178 Another Self (Part 9)
◎Do you think there are ghosts in the world?◎
Zhu Ning leaned against the wall, a piece of her helmet was chipped off, and the broken screen partially blocked her vision, causing her to see an incomplete picture of Li Xin and unable to see the whole picture.
"Are you an ant spider?" Zhu Ning asked.
Li Xin touched her face. The freckles and floating ants and spiders blended together, making it difficult to distinguish them.
Li Xin said: "Should?"
She wasn't quite sure what she was, she just existed inside the red house, eating her prey one by one.
Zhu Ning fell silent. Non-natural humans have long existed in human society. Li Xin and "Jiang Ping" are in the same situation.
Li Xin squatted down and looked at eight-year-old Zhu Ning at eye level: "Are you trying to trick me again?"
Just like when Zhu Ning first came in, he used a childish report format to try to get Li Xin's words through a wall.
Very cunning.
Zhu Ning: "I forgot."
Li Xin smiled. Zhu Ning has basically not changed over the years and is still the same as before.
Li Xin tilted her head, looking at Zhu Ning with innocent eyes, and said calmly, "I helped them realize their wishes."
"Jiang Ping" also said this, helping mankind realize their wishes.
The underlying color of this world is spiritual power, and spirit determines everything.
The mechanical mother is unable to complete the task assigned by the program, and the orphan, who already knows the date of his death, can only muddle through.
The red house was abandoned, like an apple that rolled under the bed and was slowly rotting.
If there is any so-called resentment, the resentment in the red house is accumulating, like the continuous pressure in a pressure cooker, but the vent is blocked, and it is about to explode and collapse.
It's not just the robot mother who wants her child to be perfect; everyone expects to be perfect themselves.
At this time, an ant spider sneaked into the crowd, fed on people's spirits, and quietly completed the replacement under the pretext of helping them fulfill their wishes.
After cannibalizing her own kind, she hung them on the walls and carved tombstones.
Back then, Zhu Ning accidentally entered an ant pond and mistook a spider for an ant.
Li Xin asked: "Do you remember it now?"
Something was churning in Zhu Ning's mind, and countless images were blending together, making it difficult for her to tell whether it was fantasy or reality.
She understood the significance of Prometheus's red house, no, it should be said that it was her purpose for arranging the terminal here.
The system's task is to find the secret of another self.
She didn't want to solve this problem, she wanted to get her memory back.
Eleven years ago.
Zhu Ning was sent to the Red House by Lao Yang and Liu Sheng. They wanted to give Zhu Ning a better life, but they didn't expect that they would send Zhu Ning into the abyss.
On the first day he came in, Zhu Ning felt that this place was very abnormal.
She stood under the bulletin board and looked at the slogan on it. The mechanical mother had wiped the glass so cleanly that it was simply the cleanest place in the entire red house.
"Don't worry, we won't get any orders." Zhu Ning was looking at some information when he suddenly heard someone talking next to him.
She was a little girl, about the same age as me, with freckles all over her face. She looked very cute.
So quiet. Zhu Ning had just looked around and saw that there was no one around. How come he walked without making any sound?
Li Xin said, "No one has come to the Red House for a long time."
In fact, it is rare for someone like Zhu Ning to come in. The number of new people accepted here is decreasing, and they should be completely forgotten by the outside world.
Zhu Ning thought silently that this was a bit of a dilemma. She had originally wanted to find a skill to make a living so that she wouldn't be so poor all her life.
That was when Zhu Ning first met Li Xin. She had always loved making friends and was a bit outgoing. She asked, "Is there a shooting club or something like that nearby?"
"Shooting club?" Li Xin heard the term for the first time and asked, "What is it?"
"A competition." Zhu Ning gestured with a thud, "It's very profitable."
Li Xin opened her eyes wide, feeling very curious.
Zhu Ning sighed and said, "But I don't think so."
Even if there was one, how could she contact him? The red house looked haunted, and to be honest, she always felt that everyone around her was a ghost.
Li Xin: "Just check and you'll know."
"Hmm?" Zhu Ning thought this little girl was really nice and very enthusiastic.
Li Xin took Zhu Ning into the mechanical mother's room, where there was an old computer.
Li Xin took Zhu Ning to do bad things, but Zhu Ning was a little worried. When she first came, she didn't know the rules and was always put in solitary confinement by the mechanical mother. She didn't want to implicate others.
But Li Xin looked very comfortable, as if she was not afraid of being discovered by the mechanical mother at all.
Li Xin typed in shooting club and a lot of information popped up. Many shooting clubs would spend money on public relations.
The first results on the search page are all information about celebrity players.
When Zhu Ning watched it for the first time, he felt dazzled. Different clubs had different competitions, and each had its own star players.
Scrolling down the page, she saw the first prize of this league.
"Tens, hundreds, millions," Zhu Ning counted the zeros at the end, "three million in prize money!"
Li Xin exclaimed in admiration, "Wow!" For the children in the red house, three million was definitely a sky-high price.
Zhu Ning: "Hurry and look at the enrollment information."
Zhu Ning urged Li Xin. It was the first time that Li Xin was urged by someone, and it seemed as if he was infected by Zhu Ning.
The page shows that there are indeed admissions, but candidates also need to pass an assessment. Most clubs select talents from training bases.
Zhu Ning's eyes dimmed as she watched. If she wanted to join the club, she would need to go to the training base, but she didn't have the money to go to the base.
This road was closed to the poor from the beginning.
Zhu Ning found it boring. In this world, she might as well study mechanics, which was more practical and a good major for a new-age programmer.
At this time, Li Xin suddenly said, "Look at this, his family has a charity event."
The computer page shows a club called Spark, whose logo is a burning torch.
Zhu Ning became interested. The information showed that they would regularly go to the orphanage to hold charity events. In fact, it is difficult to screen out good talents through this behavior. It is a bit like sending warmth to the community, mainly to make the children happy.
After all, they are all defective products, and there are no hidden gems.
Li Xin looked at it and felt a little disappointed. "They won't come to the Red House."
The Red House is really too inconspicuous. Even when the Spark Club holds charity events, it always chooses large orphanages.
That is the kind of agency that Mechanical Mom desires, an agency that can take orders from large companies.
Li Xin: "We have never had any charity activities."
No one cares about the Red House at all. If someone did, the clues of this place would have been discovered long ago.
The worse the places are, the more forgotten they are; they are like the abscesses of a city.
Zhu Ning didn't care at all and asked, "Where are they going next?"
Li Xin said dryly, "Guangming Orphanage in District 103."
Zhu Ning: "Is it far from us?"
Li Xin's eyes widened. "You want to go?"
Zhu Ning: "Of course I want to go. Is it far from us?"
Li Xin checked and found that it was not far for adults, but it was far for children.
And if you tell the mechanical mother about this, she will never agree.
Zhu Ning wrote down the exact address. At that time, she didn't have a secondary brain, so she could only use her brain to remember how to get there.
Li Xin thought Zhu Ning was interesting, really interesting, and the defective people in the Red House were all enjoying life while there was still time.
To Li Xin, Zhu Ning's actions seemed to be meaningless and unnecessary.
Zhu Ning had a plan. She must seize this opportunity. On the day when the Spark Club was doing charity activities, she could stand out. As long as she succeeded, she would have a way to go.
Li Xin: "How do you know it will succeed?"
Zhu Ning: "Because I'm awesome."
She didn't believe that she couldn't beat the children's group.
Li Xin exclaimed, thinking that Zhu Ning was particularly narcissistic.
Li Xin propped up his chin and asked, "So what if you succeed?"
Success will not change the reality that your life is about to end, which is irreversible.
Zhu Ning thought about it and said, "It can't be done."
What's the point of her doing this? Winning the award and joining the club won't increase her lifespan.
Zhu Ning added, "Make some money, and then you can just lie down and relax."
There is a difference between lying down and dying. At least you can enjoy your life before you die.
Li Xin remained silent and did not ask any more questions.
Zhu Ning had a plan ready, and she was going through the process in her mind. She had to cross most of District 103 by herself, sneak into another orphanage, and show herself off in front of that group of people.
This is quite a large project.
The mechanical mother was cleaning the room on the ninth floor that day. Zhu Ning sneaked downstairs and suddenly turned around and asked, "Are you going?"
Li Xin obviously didn't expect Zhu Ning to ask her. Zhu Ning's expression was very natural, as if he was inviting a friend.
But Li Xin couldn't leave the red house.
Li Xin shook her head and said, "I'm afraid of being scolded by the mechanical mother."
Zhu Ning thought it made sense. She would definitely be put in solitary confinement if she came back. She put on her schoolbag and said, "Then wait for me to come back."
Zhu Ning left.
Li Xin didn't know what had happened to Zhu Ning. Zhu Ning didn't come back at dinner time. The mechanical mother was furious and kept waiting for Zhu Ning downstairs.
Zhu Ning didn't come back until midnight, and the lights were already off.
Li Xin saw that the mechanical mother was furious and kept shaking Zhu Ning's arm and asking her why she was disobedient. She locked Zhu Ning in the confinement room.
Being locked up for 24 hours in a very narrow space with only a small window, it would be easy for a child to feel claustrophobic.
Li Xin thought that Zhu Ning would be obedient after being imprisoned this time, and would not have any unrealistic fantasies in the future.
When the time came, Zhu Ning was released from the confinement room. The next day, they woke up to the alarm clock, and Zhu Ning brushed his teeth beside her.
Li Xin looked at her at that time. Zhu Ning had not changed, but she felt that she had changed.
The whole person feels refreshed, as if he has been reborn.
After breakfast, Zhu Ning quietly handed Li Xin a certificate. Zhu Ning raised his eyebrows and his whole body seemed to be glowing.
Li Xin opened it. It was a certificate with very simple words on it:
Zhu Ning won first place in the women's shooting competition.
The defective products from the Red House would also participate in various competitions, and rarely won good places, but this was also the first time that Li Xin saw a certificate for a shooting competition.
Zhu Ning opened the door to a new world for her.
She really did it.
Zhu Ning found the law of survival. Logically, as long as she continued on this path, she would be able to make money and improve her life.
But before she could be happy for long, Xiaoyuan disappeared.
She was distracted by this matter. What was really going on in the red room? Zhu Ning always felt strange, but couldn't put her finger on it.
Zhu Ning asked, "Do you feel that this place is strange?"
Li Xin was eating at the time and looked up at Zhu Ning. The freckles on his face looked like a pair of eyes.
Zhu Ning asked, "Do you think there are ghosts in the world?"
Li Xin was stunned, feeling that Zhu Ning was both cute and stupid, how could he be so funny.
There are no ghosts, but there are pollutants.
The first friend Zhu Ning made in this world was a non-natural human.
The author has something to say:
The Guangming Orphanage in District 103 was mentioned in Chapter 61. During the interrogation by Yue Kaiyuan, his investigation of Zhu Ning's "information" showed that she was from the Guangming Orphanage, but in fact she was from the Red House.
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