The cat woke me up very early today.]
Under Lin Sanjiu's guidance, Marcie drove all the way to the apartment building on the 38th floor. She found a secluded spot and stopped to rest.
After all, this was a top-notch residential area. Compared to other areas, there were much fewer people. Even in this world that had changed beyond recognition, the garden still looked very serene and unique.
After hesitating for a moment, Lin Sanjiu blocked the broken window and turned on the air-conditioner. Now that Zhu Mei was no longer around, saving gas and electricity was meaningless. Not only would the cool environment allow her to recover faster, it would also be beneficial to the wound on her neck, preventing it from becoming infected due to the high temperature … Although the logic was clear, the moment the cold wind blew, she still felt a little sad.
Luther looked at her expression and sighed, "Big Sister, don't be too sad. At least your friend didn't die in the hands of the duoluozhong … "
After going through a life-and-death situation together, Lin Sanjiu and Luther had unknowingly become closer. Lin Sanjiu felt Luther's kindness and smiled. After a while, she said, "Can you stop calling me sis? I'm really not that much older than you … Oh right, I haven't had the chance to introduce myself. My name is Lin Sanjiu. Yeah, I just … just evolved. "
"The Three Cups of Wine from the Boundless Secular World?" Luther immediately pouted. "I lost to you in terms of names. Then, I will call you Little Bar … Oh right, why are you wearing a towel around your neck? "
"Oh!" Lin Sanjiu's words reminded her of something. She quickly removed the hot and wet towel and revealed the bloody wound underneath. Luther gasped when he saw it. Marcie also raised her eyebrows and looked at Lin Sanjiu with a puzzled expression. Lin Sanjiu opened a bottle of purified water and cleaned her wound while she told them about Ren Nan's incident. Perhaps it was because the two of them had saved her once in a critical situation, Lin Sanjiu was very willing to trust them now.
Unlike Luther, who had his mouth wide open, Marcie frowned and remained silent. Suddenly, she pointed to the bottle of purified water and said to the stunned Lin Sanjiu, "Let me do it. After all, I have studied medicine for a few years." After that, she took out a roll of bandages and some antibiotics from her waist bag.
… Could it be that the split personalities also had their own complete life experiences? Lin Sanjiu looked at Luther with a puzzled expression. She did not say anything and obediently swallowed two antibiotic tablets. With Marcie's skills, it didn't take long for the wound on her neck to be treated properly.
After listening to the story, Luther was still in a daze. "I've heard of this cannibalistic ability before, but Marcie and I have never seen it before. We always thought it was just an urban legend, but it turns out to be true. This Ren Nan probably just evolved not too long ago. That's why you killed him so easily. Otherwise, how powerful will he become in the future? "
'It's a good thing we haven't met anyone like that, 'said Marcie quietly.
After spending half a night with Marcie, Lin Sanjiu could tell that even though Marcie couldn't fight, she was agile, calm, and experienced. He seemed more reliable than Luther.
"Can you guys explain this world to me? What's going on? How many worlds are there?" Lin Sanjiu couldn't help asking Marcie.
"Why did you ask Marcie but not me …" Luther protested beside him. Marcie pretended not to hear him and asked Lin Sanjiu a question instead, "Have you heard of the parallel universe theory?"
"Ah," Lin Sanjiu said, "There are countless parallel universes outside of our universe. Every time someone makes a different measurement or even a different choice, it could split, no, create a new parallel universe?"
Lin Sanjiu had read a lot of sci-fi novels, so she knew about this.
Marcie nodded calmly, "Let me make this clear. This is just a guess. Some posthumans agree with this theory, but some don't. Me? I agree with it. I don't know how many people there are in your world, but there are 4.3 billion people in our world. In everyone's life, every choice they made would split into a new space. If you chose the left path this morning, then you, who is in another universe, chose the right path … Everyone in the new universe will continue to create new universes. In this way, no one knows how many 'worlds' there are. This number is infinite. "
"Originally, we were living well in our own universes, and we would never meet anyone from another universe. However, for some unknown reason, some of the parallel universes started to mutate … Just like here. "
Marcie paused for a moment, and Lin Sanjiu quickly asked, "Could it be that they all turned into high-temperature environments like here?"
Luther, who had a rare expression on his face, replied, "Not necessarily. In our world, there was a virus experiment that leaked out … More than half of the people died in the plague caused by the virus. "
Lin Sanjiu suddenly thought that he might have lost his family and friends in his own world.
The carriage was silent for a few seconds before Marcie broke the silence. She continued, "No one knows how many parallel universes have mutated at the same time, but one thing is for sure, the number is not small. When we survived the virus and evolved, we thought that we only needed to work hard to survive. But — "
Marcie paused for a moment as if she was considering a suitable way to put it.
"In the 14th month, Luther and I had already adapted to the new world that was filled with plague and duoluozhong. The incident happened on an ordinary night. "
"When Luther and I woke up, we found ourselves lying on a battlefield. Can you imagine? We just opened our eyes, and before we knew where we were, a bomb was dropped fifty meters away from us … "Marcie added in a timely manner.
"Even though we didn't know what was going on, we soon realized that we were no longer in our original world. We asked around and finally found out that the world was called 'The Land Dyed Black by Blood'. In that war-ruled world, we struggled to survive for another 14 months. On the last day of the 14th month, the same thing happened again … "Luther's voice sounded very far away.
Lin Sanjiu felt a drop of sweat trickling down her forehead as the air conditioning in the carriage was cool.
She understood now. Before Luther could speak, she said softly, "You guys are here."
Luther sighed and nodded, "Hyperthermal Hell."
Hyperthermal Hell!
Just as Lin Sanjiu was about to say something, Luther seemed to have guessed what she wanted to say, "It's not just me. In both worlds, almost all the posthumans I met would be sent away during the 14th month. Also … it seems that every posthuman goes to a different place every time. "
Lin Sanjiu's heart thumped a few times. She couldn't believe what she had just heard, "If that's the case, after 14 months, I will also …"
"Go to another 'new world'," Marcie said with certainty. "It's probably because I'm a split personality, so I'm just following Luther around. However, my other companions are all separated."
Unimaginable information flooded Lin Sanjiu's mind. She took some time to digest it before she suddenly realized, "Wait a minute … You said that every posthuman goes to a different place. In other words, we are randomly thrown out of the endless apocalyptic worlds —"
Did this mean that once she left, she might never be able to return to the place where she grew up?
No, it was more than that. This also meant that once the 14th month was up, Luther and Marcie would be sent to God knows which world they would never meet again.
Lin Sanjiu had just met two people she could trust, but she was immediately told that they would be separated. It was a strange feeling.
There was a thin layer of water droplets on the windshield of the car. Obviously, while they were talking, the temperature outside had risen again. Lin Sanjiu turned down the air conditioner. In the silence, she suddenly thought of another possibility. "Wait a minute. In the parallel space theory, there are countless' me's. Does that mean that I might meet another me in another world? "
Unexpectedly, Marcie shook her head firmly.
"Just like Darwin's theory of evolution, the parallel space theory is only a theory that we know of to explain these apocalyptic worlds. It is not the truth. However, what you said just now is a flaw in the parallel space theory. In the other new world, there is no 'you'. "
Lin Sanjiu was a little dazed. She had received too much information that night. She couldn't help leaning back in her seat. Her mind was filled with information about the new world, and she was momentarily speechless.
Suddenly, there was a rustling sound in the car. Lin Sanjiu looked up and saw that Marcie's nails had turned into long steel armor. Marcie was looking at Lin Sanjiu expectantly. "… Now, can I draw your blood?"
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