When the law of conservation of isolation is broken

The hologram was opened again.

Fan Liu's image appeared in front of them, holding a bottle of wine in one translucent hand and a glass in the other.

"Buddhist gate".Zhang Luotuo could see the brand of the wine and the white holographic image.Zhang Luotuo opened his eyes, pretending to be awakened by the sound of Fan Liu's walking just now, he straightened up and sat upright on the chair.Fan Liu pried open the bottle cap, and the bottle made a slight burst of gas. He poured the wine into the glass, took a big gulp, and his body went limp with satisfaction. He seemed to be defeated in an instant, but And win at the same time.

Joad's eyes flickered slightly, and he said calmly, "You should drink less."

Fan Liu waved at him, showing a kind and serious smile: "I don't drink much now. A few years ago, when you were still at the Mars base, I drank more. Lu Xing would always ask me for something. He There's always going to be some shitty booze from somewhere, and it'll come down to me."

Joad acted curious as if he had never heard Lu Xing talk about these things.

Fan Liu smiled and raised his hand: "Drink, too." He said, in a kind but persuasive tone, but he didn't look at Qiao De, his eyes stopped on Zhang Luotuo, as if he was waiting for him to make a decision.

Zhang Luotuo moved towards the chair and understood what he meant.He carefully took the Buddhist door next to him, poured half of it into the teacup, and took a few sips. The wine was very strong, and he knew it as soon as he drank it.

He can't get drunk, he thought.He felt his palms sweat a little.He closed his eyes, took a long sip of the wine, and let it slide down his tongue.

Fan Liu's eyes swept over him skillfully, Zhang Luotuo put down the glass of wine, pretended to be dazzled by the wine, became not sober for a moment, lowered his eyelids again, just like before, because of entering Fan Liu and Qiao De In a state of having a difficult conversation without knowing where you are.

Fan Liu still didn't seem to have changed much. He was very sober. A glass of wine would not kill him, but the wine made him feel better. He continued to chat with Joad with a clear mind. They followed the topic of the city celebration day, and then Then he talked about the past of the Mars base.

"At that time, you guys were always very mischievous, especially Zhao Yi and Lu Xing, who were almost the children who gave the base the most headaches, but I still love you very much. You have to be good, learn quickly, and don't add much trouble to Mars. Trouble, I still remember that once they skipped school and went to play in the street, I dragged them back, and when you returned to the classroom, you were lying at the desk with a pen in your hand, and you were still finishing the homework that Mars gave you to memorize the map of Chongqing , very seriously. At that time, your favorite things were Teresa Teng and specimens, and you were so obsessed with butterflies." Fan Liu murmured, the night and the city celebration day aroused his memories, and the glass of wine he just drank Let his memory glow slightly in the night.

Fan Liu took a sip of wine, walked around, and glanced at Zhang Luotuo again. Before starting to drink tonight, he ignored Zhang Luotuo intentionally or unintentionally, except for checking Zhang Luotuo's body.Zhang Luotuo smiled, pretending to be drunk, but in fact he was a little bit more drunk than he thought, and he felt the alcohol hitting his teeth.

For some reason, he felt that Fan Liu was doubting him, although he didn't know what he was doubting.Zhang Luotuo felt a drum beating in his heart, his eyes involuntarily fixed on Fan Liu's wine glass, one sip, two sips, he watched the chapped and old lips approaching the wine, then his Adam's apple rolled, and the hologram lightly followed flutter.

"Later you went to the earth, I still remember the day before you went to the earth, Lu Xing looked like a normal person, and played a game of poker with me, but I know he was very nervous, he is the kind of heart Sensitive child, a bit like you, sometimes I don’t know what you are thinking. Zhao Yi understands very well, she cried to me, she is very against the earth, even now.” Fan Liu chattered Nag said he knew them all too well.

He took another sip of his drink.

Qiao De picked up his 'Buddhist Gate' and lightly touched the rim of the cup, he lowered his eyes, Zhang Luotuo couldn't see what he was thinking: "Zhao Yi got better a few days ago, but she became more annoying and the management department I think maybe it's because she feels lonely on earth..."

Fan Liu trembled, and he raised his head: "Lonely? Why?" He repeated in a murmur. The word seemed to have stimulated him. He picked up the wine glass, drank it down, and then poured Pour into the second cup and swallow half of it in one gulp.Zhang Luotuo couldn't smell the wine, and the holographic image gave only a projection, but he could imagine the smell, the drunkenness and the feeling in the room.

The rapid drinking made Fan Liu's face a little red, and the flush spread from his neck to his cheeks, and the pixels that made up his cheeks turned pink: "How to say?"

Joad put the 'Buddha Gate' back to its original place, and he tentatively said: "She told me that she wanted to go back to Mars. Four years is too long, and she can't bear to stay here any longer."

Zhang Luotuo squeezed the teacup in his hand tightly, and he realized it.Keyword: "Back to Mars," Joad already mentioned it.

Fan Liu shook his head, he was about to drink the third glass of wine, but he put down the glass of wine, his eyes became sharper.Zhang Luotuo watched the liquid flying in the air, like an extra piece of useless image: "This is not right. She needs patience. Patience is a virtue. Virtue will bring people to the right place, even though you feel very hard. , but it must be done.”

Joad glanced at the wine glass that Fan Liu put down: "That's what I told her, at least we've been here for more than a year." His speaking speed was as cold as usual, and nothing unusual could be heard.

"Then do you feel lonely?" Fan Liu asked abruptly, rubbing the glass thoughtfully, his eyes twinkling strangely, staring at Qiao De.

Joad was aware of his gaze, but he still remained calm, pondered his words, and did not flinch from Fan Liu's suspicion at all. He replied in a cold and correct tone like the previous Joad: "Maybe I was alone, But I think there is more possibility that there is no... After all, loneliness is only a moment, it will pass, I have so many things to accomplish, we are for all mankind, loneliness is worth it - and we will eventually return to Mars .”

Fan Liu listened to the answer thoughtfully, and while he was thinking, Qiao De raised the "Buddhist Gate" calmly again, respected Fan Liu, took a sip, and said solemnly: "For this year, we still have With your busy city celebration day, remember to bring us some gifts then."

His nagging "bring a gift" made Fan Liu smile tolerantly, and the sharp and vigilant feeling subsided.He sat back in the seat, the tight sofa part becoming loose again.Fan Liu's crutches relaxed off the ground.He raised his glass again, and the wine was poured into the glass, shining a brownish-yellow light.He drank it down.

He shook the bottle and shook his head nonchalantly: "This bottle of wine is almost gone...but I'm still a little thirsty." He said, frowning, and after a burst of redness, his face had returned to its original color, He looked old and serious, but his eyes flickered occasionally and his fingers trembled constantly, which betrayed the fact that he drank almost half of the bottle of wine.

"I understand how you miss it." Fan Liu said, he paused to let the wine completely enter his stomach, "but precautions are very important, you must stay here, after all, mistakes are terrible, and some People have serious consequences for unexpected reasons—like those fake people. If you are not here, they may escape."

His eyes seemed to linger on Zhang Luotuo inadvertently, and then flashed past.Zhang Luotuo pretended to be sleepy after drinking, narrowed his eyes slightly, nodded his head, and avoided Fan Liu's probing gaze.

"Has anyone escaped before?" Joad showed an understanding expression, he asked casually, and in the darkness, the chess pieces kept laying down.

"No, that's why I said precaution." Fan Liu explained.

Joad nodded, he put down the wine bottle, carefully used a deliberative tone, and danced in the words, trying to maintain an objective and calm tone, only Zhang Luotuo knew the real answer to the words: "You know, Mars is in my heart When I took office, I explained to me that in order to prevent imitators from escaping, we have set up programs at any place that may leave Chongqing, that is, the border line. Once someone steps over that fixed line, their neurons will be activated. There will be problems-that is, the 'waste' of imitating people, such as the atmosphere, such as the border of this city. But..."

Joad paused just right, his doubts seemed to be completely academic, Fan Liu listened to his words, sat up gently, tried to grasp the illusion of concentration from the drunk,

"Can this stop it? I think it's too simple." Joad said in a studious and puzzled tone.

Fan Liu nodded, drinking too quickly made him a little bloated, he slowed down the pace of drinking, sipped the wine one by one, letting it melt in his mouth, he smiled softly, as if hearing a helpless Question: "You think Mars is not as thoughtful as you think, right? Some children always think so proudly that Mars is not as smart as you because you are smart. But you don't know, you only understand one-tenth of it , you made a false major premise at first—”

He paused and said, "You think that the obstacles on the surface are all obstacles. But the real obstacles are hidden in the dark. Mars is actually much smarter than you, but it won't let you see it."

Zhang Luotuo felt that Fan Liu looked at him vigilantly, as if he was checking whether Zhang Luotuo was asleep, Zhang Luotuo pretended to be drowsy, as if the conversation was only between Fan Liu and Qiao De, and he didn't hear anything.His eyes moved under his eyelids, and he saw brown-red bloodshot eyes.

Fan Liu looked away, maybe he wouldn't let Zhang Luotuo go so easily normally, but now he drank a lot of wine, and the wine let his vigilance relax a lot.

Joad straightened up, this time the confusion tended to be real: "An obstacle in the dark?"

Fan Liu shook his head. He took a sip of the wine, enjoying the mixture of bitterness and sweetness. His vision had begun to blur, and his defenses were constantly decreasing: "Of course, Mars is also guarding against you after all, but this is not against you. Mars targets everyone, including itself."

He shook his glass, looked at the yellowing liquid in it, looked up, and said in a tone of obvious appreciation: "But I thought it wouldn't hurt to tell you about the bright boy--do you?"

Joad pretended to be calm, and he continued to move forward under the thorns of the sight, completely hiding himself, he didn't say anything, express his attitude, so as not to step on one of the traps.

But soon Fan Liu looked away, his gaze seemed to be on the spur of the moment when he was drunk: "Let me tell you, something you don't know - Mars actually set up three obstacles in the dark." He continued to drink, and now drinking has become an instinct for him, rather than something to enjoy, he repeated the action, looking for something deeper in his drunkenness, his words almost turned into murmurs, maybe he thought Everything is a dream.

He shook his head, asked himself and answered: "Don't think that it sounds simple. The three traps are indeed simple, compared to other complex mechanisms. But if there are three linkages, interrelated, and intertwined, it is a top secret network."

With trembling hands, he raised the wine glass in his hand, then hung it down feebly, his face was terribly red, and the drunkenness flowed unhindered on it.

"One of them is the self-destruct procedure at the city border?" Joad said, becoming wary, and they came to the key point.Although his tone was as usual, cold and restrained, Zhang Luotuo heard Qiao De controlling his breathing.Breathing—he heard it in the dark.Joad's breath became longer and heavier.

Fan Liu shook his head, disapprovingly: "Of course you think one of them is the self-destruct program of the city border, but the self-destruct program of the city border for the imitation human is actually just a thread on the Internet. It's just a cover-up. The point is not at all Breaking through the border of the city, every year four or five counterfeiters wish to cross it directly, and they all die in the end. The real three cores, three nets, are hidden in the innermost, innermost, safe and secure, no one Know—except you."

Fan Liu raised his head, and he stretched out a finger, pointing at Qiao De.

Joad's confusion seemed to make him proud, and he said lightly: "The truth exists in the most obvious place, but you don't know it. Everything belongs to you, and the world belongs to you. For example, the siren next to the wall in your office .”