One person and one cat stayed like this for a long time.
Then, the gray cat suddenly asked in a strange tone: "That guy from West Germany...is he okay?"
Chen Nuo raised his eyebrows: "West Germany?"
"Who else can there be besides it?" The gray cat muttered: "You have its mark on your body, and you are its chosen one.
This is the strangest thing to me.
That guy has obviously been sealed, but how could you become its chosen one?
Is it possible that it is so powerful that even in its sealed state, it can still come out to find its chosen one?"
Chen Nuo thought for a while and replied: "It should be pretty good. But it will take some time before it comes out. For now, let it slowly fall asleep."
The gray cat sighed.
The obese cat looked into the distance and said quietly: "Among us guys, he is the most special one, or in other words, he always thinks that he is the most special one.
Therefore, it openly named itself West Germany, just like the name Seed was given to it alone."
West Germany, color ED.
Chen Nuo laughed a little.
Sure enough, this style of doing things is quite consistent with that guy from West Germany.
"Tell me about the existence that asks you to take care of this little girl...what is that? Is it also a seed?"
The gray cat blinked his eyelids: "I said I didn't know...do you believe it or not?"
"Of course I don't believe it." Chen Nuo simply shook his head.
This cat is the most cunning. If you are not careful with it, you will be deceived by it.
To be precise, the gray cat cannot lie. Everything that comes out of his mouth is basically the truth.
But...this guy is hiding some important information.
"Then please explain: Someone asked you to take care of this little girl, and you said you didn't know who he was." Chen Nuo sneered, "Then how did this guy communicate with you?"
The gray cat blinked his eyelids, thought for a while, and whispered: "That's it... suddenly there was a voice in my head, telling me that I should come to London, find a little girl, and take care of her so that she doesn't die.
Well…that’s it.”
Chen Nuo's eyes suddenly widened!
There is...an extra voice in my head??
Like...
In Chen Jianshe's mind, a voice suddenly appeared to guide his prediction?
But...that's not right! The gray cat is a seed!
He said angrily: "Are you kidding me? You fat cat!!
You are a seed! A powerful seed, the consciousness space was invaded, and some sounds were input, but you were not even aware of it?!
I will never believe this!"
The gray cat waved his paws: "That's the truth."
"According to what you said, how powerful is this guy talking in your head?! He can invade the consciousness space of a seed at will! With this kind of strength, even West Germany cannot invade you at will.
conscious space!!”
This logic is easy to understand. If the power is strong enough to invade a seed's consciousness space at will, and the other party does not know it, then... it can kill the other party silently.
Chen Nuo absolutely does not believe that anyone can achieve this level of absolute overwhelming strength.
"Why do you have to understand it as 'intrusion'?" Gray Cat shook his head: "If you want to communicate with consciousness, it may not necessarily be a forced and unilateral intrusion...haven't you ever thought that this may only be possessed by spiritual life forms?
Just basic abilities.
It's as easy as making a phone call."
"To put it simply, can you do this kind of thing?" Chen Nuo sneered: "Can you communicate with West Germany at a conscious level at will?"
"...Okay, I can't do it."
The gray cat sighed, but soon, the cat's tone became serious, and it replied seriously: "I can't do it, but I don't think that such an unknown guy is as powerful as you think I am.
kind of situation...
It can do this, perhaps not because there is a huge difference in strength.
Maybe, just in terms of life form, it is a little more advanced than me.
Can you understand what I say?"
Life forms...more advanced than seeds?
Chen Nuo frowned: "Could it be...the mother..."
He originally wanted to say it was the mother's body, but halfway through, he shook his head.
The gray cat also shook his head: "It can't be the mother body. If there is a mother body that can run around the world and communicate with seeds at will... then it can command us to do anything."
After a pause, the gray cat looked at Chen Nuo: "Maybe, it is... another existence that I know."
"??" Chen Nuo frowned and looked at the gray cat.
"The other seed...perhaps, it is the most special one among all our seeds."
Chen Nuo was immediately furious!
Are there any hidden settings?
What the hell...
"When the mother gives birth to the seed, she is seeking an evolutionary direction.
But no one can be sure that this direction is correct.
So, what we know is that when the mother body gave birth to us, it also gave birth to another form of seed.
We call it: zero.
We, the seeds, don’t know the way Zero was born, the life form of Zero, what these are like.
All we know is that it is special. The path it takes is different from ours.
Of course it is different! Otherwise, why would it be independent of all seeds?
We have only made a general guess, maybe Zero's evolutionary direction is different from ours.
Maybe this is another attempt by the mother body.
However, for a long time, none of us knew where Zero was, no one knew what Zero was, and no one knew what the direction of Zero's evolution was.
In short, he is just a guy who has never shown up.
We even suspected that maybe Zero was hiding among our seeds, but we all ruled it out one by one later.
Many, many years ago, when we were formulating the seed rules, we had a discussion.
Our last guess is that maybe the direction of zero is opposite to our direction."
"On the contrary? What does opposite mean?"
The gray cat rolled his eyes: "How do I know? I said it was just a guess, but I really can't find the answer or the direction, so I can only guess at a possibility!"
Chen Nuo shook his head: "This answer does not satisfy me."
The gray cat spread its paws: "Then there is nothing I can do. I know very little about the existence of 'Zero', and all the seeds."
Chen Nuo stared at the gray cat: "But I think you must know a little more than others!"
The gray cat shrank his head: "Why do you say that?"
"Because compared to other seeds, you are also very special." Chen Nuo's eyes flashed: "You are the only one who announced his withdrawal from the competition! So, I think you must know something that other seeds don't know! That's why you
You will be afraid! That’s why you will choose to quit!”
"That's because I'm afraid of death, okay?" Gray Cat replied confidently.
"There must be a reason to be afraid of death."
"…………"
"…………"
The man and the cat stared at each other for a long time.
"Okay." The gray cat sighed: "I have to ask you a question first."
"Can."
"Who the hell are you?"
"I am from 2002." Chen Nuo said the answer directly: "In 2002..."
"Am I still alive in 2002?" Gray Cat immediately asked the question he was most concerned about.
Chen Nuo glanced at this lazy cat who was afraid of death: "Live!"
"……call……"
The gray cat let out a sigh of relief.
"In 2002, you were my pet."
"Huh?" The gray cat's eyes widened again: "I... was raised as a pet by someone chosen by West Germany?! What kind of operation is this?!"
"Because you are afraid of death. Anyway... I don't know why you want to follow me. But, this is the situation.
In 2002, West Germany had already released its seal, and it was the strongest among all the seeds.
There were four seeds left at that time, you, West Germany, and the guy from the Octopus Organization. Oh, by the way, its human identity is called Kamizou Ichiro.
And, there is another seed, I don’t know its name, I just encountered it and fought against it.”
The gray cat waved its paws: "I know who it is. A sinister guy."
"Well, that's right." Chen Nuo nodded: "Then, I unexpectedly encountered something and discovered that there was a human being with the ability to control time... I caught him and entered his consciousness space.
when.
I was transported to this era.
And that human being with the ability to control time told me that the reason why he had the ability to control time was because, when he was young, one day suddenly there was a voice in his head that spoke to him..."
"Zero?" The gray cat immediately trembled!
Chen Nuo frowned and sighed: "Now it seems that it is probably it. But..."
Why?
This is the question on Chen Nuo's mind.
If this guy is zero.
Why did it attack Chen Jianshe?
Why does it want the gray cat to protect the little girl Louise?
"I feel...it seems to be targeting you." The gray cat squinted his eyes and licked his paws.
Chen Nuo stopped talking!
"The human being who has the ability to control time...does it have something to do with you?"
"……have."
"Then you come to this era and you meet this little girl.
I always feel that the two things Zero did seem to be aimed at you. Whether it is the human being who manipulates time or this little girl, they will eventually get in touch with you, so..."
So, are they all related to me and are they all aimed at me?
Chen Nuo secretly speculated in his heart.
"Now, tell me what you know." Chen Nuo frowned and said, "I returned to this era from 2002, don't you have any doubts at all?"
"If it was Zero... maybe this is not surprising." The gray cat shook his head: "Manipulate time... the timeline? It's a very interesting direction of evolution."
"Tell me what information you know about Zero!"
The gray cat thought for a moment and finally spoke: "Do you know why I chose to withdraw from the competition?"
"Because you are afraid of death, you said that."
"Yes, I am afraid of death. But as you just asked... OK, why am I suddenly afraid of death?"
"…………"
The gray cat whispered: "There is a question that no one has ever thought about, and no one has ever asked... Everyone feels that all this seems to be taken for granted, as if it is logical, as if it happens naturally...
"
"What's the problem?"
"This question is: at the very beginning, all our seeds were safe and sound. After everyone was born, they all knew that their goal was to find the mother body... No matter whether they found it or not, the original will of the seed was very pure.
But suddenly...
The seeds’ minds have changed!
Everyone suddenly wants to evolve themselves, find the key to evolution, and become an advanced life form...
suddenly……
Everyone started killing each other and taking away each other's life force!
suddenly……
The number of seeds began to decrease, and a large number of seeds died fighting each other. We call it competition!"
Chen Nuo frowned: "I heard West Germany tell me about this matter...
He said that he had awakened and understood that he wanted to find a higher path..."
The gray cat looked at Chen Nuo with a half-smile but not a smile: "Tell me, tell me, what is 'awakening'?"
"Awakening? Awakening naturally means..."
Chen Nuo said half of it smoothly, but suddenly, he shut up!!
The expression on his face was full of shock!!
·
Thousands or tens of thousands of years ago...
One morning, or one evening.
A seed is drinking a mouthful of sweet morning dew, or it has killed a prey and is swimming in the cool river water...
Looking at the rising sun, or looking at the sunset...
Suddenly, a question arose in its mind.
What is the meaning of life?
Why should I look for the maternal body?
Why don't I become the mother body myself?
Why don’t I seek the direction of a more advanced form of life and explore it myself?
Then……
Seed, awakened!
Is this awakening?
This is what West Germany originally said, its awakening.
Then, perhaps, other seeds are awakened in this way.
But……
That voice that suddenly appeared in my heart, that voice asking the question...
Is it really yours?
That voice in my heart, that consciousness that suddenly appeared in my mind...
Really, is it yours?
·
Chen Nuo looked horrified and looked at the gray cat.
The gray cat looked at Chen Nuo quietly.
Chen Nuo's voice was dry: "What you think, the so-called awakening, is..."