Rebel Demon King
Chapter 1037 Love is, 37.2 degrees summer special cola and pure water ice
Chapter 1037 Love is, 37.2 degrees summer special cola and pure water ice
Just as the one-eyed dragon Stanger picked up the rope from the table and was about to tie Cheng Mo up, a muffled and hoarse voice came from the room, "Wait a minute, Stanger."
Cheng Mo only understood the name of the person in this Syriac language, but he could guess the meaning from Stanger’s reaction, but that’s not the point. No matching character was found.This made him a little confused about who was speaking, so he looked towards the door of the room with curtains.
At this moment, Khalid with complex expression is standing by the door and staring at him, Cheng Mo can read a lot of content on that distorted face, pain, resentment, worry and confusion. These contents are mainly on the facial muscles, in a kind of The delicate and complex texture is presented, making it easy for Cheng Mo to interpret, but difficult to understand deeply.
From his own point of view, Cheng Mo just felt regretful, and he didn't think he was at fault at all.Therefore, he didn't mean to back down, and he calmly watched the door facing Khaled's eyes.
After a few slight footsteps, the oil-stained flower-colored curtain was lifted by a big callused hand, and a black and thin Albanian man with forehead lines all over his forehead leaned against the door frame and passed Khalid lightly. walked out beside him.
After seeing the other person's face clearly, Cheng Mo's pupils dilated a little, but he has always been good at hiding his emotions, the surprised expression was fleeting on his face, he deliberately lowered his voice, so that his surprise was not at all Expose, "Orvis?"
Mohammad Owais, who had a face like a rock, said in his English with a strong accent: "Mr. Salem, I didn't expect that we would meet here."
The appearance of unexpected characters is just a ripple in Cheng Mo's pupils. He said calmly: "The interesting thing about life is that no one knows what will happen in the next second or who they will meet." Speaking During this time, he took a quick look at Mohamed Ovis, and found that the big-eyed sniper was still wearing the same camouflage uniform he wore when the Hydera Building broke out. He didn't know how he managed to wear the same set of clothes for so long , also clean and tidy.
The conversation between the two shocked Heller. She looked back at Orvis and asked in an incredible tone, "Uncle Muller, do you know each other?"
Mohammad Orvis nodded and said, "Yes, it was Mr. Salem who saved me in Athens. If it wasn't for him, maybe I would have died in Athens."
Cheng Mo said indifferently: "There is no such thing as who saves whom. We were all prisoners last time, and we all escaped together. It's just fate." He shrugged his shoulders, "But today doesn't seem to be a suitable time to reminisce about the old days. I'm going to be a prisoner again."
Mohammad Orvis looked down at Cheng Mo's hands raised in mid-air, then at the rope Stanger was holding in his hand, and shook his head, "Mr. Salem doesn't need to make such a joke, even if It's hell, and I believe there is no way to imprison you."
Heller heard the sincerity and admiration in Mohammed Oweis's words, raised her eyebrows, and said excitedly: "Uncle Mueller, do you know the current situation?" She pointed a gun at Cheng Moore, "He is the enemy of our Querds."
Mohammad Oweis probably didn't like Heller very much, so he didn't even look at Heller, and said coldly: "The enemy? Are we Querds worthy?"
Cheng Mo keenly heard something wrong from the tone of the conversation between the two. In addition, the name "Mueller" he remembered was the name of the sharpshooter who shocked the world in the "Battle of Dai Zur". In the ruins of Deezur, he killed 278 ISIS terrorists with a sniper rifle. He was regarded as a Querd jihadist and a national hero, and his reputation was greater than that of Dr. Azar.But in the rumors, he has already died in battle, why did he appear in Hydera?
Various thoughts flashed through Cheng Mo's mind. He realized that for him, the appearance of Muhammad Ovis changed things. Maybe he could change his plan of "sacrificing" himself and seek Another solution.However, even if Muhammad Ovis is on his side, it is still extremely difficult to achieve his goal. If even the Kurds cannot agree on their own opinions, then it is meaningless to struggle. Sacrifice oneself directly, come simply.
While Cheng Mo was thinking about it, there was already a dispute among the Kurds.
Seeing Heller's face change, the one-eyed Stanger said quickly: "Mueller, you are a holy warrior of our Kurds, how can you say such a thing?"
"What do you mean? Uncle Muller!" Heller's face darkened, and now she looked sad and gloomy. She pointed her gun at Cheng Mo, "Are you planning to betray us Querds? Help this stranger?"
Cheng Mo was a little speechless, thinking that Muhammad Oweis betrayed you, why are you pointing a gun at me?Is it because I don't have fans to bully?
Seeing the famous jihadist Muller and the leader's daughter having Beef (contradictions), the other Querds standing in the room did not dare to breathe, and looked at each other, a little at a loss.
Mueller glanced at Heller and said coldly: "Stanger, you know me, I always tell the truth."
Stanger looked at Heller with a frosty face, then looked at Mohammed Oweis, and said with a wry smile: "Mueller, even if this gentleman is your friend, we have nothing to do now, the leader and The fate of our Kurdish people is in the hands of the lighthouse man, and now the lighthouse man must catch him, so please stop meddling, for the sake of the creator."
Mohammad Orvis shook his head and said: "I didn't mean to get involved, I just want to remind you as a compatriot, all of you here should be glad that you haven't entered the grave yet. You don't need to thank the Creator, you are more Mr. Salem should be thanked for his kindness!"
"What are you talking about?" Stanger waved his hand, his face full of incomprehensibility.
"It means literally. You don't know the outside world yet, probably because you don't know that there is a kind of existence beyond human beings in this world." Mohammad Ovis paused, "The Chosen One."
The vast majority of Querds live in their own information cocoons and don't know much about the outside world.However, the Querds who worked as spies in the refugee camp would have relatively more access to information, but the Chosen One was too far away from them, and they didn't have much reaction when they heard the word "Chosen One".
Heller is different. She understands English and has always paid close attention to foreign information. In addition, she has a personal experience of Cheng Mo's powerful ability just now, and her face suddenly turns pale.The ensuing changes left her at a loss, probably unable to bear the pressure anymore, she pointed a gun at Cheng Mo and shouted excitedly: "I don't care what he is, I will arrest him .Uncle Stanger hurry up"
"Heller, it seems that your father has neglected to discipline you." Muhammad Orvis said coldly, "It's not your turn to give orders here."
Stanger is not Heller, so he can't take the words of Muller, who is second only to Doctor Azar's prestige among the Kurdish people, seriously. Besides, as a secret agent, he still pays attention to the international situation. Hearing " "The Chosen One" was a familiar yet unfamiliar word, and there was great shock in his eyes, "What. The Chosen One? What's going on?"
Mohammad Ovis opened his mouth and didn't know how to explain it. He frowned and said impatiently: "Anyway, put down the gun! It's just a shame to hold it up. If Mr. Salem wants to kill you, none of you will." Can't escape."
The Querds in the room obviously didn't believe it, but when the idol-level jihadist Mueller said it himself, they couldn't help but believe it.Caught between the jihadist and the leader's daughter at this moment, everyone didn't know whether to put down their guns. The atmosphere in the living room was tense and awkward.
Cheng Mo knows that the problems between Mohamed Ovis and Heller, maybe the problem between the entire Querds and even the Saint Laurent sect, can be used, and he is not a person who does not know how to sow discord .Even if he wants to do good things, he doesn't mind using "disrespectful" means to achieve good results.It's just that at the moment, provoking the gap between Muhammad Oweis and Heller will not achieve the goal.
On the contrary, if he wants not to "sacrifice" himself to save Khalid's family, save the Querds, and even prevent the war, he must bridge the gap between Heller and himself.
After all, first of all, he needs to learn about the other party's information from Heller. If Heller deliberately conceals something, it will make the originally small chance of winning become slim.
So Cheng Mo thought for a while, and then said: "It doesn't matter what your identity is. The 'Chosen One' is just a human being who has mastered a powerful humanoid weapon. There is no need to make a fuss. Since I came here on my own initiative, I took the initiative to capture it with nothing. There is no malice, and I really want to help you."
Heller thought of Cheng Mo's miraculous performance all the way to escape. Although he didn't want to believe it, he also understood that Mueller should not have lied, and Cheng Mo was the "chosen one".But knowing Cheng Mo's true identity, Heller resented Cheng Mo even more. She snorted coldly and said: "What about the Chosen One? If you have a strong ability, you will only run for your life! I begged you like that from the beginning, and you didn't even think about it." If you are willing to help us Kurdish people, what do you want to do now that you are hypocritical?"
Cheng Mo said calmly: "Even if the Chosen One has great strength, he is just a mortal. I didn't help you at the beginning because I didn't have the obligation and I didn't think I had the ability."
Heller raised his head and mocked, "Then what made our Chosen One think about it now and plan to bring justice?"
Cheng Mo was silent for a while, then said softly, "Because of my wife."
"Your wife?" Heller sneered, as if he had heard an extremely stupid joke, "Your wife? What kind of lies are ruthless cold-blooded animals making up? Isn't it enough for you to cheat Khalid's cell phone away?" ? And now trying to coax us poor Querds into giving you something?"
Facing Heller's sarcasm, Cheng Mo remained calm and calm, "Let me explain something about Khalid first." He looked at Khalid and said in a low voice: "Khalid, I admit that I have selfish intentions in this matter, and I The way you chose is not so fair, but I don't think you have any reason to hate me, remember what I said when I handed you the watch?"
Heller gritted her teeth and said, "No matter what you say, you can't hide your dirty and selfish heart! A watch is enough to buy the lives of other people's families!"
Khalid didn't answer, just took out the expensive "Vacheron Constantin" from his pocket, and threw it at Cheng Mo's feet, the silver watch hit the concrete floor with a dull sound, splashing a cloud of cement Powder, the gorgeous shiny watch made a shallow crater on the ground, and then bounced feebly at Cheng Mo's feet.Everyone thought that the watch would be torn apart, or at least damaged, but the watch was as clean as new, without any scratches, shining brightly under the whitened emergency lights.
Cheng Mo looked down at "Vacheron Constantin" lying on the ground, and said blankly: "I'm not telling lies, I took your mobile phone, just to prevent you from betraying me. Said that I used it to buy your family You can think that way, no problem. But please think carefully, if I didn't take your mobile phone and you learned that your family was kidnapped, what would you do? The other party threatened you to find me, you What would you do? You should know that if yours really came to me and tried to tell them my location, you would be the only one who died. Of course, this is only the most extreme situation, I just don’t want you guys to use that phone It’s just to get in touch with the other party, and that’s all there is to it. Anyway, if you keep that phone in your hands, it won’t save your family.”
Khalid said tremblingly with an extremely aggrieved look: "Even so, how can you exchange my mobile phone for a watch, I regard you as a friend!"
"Khalid, although I said that I took away a chance for you to save your mother and sister, but I also gave you a chance to save your mother and sister." Cheng Mo bent down and put the "Vacheron Constantin" lying on the concrete floor. Pick it up, "When I gave you the watch, I told you to put it away, and when you encounter difficulties, wear it, maybe you can find a way out."
Heller sneered: "What the hell are you talking about? It's just a broken watch! You might as well give Khaled a Barrett M82 sniper rifle!"
Cheng Mo ignored Heller, still looked at Khaled and said, "I don't know if it can be compared with human life, but there are really many people who died for it."
Heller sneered, "Still making up? Do you think I don't know this is Vacheron Constantin?"
Cheng Mo raised the watch, pulled out the button, and turned it around, a green blank light curtain suddenly popped up on the smooth face of the watch, "It's called 'Ouroboros', it is the activation device of the chosen one, the owner It can use powerful and unparalleled power. It is currently worth one billion U.S. dollars, and there is still a price but no market.”
Khalid stared at the green blank light curtain and was stunned.
All the queer Germans who could understand English in the living room were shocked. When they heard such a large unit of measurement as "billion dollars", everyone's breathing stopped, and they all stared at the one in Cheng Mo's hand. watch.
Even Heller shut his mouth tightly, staring at the "Vacheron Constantin" in Cheng Mo's hand in disbelief.
This effect was exactly what Cheng Mo wanted. He pressed the green light curtain in the silence where his breath could be heard, threw the watch to Khalid, and said softly, "If you think I'm sorry for you, then I have nothing to say!"
Khalid subconsciously caught the watch with both hands, holding it and stood there without moving.
Others looked at Khalid with envy and longing in their eyes, but Mohammad Oweis looked indifferently and remained unmoved in the slightest.
Heller said in disbelief: "Impossible, impossible. How could you put such an important one on?" Thinking that he had subconsciously acquiesced that this watch was more precious than Khalid's family, Heller closed his eyes angrily. mouthed.
Cheng Mo didn't mean to confront Heller tit for tat, and said lightly: "I admit that I am not a good person, but I have always been fair." He turned his head to look at Heller who had been shocked to the point of bewilderment, "And you I can’t get more help from me because I didn’t go to you Kurds voluntarily, and I also saved your father Heller, please understand this.”
Heller gritted her teeth and wanted to say something, but in the end she couldn't say anything. She stood in the middle of the living room and lowered her head, like a wounded child.
"In addition, you can question me, but don't question my wife." Cheng Mo said seriously, "This refugee camp and the school in Duma Town were all built by her."
Stanger was stunned. He was even more shocked than knowing what Cheng Mo was, and throwing a piece of "Uroboros" to an ordinary young man. He asked without thinking: "You, you?" I mean, Ms. Xie Minyun is your wife?"
Hearing Stanger say a Chinese name with a strange pronunciation, and saying that she is Cheng Mo's wife, the queer people in the living room seemed to be under some spell, and they all put down their guns and looked away from the black in Khalid's hand. Lobolos moved towards Cheng Mo, as if he had discovered some new continent.
Curly, who brought Cheng Mo in just now, even shouted in disappointment, "How is that possible! How can you be the husband of Miss Xie Minyun who is like an angel!"
"That's right! You must be lying! An ordinary person like you, how can you be worthy of our beautiful, kind and great Ms. Xie Minyun!" The one-eyed dragon Stanger said dissatisfiedly, "Even if you are some kind of bullshit Chosen !"
Stanger's complaints brought a warm smile to Cheng Mo's face, "I don't think I'm good enough for her either! But I am." He lowered his voice, as if he was afraid of disturbing some distant soul, "So I That's why I came here, I don't want her to be disappointed in me."
After receiving Cheng Mo's affirmative answer, Stanger sighed, and he turned to look at Heller, "Miss Heller, if this is the case, I don't know what to do. Ms. Xie Minyun is really a very respectable person , I think you should also be aware of this."
Haile stared at Cheng Mo silently for a long time, his gray pupils were full of struggles.
Cheng Mo saw the appearance of Xie Minyun in the respectful attitude of the Kuerde people. It was an eternal statue, and she was radiant in people's hearts.
"There is no need to make things difficult. Your choice is actually not wrong. If you are to fight head-on with the powerful lighthouse, there is no chance of winning at all. What's more, the opponent is still the 'chosen one', and you are just a group of ordinary people." Cheng Mo said again He raised his hands to Stanger, and said calmly, "Don't think so much, anyway, the lighthouse people can't do anything to me."
The living room once again fell into a suffocating silence, which was bred with uneasiness and guilt, and the Querds living in it couldn't look directly at the silence, as if he were the scorching sun at noon.
Stanger looked at Cheng Mo's hand and didn't move it for a long time.He first glanced at Muhammad Owais, but the jihadist closed his eyes at this moment, as if he was closing his eyes and meditating.As a last resort, Stanger could only look at Heller helplessly.
I don't know if it's the power of the "Uroboros" or Xie Minyun's power.Heller clenched his fists, squeezed out a voice from his throat with all his strength and asked, "Didn't you, you... just said that we can still cooperate with you?"
Cheng Mo thought for a while, and then said slowly and seriously: "Since you asked, I still have to make it clear. If you really choose to take the risk with me, the price you pay for failure may not be affordable for you Querds. Yes For you Querds, handing me over is a safe card with certain guarantees; if you cooperate with me, you will face huge uncertainties. I know how strong your opponent is, and you are fighting against the chosen one. This The pros and cons of the two are that the former preserves itself at the expense of justice; the latter preserves justice at the expense of safety. The choice depends on whether you value immediate interests or future interests. The former will give you Querds Bringing peace for a while, but it is likely to plunge the Kurds into continuous wars. I think you understand the behavior of the lighthouse people better than me; the latter is a risky operation that may be great, as long as it is won. , I think, it can bring you a chance to develop peacefully for a long time.” Seeing that Heller hesitated to speak, Cheng Mo knew what she wanted to ask, so he said directly, “For me , the difference between the two is not big, in short, it is impossible for the other party to kill me, but the latter is more difficult and more responsible. But in order to achieve my wife's wish, I am more willing to try to cooperate with you." He closed his eyes, like It is to dedicate the grand oath to the distant figure, "Everyone is tired of the cruel war, it is time to end it."
The last sentence made the Kurds standing in the room feel a kind of ancient peace, like a breeze blowing over the towering mountains.
The whole world seems to be enveloped in tenderness.
But when Cheng Mo said these words, he felt that he was a little impulsive. He shouldn't be so light-hearted. He should be more righteous.
However, when he saw the anticipation in people's eyes, he suddenly felt that loneliness is not so overwhelming, as long as he builds an altar in his heart, and exhausts everything, offers expensive sacrifices to her fantasies, and makes her statues Even more radiant, can also fill that deep void.
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(BGM——"1983" Zhou Jun)
The sun emerged at the end of the sky, like a long-quiet volcanic eruption, and the orange-red glow flowed like lava in the sky, slowly eroding the land shrouded in black shadows.The battered silver logo 307 drove slowly on the still dark gravel, like a pedal boat gliding towards the sea of destruction.
In the rearview mirror, Athena saw Cheng Mo standing in front of the iron house. Those black iron houses looked like jagged rocks under the cliff, and the morning light was the sea tide with white foam, following the signs. Gradually, the waves of light were about to engulf him, and he disappeared.
Athena noticed a hazy undercurrent in the indirect gaze with Cheng Mo, which injected some gloomy and detached emotions into her cold heart through many obstacles.It was hard for her to describe this feeling, as if the experiment was half done, but had to be terminated.Holding the incomplete experiment report in her hand, she didn't know what to do.
She wasn't sure if this feeling could be called sadness, or regret.Looking at Cheng Mo in the mirror, she felt that he was not standing behind her, but standing on the other shore that she would never reach, waiting in nothingness.
The world goes backwards in the mirror.
Go backward in time.
Athena's memory returned to the afternoon when she bid farewell to her mother, the sun was shining brightly, and the golden plane trees were full of fireworks.Mother took her by the hand and walked to the door, saying that she would pick her up when she was done, just like what Cheng Mo said just now.And she sat in the back seat like today and didn't look back.
Whenever she closes her eyes and thinks back to this coordinate-like past, she will see in the rearview mirror that the armored vehicle is gradually accelerating, rolling up bright leaves all over the ground, like countless flying flames.Memories are like paper covered with pictures, ignited by falling golden sycamore leaves, burning the mother's appearance into an eternal flame.
Sometimes the flames were warm and sometimes scalding, making it difficult for her to sleep.She doesn't know what kind of emotion it is, but every time she enters the past, she always thinks, if she peeped into her mother's heart at that time.
Then, later, will she gain long-term peace.
Suddenly, maybe not all of a sudden, just as it should be, she remembered what Cheng Mo said last night: "So you asked me if death is such a sad thing, and I don't know how to say it , maybe, maybe not, but if, if you can say goodbye properly, you won’t be so regretful.”
Only then did Athena realize that she didn't say "goodbye" to Cheng Mo and got into the car.She felt that all this was a replay of the scene that day, she didn't think about anything, as if she was used to obeying her mother's arrangement, she got into the car obediently and without hesitation.
But in the eyes of others, she is obviously a rebellious, arrogant and conceited woman. The word "beautiful" has never been her label.Even if it was her father's instructions, she acted completely according to her mood, and ignored it if she wanted to.But why when I get along with Cheng Mo, I always do what he wants inexplicably?
Athena was a little puzzled.
Mark 307 made a circle and finally drove over the bumpy gravel road and onto the flat concrete road.The car body stabilized, and the speed began to increase. Almost instantly, she saw the vehicle passing the gate of the refugee camp in the corner of her eye.The passage of time seems to violate the theory of relativity. As the speed of the car increases, the world enters a mysterious state of silence.
She felt that she was getting farther and farther away from a certain coordinate representing "Coke", just like she once left the coordinate representing "Lemon Mousse" without knowing it, and she never saw her again until today.
Athena felt a mess in her mind, which was very similar to her anxiety and boredom when she was trying to solve the "Riemann Hypothesis".It all started with an 1859-page treatise published in 8.For Athena, the peripheral propositions in the "Riemann Hypothesis" are just a piece of cake, and her eyes are focused on the majestic main peak from the beginning to the end.
However, she stopped all the work at hand with full confidence, and when she tried to climb the highest peak of mathematics, she was not trapped by the Riemann ζ function, but was trapped by the obvious zero point.But the 8-page paper is too short and simple. Riemann described many propositions about the non-trivial zeros of the Riemann ζ function (such as the three major propositions mentioned in Section [-]), but did not give any non-trivial zeros. value!
Where are they?
Where are they?
Where are they?
This huge question lay across her mind, like an impassable mountain, causing her to lose all will to act, and could only stare blankly at the manuscript paper in her hand, making crazy calculations, she fell into a bewilderment, sleepless After calculating for a month, sitting in the chair without moving, the person was getting thinner and thinner, and his life was consumed violently, and finally when the body function was about to stop, he saw them.
Those non-trivial zeros lie obediently on the singular critical line drawn by Riemann 160 years ago.
When she saw the critical line, her body couldn't hold on any longer, and she fell asleep directly.After waking up, Athena did not touch the "Riemann Conjecture" and left it there temporarily. She felt that she was not fully prepared yet.
It's like she left Sung Mok in the refugee camp just now.
But "Riemann's conjecture" will always stay where it is, but Cheng Mo will not.
She remembered what Cheng Mo said again, love is like a math problem.Why did she feel moved when she heard this metaphor, and felt that someone was a math problem that she found interesting.
So where is the difficulty in unraveling him?
The image of Cheng Mo caressing Xie Minyun's photo appeared in front of Athena's eyes. She had never seen a person looking at a photo with such concentration and affection.This made her feel uncomfortable, as if she had swallowed some poisonous food.She had experienced this feeling when her servants tampered with her meals in Xinxiang.Fortunately, she had a strong physique and was not fatally injured, but she suffered for a long time. That night, her whole body seemed to be exhausted, her throat was burning and her mind was swollen, as if she had fallen on the ice and snow outdoors. In the middle of it, dense snowflakes fell from the dark sky, covered her body, and gradually swallowed her.
Why is it so uncomfortable?
Why is it so uncomfortable?
Why is it so uncomfortable?
She asked herself repeatedly like this, as if she was looking for the zero point in the "Riemann Hypothesis".She thought and argued carefully, wondering if it was because of some kind of emotion that was unlikely to happen to her.
This suspicion surprised and puzzled her, and she couldn't believe it.
So she asked Cheng Mo if love is more interesting than mathematics?Everything is relative, and the more interesting things can bring the deeper troubles, there is almost no doubt about it.
"A person is actually good, but when a person wants to find another person, he will feel lonely. If one day he finds another person, but has to lose it, he will feel very lonely."
Athena did not understand what loneliness is.
But she clearly knew that Cheng Mo was lonely.
The inexplicable Athena began to feel uncomfortable again. She didn't know why she was feeling uncomfortable, but she couldn't help but have the idea of looking for the answer in Cheng Mo. She felt that she should go back and explore what was going on in Cheng Mo's mind.
This kind of thought made her thinking disorder, heartbeat rapid, blood flow accelerated.
It seems that this is the emotion called "impulse". This emotion called "impulse" is stalked in her chest, like a small rock, quietly resting on her heart.Want to put it down, can't put it down, want to spit it out, but can't spit it out.
The car is getting farther and farther away from that inexplicable conjecture.
The traffic is fast, so hesitant, eager to meet with regret.
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"Anezan?"
The iceberg-like woman sitting in the back seat startled Anezan by speaking suddenly, even though her address was quite impolite and her tone was high, as if ordering others.Anezan didn't feel that this woman was rude at all, and even felt that it was a great honor for the other party to call his name.
This is not because he has seen too few foreigners. As an official of the UNHCR, he has contacted as many foreigners as a cow's hair.But so many years of experience made him feel from the bottom of his heart that apart from the woman sitting behind him, there was only one other red nobleman from China.
Anezan knew that this woman of unknown origin was definitely not as simple as Interpol.But he didn't have the idea of exploring the truth. For Anezan, his country really didn't have any good plans, just helping to investigate a refugee.Besides, one thing more is worse than one thing less. Don't accidentally provoke someone who shouldn't be provoked.What's more, he seldom loses sight of people. In this Ms. Wendy, he feels similar qualities to Miss Xie, even though the woman behind her is ordinary-looking, and she can't be compared with the celestial Miss Xie at all.
But Anezan always had an intuition that this was not her real face.Because every time he inadvertently saw her lake-like eyes in the rearview mirror, he was always intimidated, like visiting the deep sea on a small sampan.
With years of experience in reading people, one can perceive that these eyes and this woman's temperament do not match her appearance at all.Therefore, he didn't mind Athena's impolite words at all. Instead, he said more respectfully: "Yes, my name is Miss Anezan Wendy, what's the problem?"
Athena looked out the window, and the dense houses had completely expelled the Gobi, but she still felt that the world was barren.She asked in a low voice, "What is loneliness?"
"What?" Anezan was a little confused. He wondered if his English had deteriorated so that he misheard Miss Wendy's question. "Can you ask me again?"
"What is loneliness?" Athena asked plainly.
"What is loneliness?" Anezan didn't expect it to be such an unreasonable question. He didn't know how to answer it for a while, so he turned his head slightly, and secretly glanced at Ms. Wendy in the rearview mirror. I want to see what this woman whose temperament and appearance don't match is thinking.
"Yes."
Ms. Wendy was staring out of the window when she was replying, she didn't seem to notice Anezan's sight at all, the expression on her face was not as serious as when she got in the car, but a bit illusory, as if between reality and illusion existence between.Anezan still didn't have the courage to look uprightly at Ms. Wendy sitting in the back seat. He was probably overwhelmed by her noble and stern aura, and immediately turned his head after taking a peek.For some reason, he who always knew how to deal with various problems couldn't say perfunctory words. He scratched his head and said seriously, "Let me think about it."
I don't know how long the sign 307 drove until it turned onto the expressway, and the traffic gradually became denser, especially on the adjacent road out of the city, armed pickups, troop trucks, and armored vehicles flocked in groups.
Ah Nei sighed in admiration and said, "It looks like we're going to fight again!"
Athena was indifferent to this, and didn't even take a second look.
After a while, Anezan finally organized his vocabulary and said: "You asked me what is loneliness. I am limited and I can't explain it well. I can only say something about my wife's relative. His name is Ibn, my wife’s cousin, lives in Aleppo. Everyone knows Damascus, but they don’t know that Aleppo on the Syrian-Turkish border is the largest city in Syria. But now it has been completely destroyed by the war It has become the biggest ruin in Syria." Anezan sighed, "Aleppo is also a very beautiful city, it is really a pity."
Athena was expressionless, and she didn't mean to agree.
Sensing the plain attitude of the other party, Anezan immediately skipped the regret and hatred for the war that he wanted to express, paused and continued: "Talk about my wife's cousin! Before the war, Ibn was in Aleppo Doing import and export trade, I have accumulated a lot of wealth. I have luxury cars, big villas, seven or eight servants, and a large company, and I have some contacts. In short, I am living a very good life, which even I envy. But After the outbreak of the war, his fate took a turn for the worse. He ran his family and fled to Turzi. Unexpectedly, his former partner in Turzi cheated him. First, he used the excuse of immigrating him to keep defrauding him of money. I was also wary and found other channels. However, the other party seemed to know his actions very well. Just when he was about to be disappointed, he said that he had settled the matter of emigrating with his family and asked him to bring his property and wait at the border. Maybe he He believed it to be true, maybe he was desperate, but he did what the other party said. As a result, those Turchi people took him over the border, turned their faces and pointed guns at him, and asked him to hand over all his money. In order to save his life, he had to give it away Handed them all over, and begged the other party to let him go. Those people were not so bad as to seek wealth and kill themselves, but they just threw their family back to the border refugee camp, waiting for their family to be repatriated."
Anezan took another peek at Ms. Wendy and saw that she was listening quietly, so he took a sip of water from the stainless steel water glass engraved with "Hua-Syria Friendship Everlasting", "Eben's brain is still very good , did not put all his belongings in the car and on his body, he also hid some gold nuggets in the soles of his shoes. When he was in the refugee camp, in order not to be deported, he managed to get in touch with the officials of the refugee camp and bribed I got those officials and got a place to go to Europa. I was going to succeed, but I don’t know why, the military people took a fancy to him, detained his whole family, and took his wife, son and daughter as hostages , let him go back to the Syrian Adam spy"
"Being forced to do so, Ibn returned to Syria. He stayed for six years. During this period, he was unable to return to Turzi to see his wife and children once, and was threatened by Turzi to work for the robbers. Finally, on the He was arrested in 17. At first he hoped that the Turzi people could save him, but when the hostages were exchanged, the Turzi side only asked for the exchange of the Turzi people, completely ignoring his request, and even refused to admit that he was Worked for Turzi. Ibn was completely abandoned. Later, because Ibn was mainly active in the Kurdish-controlled area, and the situation eased, he was released. The tragedy is that Turzi couldn't make it through , Surya is no longer his shelter, he is completely homeless. He came to look for my wife, and my wife felt sorry for him, but my status also made it impossible for me to take him in , I can only give him a little money. I remember he was still wearing the sweater his wife knitted for him when he came out of prison. He said he had worn it for more than ten years. When I sent him away, I asked him if he wanted me Find a way to help him find his wife and children. To my surprise, he just shook his head. I asked him why, and he said that it doesn't matter why Turzi didn't admit that he worked for Turzi, as long as he didn't return to Turzi Qi, his wife and children can live well there. If he tries to find a way to run back to Turqi, no one knows what his family will face. I said why don’t you let your wife and children go back to Turqi? What about Suria? He said that he has no future now, so let his wife and children come back to suffer with him? Besides, maybe the family members think he is dead."
Speaking of this, Anezan stopped, but Athena didn't seem to have realized what "loneliness" was from Ibn's story. She waited for a long time, but Anezan didn't say anything, so Athena He asked, "Is the story over?"
"Oh~!" Anezan seemed to have recovered, "It's probably like this. To be honest, there are many stories of family ruin and death around me, and I can grab a lot of them at random, but I can't find one better than Eben. The story is even more embarrassing to me. Now he lives in his home in Aleppo that was bombed into ruins. He can’t find a decent job because of his identity, and he earns a little bit of living expenses by teaching English and Turzi.” Anezan added Sighed, "In fact, he is a very talented person. Not only can he speak multiple languages, he can also write prose and poetry. I happened to be in Aleppo this year, and I saw him still wearing the sweater his wife knitted for him. The dilapidated house was full of poems he wrote. He solemnly told me that if he died, I would help him send these things he wrote to his wife and children."
Anezan took a light breath and said in a low voice: "The song that impressed me the most is written like this:
the storm has come
I'm in the end of the plague and massacre
painful ugly
See more, it doesn't matter
i was happy too
Enough is enough.
Enough is enough.
just need, darling,
Give me one more word of comfort,
Or, let's comfort each other."
Anezan's voice was not pleasant at all, and it was a little cloudy, like the murmur of a drunkard who couldn't speak clearly. The poetry was not well written, but it had a heartbreaking heaviness.
The carriage fell into a strange silence, and Athena seemed to understand what loneliness is from Ibn's poems.
Homelessness is one kind of loneliness, what makes a home is another.
So where is her home?
Is it the cold and lonely Xinxiang Manor?Or a deserted island far away from the world?
In short, it is definitely not the Hydera Building, it is just her laboratory.If you really want to compare, maybe she will feel that the small and simple captain's cabin on the dilapidated "Mediterranean Overture" is more like a "home" than the Hydera Building.
Athena stared blankly at the back of the car seat, her mind was full of past memories.To her surprise, she recalled over and over again that after she left her mother, the episodes worth remembering seemed to happen after she met Cheng Mo.
Before getting to know Cheng Mo, her life was as peaceful as an ancient well, and she lived step-by-step almost every day, which was so boring that there was nothing to mention.For her, neither the adventure life in the inner world nor the aristocratic life in the outside world is fun.
Therefore, she didn't feel that it was impossible to predict how exciting her life would be in the future.This kind of stimulation was too childish for her, and she thought that even if the god of death came, she would not frown.
What she remembers is never the dangerous moment brought to her by Cheng Mo, but every ordinary moment, like they quarreling in the cafe in Athens, buying Coke in the supermarket, sneaking to the kitchen to cook on the boat, in the deserted Burning rocks in the Gobi, making Coke on the land of the Kurds
These ordinary details nourish her dry heart like dew, and enrich her barren memory like blooming wild flowers.Even she herself didn't expect that she would remember every minute and every second of this extremely ordinary life so clearly.
Athena was very confused about this, she didn't know what kind of role Cheng Mo played in this.
I don't know how long it took, the Peugeot 307 suddenly stopped suddenly in the traffic flow, and there was a crisp collision sound in the backpack resting on his knees.The sound woke Athena from her long thoughts.
"Almost there," Anezan said.
Athena looked up and looked out of the window. Not far away was the vague city of Damascus. The winding curve was gray in the sun, as if it had never broken free from the smoke.She touched the backpack on her lap, unzipped it, and saw two glass bottles filled with Coke and a note inside.
There is no doubt that the Coke was made by Cheng Mo at Feier's house just now.Trembling in her heart, she immediately reached out to pick up the squarely folded note from her bag, opened it, and found that there were no provocative words or parting poems written on it, but about the formula and detailed method of Coke.
“这是我的特调可乐的完美做法：第一步：将1.3克的香菜籽油和桔花油、0.94克桔油、1.79克柠檬油、0.14克豆蔻油、0.41克桂皮油、9.42克酒精与5.5克水混合。有条件的话静置24小时，将混合液将分开，取出上层透明的黄色液体。没条件的话可以直接使用。”雅典娜想成默这时琢磨了多久，才找到这么详细的配比和取液方式，她知道这是多大的工程。
"The second step: dissolve 4.88 grams of sugar in the minimum amount of boiling water, add 73 grams of caramel, 6.3 grams of caffeine, 22.4 grams of pentavalent phosphoric acid and a small amount of kola nut powder after cooling, and stir into a thick syrup (Remind that theobromine, like caffeine, is a xanthine derivative and a competitive antagonist of AMP receptors, if you Tianlong people don't mind this, please ignore it)."
Seeing the "Dragon Man" Athena couldn't help curling her lips, she didn't know why she found it funny, maybe it was because of Cheng Mo's clumsy flattery.But when she thought of this, her heart fell silent again.
"The third step: add 61 grams of lime juice, 38.7 grams of glycerin and 3.07 grams of vanilla extract to the syrup, then mix it with the "Seven Flavors" secret fragrance liquid obtained in the first step, and stir well. The last step: add 5.5 times the aerated cold water (Pure carbonated water), the most important thing is to remember to add ice cubes. Coke without ice cubes is just sugar water, and the ice cubes are pure water ice that has been filtered with distilled water and frozen for 48 hours. It can be made by hand with skills. Ice adjusted to -7 degrees Celsius."
"Special Coke is Monster, and pure water ice cubes are Moonshine. So the name of this drink is 'Monster and Moonshine'."
Words made up of letters turned into colorful spices. They were silently put into electronic scales one by one, and melted into a viscous syrup in a crucible. Athena seemed to smell the strange fragrance in the distance, and she closed her eyes. Close your eyes, back to that night, the two of them stood under the moonlight, surrounded by ancient towns, a few warm lights hidden in the vast blackness, and a few wisps of foreign songs floating in the quiet and cold night.Cheng Mo tirelessly tried the recipe of Coke over and over again, recording the ingredients and data on paper again and again.Those letters and numbers have now formed an intoxicating long drink, but the person is nowhere to be found.
Suddenly, Athena realized what Coke tasted like.
It's the smell of monsters.
It is the taste of Chengmo.
It was the smell of that kiss on the bottom of the cramped boat.
The last consolation of a lonely soul she knew not how to call home.
(End of this chapter)
Just as the one-eyed dragon Stanger picked up the rope from the table and was about to tie Cheng Mo up, a muffled and hoarse voice came from the room, "Wait a minute, Stanger."
Cheng Mo only understood the name of the person in this Syriac language, but he could guess the meaning from Stanger’s reaction, but that’s not the point. No matching character was found.This made him a little confused about who was speaking, so he looked towards the door of the room with curtains.
At this moment, Khalid with complex expression is standing by the door and staring at him, Cheng Mo can read a lot of content on that distorted face, pain, resentment, worry and confusion. These contents are mainly on the facial muscles, in a kind of The delicate and complex texture is presented, making it easy for Cheng Mo to interpret, but difficult to understand deeply.
From his own point of view, Cheng Mo just felt regretful, and he didn't think he was at fault at all.Therefore, he didn't mean to back down, and he calmly watched the door facing Khaled's eyes.
After a few slight footsteps, the oil-stained flower-colored curtain was lifted by a big callused hand, and a black and thin Albanian man with forehead lines all over his forehead leaned against the door frame and passed Khalid lightly. walked out beside him.
After seeing the other person's face clearly, Cheng Mo's pupils dilated a little, but he has always been good at hiding his emotions, the surprised expression was fleeting on his face, he deliberately lowered his voice, so that his surprise was not at all Expose, "Orvis?"
Mohammad Owais, who had a face like a rock, said in his English with a strong accent: "Mr. Salem, I didn't expect that we would meet here."
The appearance of unexpected characters is just a ripple in Cheng Mo's pupils. He said calmly: "The interesting thing about life is that no one knows what will happen in the next second or who they will meet." Speaking During this time, he took a quick look at Mohamed Ovis, and found that the big-eyed sniper was still wearing the same camouflage uniform he wore when the Hydera Building broke out. He didn't know how he managed to wear the same set of clothes for so long , also clean and tidy.
The conversation between the two shocked Heller. She looked back at Orvis and asked in an incredible tone, "Uncle Muller, do you know each other?"
Mohammad Orvis nodded and said, "Yes, it was Mr. Salem who saved me in Athens. If it wasn't for him, maybe I would have died in Athens."
Cheng Mo said indifferently: "There is no such thing as who saves whom. We were all prisoners last time, and we all escaped together. It's just fate." He shrugged his shoulders, "But today doesn't seem to be a suitable time to reminisce about the old days. I'm going to be a prisoner again."
Mohammad Orvis looked down at Cheng Mo's hands raised in mid-air, then at the rope Stanger was holding in his hand, and shook his head, "Mr. Salem doesn't need to make such a joke, even if It's hell, and I believe there is no way to imprison you."
Heller heard the sincerity and admiration in Mohammed Oweis's words, raised her eyebrows, and said excitedly: "Uncle Mueller, do you know the current situation?" She pointed a gun at Cheng Moore, "He is the enemy of our Querds."
Mohammad Oweis probably didn't like Heller very much, so he didn't even look at Heller, and said coldly: "The enemy? Are we Querds worthy?"
Cheng Mo keenly heard something wrong from the tone of the conversation between the two. In addition, the name "Mueller" he remembered was the name of the sharpshooter who shocked the world in the "Battle of Dai Zur". In the ruins of Deezur, he killed 278 ISIS terrorists with a sniper rifle. He was regarded as a Querd jihadist and a national hero, and his reputation was greater than that of Dr. Azar.But in the rumors, he has already died in battle, why did he appear in Hydera?
Various thoughts flashed through Cheng Mo's mind. He realized that for him, the appearance of Muhammad Ovis changed things. Maybe he could change his plan of "sacrificing" himself and seek Another solution.However, even if Muhammad Ovis is on his side, it is still extremely difficult to achieve his goal. If even the Kurds cannot agree on their own opinions, then it is meaningless to struggle. Sacrifice oneself directly, come simply.
While Cheng Mo was thinking about it, there was already a dispute among the Kurds.
Seeing Heller's face change, the one-eyed Stanger said quickly: "Mueller, you are a holy warrior of our Kurds, how can you say such a thing?"
"What do you mean? Uncle Muller!" Heller's face darkened, and now she looked sad and gloomy. She pointed her gun at Cheng Mo, "Are you planning to betray us Querds? Help this stranger?"
Cheng Mo was a little speechless, thinking that Muhammad Oweis betrayed you, why are you pointing a gun at me?Is it because I don't have fans to bully?
Seeing the famous jihadist Muller and the leader's daughter having Beef (contradictions), the other Querds standing in the room did not dare to breathe, and looked at each other, a little at a loss.
Mueller glanced at Heller and said coldly: "Stanger, you know me, I always tell the truth."
Stanger looked at Heller with a frosty face, then looked at Mohammed Oweis, and said with a wry smile: "Mueller, even if this gentleman is your friend, we have nothing to do now, the leader and The fate of our Kurdish people is in the hands of the lighthouse man, and now the lighthouse man must catch him, so please stop meddling, for the sake of the creator."
Mohammad Orvis shook his head and said: "I didn't mean to get involved, I just want to remind you as a compatriot, all of you here should be glad that you haven't entered the grave yet. You don't need to thank the Creator, you are more Mr. Salem should be thanked for his kindness!"
"What are you talking about?" Stanger waved his hand, his face full of incomprehensibility.
"It means literally. You don't know the outside world yet, probably because you don't know that there is a kind of existence beyond human beings in this world." Mohammad Ovis paused, "The Chosen One."
The vast majority of Querds live in their own information cocoons and don't know much about the outside world.However, the Querds who worked as spies in the refugee camp would have relatively more access to information, but the Chosen One was too far away from them, and they didn't have much reaction when they heard the word "Chosen One".
Heller is different. She understands English and has always paid close attention to foreign information. In addition, she has a personal experience of Cheng Mo's powerful ability just now, and her face suddenly turns pale.The ensuing changes left her at a loss, probably unable to bear the pressure anymore, she pointed a gun at Cheng Mo and shouted excitedly: "I don't care what he is, I will arrest him .Uncle Stanger hurry up"
"Heller, it seems that your father has neglected to discipline you." Muhammad Orvis said coldly, "It's not your turn to give orders here."
Stanger is not Heller, so he can't take the words of Muller, who is second only to Doctor Azar's prestige among the Kurdish people, seriously. Besides, as a secret agent, he still pays attention to the international situation. Hearing " "The Chosen One" was a familiar yet unfamiliar word, and there was great shock in his eyes, "What. The Chosen One? What's going on?"
Mohammad Ovis opened his mouth and didn't know how to explain it. He frowned and said impatiently: "Anyway, put down the gun! It's just a shame to hold it up. If Mr. Salem wants to kill you, none of you will." Can't escape."
The Querds in the room obviously didn't believe it, but when the idol-level jihadist Mueller said it himself, they couldn't help but believe it.Caught between the jihadist and the leader's daughter at this moment, everyone didn't know whether to put down their guns. The atmosphere in the living room was tense and awkward.
Cheng Mo knows that the problems between Mohamed Ovis and Heller, maybe the problem between the entire Querds and even the Saint Laurent sect, can be used, and he is not a person who does not know how to sow discord .Even if he wants to do good things, he doesn't mind using "disrespectful" means to achieve good results.It's just that at the moment, provoking the gap between Muhammad Oweis and Heller will not achieve the goal.
On the contrary, if he wants not to "sacrifice" himself to save Khalid's family, save the Querds, and even prevent the war, he must bridge the gap between Heller and himself.
After all, first of all, he needs to learn about the other party's information from Heller. If Heller deliberately conceals something, it will make the originally small chance of winning become slim.
So Cheng Mo thought for a while, and then said: "It doesn't matter what your identity is. The 'Chosen One' is just a human being who has mastered a powerful humanoid weapon. There is no need to make a fuss. Since I came here on my own initiative, I took the initiative to capture it with nothing. There is no malice, and I really want to help you."
Heller thought of Cheng Mo's miraculous performance all the way to escape. Although he didn't want to believe it, he also understood that Mueller should not have lied, and Cheng Mo was the "chosen one".But knowing Cheng Mo's true identity, Heller resented Cheng Mo even more. She snorted coldly and said: "What about the Chosen One? If you have a strong ability, you will only run for your life! I begged you like that from the beginning, and you didn't even think about it." If you are willing to help us Kurdish people, what do you want to do now that you are hypocritical?"
Cheng Mo said calmly: "Even if the Chosen One has great strength, he is just a mortal. I didn't help you at the beginning because I didn't have the obligation and I didn't think I had the ability."
Heller raised his head and mocked, "Then what made our Chosen One think about it now and plan to bring justice?"
Cheng Mo was silent for a while, then said softly, "Because of my wife."
"Your wife?" Heller sneered, as if he had heard an extremely stupid joke, "Your wife? What kind of lies are ruthless cold-blooded animals making up? Isn't it enough for you to cheat Khalid's cell phone away?" ? And now trying to coax us poor Querds into giving you something?"
Facing Heller's sarcasm, Cheng Mo remained calm and calm, "Let me explain something about Khalid first." He looked at Khalid and said in a low voice: "Khalid, I admit that I have selfish intentions in this matter, and I The way you chose is not so fair, but I don't think you have any reason to hate me, remember what I said when I handed you the watch?"
Heller gritted her teeth and said, "No matter what you say, you can't hide your dirty and selfish heart! A watch is enough to buy the lives of other people's families!"
Khalid didn't answer, just took out the expensive "Vacheron Constantin" from his pocket, and threw it at Cheng Mo's feet, the silver watch hit the concrete floor with a dull sound, splashing a cloud of cement Powder, the gorgeous shiny watch made a shallow crater on the ground, and then bounced feebly at Cheng Mo's feet.Everyone thought that the watch would be torn apart, or at least damaged, but the watch was as clean as new, without any scratches, shining brightly under the whitened emergency lights.
Cheng Mo looked down at "Vacheron Constantin" lying on the ground, and said blankly: "I'm not telling lies, I took your mobile phone, just to prevent you from betraying me. Said that I used it to buy your family You can think that way, no problem. But please think carefully, if I didn't take your mobile phone and you learned that your family was kidnapped, what would you do? The other party threatened you to find me, you What would you do? You should know that if yours really came to me and tried to tell them my location, you would be the only one who died. Of course, this is only the most extreme situation, I just don’t want you guys to use that phone It’s just to get in touch with the other party, and that’s all there is to it. Anyway, if you keep that phone in your hands, it won’t save your family.”
Khalid said tremblingly with an extremely aggrieved look: "Even so, how can you exchange my mobile phone for a watch, I regard you as a friend!"
"Khalid, although I said that I took away a chance for you to save your mother and sister, but I also gave you a chance to save your mother and sister." Cheng Mo bent down and put the "Vacheron Constantin" lying on the concrete floor. Pick it up, "When I gave you the watch, I told you to put it away, and when you encounter difficulties, wear it, maybe you can find a way out."
Heller sneered: "What the hell are you talking about? It's just a broken watch! You might as well give Khaled a Barrett M82 sniper rifle!"
Cheng Mo ignored Heller, still looked at Khaled and said, "I don't know if it can be compared with human life, but there are really many people who died for it."
Heller sneered, "Still making up? Do you think I don't know this is Vacheron Constantin?"
Cheng Mo raised the watch, pulled out the button, and turned it around, a green blank light curtain suddenly popped up on the smooth face of the watch, "It's called 'Ouroboros', it is the activation device of the chosen one, the owner It can use powerful and unparalleled power. It is currently worth one billion U.S. dollars, and there is still a price but no market.”
Khalid stared at the green blank light curtain and was stunned.
All the queer Germans who could understand English in the living room were shocked. When they heard such a large unit of measurement as "billion dollars", everyone's breathing stopped, and they all stared at the one in Cheng Mo's hand. watch.
Even Heller shut his mouth tightly, staring at the "Vacheron Constantin" in Cheng Mo's hand in disbelief.
This effect was exactly what Cheng Mo wanted. He pressed the green light curtain in the silence where his breath could be heard, threw the watch to Khalid, and said softly, "If you think I'm sorry for you, then I have nothing to say!"
Khalid subconsciously caught the watch with both hands, holding it and stood there without moving.
Others looked at Khalid with envy and longing in their eyes, but Mohammad Oweis looked indifferently and remained unmoved in the slightest.
Heller said in disbelief: "Impossible, impossible. How could you put such an important one on?" Thinking that he had subconsciously acquiesced that this watch was more precious than Khalid's family, Heller closed his eyes angrily. mouthed.
Cheng Mo didn't mean to confront Heller tit for tat, and said lightly: "I admit that I am not a good person, but I have always been fair." He turned his head to look at Heller who had been shocked to the point of bewilderment, "And you I can’t get more help from me because I didn’t go to you Kurds voluntarily, and I also saved your father Heller, please understand this.”
Heller gritted her teeth and wanted to say something, but in the end she couldn't say anything. She stood in the middle of the living room and lowered her head, like a wounded child.
"In addition, you can question me, but don't question my wife." Cheng Mo said seriously, "This refugee camp and the school in Duma Town were all built by her."
Stanger was stunned. He was even more shocked than knowing what Cheng Mo was, and throwing a piece of "Uroboros" to an ordinary young man. He asked without thinking: "You, you?" I mean, Ms. Xie Minyun is your wife?"
Hearing Stanger say a Chinese name with a strange pronunciation, and saying that she is Cheng Mo's wife, the queer people in the living room seemed to be under some spell, and they all put down their guns and looked away from the black in Khalid's hand. Lobolos moved towards Cheng Mo, as if he had discovered some new continent.
Curly, who brought Cheng Mo in just now, even shouted in disappointment, "How is that possible! How can you be the husband of Miss Xie Minyun who is like an angel!"
"That's right! You must be lying! An ordinary person like you, how can you be worthy of our beautiful, kind and great Ms. Xie Minyun!" The one-eyed dragon Stanger said dissatisfiedly, "Even if you are some kind of bullshit Chosen !"
Stanger's complaints brought a warm smile to Cheng Mo's face, "I don't think I'm good enough for her either! But I am." He lowered his voice, as if he was afraid of disturbing some distant soul, "So I That's why I came here, I don't want her to be disappointed in me."
After receiving Cheng Mo's affirmative answer, Stanger sighed, and he turned to look at Heller, "Miss Heller, if this is the case, I don't know what to do. Ms. Xie Minyun is really a very respectable person , I think you should also be aware of this."
Haile stared at Cheng Mo silently for a long time, his gray pupils were full of struggles.
Cheng Mo saw the appearance of Xie Minyun in the respectful attitude of the Kuerde people. It was an eternal statue, and she was radiant in people's hearts.
"There is no need to make things difficult. Your choice is actually not wrong. If you are to fight head-on with the powerful lighthouse, there is no chance of winning at all. What's more, the opponent is still the 'chosen one', and you are just a group of ordinary people." Cheng Mo said again He raised his hands to Stanger, and said calmly, "Don't think so much, anyway, the lighthouse people can't do anything to me."
The living room once again fell into a suffocating silence, which was bred with uneasiness and guilt, and the Querds living in it couldn't look directly at the silence, as if he were the scorching sun at noon.
Stanger looked at Cheng Mo's hand and didn't move it for a long time.He first glanced at Muhammad Owais, but the jihadist closed his eyes at this moment, as if he was closing his eyes and meditating.As a last resort, Stanger could only look at Heller helplessly.
I don't know if it's the power of the "Uroboros" or Xie Minyun's power.Heller clenched his fists, squeezed out a voice from his throat with all his strength and asked, "Didn't you, you... just said that we can still cooperate with you?"
Cheng Mo thought for a while, and then said slowly and seriously: "Since you asked, I still have to make it clear. If you really choose to take the risk with me, the price you pay for failure may not be affordable for you Querds. Yes For you Querds, handing me over is a safe card with certain guarantees; if you cooperate with me, you will face huge uncertainties. I know how strong your opponent is, and you are fighting against the chosen one. This The pros and cons of the two are that the former preserves itself at the expense of justice; the latter preserves justice at the expense of safety. The choice depends on whether you value immediate interests or future interests. The former will give you Querds Bringing peace for a while, but it is likely to plunge the Kurds into continuous wars. I think you understand the behavior of the lighthouse people better than me; the latter is a risky operation that may be great, as long as it is won. , I think, it can bring you a chance to develop peacefully for a long time.” Seeing that Heller hesitated to speak, Cheng Mo knew what she wanted to ask, so he said directly, “For me , the difference between the two is not big, in short, it is impossible for the other party to kill me, but the latter is more difficult and more responsible. But in order to achieve my wife's wish, I am more willing to try to cooperate with you." He closed his eyes, like It is to dedicate the grand oath to the distant figure, "Everyone is tired of the cruel war, it is time to end it."
The last sentence made the Kurds standing in the room feel a kind of ancient peace, like a breeze blowing over the towering mountains.
The whole world seems to be enveloped in tenderness.
But when Cheng Mo said these words, he felt that he was a little impulsive. He shouldn't be so light-hearted. He should be more righteous.
However, when he saw the anticipation in people's eyes, he suddenly felt that loneliness is not so overwhelming, as long as he builds an altar in his heart, and exhausts everything, offers expensive sacrifices to her fantasies, and makes her statues Even more radiant, can also fill that deep void.
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(BGM——"1983" Zhou Jun)
The sun emerged at the end of the sky, like a long-quiet volcanic eruption, and the orange-red glow flowed like lava in the sky, slowly eroding the land shrouded in black shadows.The battered silver logo 307 drove slowly on the still dark gravel, like a pedal boat gliding towards the sea of destruction.
In the rearview mirror, Athena saw Cheng Mo standing in front of the iron house. Those black iron houses looked like jagged rocks under the cliff, and the morning light was the sea tide with white foam, following the signs. Gradually, the waves of light were about to engulf him, and he disappeared.
Athena noticed a hazy undercurrent in the indirect gaze with Cheng Mo, which injected some gloomy and detached emotions into her cold heart through many obstacles.It was hard for her to describe this feeling, as if the experiment was half done, but had to be terminated.Holding the incomplete experiment report in her hand, she didn't know what to do.
She wasn't sure if this feeling could be called sadness, or regret.Looking at Cheng Mo in the mirror, she felt that he was not standing behind her, but standing on the other shore that she would never reach, waiting in nothingness.
The world goes backwards in the mirror.
Go backward in time.
Athena's memory returned to the afternoon when she bid farewell to her mother, the sun was shining brightly, and the golden plane trees were full of fireworks.Mother took her by the hand and walked to the door, saying that she would pick her up when she was done, just like what Cheng Mo said just now.And she sat in the back seat like today and didn't look back.
Whenever she closes her eyes and thinks back to this coordinate-like past, she will see in the rearview mirror that the armored vehicle is gradually accelerating, rolling up bright leaves all over the ground, like countless flying flames.Memories are like paper covered with pictures, ignited by falling golden sycamore leaves, burning the mother's appearance into an eternal flame.
Sometimes the flames were warm and sometimes scalding, making it difficult for her to sleep.She doesn't know what kind of emotion it is, but every time she enters the past, she always thinks, if she peeped into her mother's heart at that time.
Then, later, will she gain long-term peace.
Suddenly, maybe not all of a sudden, just as it should be, she remembered what Cheng Mo said last night: "So you asked me if death is such a sad thing, and I don't know how to say it , maybe, maybe not, but if, if you can say goodbye properly, you won’t be so regretful.”
Only then did Athena realize that she didn't say "goodbye" to Cheng Mo and got into the car.She felt that all this was a replay of the scene that day, she didn't think about anything, as if she was used to obeying her mother's arrangement, she got into the car obediently and without hesitation.
But in the eyes of others, she is obviously a rebellious, arrogant and conceited woman. The word "beautiful" has never been her label.Even if it was her father's instructions, she acted completely according to her mood, and ignored it if she wanted to.But why when I get along with Cheng Mo, I always do what he wants inexplicably?
Athena was a little puzzled.
Mark 307 made a circle and finally drove over the bumpy gravel road and onto the flat concrete road.The car body stabilized, and the speed began to increase. Almost instantly, she saw the vehicle passing the gate of the refugee camp in the corner of her eye.The passage of time seems to violate the theory of relativity. As the speed of the car increases, the world enters a mysterious state of silence.
She felt that she was getting farther and farther away from a certain coordinate representing "Coke", just like she once left the coordinate representing "Lemon Mousse" without knowing it, and she never saw her again until today.
Athena felt a mess in her mind, which was very similar to her anxiety and boredom when she was trying to solve the "Riemann Hypothesis".It all started with an 1859-page treatise published in 8.For Athena, the peripheral propositions in the "Riemann Hypothesis" are just a piece of cake, and her eyes are focused on the majestic main peak from the beginning to the end.
However, she stopped all the work at hand with full confidence, and when she tried to climb the highest peak of mathematics, she was not trapped by the Riemann ζ function, but was trapped by the obvious zero point.But the 8-page paper is too short and simple. Riemann described many propositions about the non-trivial zeros of the Riemann ζ function (such as the three major propositions mentioned in Section [-]), but did not give any non-trivial zeros. value!
Where are they?
Where are they?
Where are they?
This huge question lay across her mind, like an impassable mountain, causing her to lose all will to act, and could only stare blankly at the manuscript paper in her hand, making crazy calculations, she fell into a bewilderment, sleepless After calculating for a month, sitting in the chair without moving, the person was getting thinner and thinner, and his life was consumed violently, and finally when the body function was about to stop, he saw them.
Those non-trivial zeros lie obediently on the singular critical line drawn by Riemann 160 years ago.
When she saw the critical line, her body couldn't hold on any longer, and she fell asleep directly.After waking up, Athena did not touch the "Riemann Conjecture" and left it there temporarily. She felt that she was not fully prepared yet.
It's like she left Sung Mok in the refugee camp just now.
But "Riemann's conjecture" will always stay where it is, but Cheng Mo will not.
She remembered what Cheng Mo said again, love is like a math problem.Why did she feel moved when she heard this metaphor, and felt that someone was a math problem that she found interesting.
So where is the difficulty in unraveling him?
The image of Cheng Mo caressing Xie Minyun's photo appeared in front of Athena's eyes. She had never seen a person looking at a photo with such concentration and affection.This made her feel uncomfortable, as if she had swallowed some poisonous food.She had experienced this feeling when her servants tampered with her meals in Xinxiang.Fortunately, she had a strong physique and was not fatally injured, but she suffered for a long time. That night, her whole body seemed to be exhausted, her throat was burning and her mind was swollen, as if she had fallen on the ice and snow outdoors. In the middle of it, dense snowflakes fell from the dark sky, covered her body, and gradually swallowed her.
Why is it so uncomfortable?
Why is it so uncomfortable?
Why is it so uncomfortable?
She asked herself repeatedly like this, as if she was looking for the zero point in the "Riemann Hypothesis".She thought and argued carefully, wondering if it was because of some kind of emotion that was unlikely to happen to her.
This suspicion surprised and puzzled her, and she couldn't believe it.
So she asked Cheng Mo if love is more interesting than mathematics?Everything is relative, and the more interesting things can bring the deeper troubles, there is almost no doubt about it.
"A person is actually good, but when a person wants to find another person, he will feel lonely. If one day he finds another person, but has to lose it, he will feel very lonely."
Athena did not understand what loneliness is.
But she clearly knew that Cheng Mo was lonely.
The inexplicable Athena began to feel uncomfortable again. She didn't know why she was feeling uncomfortable, but she couldn't help but have the idea of looking for the answer in Cheng Mo. She felt that she should go back and explore what was going on in Cheng Mo's mind.
This kind of thought made her thinking disorder, heartbeat rapid, blood flow accelerated.
It seems that this is the emotion called "impulse". This emotion called "impulse" is stalked in her chest, like a small rock, quietly resting on her heart.Want to put it down, can't put it down, want to spit it out, but can't spit it out.
The car is getting farther and farther away from that inexplicable conjecture.
The traffic is fast, so hesitant, eager to meet with regret.
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"Anezan?"
The iceberg-like woman sitting in the back seat startled Anezan by speaking suddenly, even though her address was quite impolite and her tone was high, as if ordering others.Anezan didn't feel that this woman was rude at all, and even felt that it was a great honor for the other party to call his name.
This is not because he has seen too few foreigners. As an official of the UNHCR, he has contacted as many foreigners as a cow's hair.But so many years of experience made him feel from the bottom of his heart that apart from the woman sitting behind him, there was only one other red nobleman from China.
Anezan knew that this woman of unknown origin was definitely not as simple as Interpol.But he didn't have the idea of exploring the truth. For Anezan, his country really didn't have any good plans, just helping to investigate a refugee.Besides, one thing more is worse than one thing less. Don't accidentally provoke someone who shouldn't be provoked.What's more, he seldom loses sight of people. In this Ms. Wendy, he feels similar qualities to Miss Xie, even though the woman behind her is ordinary-looking, and she can't be compared with the celestial Miss Xie at all.
But Anezan always had an intuition that this was not her real face.Because every time he inadvertently saw her lake-like eyes in the rearview mirror, he was always intimidated, like visiting the deep sea on a small sampan.
With years of experience in reading people, one can perceive that these eyes and this woman's temperament do not match her appearance at all.Therefore, he didn't mind Athena's impolite words at all. Instead, he said more respectfully: "Yes, my name is Miss Anezan Wendy, what's the problem?"
Athena looked out the window, and the dense houses had completely expelled the Gobi, but she still felt that the world was barren.She asked in a low voice, "What is loneliness?"
"What?" Anezan was a little confused. He wondered if his English had deteriorated so that he misheard Miss Wendy's question. "Can you ask me again?"
"What is loneliness?" Athena asked plainly.
"What is loneliness?" Anezan didn't expect it to be such an unreasonable question. He didn't know how to answer it for a while, so he turned his head slightly, and secretly glanced at Ms. Wendy in the rearview mirror. I want to see what this woman whose temperament and appearance don't match is thinking.
"Yes."
Ms. Wendy was staring out of the window when she was replying, she didn't seem to notice Anezan's sight at all, the expression on her face was not as serious as when she got in the car, but a bit illusory, as if between reality and illusion existence between.Anezan still didn't have the courage to look uprightly at Ms. Wendy sitting in the back seat. He was probably overwhelmed by her noble and stern aura, and immediately turned his head after taking a peek.For some reason, he who always knew how to deal with various problems couldn't say perfunctory words. He scratched his head and said seriously, "Let me think about it."
I don't know how long the sign 307 drove until it turned onto the expressway, and the traffic gradually became denser, especially on the adjacent road out of the city, armed pickups, troop trucks, and armored vehicles flocked in groups.
Ah Nei sighed in admiration and said, "It looks like we're going to fight again!"
Athena was indifferent to this, and didn't even take a second look.
After a while, Anezan finally organized his vocabulary and said: "You asked me what is loneliness. I am limited and I can't explain it well. I can only say something about my wife's relative. His name is Ibn, my wife’s cousin, lives in Aleppo. Everyone knows Damascus, but they don’t know that Aleppo on the Syrian-Turkish border is the largest city in Syria. But now it has been completely destroyed by the war It has become the biggest ruin in Syria." Anezan sighed, "Aleppo is also a very beautiful city, it is really a pity."
Athena was expressionless, and she didn't mean to agree.
Sensing the plain attitude of the other party, Anezan immediately skipped the regret and hatred for the war that he wanted to express, paused and continued: "Talk about my wife's cousin! Before the war, Ibn was in Aleppo Doing import and export trade, I have accumulated a lot of wealth. I have luxury cars, big villas, seven or eight servants, and a large company, and I have some contacts. In short, I am living a very good life, which even I envy. But After the outbreak of the war, his fate took a turn for the worse. He ran his family and fled to Turzi. Unexpectedly, his former partner in Turzi cheated him. First, he used the excuse of immigrating him to keep defrauding him of money. I was also wary and found other channels. However, the other party seemed to know his actions very well. Just when he was about to be disappointed, he said that he had settled the matter of emigrating with his family and asked him to bring his property and wait at the border. Maybe he He believed it to be true, maybe he was desperate, but he did what the other party said. As a result, those Turchi people took him over the border, turned their faces and pointed guns at him, and asked him to hand over all his money. In order to save his life, he had to give it away Handed them all over, and begged the other party to let him go. Those people were not so bad as to seek wealth and kill themselves, but they just threw their family back to the border refugee camp, waiting for their family to be repatriated."
Anezan took another peek at Ms. Wendy and saw that she was listening quietly, so he took a sip of water from the stainless steel water glass engraved with "Hua-Syria Friendship Everlasting", "Eben's brain is still very good , did not put all his belongings in the car and on his body, he also hid some gold nuggets in the soles of his shoes. When he was in the refugee camp, in order not to be deported, he managed to get in touch with the officials of the refugee camp and bribed I got those officials and got a place to go to Europa. I was going to succeed, but I don’t know why, the military people took a fancy to him, detained his whole family, and took his wife, son and daughter as hostages , let him go back to the Syrian Adam spy"
"Being forced to do so, Ibn returned to Syria. He stayed for six years. During this period, he was unable to return to Turzi to see his wife and children once, and was threatened by Turzi to work for the robbers. Finally, on the He was arrested in 17. At first he hoped that the Turzi people could save him, but when the hostages were exchanged, the Turzi side only asked for the exchange of the Turzi people, completely ignoring his request, and even refused to admit that he was Worked for Turzi. Ibn was completely abandoned. Later, because Ibn was mainly active in the Kurdish-controlled area, and the situation eased, he was released. The tragedy is that Turzi couldn't make it through , Surya is no longer his shelter, he is completely homeless. He came to look for my wife, and my wife felt sorry for him, but my status also made it impossible for me to take him in , I can only give him a little money. I remember he was still wearing the sweater his wife knitted for him when he came out of prison. He said he had worn it for more than ten years. When I sent him away, I asked him if he wanted me Find a way to help him find his wife and children. To my surprise, he just shook his head. I asked him why, and he said that it doesn't matter why Turzi didn't admit that he worked for Turzi, as long as he didn't return to Turzi Qi, his wife and children can live well there. If he tries to find a way to run back to Turqi, no one knows what his family will face. I said why don’t you let your wife and children go back to Turqi? What about Suria? He said that he has no future now, so let his wife and children come back to suffer with him? Besides, maybe the family members think he is dead."
Speaking of this, Anezan stopped, but Athena didn't seem to have realized what "loneliness" was from Ibn's story. She waited for a long time, but Anezan didn't say anything, so Athena He asked, "Is the story over?"
"Oh~!" Anezan seemed to have recovered, "It's probably like this. To be honest, there are many stories of family ruin and death around me, and I can grab a lot of them at random, but I can't find one better than Eben. The story is even more embarrassing to me. Now he lives in his home in Aleppo that was bombed into ruins. He can’t find a decent job because of his identity, and he earns a little bit of living expenses by teaching English and Turzi.” Anezan added Sighed, "In fact, he is a very talented person. Not only can he speak multiple languages, he can also write prose and poetry. I happened to be in Aleppo this year, and I saw him still wearing the sweater his wife knitted for him. The dilapidated house was full of poems he wrote. He solemnly told me that if he died, I would help him send these things he wrote to his wife and children."
Anezan took a light breath and said in a low voice: "The song that impressed me the most is written like this:
the storm has come
I'm in the end of the plague and massacre
painful ugly
See more, it doesn't matter
i was happy too
Enough is enough.
Enough is enough.
just need, darling,
Give me one more word of comfort,
Or, let's comfort each other."
Anezan's voice was not pleasant at all, and it was a little cloudy, like the murmur of a drunkard who couldn't speak clearly. The poetry was not well written, but it had a heartbreaking heaviness.
The carriage fell into a strange silence, and Athena seemed to understand what loneliness is from Ibn's poems.
Homelessness is one kind of loneliness, what makes a home is another.
So where is her home?
Is it the cold and lonely Xinxiang Manor?Or a deserted island far away from the world?
In short, it is definitely not the Hydera Building, it is just her laboratory.If you really want to compare, maybe she will feel that the small and simple captain's cabin on the dilapidated "Mediterranean Overture" is more like a "home" than the Hydera Building.
Athena stared blankly at the back of the car seat, her mind was full of past memories.To her surprise, she recalled over and over again that after she left her mother, the episodes worth remembering seemed to happen after she met Cheng Mo.
Before getting to know Cheng Mo, her life was as peaceful as an ancient well, and she lived step-by-step almost every day, which was so boring that there was nothing to mention.For her, neither the adventure life in the inner world nor the aristocratic life in the outside world is fun.
Therefore, she didn't feel that it was impossible to predict how exciting her life would be in the future.This kind of stimulation was too childish for her, and she thought that even if the god of death came, she would not frown.
What she remembers is never the dangerous moment brought to her by Cheng Mo, but every ordinary moment, like they quarreling in the cafe in Athens, buying Coke in the supermarket, sneaking to the kitchen to cook on the boat, in the deserted Burning rocks in the Gobi, making Coke on the land of the Kurds
These ordinary details nourish her dry heart like dew, and enrich her barren memory like blooming wild flowers.Even she herself didn't expect that she would remember every minute and every second of this extremely ordinary life so clearly.
Athena was very confused about this, she didn't know what kind of role Cheng Mo played in this.
I don't know how long it took, the Peugeot 307 suddenly stopped suddenly in the traffic flow, and there was a crisp collision sound in the backpack resting on his knees.The sound woke Athena from her long thoughts.
"Almost there," Anezan said.
Athena looked up and looked out of the window. Not far away was the vague city of Damascus. The winding curve was gray in the sun, as if it had never broken free from the smoke.She touched the backpack on her lap, unzipped it, and saw two glass bottles filled with Coke and a note inside.
There is no doubt that the Coke was made by Cheng Mo at Feier's house just now.Trembling in her heart, she immediately reached out to pick up the squarely folded note from her bag, opened it, and found that there were no provocative words or parting poems written on it, but about the formula and detailed method of Coke.
“这是我的特调可乐的完美做法：第一步：将1.3克的香菜籽油和桔花油、0.94克桔油、1.79克柠檬油、0.14克豆蔻油、0.41克桂皮油、9.42克酒精与5.5克水混合。有条件的话静置24小时，将混合液将分开，取出上层透明的黄色液体。没条件的话可以直接使用。”雅典娜想成默这时琢磨了多久，才找到这么详细的配比和取液方式，她知道这是多大的工程。
"The second step: dissolve 4.88 grams of sugar in the minimum amount of boiling water, add 73 grams of caramel, 6.3 grams of caffeine, 22.4 grams of pentavalent phosphoric acid and a small amount of kola nut powder after cooling, and stir into a thick syrup (Remind that theobromine, like caffeine, is a xanthine derivative and a competitive antagonist of AMP receptors, if you Tianlong people don't mind this, please ignore it)."
Seeing the "Dragon Man" Athena couldn't help curling her lips, she didn't know why she found it funny, maybe it was because of Cheng Mo's clumsy flattery.But when she thought of this, her heart fell silent again.
"The third step: add 61 grams of lime juice, 38.7 grams of glycerin and 3.07 grams of vanilla extract to the syrup, then mix it with the "Seven Flavors" secret fragrance liquid obtained in the first step, and stir well. The last step: add 5.5 times the aerated cold water (Pure carbonated water), the most important thing is to remember to add ice cubes. Coke without ice cubes is just sugar water, and the ice cubes are pure water ice that has been filtered with distilled water and frozen for 48 hours. It can be made by hand with skills. Ice adjusted to -7 degrees Celsius."
"Special Coke is Monster, and pure water ice cubes are Moonshine. So the name of this drink is 'Monster and Moonshine'."
Words made up of letters turned into colorful spices. They were silently put into electronic scales one by one, and melted into a viscous syrup in a crucible. Athena seemed to smell the strange fragrance in the distance, and she closed her eyes. Close your eyes, back to that night, the two of them stood under the moonlight, surrounded by ancient towns, a few warm lights hidden in the vast blackness, and a few wisps of foreign songs floating in the quiet and cold night.Cheng Mo tirelessly tried the recipe of Coke over and over again, recording the ingredients and data on paper again and again.Those letters and numbers have now formed an intoxicating long drink, but the person is nowhere to be found.
Suddenly, Athena realized what Coke tasted like.
It's the smell of monsters.
It is the taste of Chengmo.
It was the smell of that kiss on the bottom of the cramped boat.
The last consolation of a lonely soul she knew not how to call home.
(End of this chapter)
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