Prologue: Wedge, continued

That night, I had a dream. In the dream, I was in a dark place, and I couldn't feel the presence of real ground under my feet, as if my whole body was floating in the air.

The air was unusually thin, and if there was one more person nearby, I was afraid that he would rob me of my oxygen and cause both of them to suffocate to death.

Gradually, the darkness faded, and the eyes could barely see something, from black to gray, and then to see the stars of sunlight piercing in, and the extreme color also rendered the whole space at this time.

Things around me changed from hazy to clear, and I was in a city with tall buildings, a strange city, and I never remembered being to this place.

There are so many pedestrians that it can even be described as crowded, and the first impression after regaining vision is that it is constantly being pushed.

Although it is a city, it is very different from the city I live in reality, and there are some species that rely on gears among the pedestrians, and there are many orcs, or subhumans, which is called a different world.

Observing the surroundings without thinking about what kind of face I was here, I immediately looked at it with the help of the metal shell of the mechanical life that slowly passed by, and I was glad that it was my original appearance.

Although the things around him are extremely clear, the sense of chaos that has been brewing in the depths of his heart for a long time cannot be eliminated at all.

Therefore, in the dream at that time, I already roughly understood that I must be in a dream at this time.

With the mood of adventure and exploration, wandering around this strange city, my eyes continue to sweep around, and I can't help but sigh that the level of technology here is really unbelievably high, in addition to the complete artificial intelligence technology, all kinds of novel things are beyond my cognition.

There are countless strange-shaped skyscrapers around, and they can stand so peacefully.

In my impression, these buildings must be unreasonable in the design structure and a certain internal adhesion of materials, and their design drawings will not appear on a blank paper.

While sighing at the building, there was a looming floating building about 100 meters above his head, floating in the air as if he was ignoring gravity, and he stared at it for less than ten seconds before suddenly disappearing in front of him. Then, after a while, it flashed out again.

I couldn't tell the difference, so I began to stare at it carefully, and found that the four corners of the roof of the floating building were connected to the spires of other towering buildings by a rope of light as thin as a hair when viewed from a distance, and the four corners at the bottom of the floating building were connected to the bases of other buildings, like a cage imprisoned in the air.

Then, when I looked back at the front, I realized that there was more than one building in this pattern, and even the entire city could be seen everywhere.

Strange to say, although some buildings are extremely high, but there is no sense of inserting into the sky, looking at the sky in the distance, only to suddenly find that there is no cloud here at all, if you look closely, the color of the sky is also slightly different, compared with the impression, the sky here seems to be deeper, as if it is covered by a drop of ink soaked in clear water.

Walking down the street, pedestrians use communication devices that look as small and convenient as mobile phones from the outside.

In the restaurant on the corner, everyone uses laptop-like office equipment, which is just like the world I live in.

Walking like this, I don't know how long it has been in the reality I'm in, maybe it's not because it's not a nightmare, I can't help but be reluctant to go.

In the past, when I realized that I was dreaming lucidly, it was full of nightmares, and I was always suffering from all kinds of pain and torture in the dream, and finally I was really helpless, so I chose to commit suicide in the dream, and then woke up in the middle of the night, returned to a more stable reality, and then fell asleep, and arrived at the next dreamland.

Of course, the details of these dreams have long been forgotten, only the most recent one, which made me feel that I might never be able to come out again, but later, I don't know what I experienced in the dream, or I returned to reality safely.

In a trance, I had long since left the bustling city, and in front of me was an endless grassland, and at the end of my vision, there was a towering tree, which was taller than those skyscrapers of hundreds of feet just now.

With curiosity, I approached the giant tree, and as the distance continued to shrink, the bungalows next to the giant tree also appeared in sight, but at this time, my body seemed to have changed a little, and I vaguely felt that I had become lighter. In the warm breeze, there is a sense of emptiness.

When I advanced to a certain point, I suddenly noticed something strange in my body, and when I looked down, my clothes seemed to fade a little along with my whole body, but it was not yet completely transparent. No

Knowing what to do, I still chose to move closer to the giant tree, and I always felt that all these changes that happened above my body were related to the surrounding environment.

Before you know it, you can clearly see the bungalows. It was like a small town, with a wide long street in front of me, and all the bungalows lined up neatly on both sides of the long street, as if the houses were greeting me with a giant tree.

It's just that this street is empty, and there is no breath of human existence. Without hesitation, he took a step forward and stepped into the middle of town.

All of a sudden, the surroundings were instantly shrouded in darkness, and they were completely two worlds from before, and while the outside world changed, my body disappeared completely, and I didn't know what I was now.

It is not rigorous enough to simply say that it is a collection of consciousness, which is first and foremost contained by a shell. But it didn't seem to be transparent, because I couldn't feel my own physical existence at all, and I stepped on the ground, but the ground didn't give me any reaction at all.

Compared to the definition of "spirit" in my memory, I am more like air, as if I am one with the world. I don't even know how to move, even though I'm like air, I can't move a single bit, although I still have an active mind, but now I can't be recognized by any conscious species, as if I'm imprisoned.

Obviously, in terms of attributes, it is the freest existence in this heaven and earth, but it can't go anywhere, because it doesn't have the slightest ability to move.

Then, the breeze picked up again, and I felt some force behind me, pushing me deeper into the town.

As if I had been destined in the dark, a strong gust of wind suddenly blew from the other direction and blew me into an alley with a family of two people.

But to be precise, it should be a couple and a baby who seemed to have just been born, the young man had flaxen-colored medium hair, gray pupils, and was about six feet tall, while the other woman had slender hair like the tail of a meteor, and her dark eyes shimmered with a strange light, and she was nearly three inches shorter than the man.

The appearance of the two of them alone fascinated me for a long time. Compared to humans, they are more like the legendary innocuous elves of humans and animals, but except for their extreme appearance, they all conform to all the characteristics of humans.

The young man spoke, "I have asked Brother Feng, he will take our children away tonight." ”

The white-haired woman responded: "That's good, this child will be entrusted to Brother Feng in the future, and we can leave this cruel world with peace of mind." ”

"I hope this kid won't have to suffer like ours in the future." The man looked affectionately at the baby in the cradle, with watery eyes and a whole body moving, and said with a sigh.

"Definitely not, children are innocent by nature, God will not punish a child, let's take all the torture away." After the woman finished speaking, her eyes were full of crystal tears, as if she would cry in the next second.

When the man saw the woman's sad appearance, his heart was also in unbearable pain, and he comforted: "Let all the pain end today." Then the man looked at the silver dagger lying quietly on the tea table, shining with the sunlight that came in through the window. The dagger, as a weapon of assassination, is no longer so cold in this warm sun.

The man looked at the woman with both eyes and said, "To be honest, I'm really a little scared, I know that this is nothing compared to the pain I experienced in the past, but after all, it is still difficult to be ruthless." ”

"Haha, me too. The word suicide is easy to say, but when you actually want to do it, you are so scared that you can't do it. The white-haired woman laughed heartily when she heard the man's words, and then took out her silver dagger, which was exactly the same as the one on the table.

"Actually, I've been thinking about it for a long time, and I've wanted to die for a long time, the kind of heart-tearing pain, no matter how many times I experience it, I can't get used to it, let alone be numb. However, when I met you later, I don't know why, but I felt that if I was with you, it didn't matter if I had to endure this kind of pain for the rest of my life. The man just recounted his affection for the woman in front of him so plainly.

"Ha, actually, the first time I saw you, I thought—" The woman chuckled lightly, and then continued, but stopped in the middle of speaking, with a slight smile on her face.

"What do you think?" The man asked.

"Forget it, don't talk about it." The woman immediately held back a laugh, leaving only the corners of her mouth slightly raised, restraining her expression just now.

"Just like when I first met you, you always like to play tricks on me. But this time, I'm not going to let you succeed in the trick again, say it quickly. The man pretended to be a little angry, and then, while the woman was not paying attention, his hands immediately attacked the woman's slender waist.

was teased by the man and laughed, but the next second he regained his composure, looked into the man's eyes and said, "Na, didn't I tell you?" My waist is not afraid of itching, if you want to tickle, scratch here. As he spoke, he pointed to his armpit.

"It's... Here, here, I, I—" The man glanced at where the woman's finger was pointing, and then immediately hastily averted his gaze.

"Here, what's wrong?" Taking advantage of the situation, the woman stepped forward and asked provocatively.

"It's okay, no matter, anyway, just say it." It can already be clearly seen that the man's fair face is a little more flushed.

Seeing the man's blush, the woman shrugged her shoulders and said helplessly, "Okay, then I can say it, but you don't have to be angry." ”

Hearing the woman's promise, the man could relax a little and catch his breath, so he nodded and looked into the woman's eyes.

"That's it, at that time, the first time I saw you, I was thinking, how can there be such a good-looking girl in the world."

Hearing the woman say that she looked like a girl, the man could only laugh awkwardly, and then said: "It's another trick, it seems that I will never be able to get rid of it, in addition to the pain of this body, there is also your skillful tricking." As he spoke, the man choked up, just looked at the woman in front of him quietly, and smiled faintly.

"I didn't play tricks on you, I really thought so. But later, I don't know why, I found that I like you more and more, and I want to be with you more and more. However, I have obviously thought about committing suicide, and it is because of you that I have thrown away all my negative thoughts. Thought, it would be nice if I could see your face every morning when I woke up. The woman said.

With that, the woman immediately hugged the man and cried, crying quietly, except for the sound of sobbing and tears dripping, she didn't hear any other sounds, and the tears slid down her cheeks to the man's shoulders, which didn't look very strong, and the man also listened to the woman's crying quietly, while reaching out and caressing the woman's fine hair.

I don't know how long it took, the sobbing stopped, the woman gently pushed the man away, then handed the dagger in her hand to the man's eyes, and said quietly: "I'm sorry, can you make a little too much request." ”

The man seemed to already know what the woman's request was, took the dagger, and said bitterly: "It's not the first time you've made excessive demands on me, but this time, I, I can't do it." ”

In reply, he threw away the dagger, and then said to the woman urgently and excitedly: "Let's live, and when Brother Feng comes in the evening, everyone will have a meal together, and forget about these bad thoughts before." In order to be together, we have paid a lot, and it is not easy to be able to settle in a corner and live in one place, but now we have to think, I am unwilling. "All emotions focused on the left fist, pounding heavily against the wall.

"Why am I not, since this bitter disease, I have not gone to seek famous doctors, but every time it is fruitless, and finally even my family doesn't believe me, thinking that I am a heart disease, but this evil disease is everywhere if no one breaks out, and when I wake up, my body is fine."

The woman continued, "I'm really scared, if one day I don't control it and hurt the child, I'll ......."

The woman paused, sighed lightly, and continued: "I have already done the happiest thing in my life, and I don't want to pursue more. I am the greatest luck to meet you, to be able to be with you and rely on each other, but also God's mercy on me, and finally we have children. Now that I'm happy that I don't know what to do, let this child live in our place. ”

After saying that, she picked up the dagger on the ground, inserted it into her heart, and with the last of her strength, said in a very weak voice, "I'll go first." ”

Desperately raised the corners of his mouth, smiled at the man in front of him, his eyes were still mixed with a little tears, and slowly fell.

And the man, as if he had just come to his senses, did not cry out in pain as I had imagined, and he knelt down on one knee beside the woman, watching the blood that kept flowing from the corner of her mouth.

The woman's eyes were still open, as if she wanted to engrave the man's face in the last moment of her life.

Since, when you come to this world, you don't have a chance to look at you at the first time, so when you have to leave, let the vision be full of you.

At this time, I could have said everything I wanted to say but didn't dare to say.

However, the man didn't even say a word, just held the woman's right hand tightly with his left hand, and kept choking.

I knew that he must have wanted to cry so much by now, and the tears kept rolling in his sockets, but every time he was about to drip down, he simply took it back, and his eyes opened wide so that not a single tear would fall.

After all, he still didn't hold back, a tear fell, then two or three drops, and finally he was out of control, hugging the woman and crying bitterly. In fact, there was a chance to stop the woman's behavior just now, but he didn't do anything, not too late, not because he lost his mind.

As a bystander, I don't know what stories they have had between them, let alone understand their actions, and I certainly have never felt the pain and suffering they mentioned before. from

In the conversation just now, the information that can be obtained is limited, but the deep love between the two must be strong. Before I could finish thinking, the man followed the woman and fell beside her.

At this moment, my vision began to blur again, and everything around me seemed to be swallowed up by a burst of white light, chairs, tables, lamps, coffee tables, window screens... Then the child, then the woman, and then the man, began to blur before my eyes, becoming a white light that was brighter than the others.

Then, just after I couldn't see the shape of the human being at all, two very discordant black dots pierced my eyes, and I looked at the direction where the lovers had fallen.

Then, the black dots began to move, and the two black dots stopped after moving a distance of about a meter.

Eventually, chaos was all over, and I opened my eyes to the ceiling of my bedroom.