Chapter 36: There is no choice
The day after returning from Gensokyo, the Hammer's crew rests in the bunch, Jun Tian and Lilith. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
"Do you remember anything?"
"I only remember one back, she kept shouting at me to wake me up, kept shouting, kept shouting......"
"Back......" Lilith looked indifferent, but her right index finger flicked uncontrollably: "Whose back?" β
"It should be...... Dora? Jun Tian was a little unsure, "It's a little different, but it's very similar to Dora's appearance when she was a child......" At this point, he paused, as if thinking: "That's right, it must be Dora-I heard her voice, and then I opened my eyes and saw her!" With that, Jun Tian was immersed in memories - he was thinking about her Dora.
"Are you sure?"
"Huh?" Jun Tian was distracted.
"Are you sure that the back you saw when you were in a coma is your little girlfriend?"
"Who else but Dora-you?" blurted out without thinking, Jun Tian immediately realized that it was a bit frivolous to speak like this, and secretly glanced at Lilith, the other party's expression was still cold as usual. "I mean, it doesn't matter at all, does it, it's just a dream!"
Lilith didn't speak, silent, not knowing what to think.
"If you think of anything, tell me." With a word, Lilith got up and leftβwithout explanation, just asking what she wanted to know, and this was Lilith.
Lilith leaves, and Juntian, who has nothing to do, decides to go to the medical chamber, where there is a new member who is newer than him, Willow Wind. This cold young man, who had left the island with him, had been sent aboard the Hammer with him a few days earlier, but because he had been in a coma, Jun Tian did not understand the situation until he woke up yesterday. Because of the common experience, Juntian has regarded this cold teenager as a friend.
Arriving at the medical cabin, the Ranger's military doctor, a black girl, Tracy, is testing Liu Feng's body data.
"Is he okay?"
"If compared to your recovery speed, his physical condition is terrible," Tracy nodded to Juntian as a greeting, and did not stop what he was doing, "but compared to ordinary people, it's not bad, at least he can survive." β
Without disturbing the busy Tracy anymore, Juntian walked to the front of the medical warehouse and quietly looked at Liu Feng, whose complexion was as pale as a corpse. There is no doubt that Liu Feng is still alive, otherwise with Lilith's personality, she would not have left a useless corpse, but Liu Feng's current state is no different from that of a dead person - both physically and psychologically. Seeing Liu Feng at this time, Jun Tian remembered himself who had just awakened from Gensokyo, he didn't know what he looked like at the beginning, but he knew that it would not be better than Liu Feng at this moment.
After spending a moment in the medical chamber, Jun Tian was called out by TANK - since he saved TANK once in Gensokyo, the black man's attitude towards Jun Tian has become more and more friendly. He walked all the way to the tail of the Hammer with Jun Tian, and only stopped when he reached the power cabin TANK.
"That's it." TANK TURNED TO STOP, THE NOISE IN THE POWER COMPARTMENT WAS A BIT LOUD, BUT NOT ENOUGH TO DROWN OUT THE VOICE OF THE BIG BLACK MAN.
"There's a secret?" Jun Tian is a little curious, TANK, who has always advocated simplicity and directness, will actually play mysterious.
"THERE'S SOMETHING YOU DON'T KNOW," TANK SHOOK HIS HEAD, "BUT IT'S NOT A SECRET. β
Jun Tian nodded and motioned for TANK to continue.
TANK PONDERED FOR A MOMENT, HIS EXPRESSION NOT SO RELAXED: "I'M FROM THE 'ADJUDICATION COMMITTEE'. β
"The adjudication committee? Is it a court, or a supervisory body? β
"It's all!"
"Wow, that sounds amazing...... You're a member of the 'adjudication committee', that's a big deal! Jun Tian laughed and teased.
"Jun, you saved me, and I also treat you as my own, so it doesn't matter how you joke in front of me," TANK looked at Jun Tian with a solemn expression: "But when you get to the shelter-Jun, you must pay attention to your words and deeds!" β
Seeing TANK's serious appearance, Jun Tian couldn't help but feel a little worried in his heart: "Just kidding, is it that serious......"
TANK'S FACE WAS SOLEMN: "I'M SERIOUS - JUN, YOU SAVED ME, AND THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE YOU'LL BE THE NEXT FANTASY WARRIOR, SO NO MATTER WHAT, I DON'T WANT YOU TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT!" β
"Accidents? What do you mean? β
TANK'S LIPS PURSED, AS IF HE WAS HESITANT, AND AFTER A MOMENT HE SLOWLY SPOKE: "DO YOU LIKE IT HERE?" β
"Huh?" Jun Tian couldn't react.
"When you wake up from your fantasy and see this real world...... TANK's voice gets deeper and deeper, "Is this the world you want?" β
Jun Tian was stunned for a moment - a desolate world, lack of resources, and more importantly, without Dora by his side, such a world is certainly not what he wants.
"If I could, I'd rather never wake up in my dreams all the time," Juntian didn't intend to hide it, "Maybe you think I'm cowardly, but I really hope that all this is just a dream, and when I wake up, nothing happens, and I can continue to be with Dora and live a quiet life......"
"The virtual world is full of temptations, and every newborn awakened person is unwilling to accept the harsh reality - hence the 'adjudication committee'."
Jun Tian looked puzzled: "What does this 'adjudication committee' do?" β
"Decide whether a person is eligible to stay in the shelter!"
"Eligibility? What kind of people are eligible to stay? β
"A person who can resist the temptation of the virtual world and no longer want to continue sleeping!"
Jun Tian frowned: "Then what if...... Can't forget the world in your dreams and will be turned away from the shelter? Is there any other place in the outside world that can accept human beings? β
"Nope!" TANK shook his head, "Heresy that can't accept reality will be cleared!" β
The unexpected answer of "Clear ......" made Jun Tian's mind go blank, and after a while, he felt extremely angry: "Those who are not accepted by you must die?" What's the difference between that and those cold-blooded scavengers - and what right do you have to do it! β
"Jun, you calm down!" TANK PRESSED JUN TIAN'S SHOULDER, "IT'S REALLY CRUEL TO DO THIS, BUT WE HAVE NO CHOICE!" οΌβ
"No choice?" Jun Tian's anger could no longer be suppressed, "There is no choice between you and me!" Who the hell made all this like this! Who the hell is it! β
"We all have no choice!" TANK was also excited, "The Awakened are like a virus in Gensokyo, you will infect everything around you and make the program world chaotic and collapse, and in the Vault, the cowards who want to return to Gensokyo are viruses, and their minds will erode everyone around them, making everyone cowardly, shaking and even collapsing the stable order!" TANK SHOOK HIS HEAD, HIS FACE TURNED HIDEOUS, "YOU'RE RIGHT, WE'RE JUST LIKE THOSE COLD-BLOODED SCAVENGERS, WE'RE GOING TO WEED OUT EVERY COWARD WHO DOESN'T HAVE A FIRM FAITH, BECAUSE WE CAN'T LET SUCH PEOPLE DESTROY THE SHELTER!" β
Juntian was still struggling to get out of TANK's control at first, but when TANK finished speaking, he gradually calmed down. He lowered his head and gasped stubbornly, he was thinking, but he couldn't think clearly. "Why is this happening...... Why is TM's like this! β
"I don't know...... I don't know why that's the case! "I just know that we don't have a choice, we're all the same......"