77: Chapter 77 Our World Is Strange 77: Chapter 77 Our World Is Strange Upon hearing what Zheng Weiwei said, Lin Xing imdiately stood up, “How is that possible?
I clearly rember…”
He tried to recall every mont spent with his father, but found those mories to be incredibly distant and blurry.
He rembered being raised by his father, but could hardly recall any details of their ti together, as if it had been a very, very long ti ago.
Rubbing his head, he gritted his teeth and said, “It’s all because of the constant reincarnations.
I can’t rember many details, but I am sure I was not an orphan raised in a welfare institute.
I was brought up by my father since I was little.”
Zheng Weiwei silently pushed a set of docunts in front of Lin Xing.
As Lin Xing looked at the contents of the docunts, he repeatedly shook his head, “This…”
It clearly recorded his experiences from childhood to adulthood, including his childhood spent growing up in a welfare institute.
After a long while, Lin Xing took a deep breath and set the docunts down.
Zheng Weiwei watched his forlorn figure, thinking about the words he had just spoken.
“…If it’s really as he says, and he truly experiences one or two years in dreams every day, perhaps for him, the real world is but a dream that occurs once or twice a year.”
“Maybe he can no longer distinguish what is a dream and what is reality.”
“Even the mories of the real world have beco blurred or even incorrect, much like we can’t clearly recall what happens in our dreams.”
…
Several days later.
A casually dressed young woman arrived at the research institute.
The woman, twenty-five years old and nad Wan Lan, had been the national fighting champion for several consecutive years and had just flown in from West Sea City to East Sea City yesterday.
Wan Lan glanced at the man waiting next to her, who looked to be about thirty, sitting tall and straight, with an air about him like that of a military man.
Seeming to notice Wan Lan’s curiosity, the man took the initiative and greeted her.
It was only then that Wan Lan learned that his na was Si Yunfeng, and he indeed ca from the military, having also just arrived from West Sea City yesterday.
Learning this, a hint of doubt and curiosity arose in Wan Lan’s mind, “Could he also be…?”
Sensing her emotions, he ventured to ask, “Have you been through the door?”
Wan Lan’s eyes lit up, thinking it was indeed so.
She nodded eagerly and said, “I was invited over there for a period of training and mastered so skills.”
Si Yunfeng nodded understandingly, “I had also participated in an exploration team to the other side and learned a skill.”
Knowing this, Wan Lan beca even more curious about the task at hand.
She was not an arrogant or conceited person, but she had a profound understanding of her current state.
Now a skilled individual, she existed beyond ordinary humans in this society, with ordinary people as fragile as children before her.
And now, aside from herself, Si Yunfeng before her was also a talented individual who had mastered skills.
Especially since one of them had military experience and the other was a national fighting champion, both had a natural advantage in practicing and using their skills.
What kind of task that made them hurriedly co here piqued Wan Lan’s imnse curiosity.
After so more small talk, Wan Lan found Si Yunfeng to be a good conversationalist and very understanding, making her feel as if they had beco good friends who had known each other for a long ti.
A mont later, the director of the institute, Lv Ming, received them and led them to the C building’s ward.
Along the way, Lv Ming briefly introduced them to the task at hand.
“We asked you both to co here mainly to assist one of the patients here with so investigation,” he said.
“There are a couple of key points you need to pay attention to.”
“First, this patient is a severe ntal illness sufferer, and you do not need to believe any of his delusions,” he said.
“Secondly, please follow his ideas for exploration and do not try to intervene or prevent him from doing anything.”
Trust the other person yet have to explore based on their thinking?
When Wan Lan heard Lv Ming say this, a thick fog of doubt rose in her heart.
Ignoring her confusion, Lv Ming continued, “Third, if he does anything illegal, don’t take any action, report to imdiately.”
“Fourth, and last, if you encounter an attack, do your best to protect him: our support will arrive quickly.”
Wan Lan expressed her deep confusion, “You call us all the way here just to protect a ntally ill person?”
She couldn’t understand what kind of ntally ill person was worth the protection of two extraordinary humans like them.
Lv Ming shook his head, “It’s not just about protection; it’s also about assistance.
Or rather, your main job is to help him carry out the investigation he wants to do.”
Wan Lan frowned in annoyance, still not grasping the significance of the mission.
On the other hand, Si Yunfeng, who ca from the military, didn’t understand the purpose of the mission either but didn’t raise any objections, his face showing obedience to orders.
Not long after, they t the target they were to protect at the entrance of the ward, a clean-looking ordinary young man.
And on the bed in the ward lay a girl who looked so beautiful she hardly seed real, motionless as if she were dead.
The young man greeted the girl, “Master Bai, I’ll go out for a bit.”
The girl lay still on the bed, as if she were dead.
Wan Lan frowned again, reminded of sothing upon seeing this scene.
The young man had already approached Si Yunfeng and Wan Lan, smiling at them, “Hello, I am….”
A cough from Lv Ming interjected, “Let’s not use real nas on this trip, shall we?”
The young man shrugged indifferently, “Then just call Number Four.”
Si Yunfeng and Wan Lan left the research institute with Number Four and boarded a public bus.
Number Four seed like soone who hadn’t been out in a very long ti, looking around at everything nostalgically, always observing the environnt.
Wan Lan couldn’t help but ask, “Haven’t you been out for a long ti?”
Number Four nodded, “Yeah, it’s been many years.
I can’t rember clearly.”
Wan Lan felt a stir of emotion; considering his age, hadn’t he been living in the institute since he was a child?
They traveled using public transportation.
When Number Four was sitting on the subway, he looked at the orderly crowd with a sense of nostalgia and suddenly said, “Don’t you think our world is a bit strange?”
Si Yunfeng and Wan Lan were slightly stunned, not understanding what he ant.
But Number Four continued on his own, “Maybe it’s because I haven’t been out for so long, but looking at the world after so much ti, it feels very strange.”
Si Yunfeng asked, puzzled, “Strange in what way?”
Number Four said, “Haven’t you noticed?
Our world has had almost no wars for nearly a hundred years, almost no murders, and hardly any serious cris.”
Wan Lan was puzzled, “What’s the problem with that?”
Number Four said, “The problem is huge.
The history of human developnt is a history of slaughter.
We’ve destroyed countless tribes and nations throughout our history.”
Seemingly reminiscing, Number Four muttered, “How could humans not kill?
How could they not wage war?”
“After so long, returning, I can truly feel that there is sothing wrong with our world, many people may be sick and not know it.”
“Sick?” Wan Lan laughed, “You think not waging war and not killing is being sick?
Don’t you think it’s because conditions have improved and everyone’s quality has risen?”
Number Four earnestly replied, “It’s not that a person who doesn’t kill is sick, but if almost everyone is free of serious criminal behavior, then this world must be sick.”
Wan Lan shrugged helplessly, rembering the other’s identity as a ntally ill patient, and no longer wanted to argue.
But just then, they saw Number Four suddenly stand up and say, “Hurry, this train car is going to explode.”
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