When losing the outer layer of jelly.

The transparent chain in the middle struggled for a moment before it stopped moving.

"It's a chain of water, it's drinkable. Arnold said weakly.

Ren Wu recalls his memory, and he does have the memory of drinking water chain.

But perhaps because it was too ordinary, just like daily food, clothing, housing and transportation, it could be said to be something close to instinct, so it didn't leave a deep impression on Arnold's memory.

Swallow the water chain, and the water chain melts in your mouth.

The tired body regained some strength. Ren Wu was ready to take a break and continued to set off.

Rustling......

The dead leaves were crushed, and a figure was approaching.

Ren Wu chuckled in his heart.

Turning his head, he saw a tall, familiar figure standing behind him.

"Smack. ”

The whip is whipped on the arm.

It hurts to the core.

The old carpenter was not angry, but mighty.

"Go back with me. ”

"I don't!" Arnold said stubbornly as he regained control of his body.

"I'm sorry for you, this is the eighth time, you don't go to school and run out of town, you're getting more and more disobedient, it seems that it's time for me to do something. The old carpenter lifted Arnold's neck.

Then dragged Arnold back.

Ren Wu's mind is full of thoughts now, didn't he cut that silk thread, how could he find me.

Unfolding the meditation method, Ren Wu sighed in his heart.

The silk threads that had been cut off before did not know when they regrow.

They flew upwards and sank into the old carpenter's head.

"Stand up. The old carpenter said.

Then Ren Wu found that this body was not under his control.

Go forward on your own.

And it is the transparent silk thread that manipulates the body!

Ren Wu was terrified.

It was not only Ren Wu who was shocked, but it was also the first time that Arnold had seen his father directly manipulate his body.

Like the marionette, Arnold only has his head and his limbs are completely uncontrollable.

"Is this still my own body? Arnold couldn't believe it.

"It took me a year to make you. The old carpenter walked ahead and said to himself.

"Picking the material, sanding, polishing, coloring. ”

"The pigments that match your complexion are all carefully arranged by me. ”

"You are my heart's work. ”

"I consider you my heir. ”

"Do you understand how much I've done for you. ”

"Why do you think you can disobey my will? ”

The old carpenter turned his head and bowed his head expressionlessly.

"Arnold, you need to reflect on it. ”

He looked Arnold in the eye.

But Ren Wu had a feeling of being watched.

The next moment, it was dark.

When Ren Wu woke up, he found that both he and Arnold had completely lost control over their bodies, including blinking, talking, and shaking their heads.

But this body moved on its own, and Ren Wu and Arnold could sense that this body was uncontrollable, and there was an extra layer of cold consciousness, it was like a shadow of themselves.

Ren Wu was shocked, he could actually create consciousness, what kind of ability is this.

He suddenly felt that he couldn't see through the old carpenter in front of him.

Arnold in the consciousness space was crying and yelling, and he wanted to take his body.

But it doesn't belong to him.

This body doesn't seem to have anything to do with him.

The consciousness of the newborn is instilled with a fixed mind, and although it is more rigid, it is very submissive.

The consciousness of the newborn is very obedient.

Whatever the old carpenter told him to do, he did.

Sleep at a set time every day, not a second is wrong.

Eat on time, the old carpenter let it eat without a bite.

Go to school on time and pinch the point into the classroom.

I never communicate with other students in class, and I am not distracted, which is extremely efficient.

As soon as the bell rings, I will return home on time.

Even every step, every movement is mechanical.

The old carpenter was starting to get a little uncomfortable.

Arnold is obedient, but he is not so dull.

"Arnold, come here. The old carpenter beckoned to the newborn Arnold.

The freshman Arnold walked over and said expressionlessly, "Father, what's the matter?"

The freshman Arnold stood motionless, his movements unchanged.

"Don't be so restrained, you relax first. ”

Then the freshman Arnold really relaxed, and fell to his knees with a thud.

The old carpenter sighed.

It's obedient, but it's not the obedience he wants.

He wants the kind of obedience that is smart, thinking, and thoughtful.

That's what he wants.

And not this mechanical.

"Go back to bed, by the way, before you go to bed, you complete the carving task I assigned to you. ”

The next day, when Arnold opened his eyes.

Arnold watched the old carpenter stand beside his bed, staring at him.

"Arnold, you can move now. The old carpenter said, "Don't be so disobedient in the future, go downstairs to eat." ”

OK...... Moved?

Arnold tried to move his arm, and found that he had actually regained control of his body.

The cold, shadow-like consciousness in the sea of consciousness also disappeared without a trace.

Looking at the back of the carpenter's father, Arnold smiled stupidly.

He seems to have resigned himself to his fate.

Ren Wu acted as a bystander this time, he didn't know what to do, it's a big deal that this mission will fail, and there will be no punishment for failure anyway.

That night, Arnold secretly hid a carving knife in his school bag.

When he closed his eyes, Arnold in the sea space suddenly said.

"Big brother, you say, am I still me?"

"Of course you are yourself, it depends on your heart. ”

"But if you can't even control your own body, what's the use of having a heart, it's not locked in this cage. Arnold said faintly. "Or is it that he lent me my body, and I can use it, but I have to strictly follow his rules. ”

Ren Wu didn't know how to answer.

Further discussion belongs to philosophy.

He also doesn't understand philosophy.

"I want to go with you. Arnold said.

Ren Wu was a little surprised, and then Ren Wu smiled.

"I'm not a good person, you and I will be fused when you go. ”

"Then merge, anyway, big brother, you said that you are me in the parallel world, and we are all one, aren't we?" Arnold said calmly.

The next morning, Arnold went to school as usual.

Get out of the house.

Instead of going to school, Arno went to the forest outside the town.

Open the bag.

Remove the graver from the bag.

Scrape it down on your shoulders!

A knife!

Two knives!

Three knives!

Although it is a wooden body, the pain is still no different from that of ordinary people.

The carving knife left a deep scratch on the shoulder.

Each knife deepens the scratches.

The potholes are getting bigger.

Arnold was so sobbing in pain that he cried and scraped.

A hole the size of a ping-pong ball was carved out of the shoulder.

There is an area inside that is darker in color than the surrounding area.

Arnold gritted his teeth and scraped the piece off.

When this piece was scraped off, Ren Wu saw that the soul line flying out of his shoulder also broke.

The old carpenter of the family stopped his manual work.

With no joy on his face, he got up and shook the sawdust from his apron, then took off his apron and hung it on the wall, pushing the door out.

"The Eighth ......" At the foot of the big tree, Arnold leaned weakly against the trunk of the tree, his head hung low, and he muttered to himself.

The surrounding ground is covered with bits and pieces of wood chips.

There were rough holes in Arnold's shoulders, elbows, knees, and chest.

Arnold, who was holding the knife in his right hand, repeated the movement numbly.

When the old carpenter's leather boots came into his sight.

Arnold stiffened, then slowly raised his head and looked at the expressionless old carpenter.

For a long time, Arnold smiled.

The laughter grew louder and louder.

Reckless and insolent.

......