Superpowers of Sky City

Chapter 458 The Illusory Song of the Cyber ​​Ghost (5)

"Gongsun Ce~Gongsun Ce~"

Qi Luo went out the door first, and called twice in front of the room door.Gongsun Ce said he would come right away, but he was still discussing business matters with everyone.She stomped on her little leather boots on purpose, trying to make a bigger noise as a reminder, but the corridor of the hotel was covered with thick carpets, and the wine-red plush absorbed all her petty temper. Not a trace was left.

Qi Luo waited patiently for a while, but Gongsun Ce didn't plan to come out yet, so she said angrily, "Really! I'll go first!"

She picked up the guitar, used her abilities to hide herself angrily, and walked into the elevator alone.This guy treats everyone with a considerate and gentle look, but he always loses the chain at critical moments, either being stupid or procrastinating.Are those discussions and guesses so important, you have to leave your unhappy girlfriend aside and talk about it by yourself...

Thinking of this, Qi Luo was slightly taken aback.Those things are very important. It involves the security of a state or even a country. Compared with it, what is a girl who is in a bad mood?What right does she have to ask everyone to put down their business and take care of themselves first? Wouldn't that be making trouble for no reason, like the squeamish woman on TV who only caused trouble for everyone.

Then Qi Luo realized that she was thinking too much. She actually didn't cause trouble to everyone, because it would make no difference if she was with or without her when talking about serious business.She can't keep up with those big plans, and can't figure out the twists and turns between the enemy and us. During the peace talks a few days ago, everyone should be thinking about whether the other party's intelligence is true or not, but she is thinking about what to do when the world is about to be destroyed. What should I do?She just thought of the end of the final peace talks in such a panic. During the period, she didn't have a constructive speech, and she acted as a perfect atmosphere group.

In fact, it's the same with or without her.

Qi Luo bowed her head sadly, telling herself not to think about these anymore, and not to make herself feel bad.She walked out of the hotel with the guitar on her back and wandered around the unfamiliar streets.There are holographic projections everywhere in the Sound Curtain City, and the photos and videos of purple-haired female stars float around the bus stop signs and shop windows. Everywhere you go, you can see Ariel’s advertisements, Ariel’s programs, and Ariel’s songs ...Walking in the colorful city, she felt that she had stepped into a big maze. The woman looked at her with disdain everywhere, and every line of the lyrics was her ridicule.

Qi Luo felt that she was going to be out of breath, she ran with the guitar on her back, went against the flow of people, and ran away from the city center.Panting from running, she finally got out of the gorgeous street and entered a simple and plain stone road.

Here and the city center under the neon lights are like two worlds. There are not many pedestrians on the road, and there are old residential buildings on both sides of the road. The stone church built in the center of the street exudes a peaceful atmosphere.There were few sounds on the road and it was surprisingly quiet.Qi Luo breathed a sigh of relief, sat down casually on the side of the street, and took out his guitar.

She thought of her life before her official debut. When she was in junior high school, she often sang on the street. She couldn't make money but always got a good mood.Thinking of the smile on the girl's face again, she temporarily lifted her invisibility, plucked the strings of the guitar, and prepared to sing.

"Hello? If I may ask, do you have an audio-visual license?"

The low-pitched male voice came to Qi Luo's ears, and the steady tone carried the rigidity and sternness unique to middle-aged men.Qi Luo tensed up subconsciously, the voice reminded her of her father.A man in a purple priest's robe was walking slowly, with the concern of an elder in his eyes.

"I'm Varo Petar, the Patriarch of the Catholic Church." The purple-robed man showed his ID and asked again, "Do you have a license?"

"What is a license?" Qi Luo asked blankly.The purple-robed priest had an "I knew it" expression on his face, and talked to her about the current situation of the Sound Curtain City.

"...so if you want to sing outside, you need to take an advanced certificate. Or you should go to a professional facility, a video theater or a church."

After Valo finished his explanation tirelessly, he noticed a complex expression of resentment and dissatisfaction on the girl's face.

"But how unfair it is! There are audiovisual advertisements everywhere in the city center..."

"The city center has the best protective force field in the state, but this street doesn't have such good protective facilities." Varo said with a straight face, "I didn't scare you, a young man had an accident just last week He thought he was good enough to sing secretly, but the singing blew up a bungalow and disfigured himself."

The anger on Qi Luo's face disappeared like a discouragement, and was replaced by a faint disappointment.The girl protested in a low voice: "But this is very unfair, why only a small number of people can sing... the saints will be angry if they see it..."

Valo shook his head slowly.The patriarch is a middle-level management higher than the church priests in the church, and his jurisdiction is the church power of the entire Real Sound State.He had just finished inspecting the churches in this city and was already deeply tired, but the instincts he had developed as a clergyman all the year round still made him start preaching tirelessly.

"If you read the holy scriptures carefully outside of the course, you will be able to find the views of the saints." Qiluo's common language is fluent, and Varo thought the girl was a congregation. "The saint said: 'Mo Indulge in the illusory beauty, and find the weight of reality in labor', he encourages people not to blindly pursue dreams, but to face real life more squarely."

"How could the saint say that?"

Varo frowned, thinking that the girl probably didn't pay attention in history class.He didn't find it strange that there were many young people like this in the Real Sound State.

"Because in ancient times, many people were obsessed with singing and forgot the reality. Thousands of years ago, the State of Real Sound was an extreme area where status was determined by singing. People farmed and built buildings by singing. Almost everything can be done with songs. Singers and Artists became rulers with power in their hands. Do you think how abnormal the society was at that time? Everyone wanted to be a singer, but they forgot the life in front of them, and they forgot a lot of things they could do without singing."

Qi Luo dissatisfied: "But now is not ancient times!"

"The essence of things is the same, they are all fanaticism for fantasy." Varo said seriously, "Children like you always want to be singers, rely on singing and art to get ahead and support your family. But you are always unwilling to face up to a The reality is that earning a living through the arts is the privilege of a few, and the singing of most amateur bands is of little value."

Qi Luo pursed her lips: "You speak too harshly, you don't understand this field at all."

"I'm talking about reality, boy. Even without an audiovisual license, there are not many stars in this city. Every time I watch those children spend a lot of time queuing up and doing research, it hurts for them. How much precious time they wasted! Those time could be used for reading, exercising, and doing more things that are beneficial to life. But when they wake up, it is too late, youth has been wasted, peers have In addition to work and family, they still hold their guitars and basses and worry about tomorrow's food..."

Varo didn't finish, because the girl left without saying goodbye, and hurried away with her guitar on her back, with the unique stubbornness of young people on her back.He thought of the long queue at the gate of the church waiting to borrow a venue, and he became more and more helpless: "Oh! Dreams hurt people."

Pa, a drop of rain fell on the stone road.It started to rain, and Varo hurried back to church for shelter.The gray gravel road was dyed black under the beating of raindrops, and the gloomy rain blew a cold wind, like a ghost wandering in a story.

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"Miss, did you find Qiluo?!" Gongsun Ce asked.

"The mobile phone can't get through, Shigure Ling is preparing the person-finding technique."

Gongsun Ce was running on the streets of the Yincurtain City. He probed out his telekinetic power to scan the city over and over again, but no matter how he searched, he returned in vain.Qi Luo probably hid herself. Did she encounter danger or did she act subconsciously?Who will attack them?Ariel Kalash?But that woman is clearly still in the family mansion...

Gongsun Ce stopped.The rain started to fall, and the pedestrians on the street disappeared unconsciously. It seemed that the moment the heavy rain fell, the world was divided into two distinct areas, and he stepped into the silent end.There are no pedestrians here, only the rain, a muddy rain boot stepped out of the raindrops, and a burly man in a hockey mask stood on the other side of the street, with a chainsaw buzzing in his hand.

"...I met a horror horror." Gongsun Ce narrowed his eyes.

"Are you serious?" Shi Yuling's voice interjected, "I beat him to ashes with my own hands, so he can still live?"

"Seriously. How are you doing?"

"If you encounter a little trouble, solve it immediately. Elandia said that this is a trap technique achieved by the environment, and asks you to find a way to stop the rain before breaking it."

Gongsun Ce put the phone back in his pocket, and the supposedly dead Horror stepped out of the raindrops and swung the chainsaw at him.Gongsun Ce's right arm turned into an iron-gray gun barrel. He waved his arm expressionlessly, and the prosthetic gun barrel tore through the raindrops and smashed hard at the chainsaw man's torso, crushing him into countless raindrops in an instant.

He threw out an illusory gray snake with his backhand, causing Xu Yanyin to swim away in the rain.The undead terror charged again, and Gongsun Ce's fingertips ignited a bit of gray nirvana.

"roll."

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On the other side of the city, Shigure Rei casually crushed the communication charm.

The flickering light illuminated a pair of pointed leather shoes, and a thin man in an exaggerated white dress stood under the streetlight, with a smile painted on his face with colorful ink.There is also a strange slender human figure standing on the top of a tall building and looking down, its dark purple skin is as cold as steel and as sharp as a blade, and the raindrops were smashed to pieces when it touched it.

"Hee hee hee! We are being underestimated, arrogant puppet!" The man in white let out an ugly laugh, "She said we are, hee hee, what a little trouble!"

"Do your job well, happy devil." The blade figure on the tall building lowered its head and made an inorganic cold voice, "Arrogance and arrogance will make them regret it."

Without saying a word, Qin Qianbai walked forward with a knife in hand. Elandia reminded, "Please be careful, Miss Qin. Their power is stronger than that of the horror horrors."

"I'll do it quickly."

The storm broke out again in the rain, and all the crew members fell into a battle situation, and no one knew where Qi Luo was.

The rain is getting heavier.

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[All the members of the Venus Star were dragged down by the troupe actors, and there was no help in such a huge city.

Reincarnation is useless, and the sword cannot be drawn. Even if the city is burned to the ground with the sword energy of Nirvana Flame, the "information life form" is still in the trap. The "Sword Holder" immediately sent Snake Body to find Ranger's assistance, but unfortunately, this attack was not only rain of fear, but also the sound of confusion.Even if "Ranger" Sevis stopped the rain, the trap was still unbreakable! 】

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Qi Luo hid herself again, standing under the eaves of the clothing store, sheltering from the rain alone.The rainwater stagnant on the side of the street turned into a dirty mirror, reflecting the sad face of the girl.

She was in too much of a hurry when she came out, thinking about carrying the guitar but forgot to bring the umbrella.But when you go out with Gongsun Ce, you don't need rain gear. His telekinetic power is always very convenient and can protect everyone from the wind and rain.Thinking of this, Qi Luo's mood became even more depressed. She always wanted to ask Gongsun Ce for help when encountering things, but she still couldn't do anything by herself.

Qiluo ran away after hearing half of the preaching of Varo Zongchang. It's not that he couldn't understand it, but he had heard too much in the past.The priest was the same person as her parents, so rigid that he couldn't understand human feelings, and he could tell the reality and the truth with his mouth.Every time I listen to their lectures, Qiluo feels panicked in her heart. Those words are like transparent walls blocking the road of life. The world seems to be a vast place, but wherever you go, you will hit a wall, so you can only walk honestly. The path they choose for you.

Once, Qi Luo couldn't hold back her rebuttal that everyone has the right to pursue their dreams, and then she was reprimanded even more angrily.Why do you think you can succeed?What should you do if you can't support yourself in the future?Your parents still want to count on you to support them when they are old. Who should we count on after decades of you insisting on going your own way?No matter how much dissatisfaction there is after such a conversation, I can’t say it anymore. Besides, I am ignorant, filial and unreasonable, so my face is blank, and there is no extra emotion. I just nodded and said that I squeezed out a sensible smile. , Said Mom and Dad, you understand me right.

It's ridiculous to think about it now. In another 20 years, even the world may be destroyed. At this time, she is still thinking about her dreams.

Qi Luo felt more and more oppressed, and her chest felt as uncomfortable as if she couldn't breathe.She took out her phone and wanted to talk to everyone, anyone.

The phone screen lights up and shows No Signal in the upper right corner.

Qi Luo's eyes widened, and the long-overdue vigilance pierced her brain like a needle.This is the largest city in the Real Sound State, why is there no signal here?How did she find out that she had lost communication until now?Gongsun Ce has always been cautious and has always protected her more. How could he let himself go out alone without contacting her?
The torrential rain fell on the ground, and the white water splashed and wet the surface of the little leather boots.It was only then that Qi Luo noticed that the street became deserted at some point, there was no one in the rain, and the world was so empty that it seemed that only she was there.Qi Luo panicked, she knew this was definitely not a normal situation.She turned back along the road in her memory and ran straight to the hotel where everyone lived.

She dare not take the bus or go to the subway station. In the hidden state, no enemy can find her immediately, so she must be more careful not to fall into the trap.The enemy used a wide range of mental attacks to target her specifically. Qi Luo knew that she had no means of protection around her, and if she was caught, she would fall to death.

Qi Luo ran silently in the rain, not daring to make a sound.She told herself that she would be safe if she didn't want to find everyone, and stop thinking about miscellaneous things to disturb her emotions, but her pace slowed down.Qiluo heard the sound, people's voices came out in the rain, and the sound of the rain created a hallucinatory water curtain.

It was two men in white coats chatting in the laboratory with coffee cups.

"What's the progress of the project with the doppelganger ability?"

The younger white coat was elated: "It went very well. I checked and found that the girl wanted to be an idol, so I asked the doctor for some funding and promised to help her realize her dream. She signed the contract very quickly, absolutely legal and reasonable. Come up with a problem."

"It's really yours! This long-term project won't be short of materials for at least three years." His senior looked envious, "But do you have enough funds? I remember that the equipment for professional tuning is quite expensive..."

"Just use the outdated old stuff to fool me, are you really throwing money at her?" The young white coat looked disdainful, "I saved 70% of the expenses this time!"

"Hey, how can I save money on composing music?"

"Let her write it herself, the contract only promises to provide assistance, who cares what she will do!" said the white coat proudly, "Anyway, she doesn't even lose her memory after the experiment is completed, so she doesn't have to worry about extra details."

"It's ruthless~"

"Didn't they all choose it themselves? If you have the opportunity to realize your dream, you have to pay the corresponding price."

The water curtain dissipated with the two people's journey, Qi Luo bit her lips tightly, reminding herself not to fall into the trap with pain.That should have happened a long time ago, she just signed a contract with the white coats to cooperate.At that time, she was still a simple girl, thinking it was a good deal, but she didn't think of the price she would pay.

Qi Luo forced herself to move forward, not to be confused by the illusion.And the rain kept falling, and new visions followed, and she couldn't look away, because the same scene was everywhere.This time, Qi Luo saw that she communicated with seniors in the industry when she first debuted. Many people ridiculed her and said that her resources were too poor to be noticed.

"Are you still using equipment from 10 years ago? How shabby is your office?" The senior who made his debut a year earlier laughed.

"Compose your own music? Don't be stupid, I really think you can do it well." The old man preached while smoking a cigarette, "Don't bother with your artistic skills, change to a new version of the software earlier and avoid going astray."

On that day, Qiluo realized that there were few pure natural singers in the industry more than ten years ago. Everyone's voice has been modulated countless times. Everyone's songs are custom-made products written with special software, without technical skills. With the support of capital and capital, even geniuses cannot emerge.But her equipment is poor, her support is limited to the point of charity from the white coats, she can only write lyrics and compose music by herself.

The high school student Qi Jingxuan in the picture went back to the white coat and begged humbly for help. She got a second contract, more professional equipment and support in exchange for double the experiment time.But she still had to write lyrics and compose music by herself. The white coat gave her a software that claimed to be able to create a "perfect product", but Qiluo knew that it was a free product that had been eliminated long ago, and it was useless.

"Stop acting." Qi Luo begged in a low voice.But the water curtain didn't listen to her, and the illusion of the past was still stubbornly broadcasting. Watching her divide time into countless small pieces, rush to the laboratory and performance site, and then use the double body to learn, high school students There was a lot of talk about her.

"That Qi Jingxuan doesn't seem to have any friends at all." "She must be very busy, I heard that she has signed a white coat contract." "You are looking for a dead end..." "To be honest, it is better to stay away from her, because if you get close, you will be dragged away Experiment."

The high school days just flashed by in a lonely way. There are not many scenes worth playing, and they are often discussed and ridiculed by classmates.Later, Qi Jingxuan simply stopped going to school. She used her double body to watch cartoons and play games at home, providing herself with a little comfort...

Qi Luo closed her eyes, covered her ears, and walked forward in the rain relying on her own memory.But she is an information life form, she can always perceive everything around her.The picture in the water curtain became her parents again, and her mother scolded severely and anxiously in front of the screen.

"Qi Jingxuan, tell me honestly what you've been doing recently! Have you been involved in something dangerous!"

"I don't have one." Qi Jingxuan, a high school student, said dully, "I don't have one."

"Don't try to lie, can you still hide it from your parents? Let me tell you..."

"Stop acting!!"

Qi Luo in reality couldn't take it anymore, she opened her eyes and yelled, smashing the water curtain with a guitar case.But Qi Luo regretted it the moment he took the shot, the broken face in the water curtain showed a strange smile, and the rain in reality became very, very fast.

She ran forward without saying a word, and the surrounding buildings were melting under the impact of the heavy rain. Countless familiar voices came from the rain, speaking words she had heard before.

"It's so pitiful, her stupidity has brought herself to a dead end..."

"She got nothing."

"Another girl killed by a dream."

There is no light in the melting world, and everyone appears in the darkness.Gongsun Ce and Qin Qianbai are practicing martial arts, Shigure Zero and Ailandiya are discussing impermanence, and what about her?Qi Luo is always watching from the sidelines, making jokes, she can also talk, how else can she participate in everyone's discussion?

— Only she has no meaning at all, and is a vassal of other members.

—What did you do on that ship?Do you sing for everyone?
Ariel's sneers resounded, like a sharp dagger stabbing into Qi Luo's heart.The girl clutched her chest tightly, she was crying silently, but she was still walking forward, striding forward, humming an ugly song.

She also has songs.

She won't break down because of this, she still has her own song.If you can sing, there will always be tomorrow, you can withstand the pressure, and if you can sing, you will have the motivation to live.

Suddenly there was a gunshot from a distance, and the sound of rain stopped, and the surrounding environment was so quiet that it made people worry.Qi Luo thought she was going to be saved, but still no one came to her side.She turned her head and looked back in a daze, and found that the rainwater gathered from all directions, flowed backwards, and condensed into a huge screen at the end of the darkness.

The protagonist on the screen is the female college student Qi Jingxuan, who has grown up after four years of experience.The white coats saw business opportunities in her, and now she is supported by first-class equipment in the industry.She still insists on composing music by herself, because she thinks it is one of her few "dreams".

She wakes up early in the morning and still goes to the park to hang her voice. After morning practice, she goes to work on the recording of the idol's work, and writes down the lyrics and melody in her spare time.Her lunch was two simple sandwiches, and after that she hurried to the laboratory to start a new experiment.She summoned a doppelgänger in the virtual environment, a pink-haired girl who looked completely different from her own, as if she had come out of an animation.

Then at the moment of preparation for oneness, an accident happened.

There was a sudden power failure in the laboratory, and the out-of-control equipment knocked the tired black-haired girl unconscious. Her body fell to the ground, her eyes closed and her side face looked like a vivid painting, with a strange sense of serenity.But the order to unite has been issued, and the ability has been faithfully activated...then the black-haired girl broke into pieces that cannot be seen clearly, and turned into light and merged into the body of the doppelganger.

Qi Jingxuan died.

"—"

Qi Luo stared blankly at all this, her arms drooping weakly.But the drama in the water curtain is still playing cruelly. The pink-haired girl escapes from the laboratory, loses her memory, and sits alone on the street singing with her guitar in her arms.In the water curtain, she looked so innocent and simple, as if she was isolated from all the troubles in the world.

A strange voice came from the muddle, as lofty as a theater spectator and as indifferent as a machine.

"Is that your song?"

No.Those songs have nothing to do with her like troubles, they are all Qi Jingxuan's troubles, they are Xingli's songs.But she is Qiluo, she is a double body that has become a spirit.She thought that she was still a human being, and that her memories were all the real past, but in fact her life really started on that day, and her cognition was all based on self-righteous lies.

Qi Luo used to be able to comfort herself, she still has a singing voice and she can simply be an idol.But now even the songs are fake, she has nothing from the beginning to the end.

So what does she exist for?
The rain sounded again, and the pouring rain soaked her hair and clothes.Gongsun Ce seemed to have said some heart-warming sentences before, but she couldn't remember them, and she didn't want to think about them anymore.What lingers in her mind are false past events, the troubles that Qi Jingxuan is facing, family, difficulties, dreams, and the coming disillusionment...

But in fact, you don't like to sing and you are not an idol. You are just a ghost born by accident, stealing the past of that girl who loves to sing.

Qiluo felt that her "self" seemed to be locked up, and became tiny under oppression, so small that it didn't exist.Zila, Zila.She heard the old electric sound resounding in the void, and her body became looming, like an unsustainable projection in a malfunctioning machine.The red guitar faded away first, as if it was about to disperse when the wind blows.

Qi Luo thought to herself that she should also leave, and go where she was supposed to go.

She trembled and stretched out her illusory hand, wanting to touch the sky with her last strength before she died.

At this time, a ray of light lit up in the distance, as if the blade of a knife tore through the rain, followed by a shocking roar like a mountain collapsing.The sound was as violent as King Ming's roar in the mural, and Qi Luo subconsciously stood up in shock.

She saw the dark world shake violently, and the endless rain curtain shivered and shattered.A lightning-like pure white crack burst out at the end of the darkness, and the extremely violent blow pierced through the rainy night, that power caused the whole world to collapse in a groan!

There is no more rain and no more darkness.The gray-haired man stood at the end of his field of vision with a ferocious steel in his hand, his black clothes and cloak rustling in the night wind.Qi Luo forgot to speak, and also forgot to disappear, just stared blankly at the man who disarmed and walked quickly, grabbing her by the shoulder.

"You idiot, stupid woman!" Gongsun Ce yelled furiously, "What the hell do you want to do? Suicide? What will I do if you die?!"

"I, I, I..." Qi Luo stammered.

"I asked you, what the hell would I do if you died?!"

The man roared again, he had never lost such a temper to Qi Luo before.Qi Luo noticed that there were several wounds on his body, and she realized once again that this man really cared about her, and he was angry because he was really afraid of her death.

"I won't die." Qi Luo whispered, "I won't die."

Gongsun Ce's anger dissipated immediately, and he hugged the poor girl into his arms.

"Come on, come back with me."

"Yeah ok ok."

(End of this chapter)