Chapter 50: If There Is No Future
Looking at these three peeps into the future, Jing Chen frowned.
He wanted to see the opportunities that might exist in the future to be able to deal with the arrival of the 'King of Calamity'.
But what I see now is the scene after the destruction.
This means that there is no salvation, or even in the future, there is no chance that the Anomaly will overcome and resolve this crisis.
Looking directly at the picture peeking in front of him, Jing Chen frowned, holding the answer he wanted to pursue,
Want to peek into the future more.
For example, the 'he' who used the Anomaly Bureau last time didn't appear in the future this time.
The Bureau of Anomalies didn't try to find an answer from 'Him' again, or did it not have an answer from 'Him' this time?
As Jing Chen continued to concentrate his attention, the last picture of the 'man-made disaster' was finally distorted again.
A new picture of the future reappeared in front of Jing Chen's eyes.
The time of the future picture is no longer six days later, but the next morning.
……
In the early hours of the morning, before dawn, the bitter cold wind blew, disturbing the plants in the small garden.
A figure was still standing next to the flower garden in the night, looking up at the dark night sky,
The change in the sky didn't seem to have an effect on Him, and He didn't do anything else.
At this moment, two more figures appeared on the edge of the small garden here, both wearing thin clothes,
In the cold wind, the placket of the garment could not stop shaking.
"What is He thinking now, what is He looking at?"
"Maybe it has something to do with the Lord of Calamity. But even if He had thoughts, we couldn't understand them. ”
The two figures who came were Lao Chen and the reptile.
The reptile did not sit in a wheelchair, but supported its body with the lower half of its body that had been turned out of the shadows.
Lao Chen stood beside the reptile, speaking in a relatively calm voice.
"Before Him, he seemed to be more interested in the life of the plants in the flower garden, and looking at the sky like this, after the weather anomaly......"
"That's a good thing."
The reptile voice is hoarse.
Perhaps in this case, they can get more information about the 'Lord of Calamity' from Him.
"Crawlers. Investigator ......"
Lao Chen turned his head and shouted again, but he didn't know what to continue to say.
It's like a sacrifice to Him,
They paid a terrible price, and He gave them knowledge.
Even the terrible price was meaningless to Him, and they did not care, except that they could not bear the knowledge they wanted to know,
He may have responded simply out of his generosity.
And the reptile is the 'sacrifice' of this 'sacrifice'.
Last time it was a mouse, this time it was a reptile that chose to sacrifice.
He didn't think much about his own death, just based on rational judgment.
When dealing with the crisis of the 'Lord of Flesh' before, he had already been hit hard,
Sacrificing himself with minimal loss of the power of the Anomaly.
"I'll give more information if possible."
"I'm not in a wheelchair, I'm going to walk over, and if I can't walk back and don't have to collect my body, just let me stay here."
Listening to Lao Chen's voice, the reptile wearing a coat and hat paused, and then said aloud,
Raising his head again, he ripped off his hat and raised his head, and the wound on his neck that could not heal was inevitably pulled open again.
It's like a bloody mouth on the neck.
Looking directly at 'Him' standing under the night sky, as the reptile approached,
Blood gushed out of his eyes, and his eyeballs were bloodshot, beads of broken glass covered with blood-colored cracks, and blood was spilling out of the blood-colored cracks.
The eyeballs fluttered uncontrollably, as if they were peeking into something terrifying, and as if they were seeing the truth itself,
It seems to be coming out of the eye sockets.
The wound on the neck that could not heal wriggled at this time, and grew whiskers, but it did not heal,
Instead, flesh and blood were entangled, squeezing out a few sarcomas that were also like eyeballs, turning back and forth.
At this time,
He who keeps his head up, the 'God' who symbolizes knowledge and truth,
Suddenly lowered his head, but not in the direction of the crawler's walk, but to the side.
"Puff ......"
The reptilian shadowed legs suddenly disappeared, the shadow's ability lost control, and the twisted shadow came to pierce his abdomen instead.
Without the support of the shadow's legs and feet, the reptile, whose body and reason were almost collapsed, fell to the ground in one fell swoop.
And at this moment,
Peeking into the future, my heart jumped suddenly.
Because the direction in which the 'God' in the picture is looking, although there is nothing in the picture.
But it just happened to be the same as the vision of the peeping into the future.
This is not the first time, the last time I peeked into the picture of this heterogeneous bureau 'god',
He had a frightening glance toward Jing Chen's side.
However, it seems that due to the barrier of time and space, it cannot cause any direct impact on Jingchen.
Even the pollution and information on his body can only make Jing Chen peek into a somewhat blurry picture.
This is also the reason why Jing Chen still dares to take risks,
It was as if there was a faint subconscious in him telling him that he didn't feel danger in him just like that.
And this time, what made Jing Chen's heart beat violently was that he no longer glanced at it casually,
Instead, he fixed his gaze and looked straight at Jing Chen, as if he was sure that Jing Chen was in this direction.
Jing Chen lowered his head and closed his eyes, but inevitably met his gaze.
It's just that this time, Jing Chen still didn't feel any pollution...... Looking at his boy figure, it was as if he had seen an ordinary boy.
Should it be a barrier of time and space?
Jing Chen held some guesses, and when he opened his eyes again,
He saw the boy's figure and looked to the side for a while, then lowered his head.
After another pause, he raised his head again, looking at the dark night sky as before.
And in the whole process, the reptile that is close to Him can no longer bear the information and knowledge that is being peeped at,
His body had collapsed and twisted to the point of nearing rotten flesh, and his sanity and consciousness might have vanished, just following inertia, repeating the information he had peeked at when his sanity was on the verge of collapse.
“…… We, we can't deal with Him...... We...... The Anomalies can't deal with Him......"
"The Bureau of Anomalies can't deal with Him......"
The voice was painful, but it didn't convey much information.
It's just that the moment these momentary messages appeared, the reptilian body completely collapsed.
On the pieces of rotten flesh that had collapsed, one or more mouths were torn, open and wriggling, as if to say something, but no sound came out.
Maybe when it finally collapses, the crawler also wants to pass on more information.
Immediately after,
After the reptile died, Jing Chen's vision of the future began to dissipate.
It's just that...... That's all this information, is that enough?
Less information than the last time I dealt with the Lords of Flesh crisis.
Even if you guess a puzzle, this sentence alone is not enough.
It's more like a proclamation of the end of the heterogeneous bureau and humanity when the crawler collapses in the future.
In fact, the three apocalyptic scenes I peeked at earlier also prove this.
In the end, the Bureau of Anomalies was unable to change anything with this information.
And now, would it be useful to bring this message up the night earlier?
……
"...... the advent of the 'Lord of Calamity' will be in six days."
"With His coming, it will be a sea of waves that will flood most of the buildings in the city."
"The low temperature in and around the capital will freeze the whole world into a glacier ......"
"No other place is much better than these two."
"The other surviving human beings have escaped natural disasters, but they can't escape man-made disasters...... They will also die in infighting...... Perhaps, man-made disasters are also the authority of 'calamity'. ”
Jing Chen stood on this tree trunk, looking at the reptile standing on the bow of the ship with the engine turned off, Lao Chen, and the investigator who drove the boat.
Thinking about the future that he had peeked into before, he said to Lao Chen.
"...... in six days"
Thinking of the apocalyptic scene described by this mysterious and powerful man, less than a week later,
Lao Chen's eyes were in a trance, and he repeated this time repeatedly, and then regained his composure and calm.
"So what chance do we have? Mr. ”
Lao Chen asked again.
Jing Chen looked at the people on the boat, silent.
"Sir?"
Lao Chen paused, then looked at Jing Chen, and the reptile next to him gradually raised its head.
Jing Chen's silence made them all react gradually.
At first, they asked if there was a chance to deal with the crisis brought about by the 'King of Disaster'.
What Jing Chen said was that if there was a revelation in the future, he would tell them the answer.
And now, the mysterious mighty man is describing to them the post-apocalyptic scene.
What that means, is already self-evident.
Lao Chen shouted, opened his mouth again, and a trace of confusion flashed in his eyes,
But firmness was restored.
Even if you are dying, it is not time to give up.
If there is no opportunity, it is to create it.
If it's destined to be a dead end, it's going to be over.
"Thank you, sir, thank you for the revelation you have given us."
After Lao Chen paused again, he solemnly thanked Jing Chen, and the reptile next to him also bowed towards Jing Chen.
It seemed like he was ready to leave.
“…… Are you going to ask Him after that? ”
At this moment, Jing Chen asked again.
“…… Right. We are also prepared to make some efforts, which may seem to him to be futile. ”
Listening to Jing Chen's words, Lao Chen and the reptile paused.
In front of this mysterious and powerful man who seems to have some kind of prophetic ability, the Anomaly and they seem to be transparent.
Just by hearing the words of this mysterious and powerful man, they knew who he meant by 'he'.
"No effort is in vain, and no effort is useless, but it will work."
Jing Chen replied aloud, and then paused for himself.
Some thoughts popped up in his mind, and then he raised his head and looked at Lao Chen and the reptile,
“…… Are you going to ask the investigator to go and interrogate? ”
The view looks at the reptile.
"Yes."
This sentence was answered by the reptile itself.
"It's not enough."
Jing Chen has some ideas and is ready to verify them,
"If I suggest that you go to at least three investigators of the same level as this investigator, would you be willing?"
“……”
Jing Chen's words silenced Lao Chen and the reptile.
There was some vague speculation, but I couldn't grasp the key.
It would be a difficult thing to do as this mysterious and powerful man said.
It's not that any investigator is unwilling to die, but that sacrificing these investigators greatly weakens the power that the Bureau of Investigations can use to deal with the catastrophe in the future.
It may be that even if you get some information, you won't be able to do it.
"Yes."
After thinking hard, Lao Chen nodded, and the reptile also nodded.
"We'll follow the reminder you gave, sir."
"Then you can leave."
Jing Chen raised his hand and said loudly.
Jing Chen's words made Lao Chen and the reptile on the bow of the opposite boat stunned.
But Lao Chen, who had some vague conjectures, still nodded, and then didn't speak again,
Just let the investigator next to him drive the boat away.
"Buzz ......"
The storm on the surface of the flood was quelled by an unknown special item of the Anomaly Bureau,
Only the torrential rain still hit the water, making the water splash incessantly.
At this time, the ship restarted, and there were many waves.
The dense rainstorm, which was poured on the raincoat worn by Jing Chen, also fell on the boat.
Standing on this piece of driftwood, Jing Chen looked at the ship and the people on board who left the Abnormal Investigation Bureau.
Once again, focus and try to peek into the future.
The question of finding the answer remains.
However, as the picture of the future emerges before our eyes, the picture changes somewhat.
Jing Chen can't peek into his future.
If you peek into the picture of the future, you can't predict your own interference in the future.
Only what he has determined has been carried out, and the changes to the future, will be presented in the future picture.
Other words
It's like the future that I peeked into now, and it would only be the future where the Heterogeneous Bureau was affected by his last two sentences.
It doesn't matter if he will call back the three people on the ship of the Abnormal Adjustment Bureau in a short period of time.
He's like an unconstrained random quantity standing outside of fate,
Not only will it bring a random amount, but it is not known whether this random amount will fall.
Fate and the future can only be determined to move forward, ignoring this random quantity that I don't know if it will fall.
In the past, when dealing with the crisis of the "Lord of Flesh and Blood", such a thing happened.
He grabbed two drops of blood from the Scarlet World that night, and what he learned from Lao Chen of the Abnormal Adjustment Bureau afterwards was also a little different from the initial prediction picture.
The difference is in his interference.
He's kind of stuck in a bug.
Right now......
If there is no future, then he creates it himself.
Whatever is in the future will surely leave a foreshadowing in the present.
Maybe he can't change the future, but he can change the present......
If none of the three investigators of the Bureau of Abnormal Investigation can change enough information in the future,
Then he called Lao Chen back from the ship and told him to go up to five, and if he couldn't do it, he would go up to ten.
He also had to get enough information out of that 'Him'.
'He' must have no emotions, right?
Sensing that he did this, he shouldn't be annoyed and angry, right?
…… Based on the information available, 'Him' seems to be quite generous.
Jing Chen can't do anything, who makes him really don't like this damn torrential rain and flood.
Under the nest, there are eggs.
If the world is like this in the future, and everyone is dead, it feels ...... He lives alone and several people, and he also has a bad meaning,
This is a kind of torture for a fun person.
You can only take some risks.
Holding all kinds of thoughts, Jing Chen looked at the future picture that he peeked into.
……
In the picture of the future, some things have not changed.
It was still late at night, in the awe-inspiring cold wind, and the boy-like figure, the 'he' was on the edge of the flower garden.
But some things have changed.
Walking to the side of the small garden, there are no longer only reptiles and old men,
It's five people.
Among the other three, two Jing Chen are also familiar, they are the Mao Rabbit Investigator and the noble lady, and one is a middle-aged man called Yin Investigator.
Mao Rabbit and Lao Chen were responsible for collecting the information sent back by the three of them, while the remaining three were preparing to sacrifice.
"Investigator Mao, you are still young, there will be opportunities in the future, you should get married, you should have children and children, when it is my turn, it is not too late to come and grab this opportunity with me."
The lady pulled her hair in front of her forehead, and she had too many bad things to do lately, and she didn't have time to take care of her clothes and hair.
At the rabbit, the lady smiled gently,
Then he let the rabbit stay where he was, and he walked towards 'him' with the reptile and Yinhu.
"Lao Chen, let's come this time, you have old arms and legs, you may not be able to bear it, I am different, and it may not be glorious. And you also have your tasks. ”
"I could have gone alone...... But now it seems that one person is not very good. ”
Yinhu also said something to Lao Chen, and then walked up.
The reptile didn't say a word, but as before, it didn't stop for much and walked towards 'Him'.
In this picture,
There are some changes to 'Him'.
Since the appearance of the five Lao Chen, they have not looked up at the night sky again,
Instead, he lowered his head and looked in the direction of the five people of Lao Chen, and his eyes saw the emotions that belonged to people.
I don't know if I paid attention to it, or cared about the five people of Laochen, just looking in this direction.
But it did pause for a long time, and his eyes turned to this side.
The three investigators who walked towards Him, bearing enormous, incomprehensible pollution and influence,
The steps were difficult, and the body and reason were severely impacted.