Chapter 118 Narrating the Cage (15)
On the transport plane, the female soldier who died last was named Angelina, and her daughter Anna was the creator of this painting. "
Li Sheng showed the children's drawings and said: "It's not difficult to guess the direction of things. After Elsa retired with the rank of colonel, she returned to Proxima A and adopted the child left by her comrade Angelina in the world. Daughter Anna - there is no father figure in the last photo. It is estimated that Angelina's husband died long ago.
The relationship between the adoptive mother and the adopted daughter was very good, but an accident happened midway. "
He took out the newspapers [A case of food poisoning occurred in an urban school near Star A] and [A nuclear bomb was detonated by a terrorist in the urban area], and said: "Anna died unnaturally for some reason. This greatly stimulated the veteran Aisha who had made outstanding achievements, causing the latter to go to extremes and launch an attack and detonate a nuclear bomb against the government, organization or individual of Proxima A.
The subsequent story line is relatively simple. She escaped from the galaxy where the Zero Civilization is located, peeled off her former human shell, and became the interstellar pirate Isaac in the form of a skeleton.
It was not until the end of the Iron Plague War that she returned to her hometown and rescued a small number of survivors of the Zero Civilization.
Then due to some accident, he was arrested by the Crystal Wall Residential Committee and imprisoned in this narrative prison. "
The warden's mechanical voice came from the TVs on the four walls, "Exactly. Correct. "
Li Sheng, who had received the affirmation, still had no change in his expression and said calmly: "But there is a problem in this hypothesis. Judging from the review of the scene on the transport plane, Aisha or Isaac was not an emotionally unstable veteran suffering from severe PTSD.
If her adopted daughter Anna died accidentally due to food poisoning at school, she would not have used such a violent method to retaliate.
There must be something hidden in this. I wonder if you can answer my questions. "
"Huh? The warden chuckled and said: "The information in your hand is not missing, and with your reasoning ability, you can completely guess where things are going. You don't need me to explain, right?" "
Li Sheng shook his head, "It's one thing to guess, but it's another thing to get the answer from other people's mouths. "
"Okay. ”
The warden did not hide it, and said openly: "The flat-shaped monster hidden in the first room you went to is actually a species unique to Proxima A. It has a strong appetite and strong digestion ability. It was taken by the Zero people and placed in the garbage disposal plant.
Anna's schoolbag fell out of its mouth, which is enough to explain the real way Anna died - she did not die of so-called food poisoning, but was poisoned. He was bullied on campus and was killed by his rich classmates and then thrown into the garbage treatment plant and fed to the monster."
That's true.
The suspicion in his heart was verified, and Li Sheng nodded. The living space of Zeluo civilization is constantly being eroded by the iron plague, and the quality of life of the people is definitely declining steadily.
As a meritorious veteran, Elsa is qualified to find a place to live on a relatively safe colonial planet in the rear and raise Anna, but the treatment is probably just that, and she is certainly not qualified to compete with the newly rich class who were so fat during the war. Compare.
As for underage students murdering their classmates and destroying their bodies, it is not uncommon for minors to commit crimes in the real world. It is even more normal in the Zero Civilization where technology is more advanced and information is exploding.
“There is another question.”
He raised his hand and asked: “Why is Isaac wanted by the Crystal Wall Neighborhood Committee? Because she rescued a boatload of refugees from the Zero Civilization. Look, she shouldn’t have committed a major crime like genocide, right?”
“I don’t know.”
“Huh? Isn’t she the warden?”
"Does the warden have to know the specific situation of each prisoner? What's more, this narrative cage is not just in this area. There are many people locked up in other areas. How can one person manage it? Of course it must be used It’s managed by an automated system.”
The warden said matter-of-factly: “As for the crime, it’s all about interstellar pirates. It’s quite reasonable to rob a merchant ship or something. "
"Don't say these useless things."
Hui Yu, who had been listening, finally couldn't hold himself back and said quickly: "I just want to know when we can be allowed to leave!"
All the warden's eyes turned sideways and glanced at Hui Yu, "She doesn't know?"
Li Sheng shook his head.
"Okay." The warden sighed, "Aisha, Isaac, the unknown prisoner in the cell in the lower right corner, and you, who thinks you are Gray Rain, are actually the same person." ". What? "
"Don't you understand? You are just one of the 'life slices' split by Isaac using the narrative cage. In fact, he is. The unknown prisoner in the cell in the lower right corner who was infected by the iron plague virus said indifferently: "She briefly regained some consciousness when she saw the white rabbit doll, and she was extremely excited.
That rabbit doll was what Elsa bought for Anna after her comrade Angelina died.
In terms of life stages, Elsa's life experience can be divided into [Mechanical soldier - war hero - single mother who raises orphans on behalf of her comrades - terrorist who avenges her adopted daughter - interstellar pirate Elsa Gram—narrating the prisoner of the prison].
The unknown prisoner is Isaac No. 1. She has the most complete life experience and has been imprisoned for the longest time.
During her constant attempts to escape from prison, she continued to lose her self-awareness and was accidentally infected by the iron plague in an engine room.
In order to keep the spark of hope, she cut off a part of herself to create Isaac No. 2. That is, the version of herself in the cell in the upper left corner that only retains her interstellar pirate stage. ”
Hui Yu instinctively tried to deny, "This is impossible."
"Nothing is impossible."
Li Sheng shook his head and said: "This is not difficult for the unknown prisoner. First of all, she is in During his long career as a pirate, he has mastered the liquid metal technology and can split physical clones. Secondly, it is said that some of the engine rooms of the cage also have the function of cutting memories.
After completing this, No. 1 Isaac. Then she became a useless person. Isaac No. 2 woke up in the cell in the upper left corner, thinking that she was herself, and continued the escape process.
But like No. 1, she failed to complete the escape and was forced to do so. I split into my third self half a year ago, which is you.”
Looking at the shocked Hui Yu, the warden chuckled and said, "You don't have any memories before you were imprisoned, right? It's not that you forgot something during your escape, but that you were not set up to have any memories at all. Past memories.
If you think carefully and add facial muscles to the skeleton form of Isaac in the No. 3 engine room, you will find that she looks exactly like you. "
Myself. , just a slice of life?
Hui Yu subconsciously lowered his head and looked at his hands, his pupils trembling violently.
“Back to the topic,”
The warden did not stop to take care of Hui Yu's mental health, and continued: "After splitting from you, Isaac No. 2 continued her escape. Unfortunately, she was trapped in Engine Room No. 3, in a state of half-life and half-death. state. You can neither escape nor die.
In this case, pressing the button in the protagonist's effect room will not count. Once the time is up, it will still be considered a failed escape and the entire prison will be reset.
Only by killing her."
The warden's tone was inexplicably joking, "The protagonist's effect room can only be released from being [occupied] by killing her. Only if you are in this state can you successfully escape. With the power of the gun in your hand, you should be able to do it."
"Or, I can directly threaten you with this gun to force you to let us go." br>
Li Sheng was noncommittal, and suddenly raised his dying redemption, aiming at the warden.
Swipe——
At the same moment,
hundreds of mechanical eyeballs on the warden's body all lighted up the PiShuai brand trademark, and countless laser beams were fired. Ready to go, he also aimed at Li Sheng, "You can try it. See which one is faster, your gun or my laser."
(End of Chapter)