Arknights is too real, right?

On the 14th day after the Mandel City incident, Ifrit finally woke up. Although Xia Feng had not seen her yet, it seemed that she should have no restrictions on her movements like him.

Staying in this Rhineland life, every day is a peaceful routine. There is no need to study, work, or even think. After meeting Hemer, Xia Feng's anxiety was temporarily relieved.

Although the experiment of "killing him" that Hemer said sounded very exciting, Xia Feng knew that what Hemer said of killing him was just a process, and the result was that he could not die. What Rhine Life needed was experimental data. , if you really want to kill him, Rhine Life may have a hundred ways, and there is no need to play house with him here.

He didn't know how long this kind of day would last. He couldn't see the sun or breathe fresh air, but he felt very peaceful inside.

Maybe, this is what it feels like to be a domestic animal in captivity?

May 12, Rheinland Life IV experimental base in northern Colombia.

This is already the 20th day since Xia Feng came to Rhine. On this day, things finally changed. To be precise, the environment changed.

In the early morning, Xia Feng opened his eyes as usual. Although he couldn't see the sun, his biological clock was already very accurate.

Sitting up from the bed, Xia Feng stretched greatly, and then he was stunned.

This is not his original room.

There is only one bed in the square room of about 20 square meters. The inner wall and ceiling are integrated and made of dark gray metal. On the other side of the wall is a metal railing. Outside the railing is an open area with dim light.

Looking at the surrounding environment, Xia Feng sat on the bed in confusion.

What's going on? When he woke up, he was put in a cage?

Immediately turning over and getting out of bed, Xia Feng rushed to the outer railing, holding the metal railing thicker than sugar cane, and pulled it with all his strength.

The railings were not moved at all, as solid as a sea-fixing needle.

Looking around the whole room, there is no gap at all between the railings and the wall. There is no doubt that this is a special room where dangerous people are detained. It is estimated that the endurance of this room has reached a very terrifying level. This protective design is to allow It is impossible for the people inside to come out by external force.

Xia Feng is in a very depressed mood now.

What is Rheinland Life doing? Yesterday, he was drinking juice and walking around, and today he quietly quarantined himself?

Xia Feng grabbed the railing with his hands and shouted loudly outside.

"Hey! Is anyone there, Aina, White-faced Owl, where are you? I need an explanation, Hemo, Hemo, come out!"

"It's so noisy! Shut up!"

An extremely impatient voice interrupted Xia Feng's shout.

Xia Feng was stunned, leaning against the railing and squinting his eyes, only to realize that there was a similar isolation room diagonally opposite his room.

Inside, a little girl with disheveled hair and wearing white pajamas was lying on the bed with her legs crossed.

It turned out to be Ifrit!

The invincible Charmander is also locked up here!

Xia Feng pressed her face against the railing and immediately shouted to Ifrit who was diagonally opposite.

"Hey, Ifrit, why are you here too?"

"You're so noisy, believe it or not, I'll burn you on fire!"

Ifrit covered her ears with her hands, turned over on the bed and turned her face away. It looked like she was still sleeping just now.

"Dong-dong-dong-dong-dong-dong!"

Xia Feng clenched his fist and knocked wildly on the railing, shouting as he did so.

"Hey, Charmander, don't sleep, get up, get up quickly."

Ifrit covered her ears, feeling like a wriggling caterpillar on the bed. After a while, she finally couldn't bear it anymore amid the noise made by the summer wind.

Charmander kicked the quilt away, jumped off the bed, and hit the metal railing with a bang with his whole face.

She stared at Xia Feng fiercely and put her hand out of the railing.

"Pass!"

A golden flame instantly appeared in the palm of his hand.

"shut up!"

Ifrit roared and threw the flame in his palm towards Xia Feng.

Different from her fierce momentum, the flame left her palm and flew toward Xia Feng as lightly as a cotton ball. Just after flying less than half a meter, the flame suddenly weakened, and then turned into a puff of blue smoke and disappeared.

Xia Feng looked at Ifrit without fear, and even wanted to laugh a little.

"Hey, is your lighter out of gas?"

"roll."

He could see clearly that Charmander was getting angry out of bed. Judging from her posture, she must have been locked up in this kind of place more than once. The isolation that Aina mentioned before should refer to this kind of room.

"Hey, Ifrit, it's me, don't you remember?"

After such a fuss, Ifrit also woke up a lot, and her sleepiness was basically gone.

She pressed her face against the railing and stared at Xia Feng with her lips curled up.

"Who are you?"

"You forgot so soon? Didn't you give me candies a few days ago? It's a pity that I didn't see you."

"Oh, it turns out to be you. What's your number?"

"I'm 02, don't call me my number, my name is Xia Feng."

"oh."

After knowing Xia Feng's identity, Ifrit did not appear very happy. She rolled her eyes and went back to lie down on the bed.

Xia Feng was like a newbie who had just entered the game, and kept asking questions to Big Eve.

"Eve, why are we locked up here?"

"have no idea."

"Have you always been locked up here?"

"Sometimes I can stay on the fourth floor, sometimes I will be locked up here, and sometimes I can play in Hemer's room."

While talking, Ifrit picked up a storybook beside the bed and started reading.

Xia Feng continued to ask without giving up.

"Um. Do you know when I can go out?"

"have no idea."

Ifrit is ignorant, but it seems that she is used to this situation.

Xia Feng speculated that this irregular isolation should be related to her physical condition. In other words, Rhine Life judged that her physical condition would cause harm to the surroundings, so she was isolated.

According to the information, Ifrit's mental condition is somewhat unstable because she is a patient with severe oriopathy. She also suffers from muscle pain. When the disease occurs, it will make her agitated and even hallucinate.

Xia Feng could understand why Charmander was locked up here, but he didn't know why he was locked up here.

He gently held the railing and asked tentatively towards Ifrit who was diagonally opposite.

"Ifrit, do you know what experiments were performed on you?"

Ifrit, who was lying on the bed, was flipping through the storybook without answering.

Xia Feng continued to ask without giving up.

"Ifrit, do you have any memories from before you came to Rhine Life?"

This question has been asked very implicitly. In fact, what Xia Feng really wants to know is whether Charmander is an artificial human from Rhine Life.

Hearing Xia Feng's question, Ifrit stopped turning the pages of the book.

After a long time, a quiet voice came from her mouth.

"What is the memory you are talking about?"

Xia Feng was stunned.

"Memory is."

A deep female voice came from a distance, interrupting Xia Feng's words.

"Ifrit, this is not something you need to know."

Xia Feng heard the sound and looked over.

In the distance, he saw two tall figures walking towards him step by step.

The person on the left is Aina, who is pushing the rectangular car.

The woman walking next to Aina is very tall. Under her long silver hair, she has a clear and serious face. The curved horns on her head represent her Vaifan identity.

There is no doubt that Xia Feng knows this person.

She is Ms. Seria, the head of the Rhine Life Defense Department and one of Ifrit's "parents".