: Both Ends of the Balance 55

“The Gate of Wucun?” Kai Xin frowned.

I have received mission rewards several times, and each time the rewards are explained, only this time everything is unknown.

The first reward is a title, the second reward is a game invitation letter, the third reward is a question and answer opportunity… The fourth reward is the door to nothingness… What is its function?

If the fusion of the first world and the second world is inevitable, then what role does the game play in it? Is it a facilitator of world integration, or a hindrance?

This game that straddles two worlds actually has many contradictions. The two worlds are contradictory, and the two player camps, the Depriver and the Agent, also have conflicts. Could it be that the game itself also has contradictions? Is it both a facilitator and a deterrent?

Of these four mission rewards, Kai Xin only really used the first one.

She feels that getting rewards is like getting puzzle pieces. The pieces are gradually unlocked, and the path to the end is gradually unlocked… In the end, what will she spell out?

“Kai Xin?” Hu Po called her, “How do you feel?”

“I feel okay… I have a little headache, and I will probably recover after a short rest.” Kui Xin came back to his senses and said, “The coordinates in your mind can also be deleted… From now on, our actions will never be the same again. subject to man.”

“Yeah.” Amber said, “It’s really not easy along the way.”

After Humber left the Mechanical Dawn, she spent some time with the Resistance Army and finally managed to get on the line with Kai Xin, a reliable partner. She is now an official member of the Matte Organization.

After a long period of captivity, Hei Yao worked hard to save himself, and cooperated with Kai Xin Amber to touch the light again.

As for Kai Xin… What she experienced really met the evaluation of the game system—it was hard for others to achieve, and it was also unimaginable.

Only by touching death countless times can we get today’s short-lived victory.

What she has to do is to keep winning in the days to come.

After the spiritual coordinates in Kai Xin’s mind were removed, it was Hu Po’s turn. Ten minutes later, Hu Po Obsidian opened his eyes at the same time, showing a look of relief.

“Do you know what I want to do most now?” Amber murmured.

“I guess it’s to take a nap.” Kai Xin twitched the corners of his mouth, “Because that’s what I want to do the most.”

“It’s time to get a good night’s sleep.” Hei Yao looked back and forth between Kui Xin and Hu Po. “I can feel that you are all mentally exhausted, like an overloaded machine that is about to collapse.”

Amber looked at Kai Xin, “It’s your comeback day soon, and there’s still a little time left. What do you want to do? Do you want to continue to act?”

“No, we need to take a two-day rest. The specific things will not be arranged until September 7. I have a lot of things to do here, and there are still many preparations that have not been made.” Kui Xin said.

“You are trapped in your world, aren’t you? You went to the Fugang Nuclear Power Plant to investigate that matter.” Amber frowned, “Don’t you investigate it before the 7th?”

In the past few days, Kai Xin explained to Amber what the dark world is like in the first world and the second world, and also explained her situation in the first world. Amber has a deeper understanding, That’s why this question is asked.

“I’m afraid not.” Kai Xin said silently, “It’s not that we can’t investigate… but we can’t go in. At least not now.”

Entering the Dark Realm and choosing one end of the scale is equivalent to choosing one of the two worlds. There will be physical problems in the other world. At that time, Kai Xin may not be able to travel between the two worlds through the return day.

So Kai Xin’sThe strategy is to drag.

The body of the Second World dragged itself from entering the Dark Realm, so that the selected date could be postponed by one week. If the bodies of the two worlds have entered the Dark Realm, if one of the bodies is abandoned, the action will be affected. On balance, Kai Xin would rather take a huge risk to let the body of the first world stay in the dark world, she can only take such a risk.

“Moreover, our rescue plan needs to sneak into the federal administrative center. I need to enlist the help of other players. Contacting players is not an easy task. I can’t do it now. I can only arrange credible people to do it.” Kui Xin said, “I have to arrange these things in advance in these two days.”

In the trapped state, the technological equipment in the dark world fails, and it is impossible to detect the external situation, and it is also impossible to get in touch with the outside world.

In case Kai Xin couldn’t get out of trouble in time, she needed someone to contact her and do things for her.

“I’m sorry I can’t help you in your world…” Amber said, “But I believe that all problems will be solved, right?”

“I hope so.” Kai Xin let out a sigh of relief, “Wait a few more hours, wait for Hei Yao to recover a bit, then we will go back to Heihai City, I have to make arrangements.”

“If you’re in a hurry, we can hurry to Heihai City now.” Hei Yao said, “I’ve recovered very well.”

“No, you lie down for a few more hours. I can’t open so many space vortexes in a row and go directly there. I need to rest halfway. There is no power supply on the way to the migration. Your medical capsule needs power supply.” Kuixin said, “There is no shortage of this A few hours, I said, these two days are rest days.”

“Well, thank you for your hard work, Kai Xin.” Hei Yao said politely, “If you don’t plan to take a break right away, then let’s talk. I have a lot to say to you.”

“Shouldn’t you catch up with your brother first?” Kai Xin asked.

“When we cleared the coordinates just now, we have already exchanged information through spiritual links. I know what I need to know.” Hei Yao said, “I hope we can talk alone. Amber said that you also hope so.”

“Okay.” Kai Xin nodded.

“Then I’ll take this time to go out and buy some food.” Amber looked at Kai Xin and Hei Yao, got up and left.

Following Amber’s departure, the empty room in this slum suddenly became quiet.

Kai Xin was not in a hurry to speak, she waited for Hei Yao to speak first.

“Your spirituality is very complicated. I felt it when I entered your spiritual realm.” Obsidian said softly, “Actually, I discovered it as early as when I was on the Kraken mission. You are not a tool that can only obey orders. People Your mental fluctuations spread outward, and I can vaguely perceive your emotions.”

Kai Xin was taken aback, “It’s… so early?”

“Actually, you cover up very well, and you can’t see anything unusual on the surface, but I noticed that you are in a bad mood, especially when you see a dead person.” Obsidian said, “Irritability, depression, resentment, nausea…these Emotions mingled in your icy mental waves, subtle but hard for me to ignore.”

Kui Xin: “Isn’t it normal to be in a bad mood? I’m not going to be so happy when I see a dead body, am I?”

“No, what I mean is that compared with other people in Mechanical Dawn, your bad mood is too prominent and obvious.” Black Yao said, “Do you know what kind of mood other people have when they kill people?”

“Numb?” Kui Xin guessed.

“Almost.” Hei Yao raised the corners of his mouth, but there was no smile in his eyes, “No feeling, very empty… When they killed people, I felt their emotions, as if I touched a blank wall, and there was nothing on the wall .Compared to you, they are the real killing machines. They have killed so much that they don’t feel anything in their hearts when they see the dead, but you have feelings, and bad feelings are also feelings.”

“Obviously it happened a few weeks ago, but when I hear you talking about it again, it feels like a world away.” Kai Xin said in a low voice, “You seem to be better at perception than Amber?”

“Spiritual abilities can be developed in different directions through training. Amber and I have a wide range of abilities. Generally speaking, abilities are related to spiritual intrusion. I prefer perception, and he prefers control.” Obsidian said, “This is Eve. Deliberately training.”

“The Rebels didn’t have time to implant your spiritual coordinates. I remember Amber said that the angel’s spiritual coordinates in his mind were only implanted after he left the Mechanical Dawn.” Kai Xin said, “The Rebels know that the leader of the Mechanical Dawn is Eve, but they didn’t report Eve to the federation, what do you think is the reason they did so?”

“There are two reasons. First, they don’t want the Mechanical Dawn to disappear. This organization is already a big force. The rebels may want to use the Mechanical Dawn to subvert the federal rule, and finally take the fruits of victory in exchange for their own position.” Obsidian pondered. “Secondly, they don’t want Eve to disappear… This speculation is obviously untenable. Since they are dealing with the Mechanical Dawn, they obviously regard it as an enemy. No one wants their enemies to disappear. The rebels are trying to contain the Mechanical Dawn To deal with it, to suppress it, while keeping room for it, to develop spies and infiltration…”

He concluded: “I think the rebels want to eliminate Eve and take over the Mechanical Dawn at the same time. The dilemma they are currently facing is that the Mechanical Dawn and Eve are one and cannot be split. They have reported Eve to the Federation. Then the huge organization of the Mechanical Dawn As Eve’s inheritance, it is bound to be lost, and the fruits of victory will be taken away by the Federation, not by the rebels.”

“They are a greedy organization.” Kai Xin said, “They want to kill Eve and pick peaches, but they still can’t let their old enemy take advantage of it.”Yi… Because of their greed, Mechanical Dawn and Eve can be safe and sound when their secrets are revealed. ”

“Yes. But this is just my personal guess. The actual situation may be more complicated.” Obsidian said, “The rebel army was defeated in the previous party struggle, and its strength is far inferior to the Federation with countless support behind it. The Federation controls the army. And what about them? Most of the members are active underground… Because of this, they are eager to strengthen themselves, so it is reasonable to speculate.”

“Do you think Eve knows the existence of the angel’s spiritual coordinates?” Kai Xin asked.

“I guess it’s speculation, and I’ve found clues, but there’s no real evidence.” Hei Yao said, “After all, the contact information of members of the Rebel Army is relatively secret.”

Kai Xin was thoughtful: “Understood.”

“Haven’t you communicated with Amber on these topics before?” Hei Yao asked.

“We had a part of the exchange. Two days ago in Fugang City, we encountered an assassination by an angel. This assassination caused us a lot of losses, but it also exposed the existence of an angel. From this, I came up with a new idea. “Kai Xin explained, “There have been too many things recently, and I haven’t had time to share these speculations with him.”

“You are indeed very busy.” Obsidian looked at Kai Xin, “Eve would not arrange such a high-intensity schedule for members of the Mechanical Dawn.”

Kui smiled hard and didn’t say anything.

“Amber also told me about Clover’s existence.” Obsidian said, “Anyway… Your acceptance makes me very happy. I think I should tell you one thing. Silverface cares about you very much. He I don’t want you to die, but I can’t disobey the order of Mechanical Dawn.”

“…He?” Kai Xin was surprised for a moment, and then said unsurprisingly, “He, I can tell, he hesitated when facing me.”

“I can see his hesitation, but when facing him, he will still kill him without hesitation, right?” Hei Yao asked.

“It’s hard for me to give my life to others.” Kuixin said, “Let’s make a hypothesis, Obsidian. If we meet on the battlefield in the future, Eve will let Silver Face kill me, and I was seriously injured at that time. In a state of being slaughtered, do you think Silver Face will obey orders in that situation?”

Black Yao was silent, and then said: “I don’t know.”

“Even you don’t know, how can I be sure that he will resist the order and let me go?” Kai Xin smiled, “He doesn’t want to kill me, but he is still a puppet without self-awareness. Between him killing me and me killing me Between him, I choose to kill him.”

“I understand what you mean.” Hei Yao nodded slightly.

“You told me this, what do you want to express?” Kai Xin asked with his head turned.

“I’m sorry, I don’t have any purpose. I don’t want to condemn you, nor do I want to make you feel guilty, I just want you to know about it.” Obsidian said, “For artificial humans like us, it is impossible to care He cares about you very much…but he is still a child, he doesn’t know what he needs, even if he understands, he still can’t make up his mind.”

“Yinmian is very good at following orders.” Kai Xin said intentionally or unintentionally, “I think someone like him needs to be pushed behind him in time.”

Hei Yao frowned: “What do you mean?”

“People are not born to make decisions.” Kai Xin said, “When children are young, parents will make decisions for them, and children learn to make decisions when they grow up. Yinmian has not grown up to make decisions. At this point, someone needs to make this decision for him.”

Hei Yao was taken aback, looked up at Kai Xin carefully and said, “Are you serious?”

“Seriously.” Kai Xin said.

Hei Yao stared fixedly at Kai Xin and said, “You are right. I regret it…”

“what?”

He bowed his head and said, “I should have given him a push… I talked to him, I had this opportunity, but I didn’t think about it. He doesn’t understand those principles, and he can’t understand them alone. No one Teach him, how can he learn it? He is not a person with spiritual abilities.”

“How did you get the chance to talk with him?”

“Eve believes that the awakening level of extraordinary ability is positively related to the degree of self-awareness awakening. This is what I overheard from a researcher… So I deduce that Eve wants to stimulate the silver-faced self-awakening.” Obsidian said quietly, “I I feel that once Eve verifies the conjecture… the artificial human experiment will be stopped. Our characteristics determine that we are uncontrollable.”

“The artificial intelligence created by humans can be awakened and betrayed. Where does Eve get the confidence to think that it can completely control the artificial humans it creates?” Kui Xin complained.

Hei Yao pursed his lips, “You are quite right.”

“You don’t have to regret it because you didn’t push the silver face.” Kuixin said, “He lives completely under Eve’s control. As you said, it stimulates him to verify that guess. If he is controlled by you Instigate rebellion on the spot, will Eve destroy him immediately? Let him maintain the status quo for the time being, at least he can save his life.”

“It makes sense.” Hei Yao sighed as his chest rose and fell.

Kai Xin asked curiously: “What did you talk to him about?”

“It’s just some simple questions… He asked me why you betrayed, and I told him that it’s not that you want to betray, but that you can only live if you betray you, and you just want to live.” Hei Yao’s expression was light.

He explained these words from Kai Xin’s point of view. At that time, Hei Yao and Kai Xin were just strangers who had met twice. How could he think in another way?

“He asked why Amber and I betrayed. I told him that we didn’t want to kill people, and we didn’t want to be tools to obey orders.” Hei Yao said, “He also asked why he was thinking ofYou will feel very uncomfortable sometimes, so uncomfortable that you can’t eat. ”

Kai Xin said: “I only spent a short time with him…”

“That’s right. Silver Face has met too few people, and there are too few people who can make him feel emotionally attached. His world is too blank, so others can easily leave color in his world. ” Hei Yao said, “He said you cooked for him. I think this should be the first time someone cooked for him, and you cooked him several meals… For stray cats and stray dogs, passers-by A meal given out by alms is enough for them to remember for a long time, let alone you are the kind that is often fed.”

“The food at the mechanical dawn base restaurant is better than mine.” Kai Xin couldn’t help but say.

“Although Silver Face is dull, you can feel that you are different from chefs in restaurants and kitchen robots.” Hei Yao said, “When you first met Silver Face, you didn’t know that he was an artificial human, and your attitude towards him was not the same as that of tools. , he doesn’t understand these minutiae, but he can definitely feel the difference in attitude.”

Kui Xin Fuer: “This is a misunderstanding. I cooked for him because I was afraid that he would poison my bowl while cooking. When I first saw Yinmian, I thought he was a cold-faced killer. How did I know he pretended to be cold-hearted? It’s to cover up the fact that he’s not smart! In the first few days, I was very wary of him, and I personally handled all the food I ate…”

Hei Yao froze on the spot, and repeated two words after a while: “…Poison?” He said, “He wants to harm you, there is no need to poison you.”

“At that time, there was not enough information, and I was relatively naive to deal with it. I was too poisoned by the spy movies in our world, and I always felt that I was going to be careful.” Kai Xin waved his hand weakly, “Forget it, what are you talking about… …a thing of the past.”

Hei Yao felt pity for Yin Mian in his heart: “So cooking is actually a misunderstanding. You cook for yourself because you are afraid that he will be poisoned…”

Kai Xin admitted frankly: “That’s right.”

Black Yao: “…”

Hei Yao stretched out his hand and rubbed his temples. He usually had a dull expression, but at this moment he couldn’t help showing a strange expression and letting out a long sigh.

“I don’t know what you think of me, Black Yao.” Kuixin said, “When Amber asked me for help at the Fugang Nuclear Power Plant, I agreed, and he was very grateful to me. But I told him, don’t treat me as a Noble person, don’t have such high expectations for me, I am not the kind of person you think, you will be disappointed… Now this sentence is also for you, I am not the kind of person you think, I am not that noble. ”

“No, I’m not disappointed in you.” Obsidian said, “Are you taking a vaccination? I already have a general understanding of your personality from Amber, and I only think this is in line with your style… Fan After all, he made it, and he ate it.”

“You want to fish out the silver noodles?” Kai Xin said.

“Yes.” Hei Yao said, “There should be a chance to meet again in the future, I wish him live until then.”

“When you were imprisoned at the base, did you see where my fellows were?” Kai Xin asked.

“Unfortunately, I didn’t see it at all. I was held in solitary confinement.” Hei Yao said, “After entering the brain computer, I couldn’t see it even more.”

Kai Xin was not surprised by this answer. It was just a routine question just now, and she knew that the probability of getting an effective answer was very small.

“Finally… I sent Amber a job invitation.” Kui Xin observed Hei Yao’s expression, “Are you coming?”

Obsidian raised his eyebrows, and asked the same question as Amber: “What is your position?”

“The leader of the personnel management team?” Kai Xin probed.

“Yes.” Hei Yao had a sincere smile in his eyes, “I didn’t use the position of ‘deputy leader of the external operations team’ to fool me.”

“Hu Po is the team leader, and that’s enough. It’s too insignificant for you to be the deputy team leader.” Kai Xin said, “I’m surprised that you agreed so simply.”

“I think, there should be no better place than this?” Hei Yao stared at his hands, “We were born as murder tools, with a lot of blood on our hands, far away from the lives of ordinary people. Even if there is no In the past, we are still artificial humans, and there is no place for us in society. A happy and ordinary life? That is just a dream. Since we are destined to be unable to escape that fate, we might as well accept the status quo… At least, Amber trusts you, and you let us reunite Yes, I appreciate you, and I have nothing against people like you.”

“That’s good… It’s just that all the persuasion I had prepared was useless.” Kai Xin shrugged.

“How did you plan to persuade me?” Hei Yao asked.

“Know it with reason, and move it with emotion.” Kui Xin said casually, “Welcome to join, Black Yao.”

Obsidian smiled, “Thank you.”

After a while, Amber came back.

He distributed the food in the portable package to Kai Xin, and took some for Hei Yao, “He’s recovering well, and he can definitely eat.”

Hei Yao took the food, unpacked it and took a bite.

Amber sat across from Kai Xin, and said sincerely: “I accidentally touched your memory when clearing the coordinates, I’m sorry.”

“It’s nothing, I know you didn’t do it on purpose, I almost forgot that memory.” Kui Xin finished the food in two bites, drank a bottle of water to replenish water, and then half leaned against the wall and said, “I’m going to rest. It’s up to you to be on alert.”

“Okay.” Amber naturally had no objection.

She closed her eyes and fell asleep within a few minutes.

Hei Yao also lay back in the medical capsule, and Amber was idle and bored, her eyes wandering, always fixed in a certain place for a while, and then aimed at Kai Xin’s sleeping face.

“Amber.” Hei Yao half raised his body and stared at his brother, then said slowly, “What’s the matter with you.””What’s wrong with me?” Amber asked subconsciously.

“Your emotions are weird, there are things that you didn’t have before.” Hei Yao said, “And that thing is gradually deepening.”

Amber asked in confusion, “What?”

“Didn’t you understand?” Hei Yao seemed to want to laugh, with a reminder in his tone.

“You two brothers can use spiritual links to chat and reminisce.” Kai Xin said without opening his eyes, his lips barely moving, “I am a light sleeper, and I will wake up when a mouse passes by.”

“I’m sorry!” Amber apologized immediately.

He connected to Hei Yao’s spirit, “Is there anything that wasn’t there before? The coordinates of the angels haven’t been removed?”

“No.” Obsidian lay back, “It’s just an emotion, or a feeling.” He quickly added, “It’s similar to Silver Face’s emotion, but it’s not as vague as his…your emotion It’s clear, not blurry at all, don’t you realize?”

Amber was stunned for a while, “Maybe… it is always difficult for people to examine and discover themselves.”

“When did it happen?” Hei Yao asked curiously.

Amber recalled for a long time with downcast eyes, and finally said with certainty: “It was when she came down from the sky in a car to save me.”



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