Chapter Seventy-Three: Independence

The girl waited for him for a while, then hesitantly asked, "What about you...... What does Heaven do? ”

"I'll go to the sky......" Li Zhen slowly raised his head and looked at the sky - the stars were still just as bright, and the bright silver galaxy was faintly visible. And he came back from there. He looked at the spear of Longinus beside him. Then he smiled, "I'm going to get something." Unfortunately, I came back a little late. ”

"Yes...... Military secrets, right? The boy who recognized him asked tentatively.

Li Zhen smiled: "Yes." ”

And then these people don't know what to say.

After a while, Li Zhen waved his hand: "You guys go back first, I'll be alone for a while." Is the university still open? ”

"Well, it's open. It's just that I don't know when the road will open, and the teachers have gone a lot. The girl's words were a little gloomy, and then she stood up and said to her classmates, "Then you can go back, and I'll stay here." ”

She turned to Li Zhen: "If you need anything......

Li Zhen shook his head: "No need, you can't get over anyway." But tomorrow I'll have to contact the officials here, and I'll say I'm back - I have something to talk to them about. ”

The "eviction order" was a little vague, but the girl understood. So she glanced at Li Zhen again and pursed her lips: "Okay." ”

A group of college students with candles in their hands gradually moved away. Li Zhenmu sent them for a moment, then slowly stood up and pulled the gun from the ground.

He didn't know what he should do for a while. If it had been assumed, he would be in the northern base now. He wanted to see his parents the most. Then he may have a phone chat with Zhang Kesong, and then go to fulfill the promise made a year ago, or six years ago, to resurrect Kitagawa Harumi.

So much time has passed, but the girl's voice and smile are still vivid. He killed her indirectly, but the promise he made to her has been delayed again and again, until today......

He himself didn't know if Beichuan Qingming's bones were still lying in a corner of this world after so long.

But now everything has been disrupted - this world has changed beyond recognition.

He felt that maybe he shouldn't have killed Shen Mu in the first place......

Since a theory can predict what will happen in this world, then it is also possible to find some solutions based on that theory? If he were still alive, maybe he could use his clever head to brew a glass of wine—even if it was as he had guessed. This will cause the two universes to eventually merge and collide together. It can also quench your thirst temporarily.

Unfortunately, no one has told them whether what they did in the past was right or wrong.

It's like he is a little unclear now, he crawled out of the grave, broke into the world of the capable in a daze, and joined the secret service office. Whether it's right or wrong.

If that choice hadn't been made in the first place. Maybe still with my parents and Kozon. Ignorant and happy, living somewhere.

But is that really the life you want to live?

Li Zhen held the gun in his hand and stood next to the wall all night.

It wasn't until there was a glimmer of light in the eastern sky that he lowered his head slightly. Wiped his hair with his hands. I don't know if it is related to that "self" in the dark, five years ago, one of the two people was in the south and the other was in the north, and they coincidentally shaved a "round inch".

The hair touched in the palm of his hand was a little stiff, and it was stained with a thin layer of dew. He wiped his face with the dew and made a decision.

So he tried to stretch out a finger and slowly approach the invisible barrier.

This so-called barrier is supposed to be the same thing as the area in the sky. Just now he thought carefully about everything he had experienced in heaven, and then he found some doubts.

He had thought that this thing would speed up the passage of time—this kind of thing could also get some support from theory in the previous world, and should be more acceptable than something like "psionics". He once felt that it was because of his special physique that he was still young after decades of years.

But then he looked at his clothes. The clothes were unusual, a pair of black trousers and a short-sleeved shirt with light blue and white edges. But the garment didn't look the same now, as if it had just been washed and put on by itself.

However, Qian Suidang and Wu Jiechao's spacesuits have been rusted to the point that they can't look good, but they are still brand new. This meant that the amount of force not only bypassed his body, but also what was close to him.

Therefore, this kind of thing is by no means a simple "time acceleration".

The most significant difference between himself and the two who died is that he is a capable person, and they are ordinary people. So where is the difference?

Can the capable ignore this so-called barrier?

So now he's going to take a risk with one finger of his own.

The index finger of the left hand plunged into the space after a brief pause.

Li Zhen pursed his lips and waited for a short moment—in his state of high mental concentration, this so-called "a little moment" was actually less than a second.

The fingers didn't change much. So he was slightly happy in his heart, and planned to wear it all over the body. But just as the thought came to mind, his index finger suddenly disappeared. As if covered by an invisibility cloak, he could see the base of his fingers, but where it joined the vanished fingers was a brightly colored cross-section—he saw his own bones, muscles, blood vessels!

He immediately withdrew his left hand. So the moment he got out of the barrier, blood splattered. Fortunately, the powerful self-healing ability worked immediately, and without him pressing to stop the bleeding, the broken blood vessel had already contracted and healed, the muscle and skin covered the wound, and a new finger was born in a few seconds.

This thing...... It's not just about the "speed of time", it's more like the kind of psionic energy he possesses—the ability to produce cutting properties. It's just that the "severed" finger just disappears......

Did you run into another space like that bomber group?

Li Zhen exhaled softly. After thinking about it, he walked a dozen steps along the separation zone and came to the other side. Then I tried it again.

There are certainly many people in human history who have tested themselves, but there are certainly not many people who lose a finger every time they take a test. He tried six times, losing six fingers.

The conclusion was that the thing did exist - it seemed to be moving slowly. Sometimes it takes two or three seconds to "bite" the finger off, and sometimes it is gone as soon as it reaches in.

But he tried a seventh time. This time he used psionic energy. A small piece of void wrapped his finger around it, poking it in. Then he waited five minutes - his fingers were safe and sound. This means that if he can completely "protect" himself, then he can safely cross this so-called "separation zone".

But here's the problem......

To completely wrap himself in a "void" means that he has sent himself to that space where he does not know where to go. Maybe not even before he could get through the wall. The whole person has disappeared from this world.

This is indeed a funny and helpless paradox. So he didn't plan to do it for the time being.

Then it seems that we can only wait.

Li Zhen sat back on the ground, feeling like he had become a prisoner. The sun slowly rose in the east, and the sun turned a whole cloud red. It seems that only summer in Yuzhou has good weather with blue skies and white clouds, and most of the other seasons are hidden under heavy clouds. Even now. The clouds on the horizon don't seem to back down. But the sun eventually broke through the barriers. Take to the skies.

Then the heavens and the earth gradually became hot.

The wait didn't last long. About half an hour later. Li Zhen saw a slender figure slowly walking towards him.

It was a girl, dressed in sportswear, as if she had gotten up for a morning run.

She was stopping and stopping to get closer. The most reluctant saw Li Zhen, and then smiled slightly: "Ah, you are still here." ”

This girl was the one who took the lead last night. Her calmness and calmness left a deep impression on Li Zhen, so he also smiled: "Wait for news here." What is your name? ”

The girl stood down casually, thought about it, and sat on the plastic floor on her knees: "My name is Guo Jinyuan." ”

Li Zhen nodded and looked at her. Last night's light was dim and I couldn't really see it. But it was early in the morning, and some details appeared before his eyes.

The girl's hair was neatly combed and soft, and her eyebrows seemed to be trimmed. The pink lips are a little shiny, and it seems that lipstick has been used. If you look down, the neck inside the collar is clean and fair. Look at her nails - they are neatly trimmed, and there is not even a trace of dust between them.

But her clothes look a little old. Although it is also neat and neat, the cuffs have some raw edges. It was evident that the girl seemed to have trimmed the raw edges, but they were not the same anyway.

The most important thing is that the corners of her mouth quickly pulled down as she sat on the ground with a slight smile and bent her knees. It was an unconscious micro-expression, which meant that she was a little resistant when she did it. She now clasped her hands on her knees and her heels slightly up, as if she was deliberately reducing the area of her clothes in contact with the ground.

She didn't want to sit like that, but she did it anyway, as if trying to gain her favor in this way.

And she should be a girl who pays a lot of attention to appearance - both her fingers and her skin mean that she has been well maintained in the past, and her living conditions must be very superior. But now she is wearing a sportswear with raw edges.

Li Zhen thought for a while and said, "It's the first time I've come to Yuzhou." I've heard that the hot pot here is famous. ”

Guo Jinyuan smiled: "Well, I went from a snack to a big one." ”

So Li Zhen knew it - her throat moved slightly.

He asked, "Wake up early for a run?" ”

Guo Jinyuan let out a sigh: "Yes, but I didn't expect you to be here." ”

Li Zhen smiled and said, "I don't recommend that you get up early every day to exercise. If I'm right, your body is weak, your steps are not steady, and your nutritional status is not very good - in this case, it is better to lie in bed than to exercise. ”

The girl was slightly stunned.

Li Zhen continued: "What is the matter with looking for me? ”

Guo Jinyuan opened her mouth, and then smiled slightly embarrassed: "Hmm...... Well, I did come for you. ”

The smile on her face gradually faded, and she turned into a look of some gain and loss, and the two toes together swept the ground slightly, looked up and said, "I want to ask you...... I mean, if you come out, take me out of here. ”

"Leaving the University?" Li Zhen said lightly, "Personal freedom is restricted here? ”

"It's not a coalition, it's here — the city." Guo Jinyuan looked at Li Zhen, with some expectation in her eyes, "My hometown is in Wanzhou, and I want to go home." ”

Li Zhen thought for a while: "If this thing is in the way, I can't get out myself, let alone take you out." If it weren't in the way, the kind of passage you were talking about would have appeared—then you could go back on your own. What do you ask me to do? ”

Guo Jinyuan looked directly at Li Zhen and said softly: "The government has a door." ”

She paused: "They have a kind of door, and that's what kind of instrument can open a gap for a short time so that people can walk through!" ”

Li Zhen was stunned: "There is this thing?" ”

He was indeed a little surprised. If you put aside things like supernatural psionics, the technological level of the Anthropocene realm has not changed significantly since five years ago. At that time, the empire was most proud of its small nuclear reactor technology - he still remembered that after the Pingyang incident, the empire sent a small team of "global strategic strike aircraft" from the mainland, from the United States airspace at high speed, around the earth.

At that time, this was the world's best technical strength.

But now Guo Jinyuan says that the local government of Yuzhou has a "gate" that can pass through this space-time barrier......

This kind of technique is too sci-fi anyway, right?

So he subconsciously asked, "Made by humans?" Created by the Empire? ”

He seemed interested. And this reaction clearly encouraged Guo Jinyuan. The expression on her face came alive: "It's not the Empire, I heard that it was imported from the Philippines - the Philippines." ”

Li Zhenzhi said what she meant by repeating this sentence. No one would have thought that the country that had been devastated during the Aurora Age could make such a thing, right?

But her next sentence made Li Zhen more interested-

"I've heard that it's independent."

Li Zhen frowned slightly: "It was originally a sovereign country." ”

"I don't mean that ......," Guo Jinyuan shook his head, "I mean, the empire's former garrison in the Philippines has become independent. ”

Li Zhen stood up and frowned: "When is the news?" ”

His reaction was obviously unexpected by Guo Jinyuan. So she also stood up a little helplessly: "About a year ago. That's when the government got that kind of door, we all knew about it, and then there was no news - what's wrong with you? (To be continued......)