn't figure it out, so he patted him on the back clumsily, and hummed twice like putting a child to sleep .

Mu Qingtong: "..."

Schwartz said nervously: "I, I, I..."

"You really..." Mu Qingtong couldn't help laughing, pulling Schwartz's wrist down, "I'm not even from this country, Jiang Yao said that this experiment opened up two parallel spaces, and I don't know anyone in this place .”

Schwartz pursed his lips and waited for his next words.

"I didn't know that my every move was being monitored by Jiang Yao and the others. I was always trying to find a way to go back, and then I found you. I thought I came here because of a space crack, but it wasn't. Every one of them They are all lying to me." Mu Qingtong said, "Over there, there is a movie called "The Truman Show", his life is a movie, he lived in a huge studio since he was a child, and everyone around He is an actor, and he is the only one kept in the dark. There are hidden cameras everywhere, recording all his life, and then making it into a TV series for people all over the world to watch."

Schwartz sniffed.

"I don't know who I am right now. The body belongs to Mu Qingtong, but the thoughts belong to someone else. Maybe he is still alive and well in that world." Mu Qingtong pushed back the bangs on his forehead with both hands, Showing his forehead, "I can't figure out why my parents voluntarily participated in this experiment, could they tolerate their son becoming another person... I don't know the meaning of my existence now, it seems that to everyone, I am just a tester."

After Mu Qingtong finished speaking, he covered his face with his palms, and the negative emotions that had been suppressed for more than a year erupted in an instant, making him on the verge of collapse.

No matter how strong the psychological quality is, it can't stop doubts about the meaning of self-existence. Before Jiang Yao told him the truth, he still looked forward to the day when he could go home, return to country b, work with his former colleagues, and return to the past life.

But now it is completely impossible, he is just a copy, that is someone else's life, he stole other people's experience and put it in his own brain.

So who is he now?

"Copy file." Schwartz finally spoke.

"What?" Mu Qingtong didn't understand what he meant, "What copy file?"

"Important documents make mistakes to avoid loss and generate a copy. Turn on the automatic function." Schwartz said quickly, "You are very important."

Mu Qingtong: "???"

Schwartz: "..."

Schwartz's face was red, and he looked very embarrassed. He squeezed the candy wrapper in his hand, and after a while, he resumed his normal speech speed, and said, "It's, when we are working, if a document is heavy, If it is important, it will automatically generate an identical copy to avoid data loss. I think you, you are generated by the system just like the copy file. Only very important files will automatically generate a copy, so, so you are also very important."

Mu Qingtong: "..."

Although this metaphor is not common, it is surprisingly apt.

"Yes, sometimes we will directly edit the copy, just like you, although, although you are exactly the same as the original file, after editing, you become another file. No..." Hei scratched his head, and changed his words, “It’s like I edit the copy and I, my colleagues edit the original. Everyone’s style is different, and from the moment we take over, it’s two documents. Then, then the two documents A new copy can be made, do you understand?"

Schwartz's expression was very naive, but Mu Qingtong was struck by his consolation, and he was moved: "Thank you."

"So, so I don't think you need to worry about this. You are an independent file, and the person copied by you is also an independent file. You two are completely independent individuals, and there is no mutual influence." Shi Woz added, "You, your life is completely different from that person. You know, meet a lot of new people, have, have new experiences. Although, although you said that everyone is lying to you , but I didn't, I, I wouldn't lie... That time they forced the ego to carry out the mission. Um... I wanted to type, type, but I think I should say this directly It's better, this, this is the only way to really feel like chatting with you."

Hei's stammering tone unexpectedly made people feel very sincere. Mu Qingtong looked into his eyes, and there was no impurity in the clear black eyes.

What kind of environment can make a 27-year-old so innocent?

Mu Qingtong suppressed the turbulence of emotion. Although Schwartz's words did not make him feel much relaxed, he still said: "Thank you, I feel much better now."

Schwartz nodded quickly and said, "That, that's good!"

After the two were silent for a while, Mu Qingtong sighed again and said, "I want to ask you for a favor."

"You say." Schwartz agreed very simply.

"Can you check my parents' information for me? I should not be able to find out mine. Lawson and the others must have changed all my files, and the original texts have probably been destroyed." Mu Qingtong said, "No, there is one more thing. I want to memorize all the research reports covering this topic, can you help me?"

"This..." Schwartz looked a little embarrassed. He had never done anything against discipline, and it was easy for him to check the information of Mu Qingtong's parents.But the topic they are studying must be one of the top secrets of the empire. If he visits rashly, the consequences will be disastrous if he is discovered.

"It's okay if you don't like it." Seeing his hesitation, Mu Qingtong immediately said, "I'm sorry to embarrass you."

"No, no, no." Schwartz had no resistance to Mu Qingtong's sad look, and he changed his words, "I can help you check the first one tomorrow, and the latter... I have to find a chance."

"Thank you." Mu Qingtong said sincerely.

"Small, small meaning." Schwartz peeled off another candy and stuffed it into his mouth.

The edge of the blanket on the floor was the sofa, Mu Qingtong leaned his head on it, and shouted: "Schwartz..."

"What's wrong?" Schwartz replied.

"I always feel that Jiang Yao didn't tell me the truth. The temperature I burned was too high yesterday. In fact, I can't remember many things." Mu Qingtong raised his head and looked at the ceiling, "He still has something to hide from me."

Schwartz didn't know how to answer, so he could only listen to Mu Qingtong with sugar in his mouth.

"Having been with him for so many days, I can actually feel that he cares about me very clearly, and he doesn't just treat me as a test subject. When I first came to school, Damian told me that Jiang Yao It's very difficult to get along with, but I never think so." Mu Qingtong paused for a while, "After all, he is the crown prince, if I'm just a test subject, he doesn't have to be so kind to me, but I can't find him doing that. reason."

"Yeah." Schwartz agreed, "I've known the boss for so many years, and he really doesn't treat others very well, and he always beat me up, saying that he would deduct my salary or something..."

Mu Qingtong laughed, touched Schwartz's head, and continued: "I still remember that he seemed to say something to me yesterday, but I didn't hear it clearly, and he didn't say it again. I was already burned at that time. I was dizzy and didn't even think to ask him. So I want to have a good, calm talk with him again."

"Then, let's talk..." Schwartz said cautiously.

"I can't contact him. He didn't bring a communicator, and the bracelet is here." Mu Qingtong took out Jiang Yao's bracelet and put it on the blanket. "Maybe he doesn't want to talk to me."