Chapter 377 Fusion, New Residents, and the Location of the Base (Seeking Monthly Tickets)
Ji Minghuan watched Restricted 1001 from a distance.
The entire memory corridor was collapsing at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Cracks appeared in the ceiling tiles, and pieces of them fell down. The memory curtains on both sides of the corridor cracked with a "click", and like broken glass, they poured out and poured into the corridor like rain.
The debris piled up deeper and deeper, and finally almost submerged Ji Minghuan and the trouser legs of Restricted Level 1001.
At the very end, at the moment when the entire memory corridor collapsed, Ji Minghuan looked up and suddenly saw an amazing scene.
The spirit body of Restricted Level 1001 turned into a fluorescent light, passing through those broken memories, drilling into his forehead like a falcon, and melting into his body.
It was as if someone had shot him in the forehead. His eyelids trembled and he fainted immediately.
After a while, when Ji Minghuan opened his eyes from the darkness, he found himself lying motionless on the bed in the prison cell.
I turned my head and saw that everything around me was pitch black and quiet, and it didn't look like anyone had been there.
In the darkness, the positions of the tables and chairs had not changed, only the TV screen was still flashing black and white snowflakes and making crackling sounds - Ji Minghuan liked to sleep with the TV on, saying that a little noise was more conducive to falling asleep, and the people in the base did not stop him.
"It seems 1001 is right. Everything that just happened happened in my mind. Otherwise... even if Restricted 1001 really did pause time, the changes in the positions of the tables and chairs, and my position, would definitely be noticeable to the instructor and the experimenter, right?"
Thinking of this, Ji Minghuan's pupils shrank slightly.
At this moment, a huge and complicated memory suddenly flooded into his mind, as if a rainstorm was hitting him head-on. The unexpected loneliness and fear made him shiver slightly.
But fortunately, those memories soon returned along the same path, like rain flowing back to the sky and shrinking into the dark clouds, so Ji Minghuan pulled himself out of the drowning experience.
Then, those memories turned into thousands of books and were forcibly locked in a library.
With a "bang", the door of the Spiritual Library closed coldly.
The whole world is quiet.
Ji Minghuan lay on the pillow, staring at the dark ceiling for a while, but he didn't rush back to the library to look through the restricted memory 1001. After all, it was more than a hundred years long.
He supported his aching head and breathed a sigh of relief. Then he threw back the quilt, stood up from the bed, and muttered to the penguin-shaped broadcasting device:
"Working girl, do you hear me? I want to go to the park, let me out."
"Who are you calling a working girl? Are you impolite?" After a while, Ke Aojiena's cold voice came from the broadcasting equipment, with an unfriendly tone.
"What else? I'll call you a girl after get off work?" Ji Minghuan said disdainfully, got out of bed, and walked towards the metal door in the dark.
Hearing this, Ke Ojiena yawned, her tone softened, and she returned to her usual laziness. "Being a girl off work is better than being a part-timer. It sounds a bit more auspicious... I'm warning you, don't cross my line again. I'm just an employee, not the boss. When I need to go crazy, I really will."
"Then I should stimulate you even more, working girl, working girl, working girl, can I force you to remove my collar?"
"If you say that again, I will assassinate your girlfriend with a gun." Ke Ojiena said coldly.
"Ke Ojiena, I'm next to you." The instructor's voice came.
"Did you hear that? The instructor is right next to you." Ji Minghuan laughed.
"Just wait, kid..."
As soon as Ke Ojiena finished speaking, the lights in the prison room lit up one by one.
Ji Minghuan stopped in front of the metal gate and said, "Okay, I'll call you Retired Girl from now on. Doesn't that sound more auspicious?"
"Yes, you can go to the park and play."
As Ke Ojiena finished her lazy words, the metal door at the entrance of the prison cell rumbled open.
Ji Minghuan looked up and saw that the experimenters wearing heavy isolation suits and disinfection masks were already standing outside the door waiting. The bright white light cast a layer of edge on their backs.
He glanced at them, closed his eyes, and walked into the brightly lit corridor.
Ji Minghuan followed the experimenters' footsteps and walked forward. He felt a cold sensation on his feet. At this moment, Kong Youling, Shang Xiaochi and others were still waiting for him in the children's playground.
As he walked forward, he split his consciousness, sank, and finally came to the interior of the mental library.
At dusk, the setting sun was red, and the blood-red afterglow shone obliquely into the library through the window. The evening wind blew the pages of the books, making a rustling sound.
Ji Minghuan opened his eyes and stood in the center of the library.
He turned his head and looked around, but did not find the new resident of the spiritual world, only saw the huge red dragon.
As usual, the red dragon Wales was crawling in the corner by the window, drinking afternoon tea with his reading glasses.
"Grandpa Long, where is he?" Ji Minghuan asked, "Why can't I see him? Could it be that he has merged with me?" He touched his body and said, "But why can't I feel anything?"
"Look up." The red dragon head said without looking up.
"look up?"
Ji Minghuan raised his eyebrows and looked up silently, only to find that there were five figures hanging on ropes above the ceiling. They were Black Pupa, Chess Player, Dark Shark, Nian Beast, and... a strange figure.
Looking closely, I saw a young man wearing a white cloak and a white veil on his face.
Ji Minghuan's four bodies were all hung upright on the ceiling. Only the restricted 1001 was still alive, with his legs tied with ropes. He was hanging upside down in the air, looking out of place with the four bodies next to him.
At this moment, Restricted Level 1001 was quietly flipping through a memory book that recorded Ji Minghuan and Kong Youling's past in the orphanage.
"Please, why are you hanging here too?" Ji Minghuan asked, looking up at the restricted 1001 hanging upside down above the ceiling, and couldn't help but puffing up his cheeks slightly to suppress his laughter.
"What else?" Restricted 1001 said expressionlessly, "Where do you think I would be?"
"Wow, I thought we would just merge into one." Ji Minghuan said.
"No... Your ability repels me, temporarily separating me. This is a restricted-level mental defense ability," Restricted 1001 said. "But it won't affect the final outcome. We'll likely get closer and closer. Then I'll completely disappear, merge with you, and become part of your main personality."
"Is that so? So now you are equivalent to one of my personalities, not an outsider like Grandpa Red Dragon." Ji Minghuan said casually.
Restricted 1001 nods.
If this were not the case, then there would be no need for 1001 to be suspended in the air. Instead, it could lie comfortably in a corner of the library like the red dragon Wales, drinking afternoon tea and reading a book.
However, if those personalities on the ceiling fell down one day, the world would be in chaos. This would mean that Ji Minghuan's main personality would be in jeopardy, but that situation was unlikely to happen.
For some reason, Ji Minghuan is now in a very calm mood, and the previous irritability has faded away layer by layer. This seems to be because his spirit has merged with the 1001 part.
He knew in his heart that after he completely merged with Restricted Level 1001, his mental stability would increase and he would no longer have to worry about collapsing from controlling five bodies.
After all, R-rated 1001 has lived numbly for a hundred years and has seen all kinds of storms. In terms of "emotional stability", he may be ranked first on the entire planet.
Suddenly, the red dragon Wales said without raising his head, "I'm not a foreigner either. I'm just staying here for a while."
"Okay, okay, just know you're a guest. Guest residents are not allowed to talk."
As he spoke, Ji Minghuan turned his head nonchalantly and looked at the newly arrived books in the library. The restricted-level 1001 memories almost filled up several bookshelves.
"Can I put you down?" Ji Minghuan asked Restricted 1001.
"No." Restricted 1001 cut off, "I'm fine like this, don't worry about me."
"oh."
Ji Minghuan nodded and turned to look at Kong Youling's doll that was lying in the corner.
The rag doll has disappeared. It was a surveillance device set up by Restricted Level 1001, and it was also the switch that allowed Ji Minghuan to enter the mental illusion.
And now, it has lost its meaning of existence.
The main body of Restriction 1001 has most likely dissipated, leaving only a spiritual body left here, which can be said to be barely surviving.
A man who destroyed the world ended up in such a miserable state. Thinking of this, Ji Minghuan couldn't help but shrug his shoulders.
"Oh yes, you should know where the base of the Salvation Society is, right?" Ji Minghuan asked.
"Hofs Glacier, underground in the north," Restricted Level 1001 said. "I don't know the exact location, but if you observe it for a while, you'll be able to find some clues."
"You're a great help. You saved me the trouble of searching everywhere. I was worried that by the time I found their base, it would be too late." Ji Minghuan breathed a sigh of relief.
"You're welcome."
"You're not being polite, who was the one who got me sent to the Savior Society?"
"sorry."
The corners of Ji Minghuan's eyes twitched slightly, and he felt like he was punching cotton.
In the past, he always played the role of a black elementary school student to tease others, but he didn't expect that he would be the one being teased today.
"Never mind..." He sighed, "So, in your timeline, did the mentor create that android?"
"Which android? The Father of Puppetry?"
"Of course not. I'm talking about an artificial human synthesized using our brother's genes."
"No, I didn't even know I had a younger brother at that time." After a moment of silence, Restricted 1001 said.
"That's troublesome. Just like how my mentor turned into a dark adult, my brother's android is also something that only appears in this timeline..." Ji Minghuan murmured, "Why don't you apologize quickly for digging so many holes for me."
"Do you want to see Kong Youling die?"
"In no mood."
"That's right, I'm just helping you... You don't understand how terrible it is when you lose control. Your superpowers will take over you... By the time you come to your senses, you've already done something irreversible." Restricted 1001 said slowly.
"I'm actually very curious, do you have any feelings for Su Ying and the others?" Ji Minghuan suddenly asked, looking up at him.
Restricted 1001 was silent for a moment. "They adopted me for a year, and I had some feelings for them at the time."
"So you killed them?"
"My powers are out of control. It's not up to me to decide."
Ji Minghuan was silent for a moment. "Well, actually, I'm quite curious. Why did they adopt you? Didn't they already have a diaper demon and an electric rat demon at home?"
"I don't know." Restricted 1001 shook his head. "Su Ying is a woman. It's not surprising that she can go crazy. If you've been with her, you'll understand. You can't use common sense to infer what she's done."
"It sounds like you still have feelings for her," Ji Minghuan said. "Then when you came to your senses and realized you had destroyed the world, what were you thinking?"
"Confused." Restricted 1001 said expressionlessly, "That's all."
"Then...what is Kong Youling to you?" Ji Minghuan asked.
"Family." Restricted 1001 blurted out, "Family is the most important."
"Is it still the same now?" Ji Minghuan counted on his fingers. "Let me calculate. When you were thirteen, you traveled to 1910. Now it's 2020, which means you've lived a total of 123 years."
He paused. "She only knew you for four or five years. And then she died. In comparison, it was really short, wasn't it?"
Restricted 1001 was silent for a long time, then said softly, "You're right. For me, after experiencing these past hundred years, I really don't have any obsession with her anymore."
"So what are you busy with?"
"All I want is for you to not make the same mistakes again... I don't want to see another me appear, because only after going through it would I realize how lonely and lost I have been for the past hundred years. That's all."
"Please, it sounds so heavy, let me take a breath." Ji Minghuan covered his chest and took a deep breath.
"There's no need to let me influence you. Just continue doing what you're planning."
"Forget it..." Ji Minghuan sat down on the floor of the library with his head down. "What about the White Crow Brigade? What happened to the White Crow Brigade in the previous timeline?"
"The White Crow Brigade?" Restricted 1001 replied. "I remember them... Back when I was busy fighting the Hakoniwa, Rainbow Wings, Lake Hunters, and the Salvation Society, their leader took them away from Earth. I think they took a rocket. I don't remember clearly."
"As expected of them, they got away so quickly." Ji Minghuan laughed. "The rocket must have been stolen, or maybe hacked by some hacker kid?"
"I don't know them, nor am I interested," Restricted 1001 said. "Unlike you, my unit was in its liberated form from the start, so I don't need a background or missions, and naturally, I have no connection with the White Crow Brigade."
He flipped the pages, paused for a moment, and continued, "I don't recommend you develop any feelings for the people in the Brigade. After you kill the Ripper, your relationship will naturally fall apart."
"Oh, speaking of this... Do you think that after I rebel, the Bloodline will follow me?"
"Yes." Restricted 1001 was silent for a moment, then said, "If you just say the name 'Theresa', she will definitely go with you. No one else in the world knows this name."
"That's true. She is worthy of being called the loyal and life-long old woman." Ji Minghuan thought.
"Where's Bai Tanlang?"
Restricted Level 1001 put his hand on his chin and thought for a moment: "You can get some information from Firion and learn some things that only he and Bai Tanlang know. Then, confront Bai Tanlang and he will definitely go with you."
"Oh, then what do you think..." Ji Minghuan paused, "If I rebel, will the young lady come with me?"
"No." Restricted 1001 said immediately, without even the slightest hesitation.
"That's true... Never mind, I won't talk to you for now. I have other things to do in real life."
Ji Minghuan spoke softly, opening his eyes from reality. At this time, the experimenter had already taken him into the elevator car.
The elevator doors closed, blocking out the bright light. The car hummed upwards and soon stopped on the second floor.
As the gate slowly opened, the figures of five children in the park came into view.
They were stunned for a moment, looked at Ji Minghuan at the same time, and then quickly looked away. It seemed that everyone still remembered what he had accidentally said last time: "You all might as well go to hell."
Under the cold ceiling, only Kong Youling was still looking at him motionlessly.
She was sitting on the slide, holding her sketchbook, daydreaming, with crayons scattered on the ground.
Ji Minghuan raised his head and looked at them silently, then walked into the children's playground and sat on the swing on the sand.
At this moment, the entire children's playground was quiet, with only the sound of Mario's fingers tapping on the game console buttons and the melodious sound of Sun Changkong's somersault cloud flying around.
The girl with long dark red hair sat on the top of the somersault cloud like a duck. She was at a loss for a moment, sometimes hugging her shoulders, sometimes spreading her hands on the cloud.
Firion's ears drooped as he squatted at the top of the slide, hugging his knees and looking around, his tail sweeping the ground.
Shang Xiaochi was sitting next to the water dispenser, resting, holding a cup of water, with his head down and not saying a word.
After a long while, only Kong Youling came over, holding the sketchbook, and her footsteps broke the dead silence. Finally, she hung her head and sat silently on another swing.
Ji Minghuan turned his head slightly and glanced at her out of the corner of his eye. He suddenly recalled the scene he and Restricted 1001 saw in the cinema. At that time, the Star Caller's beam fell from the sky, and the white-haired girl and the bathroom turned into blood-red mist and dissipated.
"Are you okay?" After a moment of silence, Kong Youling wrote in the notebook and turned to him.
Ji Minghuan looked into her eyes and said, "I'm fine."
"real?"
"Of course it's true." Ji Minghuan nodded. "Why do you all seem so scared of me? Am I some really bad, evil elementary school student?"
"Because you said something strange." Kong Youling said, "The instructor told us not to disturb you for the time being."
"I've already said it. I was dizzy at the time, so it's normal for me to say anything." Ji Minghuan said, changing the subject, "Why did you write? Can't you speak now?"
Kong Youling thought for a moment, then picked up a pencil and wrote word by word on the paper, then held up the small notebook, "Because I'm afraid of making you angry."
He suddenly reached out and covered her pale and cold forehead, including her eyebrows. Kong Youling tilted her head, and after a moment, she raised her red eyes from under Ji Minghuan's fingers.
Ji Minghuan looked at him silently.
"What's wrong?" she asked after a while.
"It's nothing. I just wanted to check if you have a fever. Why would I be angry with you?" Ji Minghuan said, "I even suspected you had gone crazy from the fever."
"I don't have a fever."
Kong Youling shook her head, her snow-white hair swaying gently.
"Then don't write. Have you forgotten how those people bullied you in the welfare home?" Ji Minghuan said, and suddenly lowered his voice, "You can speak now, how can I be angry... I'm really happy."
Kong Youling listened to him and put the notebook and pencil on the swing board.
Ji Minghuan withdrew his right hand and swung on the swing for a while. Suddenly, Firion in the distance sneezed.
"The instructor said that we should go out for a walk today," Kong Youling said suddenly.
Ji Minghuan was stunned.
He turned his head and asked, "When? Didn't you say you'd let me out in a few days?"
"Just now, before you came, he also came here." Kong Youling said.
"I understand. He's definitely not going to let us go out to play once I'm here." Ji Minghuan suddenly realized, "Then you guys go by yourselves. I'll stay in the park alone."
At this moment, the instructor's voice suddenly rang out from the radio, "No, Ji Minghuan. You can also go out and play with them. Go out and get some fresh air. You haven't been in a good state lately."
"real?"
"real."
"Okay, I hope you won't regret it."
As he spoke, Ji Minghuan looked up at the surveillance camera above him. As soon as he finished speaking, he immediately drove the Black Pupa's restraint belt incarnation to the northern part of the Hofs Glacier.
At this moment, it was a world of ice and snow. The black pupa's restraints transformed into a color-changing form, flying across the blue glacier like a piece of transparent flying snow.
It grabbed the restraints and sped towards the northern part of Hofs Glacier, leaving a trail of restraints along the way. This gave it a wider field of vision.
In the children's playground, Ji Minghuan wondered, "Is it because the instructor let down his guard after learning that Black Pupa is dead?" Then he thought, "No, it could also be a trap."
But even if this is a trap, and the instructor wants to see if he can use this opportunity to find out something, Ji Minghuan will choose to take advantage of it.
After all, Black Pupa has pretended to be dead on the uninhabited island. The mentor may not know that Black Pupa is still alive, and may not be able to see through the stealth ability of Black Pupa in its ultimate form.
Besides, Ji Minghuan can make the restraint belt vaporize and disappear at any time, completing this reconnaissance mission without leaving any trace.
The broadcast had just disappeared when the elevator door suddenly opened, and the instructor's warm voice came from the car.
"Then let's go, Ji Minghuan, and go for a walk outside," he said.
Ji Minghuan was stunned and looked up at the elevator.
At this moment, the instructor was the only one in the car. He slowly raised his eyes and met Ji Minghuan's gaze through the reflective lenses.
"Okay, let's go."
After a moment's silence, Ji Minghuan said, holding Kong Youling's hand, he stood up from the swing and walked into the elevator step by step, "Let me see what the Salvation Society base is like."
(End of this chapter)
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