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"Okay, Chen Can, you have to take good care of your injuries. Don't go to crowded places, be careful not to slip, and try not to let the wound get wet."
Li La showed no emotion, and after giving Chen Can some instructions, he let him leave.
On the contrary, Chen Can was still in a daze. He didn't know his name before, but when Li La asked him, he almost subconsciously answered this name.
He was sure his name was Chen Can
He'd had his memory wiped and been sent to this awful place. He knew it all now.
But he only remembered that his name was Chen Can, and he still had no idea about anything else.
Chen Can felt a headache when he thought about how he had forgotten everything. He looked at the people around him. The ones following him were robots, and the ones leading him were robots. The surroundings were decorated with iron-gray metal. As he walked along the endless corridor, strange, inhuman screams, groans, and howls came from the dark little rooms on both sides.
The living thing that Chen Can remembers most after arriving here is a boy. It should be a boy, not something else. The reason is simple, just because during the first group activity after arriving here, Chen Can happened to catch this boy who fell from the upstairs.
The second is Li La. It was because of catching that boy that Chen Can had the opportunity to meet Li La.
He had a special feeling towards Li La, an indescribable...sense of familiarity.
Chen Can was locked in one of the small black stars. He leaned against the cold glass and recalled the two people out of boredom.
The next day, Chen Can was escorted out of the small dark room by robots and went to the public area.
This time, from a long distance, he saw the boy he caught last time, but they did not communicate at all.
Because they are not allowed to communicate with each other here.
This was the second thing Chen Can knew when he came here. The first thing he knew was that this was an academy, the full name of which was "School of Unnatural Genetic Research", and he was one of the students here.
After becoming a student, you need to abide by the "Unnatural Public Rules", the first of which is the three iron laws of the academy:
"Students are prohibited from communicating at any time and in any setting."
“It is forbidden to learn knowledge outside of the academy.
"Students are prohibited from freely entering and leaving the restricted activity area."
Next are various detailed regulations.
All of this was told to Chen Can by the robot, and Chen Can could ask the robot for any information except information against regulations.
This was too restrictive, and Chen Can couldn't find the information he wanted, such as how to cook roast duck rice. Chen Can decided to find Li La, but was Li La someone he could meet casually?
Chen Can racked his brains and finally decided to get a fourth-level disability while ensuring that he would not be killed.
One day, when Chen Can was about to jump off the building, Li La summoned him as if by telepathy.
"I finally meet you." Chen Can sighed. Every time he saw Li La, he would feel a little relieved.
"Meeting you once can take away one-third of my life." Chen Can became completely familiar and sat in front of Li La with a swagger.
"Yes, two-thirds are left." Li La smiled as he examined his wound.
After he finished reading, Chen Can stood up, cleared his throat, and said solemnly: "Brother Li, ahem, not Uncle Li, I have a favor to ask of you!"
Li La raised his eyebrows and his mouth corners froze slightly. He obviously didn't know how to respond. He didn't expect Chen Can to do this.
Chen Can underestimated his subtle reaction and wondered in his heart, was it because he asked the wrong way? He had specifically asked the robot, and sure enough, the cold machine was unreliable.
"No, the way you ask for help is not right." Li La returned to his relaxed state.
"Then tell me, what should we do?" Chen Can said unhappily, and simply pulled over a stool and sat down.
"I don't know. I haven't asked anyone for help." Li La sat down opposite him.
"I think today is the first time someone has asked you for help." Chen Can snorted and thought about how to start.
He had to get Li La's agreement today.
"Guess wrong, there's a prize for guessing, I'll give you a gift,
"Li La threw a small water-blue gelatin box to Chen Can.
"Hello, Chen Can!"
A clear young boy's voice came from the box.
"I'm Su. You were so cool when you caught me that day!"
The sound of the box suddenly stopped.
Li La said, "This is Su, the boy you caught that day. He remembers his name just like you."
Chen Can repeated the name several times in his mind, and his heart became clear.
"He came from outside just like you." Li La said.
"I need to know more about the outside world. Can you help me?"
This time, Chen Can did not use a pleading tone. He was silent for a long time before speaking.
"Okay, but we shouldn't meet too often unless necessary." Li La said solemnly, "Because, seeing me once requires a huge price to pay."
Chen Can wanted to say that he could bear any cost. Li La said, "Manni, I'm just teasing the kids, don't take it too seriously."
Chen Can gradually became angry and embarrassed by Li La's laughter, and almost threw the small blue box in his hand at his face.
"Your great grandfather, Li La!"
Li La quickly finalized the deal before Chen Can exploded: "We'll meet once a month, and I'll summon him. We won't meet unless necessary at other times. That's it!!! Hey—"
Chen Can picked up the electric baton at hand and chased Li La to beat him.
"You kid, are you serious? Stop, stop—" Li La hid half of the room and finally stood still, "Stop—Su has something to say to you."
Li La really didn't lie to him. The blue box sang a few lines, and then Su's voice came out again.
"I really want to talk to you in person."
"I saw you at the last group activity. Did you see me?"
"Brother Li told me you were injured. I'm really sorry. Let me tell you in secret, I did it on purpose. I jumped downstairs just to see Brother Li.
“…”
After hearing this, Chen Can still held the blue box tightly.
Li La asked, "Are you moved? Are you already in tears?"
Chen Can looked straight ahead and said, "Go away, you ancestors." Li La smiled and said, "Talk to Su for a few words. Just pinch it and talk to it." Li La pointed at the small blue box and said, "I'll leave first. You can talk slowly."
Li La pushed open the wall and entered another space, and the wall returned to its original state.
Chen Can squeezed the blue box, made a few "yeah" sounds, and spoke to it.
"Hello, Su, I'm Chen Can."
"Hello, student 10541. This course is "Genetic Logic." Please abide by the class rules and actively participate."
From the moment he heard the voice to the moment he sat down to listen to the class, Chen Can was never online.
Chen Can really wanted to lie down and take a nap, but he was the only one sitting in the huge classroom. The rest of the seats were empty, without even a book.
He wasn't sure what the punishment would be for sleeping so brazenly.
But Chen Can couldn't open half of his eyes. Just as he was leaning on the table and squinting, the "teacher" in class suddenly called on him and asked, "Student 05478, please answer the above questions."
Fortunately, he was not called.
Chen Can breathed a sigh of relief.
wrong.
Chen Can sat up from his illness and looked around. There was no one around. Where did the "05478" come from?
Well, turns out there is someone.
Chen Can was no longer sleepy and sat absent-mindedly throughout the entire class.
In the following days, Chen Can continued his student life of going to school, home and back.
Attend classes, find Li La, and chat with Su.
Chen Can thought he had a good ability to learn things. He stayed in the classroom where he couldn't see his classmates, watched the teacher demonstrate how to dissect a student, drank some reagents he prepared, and occasionally dug out his own brain to wash it... Chen Can could accept all of this until a practical class one day.
"Reproduction of Organisms"
Reproduction? And practice! ?
Chen Can confirmed that he was not sent to the wrong classroom.
Warm yellow light, soft carpet, suitable temperature, the fragrance of flowers and dew, faint moans and whispers mixed with a tender and sweet music, and a lovely person lying in the center, half covered by a veil, sleeping soundly.
Chen Can wanted to escape.
According to Professor Li La, this is a very private process and can only be done between lovers.
More importantly, the prerequisite is that you can only do this if you are of age. Chen Can is single and not yet of age. Can he do it? Will he do it?
No, I won’t.
Reproduction is a sacred thing, but Chen Can has neither the will nor the ability to do so. He can only huddle in the corner, wrinkling his face, and wait for the class to end.
The fragrance of the flowers grew stronger, the sounds became clearer, and Chen Can became increasingly bewildered. As soon as he opened his eyes, he could see the veil over there, like a soul-stirring net, covering him, then releasing him, covering him, then releasing him again...
When Chen Can reacted again, his hand had already peeled off the veil, revealing an impeccable, jade-like face and a body with perfect lines outlined by the thin satin.
He is a wonderful person, but like Chen Can, he is a handsome and tall young man.
According to Li La, in ancient times, same-sex couples could not reproduce.
If this is a natural situation, then even if there is something between Chen Can and this person, there will be no consequences.
But Chen Can still has a bottom line after all. How could he act so recklessly with a stranger?
Chen Can lifted the veil, but before covering herself properly, she wanted to retreat to the corner. The next second, her wrist was clamped tightly. She lost consciousness for a moment and was pushed to the ground in an instant.
With a thud, Chen Can was instantly pinned to the ground by the handsome young man who had just been sleeping peacefully. His hands were firmly clamped, his legs were spread apart, and his hips were pressed tightly against the person on top of him.
Chen Can couldn't move and struggled several times but couldn't get his hands free.
Damn, he’s still a real man.
Chen Can was not the type to allow himself to be bullied. When his blood started to boil, he didn't care about anything and pushed up like a carp, flipped over with force, and actually pushed the person down.
Chen Can was right above him, and before he could move away, he was poked by something hard.
Chen Can was petrified, and the person under him also froze slightly.
Chen Can was as evasive as a snake and immediately tried to retreat 3×3 feet, but the person under him reacted faster than him, grabbing his hand and grabbing his waist. Chen Can was caught off guard and was once again pressed against the person under him.
Chen Can has been torn apart.
But this was not enough. Chen Can was pushed to the ground again, the collar of his shirt was torn open, and then he felt a sharp pain in his neck.
The grandson bit his neck hard!
Chen Can didn't know where he got the strength from, but he broke free and pushed hard, moving the hand away a little.
Suddenly, Chen Can saw clearly the person who had just bitten him, oh no, it was a mad dog.
The mad dog's eyes were clear, his eye sockets were red, and there was a hint of red on his lips that did not belong to him. I felt pity for him.
Who can connect this man with the mad dog just now?
Chen Can paused his hand as he was about to hit someone, then decisively pushed it away, jumping a foot away, and his eyes automatically blocked out certain things that were not suitable for children.
Mad Dog sat there without moving, and Chen Can sat sideways without moving either.
"I'm sorry, I lost control just now." Chen Can heard Mad Dog say. He didn't expect that this man could speak, and turned around in surprise.
The man had already stood up and consciously turned his back and stood away.
Is this a bug? Or some conspiracy theory?
Chen Can didn't say anything. He just covered his torn clothes and wiped the blood off his neck.
The two of them stood in each corner, and the atmosphere was weird.
This was the most agonizing class Chen Can had ever attended. All sorts of obscene screams echoed through the walls. Chen Can didn't even dare to lean against the corners, covering his ears as he recited the school rules.
About ten minutes later, Chen Can was patted on the shoulder.
"Your clothes are torn, do you want to change them?" The white satin quilt was taken off and placed on his hand, leaving only a light inner garment on the boy's upper body, and the thin skin wrapped in the inner garment was faintly visible.
Chen Can hesitated for a moment, but finally took it and put it on.
"Thank you. Are you... a student here?"
Chen Canxin scolded herself for being awkward, nothing really happened.
"I... don't know." The boy paused and looked at Chen Can blankly.
"Do you remember your name?"
"My name is--" The boy paused and didn't continue.
Chen Can.
He only remembered the name, but he couldn't remember what the person with that name looked like.
"I don't remember." The boy finally said.
Chen Can didn't care. After all, they might not see each other again after leaving this classroom.
"But I want to ask..."
bite--
The bell for the end of get out of class interrupted the boy's words, and two teams of robots rushed in aggressively and took Chen Can and the boy away respectively.
The boy's eyes remained on Chen Can until he could no longer see him.
Chen Can was pushed into a small dark room, still thinking about the questions the boy had not finished asking.
What does he want to ask?
How did the dead machine come so coincidentally?
Bad thing.
The hibernation mode was activated, and Chen Can's consciousness was forcibly taken away. His body felt light and floating, as if he had entered the end of the universe, drifting away without support.
Chen Can seemed to see a person standing at the end of the universe. The person was surrounded by a halo of light and gradually disappeared. When he was about to disappear completely, the person turned around and looked at Chen Can as if across thousands of mountains and rivers.
"Chen Can."
Chen Can heard the man calling his name, feeling empty and void.
Chen Can subconsciously reached out to touch it, but felt nothing.
"Chen Can!"
"Chen Can——"
"Chen, Can"
“…”
Chen Can heard countless voices calling him, but he couldn't see anyone.
After waking up, Chen Can kept remembering those voices.
Chen Can couldn't explain this dream, he just felt a headache.
He wanted to leave here desperately. He wanted to know who was calling him in his dream.
Where is he from?
Why was he sent here?
He is leaving.
But no one heard his plea, and it felt like he had spent tens of millions of light years in this endless darkness.
——
Group activity day.
Chen Can moved among the crowd, and no expression could be seen on his face, only numbness and coldness.
He saw Su, and Su saw him and then turned his head away.
Chen Can no longer looked at him and walked through the crowd step by step to the edge of the railing.
Get out of this damn group activity.
Chen Can slowly leaned forward, and his wrist was suddenly grabbed, and a cold feeling spread.
Chen Can turned around and met a pair of clear and bright eyes.
Those were a pair of extremely handsome eyes of a young boy. How could Chen Can forget these eyes?
In the reproduction practice class, he was almost raped by the person in front of him.
"Stop jumping, Chen Can."
The young man's face was frighteningly cold, but his tone was pleading when he said this.
Sirens sounded, and swarms of robots were approaching.
Chen Can said nothing, but grabbed the boy's hand, pulled it hard, and fell backwards.
Both fell.
A familiar scene.
Chen Can remembered vaguely.
"Chen Can, you are so capable that you jumped from the sixth floor. Is my charm so great that it is worth your death to meet me?" Li La was muttering.
"It's not for you. Do you know the boy I pulled down? How is he?" Chen Can was lying on the bed, half of his head and eyes were covered, with only the lower half of his face exposed.
Li La hesitated to speak, "I heard... he was sent to another place."
Chen Can said anxiously: "Li La, call him here now."
Li La hesitated a little: "I... will give it a try. You need to go back and recuperate."
After Chen Can was taken away, Li La immediately used his authority to call the person over.
When Li La looked at the young man, the young man was also looking at him.
Li La smiled gently, briefly introduced himself, and then helped him treat his wounds.
The young man did not hesitate, nor did he show any resistance or panic.
"I want to take Chen Can back." The boy said to Li La.
Li La paused while applying the medicine and asked in surprise, "You... remember everything?"
The young man said, “I only remember some of it.”
The boy said simply: "I need you to help us."
How to help?
Li La was not sure whether to help them or not. After all, this was a place like this... If they failed, they would be doomed.
Li La didn't say anything final, but just said: "I need to think about it carefully, you go back first..."
"You must agree." The boy said the last sentence and was taken away.
"What is going on..." Li La held his forehead and watched the boy leave through the small window on the door.
Chen Can was sent back to the small dark room again.
But it made no difference where it was now, he couldn't see it.
Chen Can fell asleep and woke up in the darkness, woke up and fell asleep again. In his dreams, he dreamed of many things, dreams about many people. The boy's eyes, Li La's frivolous smile, Su's little blue box, the vivid expressions of various people...
And the world he had forgotten.
After waking up, Chen Can could only stare blankly in the dark, calculating the time to meet Li La.
Eventually, he would be interrupted by the boy in his dream, whose eyes were always staring at him, and whose ethereal voice was hovering around him...
Why can't I remember him?
Who is he?
Why does he remember who Chen Can is?
…
All the questions Chen Can had counted were saved up for the day he met Li La.
"I want to leave here, you have to help me." Chen Can went straight to the point.
Li La paused as he removed the bandage, "We really are so in tune with each other."
"What?"
Li La said, "I'm sorry, but I can't obey you. Do you know that if you do this, you might kill yourself?"
Chen Can said: "Of course I know! But I want to try, we have to escape together."
"Escape? You're delusional. Oh, forget it... Your young man has already told me about this dangerous idea. He remembers you and said he would take you back."
Chen Can was a little flustered and asked uncertainly, "Did he really tell you that?"
"Exactly." Li La's curiosity was piqued, and he asked, "So, do you really not remember who he is?"
Chen Can shook his head and said truthfully, "I can't remember." Then he said firmly, "But, he must be a very important person."
Li La was amazed: "It turns out that wood can also become intelligent."
Chen Can understood what he meant and said with his neck stiff, "Who is the wooden one? In one word, will you help me or not?"
Li La finally compromised: "Help, now that it's come to this. I will be the matchmaker for you and help you tie the knot and help you finally get married."
Chen Can's face flushed, and he said stubbornly, "Go away, what's going on? I want to talk to Su."
Li La threw the small blue box to him.
"You want to drag Su along to die with us?" Li La's blood pressure rose as he listened.
Chen Can explained: "What if we all leave and leave him alone? Also, don't you know that Su wanted to leave here a long time ago?"
Li La stammered: "I...know, but..."
Li La didn't continue speaking.
Chen Can scolded, "What's the matter? Now that you know, you can't not tell him."
Li La was silent.
"Chen Can, you don't know the danger you're facing. I can tell you the truth, my purpose in lurking here is to bring down the person with the highest authority here."
Chen Can was not shocked at all.
"You know, most of the students here were captured. The founders claim to be 'teaching and educating people,' but in reality, they're conducting biological experiments that disregard human ethics. Those captured are manipulated like animals, with no memory, no thoughts, and no freedom..."
Chen Can guessed it.
Li La sighed. "Do you think no one has ever tried to escape before? They all failed and were recaptured. Some were made into synthetic creatures, living a life worse than death. Some were sent to be the cheapest breeding stock, constantly mating with various creatures."
"If we go there, there's no way back. My authority is very high, but there are people with the highest authority above us suppressing us. Our chances of success are slim."
Chen Can thought for a moment, but still insisted on his own opinion: "Even if I am doomed, I will not regret it."
Li La said: "Then... let's do this."
As soon as Chen Can left, the tight wall was pushed open. The young man walked out calmly and said to the blue box, "Begin the action."
later……
They were discovered anyway.
Li La protected them and said to the person with the highest authority: "Founder, stop it, they are all innocent."
The founder looked at Li La with infinite compassion in his eyes: "Junior brother, have you forgotten? We are serving the future of all mankind. They are volunteers. They sacrificed themselves for the future of all mankind. They are heroes."
The founder picked up the seriously injured Su and grasped the key point: "Aren't you volunteering? Say you are volunteering."
Su was strangled by the neck and couldn't make a sound.
Li La stopped pretending and said, "Shi Mingxi, let him go!"
Shi Mingxi increased the strength in his hands: "Junior brother, you'd better protect the two students behind you."
As soon as Shi Mingxi finished speaking, two teams of mechanical men rushed in, threw Li La aside, picked up Chen Can and the boy, and wanted to throw them into the tunnel for recovery.
Su struggled desperately, and a small blue box fell out of his body.
Bang--
The little blue box exploded, and Su was thrown to the ground, dying.
He held on to his last breath and said, "Let's go. Su--"
Time goes back, and the boy named Su disappears.
Li La hid Chen Can and the boy in the wall and was determined to leave, but his hand was gently grabbed.
"Are you leaving too?" Chen Can's voice was barely audible.
Li La folded his hands again and said with a smile, "I'll go and bring Su back. I won't disturb your world of two."
"Get lost."
"Don't forget you still owe me tuition."
"Let's keep it on credit."
"By the way, Li La, have we known each other before?"
"Then you might owe more than just tuition."
——
"Let's go, go back."
In his dream, Chen Can heard Su's voice.
"Lightbulb, wake up!"
Outside the dream, Zhu Baifeng cried out in grief.
In dreams and outside of dreams, the two figures gradually overlap.
Chen Can slowly opened his eyes. Zhu Baifeng and Li Yachang immediately helped him sit up. Ou Ranyu stood in front of him, looking at him quietly.
The figures in the dream seem to be consistent with reality.
Su and Zhu Baifeng, Li La and Li Yachang.
There is also the young man standing upright in front of him and the young man in white who was forgotten in his dream and remains the same.
Chen Can said: "Ou Ranyu, I remember now."
Ou Ranyu extended his hand to him: "Well, let's go."
Chen Can took his hand and stood up, and a line of words appeared under his feet.
"I'll take you back."
Is this... Su?
"He is Su." Ou Ranyu looked at the red vortex next to him.
Two more lines of words appeared on the ground.
"Yes, it's me. I'm volunteering now."
"Please...remember the outside world for me."
"Don't say anymore..." Zhu Baifeng burst into tears and hugged Su.
"It's time to say goodbye. Su--"
Time goes back again, and the boy named Su will never come back.
The sky was bright as the four people stood in front of the Junzi Tower.
There were still two lines of tears on Zhu Baifeng's face as he looked back sadly.
"Let's go quickly, the security is coming." Li Yachang blocked Zhu Baifeng's sight and reminded him.
"It seems like it's class time now."
"Run away."
Chen Can climbed over the wall.
Ou Ranyu didn't say anything and followed Chen Can up.
"Then let's escape together."
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