Dow and Carbon-Based Monkey Breeding Guidelines

Chapter 985: Conspiracy (Part )

On the iron cabinet opposite the wall was a washbasin-sized calendar paper with a whole year's worth of dates densely arranged on it. The dates for more than half a year had been circled, some with notes in fine pen, and some with sticky notes next to them. These notes were written very briefly, mostly words like "meeting", "contact someone", "signature", "report date", etc. There was a circle of eye-catching red ink notes for more than two months ago, with several dates crossed out in succession. Luo Binhan did a rough calculation and knew that Zhou Yu was in Regenberg at that time.

What a genius, he thought. This guy has lived for nearly thirty years and has been skipping grades since he was in elementary school, but he still hasn't learned how to use the calendar software on his phone. Then he realized that there was another reason; the speaker thought that this accident was caused by their own internal reasons because they had had similar experiences before. After such an experience, they would naturally feel that paper records are more reliable than electronic devices. He looked back from today's date. The next most recent red circle was on the day of the beginning of autumn, and there was no text marking.

He stared at the calendar expressionlessly for a while, and finally took the notebook away from the candle.

"Forget it," he said, "I did it anyway. You killed 0206, and I killed Zhou Wenxing. Let's call it a one-to-one tie."

Zhou Yu tried to reach out for the notebook again, but Luo Binhan pushed her away. "It's not over yet." He held the notebook tightly against his leg. "Let's get this straight first: Fake told me that someone killed 0206 with Jing Huang, and this person used some kind of curse. He didn't tell me that this person was you, but he definitely knew; Chen Wei once stayed in your follower's store, and she also knew. What reason did the two of them have to hide this from me? Obviously, someone asked them to keep it a secret. Was it you or Jing Huang?"

"I asked for it."

"Why are they helping you so much? Just because you killed 0206?"

Zhou Yu paused and said, "Because I saved Jing Huang."

"You saved Jing Huang?" Luo Binhan said, "What a novel sentence."

"You know he can't kill, right?"

"I've heard of it. But what if he did? Would he immediately turn into a pile of ashes?"

"Although it won't be that serious, there will be backlash. In the short term, he will lose his cultivation depending on his motivation and the severity of the consequences. As for the long-term consequences, they will not fully manifest until he returns to his hometown."

"Why? Can they close the door to prevent him from entering that place?"

"That's a possibility. But according to past precedents, it's more likely that he will become a mortal, or even die instantly. So, if he kills 0206, he will never be able to return to Chi County. That's the order of that place."

"That's really interesting." Luo Binhan said, "Did he not contribute at all in the process of killing 0206? Even if you stabbed him with the last knife, the previous knives had nothing to do with him? As long as he created the conditions for your murder, he must have contributed to it. You two are real accomplices."

Zhou Yu just looked at him silently. Luo Binhan suddenly understood: "Oh. Yes, that's why he ran around the world after taking revenge. If he goes back now, he will be struck by lightning, right?"

"It's not that serious... but it does have some downsides."

"Retribution." Luo Binhan said, "Amazing retribution! What kind of cause and effect is that place talking about? They don't even support revenge for family members?"

"For the people in the mountains, there is no discussion about the legitimacy of personal revenge. And for people outside of Chixian, as long as they leave Chixian, they cannot be held accountable."

Luo Binhan shrugged. "Sometimes it's not bad here, right? So what should Jing Huang do now?"

"Just don't go back for now."

"temporary?"

"As long as the punishment is not carried out immediately, the people in the mountains have their own way of making up for it. It just takes time and opportunity. Besides, judging from Jing Huang's own thoughts, he probably doesn't want to go back."

"You know exactly what he's thinking."

Zhou Yu said nothing, and used the remaining candle to light a new candle. These birthday candles were not durable, but they were garish in shape. This new candle looked like a long-necked dinosaur, with the flame falling from its crown all the way down, which made people angry.

"In short, you killed 0206," Luo Binhan said, "with a fatal blow. By the way, what would have happened if you hadn't done it? Would he have just stood there and let Jing Huang kill him?"

"... Maybe he will try to kill Jing Huang."

Luo Binhan turned his eyes away from the dinosaur with a burnt head and stared at him intently. Zhou Yu also looked back at him calmly.

"How to kill him?" he couldn't help but ask, "How can I kill that guy?"

"What do you ask for this?"

"I'm learning! What if I need it in the future? You two did it together. Do you think I'm only going to settle accounts with you?"

Zhou Yu turned away, seemingly unwilling to delve further into the topic. Luo Binhan immediately handed the notebook to Dinosaur's head. "Stop pretending to be dead," he said, "just answer whatever I ask. What on earth can 0206 use to deal with him?"

"...Spirit field blocker. Probably also a high-spirit belt traction well."

"What are those?"

Zhou Yu wanted to lower his head to drink water again, but was stared at by Luo Binhan. He could only say: "I don't know the specific principle of the device, so I can't tell you more detailed information."

"Don't pretend to be illiterate here. You at least know what the effects of these two things are, right?"

"Basically, it is to disable the law-abiding creatures by changing the spiritual field."

"Be more specific." Luo Binhan asked. Zhou Yu looked at him awkwardly, and after thinking for a while, he said: "Let's explain it this way... Wuyuan people believe that the existence of laws is the result of a special effect interfering with conventional physical phenomena, which is the so-called "spiritual field". The law of change of physical constants in the area is related to the strength and characteristics of the spiritual field. In most areas where they can get involved, the spiritual field exists, but the difference is the strength. In areas with weak spiritual fields, it is easier to measure and discover tunneling equations, and it is also easier to build infinite facilities; while in areas with strong spiritual fields, laws will appear - however, the strength of the spiritual field in most areas is only medium. It can neither guarantee absolute stability in microscopic physics nor be enough to generate energy. The spiritual field phenomenon observed in the macroscopic physical world is called the "trap zone" by Wuyuan people. However, since there are places with weak and strong spiritual fields, there are theoretically two extreme possibilities. One is a place where there is no spiritual field at all, and the other is a place where the spiritual field is so strong that it cannot be measured at all, which is the so-called "no spiritual zone" and "high spiritual zone". Through specific tunneling or space compression methods, the no spiritual zone phenomenon can be temporarily simulated in the spiritual field area. This is the function of the spiritual field shield. In theory, the law-abiding creatures in the no spiritual zone will lose their abilities and become a form that is more in line with the laws of physics in the environment. For Jing Huang, they may temporarily become mortals."

"So," said Robin Han, "the one that simulates the high spirit belt environment is the high spirit belt traction well?"

"It can't be considered a simulation, because there are indeed areas that have been proven to meet the characteristics of the high spirit zone, so we can just open up the area through tunneling, just like pumping groundwater through a well. However, the high spirit zone itself is a very unstable law phenomenon. Once it gets out of control and overflows the wellhead, it can't be controlled by tunneling equipment at all."

When he said the last sentence, Luo Binhan had already lowered his head and stared at the ground below them. "Wellhead?" he said, "Don't tell me that's what you mean."

"No, there is no such risk here. The core equipment of the traction well has been removed by 0312. If I must use an analogy, what is left here is a dry well. We can use it to study the well-digging technology. It's just that because of the residual spiritual field disturbance, obvious abnormal phenomena will occasionally occur, so it's safer for me to stay here to watch over it."

Luo Binhan nodded impatiently. His thoughts had already gone to a more distant place. "What did you pay for it?" he asked suddenly.

"I just need to judge the nature of the change in the spiritual field's characteristic value according to the method provided by 0312. It doesn't cost anything."

"I didn't ask that." Robin Han said, "If you tamper with my memory, you have to do this. What is the price of killing 0206?"

This time Zhou Yu didn't make any move, just stared at him straight. This behavior was not a good sign, indicating that Zhou Yu was deliberately controlling her reaction so that he couldn't tell whether the answer was true or false.

“There’s no special price.”

"Stop talking nonsense."

"Indeed not. Because killing 0206 was also the result of using witchcraft. It is not fundamentally different from the witchcraft used on you, and the sequelae are the same."

"Let me sort it out again," Luo Binhan said. "You entered that place through some kind of ritual. This is the premise. Then you found Zhou Yu there and met Li Li. Finally, you found 0206 with Jing Huang. At this time, you suddenly understood some kind of witchcraft and killed him with witchcraft. Later, you eliminated all possible ways for the ritual to be leaked - including my memory, right?"

"That's about it."

"Nothing is certain. Is it or isn't it? Or can you tell me what's wrong with this description?"

Zhou Yu thought silently, obviously considering whether admitting this description would lead to other loopholes. "Yes," he said.

"Interesting." Luo Binhan said immediately, "You killed people and erased my memory in a certain order, and they were not too close. You wouldn't have deleted all his memories the moment you killed him, right? Killing people and erasing memories are two completely unrelated actions. And Fake told me that 0206 died from an instant death curse, which is a weapon. But did you use this weapon to erase my memory?"

“The specific method is not important, right?”

"Of course it's important, because you're totally bullshitting. The witchcraft you're talking about can't be just a specific spell or ritual. It has to be something more specific, something that doesn't limit what you can do with it. You paid a one-time price and ended up with several different witchcrafts? Either you went to wizard school and got a whole set of magical skills, or you traded a monkey's paw from a witchcraft shop and dug a wishing lantern from a hole in the ground -"

Zhou Yu opened his mouth to say something, but Luo Binhan interrupted him with a wave of his hand. "But you're right," he said, "The specific form of realization is indeed not important. The most important thing is the source - who gave you this ability? This person can't be Jing Huang, otherwise he wouldn't need your help to kill 0206; it can't be Fake, because Wuyuanren doesn't trust the wishing machine at all, and Fake doesn't want to destroy 0206's body in the first place; this person must be stronger than the two of them, and he doesn't care much about your life or death - if he doesn't hate 0206 so much, then at least he values ​​Jing Huang more than you. Who meets these conditions? And who can you just happen to contact?"

Zhou Yu stared at him for a while. "Did Dongdong say anything to you?"

"There are many things. I just don't know if they are as many as Jing Huang told you. Did he persuade you? Did he tell you what Zhou Wenxing's brother is? Did he tell you why 0206 had to wake him up? Did he actually watch you make a deal with that thing?"

"That's not the case. Jing Huang didn't anticipate the consequences."

"Really? Or does he just not care? He's too busy seeking his own revenge! I'm just curious if you die, can it be blamed on him?"

"It has nothing to do with him. Whether he shows up or not, I will kill 0206."

"But he can stop you." Robin Han said, "I remember the first time you were hospitalized. He was already living in my house at that time. Later, when I went abroad, he also lived in your house. How many chances did he have to find out that something was wrong with you during this process? He couldn't take any measures to stop you from doing it? He could even directly kidnap me from this planet!"

"That happened later. When 0206 was still alive..."

"When his enemy is still alive," Robinham interrupted him again, "he doesn't care what a mortal does. What's the big deal? You won't live to be 200 anyway, so why not use it to avenge him!"

As he spoke, Zhou Yu's fingers tried to reach into his chest several times. Luo Binhan initially thought he was hiding some secret weapon, but when Zhou Yu started looking into the cabinet, he realized that this guy was trying to take a pen out of his coat pocket.

"What do you want to write?" he asked directly, "Do you think this is a medical consultation?"

"No... I just want to sort out how to say this. I'm not very good at explaining this kind of thing..."

"Use your mouth to say it! Do you think you can write a great article to explain the shit he did?" Zhou Yu put down his hand and looked at the cabinet helplessly. After a while, he said, "Jing Huang is not infallible."

"Very good," Luo Binhan praised, "This is your explanation."

"His thinking mode is not fundamentally different from that of ordinary people. The difference is just the result of experience and education. Moreover, unlike most normal mountain people who practice cultivation, he does not have the ability to adjust his own age. For other mountain people, there is no necessary connection between the external image and the actual psychological state. It can be said that it is just a cognitive barrier for bystanders. But it will have a real impact on Jing Huang."

"He has lived for at least several hundred years."

"That's purely based on experience accumulation. Even here, there are genius teenagers who can enter university several years early, right? Or precocious children who have to face society early because of family changes. Although these people have surpassed the average adult in terms of knowledge or experience, their physical and mental development is not truly complete, and they are still affected by the psychological effects of hormonal changes. For the same thing, even if there is no difference in intelligence, the level of understanding that adults and children can have is different - although Jing Huang does not have a true physiological mechanism, his body is still formed based on the standards of a sixteen-year-old boy in Chi County, and he does not have the ability to understand beyond his age. So, if you hold him to the standards of a saint, you will only be disappointed."

"So you think he's just a high-achieving but low-ability genius?"

"I wouldn't say he's mentally retarded. But his ability to understand things can't be compared to his actual lifespan."

"He couldn't foresee how this would turn out?"

"No...it's just that he couldn't understand in advance that he would regret the consequences. Didn't you do the same thing in junior high school? Someone had already been stabbed in the thigh when climbing over the railing to skip class, but you still did it. Can you say that you didn't foresee the risk of injury?"

"Go to hell." Robin Han said, "These are two different things! I hurt myself!"

"I was the one following you at the time, wasn't I? If something really happened to you, I would be punished as well."

"You volunteered to do the surveillance. I didn't force you to do it."

"Indeed. If I were ten years older, I probably wouldn't have done that. After all, from the perspective of a parent or teacher, I wasn't helping you. But at that time, I didn't have complete judgment, I just acted on my intuition."

Luo Binhan said nothing more. He knew very well that Zhou Yu was playing the emotional card with him without making a sound. This guy was actually quite good at this. After all, a real social idiot couldn't have a good doctor-patient relationship, nor could he win over Luo Jiaotian. But it was meaningless to care about these things now.

"Let him be," he said at last. "The boy has run away anyway. I don't think he dares to come back."

"What are you going to do if you come back?"

"Take him back to his hometown." Luo Binhan said coldly, "Send him back to his hometown to be imprisoned."

"Even here, minors can't be sentenced to death, right?"

Zhou Yu started to change the candles again. Luo Binhan suspected that he was taking the opportunity to hide his pride - this guy had successfully let Jing Huang get away with it. But to be honest, the painkillers were taking effect at this time, and he felt dizzy and didn't have the energy to settle the accounts.

"Let's save our time for important things," he pressed his temple hard, "What's the price for you to kill 0206?"

"Injuries to the hands and body—"

"I'm not talking about this. There must be something else. You and Jing Huang are being so sneaky for more than just this reason."

"I'm going to serve in that city after I die."

Robinson looked at him. "To serve," he said.

"It's basically to prevent irrelevant people from entering there again."

"Okay. So when are you going to die?"

"I can't predict that. Whether it's a natural death or an accident, I will be the last person to enter there. After I die, that place will be completely closed and will no longer have any impact on the present world."

"That doesn't sound bad. But what are you going to do then? Become a demon with Zhou Yu? When will it end?"

"do not know."

"Until the owner of the dream wakes up?"

"He won't wake up again." Zhou Yu said.

Luo Binhan suddenly turned his head and glanced at Cai Ji. Ever since they started talking about Jing Huang, Cai Ji had just been staring at the notebook in his hand, showing no interest in the topic. But now the situation had changed again. Cai Ji rubbed his hands anxiously, and when he saw him looking at him, he immediately lowered his head and walked out the door.

"I'm just asking out of curiosity," he observed Cai Ji's reaction and said, "Does the thing you're trading with look like a human?"

"What does it mean to be human-like?"

"He must have talked to you, right? What kind of temper does this guy have? Is he more like Zhou Wenxing? Or is he just like a giant octopus? I always heard that he is not mentally normal."

“…I haven’t seen him.”

"what?"

"I have never met the Lord of Dreams, so I don't know what kind of personality he has. If you want to know this, ask 0312 or Jing Huang and you will get the answer."

"But you made a deal with him. Or did I misunderstand?"

"That's true, but I haven't seen him. To be honest, I don't know much more about him than you do."

"But you don't seem to want him to come out at all."

"That has nothing to do with personality. His abilities are beyond the norm, and his destruction of the world cannot be stopped at all. So no matter what kind of person he is as an individual, he should not be allowed to wake up... What's wrong with you? Are you feeling unwell?"

Luo Binhan closed his eyes and nodded. The dizziness in his head was getting more and more severe, and the painkillers made his thinking slow and his mind drowsy. He knew he couldn't hold on for much longer, so he had to throw the notebook in his hand onto the table.

"I'll come back to you tomorrow to settle the score," he said tiredly. "First, I have some bad news to tell you: Zhou Wenxing may have an accomplice named Chilabin—"

Zhou Yu had already taken the notebook, opened the cover and started reading. When he heard Chilabin's name, he raised his head and said, "There is indeed such a person."

"how do you know?"

"He visited the city, and I discovered him."

Luo Binhan looked at him blankly. "When?"

"About half a month ago. Because he claimed to be a scholar from outer space who came to investigate, I didn't make things difficult for him. After he told me the address in the real world, I let him go."

"You let him leave!" Robin Han shouted, "What the hell is wrong with you!"

"He hasn't done anything bad, has he?"

"Oh no, he's going to do it soon." Luo Binhan said with a grin, "He has to help us contact Wuyuanren, and then help Wuyuanren to destroy the greening on our moon."

Zhou Yu blinked in confusion. It was obvious that he had been addicted to sleep for more than a month and had not communicated with his subordinates at all. Luo Binhan glared at Cai Ji angrily for a few seconds.

"Okay," he said, "I'll briefly explain how this happened: Zhou Wenxing planted a flower on the moon. When the flower grows up, it will start to commit sins - if I remember the principle correctly, it will also cause the kind of spiritual field fluctuations you mentioned, and then attract things that shouldn't come - I can't solve this problem, and neither can Li Li, so we decided to deal with Zhou Wenxing first, and then start with his accomplices. Let's see if we can find a more reasonable person to negotiate with, and ask him to help call the local police to deal with the mess here. But now that you are the respected chairman of Pajaniya, I will ask you sincerely: Can you contact Wuyuanren?"

"You can...but it's not necessary. I should be able to solve the problem on the moon."

"you?"

"Is it okay to take it into my dreams?"

Luo Binhan went to see Cai Ji again. He wanted to ask him if he had been kicked in the head by a donkey for not telling him such a thing, but he found that Cai Ji's expression was very strange, between pain and shame - he swallowed his words again, waiting for a chance to interrogate this guy alone. But not today, today he could hardly think anymore.

"Let me sort this out." He slapped his forehead hard. "You can handle the problem on the moon, so there is actually no problem on the moon. Even if I do nothing and go to work with Zhou Wenxing every day. As long as you wake up and listen to the report from your henchmen, we can go directly to the moon to pick the flowers. The crisis is resolved. He gave me a month of overtime for nothing."

"Ah."

"Can Zhou Wenxing stop you?"

"Probably not. For him, I am the type that can naturally restrain him."

"So why should I kill him?" Robin Han said, "Huh? What on earth have I been doing for the past month?"

Zhou Yu didn't seem to hear his question, but was concentrating on the cover page of the notebook. When Luo Binhan asked for the third time, he looked up blankly and asked, "What's wrong with one month?"

Luo Binhan was speechless. There was a huge earthquake in his head. Zhou Yu looked at him with concern: "Do you want to take a rest?"

"I'm going to go out and get some fresh air," Robin Han said. "First, I'm going to throw away that damn electromagnetic bomb, and then I'm going to go home and have a good sleep. I'll come and kill you with a knife tomorrow."

He stood up with the help of the coffee table, staggered out and slammed the door.

(End of this chapter)