Why it never ends

"There are several rules in his supreme praise, which made me feel very confused when I boarded the ship..."

Anna didn't answer Hesta's question, but talked about her own topic. Hesta had long been used to this. Instead of interrupting Anna, she walked to a chair beside her and sat down.

Anna yawned lazily, "You became the adjudicator too early, and as a result, you never had the opportunity to go to the banquet, otherwise you would have the opportunity to experience the feeling of anomia."

Hesta recalled for a moment, "... you mean the last few lines of the night?"

"That's right," Anna smiled, "Robert Grillet will randomly inject hallucinogens into the passengers attending the banquet. It's too early for you to become the adjudicator, and you don't even have a chance to participate in the banquet. Otherwise, you can experience it for yourself." What does it feel like..."

"No need." Hesta whispered, "I'm not curious about that perception."

Anna laughed, "Have you seen Gustav?"

"Which one are you talking about?"

"That's what I saw." Anna said softly, "It seems that you are not too surprised."

"I saw it once last year."

Anna groaned belatedly, "Yes, yes, I forgot..."

"I thought you delayed letting me go to the banquet because you were afraid that I would see something, so it was because the adjudicator couldn't go to the banquet?"

"You made a mistake. The adjudicator doesn't have to go to the banquet." Anna corrected, "Roboglier is a person who likes to use metaphors very much. To put it bluntly, it is to bury the deep meaning, and to put it bluntly, it is to make mysteries. There is almost no isolation in those rules. terms, which either mirror the order of real life, or ... serve to conceal his deeper intentions."

Anna's words stopped abruptly.In the silence that fell suddenly, Hesta realized that Anna was throwing herself a puzzle that contained no specific questions, only a few scattered images: a few rules for nocturnal activities, hallucinogens. , the duplicated Gustave...and the bad taste of Robeau Grillet.

The sound of deep and shallow rain fell on the windows, and the pale searchlights kept casting moving light and shadows in the museum.

Hesta looked down, "...I don't understand."

"Is it so hard to think?" Anna looked at Hesta in feigned surprise, "It seems that you are not that smart."

"..."

"Every risky passenger who is taken to the night banquet will be taken to the fourth deck for consciousness upload, and then displayed on the service shelf on the second deck. In other words, as long as she has been to the night banquet once, her use right will be Open to all guardians," Anna said softly, "if this news spreads, all risky passengers and potential risky passengers on board will become vigilant and resist the invitation to the banquet... This is not what Roboglier wants to see , so what should I do?"

Hesta was silent for a long time, and finally spoke, "...write it into the rules."

"Yes, as long as you covertly put the answer on the riddle, everything will become wonderful," Anna said softly, "Maybe one or two guardians have the conscience to tell others what happened to them on the second deck." Companions, even the risky passengers who told them, but no one will believe their words-because the rules clearly state that the risk of night activities is cognitive problems...not to mention, other guardians will unite. "

Anna looked at Hesta, "It's a pity that there are too few guardians on your trip, and they are scattered, so there is no viewing at all."

Hesta listened without saying a word—even though she had seen the replicated Gustav with her own eyes, even though she had heard Tasia say that the second deck provided special services for guardians, the connection between them, She really didn't think deeply about it...

"Fortunately, I gave a reminder in advance," Anna laughed again, "As expected, as long as you put the answer on the riddle, you won't see anything..."

"You mean the motto on the invitation? Who can rely on a phrase like that—"

"How did I get it?" Anna smiled and raised her brows, "You are the slowest responder among all the adjudicators I have seen, do you know why?"

Without waiting for Hesta to speak, Anna continued, she touched her forehead with a smile, and said softly, "Because people who have grown up in the honey pot have a dull mind and can't think of complicated things. "

Hesta thought for a while, said nothing, just stared at Anna with complicated expressions.

"What are you looking at me for?" Anna asked.

"I was just thinking, you must have stumbled because you can't speak well." Hesta said softly, "It's a guess, it may not be right."

Anna frowned slightly.

At this moment, there was a loud noise in the distance—someone kicked open the door leading to this deck.Anna's earphones rang again at this moment, and Zero urged Anna to leave the museum again.

"What are you running for?" Hesta said coldly, "Don't you have a large army of humanoids? Why did your people disperse as soon as the coalition government's rescue team arrived..."

"Give way, young man," Anna said softly, "I don't expect you to respect the elders, but at least don't make trouble for the elders."

"Tell me why, or you won't be able to pass through here."

Anna looked at Hesta, and after a while, she leaned back in her chair leisurely and said in a low voice, "Zero, send someone up, I'm blocked here by Hesta."

"Don't even think about fighting with me. Both of my legs are broken. I can only move now because I've entered the bullet time. I'm holding on." Hesta whispered, "I don't know how you treat Si Lei. , but now it seems that I have no chance to enjoy your intensive care, if someone accidentally cripples my leg during the fight, someone will hate you."

"...you threatened me?"

"Is it a threat?" Hesta twisted his neck, "You say so."

Anna narrowed her eyes and snorted twice, "Looking at how lively you are now, someone must be very happy."

Just as Hesta was about to say something, she jumped up and dodged instinctively—she heard the sound of a sharp object approaching, was it a bullet?blade?She wasn't sure. Hesta looked back when she was falling, and saw a small silver object flying over her. She grabbed it from the air and found that it was a broken fork.

A crew member in a protective suit came into view immediately. The man was not interested in fighting, and went straight to Anna. Hesta immediately reacted, "...Do you just take my words seriously?"

Although the lower body seriously affected the speed, Hesta still relied on the terrain advantage here to block the way of the approaching people. They fought back and forth a few times, and Hesta quickly found the opening. She accurately grabbed the opponent's blindfold and exerted a little force , she tore off the entire mask, and at the same time, she turned around and raised her legs mercilessly, wanting to show this man a bit of a show.

However, the moment Hesta saw that face, Hesta's pupils constricted, and the next moment, a dangerous intuition suddenly came—this feeling was unprecedented, uncontrollable, and very wonderful...

She found herself falling out of bullet time.