游医Itinerant Doctor by Priest

Author:Priest
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2021-02-27T00:00:00+00:00

31

ALL ONE’S LIFE LAND

“WHAT’S THE SITUATION?” Huang Jinchen switched out his empty clip. “Dr. Kou, report.”

Kou Tong was looking at the whole field in a daze; he hadn’t heard him at all. He was entirely sunk into a frenzied academic state. Huang Jinchen watched him for a while. He thought that if you pressed Control-Alt-Delete on Dr. Kou right now, you would certainly find that Dr. Kou’s CPU usage was 100%—about to freeze.

So Master Huang switched targets. He turned to the blank He Xiaozhi. “Kid, how did you pull that off just now?”

He Xiaozhi shook his head in confusion.

“Think about it. You’re our ultimate cheat code right now.”

“I was alone…in the living room. There’s a dressing mirror in Dr. Kou’s living room. I was sitting there.”

He Xiaozhi spoke very slowly. Ordinarily, he had two states. One was gloomy and fairly slow to respond, like now, but with his psyche relatively calm. Sadly, these calm but downcast moods didn’t last long. He often collapsed. During his collapses, his temper would be rather bad. It was evident he was controlling himself with all his might, but when all of a patient’s unusual hormonal secretions were causing an unstable mood, it couldn’t be resolved only with control. Sometimes he would stand in a corner, crying wordlessly. Sometimes he would scream, even self-harm. Ordinarily, at times like these, Dr. Kou, the professional, had to be relied on to provide appropriate medication.

“At first the mirror was reflecting me, but I zoned out for a few minutes. When I came back to myself, I saw the two of you in the mirror, and also that…” He frowned, not quite knowing how to describe that winged, chain-wielding goat. “That monster the size of a dinosaur was screaming. I thought you might be in danger, so I reached out my hand without thinking. I didn’t expect it to pass through the mirror.”

Kou Tong turned his head and asked, “What were you thinking about when you zoned out?”

He Xiaozhi froze.

Kou Tong walked up to him and bent down a little, bringing his gaze level with He Xiaozhi’s. In a very soft voice, he said, “It’s all right. I told you, you can tell me anything. Remember?”

He Xiaozhi stared into his eyes for a while. As if he had found some source of strength, he nodded, then said, “I was looking at myself in the mirror, thinking…that I’m a waste of space who can only be a burden on others—that’s what my mom said. I can’t do anything. I couldn’t even manage to die. If I died, I would cause trouble for many people. I’ve been watching you all running around every day, and there’s nothing I can do to help…”

“Who says so?” Kou Tong interrupted him. He had roughly worked it out. The mirror must have been He Xiaozhi’s projection in this space. For particular reasons, his reactions were rather slow, and the system’s analysis time had been fairly long. It could only be discovered through stimulus. To make his words more persuasive, Kou Tong pointed to Huang Jinchen and said, “You saved our lives.

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