I'm trapped in a block

Chapter 893: Unwilling to be confused
Martin led the way slowly and leisurely, and he seemed to be very familiar with the research institute.

Perhaps during the time they were away, the other "Martins" had fully understood the structure of the research institute.

These "Martins" are actually one and the same. Once you become familiar with one, you will also be familiar with the others.

Now Martin might know this place better than Lao Ping...

Seeing that the research institute was full of "Martins", Lao Ping gave up the idea of ​​stopping them and just told them not to destroy things in the research institute.

Leading everyone around the research institute, Martin finally stopped in front of a locked door.

At this time, a "Martin" was fiddling with the door lock. When he saw someone coming, he quickly hid his hands behind his back and pretended nothing had happened.

This act of covering one's ears and stealing the bell made Lao Ping, who had been keeping a straight face, a little uncomfortable. The corners of his mouth twitched, and he walked forward and said helplessly: "Let me do it..."

He took out a bunch of keys from his coat pocket, picked out one accurately, and opened the locked door with a click.

The door opened, filled with dust.

It seemed that no one had been here for a long time. Lao Ping quickly stepped back to avoid the floating dust. After the dust slowly settled, he walked forward again.

After passing through the gate, Lao Ping looked around, his eyes full of nostalgia.

This is a small warehouse filled with miscellaneous items.

Abandoned experimental equipment, old containers, tattered notes, broken tables, chairs and tools... these things are all covered with thick dust and stains, completely concealing their original appearance.

There was a thick layer of dust on the ground, and when you stepped on it, a cloud of dust rose up. The neon lights outside the house shone in, appearing a little hazy. Through this layer of fog, you could seem to see into the distant past.

"This warehouse has not been used for a long time. The last time I came here was more than ten years ago..." He said softly, then looked at Martin: "Is there anything in here?"

"Here is the answer you want."

"Right...here?" Lao Ping showed a puzzled expression. He looked at the "junk" around him with a puzzled look on his face.

Martin did not answer, but walked inside through the still drifting dust. The colorful light hit his cloak, and the colorful dust particles swirled around his side. He seemed to have passed through a time tunnel, and everything around him was slowly receding.

He walked steadily and finally stopped in front of a tattered cabinet.

It seemed to be a filing cabinet left over from the previous laboratory, with some yellowed documents placed in a mess inside.

He pulled lightly, and the door of the filing cabinet creaked open. Another cloud of dust floated out and landed on Martin, but he did not dodge and let the dust cover his body.

The glass jar was covered with dust. The light from outside shone through the jar, making the dust sparkle like twinkling stars.

After looking into the filing cabinet for a while, Martin reached out and took out a small leather-covered notebook.

He patted it gently to remove the dust, flipped it over casually, and handed it to Lao Ping behind him.

"That's the answer you want."

Hearing Martin's words, Lao Ping couldn't wait to open the small notebook in his hand, but just as he was about to turn it, Martin held him down with his hand.

"It's good to seek knowledge, but it's not good to be too serious. You are old now. There are some things that need to be left unclear. Living happily is more important than anything else... There is no need to make everything clear."

Martin looked at Lao Ping and persuaded him very seriously.

Lao Ping was stunned for a moment, but slowly pushed Martin's hand away. "I've thought about it... We're already in the abyss, who wants to be confused? If you want to be confused, you should be staying in Dawn City now."

He turned his head and looked at Li Luo.

"Young man, you keep going down, because you don't want to be confused, right?"

Li Luo nodded and also stared at the small notebook in Lao Ping's hand.

Watching this scene, Martin chuckled softly, walked around Lao Ping and went out the door.

Lao Ping looked back at the small book in his hand, touched the cover with some trembling, and slowly opened it...

……

"Ten years after the Abyss invasion."

"Recorded by: Tang Qu."

"Notes from the Abyss, recording my colorful life in the abyss..."

……

"Today is the day to go down to the abyss. My family came to see me off. Xiaoling was holding Liangliang and standing in the distance watching me. I really wanted to cry, but I couldn't. If Xiaoling saw me crying, she would always remember how ugly I looked. Liangliang is still young, and I can't let him think that his dad is a coward."

"I'm not that old and I just had a child, so why would I go down into the abyss? I keep thinking about this question, but I still can't figure it out. Maybe I've always been easily inspired since I was a kid. When I hear about things about the future of mankind, I get excited."

"I guess Xiaoling must be very disappointed. I am not a qualified husband, nor a qualified father. But for things like this, someone has to do it. If not me, then someone else."

"Others may also be husbands or fathers... When facing the abyss, these identities have no meaning and should not be a reason to retreat. I am a soldier. When I am needed, I should stand at the front."

“I hope they can understand me.”

……

"I have my first relic. I won it with my own courage. The officer told me to keep it and said it belongs to me. I am very happy, but also very conflicted, because using the relic means bearing the price of the relic."

"The researchers told me that they haven't figured out the power and cost of this relic yet. They don't know what effect it will have on my body, so they asked me to use it with caution. But how can I be cautious? If I don't use it, I won't be able to deal with danger. People in the team die every day. Now that I have the relic, I should stand in front of others and take responsibility for protecting others."

"I would rather bear the unknown cost than to watch my life slip away. They told me that these costs are irreversible. Even if I can return to the surface of the abyss one day, these costs will always be with me..."

"But, so what?"

"I told them nonchalantly: I'm not afraid at all!"

"When I finished speaking, their eyes were full of admiration."

"Haha, actually I am scared. If Xiaoling and Liangliang see that I am missing some limbs after I go home, they will definitely be very sad."

“Oh, I hope they can understand me.”

……

(End of this chapter)