Chapter 146 It's not an endless wait

Chapter 146 It's not an endless wait

Chapter 146 It's not an endless wait
It is not surprising to see Han Xiaoyan here. She and all the long-legged nurses in the ward came here to provide reinforcements, but the results were not satisfactory. All the medical staff were infected, and the passage in front was almost blocked at this moment.

Luo Xi's approach startled the infected people, and the mold faces on their bodies all looked towards Luo Xi.

But soon, the target was shifted.

Did not attack Luo Xi.

The reason is very simple. Luo Xi is also an infected person now. There are even more mold faces gathered on his back. It looks like he is carrying several terrifying human heads on his back.

At this moment, Luo Xi was almost overwhelmed. He held onto the wall and tried to move forward. The parasitic mold on his back was so heavy that it felt like he was carrying a person weighing over 100 pounds.

When they got close to the infected people, they also ignored Luo Xi, including Han Xiaoyan, who had no expression on her face.

Luo Xi simply squeezed out a passage from the crowded crowd.

Now his vision was very blurry, and the feeling of dizziness made everything around him distorted and very unreal. Even his sense of touch was disappearing. For example, although he was holding on to the wall, Luo Xi could not feel the wall at all. He could not even feel the existence of his fingers.

What supported Luo Xi at this moment was his willpower.

After finally making his way through the crowd of infected people, Luo Xi saw a door at the end of the corridor.

The thick mold around the door should have grown randomly, but at this moment, it actually formed into scary human faces, as if it was framed for the door, or like a door to hell. Luo Xi even thought that he might have hallucinated, and the mold on the door grew extremely delicate patterns, as if they were the work of some master artist.

The distance to the folding door was only a few meters long, but for Luo Xi, it was like climbing a mountain. He put almost all his strength into it and finally grasped the door handle, using his last bit of strength to open the door.

A creak.

Luo Xi stumbled in, he lifted his eyelids which seemed to weigh a thousand pounds and took a look.

The room is clean.

There were no medical equipment as expected, no isolation beds, no perverted doctors in white coats, in fact, there was nothing in the room.

There was only a table in the middle of the room. Behind the table was a chair with a man in black clothes sitting on it. The table was covered with various draft papers scattered everywhere. The man in black was holding a pen in his hand as if he was thinking hard.

After hearing the door open and someone coming in, the other party was extremely surprised.

It was as if he had never expected that someone would come in from that side of the door.

He looked at Luo Xi in surprise, and seemed to mutter, "Is there a bug? How could someone come in at this time?"

He looked at Luo Xi and shook his head again, with an indifferent tone: "But it doesn't matter, I'm going to die soon, hey, wait a minute."

The other party seemed to realize something was wrong and immediately stood up and looked at Luo Xi again.

"The infection is so deep that five ghost faces have condensed into it. Not only is he not dead, but he can also find this place and open this door despite all the suffering and desires. Who the hell are you?" The man in black walked over with a frown.

After just two steps, he suddenly stopped.

Then stared at Luo Xi's face.

At this time, Luo Xi's eyes were blank and he was dead.

According to the mechanism of the level scene, when the fungal virus condenses into a ghost face, the infected person will die. However, Luo Xi actually endured the mental attack that was enough to kill a normal person and formed five ghost faces.

At this moment, the sixth ghost face is almost taking shape.

But he died anyway.

Then his body fell to the ground with a bang, like a warrior falling on the way to charge.

But a dead person is a dead person.

Logically, there is nothing to be afraid of, but at this moment, the man in black stared with his eyes wide open, looking as if he had seen a ghost.

Even for some unknown reason, his body was shaking.

"Am I seeing things?" He muttered to himself. He couldn't help swallowing his saliva. His throat trembled up and down because of nervousness. "I must be seeing things. It can't be him."

The Man in Black muttered to himself, trying to convince himself, trying to walk back to his desk and perfect the mechanics of this damn scene.

But when he walked to the seat, he couldn't sit down.

The next moment, he looked up, walked quickly to the side of the corpse, and squatted down. These actions were swift and decisive, showing a kind of determination and decisiveness, but when he stretched out his hand to turn the corpse over, he still showed that kind of nervousness and entanglement.

Finally, he ignored the six moldy faces and twelve scarlet eyes that had already solidified on the corpse's back and turned the corpse over.

Unfortunately, the surface of the body was completely covered with mold, including the face and facial features.

The man in black tried to tear off the mold, but his face and flesh were torn off together because the mold had completely transformed the body.

"Grass!"

The man in black cursed angrily and tried to peel off the mold again, but still to no avail. The corpse had begun to slowly melt under the corrosion of the mold, and the speed was very fast.

In a short while, the entire body disappeared, including the clothes, which were melted by a large amount of mold.

"Damn thing!"

The man in black was furious. He raised his hand and waved it. A large amount of mold virus burned directly and turned into ashes.

Many mold viruses, including those at the door, were also affected and a large area was cleared out.

The man in black did not get the result he wanted.

This seems to be a good thing, but to him, it is more like a fishbone stuck in his throat, unable to go up or down, and it just makes him feel uncomfortable.

"Did I see it wrong?"

The man in black stood there thinking for a long time before he came to his senses. He ran to the desk like crazy and picked up an old-fashioned landline phone that had no telephone line connected to it. He carefully dialed a number.

But as soon as he picked up the phone, he pressed it quickly again.

"No, I must have seen it wrong. There is no need for me to make a fuss over an illusion, and there is no need for me to cause trouble for myself. Yes, I must have seen it wrong, I saw it wrong."

The city at night is beautiful.

Lights flashed and cars moved by.

Some people say that roads, people and vehicles are the blood vessels of the city. The city is alive only when people are traveling in the active traffic.

“The prosperity seen by the eyes may just be an illusion. The underlying color of this world is false, a lie. Then everything built on the lie, no matter how real it looks, is not true. What we pursue is to find the truth.”

10:57 pm, Time Assembly Hall.

It should have been very late, but at this moment, there were many luxury cars and many people rushing towards the Time Assembly Hall. Some people had already entered. This place, which was quite deserted in the daytime, became even more prosperous at midnight.

The hall was almost full.

Many people knew each other and greeted each other. Some were injured and bleeding, but they didn't care at all. They still ate meat and drank wine with big mouthfuls, as if they would die in the next second, so they had to enjoy themselves while they were still alive.

A young-looking man was holding a wine glass, drinking extremely expensive red wine, and talking to the people around him, but his tone was very mature.

"Reality is the most precious thing. Although I wear a dress worth hundreds of thousands of yuan, a watch worth millions, and I can even call the most beautiful female stars here to play with me all day, but this is all fake, just like playing computer games. No matter how awesome you are, it is just a false self-satisfaction. What's more, I don't get any satisfaction from it."

The middle-aged man complained loudly.

The people around him seemed to have gotten used to it. Some were listening, while others were simply daydreaming and doing their own things.

This young man has a nickname, Old A.

No one knows his real name, but many real senior memory collectors know that he is the deputy leader of the Time Elders Association and a senior memory collector who has been reincarnated for who knows how many cycles.

It is said that the people of the Time Elders' Council possess the longest chain of memory, and it is even passed down through inheritance, which means that there are people in this organization who are specifically responsible for preserving memories.

The person who founded the Time Gathering House once said that during the days of confinement, memory is the most important and the most real thing, but unfortunately, memory can be tampered with.

For example, there are a few people who are specifically responsible for preserving various memories. Even the core members of the Elders Council do not know the identity of the "memory preservers". They do not need to conquer scenes, do not need to take risks, and can obtain a sufficient number of [memories] every cycle day.

All they have to do is write down a lot of things in a safe place.

Keep it in mind.

In addition, there are clerks.

Because of the existence of special card props, some books and papers can avoid the reset of the cycle day and retain the text, so the relatively safe way to verify memory or "history" is to correspond the two.

Only those that match and are consistent will be regarded as real "history". Otherwise, there is a possibility that it has been tampered with.

During the days of confinement, there were people who specialized in this.

And everything that happened on each past cycle day is considered "history" for the present.

As the second person in the Time Elders' Council, Old A certainly knew this secret. Moreover, the 'No. 1' of the Time Elders' Council was extremely mysterious, and few people knew the identity of 'No. 1', and this person almost never showed up, so in fact many things of the Elders' Council, including the business of the gathering place, were handled by Old A and the people he arranged.

In a corner outside this top circle, several hot women were talking in low voices.

Their topic, of course, was related to the top brass at the gathering place over there.

"See? That handsome young man is Old A. He is the one who can stand at the top of the memory collectors. He is a real strong man. I heard that he has saved more than two hundred memories, which means that he has safely passed through two hundred cycle days."

"real or fake?"

"Baozhen, if you can get close to such a person, you will be safe. Not only will you not have to worry about your future survival, but you can also gain knowledge that others don't know. As for the quality of life, it goes without saying that you can get all the high-quality material enjoyment you can think of."

"What are you waiting for? Hurry over there." A beautiful girl pulled her clothes down on her chest, revealing her full and deep cleavage.

"Oh, it's not that easy. Let's not talk about Old A. Even the people around him, any one of them is out of reach for ordinary people who have restored their memories. They have seen all kinds of women. They can change to a lot of beauties every cycle day. Therefore, in addition to beauty, there must be other things to attract them."

"For example, we have all survived more than 20 cycles. Xiaoman and I have even unlocked our career cards, so we are considered the upper class among the Memory Collectors. Men like Lao A don't lack beautiful women, but they lack capable and beautiful women. So, we still have a good chance."

"In short, remember that the main target is Old A, but Old A is a bit difficult, so the others around can be used as backup. Any sister who is chosen must remember our covenant."

"We share honor and disgrace, and help each other!"

"Okay, take action!"

The beautiful girls wanted to take action, but they had no way of getting close. There were many Shiyi people's bodyguards there, and no one else was allowed to get close.

No matter what I said, it didn't work.

There is no other way; these girls who want to find a financial sponsor can only continue to wait for the opportunity.

Finally, the opportunity came.

Old A led his men and began to walk towards the task wall, as if they were strolling in a garden.

The girls arrived immediately, but even so, they were still driven away by the bodyguards and looked very embarrassed.

The farce here naturally alarmed Old A and others who were walking over there.

Old A looked over carefully, was stunned at first, and then called the curly-haired woman who was leading the group over.

The latter was ecstatic and hurriedly adjusted her dress, pulling her skirt up and her clothes down, and walked away under the envious and jealous gazes of the other sisters.

The top memory recallers who were with Old A were all very surprised.

"Although this woman has a good figure and looks, Brother A doesn't lack beautiful women like this, right?"

"You don't understand. You like to conquer scenes, but some people like romance. One of the realms of romance is to pick wild flowers at will and smell their fragrance."

"Oh, I see. Freshness is the most important thing."

Just waiting for the woman to come over, Old A looked her up and down with a strange and inexplicable look in his eyes, which could be said to contain emotions such as scrutiny, curiosity, surprise, and understanding, but there was no "lust" at all.

The woman felt uncomfortable being stared at, but she could only smile along.

"Liu Ruyan, I never thought I would meet you again."

".What?" The curly-haired woman opposite was stunned.

Old A actually knew her name.

Many people around were the same, but they quickly reacted and immediately looked at the curly-haired woman with some surprise.

Obviously, Old A knew this woman, but the woman did not know Old A. This could only mean one possibility: this woman named Liu Ruyan was once a person who had restored her memories, but later lost her memory, and then became a person who had restored her memories again.

Similar things are not uncommon. On the contrary, there are many of them. For example, in this Time Gathering House, there are many cases where people used to know each other but some of them have lost their memory.

But the situation is different for women with curly hair.

Because the person who knew her was not just an ordinary memory collector, but Old A.

Many people say that Lao A had already achieved [memory] freedom as early as a hundred cycles ago, because he could obtain enough [memory] every time, so he didn't need to go to any level scene at all.

He just enjoys life over and over again in the safest place.

In other words, Old A seldom came into contact with strangers afterwards. So, the only possibility for someone who could be remembered by Old A and who was not a high-ranking member of the Elders' Council or the Assembly Hall was that he was a memory-recoverer who had been active hundreds of cycle days ago.

Moreover, his strength cannot be bad. If it is bad, it is impossible for him to know Old A.

Looking at the stunned expression of the woman opposite, Old A smiled and said, "Forget it, you forgot. It's okay if you can't remember it. I just didn't expect that a woman like you, Liu Ruyan, would actually have a day of collapse. Haha, you forgot what you promised him in the first place."

When Old A talked about "him", his expression was extremely strange. It was a kind of admiration and nostalgia, a recollection of the past, and it was as if seeing Liu Ruyan reminded him of the unforgettable past.

After a moment of silence, he sighed and murmured, "You guys can't stand the loneliness, can't bear the endless waiting, so one by one, you all give up, but I can't, I can't give up. Sometimes, I really envy you, but I also hate you, go away!"

The last sentence was said by Old A with a gloomy face.

In an instant, a powerful aura made everyone around change color in shock.

No one would have expected that Old A, who only knew how to enjoy life and live a life of drunkenness and dreams all day long, actually had such a terrifying side.

Liu Ruyan on the opposite side was so frightened that her face turned pale and her legs trembled unconsciously. She couldn't even speak at this moment.

Firstly, it was because Old A's aura was as real as substance, a kind of powerful mental suppression; secondly, it was because what Old A said made her confused.

It was obvious that Old A knew her, so I should also know Old A. It was even possible that I was very powerful in the past, standing above many people who had recalled their pasts.

So, how did I become what I am now?

decadent?

Willing to fall for oneself?

In order to climb up the social ladder, she dresses up like a whore to seduce these powerful men?
So, which one is you?
"If I'm really that powerful, why did I lose my memory?" This is the question Liu Ruyan wants to know most.

But at this moment, she didn't dare to stay any longer. Old A had already told her to get out, so she could only leave quickly, otherwise, she would definitely get into trouble.

But at this moment, Mr. A over there suddenly stopped and stared at the wall.

In other words, he was staring at a piece of paper stuck on the wall.

This is the mission wall of the Time Gathering House.

Every cycle day, there will be a lot of notes posted on it, usually notices of various tasks, or self-recommendations from some card hunters.

Logically speaking, nothing could attract someone of Old A's level.

But at this moment, he was indeed staring at one of the notes, his eyes wide open, his mouth open, and his expression was as if he had seen a ghost.

He even began to tremble all over.

The bodyguards around him immediately surrounded him nervously, and even many high-ranking members of the Elders Council were startled.

They have known Old A for a long time, but have never seen this person behave so out of control.

"Bring Liu Ruyan here." Old A suddenly shouted at this time.

Immediately, a bodyguard brought back the curly-haired woman who had already walked a few steps away.

Judging from the bodyguard's posture, if Old A said to kill her, he would break the woman's neck without hesitation, or kill her in a more cruel way.

"Liu Ruyan!" Old A shouted with his eyes wide open. He came over, grabbed the woman's arm, and forcibly pulled her to the wall. Then he pointed at a piece of paper on it and said in a trembling, excited voice: "Look carefully, look, look."

"What." Liu Ruyan was terrified, but she didn't dare to resist, and she was more confused.

She glanced at the note, which only said 'Project Cocoon, start!'

What do you mean?
She looked at Old A with confusion on her face.

"You stupid woman, you, all of you idiots who chose to give up, haha, see, our waiting is not worthless, it is not an endless wait, he is back, he is back, I know he will definitely come back."

At this moment, Old A acted a little crazy.

Some even thought he was crazy.

"Who, who is back?" Liu Ruyan asked tremblingly. She felt her wrist was grabbed and it hurt. Old A was so strong that it seemed as if he would break her wrist in the next moment.

"I don't know his name, but you do know it. But you, a stupid woman, gave up on your own. But it doesn't matter. What's important is that he's back. Our wait is worth it. Yes. Yes. Worth it."

Old A actually cried.

(End of this chapter)