Chapter 64: Epilogue
According to what Ye Yuning said, Fan Li found a lot of photos of his childhood in his grandfather's office, as well as a large safe. Under Tong Zhan's order, the "Ant Nest" did not send someone to clean the research institute immediately, after all, there are still countless tunnels waiting for this group of poor people to take care of, so this place temporarily provides space for Fan Li to decrypt, anyway, he already has a medal representing the "Ant Nest" and saved the "Ant Nest", so he should stand here.
The blue flames scurried up the back of his hand and gathered into a key in Fan Li's hand, which he inserted into the safe. Grandpa's safe is very special, he didn't even use a combination lock, it should be the habit of the elderly.
When I opened the safe, there were a lot of documents piled up inside, and there was a pitch-black iron box, which was very old. Fan took out the box, and it was completely black, with the skin worn out in some places, revealing the silver lining. He opened the box, and inside was a Nine-Tails Charm Talisman, as well as a ticket. He glanced at the Nine-Tails Spell Spirit, the fox's tail was fan-shaped, and then at the ticket, which was Avril Lavigne's concert ticket in Kyoto, the ticket was shredded and glued with transparent tape.
Fan Li put the two items back in the iron box and began to examine the documents inside. He picked up the top book, the cover was a large "ant nest" logo, and below it was written "Nine-Tails Spell Spirit Project". Fan Li opened the cover, and the first page was a list of the names of the experimenters, with his grandfather's name at the top and Qin Ziyang's introduction on the second page. Fan found that from the third page, he began to record some experimental data that he could not understand, all of which were biochemical terms, as well as some color photos of molecular models and cell electron microscopy. Fan Li continued to flip, and a photo of Qin Ziyang appeared behind, Qin Ziyang in the photo was lying in the room where Ye Yu had been in a hospital gown before, very irritable, as if he was smashing something, and then a series of photos were all portrayals of Qin Ziyang's life, recording her living conditions during this time, Fan Li found that in the end, Qin Ziyang had become very haggard, her eyes were confused, and the last more than ten photos were all photos of her lying on the bed, and her posture was consistent, like a dead person.
Fan Li opened the next document again, and it was still about Qin Ziyang. This is a manual for the analysis of trace elements in Qin Ziyang's body, which records the analysis of Qin Ziyang's blood and urine contents by scientific researchers during this time, and Fan Li still can't understand the meaning. He picked up another one, this is a manual, the first one posted an old photo scanned out, Fan Li trembled slightly, isn't this the old photo he saw in the "Spirit Thief Ceremony", the four people in the black and white photo are smiling confidently, and behind them is Fang Tian's halberd.
Fan turned to the second page, there is a photo of a stone dagger, and some research on stone daggers is recorded below, saying that this stone dagger was a carrier created by the ancients, and often carried great power. This is followed by a series of photographs of various stone daggers and a brief description of them. Fan Li quickly flipped through the manual and found that this manual was all his grandfather's research on antiquities, and the names of four people were written in the lower right corner of the last page: Fan Yi, Quan Dashun, Wang Qing, and Justin. Fan Li guessed that this should be the four people in the photo, but after looking at it several times, Fan Li didn't see the shadow of his grandfather in it, he took off his mobile phone to take a picture of this page of text, hoping to crack the secret inside one day. He also took out the nine-tailed spell spirit and concert tickets in the iron box, scanned them, and then simply flipped through other documents, in fact, for Qin Ziyang's research, even if he is interested, it is difficult to understand the data inside, a layman is a layman.
Fan Li walked out of his grandfather's office and found Tong Zhan and Panda sitting in the research institute, and when they saw Fan Li coming over, they both stood up.
"Do you plan to stay and work at the 'Ant Nest' in the future?" Panda asked.
Fan Li shook his head.
"I promised Yu Ning to continue her righteous cause, I think if I am a member of the 'ant nest', I should also make some contributions to the world."
"I knew you'd say that, it's too painful to stay in the 'Ant'Hive', and it's not for a spirit thief like you. Come, Lord Commander, looking for you. Panda and Tong Zhan walked outside to the scooter.
Entering the "Ant Nest", Fan Li looked at this devastated giant base, and admired Ye Yuning's courage and strength more and more. They walked through tunnels and finally stopped in front of a silver gate, where the panda signaled Fan to go in, and as soon as Fan jumped off the scooter, the door opened automatically, and he looked back at the panda.
"Go in, there's nothing to be afraid of." Panda laughed.
Walking into the door, Fan Li is like walking into a silver world, with silver ceilings, silver floors, silver tables, silver walls, and ...... A man in a black leather jacket looked at his ...... with a wicked smile Commander?
Fan Li looked left and right, and found that there was only one person in this room, but the more he looked at it, the more he looked like a madman. Fan Li walked up to him and sat down, this person still had a wicked smile, which couldn't help but make Fan Li suspect his mental problems.
"Lord Commander?" Seeing that this person didn't speak, just laughed vigorously, Fan Li tried to ask.
"Oh yes, I'm the Commander, the Commander of the Ant Hive, and my name is Cram Young." Crum Young stretched out his hand, only to find himself sitting at one end of the table and Fan Lion at the other end, three meters away from each other due to the table, a kind of ridiculous etiquette unless they were both gibbons.
"Am I a monster?" Crumb's hand froze in mid-air and asked suddenly.
"Isn't it?" Fan Li's face was dazed.
"Then what are you doing sitting so far away?" With that, Crumb pulled his chair and sat down beside Fan Li, glanced around, then leaned into his ear and whispered, "Look at me, I'm not actually the commander here, the commander here is called Shaq Gray, he's resigned, and I'm a puppet, at the behest of those investors all day long. We are both people who fight the world with Lanpa, and the investors promoted me because of my fame, but in fact, I have no command experience, and I don't like to manipulate a group of people to do this and that. I'm actually a rock singer, and I've performed in 'Charming'! I've been to all the big and small livehouses in Kyoto! ”
Cram Young talked nonsense for a long time, squirting at the fox all over his face, and the fox retreated some distance and looked Crumb up and down. Sure enough, he was right, this guy was wearing a leather jacket, long straight rock 'n' roll hair, calluses on his fingertips, and some small skull-like objects on his pants.
"You...... What's the matter with me? ”
"I'll tell you." Crumb moved forward again, and even though he pushed back, Crumb pressed the big mouth to his ear.
"Actually, in private, I'm still a good friend of Lanpa, you know? This time, Ye Yuning's attack on the 'ant nest' has been in an uproar, and several investors have seen the opportunity and want to take this opportunity to bring down each other, but Lanpa has resigned, and Shaq Gray has also resigned, so they have their eyes on you. They think you're going to be a new star and sooner or later you're going to replace me as commander, so ......" Crum Young looked around, and then said, "So we all think that with you, the Blue Palm's plan is going to be ruined, so you might as well take the money and get out." As he spoke, Crumb shoved a bank card into Fan's hand.
"What do you mean by that?"
"Can't you hear me? Let's go, let's go! As soon as Crumb pushed him to the ground, he got up from the ground in embarrassment, and Crumb rushed over and pushed him out of the door with a few blows.
"What is this called Broken Commander." Fan Lifu whispered to the door, then looked down at the bank card, and wanted to throw it away, but his hand was just raised in the air, but someone grabbed it.
"Jialan?" Fan Li looked back at Jialan.
"Your ...... Wounds"
"It doesn't matter if I'm injured, now that I'm a member of the 'Ant Nest', my mission is to keep you safe."
"But I didn't plan to join the 'Ant Hive', it was just a nominal promise." Fan Li spread out his arms and made a helpless look, and Jialan took the opportunity to snatch his bank card and stuff it into his shoulder pocket.
"A nominal promise is also a promise, and who knows if such a promise will affect your life, by the way, where are you going to go next?"
"Go back to the lost city, go back to my little shop, deal with the aftermath of the shop, and then ...... And then I didn't know where to go. Fan looked up at the shattered ceiling. Although I am confused about the future, I am very relaxed, after all, I don't have to think about the charred corpse incident anymore. ”
Back in the lost city, it was Ni Ziqiong who greeted Fan Li at the airport, she said that Pan Mingyue didn't like the parting scene, so she left early. Fan Li's told her everything about the "ant nest", she was very happy with the result, and then raised her head and shouted for freedom.
She said that this year, she has never been as free as she is today, and she wants to return to Harbour City to spend some time with her family, and then continue her career as a singer, and if Fan wants to see her concert, she can provide the best seats.
Bidding farewell to Ni Ziqiong, Fan Li returned to his reptile shop, because he was in a hurry and no one took care of him, many reptiles in it died, and there was a thin layer of ash on each breeding box. He lamented how much dust there was in the Lost City, and lamented how quickly time passed, but he was very happy, after all, he was a spirit thief again. He no longer complained about fate, but thanked fate for letting Ye Yuning into his life and completely changing it.
He decided to leave the Lost City, use the money provided to him by the "Ant Nest", and travel the world with Jialan, but before that, he needs to clean up the small shop, and then transfer the small shop to Xiao Yun, although the charred corpse incident almost destroyed the economy of the Lost City, but people always have to learn how to live after bad luck. He went to the jewelry market in the north and came to the "Listening to the Wind Building" and found that it was already a mess. The door was open, and the jewels inside had been looted. He suddenly thought that when Xinnu attacked the maze, he had just finished discussing the plan with Pan Mingyue and them, and then a series of battles followed, and he had no time to find Xiao Yun and Xiao Xiao at all.
"Xiao Yun left with Xiao Xiao?" Jialan's voice came from behind Fan Li, who sighed and turned to look at Jialan who was carrying a duffel bag.
"I don't know, they didn't contact me, I lost my best friend."
"And Chu Jianghe."
"And Wang Gaofei."
"Wow, you actually remember this person, I forgot how he is now, after defeating the heart slave, I haven't seen him again."
"Well, I hope God bless them." Fan Li wrote down his new phone number on a piece of paper and pasted it on the counter of the "Tingfeng Xiaolou". Nowadays, the advanced technology makes people forget a lot of precious things, such as the phone number of their best friend, once the phone is destroyed and the records inside disappear, they completely lose contact with some people. Fan Li took out the new mobile phone given to him by the "ant nest" and was in a daze, when the phone suddenly rang, and there was a string of unfamiliar numbers on it.
"Hello?"
"I want to meet you."
Fan Li immediately heard that it was Ye Yuning's voice. Half an hour later, accompanied by Jialan, he went to the roof of a building that had not been destroyed, and as he climbed to the top, he heard someone singing.
Zebra zebra, you're from the red of the south
Is it also a moving story?
If you can't stay in the drama next door
Who will sleep with you until dawn
Zebra zebra, do you remember me
I'm a fool who can only sing
Zebra zebra, you sleep, sleep, sleep
I'll leave the North with my guitar on my back
Ye Yuning sat on the edge of the roof with her guitar, Jialan stopped, Fan Li walked over alone, and when she walked to her, she stopped singing and looked back at Fan Li. Today, Ye Yuning is wearing a clean white T-shirt and simple skinny jeans, long hair and a shawl, and there is no shadow of a forced confession gun around his waist.
"I'm leaving, leaving the labyrinth and looking for my prairie."
"Have you thought about it?" Fan Li sat down beside Ye Yuning, looking at the ruins below, he felt a heartache.
"Well, think about it, I will face the new students like you said, one day, I will use my strength to make up for the mistakes I made, it may be the sheriff, or it may be Ye Yuning, I don't want to think so much, I only care about the current life, I only care about the group of sisters who believe in me, what about you?"
"I ...... Also ready to leave, and Jialan travel, forget about these tragedies for the time being. ”
"Fan Li, thank you." Ye Yuning put down the guitar and handed it to Fan Li. "This one is for you, with my name on it."
"Thank you." Fan Li smiled at her. "Hopefully, one day, I'll hear you singing again."
"That day will come." Ye Yuning patted Fan Li's shoulder and got up to leave.
Fan Li looked down at the ruined streets of the labyrinth. Now that the charred corpse is gone, people are beginning to face up to the disaster in front of them, wanting to stay and help the government clean up the streets, and those who want to leave may have already stepped on the train home, Fan Li looked up at the sky, no matter what happened, no matter how thick the gunsmoke was yesterday, the blue sky would still appear, and it would still come to everyone with a glimmer of hope.
He looked at the sky for about ten seconds, felt a little uncomfortable in his neck, and was about to turn away, and the moment he looked down, he suddenly saw the grassland again.
Why the prairie again? Fan was puzzled. He stood up and looked around, surrounded by green grass that didn't reach his calf, rolling flat-topped mountains in the distance, and a swan lake and a bull-pulled Lehrer cart nearby.
"Vredem?" He tried to shout.
"How do you know it's me?" A familiar voice came from behind him, and he saw the smiling face of Vredem, who walked up to Fan Li, holding a wine glass with a red liquid.
"Aren't we familiar enough?"
"It's the weirdest answer I've ever seen." Fredem continued to laugh. "Look how beautiful the sky is." He looked up at the blue sky.
"Yes, only this one piece of the sky is beautiful."
"Nonsense, go north, you will always see such scenes, where all dreams will become reality." Fredem said. "Do you believe in faith?"
"Of course, I believe that for me, the Spirit Thief itself is faith."
"For me, Qin Ziyang is faith."
"No, she's your friend."
"Alas, I also hope so, and I also hope to meet such a distinctive person, and that face alone is very distinctive, haha."
"What do you mean by that?" Fan Li looked down at Fredem, and he suddenly felt that his face was full of strangeness.
"I hope you can keep going north, keep walking, find the prairie hidden in your dreams, find Qin Ziyang's soul, find that tattoo artist named Nisna, and save your faith when you save her faith." Fredem suddenly laughed and drank the wine in his hand.