Eriko didn't believe the fox's words, but the unresponsive Black Pine Forest confirmed that the fox's words were true.

Eriko was a little lost, even desperate, and at this moment, the fox's voice sounded.

"Little girl, I admire your courage, I have been playing this game for hundreds of years, and no one can beat me, this is not a simple game that can be controlled by asking and answering, the real way to play, you can never think of it!"

The fox suddenly roared, the sound was like a boiling kettle, piercing and sharp, making people's whole body explode.

The fox's size quickly swelled, and its tiny white hunting clothes were trampled under its feet like snowflakes and mixed into the black dirt.

The fox's size continued to grow, and Eriko, who was so surprised, had to tilt her head to barely see the fox's chin.

The fox is so big that even an adult elephant can only reach its knees.

The fox's body continued to change, stirring up a frenzied gale that seemed to tremble throughout the forest.

Eriko didn't know how many trees in this black pine forest were changed by humans or animals, but she knew that these trees were afraid, even if they couldn't speak, had no feelings, couldn't express, but Eriko could still clearly feel that these trees were scared, scared to death.

The fox roared again, and in front of him, a black pine tree looked like a child's building block, which looked very strong, but it broke in an instant.

The change hadn't stopped, and Eriko didn't know what the fox was going to become, and now she was completely dominated by fear, and there was no way for her to relieve the pressure of fear except for the feeble scream that was not worth mentioning.

The fox's tail swayed in the air like a giant python, and even jumped directly out of the black pine forest, looking out of reach.

Eriko couldn't believe her eyes, and even wondered if she was hallucinating because she was too scared, just now, a continuous roar set off a huge air current, and several orange-red things flashed continuously, harvesting the black pine forest like a lawnmower, leveling the surrounding area in an instant.

Eriko held her head and curled up under the black pine tree that Lu Ping had transformed, trembling all over, as if the world had ended, but she didn't know when it would pass.

Suddenly, the sound stopped, and the surroundings were like a nursery at night, and there was no sound at all, and it was surprisingly quiet.

It all came so fast, so fast that people didn't even have time to react, as if someone had suddenly pressed the mute button.

After a while, Eriko slowly opened her eyes and raised her head, only to find that there was not a single tree around her, and the moonlight drifted in like snowflakes, bringing a silvery light to this long-lost black pine forest.

Huh, what about the fox?

This was Eriko's first reaction.

But then she heard the voice of the fox, and every word was like a hammer on her heart, and she was so dizzy that she wanted to vomit.

"Here I am, little girl. ”

Eriko turned her head sharply, only to see an oversized fox face in front of her.

The fox was lying on the ground with its head on the ground, and even then it was much taller than Eriko.

"This ...... Is this what you are?" Reiko took a few steps backwards in quick succession before she could barely get a full view of the fox.

The orange-red fur, the white chin, the six beards as thick as steel bars, and the pair of golden eyes, flashing with a golden treacherous light, seemed to fall into it after looking at it for a long time.

Instead of answering Eriko's question, the fox suddenly laughed, revealing four gigantic glittering canine teeth.

"Hey, hey, little girl, it's time for me to ask questions. ”

The excessive fright made Eriko forget that they were still playing the game of truth or dare, Eriko was a little scared, she really couldn't imagine how to play with such a guy, even Lu Ping fell into the fox's trap, can she?

Doubts appeared one after another in Eriko's heart, she had become shaken from the initial determination, but she didn't think about what made her shake, if she could figure it out, maybe she wouldn't have lost so badly in the next question.

The fox raised his paws, pointed to the black pine tree that Lu Ping had turned into, and said with a very strange smile: "If you had to choose, there would only be one between you and him who could survive, what would you choose?"

Eriko was stunned, she didn't expect the fox to ask this kind of question, is the fox going to kill us?

"No, if it wanted to kill, it would have done it a long time ago, it was playing with us. ”

"You're wrong, it's going to do it, and whatever you choose, it's going to ruin the other. ”

"No, it just says what if, just because it will. ”

"Hehe, you are so naïve, no one can get out of this forest, even if you choose Lu Ping. ”

"Then why don't we give it a try?"

"What to try? Choose Lu Ping, and then run for your life alone?"

"Yes, what's wrong with this, anyway, Lu Ping has become a tree, and he can't save it if he wants to, so why take his life for him?"

"No, you're going to die, whatever you choose, you're going to die. ”

In Eriko's head, two different voices are competing with each other, like two demons tearing at Eriko's already weak inner world.

Eriko is struggling, the darkest side of human nature is infinitely magnified in her heart, it is a kind of pure egoism, in the face of life and death, no one will give up on themselves to choose others, let alone an absolutely irrelevant person, and an unrelated person who has no hope of being saved.

"It would be nice if Mr. Lu hadn't turned into a black pine tree. ”

"If that's the case, I can sacrifice myself to save him, after all, I'm terminally ill and don't have long to live. ”

"So I can't blame me for not choosing him, and whoever else is going to do it in this situation will do the same thing as me. ”

Eriko constantly forgives herself in her heart, making excuses for herself like most people in this world who have done bad things.

Self-deception is a very simple thing, while self-sacrifice is the most difficult thing in the world, compared to the vast majority of people who choose the former.

Even one more minute of life is good.

No one is not afraid of death, especially those who know that their imminent demise is even more fearful.

Suddenly, a bright light lit up in Eriko's heart, driving away all the darkness with overwhelming force.

People, if they are all so selfish, is there still value in existing?

Eriko remembered Kuroiwa Masakai, Kuroiwa Masakai was her master, but all along, it was Kuroiwa who took care of himself, although he was stupid, he was stupid, and he didn't cultivate well, but he was willing to protect her, even sacrificing his own life.

That knife, if it weren't for Heiyan using his body to block it, I'm afraid Eriko would have died by now.

Immediately afterwards, Eriko thought of Lu Ping again, it was because of himself that Lu Ping told a lie that went against his true thoughts, and he became a black pine tree, if he was thrown at this time, it would really be better to be a pig and a dog!

Eriko shouted, rushed between the fox and the black pine tree that Lu Ping had turned into, protected Lu Ping with his thin but strong body, and shouted loudly: "Kill me, let Grandmaster Lu live." ”