“We assume that the world is changing because something huge is coming… but the magnetic field can resist it to a certain extent. Since the magnetic field can resist it, it must have a similar presentation to the magnetic field.” Polly’s grey-blue eyes were staring at the cluttered screen with fascination. “It is huge, beyond our perception. It changes the essence of this world but it is here. I think there must be a specific receiving frequency and then we will be able to see the shadow it casts on the world.”

“And then?”

Polly shook his head slowly. “We must first know what it is before we can think about how to deal with it.”

Still, could they really find it? An Zhe stared at the screen in a loss. Polly opened his mouth as if he knew what An Zhe was thinking.

“It might be very slim but…” Polly only spoke half his sentence before sighing softly. “After all, we have created many masterpieces previously unimaginable to humans.”

An Zhe read the fluctuations in his tone and repeated the words. “A masterpiece that is unimaginable to humans.”

Then he saw the flickering light in Polly’s eyes. Polly Joan stared out at the boundless wilderness outside the window, at the grey haze that covered the sky and the howling of beasts that came from all directions. There were strange fluctuations in the sound and the human spectrum couldn’t interpret them.

“Just for humans,” he whispered. “Before we were broken, we thought we had learned about the whole world.”

In this moment, An Zhe saw loneliness that spanned all of eternity in his eyes.

CHAPTER 72

“The colonel, the dignified judge, can only be placed under house arrest in my laboratory.” Dr Ji put a pile of information on the table and laughed. “Do you need me to bring you a meal?”

The person sitting in the soft chair that originally belonged to Dr Ji wasn’t the doctor himself but the Judge in a black uniform. His arms were held in an inattentive manner and his legs were crossed. A silver badge was missing from his chest but the silver spikes of the uniform filled in the colour gap, making his clothing and appearance still impeccable.

Frosty eyes swept over the silver-grey lab. “Do you think I want to stay here?”

“I suggest you be nice to me. I’m not demanding and it is enough to return 1/100th of our friendship since childhood.” The doctor added, “You have to understand the situation. The Trial Court is finding it hard to protect itself. If even me, your only friend in this base, no longer accepts you then you will be immediately torn up by the people outside. I heard that the United Front Centre has held three meetings with the theme of whether a judge’s qualification to kill should be abolished from the Judges’ Act.”