[Infinite Horror] Xiao Ran

?The remaining anger was still there. Since Chu Xuan couldn't be killed for a while, part of C's killing intent was naturally transferred to Zhang Jie.However, before she tore apart the connection between the two dreams, Chu Xiaoran seized the opportunity and dragged her into their shared memories.

["I think it's better for you to solve the problem of the main god's surveillance earlier." Chu Xuan said lightly, "Although once you start modifying those runes, the main god will definitely notice, thus increasing the difficulty of the Zhongzhou team's horror film, but just like you As I said, there is a limit to how much difficulty the Zhongzhou team can make. It is impossible to truly give us a death situation with no way out. Its program will not allow it... But it is different for you, your current strength It's not enough to compete with the main god, if the main god notices your threat, he may really kill you..."]

【"The demon team has lost their psychics, so they can no longer determine your hiding place, and it is impossible to search for you at the risk of a nuclear bomb. When they take away the plot characters, the horror movie will end, and you and Zheng Zha will be sent back to the main god Space—" Chu Xuan spoke quickly in the mental link, although he was about to be overtaken by Zheng Zha of the Demon Team, his voice was still extremely calm. 】

["Since you disappeared, I started to track down that computer program, but in the first half a month, I found nothing, until finally it appeared on my computer screen by itself. When I decoded it, I found its source code It is not an electronic program, but is composed of a strange text symbol, but many of the symbols inside cannot be analyzed in the absence of a contrast object, so I chose the 'YES' option with much more characters, And discarded the 'NO' option with only a few characters, and ended up here."]

【"I can vouch for Chu Xiaoran." Facing the stern-faced general behind the desk, Chu Xuan said calmly, "My military rank and secrecy level are sufficient to serve as a guarantor, and I have no blood relationship with her, and you are here Three years and five months ago, I didn't avoid suspicion in her job arrangement, so I can think that I don't need to avoid suspicion in this matter. At the same time, I need to point out that neither Chu Xiaoran nor I have experienced It is a formal adoption procedure, so we have no legal relationship, and all the regulations applicable to Longyin Base do not stipulate that I shall not be a guarantor in this case."

"Senior Colonel Chu Xuan, you need to know that the current charges against Chu Xiaoran are very serious. Once the charges are established, not only will she be sentenced to death for treason, but you, as a guarantor, will also be subject to strict scrutiny and punishment. According to the regulations Article 2914..."

"I am very clear about the content of the Longyin Base Regulations, and I will stick to my choice." Chu Xuan said calmly, and took out a signed guarantee letter from the folder. 】

【"What did father tell you?" Chu Xiaoran met Chu Xuan who came out of the ward, and asked.

"He asked me if I hated him." Chu Xuan replied, "I didn't answer. Then he asked me to develop a stable hydrogen polymerization reactor, a Gauss ultra-long-range cannon, and a high-efficiency battery. Before that, I can't die."

"Is there any more?" Chu Xiaoran asked.

Chu Xuan opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say what the old man said about Chu Xiaoran, but seeing the tears on Chu Xiaoran's face, he swallowed those words for some reason, shook his head, and asked abruptly Said: "Why... are you crying?"]

【"Hey, let me say, Chu Xuan, if one day Chu Xiaoran betrays Longyin Base, what will you do?" Cheng Xiao asked with a laugh.He was originally joking, but Chu Xuan really pondered for a while before answering: "The probability is less than 30%, so there is no need to make a plan in advance."

"What, have you really considered it seriously?" Cheng Xiao shouted.Standing beside him, Chu Xiaoran just raised her eyebrows and glanced at Chu Xuan indifferently. At this time, she was only seven or eight years old, and she was as expressionless as Chu Xuan, "I thought you would kill me directly. .”

"The parameters are insufficient. Without knowing the specific situation, we can't make a decision to kill directly." Chu Xuan said.Cheng Xiao looked at the two of them left and right, and muttered in a low voice: "You two..." But Chu Xiaoran's expression was a little softer than before. 】

【The door of the room opened, and Chu Xiaoran looked up. To her surprise, it was not those people in military uniforms or white coats who came, but a little boy who looked no more than three or four years old.

"I don't want to communicate with people...brain damage...haven't spoken..." Her hearing was vague and she heard the conversation coming from outside the door.The little boy came up to her and held out his hand.

"I'm Chu Xuan." He said, "Who are you?"

Chu Xiaoran stared at him for a long time.And Chu Xuan's hand was hanging in the air calmly, Chu Xiaoran was very aware of the physical strength of a normal three-year-old boy, she expected that he would give up after a while because his arms were sore, but he kept that movement for a long time, looking at her.Finally, she opened her mouth——]

C suddenly broke away from the memory, and his face was covered with tears at some point.The murderous intent and anger brought by the inner demon still occupied most of her emotions, but they seemed to be softened by these fragments of memories, allowing Chu Xiaoran's rationality to control part of her actions.She sensed from a distance that Zhang Jie's spirit tore apart the barriers in the two dreams again, and this time there were more people beside him, but she didn't really care.

It wasn't until she woke up that she realized that the two of them had returned to the state of facing each other in the air at some point. During the time when she fell into memory, Chu Xuan didn't make a move, but just hung in the air quietly.

she laughed.It was not only C who smiled at this moment, but also Chu Xiaoran—a part of the commonality of the two of them.After all, they had more in common than she was willing to admit in her inner demon.

"Why didn't you kill me?" she asked, "Why didn't you attack?"

Chu Xuan shook his head slowly, with a confused look on his face, "I want to kill you." He said, "But at the same time, I don't want to kill you... It's so strange, I shouldn't have' Those who don't want 'this kind of experience...is this emotion?"

He raised his head and asked, "Who are you?"

【"Who are you?" three-year-old Chu Xuan asked.

"CXR29134, CGA-1-207." In the end, the little girl spat out two codes in a cold, almost deliberately uncooperative manner.The first one is the code of the artificial intelligence laboratory after she was taken away, and the second is the code of her birth as the first generation of genetically modified people.She had heard that someone named her "Chu Xiaoran" according to her code name, but she refused to use the name given to her by that unknown person with unknown purpose.

Chu Xuan paused.

"CGA-2-001." He replied calmly.

Chu Xiaoran opened her eyes wide, and for the first time there was an expression on her face - a mixture of surprise, doubt and hope, the expression was a little stiff, as if her muscles were not used to this kind of movement.Finally, she reached out and took his hand. 】

That's the code of the second generation of genetically modified people - that means he is not an enemy, he is a test subject.That means he knows, he understands, that he, like her, is a transformed and distorted existence.

From that moment on, she and Chu Xuan depended on each other for life.Not many survived among the reformed people, and most of those who survived were forbidden to contact her. She and Chu Xuan were geniuses and monsters in the eyes of others, existences that were both guarded against and used.Chu Xuan is the controller she chooses, she is the one who firmly grasps the life-saving straw to prove her humanity, and she is one of the few people who can understand her pain.No other person can truly understand the feeling of suppressing and fearing one's own abilities, just as no second person can truly understand the pain of wanting to have feelings but not being able to ask for them.Chu Xuan is her relative, her friend, and her kind.Chu Xuan betrayed her, doubted her, and saved her, and established an indestructible trust and tacit understanding in more than [-] years of running-in and getting along.

C and Chu Xiaoran—she—couldn't tell when this complicated relationship turned into love.They couldn't even tell if it was real love, because she had hardly ever loved, and had hardly been loved.But that was as close to love as she could give.

There is no second person, only Chu Xuan.

"She" closed her eyes, completely ignored Chu Xuan who was opposite, and even waved away those roaring thunder clouds and hovering flying swords, and sank straight into her own consciousness.

"Since I was a child, I have been repeatedly told that my ability is a curse, a mistake, and must not be used... I spent the first ten years of my life in hiding and fear. It was not until Lu Ling's accident that I made up my mind. I started to use this part of the ability again, but I was still cautious every time. Even if I entered this terrifying reincarnation, I didn't dare to let it go completely. I always felt that once I used this ability completely, it would be out of control...

"However, I forgot that once I start using this ability, no matter how restrained and cautious I am, the part that belongs to the AI ​​can rewrite and upgrade itself. Its ability has long surpassed me, but I was blinded by my past prejudices. , I have never been able to see this... More importantly, I also forgot that this is not a situation where 'I' and 'AI' exist independently, in fact, since I was five years old, this has been one of my Parts, never separated!

"I'm sorry I've been denying you... no, denying this part of myself until I had no choice but to open up and trust completely. But now, I know..."

In consciousness, Chu Xiaoran and C stretched out their hands at the same time, she could feel the floating codes in front of her and the human nature formed by the codes rapidly drifting and changing, turning into rays of light that enveloped her and quickly melted into her In her body, and she herself is also undergoing changes at the same time.She didn't need to experiment, she knew that she could still use the ability to manipulate the computer, but this part of the ability is now used more easily and naturally, just like a person's own computing ability, which originally existed here and is inseparable.

They turned toward each other in perfect unison, almost like mirror images.

"I understand now," C said softly, "You are right, I am willing to die for him—not because of manipulation, not because of restraint, this is my own decision."

"So you and I are actually not that different." Chu Xiaoran smiled, "We both long for completeness—and our feelings for Chu Xuan are the most complete part of you and me."

In front of her, the little girl turned into a light spot, completely integrated into her body.

Since she was five years old, no, maybe in her lifetime, she finally, finally... found her complete self.

Chu Xiaoran opened her eyes, and in front of her, Chu Xuan was pointing a Gauss pistol/gun at her forehead, the muzzle of the gun shimmered with the power of faith.His fingers were squeezing the trigger, and it was only a tenth of a second away from fully pulling it all the way.But in fact, his movements should not have been so slow - he was still hesitating.

Now that she has overcome her demons, Chu Xiaoran can completely control all the rules of the dream. If she wants, she can stop time here, or wake up the dream immediately——

But Chu Xuan is still haunted by demons, and this moment is already the best chance for him to get over the demons.In this tenth of a second, all she did was mobilize the power of the mind gem in her hand, and the gem emitted a dazzling blue light, heading straight for Chu Xuan.But Chu Xuan took this as an attack, and immediately pulled the trigger with his finger without hesitation, and the bullet ejected.

However, this ray of light completely ignored the bullet, it easily disintegrated the protective barrier of the power of faith and hit Chu Xuan.

【"Chu Xuan, do you want to see the stars?"

"Star?"

To truly understand the world with his eyes, or to use his eyes to understand the real scene of this world, not just numbers and words, at that moment, something seemed to be unraveled in his heart...]

【"No need." Chu Xiaoran in Pacific Rim said with a smile, "You and I already know each other's mind through synaesthesia, why bother talking?"】

【"Absolutely impossible!" In Resident Evil II, Chu Xiaoran's voice through the spiritual link was unprecedentedly panicked, "I can't hide in a safe place and wait for you to die—"】

【"I will not only do my best to protect his safety." Chu Xiaoran, who was still a field agent when he was assigned the protection task, said firmly, "I can promise that if I encounter danger, I will definitely die in the In front of him."]

【"I'm crying because I'm sad..." Outside the ward, Chu Xiaoran reached out and hugged the boy who was already a little taller than her tightly, "I know, I know..." She choked up in a low voice.But Chu Xuan stretched out his hand and hugged her tightly, but he still couldn't shed a single tear. 】

【"I want Chu Xuan to be my controller." The childish little girl said to the old man in front of her coldly and numbly, "You made him, you should be able to guarantee that he won't betray, right? Either Chu Xuan comes, or you can kill me now, I won't resist, that's meaningless."]

All the memories have been shared with each other in their synaesthesia, but after all, they are not their own memories, so after reading them, they also fade away, but at this time, the power of the soul gem has changed those scenes and those memories The purest feelings replayed in his mind again.After Chu Xuan stood motionless for a few seconds, two drops of transparent liquid suddenly rolled out from the corners of his eyes.

"Am... did I cry? Is this what it feels like to cry?" Chu Xuan was startled, he touched the tears at the corner of his eyes and murmured.He looked up, but there was nothing in front of him.

Immediately afterwards, the entire dreamscape dissipated around him.