7.9 (End), Extra: Lin Tianzong

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  Wei Chengze's health is getting worse and worse, and the pain coming from his chest has become more and more unbearable. Sometimes even painkillers can't completely relieve the pain that seems to tear the entire chest apart. The pain from the crack was suppressed.

  And whenever this happens, all Che Baiqian can do is hold this person tightly in his arms and kiss away the sweat on his forehead caused by pain.

  "Are you feeling better?" He lowered his head and kissed Wei Chengze's pale lips. Che Baiqian's eyes were full of heartache.

  "Hmm..." He responded softly. Wei Chengze's body was a little weak, and his voice was also a little weak. He turned his head and looked at Che Baiqian, whose brows were knitted into a ball, and couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth slightly.

  "What are you laughing at?" Noticing Wei Chengze's expression, Che Baiqian couldn't help but feel a little helpless. Wei Chengze must be the only one in the world who can still laugh at such a time.

  Hearing Che Baiqian's words, the curve of Wei Chengze's mouth suddenly widened a bit, and Che Baiqian couldn't help but pinch his nose with his hand. The intimacy that comes naturally from words and deeds makes the atmosphere in the room warm.

  The hand on his side moved over little by little, and carefully hooked Che Bai's little finger. The corners of Wei Chengze's mouth curved, as if he had done nothing, and he closed his eyes quietly. That look made him Che Baiqian's heart couldn't help but soften. He stretched out his hand to straighten Wei Chengze's somewhat messy hair, and couldn't help but lower his head and place a kiss on the forehead of the person in his arms.

  Perhaps because of his illness, Wei Chengze in this world seems to be more coquettish than before. Those unconscious little actions always make Che Baiqian's heart seem to melt.

  Wei Chengze did not open his eyes, but the smile on his lips seemed to deepen a little. He adjusted his posture slightly to make himself more comfortable.

  Man is indeed a strange creature. It was clear that he had suffered more unbearable pain in the past, but at that time, he was able to use it as his own tool and perfectly perform the role he created. But now this pain was completely incomparable to before, but it made him lie here so weakly, unwilling to even move a finger.

  "It is said that people become fragile when they have something they can rely on," Wei Chengze suddenly said to 5438, slightly tightening his hand around Che Bai's front finger, "It's true..."

  Wei Chengze Chengze's words seemed to be just a simple emotion, but they also seemed to have some other profound meaning, but his tone was so calm that 5438 couldn't guess what he was thinking. But no matter what, Wei Chengze admits that he can rely on others, which should be a good thing... right?

  Looking at Wei Chengze's calm expression, 5438 suddenly became a little unsure for some reason.

  I don't remember who said it, but when a person who doesn't rely on others learns this, he becomes more vulnerable to injury. But this sentence shouldn't apply to his host...?

  After all, in 5438's view, his host has the same heart as Diamond - look at how he tortures others every time?

  Even that kind of emotion couldn't move Wei Chengze... Suddenly something occurred to him, and 5438 turned his attention to Che Baiqian. The tenderness and affection in his eyes were just like before, capable of drowning people.

  "Are you sleepy?" He rubbed his chin against the top of Wei Chengze's hair and asked softly, "Would you like to sleep for a while?"

  "Okay," after hearing Che Baiqian's question, Wei Chengze squinted his eyes and considered it. After a moment, he responded, "Call me then."

  "I will remember." Looking at Wei Chengze, who fell asleep deeply after getting the answer he wanted, the smile on Che Baiqian's lips The meaning gradually faded away.

  He lowered his head and looked at the two people's linked fingers, feeling suddenly sour in his heart.

  It is painful to watch a loved one die in the arms of others, but watching him die step by step in front of your eyes is not that easy to bear - even if you know that this is not a real death, you still can't bear it. Won't change that.

  One hand gently pressed Wei Chengze's neck, which was sore from lying down for a long time, and the look in Che Baiqian's eyes softened little by little.

  Everything in front of me seemed to be a repeat of those things before. It's just that in the past, Wei Chengze paid more attention to the goal of Lou Fufang, but now, the one who accompanies him is himself.

  Different from the original use design, Che Baiqian couldn't help but indulge in the feeling of connectedness, and even the pain caused by the other party's weakness became sweeter.

  The movement of his hand suddenly paused, Che Baiqian chuckled, lowered his head and kissed the corner of Wei Chengze's lips gently: "I will definitely not die in front of you."

  Such pain only needs to be let go It is enough for him to bear it.

  Wei Chengze, who was sleeping, did not give any response, but Che Baiqian showed a gentle smile as if he had received the most satisfactory answer.

  At the time Wei Chengze had mentioned before, Che Baiqian called him up as agreed. Seeing the other person's eyes blinking in confusion, a smile appeared on his face uncontrollably.

  "What are you going to do?" Che Baiqian, still dutifully serving as Wei Chengze's cushion, asked curiously as he watched Wei Chengze turn on the light screen and input the code quickly with his fingers.

  "Grab the credit." The corners of Wei Chengze's mouth raised slightly and his hands kept moving.

  Wei Chengze cannot do anything like invading the core optical brain, but his advantage lies in knowing all the paths of the other party's invasion. With this, it is not difficult for him to pass on his information. 

  Although the other party is dissatisfied with the current situation of the world, he has never thought about ruining his life because of it - at least not until he has achieved certain goals. And since Wei Chengze can find out the opponent's path, those investigating this matter can naturally do the same.

  So, in this case, there was someone willing to take the blame for him - so why refuse?

  Looking at the file that appeared in his storage disk without any warning, the smile on Wei Chengze's lips deepened slightly.

  It's not surprising that he didn't find any signs of compromise on the computer. He is not a person who is good at this aspect, and since the other party's path was discovered by Wei Chengze, he will naturally be more careful. Even if some clues will inevitably be left behind, those who have obtained the "murderer" they want will no longer spend this energy on investigations that seem to be meaningless in their eyes.

  After transferring the suddenly appeared file to the hard drive that had been prepared, Wei Chengze turned off the light screen in front of him. But such a simple thing made him feel exhausted.

  Like a cat nuzzling Che Baiqian's arms, Wei Chengze suddenly said, "I want to go out and bask in the sun."

  "Okay," Che Baiqian would never refuse Wei Chengze's offer. This request was answered without any hesitation, "I will carry you out."

  There was a slight coolness in the late autumn air, and the not-so-hot sunshine poured down, giving people a lazy warmth.

  Wei Chengze was lying on the grass in the yard, his head resting on the lap in front of Che Bai. He squinted his eyes for a while and suddenly laughed: "Sure enough, it's always a little different."

  No matter how similar the equipment in the room is to sunlight, they are still different after all.

  "Are you real?" Lying in the sun like this, Wei Chengze seemed a little sleepy, and his words had a vague nasal sound.

  "Well," Che Baiqian lowered his head, looked at Wei Chengze, who was half-closing his eyes, and replied softly, "I am real."

  "Really..." Wei Chengze seemed to smile, as if he finally resisted Unable to control the sleepiness that swept over him, he closed his eyes, "That's really great."

  "Well," Che Baiqian's eyes looked at Wei Chengze without blinking, and his voice seemed a little low, " It's so good."

  The wind blew, picking up the fallen leaves on the ground and rushing away into the distance.

  Che Baiqian withdrew his gaze from Wei Chengze's face, raised his head to look at the dazzling sunshine, and repeated again: "It's really... great..."

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  Lin Tianzong's extra story

  Lin Tianzong received the encrypted package two months after Wei Chengze said those words. In the past two months, Wei Chengze spent less and less time online, and the frequency of replying to his messages became less and less. But despite this, Wei Chengze never mentioned his physical condition, as if everything was still the same as before.

  In the past two months, Lin Tianzong could hardly control himself several times and wanted to rush to Wei Chengze's side regardless of the situation - but whenever he wanted to do this, Che Baiqian once said He had said it before, but it came to his mind involuntarily.

  "If you don't want him to spend his last days in the sorrow and pain of self-blame," Lin Tianzong's face turned pale as a fine and sharp pain came from his heart, "——Just Please stay away from him."

  Che Baiqian's words were undoubtedly hurtful, but what made Lin Tianzong even more painful was that he couldn't find any words to refute Che Baiqian.

  Wei Chengze didn't want to stay by his side - Wei Chengze didn't need Lin Tianzong's company.

  This knowledge stung Lin Tianzong's heart all the time, like a small and sharp carving knife, scratching scars on his heart one by one. By the end, it was a bloody mess. Even the pain seemed to be numb. Lin Tianzong looked a little startled as he lowered his head and looked at the small package in his hand.

  There was no sender's name written on the package, and the handwriting on the order was the most common square script, with nothing special about it. However, for some reason, Lin Tianzong associated it with Wei Chengze as soon as he got the package.

  Maybe it's because at this time, the only things in his mind are related to Wei Chengze?

  Thinking of this, Lin Tianzong couldn't help but smile bitterly and reached out to open the package.

  There were not many things in the package, just a small card and a small and exquisite old-fashioned hard drive that had been eliminated decades ago.

  On the white card, the handwriting written in black ink is slender and graceful, with smooth dots and strokes, showing a bit of gentleness, but if you look closely, you can see a bit of toughness in it. In this era when many people have forgotten how to hold a pen, having such good calligraphy is really a rare thing.

  What's even more rare is that Lin Tianzong has seen such words before.

  Lin Tianzong clearly remembered what Wei Chengze said when he complained to him that because of his illness, he could not go out and walk around at will and could only choose some indoor activities to kill time. After that speech, the photo posted On it, there are very similar handwriting to the card in front of me.

  Even without comparing the two handwritings side by side, Lin Tianzong could tell that they were both written by the same person.

  After staring blankly at the short line of words for a long time, Lin Tianzong suddenly twitched the corners of his mouth, as if he wanted to show a smile. But the expression on his face was uglier than crying.

  Sorry, thank you.

  The tip of the pen stained with black ink scratched the mark on the white paper, deeply imprinting it into Lin Tianzong's eyes.

  It was only then that he realized that Wei Chengze might have known his identity a long time ago.

  When he accidentally revealed the situation around him - or maybe earlier.

  With his identity concealed, it was naturally impossible for Lin Tianzong to tell Wei Chengze about his location, let alone tell him his address. However, when both of them were still in the game, he said of this matter.

  Wei Chengze has always been a keen person, always able to deduce the whole story from some tiny details - if not, how could Wei Chengze be able to understand his words easily every time? But he has never been a good liar.

  Wei Chengze still cares about him in his heart and still can't let him go - this should have made Lin Tianzong happy, but with this small card, the unreasonable uneasiness in Lin Tianzong's heart, Spread little by little.

  Just like a plant that has never even grown buds, one day it suddenly blooms with blooming flowers. Such a sudden and abnormal thing will only cause confusion and panic.

  Suppressing the urge to contact Wei Chengze immediately, Lin Tianzong moved his eyes to another thing in the package.

  Nowadays, not many people are using this kind of hard drive that needs to be inserted into the hardware to read it, but there is no doubt that compared to those things that can read information from the Internet at any time, this thing can do the job The confidentiality effect will obviously be stronger. I just don't know what information Wei Chengze needs to convey in this way.

  It took a lot of effort to finally find a configuration that could read this old hard drive. Lin Tianzong looked at the complicated program code, and Lin Tianzong didn't come back to his senses for a while.

  About a month ago, because the core optical brain was invaded, the program was tampered with, and all the login ports connected to it were forcibly closed. The network that people had long been accustomed to was abruptly erased from life - Government Flower It took half a month to successfully fix this problem, but the person who did it has not been found yet.

  "I'm going to die." Lin Tianzong suddenly remembered what Wei Chengze said that day, "So, I'm going to do what I've always wanted to do."

  After that, Wei Chengze never mentioned it again. , as if it was just a trivial, insignificant thing that he mentioned casually. However, looking at the program on the screen in front of him, Lin Tianzong couldn't calm down in his heart.

  "I once liked two people." Wei Chengze told him.

  "In the heart of the first person, I am an existence that can be replaced by data, and the second person..."

  "I can't be with him."

  Lin Tianzong was the second person Wei Chengze mentioned, and the one who made Zhang Chengrui decide Wei Chengze is the first person who likes to play with people's emotions, but he uses virtual information to build an ideal "Wei Chengze" and is immersed in a dream that he will never wake up from.

  "Can this world... be replaced by data?" Lin Tianzong couldn't see Wei Chengze's expression when he said this, but he could also imagine the confused look in his eyes, "Then the meaning of our existence, What exactly is it?"

  "Obviously the feelings generated in that false world are real, but he is unwilling to bring them into reality."

  "Is the so-called reality... really so scary?"

  Lin Tianzong could not answer Wei Chengze question, but as long as he thought about how Wei Chengze felt at the beginning and expressed his farewell to him in such a way, his heart couldn't help but ache.

  Lin Tianzong knew very well how much Wei Chengze loved the data constructed from data. Even now, when the other party talked about his work, the look of pride and satisfaction on his face was so obvious to him. In his mind, it is still extremely clear. But because of this, Lin Tianzong can better understand how deep the sadness and pain is that makes Wei Chengze do something to try to destroy the world.

  Looking at the symbols arranged on the screen, Lin Tianzong suddenly felt a little ridiculous. He actually thought that Wei Chengze was the kind of person who would be enveloped in sadness and despair because his death was approaching - he already knew this man's tenacity hidden under his gentleness, didn't he?

  Even if it is only in the virtual world, the reality of that person will still not change at all - not at all.

  His heart suddenly hurt, and Lin Tianzong felt inexplicably out of breath.

  Even though almost all available forces were used, there was still no progress in the investigation of this matter. Let alone find out the instigator behind the scenes, those so-called elites have no clue how the other party did such a thing.

  That being the case - why did Wei Chengze send this thing to him at this time?

  His chest felt like it was being pressed down by a huge boulder, and even breathing became difficult. Lin Tianzong took a deep breath, trying to suppress the panic in his heart, but his hands that were shaking uncontrollably betrayed his mood.

  The call request he sent out received no response for a long time, and finally switched to a cold prompt tone. Lin Tianzong's heart involuntarily became cold, but he seemed to be unwilling to admit anything, and asked that person to call him over and over again. request. But every time, the only response to him was that mechanically synthesized, emotionless voice, sweet and cold.

  Listening to the repeated voice in his ears, Lin Tianzong sat in silence for a while, and then as if he suddenly remembered something, he changed the object requesting the call to Che Baiqian.

  This time, he didn't wait too long before the other party accepted the request. But when he heard Che Baiqian's voice coming from the other end, Lin Tianzong suddenly didn't know how to speak.

  He...is afraid.

  He was afraid that he would hear news that he did not want to hear from Che Baiqian, and he was also afraid that Che Baiqian would not even tell him the news.

  After waiting for a while, there was no response. Che Baiqian was silent for a while, and then he said with a little tentativeness: "Is it...Mr. Lin?"

  For someone who would come to him at this time but not say anything, what could he do? The only person who comes to mind is Lin Tianzong.

  "...Well," it took a long time before Lin Tianzong responded, "It's me." But after he finished speaking, he fell silent again.

  ——What should he say? "Is Wei Chengze still alive?"

  Just thinking about it, Lin Tianzong's heart felt as if he had been stabbed hard, and the pain was so painful that he couldn't breathe.

  Perhaps he had guessed what Lin Tianzong was thinking. Che Baiqian did not say any nonsense such as "What do you want from me?", but after being silent for a while, he asked in a tone that sounded calm and a little inhumane. He asked, "Are you coming to Mr. Wei's funeral?"

  As if something exploded suddenly, Lin Tianzong's mind even went blank for a few minutes, and even the ability to think was lost.

  It was clear that there had been vague speculations in his mind before, but when he heard these words coming out of Che Baiqian's mouth, Lin Tianzong still felt a vague and unreal feeling - as if he was in a nightmare, deep in his heart. I kept saying silently that I would wake up soon.

  Lin Tianzong didn't even know how he listened to what Che Baiqian said and how he wrote down the time and address of Wei Chengze's funeral. When he came to his senses, he had already opened the phone that he had not received a response for a long time. social software, looking through the conversations recorded in text over and over again.

  It was clear that he was the one who didn't like to talk, but what occupied more space in those records was his information.

  Looking at those long paragraphs of text, Lin Tianzong couldn't recall how he felt when he typed these words on the screen. The only thing he remembered was when he got Wei Chengze's reply, it seemed The comfort and warmth of soaking in warm water.

  Lin Tianzong suddenly wanted to laugh. He clearly did something like this that he would never do for the purpose of accompanying Wei Chengze, but in the end, he was the one who was saved.

  Even in the last days of his life, that person was still like sunshine, giving people warmth and light.

  The hard drive that has long been eliminated by the times is at hand, giving it an ancient atmosphere that is incompatible with the surrounding environment. Lin Tianzong looked at the hard drive, feeling a little dazed for some reason.

  Zhang Chengrui came to see Lin Tianzong once, with a complicated look on his face after knowing the truth. He may have said something else, but Lin Tianzong didn't hear it clearly, let alone remember it - even he himself didn't know what was going on in his mind.

  Lin Tianzong didn't go to Wei Chengze's funeral in the end, not because of any timidity, but because he didn't want to have anything to do with Wei Chengze openly.

  Even if those people haven't traced Wei Chengze yet, one day they will investigate everything clearly, and what Wei Chengze did will naturally be made public, and Lin Tianzong didn't want him to So implicated.

  Holding the ancient hard drive in his hand, Lin Tianzong lowered his eyes and a slight smile appeared on his lips.

  "How could I let the path you opened up be cut off like this?"

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