Chapter 42: Black Flames
When Gu Lian was the only one left in the room, she loosened her shoulders and back, and felt soft all over, as if someone had pulled all her bones out. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
In the darkness, her eyes widened at the unlit ceiling. I can finally show an expression other than a smile...... Today, her face stiffened with a smile. Now, she was the only one, and no one could see her expression, so she could finally cry out in pain, right?
I closed my eyes, but all I saw was a flash of scenes in the ring.
Crazy and terrifying spectators, frenzied atmosphere, ferocious opponents, non-stop struggle between life and death, and the narrator's high-minded evaluation......
Her body trembled and trembled slightly.
She will not forget that there were ten people on stage, but only six came back alive - and if she hadn't shown mercy, I'm sure no more than three would have survived.
She will not forget that when she came on the field, there were five people in the ring next to her who confronted the snow wolf, and when she survived, there was only one person left, his legs were bitten off by the snow wolf, and the blood was pouring out, and that person had lost his mind and lay on the ground, wriggling on the ground like a worm, just to escape from the snow wolf one more step. His hands unconsciously grasped the hard, rough ground, drawing ten broken red lines on the ground, and he desperately wanted to live. However, he was finally held down by the snow wolf's claws. It's easy. The rough scarlet tongue licked his head pleasantly, and the wolf's fangs were snow-white and salivating.
Click.
When his head cracked like a watermelon, Gu Lian saw his eyes, black holes, looking at herself.
Look at yourself.
What was he thinking when his life was broken?
Remorse, nostalgia, cherishing, or hate?
Perhaps, I can't think of anything that hurts anymore.
And what was she doing at the time? Sitting on the stage, no one in the audience cast a glance at the poor dead man, they were insulting, scolding, hating her, she endured the storm, what was the strength that supported her from falling down at that time?
It's anger.
Anger at this group of bastards. Anger at his death. Anger at their deaths. She had to endure all this, the wrath of these bastards who took pleasure in playing with other people's lives and feelings.
At that time, Gu Lian felt for the first time that even if the people in front of her died in front of her immediately, she would not waver in any way.
***
Gu Lian stayed in her private room for five days.
During this period, it was Mama who took care of her all the time. Mama seemed to like to stay with her very much, staying by her side from morning to night every day, nagging a few words when she had something to say, and sitting quietly and peacefully when she didn't have anything to say, quietly like a plant with broken roots, which has long lost the ability to absorb nutrients.
She liked to do needlework, her old eyes narrowed, and her bony hands were flexibly crossed, and a knot was formed.
Gu Lian was not very happy that she was always by her side.
Maybe because she deceived her, Gu Lian subconsciously rejected her, and even wanted to force her away with silence, but it was useless. If she doesn't speak, she doesn't speak, and Mama concentrates on knitting wool, and her hands are fast. There are no entertainment activities, no one to speak, no cultural products, there is a grandmother by her side, and she can't make small moves, Gu Lian feels that she is going crazy, and sometimes she regrets that she was the first to be silent, but let her regret slapping herself in the face, she is also very unhappy, and after weighing it for a while, she has to sleep with the quilt sullenly.
On the third day, she took the initiative to ask her, "Do you want to do manual work?" ”
"......" Gu Lian reluctantly convinced herself that this was not admitting defeat, this was respecting the old and loving the young, and finally swallowed that breath and asked, "Why do you want to do these things?" Didn't you say that in winter, everyone hid in the base and didn't go out, so there was no need to do woolen work, right? ”
Mama kept working on her hands, and said quietly: "This is not for the living. ”
It's a scary statement. Gu Lian rubbed her arms and asked, "Isn't there no grave?" ”
Speaking of the last days, the people are also pitiful, and they have no place to live when they die. Or perhaps, this is the freest place for life? No one remembers, no one burns incense and worships in the crevices of life from time to time, so the deceased can walk naked without any worries, and never stay.
Gu Lian thought, this is indeed a world that is not worth staying in.
Mama raised her head and smiled: "When you're done, burn it with fire." ”
Gu Lian forcibly swallowed the sentence "Then why bother".
Maybe it's a way for the living to care.
- But she really wants her to pack all these sweaters, hats, and scarves and send them back to the poor children in the small villages of China.
"You must be missing them," she said tactfully. ”
Mama laughed again, and when she laughed, a few yellowing and ugly teeth that leaked from the wind were exposed, and a few dry wrinkles piled up on her yellow and boneless face: "...... missing?" She coughed a few times, laughing as she coughed, and said calmly, "I've had a few better years...... Just hope to ...... underground"
Gu Lian thought that what she was going to say was "being able to meet them".
"I'll never see them again."
Gu Lian was stunned and raised her head.
These words are gentle and gentle, but they seem to hide a bit of resentment buried in the bone marrow. Seeing that Mama was still serene and kind, with her eyebrows lowered and doing her work diligently, she felt a cool breath slowly rising from her back and silently spreading to her limbs.
She tightened the covers.
Unwarranted fear.
Even more terrifying than facing the violence of the boxing champion.
***
At the second meeting of the "Avengers" - Gu Lian insisted on calling her so, although no one echoed her and made her a little lonely - everyone exchanged progress.
"I did the math and found something." Shiraishi looked a little tired, rubbing his forehead against the wall and said. It's not just him, everyone else is very tired, it seems that Gu Lian is the only one who eats, drinks and sleeps well these days-this fact makes her feel a little embarrassed, she hates her natural fleshy physique, and at such a life-and-death moment, her face is ruddy and she looks like she has taken too much protein......
Gu Lian covered her face and wilted and said, "Please speak." ”
Glancing at Gu Lian a little strangely, Bai Shi didn't think much about it, just said to himself: "Throughout the year, only the boxing champion's group and your group have the most people, although the number of people will fluctuate, but overall, it is more than double the usual." ”
"It's easy to understand how many people are in the first group, after all, it's a new year." Sauce Ji nodded, looking like I knew very well.
"The question is, if you know that the last group of people are going to die, why don't you wait until the beginning of spring next year?" Skipping the sauce with less tendons in his head, Long Zixuan obviously followed up with the train of thought.
The corners of Gu Lian's mouth, who continued to cover her face, twitched. How does this sound the same as "why don't you fatten the pigs until the spring of the next year and slaughter them"......
"To retain an audience, perhaps?" Vieson guessed.
I have to sigh that the Siberian Bear is a non-human, such a serious injury, it will be fine in two days, but Gu Lian, a waste firewood, has been raised for a long time, and she still desperately screams in pain when she changes the dressing every day, and the transformation efficiency is too poor, so this comparison is simply a waste of resources.
"It can't be." Xiao Li shook his head in denial, "I heard that the gladiatorial arena is already the largest in the casino, and the other casinos are completely inferior to this in terms of scale, and they have closed down one after another in the past few years." ”
"What else could be the reason?" The boxing king frowned impatiently and guessed.
Listening to this, Gu Lian straightened her eyes and forgot to cover her face. Her face turned pale, and she couldn't stop shaking with her arms folded.
Her anomaly was first discovered by Zhang Jing. He had been observing the people in this room with an unpredictable expression, and when he saw Gu Lian's reaction, he couldn't help but be stunned, and he admired her for being so active.
"...... in my hometown"
She shuddered word by word and squeezed from her throat, and everyone looked at her, all of them were frightened by her somewhat frightened face.
She hugged herself hard, as if to warm herself, lowered her head and said slowly: "People have a very expensive ...... Very expensive way to sell ......"
Xiao Li stood up, his black face turned white, and he clenched his fists.
blurted out: "Organ trafficking! ”
Hell, there was dead silence in the room.
In a pair of black eyes, endless flames burned. (To be continued.) )