Star Dome Railway: Why Life Sighs

Soon he saw Liuying and Xing surrounding an old man, with several people from the Hound family looking for trouble.

"I'll say this one last time, please move aside, Mr. Chadwick should go back," one of the sheriffs shouted.

"No, wait a moment!" Liuying answered without hesitation.

"Since you insist on doing this... Brothers, please ask these two ladies to leave." The sheriff waved his hand, and the other people surrounded Liuying and Xing.

At this time, Banxia came over and said calmly: "Get out of here, you have nothing to do here."

“Who are you to dare to do this to us…” The leading sheriff was dissatisfied and was about to start cursing, but before he could finish his words, his companion covered his mouth directly. Then the companion immediately apologized: “I’m sorry, Mr. Banxia, ​​we are presumptuous, we will get out of here now!”

After that, they dragged the guy who wanted to curse away, whispering as they walked away: "You bastard! You are not afraid of death, but I am. You have no eyes! This guy is a major shareholder of Pinocchio. Didn't he read the latest news?"

Banxia listened to their conversation but didn't want to get too entangled with it. Instead, she turned her attention to Xing, Firefly and the slightly dazed old man sitting on the bench.

"Brother Banxia, ​​you are finally here. It is him... Do you recognize him?"

Banxia walked up to the old man. At the same time, the old man seemed to sense something and slowly raised his head.

"Do you still remember me?"

The old man's eyes seemed to become clear, emitting a bright light, but then dimmed again.

"I remember you. You were... who were you? I can't remember... my mind is blank."

"Don't worry, think slowly..."

Banxia put her hand on the old man's head. The old man screamed in pain and then fell silent.

Banxia introduced Xing, "Xing, Liuying, let me introduce you to Calderon Chadwick, member #79 of the Genius Club. He specializes in the study of imaginary numbers, physics, and orbital mechanics. He is an absolute genius... and also my friend."

"He is actually a member of the [Genius Club]! But why did he appear in Pinocchio?" Liuying said.

"Yeah... I thought geniuses were like Banxia, ​​Heita, Screw Gumu and Ruan Mei... He looks pretty ordinary."

"...It seems that the family has hidden many things. Have you told Heita and Screw Gumu about this?" Banxia asked Xiang Xing.

"I told you that the Black Tower asked me to come over, and Mr. Screw-Gum looks like he's going to come over himself..."

"So that's how it is... It seems that I now have an excuse to attack the family! After all, since Pinocchio dared to imprison Chadwick today, they might also imprison other geniuses tomorrow.

Please follow me back to the real world first, because I have to figure out what is going on...

According to common sense, Chadwick should have died long ago. As a short-lived creature, if he wanted to survive to this day by relying on his physical body, the possibility of this happening is extremely small, or even completely impossible.

To date, no artificial life-extending technology is capable of extending the natural lifespan of ordinary humans to two Amber Ages.

Of course, the key lies in the two conditions of "ordinary human" and "natural life span". If it is Black Tower, it is another matter. After all, her situation is not to increase life span, but to directly return to youth.

Well... Actually, I can do this... It's just that the power of abundance is more useful. It can make a person live through two Amber Ages abnormally easily... The premise is that this person can withstand the side effects of the demonic body." Banxia said.

"Tick! Do you want to save that old man?" The Clock Boy ran out.

"Oh, Clock Boy is here too... What did you find?"

"Tick-tock, I can feel that the old man is definitely missing something. He is so pitiful!"

"Yeah, it's a bit pitiful... By the way, Xing, can you use that "clock trick" to show me Chadwick?"

"I have seen it, he said: the memory is still fragmentary, many fragments are incomplete... but I have indeed seen them. Weapons, accompanied by endless killing and death. Maybe the family has exerted some kind of influence on him..."

"Well, I almost understand... Let's go to the front desk to see what's going on."

After they arrived in reality, Banxia found the front desk manager and asked about Mr. Chadwick's condition.

"I'm sorry, sir, there is no name Chadwick on the hotel's check-in list. You may have made a mistake..."

"impossible."

The front desk manager explained helplessly: "Really not. Our records here are very detailed. If there is a guest with this name, we will definitely know about it."

Banxia narrowed her eyes and said, "I'll only tell you once, where is Chadwick's room?! If I don't get the facts I want, you can forget about it today..."

There was an unquestionable momentum in his tone, making the atmosphere around them tense.

The front desk manager looked pale, with cold sweat on his forehead, but he still insisted: "We really don't have any information about this person..."

Banxia smiled and said, "Okay, since you are unwilling to cooperate, don't blame me for being rude."

He suddenly raised his voice and said, "It just so happens that I just acquired a mine recently. I need hardworking miners to dig for me on the glacier by hand. Do you want to go?"

As soon as these words came out, everyone took a deep breath.

"You are just a bunch of workers who only earn that little money a month. Explain the situation to me clearly and I will not only reward you but also ensure your safety.

I don’t think the family will offend a genius and shareholder like me for you…”

At this time, Xing had already taken out her baseball bat, and Liuying also had an identical one in her hand, which was made for her by Banxia.

Everyone looked at each other, no one dared to speak easily. At this moment, the sheriff of the hound family who was hiding in the dark finally couldn't help it, she sighed and stood up.

Mr. Banxia, ​​please don't embarrass them. I have already contacted the head of the family. Please follow me." The sheriff stepped forward and said.

Banxia shrugged, signaled Liuying and Xing to put away their weapons, then nodded to the sheriff: "Lead the way."

The sheriff breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly led the three people to a room deep inside the hotel.

"This is Dr. Chadwick's room. According to regulations, hounds cannot enter the guest room without the guest's permission, so I can only take you here, and I will guard the door for you." The sheriff explained.

Banxia nodded and walked into the room with Liuying and Xing.

The room was empty except for an empty suitcase gathering dust in the corner, and no one was seen in the dream pool.

"No one here?" Liuying asked puzzledly.

"No, he is here." Banxia walked to the Dream Pool and reached her hand into it.

Then, he scooped up a crystal bubble from the liquid. The moment it left the surface of the liquid, the bubble began to slowly float up... until it hovered in mid-air.

"really……

Do you remember what I said? No known technological means can increase the natural life span of ordinary humans, let alone families...

But they have a deep understanding of "memories" and related technologies. Even if they cannot use Chadwick's physical body to survive, they can still extract the material at the bottom of his brain and keep his "thoughts" alive. "

"Is this really considered living?"

"It depends on each person's philosophy, belief or way of thinking. Anyway, I don't think this is considered "living"... I could have done something similar hundreds of years ago."

"Then why do they do it?"

Remember when Chadwick said in front of you that he saw 'endless killing and death'?

That is the result of all his wisdom, 'Imaginary Collapse Pulse', an unrivaled weapon currently only in the hands of me and the company. Of course, the one in the company is not complete, and the real information is in Chadwick's mind.

This is a weapon that a genius spent decades to create. The company's technicians would not be able to crack it even if they were given two more Amber Ages.

However, it was precisely because of this weapon that Chadwick was imprisoned by the company.

After all, who wouldn't want to have such an invincible weapon? If this matter were to become public, everyone would try to take it away or destroy it.

Let’s put it this way, Chadwick in the dream should be waking up soon, you guys help me bring this bottle of antidote to him, and I will go to have a meeting with all the family heads.

After giving the order, Banxia sent a message to the family heads...

Half a system hour later, the atmosphere in Chaolu Mansion became solemn and depressing.

Banxia sat on the sofa, his eyes were cold and sharp like a knife, and he swept coldly over everyone. The corners of his mouth slightly raised, revealing a chilling smile.

"You all don't know the reason why I called you together, right? Chadwick... you should be familiar with this name, especially... Mr. Odi." Banxia deliberately emphasized her tone and her eyes fell on Odi.

Odi's face was gloomy. As a man who had lived for almost ten Amber Ages, how could he not know about this? Although he knew that this day would come sooner or later, he did not expect it to come so soon.

"The company has already given me a reply and told me to do whatever I want. Do you want to give me an reply as well?" Banxia stood up, crossed his arms, and looked at everyone coldly.

The heads of the families present looked at each other in bewilderment. They knew that Banxia already had enough power and evidence. If they did not obey him, they would be in trouble. After a moment of silence, someone finally spoke up, "We will follow your arrangements, Mr. Banxia."

The other family heads echoed and expressed their willingness to cooperate with Banxia.

Banxia nodded with satisfaction and said, “Very good…I am very satisfied with your choice.

The family is still very considerate and didn't make any stupid decisions. After all, if you don't want to be the head of the family, there are other people eyeing you. " After saying that, he turned and left the room.

As Banxia left, the room fell into silence, and everyone felt an invisible pressure looming over them. If they had objected just now, he would have really killed them.

……

"Hey, Brother Banxia is back so soon?!" Xing said. In Chadwick's room, Banxia appeared.

"It's not a big deal. When you have enough power and strength, you don't have to reason with people. And I'm too lazy to reason with them. They don't deserve to hear it.

By the way, how's Chadwick?"

He looked at the old man sitting on the ground and couldn't help sighing in his heart.

"He has completely recovered his memory... but he feels guilty and blames himself. Since the day when the imaginary collapse pulse exploded, he no longer dared to look into the mirror, even for a glance. He was afraid of seeing a demon, a murderer who took away countless lives and homes."

"It's normal. He is the most normal of geniuses. He would feel guilty for destroying countless homes and lives because of his own reasons."

"Are you still the same as before?" Chadwick looked up at Banxia.

"Do you remember why I gave you the Imaginary Collapse Pulse?"

"Yeah, I remember...because I'm a good person."

"That's right. I heard from this little girl how good you are... Haha, I never thought that you haven't changed at all. Your kind heart has never been buried... Really, you are much better than me..."

"No, Doctor, you underestimate yourself, do you remember what you are most afraid of?

It is after your death that the rational defense you have built will collapse in an instant... I am happy to tell you, Doctor, that you held on to the end. Even after your physical body disappeared, you still held on to that knowledge, leaving no opportunity for those with ulterior motives to take advantage of you -

My medicine is only effective for living people. What really allows you to hold on until now is the obsession and perseverance engraved in the foundation of your consciousness. "

"That's good... That's great... I finally stopped doing wrong things... After all, I should have revealed my true thoughts earlier."

"Go ahead, there are no outsiders here. I will let you go after we leave here."

Chadwick smiled: "Haha... That's great. Sigh... I have to admit that I joined this experiment not for any idea, but just for myself. I want my talents and fields to be seen by the world, that's all.

I have always done it for myself." He lowered his head, as if admitting his mistakes to the whole world, but his tone was firm: "Everything I have done is just to make my life better. I am not as great as you think."

"It's not your fault, Doctor. Everyone has their own selfish desires, even geniuses are no exception. This is an integral part of our human nature. We are not that noble."

Chadwick looked at Banxia calmly. Although he understood this truth, he was still filled with self-blame and regret in his heart. Because he knew that if it weren't for his selfish behavior, perhaps the current situation would be much better.

"Thank you for your hard work, Dr. Chadwick. Now, if you don't mind, let us accompany you for the last part of the journey."

Chadwick slowly stood up and walked towards the final destination. He suddenly asked Banxia

"Mr. Banxia... I wonder what the other geniuses in the [Genius Club] think of me?"

"I never asked that, but I saw her description of you in some guy's book.

[Calderon Chadwick used just a few years to break through a problem that many immortal old monsters could not break through in several lifetimes. He is a true genius.]”

Chadwick gave a satisfied laugh and said no more.

After leaving Chadwick's inner world... Banxia saw that Black Tower had sent her a message. She and Screw Gum were waiting for him at the Black Tower Space Station, hoping that he could bring Chadwick over to see him off together.

Then Banxia asked Xiangxing if he wanted to go with her. Liuying didn't really want to go to the Black Tower Space Station. If she really went, wouldn't it be like walking into a trap?

……

Confinement compartment——

Heita and Luoshigumu had been waiting for a long time. Looking at the memory bubble in Banxia's hand, Heita said in surprise: "I didn't expect it to be true..."

"Two Amber Ages later, Dr. Chadwick is finally free - he is with us now," said Screw-Gum.

Banxia placed the memory bubble into the device in the black tower. On the way here, he kept the memory bubble active.

"It's a miracle that he has managed to hold on until now with just that little bit of self-awareness... He deserves to be called a genius."

“He has always been a genius, Lady Black Tower, but his will has not always been so strong.

Science and technology itself has no concept of good or evil. For the past few hundred years, he has been "atonement" for an idea he had when he was young. "

Then ScrewGum pointed to the device inside.

"Those devices can temporarily maintain the activity of the memory bubble. As long as they are turned off, Dr. Chadwick will fall asleep peacefully. Let's send him off together."

When he was about to shut down the third life support device, Heita paused and said, "Well, should I say something...

Ahem…Dr. Chadwick, I’ve never met you in person, but I have great admiration for your mind and your research.

You know I don't often praise people, but our research fields have a lot of overlap. The applied theory of imaginary numbers that you published has inspired me more than once, and even made me... um... envious.

It's a shame we never got to work together, you've suffered a lot in your life. So sleep well, Doc."