109. Mom
The ambulance was too obvious on the road, and after changing into an off-road vehicle in the small town under the mountain, Su Xiaoyu took Zhou Yi and Zhao Ruozhi into the vast mountainous area.
The bumps in the road made Zhao Ruozhi's face even paler.
"Hold on a little longer, and we'll be there in no time." Zhou Yi held Zhao Ruozhi's cold hand, his heart full of anxiety.
Zhao Ruozhi no longer had the strength to open his eyes, and his breathing began to become heavy.
"How's Katy doing now?" Su Xiaoyu asked Zhou Yi.
"I'm not very optimistic, and the high fever doesn't go away."
"Is the medicine enough?"
"I've already used antipyretics."
"I'm going to be in the safe zone soon, and I'll be able to rest if I hold on a little longer."
"Hmm." Zhao Ruozhi was so delirious that he only agreed, and he didn't know where he was.
The car finally stopped in front of a log cabin.
"Is this the cabin you are talking about as a safe zone?" Zhou Yi looked at the small cabin with poor facilities in disbelief.
"There's no way, it's only in the mountains that it's not so easy to find." Su Xiaoyu briefly tidied up the room, "Bring Katy in, she needs to rest now." ”
In a daze, Zhao Ruozhi only felt that he was in a very dark and damp environment, but he didn't know where he was at this time.
"Ah Yi......" Zhao Ruozhi shouted to Zhou Yi, "Don't go." ”
Zhou Yi sat down beside Zhao Ruozhi, held her hand, and said, "I'm not leaving." ”
Zhao Ruozhi had a dream.
In the dream, a woman in a light green dress is holding her hand and walking out of the cabin.
The woman's body has a faint fragrance of gardenias, which makes people feel inexplicably close. Her hands are soft and warm, just like her mother's hands.
"Who are you?" Zhao Ruozhi asked.
The woman turned her head and smiled, "Just follow me." ”
The woman's tone and appearance overlapped with the person in her memory, making Zhao Ruozhi even more convinced that this was just a dream.
"Mom?" Zhao Ruozhi asked, "Are you my mother?" ”
"It can be or it may not be." Eve replied to her, "I left you when you were twelve, so I'm not your mother. ”
"You're my mother." Zhao Ruozhi walked closer to Eve, "Since you left, I rarely even dreamed of you, so let me pay attention to you closer this time." ”
Eve looked at Zhao Ruozhi gently and said, "There are still many opportunities to meet in the future." Don't you have any medicine to ask me? ”
"It's all in a dream anyway, and everything is fake." Zhao Ruozhi pursed his pink mouth.
"Since you can distinguish the dream, then take a closer look around, is this a dream or not?"
Hearing this, Zhao Ruozhi looked up at the sky again - there was no gray sky in the previous dream, everything was as clear as the real world.
"But I was asleep. And there was also a gunshot wound in the shoulder. Zhao Ruozhi turned his head to look at his right shoulder, the wound was still oozing blood, and the wound was still painful. How so? ”
Eve stood still in front of Zhao Ruozhi, took out the tablet and touched it a few times, and everything around him died of laughter, leaving only a snow-white article. She said: "Is there still an impression of this place? ”
"I remember being taken to a white room not long ago and dreaming of you."
"It's a four-dimensional space." Eve explains, "The four-dimensional space we're in now has some connection to the cabin you're in, but not entirely.
"Zhou Yi is still holding your hand in the cabin, and you are still sleeping on the bed, but a part of your consciousness has left that three-dimensional space and come here."
"How is this done?" Zhao Ruozhi listened to Eve's explanation and couldn't believe it.
"You were born here, and you are naturally a person who belongs to the four-dimensional space. However, since your father is from the three-dimensional space, you can either live in the three-dimensional space, that is, where you have lived for more than twenty years, or you can come and go in the four-dimensional space at will.
"It's just that the current four-dimensional space is extremely unstable, and the entrance will be closed most of the time, and the four-dimensional space we are in now is what I have saved through some means, and only I can open the exit, and it is also the safest four-dimensional space."
"You mean, the places I've lived in for more than twenty years aren't where I'm supposed to be?" Zhao Ruozhi doesn't know what kind of world this so-called four-dimensional space is, isn't this a scene that only appears in science fiction?
"Not really. The four-dimensional space of today is different from that of more than twenty years ago. All the entrances and exits connecting the three-dimensional space and the four-dimensional space have been destroyed, and you are safest to stay in the three-dimensional world. Eve looked at Zhao Ruozhi's watery eyes, not knowing if he had done something wrong.
"Then why did you bring me here again?"
"Now that there are some variables in the three-dimensional world and your body has changed, don't you want to know why?"
Zhao Ruozhi remembered that when he set the role of "female spy" for himself before, many incredible changes had occurred both physically and psychologically: "It's true. ”
Eve operated the tablet, and soon a girl in a white lab coat and a double ponytail came out of the "white wall", holding a stainless steel tray with some medicines in the tray.
"Let Little Y help you take care of the wound first."
Xiao Y's movements were gentle, and the place where the potion rubbed had a cool and soothing feeling. The wound, which was still oozing blood, had quickly stopped bleeding and began to scab over under the action of the drug.
"You can think of this four-dimensional space as your private hospital, where there are plenty of medicines and the efficacy is much better than in the three-dimensional world." Eve watched how well the wound was healing and was very satisfied.
Zhao Ruozhi was stunned as the wound on his shoulder was healing at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"Am I really not dreaming?"
"It's not." Eve looked at Zhao Ruozhi's eyes, her eyes were very similar to her father, and she was slightly distracted for a while.
"Can't anyone else come here?"
"Unless I invite you, no one else can come in." Eve saw that the wound was almost healed, so he asked Little Y to leave.
"Now can you tell me why my body has changed?"
"As I said earlier, you were born here, so all the resources here are at your disposal.
"I brought you here not long ago to let you adapt to the environment here as soon as possible, after all, you haven't come back for more than 20 years, and there will be a lot of discomfort.
"I can take you to the fourth dimension, and when you are resting or meditating, your consciousness will also be connected to the fourth dimension for a while, just like it is now.
"Before, you had too little connection to this space to make any substantial changes, but now that I have implanted a chip in you, your connection to the mind space has been strengthened as a result."
"Chips?" Zhao Ruozhi didn't feel that a chip was implanted in his body.
"Under the skin on the back of your neck, it's almost imperceptible." Eve put his hand on the back of Zhao Ruozhi's neck, "It's here." ”
Zhao Ruozhi touched the place pointed out by Eve, and didn't feel anything unusual at all.
"You can barely feel the chip in your body, right?"
"I still can't believe it."
"It's okay, you can treat this world as a dream, and come and see it when you want to." Eve smiled, exuding a gentle aura all over her body.
Zhao Ruozhi looked at Eve and asked, "Can I see you when I come here?" ”
"Not necessarily."
"And when will I see you again?"
"I'll show up when you need help."
"I ......" Zhao Ruozhi stopped talking.
"What's wrong?"
"Can I call you Mom?" Zhao Ruozhi blushed.
Eve smiled, "Of course. ”
Zhao Ruozhi's nose was sour, and he threw himself into Eve's arms: "Mom." ”
"Silly boy, I thought you were grown up? Why is it still like this? ”
"I thought you weren't there." Zhao Ruozhi greedily enjoyed his mother's soft embrace and breathed in the breath he had not seen for a long time. "Do you know how scared I was then?"
"I know." Eve gently patted Zhao Ruozhi's back, "It's my bad for throwing you down for so long." ”
"Why haven't you come back for so many years?" Tears blurred Zhao Ruozhi's eyes, and her mother's face seemed to be even more unreal in her eyes.
"That's because I can't come back."
Zhao Ruozhi couldn't hold back any longer, lying in Eve's arms and crying like a child.
"It's so big, and I still cry my nose at every turn."
"In front of my mother, I will always be a child." Zhao Ruozhi sniffed and said aggrievedly.
"It's almost time, let's go back quickly."
"What time is it?"
"Time here will be sixteen times faster than in the three-dimensional world, and now that you've slept in the cabin for almost a day and a night, you shouldn't worry if you don't go back."
"You also know Zhou Yi?" Zhao Ruozhi's ears turned red unconsciously.
"Of course I do. My daughter has a boyfriend, how long do you want to hide it from her mother? ”
"It's fine if you don't object."
"As long as you're doing well, it's more important than anything else." Eve pulled out his tablet.
Zhao Ruozhi grabbed Eve's hand and begged, "Let me stay a little longer." ”
"I didn't come to see you more than ten years ago, and I had no choice but to do it, but you still have to walk by yourself in the future, and your mother can't accompany you for a lifetime." Eve stroked Zhao Ruozhi's hair and looked at her gently.
"Mom's ......"
"You can come to this space at any time, and the resources here are always available. You already know how to use it. As long as you think about what you want to be, your body will change accordingly, and it is important to note that these changes are not permanent and can only be maintained for 24 hours.
"Different abilities will have different side effects, remember not to use them as a last resort."
Eve glanced at his watch: "It's time to go." ”
"Mom!" Zhao Ruozhi wanted to grab the last trace of his mother's breath, but he didn't catch anything in his hand.
I woke up from a "dream" with tears in the corners of my eyes.
"Finally woke up." Zhou Yi's eyes were bloodshot, "I thought you were ......"
Zhao Ruozhi held Zhou Yi's hand: "I had a dream and dreamed of my mother, so I slept for a long time." ”