But in any case, Albert finally got the key to the laboratory, although Professor Aldous clearly stipulated that the laboratory materials could not be taken out, let alone taken out of the school, but with Albert's skills, those valuable research materials were no different from those at his fingertips.

At this time, Sauron, the leader of the Outlanders, reappeared in front of Albert, urging Albert to get the information in the laboratory as soon as possible.

Albert could see that Sauron had begun to get impatient because of his successive prevarications, and if he continued to postpone it, it might be his own life.

So, do you want to give the research materials to Sauron as he commanded?

Albert was hesitant, he was not willing to contribute to the stranger's plan, so he first sent the information to the inspection bureau, which would judge it.

As a result, the Inspectorate sent a message that this information could be handed over to Sauron, on the grounds that many of the theories contained in it were hypothetical and of little value.

After receiving the reply, Albert originally thought that he would breathe a sigh of relief, but he didn't, on the contrary, Ran's reminder flashed in his mind.

…… Inspection Bureau, is it really okay?

After thinking about it all night, Albert decided to delete some of the content on it himself, just in case, and then went to the meeting alone.

Here it comes.

Ran, who was watching the whole time, thought to himself that this was an opportunity to test his previous suspicions.

If he's not mistaken, that node should be there soon.

As expected, when Albert went to the meeting alone, and had already walked out of Mi-Tan, and was walking alone on a small road, the weirdness reappeared.

And it's no longer one, the weirdness led by him is at least C-level, followed by several D-level younger brothers, Rann reappeared, deliberately entangled with the weirdness of the C-class, a mysterious figure wearing a mask reappeared, taking advantage of Ran's attention not on Albert's side, he didn't hesitate to shoot at Albert!

The bullet was blocked by the plants that suddenly appeared on the blond boy's body, and the fragile twigs made a metal-like sound, and the figure turned around without hesitation to leave, and Rann immediately turned back.

Victory or defeat in one fell swoop!

[Throw: Success!] 】

A seed was thrown directly by Rann in the direction of the figure's escape, and the seed grew dense vines in the air, which landed on the man from the sky, firmly grasping him.

And at this moment, Rann also quickly used the method of absorbing the spirit to suck those few weird things dry, and instantly had several more seeds on hand.

"Yes, is that you?" Albert stared at Rann in a daze, but now Rann didn't have time to care about him, and before the man could break free of the vine, Rann quickly approached to get the figure.

As the distance closed, Rann finally got a full view of the man.

“…… Sure enough, it's you, Albert. ”

When he saw the golden bullet before, Rann thought that the flame was very familiar, and sure enough.

The younger Albert behind him caught up, and he looked at the figure that looked exactly like himself entangled in vines.

"W-How is this possible?"

"How could it be?" Albert scoffed, paused his struggle, and looked up at his face that was almost identical to his own, "Simple, because you're just an impostor." ”

Young Albert pursed his lips and didn't believe Albert's words at all, the person in front of him was incomparably similar to himself, but his eyes were covered with gloom: "You are an impostor!" ”

Albert didn't care what he said, but looked at Ran, "What happened after that?" ”

Rann was stunned for a moment: "What? ”

"Arkham City, have the Outlanders succeeded?"

"No, of course not, although there was some damage and casualties to the city, everyone overcame the difficulties together."

"Yes."

The expression on Albert's face was complicated, as if he was crying, and as if he was laughing: "Then I can ...... with confidence"

Observing Albert's expression, Rann was in a very mixed mood, as he realized that this Albert did not seem to be the special weirdness that he had thought might be disguised at first.

Weird can't make this kind of expression full of humanity, guilt, self-blame, relief, and like letting go of everything.

But then the situation becomes even more complicated!

Rann looked at the two versions of Albert, one young and one mature, and his pupils shook:

You can't have two cores in a dream, two Alberts, right? What the hell is going on!?

"He's not me, he's just a prop." At this time, Albert spoke, and looked coldly at the juvenile version of himself, "I didn't expect that strange thing to be of such use." ”

The strange object that Albert wore on his body, that is, the personality converter that Amos gave him before, was worn by Albert when he received a mission from a stranger to go undercover next to a suspected evil god, in order to prevent his identity from being revealed.

Not only can it isolate the pollution from the gap in dreams, but it can also temporarily transform one's personality and change one's memory.

But Amos hadn't told him before that this strange thing would play such a role in the test of the Dream Gap!

Albert looked at his younger self and pursed the corners of his lips.

Originally, the test of the third layer of the Dream Gap was that the strange would enter the memory, kill the owner of the dream, and come to reality instead of him.

Truth be told, Albert started this test because of ...... He didn't even think about living.

But now, because of this personality converter, he has created an 'imposter' that completely attracts firepower, and he will not be able to achieve his goal for a long time. And the reason why weirdness needs to be attacked on a specific occasion is because of the test itself, because the test itself is actually -

What exactly is this test? At the same time, Rann was also thinking, ashamed to say, originally he thought that the test of this layer was to kill the weirdness of the attack, but he had killed so many, and the test was not over, which showed that the test of the third layer was far from that simple.

Tsk, I knew to ask before I came in.

Oh no, he didn't know how he got in, he just wanted to know some mysteries, so he automatically appeared here.

It's like the fog, or the kingdom of God, the dream itself, is responding to him.

Rann shook his head, dispelling this thought for the time being, and looked at Albert again: "Obviously there is such a thing, but you still haven't broken through the test of the third layer, plus your previous behavior...... Are you trying to kill yourself, Albert. ”

Albert didn't speak, but the attitude said it all, and Rann began to have a headache.

The first test of the Dream Gap is to overcome fear

The second layer is to move from madness to sobriety.

From these two tests, it can be seen that the test of the dream gap actually requires strong subjective initiative, that is, if the parties do not cooperate, everything will be in vain.

And Albert's strong desire for self-destruction......

Rann looked at the young Albert, who was not stupid, and from the conversation between the two, it seemed that he had deduced what was going on.

When Rann looked over, the young Albert also looked at him, his face full of disbelief: "What he said is not true......"

He didn't finish his sentence, because in front of him, the two men disappeared again.

Rann was also aware of this fact, and he looked at the young Albert's face full of confusion, and after half a ring, he stood up again, holding the information and not knowing what to do for a while.

Rann knew how he was feeling right now, because he didn't know what to do now.

Rann waved his hand silently, and the vines that originally bound Albert were put away by him, I don't know if it was because he felt that he had no way to escape, or for other purposes, Albert did not leave immediately this time, but said: "Why did you stop me from killing 'Albert' before?" ”

Rann glanced at him lightly, "What do you think it's for?" ”

Albert was silent for a while, then raised his eyes and said, "Intelligence." ”

Other than that, Albert could not think of any reason why he would be saved.

He was no longer qualified to be redeemed by God.

In a sense, Albert was right.

Rann entered this place because he wanted to get information from Albert's memories about the Stranger Legacy and the fall of Mita.

"If it's for intelligence, you'll get what you want in no time." Seeing that Rann didn't speak, Albert said cautiously, "After that, please don't disturb me again." ”

Rann knew what he wanted to say and stop him from killing himself.

To be honest, Rann is in a rather mixed mood right now.

Although he came for intelligence, Rann didn't have the idea of fishing for people if he could, first, he didn't hate Albert, and second, he was Archie's friend, and Rann couldn't sit idly by.

But now that the parties have no desire to live, and even try to kill themselves in their dreams, isn't Ran's behavior of saving Albert nosy? And who can guarantee that even if he can get Albert out, he won't kill himself afterwards? Wouldn't that be more painful for Archie?

It's troublesome to think about, and Rann didn't even know what to do for a while, so he simply fell silent and waited for the situation to develop.

Ran's silence seemed to confirm Albert's speculation, so Albert simply didn't leave, and stood beside Rann to watch things develop.

The young Albert was confused for a long time, and finally decided to go to the place agreed with Sauron, but he took out some key information and tore it up, so that even if something happened, the information obtained by the stranger would be incomplete.

At this time, Rann seemed to hear Albert's sarcastic sneer, and turned his head to look at him: "At this point, things must have changed." ”

After being reminded by Rann and his mentor before, Albert no longer fully believed the words of the Inspection Bureau, and the information given to Sauron was incomplete, so what happened later might not happen.

"No," Albert looked at the young Albert coldly, watching his past self step by step towards destruction, "Fate will not change. ”：，，.