Beng San, I have an unfinished date with her

"Oh um...here."

"Thank you~"

There is no crying in the kitchen, there should be laughter at family reunions.

Quick, simple meals are ready.

Three people enjoying it in the cabin.

After a while, Alicia will also go back.

After giving Xilin her home address and house key in Changkong City, she left with Xilin's reluctance.

"My Queen..." Bella looked at Siren.

Siren gently wiped the corners of her eyes, pushed back the tears that had not burst out, and said, "It's nothing, Bella, I'm very strong."

"Yes, Your Lady Queen."

Brand new branches: 385. Human beings, the forerunners of the new “tree”

"So...Teacher Long, can you tell me, is it you or her who is the Herrscher of the End?" Mei said to Long, and at the same time took out a stack of folders from the folder she gave to Kevin. document.

Kevin was shocked: "Mei, what are you talking about?! What's wrong with Teacher Guan Long, the Herrscher of the End?"

May shook her head and signaled Kevin not to get excited.

Long didn't answer directly, but took the document in her hand and sat down to read it.

The preparations inside are very detailed, starting from the United Nations special organization's exploration of the moon more than ten years ago until now.

In short, they summarized and refined all the rumors, pictures, interviews, surveillance, etc. that they could find about the movements of Long and Alicia.

Among them are the two "meteors" that appeared from the moon and fell on the earth, and the possible route of the second "meteor" after landing.

Reconnaissance of that route, questioning of personnel.

And the situation of meeting the First Herrscher, etc.

It appears to have come prepared.

Looking at Long's movements, Mei said confidently: "If it were a human search in the past, I would never have been able to find all the relevant clues for me to make speculations... But it's different now. The Prometheus project has a lot of potential. potential."

Long nodded: "It seems so, but can Prometheus be further developed?"

"Yes, she is not smart enough now. When the human network exists in the future, her eyes will be inseparable." After Mei finished speaking, she continued to ask: "Then can you tell me the answer? Teacher Long."

Long handed the materials back to Kevin, asked him to put them back in the folder and said with a smile: "Mei, you know, my way of educating you is never to tell you the answer directly."

"But I want to know the answer now." Mei said firmly, smiled, raised an index finger and raised her glasses and said: "As a teacher, do you ignore this request of the students?"

"Well..." Takashi said after making a sound: "Since you have collected information to this point, it's useless for me to say anything, right?"

"That's right." Mei nodded and sat in the empty seat next to Kevin, carefully preparing to hear what Long was going to say.

"One of my identities is indeed the Herrscher of the End. When my consciousness came to this world, I used "cocoon" as a carrier.That’s why you will see “cocoon” come to reality and turn into a meteor and come to the earth. "

"One of the...consciousness...came to...the carrier?" Mei was stunned for a moment, then thought softly and said: "As I speculated...Hengkai really came to our world from the outside. And it can be manipulated.”

Long nodded: "Although the speculation is not completely correct, it is very vivid. The design of "Cocoon" has the function of giving power and strength from the beginning. "

"..." As soon as these words came out, Mei fell into deep thought.

After a while, Mei looked at Long again: "The design of the fusion warrior came from the Herrscher?"

"There are some similarities, and the ultimate goal is the same."

"....From the tree of imaginary numbers? So we need to make a "net" and graft it onto the "tree"? "

"Yes, the "Net" is my gift to mankind, and it is also a gift to all civilizations on the "Tree" in the distant future. "

"Because the design of "Cocoon" itself is too cruel? "

"Correct."

"...So, Mr. Long, are you a latecomer? The mechanism of the "tree" itself has not changed? "

"Yes, it will change in the future, but not now... so humans are also the forerunners of the new "tree". "

"Is it such an honor?"

"So Mei, you think so, haha."

"Because... I believe Mr. Long and Alicia, you are not treating humans as experimental subjects."

"Oh? Why do you think so? You don't have the ability to read minds and see through me and Aili, do you?"

"I believe it. Maybe this sounds arrogant, but I believe you."

"Hahaha... Mei, your thoughts are indeed very human."

Mei pushed up her glasses and smiled: "Because I am a human being, and so is Teacher Long, isn't it?"

Long smiled meaningfully: "Alicia is a human being, and I... I can be one."

"Can it be?" Mei and Kevin were both stunned after hearing this. Mei said: "Didn't Teacher Long obtain the recognition of "Cocoon" as a human body? "

Long shook his head: "That's not true. I have many identities... Human beings are just one of the consciousnesses."

Mei didn't dwell too much on this. She continued to ask: "Where's Alicia? Is she just a human?"

Long nodded: "There is no doubt that Ai Li is on the human side. If it weren't for her, I wouldn't be so kind to humans."

【The human side】

Mei caught the message and looked directly into Long's eyes for several seconds, thinking about the meaning behind this sentence.

Alicia must not be an ordinary person... Mei thought, just from the information collected, Alicia's growth state surpassed the growth condition of human beings.

Mei shook her head and put these thoughts aside: "In other words, if Mr. Long doesn't come..."

Long then said: "'Cocoon' will start to act automatically. The ruins of humankind's past on the moon, as well as other planets in the solar system... will be your fate." "

"Why would you know?"

"Because now this part of my consciousness has gone to the future and has come back here. Mei, you should be able to understand by studying these with the Second God Key that time is not mysterious on the "tree". "

"...Yes, I understand. But that will definitely require huge energy and spontaneous resistance against the "tree" and "branches". "Mei moved her glasses and said: "After all, in that case, no matter whether it is re-growing "branches" from the forks.Or the "branches" may grow directly along the forks, causing the already grown "branches" to wither and fall due to lack of nutrients..."

"These actions essentially require "trees" to bear the cost..."

Long nodded: "Yes, so under normal circumstances in the world, such behavior of rejection occurs widely in various places, because if there is no rejection on the infinite "tree", there will be infinite civilizations to perform this operation - infinite pairing Infinite, if this continues, even if it is infinite, it will lead to huge changes in the overall situation. "

"So, in order to maintain itself, the world does not allow such behavior that makes the "tree" bear the cost. "

"On the one hand, the falling of "leaves" and the existence mechanism of world bubbles were also born. "

"You've observed a lot of world bubbles, haven't you?"

Mei nodded, she was thinking about another question, her face was solemn: "Teacher Nalong, you said...human beings are also the forerunners of new "trees". What does this mean? ...What you said is a very scary and shocking word. "

Brand new branches: 386. Ellie’s dinner

Long waved his hand and said with a smile: "Those are too vast, you don't need to understand, or today's humans are not qualified to understand, after all, you haven't even passed the most basic test... Perhaps, wait for the future As pioneers, you wander among the "trees" and among the stars. "

"When the "net" I taught you spreads into the starry sky and becomes part of the "tree", and gradually replaces it and turns it into the symbol of the human species..."

"You are qualified to explore all of this."

"Otherwise...you will just be like those guys in the starry sky, trapped in the path they chose, and finally crashed to death in the deepest part."

"Exploring the end of the rules in the world is never as good as exploring the essence of the world. However, exploring the end of the rules can be a method, not a goal."

"Hope you remember."

After Mei nodded, Takashi also signaled: "So... you know what you want to know, can you leave?"

After saying that, Long stood up and walked out alone.

"Teacher!" Kevin stood up and shouted.

Kelong just continued waving behind him without stopping.

"No need Kevin..."

"Ah? But...teacher, he..."

"Teacher Long, he... keeps moving forward." Mei also stood up and sighed: "Kevin, we also need to move forward..."

"Then...what should we do?" Kevin was a little confused. The fact that Long directly admitted that he was a member of the Herrscher...had a big impact on Kevin.But during the conversation between Mei and the teacher, Kevin also heard some important things... Although the teacher is the Herrscher of the End, he is committed to the development of mankind?

Mei smiled: "It's right in front of you, let's go."

"Huh? Oh..." Kevin was a little confused and was led away by Mei holding hands.

"Wait...wait a minute, Mei." Kevin asked Mei, who was holding hands in front of him: "Then if the teacher is the Herrscher...won't he eventually -"

"Teacher, didn't he say that the original mechanism has not changed? What kind of test is that? In the end, wouldn't it be... a sword-fight?"

"Then, just like those Herrschers...until death?"

Mei stopped... She had been thinking about other things before and didn't notice what Kevin was thinking.

That's right... If the original mechanism does not change, then there will definitely be a fight at the last moment.

At that time, it was probably Kevin and everyone who supported him through the "net" who faced the end together...

Mei turned around and grabbed one of Kevin's hands with both hands, looked into his eyes and said, "I think...although there may be a fight in the end, it will definitely not come to that point."

Alicia appeared in Mei's mind...

At this time, she was in a daze again, because she had forgotten to ask Long about the "pure white figure".

Previously, everyone at the meeting speculated that the "pure white form" was the body of the Herrscher of the End, but because I guessed Long Cai, I didn't think about it...

And just now, Takashi admitted that he directly controlled "Cocoon" and existed in the world as the Herrscher of the End.

So - what exactly is the "pure white human form"?

She was actually able to have a variety of Herrscher reactions... but no power was observed.

If multiple powers could be used...

Doesn't that mean that the "pure white form" also has the potential to gather the power of the Herrscher and become the End?

In this case, it might be possible to avoid...

Mei shook her head slightly, and pulled Kevin forward again under Kevin's doubtful eyes.

"plum?"

"Let's go to the cafeteria to eat." Mei said with a smile.

"Ok."

........

At night, Long finished his work in the general command room, handed it over to the person in charge of the shift, and then walked towards his dormitory.

Some fusion warriors greeted him as usual on the road.

Soon, he arrived at the door of his dormitory.

Fusion warriors' dormitories can also be divided into ordinary single dormitories, single or double-room complete suites, or multi-room family suites, depending on the situation.

Long originally lived in Changkong City.

But with Alicia by his side, he applied for a double one-bedroom suite.

For a family like Hen, it is natural to have a multi-room family suite.

...

Long opened the door with one hand and unzipped his coat with the other.

When he entered the door, his coat was already hanging on Long's arm.

When I walked into the entrance hall, I found that someone should be in the dormitory suite. After all, the TV was on.

Not waiting for Long to continue walking in.

"Ah~ my dear, you are back."

A pink figure walked out flutteringly, took the coat from Long's hand and hung it on the hanger with a smile.