Chapter 129 Transition Daily
The aircraft landed in an open space.
Just like pulling onions out of dry land during takeoff, the speed of landing can be described as free fall.
Lin Guantang felt dizzy when he got off the aircraft, and was almost knocked down by the strong wind.
After holding Huo Shizhen's arm to steady himself, he offered suggestions for improvement from the bottom of his heart:
"I think it would be better to improve the aircraft's takeoff and landing speed before officially putting it into use."
At least the plane shouldn't ascend or descend so fast. I'm really afraid that people with weaker tolerance will vomit or have a heart attack.
As he spoke, Lin Guantang looked around and walked back and forth in circles a few times. The more he looked, the more he felt something was wrong.
Because the place where they landed was an empty wilderness.
Or somewhere like a square, with a white wall standing in the distance, and the surroundings are empty, with only stones and weeds spreading around, and a black building that seems to be an unfinished building.
Coupled with the howling wind, Lin Guantang felt as if he was back home.
So he couldn't help but think back to confirm the purpose of this trip - it seemed that it was not to let Huo Shizhen follow him back to District 35 to meet his parents, but to follow Huo Shizhen back to the capital to meet his grandfather.
Although the current situation looks more like surviving a plane crash and then starting to survive in the wilderness.
- Wait, the aircraft landed so quickly, it couldn't be because the landing procedure was not designed well, but because there was a malfunction, so it took emergency shelter and randomly dropped into such an empty square.
Lin Guantang looked at Huo Shizhen, who was already walking towards the dark building in front with quick steps and a clear goal. It seemed that this was indeed his destination.
But it is also possible that they are trying to save face and not want to appear to be unable to deal with the failure.
Lin Guantang put his hand on his forehead. On the one hand, the wind made his hair fly around and blocked his vision, and on the other hand, it made his already dizzy head hurt even more.
The road was littered with stones blown by the wind, some of which were hidden among the weeds. If you didn't step on them carefully, not only would your feet hurt, but you would almost fall, so you had to walk with one foot deep and one foot shallow.
Huo Shizhen was very considerate and asked if he needed a hug service, but Lin Guantang righteously refused him.
And suspected he did it on purpose from the beginning.
Although he knew that this road was difficult to walk on, he had prepared by wearing thick-soled boots so that he could walk on flat ground. However, he did not even mention it when he set out, so Lin Guantang just came here wearing ordinary shoes.
Lin Guantang decided not to encourage this unhealthy trend.
Huo Shizhen spread his hands regretfully, then strode ahead to lead the way.
Lin Guantang had to speed up his pace, almost running behind, then covering his forehead and shouting loudly in the wind:
"Walk slower, this isn't the Huo family's meeting ceremony, is it? This place is so remote!"
Huo Shizhen replied perfunctorily:
"This is the small dark room where I'm going to imprison you. If you don't run away now, you'll have no chance."
Lin Guantang: ...
Alas, Alpha, this is the kind of guy who turns against you and becomes ruthless after his conspiracy is exposed.
More than ten minutes later, they finally reached the corridor of the building, almost being blown crazy by the wind.
The building looks like an unfinished one, but the entrance is quite advanced.
After voice, fingerprint, and facial recognition have all been verified, the door will automatically open slowly.
When the door opens, the lights in the house turn on simultaneously, instantly illuminating the entire space.
Walking into the living room, you can see all the furniture inside.
There's nothing much to see here, just an ordinary commercial model house that doesn't look like it's meant for long-term residence.
Even if there are, they are probably short-term tenants, or just a place to rest for a while, or the kind of base that people rarely think of.
Huo Shizhen didn't seem to have much interest in this place either. He took him through the living room and into the wall - it was an elevator that was integrated into the wall.
There are only three buttons in the elevator: up, down, and switch, and there is no specific floor number.
After entering, Huo Shizhen activated the down button.
And finally he was able to answer Lin Guantang's questions normally.
Before he meets his grandfather, he must first be taken to meet his mother.
This made Lin Guantang even more nervous. If he was meeting his grandfather, he could say it was for official business, but meeting Huo Shizhen's mother was not.
This is totally like meeting the parents.
Lin Guantang couldn't help but say:
"I think we should have said this before we set off."
At least prepare some gifts for the meeting.
Huo Shizhen didn't think there was anything special that needed to be explained:
"I won't scare you. Why are you so nervous? Just think of it as seeing a doctor."
Can it be the same?
Lin Guantang twitched his lips. He didn't expect that he would be so indifferent to such a thing.
But now that things have come to this, he can only bite the bullet and continue walking. He can only pray that Huo Shizhen's mother understands her son's temper and doesn't blame him for visiting her so abruptly.
However, the Huo family is a noble family after all. How could Huo Shizhen's mother live in such a remote and strange place?
In other words, which nursing home would be built in such a place?
To this day, Lin Guantang more or less understands Huo Shizhen's life experience——
My father died early, and my mother is always ill and has been recuperating in a nursing home. She hasn't seen outsiders for a long time.
This is no longer a secret, anyone can find it out if they pay a little attention.
It would be better to say that Huo Shizhen had unique red eyes and silver hair, and was incompatible with both the Huo and Yuan families. He was also notoriously vicious and malicious in his behavior.
Even so, no one doubted his origins, and no one used topics like real or fake young master to deal with him in public, because his background was clear and there were traces to follow.
What about my life story? What is the truth?
Lin Guantang looked at the blurry shadow reflected in the glass window next to him. He actually had some bad guesses in his mind, but just because they were bad, he decided to turn a blind eye until the truth was deduced step by step.
Of course, if his fate really points to the truth of sin, he will not escape.
Only now——
Lin Guantang walked out of the elevator with Huo Shizhen holding his finger, and then walked towards an elevator with a spiral staircase going down.
——Just for now, let him escape temporarily.
Lin Guantang pressed his brow with his other hand, looking at the elevator going down in front of him, wondering how deep it would lead to.
He couldn't really guess what the nobles were thinking. They didn't want to live in high-rise buildings on the ground, but chose to burrow underground.
Is there another study that proves that patients can improve their condition better if they live in a sanatorium underground than above ground?
But Huo Shizhen's mother has not recovered for so many years, which shows that even if there is relevant research, it is most likely false.
While he was daydreaming, the downward path came to an end.
At the end is a winding corridor, and then a narrow passage of several dozen meters, at the end of which is a translucent glass door.
After pushing open the glass door, my face was covered with dazzling sunlight.
The fragrance of flowers, the singing of birds, and the sound of flowing water also came over.
The glass door opened automatically, and the moment the sunlight hit his face, Lin Guantang subconsciously closed his eyes and felt a tinnitus in his ears - or maybe it was an auditory hallucination.
Or it's an illusion.
Otherwise, how could he have returned to the ground again?
Shouldn't it be a basement that gets deeper the further down you go?
Lin Guantang looked up at the extremely bright sun above his head. Within a few minutes, he felt hot all over, dizzy, and his eyes were full of stars.
It seems that this is also a real sun. After spinning around for a long time, it inexplicably returned to the ground.
Now not only did my head hurt more, but my eyes also hurt, and my brain was so confused that I couldn't think straight.
Lin Guantang couldn't help but look away. There were still some residual spots of light of different sizes shifting in his eyes. After he finally adjusted to the light, he saw a garden-like courtyard.
It doesn't look like the skyscrapers that you would find in developed areas like the imperial capital, but more like a courtyard in a rural village.
The open spaces on both sides of the road are not planted with flowers, but with various vegetables, and snow-white rabbits running around in them. It looks more like a farmyard.
While Lin Guantang was looking around the courtyard, the half-closed door was opened and a man in home clothes walked out.
Lin Guantang set his eyes on the other person. He had short, neat hair and a face that was cold and tough, but also revealed a very familiar acrimonious air.
Lin Guantang subconsciously shifted his gaze to the face of Huo Shizhen next to him. Without any deep thought, he realized where this familiarity came from.
Exactly the same as Huo Shizhen.
But Huo Shizhen's facial features were deeper, sharper, tougher, and more rugged, probably because he inherited the facial features of another blood relative.
Without asking any further questions, Lin Guantang confirmed that the person in front of him was Huo Shizhen's mother.
Facts have proved that his guess was correct.
Huo Shizhen, acting as the middleman, introduced the situation with the simplest prophecy:
"Lin Guantang, my spouse, just got off the aircraft and is experiencing dizziness and headaches."
"Hara Akari, my mother, the activity time is between 2pm and 7pm."
It really sounds like introducing the patient to each other, even the patient's condition and the doctor's duty hours are clearly stated.
Lin Guantang was complaining in his heart. He had never seen such a weird meeting-the-parents plot.
Obviously Yuan Mingli thought so too.
"I never thought that with your personality, you could find an omega who could tolerate you."
Yuan Mingli looked Lin Guantang up and down and said with emotion:
"Still so young and beautiful, a rare S-rank."
Huo Shizhen replied calmly:
“Not everyone has a discerning eye.”
Yuan Mingli curiously asked, "Are you talking about you or Xiaolin?"
Huo Shizhen smiled: "Obviously it's definitely not you."
Lin Guantang stood aside with a decent smile on his face, but he had actually been gone for a while.
Isn't he meeting his parents? According to the general plot, he should be the one being bullied.
Why does it look like Huo Shizhen and his mother are hurting each other now?
And I became the fuse.
"You have a very annoying personality, right, Kobayashi-san?"
Yuan Mingli looked at Lin Guantang with a smile and commented on Huo Shizhen's actions without any hesitation.
Then he said with some relief: "It must be very torturous to be with him. It's really hard for you to tolerate him."
Lin Guantang couldn't say anything bad about Huo Shizhen in front of his mother, so he could only smile, shake his head and say:
"It's not hard, it's still very good to me."
Yuan Mingli showed a suspicious look.
Then he nodded as if he understood something, and said helplessly:
"You're in love now, so your shortcomings are also your strengths. Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. I understand."
Do you really understand?
Lin Guantang was skeptical.
He really thought so, not because he was blinded by emotions.
But it seemed that the person in front of him didn't believe it.
However, since nothing has happened that makes you unacceptable, don't question it so much.
After a brief exchange, Yuan Mingli turned around and led them back to the house to rest. The refreshments had been prepared in advance and were very much to Lin Guantang's liking.
During the conversation, he asked Lin Guantang some more questions, all of which were very enjoyable for him to talk about. There was nothing difficult or uncomfortable about it.
Even though it was just their first meeting, this simple conversation made Lin Guantang feel very fond of her. It can be seen that Huo Shizhen did not inherit his mother's interpersonal skills.
At the same time, Lin Guantang felt a little guilty because at the beginning, he subconsciously thought that she also had a mean aura, which was really unfair to a good person.
Fortunately, I didn't say anything rude.
After a pleasant exchange, Yuan Mingli carefully examined Lin Guantang's facial condition and asked with concern:
"Looking at your condition, are you sick?"
No.
Even after being reminded of this, Lin Guantang still felt a little dizzy and hadn't recovered.
But if you think about it, it's probably just a side effect of the aircraft and the wind, not a real illness.
Come to think of it, are there really big differences between aircraft and airplanes? Why do I still feel uncomfortable after such a long time?
Lin Guantang shook his head and said a little embarrassedly:
"Sorry, maybe it's my first time riding an aircraft and I'm not used to it, so I'm not in good condition."
So, when someone sees you looking tired, they think you're sick, right?
Lin Guantang once again felt the consideration of Huo Shizhen's mother. Generally speaking, if someone appeared tired during the first meeting, it would probably be misunderstood as a bad attitude, and few people would consider that the bad complexion was caused by illness.
I really don't know why Huo Shizhen is so sharp-tongued. He didn't inherit any of his mother's good qualities.
After hearing Lin Guantang's apology, Yuan Mingli smiled and shook his head, saying:
"It's nothing. If you feel tired, just take a nap. You'll be fine when you wake up."
They say they are not sick anymore.
Lin Guantang yawned and felt his eyelids getting heavier and heavier - well, he was indeed very sleepy.
I really want to sleep.
After shaking twice, Lin Guantang leaned towards Huo Shizhen next to him and fell into a deep sleep.
Yuan Mingli watched the whole process, looked at Lin Guantang's sleeping appearance, and then looked at Huo Shizhen's action of touching Lin Guantang's cheek, which seemed to be really affectionate and loyal, and showed a slightly disgusted expression.
Then he said in a cold tone:
"Deceiving human feelings is an unforgivable crime. I don't remember ever teaching you to use such cheap means to obtain information."
It was completely different from the gentle words he had just spoken to Lin Guantang. Instead, he revealed the same coldness as Huo Shizhen, and even his words were innately harsh.
——So Lin Guantang’s intuition was not wrong.
Huo Shizhen inherited this idea perfectly and carried it forward.
For example, at this moment, after hearing these words, he even bent down and kissed the sleeping person's cheek, then raised his head and looked at the other person and said:
"Even after living in seclusion for so many years, you still retain the common inferior prejudices of humans. I envy your sense of being alive."
Completely undisguised sarcasm.
Yuan Mingli could only take a deep breath, then stand up and walk towards the wall behind him.
Huo Shizhen reminded:
“Don’t do anything unnecessary.”
"When asking for help, you should act like you're asking for help. Is this the attitude you should take when asking for help?"
Yuan Mingli sneered and pressed a few buttons on the wall, and a bed slid out automatically.
Huo Shizhen had already picked up Lin Guantang and placed him on the bed. After it was fixed, the bed slid back automatically.
The wall has become a whole screen, displaying various data at the fastest speed.
After a while, various exclamation marks appeared, including a warning that an unknown information mark had been detected.
It should be said that when Lin Guantang entered the glass door, the system had already issued a warning that unknown information codes had invaded the system and automatically blocked the attack, so Lin Guantang felt tinnitus and headache.
But the counterattack was suspended in less than a second, leaving only the basic shield - the "consciousness mark" imprinted in the brain. If the system here continues to attack, even for only half a minute, it will directly damage Lin Guantang's brain, and turning him into an idiot would even be considered a good result.
Yuan Mingli stared at the data on the wall for a few minutes, sighed and said:
"You're really bringing trouble back."
Huo Shizhen leaned on a nearby stool, unimpressed: "The product of trouble shouldn't bring back trouble. What? Do you want to see the happy news of the empire's fall?"
Yuan Mingli sighed even longer:
"Then what use would you have, No. 1230? The Empire created you to protect the Empire, not to treat it as a toy. Don't forget your original mission."
An ambiguous light flashed across Huo Shizhen's eyes, and he slowly replied:
"I understand this quite well, and therefore I have brought him to you."
He looked at the screen in front of him—in the area representing the brain, there were faint markings:
"As the report states, Lilith invaded his subconscious and created a dream that lured him to a certain location—although that location clearly points to a mountain village, it's actually the Fugan District, and the mountain village is just a cover."
"Are you kidding?"
Yuan Mingli denied this without even thinking:
"Even if he had entered the simulated world and been marked by Lilith, Lilith can only influence the thoughts and consciousness of the experiencer within the simulated game. She is not powerful enough to project dreams from a distance, unless—"
"A higher-level system has intruded and activated this mark, but that's even more incredible. To achieve this, only Lilith's creator, or even X's creator, could do it."
"But x stands for the unknown, and as the metaphor suggests, it's an existence whose name remains unknown until now. Now you tell me that its true form can be easily revealed by a single photo. Isn't that ridiculous? It makes all the efforts of the past few years, and the people who worked for them, seem utterly foolish."
"If I were not stupid, why would I appear?"
Huo Shizhen accepted this very well, and even took the initiative to persuade her to let go of her sense of honor as a human being and not think that this was something unacceptable.
Although the content of the persuasion sounds more like some kind of ridicule:
"Blood ties are the most inseparable emotional connection for natural creatures. Don't you also have similar actions? There's no need to deny or despise them."
Yuan Mingli obviously took the persuasion as ridicule. He looked at Huo Shizhen with some anger, some coldness, and even a bit of resentment. In the end, he gave it all an ambiguous sneer and said:
"Are you sure that Kobayashi-san is related to the creator of X?"
She directly pointed out Huo Shizhen's guess, and the latter did not deny it. He nodded and said:
"Obviously."
Yuan Mingli said:
"But you don't plan to hand Kobayashi over."
Huo Shizhen felt a little bored. Humans just like to ask questions whose answers are already known, and his mother is no exception.
But still need to give a clear answer:
"yes."
Yuan Mingli closed his eyes and remained silent for a while. After opening his eyes, he said:
"No matter what you want to do, as the person involved, he has the right to know everything."
"I don't think there's any need to hide it either."
Huo Shizhen holds the same attitude on this point.
——Then why do you go to the trouble of making someone unconscious?
As Yuan Mingli watched in silence, Huo Shizhen said:
"Access the highest authority and completely cover the mark."
Yuan Mingli frowned:
“The system is not your personal property.”
"So it's for the sake of the Empire—"
Huo Shizhen had already thought of a response to this. Facing her increasingly ugly expression, he slowly and determinedly said:
"You must have the highest level of access. Do you want to be overtaken by others?"
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