Chapter 9: Unraveling the Mystery
All the scenes in front of Akle's eyes began to shake, the figures became blurred, and the scene was reduced to nothingness. Everything around is like being caught up in a whirlpool, and it comes down to one point.
When the surrounding rooms, hospital beds, and Chen Hansheng all faded, only the room with one table and two chairs remained.
There was no one on the chair opposite, and a circle was slowly fading on the table.
Aclay had a feeling that behind this circle was a whole world.
His hand touched the circle, as if he wanted to climb over it into the world behind it. After all, for him, that world is the place where he has put so much effort into it, and all his experiences are extremely real.
He never doubted that it wasn't a real world. He remembered the rough feeling of the hemp rope when he held the hilt of the sword, he remembered the smell of dirt and blades of grass among the bushes and grass, and he remembered the resolute, free, fearful, and confused expressions on their faces when facing those people. He even remembered a lot of insights and experiences in the high-level realm, he tried to operate the Dou Qi in his body, only to find that the quality of his Dou Qi was at the level of the middle level, but it was running them now, much more exquisite than before, and the path to the high level was so clear and definite.
It is not so much that he is a middle-level warrior who understands the high-level fighting spirit, but that he is a high-level warrior, and for some reason, he accidentally fell to the middle level of the fighting spirit.
He tried to recall the past, and all this scene was clearly imprinted in his mind. It made him feel like they were all close at hand, and he even had the illusion that he was back in the room where he had last tested after a year.
At this time, a young man pushed open the door and walked in, and Aklee vaguely recognized him, as if it was Xiao Chen, the tester he had seen in the loyalty test a long time ago.
Xiao Chen walked into the room and sat on the chair opposite him, he showed a very friendly smile and said, "Mr. Akle, how does it feel to have an extra year of experience in your life?"
Akle's expression became a little strange, and he raised his eyebrows to look at Xiao Chen with great difficulty, like a person who didn't want to wake up in the morning: "Then everything, so many things I've experienced, is it really a magic test?"
"Yes. This is one of our latest developments to test whether a recruit meets our requirements. You're the first to try it. ”
"Is it all fake?"
"I don't think it can be summed up simply as true or false. Maybe it was fake for others, because none of the participants in the incident, whether it was the Duke of Greenforest City or Chen Hansheng, had experienced these things. But it's hard for you to say it's fake. Xiao Chen said, he tilted his head slightly and thought about it, and then said, "Do you think the feelings you have released, the memories and experiences you have gained, are true or false?"
"I don't know. Compared to other memories from my previous life, they were no different. I wonder if what I've learned is real, or is it a false thing in a fantasy world?"
"You know, you've just experienced more than just a simple test magic. Instead, it is combined with a holy artifact called the Orb of Memory. This artifact is meant to be inherited, so all the tricks you learn are real. ”
"That's really...... Incredible. But it's not a pretty thing for me. I always felt like you had taken a part of my life away from me. Aclair said.
Xiao Chen replied: "You should think that we have given you a very valuable gift, you know, it takes a lot of spars and rare materials to get progress that you don't need time. ”
"If your chosen person doesn't pass the test, will he learn these things as well?" Aclair asked.
"People who don't pass often make mistakes early on and are driven out of this illusion. Because they left early, it was difficult for them to make any decent progress. As for those who participate in the good test and are not willing to join us yet. We still have some way to keep them to themselves. But not many people are taking part right now, and you're the only one who has passed all the tests completely. I admire how you did in this test, how determined, so principled. Xiao Chen stretched out his hand to Aclay, "Welcome to the Guardians, you can join the boot camp and become a new warrior soon." ”
"Wait. "I have a request. ”
"What?"
"I ...... I don't want to join the Guardians anymore. Aclay hesitated as he spoke, but finally emphasized, "I really don't want to join." ”
Xiao Chen was surprised, "What's the matter, haven't you already passed many tests, how can you be shaken now?"
"Maybe it's because this test feels so real to me. I've been in the Guards for so long, and I've been involved in battles big and small, and the more time I go, the more tired I feel. "I suddenly felt that I was tired of that life, and that the process of making decisions was very painful, and I didn't want to go through it again."
For you, it may be just a small test in the eyes of the onlookers. But it seems to me that I have already suffered the ultimate consequences of these choices. Maybe the first time I go through these things, I'll put up with them for the sake of my family. But if there is a second chance like this, I don't want to go down the old path again, I want to live for myself. ”
This kind of scene did not appear in Xiao Chen's expectations. He tried to understand what he meant, and then asked, "It's like a kid who built a complicated house out of blocks, and the house accidentally collapsed, but you weren't happy to build it again?"
Aclay smiled wryly, "Maybe." ”
"And what are you going to do?"
"Please send me back to the labor camp. I'll be out of prison soon, and I'm sure I'll find my place here. ”
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Xiao Chen returned to the next room, where Peng Ziyi and Luo Ling were waiting.
"This script is not right!" Xiao Chen said with a dark face, "How could the person with the best test score quit doing it?"
Luo Ling said: "Remember the story of Huangliang's dream, what is the ending?"
"That person is a monk, he has experienced everything he should have experienced, and he feels bored. Xiao Chen replied with a wry smile, "What then?"
"Let's recruit a few other people who can be used first. Peng Ziyi patted Xiao Chen's shoulder and said, "Don't be discouraged, at least for those who are strong, such a test is still necessary." Otherwise, it would be too harmful to include them in our system. We can simplify the process a little bit and make it a little easier, so it won't be so easy to dissuade people, right?"
Luo Ling said: "Did you give up on Aclay so soon?"
"Do you think he can still be saved?" Xiao Chen asked rhetorically.
"There is always a feeling that when memory gives us pain, maybe the beauty is hidden in the opposite?"