When the law of conservation of isolation is broken

Black, silent black.

Zhang Luotuo suddenly opened his eyes.The sky shone in front of him, and the hard gravel made his back ache.where is he?He looked at the gray sky in bewilderment, then looked left and right with difficulty, and found a piece of yellow land under him.His muscles tense, like the day after a swim.He reacted for a while before the disconnected memories came into his mind.

… before he fainted, he accelerated the speed of the spaceship to maximum gear, and at that moment, death bit his neck.

"You have won." A word came from the wind.He turned his head with difficulty, and saw not far away, a person was sitting on the ground with his back facing him, Zhang Luotuo narrowed his eyes, and he recognized that it was Qiao De.

On Joad's left sat Lu Xing, who was turning his face sideways and rubbing his hair with his hands. He looked messy.

"So you hate me?" Joad said softly, facing Lu Xing, he didn't notice that Zhang Luotuo woke up.

Lu Xing raised his eyes, he was silent for a moment, as if he had agreed, but slowly, he said, "You know what? You always thought I hated you..."

His voice was erratic.

"But I hate myself more." He murmured, sitting on the yellow sand, looking into the distance.

"Actually, Zeng Lin didn't die after that." He said, looking at the red stone in the distance.He noticed Joad's surprised gaze and explained simply, "I'm not crazy, don't look at me like that, but he's not dead—after you thought you killed him."

The mysterious smile that always existed on his face has disappeared, and he looks painful and gloomy: "He just disappeared physically, but the disappearance of the body does not mean the disappearance of the mind. I secretly kept his chip, which is his artificial brain. Although his body has been dismembered, his chip, that is, his consciousness still exists. I took him home and engraved that chip into an artificial navigator, thinking that he would be able to live, artificial navigator Yi is too small, no one will notice. Me and him can be good friends again, for many years. I think so. But I have everything thought out, and it is almost foolproof—"

He paused: "I just didn't think of one thing about him... Is he still willing to live?"

Zhang Luotuo moved his head slightly and looked into the distance. There was a wind and sand. He saw their spaceship parked not far away. Part of the outer layer had been scorched, and a red stone stood on the horizon as usual.A headache blocked his mind.He wasn't dead, he realized that fact, and neither was Joad, they were both alive and well.How long has he slept?He thought, moving his hand, the instant pain made him hiss.

"He doesn't want to live..." Lu Xing said, looking at the sky, "Having a mind is not the same as being. He said this to me. He doesn't want to be a part of the data, an artificial navigator, unable to touch the temperature, he hopes Died, lost consciousness, he said realizing that he was a counterfeit would make him miserable forever, and being an artificial navigator would almost mean eternal life. He wanted me to destroy the chip...I ended up doing it."

He remained motionless: "I was the one who killed him in the end."

None of them spoke, Joad, or Lu Xing, they all sat silently, as if buried by wind and sand.

"I just blamed my pain." Lu Xing said, he lowered his head and sighed, no one could see his expression, "I just saw your spaceship lingering in the sky, and the front part of the spaceship popped out. Spark, I've been there too, I know what it's like, it's almost equivalent to death...but I just want you to go through that pain, it's a hundred times more painful than mine, but until just now I Had to face reality...I was just deflecting my pain and I dared not face it like Zeng Lin's death. The only reason I hate you guys is that you had the courage to protect Zhang Luotuo and I Just watch him die."

He seemed to let the painful word slip through his teeth: "Sorry."

Joad shook his head: "We are all the same."

They looked at each other and fell silent again, the atmosphere was no longer as tense as before.Listening to what they said, Zhang Luotuo moved slightly.you are my friend.Hearing this, he breathed a sigh of relief, turned his mind to the sky, and let his extremely stiff muscles relax in the swirling gray.He didn't know what had happened while he was passed out, but they seemed to be doing better than before.

"Are you awake?" A familiar voice sounded from behind, and Zhang Luotuo turned his head inexplicably, not knowing what was going on.Zheng Zheng's face appeared above him, raising his eyebrows at him as usual.Zhang Luotuo trembled violently, at first he thought it was his own illusion, but Zheng Zheng was not a holographic image, nor did it disappear. She held a piece of white pill and a bottle of water, and waved at Qiao De and Lu Xing: "He wakes up. Already!"

She turned her head dissatisfied: "Are you so scared to see me?"

"No...no..." Zhang Luotuo sat up and said hesitantly. The fainting caused him to lose a lot of energy, and a piece of garbled codes flowed in front of him like a river. He saw Qiao De immediately stand up and walk towards him Come on, his brain was like a computer stuck, he paused, "Why are you here? Lu Xing asked you to come here?"

"I didn't!" Lu Xing stood up and protested, Zheng Zheng glanced at him dissatisfied, but he ignored it, "She followed us by herself." He returned to his former appearance, becoming friendly and mysterious , his indifference and impulsiveness have completely disappeared.

"Tracking?" Zhang Luotuo said incredulously, looking at Zheng Zheng.

Zheng Zheng gave Zhang Luotuo the medicine and water, motioning him to take it. "It's not counting as stalking." She complained bluntly, as if it was a matter of course, she tried her best to grasp those sides that were beneficial to her, sneaked in cleverly, and then set a trap for others, "I just found that there was something wrong with you before you went out today Especially you, you didn't answer my question, it's usually a sign of your guilty conscience, I guess it has something to do with Lu Xing, the only person you contacted recently is him."

She narrowed her eyes: "I drove the spaceship and followed you out, and then I saw you meeting Lu Xing and getting on his spaceship. When you were halfway through the flight, I probably guessed where you were going. In order to prevent you from finding out , I rested for a while before setting off. When I got here, Lu Xing looked like he was about to die, and Joad had just parked the spaceship on land."

Zhang Luotuo took a sip of water, feeling that the water was like a mouthful of bitter chemicals.He didn't feel that Zheng Zheng was following them at all.

Zheng Zheng showed reproachful eyes: "You have to thank me. I saw your spaceship stop crookedly, and the side cabin was burnt due to a short circuit, and then he walked over."

She pointed at Lu Xing angrily, and Lu Xing quickly avoided her sight, and lowered his head guiltily: "He doesn't know what he is hesitating for, and he stared blankly in front of the spaceship for a long time, as if he thought you would come down by yourself. After waiting for a while, he realized that no one got off the spaceship. He stepped forward to open the hatch of the spaceship, dragged out Joad, and then you, and put you side by side on the ground. His whole body was shaking, and he was a little terrified and surprised Outside. Joad is in good condition. He woke up in a while, but your face is pale and your breathing is weak. Lu Xing can’t do anything about it. Joad is so weak that he can’t even take care of himself. I didn’t plan to come out, but that scene I can't help but help."

Zhang Luotuo was very familiar with the reproach in that gaze, and he coughed: "Actually, I felt fine on that spaceship, it didn't hurt very much." He tried to comfort her.

Zheng Zheng sighed, and Zhang Luotuo immediately knew that he had made a mistake: "I know that feeling, Zhang Luotuo." She frowned, and her eyes that often seemed to be suspended in reality rarely became serious, "Then It's hard, it hurts, it's near death, it's almost insane."

"But the most painful thing is after getting off the spaceship." Zheng Zheng said, her tone was very stern, "realizing that I can't escape this city, everything I have done and everything I know is in vain, life has no hope, it is like It's worth nothing like a fake, you just want to let yourself be drunk forever, get drunk, and be a piece of trash..."

Zhang Luotuo shuddered suddenly, he suddenly remembered something - drunk, this gave him a reminder, he saw Zheng Zheng drunk only once.

"Did you guys..." he didn't finish the day I picked you up from 'Night Flight'.He remembers that day.

Only then did Zheng Zheng realize that she had slipped her mouth, and quickly covered her mouth, but it was too late.

Zhang Luotuo remembered that he was staying at home that day, but Zheng Zheng called him suddenly. When he got there, he found Lu Xing was beside her. She was so drunk that her tears had dried up on her face.

"South Wall".Lu Xing said painfully, we hit the 'south wall'.But at that time Zhang Luotuo didn't understand what it meant.

Zhang Luotuo suddenly realized.At that time, Zheng Zheng had already tried to escape from the city.While Zhang Luotuo was still tangled and confused, Zheng Zheng found a section of despair in the city's jigsaw puzzle.

"I wanted to escape from this city too much." Zheng Zheng saw that it was useless, so he could only explain to him softly, "Although everything seems to be in vain."

Lu Xing took a deep breath from the side. He and Qiao De stopped talking a long time ago. The only human voices here are Zheng Zheng and Zhang Luotuo.He waited until there was a gap between Zhang Luotuo and Zheng Zheng's words, and stood up with a solemn expression, as if he had something to announce.Zhang Luotuo spontaneously stopped what he wanted to say, raised his head, and looked up at him with difficulty.Lu Xing nodded to him, and then to Joad.

"Now that you're all awake, let's talk business," he said, addressing them, his voice calm and firm, his expression utterly serious.

Zhang Luotuo sat up involuntarily.

Lu Xing looked at him and showed a faint smile: "Just like I said before you boarded the spaceship - I will join you."

Zheng Zheng looked at them suspiciously in the middle, which was another unknown layer for her: "What are you talking about?"

Lu Xing raised his eyebrows at her and made a brief gesture, which looked like a spaceship staggering to the ground.

"...we are allied and ready to hit the wall again," he said.

Zheng Zheng immediately understood, she sighed, stood up from the sand, and brushed the dust off her clothes neatly.

"Don't give up until you reach the Yellow River." She used a proverb from a long time ago, from the old world.

"Do you want to join?" Lu Xing asked expectantly, his eyes drifting back and forth following her movements.

Zheng Zheng turned his head, and before showing any expression, Lu Xing immediately retracted his head, showing timidity: "I know you are dissatisfied...but I didn't drag them into the water, it was their own willingness..."

Zheng Zheng shook his head, as if he didn't agree with his point of view.

"You haven't even discussed it with me." Her tone was relaxed, like a gust of wind, but the meaning in her words was chilling.

Lu Xing shrank even more, at this moment even his indifference and weirdness disappeared, he looked like an employee who was about to be laid off.

Zhang Luotuo hesitated, trying to persuade her.But before he could speak, Zheng Zheng had already started to speak: "You know how dangerous the south wall is, it's death, you've tried it once—now you're going to try it a second time, and you've pulled— —”

She turned her head and glanced at Zhang Luotuo, as if she wanted to say something about Zhang Luotuo, but the shrunken person turned into Zhang Luotuo.Qiao De stood up, and he stood in front of Zheng Zheng calmly, preventing her gaze from falling on Zhang Luotuo again.

"Okay, do what you like." He heard that Zheng Zheng was so angry that he seemed to be protecting Zhang Luotuo because of Qiao De's actions. "I do not care."

She appears to be leaving, heading for her own spaceship.Zhang Luotuo was a little at a loss, he didn't want to see the situation become tense, he wanted to call Zheng Zheng to stop, but he didn't know how to call, and he was so weak that he couldn't even speak.He moved his body to see Zheng Zheng's back, but Qiao De standing in front of him blocked her.

"Could it be more dangerous than living in this city?" But before Zheng Zheng left, before Zhang Luotuo wanted to stop him, Qiao De said calmly and indifferently, facing the back of Zheng Zheng who was leaving.

Zheng Zheng, who had already walked two steps, paused. Zhang Luotuo couldn't see Zheng Zheng's expression, but he could imagine it, because Zheng Zheng's expression was very similar when he was angry and when he was silent.

The wind blows between the land.It was a very long wind, like a never-quiet wind, but even it couldn't blow through the south wall, it wasn't open to anyone.

She paused for a few seconds, and then, still without looking back, she continued to walk forward firmly and indifferently. Her spaceship stopped not far away, and she could leave completely after walking a few steps.The yellow land enveloped her and let her blend into it.

"Jode, what should we do?" Zhang Luotuo said softly.

Joad gave him a slight look.

Zhang Luotuo moved his body a little bit. He felt the exhaustion left by the pain. He took a deep breath and wanted to exhale it, but realizing the current situation, he quietly held back the air. He looked at Zheng Zheng worriedly, at a loss.

Zheng Zheng looked like she was about to reach her spaceship, and she was about ten steps away from there.But after walking a few more steps, perhaps four or five, or maybe the sixth, she stopped suddenly—this surprised Zhang Luotuo.What's wrong with her?

Then, Zheng Zheng seemed to be affected by the wind, and suddenly turned around. She looked like she was usually very angry, without any expression, leisurely, only her eyes were full of anger.With that look on her face, she resolutely returned at the pace she had left, and walked towards them.Zhang Luotuo shrank back involuntarily, staring at her in fear.He watched her, watched her walk across the yellow land, watched her ignore all their eyes, watched her step straight on the sand the size of gravel, watched her walk between the three of them, facing each other. Qiao De, Zhang Luotuo and Lu Xing looked at each other silently, and took a deep breath, as if they had already decided something.

She glanced at Lu Xing, who immediately looked away timidly, then she glanced at Qiao De again, Qiao De did not move, he calmly faced Zheng Zheng's gaze.The two of them stared for a while.This is the first time they face each other, there is no disgust and estrangement, they see each other clearly for the first time, and they are calm.

Then Zheng Zheng turned her head, and she took one last look at Zhang Luotuo.Zhang Luotuo winked at her, while Zheng Zheng sighed, also winked at him helplessly, and smiled.

"Me too." She said firmly.

Lu Xing was stunned, he held his breath when Zheng Zheng turned his head and walked towards them, maybe he was worried about what would happen - Zheng Zheng's aura was too scary.He even closed his eyes just now.He didn't seem to have expected this at all.

"Join us?" he repeated, sure he heard correctly.

He looked at Zheng Zheng and nodded impatiently.Then he turned his head cautiously and exchanged looks with Zhang Luotuo, who was equally astonished. Apparently, Zhang Luotuo was also oppressed by Zheng Zheng's momentum—only Qiao De remained absolutely calm.

Lu Xing thought about this sentence again, and he grinned unconsciously, showing a smile: "Have you figured it out yet?"

Zheng Zheng turned his head and raised his eyebrows slightly at him: "No, it's because without me you will definitely make a mess."

"And," she said, softer this time, more to herself, and she glanced at Joad, then at the sky, where the red stone was.

"Perhaps you are right."

Lu Xing narrowed his eyes and muttered, "I should have thought of it, this is what you did."

Zheng Zheng raised his eyebrows slightly at him, but this time Lu Xing was not afraid, because he knew Zheng Zheng's behavior pattern so well.He was still grinning, letting the wind-blown dust drift across his face the moment he grinned, making him look like a wandering free man.

Zhang Luotuo watched them from the side.This approach is indeed very solemn.He thought, since he just walked back, he has been very serious.He couldn't help laughing,

His smile touched the hurt nerves, and he "hissed", Joad immediately leaned over, reached out, and patted him on the back lightly.Zhang Luotuo winked at him, pretending that everything was fine, and he saw Qiao De showing him a very light smile.

They stayed in this empty yellow land for a while, looking at the sky for a while, until Zhang Camel's muscles recovered and he could walk.Zhang Luotuo was picked up by Qiao De, and walked towards the spaceship with a limp. The wind and sand swept in and slapped his face. He flinched in the slight pain, and couldn't help but think of the suffocation he felt in the spaceship before he fainted: The broken visual system, the nerves that signaled pain, those multi-colored colors shining in the blackness before his eyes.He gritted his teeth and squeezed Joad's hand tightly, and Joad held back and squeezed his hand even tighter.