Gordon looked around blankly, he didn't know which ones were real and which ones were illusory. This luxurious box, when he first came in, there were a lot of people, and it felt very crowded at that time, but now, there is only one stranger standing in front of him, specifically, he is like a three-dimensional projection, floating in front of him, high and condescending......

"What the hell do you want to do?" Sitting back on the couch, Gordon asked tremblingly, he felt like he had been hijacked by terrorists now, he remembered the people who had been killed by slitting their throats, blood all over the ground, blood, yes, if memory serves, now, Gordon himself was a butt of blood.

"In my space, I'm in charge." Zhang Xiaozhu looked down at Gordon and said a little arrogantly, "If I want, I can turn back time." ”

Gordon doesn't care what dog P turns back in time. "Yes...... Can you stop the bleeding for me first? There was a hint of begging in Gordon's tone.

Zhang Xiaozhu didn't answer Gordon, he just smiled slightly, and made a "smooth" gesture with his hands on his chest. "Alright, Mr. Gordon."

"Okay? What's OK? Gordon was a little puzzled, but when Zhang Xiaozhu made a gesture, he immediately felt something—just now, he had been pressing the wound with one hand, and the blood was constantly oozing, and his hand was always wet—and now, his hand was dry, and the wound didn't hurt anymore.

(Just now, it seems to have happened...... A time rewind - no, this, it's not some time rewind, it must be a dream). Gordon can't believe it anyway, it's in reality.

At this moment, the sound of the door opening the door in the luxurious private room sounded, and the door to the inner room opened.

(Guards!) Gordon immediately thought, he had been thinking all the time, he wanted a few heavily armed GIs to knock this pretending experiment out of mid-air, and then he would make up a few more shots on the bastard's corpse.

There was a man in the inner room, but it wasn't as Gordon had imagined, that person wasn't a guard, not a GI. The room was not very brightly lit, but the figure was still thin and old.

"Hello, Mr. Senator." The man said to Gordon, "I'm a fellow at the Federal (National) Academy of Sciences, Siegwood. ”

When the man approached and sat down on the couch, Gordon discovered that the man was indeed Siegwood. He had met this man at a high-end drinking party, so he remembered what he looked like. HE REMEMBERED THAT SIGWOOD WAS TWO YEARS OLDER THAN HIM AND THINNER THAN HIMSELF, AND HE REMEMBERED THAT SIGWOOD HAD DISAPPEARED DURING THE BATTLE OF RACCOON. Two missing scientists, Siegwood being one of them, should not be mistaken.

"Professor Wood, this, that's great, we've been doing our best to find your whereabouts." Gordon shook Siegwood's hand overjoyed, seemingly forgetting that he was still under the gaze of "Magic", "How are you doing during this time?" ”

"It's ok, it feels good." Siegwood smiled, not like perfunctory, not like lying.

Gordon thought that Siegwood was living a hard life during this time, like those who were kidnapped by terrorists, imprisoned and abused, but, in Siegwood, there was no pain or sorrow. Gordon saw Siegwood's radiant spirit, just looking at his eyes, this old man, as if he was dozens of years younger, returned to his youth.

Gordon glanced at Siegwood and then at Zhang Xiaozhu floating in mid-air, not quite sure what kind of connection had arisen between Siegwood and Zhang Xiaozhu during this time. Gordon originally subconsciously felt that Siegwood and himself were the opposite of Zhang Xiaozhu, a person trapped in the hallucination, but now Gordon felt that Siegwood was not a human - he was also part of the hallucination, an illusion created by Zhang Xiaozhu.

Gordon was ostensibly a Catholic, but, in fact, his "faith" in women was much greater than his belief in God. In times of despair, helplessness, and confusion, he always thought of those beautiful women, and now, he remembered one of the blonde beauties, who lived next door to his house...... Gordon wanted to go home.

"Okay." After a moment of thought, Gordon sighed and said, "What do you want me to do?" ”

Zhang Xiaozhu fluttered back and forth, but his eyes did not take his eyes off Gordon, he looked at Gordon: "Mr. Senator, we need you to provide your political resources, for example, secret information about the anthill, the strategy and tactics of Army A, and ......" Zhang Xiaozhu thought for a while, "A smashing seed called MICHEAL_JAY, any information about this smashing seed...... Zhang Xiaozhu suddenly became angry, Gordon could clearly see his eyes burning, this is not a metaphor, it is a real fire, a fiery red light, In a dimly lit environment, it is very eye-catching.

"I'm sorry, I should have restrained myself." Zhang Xiaozhu immediately put away the anger on his face and replaced it with a smile, but this moody expression made Gordon even more uneasy.

Gordon suddenly remembered a temple he had visited during his visit to India, and the statue of the god in the temple had three faces, and the three faces had different expressions on them, and he suddenly wondered if this god floating in mid-air also had another face hanging on the back of his head, but he didn't turn around, so he couldn't see that face.

At this moment, he finally felt the pressure and fear of standing in front of the idol.

"If I answer your question, can you let me go?" Gordon was terrified, but he still maintained the habitual mentality of a politician to bargain, and he guessed that he had some chips in his hands.

"I promise not to kill you." Zhang Xiaozhu glanced at Gordon and said coldly.

The atmosphere froze for a moment.

At this time, Siegwood spoke, "Actually, Mr. Senator, there is no harm in this, Mr. Zhang provides us with a reward that modern society cannot provide. ”

Gordon noticed, and Siegwood called Zhang Xiaozhu Mr. Zhang, (I guessed that you were on the same side, you betrayed your motherland, betrayed the people of country A, and betrayed democracy and freedom) Gordon scolded secretly in his heart.

"I'd love to know, Mr. Zhang, what kind of good things are offered to us in return." Gordon said with a hint of sarcasm at Siegwood.

Siegwood glanced at Zhang Xiaozhu, who nodded to Siegwood. Gordon saw all of this, but he didn't understand the purpose or what Siegwood was going to say next.

"Mr. Zhang, you can provide us with eternal life." Siegwood turned to Gordon.

(Eternal life?) Gordon didn't believe his ears, his face twitched, and he almost didn't laugh out loud.

For ordinary people, the joke is really too big, and there is no belief in any eternal life, except for those who are paranoid and afraid of death.

Gordon looked at Siegwood's eyes, serious, not like he was joking. "I'm sure you know, Mr. Senator." "In fact, 100 years ago, when the sequencing of the human genome began, the ultimate goal of many people was to study this thing, hoping to find a way to stop the loss of telomere genes, and thus stop human aging." ”

Gordon swallowed, he recalled some classified information from 12 years ago, exactly as Sigwood had said. At that time, many wealthy people, such as Bilgashi, Buffetta, etc., the important reason why these people invested in "human genome research" was nothing more than to become the beneficiaries of "immortal technology" and become the first batch of immortal people.

Gordon has been in the parliament of country A for many years, wandering in the upper echelons of society, and money and women have long been unable to stimulate his enthusiasm - people always need to have a passion, or a faith, to fight fear, to forget about death - however, the "human genome research" has been carried out for so long, and it still has not achieved the results that everyone expects, but I heard that country C has undergone a brain replacement operation, and a rich man named Chen Guangbiao has taken the first step towards immortality in disguise......

(I'd love to know how you can live forever.) Gordon pretended to look at Zhang Xiaozhu sluggishly, but did not speak.

Siegwood seemed to see through his thoughts, though.

"Mr. Zhang's technology goes far beyond that...... We can be the most powerful people, or rather, you can, I just want to cure my disease, and then, become young, you know, liver cancer has been tormenting me for years. Siegwood's tone was a little excited, and he looked at Zhang Xiaozhu's eyes, full of awe.

"He, cured your liver cancer?" Gordon asked Siegwood, puzzled.

"Yes," Siegwood smiled and nodded, "and, I'll be back to the same person I was when I was younger." ”

"But, Wood, my old friend, you look ......," Gordon looked a little sarcastic, for Siegwood still looked like a drooping old man.

Siegwood understood what Gordon meant, "I'm afraid you won't recognize me, so I still appear in this 'borderline' as an old man, so as not to cause unnecessary misunderstandings." ”

("Critical"?) Gordon frowned, a word he didn't quite understand, but vaguely felt, the name of some kind of virtual world. (Immortality in the virtual world?) I don't want this cheap eternal life! Gordon cursed inwardly, (I'd rather die than live in a virtual world, what's the difference between this TM and life imprisonment?) ）

"Mr. Zhang, immortality in the virtual world is meaningless to most people, and that's not what I want." Gordon said to Zhang Xiaozhu very politely, in his tone, there was no longer arrogance, and there was no longer the fear he had before, and he seemed very calm, as if he had just come to some conclusion from his thinking. "Whether it's an anthill or something else, if Mr. Zhang wants to know the secret in my mind, why not just hypnotize it, or use a similar method, for example, memory reading? With your, high-tech, you don't have to go so far-frenched. ”

Gordon euphemistically questioned, "Zhang Xiaozhu may have high technology." Siegwood smiled indifferently and glanced at Zhang Xiaozhu.

Zhang Xiaozhu was not angry at Gordon's tone, this calm offense, and similarly, he also replied to Gordon's words in a calm tone: "It's not surprising that Mr. Gordon has doubts about me, I used to be a businessman, and it's normal for businessmen to bargain." And in fact, with the help of Dr. Siegwood, we have read your memory, but ......" Zhang Xiaozhu smiled and glanced at Siegwood, who was sitting next to Gordon.

"It's just that," Siegwood continued, "human memories are chaotic, and at the moment we can read memories as a whole, but there is no way to distinguish from all the memories of a person which are real and which are his memories......

"So." Zhang Xiaozhu interrupted Siegwood, "Torture, this primitive way is still a powerful way to obtain the truth, Mr. Gordon, you see, human beings have a long history and technology is so developed, but sometimes you have to use the old way to get the truth, right?" ”

"Okay." Hearing the word torture, Gordon spread his hands and smiled, he recalled the blazing pain and blood on the fart drum not long ago, "According to the words of you C people, I am toasting and not eating and drinking." ”

"Isn't that right?" Zhang Xiaozhu also spread his hands and smiled, "Those who know the times are Junjie." ”

"Looks like we made a deal." Siegwood laughed.

(Agreements?) Of course, it's just that, in the agreement, you join as pets, and I am the only servant of God. Zhang Xiaozhu was also laughing, but, inadvertently, the smile on his face flashed a hint of strangeness. Neither Gordon nor Siegwood saw the slightest strangeness.

The strangeness is the darkness deeper in the darkness.