"Dangdang-" The clock in the center of the island rang. This is the fourth time that the bell has struck since Lin Yuan came here, and it is once a week.

"That's it, I'm going to meet in front of the bell. You can wait here for seven o'clock in the evening, I don't have time to accompany you. Lin Yuan stood up, patted the sand on his skirt, and waved his hand towards Yang Zishen.

Yang Zishen looked at her calmly and said softly: "The time limit is useless to me, I'll leave now." As soon as you regenerate your abilities, I'll pick you up. ”

Lin Yuan paused as he left, turned his back to him and said, "I may never recover." If possible, send me back to the Scholarly Garden. With that, she trotted to the station, and everyone would take the cable car to the center of the island one after another.

This small island is inhabited by inhabitants and buildings spread from the outside in. Tall trees grow on the island, making it difficult to build roads on land. The locals built a steel cable network in the forest, relying on the energy of glazed stones to operate, and there are infected people who are responsible for replenishing energy, so the transportation on the island is very convenient.

Lin Yuan climbed the stairs and stepped onto a wooden square gondola, with a roof on top, empty in the middle, and benches on both sides. The cable car starts with 10 people, and Lin Yuan happens to be the 10th. It happened that Uncle Wu was also with Wu Le, and the two naturally talked.

Uncle Wu tapped his fingers on the fence of the cable car and said in wonder: "What's going on lately, it rings every week, and it doesn't necessarily ring once a month before." ”

Lin Yuan picked a leaf from the tree where the cable car passed, and took it in his hand to look at it carefully: "This leaf was bitten by insects so badly, I'm just afraid that someone will be executed again today." "The first three times were executions of people who tried to communicate with the outside world, and they were hanged under the Admiralty on the spot. Lin Yuan thought of the three people who were strangled by ropes, and she was terrified, this place was full of violence that human beings could not understand, and all life seemed insignificant under the rules.

There are only two situations when the island bell rings: first, when a major resolution is announced; Second, the execution of defectors.

"Why bother, how much freedom do you have when you leave paradise? Yes, Lele. Uncle Wu patted Wu Le's head, with some hint of admonishing his son. Wu Le nodded heavily, for the children of the paradise, seven years old is not young, and they have to start learning various combat skills.

Lin Yuan carefully looked at the loving look on his face, and asked deliberately, "Uncle Wu, what do you think the infected person is for ordinary humans?" Companion? Enemy? ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone on the cable car stared sideways at Lin Yuan, and some people bit their ears and started talking.

"What's the matter with the newcomer, actually asking this kind of question."

"I don't know, does she want to defect?"

Uncle Wu stepped forward, patted Lin Yuan's shoulder and laughed, "Lin Yuan, you are still young and know a lot about many things. This question does not need to be asked, because there is only one answer, and the infected are the glory of human evolution. yes, everyone. ”

"Yes, yes, Lao Wu is right."

"This is natural, the little girl should be obedient, don't ask this kind of question in the future."

"Scared me, I thought..."

Lao Wu raised his only remaining hand and signaled everyone to be quiet, and the crowd quieted down at once, and it could be seen that he was very prestigious on the island. He said: "Don't spread the word about this matter today, just give my old Wu a face, and go to my stall to get a piece of tofu another day." Xiao Li, you must come. ”

The person he named was a young man about 18 years old, he bothered his waist and said with an innocent face: "Uncle Wu, don't warn me specifically, I fell asleep just now." ”

"You kid, talk well." Lao Wu pretended to kick him, and the crowd burst into laughter and regained their vitality.

Lin Yuan secretly pondered, Uncle Wu didn't seem to answer himself, but actually told himself the third answer. Rongguang, this word is somewhat familiar to her, and it seems that Lu Yang has also said it. Does evolutionary glory mean that the infected will devour humanity... Is it? Or to put it another way, humanity will eventually usher in global evolution?

"Jingle bell", the bell on the cable car rings, which means that the station has arrived. Everyone got out of the car in turn and walked in the direction of the bell not far away, where many people had already gathered.

The young man passed by Lin Yuan's side and said with an innocent face: "At 12 o'clock tonight, see you next to the merman stone in the west of the island." With that, he climbed up to the person in front of him and greeted him with a smile.

Lin Yuan looked at the sky, looked at the ground, and sighed: "Go, don't go, go, or I'll pick a flower and count it." ”

"People of Paradise, someone used an ability to disrupt the enchantment around Paradise yesterday, probably intending to connect with the outside world. We haven't caught this person yet, and the person who reported it, no matter who it is, will get a chance to touch the slate. ”

Paradise's clock was there long ago, hanging high in the air, the sun shining through the leaves on its golden surface. Directly below the bell, stood a middle-aged man with curly hair and small eyes, extremely serious, and an infected person spread his majestic voice through the wind.

According to the residents of the island, he is the second generation who grew up in the park, and when he became an adult, he did not have the qualifications to touch the slate, and his name is Li Ge. Subsequently, he participated in the democratic elections on the island and became the executor of the park, overseeing all affairs on the island. Although there is no major event on the island, at most it is the distribution of materials, infrastructure construction, and the disposal of defectors.

"In view of the recent frequent defections on the island, I would like to reiterate here that there are only three rules on the island: first, it is forbidden to contact ordinary humans and infected people outside the research institute; Second, the second generation of adults must undergo an eligibility test; Third, the use of high-tech products is prohibited. Above, I hope that people who have not done anything wrong will turn back in time. ”

With that, he left with two other people. The islanders did not discuss the matter and left in twos and threes. As for defectors, everyone always shy away from it, which is the nature of human beings to seek advantage and avoid harm.

At night, Lin Yuan quietly closed the door and lit the lamp to come to the shark stone in the west of the island alone. Except for the executors of the management affairs, the park does not have any army to maintain order, and naturally there is no one to stand guard and keep vigil.

Her residence is in the west of the island, not far from the mermaid stone, and she will be there in a while.

"You really came, my name is Li Yun." He sat on the reef, dangling his feet, looking at the bright moon on the sea, with a childlike curiosity.

Lin Yuan tightened his shawl, walked over and sat next to him, and said, "If you want to get out, you are the defector." ”

"I'm not, I just think you're funny, and I invite you to come and enjoy the moon and talk. Isn't there a saying in human beings that there will be beautiful women under the moon? He turned his head and smiled brightly with two tiger teeth, as if there was really a peerless beauty in front of him.

Lin Yuan was amused by him and said with a smile: "You are also very interesting, it is really my honor to be called a beautiful woman." Listening to your tone, do you feel like you're not human? ”

He scoffed, then covered his face and laughed: "You're so funny, this question won't be asked by a 3-year-old child." We are naturally not human beings, we are evolutionaries, we are infected, we are glorious. ”

Hearing him say this, Lin Yuan nodded and said, "Hearing you say this, I confirm that you are not the defector." People who are obsessed with the power of viruses will not want to go to ordinary society. ”

He suddenly approached, stared straight into Lin Yuan's eyes, and asked with a harmless expression: "I heard that you are an infected person who grew up in the outside world, how about it, are human beings particularly stupid, arrogant, selfish, and narrow-minded?" ”

Lin Yuan shook his head and said, "Human beings are very complex, and I can't summarize them in many words. Human beings are both selfish and warm, lonely and herd, cowardly and brave. And I've always believed that the infected are just humans who have gained great power. ”

"Why do you think those people are leaving Paradise?" He got closer and closer, the two tiger teeth reflected the moonlight, and Lin Yuan stepped back a little.

"Maybe I'm tired of life on the island, and I want to see the wider world, like freedom." Lin Yuan was difficult to answer this question, she was not one of those defectors, how did she know.

He stared at Lin Yuan for a long time, and finally leaned close to her ear and said, "You know what, you are being followed, and that person is behind the tree behind you on your right. Based on what you have just said, I am afraid that after tonight you will be sent to the gallows and hanged alive under the Admiralty. ”

Lin Yuan was slightly shocked, she didn't expect that she was being followed. She looked at Li Yun, she knew that he must have a way.

"Look!" Li Yun said, bent his legs and jumped up on the reef, stepped forward in a few big steps, and caught the man within a few moves. He covered the man's mouth and slashed his throat. After the man struggled to breathe, he dragged the man to the beach and threw him in. Everything is so fluid, so natural.

Lin Yuan swallowed his saliva and said, "You have killed many people. ”

"Cut," he washed his dagger in the seawater, scoffing at Lin Yuan's question, his originally innocent face full of sarcasm: "No wonder he was exiled to Paradise at such a young age, do you know what Paradise is for?" It is a place where infected people are cultivated. We have been killing each other since birth, and only those who survive are entitled to access the tablets. ”

"Who is he? It's not like a righteous and bright person. ”

"He's the one who survived the last selection but didn't qualify, and when you first arrived, he wanted to send you to the gallows to get access to the slate."

"You killed him, what if someone investigates tomorrow?"

Li Yun wiped the water off the dagger, put it away, and sneered: "You almost want to laugh at me." Why doesn't Paradise have an army? Killing is tacitly permissible, and we only have to follow three rules. If it weren't for Lao Wu protecting you, you would have been raped and killed. ”

Lin Yuan looked at his mocking and indifferent eyes, was silent for a long time, and finally asked, "You cherish that dagger very much, who gave it to you." ”

He froze, touched the dagger in his clothes, and regained his innocence: "This is a friend of mine, I killed him and snatched him." ”

"Why did you kill him, isn't he your friend?" Lin Yuan turned his head to look at the silver sparkling sea, and remembered a myth about the merman.

"Because he wanted to kill me, I killed him first." He sat down again and said nonchalantly, "Do you say that a big ship will suddenly come to the surface of the sea and cause a storm on the calm sea." ”

"This island isn't on the map of the world at all, and there's an enchantment, so I don't think there's any. However, there is a legend of a merman who will use her song to get lost in the sea, and maybe one day a ship will accidentally break in. ”

"It's boring, the merman stone in the park represents the blessing of the sea god, which means that anyone who breaks into this place will sink to the bottom of the sea."