Chapter 88 I Want Coke with Ice
Episode 88 "I want a Coke with ice"
Xiaozhuang was filled with resentment, and a scene of two months ago under the dark rain curtain emerged in his mind.
The car lights in the distance flashed, and the light and shadow changed in the breath. Just when he thought everything was going according to his ideas, Li Zhi pulled him back from the brink of life and death. But his strength was not that strong, and his shoes rubbed against the slippery ground, as if he would fall down in the next second.
Whenever Xiaozhuang thinks of this moment, he can't help but feel terrified.
This also repeatedly stopped Xiaozhuang from wanting to attack "Fu Lin" again.
In this matter, she absolutely cannot let Li Zhi get involved...
Now back to reality, Father Li has told Xiaozhuang not to worry too much. In fact, he had already cleaned up the mess for Xiaozhuang once, and now it was still Li's father who handled all kinds of troubles for her.
"Don't worry about the autopsy report. I'll take care of it."
"Don't do unnecessary things."
Xiaozhuang felt very sorry: "I made a mistake again."
Father Li said, "The car accident in March has been covered up. No one is asking about the note now, so the issue of the autopsy report can be left alone. There won't be any more changes."
Xiao Zhuang frowned and said, "Let's forget about it if Fu Lin suspects us. But what if Li Zhi finds out?"
[Why did Fu Lin just let it go despite his suspicion?] Isn't it important that he's not the protagonist? 】
[Well, probably because in Xiaozhuang's heart, Fu Lin is almost the same as a dead person. She wants to find a way to kill Fu Lin...? 】
[It’s terrifying when you think about it carefully, and it’s also terrifying when you think about it roughly! 】
Because this name also touched his emotions, Father Li was speechless for a short time.
Li Zhi did find out about the errors in the autopsy report.
"Li Zhi... If it's Li Zhi, he should understand what we are doing." Father Li said, "He will stand by us."
The uncertainty in his words made Xiao Zhuang look bitter, "Uncle Li, will you regret joining the Vita organization one day?"
【dad! ? Dad too? I thought it was his mother. After all, Li Zhi’s mother doesn’t appear often. 】
[Is Dad actually a bad guy?] ? 】
[Didn’t I say before that the forensic report was signed by my father? This already shows that there may be something wrong with his father. 】
[The clues are quite obvious.] 】
[In that case, didn’t Li Zhi’s father take the initiative to invite “Fu Lin” to his house for dinner in the first case? It was to thank Shang Hexing for saving Li Zhi at the train station. If Li Zhi's father wanted to cover up the fact that there were Vita members in the Forensic Identification Center, why did he take the initiative to mention the note at that time? 】
[Yes, if he wanted to protect Xiaozhuang now, he shouldn’t have mentioned Vita and attracted everyone’s attention. 】
[Could it be that Dad is actually like Miao Lunan, in Cao's camp but his heart is with Han? 】
Do you regret it?
At this time, Father Li did not feel any regret, but more often he felt powerless. Being swept up in the torrent of fate, he and everyone else go upstream. Is this really the so-called pursuit of their own destiny?
Friedrich Nietzsche once proposed the concept of "eternal recurrence".
This is a very easy-to-understand ideological argument, which states that the past, present, and future we experience will repeat and return in infinite time.
Obviously, "infinite time" limits people's ability to prove this idea.
But, if it really exists?
If it really exists, what is the terminal or the ending?
Nietzsche gave three possibilities.
The first is Nichts, which is giving up the belief in eternal recurrence and just living your life in the present.
The second is Zermalmen, which breaks the eternal cycle and completely destroys the current life.
The third is transformation (Verwandeln), which is to endure eternal recurrence and achieve a complete change of state.
Some call it a trial from the devil.
Some people also put this nonlinear ideological assumption aside and do not take it seriously.
However, in fact, more and more people realize that this world is not just an ordinary world. When the so-called players break into their own world, they have already realized the particularity of the world they live in, and are even practicing "eternal reincarnation."
[It’s actually the fourth natural disaster!] 】
[The fourth disaster refers to a devastating disaster brought to the world by players, which is comparable to a natural disaster for people in the game world. So the object specifies the player. This should be the NPC awakening, right? NPCs may not know that they are living in a game world, but they have already realized that this world is in eternal reincarnation. Are they starting to unite and resist their own fate? 】
[Or are you thinking about completely destroying your own world? If Vita only takes the first letter V, it may actually mean Verwandeln, which means "transformation" in German. They hope to make a breakthrough. It may also really be "life", referring to living towards death. 】
[It is not necessarily awakening, because they may have gone through countless Alpha tests. This is the background of the comic plot. Aren’t players Fu Lin and Shang Hexing entering the world of the game’s internal test? During the game development process, the program will certainly go through many tests. For the NPCs themselves, their wisdom is also increasing exponentially, forming their own stable and highly developed civilization. In this world, NPCs will explore the world just like us, without realizing their own data links, so they may actually want to understand what they are through the players. 】
【In the post-AlphaGo era】
[Wait, am I the only one who cares? It turns out that Li Zhi has nothing to do with this matter? 】
【yes! yes! Is he actually unrelated? Why does he have so many shots? 】
[Because the artist said that he accidentally drew the supporting character too well, and he was reluctant to kill this character off so soon. 】
I understand! ! !Sometimes when I’m drawing for a commission, I accidentally perform beyond my normal level, and I really don’t want my character to leave me like this TUT】
【Not really】
Father Li said, "I also have things I cannot give up."
He was betting on the possibility of a reversal of fate.
Xiaozhuang is not clear about Li's father's affairs, but everyone who joins the Vita organization will provide a copy of DNA data to the organization as a proof of loyalty - if it is later discovered that the other party is likely to betray, the organization has a clone to replace his original existence.
However, as far as Xiaozhuang knew, Li's father did not submit his own.
But at the same time, An Qingyan said that Li's father could not live without Vita for the rest of his life and could only survive by relying on Vita.
Xiaozhuang plucked up the courage to find out why Li's father chose this organization.
For her, joining the organization was a natural thing. Who doesn't want to change their destiny? If possible, she hopes to grow up in a healthy environment. She has experienced too much torture. One day someone told her that her destiny was predetermined, and the past, present and future were just repeating themselves. Does she want to live in a different way?
She thought.
Simple, she thought.
[The need for group identity.] Regardless of whether she really experienced any hardship, college students themselves are easily influenced by new ideas, especially those that are anti-mainstream, and they themselves tend to be overly sensitive to social issues. 】
[An Qingyan is still her friend, and she will definitely be instigated after a few words. 】
[Father Li may have really experienced something.] If Li's father said something that moved her, it would probably make it easier for her to be convinced that her choice was correct. 】
Before they could continue their conversation, a new encrypted message came from the phone - "Dealing with undercover Cui Shi on the spot."
【Coming】
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As society became more familiar with the Vita organization, two voices gradually began to emerge: one was the recognition of the Vita organization's concept; the other was the opposition to Vita's behavior.
The objection to Vita is naturally nothing more than the human experimentation. Even if they don't know the specific origins of these human bodies, they can trample on the life rights and freedoms of the clones so easily. So to them, are "ordinary people" just tools?
In addition, the real motive of the Vita organization is also confusing - breaking the cycle is an ambiguous term, what does breaking the cycle mean? How do they prove their claims? If they truly want to liberate humanity and wage a revolutionary war, what kind of organization do they want to establish that will trample on life and destroy the ruling order of society?
On the other hand, the voices on the opposite side are very firm.
The authorities have realized that this matter has been brewing for a long time, and the public opinion that was originally ignored has begun to form a siren song that shakes others. Large numbers of citizens accepted the subversive new information that "they are in an endless cycle of fate."
They are dissatisfied with the status quo and want to fight for their own future. They also believe that the social authorities may consciously acquiesce to the cycle of the current social system.
The favored are still the favored.
And those at the bottom of society are still struggling at the bottom of society.
However, this kind of deliberately exaggerated and incited public opinion does not have as strong an influence as imagined. The more inflammatory remarks come from the apocalyptic theories that have been laid out for a long time.
There is a saying that goes like this: consistent with the development of religion, the history of the world also unfolds based on eschatology.
"Creation begins with God creating the world, and Revelation ends with the advent of the new heaven and earth."
Anubis has a deep-rooted belief, and this eschatology has been rooted in people's hearts from the beginning. In a society full of diseases, accompanied by changeable climate and disasters, Vita, with the slogan of survival and changing destiny, came into being at this moment.
I didn't believe it, but in my heart I still believed it a little.
At the same time, they also began to make more reasonable explanations and understandings for Vita's extreme behavior.
The current discussion has a tendency to escalate, but the fermentation of public opinion on social media has not affected the pace of the police department.
Led by Commander Cui Shi, and with the assistance of Anubis' savior "Fu Lin", a hundred police officers have penetrated deep into the tunnels inside the Apollo Bar.
Except for temporary employees, all employees of Apollo Bar were asked by police officers to cooperate with the investigation.
Among them, the manager of Apollo Bar was unfortunately involved in a traffic accident after escaping on the highway and died.
The clues are not completely cut off.
Cui Shi used the scientific laboratory within the police station to further investigate the source of the nutrient solution used in the human experiment. He borrowed the experimental report of intern Li Zhi and locked on a reservoir somewhere on the outskirts of the city.
[God helps those who are righteous!] Look at how many people came to help, so Vita must be doing it wrong! 】
【I believe there is a reversal】
[It’s not that close yet, don’t say it so early]
However, the information about going to the reservoir was leaked. When Cui Shi and his team arrived at the scene, the entire reservoir had exploded, and there were no other traces except for ruins.
As He Qisi returned, he secretly hated it, "What a pity, we were just one step away."
There was no extra change in Cui Shi's eyes: "You can't say that. If you come a second earlier, it won't be so easy to get out of here unscathed."
He Qisi: “…”
Cui Shi: "Don't be impatient. He Qisi, you are just too impatient. You should fight slowly and eat slowly. You can't become fat in one bite."
I have heard this truth many times.
But don’t these words just sound like empty words and clichés?
Isn’t there a saying that goes “Speed is the essence of war”?
He Qisi didn't want to argue with him any more.
Seeing that He Qisi was unhappy, Cui Shi turned around with a smile on his face: "I didn't scold you, why should you be unhappy?"
"I'm not unhappy because of what you said." He Qisi was unhappy when he saw Cui Shi teasing him again, but he said in a nice way, "It's so hard to find such a big clue. No one would be happy if they came up empty-handed, right? Besides, this is the place we found with Li Zhi's report. If our police officers were all selected by ourselves, then who could leak the information?"
The more He Qisi spoke, the more unhappy he felt, and the more he talked.
"Won't this make people suspect Li Zhi? The first autopsy report was made by Li Zhi's father, and now Li Zhi is also a suspect. Isn't that pushing the two of them to the Vita organization?"
[He Qisi is really sincere to Li Zhizhen]
[…I don’t know why I am a little afraid of another reversal, that is, it was actually He Qisi himself who leaked the reservoir address. You see, he is the only one who has memories brought back. In addition, Miao Lunan also induced him to join the Vita organization several times, and all we can see was that he refused. What if he agreed? 】
[That makes sense!] 】
[If this is the case, this comment has been marked as a "spoiler"]
【! I was reverse spoiled by the above! ! 】
Cui Shi was not in a hurry at all. "The innocent will be innocent. At this time, suspecting them and then proving their innocence is the way to save them. No one is completely innocent now, even me."
He Qisi glanced at him and said, "So you're saying that I'm also worthy of suspicion?"
"What you said makes sense. Think about it carefully, why shouldn't you be doubted?" Cui Shi followed suit and examined him, "Think about it, if you break the eternal cycle, maybe you can still be my superior and become the master."
He Qisi was annoyed, "Then you don't need me to be your superior. I will just treat you as a gangster and discipline you. Do you still want to be a policeman? Humph, wishful thinking!"
Cui Shi: "Then forget it! Even if you break the cycle of reincarnation, you still can't think of surpassing me."
He Qisi: "Do you really believe that?" When he said this, Miao Lunan's face flashed through He Qisi's mind. Reason told him that he should start to doubt his friends. However, what He Qisi felt more was that he was unwilling to doubt.
At this time, doubt becomes a huge torture.
He would rather take a detour than confront Miao Lunan directly.
Cui Shi said: "It's okay to believe it or not."
He shrugged. "It's always the present self who lives. I don't have that much foresight, so why should I worry about the invisible future? Think about it, isn't it said that the sun will explode in 5 billion years? How do you know how long a reincarnation cycle is? If a billion years is considered a cycle, by the time you want to change your life, the daylily will have become an old fossil."
He Qisi couldn't help laughing, but he felt that laughing was agreeing with him, so he kept a straight face and said, "Nonsense."
"What kind of nonsense is this?"
Cui Shi felt that He Qisi just liked to contradict him, "Let's go to the Forensic Identification Center now."
This is the other direction from the police station.
He Qisi couldn't help but wonder, but soon got the answer, and his heart was lifted, "Are you really going to investigate Li Zhi?"
"Don't you want people to suspect the owner of your red umbrella?"
He Qisi believes that Li Zhi is innocent, but he also believes that investigating Li Zhi and his father at this time is the best chance to prove their innocence. But when he heard the words "the owner of the red umbrella", he couldn't help but feel irritated, and his ears turned red. "What the hell are you talking about?"
Cui Shi was like a cat that would deliberately step on people's feet. He was smug after doing something bad. "I went to ask Miao Lunan. He told me a few words."
He Qisi was about to jump up and down. While driving, his mind kept flying to Cui Shi's face, "Nonsense! There is nothing else at all! What little red umbrella!"
Cui Shi said slowly: "I just said a few words and you got so excited. You said it was nothing? And the little red umbrella? I didn't say the little red umbrella. You remember it very clearly!"
He Qisi also wanted to not be excited, but he was not the patient type. After enduring for a few seconds, he was still exposed. He said hastily: "I'm just worried that you might involve other people."
Cui Shi didn't say anything, just looked at him anxiously.
Seeing that he didn't say anything, He Qisi felt that if he said more, he would fall into his trap. He also endured it and chose to be honest and said: "It's really nothing."
Cui Shi said innocently: "But I didn't say anything."
He Qisi said: "...just playing tricks on people."
After a long silence, He Qisi said, "No, I just want to give myself a reason to get close to Li Zhi."
Cui Shi's eyes, which were originally staring out the window, turned back and said, "......!?"
He Qisi said: "There is no such thing as a red umbrella complex. It's not a plot in a novel. If I hated Li Zhi, I wouldn't have connected the two things together. I just wanted to chase after him."
"..." Cui Shi opened his eyes wide and looked at him, "Huh?"
He Qisi pursed his lips and finally said, "I was in the class next to him when I was in junior high school. At that time, I heard that there was a top student in the next class, but I didn't take it seriously. What does his excellence have to do with me?"
"Once, our head teacher kept all the students in the classroom and scolded them because of their unsatisfactory test results, and even threw the test papers out of the window. The head teacher continued to scold for a long time, and then said, "If you can get into a good high school, these test papers will fly back to my desk by themselves now." Everyone could only listen to the scolding numbly, but before he finished speaking, more than 50 test papers were put on book clips and sent back to the classroom. ”
"The man walked right into the classroom and put his hand on the podium without saying anything."
“After receiving the test papers, the head teacher was silent and dismissed the students.”
"I thought he was a brave man at the time, but when I was admitted to the best high school, I realized it was Li Zhi who picked up the test paper."
Cui Shi: “…”
The long silence completely annoyed He Qisi.
He Qisi was furious: "When you were a student, didn't you like people with excellent grades and good personalities?! Don't you want to be friends with him?"
Cui Shi said: "What you said does make sense."
He Qisi: "...You look like you want to laugh at me."
Cui Shi asked in confusion: "Then why did you ask me if I had a little red umbrella before? You are obviously a sentimental person."
He Qisi was suddenly speechless. He opened his mouth but still couldn't say a word.
[Ah, so was what He Qisi said just now true or false? 】
[I think what he said makes sense. When I was a kid, I also wanted to be friends with the academic genius! ! 】
[I have always been envious of students with good academic performance since I was a child]
[Like is a complex emotion and also a subtle feeling. I always feel that it cannot be solved by just one or two words. Especially sometimes, I don’t really want to tell others everything from my heart. I personally feel that it is both, but only He Qisi knows what he really cares about, right? 】
[On the surface, he seems to like Li Zhi the most, but when faced with a situation that would make him suspected, he still values Miao Lunan more. He knew that his playmate was suspicious and there was a high chance that he was a member of Vita, otherwise he would not have said those things before, but he didn't want to doubt him at all. But when Li Zhi was suspected, his desire not to doubt was not as strong as it used to be. 】
[Isn’t it because it’s a foregone conclusion that Li Zhi is suspected? His dad was too obvious. 】
[Miao Lunan is also a temporary employee in the bar. Is it really true that there is no doubt about this? 】
[Okay, okay, don’t be impatient!] Watch the plot——】
Cui Shi did not have an answer because his eyes were already looking at the buildings in the distance.
As they got closer to the Forensic Identification Center, Cui Shi said when He Qisi stopped the engine, "Water source testing is just one method. I actually met someone in the underground passage of the bar at that time, and I installed the locator on his wheelchair. So we can also use this method to track the whereabouts of the people in Vita's core organization."
"ah--!"
He Qisi was shocked.
Cui Shi actually hid so much?
"The signal receiver has been packed up. When you are in charge, someone will give it to you. At that time, only bring people you trust. This operation is mainly to screen who in the police station I can employ. The list is also in my phone. You are responsible for the new wave of investigations."
He Qisi couldn't help laughing and getting angry when he heard this. He watched him get off the car and couldn't help but follow his back with his eyes and said, "You've only worked hard for two days, and you're so anxious to take a break! Director Miao will definitely be furious after hearing this. I tell you, I won't run errands for you like that, just buy some food and drinks. I only do simple things like this."
Cui Shi heard what he said, holding the car door with one hand and the roof with the other, "You can't run after others."
The tone of these words lacked some of the teasing, sarcasm or ridicule, so it seemed gentle, yet also very strange, making people feel uncomfortable.
He Qisi suddenly felt that his previous words were like his last words. He raised his eyes to look into his eyes and wanted to criticize him for his lifeless character. But on his shoulder, He Qisi saw a flash of red.
This bit of red was like a poisonous snake or a ferocious beast that appeared out of nowhere and was approaching step by step, making He Qisi tremble with fear.
He wanted to reach out first, but he couldn't reach it, couldn't grab it, and could only shout, "Captain Cui, get down quickly--"
The sound of the sniper rifle came earlier than his words.
Fortunately, the aim was wrong and Cui Shi managed to dodge the attack.
When He Qisi saw this scene, cold sweat broke out all over his body and his legs began to become weak.
He quickly added: "Captain, you get in the car first."
But in the next scene, he saw Li Zhi also appear in his sight.
He rushed towards Cui Shi, and a second gunshot was heard outside the car.
More and more police officers realized what was happening and quickly sprang into action, surrounding the area with a security shield.
When He Qisi got out of the car, he saw that Li Zhi's chest and hands were covered in blood. He looked down and saw that Cui Shi's back was pierced by a bullet, and the blood instantly soaked through his clothes on his chest.
Ambulance, ambulance...
"ambulance--!!"
He Qisi hurriedly followed and supported Cui Shi. The blood on his chest was like a faucet that could not be turned off tightly, warm and sticky, and it covered his fingers. He could hardly feel his own heartbeat, as if the unstoppable red was also taking his life away.
"Captain...how are you feeling? Hang in there?"
Cui Shi looked up into his eyes, but his gaze seemed to be far away: "He Qisi..."
He Qisi quickly responded: "I'm here!"
"I want to drink iced Coke... Go buy it for me..." Cui Shi pushed his knees, but the force became weaker and weaker, "I want to drink it now..."
He Qisi's tears suddenly fell down. This familiar line always made him curse out loud reflexively, but he couldn't stand up now, let alone curse! My heart felt like something was tightly gripping it.
Tears just flow.
Cui Shi was still pushing. He Qisi endured the numbness in his heart, and didn't know why his body felt so heavy. He could only pound his thighs hard and grit his teeth to stand up.
At the same time, he began to urge himself - hurry up, hurry up! !
But just as he broke away from the crowd, he heard heart-wrenching cries from the people surrounding him from behind.
The sound was very light at first, but it was like a needle, small yet sharp, which could break through a person's tough outer shield with just a single prick. It finally merges with other sounds, making people feel defeated.
He Qisi looked back, but didn't dare to look closely, let alone take a step.
On a large screen nearby, a scholar was arguing with a reporter about "eternal reincarnation" and at the same time responding to excited netizens.
The world in the picture is so noisy.
He Qisi couldn't see what was so good about it, but he kept his eyes fixed on it to suppress the urge to run away. His throat was completely blocked and he couldn't breathe.
Eternal recurrence?
If the cycle of reincarnation can really be broken, what about those who have fallen? What about those who sacrificed for this?
Where is Cui Shi?
Will they definitely come back?
He Qisi didn’t know what the future would look like, but he knew it wouldn’t be like that.
He lowered his head. There was still some of Cui Shi's blood on his hands, like a piece of extremely bright apricot, spreading and spreading, splashing on the ground, unable to dissipate or melt.
——In this world, only death is eternal.
——End of Orange
[I'm going to the rooftop to cool down. It's too stuffy here.]
【TUT】
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