Chapter 4 Chapter 3 Water

The more he talked, the more weird he became. I quickly interrupted him and reminded him: "A ball of water won't hang in mid-air!" Chen Jingde smiled wryly: "I know, but what I saw in the dream is indeed like this—not only is there a ball of water leading the way ahead, but I also vaguely feel that the ball of water is constantly sending out some messages, wanting to communicate with me , but it's extremely vague, I believe it's because I'm in a dream. But in fact, the ball of water is leading Chen Yixing forward and communicating with him at the same time."

I tried my best to listen to his narration, but it was difficult to compose his words into a picture. First of all, it is difficult for me to imagine what the "a ball of water" he mentioned repeatedly is all about.Even if a picture is formed according to what he said, it is difficult to imagine how a mass of water can communicate with a person. So I naturally shook my head as I listened. Chen Jingde hurriedly said: "You must listen to me." I sighed and didn't say anything.Chen Jingde continued: "Next, I seem to have reached the water's edge..." At this time, my patience was at its limit, and I shouted loudly: "Please explain clearly—what waterside? Is it by a river, by a stream, by a lake, or by the sea?"

Chen Jingde was also anxious, and said loudly: "If I knew, I would have said so, why bother you to ask!" I stared at him: "Then at least be more specific!" He said: "I will say what it feels like. It's not like you tell stories, you can create whatever you want." I said angrily: "What nonsense are you talking about! The stories I narrated are all---" Before I finished speaking, he interrupted me: "Don't discuss your story, just listen to me first, okay?" I held back my breath, snorted, and said nothing more. He also went on talking to himself: "When I got to the water's edge, it was only a short time, and I felt that there was water in all directions, what I heard was the sound of water, what I saw were water patterns, and what I felt was the contact with water. In the space, it seems that there is nothing but water..."

The more I listened, the angrier I became, and I didn't bother to ask him any more, I just thought he was talking in his sleep.But at the end, I couldn't help but sarcastically said to him: "There is nothing—even yourself?" Unexpectedly, after Chen Jingde heard my sarcasm, he actually nodded his head: "Exactly! Even I seem...seem...seem...not disappear, but melted into one with all the water..." Originally, I was ready to ridicule him again, but when I heard this, my heart suddenly moved. In an instant, I seemed to have caught something, but although I worked hard, there was nothing in my hand.

That empty soup feeling is very uncomfortable. This kind of situation happens often, and it is not unfamiliar. Although nothing was caught at the time, it will often become the beginning of solving the mystery as it develops. So although this feeling is uncomfortable, I still repeated it several times in my heart, hoping to make some progress. Of course, for a while, there will be no gains. At this time, I no longer felt impatient with Chen Jingde's narration, and I believed that Chen Jingde was telling his feelings truthfully.Although even he himself didn't know what happened, but in the narrative of the facts, there should always be some clues to be found.

I slowed down my tone: "Please continue talking—don't be afraid that the situation is too weird, just tell the truth." Chen Jingde's expression became much more relaxed.He thought for a while, and then said: "In this situation where I am integrated with the surrounding water, I feel that my body is constantly...continuously turning...or it is moving, in short, it is moving." As he narrated, I used all my imagination to imagine what happened. The difficulty is that the feeling Chen Jingde mentioned is not based on first-hand information, but obtained through Chen Yixing's experience.According to Chen Jingde, the connection between the two of them was cut off by some kind of force, so his feeling was very hazy, and it was certainly not easy to make a judgment.

I can only imagine that Chen Yixing was transferred from one place to another under very special circumstances. In the process of this transfer, it has a great relationship with water. I still can't figure out what is the relationship between it - from Chen Jingde's narration, it doesn't seem like people are going through water, but rather like people in the water, but there is absolutely no reason to swim to the destination. Chen Jingde continued: "The feeling during this process is the most vague. After this feeling passes, the person enters a space. I have already mentioned the situation of that space."

He had indeed said that at this time, I was absolutely sure that the two of them could communicate with each other in terms of feelings, so he felt that Chen Yixing's situation should be Chen Yixing's real situation. I thought for a while and asked, "Could it be that he is alone in that space, and no one has contacted him at all? At least someone should tell him how to get his life quota from him, and he should also ask how much life quota he is willing to give up." .” Chen Jingde said: "I think the same way, so I have been waiting, but there has been no result. It seems that the matter has come to an end and there is no more to say. The more I wait, the more I feel that something is wrong. Think about it. No one can solve it, so I bite the bullet and ask for advice."

Suddenly, he flattered me a lot, and I snorted: "Something is very wrong──" Before I finished a sentence, he became very anxious: "Then what should we do, how is Chen Yixing doing now?" Chen Jingde's question gave me a flash of inspiration, and I suddenly thought of a possibility, and cried out: "You have been deceived!" For a moment, Chen Jingde didn't understand what I meant by saying that.He said: "Chen Yixing, how could he lie to me?" I explained: "I'm not saying that Chen Yixing lied to you, but that someone has done something wrong, so what you feel is not Chen Yixing's actual situation."

Chen Jingde still didn't understand, so I said, "Can you compare Chen Yixing's situation with what you saw through CCTV?" Chen Jingde said: "Of course I can - I know it is difficult to explain the degree of mutual communication between us to others. You can say that CCTV is a good example, but we know each other's situation better than CCTV. What’s more, we can not only know the other party’s situation, but also know the other party’s mind.” I immediately asked: "Then what is Chen Yixing thinking now?" Chen Jingde looked bitter: "It's just strange that I don't know! This is the most worrying thing."

I asked: "Since when did you not feel his heart?" Chen Jingde's answer was affirmative: "Since he entered that space." I felt that I could grasp something gradually, and then asked, "What was he thinking before this?" Chen Jingde said: "When he was with Shui? At that time, what he thought was: I am about to reach the destination, I can meet the mysterious seeker, and I can touch the most mysterious part of human life... etc." Having said that, he added: "Actually, he was thinking the same thing I felt he was thinking as he went forward." In order to confirm my assumption, I asked again: "Now you have no idea what he is thinking at all?" Chen Jingde smiled wryly: "It's blank!" I waved my hand: "That's it! Chen Yixing is not in the space you feel at all now—you and I don't know what his current situation is like, and you are even worse than me, because you were deceived, and I No." Chen Jingde still didn't seem to understand, just looked at me. I said: "Let's use closed-circuit television as an example. In the current situation, someone must have tampered with it. It's like putting a picture in front of the closed-circuit television camera. Then the scene seen on the TV screen is that A picture—this is why you think Chen Yixing is in that space." Chen Jingde was even more astonished. He took a few breaths and shook his head again and again: "What kind of power can actually cut off the connection between us?" I smiled wryly: "I don't know. But obviously this kind of power has been very successful, and the 'one person with two bodies' you mentioned may not be the real situation, it's just what you think it is!" My words had obviously hit him quite seriously, he lowered his head and remained silent for a while before saying, "Then what should I do?" To be honest, I don't know what to do.I thought for a while: "I think you can rest assured—the other party will not harm any applicants." Chen Jingde was still puzzled: "How can you see it?" I said: "This is an obvious thing-they have repeatedly emphasized that they must be completely voluntary, and we know that things must be done voluntarily, so no matter where the applicants are now, they must receive the best treatment. If there is dissatisfaction, they will waste their efforts." The truth was very simple, but Chen Jingde just couldn't think of it because he cared too much about his other half, the so-called "caring makes chaos". As soon as I reminded him, he suddenly realized, and his whole body relaxed. I said again: "You don't have to do anything now, just wait for him to come back." Chen Jingde also asked: "He will definitely come back, huh?" I laughed. "Can you think of any reason why he wouldn't come back?" In my opinion, Chen Yixing really has no reason not to come back.I also believe that no matter what kind of experience all applicants have, they will come back sooner or later---this point, Zhu Jin and the others also thought of it, so there are some things that happened next. Although Chen Jingde seemed a little bit reluctant, he also laughed along with me and said, "It seems that I was worrying for nothing." I said: "Exactly. If you really want to do something, you might as well try to communicate with Chen Yixing and see what the result is." Chen Jingde sighed: "What would happen naturally, but now I have to work hard to do it, I'm really not used to it." When I was talking to Chen Jingde like this at the time, I never expected that the development of things would be unexpected. I can say that it was a failure-after the situation, I will talk about it later. Now that Chen Jingde is leaving, although there is no obvious result, I am still very excited, because the matter was at a dead end, and now at least I have found something new—as soon as Chen Yixing returns, I can get more information. Thereby uncovering the mysterious face of the seeker. So I was quite complacent and prepared to sort out the conversation with Chen Jingde so that I could tell Bai Su. Just at this time, Bai Su opened the door and came in. I opened my arms and went forward to meet her, but I saw that there was another person behind her, Zhu Jin. Seeing Zhu Jin, I naturally frowned, Zhu Jin smiled and said, "I'm not that annoying, am I?" I snorted and didn't speak, which of course meant "you are really annoying", Bai Su glared at me: "things are not progressing at all, brainstorming is always good for exploring the truth." Bai Su knew that I would not be restless because of this matter, but she was indeed depressed. She also hoped that the matter would be cleared up as soon as possible, so she continued to work hard to explore. It seems that Zhu Jin was invited by her. In front of someone of Zhu Jin's status, I naturally have to be reserved, so I won't share the conversation with Chen Jingde with her.Instead, I asked her, "Is there any news about the sixty people who disappeared with you?" Zhu Jin spread out her hands: "There is no news at all." I sneered and said: "Even if there is news, I'm afraid you will treat it as an absolute secret and won't reveal it to the outside world—everything is a secret with you, I really don't need to ask!" Zhu Jin smiled brightly, and said to Bai Su: "There is a saying, what is the heart... what is the belly, do you think it is useful, Miss Bai?" Bai Su suppressed a smile, and squinted at me.I said loudly: "I use the heart of a human to save the belly of ghosts!" Zhu Jin said solemnly: "This matter has attracted the attention of the whole world. Everyone wants to find out the result, but there is no clue—the only clue is the sixty applicants we can be sure of. Although they are now mysterious Missing, but always reappearing, we sincerely come to cooperate with Mr. Wei, why does Mr. Wei keep rejecting people thousands of miles away?" Her words were very sincere and full of expression. If it wasn't for Chen Jingde who came to see me just now, I might be moved by it.But now I have the trump card in my hand, so of course I can think calmly. The first thing I thought was that if things were as Zhu Jin said, they would never come to cooperate with me. Now that Zhu Jin came here again and again to express the desire to cooperate, it only showed that they were helpless, so they turned to me for help. What's abominable is that they obviously turn to me for help, but they still pretend to be of great benefit to me and benefit me. They are really bastards! This kind of behavior of turning right and wrong into black and white is their usual style, but now they want to play this kind of trick in front of me, there is really no room for it! I didn't answer Zhu Jin's question first, but left the topic completely, turned to Bai Su and asked, "Do you know what 'reversal' is?" Bai Su was stunned for a moment, obviously with her cleverness, she couldn't immediately understand what my intention was.But Bai Su is Bai Su after all, she thought for a while, gave me a knowing look, and said, "It seems to be a term used in stamp collecting." I paid close attention to Zhu Jin's reaction, seeing her expression, she obviously didn't know what I wanted to say next. I turned to ask her: "It is said that you are both civil and military, and have an incomparably rich knowledge in all aspects. May I ask what is 'reversal'?" Zhu Jin answered eloquently: "Sister Bai just said that when stamps are printed, due to the layout design, there will be two connected stamps, and the pattern happens to be completely upside down, which is called 'inverted'. " I applauded: "It really lives up to its reputation!" My compliment is from the bottom of my heart. Zhu Jin smiled and continued to play: "Among Chinese postage stamps, the most famous 'inverted' tickets are the pair of nine-cent silver in the first set of commemorative stamps in postal history—appearing in the last two of the full page. .” This time, even Bai Su applauded.I saw that Zhu Jin wanted to ask a question—of course she wanted to ask why I suddenly discussed stamp collecting. I slowly said: "This kind of indiscrimination between right and wrong actually occurs in many behaviors." Zhu Jin raised her eyebrows: "This statement is too broad, and it's a bit nondescript—it's just an inversion, and it doesn't involve right and wrong." When she said this, of course, she had guessed my intentions a little bit. The so-called "talking swords", she was the first to attack me! I sneered: "Although 'right and wrong' depends on one's position, what is right can be right and wrong. However, human beings have already established a common understanding on some things. For example, after depriving millions of people of the right to choose, but Claiming that there will be real democracy from now on, this kind of behavior is turning the truth around." Zhu Jin smiled: "It's too far away from the topic—let's discuss the topic!" I said: "Very well, the theme is: You can't provide any conditions for cooperation at all, but you are bluffing there, as if there will be many benefits for me. Isn't this a typical reversal?" Zhu Jin said: "We have information on sixty applicants──" Before she finished speaking, I shouted loudly: "These sixty applicants are a nightmare for you! Not only do you not know how they disappeared, but you will never find them! " After hearing what I said, Zhu Jin's face became very ugly in an instant, and she forced a smile: "Even if they don't show up, we can find them all over the world." I snorted: "Don't lie to yourself! Under such strict surveillance, people will disappear, and if you want to find them again, how can it be possible!" Zhu Jin lowered her head and had nothing to say. I said again: "And if those people successfully sell their life quotas, they will definitely get a lot of money. And judging from the supernatural powers of the solicitors, it is not easy to get a new identity for them, or even give them a new look." It's not difficult, I can conclude that your chances of finding them are zero!" Zhu Jin was still silent, and I went further: "To be honest, even without these analysis, you have come to me again and again, which already shows that you have nothing to do!" Only then did Zhu Jin sigh a few times: "You're right—we really can't do anything, but I'm here this time to tell you a situation, you will definitely continue to investigate this matter, maybe this situation Useful to you." I originally wanted to wave to her to tell her not to waste time, but Bai Su gave me a strong hint at this time, suggesting that I should listen to Zhu Jin's words. So I didn't say no to it. Zhu Jin thought for a while: "The staff in charge of monitoring those 60 people are 270 people in total..." I snorted: "There are more than six people on average, and if one person is guarded, all the targets will be lost. This really makes the hearts of the people on the ground terrified." Zhu Jin ignored my sarcasm and continued: "After the incident happened, the 270 people were checked." I knew that there must be a reason for Bai Su to ask me to listen to Zhu Jin's words, but I still couldn't help but say: "Of course, and torture must inevitably be used to extract a confession." Zhu Jin pretended that I hadn't said it, and said to herself, "The results of the review are extremely unbelievable." These eight words "unbelievable to the extreme" are my common expressions, and Zhu Jin imitated my tone at this time, and it looks decent. I didn't urge her, and I didn't imagine for myself how unbelievable it was. Zhu Jin paused for a while before continuing: "One of the unbelievable is that what the two hundred people said is exactly the same. The second is that what they said sounds ridiculous. But if they To lie, firstly, it is impossible for everyone to say the same thing, and secondly, it is impossible for such incompetence to make up such unbelievable lies." I snorted: "Don't analyze it first, let's talk about the content." Zhu Jin nodded: "Their words may be different, but what they said is exactly the same. I have all the records of their review here. Would you like to have a look?" For a while, I didn't know what her so-called "all records" were all about, but I could imagine that it would take a lot of time, so I said: "Just choose the part that best explains the problem." Zhu Jin nodded, and opened the suitcase she brought. Inside was a computer, which she quickly operated for a while. At the same time, she explained: "Wait a while and what you can see is the situation of the team leader in charge of monitoring applicant No. 21 being reviewed. This person is the chief of the security department of a unit, and this is his fifth time. The record of being interrogated—the previous four times, it can be said that the situation this time is exactly the same.” Following her explanation, a person appeared on the computer screen. He seemed to be about 30 years old, with an unattractive appearance, and he was speaking with a very sincere attitude: "Please believe me in the organization, since I accepted the task assigned by the organization... ..." When I heard this, I immediately shouted: "Jump over—don't listen to nonsense!" According to what I said, Zhu Jin pressed a few buttons, and the person on the screen jumped a few times, and his expression also changed, becoming very dazed, confused and helpless, as if he didn't know what to say. When I saw this situation, my heart moved, because just now, I saw the same expression on another person's face──that person was Chen Jingde. And the most similar thing in their expressions is that strange bewilderment—it seems that they also expressed doubts about what they were about to say. At this time, the man was already talking, and when he opened his mouth, the first word was "water". He said: "Water, water, water..." At this time, his expression was more like that of a sleepwalking patient, his lips trembling: "Suddenly, there was water all around...I didn't see the water, nor did I get to the water's edge...but...but..." When I heard this, I almost jumped up—in order not to let Zhu Jin find out that my reaction was abnormal, I tried my best to restrain myself and pretend nothing happened. But this situation can be hidden from Zhu Jin, but not from Bai Su.Bai Su looked at me immediately, and I exchanged glances with her quickly. What surprised me was that what the person said was almost the same as what Chen Jingde said—although the words were different, it can be judged that their experiences were the same.And because of the strange and inexplicable encounter, they didn't know how to describe it. The man continued: "There is water all around... I seem to be in the water... But it's different from being in the water. I don't know how to say it. My... I... my head is full of water, full of water... The brain is all—water." What Chen Jingde said was "the whole person seems to be dissolved in water", but now this person said "the head is full of water". Although the sayings are different, they are all related to "water". In the conversation of the two people, it is still difficult for me to imagine what kind of scene it was.I can only be sure that such a situation must be grotesque, not only unexperienced by human beings, but also beyond the scope of human imagination. I believe that if I had the same experience, I might not be able to explain it clearly—since it surpasses human imagination, human language will naturally be unable to express it properly. The man stopped here, his expression still extremely confused. At this moment, another voice asked, "What were you doing when this happened?" The man said: "I have already explained—" The voice snapped, "Say it again!" The man hurriedly said: "Yes, I was monitoring the target at that time. The target was at home and was about to go out. The time was 8:25 in the morning." The voice asked again: "After such a situation happened, so what?" The man's expression was filled with fear and trepidation: "When all the water in my... brain recedes, I'm still in that car, but it's already two o'clock in the afternoon... I don't know What happened during those hours, if it wasn't for Xiaocheng to take over and push me awake, I'm afraid the water in my head would not recede. I'm sorry for the organization, I didn't complete the task assigned by the organization, I..." Zhu Jin knew that I didn't like to hear such nonsense, so she jumped over again. The man kept his head down all the time, looking very pitiful. Zhu Jin said: "This person's confession can be said to be a typical one, and other people's statements are similar—in short, on that morning, all the monitors had the same experience, and when they woke up, the monitor target had already Disappeared." I posed the question: "You use the term 'wake up', do you think they are 'asleep' in this situation?" Zhu Jin replied: "After analysis, our preliminary conclusion is: those people were hypnotized."