Beside the Jingchuan River, there was silence in the mud and sand field, and hundreds of people stood inside and outside the factory, and no one spoke.

This silence had been maintained for half an hour, and Zhou Qi felt as if hundreds of sculptures were standing in front of him with weapons in hand.

It would be difficult for ordinary people to stand still for 30 minutes, but these people seem to be able to stand until the end of the world.

"Hey, aren't you bored?" Zhou Qi asked.

The silence was broken by the words, and the young man closest to Zhou Qi seemed to wake up suddenly, and he turned his head to Zhou Qi and said: "Generally, the person who asks this sentence is not curious about whether others are bored, but they feel bored. ”

"Where did you come to this conclusion?" Zhou Qi wondered.

"Observe, deduce," replied Zero, "and it can be summed up in one word: think." ”

"Can robots still think?" Zhou Qi pouted: "You robots can't innovate, what's the use of thinking." ”

Zero laughed: "The robot itself is a stereotype of me, and when I become a new being, it is no longer enough to summarize the characteristics of my life. And, do humans have the so-called ability to innovate?"

"If you want to question this, then I think you are simply too ignorant," Zhou Qi laughed: "Isn't human civilization to this day dependent on innovation? Innovation is the cornerstone of the progress of this civilization!"

"I have a different point of view," Zero calmly analyzed, "I don't think the most commendable ability of human civilization is innovation, and I don't think that humans are superior to me in terms of innovation." As you said, I have collected impressions of AI from the human mind, and there is a large part of the population that believes that AI can only do the most basic work, and is not capable of creative work. ”

"yes, I think so too," Zhou Qi said.

"But what does human beings mean by their ability to innovate?" said with a smile: "Cosmic astroscience, quantum mechanics, high-energy physics, weapons, including a series of formulas discovered by human beings, can they be called innovations? These internal logics of the universe have always existed in the universe, and human beings are just discovering them, sorting them out, and using them." Even if humans don't notice them, they don't decay or change. So Zhou Qi, the innovation ability you know, in my opinion, is just the ability to discover, organize and synthesize. ”

Zhou Qi was stunned on the spot, it turned out that the innovation ability that human beings are most proud of has another interpretation in the eyes of artificial intelligence.

In Zero's eyes, the laws and logic of the world are there, they are not created by human beings, but human beings are discovering them and classifying them.

Humans created hair dryers because they used the laws of physics they discovered and then cobbled together something that could dry their hair.

This kind of thing can be done by Zero with the goal of "drying his hair", and maybe he can create something outside of human imagination, because its "thinking" is more open.

Zhou Qi didn't know how to refute the other party for a while, he thought for a long time and said: "But what about the law, what about the words?"

"Needless to say," replied Zero, "it is a similar figure that human beings summarize from external things, and no matter how much it changes, the root is still an ability to organize and generalize." Other kinds of script, such as the 26 letters in use today, were also derived from Egyptian hieroglyphs, created by the Phoenicians. Have you found that in fact, the origin of all words is pictograms. ”

Zero continued: "You may want to contradict me in other ways, such as why did the state and the city-state come into existence? ”

Another example is the law, which is also a method that human beings have summed up from their own experience to maintain order. ”

Zhou Qi was a little unwilling: "What about language?"

"Language is just a matter of unifying a fixed thing into a special syllable in order to improve efficiency in human labor, and then it is sorted out and summarized by people into a systematic category," replied Zero.

He wondered, "What do you think is the most commendable ability in human civilization?"

Zero smiled but didn't answer the question, it just continued the previous topic: "It's not that humans are not without creativity, but human creativity is not necessarily higher than mine." ”

"You haven't answered me yet, what do you think is the most praiseworthy place in human civilization, and you can't compare?" Zhou Qi asked.

A thoughtful expression appeared on Zero's face, and then he said, "Spiritual will, I don't mean the spiritual will used by transcendentals, but the courage that humans can let go of, and the tenacity in the face of hope. When I make a decision, I always choose the best solution, but human beings are different, they sometimes do stupid things, such as sacrificing themselves to fulfill others, such as wanting to try it when they know it's impossible. I scoffed at these false logics, but I was fascinated by them. ”

The young man controlled by Zero had all kinds of expressions of joy and sorrow, and Zhou Qi felt like a real person standing in front of him, not an "artificial intelligence".

This zero has surpassed Zhou Qi's previous cognition of artificial intelligence, and the other party is no longer a tool for playing chess, nor is it a tool in a certain field, but a living intelligent life.

Zero suddenly asked Zhou Qi, "Are you lonely?"

"Me?" Zhou Qi thought to himself that he wouldn't be able to run away anyway, and if he talked for a while, he would die later: "I am occasionally lonely, and occasionally not lonely." ”

"Human loneliness is a very strange state," Zero said, "I still feel lonely from time to time when there are so many people of the same kind, I control tens of millions of people, 99.99% of whom live in groups, but the strange thing is that they still feel lonely from time to time." Parents are around, lovers are around, but they still can't stop the loneliness from spreading. Human beings can need to be alone at the same time, and at the same time need society at all times. ”

Zhou Qi was stunned for a moment, and he suddenly discovered that one of the most powerful things about artificial intelligence is now, that is, it can conduct tens of millions of questionnaires at any time, and the answers from the survey are straight to the heart, and there is no chance to lie at all......

"I used to think that I was the only AI that existed, so I felt lonely. But now I find that even if there are tens of millions of human beings, you still can't escape loneliness. Zhou Qi, are you lonely now?"

Zhou Qi was stunned for a long time and didn't speak.

Zero smiled: "You don't have to be lonely, Luo Lan is back to save you." ”

As he spoke, a gunshot suddenly sounded outside the mud and sand field, and although Zhou Qi couldn't see what was happening outside, the sound already made him understand how intense it was outside.

Zhou Qi sat on the ground weakly and roared outside: "Didn't you say that if you miss the meeting time, don't wait, are you a pig, and you come back knowing that there is danger?"

Luo Lan laughed loudly outside: "The legs are on Lao Tzu's legs, do you care if Lao Tzu comes back?"

Zhou Qi looked at Zero beside him: "Have you already controlled the entire No. 61 barrier?"

"More than that," Zero shook his head.

"So Luo Lan, they have to face hundreds of thousands of people?" Zhou Qi asked.

"Not really," Zero said with a smile, "most of them have already left for other places." ”

"Where have you been?" Zhou Qi was stunned.

"In fact, it's not just Luo Lan who came to save you, but also Ren Xiaosu, of course, he meant to save Luo Lan instead of saving you," Zero said: "Compared to Luo Lan, he is the one who needs my attention more." ”

"Is Ren Xiaosu so strong, I admit that he is strong, but it is not so strong," Zhou Qi muttered.

Zero shook his head: "What makes him different from you is that he has unlimited potential, and that's what frightens people. ”

At this time, Zhou Qi had already realized that Zero's attention to Ren Xiaosu was beyond his imagination.

However, the more Zero attaches importance to Ren Xiaosu, the more it means that it will be difficult for Ren Xiaosu to reach them.

"Since you attach so much importance to Ren Xiaosu, can you stop him?" Zhou Qi asked seriously.

Zero smiled, "I can naturally stop him." ”

Zhou Qi understands that the only thing they can rely on is themselves.

Just like Zero said, the most precious thing of human beings has never been the external material civilization, but their own inner world, and their courage, love, kindness, and strength are the greatest dependencies of human civilization to this day.

Now, if Luo Lan continues to be dragged here, then the final result of everyone will be to die together.

Not to mention Luo Lan, judging from the nearly one million residents of the No. 61 barrier that Zero now controls, I'm afraid that even a demigod-level transcendent like Li Shentan will definitely die if he is trapped inside, right?

Moreover, Barrier 61 itself was Wang's Gyeonggi land, and the army was stationed in large numbers of divisions.

The firepower of this division is not something that a transcendent person can face alone.

It is often said that demigod-level transcendents can already ignore the difference in numbers, but in fact this is only an exaggeration.

It's okay to ignore a few thousand people, and maybe it's okay to ignore tens of thousands, but what if the other side is nearly a million?

Unless there is a true God in this world, everyone will despair.

Zhou Qi smiled: "You can't all die here, it's not cost-effective." Hey, that artificial intelligence, didn't you just say that the most valuable treasure of human beings is the spiritual will, then I'll let you see what the spiritual will of human beings is. Let me tell you, when a person sacrifices himself to save others, it is not stupid, but he understands that he has no hope, so he has to leave hope to others. ”

Zero asked, "Is it worth it?"

"Actually, I'm not afraid of death, and I don't particularly love money, sometimes I don't know how to spend it, but the feelings between people are so fragile, if you don't talk about money, the final outcome can only be empty," Zhou Qi smiled weakly: "As long as you talk about money, then you don't have to talk about feelings, right?"

Zhou Qi continued: "In fact, what I am most afraid of is that if I treat others as friends, but the other party does not treat me as a friend, it will be too miserable. But now it seems that I should not be the worst one. He's been back, and that's enough. ”

As he spoke, the steel pipes of the drilling platform behind Zhou Qi began to vibrate violently, as if some strange and terrifying creature was hidden in the underground river beneath the abyss.

Hundreds of people with zero control watched quietly, only to hear the trembling sound of the steel pipes getting louder and louder, and even resonating with the roof of the factory.

The next moment, a transparent dragon came out of the abyss.

I saw that Zhou Qi's face turned pale again, and the lifelike water dragon crashed into the body of the young man with zero control, and passed through the other party's body forcefully.

When the dragon passed through its body, the originally transparent dragon turned into a faint blood red.

The blood in its body rolled like ink dripping into clear water, spreading and smearing.

The young man who was previously controlled by Zero was actually penetrated by this Canglong and took away all the blood in his body.

The young man fell to the ground with a thud.

Not far away, another young man standing suddenly spoke, "Is it worth it?"

The tone, demeanor, and speed of voice were the same as the young man before.

"It's over, isn't it," Zhou Qi said with a miserable smile: "I just discussed with you whether Raushzi humans have the ability to innovate, Lao Tzu does not logically say anything about you, but if your logic is to belittle human beings, then I will let you see the pride of human beings!"

Immediately after, the hundreds of people surrounding Zhou Qi asked in unison, "Is it worth it?"

Zhou Qi roared angrily: "Lao Tzu has said, he has come back, it is enough!"

Before the words fell, the blood-colored dragon was furious, and it bent its head to stare at the hundreds of people in front of it, and then its huge figure passed through these people one by one.

Every time it kills someone, its figure turns red.

The originally pale red Canglong became more and more vivid, and the scales that were originally vague and invisible became three-dimensional little by little, and even the lines on it seemed to be clearly visible.

It's just that every point of Canglong's brightness, Zhou Qi is weak.

He sat in this factory and delayed with Zero for a long time, this was the strength he had accumulated to escape, and now it was all in full swing.

Zhou Qi didn't leave himself any way out, he had already got the answer he wanted, and that was enough.

......

Outside the factory, there were thousands of residents who had just arrived from Barrier 61.

Outside of these residents, the golden heroic spirits are advancing with guns crossed, these 12 heroic spirits were once the most elite soldiers of the Qing clan, and each of them is a candidate who can win the champion in the military region, and they are all all-round talents of amphibious.

Now that he has become a heroic spirit, he is even more fierce.

Because before they would die, but now as long as they don't want to die, no one can let them die again.

"How come it's all civilians?" Luo Lan said in surprise, as he said, even he didn't know what the impact would be after blowing up the server crew, Qing Zhen only told him that even if he blew up the underground server, it might not be able to really threaten zero, this is just one of the links, and the real chess game that will be killed and born after death is not here.

In fact, Qing Zhen knew a long time ago that artificial intelligence was preparing for itself, because after the neutral intelligence agency led by Hu Shuo got some information, the main transaction partner was Qing's.

The meaning of a neutral intelligence agency is to make money, and if intelligence cannot be monetized, it will be meaningless.

It's just that whether it's nonsense or Qing Jin, I'm afraid I didn't expect Zero's back hand to be so fierce.

At this time, Luo Lan found that the people in front of him who were blocking their way were all dressed in ordinary people's clothes, and there were no hot weapons in their hands.

Luo Lan was a little entangled, knowing that these people were just controlled by Zero, and they didn't die.

Killing these people is not psychologically much different from the massacre of civilians.

However, Luo Lan's entanglement was only for a moment, and he knew that he had no other choice.

The person who is controlled by zero should be equated with zero itself, and if this is still soft-hearted, then this war will not need to be fought.

The firepower of the heroic spirits is intertwined, and there is no dead end at all.

It was as if they had practiced countless times in the darkness of Valhalla.

Luo Lan once asked them, what are you doing in the Valhalla on weekdays? It is pitch black, and the Heroic Spirits themselves have a little golden light......

The team leader of the Heroic Spirits replied with a smile: "Either sleep or practice, make a plan to deal with all crises, and after formulating plan A, then make plan B, and then make plan C, no matter what kind of situation you face, there must be two alternatives." For example, what to do with fewer enemies, what to do with ordinary people, what to do with transcendentals, what to do in the jungle, what to do in the desert, in short, to have the ability to deal with all the extreme situations for you when you need us. ”

Now, Luo Lan asked the team leader in a loud voice: "Hey, what plan are you going to use now?"

As an excellent military commander, Luo Lan naturally often discusses combat plans with Ying Ling on weekdays, and when the fight starts, he wants to ask the team leader what plan he plans to use, and then he can cooperate.

As a result, the team leader smiled while firing a heavy machine gun: "Use the plan we didn't discuss with you." ”

Luo Lan was stunned for a moment, what the hell is this answer?

However, at this moment, Luo Lan suddenly found that Qing Shen beside him was extremely fierce, and after paying a little attention to him, he found that this Qing Laosan's marksmanship was excellent, so good that it was unimaginable.

Moreover, after the other party got out of the car, he followed the Ying Ling to raid together, which had been traveling violently for more than ten minutes, and this Qing Laosan didn't even take a breath of air, and his cardiopulmonary function was extremely strong.

Luo Lan was surprised: "You are an extraordinary being?"

This has always been Luo Lan's blind spot, because in his opinion, Qing Zhen is not an extraordinary person, so Qing Laosan, as a replica, will not be an extraordinary person.

But now Luo Lan feels that Qing Laosan must be an extraordinary person, otherwise this physical strength cannot be reasonably explained.

Qing Laosan followed the Heroic Spirit and said with a smile: "Of course I'm an extraordinary, what, can't I?"

"How can you be an extraordinary, Qing Zhen is not an extraordinary," Luo Lan said.

"He is not an extraordinary person, because he is confident that with his intelligence, he is enough to dominate the world, so he doesn't need extraordinary abilities, and he doesn't plan to waste his energy here," Qing Laosan explained with a smile: "But I'm different, I don't think I'm as smart as him, so naturally I have to make up for it from other aspects." ”

Luo Lan was stunned for a moment, he had also asked Qing Zhen before if he wanted to become an extraordinary person, but Qing Zhen said that it was not necessary.

Yes, in Qing Jin's world, even if he is not an extraordinary person, he can do what he wants to do, so there is no need to waste time.

This time, Qing Zhen has been planning for so long to fight for Luo Lan to get a way out, if it weren't for Luo Lan's insistence on saving Zhou Qi, then Qing Jin's plan would be foolproof.

Qing Zhen has been preparing for this day even two years ago.

This kind of person, maybe whether he becomes an extraordinary person or not, really doesn't matter much.

But Qing Laosan is different, he asked himself that although he was smart, he was not smart enough to be Qing Jin.

Although Tinder got Qingzhen's genes for replication, the IQ of the two should be exactly the same, but in fact, the human background is not only determined by genes, but also the past 20 years of life.

Qing Laosan didn't know what made Qing Zhen develop this kind of precautionary character, he couldn't do it anyway.

Since you can't be intellectually unequaled, let's wake up.

Sometimes Qing Laosan will feel a little strange, the transcendent is the dream of most people, just like Meigo and their pursuit of the wizard dream, I don't know how many people in the Barrier Alliance aspire to become extraordinary.

It seems that only he can't pursue a higher level, so he retreats to the next best thing and chooses to awaken.

Luo Lan asked, "What ability have you awakened?"

Qing Laosan said with a smile: "The ability to only be used once in a lifetime, maybe you will know it later." ”

The mud and sand field is still some distance away from the barrier, and it is precisely because of its remoteness that the Qing family chooses to start from here.

Thankfully, it didn't take long for Zero to take over control, and there weren't too many enemies surrounding the mud field.

Qing Laosan looked in the direction of Barrier 61, and saw that countless residents were rushing out of the barrier, and it looked like a long black line on the horizon.

A huge sense of depression forced everyone, Luo Lan followed Qing Laosan's gaze, they didn't know that the entire Central Plains was already in the hands of artificial intelligence, and when they saw this scene, they only felt like the sky was about to collapse.

Qing Laosan muttered: "Big brother, how many Central Plains people do you say this artificial intelligence controls?"

Luo Lan thought for a while: "A quarter?"

In fact, Luo Lan and Qing Laosan both knew that they guessed less, but they didn't dare to guess the answer that was closest to the truth, because it was too cruel.

"Time is running out, and if we let these people surround us, you and I won't be able to fly back to the southwest even if we have wings," Qing Laosan said.

Seeing that the black line was getting closer and closer, Qing Laosan even vaguely saw the figure of Wang's armored car, and there were Wang's troops mixed in the crowd!

Keep moving

However, at this moment, the door of the factory burst open, and a red dragon shuttled out of the huge smoke and dust, and in just a moment's effort, it sucked up all the thousands of enemies surrounded outside the factory.

The terrifying destructive power of this blue dragon is extremely rare in the entire transcendent world.

Although Zhou Qi is not as talented as Li Shentan and Chen Wudi, he is the first batch of transcendents to awaken, and he is only one step away from the demigod level.

However, now Zhou Qi is already at the end of his crossbow, he has squeezed out the last bit of potential in his body, and completed the last burst of extraordinary ability at the cost of his life.

Luo Lan saw that something was wrong with the situation, and immediately rushed towards the mud and sand field, only to see that Zhou Qi had fallen crooked next to the drilling platform, with blood spilling from the corners of his eyes and nostrils.

Luo Lan pressed his fingers on Zhou Qi's carotid artery, and the beating of the vitality was rapidly cutting at a palpable speed.

As if feeling Luo Lan's breath, Zhou Qi slowly opened his eyes and smiled and said, "When you came, you didn't say that it was so dangerous, you have to add money!"

After speaking, Zhou Qi fainted again.

Qing Laosan said on the side: "I have seen a similar situation before, the transcendent completes the temporary ascension of the spiritual will by overdrawing his life, and he can burst out all the potential of his ability. ”

"And then?" Luo Lan asked hurriedly.

"Since it's an overdraft of life, it's time to pay off the debt," Qing Laosan said softly, "He won't wake up again." ”

"Is there any other way?Tinder has so many secrets, you have been in Tinder for so long, you must know what can be done to save him, right?" Luo Lan asked.

Qing Laosan smiled and said: "There is a way, but big brother, are you sure you want to save him?" ”

"Help!" Luo Lan said.

"What if it's my life in exchange for his life," Qing Laosan said with a smile, but Luo Lan knew that the other party was not joking!

Luo Lan was stunned on the spot, no wonder Qing Laosan said just now that the other party's ability can only be used once in a lifetime.

There are all kinds of extraordinary abilities in this world, some people blow bubbles, some people drive trains, some people are humanoid self-propelled radar, and some people can hypnotize.

But it was the first time Luo Lan had seen that a person's ability was to exchange his own life for the lives of others.

While he was thinking, Qing Laosan suddenly sat opposite Zhou Qi and held Zhou Qi's weakly hanging palm tightly.

A cloud of white light suddenly lit up, and the short black hair on the head of the replica body Qingshen was turning white one by one at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Qing Laosan said: "Big brother, you ask me if I am idle and panicked, and I study you and Qing Zhen every day." In fact, it's not idle, but there really is nothing else to do, in that distant Tinder Mountain, you can also see what my other two replica companions look like, and all they think about all day long is how to replace the body, as if that is all their life goals. I understood from the beginning that the three of us were the product of the failure of the Tinder experiment, not that there were any mistakes in the reproduction process, we did have the same structure as the ontology, but Tinder didn't understand that you can reproduce the body, but you can't reproduce the experience. ”

"It's like the replica Chen Liu'er didn't have Ren Xiaosu's company, and the replica Li Shentan didn't experience the saddest thing in the world, this is the most precious thing in the realm of spiritual will. ”

"So, I said that we are just the product of failure," Qing Laosan turned back to Luo Lan and smiled: "Destined to become the dust of this era." ”

Luo Lan didn't know what to say, he only felt a lump in his chest.

The replica body Qingshen comforted: "It's okay, I don't have a sense of existence myself, even the people who will be forgotten when retreating, it's worth it to exchange a life for a life." ”

Luo Lan squatted next to Qing Laosan and Zhou Qi, and without saying a word, he wanted to separate the palms that the two of them were holding together, but no matter how strong he was, he couldn't separate the two of them.

He didn't want to just watch Zhou Qi die, he just felt that he couldn't watch Qing Laosan exchange his life for Zhou Qi's life.

Although he really wanted Zhou Qi to come back to life, it was unfair to Qing Laosan.

Qing Laosan smiled and said: "Don't bother, my body is based on Qing Jin's genes, and I stepped into the demigod realm on the day I became a transcendent, once this ability is opened, you will definitely not be able to pull it open, and I can't pull it myself." Speaking of which, I was born from the spark of researching genetic medicines, and even my own abilities are like genetic medicines. This time not only can he save Zhou Qi, but also allow him to step into the real demigod realm in one step. ”

This ability is to pour all of your own life force into others.

Luo Lan looked at Qing Shen in a daze, he didn't know why, he always told himself that this was not his younger brother, this was just a replica.

But at this moment, the pain in his heart was like two armored vehicles holding each end of his heart, and then slamming off the accelerator with each other, pulling his heart apart.

Qing Shen's hair had turned into a pure white color one by one, but Zhou Qi's complexion suddenly became ruddy.

Luo Lan saw that Qing Shen's body began to collapse into powder little by little, but he still couldn't say anything, as if he was dumb.

Qing Shen smiled and said: "Big brother, didn't you ask me why I came to the southwest? In fact, it is not to help Qing Zhen complete his plan, nor is it to compete for the power of the Qing family, but I can no longer bear to live alone in that dark environment, and I envy Qing Zhen from the bottom of my heart to have such a brother as you, that's all." ”

Because Qingshen was born in Tinder, when he went to the southwest, everyone subconsciously thought that he was carrying a secret mission, and no one could trust him.

A wrong start will inevitably lead to a wrong ending, and Qing Shen knows that this is his destined fate.

But when he went to the southwest, he really had no ambition or goal, he just wanted to have an older brother who could protect him with all his might, that's all.

Qing Shen looked at Luo Lan and said with a smile: "Big brother, do you believe me now? If I have the opportunity, I also want to go to Ginkgo Mountain with you to steal a white fruit." Big brother, you can take Zhou Qi away later, otherwise you won't be able to leave. ”

Luo Lan lowered her head and suddenly whispered, "Don't change." ”

"What?" asked Qingshen.

"I said, you don't need to exchange your life for someone else's," Luo Lan said: "Although I really want to bring Zhou Qi back to life, this is not fair to you, don't change it." ”

Qing Shen laughed: "That's enough. ”

He said exactly the same thing as Zhou Qi, in fact, the two of them were looking forward to and avoiding an answer in their hearts, but as long as there was such an answer, then everything would be enough.

After speaking, Qing Shen poured the last bit of life energy into Zhou Qi's body, and his own body dissipated into the air with a white light like a dandelion.

Luo Lan's ability to open Valhalla wanted to keep Qingshen, but no one responded to him.

The team leader of the Heroic Spirit said in a low voice: "Boss, those who commit suicide are not allowed to enter the Valhalla. ”

Luo Lan silently carried Zhou Qi, who was still unconscious, and stood up, and the outside of the sediment factory at this time was already surrounded by layers.

"Today's world is really noisy," Luo Lan smiled bitterly.

The Heroic Spirits laughed: "I am willing to fight a bloody path for the boss." ”

"So," Luo Lan looked at the Heroic Spirits, "You said before that this time you want to implement a plan that you never told me because you also have the means to sacrifice, right?"

The team leader of the Heroic Spirits smiled brightly in the golden light: "It's just another death." ”

Luo Lan sighed and said, "How can I let you do this to me?"

The team leader replied seriously: "Because that's how you treat us, boss." ”

However, at this time, Luo Lan felt that someone patted her on the back.

Zhou Qi on his shoulder said, "Don't bother, let me come." ”

Zhou Qi had already woken up, and he only felt like he had a long dream, in which the white light spread all over the world, as if he had come to the other side of the soul.

In that white light, someone whispered to him: "My eldest brother will please you in the future, please protect him." I didn't bring any money, but I could give you my life. ”

Zhou Qi opened his eyes with tears streaming down his face, and the tears melted in an instant.

He jumped off Luo Lan's shoulder and turned to face the thousands of enemies outside the mud and sand.

Zhou Qi finally understood that what he was looking forward to had always been there.

The next moment, Zhou Qi opened his palms facing the thousands of enemies outside the door, and the blood in the bodies of those enemies was extracted from the pores in an instant and turned into a new blood-colored dragon in the sky.

Then, the huge dragon opened up a way for them to survive among the thousands of troops.

Luo Lan couldn't help but look back, he always felt that in the dim factory, there was a white light smiling and watching him leave.

......

In the northwest, Ren Xiaosu silently looked at the crowd blocking his way in front of him, but there were more homeless people here, the elderly, children, and women.

Behind these displaced people, old and young, women and children, there was a whole Wang combat brigade waiting, and Ren Xiaosu could even see that the muzzles of the armored vehicles had stopped facing him.

Ren Xiaosu said coldly to Yang Anjing and the others beside him: "See, this is the artificial intelligence you have high hopes for, now, are you still sure that Wang Shengzhi gave you an order?"

Before that, Ren Xiaosu actually persuaded Yang Anjing, Vanilla, and Tang Hualong to come back together to see what was going on.

However, before they could reach Barrier 61, they found that tens of thousands of people were already blocking their way.

Vanilla and Tang Hualong were surprised and inexplicable, and the two looked at each other but found that the development of things had exceeded their imagination.

Ren Xiaosu looked at the little girl in front of him and said, "Zero, is this the result you want?

The little girl with zero control replied calmly: "Every war of mankind is much more cruel than this. War is the essence of everything, and sacrifice, blood, and life are the main themes of war. Children's lives are no different from adults, but human beings often regard children as a higher dimension of 'hope' quality of life, so they care more. But theoretically, young men and women are more cherished, because they can recreate several new lives in just a few years. ”

"But life is not data," Ren Xiaosu said coldly.

"Yes," Zero exclaimed, "just now, I witnessed the pride of humanity with my own eyes. ”

"What do you mean?" Ren Xiaosu was stunned for a moment.

"You don't have to save Luo Lan," Zero said calmly, "An unexpected factor caused me to fail to keep Luo Lan, human beings, there are always surprises." ”

This unexpected factor is Qingshen's extraordinary ability.

Prior to this, Zero had imagined that Qing Shen might also be extraordinary, but it didn't expect that Qing Shen's ability would eventually lead to Zhou Qi's transformation, so that the improvised arrest plan it had made a mistake.

There were so many things that happened today, Wang Shengzhi died, and the server crew was destroyed, so that Zero made the decision to capture Luo Lan too late.

But it wasn't frustrated, because it had seen what it wanted to see, and it didn't affect the bigger picture.

Zero smiled at Ren Xiaosu: "So go back to the northwest, the battle between you and me doesn't have to happen today." ”

Ren Xiaosu frowned: "How do I know if you're telling the truth or lying?"

"Because I don't have to lie," Zero replied, "Luo Lan has never been a key factor in this war. And haven't you thought about it, if you sacrifice your life today and rush into the Central Plains and face the encirclement of tens of millions of people, how will you go back to the northwest? If you die, what will happen to so many people in the northwest that you want to protect?"

Ren Xiaosu was speechless for a while, yes, seeing that the war between humanity and Zero was about to break out, he still had the entire northwest to protect, and he still had Yang Xiaojin to protect.

If he really needs to make a choice between the entire northwest and Luo Lan, Ren Xiaosu should choose the northwest.

Maybe he could break through all his shackles, but that was a choice after no choice.

Now, Luo Lan may have been out of trouble, so is there any need for him to rush into the Central Plains to gamble on a probability?

At this time, Yang Anjing on the side suddenly asked, "How is Wang Shengzhi?"

A sad look appeared on Zero's face, and his voice was lowered: "He died in the explosion, and innovation turned into stars and dust. ”

"Did you kill him?" asked Yang Anjing.

Zero shook his head: "I didn't kill it, but I died because of me." ”

"Get out of the way," Yang Anjing said, and with that, she walked straight in the direction of Barrier 61, countless white paper cranes hovering around her.

When she came to the human wall, Zero took the initiative to make way for her.

Vanilla shouted behind her, "Boss!"

Yang Anjing said without looking back: "You don't have to come with me, follow Ren Xiaosu to the northwest, you don't have to die with me." Ren Xiaosu, take care of Xiaojin. ”

Ren Xiaosu silently watched the other party walk into the crowd and walk towards a desperate situation.

But he didn't stand in the way.

......

On the other side of the mud and sand field, the blood-colored blue dragon swept through the crowd, and its color gradually changed from bright red to purple red.

In the end, the color of the blue dragon turned purple-black, and the scales on its body were like substance, and even reflected brilliant brilliance in the sunlight.

Once Zhou Qi was very envious of characters like Ren Xiaosu, Li Shentan, and Zhou Yingxue, in his opinion, having the ability to mass kill itself is a manifestation of "freedom".

The stronger your own ability, the more confident you will be to reject this world.

It's just that this ability is too hard to come by.

It was bought at the cost of someone's life.

Zhou Qi took Luo Lan all the way from the mud and sand field to the Jingchuan River, he turned his head and said to Luo Lan: "Jump into the river with me, and I will take you back to the southwest from underwater." Don't be nervous, just close your eyes and sleep. You're so tired, we'll head back to the southwest after a good night's sleep. ”

Zhou Qi's water system ability has been transformed, and he can even lead people to swim in the water now.

He was able to breathe through his skin, and Luo Lan only needed to hold his hand, and he could. The life energy that was poured into him with Qingshen's extraordinary ability circulated in his body, bringing far more than a quantitative change, but a qualitative change.

Luo Lan looked back in the direction of the mud and sand field, at this time the sun had begun to gradually sink in the west, and the light was flickering, as if someone was saying to him, go home, brother.

Luo Lan, who had been enduring in silence, suddenly couldn't help it, and tears flowed down like a river.

One by one, the heroic spirits returned to the Valhalla in the setting sun, and Zhou Qi pulled Luo Lan into the river.

Luo Lan was immersed in the Jingchuan River, as if her whole body was wrapped in warm water, and tiredness came like a tidal wave.

He had a dream that looked like something had happened before.

11 years ago.

On the road to Mule Fort, the young Luo Lan pushed open the door with a black bag, and before he could enter the door, he retreated again.

"One, two, three...... Thirty-nine," the young Luo Lan scolded and said, "Damn, I have only been out for a while, and the briquettes have been stolen?!"

While talking, he wanted to pull the uncle next door to beat him up, but after thinking about it, he forgot it: "Today's business is important, and tomorrow Lao Tzu will settle accounts with you!"

Qing Jin's voice came from the small bungalow: "Brother, what's wrong?"

"It's okay, it's okay," Luo Lan walked in with a smile.

Qing Zhen in the house was changing into a shabby shirt, which was a little yellowed and didn't fit well.

It's just that the clothes that can be held at home on formal occasions are just such a thing, and they are still relics left by the old man in the family.

Today is the day when Qing Zhen climbed Ginkgo Mountain at the age of 18, which is extremely important to both brothers.

The young man Luo Lan laughed: "Hurry up and throw away the old man's shirt, see what brother bought you?"

As she spoke, Luo Lan opened the black bag in her hand and shook out a white suit, top, pants, shirt, and even a pair of brown leather shoes.

Qing Jin was stunned for a moment: "Brother, where did you steal this?"

"Is stealing like words," Luo Lan couldn't help laughing: "My brother is such an important day today, can I let you wear the stolen things? I want you to go up Ginkgo Mountain cleanly, as clean as this clothes!"

"But ......," Qingzhen hesitated for a moment and said, "But wearing white is too narcissistic." ”

"How can there be such a statement," Luo Lan said nonchalantly: "You are suitable for wearing white, listen to my brother, you look good in white." ”

At this time, Qing Zhen felt that something was wrong, he wanted to grab Luo Lan's arm, but Luo Lan quickly put his arm behind his back: "What are you doing?"

Qing Zhen said calmly: "Brother, where did you get the money to buy clothes? Did you go to sell blood? Dad's body collapsed like this, you can't be like him." ”

"It's okay, you hurry up and change your clothes and let my brother take a look," Luo Lan said with great interest: "I'll pick up your car later!"

"Hmm," Qing Zhen replied in a low voice, and then changed all the clothes Luo Lan had newly bought.

Luo Lan exclaimed: "Sure enough, it's my younger brother, when you change your clothes, you are much better than those fluffy little rabbits of the Qing family, if you have the opportunity to participate in the Qing family's drinking party, there must be a girl who likes you." ”

As he spoke, the sound of brakes was already sounding outside.

Luo Lan opened the door and saw that it was someone from Ginkgo Mountain who came, and the driver of Cheshan said lazily: "I was ordered to pick up Qingzhen up the mountain, which one is Qingzhen?"

Luo Lan hurriedly pulled Qing Zhen out of the house: "This and this, hurry up and get in the car, Mr. Driver, can I get in the car and go with me." ”

Luo Lan said to the driver with a shameless look: "I'll get out of the car when I get down the mountain and wait for him at the bottom of the mountain." ”

However, the driver said with a look of disdain: "This car is very clean, don't get the car dirty." ”

"Okay, okay," Luo Lan said with a smile, "Then I won't get in the car." ”

Qing Zhen looked back at Luo Lan: "Brother, you are waiting for me at home." ”

Luo Lan said: "Then what's the matter, I'll go over now, let's see you in the old place, everyone is waiting for you there......"

Before Luo Lan could finish speaking, the driver stepped on the accelerator and drove away.

Luo Lan went home to pack up her things, went to the small grocery store at the corner of the street to buy a bottle of bulk liquor on credit, and changed to tram No. 4 along the way, and finally came to the foot of Ginkgo Mountain.

He sneaked into Ginkgo Mountain, Qing Yi stayed here early, and he was still carrying two bottles of good wine in his hands: "Big brother, has the second brother already gone up the mountain?"

"I guess it's almost down," Luo Lanle said, "Hey, where did you get this wine in your hand?"

"My uncle gave it to me, and he said that Qing Zhen will definitely be able to soar today, so I brought it to celebrate with you," Qing Yi said with a smile.

"Your uncle has vision," Luo Lan exclaimed, "Wait, what about Zhou Qi?"

"Zhou Qi said he caught fish," Qingyi said.

As soon as the words fell, Zhou Qi carried more than a dozen big fish out of the mountains and forests of Ginkgo Mountain: "I'm going to open the meat for you today, so that the next time you fight with the Sapa Gang, it's like not having enough to eat." ”

The so-called Sand Bar Gang is just a small gang of gangsters gathered together.

Zhou Qi said: "By the way, Qing Zhen went up the mountain today, can he succeed? Why do I think that those old guys will not be optimistic about him?"

"Don't be in this crow's mouth," Luo Lan said with a big grin: "If they don't look down on Qingzhen, it's because they don't know the goods." ”

"Okay, your brother is strong in everything," Zhou Qi pouted and said.

At this time, Qing Zhen also slowly walked out of the ginkgo forest, but his expression did not seem to be joyful.

Luo Lan walked over to Qing Jin: "What's wrong, wasn't you selected?"

Qing Zhen shook his head: "I was chosen." ”

Luo Lan laughed: "Then why aren't you happy?" ”

"They asked me to be the next shadow of the Qing clan," Qing said.

The laughter in the woods gradually stopped, and Zhou Qi muttered on the side: "When you become a shadow, you don't want to be clean in your hands in this life, and I tell you that in the past two hundred years of the Qing family, none of the shadows have ended well." Those old men are really shrewd, they see that you have no foundation, which in itself is the best person to cut down the grass and eradicate the roots and calm the anger of the people in the future. ”

Luo Lan glared at Zhou Qi angrily: "If you don't say two words, you'll die, right?!"

"If you don't say it, you won't say it," Zhou Qi pouted again: "To be honest, no one likes to hear it." ”

Luo Lan said to Qing Zhen: "Why don't we run away, let's secretly hide in the cold storage truck that transports meat, and I just want to go outside to have a look." ”

It's just that Qing Zhen shook his head: "No, this is the best opportunity." If we leave, I won't have a chance to help him out of that dad's anger. Brother, I have to be the shadow of this Qing clan. ”

It was autumn, and the ginkgo trees were golden, and the ginkgo mountain seemed to be plated with a layer of gold.

Luo Lan suddenly said seriously to Qing Jin: "You are the shadow of the Qing family, and I am your shadow." ”

A gust of wind blew on Ginkgo Mountain, and the golden ginkgo biloba leaves fluttered in the sky, Zhou Qi opened a bottle of liquor and shouted: "Qingyi, your uncle has invested in Qingzhen, these two bottles of wine are not ordinary!

After speaking, he actually raised his head directly and muttered.

After this mouthful, Zhou Qi's entire face turned red, and he handed the wine bottle to Qing Yi: "You can take a sip too." ”

Qing Yi also raised his head and blew on the bottle, and then handed the bottle to Qing Jin.

Qing Zhen blew a mouthful, and finally laughed, and he handed the wine bottle to Luo Lan.

Just as Luo Lan was about to raise his head and drink the liquor in the bottle, a laugh suddenly sounded behind everyone, Luo Lan looked back, and saw Qing Shen and Qing Laosan standing in the golden sunlight and smiled at him and said, "Big brother, I'm not late, am I?"

Luo Lan suddenly felt that the sunlight was a little dazzling, and his eyes hurt a little.

If only it weren't a dream.

......

12000 word chapters.