SHEEP

When Xia Tian heard this sentence, his eyes were blank at first, and then he finally came to his senses, and started to cry again: "...Damn, hate."

Stimulating him, Yi Heye became complacent, and happily hugged the lamb and got under the quilt—he found that under Jian Yunxian's tempering, his skin was getting thicker and thicker, and he couldn't say such things at all. Blushed.

But the movement of him turning around and shrinking into the bed like this was an expression of anger in Xia Tian's eyes, so the sensitive child hurriedly knelt by the bedside to apologize to him: "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to snatch your lamb , I just want you to listen to me a few more words..."

Xia Tian had just been greatly stimulated. As soon as he closed his eyes, his mind began to replay the scene like that horror movie. Now he obviously wanted to divert his attention by talking and chatting, so as to ensure that his spirit would not completely collapse.

Yi Heye, who usually has low empathy ability, can fully understand his state at this moment—it was the same when he just broke his arm. Helpless, I don't have anything to rely on.

So he turned around, sighed, and took the initiative to find a topic: "...Do you usually cry so much?"

When Xia Tian heard this, tears flowed down again: "I... my mother said that there are faucets hidden in my eyes..."

Yi Heye has nothing to do with him. After all, he is a desert creature who won't shed a tear even if his hand is cut off. He can't understand these faucet guys, let alone say words of comfort.

——Although he knows that Xia Tian is really very painful at this moment.

After much deliberation, Yi Heye drooped his sleepy eyes and said in a daze, "Then tell me, I'll listen..."

Xia Tian was so moved that he burst into tears again, and he began to pour out his memories like a revolving lantern—he described in detail how worthless his father, who ate, drank, prostituted, and gambled, was nothing, and began to tell the story with tears My mother's experience of three failed divorces, talking about the girl she had a crush on almost being with him, and finally had to give up quietly because of him...

Yi Heye originally planned to listen to it as hypnotic white noise, but he didn't expect the child to speak the story in a cadence, so he just refreshed him—maybe this kid has a talent for cross talk, Yi Heye thought with the lamb in his arms.

"Seeing your lamb, I'm really sad." Xia Tian said pitifully, "The girl I liked gave me a doll before, and I hugged it every day when I slept, and then my father went crazy with alcohol. Torn."

When Xia Tian said this, the whole sadness came from it, and he curled himself up into a ball in pain in the corner, and then tried his best to restrain his envy, and whispered: "Woooo... I didn't mean to snatch your lamb, but you The object has such a good eye, your lamb is so beautiful..."

Yi Heye looked at his thin back, and then at the lamb in his arms——

It was absolutely impossible to give him the lamb, but if he didn't put something in his arms, he probably wouldn't be able to sleep well tonight.

So he turned over, went straight to Xia Tian's bed, and under the child's puzzled eyes, directly took away the clean towel that Xia Tian put beside the pillow.

Xia Tian didn't know what kind of spell he was going to use, so he leaned over with his eyes full of grievances, and saw that the man's two hands, one real and one fake, flipped flexibly, rolled up the towel on both sides symmetrically, then turned over and folded it in half, doing some manipulations After that, I tied the two corners of the towel roll with two rubber bands, and made two round ears.

As soon as Yi Heye finished, Xia Tian happily shouted: "Little bear!"

This is a little bear made of towels. Although the workmanship is rough, you can see the vivid image at a glance.

"Looking good!" Xia Tian said tearfully.

Yi Heye said vigilantly, "Not as good-looking as my lamb."

Xia Tian nodded immediately: "The lamb is not as good-looking as yours."

Yi Heye was satisfied, and stuffed the little bear into his arms: "Go to sleep."

Xia Tian immediately hugged the little bear, and closed his eyes happily while wiping tears.

Finally able to sleep peacefully, as soon as Yi Heye closed his eyes, he heard Xia Tian muttering: "Woo, the feeling of first love..."

Yi Heye opened his eyes in horror: "Don't talk nonsense."

Xia Tian trembled again: "I'm sorry, what I mean is that this little bear reminds me of my first love that ended before it even started... I, I, I have no intention of joining you."

Only then did Yi Heye close his eyes safely and turn over.

As a result, Xia Tian spoke again: "Thank you...brother..."

After finishing speaking, he felt wrong, so he changed his words in a low voice: "I don't know why, although you are younger than me, I always want to call you brother..."

Yi Heye opened his eyes tiredly and helplessly: "Then just shout."

"Okay brother." Xia Tian whispered quickly, "Thank you brother."

"..." Yi Heye gritted his teeth, "If you don't sleep again, I will confiscate the bear."

This trick finally took effect, Xia Tian obediently shut his mouth.

The room finally returned to silence, and Yi Heye walked into the dream peacefully, holding the lamb given to him by the "object".

A solid and peaceful night.

When the alarm clock rang, Yi Heye just woke up from his sleep, he got up refreshed, but found that there were still only him and Xia Tian in the whole room.

——The other roommates didn't come back all night, and they didn't know what they were busy with.

Yi Heye washed up with doubts, and soon, the follower Xia Tian followed with his eyes swollen.

He still had the bear that Yi Heye gave him in his arms, which aroused Yi Heye's heart of comparison, he also turned around, took his lamb away.

Apart from confiscating the communication tools of the full-scale trainees, there don't seem to be too many particularly strict rules here-because they don't need shackles, they will trap themselves in the cage, and no one is worried that they will escape.

They are now going to morning class, which is the so-called meditation training on the schedule, and the content of the class is in a special classroom in the teaching building next door.

Yi Heye shuttled through the corridor like the wind, and Xia Tian followed behind him nervously holding the bear.

From the dormitory building to the teaching building, they had to pass the corridor of yesterday's "entry test".

It was early in the morning, and most of the commuters in the society hadn't woken up yet, but some newcomers who had just completed the "test" were picked up from the door, like groups of mutton sheep that had just passed the quarantine and were covered with a quality test. After passing the mark, they began to line up and walked silently to the slaughterhouse.

They have just passed through a long and painful night, and now they have greeted the day, but it seems that they will never enter the day.

Xia Tian had just come out of such a nightmare, seeing such a scene again, his whole body began to tense.

Yi Heye knew that those who could cry like Xia Tian were actually not bad, and those who were really prone to problems were those who were as numb as dead people and did not respond after they came out.

He looked up and looked at the expressionless young man at the end of the corridor, staggeringly followed the scout out of the house, and then he looked up at the fence of the corridor on one side.

Yi Heye already understood what he was going to do when he saw this look in his eyes. Without even thinking about it, he immediately ran towards the young man, but the distance was too far, and the young man stepped onto the fence of the corridor one step ahead of time.

This is a high-rise building with more than ten floors. Yi Heye stretched out his hand, just about to hold him, but the next second, the young man turned over without hesitation.

Yi Heye suspected that he had touched the corner of his clothes, but it was meaningless. Amidst the exclamation around him, the young man disappeared in front of them like a gust of wind.

A full three seconds.

The process from falling to landing lasted for three full seconds, waiting for Yi Heye's brain to react, realizing that he had touched the air, before the sound of his body breaking into his eardrums.

—It all happened so fast.But this time difference gave Yi Heye plenty of room to react.

He looked at his fingertips, his whole body was as cold as water.

It's not that he hasn't witnessed death, but the feeling of life disappearing within reach still makes him very uncomfortable.

He subconsciously wanted to look back downstairs, but was dragged away by Xia Tian who rushed over.

"Don't look, bro..." The young man's voice was also trembling, seeing tears were about to flow down, but he firmly pulled Yi Heye away from the fence, "No, I'm going to have nightmares... "

The crisp sound of his body exploding was still buzzing in Yi Heye's mind, he resisted the desire to vomit, turned his head and walked with Xia Tian.

Seeing that his fingertips were still trembling, Xia Tian wiped his tears and comforted him: "Don't be sad, brother... This is all fate... It is destined that he will die on this day..."

Yi Heye sighed, but he could only accept Xia Tian's superstition.

The two walked into the teaching building together in silence, and found a classroom dedicated to meditation.

This classroom is a large hall with no tables and chairs, only cushions on the floor.

At this moment, the classroom was almost full of people, and the two of them managed to find an empty seat.

After Yi Heye sat down on the floor, he began to look at the students around him. They were in different states. Some were like Xia Tian who were still immersed in sorrow and pain when they first arrived, while others were numb after a long time.

On the right side of Yi Heye is a young man in excellent condition and in good spirits. He looks like an outstanding college student who will actively answer questions in class. His eyes and demeanor reveal his desire for knowledge.

At this time, he was chatting with the person in front of him. Judging from the content of his chat, he was extremely yearning for a better life in the future and was very optimistic.

"When everyone is hesitating, I will definitely stand out and become the final winner by gritting my teeth and persevering," the young man said.

These words were directly exchanged for a huge roll of the eyes of Master Xia Xia, and a sincere "stupid" from the bottom of his heart. Yi Heye didn't say anything, just looked at the lecturer who came over on the podium.

The lecturer was an ordinary man with an ordinary appearance. He was almost invisible among the handsome guys, but it didn't prevent him from making the hundreds of handsome guys under the stage submissive and silent as soon as he stood on the stage.

Yi Heye raised his head and quietly sized him up for a long time, but he really couldn't find anything interesting.

Because it is a practice class, there is not too much explanation in the class.After briefly introducing the basics of "meditation", he began to guide everyone into a state of meditation.

The lecturer's calm voice sounded: "Now, please take out the brain-computer plugs from the meditation cushions and connect yourself."

Under the guidance of the lecturer, Yi Heye discovered that a brain-computer plug was connected to the side of his meditation cushion, which was equivalent to a small portable computer.

Yi Heye became vigilant - he was very wary of anything that required a brain-computer connection, let alone in this kind of place.

It seemed that someone was hesitating, and the lecturer introduced: "Next, we will conduct immersive meditation with some music and video in the brain."

It means that this computer is used to play songs and videos.

The veteran students have completed the connection skillfully, and the timid group of new students also started to follow suit and plug in the plugs.

Yi Heye hid himself in the crowd, he held the plug firmly, but he didn't want to probe behind his ears.

The brain-computer interface is a very private place for humans and AI, and his instinct tells him that the result of doing so will be very dangerous.

But at this moment, the lecturer's gaze had already swept across him, and it seemed that he was about to walk towards him aggressively in the next second.

There seemed to be no other way to continue the mission. Yi Heye took a deep breath, lifted the hair on the side of his ear, and poked the plug in.

Probably due to the gradual proficiency of the technique, Yi Heye only felt a slight discomfort in the base of the ear this time, and the pain was not unbearable.

He was the last one in the class to connect the plug. As soon as he finished his action, the lecturer's voice sounded-"Now, please close your eyes."

Yi Heye closed his eyes uneasily, the world was in darkness.

"Follow my rhythm, take a deep breath—" said the lecturer, "inhale, exhale..."

Yi Heye took two breaths perfunctorily.

He didn't want to follow the instructor's rhythm at all, he was very afraid of being led into a passive environment by the other party.

"The eyes in your mind slowly open," said the tutor, "You have come to a world where birds are singing and flowers are fragrant."

"In front of you is a butterfly and a flower, and there are beautiful birdsong in your ears..."

When he said this, Yi Heye felt that something was wrong, he quietly opened his eyes, and found that the expressions of the people around him became very relaxed, and Xia Tian couldn't help stretching out his hand to catch a butterfly.

There should be images in their brain-computer interface, Yi Heye reconfirmed - there is no image or sound in his interface, it is dark and quiet, as if it has not been activated at all.

what happened?Is the instrument broken?

Just when Yi Heye was feeling grateful for his lucky escape, there was a soft sound in his ear, and he was startled—it wasn’t the sound from the headset, it was the sound from the brain-computer interface .

Yi Heye tensed up, deciding that if something unexpected happened, he must unplug it immediately, but in the next second, that familiar voice came from the headset.

"Hush, don't make a sound." Jian Yunxian's soft and magnetic voice directly stimulated his cerebral cortex, making Yi Heye feel numb all over.

He knew that this was his "exclusive benefit". In order not to appear abnormal, he could only close his eyes, adjust his breathing, and forcefully pretend that nothing happened.

"How about my partner going to class with you?" Jian Yunxian asked.

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Amazing, unscrupulous, right? (Patting the table)