After nightfall, the bomb shelter is very quiet.
In the small wooden house with only the wall lights on, one person and one ball stood in front of the woman, watching her cry silently.
Chu Shici is a little confused.
His cuteness is verified by Gu Yunzhe, how can this woman cry in fright because of him? What kind of eyes did she have?
But now is not the time to think about that.
He began to threaten the woman, trying to get information out of her mouth.
This woman is quite strong, even though she is so frightened that she almost fainted, she still gritted her teeth and refused to say anything.
Chu Shici took a few deep breaths, but he couldn’t suppress the temper that rushed up.
He gave up on an amicable conversation and went straight to the point.
Gu Yunzhe watched the big white ball eat the woman and spit her out again.
After doing it a few times, the woman’s psychological defences completely collapsed, but she still stood firm.
Chu Shici supported the wall, feeling a burning pain in his throat.
He looked at the healing potions all over the floor, and his eyes drifted uncontrollably to Gu Yunzhe who was not far away.
‘Tong-ge, you said that if I eat Zhe-ge into my body and spit him out again, will it unlock a new way to play?’
[Healing potion play? I don’t quite understand, you can play it for me tonight, so that I can increase my knowledge.]
The little assistant cut the imagery short, Gu Yunzhe didn’t know that he was being targeted by the ball.
Seeing that Chu Shici’s method is useless, Gu Yunzhe helped the woman up, showing a gentle smile.
He poured a glass of water, handed it to the woman, and helped her dry the healing potion on her face.
Chu Shici was dumbfounded.
He had never seen such a gentle expression on Zhe-ge’s face.
Chu Shici retreated tactically.
He is handsome, but he is not used to it.
Under Gu Yunzhe’s gentle comfort, the woman’s cheeks gradually turned red.
She dodged her eyes and seemed to have been dazzled by the beauty.
Although he knew that this was for gathering information, Chu Shici still felt a little sour.
He squeezed into Gu Yunzhe’s arms, trying to claim possession.
The beauty trick worked very well. Gu Yunzhe managed to get some basic information from the woman.
The woman told them her name in her mother tongue, a very long name. Gu Yunzhe and Chu Shici didn’t even understand a single syllable.
Fortunately, she also has an imperial language name of her own, the surname is Her, and her name is Mes.
Chu Shici was distracted, and his mind was full of certain brand-name bags.*
*(Hermes in chinese is 爱马仕 (ai ma shi)which has the same tone and similar characters as 爱玛士 (ai ma shi) so I assume her name sounds like Hermes.)
The woman claims to be a reporter from the interstellar space station, and she is an alien, but she is not the same as the ones who invaded the Empire.
Both the Human Alliance and the Star Alliance are forces on the same planet, and the original name of the planet is Star City.
Reporter Hermes came from another planet, farther away from the Empire.
They belong to the interstellar pacifists who came to film and expose the evil deeds of Star City in the Empire.
The pair of black-rimmed glasses thrown into the trash can is her video camera.
She took on the identity of a female college student called Hermes, she pretends to be a survivor in District 3. Sneaking into the air-raid shelter and wanted to record the hunt.
Chu Shici understood what she meant, but he didn’t understand her brain circuit.
“Since the game is broadcast live, why do you need to film it?”
It may be that after calming down, they don’t feel like bad people.
It may also be that she was dazzled by Gu Yunzhe’s smile, so the reporter replied when asked.
“There is indeed a live broadcast, but Star City does not admit it. They are insistent, saying that this is the latest holographic game. Without conclusive evidence, other planets cannot intervene.”
After she finished speaking, she cheered up again, “However, I have already taken a lot of pictures. After I take pictures of the scene of the hunt, the evidence collected will be enough to attract the attention of Interstellar peace-keeping organisations.”
Hearing this answer, Gu Yunzhe lost his patience, went back to the bed and sat down.
Chu Shici looked at Reporter Hermes with a complicated expression.
The little reporter from the stars is really naive.
With such high-end technology from aliens, how could it be impossible to tell what is a holographic game and what is a real murder.
It’s okay to deceive ordinary people, but the government is not a fool.
Star City has had two nationwide live broadcasts, and so far no planet has sent troops to help the empire, and it’s clear that they just don’t want to take care of it.
It is estimated that there are still many planets who pretend to be stupid and stunned, and came here to take advantage of the chaos in private.
Chu Shici just thought about these words in his heart, and Gu Yunzhe said them directly.
He looked at the woman in front of him expressionlessly, “If they want to take care of it, they won’t wait until now. You are wearing a pair of video glasses, and your identity information is full of loopholes. You have no teammates and no protection. You were not sent by the interstellar space station. It was you who came to collect evidence by yourself.”
The more Gu Yunzhe spoke, the colder his tone became, “It’s useless to take more videos. What you do is meaningless.”
Reporter Hermes was a little frustrated by what he said.
But she recovered quickly, “I see that you seem to know a lot, do you want to go back with me as a witness?”
When asked what he wanted, the gentle brother next door turned into a tall and cold iceberg in seconds.
Gu Yunzhe put away his smile and glanced at her coldly.
After knowing that Reporter Hermes is an alien, his eyes became extremely unfriendly.
Chu Shici could understand Gu Yunzhe’s mood very well.
He has a blood feud with the alien forces, even if Reporter Hermes is a pacifist from another planet, he still has hostility towards her.
Reporter Hermes thought that Gu Yunzhe didn’t believe her words, so she kept explaining to him.
She took the initiative to draw a wound on her body, and wanted to use the colour of blood to prove that she was really an alien and not a lunatic.
Chu Shici let go of the tentacles, explained to Reporter Hermes, and told her to go home bluntly.
Reporter Hermes refused to listen, picked up the glasses and put them on, and began to share the fruits of her labour with them, trying to convince Gu Yunzhe.
She landed in the former capital of the empire, now the Star City Alliance, three years ago. And has been investigating the empire, shooting various day-to-day videos.
After catching the wind of the hunt, she rushed all the way to District 3.
But when she arrived, District 3 had already fallen. Long after the game ended, the warships of the Human Alliance had long since disappeared.
There are almost no living people in the city, and Reporter Hermes only took pictures of the ancient tree god rolling up a large number of corpses, burrowing into the ground and devouring them.
Chu Shici sighed with the system while watching the video she played.
‘I asked one question, and she asked ten questions. And he rushed to talk, and he almost told me the plan step by step. If she were to become a spy, the day she was arrested would be the destruction of a dynasty.’
The system giggled strangely: [Isn’t that your Zhe-ge’s beautiful boy scheme is well used, she now blushes when she sees the male lead.]
‘…’
Chu Shici suddenly felt angry.
Reporter Hermes was running around Gu Yunzhe, trying to get close to him and ask for new information.
Gu Yunzhe wore the glasses, watched those videos repeatedly, his brows became more and more furrowed.
Chu Shici leaned over, “Zhe-ge, what did you find?”
Gu Yunzhe paused for a while for breathing, and then regained his composure.
He took off his glasses with no expression on his face.
“It’s nothing, it’s just that I think aliens look more unique.”
With the help of Reporter Hermes, the video is projected into the air.
The aliens from Star City are not much different from humans. It’s just that the skin is silvery white, with a faint metallic lustre.
They have a similar aesthetic to humans, with a preference for white skin.
According to Reporter Hermes, after the fall of the imperial capital, many survivors were forcibly transformed into half-human, half-mechanical slaves.
Those in the Star Alliance call this kind of modified person a “living toy”.
Reporter Hermes conducted an in-depth investigation and gained some understanding of Star City’s plan.
It seems like they want to make the Empire an entertainment Star.
Good-looking ones are taken to obscene places for people to have fun.
The captured imperial soldiers were taken as slaves and trampled and humiliated by others.
Body modification of children, so that they can never grow up, sold to make living dolls.
There are also some projects that Reporter Hermes did not investigate.
She only knew that Star City planned to divide the empire into ten regions, which corresponded to different entertainment projects.
Gu Yunzhe’s eyes narrowed, “Ten regions?”
Reporter Hermes nodded, “That’s right, it corresponds to ten districts. Do you know why there has been no news about District 1? It was blocked three years ago. All the imperial soldiers stationed in the capital were locked inside.”
She put on her glasses and searched for a while, then projected a promotional video in the air.
After the passionate music, there were uncomfortable scenes.
Those soldiers were still wearing black uniforms, torn to pieces by monsters, and brutally killed by their companions. The robots then repaired their bodies, allowing them to repeat the death cycle over and over again.
The voice of Reporter Hermes rang in Chu Shici’s ears.
“This is the promotional video released by the Star Alliance, called ‘Endless Reincarnation’. The information and military achievements of each soldier are released for customers to choose. The customer can control them from a distance through the little assistants who follow the soldiers.”
Chu Shici stared blankly at the promotional video, “What’s the point of playing this way? Holographic games can’t satisfy aliens?”
“I can’t understand it either. I heard it’s because these soldiers have stronger willpower than ordinary people. If they don’t push themselves to a dead end, they won’t obey the player’s command. The process of playing this is the joy of torturing people. When they really give up their resistance, they are brainwashed all over again.”
Chu Shici turned red with anger.
The imperial government has fallen, this is a chaotic zone without laws. The more chaos there are, the more evil it breeds.
Perhaps those people from Star City looked like humans on their own planet.
Once here, there are no limitations at all, and they can do whatever they want.
Before the reporter’s words fell, Gu Yunzhe, who had been silent all this time, suddenly covered his mouth.
He propped himself on the bed and couldn’t stop retching, his face was frighteningly pale.
Chu Shici leaned over worriedly.
Gu Yunzhe was panting heavily, his body was trembling.
In those misty eyes, Chu Shici saw an unconcealable anger.
The system kept a close eye on his vitality value, for fear that it would drop to a negative number in seconds.
Chu Shici was also very nervous.
After talking about business, Reporter Hermes looked a little depressed.
She looked at Gu Yunzhe sympathetically, and raised her hand to pat him on the back.
Chu Shici slapped her hand away, and hugged his husband into his arms.
Reporter Hermes withdrew her hand in a bewildered expression, and changed the subject on her own initiative.
She poked at the white unknown creature in front of her eyes: “After talking for so long, I still don’t know what you are. Seeing that you look so unique, are you also a god in this world like the tree outside?”
Chu Shici turned to look at her, “No, I’m the little assistant of Human Alliance. It’s just a small ball of light used to control human beings and take pictures.”
He paused, showing a ferocious smile, “You’re done, you’ve been exposed!”
Reporter Hermes: !!!
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After scaring away Reporter Hermes, Chu Shici took over her little glasses.
Chu Shici closed the door, jumped to Gu Yunzhe’s side, and called Zhe-ge worriedly.
He was about to say something soothing when Gu Yunzhe suddenly hugged him into his arms.
Chu Shici caressed his back gently, unable to think of words of comfort for a while.
He sighed softly: “Zhe-ge, don’t put too much pressure on yourself. This is the end of the world, and it is enough to only protect yourself.”
Gu Yunzhe was silent for a while, then raised his head slightly.
He glanced at the closed wooden door and used the glasses to project the screen again.
When Chu Shici was watching the video, Gu Yunzhe’s cold voice came from his ear.
“The reporter was in District 6 and photographed several members of the White Dove Church. The Star Alliance didn’t really destroy them. The White Dove is still alive, just hiding.”
Chu Shici was taken aback.
Only then did he realise that Gu Yunzhe wasn’t feeling bad, he was just putting on a show for the reporter.
It is estimated that he noticed the abnormality when watching the video for the first time.
In everyone’s perception, the White Dove Church has perished, and Reporter Hermes is no exception.
The hope of the empire was completely shattered. As an imperialist, when he heard the evil deeds of the Star Alliance, he would definitely show anger and despair.
Chu Shici looked at Gu Yunzhe with a complicated expression.
Not only did Reporter Hermes believe it, he also believed it.
This is not the flower of the high mountains, this is the big softie and drama king.
The news that the White Dove Church still exists is undoubtedly a shot in the arm.
Chu Shici was very excited.
The White Dove Church is the backbone of the Empire’s camp, and if it is still there, it means there is still hope for everyone.
He watched the video over and over again.
At that time, Reporter Hermes probably wanted to photograph the evil god, and her eyes focused on the huge monster in the distance.
At 3 minutes and 20 seconds, in a building at the edge of the screen, several white shadows flashed past the grey windows.
If Gu Yunzhe hadn’t pointed it out, Chu Shici wouldn’t have noticed it at all.
Gu Yunzhe adjusted the video to the slowest.
When one of the men in white walked by, the pendant on his chest shook slightly. It can be vaguely seen that it is the pattern of holding candles.
Chu Shici had seen this figure before, it was the national emblem of the empire.
Without a candle, one cannot have light. Without people, a candle is just a cold object. Holding candles not only represents people’s respect for gods, but also implies that gods exist because of people.
Each force designed its own logo, and after the empire existed in name only, only the White Dove Church wore the national emblem on their body.
Their love for the empire has been engraved in their bones, and they still think about the restoration of the empire.
Chu Shici stared at that clip, watched it more than ten times, his eyes widened in shock.
He paused the video, poked the male lead’s waist, “Zhe-ge, Zhe-ge, you are their leader!”
Gu Yunzhe leaned forward.
In the picture, there are three members of the White Dove Church, and they walk through the window one by one.
The person standing at the front seemed to be aware of the presence of Reporter Hermes, and looked back vigilantly.
He moved quickly, without stopping, and almost without a pause in the whole process.
The white hood was pressed too low, and only the lower half of the man’s face was exposed.
His skin was pale, his nose was straight, and his lips were bloodless.
The thin lips parted slightly, as if to say something to the person behind him, and then the group quickly walked out of the shooting range.
Chu Shici stretched out his hand to cover Gu Yunzhe’s eyes, comparing the lower half of his face back and forth.
After a while, he said, “Zhe-ge, if there’s a person in this world with the exact same lower facial structures as you. The man standing with the White Dove Church in this picture would be you.”
Gu Yunzhe didn’t say anything.
He looked at himself in the video, his mind was hazy, a little more scattered fragments came back to him.
Reporter Hermes stayed in the empire for more than three years, running around every day, running around in several districts, and really took a lot of pictures.
Except for District 1 which has been blocked, she has been in all the other nine districts.
It took one night for one person, one ball, to play all the videos several times in slow speed from beginning to end.
In the end, they made many new discoveries.
Reporter Hermes photographed several monsters, which are evil gods in the legend of the empire. It seems that besides the Blood Alliance, there are other organisations that are summoning the gods.
Three months ago, the Star Alliance tortured and killed human beings in the street. Reporter Hermes secretly captured Gu Yunzhe by accident.
He walked past the crowd of onlookers, still in a hurry, and almost disappeared from the edge of the screen in the blink of an eye.
He was dressed in the clothes of an agent of the Human Alliance, and he was not the most eye-catching among a bunch of white and glowing aliens.
Chu Shici turned to look at Gu Yunzhe: “Zhe-ge, did you go to the Star Alliance before you lost your memory?”
Gu Yunzhe supported his forehead, tried to recall for a while, and a trace of confusion flashed in his eyes: “I don’t know, maybe I went to complete a mission for the Human Alliance.”
Chu Shici watched the video, his mind full of question marks.
Two years ago, Gu Yunzhe, who had become a senior agent of the Human Alliance, was active in District 6 together with the White Dove Church.
Three months ago, Gu Yunzhe went to the Star Alliance.
A month ago, he woke up in this city, his important items were missing, and he lost all his memory.
This entire timeline is problematic no matter how you look at it.
The two studied for a long time, but they were unable to draw any conclusions.
In short, the glasses cannot be returned to the reporter.
The contents inside are very important, once leaked out, both Gu Yunzhe and White Dove Church will suffer.
Seeing that the time had reached four o’clock in the morning, Gu Yunzhe decided to take a short break.
He picked up the little white ball and wanted to sleep for an hour or two.
Chu Shici broke free from his arms, “No, I still have something to do.”
Gu Yunzhe frowned slightly: “What are you doing?”
“End Elder Liu, it will be dawn in a while, and I will come back to sleep with you after killing someone.”
Chu Shici flew out of the cabin with a whoosh.
Gu Yunzhe looked at his pale arm, lost in thought.
Ah Ci’s body is much more practical than modified humans.
Since he is no longer human, is there any way to make him into a ball too?
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