16 years

In the Garden of Eden, the vegetation is lush and everything is revived.

Human beings are born from the hands of the nihilistic gods, gain life from ignorance, but know good and evil from temptation.

This in itself is an ironic concept, because when "Eve" followed the serpent's guidance to pick off the apple, no one could say whether she fell into a trap or broke through the shackles of God.

"...But I think this is the only way for the development of destiny."

A voice rang indistinctly beside her ears, He Tang was immersed in the darkness of nothingness, her consciousness was floating and fragile, as if wandering in a mottled sea.

In the sticky and heavy black swamp, she could vaguely hear the voice of a strange man.

He spoke the dialect of country A, with a frivolous tone and a low voice.

"Life, this is an eternal topic." The man said again: "But where is the limit of life, and what is the standard of 'living'-if 'life' is the handwriting of God, then why is it defined? This concept is human beings themselves.”

What was she talking about, He Tang thought in a daze, what kind of dream was she having.

"Moreover, human beings have too little understanding of this concept." The male voice said again: "There are many forms of life—breathing, brain activity, and physical activity. Since as long as one of them is occupied, it is not considered dead, then Why are new life forms not accepted."

The man's tone was very gentle, and there was a feeling of eloquence. He Tang's consciousness was still in a shallow coma, and he couldn't quite understand what he meant. He only listened to his tone, and felt like he was listening to a philosophy class.

It's cloudy and unclear.

The man paused for a moment, as if waiting for something.

But soon, he smiled lightly.

"So, this is the insignificance of human beings." The man said: "Shallowness and ignorance, there is no standard for one's own ideas, and one can follow the changes of the situation at will. You are talking about 'consciousness' and 'self' now, but wait until the people around you When dying, the standard is lowered to 'just one breath'."

He Tang suddenly realized who he was talking to, the pause between every sentence of the man seemed to be waiting for someone's response.

"The continuation of life begins with desire and ends with deception." The man said: "But the combination of genes is a patchwork law, which is a lie of the gods. He uses an imperfect square to embed a circle. This gene Patchwork is flawed, a trap of error, and because of this, human beings can never achieve true eternity."

He Tang's consciousness suddenly became active, her five senses began to slowly return, and her unconscious consciousness gradually became clear, and she gradually heard more things clearly.

"Forget it, you people are so stubborn." The man sighed a long time, and said regretfully, "I don't want to talk to you—let's act directly."

He Tang's consciousness suddenly reached its peak, and her memory went back, and she woke up.

Then she suddenly found that she was in a strange confined space.

The male voice she heard in the coma before did not exist, and I don't know how long ago it happened.

It was dark here, there was no one around, only a bunch of red warning lights flashing in the corner, I don't know if it was surveillance or something.

He Tang moved his hands and feet, and found that she was lying on her side on the cold ground, her hands and feet were handcuffed, her arms were folded behind her back, and her range of motion was very limited.

Thinking about it, He Tang thought, she and He Feng were kidnapped.

At that time, she and He Feng were waiting for Fu Yan to meet at the same place. He Feng's leg was stuck in the deformed front of the car and could not move. Can you remove the door from the outside?

As a result, she had just gotten out of the car and hadn't taken two steps when a cold gun was fired deep in the woods. A bullet from a large-caliber assault rifle hit her side waist, leaving a semi-penetrating wound at an extremely tricky angle.

He Tang couldn't remember what happened next. There seemed to be some kind of narcotic drug in the bullet, which exploded in her flesh and blood the moment it hit the target. He Tang staggered a step, and the muscles of his hands and feet were instantly paralyzed. Not even a warning was issued.

She fell to the ground, and the last scene she saw was a few men dressed as mercenaries walking out of the woods, then roughly cut off the deformed front of the car, and lifted He Feng out of it.

By the way, He Feng——

He Tang was startled suddenly, the name He Feng pierced into her heart like a needle, and instantly woke her up.

Where did He Feng go, He Tang thought.

The group of people brought him too, so is he still here?

He Tang was puzzled, she subconsciously wanted to look for He Feng's figure, but she still remembered that the situation here was unclear, so she didn't dare to act rashly.

But even though she was so cautious, she hadn't moved her body much since she woke up, but it seemed that in the dark environment, there was still a pair of eyes watching her closely.

"My beautiful lady, you are awake."

A male voice sounded without warning, and He Tang frowned, realizing that the other party was the "philosophy teacher" he was talking to when he was unconscious.

He Tang's eyes dimmed and he didn't make a sound.

"Don't be nervous, just be as honest as your heart rate and brain wave state." The male voice smiled and said in a cheerful tone: "Forgot to introduce myself, my name is Joe Eden—you can call me Joe, You can also call me Adam."

—Adam.

He Tang's expression changed slightly.

Almost in the next second, the lights in the room suddenly brightened. He Tang's eyes were used to the darkness, and he was almost stabbed by the sudden change of bright light.

She subconsciously closed her eyes and turned her head to resist the light.

The pale light passed through her eyelids, leaving a layer of misty pink, and then, not far away from her, there was a sudden sound of heavy footsteps.

The footsteps had a strong sense of presence, like leather shoes falling on fine steel, one sound, no rush.He Tang frowned slightly, endured the discomfort of the glare and opened his eyes, looking towards the source of the sound.

Joe Eden was wearing a suit and leather shoes, a coat, and a retro classic mechanical watch on his wrist. He looked glamorous, like an old-fashioned gentleman who walked out of a magazine.

"What do you want to do?" He Tang asked.

It's useless to fight with anti-social personality traitors. He Tang didn't want to go back alive when he was caught. She stared at Joe Eden and said straight to the point: "If you have anything to say, just say it, don't go around with me."

Joe Eden was not offended by her rudeness, he even bent his eyes and walked to He Tang's side without haste.

"You have a good character," said Joe Eden. "A long time ago, Irene was as lively as you."

As Joe Eden said, he bent down and looked at He Tang carefully for a while.

His eyes were open and unobtrusive, he walked carelessly down He Tang's neck, pausing on every inch of her skin.

He Tang felt uncomfortable under his gaze, as if he had been licked by a barbed tongue, as if he had rubbed off a layer of her skin.

"Do you love your brother?" asked Joe Eden suddenly.

He Tang: "..."

He Tang made 1 preparations in his heart, but he didn't expect Joe Eden to say such a sentence in the first sentence.It was difficult for He Tang to keep up with his brain circuit for a while, he frowned and didn't speak.

"Don't you love him?" Joe Eden raised his eyebrows high and asked in doubt, "Why?"

He Tang felt that there was something wrong with his state, as if he was a fanatical believer of a cult, so he remained silent.

Joe Eden confronted her for a while, as if affected by her silence, the corners of his lips slowly flattened, showing a little gloomy dissatisfaction.

"Your commander is very powerful." Joe Eden said suddenly: "I originally planned to take you back to the headquarters, but unfortunately he blocked my retreat route. I couldn't cross the river, so I had to revise my plan."

Joe Eden was talking here and there, and the topic jumped up and had nothing to do with it. He Tang stared at him vigilantly, and slowly stroked the shape of the handcuffs with his hands behind his back.

"So, I decided to carry out my plan ahead of schedule." Joe Eden said: "Dear sister, do you know why I invite you two to be guests?"

"Why?" He Tang asked.

"Because to achieve the continuation of life." Joe Eden said.

As soon as he finished speaking, the "wall" directly opposite He Tang suddenly fluctuated, and He Tang turned his head to look, only to find that it was not a mirror, but a switchable one-way glass.

On the other side of the glass curtain wall is an empty room exactly like this one. The dazzling lights are lit up from the ceiling row by row, and finally freeze on the person in the center of the room.

He Tang's pupils shrank suddenly, he staggered to prop up his upper body, and moved half a step forward, the word "Brother" stuck in his throat, he didn't shout out.

In the mirrored room, He Feng was kneeling in the middle of the room, his hands were hanging, his head was hanging down limply, his forehead hair covered his eyebrows and eyes, it was impossible to tell whether he was awake or in a coma.

He was biting a pair of soft glue to prevent biting his tongue, his clothes were covered with gray-brown mud and blood, and he looked a bit embarrassed.

"...What do you want to do?" He Tang asked.

He Tang was bleeding with hatred in her heart, she desperately wanted to know about He Feng's situation, wanted to break the glass between them and go to He Feng's side.

But she clearly knew that she couldn't—she had to keep calm, stay calm, and she couldn't act rashly until she figured out Joe Eden's purpose.

"You know why I'm working on R-01," Joe Eden said.

"Will you tell me?" He Tang asked.

"Why not?" Jo Eden asked her in surprise.

He Tang: "..."

"At first, I was thinking about the meaning of life and eternity." Joe Eden stood up, walked to the glass curtain wall, stroked the cold glass, and traced the outline of He Feng on it: "Then I gradually discovered that the world is not There is no perfect genetic match—the same appearance, the same temperament, the same set of DNA. Sometimes I feel that Irene is another me in the world."

He Tang tried his best to make himself understand what he said, and keep up with his jumping topics.

"So." He Tang asked.

"She and I are the two most compatible semicircles in the world. She is me and I am her. When we blend together, the world is complete." Joe Eden said: "I love her as I love myself -"

"What did you do to her?" He Tang was numb all over, and couldn't help interrupting him: "Just tell me."

"We gave birth to a child." Joe Eden turned his head with a smile and said, "That is simply a miracle. He is exactly like me. He is my continuation and a symbol of my eternal life."