Chapter 185. Matryoshka dolls
Russell dragged his daughter's hand to the control room, and said without looking back: "Keisha, what are you, your illness has been cured, don't think about it so much." ”
His words did not restore the trembling girl, but only frightened her even more.
Before they could enter, they saw that at the end of the corridor, an embarrassed young man ran over, followed by the equally embarrassed dragon girl.
"Leader?!"
"Doctor?!"
Gravel and Mephistopheles exclaimed.
Scout's eyes were quick, and he raised his rifle to aim at the dragon girl.
Mephistopheles pointed his staff at Russell.
Russell stretched out his arms to protect Keisha behind him.
Gravel pointed a dagger at Mephistopheles.
The dragon girl who caught up from behind covered her face with one hand and aimed her long sword at the gravel with the other.
Zhou Jinru took out the revolver and subconsciously pointed the muzzle of the gun towards Mephistopheles, thinking about it carefully, he felt that something was wrong, Tallulah might not be willing to give up anything for Mephistopheles, and turned the muzzle of the gun to Tallulah, and then he realized that no one threatened him with a weapon......
The eldest brother hung his hands and remained silent.
The atmosphere was a little awkward.
Zhou Jinru unexpectedly found that the revolver with special effects on deep-sea creatures did not affect Tallulah, and it was clear that she was acting in her true colors at the moment, no wonder her strength was not as good as before.
"Okay, let's talk, there might be some misunderstanding."
Zhou Jinru took the lead in raising his right hand, and his index finger was put in the buckle of the left wheel, indicating that he was not hostile.
"I don't see even a little sincerity, you killed so many of my people......"
Zhou Jinru raised his eyebrows: "You can't mess with this, those people in the corridor are just asleep, I didn't kill anyone, I don't believe you can go back and check it out, I'm waiting for you here." ”
He really didn't kill anyone, the people who fell were stunned, the ground was colorless, and they looked scary, but they were all still alive.
Russell pressed Mephistopheles' staff against his chest and sneered, "This is how you integrate the movement?" ”
The dragon girl withdrew her dragon scales, the corners of her mouth were swollen, and her left cheek was bruised, and she shouted, "Ino, be obedient, put down your weapon." ”
"But ......"
"Treat me first."
"Yes."
Reluctantly, Mephistopheles lowered her staff and walked over to Tallulah to heal her wounds.
The emerald green light waved out from the boy's palm, Tallulah felt a trace of warm breath, her hot cheeks were slightly cooler, and her eyes stared at the back of the man, this person was covered in a turtle shell, and he couldn't hurt him if he couldn't break it, and it was all about the hardness of the shield, but she couldn't resist it.
There is also the elusive dizziness method, I can't see any starting movement, I am controlled, I can't prevent it, fortunately it is only a short second.
I have to find a way to deal with him
Zhou Jinru didn't know what Tallulah was thinking behind him, he scanned it with Fu, and everyone present had a stable emotional source, and there was no problem.
"Tallulah can return to normal, does it have anything to do with the central control room?"
Zhou Jinru guessed, and put his eyes on Li's body, the girl sensed the doctor's gaze, her face turned pale, and she lowered her head and didn't dare to do more.
"I meant her to get on board, I hired her, but I didn't go through the normal hiring process of your Rhode Island."
Luo Sou noticed the movements between the two people, and never left them, and took the initiative to help Li exonerate, which made Zhou Jinru a little surprised.
Zhou Jinru nodded, no longer pestered, glanced at a few people, and took the initiative to speak: "Mr. Timos, you have already got the big ship, can you end the dream now?" ”
"Soon, thank you for your cooperation tonight, I am very satisfied, welcome a few guests to St. Aral in the future, Timos Manor will entertain you well."
"Hurry up and get it done, don't let out anything weird, I have something else to ask you."
Zhou Jinru held back his doubts and took the initiative to walk into the central control room, he was very familiar with every brick and stone here, but what he saw was not the picture he imagined.
All kinds of precision instruments have been destroyed, only the frame of the large screen remains, and there is not a single good button in the console, which is extremely completely destroyed.
"There was an explosion here, and the explosion started from the inside, probably as a result of the initiation of the self-destruction program in Rhode Island."
The eldest brother, who had been speechless, looked at it a few times and made a judgment, and his words made Zhou Jinru's eyes squint slightly.
Tallulah walked in the back, after the treatment, the swelling on her face had subsided, but the scars were still there, the pain was inevitable, she tried not to speak, so as not to affect the injury.
Mephistopheles ran into the hallway to check on the unconscious integration movements, and didn't follow up for a while.
"Basically, as described by Serena and others in the dream world, Rhode Island is indeed self-destructive, but in this way, isn't the operating stick destroyed along with it?"
Zhou Jinru never understood Mr. KFC's hints, and walked alone to the makeshift lounge, where the doctor rested most of the time, and should have left some traces.
Of course, this is all based on the fact that the damage to the temporary break room is not serious.
Pushing open the hidden door, the bright light of the central control room shone in, but because Zhou Jinru's tall body blocked part of the light, the vision was quite dim, but fortunately, the infrastructure inside was still well preserved......
Zhou Jinru walked in, sat on the edge of the bed against the wall, and naturally bent down, his arms supported his legs, and looked down at the floor, which was his posture when he was thinking.
A shadow fell on him, Zhou Jinru turned his head sideways, and saw that the dragon girl was staring at him, and there was a strange emotion in those dark golden eyes.
One moment the two were still fighting for life and death, but the next moment they were quiet like old friends who hadn't seen each other for many years.
Zhou Jinru didn't care about her, reached out to touch the pillow, and sure enough, he touched an energy bar under the pillow, strawberry-flavored, not what he liked, but the rabbit liked it very much, because she often rested here.
Tearing open the package and gently sniffing the energy bar to exude a sweet aroma, Zhou Jinru didn't put his mouth down for a long time, staring at the energy bar with a pair of eyes.
"It all happened suddenly and without warning, so no one knew what was going on."
"So according to the inertia of Rhode Island's operation, Rhode Island, which has lost its postdoc, will still operate normally, and the work that should be done, and the tasks that should be carried out will be carried out as usual, so Amiya will put the energy bar under the pillow."
"It's just that you need to keep it a secret, so it's going to be announced that it was 'some operative' who assassinated the doctor."
Zhou Jinru raised his head, his face full of astonishment: "Except for the central control room, other facilities are still well preserved, and the lighting equipment can even operate normally, this ship is a dream, a beautiful dream, whose dream are we in?!" ”
For a moment, the mountain skill continued to shine, and he looked at his hands, and the energy bar in his hand turned into a slippery tentacle wrapped around his wrist.
As soon as he ripped the tentacles apart, Zhou Jinru raised his revolver, and the twisted tentacles that appeared in the temporary lounge moved away from him.
The destroyed central control room remained the same, except that Mephistopheles in the corridor rushed all the way in, slumped on the ground panting, and he was almost captured by the monsters.
Unfortunately, Zhou Jinru's pants were soaked, and when he stood up, he found himself sitting in a pool of stagnant water, which felt terrible.
The lights above dimmed, and they could barely see each other, and everyone present realized the seriousness of the problem.
Russell yelled, "What the hell is going on?!" ”
Zhou Jinru had a cold face: "Is there anything in the deep sea that is so easy to take?" Now there's a big councillor out there! ”
The eldest brother and the undead glanced at each other, and the former stepped forward: "I'll take you to break through." ”
"Shut up!"
Zhou Jinru and Tallulah said in unison.
Gravel grabbed the corner of the doctor, Zhou Jinru held her cold hand, and said lightly: "Now there is only one problem in front of us, someone is dreaming in a dream, forming a second layer of dreams, before the central control room is opened, everything is a sweet dream, and now it has become a nightmare, according to the law of dream rituals, you can penetrate the reality of the next layer of dreams in the second layer of dreams, Mr. Timos, be sincere, your wish is about to come true, because of the dream ceremony, the first layer of dreams is almost indistinguishable from reality, This big ship is about to come into reality. ”
"What should we do?"
Zhou Jinru rubbed his face: "Don't do anything, find the person who is dreaming, because the Deep Sea Council is coming to the real world through dreams, Mr. Timos, has Lin Xiaoxi ever talked to you, those who have had beautiful dreams will be swallowed by darkness in their dreams?" ”
The nightmare of St. Martin still made him retain a trace of shock, and on the memorial square for the defeat of the deep sea giants, there were stone tablets engraved with the list of missing people, all of whom disappeared in the dream, most of them were ordinary people from all over the world who came to beg for a living, and a considerable number of infected people.
Tallulah drew her sword and pointed it at Russell and Keisha behind him.
"It's not in order!"
Russell slipped a short sword out of his sleeve, fearless in the face of the dragon girl.
"Mr. Timos, we can tell you the rules, the Deep Sea Council can't talk about the rules."
Zhou Jinru slapped the revolver on the console and stared at Russell...... Keisha behind him sighed: "There is a person here who came out of the first layer of dreams, only she has a realistic concept of the first layer of dreams, you use Ifrit's fire demon to cause local nightmares to penetrate reality and bring Sister Kaisha into reality, but the dream ceremony is not over, she is still inextricably linked to dreams, is mine right?" ”
"From beginning to end, you were using me to convince me and the Rhode Island operatives of the truth of Sister Keisha, and then let her believe in the truth of Rhode Island, but you have not been to Rhode Island, but you can outline the perfect facilities and certain details in Rhode Island, except for one point."
Zhou Jinru raised a finger and pointed to the console: "Except here, because no one has told you where the control is attached to it, because it has been blown up." ”
"Ah Guang ......"
Russell didn't speak, but Keisha behind him looked over, in her eyes, the man in front of him became very strange, he should have been a stranger from the beginning, whether it was the identity of an ordinary person when he deceived her, or the identity of Dr. Rhode Island, they should have had nothing to do with each other.
But, it hurts, it hurts so much, it hurts so much that I can't breathe, why is this happening, if I am really a dead person, then those words between them, sweet words, should also be false.
"Sister Kaisha, don't question yourself, you are a living person, I firmly believe that you have normal vital signs, no matter what you have in your dreams, only this moment is real."
Zhou Jinru Huo Ran got up, raised the revolver, and aimed at Russell: "Mr. Timos, have you figured out how to end the dream?" ”
"No!"
Kaisha grabbed Russell's arm, her thin body blocked in front of her father, and faced Zhou Jinru's muzzle, tears in her eyes and said, "Why is this happening?" ”
"You know who I am, beg me, maybe I'll grant your request."
As soon as these words came out, the eyes of the eldest brother standing on the side lit up, and he seemed to have guessed something.
Keisha pleaded: "You must know, you must have a way, please, don't hurt my father, I'm willing to pay"
Zhou Jinru suddenly changed the topic: "Kaisha, do you remember what the sun looks like, a sunny day, imagine that the warm sun shines on your body, warm, you are lying in the recliner on the balcony, holding a wonderful book in your hand, just like we met for the first time, are you looking forward to the next date?" ”
Keisha shook her head, her shoulders trembling, tears raining down, heartbreaking.
And at this moment, a drop of water fell from the top of her head, smashed on the bridge of the gravel's nose, splashed into her eyes, and Sister Groundhog couldn't help but squint her eyes, and when she wanted to raise her head, a cold wind wrapped in the rain fell down, and finally the clothes were wet again.
The closed flower board above the head gradually opened, revealing the upside-down hanging sea.
"Doctor!"
Zhou Jinru's index finger pressed to his lips, signaling that he would say goodbye, and moved the muzzle of his right hand to point at Tallulah on the side.
This time, Tallulah subconsciously took a half step back, completely betraying her current state.
"The third layer of dreams, how did you do it?"
"Guess."
As he looked at his hands, the colors that weren't bright were getting darker and darker, and they were all about to turn into characters from black and white comics.
In fact, it is very simple, emotional guidance plus verbal deception, nesting another layer in the second layer of dreams, just like Russell deceived Zhou Jinru at the beginning, creating an illusion of reality.
Commonly known as nesting dolls.
These words cannot be told to the current "Tallulah", to be precise, the current "Tallulah" is the familiar leader of the integration movement.
The rain hit their faces and the atmosphere became tense again, and they split into three groups, each wary of the other.
On the side of Tallulah and Mephistopheles, on the side of Russell and Keisha, on the side of Zhou Jinru and Lil, the undead said that he was neutral, and the eldest brother quietly sided with Tallulah, but he never raised his weapon.
"How long are we going to stalemate?"