Abyss Express

Foreword:

Good night, my little cat.

— Ernest Miller Hemingway

[Part① Be true to yourself]

Among the cabinets of the Council of Five Kings, a series of briefings were sent from the frontline strongholds.

That was an important message that Luo Ping'an sent back from Ginza Town, Shinto City, in the form of an external avatar.

"People will hide their true feelings for some reason, but cats can't." BOSS silently recited this famous quote from Hemingway, it took off its glasses and looked forward.

It just happened to see King Hunter resting on the sofa by the fireplace, just opened his eyes——

——Sleeping Beauty finally woke up, with a face in full bloom. It has been eight years since Jiang Xueming came to the Nine Realms platform.

Eight years later, King Hunter has not aged, but his memory has always been poor, and he always does this over and over again. It seems that he can never wake up, has repeated dreams forever, and can never get a rest.

"Sorry." King Hunter stood up, took the warm kettle from the grill next to the fireplace, and came to the desk of the council.

There was apology in her eyes, as if she felt ashamed - the boss was still working, how could she slack off?

The goat's milk was poured into the goblet, and as soon as the boss raised his claws, he held down the king hunter's arm.

"Thank you, but don't pour it for me now."

King Hunter: "How is the situation on the front line?"

BOSS: "Gunsmith and Meteor are both missing."

King Hunter: "Did the gunsmith ring the summons bell?"

BOSS: "Not yet."

There was a worried look in the Hunter King's eyes, and he muttered in a low voice——

"——If you can come back safely, it will be fine if you can come back safely."

"They must be safe and sound, otherwise 9527 and 3301 will be very sad"

"them."

BOSS: "Why don't you go there yourself?"

Hearing these words, King Hunter's face immediately changed, her eyes involuntarily glanced towards the cabinet door, and immediately returned to Ao Han Ming De's dark fur, as if with an incredible expression.

In the end, Ms. Cat Climb was both excited and terrified, and asked cautiously and tentatively.

"May I?"

"I'm just kidding!" The BOSS laughed loudly: "There is a news report from the Gate of All Wonders. There is a terrible plague in Shinto City. This plague is called VENOM. Venom mechanism. Homo sapiens who enter will have a small box."

"There are too many professional terms, and I will hand them over to the people in the scientific research institute for analysis."

"But there is one thing I can understand - because of this small box, the people in Shinto City have all turned into half-dead walking corpses. They have ghosts on them, ghosts named artificial intelligence."

Speaking of this, the boss lowered his head and raised his eyes, looking at the king hunter with deep meaning.

"The plague must not spread outward, not to mention the railway system, if this thing spreads to the mortal world, it will be a huge disaster-it is much more attractive than the brand of Vita."

The Hunter King didn't speak, but nodded slightly.

BOSS continued.

"From the information we have collected so far, the two masters of the Wumingshi are still active around Xiaoguandong, and Luo Ping'an's Hunwei is still going through the trial process. The information he sent back is very interesting—especially about you."

Ms. Cat Climb was refreshed and finally came to the topic.

The BOSS told the King Hunter everything he saw and heard in Ginza Town.

"Ping'an saw a bionic man exactly like you in an arsenal, do you have any clues? King Hunter?"

"The bionic cyborg is one of the six divisions of Shinto, and its code name is [Zhong Kui]. In legend, the god is a god of war who exorcises evil and avoids disasters. The aircraft produced by the Mitsubishi factory is also called Zhong Kui."

"The prototype of this bionic person used to be [Hot Wind·热风]'s wife, named Ishihara Tao."

"According to Luo Ping'an, when he saw the image of Zhong Kui, he was startled and thought you had come to Shinto City. He said hello for a long time, but he didn't receive a response, and Hun Wei was beaten up by the night watchman." , making everyone very embarrassed."

The hunter king didn't answer, she was waiting for the boss to finish talking.

Aohan Mingde dug out the crew information from the thick documents, as well as the file of the hunter's waiter, the mission records when on duty, and so on.

"My valet, you seem to have some secrets—everyone has secrets, and that's not surprising."

"It's just that Victor hasn't been able to dig out your secrets, which surprises me. Should I be surprised? Or should I be surprised?"

"Who the hell are you? Why is this happening? Do you have a magical power? Can't even [Hell's Highway] prove you?"

"Let me see"

BOSS uncovered the earliest crew log of King Hunter.

"You come from the Igarashi family, and your father's name is Igarashi Mingkong. Now the leader of the Frost Moon Knights, Igarashi Rongxi should call you aunt."

"Akira Igarashi is from Shinto City. He is from Kansai. He was an academician who returned to the Research Institute from the Shinto City Transportation Department in 1970 and engaged in research on semiconductor materials."

"You are the daughter of Igarashi Mingkong? I'm afraid this is not right? How old were you at that time?"

King Hunter pointed to the picture and text description on the information, feeling unsure in his heart: "It should be fourteen years old."

BOSS nodded, and continued following the resume.

"You joined the railway system. As a passenger, you quickly showed excellent spiritual talent. Eight years later, at the age of 22, you turned into a butterfly and participated in the 1978 Harvest."

King Hunter: "Yes."

"The other four kings were all eaten by 梼杌, it's a pity." The boss's gaze slowly shifted downwards, "I remember that the laws of the Nine Realms do not allow children under the age of 16 to receive pyroxene and sticks—why? Can you, a fourteen-year-old girl, run around?"

King Hunter: "I don't remember, Boss, you also know that my memory has always been poor."

"Your father is from the scientific research institute, so it shouldn't be difficult for him to stuff you with stones and sticks." The boss smacked his lips in amazement: "Then here comes the problem, Akira Igarashi has long since passed away, and no one knows who you are. No one, including yourself, remembers this, right?"

King Hunter: "Indeed."

"Before you became king, Victor also paid attention to the mental state of the passengers all the time. He has been doing translation work." The boss continued: "In our opinion, you have always been a forgetful girl. Other abnormalities, you eat, drink, and sleep like everyone else, you have been a passenger for four years, and you have been a waiter for four years, and you have soul power at the age of 22, and you are a very talented VIP."

King Hunter: "Indeed."

The boss scratched his head.

"To be honest, I really didn't expect a waiter who has been with me day and night for so many years."

"I don't understand how it can be related to the ghosts in Shendao City, and I'm at a loss."

"Your father gave you the name Igarashi Qianxia. After becoming king, this name will be abandoned."

King Hunter: "If you don't tell me, I will almost forget this real name."

[Part② Reflection]

Boss: "Then are you Chinatsu? Or Tao?"

The Hunter King had a bit of embarrassment on his face: "I don't know."

The boss sighed, and continued according to the task briefing sent back by Luo Pingan.

"According to my preliminary judgment, this [Zhong Kui], like other typical people, is an angel baby cloned from Shi Yuantao's genetic prototype."

"They have undergone DNA compilation and have evolved and iterated into multiple versions. If the hunter is still by your side, it is best not to let her go to Shinto City."

"She is most likely an angel baby. Judging by the age, it should be the earliest batch of experimental subjects around 1970."

"She doesn't have a VENOM mechanism, but the spiritual essence still retains the defects of VENOM-her memory is very poor, just like the Riemann thinking model, she may only have a short-term memory of eight years at most."

"She needs to try repeatedly to remember things that have happened before, even things she has done herself, will gradually become strange."

"The overly complicated events eight years ago will become simple symbols. She may only know what happened, but it is difficult to recall the specific process."

"The hunter king often has a feeling of hostility and distrust towards you. This strange sense of alienation comes from the harvest season-she just knows that you have eaten people, and almost ate her in one piece."

"In summary."

Boss pursed his lips, raised his head to examine the undead——

"—your father may well have deceived you, my little servant."

King Hunter frowned slightly, as if a little angry, but that anger became weaker and weaker, and she didn't even remember what Igarashi Mingkong looked like.

BOSS: "You are not his biological daughter, not even born of any natural person."

King Hunter: "Is that so?"

Boss: "When you heard the news from Shendao City just now, I could see that homesick expression."

Hunting King: "I really want to go there and have a look, especially after hearing you say it"

She thought for a while, raised her hand and put it down again, her expression became tense.

"When I uttered the word [Zhong Kui], there were other things. Like night patrol and day patrol, I seemed to remember something, but I couldn't figure it out clearly, so I became curious."

BOSS: "Unfortunately, girl, I can't let you go to this place."

King Hunter: "Then follow your arrangement."

BOSS; "You don't want to ask why?"

The King Hunter frowned and smiled: "I trust your decision."

The boss's eyes also became watery, and he didn't know what to say.

If Luo Ping'an's information is correct, then the fact that the hunter king is an early experimental subject of the angel baby is a certainty.

This big girl was born in 1956, and the cloning technology at that time had just started.

In 1952, scientists were just beginning to figure out how to replicate frog somatic cells.

This thing is a sensitive issue for all human beings, whether it is moral ethics or legal related issues.

In the short four years since then, Shendao City is very likely to frantically manufacture replicas of the core circle and scientific research workers in the form of technology sharing, and create the corresponding Riemannian thinking model, so there is this angel in the experimental stage. infant.

Imagine that one Einstein could come up with the theory of relativity, but what about two? What about ten? What about a hundred? What level of achievement can they achieve?

Mr. Ping'an and Ao Ruan Mingde solemnly told them not to let King Hunter return to the territory of Shendao City. She is very likely to be affected by [Zhong Kui]. A walking dead.

"It's difficult." The boss held his forehead, feeling that the matter was very difficult.

Based on the current combat corps of various railway ministries to estimate and deduce, if the mountains and rivers are far away to re-light the nodes of the Shinto City's various worlds, heavy losses will definitely be paid.

This exploration operation sent two T0-level fighters, and they couldn't get much benefit from these bionics. There is also a young talent who is about to be promoted to VIP.

Shinto City is like a cesspit, blow it up, God knows if the VENOM mechanism inside will start spreading the plague in the form of another virus.

For Homo sapiens, the allure of virtual space is much stronger than exploring the underground world.

What is the most beautiful thing in the world? Is it rewarded after paying?

Ao Han Mingde can only make the most basic promise, that is to work hard, and the boss will never treat you badly.

But in the virtual digital world, in the community constructed by VENOM·Venom Agency. Everyone can get something for nothing and get almost eternal happiness. It can stimulate brain nerves, it can construct false experiences, and it can let people get things that they can't have in reality through modules.

In this digital world, there is no ordinary, no ordinary.

Every day is fresh, surprising, exciting and dazzling.

On the other side of Howling Ridge is a society that has lost its vitality. The traditional Homo sapiens of the old era are about to die out, and new typical people will immediately build a new social form.

Even if the modules of these typical people are separated and their experiences are mosaiced and stitched according to different elements, it is enough for any typical person to have fun for a lifetime.

They can be a typical young man, a typical young woman, a typical father, a typical mother.

There are typical loves, which can be divided into male-female love and same-sex love. Simultaneous polyamorous love or multiple extramarital affairs, or different partners, different classic star skins, are performed in a chimeric manner with different modules.

This kind of love story alone can kill a person for more than ten years.

A typical person cannot experience all the mods in the community from birth to death.

These experiences become new modules, and so on and on, so evolving.

There will no longer be a new classic, but a derivative of the classic, a derivative of the fan, a fan of the fan, and a derivative of the derivative.

As Conquer Johnny said - there was an invisible ghost that grabbed the human ankle tightly and could no longer move forward.

At this moment, King Hunter came to Haomao, wanting to share some worries for the boss.

"You seem distressed?"

The boss waved his claws and explained patiently: "Shinto City is a military-industrial complex. Besides the Little Kanto, there are at least sixteen barracks. This exploration should have stopped at the Little Kanto. I'm worried about Bu Meteor. And the mental state of the gunsmith, although the VENOM that was first captured from the zombie train was inactive, and there were no signs of electronic plague, but it is not guaranteed that these two boys will come back with dirty ghosts. "

The Hunter King replied indifferently: "I trust these two young men, and you should trust them too."

The BOSS looked up, and saw the cat climbing lady open her arms, as usual, she wanted to hug the cat, and let the BOSS sleep in her arms for a while.

King Hunter patted the table lightly, wanting to urge the boss to take a nap.

"According to the information passed by Mr. Ping'an, Hot Wind and the pyroxene of Meteor are of the same color system and the same type of attributes. This is the only way he must go-fate favors the brave, he is a brave boy .”

"I think even if they meet [Zhong Kui], meet another me, they should be able to overcome the enemy."

"The two little fellows of Anonymous have grown up, and they are men who stand upright."

Ao Han Mingde climbed up the hunter's arms, and slowly curled up in the hunter's arms.

King Hunter walked back to the fireplace, sat in front of the warm flames, followed Ao Han Mingde, and gradually closed his eyes.

"now is our recess time."

She was whispering softly, always looking like she couldn't wake up.

"Good night, my kitten."