Chapter 201 The Wise Man in the Ark

Strange tower, unknown city.

Everything in the city gave Wen Xishu a huge sense of disharmony.

Wrapped in this sense of incongruity, the sky where Wen Xishu is always seems a little gloomy.

But under this gloomy sky, everything seemed a little – weird.

Wen Xishu was walking in the city, preparing to follow the nearest path to find the wheelchair-bound boy Horn, but by chance, he passed by the city’s red-light district.

This place gave Wen Xishu a great visual impact. The world presented to Wen Xishu was probably like this –

The peeling paint sign of “Beauty Health SPA” was plated with a layer of gold border, and a sturdy man in a pink nurse’s uniform pushed open the glass door.

He held a thermos cup of wolfberry under his arm, a lace headdress tilted on his crew cut, and shouted across the street in a broadcasting voice: “Renault! Your technician No. 68 is stealing hair growth essential oil again!”

The “Blue Moon Health Club” converted from a hair salon is lit with acrylic light boxes, and the glass revolving door reflects the security guard wearing fishnet stockings——

He was a middle-aged man with a beard. He was tucking the hem of his cheongsam into his belt. The white socks on his calves had been raised from ankle to the absolute limit.

The window display of the adult store next door is very creative – a silicone doll in the shape of a muscular man is wearing a Hello Kitty apron and holding a foam board with the words “buy two get one free” in its hand.

The boss squatted at the door to touch up the inflatable doll’s makeup. When she looked up, her false eyelashes almost poked the patrolman’s chin: “Officer, this simulation is definitely beyond the standards of the Civil Affairs Bureau.”

Wen Xishu was amazed, but it was not over yet.

From deep in the alley wafted the scent of roasted gluten and men’s perfume.

At the reception desk of the “Princess Arrives” KTV, a young man in a puffy skirt was bargaining with a bald guest.

When Wen Xishu saw the word “princess”, the sense of incongruity increased…but whether it was “princess” or “lord”, there seemed to be nothing wrong.

He pricked up his ears to sense some sounds around him.

I saw a young man in a puffy skirt saying, “It costs 50 yuan to wear bunny ears, and you have to pay extra to buy throat lozenges if you learn to speak like a child!”

街角残障通道被改装成“佳人学堂“，课程表用口红写在穿衣镜上：9:00兰花指速成，10:30高跟鞋障碍赛，13:30哭泣妆面教学。

The cleaning man was practicing the cat walk unscrupulously, with a “ultra-thin” label still stuck on the broom handle.

The bus ran over a ground full of promotional flyers with an advertisement for “Painless Hair Removal” printed on the body of the bus.

No matter the visual or auditory impact, Wen Xishu was never able to free himself from the sense of disharmony.

He only felt that the disharmony level of his own world would never be lower than 80. This also led to the sky being gloomy wherever he went.

Fortunately, after passing through the red light district, this weird feeling was reduced a lot.

Wen Xishu finally arrived at the library.

There were a lot of people in the library in the city center. Wen Xishu had to admit that the scene that appeared at the beginning was actually the most normal scene.

Once you leave your home, even the library seems unsightly.

If he hadn’t just passed through the red light district and his resistance had been maxed out, he would probably have complained about the bizarre style of painting.

Next to the bookshelf in the popular novel section, he saw a fitness coach holding “Do Not Love Me Gently” and reading it while doing squats. There was a vernier caliper for measuring body fat between the pages.

In the parent-child reading area, a father was reading “The Gray Man” to his son. When reading about the boy wearing crystal shoes and going to find the prince, the father suddenly took out a vernier caliper and said, “Remember, son, size 38 feet and 1.78 meters tall are the golden ratio!”

Wen Xishu was a little uncomfortable, so he quickened his pace. Fortunately, Horn also sent a message at this time –

“I’m here in the bookshelf about animals and poultry and livestock.”

Wen Xishu looked for a while, and soon saw Horn, a man with blonde hair, sitting in a wheelchair and reading a book.

The painting style is normal, but the book in his hand somewhat ruins the style – “Postpartum Care for Sows”.

Horn smiled and said:

“Master Wen Xishu, thank you for coming.”

Wen Xishu wanted to say something, but Horn suddenly became serious:
“Now that we have exchanged pleasantries, let’s get down to business. What do you think of this book?”

Horn handed the book “Postpartum Care for Sows” to Wen Xishu.

Wen Xishu was sure that the other party was not testing him on the content of his book, but was simply thinking about the title of the book.

After thinking about this, Wen Xishu actually realized that something was wrong.

Horn suddenly raised his finger, put it to his lips, and made a silent sound: Hush.

“Don’t think too deeply about it, or you’ll be targeted.”

Wen Xishu said:
“Just tell me your conclusion.”

Horn said:

“I already know what the world has lost, but the strange thing is that even though I know it, I still can’t wake up.”

Wen Xishu was puzzled:
“So what has this world lost?”

Horn thought carefully, but still couldn’t say those two words. But he quickly thought of another word:

“opposite sex.”

Wen Xishu was slightly stunned. The sky suddenly began to darken.

Horn made a shushing gesture again:

“Please divert your attention and think about this book. I envy you, Mr. Wen Xishu. You have rich emotions. The flaws of this world make you feel uncomfortable and disgusted…”

“This kind of emotion may be the way to break through the fragments of the evil land.”

This was the first time that Wen Xishu realized that he was not the calmest one, and Horn was actually calmer than him.

Horn said:

“My inability to move my legs is the least of my physical defects. I also have emotional deficiencies.”

Wen Xishu doesn’t know how to comfort someone, because people who lack emotions probably cannot understand comfort.

He thought for a while and said:

“continue.”

Horn nodded:
“But I know what expressions to use to deal with everyone. Although I can’t feel, I can figure out the logic and imitate.”

After Horn finished speaking, he looked at Wen Xishu with a very understanding smile.

At this moment, Wen Xishu noticed that Horn’s eyes were absolutely calm, without any smile.

All his expressions were merely superficial changes.

Horn continued:

“Mr. Wen Xishu, what do you think is the dilemma we are facing?”

Wen Xishu was not to be outdone:

“I have contacted other people and I think… the uncomfortable parts of each of our lives have been optimized in this world.”

“The sick old man has someone to take care of him, the black muscle man is no longer despised, the unloved has a lover who is so sickly that all she sees is him, the person without money and power has money and power.”

“Everything is beautiful, if it weren’t for the loss of something extremely important and with a strong sense of existence… maybe it’s the opposite sex you mentioned. I think this piece of evil land is essentially to keep us.”

Horn applauded:

“Very good, you think even more deeply than I do.”

“The reason why I read this book is because the word ‘mother’ in the book attracted me at first sight.”

“Animals have males and females, and there are huge physiological differences between males and females, but humans don’t have males and females…”

“But you see, the people here have two different styles of clothing, one of which is more in line with our normal aesthetics.”

“The other one looks… delicate, charming, and cute. Although I don’t think she’s attractive to me, it seems that many people in this world buy into this.”

“So I wonder, is there no opposite sex in this world? What we lost is the opposite sex.”

“Perhaps, there is a specific saying, such as male corresponds to female, male corresponds to female, and man corresponds to…”

Horn was still having a headache, just like Wen Xishu at the beginning. He pressed his hand on his temple:
“The answer is there, but I can’t think of it.”

Wen Xishu said:
“Maybe the answer doesn’t matter. After all, it’s just a title.”

Horn nodded:
“Yes, it’s not important. What’s important is how to get out of here, how to get out of the rules of losing something.”

“It seems that only you, Mr. Wen Xishu, can do this.”

Wen Xishu didn’t ask why.

Horn said directly:

“You can see the synchronization rate and the degree of world disharmony. But I can’t see it. You must have verified it with other people and proved that only you can see it.” Wen Xishu nodded:

“Yes.”

Horn added:
“So, synchronization means assimilation. When the synchronization rate reaches 100%, it means you are 100% assimilated.”

“You feel like everything is reasonable and everything is acceptable.”

“The military, the elderly, the power-hungry, all seem to have been assimilated.”

“But Mr. Wen Xishu, you don’t seem to have that. Can I understand that in your world, there is a person of the opposite sex whom you deeply love? So much so that you are disgusted with this world.”

Wen Xishu shook his head:
“No. I am very sure that there is no such existence in my life. There is no need for such existence. But I do not accept that my cognition has been tampered with.”

Horn nodded:
“Me too, actually. But unfortunately, I don’t have the desire to change everything, so I gradually accept this world.”

“I feel that what I lost is dispensable to me, but I don’t want to be able to accept it, but I can’t have a huge sense of disobedience to change it all.”

Wen Xishu felt very conflicted. If the things lost were dispensable, for a person without emotions, why not accept the loss?

Wen Xishu asked a question:

“Why don’t you want to accept it?”

Horn said:

“In the beginning, the Ark was not as cold-blooded as it is now, and the class divisions were not as clear as they are now.”

“The captain is making people numb little by little.”

The topic changed a bit, but Wen Xishu listened carefully.

Horn said:

“In the beginning, the captain deprived the old man of his interests.”

“Everyone thinks that the elderly are troublesome when they are old, so it doesn’t matter. Although many people think that the elderly should be taken care of out of humanitarianism…”

“But as the propaganda that the elderly should not cause trouble to the young gets louder and louder, the elderly gradually begin to be abandoned.”

“Before the ecological cycle system and the construction of unlimited energy, many elderly people…are energy.”

Wen Xishu was slightly moved.

Horn added:
“Later, when there were no more elderly people, we started with the sick.”

“The old, the weak, the sick, the disabled… Then the middle-aged, then the poor, then the young.”

“Because everyone needs to survive, and because the loss of benefits for one group does not affect other groups… many people have not spoken out.”

“But in the end, when it was their turn, they suddenly realized that there was no one left to speak for them.”

“The Ark has changed from a loving environment that loved everyone and preserved the last civilized environment for mankind to a completely cruel environment where ‘the capable survive and the incompetent die.'”

Wen Xishu understood:

“Do you think that the evil earth fragments and the Ark are the same?”

Horn applauded again to express his appreciation for Wen Xishu:

“Yes, I say this because – the things that are discarded at the beginning are insignificant.”

“An apple bitten by a bug, a dam invaded by ants, an old man abandoned by the Ark, a certain concept taken away by the fragments of evil land…”

“These things are insignificant at first, but they often have a kind of incremental effect later on.”

“My desire is simple. To be the one who can make the Ark better, I cannot lose any concept.”

Wen Xishu said:
“Thank you for telling me this.”

I immediately had a favorable impression of Horn. It was great to have someone who could explain the history of the Ark to you while giving you a lecture.

And Wen Xishu could hear the deeper meaning of what Horn expressed——

The plight of the Fragments of Evil Earth is very similar to that of the Ark.

The Ark abandoned many people and eventually turned the cradle of human civilization into a purgatory for mankind.

So if you abandon too many concepts, maybe each time it seems insignificant, but you will eventually become a demon, a monster.

Wen Xishu looked at Horn:
“Come to think of it, you are not saying that… there is some kind of connection between the Ark and the fragments of the evil land?”

Horn shook his head:

“It’s just speculation, but there’s no evidence. I’ve often wondered why so many people were sacrificed. It’s only been a few years… and the Ark’s energy reserves are obviously decades old.”

“Also, we suddenly entered the Sea of ​​Sin and were suddenly targeted by a group of strange sea beasts. This always makes me feel a little strange.”

“But right now, we have to escape from this world without the opposite sex. Mr. Wen Xishu. Can you please take me to find Judy and Mia next?”

Horn’s idea was exactly the same as Wen Xishu’s. He also planned to look for Judy and Mia.

Wen Xishu suddenly thought, suppose this is a game… suppose some kind of prop provides him with key information such as “world disharmony” and “synchronization rate” values ​​-

So what should be done?
Perhaps the key to this breakthrough, or the key to other players or ordinary tower climbers, is to cooperate well with Horn.

“You should have noticed. Once you start to resist, start to resist accepting this world, and realize that this world has lost something and has a huge sense of absurdity, the sky will become gloomy.”

“Something will approach you silently. I think this is the anti-clearing mechanism. It is also the final boss of the level.”

“Once your synchronization rate approaches 0, there will be something that wants to get close to you, maybe kill you, maybe brainwash you.”

Wen Xishu said:
“So… you want to use Mia and Judy as experiments? As shields?”

Horn nodded and expressed his admiration for Wen Xishu again:

“It’s really comfortable to talk to you. Although I believe that you already have a way to reduce your synchronization rate to 0…but I don’t want you to do it right away.”

“Only by knowing yourself and your enemy can you win every battle. Mr. Wen Xishu, Judy and Mia are just ordinary people, but you are a person with special abilities.”

“You have the ability to change all this. Between Judy and Mia, I think at least one of them will be extremely disgusted with this world and may break through to the extreme and attract that thing.”

“If they haven’t attracted it yet, we can also use verbal stimulation to help them attract it. This way, we can know what that thing is.”

“This way, we have a higher chance of defeating it. Although Mia and Judy may die, at least you won’t die.”

“If you don’t die, we still have hope. If you can defeat that thing… maybe all the secrets of the evil land fragments, the evil sea, and the Ark can be solved.”

Find what is missing, discover the current predicament, identify the current enemy, formulate a combat strategy, find someone who can break the deadlock, and connect all the information.

Horne did it in one go. The only unfriendly thing was that in Horne’s eyes, Judy and Mia seemed to be just props to attract the boss to appear and obtain the boss’s data.

Is a victim.

“Mr. Wen Xishu, I know where they are, but I don’t have the ability to observe them alone.”

“I hope you don’t have any moral dilemmas, because maybe one of them has already attracted that thing… If they go a little later, maybe they will die in vain.”

Wen Xishu really doesn’t have any such thing as a moral dilemma.

He can be very caring towards his friends, but maintain a neutral and friendly attitude towards strangers.

When in Toei, Wen Xishu didn’t mind saving poor people if he met them. But after becoming a ghost groom and killing many passers-by… he didn’t feel particularly guilty.

Because Xiao Xing and Xiao Tong are alive, the final result will be better than before I arrived. And that is enough.

It’s the same this time.

Horn thought Wen Xishu had a moral dilemma…but in fact, what Wen Xishu was thinking was – this Horn is good, it would be great if he could get into the bunker, but it’s a pity that he can’t be exchanged.

Wen Xishu pushed Horn’s wheelchair and said:
“Are you sure you’re emotionally deficient?”

Horn had a bad feeling:

“Are you… going to do something extremely exaggerated?”

Wen Xishu said:
“As you said, Mia and Judy might have been targeted, so we have to hurry.”

Horn was very smart. He understood Wen Xishu’s meaning in seconds:
“Well… since I don’t get seasick, theoretically, I won’t get carsick either.”

Wen Xishu smiled:

“That’s good.”

Blood mist rose, and the terrifying power of an extreme kick exploded in an instant.

A second ago, Horn was full of confidence, and his handsome face, set off by his blond hair, gave him a somewhat aristocratic temperament.

But the next second, Horn subconsciously opened his mouth due to the terrifying push on his back. The powerful airflow directly overturned countless bookshelves.

Wen Xishu and Horn had already moved away from the library in one step.

(End of this chapter)