Rule Strange: Urban Legends That Don't Exist

When Chen Yan came to a heating pipe repair room on the edge of Area C of the Mechanical Hive, Swam was feeding his cat.

He got cat food, cat litter and cat litter from nowhere, as well as some tattered old clothes.

Even though the heating pipe repair room is small and crowded inside, he used wooden shelves to lay around the pipes, making it look like a cozy cat nest.

It's been a long time since we last saw, and Swarm's cat colony has expanded from a few to dozens, so the small inner space of the heating pipe repair room is no longer enough.

Swarm used simple wooden crates to build rows of cat houses outside the heating pipe repair room. They were connected from left to right and looked quite spectacular.

The heating pipes pass through the maintenance room, and after being adjusted by the air pressure valve, they reach a level that is just right to provide warmth.

Most of Swarm's cats maintained good vital signs. Chen Yan even recognized some of the dying cats he had adopted before. Judging from the color of their fur, those cats were now living better than most people -

Humans only have enough to eat, but cats not only have enough to eat, but also don’t have any worries.

This place is far away from residential areas, and people have been evacuated several times because it was too close to the mechanical hive wall. To this day, there are almost no traces of people, so Swarm and his cat will not be disturbed.

When Chen Yan stood in front of Swam holding Titanius in his arms——

Before Swam faced them head-on, the natural temperament on his body had not yet restrained. Compared with the previous temperament, this temperament was completely different.

This kind of deep temperament is difficult to describe. The temperament itself gives people a strong sense of oppression——

This sense of oppression does not come from extraordinary power, but from the high position that one has held for a long time in a civilized society, and is nurtured by power.

Chen Yan had only sensed a similar temperament in a high-ranking imperial official who had come to inspect the logistics center.

Swarm had clearly been in a position of great power.

But that is a passing cloud that cannot be traced back.

Countless years have passed, and everything in his past has long since returned to dust.

Swam was clearly aware of his situation, and Chen Yan's synaesthesia clearly captured his inner loss.

At the same time, Chen Yan realized what was happening.

Swam, regaining his self.

The moment he looked at Chen Yan, his temperament was restrained and restrained - the pressure was removed, leaving only depth.

Swam put the cat in his arms on the ground and looked at Chen Yan. His voice, which had not changed in tone, was filled with a strong sense of loneliness:

"A girl came up to me and told me something."

Unexpected things.

Unexpected, but reasonable.

To this day - at the last moment, if some things are not done, there will be no chance to do them in the future.

Chen Yan was not surprised by his change, nor was he angry at the news. He just asked in a weakly apologetic voice:

"How do you feel now?"

The emotion in Swam's eyes seemed to be loss, but it was not just loss. His emotions were complex, but not disordered. He clearly understood his own heart:

"It's good. I didn't expect that I would be able to do this."

He looked at the wall of the mechanical hive. It had long been frozen, and it was completely white, making it impossible to see the outside world.

But Swam still raised his head, as if he could see the stars.

“I’m also very grateful to you for taking me on such a journey.

It's a pity that Cyborg Quinn is dead, otherwise I would still have to find him. Thank you for taking care of me before. "

Chen Yan asked:

"Don't you hate him for making you lose your memory?"

A relieved smile appeared on Swam's face:

"If it wasn't for losing my memory, how could I have had the experiences I had later?"

That smile is still slightly bitter:

"As for that surgery...heh, it's just a small scar."

He actually described the removal of the "prefrontal lobe" as a "little scar."

He actually didn't care about such "humiliation" at all, and he didn't take Cyborg Quinn's deception on him seriously after the operation.

Chen Yan could not imagine what he had experienced.

The loneliness in his tone became even stronger:

"After helping you expel those guys in the starry sky, I left."

He actually knew Chen Yan's purpose.

"Please take care of my cat."

He couldn't take them away.

Chen Yan asked:

"Where are you going?"

Swam actually said something very confused:

"I do not know."

"I once committed an unforgivable mistake. I was expelled from my hometown, hated by the world, and became a lonely wanderer.

If I hadn't entered this world by accident, I might have died in some unknown corner of the sea of ​​stars. "

"Where am I going...

I do not know either.

I am the bane myself, leaving behind disaster wherever I go, and the strain's ability to reproduce endlessly will leave me with no place to stand.

Just like now. "

Swam stepped lightly on the ground.

The next moment, bright lines bloomed under his feet, and the light path was painted into countless simple patterns, forming some kind of mural or something, which seemed to depict the scenery of Swam's hometown.

"These are all spores that I accidentally produced while sleeping."

Swarm's words made Chen Yan feel awe-inspiring.

"The strains need to reproduce, the spores will find their way out, they're curious about the whole world, like everything in the whole world makes me hungry."

"This time, I restrained myself and collected those spores that are very dangerous to humans, and painted them on the ground——

You see, even if their cell structure has been destroyed and they cannot continue to reproduce, they still have such strong vitality——

Even though their cell structure has been destroyed, they can still reach effective energy levels and produce light. "

Chen Yan recalled everything he saw in Fungus City.

The civilization and technology that existed there, including the eyes that opened in the sky, were always a haze in Chen Yan's heart.

Today, after fully understanding the world, Chen Yan is finally able to ask a question based on correct knowledge:

“Swam.

Fungus City is not in this world.

But Fungus City is real, on the other side of the world, right? "

Swam's words gave him great inspiration. This was knowledge that he had never been exposed to but had once thought about:

"[The Gate of Transcendence] is a bug in any world. No one knows how this door exists, and no one knows what the principle of this door is.

We only know that when you enter the door, you enter another world.

[Gate of Transcendence] ignores all time, space and even dimensions.

In fact, for us, this world is within the mirror.

——This world, in the definition of our civilization, is the world in the mirror.

It is a pure spiritual world established through the light in human eyes. Does such a [mirror world]—a world based on the human spirit—exist?

The answer is obviously [yes].

Of course there is a world made of pure spirit.

However, I don’t know how long this [Mirror World] has existed, which dimension or plane it is in.

The rules of time and space [outside the mirror] are completely different from [inside the mirror], and there are so many ways to define and construct them, but this is not the direction of my research, so...

I really can’t give a scientific explanation for [what is happening in your world]. "

Chen Yan smiled:

"Actually, for me, there is no difference between knowing and not knowing, because my future has already been determined."

Swam nodded and expressed his final thoughts:

“While I was still awake, the spores were unable to be awakened by sufficient spiritual energy due to my chaos.

Now that I'm awake, the spores are coming back to life.

If I stay here, I can't guarantee that I'll be able to control the spores' self-reproduction next time.

If the next reproduction occurs in a mechanical hive, everything will become food for the spores.

Staying anywhere will only bring destruction.

So, I have to keep walking on the road.

I will be a drifter.

Until I find my place. "

He had already seen Chen Yan's purpose in looking for him:

"Now, I will help you eliminate your worries in return for your care these days."

Chen Yan thanked him and placed Tidanios in front of him:

"This little guy will help you travel to the stars."

Swam carefully took Titanius and touched Titanius' head:

"I hope we can work together happily."

As soon as the words fell, Tidanius jumped out of his arms.

When it landed, the weak-looking little guy had turned into a giant beast more than three meters high.

Swam leaned down and hid it in its mane, and then a white shadow flashed by, and Tidanios had disappeared within the scope of the mechanical hive.

The next moment, beyond the planet.

The gate of flesh and blood that reappeared in the starry sky has taken shape, and the evolution process of flesh and blood was catalyzed and completed in only a moment.

When Swam arrives, it is also when a gap opens in the door of flesh and blood.

After the sky dimmed for a moment, the transparent tentacles from the real world [Eternal Death] came to this world through the door of flesh and blood.

Different from the last time, perhaps because the Saromair fleet invested more energy, the Flesh Gate, which was twice the size of the entire planet, opened very quickly, and after an instant it was as wide as the Gate of Hell.

The skyrocketing tentacles lay between the planet and the sun, completely cutting off all sunlight. The dense tentacles erupting from the door occupied a small half of the solar system in an instant, and even dragged several old Saromair ships into it.

Chen Yan saw through the eyes of the demihuman king that the few old Sarommer ships had become part of the transparent tentacles the moment they were wrapped up.

Every time the transparent tentacles touch the world and devour the world, the form becomes more solid.

At the same time, the remaining sailing trajectory of Saromair began to synchronize with the expansion direction of the transparent tentacles. Some kind of device extended from those technological creations. The device penetrated into the transparent tentacles and was actually trying to establish a Control of transparent tentacles.

Seeing this scene, Swam seemed to recall some impressive memories from the past.

'Human beings...are always so arrogant, thinking they can control everything. '

He whispered silently into Titanius's ear, and the spores sent his words as brain waves that could be understood:

'Little tiger, throw me towards the door of flesh and blood, and then go back to find your master. '

Tidanios curled up Swarm with his tail and swung it towards the Gate of Flesh.

Swam's body began to shine in the starry sky.

When he landed on the door of flesh and blood, he was like a sun the size of a sesame seed falling into a dark ocean.

The next moment, the entire ocean was illuminated.

When the light disappeared, the singularity reappeared, and the Flesh Gate, Swarm, and Saromair fleet were involved in it, and disappeared.

The overriding vision of the Eye of the Demihuman King captured the birth and disappearance of the singularity, and Chen Yan witnessed everything that happened above the starry sky.

The next moment, he turned his gaze back to Tidanius beside him.

"Goudan, come on."

Tidanius transformed into a small tabby cat again and jumped up on his shoulder.

Chen Yan came to a small corner of Area C.

This is the area where industrial workers gather inside the mechanical hive in Area C. People are very busy, and the day-to-day life makes everyone feel numb. Chen Yan covered his face, so no one could recognize him.

He walked through the streets that were slightly damp due to leaking heating pipes, walked through the streets and alleys in the area, and came to the outside of a small hive.

He knocked on the door, and the door was opened. Marina stood inside the door, her face stiffened the moment she saw him, and she was about to close the door.

Chen Yan stuck his hand on the door.

Malina looked at him with angry eyes, and the anger in her eyes seemed to be pleading.

"Are you coming to take away my daughter again..."

Chen Yan looked into her eyes:

"No, I just want to find an answer."

Marlena looked at him, biting her teeth again and again, but finally she didn't continue to drive him away - she didn't have that ability at all, she could only watch everything happen in front of her.

When he entered the house, he saw the Messiah sitting at the table, as if waiting for his arrival.

Marlena next to her let out a cry of surprise, stepped forward to hug her, and cried until she was speechless.

She had obviously just woken up.

She didn't resist or respond, just letting Marina hug her neck and cry bitterly.

After a while, Marina let her go and said stumblingly:

"I... will make a pot of tea."

Chen Yan came to the table, and Titanius jumped on the table, grinning at Messiah, as if he wanted to eat her.

Chen Yan touched its head to calm it down, and then sat down opposite her.

Did you do everything?

Are you the senior leader from a real-world company who modified Eternal Death to reinvent me?

Are you the one who coerced White Snake, the aloof Creator God?

Chen Yan sat here, looking into her eyes, accepting her calm gaze, and suddenly couldn't say anything.

The two just sat here staring at each other until Marina served the tea.

PS: Swarm was originally a character in the next book, and he took the stage early in this book because of my whim.

But now it seems like the effect is pretty good?

The story of this book is independent, and Swam's story is the end here - the cause, process, and ending are all explained clearly.

What happened before Swam became Swam is considered a past life. It is a completely independent story and has nothing to do with this book. It will be explained in detail in the next book. It is a particularly important character in the next book.

PS2: I’m actually embarrassed to write this. Swam was sucked into the singularity caused by the explosion of the Flesh Gate. After that, he must have passed through the black hole and started the next period of wandering.

As for where it will end up drifting and what kind of story will happen, I haven't decided yet.

There will be an extra story about him, telling the story after traveling through a black hole.