Chapter Ninety-Seven: Born as a hero, why regret when you die

"Can you find the island that the old knife said about?" Mu Qian said to Ganymede after the old knife left.

"Absolutely, it's only a matter of time. It's just that you may not be able to afford this simple "time problem", what if you need to find a hundred and eighty years old, or if the island is on the other side of the planet?" replied Ganymede.

Mu Qian was silent after hearing this: This is indeed a big problem, if the island is really on the other side of the planet, it is impossible for him to go there in his life. However, then he thought of another possibility:

"According to what Lao Dao said just now, there should be more than one such cemetery, or a place of inheritance, if you can find other similar places, wouldn't it be the same result?"

"I'll do my best to find it. But you should pay more attention to your current situation, why should you survive the slaughter of the barbarians at sunrise tomorrow?" Ganymede felt it was necessary to remind Mu Qian.

"Then it depends on what kind of solution you can provide for me, you won't fail to help me, right?" Mu Qian said casually.

"But why did you refuse the old knife's offer, and insist on going all the way to the dark?" asked Callisto.

"It's different. If the old knife helps me, I will become a vassal who can't do anything. You're just offering some solutions, and I'm still the one who makes the decisions and the actors, and I can make choices and take responsibility for myself. That's what I want. Mu Qian said lightly.

"I can only say that your thoughts and ideas are too mixed, full of contradictions and uncertainties. Hopefully, one day, after going through the big waves, you can transform into your true self and start shining like a diamond. Only then will your unwarranted persistence, tenacity and unyielding now be meaningful, otherwise fate will be extremely cruel to you, and it will be difficult for your life to have a happy outcome. Good luck!" Callisto said before disappearing.

"Unwarranted insistence...... Needless thoughts......" Mu Qian began to sneer. He found that he didn't know when he began to like to sneer, joke, laugh at himself, laugh senselessly—it seemed that he didn't know how to face everything in the outside world except for the "laugh" that was not a laugh like being alone.

"Am I really determined? No, I'm not as determined as others think, I'm just pretending to be firm because I'm not going back, there's no other choice...... This is me, this is Mu Qian......" Mu Qian muttered alone, and then walked out of the room and walked towards the city wall.

The sunrise was still early, and there should be more than a dozen more barbarian charges, which was a perfect opportunity for Mu Qian, and he would be very careful to try again with his own life. This state of mind is indeed difficult for anyone to understand, because this is not what a normal person should think at all.

But how does a normal person become an abnormal person like Mu Qian? This is the mystery of intelligent life.

The war drums of "dong dong" sounded, the air in the dark abyss in front of them condensed, and everything fell into stillness again, and at any time a demon would jump out of the abyss with cold evil.

Mu Qian learned his lesson this time, he just chose a corner next to a big stone and waited there. As long as he doesn't get too involved, he might be able to withstand a few barbarian attacks, after all, as long as he turns around and jumps off the wall, the barbarians won't chase him to the death.

"Exhale, inhale. Mu Qian, who was holding a stone tightly in his hand and cautious, suddenly fell silent between this breath. Everything around him came to life, and the originally condensed air immediately became smooth and light—Mu Qian became extremely relaxed at this moment.

This kind of extreme apprehension, the pleasure of walking on thin ice, this tension of walking on a tightrope, at this moment, squeezed out the potential of Mu Qian's whole body cells. This is the joy of the challenge and the eternal theme of the Barbarian planet.

"That's the joy of tightrope walking, and it's no wonder that there are people on the planet who love to walk tightropes. But why would a person go tightrope walking?" Mu Qian's thoughts drifted softly, without any stopping. Then he lifted the stone in his hand and rushed towards a barbarian who suddenly appeared in front of him.

"Bang". The stone exploded and shattered, and the barbarian punched Mu Qian who rushed over, and then the other fist was raised extremely quickly, and when Mu Qian's body shook and fell, it slammed into his jaw.

The barbarian's speed and fighting skills didn't give Mu Qian any chance at all, but Mu Qian was not without gain. As he threw out, he could at least see how the barbarian's body twisted and how his arms stretched out when he struck his fist.

Any movement of the barbarian is perfectly connected, like a nimble cat, light and deadly, and like a sophisticated machine, every part is present and played just right.

"It's a gesture of movement, a layout and balance of a species as a whole, just like a bird can fly and a fish can swim, hiding a harmony that blends into all things. Mu Qian suddenly thought like this.

Then Mu Qian began to imitate, he stood up despite the blood on his face, and used all his strength to wave his arm at a barbarian who was rushing towards him, and he wanted to have a fist collision with the barbarian.

"Ah......h

Mu Qian screamed and fell, the pain in his heart causing his whole body to twist continuously. But the savage paid no attention to him, and only stepped over his body without care, and then drifted away like a ghost in the morning dusk.

Mu Qian gritted his teeth and struggled, but just as he got up, a barbarian appeared behind him and knocked him off the city wall with a single punch, falling on the stone slab in the city. As soon as it began, it was over, and it was only a minute in total, and this offensive and defensive battle had nothing to do with Mu Qian at all.

In the dim moonlight in front of him, there were shadows and screams, like a quagmire that sucked the barbarians besieging the city and the people who defended the city all there, and then let their flesh and blood become the nourishment of this quagmire.

Mu Qian coughed up a mouthful of blood, then sat up:

"Why didn't they kill me?"

"Because you don't deserve their more lethal claws, or it will only be a matter of seconds before you cut your throat. Ganymede replied.

"Then why did they slaughter the city after that?"

"Just as no one can understand you, and no one can understand what the barbarians are after. Perhaps the siege and the slaughter of a city are two completely different things, and the barbarians like to separate them. ”

"Siege is their challenge, their goal, and slaughtering is their preference, their tradition. Well, that makes sense. Mu Qian nodded, he was not sad and depressed at all, but was in high spirits.

"What have you learned?" asked Callista suddenly.

"I didn't learn much, but I loved the moment I had just now, even if I was powerless in front of the barbarians. I can't tell why this is, it's like ......"

"It's like a stubborn naughty boy who suddenly comes into contact with a toy he has always wanted, and although this toy is dangerous, he will still enjoy it. Ganymede said so empathetically.

"Yes, I hope that one day I can be the kind of strong person who can really enjoy the danger, and not just a naughty boy. By the way, what did you find?" said Ganymede.

Ganymede naturally knew what Mu Qian was referring to, so he explained unhurriedly:

"Judging from this siege battle of the barbarians in front of them, this is more like a game of 'cutting' and 'anti-cutting', 'encirclement' and 'anti-encirclement', each barbarian is like a silk thread, and all the barbarians are weaving a big net. It's just a pity that you're too weak to penetrate deep into this net, so there's only a limit to what you can see. ”

"When the weaving of the big net is successful, it is the time when Tianchen Pass is captured, right?"

"That's right, it's not the same as you think of war on Earth. Because these people in the chaotic domain are all super strong lifeforms, many of them have the speed of sound waves and the power to move mountains and seas, which is like a group of immortals fighting, not simply pursuing the victory and lethality between individuals, but having a higher level of pursuit. ”

"I remembered the game of Go on Earth, and there was a saying of 'Qi Eye' and 'Slaying the Great Dragon', but unfortunately I didn't know how to play. However, don't the barbarians not pay attention to any stratagems and strategies? But now it seems that their combat strategy is very clever. Mu Qian asked.

"It's not a strategic deployment, it's just a single act that they want, and then it shows an unbelievable overall effect. The organizational paradox is a spirit that they have internalized, and it is difficult to understand a civilization that has not reached this height. Ganymede said.

"Is this your personal opinion?" Mu Qian wondered: why did Ganymede say so sure?

"That's my personal opinion. You can find any person on this planet, and they can say their own opinions about the organizational paradox, but who knows what the real situation is?"

"Take a good look, maybe you were right to insist on coming to Tianchen Pass in the first place, maybe you won't have a chance to see the scene in front of you again, because the gap between you and the barbarians is too great. Ganymede continued.

"Am I going to die tomorrow morning?" Mu Qian's tone was light, as if what he was talking about was not his own life or death at all.

"It's possible, but I've already helped you find a survival plan, the probability of you surviving is 86%, and there are too many loopholes in the macro Tianchen Ao. I just wanted to say that you may soon be back to your inconspicuous, ant-like life, and have nothing to do with the barbarians. ”

"That's true, I don't belong to this Heavenly Col at all. But then again, the 86% chance of survival is really high, and it seems that it will be difficult for me to die this time. Mu Qian said with a gloomy expression.

He had to go back to the bottom of the planet, full of mud and helplessness, and then look up at everything on this planet.

"Probability is just probability, not a given fact. The first criterion for playing with probability is to be careful and cautious, keep a state of mind, face it calmly, and never be confused by probability. I hope you will always keep that in mind. Ganymede said.

After hearing this, Mu Qian did not speak, except for twitching the corners of his mouth twice: it was not so much that he was playing with probability at the moment, but rather that probability, or luck, had been playing with him all along.

"I'm really starting to understand now why you insisted on coming to Tianchen Pass. My arithmetic power has failed in the face of your strange and strange life intelligence. If this continues, it won't be long before I will have a new understanding of intelligent life, but I don't know if this is good or bad for me. Europa said softly.

In his words, Mu Qian actually heard a trace of emotion. After that, Mu Qian and Ganymede didn't communicate anything more, Mu Qian just sat quietly under the city wall, watching the hazy battlefield that he was not qualified to participate in, until the sun rose little by little.

The drums of "knock, knock" are back, and the final moment has arrived. In the excitement of the drums, Mu Qian keenly heard a difference: the rhythm of the drums changed.

"What's going on?" Mu Qian looked up blankly, and the defenders on the city wall actually jumped off the city wall one after another in the scorching glow of the nascent morning sun and jumped into the abyss outside the city.

"You don't mean you don't hear it all the time, do you? the drums before each battle are not sounded by the barbarians, and they don't need the horns of such a charge. The current drum sound is a signal for the defenders of Tianchen Pass to break through. The voice of Callisto rang out.

"I see. Mu Qian looked up and saw Lu Xiaohu put on a brand new set of armor, and the light knife in his hand was like a burst of flame when he swung it. He was daringly jumping from the city walls, followed by the various lifeforms of the Heavenly Pass, all of whom had no hesitation in taking the lead in charging the barbarians outside the city.

Seeing the thousands of people in front of him jumping over the city wall and jumping down in a heroic and generous manner, Mu Qian's face became very ugly, because he was not qualified to join it. Although he knew that most of these people would die, Mu Qian was still extremely jealous and resentful at the moment.

"Whew. Mu Qian let out a long breath, then turned his head and ran towards the city. His chances of survival were in the city, not as if he were killing himself like the others.

Running to the big lake in the center of the walled city, Mu Qian plunged into it. According to Callisto's calculations, this Tianchen Col, which is located halfway up the mountain, actually has a lot of mountain cracks. These fissures are hidden and intermittent, but when the time comes, they can become hidden passages leading down the mountain.

According to Callisto's estimates, when the barbarians storm the mountain, there is a chance that they will destroy the highest peak, the most magnificent structure of the walled city, at which point the entire summit will collapse and the mountain summit will be severely damaged.

"What if those so-called passages are not opened, or if the barbarians have not demolished half of the mountain, then what should we do?" Although Mu Qian jumped into the pool, he still had such a question in his heart, but he didn't ask it, because it was a vain question to ask.

"If the barbarians hadn't wreaked havoc this time, you'd be dead. But since the barbarians can slaughter cities, then this little destructive thing is indispensable for them, which is the spice of a feast. And once the mountain collapses, I will take this opportunity to channel the energy to widen some of the cracks in the mountain, forming a coherent passage for you to escape down the mountain. Ganymede seemed to know what Mu Qian was thinking, so he replied in his ear.

"It's a pity that you didn't get the dagger back, otherwise you would have a much better chance of escaping safely down the mountain. I chose this pool in the hope that when the passage is broken, the seepage water will give you direction, but if you don't have a dagger and can't dig up the mountain, then it's all in vain. Ganymede continued.

That being said, Callisto can't make mistakes. If the dagger was really important, he would definitely insist that Mu Qian find it. But Mu Qian could only hold his breath for two minutes, and once he was trapped in the mountain, he might not have the ability to dig up anything with a dagger. So when Mu Qian was unwilling to retrieve the dagger for some reason, Ganymede didn't insist on anything.

Finally, there was a loud "boom" overhead, and a boulder with a diameter of hundreds of meters fell from the sky with countless small stones. This Tianchen Ao, which is located between the mountains and has been worked hard and persevered by thousands of lives, has finally come to an end, and in the midst of the collapse of the sky and the earth, everything will soon cease to exist.

Mu Qian clung to the bottom of the pool, not daring to make the slightest move, the slightest carelessness would make it possible for the barbarians who were wreaking havoc here to discover him. With a "bang", the boulder smashed into the pool, and countless splashes and gravel burst out. In the pool, the undercurrent was surging, and the raised sharp stones grazed Mu Qian's body, and he was like a small fish in a big river, struggling to survive in the torrent whirlpool full of wild beasts.

Suddenly, a glimmer of light flashed in front of me, which was the reflection of the sunlight from the pool water surging from all sides. Immediately, driven by the water of the pool, the boulder also began to roll, and soon it was about to hide the glimmer of light.

"Let's go. Ganymede's voice rang in Mu Qian's ears. Without Ganymede's reminder, Mu Qian had already swam desperately towards it, and the boulder behind him rumbled after him.

"Gollum ......" When Mu Qian was sucked into the vortex, he felt as if his body was about to be crushed, and the strong pressure made him can't help but open his mouth and drink a few mouthfuls of pool water. Still, he got into the crevice before the boulder, and the water quickly drained away, and the boulder covered everything in a cloud of debris.

In the cracks of the mountain, Ganymede took the lead, leading Mu Qian forward. This is a two-minute race of life and death, and Mu Qian must leave the mountain before the oxygen in his body runs out. As Ganymede moves forward, he continues to perform calculations and make new choices - in the complex cracks of the mountain, he finds the best life passage for Mu Qian.

"It's so exciting. Mu Qian lay bloodied among the rubble, panting for breath as he spoke. At the moment, there was no skin on his body intact, and in the two minutes of the race to the death in the cracks of the mountain, the jagged stones almost knocked him into mud.

"Fortunately, you are still alive. "Ganymede appeared next to Mu Qian. They were now located in a narrow fold between two ridges, almost close to the foot of the mountain, and were very secretive.

"That's right, it's much more reliable than your budget last time, you ......" Mu Qian's words came to an abrupt end: the face of a slightly green barbarian suddenly appeared in front of his eyes, obscuring the early morning sky.

Mu Qian's breathing suddenly stopped, and he unconsciously turned his head to look: Ganymede was gone, and it seemed that this barbarian had not found Ganymede.

"How did you manage to run down the mountain alive?" said the young-looking barbarian.

Mu Qian naturally couldn't understand what he was saying, but Ganymede translated the barbarian's words into his ears:

"I jumped off the top of the mountain, can't I?"

Chickens and ducks said that this barbarian didn't know what Mu Qian said. So he just raised his foot and stomped on Mu Qian's head fiercely. And Mu Qian actually instinctively rolled and dodged, and then he looked at the barbarian dumbfounded: How could he dodge the barbarian's attack?

"Fight back, you idiot. This is an underage savage, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is a baby. The voice of Callisto rang out.

"What?baby?" Mu Qian jumped up.

"Normally, such a little savage would not leave his parents. Although I don't know what's going on in front of you, you don't have any capital to drag it on. Ganymede continued.

Mu Qian naturally knew what Ganymede mere meant: the barbarians besieging the city on the mountain would come down at any time, and the parents of this little barbarian would also appear at any time. So, Mu Qian fiercely pounced on this barbarian baby who was half a cut shorter than him.

"One punch to a child, although it doesn't sound glamorous, but I want to live. Mu Qian said in his heart.

And in fact, even if he was a barbarian baby, Mu Qian should not underestimate him. Looking at Mu Qian who pounced, this little barbarian did not show any panic, but greeted Mu Qian with great fighting spirit.

"Bang bang bang", the sound of fists hitting the flesh is endless. Mu Qian and this little barbarian have achieved a lot of results in their own way. None of them had any defense or skill at all, just desperately throwing punches out of order.

Mu Qian never imagined that he would actually be on an equal footing with the baby in this barbarian. But the barbarian's body was too good, and soon Mu Qian fell into a disadvantage, and was crushed to the ground by the little barbarian, and then the little barbarian's fist fell wildly on Mu Qian's head.

After leaving the earth, Mu Qian still had a number of fights, although he didn't have any glorious records, but at least he had accumulated some experience. At this point, these experiences have finally come into play.

Seeing the opportunity, Mu Qian reached out and wrapped his arms around the little barbarian's shoulder, pulling him to his chest, restricting his space to shoot. Then Mu Qian rolled over, and then led the little barbarian to roll towards the foot of the mountain in the rocky bushes.

Under the continuous impact of the stones, Mu Qian quickly fell unconscious. But at the last moment when he lost consciousness, he didn't think of the little barbarian who was fighting with him for life and death, but thought of the "cemetery" and "inheritance place" of the barbarians that Lao Dao said, and also thought of what Lao Dao said:

"The inheritance of the barbarians and their spiritual core should have gone beyond the scope of a certain fixed knowledge and a specific culture, but reached a height of consciousness continuity and ideological integration...... Is this the secret of the barbarians?"