The black ark stopped at the top of the mountain in the suburbs. Su Mo and Qi Ling sat shoulder to shoulder, gazing at the sunrise.
Qi Ling’s smiling lips naturally curled up, her amber eyes reflecting the distant golden sky.
The morning breeze blew gently, lifting her beautiful silver hair, with strands occasionally brushing against Su Mo’s face, carrying a faint, refreshing scent of her hair.
Su Mo looked at Qi Ling’s profile: "How do you feel after your revenge is complete?"
Qi Ling gazed at the eastern sky, her red lips parted and closed, about to speak but stopping, finally whispering two words softly: "Peaceful..."
She reached out her hand to block in front of her, her five fingers slightly closing and rubbing, as if kneading the sunlight between them: "In these years since escaping Eden Garden, I’ve often had trouble sleeping because every ti I fall asleep, I have nightmares, returning to that sickening place in my dreams."
"I hate this world, just ’being alive’ makes feel nauseated. Every mont, I want to hurry and die."
"But I can’t die because I still have unfulfilled revenge. Those people still living are my reason to live."
"Now they’re all dead... there’s nothing left in my heart, only peace..."
Su Mo’s childhood was very ordinary, yet very happy, with loving parents and good playmates.
He and Qi Ling didn’t have the sa experiences; saying he understood what she felt would be a lie.
But he could imagine what that feeling might be like.
No family, no friends, tornted from a young age, the only light extinguished in the past, leaving only painful mories.
Falling asleep to nightmares of the past, awakening to live in a nightmare called reality.
Loneliness to the extre of pain, pain to the extre of loneliness...
Faced with things he hadn’t experienced, any so-called consolation would be presumptuous, so Su Mo said nothing, just quietly moved a bit closer to Qi Ling to silently comfort her.
Qi Ling naturally leaned her head against Su Mo’s shoulder, her eyes half-open, half-closed, softly asking: "Speaking of which, the night Eden Garden was supposed to explode, you reported it, right?"
At this point, there was nothing to hide, so Su Mo smiled and asked back: "How did you know?"
Qi Ling: "That day was the anniversary of the Brain Plan. I rembered the face of every guest at the banquet. You were the only unfamiliar face, so I guessed it must be related to you."
Su Mo nodded thoughtfully.
If he hadn’t influenced the plot’s developnt, those rchants, politicians, and researchers contributing to the Brain Plan would have been obliterated that night.
As for why such an incident wasn’t reported in the original plot, the authorities must have investigated what Venus Eden Garden had done and sealed the news imdiately afterward.
In this era, it’s common not to treat people as people.
But for a semi-official institution like Eden Garden, to use children for high-risk human experints?
New Moon City’s authorities couldn’t handle such public pressure and would have covered the news imdiately.
Qi Ling asked curiously: "I thought I hid the bomb very well. How did you discover it?"
Being a Transmigrator was sothing Su Mo couldn’t possibly tell anyone, so he made up a lie.
"At the ti, I was commissioned to investigate Venus Eden Garden for embezzlent. A probe robot accidentally discovered the bombs, so I quickly reported it."
Qi Ling was silent for a mont, then suddenly cupped Su Mo’s face, staring straight into his eyes.
"Your blinking rate is faster than before, and your pupils are slightly dilated, a physiological phenonon induced by sympathetic nerve excitent."
She leaned to Su Mo’s ear, softly saying: "You’re lying to , big liar."
Su Mo wanted to continue to argue, but Qi Ling put her finger on his lips: "Hush..."
She rested her chin on Su Mo’s shoulder, closed her eyes, softly murmuring: "It doesn’t matter. Everyone has secrets. If you can’t say, I won’t ask."
Qi Ling was so understanding that Su Mo couldn’t help but smile knowingly, proactively changing the subject: "So what was your original plan?"
Qi Ling: "As you saw, I planned to use the bombs to kill all the attendees. As for those involved in Xiaoqi’s death but not influential enough to attend the banquet, they would be left for the virus to eliminate."
Su Mo nodded thoughtfully.
The main participants of the Brain Plan would have perished that night in the flas, and then the news would be sealed by the authorities.
And those killed by intelligent machines? Honestly, they were really insignificant.
In New Moon City, where dozens of murder cases happen daily and funeral company stocks often hit the limit-up, the Public Security Bureau wouldn’t care about a few penniless and powerless people dying unjustly.
This was supposed to be a precise, silent massacre.
It was entirely his interference with Qi Ling’s original plan that caused things to blow up and lead to those spectacular scenes later.
At this mont, Su Mo thought of a very crucial question: "If I hadn’t disrupted your plan, where were you going after killing those people?"
Qi Ling withdrew her fingers, making a gun gesture, then pulled the trigger beside her head.
"I bought myself a very cute pink revolver. I would dress up beautifully, watch that fiery flower rise from Venus Eden Garden on the rooftop, and then shoot a bullet into my own head."
Su Mo didn’t expect such an answer, stunned: "How could you have such an intention..."
Qi Ling calmly said: "I just said, living is a tornt for . Every second, I want to escape from this hellish world. Death is not a punishnt for , but a return."
Su Mo listened and then smiled: "But fate is very miraculous, isn’t it? If I hadn’t stopped Venus Eden Garden’s explosion, you would have quietly died, and I would never have known you."
"But now, here we are, sitting face to face, having gone through earth-shattering events, then quietly watching the sunrise."
Qi Ling pursed her lips, smiling: "Yes, you’re right."
She lifted her head, her eyes reflecting Su Mo’s figure, filled with gentle smiles: "Mo Mo, can you grant a wish?"
Su Mo: "You say."
Qi Ling: "Hug ."
Su Mo was taken aback, not expecting the "wish" to be so simple. He lifted his arms around Qi Ling’s waist, holding her in his embrace.
Qi Ling’s body trembled slightly from the sense of happiness. She rested her little head on Su Mo’s shoulder, gently nuzzling like a spoiled kitten.
Her amber eyes were half-open, half-closed, filled with intoxicating light: "I don’t think I’ve told you before, but I developed skin hunger at a young age. Only when hugged by soone does my heart completely calm down."
"Back in Venus Eden Garden, it was always Xiaoqi who hugged . Later, she was gone, and no one else could hug ."
"I lived in solitude half my life, and before I die, soone can hold once more."
"Thank you, my love."
"... Farewell."
She suddenly pulled out the gun from Su Mo’s back and pressed it under her chin, pulling the trigger.
"Bang!"
Blood splattered.
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