Chapter 15 Hero
Lin Xian still couldn't figure out what the phrase "there is what you want in the mirror" meant.
Because from a conventional perspective.
The mirror itself is just a flat structure that reflects light. As long as the surface of the object is polished smooth enough, copper, iron, plastic, ice, and even water can become a mirror.
In modern society, the most common thing used by everyone is glass mirrors, which are cheap and practical. Every household is inseparable from the existence of mirrors. Whether it is in the bathroom, in the wardrobe, or even on the hostess's dressing table, a mirror is indispensable.
Lin Xian also looks in the mirror many times every day, intentionally or unintentionally.
He didn't think there was anything special every time he looked in the mirror.
Besides...
From the perspective of the structure and physical principles of mirrors, "in the mirror" itself is a non-existent concept.
A mirror is just a mirror, a thin layer of glass with no inside to speak of.
Everything people see through the mirror is just an "illusion" caused by the light reflected by the mirror onto the human retina and does not exist.
Perhaps a three-dimensional mirror in the room and a mirror inside the elevator will make the space appear wider, but that is just a visual illusion of the human eye. In fact, the space does not expand even one centimeter.
Therefore, it is impossible for anything to exist in the mirror. Isn’t the riddle of the oriole a sick sentence?
therefore……
Taken together.
Lin Xian felt that the mirror in Huang Que's mouth was most likely referring to the mirror in his dream.
And what he wants should refer to the clues or secrets that Zhao Yingjun painstakingly left for himself in the third dream.
In this way, it seems more reasonable.
Lin Xian did not doubt that Huang Que knew about his dream. This was already clear when the two met for the first time.
Huang Que knows so many things about herself that she even gives people the feeling that she knows herself better than she does. She even knows that she peeked at the invitation letter to the Genius Club and summarized the laws of time and space. There is no reason not to know that she can dream. Things to come.
In fact, Lin Xian was wary of Huang Que in many matters and did not regard her as a reliable friend.
But for now, she has neither bad intentions nor any actions to harm herself. Instead, she often uses inexplicable and unpredictable riddles to remind herself... It's annoying, this information is for nothing anyway. , don’t want it in vain.
at the moment.
Since there are no other clues, let’s explore the Rhine Sky City in the dreamland.
"If it is true as Huang Que said, what Zhao Yingjun left for me 600 years later is in the mirror, then the most likely place for this mirror to be placed is in Zhao Yingjun's personal exhibition hall at the Rhine Museum."
After the last exploration of Rhine Sky City, it is enough to see that Zhao Yingjun has a very high status in the hearts of Sky City residents.
Not only did a commemorative park be built specifically for her, a statue was erected, and honking and flying were prohibited; a personal exhibition hall was set up for her in the Rhine Museum, which shows how much everyone respects her.
Perhaps, this is exactly Zhao Yingjun's purpose.
Only if everyone respects her and loves her enough can we ensure that her statue and personal exhibition hall will remain until 600 years later, and in this way leave a gift for herself across the long river of time... that may change the future, change the world, A life-changing gift.
"Looking at it this way, the task after entering the dreamland at night is very difficult."
Lin Xian was thinking.
First of all, the museum is definitely not open at night. If you want to enter, you have to find a way to sneak in.
The museum's structure, security, and even whether it has walls are all unknown.
Traveling in a city by yourself is indeed a bit weak.
He thought of the Face Gang.
Although these people are not very bright, they are more obedient, simple and strong in execution. Lin Xian was shocked by the art of combining human ladders.
It is still vivid in my mind.
"In short, there is strength in numbers, so let's find a way to mobilize them."
…
At night, after entering dreamland, Lin Xian ran straight to the place where the crowd and lights gathered in the distance without stopping.
"Brother Face."
At this time, the helium balloon the big-faced cat was riding in was still inflating, and he had not yet changed into his handmade spacesuit. Lin Xian went over and patted him on the shoulder to say hello.
"Gah?"
The big-faced cat raised its head in confusion, its expressions crowded together:
"Who are you!"
Lin Xian followed the previous script and talked a lot, but the difference from the previous one was that Lin Xian told the big-faced cat at the end of the explanation straightforwardly:
"I know the exact location of the gap in the air defense network."
The big-faced cat's expression changed.
Sure enough, this sentence was more effective than anything else, and the surrounding crowd immediately gathered around.
Lin Xian told the big-faced cats and the others that the gap in the air defense net was directly above the square statue.
But at an altitude of 10,000 meters, you can't see the position of the statue at all. Even if you stare hard, the statue that is tens of meters high is no more than the size of a sesame seed and cannot be seen clearly at all.
However, he can lead the way and jump into the gap in the air defense net with them.
Although Lin Xian successfully entered once.
But he has found his own visual reference object, and he is 70% to 80% sure that he can locate the gap. It doesn't matter even if he makes a mistake... he will come back tomorrow.
Lin Xian also told them a lot about the Rhine Sky City. There are indeed medicines to treat radiation sickness in the pharmacies, and the security in the city is very lax, almost no security, and there are too many bells and whistles in the Sky City. People will notice their presence, and tasks will be performed with ease and pleasure.
"So...I can fly you in, and you can just glide with me. In return, you only need to accompany me to the museum once. You just need to cooperate with me to see an exhibition hall, and then I will go find the medicine with you. Then jump off from Sky City and return."
Lin Xian thought the communication would go smoothly.
But……
After hearing this, the big-faced cat looked up at A Zhuang, Er Zhu and San Pang. He glanced at the expectant and numb fellow villagers around him, and shook his head:
"I can go with you, but they can't. It's not that I don't trust you, it's just... I can't let everyone take this risk."
He raised his finger and looked around:
"Look, there are only a few of us men left around here. If the four of us go with you and end up being wiped out... what will the remaining villagers do?"
"Without getting the medicine, we really have no future. But if all the men die, there will be no instructor left to guide everyone in paragliding and skydiving, and the remaining women will
How can people continue to complete the tasks we have not completed? "
Lin Xian looked at the big-faced cat.
Unexpectedly, in the third dream, his thinking and structure had grown to the point where he became such a master.
This is probably also a man's sense of responsibility in the face of crisis.
Perhaps after Li Cheng died early and the older men died one after another, even the big-faced cat with a wild nature had to shoulder the important task of leading the way and becoming the backbone of the people in this area.
Lin Xian had noticed before that there was no big-faced cat wife, nor his daughter and son among the crowd around him.
Every time he boarded a hot air balloon and embarked on the road of no return, he was that lonely figure, with no one giving him a hug before he left.
Lin Xian spoke several times, but in the end he never asked the question.
In fact, the answer is very clear.
In such a world where radiation sickness is rampant, since the big-faced cat's father died early due to illness, it is likely that the face-sister-in-law, the daughter who quarreled with the big-faced cat, and the little-faced cat's son have also passed away.
During this period, in reality, Lin Xian experienced too many deaths and separations.
He truly understood the sadness of losing relatives and friends.
Therefore, I never asked the big-faced cat this obvious question, lest it would only cause more grief.
"Brother, I'm going too."
At this time, A Zhuang stood up from the crowd:
"According to today's plan, if you fail, it's my turn. I think what this guy said is probably true, and I'm willing to take a gamble."
The big-faced cat nodded and patted A Zhuang on the shoulder:
"Fine."
Then he turned to look at Er Zhuzi and San Pang:
"You two, please don't go. If we can't come back, we will leave it to you and my fellow villagers... to teach women to skydive and to train the children to grow up. After your mission is over... come back to find us in the sky. .
After saying that, the big-faced cat looked at Lin Xian:
"Is this okay with you? The two of us will go with you."
Lin Xian nodded:
"Okay, the more people the better, but I understand your situation, just two."
suddenly.
An exquisite and graceful figure squeezed out from the crowd, raising her calloused hands high:
"Since there are not enough people, I will go too!"
In an instant, all eyes were focused on this girl who was much more mature than her actual age.
Li Ningning.
"no!"
The big-faced cat has a fierce voice:
"No matter what, it's not your turn! If our men die, there will be women, and if the women die, there will be children older than you. Besides, your parents are dead in the sky... You have to leave a root for the Li family. "
"Why can't I go up? I've wanted to do it for a long time! I've been practicing my skydiving skills, so I'll be fine."
"This is not a good thing. You can go if you want?"
The big-faced cat said angrily:
"Boss Li was the first person to skydive into Sky City. Before he left, he specifically asked me to raise you well; and your mother was the second one... Your family has sacrificed too much for this matter. How could I let you go!"
The big-faced cat's words also made the crowd around him feel recognized.
Li Cheng.
All of them owe Li Cheng so much.
From the earliest relocation, to the fight against radiation sickness, to the final desperate parachute jump into Sky City, Li Cheng is leading everyone in all of this, leading everyone to fight for destiny and the future.
When in the end there is really no hope for humans to defeat radiation sickness.
Li Cheng proposed that since the radiation source was on the Sky City, the people on the Sky City should also be infected with radiation sickness. Their technology is so advanced that they must have already had treatment drugs.
So... if you want to save the people on the surface, you know how to parachute and break through the sky city defense! Go in and grab the medicine and deliver it!
When this crazy plan was proposed, everyone felt that it was impossible to achieve, and it was no different from committing suicide.
And Li Cheng... was willing to be the first to die.
Everyone witnessed him ascending to an altitude of 10,000 meters in a hot air balloon, then saw him gliding down to approach Sky City, and finally saw him turn into a ball of fire in the laser.
At that time, Li Ningning was only one year old and had just learned to walk on the ground. She didn't know that she had lost her father when she saw the fireworks flashing in the sky.
Li Cheng's instant evaporation further increased everyone's fear of Rhine Sky City, and they dared not act rashly or approach.
At this time...
Li Ningning's mother, Li Cheng's wife, who had not yet finished breastfeeding, stood up:
"If 10,000 meters is not enough, then go to 20,000 meters and start jumping. If we don't jump, we will have no future. Radiation sickness will not disappear by itself, and our sores will not heal by themselves."
"If you have to choose between watching your family and children die in the torture of radiation sickness and dying under the laser of Sky City to get medicine... I would rather die in the laser than watch my child die without saving him."
She finally braided Li Ningning's pigtails, and her hands were
shaking.
Everyone knew that she was reluctant, everyone knew that she was also afraid, and everyone knew that she didn't want to abandon this lovely daughter who had just learned to walk.
But...
She knew it better than anyone else.
If she didn't jump, there would never be another person to jump.
Her husband died in vain.
No one on the surface of the earth could be saved.
Even if it wasn't her daughter who got radiation sickness today, what about tomorrow? What about the day after tomorrow?
As long as they didn't get the medicine to treat radiation sickness, they were doomed to have no future, and the destruction of their fate was only a matter of time.
At that time, everyone advised her not to go, saying that it would just be one more ball of fire in the sky, which was meaningless.
But she didn't look back.
After saying goodbye to Li Ningning, who didn't understand parting, with a smile, she put on the astronaut helmet and tears fell.
The person who put the helmet on her at that time was Big Face Cat.
These tears dripped on his hands, and only he knew.
"Don't tell Ningning..."
The woman's voice trembled, and she whispered:
"Her father was not afraid, and her mother didn't cry."
At that moment.
Big Face Cat cried.
He swore in his heart that he would take care of Li Ningning as if she were his own daughter, protect her well, and help her grow up.
And!
I will never let Li Ningning go skydiving, and I will never let him die in the sky! 】
Boss Li is gone, and the boss lady is gone too.
Then he.
Big-faced cat.
From now on, he is the boss of this East China Sea.
He has to shoulder the responsibility of protecting this area.
Big-faced cat cut the cable of the hot air balloon, wiped a tear with his back to the crowd, and hugged Li Ningning, who was laughing and applauding:
"Ningning, your father and mother... are heroes."
...
Everyone looked at the sky with grief.
They all knew very well.
It is impossible to break into the Sky City. No matter how many people try to go up, they will eventually turn into a ball of fire in the laser like Li Cheng.
However!
This time!
A miracle happened! !
In front of everyone's astonishment, Li Ningning's mother jumped from an altitude of 20,000 meters!
Unharmed!
No lasers!
Directly broke through from the northwest of Rhine Sky City!
Everyone saw it clearly!
She opened the parachute at an altitude of 4,000 meters! Landing safely!
So...
So!
There really is a gap in the air defense net above Sky City!
It can really be broken through!
Later.
Even if Li Ningning's mother didn't come back and nothing was thrown from Sky City.
Most likely... she died in Sky City.
But she was blessed by a miracle and gave everyone hope.
Since then, men from the surrounding villages have gathered together and started practicing gliding and parachuting.
One after another!
Falling from a high altitude!
Breaking through Sky City!
But...
The miracle didn't happen again.
After Li Ningning's mother, no one could successfully find the gap and break through the air defense net.
All the men nearby died in the sky.
Only the last four people, Big Face Cat, A Zhuang, Er Zhuzi, and San Pang, were left.
So.
Big Face Cat would not allow Li Ningning to parachute in the sky.
This was his promise and oath to Li Cheng and his wife. He must protect this girl who always makes people worry.
"Why!!"
Li Ningning yelled.
She felt very wronged.
For so many years, she has been secretly practicing parachuting, and her skills are much better than many men!
She is never afraid of death.
She is only afraid that she will die in the torture of radiation sickness and die in a lifetime of mediocrity!
If it weren't for Lin Xian's appearance, she wouldn't say much. Everyone would just take turns to parachute in order, and it would always be her turn.
But.
Now Lin Xian tells everyone that he knows the exact gap and is willing to fly in front to lead everyone in.
He is not afraid of death! How could this news be false!
Lin Xian said that the more people the better, and there is strength in numbers; since everyone doesn't trust him and is unwilling to go with him, then why not go by yourself?
Believe in him!
Be willing to believe in him!
Although it may not succeed this time, the more people there are, the greater the probability of success, right?
Maybe this opportunity will only come once.
If you miss it, you will never have it again!
"Why can't I go!"
Li Ningning looked at Erzhuzi and Sanpang with tears in her eyes:
"If you don't let me go, then go ahead! If you don't want to go, why are you stopping me from going!"
"Because you are Li Cheng's daughter!!"
The big-faced cat stared at Li Ningning fiercely:
"Do you understand? Because you are Li Cheng's daughter! We already owe your parents too much! So you just can't go!"
Say it.
The big-faced cat put on his helmet and pulled Lin Xian toward the helium balloon:
"Come on, I'll take you to get dressed."
However.
clatter!
Li Ningning stepped forward and grabbed the big-faced cat's space suit.
Amid the puzzled faces of hundreds of people watching, Li Ningning gritted his teeth:
"If it's for this reason, then I have to go!"
"you--"
The big-faced cat stretched out his hand to hit her!
But Li Ningning was fearless, just like Li Cheng who was alone and retrograde.
She passed her right hand across the crowd of old and young people surrounding her:
"Of every woman present, which one is not someone else's wife? Which one is not someone else's daughter?"
"My parents are dead, aren't their parents dead? Just because I am Li Cheng's daughter, I have to go even more!"
Li Ningning's eyes were firm and she raised her head to look at the big-faced cat:
"If Li Cheng's daughter doesn't go to school...why should someone else's daughter go to school?"