The Demon Realm has always been very quiet. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 Although it is described in various literary works as a place that looks rather bad in every way, the real demon world is actually quite simple: orderly, quiet, and every living being is honestly doing its job. If you have to say bad, there are some places in the universe that are worse than this, at least, where complex intelligent life is allowed to survive.

Most people also have an obvious misconception about the Demon Realm, or places like the "XX Realm", that is, they should be another universe that exists independently of the universe in which they are located. This statement is simply ridiculous, ridiculous, at least as the nominal lord of the Demon Realm, Shenqi has no way to understand this point of view: the formation of a complete and independent ecosystem does not need such a large space at all, and the ontology of Gensokyo is just an island to put it bluntly, and suddenly gave the "XX Realm" a universe with a radius of tens of billions of light years, don't you think it's really too empty?

"Today's Demon Realm is still as usual......" After examining the working status of each unit in the spiritual network, Shenqi took a sip of the beautifully colored drink on the table, "It's good as usual......

Most people in the Demon Realm have another consensus: it's dangerous. In a sense, there is nothing wrong with this view, and it sounds like nonsense even if everyone could know the truth. But unfortunately, due to the plan carried out by the person whose name is no longer remembered by Shenqi, the truth has long been forgotten, and only a clue can be found in the database. Maybe there is more comprehensive information left in Gensokyo, the moon, or some other place, but as the director here, Shenqi must not leave the demon world without permission - I don't know when the sense of responsibility in my heart made her not allow herself to do this.

But what's the point of the truth or something? Humanity has settled in this otherwise strange galaxy, and after forgetting everything, it is engaged in politics and war games that are more than childlike play. After the memories were erased by that damn fellow, who's to say that wasn't what they came here for?

"Uh......"

Because of the sudden sharp pain in his head, Shenqi accidentally knocked the drink to the ground. Yumeko next to her quietly packed everything up and asked in a low voice, "You don't look very well." Do you need any help, my lord? ”

"Nothing." Shenqi waved his hand, "Memories go back, it's just an old problem." Why didn't that guy do things nicely in the first place, and caused me to have to suffer like this for so long, it's really uncomfortable......"

"Then, do you need to enter the things I recalled this time into the backup database of the Demon Realm?" Yumeko next to her was still bent over, and asked Kamiki respectfully, "In this case, you will probably be able to piece together ...... from these pieces."

"You're thinking too simply, Yumeko. It's a lot more complicated than you might think. Shenqi smiled wryly and shook his head, "Rather than thinking about things that don't matter now, I want to think about the technical level of knowledge...... As the creator of the Demon Realm, I have forgotten how I created it...... Alas. ”

Sigh and sigh, let's think carefully about what I remembered this time. Taking the drink that Yumeko had re-poured for herself, Shenqi began to chew on the fragments of memories that had just surfaced in her mind repeatedly.

"I think you already know what's going on, Shenqi."

"Yes. In the codename...... The experimental time machine construction project carried out by the galaxy was caused by riots caused by extremist terrorist groups, who tried to thwart the progress of the project. I've made a list of several possible suspects......"

"Oh? Is he the prime suspect you've listed? It seems that the homework is still not enough, Shenqi. ”

"Not enough homework? His views in the academic community have always been disapproving of the construction of the time machine, and he seems to have been involved in several extreme assassinations in the security network, although in the end it seems that he was not successfully arrested due to insufficient evidence......"

"No, no, no. It is true that his extreme bias against time machines exists, but that was a long time ago. You went on a mission to a remote galaxy some time ago, so you may not know that he is the person in charge of this project. If he wanted to sabotage the project, there was no need to use such inferior means. Moreover, it is clear that there is a large organization behind this terrorist act, but his network of contacts is not so extensive. ”

"Ah...... Oh, sorry, I was negligent at this point......"

"It's okay, after all, you just came back from a mission, and it's a matter of course to have some fatigue, and no one will blame you. In other words, I should be criticized as a leader who is not sympathetic to his subordinates at all. And you've just moved from engineer to us, so it's inevitable that you'll be inexperienced...... All in all, this task requires a lot of effort. ”

"Yes! I'll definitely try my best to get it done! ”

"By the way, does the Demon Realm need to be renovated? I don't think she's in very good shape, so let's take care of it. It just so happens that some of the people who are on this mission have not yet arrived, so you'd better wait for them for a while......"

"And some of the others who participated in this mission? Could it be ...... Are they all my seniors? ”

"The predecessors are not the predecessors, in fact, there is no clear distinction here. Like Themis and Athena, they didn't start the industry much later...... And ah, they all have to stay in the Demon Realm to get there......"

"Staying in the Demon Realm? Why? Is there a complicated reason for this? ”

"It seems that you are completely unaware of your own peculiarity, Shenqi. Have a little confidence in your engineering skills, the Demon Realm is the most advanced equipment we have in the current situation, do you know how many people gossip about you behind your back because of envy and jealousy? If you weren't her builder and designer, the above wouldn't have made you a manager. ”

“…… Is that so...... It seems that I still need to work hard to get the recognition of my work ability from my superiors before I can ......"

"In that case, I guess there will be more gossip. You're an all-rounder, you're the object of jealousy. As a senior, I would like to warn you that you must be careful when you work, because someone may do something unfavorable to you......"

This is where the memory comes to an abrupt end. It's likely that people who are experiencing memory regression for the first time are not used to this kind of situation like a TV suddenly losing power and a black screen, but for a "veteran" like Shenqi, this is nothing at all. Taking another elegant sip, she placed the cup on the table, put her right hand on her forehead, closed her eyes, and sighed sadly.

On the surface, the amount of information in this backtracking seems to be huge, but in fact, Shenqi has not obtained any useful information at all. What did you do before? What is the construction process of the time machine? Someone wants to sabotage it, so who? Themis and Athena, who are they who seem to be colleagues with these two people? Who are you talking to? More importantly, the conversation suggests that he came to this galaxy because of an enemy here. So what happened when you arrived? What kind of experience does it take to make this galaxy what it is now?

The questions are endless, one after the other. The truth is still hazy, and one can't help but feel a little disheartened.

"Looks like it's better to upload this memory to the database first." After thinking carefully for a while, Shenqi opened his eyes, "Yumeko, I will send you the processed information, and I will ask you to back it up." ”

"Yes, my lord. May you be able to recall all this sooner and lead us to win the future. ”

"Lead you to the future...... To be honest, I don't really have much interest. I wasn't a leader before. ”

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“…… Just put down the bandage in your hand, untie the rope from my hand, and let me bandage it myself. Glancing warily at the monster in front of him who was bandaging his head - it seems rude to describe this good-looking woman, but Alexei really didn't know how to think of a guy with a unicorn-like horn on his head as a human - he held out his hands to the other man, "Your bandaging is not professional at all, and in some cases such a completely layman's behavior will cost me my life." Hurry up and unravel. ”

"Lost your life? If it weren't for us, you'd be dead by now. The bandaging man was visibly impatient, "If it weren't for the voice that couldn't see the shadow at all saying that you were useful to us, I wouldn't want to leave you alone, just throw it into the pile of bugs and be done......"

"I didn't say you weren't allowed to do that. But if you want to seek my cooperation, this minimum level of trust is still for me, right? Alexei's hand still didn't let go, "If you change someone, he will definitely not be able to endure your bandage, it hurts, do you know?" Unleash the rope and hand me the weapon. ”

"That's not going to work. I've just seen the cunning of humans, and I believe that you can't do it. Looking at the deep distrust in the other party's eyes, Alexei showed a strange expression on his face: "Seen the cunning of humans? What is it that makes you so deeply prejudiced against humanity as a whole? ”

"It's none of your business." Suddenly received a slap on the head, Alexei couldn't help grinning: "It hurts...... Mistreatment of captives? I didn't expect you to learn anything good from humans. Do you really want my help? If you keep up this attitude, I'm not going to help, and I'll just let you all be killed by the bugs. ”

Of course, if you think about it on your toes, Alexei's statements must be a lie. But now he is also quite depressed: he finally reached the place surrounded by insects, but the other party actually regarded himself as an enemy and tied him up. In other words, he came all the way to be a prisoner...... How to think and how to be aggrieved.

"What the hell are you going to do with me? Does it make sense to just restrict my movements and do nothing? Enduring the pain of the wound due to improper bandaging, Alexei continued to talk to the "man", trying to get some useful information, "This is just adding an injured person to you for no reason, and it will not help in any way. ”

“…… I don't know. If you ask me what I'm doing, I don't know anything. With that, the horned woman picked up the large bowl in her hand and poured the liquid into her throat. With a sniffle, Alexei suddenly felt very uncomfortable, and the smell of alcohol in the air made the wine worms in his body start to move.

How long has it been since you drank alcohol? Well, at the end of the last mission, I had just made up my mind to quit drinking...... But......

Endure! Hold back! Definitely can't drink anymore! You have to stick to your principles! What's more, many things here are unreasonable, and there is no clear conclusion whether the other party is friend or foe, what if they use special medicines?

I still have this determination. Calmly, Alexei threw out his next question: "Don't know anything?" It doesn't look like it, the people here...... Well, the people seem to respect you, and you're the leadership......"

"Ghosts don't lie." The other party shook his head, suddenly glanced at himself with strange eyes, and then suddenly brought the big bowl over, "You...... It's a drink addiction, right? Would you like to take a sip? ”

"No, really not." It's hard to drink the wine right under your nose, but Alexei also has his own principles. Considering that the other party didn't seem to like people lying to her, the Russian guy finally decided to tell the truth, "Although, uh, although I do really want to drink...... But sure enough, I still don't drink it. ”

"Drink, drink, I'll see how much human alcohol is now. You're just the same as you were when you were addicted to alcohol, isn't that your own guilt? ”

"No, I really don't drink anymore." Feeling an inexplicable insistence from the other party's words, Alexei further deepened the conjecture that there was a problem in this bowl of wine, "I really don't need to, you ...... Well, what to call it? ”

"Star Bear Yongyi. Just call me Yongyi. ”

"Ah, Miss Yongyi," she looked like she was ignoring it just now, but now she is suddenly so positive, "Don't waste it, I ......"

"If you want to drink it, you can drink it, why are you so unreasonable!" It should be impatient, Xingxiong Yongyi directly grabbed Alexei's collar and began to pour wine into his mouth, "Do you have any doubts about the quality of my wine?" Then drink and see! ”

"Mmmm......mm

The wine tasted unexpectedly good - but Alexei still preferred the vodka sold in the shop next door, which was reasonably priced and completely safe, and he didn't have to worry about anything else going wrong with it.

"Ahem, ahem, ahem, ahem......" was poured with a full bowl of wine, and Alexei coughed violently. Seeing the other party like this, Xingxiong Yongyi began to pat him on the back with his strength: "How is it?" I didn't lie to you, did I? ”

There was no unusual sensation anywhere on the body. The consciousness is also very clear. There are no problems for the time being, but who knows......

"Don't always doubt the impossible, Russians." A wilting voice suddenly rang out all around. Alexei immediately looked around, but did not see anyone. Xingxiong Yongyi next to him had an indifferent expression: "Don't think about looking for it, I can't find it after looking for a long time...... However, according to the other youkai, this guy's command has helped them a lot, so I'll trust him for the time being...... Don't you have a problem? Just ask, and he should answer you. ”

"Before that, Xingxiong Yongyi, you'd better untie the rope from his hand first. We should now be on an equal footing, and we should cooperate against our comrades against that swarm of bugs......"

"Ah, I see, I know. Seeing that he didn't get drunk after drinking a big bowl, he loosened the tie for him. ”

"Well, maybe we need to have some exchange of information." "Looking" at Alexei who was untied from his hand and shook his hand, Lin continued to say in a tone that made no one feel uplifted, "I'm Lin, I should be ...... Well, artificial intelligence. Can you tell me your name? ”