Chapter 194 Hope and Despair
"Mr. Chu, it looks like you know what happened?" Xie Ling walked to the eggshell excitedly and asked, "I can study it..."
When he raised his hand to touch the eggshell, Epiphyllum jumped down again and blocked him.
Epiphyllum's behavior was very clear. It did not allow anyone present to get close to Chu Xihen and Dankai.
"Your previous guess was correct. I am indeed not a human being, but I don't know what I am specifically yet. This stone is equivalent to the amniotic membrane during my embryonic period." Chu Xihen said as he squatted down and touched the cracked stone egg.
The two halves of the stone egg, each more than one person tall, shrank to the size of a fist in an instant and then merged into a complete white egg. It was very similar in shape to an egg, but it was white in color.
The night-blooming cereus clings to the stone egg, wrapping the entire egg with part of its petals below the flower, making it look like a blooming cactus.
Seeing Epiphyllum wanting Stone Egg and Chu Xihen at the same time, Chu Xihen narrowed his eyes slightly.
She is not the impulsive Loli Chu Xixi now. She must take revenge, but she needs to find a suitable opportunity.
So for now she could only pretend not to care about the existence of Epiphyllum.
She asked Chu Xihen, "If it was the fetal membrane, you are already so big now, and it's not an embryo, why did it suddenly wrap you up? Were you conscious when you were in the stone?"
Chu Xihen placed the stone egg and the Epiphyllum together on the experimental bed and let it play by itself, then reached out and handed a small piece of gravel to Xie Ling.
He gave it to Epiphyllum behind her back. Epiphyllum's possessiveness over the stone was like a child protecting his candy. He would get upset if the stone was taken away.
Xie Ling also noticed it, and quickly took the gravel with both hands and carefully put it into the pocket of his white coat.
If Chu Xihen hadn't finished speaking, he would have been eager to study the stone.
"I was conscious and could hear you talking the whole time. However, before the eggshell broke, my consciousness turned into a white spot of light and floated into the void, where I saw Xiao Chou." Chu Xihen said this mainly to Xie Ling.
When they heard that he had seen Xiao Chou, their expressions immediately became serious.
"The reason why we can only see Xiao Chou's head and arms is because its lower body is stuck in a black stone. The shape of that stone is the same as the white stone that wrapped me, also in the shape of an egg." When Chu Xihen said these words, he was recalling the scene at that time in his mind.
"The stone that protects you is white, and Xiao Chou's is black? Are you related in any way?" Xiao Yan asked.
Chu Xihen said: "Should it be from the same place? Or am I one with it? I can feel that the black stone and the white one are exactly the same thing."
"Let's assume that you and that little ugly boy come from the same place, and you said that the white stone is to protect your fetal membrane. By the same token, the black stone is also to protect the little ugly boy. Then how come it is trapped by the stone egg and cannot get out?" Xie Ling asked.
Chu Xichi continued: "Isn't my brother also trapped by the white stone egg? Maybe Xiao Chou is just too stupid and can't find a way out?"
"It shouldn't be a problem of method. Mr. Chu said that the head and arms that Xiao Chou showed are what we usually see him in. From this we can imagine that if he completely walked out of the black stone, it would be equivalent to him being able to move freely in our world, which is the result we were most worried about before." Xie Ling said, his face solemn again.
"So according to you, the black stone is actually helping us humans?" Chu Xi asked curiously.
Chu Xihen replied: "You can say that, I think it needs to collect a lot of despair before it can come out of the stone. Despair is all kinds of negative emotions of human beings, as well as the souls of those humans who died hopelessly in the copy."
He looked at Chu Xixi and said, "The black mist in those jars at the HBP Institute is the embodiment of despair."
"You mean that the HBP Research Institute has already discovered the existence of Xiao Chou and is collecting despair specifically for it?" Xiao Yan was shocked.
Following Xiao Yan's words, Chu Xichi also figured out a problem: "No wonder my brother is the first generation test subject, because he is not an ordinary human being. The research institute discovered Xiao Chou at the same time as my brother. I don't know what method they used to turn my brother into an ordinary human baby and let him grow up in the research institute as a test subject!"
"Xiao Chou is in despair, in a black stone egg, and Xihen you are in a white stone egg, so you are..."
Before Xiao Yan finished speaking, Chu Xihen interrupted him and uttered two words with certainty: "Hope."
He explained under the astonished gazes of the three people, "When my consciousness floated into the void, I not only saw Xiao Chou, but also Lou Su and Bai Jinli in the dungeon. Xiao Chou placed despair in the dungeon to trap them forever. I wanted to help them out, but I don't know what I did. The black ball of light that represented despair turned into a white ball of light when I put him in the dungeon. It was shocked and said, 'That's hope.'"
If Chu Xihen hadn't heard what Xiao Chou said, he wouldn't have been so sure.
"You are mankind's hope, and Xiao Chou is despair. But you seem to be just a little better than us. But compared to Xiao Chou..." Xiao Yan said half and left the other half.
Because if you say it, you will probably get beaten.
Chu Xi looked at him suspiciously, "Are you implying that my brother is weak?"
Xiao Yan spread his hands and did not answer, but his meaning was very clear.
It is true that compared with the superpowers in today's world, Chu Xihen is very strong, but if compared with Xiao Chou, Xiao Chou's strength was restricted by 80% by the black stone, and he was almost killed by a slap.
With this calculation, the "hope" on the human side is really slim.
Chu Xihen ignored Xiao Yan's words and further explained: "Not only am I not as strong as him, but I was even restricted by him because I finished his game. It can be said that he crushes me in all aspects."
Moreover, Xiao Chou can use the plot rules of this world to control him, Lou Su, and Bai Jinli, although it has failed to control them so far.
Because he was not a cannon fodder in the first place, and although he was somewhat affected by the world's plot in the beginning, he never really accepted his fate.
Xie Ling sorted out the information Chu Xihen had said, and was silent for a long time before speaking: "There is a trace of the huge difference in strength between Xiao Chou and Mr. Chu. When the HBP Institute discovered you, they gave birth to you as a human baby and used you as a test subject to grow up in the institute. While you were being studied, they used the despair of every test subject in the institute to support Xiao Chou..."
Xiao Yan interrupted at this time, "I know, Xi Hen is born with a deficiency!"
The three of them looked at Xiao Yan with a look that said "Can you please shut up?"
Xiao Yan was completely unaware and continued to express his thoughts, "Xiao Chou grew up eating despair, but what about you? You can't see any hope in the research institute. You are surrounded by despair that is completely unsuitable for your physique. It's like a human baby who should grow up drinking milk, but you started drinking water as soon as you came out of your mother's womb. You are lucky that you didn't die!"