Chapter 10: An Inexplicable Gamble
Lu Mingfei woke up suddenly, and a soft touch came from under him, it was his own bed.
Suddenly, Lu Mingfei felt a gaze on him, he turned his head to look, and sat on a chair near the wall, the whole person shrunk into a small ball, holding his legs, his chin resting on his knees, staring at him quietly.
Seeing that Lu Mingfei was awake, Zero opened the thermos cup that he didn't know where it came from, poured the steaming hot water into half a cup of cold water that he also didn't know where it came from, and then brought it over and handed it to Lu Mingfei.
Before Lu Mingfei took the warm water in a daze, and before he could ask a question, Zero took the lead to explain: "When I was going out for supper, I heard the sound of you falling to the ground, so I called them to come and open the door of your dormitory, and then the doctor said that it was okay, and then they left." ”
Lu Mingfei blinked, and said in his heart that you must know about the animated advertisement.
"You're okay, then I'll go." Zero said expressionlessly.
"Wait a minute."
Lu Mingfei shouted to Zero, who wanted to leave, and glanced at the already bright sky outside the window, he remembered that when he passed out, it should have been around twelve o'clock in the middle of the night, a deviation of half an hour at most.
How long has Zero been sitting here......
"Uh...... Didn't you say you were going to have a late-night snack, you shouldn't have eaten it, did you? Lu Mingfei scratched his head, "It just so happens that I'm also a little hungry, let's go eat something?" ”
“…… Good. Zero was silent for a moment and said coldly.
Half of the morning sun was exposed on the horizon, and a touch of sunlight was reflected on the garden on the rooftop, Lu Mingfei and Zero sat opposite each other, and there were some foods on the table, one of which was the dragon tail shrimp that Zero and Lu Mingfei often had when they ate in their previous lives.
Before Lu Mingfei could speak, Zero said expressionlessly, "How do you know that I like to eat this?" ”
"Guess." Lu Mingfei smiled.
Zero glanced at Lu Mingfei, and memories came flooding back to his heart.
In December 2012, as Christmas approached, a long-haired girl in pajamas walked in the snowstorm, leaving footprints and a harbor looming behind her.
Nine hundred and ninety-nine meters.
Zero silently counted here, suddenly stopped, as if thinking about something, and then she stepped out, the picture in front of her changed rapidly, she returned to the dark little room, and everything around her was refreshed again.
Zero opened the door in silence and looked around the harbor once again that was empty except herself, the 10th day she had been trapped in this Nibelungen?
Zero didn't know that she couldn't feel the passage of time here, nor could she feel the pain and warmth, so she soon lost her perception of time.
Passing through cell-like rooms, Zero came to Room Zero at the end of the hallway, the gas lamp burning overhead, Zero removed the padlock, pushed open the door and walked into the silent room.
The cast-iron operating table was rusty, and the iron shelves were full of glass bottles, which looked the same as in Zero Memory, but in the dark corner where the light of the gas lamp could not shine, there was no figure tied to the iron chaise longe.
Zero looked at the cast-iron chaise longue with a dazed look in his eyes, two phantoms flickering in front of him, one of which was a delicate and weak boy, who was tied to the chaise longue in his straitjacket and looked at Zero with a little seal-like look, humble, pitiful, flattering, and deep enough to drown the world.
What about the other one?
Lu Mingfei sat by the fire, the light of the fire shone on his face, and said calmly, I am the Faust in the story, there is no point in doing anything, I can only wait for God and the devil to fight, and decide my fate for myself.
But Zero could see the look in his eyes, which was tired, lonely, inferior, and hopeless as if he had fallen into the depths of the sea.
Obviously, the appearance is only a little similar, but the eyes really look like ah......
Zero stumbled back, she clutched her head helplessly, the two figures overlapping in front of her eyes, but they could not completely merge together.
Because the owner of these memories is unwilling to draw conclusions about what their relationship is, she really does not have enough information to draw conclusions.
Zero took a deep breath and suddenly turned around and kicked backwards, sharp as a blade.
The girl in white who appeared at the door at some point stepped back to dodge the attack, she raised her hand slightly, and an invisible force suppressed Zero in place.
"Declare in advance, your memories have nothing to do with me, I just happened to be here at this time." The girl in white smiled.
"Who are you?" Zero face and no expression.
"Passers-by, seeing your story, thought it was funny, and came in."
The girl in white shrugged, "Hey, let me ask you a question, your boss only asked you to send him to the target point, why did you follow him in?" ”
He said that he would remember his words and not put his hope in God and the devil, but he might not be able to do it.
"Oh, that's the reason......"
Zero pupil shrinkage.
The girl in white smiled embarrassedly, "I'm sorry, but mind-reading is really fun to use." ”
"Hey, should we make a bet," the girl in white put her hands behind her back, "I think he can do it, if he doesn't, I'll give you a few gifts, and if he does, there will be no punishment for you, how about it?" ”
Scattered darkness exerts its own strength, but all the power seems to sink into the sea, and there is no intention of breaking free from the shackles at all.
"If you don't speak, you'll acquiesce."
Before zero reaction, the girl in white disappeared in place, and the pressure on her body disappeared.
After a moment, the girl in white ghostly patted Zero on the shoulder, walked up to her and said, "Tsk, you won." ”
"What kind of gift...... the girl in white tilted her head and thought about it, "By the way, the human beings in your world don't seem to be able to stimulate their own strength, so I'll use the power system of this world to give you a chance to break the barrier." ”
Then the girl in white stretched out her hand and pressed Zero's forehead, a streak spread on Zero's skin, and Zero could feel that this was an alchemy matrix.
What the hell does this guy who has been inexplicable from the beginning want to do......
After a few moments, the girl withdrew her hand and snapped her fingers, and a light door appeared on the wall.
"Enter that door and you'll be able to go back in time."
Zero was slightly stunned, looked at the light door, then looked at the girl, silently confirmed that the other party did not deceive his reason, and said softly: "You know what he will do, why do you want to help me?" ”
"Hmm......" The girl in white leaned against the wall, "You know, I think hopeless people are actually luckier than desperate people, because despair can be painful, but hopelessness will not." ”
"Even if someone tells you that you will never be able to do that, hopeless people will only laugh and say, of course I can't do it, and I am not the one who is who."
"And Lu Mingfei is a person who has one foot on despair and one foot on hopelessness, and now he will still suffer because he can't do one thing, according to my theory, if he falls into hopelessness, it is a good thing."
"But this is not the case," the girl in white whispered, "a person who has no hope is not necessarily willing to look at others without hope." ”
"Everyone has things they want to do but can't, but I have the power to help you, so why not?"
"Although I don't even bother to think about it." The girl in white smiled.