Moon......

It's a very touching name, just like the smile of the woman in the photo.

Lao Tian looked up at the smiling Mingyue in the photo, and slowly spoke, and there was a hint of tenderness in his voice that could not be heard in Pingrì: "I remember very clearly, when I first met her, I was already over three hundred years old, and she was only seventeen years old. We ran to the West Lake to drink together on a rainy day, and we chased the deer on the snowy fields together......" When he said this, Lao Tian's eyes seemed to be shining, but then, that glimmer gradually faded.

“…… I remember it very clearly, every day I knew her, and that period was the happiest time of my life. ”

Lao Tian's voice was very emotional, and then he whispered: "I remember once, on the day I was born, she told me that she would congratulate me on my birthday every year in the future." Pity...... I've lived too long! ”

The last sentence "living too long" is full of sourness and vicissitudes that Chen Xiao can't understand.

Chen Xiao looked at Lao Tian's face silently, and suddenly asked in a low voice, "You...... Love her? ”

"I love it." Lao Tian nodded.

Then he seemed to smile: "I have been married several times in my life, but each time it is not long...... Oh, I mean, compared to how long I lived. Every time I fall in love with a woman, I watch them grow old. Die. Even watching my children, children and grandchildren, all grow old and die step by step...... I don't think you're going to experience that. ”

At this moment, Lao Tian's voice was very astringent and bitter.

"She was the last woman I fell in love with. It's also one of my favorites. I lived for more than 400 years, and I didn't have any other women, but ...... Mingyue is a special woman, she is beautiful, and she has a charm that no one else can match. She is a unique woman, a unique woman who cannot find a second in this world. When Lao Tian said this, he smiled bitterly: "Probably, there is another reason: I have never been loved by her." ”

It's always best if you don't get land.

Lao Tian walked to the innermost window. He took out an old and dilapidated wooden box and pulled out a pocket watch from inside.

It is a copper pocket watch with a green patina all over the chain and scratches on the case.

"This is my ...... It was the first raw gift that Mingyue gave me. Lao Tian's fingers gently rubbed the scratches on the case, and said softly: "She said that every year when I was born in the future, she would give me a watch." Pity. She died early...... But she has allowed her descendants to do just that. Until the last owner of the shop left, I was given a piece of the latest piece of land every year when I was born. However, what I have always cherished the most is this piece. Lao Tian put the old-fashioned pocket watch back, shook his head and said: "This thing is so precious, I have never been reluctant to put it by my side, and I dare not put it by my side, so I can only hide it here quietly." ”

"Bright Moon...... She's a phoenix......" Chen Xiao asked in a low voice.

But Lao Tian waved his hand. Didn't answer immediately.

"The story of the bright moon. It is the beginning of the whole event. Lao Tian shook his head: "Even ...... Service Societies, Clubs. And many, many more...... It's all about this peculiar woman! If it wasn't for her...... Fear...... The current situation will not be ......"

Then, Lao Tian pointed to the two old chairs in the shop: "Sit down, I will tell you slowly." ”

He sat down first, holding the cigarette in his hand, and then skillfully turned out a lighter from the coffee table, looked at Chen Xiao, and smiled: "I often sneak here alone, and when I am in a bad mood, I sit here and smoke two cigarettes, talk to myself, and I will feel as if Mingyue is still here with me." So, I've hidden a lighter here, hehe. ”

He lit his cigarette and took a deep breath, and the smoke of the green sè rose as Lao Tian began to speak.

"Mingyue was born in a large family in the late Qing Dynasty, at that time it was a Westernization movement, when Mingyue was young, she was like a boy, and she would never know what everyone should learn such as piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. Later, the two elder brothers in the family were sent abroad by their father to study abroad, and this delicate young lady actually rolled up a small baggage, quietly ran away from home, and got on a steamer. Lao Tian smoked a cigarette and sighed: "That's when I met her, when I was doing something for the service agency, and I happened to be on that cruise ship, so I met her......"

Chen Xiao suddenly smiled: "You said it like the Titanic." ”

Lao Tian smiled: "She is a tomboy, in order to go out secretly, she deliberately cut her hair, and she also learned that others wore a dress and a pair of round glasses, but her body is too slender, and she will still be seen at a glance, fortunately, she will also do a unique job, which is makeup." Lao Tian said, he couldn't help but be stunned for a while, the cigarette between his fingers, the ash was left for a long time, and he didn't notice it when it fell on his clothes.

Chen Xiao didn't interrupt his memories, just waited quietly.

After a long while, Lao Tian sighed and shook his head: "Don't talk about this." In fact...... I wasn't the main character. Because of the people who met her on the boat...... Or rather, the protagonist in her heart is not me. ”

After a pause, Lao Tian's god became serious: "At that time, there was another man from the service club who was on the boat with me, and that man was of a higher rank than me in the service club, and I was just responsible for assisting him in that incident. ”

Assist?

With an old monster like Lao Tian, who has lived for four hundred years, his own strength is already unfathomable! Let him be an assistant? The identity of that man......

"He's K." Lao Tian said in a low voice: "At that time." He is K. Moreover, he is also the youngest k in the service committee of the service cooperative! ”

His voice became bitter: "Speaking of which, the encounter on the boat gave rise to a very cliché love story, a rich lady who ran away from home and met a man with a strange identity. And I'm ...... Just a bystander. ”

"We took Mingyue to Europe together. In Europe, after we were done, K accompanied her all over Europe, to Paris, to London. To Berlin, to Antwerp...... At that time, the three of us were together, and we were very happy, like three good friends. But I know very well that in the hearts of both of them. I am a friend, but the relationship between the two of them is not a friend. ”

"K is a very special man. He was a committed organizer, loyal and extremely responsible, and had a natural sense of purpose, which he believed existed for. It is to be responsible for watching over the world. Grasp our direction...... Hehe, I also believed these words when I was in the service club. ”

"I believe that the love between them was pure in the beginning. Although I ...... But I would like to bless them. Mingyue is a beautiful woman, she has a very kind heart, I think, she understands my feelings for her, but she never embarrass me. She's smart. Know how to handle things well. Even when the three of us were together, there was always a charm in her. Being able to make us have a great time together. Though...... At that time, K and I were really colleagues, but we weren't friends. ”

"But things changed, more than two years later. They were married in Paris, and after they got married, K left almost all the things in the service club for the time being, and lived in seclusion with her on the banks of the Seine. I often look for opportunities to go on missions in Europe, and I often go to see them. They have always been happy and live well. I remember that year, I went to Paris, and it happened to be my birth, and she gave me a pocket watch, which is this one. But one day, two years after we had known each other, when I went to visit them again in Paris, things changed. When I went, they already had a child, but when I went, I didn't see K, she was the only one left at home in Paris, and although she still smiled brightly at me, I could see that she was not happy, not at all. ”

"Why?" Chen Xiao asked.

"Because...... Mingyue, she is not an ordinary person. Lao Tian's voice was a little bitter.

"She's also a Stranger?" Chen Xiao frowned.

"No, she's not an anomalous." Lao Tian frowned, thought for a while, and said, "I'm not an expert in this area, but maybe you can understand it if I understand it this way." There is something hidden in the genetics of Mingyue's body, and this substance, if she meets a partner who is also an ordinary person, or other abilities, will not produce any special results. But by the way, she came across

Lao Tian smiled: "To give a chemical example, the composition of water is H2O. Two different substances collide together, creating a chemical reaction that becomes a new substance. And that incident was completely a coincidence, and I learned one thing afterwards: the genetic component in Mingyue's body happens to have a strange mutation with K's genetic component, and the probability of this coincidence is very, very small. But in the vast world, the sea of people is vast, but Mingyue met K, and at the same time fell in love, combined, and had offspring. And the offspring who inherited the genes of the two at the same time, the children who synthesized the genes of the two people, had a chemical reaction, that is, their offspring were superpowers, and the abilities were not simply inherited from k. Instead, there were some new, then incomprehensible changes! ”

"K's ability is cāo time-control!" Lao Tian's voice was serious: "This is a very powerful ability, there are almost no obvious weaknesses, and the K with this ability has a very high status in the service community. Results. Their child is not an ordinary person like Mingyue, nor a time ability like K, but a completely new, very powerful new ability! This discovery made K, who was originally obsessed with love and was willing to live in seclusion, re-stimulate the fanatical sense of mission and responsibility in his heart. He faced this new discovery, as if he had found a new path to the future of humanity - well, yes, that's what K was saying, and that's what he said at the time, and he asked me questions. That's how he answered. ”

"In the end...... What happened? Chen Xiao heard the deep sadness in Lao Tian's voice.

Lao Tian extinguished the cigarette, sighed, and then raised his head to look at Chen Xiao: "What do you think is the biggest weakness in life for the current human race?" ”

Chen Xiao frowned, although he didn't understand Lao Tiandi's intentions. But still thinking about it seriously: "Hmm...... Is the individual too fragile? Short lifespan? Or ......"

"I mean, all humans, including the Anomalous!" Lao Tian said lightly: "For the supernatural, the individual is not fragile, and some of the supernatural people, such as me." The lifespan is also very long. However, even those with extraordinary abilities have one of the greatest weaknesses that cannot be bypassed, and this weakness is shared by all human beings. ”

"What the hell?"

"Legacy!" Lao Tian said these two words categorically.

The speed of his speech began to quicken: "Inheritance! Transmission of knowledge. There is also the inheritance of ability...... Blah blah, blah, everything! The inheritance of everything! ”

Chen Xiao frowned: "I don't quite understand what you mean." ”

Lao Tian looked at Chen Xiao's eyes, his eyes were a little weird: "Okay, let's say, alone." No matter how talented he is, when a person comes into this world from birth, it starts from a baby. Until growing up chéngrén. Then learn all kinds of knowledge from the outside world...... It's a long process. ”

He smiled and continued: "Let's just say that in our modern society, a normal person needs to receive more than ten years of school education before he can learn a set of basic civilization knowledge, whether it is mathematics, physics and chemistry or others. And after studying in school for more than ten years, what I have learned is only some of the most basic and popular things, those advanced and cutting-edge knowledge, only a few people have the strength to delve into the field of earth. For example, an ordinary college student will learn advanced mathematics in mathematics. But what about going up? Let's say a college student studies physical chemistry. But it is only some relatively low-level theories, and it is far from being comparable to professional experts! ”

Chen Xiao frowned: "That's natural." After all. Manpower is sometimes exhausted, and it takes a lot of effort and a long time to delve into a field to profound. ”

"However, this knowledge is knowledge that has been discovered by the predecessors of mankind! Something that already exists! But just to master the knowledge and civilization left by their predecessors, human beings are no longer competent. Lao Tian smiled: "For example, Einstein's theory of relativity, which is also the intellectual heritage of our ancestors, but for the vast majority of people in this world, they can't learn it at all...... Why? Because there is simply no time, or the ability to learn these profound things, even if it is simply to inherit the intellectual heritage left by the ancestors. Lao Tian shook his head: "I said, a person has studied in school for more than ten years from childhood to adulthood, and he can only master a small part of the most basic and ordinary knowledge, and he can't learn all the cultural knowledge heritage left by his ancestors." There are even terrible situations where a professional who has mastered a high level of knowledge in a particular field dies, but then there is no successor to a lot of knowledge in that field. ”

He smiled bitterly: "For example, my children can't learn all the martial arts of my voice, there are many things, after I die, I'm afraid it will be lost, even if I use the written situation to pass it down, no one can finish it, just stay in writing, it is equivalent to being lost!" ”

Chen Xiao gradually guessed something in his heart: "So, what do you mean......"

"Inheritance is a very troublesome thing. Nowadays, human civilization and knowledge inheritance can only rely on learning, spending jīng effort, spending time, and also looking at talent, those with good talent can learn more, and those with poor talent can learn less. And it takes more than ten years to learn some of the most basic and ordinary things...... For most people, how many years can there be in a lifetime? In this way, it is passed on by learning, which is too slow and inefficient. Lao Tian shook his head: "Especially in the era when K and Mingyue met, there were no computers in the world, no massive storage tools, and even the inheritance of knowledge could only rely on writing and printing...... Therefore, when K suddenly discovered such a new path, all the fanaticism in his heart was aroused! ”

Chen Xiao swallowed and foamed: "So, in the end, Mingyue and K's children have ...... abilities."

"Copy!" Lao Tian spit out these two short words.

glanced at Chen Xiao again: "Thorough copy!" Exact reproduction!! Copy all the abilities, all the knowledge, all the wisdom that your parents have! Copy directly! From the moment of birth, there is a strong knowledge and ability! ”

Lao Tian said in a low voice: "That child, is a girl, I saw her later, she was only two years old at the time, and she could recite a lot of Tang poems - she never learned these, but she was born with it, because Mingyue memorized it when she was young!" She almost didn't have to study, so she naturally inherited most of Mingyue and K's knowledge!! She also inherited K's abilities without reservation...... Cāo controls the time! It can be said that she was like an adult dressed as a toddler [**] at that time, in addition to being a little naïve emotionally and emotionally, but in terms of intelligence, she has reached the level of an adult. He said with a wry smile: "It's like copying content from one computer to another!" ”

Chen Xiao's eyes widened!

Magical! It's simply amazing!

But......

Why......

Chen Xiao then began to frown. Such a magical thing sounds like a good thing, but why does I have a "terrible" feeling in my heart?

Lao Tian closed his eyes.

He couldn't help but think back to the day a hundred years ago, when he ran back to his homeland island in anger, found K in the laboratory, and angrily accused him......

At that time, the man, his face was very cold and resolute, and in the face of his accusations, he said coldly to himself:

"This is a great find! If I succeed, it will completely change the course of humanity's future! Mankind will no longer have to spend more than a decade or even decades learning the culture and knowledge left by their ancestors! Instead, it can be inherited directly! You can spend more time and jīng energy in your life to open up! To open up, to pursue those unknown new things! It will greatly accelerate the process of human civilization!! ”

"What about Mingyue? What about your feelings! What about her feelings? ”

"I don't have time!" At that time, K replied coldly: "For the sake of the mission, I am willing to give up a woman." I'm even willing to give up everything I have! Feelings, life, all!! ”

At that time, Lao Tian pointed to the young girl in the laboratory: "What about her?" She's your daughter! Not a test product! ”

"I'm not myself anymore! Not to mention my daughter! Bag, it seemed that he wanted to find another cigarette, but unfortunately he didn't find it, so he could only scratch his hair irritably, and then raised his eyelids and glanced at Chen Xiao: "You know, that K, what happened later?" ”

"I think he must have failed." Chen Xiao frowned: "After all, his so-called inheritance has passed for a hundred years, but now it has not been realized." ”

"Hmph." Lao Tian smiled noncommittally: "So, do you know that K, what happened to him himself?" ”

“？” Chen Xiao looked at Lao Tian.

"He's ...... now. Alive. Lao Tian sighed.

Chen Xiao frowned: "It's the same as you...... Or is it the same as Zhurong them? ”

"He's alive, and he's ...... The current identity is ......" Lao Tian's smile was very bitter: "The identity in the service club is - the ...... in the playing cards King!! ”

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