"I am one with it." (Seven tithes)

"Huh?!"

When Ju Ruobai heard Qi Shi say this, although he tried to suppress it, he still couldn't hold back and let out a cry of surprise.

"The manager of the world is the being who governs the world for the Lord of the world. If you study physics, you should be able to understand that the world is not a stable system, and if it is allowed to develop on its own, it can easily lead to collapse and chaos. It is our responsibility to keep an eye on the problems that may arise in the world and to stop them before they happen. (Seven Shiyi)

"So what problems are you dealing with, and can you give an example?" (White)

"For example, the maintenance of the solar system. The solar system, in your physics and mathematical terms, is a classic many-body problem, where the major stars are constantly changing their direction and position due to each other's gravitational pull, and to be honest, extremely unstable, one of the planets may deviate from its normal orbit and even eventually collide with other stars. If it's other galaxies, we don't care, because the collision and fusion of stars with each other is the normal state of the universe, but the solar system can't, the solar system must remain stable, the reason is very simple, because there is a planet in the solar system, and there are conscious beings on this planet, so we can't let the solar system mess up, and whenever a planet in the solar system is about to deviate from its normal orbit, we will take action and restabilize it to keep the solar system an eternal system. (Seven Shiyi)

"Many-Body Problem ......" (Blank White)

"There is also the need to prevent any unauthorized change of space-time, which cannot be changed casually. Therefore, whether you earthlings or intelligent life on other planets, it is impossible to invent a time machine under normal circumstances, because we will not allow you to travel through time and space wantonly. (Seven Shiyi)

"Huh!"

After hearing this, Ju Ruobai's heart suddenly became empty, because she was studying the time machine just now. But since Qi Shiyi said so, shouldn't she also stop thinking, after all, the manager of the world himself said that no one would be allowed to travel through time and space without permission.

"Unfortunately, sometimes there are times when regulation is not effective." The voice of the shadow was toneless, but the tone was not machine-stiff, and it could be heard that it did have a mind of its own, but it may lack emotion.

It then says:

"The Lord of the World created this universe and then planted the seeds of wisdom in random places, and then He would carefully observe what kind of fruit these wisdom could produce on their respective planets. But in the end, all intelligent life is caught up in endless internal strife, and finally destroyed in war. The Lord of the World had to replant the seeds of wisdom again and again, each time hoping that the outcome would be different from the last one, but the final result was always the same - intelligent beings were always full of suspicion and suspicion, deeply hostile to their fellow citizens on the same planet, and finally destroyed each other in the struggle with each other. The Lord of the World eventually got tired of it, so He replanted the seeds of wisdom once more, and then fell asleep himself.

Before He slumbered, He created us, the rulers of the world, naturally for the purpose of wanting us to rule over these intelligent beings on His behalf. He hoped that he would wake up from a deep sleep and see a very different ending, but in the meantime the galaxy in which the intelligent life lived must be managed to prevent the intelligent life from being exterminated by external forces. The Lord of the World uses numerical numbers for the galaxies inhabited by different intelligent life, and each galaxy assigns a manager, and the natural manager also has a number that is the same as the galaxy, our number is 71. ”

After listening to the black shadow's narration, it felt very incredible, if these are true, it is definitely knowledge that subverts human cognition.

"Normally, we don't have names, only code names. It makes sense for the guy next to you to call himself a tithe, because our code name is 71. (Dark Shadow)

"So, can you also call Seven Tithe?" (White)

"No, I've given myself a name, you can call me, Shouxu." (Dark Shadow)

"Shouxu?" (White)

"Yes, this is my new name, or rather, us. Including the one next to you. (Dark Shadow)

Ju Ruobai blinked and looked at Qi Shiyi beside her, Qi Shiyi noticed that she seemed to be asking him for advice in her eyes, so he said:

"You can still call me Qishiyi, and if it says, you can call it Shouxu."

"Oh, oh!"

Ji Ruobai looked at Qi Shiyi, and then looked at Shouxu, these two guys now have exactly the same faces, but they can see the difference at a glance - Qi Shiyi's expression is vigilant, his brows are slightly furrowed, and he can see that there is a chill exuding from his body; Shouxu's face was expressionless, like a robot, and there was no emotion or emotion on his face.

"What does it mean, then, that you are one?"

Ju Ruobai listened to them for a long time, but never got to the point, so he simply asked his own questions.

"It means...... Originally, there was only one manager here, but later, because of an absolute disagreement on how to deal with something, that manager was split into two, one part became the seven tithes next to you, and the other became this me. ”

"What's the matter?"

“……”

Shouxu looked at her silently, and did not answer, there was no thought in its calm eyes, perhaps calculating whether to say it or not.

"It's you." Qi Shiyi replied on its behalf very simply, "It advocates taking you away, and I advocate keeping you for the time being, so there is a difference of opinion, and "I" is divided into two, this me and that me. ”

"Sure enough, it's me......" Ju Ruobai seemed to have expected it, so she wasn't particularly surprised at the moment, "So, why did you take me and why did you leave me behind?" ”

At the same moment, two people blurted out at the same time:

"Because you don't belong here, it's my duty to take you away." (Shouxu)

"Because I don't want you to disappear, I'm going to keep you." (Seven tithes)

What Shouxu said was an objective reason, and what Qi Shiyi said was a subjective will.

This is the root of the conflict, the deepest cause of the division of Qishi and Shouxu - the irreconcilable contradiction between the obligations that should be fulfilled as the ruler of the world and the desire to be fulfilled as an individual with his own mind.

"But, whether it's me or that me, I actually know what the right thing to do is, otherwise it won't, I account for two-thirds, and you account for one-third."

Hearing Shouxu's words, Qi Shi clenched his fists.

Shouxu is right, he actually knows that what he is doing now is wrong, capricious, and wishful thinking on his own - and may even be against his own wishes.

"Your calculations are correct, and the conversation is indeed more likely to serve your purpose. I know, that thing is in your hands. I don't ask for anything else, as long as you give it back to her, and everything will go your way, and I won't stop you......"

"That thing, neither hers nor hers."

"Then why do you keep keeping it, to put it bluntly, just to come in handy when you have the chance? Isn't that the time now? ”

"Oh......"

Shouxu stretched out his hand, and in the palm of his hand, which was originally empty, there was suddenly an extra thing—a necklace, and a spherical pendant at the bottom, which seemed to be the kind of small ornament that could be broken open and put something in it.

When Ju Ruobai saw that thing for the first time, he subconsciously touched his neck.

That's right, the sudden sense of familiarity told her that this thing belonged to hers.

"It's that thing, as long as you give it back to her......" As soon as Qi Shi saw that thing, his tone of voice became anxious.

Seeing that he was so eager for such a thing, Shouxu thought about it for a while, and suddenly said, "What if I want to destroy this thing?" ”

Qi Shiyi's eyes became fierce, and he glared at Shouxu viciously, but in the end he didn't say anything—maybe he was communicating with Shouxu with his thoughts, but he couldn't hear it.

"If you want me to give this thing to her, then please convince me, for example, tell me what positive effect it will have on me to achieve my purpose by giving this thing to her."

"If your goal is to take her away, then I won't stop you again when she regains her memory. But if your goal is to prevent her from recovering her memory, then giving it back to her really won't help you achieve your purpose. ”

“……”

After listening to Qi Shiyi's reply, Shouxu raised the necklace and put it in front of his eyes to stare at it, as if he was thinking.

After a long time, it said:

"But if, both of these are my purpose......"

At the moment when it finished speaking, Qi Shiyi, who was originally standing in front of Ju Ruobai, suddenly flashed in front of Shouxu, and grabbed the pendant part under the necklace with one hand, it seemed that he intended to forcibly seize it.

Shouxu knew that it was no longer possible to continue communication at this moment, and according to calculations, it was time to fight again. Even if Qi Shi was one with it, it had no intention of keeping his hand at all, and as soon as he made a move, he went straight to the point, planning to subdue Qi Shi first and then repeatedly.

No matter how Qi Shiyi was beaten, the hand holding the pendant did not let go at all. Although he was also trying to resist, but the difference in strength was there, one-third still couldn't beat two-thirds, and it didn't take long for Qi Shiyi's body to be full of damage and scars.

Although this body was not a human body, it was only a manifestation of Qi Shiyi, but judging from the hole left by the attack on his body when it was pierced by Shouxu's attack, the damage he suffered was indeed not light. But even so, he still did not let go of the hand that held the pendant.

Shouxu saw that he was so determined to snatch the pendant, even if he was covered in bruises, he refused to let go, and in the end he couldn't do anything about him - in the end, it was the other third of himself, and he must not be allowed to disappear completely, otherwise he would only be two-thirds of himself, and he would never be complete.

Eventually, Shouxu let go of his hand and let Qi Shiyi get the necklace, but Qi Shiyi, who was seriously injured, seemed to have temporarily lost the ability to move, lost Shouxu's support, and fell straight to the ground, and never moved after falling to the ground.

Shouxu saw that he had lost his ability to move, and immediately set his eyes on Ju Ruobai. Although Qi Shiyi can be said to have tried his best to keep the necklace, but he also paid a painful price for it, and he fell to the ground and couldn't move, how to protect him at this time?

Ju Ruobai was stared at by Shouxu's emotionless eyes, and a sense of tension rose in her heart. Sure enough, Shouxu began to walk towards her step by step, and purple light also emerged from the palm of his left hand raised towards her, exuding a treacherous aura, as if as long as he was touched by this purple light, people would forget everything and become a lifeless shell.

"Don't be nervous, friend from another world, I just want to send you home. Your friend over there has been waiting for you for a long time, and you should go back. ”

Ju Ruobai couldn't help but retreat step by step, until she leaned against the desk by the wall, she couldn't understand the current situation, and she didn't know what Shouxu was going to do to her, but when she saw Qi Shiyi who was seriously injured and fell to the ground not far away, Ju Ruobai suddenly felt that she shouldn't just give up resisting.

She resolutely decided that at least it would be delayed for a little longer, at least, not to let Qi Shiyi's efforts to seize the necklace be in vain.

"No, I can't leave yet."

"You're not qualified to decide."

Ju Ruobai was still thinking about how to escape, but in the next moment, she found that her body was firmly fixed and she couldn't move. To be honest, it's still a time and space where time has paused, so it's a bit of a mistake to describe the current situation in terms of the passage of time.

Since Ju Ruobai couldn't move, he naturally had to watch Shouxu's palm with purple light stretched out towards him, and gradually, Ju Ruobai felt that his consciousness had become blurred, his perception of the world around him was losing little by little, and all his thoughts were slowly extinguished until he stopped.

She was about to lose consciousness of herself.

But in the next second, she suddenly woke up from this sense of chaos, as if her brain, which had been suspended, was suddenly energized again and started working again. At the first glance after regaining consciousness, she saw that the face of Shouxu in front of her seemed to have changed a little compared to before.

"Mr. Tsuru......"

"Teacher Qi?"

"It's me. I'm now back at one with it, sorry, but this is the last time I'm able to stop it...... Or a way to stop me. ”

Ju Ruobai rolled his eyes, and sure enough, the body of Qi Shiyi, who was lying on the ground not far away, had disappeared, leaving only the necklace alone.

"It doesn't matter if you call me a she, or call me a shouxu, it's okay now. Listen, Mr. Crane, go ...... Aunt Jiang's side, put the necklace ...... Give it to her......"

"Teacher Qi, are you okay?"

"Sorry, it's honestly not good. Qi Shiyi represents the part of Shouxu's heart that wants to help you, but this part accounts for a small proportion, and it may be overwhelmed and swallowed up by the mainstream consciousness that wants to take you away at any time, so I broke away from the mainstream consciousness and helped you in an independent individual form, but unfortunately there is no way to continue now...... Because I'm back, and time can't be turned back...... So, whether I'm or you, I can only accept the reality that has happened...... I will try to suppress the mainstream consciousness and delay the time that will take you as long as possible, and in the meantime, you must recover your memory and ......"

Before the words of "Seven Shiyi" were finished, its eyes suddenly became cold - Shouxu's mainstream consciousness suddenly woke up, and there was still no sadness, joy or anger in its eyes, when its purpose was clear, that is, to take away the white man, so in an instant, its palm condensed purple light.

Only this time, it no longer just gently placed its palm in front of Ju Ruobai's eyes, but directly choked her neck - the reason is also very simple, this can speed up the process of Ju Ruobai's loss of consciousness.

This time it was much more painful than before, Shouxu's hand was held so dead that she really felt the full pain of suffocation, and she even began to pray that she would lose consciousness sooner and end the pain she was in now.

However, at the last moment, her eyes, which were about to lose their brilliance, suddenly caught a glimpse of the necklace lying silently on the ground not far away, and she suddenly rose an emotion from the depths of her heart for no reason.

Like a flame, mixed with anger, mixed with unwillingness, mixed with many inexplicable emotions, but in short, let Ju Ruobai suddenly clench his fists and swung it fiercely in the direction of Shouxu.

It stands to reason that a mortal blow from Ju Ruobai could not cause any harm to Shouxu, who was the manager of the world, but the next moment, Shouxu really let go of his hand, allowing Ju Ruobai to breathe again.

"Ahem-ahem...... Heh......"

She didn't know or care about what was going on, she just took a big gulp of air, and even she felt that this feeling of the rest of her life seemed to be mixed with some kind of indescribable pleasure, just like the first rain she saw after a long drought, which made people feel a sense of bitterness and happiness, and at the same time, it also made people realize the beauty of life.

After a long time, Ju Ruobai, who was slumped on the ground, came back to his senses and realized what had happened, which made Shouxu, who was about to achieve his goal, let go of his hand.

I saw that most of its body, which originally imitated the appearance of a human being, had changed back to the appearance of a black shadow at this moment, and in the part that had become a black shadow, it was located on the left chest, revealing an obvious incision at this moment.

"Huh!?"

Ju Ruobai only reacted at this time, in the right fist she was clenching tightly, there was something more out of thin air as early as she didn't know when, she looked closely, it turned out to be a slender knife, reflecting a white cold light under the illumination of the lamp, but at this time, the blade was stained with a lot of bright red liquid.

It was with this blade that came out of nowhere that Ju Ruobai stabbed Shouxu in the left chest, and successfully inflicted a lot of damage on it, forcing it to retreat.

“……”

Ju Ruobai looked at the long knife in her hand, and suddenly the surrounding scenery seemed to change, and a scene flashed quickly in front of her eyes, she seemed to be holding a knife, the knife was stained with red liquid, and in front of her, a body fell to the ground......

"Looking at this knife, you don't think of something, do you?" Shouxu saw that she was thinking about it, and asked out loud, but his voice was a little more concerned and gentle.

"Is it Teacher Qi?"

"It's me."

"Ah, I'm sorry! I didn't expect to hurt you like this......"

"It's okay, the beginning of everything is my own assertion, things will become like this, and I am also responsible for bearing it."

Ju Ruobai bit her lip and looked at the half-human, half-black shadow Shouxu in front of her, and her heart was full of self-blame.

"Don't be sad, and don't blame yourself, Mr. Crane. Thanks to your blow, my strength has been greatly reduced, so that I can better restrain myself. Ahem, okay, while I'm still weak, I have to leave quickly, I stopped for too long, I'm afraid it will have more unnecessary effects on the universe. Teacher Hu, you are very close to getting the truth, go ahead, go find your family, although I can't accompany you to continue the rest of the way, but your every move, I will pay attention to it. ”

"Teacher Qi, where are you going?"

"Hehe, of course I'm staying away from you, I want to restrain myself to prevent me from attacking you next time."

Ju Ruobai lowered her head, her expression was as complicated as her mood, but in the end, she still raised her head and replied:

"Well, thank you, I'll try."

"Ask the dean for a leave of absence for me, just say that I am ill and need to recuperate."

"Hmm."

Ju Ruobai showed a faint smile, Shouxu also smiled in response, and then it waved its hand and disappeared from Ju Ruobai's sight, and at the same time, everything around it returned to normal.

The sound of pedestrians talking outside the building was heard again, and the birds that had been frozen in the sky were moving again.

Ju Ruobai didn't have time to care about the long knife that appeared in her hand, she hurriedly ran over to pick up the necklace on the ground, and wanted to know for the first time what special meaning Qi Shiyi wanted to keep at all costs.

The spherical pendant under the necklace is the most interesting part, and he immediately breaks it open to see what it contains.

"My photos?"

In the pendant, a somewhat yellowed photo paper was folded and stuffed inside, and when Ju Ruobai took it out to see, he saw a young and playful cute girl on the photo paper posing scissor hands in front of the camera, and her posture was also smart and cute, and most importantly, except for a particularly eye-catching black hair, this was clearly a white face.

Ju Ruobai looked a little distracted, she couldn't imagine that she might have been such a lively and lovely girl before.

But what is more important is that the size of the photo paper is not limited to one person. In fact, when she unfolded the paper, she found herself standing on the right half of the paper, while the left half was empty, and judging from the composition, there must be another person on the empty half.

"But why, I can't see it now?"