Why it never ends

Chapter 1187 Nothingness
"...not quite the same," Lu Qizhen said, "...can you help us convey a message? We forgot to tell her just now."

"Huh? What?"

"…If she needs someone to talk tonight, we're here."

Xina stood there, watching Lu Qizhen and Jia Heduolei leave. She looked at the two girls with some curiosity, a little confused - how long had their family been in this palace, how come Chloe seemed to have made friends... where did she get the leisure time from?

……

In the evening, Hesta drove back to the palace alone.

She had originally planned to meet up with Simonya and Zoe in the city before leaving, but she was no longer in the mood to do so. She was eager to return to a quiet, familiar place and find someone to talk about what happened in the afternoon.

But who to look for?
Rico? Turan?
No, Rico is not willing to talk to her right now... But even if they reconcile, it might not be convenient to discuss this matter with her - telling Rico that District 12 is about to launch an annihilation war against Deep Anchor? How is this different from forcing her to take sides...

But then again, isn't hiding the truth from Li Ge also forcing her to take sides?
And Turan... She has been working in the laboratory all these years, and she knows no more about the upper echelons of AHgAs than I do.

Si Lei?

Although Officer Si Lei was assigned to work at both the United Government and AHgAs workstations, she didn't know much about the internal affairs of AHgAs. Moreover, Si Lei was not Mercury Needle, so she couldn't really understand how Mercury Needle felt at the moment.

As for Ende, Theresa and other mercury needles belonging to Victoria's team, although Hesta trusted them, they were not familiar enough to discuss these topics - Oh, Victoria?

Hesta's hands gently adjusted the steering wheel.

Yes, Victoria.

She had similar qualifications to Ms. Chiba, had participated in many missions of Office 7, and even had the authority to call on the guards of the Mother City. Hesta thought about it and decided that she could bring up some less sensitive topics first to see if Victoria was willing to let down her guard and have a deep conversation with her...

She picked up the phone and planned to call Victoria first to ask her where she was tonight, but when she glanced at the screen, she found three missed calls from Victoria.

She called back and the other party answered immediately.

"Jane, there's an emergency. I have to go to District 1." Victoria said, "I'm at the airport now and will be back the day after tomorrow."

"...District 1?" Hesta was a little surprised. "Why are you running to District 1 instead of leading the team in the palace and waiting for orders?"

On the other end of the phone, Victoria laughed twice: "It seems that Office 2 told you about our team's new mission this afternoon?"

"Um...you said you'll be gone for three weeks?"

"I haven't agreed yet." Victoria said, "I submitted the explanation document. I'll see when Office No. 2 will reply to me."

Hesta fell silent - she intuitively felt that Office 2 would most likely ignore Victoria's refusal and choose to force them into the battlefield.

Hesta's throat moved slightly, and his eyes revealed a little pain: "...When will you come back the day after tomorrow? I will pick you up at the airport."

"About two in the afternoon."

"Okay." Hesta whispered, "What's the emergency in District One?" "I..." Victoria paused for a moment, "I'm going to attend a funeral and will bring some things back. I'll tell you in detail then. It's hard to go into details over the phone."

After hanging up the phone, the car became quiet again.

At this moment, the anger had left Hesta, but she still felt an indescribable emotion spreading in her heart. This feeling made her painful but would not make her cry. She tried to name this feeling, but she could not feel more than nothingness.

Her car sped along the country road, and the fields quickly retreated on both sides of her, turning into blurred bands of color in her peripheral vision, as if she had entered some irreversible tunnel.

nothingness.

Hesta felt something inside him still breaking.

nothingness.

It was a subtle feeling, as if someone was using a dagger to cut a huge wound inside her, but not a drop of blood came out.

There are many mercury needles in this world who are loyal to AHgAs. This loyalty is sometimes reflected in their strong identification with the concept of "protecting livable places", and sometimes in their maintenance and pride in their identity as "mercury needles"... That kind of natural love is like a bird that naturally likes the nest where it lives.

Hesta also had this kind of vague attachment to the base, but after Liz's death, she suddenly realized that all of this was like a thin layer of soil on the rock. Once washed away by the torrent of reality, the hard and cold substance at the bottom was revealed.

However, even so, AHgAs always strive to maintain this attachment.

The entire system takes care of every member who is absorbed into the system almost at all costs, and gives its members the maximum preferential treatment physically, mentally and materially.

If Hesta had not felt much about this in the past, after her short life in District 14, she had deeply realized how rare this was in today's world.

AHgAs wasn't perfect, but it was still a "not-so-bad" place...she already knew that.

But even so, Hesta still felt that a certain collapse was still continuing. At this moment, she missed Qianye and Ava very much. She wanted to ask them what was wrong with her and why she felt so uncomfortable at the moment, as if she was wronged for something.

The wind was blowing from the front, and Hesta stepped on the accelerator and continued to accelerate forward.

……

Night falls.

It was almost 7:30 and the children were all put to bed. Today was a busy day, and they followed their teacher to a nearby town to experience the process of shopping at the market.

The children were very excited. Most of the children in the South District saw the market near the capital for the first time. Although the town was not big, its products were much richer than those in the mountainous areas. Eleven and Qiqi worked in different groups. Qiqi, with her excellent calculation and language skills, shined in the procurement task of the day. She not only helped her group to settle accounts, but also helped other children to calculate money with the boss.

Eleven spent the whole day in the team in agony. She hated this overly meticulous life and only felt relieved when she came back in the evening.

At this moment, everyone had taken a shower and lay in bed. Eleven was about to fall asleep when he suddenly remembered something important -

She has been running outside with everyone else all day today, and until now, she hasn't found time to feed her fox!