Ark, they don't revolve around you

Those who knew the secrets inside guessed that this sister was no simple person. She was working for the Yumen Arsenal and was involved in Yan Country’s top secret project - The Shard!

This involves an old story: civil strife in Victoria, with the Sarkaz, the Duke and the new king fighting each other. Filin's brain was almost blown away, but in the end, it was the Shard that played an extraordinary role.

So this weapon naturally became the focus of all countries. After that war, perhaps God blessed Great Yan, Kazdel took the initiative to share this weapon with Yan and Columbia in exchange for the protection of the two great powers.

Thinking about it carefully, this is a very smart yet helpless move. Kazdel's geographical location is too bad. Even if the country is restored, most of its neighbors are enemies. In comparison, only Yan in the east is not too hostile and is an object that can be won over. Yan was once a kingdom of giant beasts and has no conflicts with the empire led by Tikaz.

As for Colombia, there are more reasons. First, the relationship between Colombia and Victoria is not good. Victoria is the old overlord, and Colombia is the new challenger. Even in order to contain Victoria, Kazdel must win over Colombia.

Of course, few people would care about these complicated political affairs. Anyway, the issue of casting the Shard Building in Yumen has been brought up, and the entire Yan State attaches great importance to it. This young-looking girl was actually selected to participate in the construction of this super weapon. One can't help but sigh that the Grandmaster's family is really full of talents.

Zhuang Ning was directing the connection between Rhodes Island and Yumen. It was indeed an ancient and magnificent city, and everyone was busy.

"I heard Miss Nian is here, is that right?" he asked the soldier.

"You also know Miss Nian." The guarding man smiled, "If you want to find her, it may not be easy, but you can go ask the Grandmaster."

He pointed his finger at the beacon fire, and said with a proud tone: "The Grandmaster will surely be able to help you, Dr. Zhuang Ning."

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There is a shop at the end of the alley, selling beautiful jade - Yumen is naturally a place that produces jade, and the quality is excellent, so it has this beautiful name.

Today the shop owner felt very unlucky because the little girl kept chattering and her brain was about to explode.

The appearance of the girl in front of me is truly stunning. Her face under the white hair is delicate and not like that of an ordinary person. Although it is winter, she is wearing very cool clothes, as if she has her own stove, and the temperature of the surrounding area is raised by the place she is in.

The girl was very beautiful, but the boss really didn't have the heart to appreciate her. After all, she was an old lady over 70 years old, and after all, old ladies didn't dislike young girls. But the girl didn't say what she wanted to say directly, and hinted in a roundabout way how great she was, saying that although she was down and out now, she would become famous once she made a good movie.

But the old lady who owned the shop knew that the girl only had her eyes on a piece of beautiful jade and that she was short of money recently, so she tactfully suggested that she could borrow the jade from her if she wanted to pay on credit first.

"Miss Nian, you'd better not mention your movie. It's better if you don't mention it. Watching your movie is just a waste of time!" The owner really couldn't stand it anymore.

This was extremely insulting. Nian was also shocked when he heard it. He said vaguely, "It's not a waste of time, is it? Old lady, some of my films are still good at the box office."

"What you said means that most of your works are garbage, Miss Nian." The old lady took off the jade and handed it to her with pity in her eyes: "Take it. I advise you to control your consumption and don't always spend money on some silly things."

"Really? Thank you. Good things will come to good people!" Nian was overjoyed and took the jade.

But as soon as he turned around, he saw his brother's face, which was intimidating without even getting angry. Chongyue was generally a very gentle person, but he was very principled and would never accept taking things from others for free.

"Grandmaster!"

Different from her attitude towards Nian, the old lady owner's eyes changed immediately, and even contained a hint of ambiguity and longing. Nian clicked his tongue and shook his head, poking his elder brother's chest with his shoulder.

"How much?" Zhongyue ignored his sister's actions.

"Ok?"

"I bought the jade for my sister." He said helplessly.

"How can that be possible? The entire Yumen is protected by you, Grandmaster!"

Chongyue didn't say much. He was an expert in jade appraisal and handed the red gold to the old man.

Then he turned around and gave Nian a stern look before leaving. This arrogant girl became as obedient as a kitten.

The shop owner slowly accepted the red gold, but his eyes were still fixed on the Grandmaster. After so much time, the Grandmaster still looked the same. Perhaps he was the legendary immortal?

When they got outside, they saw that there were few people on the street, so Zhongyue showed his majesty: "Year."

"Oh?"

"What did I tell you?"

"Don't try to cheat mortals? But I don't have it. The old lady gave it to me on her own initiative." Nian argued quibblingly. She felt that it didn't count, after all, she would return the money to the old lady when she had money.

"That's not what I meant... Never mind, never mind. Tell me next time and I'll pay for you." Zhongyue held his forehead with his hand.

"I'm so sorry." Nian Siruo pursed her lips in shame, but her eyes became bright. She was like this. If you don't take advantage of an opportunity, you'd be a fool.

Zhongyue looked at her and suddenly said in a deep voice, "The doctor has come to Yumen. I just met him a few days ago. I wanted to call you, but you ran away. I asked others but couldn't find you."

Doctor.

The moment this name was mentioned, Nian shrank slightly, as if he was a little regretful and a little timid.

Seeing her expression, Zhong Yue knew that he was right. His sister was actually hiding from the doctor from Rhodes Island.

Chongyue felt even more helpless.

Nian is the most outgoing person among the twelve fragments of the Sui Beast. In the popular terminology on the intercity network, she is a so-called social phobia - a social terrorist. Even if she owes others money, she will appear in front of the creditor with a smile on her face. Who would have thought that her face would change drastically when the doctor is mentioned.

Zhongyue lowered his voice: "What happened?"

"Nothing happened, everything is fine. It doesn't matter as long as I'm in the Shard. By the way, I'm planning to make a movie called The Shard recently. It tells the story of a girl named Nian creating the Shard. There must be exciting games, cool fights and touching love stories!"

"You know how you change the subject when you're nervous? And even if you wanted to take the photo, it's too late. Victoria next door has already taken it. They severely criticized Kazdel's shamelessness. You even went to see it in person a few days ago."

"Can't I borrow some ideas from others? We don't have to call it 'The Shard' anyway. The core component is the natural disaster control device. We can just call this movie 'National Humiliation'!" When Nian mentioned the movie, he talked about his enjoyment of it.

"I don't want to discuss the movie with you at all. I'm your brother, and I'm very concerned about your relationship problems." Zhongyue bluntly interrupted his sister's attempt to change the subject. "Do you remember when you first mentioned the name of the Doctor to me? You almost praised him to the sky."

"Well, that's..."

"You determined that Rhodes Island will play a role in the future. You believe in the doctor, right?" Zhongyue became more and more serious. When he became serious, the whole air became dull. This was his majesty as a master.

She felt even more at a loss, hesitant, bewildered, and uneasy... It was hard to imagine that there was a person whose face could change expressions so many times. Although she was a third-rate bad movie director, she had watched so many plays after all. Perhaps she would be an excellent actor on stage.

"The doctor came here half a year ago. He came here for the Shard. He was in charge of the handover of this project at the time. What did you talk about? After that, he ran to the hinterland alone. He wanted to see Xi, but Xi also rejected him."

"You know everything. I always thought you were busy with other things at that time..." Nian was speechless. She always thought that the incident half a year ago was a secret between them, but her eldest brother knew everything about it. He probably didn't make it public just for the sake of his younger sisters.

"How could I not know?" Zhongyue was silent for a few seconds, "Do you know about the attack on the doctor a month ago?"

"You mean the time with my second brother?"

"You really did know. You collected all the reports about this incident. At that time, you wanted to go to Longmen to see him in person. You even said that you wanted to kill the second brother you mentioned just now."

"That was because my second brother went too far!"

"He's always been so excessive, but why did you act so intensely that day?"

Nian was speechless.

Yes, why was it so excessive at that time? Wasn’t it because he attacked the Doctor?

Nian sighed quietly, but felt relieved in her heart. She thought that this secret might not be hidden, and she actually felt relieved: "It's a misunderstanding."

She organized her words: "Half a year ago, I was driven to Longmen by the Grand Tutor. That day, I finally repaired all the terracotta warriors in the Tianji Pavilion, and then I was told to study the Shard."

"But you still agreed."

"Because I heard that the person who handed over the intelligence about the Fragment was the Doctor, and I haven't seen the Doctor for a long time!" Nian turned her head away, and her voice became much lower when she mentioned the Doctor.

Zhongyue still remembers it clearly. Nian was indeed very excited that day: "You talked for a long time."

"Yeah... I said Yumen was too annoying, and he agreed with me. I asked him how he was doing recently, and he vaguely told me that he was fine, but a lot of people left Rhodes Island. He and I both drank a lot of wine."

"Then?"

"I told him I wanted to go back to Rhode Island, too."

"You've always told me that if I retire and want to live like an old man, I can go to Rhode Island."

“Right, that’s a good place?” Nian was silent for a moment, and a forced smile appeared on his face. “Anyway, when I said I wanted to go back to the island, his first reaction was to be stunned, then he nodded, then shook his head, and finally nodded again.”

"At that time, his mental state was not right?"

“It’s definitely not right, but I didn’t notice it. I was drunk and I was very upset by his attitude.” Nian was a good speaker, and although her words were simple, her tone was excellent, as if people could naturally recreate that scene.

Chongyue closed his eyes, thinking that there should be two bright moons that day. In a private room of a restaurant, a girl was complaining to a man. The man was very tired but still listening to the woman's mumbling.

"I got angry and asked him where the people from Rhode Island were. He lowered his head and said that they had all left. He smiled and said that everyone had gone home, so I should go home too."

Zhongyue guessed that this was the root of the problem: "Are you more angry?"

"Yes, I got even angrier. I was really drunk, and it's not like your sister can drink that much. Seeing his attitude, I told him that it must be you, the doctor, who did something wrong. The doctor was stunned for a few seconds and suddenly burst into tears." Nian gritted his teeth and said in a deeper voice, "But I didn't care about that at the time. I just felt annoyed. Seeing him cry also annoyed me. The doctor I know is definitely not that fragile."

"He's not that fragile. Maybe he thought it was you that's why he was crying." Zhongyue saw through the problem at a glance.

Nian was distraught: "But I still played tricks on him. I wanted him to cheer up, but I felt sad as I was talking. Maybe soon I will disappear from everyone's memory."

There was a trace of regret in his expression: "I told him, after those people left, you won't have any contact with them, they will gradually forget about you, because the connection between you is not close at all, just like me, if I disappear one day, no one will remember me, and the doctor will forget about me too."

At this time, she finally exposed her weakness. The birth of Sui Pian came from the death of Sui Beast, but one day that monster would wake up, and by then both Nian and Chongyue would disappear completely.

"The doctor shook his head and said I should still remember it. I would write it down, but I became even angrier. The source of my anger was confusion. I found that I was blaming the doctor at that time. Yes, his friend is gone, so what? His friends will remember her, but no one will remember me!"

"I was very angry at the time. I looked at him coldly, gulped down the wine, and then laughed coldly. I said that the doctor was also a very heartless person."

There was no further conversation at this point. It was indeed a misunderstanding, but it was not entirely a misunderstanding. Two people who had not seen each other for a long time should have been happy to see each other, but each of them had a lot on their minds, so the tragedy happened.

"The doctor was stunned and repeated my words. He suddenly laughed, a crazy laugh. He stood up while laughing. When I saw him like that, I realized something was wrong with him. I sobered up immediately."

Nian's hands were entangled together. "He poured wine into his mouth and walked outside. I realized that I had said something wrong and told him that what I said just now was a joke. He ignored me and walked outside alone. He stood in an open space. It was Mid-Autumn Festival that day and the moon was very big. He laughed and cried. He said it was a good walk, and it was a good walk!"

Nian lowered his eyes, "It was then that I realized that I seemed to have set off something. I tried to hold the doctor's hand, but the doctor shook it off. At that moment, someone was singing "The Conjuring" in the restaurant next door."

She also hummed the poem, "Soul, come back! Leave your constant dryness.

Why the four directions? Leave your happy place and stay away from that ominous place! "

Soul, come back to your hometown. Why leave your body? Why wander around and abandon your safe place?

The images in Chongyue's mind became richer, with mournful singing echoing, lights dimming, two overlapping figures, a person laughing out loud looking distraught, and a person filled with regrets not knowing how to comfort him.

It really was like fate... Zhongyue murmured, "And then, you didn't meet again."

"The next day, I went to Rhodes Island to apologize to him. I thought the doctor should be sober now, but when I got to Rhodes Island, I found that many people were gone. The place became empty. I finally realized why he was so distraught yesterday." Nian took a deep breath, "I became even more anxious, but the doctor was nowhere to be found. Kal'tsit told me that he had applied for an external assignment and was going to another place in a spacecraft... He is avoiding me, brother!"

Finally, he became busy and his disguised open-mindedness disappeared: "How can I go to see him? He was so depressed at the time and wanted to comfort me, but I turned around and called him cold...Okay, my EQ is not that low, and I won't make trouble unreasonably, but, but I really drank too much, I'm really scared, really..."

She spoke incoherently, her tone full of fear: "I don't dare to go to him, and I shouldn't go to him. Brother, just tell him that I'm sick."

She was really scared. Unlike other behemoth agents, Nian had almost managed to integrate into society. While her brothers and sisters were still proudly maintaining their personas, this girl had already tried new things without any worries. So she understood so-called people better than her brothers and sisters - at least that's what she thought.

Although she looks shameless, and in fact she is really shameless, she is essentially a girl who cares a lot about what others think, so she works hard to make bad movies. This girl has lived for thousands of years and has been in contact with humans for thousands of years. She desperately wants the world to remember her, and wants someone to remember her. No wonder the second brother thinks she is cowardly. When does the giant beast need to be paid attention to?

She also didn't expect that she would have such feelings for a human being. In these thousand years, she had seen all kinds of people, emperors, ministers, and ordinary people, but she would actually care about such a person!

In the end, she crushed that possibility herself. She was indeed a very cowardly and useless dragon.

"You want to use illness as an excuse?" She heard her brother's cold words, "You are the agent of the giant beast. With the doctor's knowledge of the giant beast, how could he not see that you are avoiding him?"

"But what can I do? What if I accidentally lose my composure again? We need to calm down. Give me a few more years. If we haven't disappeared by then, I will go to him to apologize!" Nian gritted her teeth and spit out the words. She was serious. It won't be long before the Sui beast is revived. By then, it will either disappear into thin air or regain its vitality. If it is the latter, she will hug Zhuang Ning without hesitation and confess her regrets.