We are from the future ark

……

At this moment, on Rhodes Island, Amiya and Kal'tsit had just explained everything to a girl named Ifrit.

“…I already know the details.”

Ifrit, holding the heavy shield, was silent for a while, then he sighed softly. Unexpectedly, he did not get angry, nor did he question Kal'tsit and the others' behavior. He murmured helplessly:

"This guy is always like this, he likes to be a hero alone."

"That's great that you understand." Amiya was obviously relieved. She was afraid that the person in front of her, who seemed to be very close to Chen Qi, would blame them for their behavior, which would be bad.

However, Kal'tsit kept repeating the name Ifrit. After a long time, she stood up and asked Ifrit:

"Excuse me, Miss Ifrit." Kal'tsit stood up and asked Ifrit:

"Your code name is 'Flame'. May I ask if you know of an organization called Rhine Life?"

"…Ah, Doctor Kelsey."

However, contrary to everyone's expectations, the moment Ifrit saw Kal'tsit, he actually called out Kal'tsit's name without any hindrance. Unlike Chen Qi's unfamiliarity, Ifrit seemed to have known Kal'tsit's identity for a long time.

However, her expression didn't seem so wonderful. Her pair of beautiful contact lenses kept staring at Kal'tsit coldly, as if Kal'tsit owed her money.

"I'm very familiar with Rhine Life and it's okay to tell you."

When Ifrit said this, her expression paused slightly and a hint of murderous intent flashed in her eyes, but she quickly controlled it.

"I am Rhine Life's experiment, the subject of the 'Flame Demon Project'."

"……really."

Although Kal'tsit was mentally prepared, she was still a little shocked when she heard Ifrit admit it herself.

The Flame Demon Project. A top-secret plan that almost no one except Rhine Life could know. And Kal'tsit only knew about this matter and the relevant ins and outs through a special person.

And at this moment, standing in front of her was Ifrit, the experimental subject of the Flame Demon Project.

Obviously, the existence of Ifrit has proved one thing: Rhine Life's "Flame Demon Plan" has been successful.

"...So, what is the relationship between you and Chen Qi?" Kal'tsit asked again. She wanted to use this to roughly judge the future relationship between Rhine Life and Rhodes Island.

After all, Ifrit had said before that she was a member of Rhodes Island, but that alone was not enough. Kal'tsit wanted to know more information.

However, contrary to everyone's expectations, Ifrit failed.

"Say, why are you saying this?!"

Ifrit's face flashed with a few extremely subtle expressions, and then he yelled at Kal'tsit. This person who just mentioned Rhine Life and the experimental subjects of the Flame Demon Project did not get angry, but now he got angry because of such a common question.

Ifrit's reaction also scared everyone present. Kal'tsit's eyes flashed with surprise, but then she understood something.

"…Then just pretend I didn't ask."

"Ms. Ifrit, we still have many things to discuss next."

"Of course." When talking about work, Ifrit's expression became much more serious, and she subconsciously stretched out her hand to stroke the hair by her ear.

At this moment, Amiya, who had been observing Ifrit, seemed to have discovered something and her eyes suddenly narrowed.

She quickly covered her mouth to prevent herself from screaming, but she still showed a surprised expression.

On the middle finger of Ifrit's left hand, which was touching her hair, there was a small diamond ring that was shining brightly under the light.

Chapter 32: Red's Obsession

"...As someone from the future, I cannot reveal too much about the future, otherwise many unexpected things may happen."

Frost Star's sincere expression made Chen Qi pause slightly, but Chen Qi had his own purpose, so he would never tell the people in this world about anything that might affect the future of the entire situation.

"You can ask questions, of course, only three times. I have the right to choose whether to answer your three questions."

"……I see."

Shuang Xing nodded when she heard that, and she began to think about what three questions she could ask to get the information she wanted most without Chen Qi refusing to answer them.

No, it would be better to say that Frost Star herself was full of doubts and confusion, so much so that she didn't even know what to ask first.

She had so many questions that she cared about and wanted to ask, but Chen Qi told her that he would only selectively answer three of them.

She had to think carefully about the three issues that she cared about most.

After a moment of silence, Shuang Xing seemed to have thought it through. She slowly raised her head and asked calmly:

“Will there be a future for the infected?”

"Without this world, both the infected and non-infected people will have no future. This is why we are here." Chen Qi said lightly, but he would not say much about what would happen in the future.

"Then...what about the future of the Integration Movement?" Frost Star seemed to find Chen Qi's answer a little difficult to understand, but did not ask too much and started his second question.

"…I'm sorry, I can't say much about this question."

When Chen Qi heard this, he thought of the people in the future who had been completely absorbed by Rhodes Island and assimilated into it, so he did not bring up the issue.

After all, strictly speaking, the Reunion Movement still exists and is at its peak. Moreover, Shuang Xing is also a cadre of the Reunion Movement. If Chen Qi tells Shuang Xing about this...

If Tallulah or the radical faction of the Reunion Movement knew about this, perhaps there would be a huge change in the future. After all, Chen Qi didn't know how Rhodes Island defeated the Reunion Movement back then, so he couldn't guarantee whether Rhodes Island now had enough power to defeat the Reunion Movement.

After all, from Chen Qi's current perspective, as long as the cadres of the Integration Movement are properly commanded, it is not impossible for them to destroy Rhodes Island.

Moreover, as the commander, he was temporarily "detained" here as a hostage. Chen Qi couldn't guarantee that if Aunt Tallulah knew all this, she would try her best to capture him and force Chen Qi to give them advice.

Chen Qi thought that he was not a particularly tough person. If Tallulah really threatened him with death, he would most likely give in, after all, he was afraid of death.

"However, most of your integrated movement still has a future." Chen Qi added.

"...Is that so." Upon hearing this, there was finally some light in Frost Star's eyes.

"So, one last question."

"…Is my future self still alive?"

"..."

Chen Qi was silent.

Frost Star. Chen Qi had never heard of this name, whether it was a code name or a real name. However, Frost Star's face was very familiar to Chen Qi, but because the impression was not deep, Chen Qi could not remember it for a while.

However, after seeing Frost Star's face up close just now, Chen Qi remembered everything completely.

In Rhodes Island, there is a place dedicated to preserving corpses. There, the bodies of the operators who died in Rhodes Island are stored.

During the war, most of the bodies were destroyed, and recovering them became a very difficult task. Therefore, the warehouse that was originally intended to freeze the bodies did not have many bodies that could be recovered, and some were even unrecognizable.

But, there is only this one body that is extremely complete and still beautiful.

Chen Qi had the good fortune to see it once. That day, he was actually stunned by the sight of a corpse that had been frozen for who knows how many years.

However, at that time, there was almost no operator in the entire Rhodes Island who knew the body. Even when Chen Qi asked Amiya about this question, Amiya chose to remain silent and did not answer him.

It was not until just now that Chen Qi actually saw the real person, Frost Star.

Telling someone about their future death is a very painful thing. Chen Qi could have spoken frankly about the failure of the integration movement, but he chose not to do so.

He knew that in this continent, these people were actually desperate criminals at any time and anywhere. They were making mistakes, and so were others. It was just the pot calling the kettle black.

Crushing a person's last hope with one's own hands... At least Chen Qi doesn't like to do such a thing.

Although he didn't know why Froststar, a member of the Reunion Movement, would appear in the corpse storage area of ​​Rhodes Island, but looking at the Reunion Movement symbol tied on the arm of the girl in front of him, Chen Qi couldn't help but think of Froststar, who was wearing the symbol of Rhodes Island, in the cabinet where the corpses were stored.

Although he didn't understand, what Chen Qi saw told him that Frost Star was worth seeing everything in the future.

"You will witness all of this with your own eyes." Chen Qi smiled faintly, as if to encourage Frost Star, and gave another ambiguous answer.

"...You don't seem to have given a direct answer to any of the three questions." Shuang Xing felt helpless. She had spent a lot of time preparing for the three questions, but the man in front of her answered them so casually. He didn't give any accurate answer to any of them.

"After all, the purpose of my coming to this world is to change everything."

Chen Qi smiled faintly, then lay down on the bed and looked out the window.

At this time, night had already fallen, and the starry sky of Terra was very bright. You could see the stars blooming all over the sky wherever you looked.

Chen Qi's expression drifted away slightly, and he recalled many things.

At the beginning, when he was very young, he still remembered that it was a woman with dragon horns and a tiger-like woman who accompanied him to watch the starry sky for the first time in his life on that bustling street.

Later, he left the bustling streets and, accompanied by another woman with dragon horns and a red wolf girl, looked at the starry sky for the second time.

Later, he came to Rhodes Island, where Amiya, Ifrit, and many others accompanied him to look at the starry sky.

As time passed, he saw more and more starry skies. The starry skies he saw seemed to be the same every time, but the people who accompanied him were different every time.

Some of them left, some stayed, some disappeared after meeting each other, and some... never came back.

As if sensing the slight change in Chen Qi's expression, Frost Star, who was standing beside him, slowly sat down beside his bed after a moment of silence.

Neither of them spoke, nor did they mention anything. They just stared at the starry sky outside the window, and time passed slowly...

……

At this moment, on the open-air plywood of Rhodes Island, a wolf girl in a red coat was feeling the cold wind outside, looking at the starry sky and the bright full moon, without moving for a long time.

This was the second time Hong went to see Kal'tsit to ask about Chen Qi.

"...This is very difficult to explain, Hong." Kyle hoped for the mentally handicapped Hong. She could feel her anxiety and uneasiness, but she didn't know how to explain it to her in the simplest way.

"I can only say that Chen Qi is not in great danger in the Reunion Movement. The people in the Reunion Movement will not do anything to him."

"But Hong can't see Chen Qi, and she's worried." Although Hong's expression didn't change, her anxiety was conveyed to Kal'tsit.

Kal'tsit was also a little surprised that she could feel such clear emotions from Hong, which made her act a little bit, but also a little bit guilty.

She knew that the relationship between Future Hong and Chen Qi was very special. Hong could even give her own baby teeth to Chen Qi. Obviously, in Hong's concept, Chen Qi was a very important person.

Hong's mind is not complete and her thinking is very simple. Even though she knows that this will only happen in the future, the moment Chen Qi returned the baby teeth to her, in Hong's mind, Chen Qi became one of the most important people to her.

"...Hong, your duty is to protect me. I will notify you separately when it is time to rescue Chen Qi."

In the end, Kal'tsit could only use this reason to dismiss him. Hong didn't say anything after hearing this, and slowly left here.

Hong was on the deck, gazing at the starry sky and the moon. She had no idea how she felt at that moment. That feeling of emptiness that could not be satisfied even by hunting and eating was as if something had been taken away from her body.

For some reason, as she looked at the bright moonlight, Hong's mind flashed back to the words that Chen Qi had said to her.

"Hong is my family, a family I would sacrifice my life for."

Family...Hong kept murmured this word over and over again, a word that was extremely unfamiliar to her.

I don’t know how long it took, but Hong seemed to have figured something out, and her pupils brightened slightly.

"Chen Qi said that he could exchange his life for mine."

"Then... Hong can also use Hong's life to exchange for Chen Qi's life."

After thinking it all through, Hong's pupils brightened slightly. Looking at the bright moonlight, Hong's nature was finally aroused.

A long howl sounded from the empty deck of Rhodes Island, echoing to who knows how far away...

Half an hour later, in Kal'tsit's office, the sensor door suddenly opened, and Amiya, wearing pajamas, suddenly rushed in.

"Dr. Kal'tsit, something bad has happened! She's red—"

"……I know."

However, in the office with only a dim light, Kal'tsit, who was not asleep, responded calmly. She looked at the empty deck displayed on the big screen and sighed slowly.

"…Just let her go."

If Hong could really understand all this, perhaps it would be a good thing for her.

Chapter 33: The Patriots' Plot against Chen Qi

"Everyone, this person is called Chen Qi. I think many of you have seen him before."

The next morning, at the conference center in Che City, Tallulah specially called all the members above the middle-level cadres, and about twenty cadres sat in various places in the conference room. Next to Tallulah, Chen Qi stood aside with a helpless look on his face, being stared at by everyone with scrutiny.

"From today on, Chen Qi officially joins our Integration Movement and becomes a senior advisor to the Integration Movement. He holds the same position as your senior cadres."

Tallulah said lightly, and after sensing the change in the atmosphere in the conference room, she continued:

"I know that some of you have had some rifts with Chen Qi during the previous battle."

As she said this, Tallulah glanced at the Kingslayer, W, and the furious Mephisto, raised her hand and pressed it down, and continued: