From the end of the world

Chapter 204 VS Dr. Silver Mask 2
The girl Lu Chan actually said that the "dreamer" was Chen Long.

In my previous thinking, the only one who could regard this independent reality as a dream was the holder of the divine seal fragment, that is, Doctor Silver Mask who could restart the base at will; and although Chen Long might have a special status, so that even his death would cause turmoil in the base, he was not so important that he could be said to be the "dreamer" supporting this place.

Hearing this, even Dr. Silver Mask fell silent for a moment, then said, "...I don't understand what you are talking about, 'Dreamer'?"

"Although this independent reality space is real, it has the characteristics of a dream for some reason. Especially for the people who support this place, this place is very likely to be infinitely close to a dream." The girl Lu Chan said, "And such an important person is either you as the person with the highest authority, or Chen Long as the strongest person in the stronghold. In fact, all the guards, researchers, and experimental subjects in this stronghold have died, but none of them have affected the stronghold.

"And if you think about it carefully, you will understand that this 'dreamer' could be anyone in the base, but it can't be you."

"Why do you say that?" Dr. Silver Mask asked back.

And I, already realizing the truth, said, "—because he is a 'latecomer'?"

"Not bad." The girl Lu Chan nodded.

According to the senior researcher I once interrogated, this independent reality space was separated from the real world by Ying Lingyun himself. At that time, the "Silver Mask" referred to Ying Lingyun himself, and there was no Dr. Silver Mask.

In the past, Lu Youxun had heard about Ying Lingyun from the weirdos, and he was also "arrogant and pretentious", not the image of a good gentleman like the Silver Mask Doctor, but he had no objection to this. This was because the "Silver Mask" he had come into contact with in the secret base of the Humanitarian Department was Ying Lingyun himself.

So is there a possibility that Dr. Silver Mask actually existed at that time, but he was not the highest authority at that time, and was just a researcher assisting him? This is also impossible, because the senior researcher said that after Ying Lingyun summoned Dr. Silver Mask, he transferred the position of the highest authority to him.

Since the formation of an independent reality has nothing to do with Doctor Silver Mask, he certainly is not the "dreamer".

"At the same time, this 'dreamer' cannot be Ying Lingyun." The young girl Lu Chan continued, "He has been active in the outside world for a long time, and his mind is obviously not focused on this place. It is hard to imagine that it is his consciousness that supports this place. And if the consciousness of the 'dreamer' is closely related to the life and death of the independent real space, it is also very strange that the base was running normally during the period when he was seriously injured and dying not long ago.

"On the contrary, after Chen Long's death, the independent reality space immediately began to collapse...

"If I'm not mistaken, although it was Ying Lingyun's idea to use black jade to cut reality, the real executor should be Chen Long, right?"

Doctor Silver Mask said: "So, according to you...what am I?"

"You are the vessel of the black jade." The young girl Lu Chan asserted, "As Ying Lingyun's 'possible clone', you have received enormous authority from the original body. However, the original body may trust your scientific research ability, but not your loyalty. Your personality is far from Ying Lingyun, and you cannot accept the evil of the Humanitarian Department.

"On the contrary, Chen Long is greatly trusted by Ying Lingyun. He is not only your protector, but also your user and your monitor - am I right?"

Her reasoning is consistent with the diary entries of Dr. Silver Mask, who was unable to smoothly connect to the consciousness network because his personality was so far away from his original body.

Even though I should have burned to death all of Ying Lingyun's "possible clones" through the consciousness network, Doctor Silver Mask seemed to have been fine, and there was no relevant news or records in the base, which showed what a heretic he was.

However, Ying Lingyun actually trusted Chen Long to such an extent that he even let him be responsible for looking after the "potential clone" that contained the fragments of the divine seal?
Perhaps it was not trust, but insight. Ying Lingyun was certain that Chen Long was an idealist who would protect the interests of the Humanitarian Department at all costs. Just like when Chen Long told me about his ideals, I never doubted that he was just talking. If he had the slightest disloyalty, he would not betray the overwhelmingly superior organization and his lifelong friends to join the Humanitarian Department, an underground organization that could be crushed into pieces by the wheels of the times at any time.

The reason why the girl Lu Chan said all this at this time was probably not to reveal Chen Long's identity, but to attack Doctor Silver Mask's heart in return, and it was also a revenge for Doctor Silver Mask's previous attack on me.

"...There is one thing you said wrong." said Doctor Silver Mask.

"What's wrong?" asked the girl Lu Chan.

"It's not that I can't accept the evil of the Humanitarian Department."

The silver-masked doctor turned around and looked at the laboratory table behind him. The girl Lu Chan and I also looked over. On the laboratory table was a human body that had been dissected to a horrible state. The blood flowing from this experimental subject was very fresh, and it was obvious that he had just died. Not only were his hands not bound by the magic seal, but there was no trace of being bound by anything.

In other words, this is probably an ordinary person. "In order to overthrow the dark rule of Luo Shan in the future, we must do whatever it takes; and even if we do this, we only have a one in ten thousand chance. But if we don't do it, there won't be even a one in ten thousand chance." Doctor Silver Mask said, "I'll say it again, once this base is destroyed, all the sacrifices will be in vain. Do you really want to destroy us?"

"You are wrong, Silver Mask." The young girl Lu Chan said without hesitation, "Now you are the ones who have buried your last hope."

"What makes you say that?" Dr. Silver Mask said in a deep voice.

“Both you and Chen Long regard morality as a burden, but morality is not only a memorial archway for outsiders to see, it is also an indispensable banner for uniting like-minded people. I don’t know how many people who joined the Humanitarian Department were disappointed after seeing what the Department did, and are no longer willing to contribute their true strength. Are you worthy of nurturing one in ten thousand hope in this way?” said the girl Lu Chan.

Hearing this, I thought of the young researcher who spent his days in the laboratory in a lazy manner, and remembered his words of disappointment with the Humanitarian Department.

The Humanitarian Department has lost its way.

"A name is used to show trust, and trust is used to protect one's weapon. But weapons and names cannot be lent to others." The young girl Lu Chan continued, "You think you have put down your burdens, but in fact you have thrown away your weapons and armor, and you have given up the strength to fight on.

“In the most dangerous and desperate moments of society, those who can laugh to the end are definitely not the unscrupulous people who throw away the flags when they see the giants, but the heroes who always hold the flags on their shoulders and fight to the end in unity. This is not an optimistic prediction of the future, but a lesson from past history.

"Luo Shan considers you one of the three great troubles, not because you are strong, but because you best represent the potential resistance of the common people. If you are united, even if you are just a group of mortals without any extraordinary power, you will be enough to become Luo Shan's great enemy. You are a great trouble that makes them unable to sleep or eat, and you must not let it grow. You must be eradicated as soon as possible.

"And if even you treat ordinary people as victims, then you are nothing more than a minor problem."

While she was speaking, my flames were about to penetrate the power of restart and invade Doctor Silver Mask.

The Silver Masked Doctor looked around, smiled desperately, and then said: "--That's easy to say! Chen Long said you were naive, I think he was right. Even if things really go as smoothly as you said, you yourself said that Luo Shan would eliminate the Humanitarian Department as soon as possible. Then we will not have time to mature and end in failure?"

"That's why I say this is a one in ten thousand chance of success. But if you are unwilling to hold on, then you will be truly hopeless." The young girl Lu Chan said, "However, people will die, organizations will die, but the road will not die. Even if you are unfortunately destroyed by Luo Shan's hands, people who want to resist Luo Shan's future rule will continue to emerge and walk on this road one after another.

"Just to clear the way for those people, the current Humanitarian Department must be destroyed and then reborn from the ashes -

"Perhaps the next one to be born will be the 'Humanitarian Department' that could threaten Luo Shan and truly practice the path of humanity."

Doctor Silver Mask was silent for a moment and then said: "...You are more powerful now, and whatever you say is right. I will not refute your naive remarks, nor will I agree with you easily."

"But..." He looked at the flames surging towards him, and finally revealed a yearning emotion, "If the Humanitarian Department could really become what you said, how great it would be..."

Under the silent gaze of the young girl Lu Chan, the flames completely engulfed Doctor Silver Mask, evaporating him in an instant.

Only his heart remained - the fragment of the divine seal was suspended in the air, emitting endless power of restart, repairing everything while trying to resurrect Dr. Silver Mask.

However, the restarting power of the fragments of the divine seal was ultimately no match for my destructive efficiency. The flesh and blood were burned into charcoal the moment they appeared. It looked as if the flames that wrapped around the fragments of the divine seal had produced countless black gravel out of thin air.

I walked forward and reached out to the fragment of the divine seal.

The moment I touched it, I felt as if I had established some kind of connection with it. It automatically disappeared in my hand. At the same time, the fragments of the divine seal in my consciousness increased from one to two.

Doctor Silver Mask, died.

The independent reality space finally fell into the abyss of collapse.

(End of this chapter)