The old security guard tried to keep his tone as calm as possible when describing these things.
He seemed to be deliberately stripping away his emotions to make his story more objective.
But I don't know why, when he talked about the second time he saw the "tyrant", the content of the description still made people feel a little trembled. No. 8 was a little unbelievable. He turned to look at Lu Xin and found Lu Xin. At this time, he also lowered his head silently.
When the old security guard talked about these things, they seemed familiar.
But Lu Xin really doesn't remember it anymore. These contents, as well as the contents of the following three years, are all blank.
Occasionally some fragments appear, which are also very confusing.
"To this day, I can't describe how shocked I was when I heard those words."
The old security guard was silent for a long time, and then slowly continued, "I suddenly realized that I couldn't do anything to him."
"It's not because what I see in front of me is a 'tyrant' who can easily destroy the three-story building of an orphanage and destroy the security measures designed by the director himself, but because what I see in front of me is just a painful and somewhat helpless child..."
"At that time, I made a decision that I will never regret in my life."
"I did not immediately report your appearance and your current status to the dean, otherwise he might come back immediately."
"I just picked you up and tried to..."
After a pause, he said in a somewhat unspeakable voice, "I'm trying to provide you with psychological counseling myself."
It could be clearly heard that there was some embarrassment in his words at this time.
It seems that he does not regret his decision to take back the "tyrant", but until now, when he thinks about trying to provide psychological counseling to the "tyrant" with his level at the time, he feels that he is overestimating his abilities...
"However, that is difficult..."
The old security guard himself shook his head slightly. He seemed to feel thirsty due to his emotional fluctuations, so he took another glass of wine and drank it in one gulp. Then he said, "Although you did have emotional changes that you didn't have before, your mental state has been extremely chaotic. At any time, it may cause strong mental power to have various impacts on reality..."
"When you have a nightmare, it will cause huge cracks in the entire building."
"When your mood occasionally fluctuates, the vase on the table will suddenly turn into a poisonous snake..."
"When you walk in the crowd, the people around you will have nightmares about their limbs and minds. They will kneel down in front of you, trembling, as if they are paying homage to the king. However, when they wake up, they don't remember such a thing at all..."
"You can erase people's memories at will, and even disable all surveillance cameras..."
"..."
Following the old security guard's words, there was a faint look of fear in his eyes.
Not only him, but also No. 8 showed an expression of disbelief.
He knew what level of power the scene described by the old security guard represented.
The silent Lu Xin also sat quietly, thinking silently, "Was the original tyrant so powerful?"
"I finally realized that I can't take care of you at all..."
The old security guard slowly raised his head and looked at Lu Xin, his eyes were weak, and he even looked a little self-deprecating:
"After all, even the dean was completely unable to control something. With my level at the time, how could I possibly turn the tide?"
"So, I'm still going to ask for help."
"It's just that I didn't report it to Old Director because I saw how crazy he was in order to complete the experiment."
"Therefore, I chose to report to Research Institute..."
"..."
Having said this, his voice weakened slightly, but Lu Xin and No. 8 were both a little surprised.
In this matter, Research Institute was also involved?
"The people from Research Institute rushed over as soon as possible..."
The old security guard said in a low voice, "It took less than an hour from the time I reported it to the time their people showed up."
"I have also been an intern at Research Institute as an assistant to the dean for many years. I am sure that every move of these people is the behavior of Research Institute. Therefore, I promised to let them pick you up and told them that I no longer want to follow Old Director. I want to follow you back."
"Even if I go to jail because of the lab incident that I escaped from, I don't want to stay here anymore."
"But unexpectedly, they rejected me and only said that I still need to be responsible for what I have done..."
"It wasn't until then that I realized that they didn't seem to be from Research Institute."
"How could the Research Institute people not bring back the people related to the escaped laboratory?"
"They showed that they didn't even care about the escaped laboratory."
"..."
When he said this, the old security guard gradually showed an expression of fear. "I realized something was wrong at that time."
"I tried to resist them, but unexpectedly, they subdued me easily. In front of them, I looked like a wooden person. However, they did not hurt me. Instead, they smiled and explained to me that they were indeed Research Institute's people."
"They told me not to panic, saying they would never hurt you..."
"Because his brain is a prison, which contains the most terrifying things. No one is stupid enough to break this prison."
"Their purpose is to better seal the contents, not to destroy the world!"
"..."
"Prison?"
Whether it was the old security guard who said these two words, or No. 8 who heard these two words.
Their faces were all extremely touched.
His body seemed to tremble slightly, and then he looked at Lu Xin at the same time.
The people described by the old security guard originally had a mysterious and weird color to them.
And in their mouths, Lu Xin is... a prison?
How can a person be in prison?
But in their eyes, Lu Xin was just sitting calmly, his brows slightly wrinkled, as if he had no complete impression.
In the depressing atmosphere, No. 8 couldn't help but interject. "Did you hear it wrong, or..."
"I heard that right..."
The old security guard listened, but sighed softly and said, "They laughed at me, or at Old Director. I don't know the seriousness of it, but they dared to use such a method on the tyrant. However, this is also their negligence. They said that this prison contains the most terrifying thing in the world. Originally, they had sealed most of the power of that thing, thinking it was safe."
"But looking at it now, just the occasional leakage is still something the world cannot bear."
"So they plan to take him back and find ways to seal more of his power to see the effects."
"..."
"And this isn't even the scariest thing..."
The old security guard also frowned, and his expression became a little weird. "At that time, I didn't know the identities of these researchers at all, and I didn't know whether I should believe their words, or whether I should let them take the 'tyrant' away, or whether it would be because the 'tyrant' was unwilling to leave with them, which would lead to some kind of out-of-control consequences. I saw..."
He raised his head slightly and looked at Lu Xin: "You seem to know them..."
"..."
"Huh?"
Having said this, even Lu Xin frowned slightly and looked up at the old security guard.
No. 8 even had the feeling that he thought the old security guard was lying.
"You were talking to them with a smile. That was an expression I had never seen before..."
The old security guard shook his head vigorously, as if he was using this method to ensure that his memory was correct. "I clearly remember that you were at Research Institute when you were very young, and we later took you to Qinggang. At such a young age, you had no contact with outsiders. However, after you met those people, you smiled and communicated with them, and even asked them why they didn't come until now..."
"At that time, you were almost like old friends..."
"And..."
His Adam's apple couldn't help but move, and a shadow seemed to cast over his face. "The tone of your voice..."
He even tried a few times before he finally said it, "It's too scary..."
"I don't know how to describe it, but that tone is not you at all, but something... even more terrifying."
"I just heard a few syllables, and then I had a nightmare for a long time..."
"..."
Hearing what the old security guard seemed to have said, even No. 8 suddenly turned his head and looked at Lu Xin.
He seemed to want to say something, but he never had the confidence to send out his voice.
"Buzz buzz..."
I don't know if it was because of thinking too hard, but Lu Xin's head started to hurt again.
He was silent and hit his forehead hard.
It was empty, with no trace at all. I really had no memories of this.
What's going on in prison?
Is there really something else in my head?
No... right?
The old security guard also kept looking hard at Lu Xin's expression. After a while, he withdrew his gaze with some disappointment.
He didn't see the answer he wanted from Lu Xin's face.
"What happened next became very simple."
He sighed softly and said softly, "I don't know where they took you, but you were indeed taken away, and I never had enough motivation to find you. Maybe at that time, I still had a strong fear of you..."
"Even though I know that you have changed by then and are no longer a simple 'tyrant', I am still afraid..."
"However, afterward, I thought about this incident countless times."
"I really didn't have a clue at first, I was just filled with weirdness and absurdity."
"Until later, when I recalled this incident countless times, I gradually thought of the identities of those people. Their behavior was completely Research Institute's style. They were familiar with everything about Research Institute, but they didn't care about what happened to Research Institute at all..."
"So, who else could it be but the first generation of researchers?"
"..."
Smiling slightly, "It was only then that I remembered that the IDs they wore were very old."
"And the name above is not 'lunar eclipse', but 'Crimson Moon."
"However, it was all meaningless. I no longer wanted to be exposed to these things at all."
"I did not reply to Research Institute, and I also cut off contact with Old Director."
"I picked up Xiaolu from the hospital and took her to hide in another place, thinking that maybe one day, Old Director would appear and punish me, but in the end, Old Director never came to me again, and it just passed quietly for a long time."
"At that time, I had no other motivation to do anything but take care of the deer with a broken leg."
"Even later, Xiaolu proposed to rebuild the orphanage on the site of the orphanage, to build a real orphanage so that the children wandering on the streets could have a place to live. I just tried my best to help her, and sometimes I even fantasized in my heart that maybe doing so could help me atone for some of my past sins to a certain extent..."
"For many years, I have been unable to distinguish my own thoughts..."
"As the most outstanding researcher, I entered Eclipse Research Institute and worked hard to cure the world."
"I followed Professor Wang out again and did all those cruel things..."
"I saw the most desperate eyes, the most miserable pictures, and the most terrifying power..."
"..."
"..."
Having said this, he became emotionally disturbed and suddenly couldn't help but look at No. 8 and said:
"I didn't like what you said when you first came back."
"There's no such thing as grades. Are grades that important in today's world?"
"Growing up safely and being honest is the best life in the world after Crimson Moon, isn't it?"
"After all, our world is cursed by knowledge..."
"..."
No. 8 was suddenly mentioned, and his expression was a little surprised. His lips moved, but in the end he didn't say anything.
When the old security guard said this, he was already very relaxed.
He even smiled, picked a small piece of egg yolk, put it into his mouth, and took a sip of wine.
Then he said to Lu Xin, "After that, three years later, Xiaolu suddenly met you."
"You followed her back to the orphanage. I didn't know how scared I was at that time. I thought retribution was finally coming..."
"But it was also at that time that I discovered that your state had really changed."
"The power in your body that makes people feel depressed all the time is gone."
"In other words, if you hide deeper, you become quieter, kinder, and even seem a little stupid."
"You always send money to the rebuilt primary school over and over again. It looks like you are very rich, but later I found out that you just saved the money. You even wore single clothes in the middle of the winter, and your nose kept flowing out from the cold..."
"..."
Lu Xin has been listening silently, rarely interrupting.
It wasn't until he heard this that he moved his body slightly unnaturally and rubbed his face slowly.
He shook his head softly and said, "You don't need to talk about this."