Chapter 23: The Abyss of Despair
"Paul, what do you want to eat for the evening?" asked the mother.
But the child who was asked walked to the window of the shop on the street, stuck to the glass, looked at the contents of the window, and was completely attracted to it.
It's a pretty nice box.
Mother glanced up at the name of the shop, it turned out to be a boutique, and the box in the window was indeed quite exquisite, and she couldn't help but look at it twice.
“Pa... Pa... Do...... "The child is trying to read the name of the mark on the pedestal underneath the box—the name of the ornament-like box.
“Pandora。 The mother bent down, leaned behind the child, and smiled, "Pandora, Pandora." It's Pandora's box, Paul. ”
"Pandora's box?" the child named Paul tilted his head back in curiosity, just in time to see his mother's chin.
"Pandora's box is a terrible box, containing countless calamities and misfortunes. Once you open it, not only yourself, but even others will be hurt!"
The child opened his mouth slightly, then lowered his head to look at the box in the cupboard again, still losing his initial interest—and the child's curiosity was quickly diverted elsewhere.
Across the road, the body of a street artist in action.
"Mom, go see that!" the child pointed to the man who was only holding a cane and was suspended in the air, and his eyes lit up suddenly, and he hurriedly ran over.
"Be careful, Paul, don't cross the road!" the mother shook her head helplessly—of course, the reason she didn't rush over right away was that she looked at the front and back of the road, and there were no vehicles at all, and it was mostly parked vehicles, "I had to take the sidewalk, how many times have I told you!
Despite this, the child had safely walked up to the entertainer who was performing 'levitation' and watched with a lot of passers-by.
The mother smiled, what a curious child.
She was going to go too, but after leaving, she glanced back at the box in the window, "Pandora's box...... It's so expensive, it's okay. ”
She glanced at the price under the box, and couldn't help but be glad that the child didn't clamored for it.
But the moment she looked back at her child again, she was stunned in place.
There was a loud noise ahead, and the child who had crossed the road safely was pressed to the ground by a huge billboard - not only the child, but also the street performers, and several spectators.
She opened her mouth slightly, and the shopping basket she was holding fell to the ground.
She then ran frantically across the road, tears before she could slide out of her eyes, but at the moment a car was speeding through the path.
Mother's she was knocked out of the way.
Her last gaze was on the box in the window, and she didn't have time to feel the sadness and pain, she just subconsciously thought: what an ominous box.
The driver, who had hurriedly got out of the car, rushed over at this time, but when he came to the place where the woman who had rolled out after being hit by himself...... The woman disappeared strangely.
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Her body had completely poured towards the underside of the steel platform, facing the abyss below the steel platform, the so-called dimensional crack - the sweatshirt Joan.
And all this has long been the white-clothed Joan who was in a trance after hugging Paul tightly.
Joan in red still clung to the edge of the steel platform with both hands—struggling to hold on, even though her fingers had been stepped on and damaged.
Sweatshirt Joan couldn't change the fate of being pushed out of the steel platform, she just hurriedly looked back...... Watching this sneak attack on his white-clothed Joan from behind.
The white-clothed Joan's face was full of horror, and even her hands were trembling - but her push hand had created her absolute advantage.
"No one can separate me from Paul, no one can separate me from Paul, no one can ...... No one can !!"
"You're really the same as I am. ”
Sweatshirt Qiao An sneered at this time, looking at the white-clothed Qiao An's gaze with a hint of strangeness...... It seems to be a gaze of approval.
Finally, the body of the sweater Joan fell directly downward.
Perhaps, this will officially eliminate a ...... And the situation of the red-clothed Joan is also precarious, and the white-clothed Joan basically stabilizes the victory.
But at this moment, the red-clothed Qiao An only felt that her body suddenly became numerous, making her fingers grasping the edge of the steel platform almost break!
The red-clothed Joan cried out in pain, and at the same time looked down in horror - it was the sweater-clothed Joan!
Instead of falling completely into the abyss below, she grabbed her ankle with one hand...... Her body was shaking in mid-air, and every shaking was bringing a great burden to the red-clothed Joan.
"Let go of me!!"
And what frightened Qiao An even more was that at this moment, Qiao An, who was in the sweatshirt, was like a demon who had been crawling out of hell, grabbing her legs and then suddenly crawling up hard!
The sweatshirt Joan grabbed the thigh of the red-clothed Joan, and her waist crawled little by little!
"Let go!!let go!!"
Frightened, the red-clothed Joan frantically kicked the sweater-clothed Joan's head with her legs!
It's just that no matter how much strength the red-clothed Joan used to kick the sweater-clothed Joan's face and suffer multiple injuries, the hand that was holding the red-clothed Joan's leg still didn't relax at all!
She kicked out a few of her teeth, looking terrified when she opened her mouth. She kicked the bridge of her nose so bent that her eyes widened...... Like a demon asking for his life, Joan's persistence in the sweatshirt makes people shudder.
"I'm going to save it until the end!everything is mine!!" Joan in the sweatshirt roared in rage and grabbed Joan in red tightly.
"Please, let me go......" Joan in red had to plead.
However, at this time, the sweatshirt Qiao An's face changed slightly-which made the red-clothed Qiao An subconsciously raise his head to look.
In front of him, a figure stood impressively, clearly the white-clothed Joan who fell down the steel platform with the two of them - she would not forget the existence of the white-clothed Joan, because at the moment just now, she directly pushed the sweater Joan down.
Now whether it is a red shirt or a sweater, Joan is at an absolute disadvantage...... At this moment, as long as the white-clothed Joan directly breaks the red-clothed Joan's hand from the edge of the platform, then both the red-clothed Joan and the sweater will fall into the abyss.
And the white clothes ...... And she will be the winner of this struggle for survival!
"I ...... I just want to be with Paul, happily ...... together" The white-clothed Joan's eyes opened slightly at this time, her voice was trembling, but her expression was indifferent.
Compared with the crazy sweater Qiao An, the look of the white-clothed Qiao An in front of him actually made the red-clothed Qiao An even more afraid!
"Don't ...... Don't!" the red-clothed Qiao An hurriedly said at this time: "You are not this kind of person! You are not like her...... You're not, you're not, aren't you?"
As if she hadn't heard, Qiao An, who was in white, slowly raised her legs!
This is okay, the sweatshirt Joan and the red-clothed Joan widened their eyes at the same time - because after the white-clothed Joan's legs were raised, they suddenly stepped down!
Click——!!
The upper slammed into the edge of the steel platform!
At this moment, the sweatshirt Qiao An grabbed the hands of the red-clothed Qiao An but felt that she couldn't grasp anything, her body instantly disappeared because there was no support, and the red-clothed Qiao An disappeared, but there was an instant to reappear, but because of this moment, the sweater Qiao An had fallen directly to the abyss below!
In the rapid fall, the sweatshirt Joan looked up deadly...... At this moment, she collided with the eyes of Joan in red!
She saw the face of the red-clothed Joan, and a grim smile suddenly appeared at this moment.
"So you're too......" Sweatshirt Joan suddenly laughed, "You too!!!So are you!!So are you!hahahaha!! you're too!!hahahaha!!
Her wild laughter, this moment with her fall, faded away—eventually, the dark abyss, completely swallowed her.
Three...... Two remained.
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"Just now, did any of the red clothes disappear for a moment and then reappear?"
Song Haoran didn't know when he was able to speak—it might be a kind of pardon he received after he and Song Ying didn't say anything to ask Luo Qiu and Alaya about their origins.
"Just now...... Is there one?" Song Ying looked puzzled.
"Yes. Luo Qiu, who was not far away, looked over at this time and said indifferently: "She did disappear and appear for a moment. It should be roughly the same as the Joan in the sweatshirt you met before, and by switching back and forth between reality and mirroring, it seems to be a teleportation effect. ”
Song Haoran was stunned and frowned, "No, isn't she the original...... I see, I see!"
"What do you understand?" Song Ying looked up suddenly.
Song Haoran looked towards the steel platform and said slowly: "I'm afraid that Qiao An, who has always been known to people outside, may have been replaced." In addition, it cannot be explained, Qiao Ann of the original world also knows this technique of switching between reality and scene back and forth. ”
"Could it be that when we saw that Joan in the guardhouse, she was already ......" Song Ying opened her mouth in surprise, "but...... But if it is switching back and forth, then when she switches to reality, she should be in the same position. Her body must have fallen down, too. How did she do it...... After returning to the mirror world, are you still staying where we are?"
Song Haoran said indifferently: "I'm afraid this is an illusion." When she was about to switch, she suddenly bent her arm hard, forcing her body to rise a little higher. When she switched to the moment of displaying the world, her hands were freed and stretched out at the same time. This allows her arms to stretch longer distances......"
As he spoke, Song Haoran pointed to the steel platform, "Look carefully, this one in red not only grabbed the edge of the platform, but even grabbed the ankle of Qiao An, who was dressed in white...... That's probably the best proof of that. ”
"This can also be done......" Song Ying's face was incredulous, and she subconsciously looked towards Luo Qiu...... Subconsciously, she always felt that Luo Qiu was the one who could give the answer.
"That's pretty much it. Luo Qiu nodded.
And Alaye's eyes also fell on Song Haoran at this time, and suddenly said: [Excellent individual. 】
"Thank you for the appreciation. Song Haoran looked at Alaye, endured the crazy beating of his heart, and kept himself from losing his temper in front of him.
But after this, Alaya did not continue to observe Song Haoran's meaning, but said slowly: [Calculation: The remaining time is one hundred and five seconds. 】
"Enough!!"
As if to demonstrate to Alayya, at this time, the red-clothed Joan suddenly pulled the white-clothed Joan's ankle and pulled her off the platform!
White-clothed Joan obviously didn't have the madness and adaptability of the sweater-clothed Joan - she fell directly into the abyss under the steel platform.
"Paul ——!!!"
As she fell, she cried out for something, her outstretched fingers clutching wildly in the air—the gap between the dimensions and swallowing her up.
Three...... One left.
Finally, after both the sweatshirt Joan and the white-clothed Joan fell into the abyss, the red-clothed Joan climbed onto the steel platform with difficulty.
She fell straight onto the platform, gasping for air...... After that, the red-clothed Joan slowly stood up, and then looked down—at Alaye.
She smiled, then exclaimed, "I won!"
"Original...... It turns out that you know everything in the morning, but you pretend to be innocent. Song Ying took a deep breath: "When you were in the guardhouse, you actually knew?"
The red-clothed Qiao An smiled casually at this time, and then shook his head: "No, I didn't know at that time. It wasn't until you brought the kids in that I realized what was going on...... In this plane, another guy also jumped over. I thought so at the time, but what I didn't expect was that there wasn't just one, but two. ”
"You deceived all of us......" Song Ying smiled bitterly.
"I was an actor in the plane. The red-clothed Qiao An sneered: "It's a better actor than Qiao An in this time and space." Should I say that my acting skills are too good? Or should I say ...... Are you stupid?"
"Damn...... It's a nasty face. Song Ying gritted her teeth.
Luo Qiu looked at the red-clothed Qiao An at this time, and suddenly asked, "Is there one thing, can you tell me? When I found you, you should have no ring on you, how did you switch your own freely?"
"Ring?" the red-clothed Joan smiled at this time, and then tore the buttons of his shirt, revealing half of his chest, "Is it really good to wear this kind of precious thing casually on your body? I would have sewn it into it a long time ago." ”
She pressed her fingers against the soft spot on her chest.
"I see. Luo Qiu nodded...... If it was that kind of private place for women, he really wouldn't take the initiative to check it.
"But, thank you. ”
The red-clothed Qiao An smiled slightly at this time: "It's really dangerous, originally I thought that I would have to eliminate that crazy guy from the beginning." I really thought I was going to die...... Thank you so much for rescuing me and recovering so well, otherwise, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to survive now! You're also good-looking, and when I go back, I'll be my boyfriend, right......? I'm very good at serving people!"
"Disgusting!" Song Ying couldn't help but curse in a low voice, and then quickly looked towards Luo Qiu, as if she was afraid that he would agree.
But Luo Qiu suddenly frowned at this time, not knowing what he was thinking.
"I've already won! still don't want to put me down?" However, the red-clothed Joan said loudly again at this time: "I have also participated in other survival struggles, in other time and space! I know the rules, hurry up and put me down, get out of this hellish place!"
[Rejection: The struggle for survival is not over, and the unstable factor remains.] Reminder: Sixty seconds remaining. 】
Alaye's voice was still so emotionless.
"What are you kidding! they've all fallen! I'm the only one left here......" Suddenly, Joan in red seemed to remember something, and suddenly looked towards a place on the platform!
There, Paul was standing pale and at a loss, and when he saw Joan in red looking at him, he even subconsciously shrank his body.
"He?" The red-clothed Qiao An's eyes widened instantly at this time, and his expression changed greatly: "Could it be ......?"
"There's one thing I think you're mistaken, Miss Joan from an unknown time and space. ”
Luo Qiu said indifferently at this time: "The reason why I want to save you back is not because I feel that you need to live, but just to give the little life that is being born in your body a chance." ”
"What do you mean?" Song Ying was stunned.
Luo Qiu sighed and said, "She's pregnant." ”
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