Chapter 52: Wooing
Zheng Rui put away the projection of her memory scene, and the imaginary scene in the "server" returned to the sea of flowers in the Garden Expo Park again.
Fang Tong: It was all the basement of our community just now...... What you went to see yesterday?
Zheng Rui: Yes.
Fang Tong: They're all dead? Just now...... Isn't that Brother Zhao - he's dead too?
Zheng Rui: You haven't seen it all.
Fang Tong: This ...... Is this a real memory? Why is it all black and white?
Zheng Rui: This is the protective mechanism of the human brain, and if you look closely, you will find that it is not completely black and white.
Fang Tong: It's disgusting...... Aliens are really, disgusting......
Zheng Rui: It's not the aliens who are disgusting, but the people who attack the same kind.
Fang Tong: What?! What do you mean?
Zheng Rui: There are traces of electric shock on the deceased's body, and the shape of the wound with alien poison does not match the alien claw, which should have been done by Sister Na's ex-boyfriend. To put it simply, based on current speculation, it may have been that three of the six basements at the time had rebelled against the other three basements, led by your former boss - it's easy to understand that pure water is no longer scarce after the rainstorms.
Fang Tong: And ...... You broke Brother Zhao's foot.
Under the emotional influence of the psychic ability, Zheng Rui was very calm no matter what he said.
Zheng Rui: You can accuse me because I made decisions that were beneficial to myself based on my own rational judgment. This decision is indeed inconsistent with the morals of society in a period of stability.
Fang Tong: No...... I didn't want to accuse you. Wait, I'll take the ability back first......
Zheng Rui: Don't-...... What a headache, can you not think about it being a play?!
Fang Tong: I'm sorry...... I'm afraid you've been affected by the ability for too long, and it will affect your brain......
Zheng Rui: If there is an impact, it will be long before there is a problem - and I said that you can accuse me, which is also out of rational considerations. I know we have a holiday, so there's no need to hide it...... But so many people on the other side are dead, and the people who fled may not have some bad intentions, so we have to trust each other as much as possible, understand?
Fang Tong didn't respond in the connection of consciousness, and in Zheng Rui's mind, his vague image seemed to be stuck because of a bad signal.
She suddenly felt a little pity, even though she herself felt that her current situation was already bad, Fang Tong's situation was not much better. After all, he was slashed in the neck with the intention of seeking peace, and then watched his cousin Zuo Youcheng almost hang up after being attacked by the evolved second-generation alien. Zheng Rui already has post-traumatic stress disorder, and Fang Tong is still mentally healthy, and this time she showed the deaths of her former neighbors in the basement opposite, and I am afraid that she is on the verge of collapse.
No, we have to keep him steady. As a party member, she should hold herself to a higher standard, and naturally she cannot demand the masses with the standard of a party member.
Zheng Rui: Are you still online?
Fang Tong: In ...... At.
Zheng Rui: I'm sorry for showing you those things. Or...... Shall I show some other eye wash?
The imaginary scene in Zheng Rui's "server" changes, the color of the sea of flowers disappears, the surface of the ground is deformed, and the perspective relationship shows that black mountains with snow appear in the distance, and the two stand on the wooden plank road, and a blue and quiet lake appears in front of them.
The imaginary feeling of "coldness" appeared, and this was the first time that Zheng Rui, as a server connected to consciousness, projected sensory information beyond vision.
Fang Tong: This is ...... Where?
Zheng Rui: Changbai Mountain Tianchi, this is part of China, and the opposite side is North Korea.
Fang Tong: Wow, it's like ...... Inception. I even really felt a little cold – but it wasn't like I was cold, it was ...... Are you a little cold?
Zheng Rui: Yes, because this is my conscious activity, and the subject who feels the cold must be me. Wait - that's me?!
She "saw" Fang Tong's field of vision—probably because Fang Tong had just opened his eyes in reality, so the signal of the vision had become stronger—and then she saw her head from Fang Tong's field of vision, which was resting on Fang Tong's lap.
This posture...... Well, it can only mean that she was planted on Fang Tong before.
Zheng Rui: Oh, I'm sorry, I'll be up right away.
Fang Tong: It's okay...... You fainted before, and then I ...... I think you're still too tired......
Zheng Rui: Thank you.
In this way, Fang Tong is still a reasonable person, in fact, the time he helped Zuo Youcheng when he operated on her before has already shown that this person can still recognize the current situation. They are all grasshoppers on a rope, when the boss of the opposite community was not dead before, Fang Tong and Zuo Youcheng may still rebel, but now Liu Haojia and others have killed others, and normal people will choose to stand with Zheng Rui and Bian Na.
Then we should strike while the iron is hot and win over people's hearts.
But you can't win hearts and minds by saying, "Your abilities are important to me, I need your help." On the one hand, this is not a normal way of communication for Chinese, on the other hand, emphasizing that the other party's help to oneself is to support each other, and people cannot always hold it.
Zheng Rui: Fang Tong, don't worry, since we are allies, I will not give up on you. Doing it to your own people is really a beast, and you don't have to worry about my character at all.
Fang Tong didn't answer for a few seconds, and Zheng Rui felt from the change in his field of vision that he had faded back a few centimeters, as if he had returned to the shadow shroud of the box.
(Note: fade, tùn, move inward; Personally, I feel that the usage of this word is not quite the same as the commonly used "retreat" [move backwards])
Fang Tong: Aren't you tired? - I don't mean anything else, I just think...... You should be tired.
Zheng Rui was a little surprised that he would have such a stupid and sweet idea, to be honest, she felt that her situation was much better than many people. As long as she can hold on to the well-stocked commissary, she should have no problem holding out until the army reorganizes and takes over the area.
Zheng Rui: I'm tired of living, but I won't be tired when I hang up. I want to live, don't you want to?
Fang Tong was silent again.
Zheng Rui felt that her words were a bit heavy. He can't treat Fang Tong like Zuo Youcheng, he is most likely not the kind of person who is very arrogant. Just kidding.
Zheng Rui: Everyone wants to live, but don't worry, I'm a party member, and if something happens, I'll take care of it, and you'll follow me.
She felt Fang Tong laughing from the connection of consciousness, and even his vision twitched a little.
Fang Tong: I'm ashamed to say that I'm still an active member of the party.
Zheng Rui: Really? Then why don't you hurry up and be positive, this consciousness is not high enough...... Have you finished your party class? You have studied the history of the party, and during the Anti-Japanese War, the liberated areas called for joining the Red Army, and it was stipulated that party members had to go first.
Fang Tong: But how can I get on it...... I can't use this ability on anyone else.
Zheng Rui: You can't use it for others, you can use it for your own people. When the time comes, I will use my blood to establish a consciousness connection for everyone, and your abilities will be passed on to your companions through the consciousness connection, which can play a role in maintaining calm and analgesia.
Fang Tong: Really?
Rui: Really. Rest assured, the "Declaration" tells us that "the free development of each individual is the condition for the free development of all people", and that an organization that truly conforms to Marxism-Leninism must fully respect the realization of everyone's values.