Chapter 243: dedication

Wen Duan adjusted his suit, and stood by the floor-to-ceiling window, where the red flowers on the windowsill were swaying, and a chess table by the window had a stalemate draw.

That's what he and Yun Li had done before.

After assigning the task of transferring the device to a competent subordinate, he played a game with Yun Li. It had been a long time since he had played chess so happily with anyone, and Yun Li's level was good enough to give him the pleasure of playing against each other. He loved this feeling and wanted to prolong it indefinitely, so he played half of the game after twenty years, leaving half of it for the rest of the night.

Yun Li had already passed out, and although the transformer's brain was implanted with Yun Li's consciousness, it was extremely easy to get tired.

Wen Duan smoothed the folds on his lapel, emerged from the bedroom, and stood alone in the living room, listening to the urgent report from the Yuzhu Lu clone.

"This is how it happened." Yuzhu Lu The clone said, "Mr. Duan, he said he is the First Emperor. He wants to see you."

Wen Duan slowly finished a cigarette.

Yuzhu Lu Clones carefully: "You see ......"

"You go and bring him." Wen Duan's voice was unmoving, "I'll meet him here."

"Yes."

Yuzhu Lu The clones retreated.

Wen Duan, with a cigarette between his fingers, looked out the window.

A lot of things happened in these few hours, besides his own personal matters, just now Yuzhu Lu reported that Qingcheng Xie suddenly admitted his identity as the First Emperor, Dongni An also finished the final brainwashing of Yu He and put him into the battlefield ......

Looking out from here, you can see the fierce battle between Dela Man and the Dreambreakers, the blood compulsion has just gone to the front line. The back of the mech made by virtual imaging is like a burning mountain, enough to shock the mind, coupled with Yu He's greatly enhanced power, it is easy to imagine how scared the Dreambreakers who are confronting Yu He are.

He can see from Dongni An's surveillance, Yu He's strength is very amazing, blood compulsion power, is the field of woe, blood flowing, companions raised guns to kill each other, cruel with a morbid sense of tragic beauty. This is completely different from the beauty of the rapid cold light ice weapons, as if the beauty of the killings of oriental sorcery.

Wen Duan watched the war like a magnificent oil painting.

In some ways, Wen Duan is even colder than Cuizhen Duan - while Cuizhen Duan has become what he is today from a normal person, Wen Duan was raised in such a morbid way since he was a child, and he was carefully nurtured by Cuizhen Duan from the very beginning. He is a normal being, an abnormal being.

He is different from everyone else on the island. While people on the island are looking for fame and money and power, Wen Duan is only looking for a scientific achievement.

The blood compulsion is undoubtedly very successful.

Unfortunately, the researcher from the United States lab who was developing the special rn-13 for Weian Wei has died. Wen Duan still remembers that the day before he died, he lost a vintage framed necklace, which was picked up by Cuizhen Duan. When Cuizhen Duan called the researcher to come and get it, he said that the photo was of his grandmother and the necklace was his grandfather's relic.

Cuizhen Duan stared at the old black-and-white photo for a while, without the slightest ripple: "They are so affectionate?"

The United States-raised researcher was unapologetic in this regard, laughing, "My grandfather's labs were all named after my grandmother."

"Oh." Cuizhen Duan put his hand on the researcher's palm, clutching the necklace for a few seconds, and let go, "How earthy."

"What?" He didn't hear it, because her voice was soft, snickering with mockery.

Cuizhen Duan said, "It's nothing."

The next day the researcher died a strange death, do not know what went wrong during the experiment, the necklace he was wearing around his neck strangled into the machine, the machine traction was so great that when someone found it, his neck was almost strangled ......

Wen Duan saw at first glance that it was the means of the old woman, but he had no interest in the exact cause of the man's death, he just regretted that such a good medical talent was lost. He has been looking for a better replacement all these years, he once wanted Ciyan Qin very much, and also made some efforts in the dark, but unfortunately Ciyan Qin lived too stubbornly and ended up in a tragic death.

After this, Qingcheng Xie became his preferred candidate.

Wen Duan, after talking with Qingcheng Xie, was actually ready to go. From his years of observation and research on human nature, Qingcheng Xie was full of guilt and love for Yu He, and it was hard to leave Yu He behind. It's only a matter of time before he turns to Dela Man.

But he didn't expect Qingcheng Xie to have a card in his hand that he didn't expect.

First Emperor.

Yuzhu Lu The clone came in panic just now and reported that Qingcheng Xie wanted to exchange his life for Yu He's freedom. At the same time, Qingcheng Xie gave Dela Man a pass that no one could refuse or dare to take - he said he was the First Emperor.

Wen Duan can't help but wonder why he and his wife never thought of this - the first emperor is not data, the first emperor is a human being.

Why didn't you think of it?

In fact, he initially did not doubt why Qingcheng Xie returned to Huzhou intact after the accident, but Ciyan Qin acted too much, the old man made a bunch of fake data to mislead their investigation before he died, the old man's daughter, Rongbei Qin, was tortured and crazy, but also bite the bullet that he did not know anything, not the slightest The dean of Meiyu is even more cunning, in the next twenty years from time to time to create the illusion that he is also trying to find Ciyan Qin left the data of the first emperor.

These determined, indestructible people formed an impermeable wall to protect a truth that they should have discovered earlier.

What is it that makes something so fragile as a human being that makes up such strong walls?

What makes these people, who are not related and have very different personalities, able to keep the same secret for more than a decade or two?

Is it love again?

He once felt that he had studied the subject of love very thoroughly, he had read many academic and literary works, observed the feelings of people around him, experimented with family and friendships, and also personally experienced the relationship between the sexes - the kind of relationship described as "original sin" and held in high regard. He has read many academic and literary works, observed the relationships around him, experimented with family and friendship, and personally experienced the relationship between the sexes - the kind of sex that is described as "original sin" and is regarded as the ultimate pleasure.

and many others. That is, they have changed many control samples.

But in the course of these experiments, he never experienced the so-called satisfaction. Gradually he felt disappointed and no longer interested in it, and he even found the act of human reproduction to be something more boring than a meeting. He did not understand why this was part of love.

Perhaps he had to admit that this was a subject he had never fully penetrated until just now with Yun Li ......

"Knock, knock, knock."

The door was knocked at that moment, interrupting Wen Duan's contemplation.

Wen Duan returned to his senses, "Please come in."

The first to enter was the Yuzhu Lu clone: "Sir, the man has been brought in."

"Let him in."

Shackles rustling, Qingcheng Xie was pushed into the room.

The door closed behind them both, the clone Yuzhu Lu was on guard outside, the bedroom door was locked, and Wen Duan and Qingcheng Xie were the only two people in the living room.

"I didn't expect to see you again so soon." Wen Duan turned back, his gaze dark, looking the other party up and down, "And in this way."

Qingcheng Xie did not answer his words immediately, but immediately turned his gaze to the window.

He had heard movement along the way and knew Yu He had been awakened.

But he couldn't see the battle outside before, and was transferred to Wen Duan's room when he saw the firefight between Dela Man and the Dream Breaker.

"Your eyes can't see the blood compulsion mecha, right." Wen Duan also does not block Qingcheng Xie, walked to the living room desk, began to heat a pot of water to pour tea, "the first emperor can see, should be the real sight. Tell me, what did you see?"

Qingcheng Xie did not turn his gaze away, he knew Yu He was there.

"Drones," he said.

"Hmm." Wen Duan raised an eyebrow and smiled lightly, "But that doesn't make your words true. Yu He and you have been together for so long, he has plenty of opportunities to tell you."

"You never trusted him."

"I don't have absolute trust in anyone." Wen Duan poured a cup of tea to Qingcheng Xie , "The same cup of snowy cold incense, this time, will you drink it or not?"

He smiled slightly and looked at him, but the smile was chilling behind.

Qingcheng Xie sat down in front of him.

"Early to see that we were acting in the room?"

"I saw it coming." Wen Duan said, "I just thought it was interesting. I knew he couldn't escape our control no matter how much he struggled, but I wanted to see how far he could struggle."

"In fact, you may not be so transportable." Qingcheng Xie said.

Wen Duan : "What do you mean?"

"If everything was in your calculation, you wouldn't have arrived until after we had already destroyed the radical speed chill light."

Wen Duan paused for a moment, his eyes skimming over the chessboard next to him and straightening his unbuttoned cufflinks.

Then he raised his eyes and smiled faintly.

"There was a little personal business at that time." Wen Duan says, "It got delayed. Sometimes it's like that, one thing comes up against another, and you have to make a choice. As the saying goes, man's plans are not as good as God's."

The tea was poured very fragrant, Wen Duan himself took a sip, and after the cup was put down, he said, "Let's talk about the business. Qingcheng Xie , you tell the guards that the First Emperor is not data, but a human being, and that you are the one we've been looking for."

"Yes."

"Can you prove it to me."

"You have to get Yu He to stop the killing first."

"...... Are you talking to me about a two-for-one request." Wen Duan smiled, "Your Highness the First Emperor?"

"You heard me right." Qingcheng Xie cold sitting there, eyebrows frozen frost, "I am talking to you about two choices. You said yourself just now, some things are one touches the other, can not be two, after all, human calculation is not as good as the sky."

Wen Duan stopped laughing and said lightly, "Where did you get the chips? Besides, I'm not in a hurry this time."

Qingcheng Xie didn't bother to deny him directly, but raised the still-sharp eyes of that temperament: "The little boy's body is not good for it."

"......"

"The rejection was painful and made it hard for her to even appear in front of people, didn't it? I think she's reached her limit with that child's body, too, and maybe she's still very sick these days. Otherwise it's been so long since the war started, she wouldn't have even shown her face."

Wen Duan sat up straight, his pupils cold, staring at Qingcheng Xie.

Neither of them mentioned Cuizhen Duan's name, but they both knew that "she" referred to Cuizhen Duan.

Wen Duan slowly said, " Yu He really did tell you everything. But now that you are in our hands, I can actually use any means to force you to give in, so who are you to negotiate with Dela Man?"

Qingcheng Xie : "Since I can show my hand directly to you, do you think I am really helpless to be slaughtered?"

Hearing him say this, Wen Duan's body slightly tense, a sweeping gaze, sweeping his whole body.

Qingcheng Xie : "I am unarmed, and the people who brought me here have searched me no less than ten times. But if I am not willing to cooperate, you will not be able to grasp the secrets of the First Emperor so quickly. I can control it and even stop its power of my own accord. You know it well, once I self-destruct, you will not get anything."

"......"

" Cuizhen Duan I'm afraid it won't last long, want the first emperor or the blood compulsion." Qingcheng Xie said, "Choose yourselves."

A few simple words made Wen Duan abruptly silent.

After a few minutes, Wen Duan suddenly tilted his head and laughed: " Qingcheng Xie , you really deserve to be Ping Xie's son, no matter what the situation can not be surprised ......!"

"You are too kind." Qingcheng Xie said, "I owe my ability to remain unfazed to Dela Man. During the twenty years of struggling with the spirit Bola Ai, I have been suppressing my emotions all the time, and finally became what I am now. It is the result of your own hands."

The smoky battle continues outside.

Qingcheng Xie said, "Release Yu He. Otherwise, even if I am here in person, you will not get the power of the First Emperor."

Wen Duan doesn't ring anymore.

After all, the first emperor is not the same as the blood compulsion, much of what they know about the first emperor is uncertain, more than twenty years of information mixed together, it is difficult to distinguish the true from the false. At the moment he really doesn't know if Qingcheng Xie has some way of suppressing the power in his body, so he doesn't dare to act rashly.

After repeatedly thinking, Wen Duan opened his mouth: "Qingcheng Xie, why don't we each take a step back."

"What does it mean."

"It's impossible to give up the blood compulsion now; once he's awake, we'll be very passive in case he comes back to take you. And you won't necessarily be able to cooperate with us after he leaves with his word." Wen Duan said, "But I can get him to stop attacking and reduce the casualties of the dream breakers first, and also reduce the wear and tear on himself. Before you become Cuizhen Duan's donor, I will let you see him returned to the Dreambreaker ship unharmed."

"What if you don't deliver."

"Then you can also terminate your powers at the last minute, can't you."

"......" Qingcheng Xie doesn't actually have any ability to contain the First Emperor attribute, and once Cuizhen Duan gains his body, he has complete access to the power of the First Emperor.

But this is definitely not at this moment let Wen Duan see, belong to can cheat a moment is a moment of the secret.

Qingcheng Xie sensed that Wen Duan was observing his expressions with great care, as if he wanted to capture his innermost thoughts from his expressions.

Qingcheng Xie closed his heart city tightly.

Wen Duan peered for a long time, but could not see anything.

"It seems that this is the best solution for now." Finally, Qingcheng Xie said without a ripple in his face, "Neither you nor I have any other choice."

"I'm glad you understood that quickly," Wen Duan says. Wen Duan said, "You are much more aware than Yu He was back then, and you don't have to be locked up for so long before you decide to work with us, like he did."

"...... How long did he ever stay in that basement?"

"The basement?" Wen Duan said, "He was too badly injured at that time to stay in the basement. We gave him a very clean room."

Wen Duan said here, paused and thought: "I'm afraid it's not appropriate to put His Majesty the First Emperor in the basement again now, until the operation, you will stay in the same room he used to live in."

Qingcheng Xie said, "Yes."

"If you have no other objections, I will now order Yu He to end the fight. Then we will arrange the surgery for the donor transplant as soon as possible." Wen Duan said.

Qingcheng Xie's reaction was calm, as if it wasn't himself who was going to be sacrificed: "When will the operation be."

"It won't be long after all the tests are done." Wen Duan looked at Qingcheng Xie, "Aren't you a little scared or sorry."

Perhaps knowing that the dust has finally settled, Qingcheng Xie carries a weariness and calmness similar to that of a long journey.

He looked calmly at Wen Duan with those eyes of failing vision and said, "I know that even if you gain the power of the First Emperor, these darknesses will eventually end at the hands of our people."

Wen Duan was silent for a long time: "Why do you believe in it so much?"

"There must always be some indelible faith in a person's heart. I do, and you probably do too." Qingcheng Xie said, "You are different from Cuizhen Duan, you are not a completely heartless person like you think you are, that is why I told the guards that the person I need to see is you and not Cuizhen Duan."

Not expecting him to say that, Wen Duan looked at the man in front of him - and for a moment, he felt as if he was not standing in front of a dying prisoner, nor were they on the crisis-ridden island of Dela Man.

He felt as if he was just having a painless conversation with someone who was not close to him, in a perfectly normal evening, in a perfectly normal place.

Wen Duan called out to Qingcheng Xie one last time before ordering him to be taken to the cell where Yu He used to live: "Qingcheng Xie."

"......"

"I'm sorry that you are the First Emperor and that she has to rely on your body to continue living. I had wanted to wait until you were willing to work for us, rather than have you become a brain transplant donor. I promised him I wouldn't kill you, but now there's no choice other than that."

Qingcheng Xie turned his head sideways: "I'm also sorry why you had to follow her, Lisheng Chen."

Wen Duan : "......"

He didn't answer.

But he knew in his heart that he was not following Cuizhen Duan, but had grown up with this treacherous island since childhood, and that it held too many answers he longed for, results he saw, and things he did not want to lose.

Big to that future Dela Man world.

As small as, this unfinished game of chess in his hand.

"The vow you made to Yun Li twenty years ago." Qingcheng Xie turned back, looked at him with a gloomy face, and calmly said, "After all, it's going to be broken by you."

"......"

"First Emperor for Blood Compulsion, one life for one life. I am waiting for you to take me to Cuizhen Duan." He dropped these words, turned around and left the place.