Chapter 48: The Train of Fate

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Mo Li woke up in the cold, the rhythmic braking sound of the train moving forward and the vibration of the carriage made her feel like she was in a dream...... No, I was in a dream.

The man in a beige trench coat sat across from him, still holding a cigarette with the brand "mild・" in his hand, the faint smell of tobacco stimulated Moli's sense of smell, and suddenly, he was so smoked that he wanted to shed tears. The joy of reunion was so unreal that she didn't even dare to blink, for fear that the short closure of her eyes would make the man in front of her disappear.

"Little fox, welcome to the 'Train of Destiny'."

Destiny...... Train? 】

Moli stood up and found himself in a high-speed carriage...... Things outside the window went dark, with the occasional flash or two of fluorescent light but fleeting. The carriages are neat and brightly lit, because the black rings outside the window feel similar to the subway you take on weekdays, but these are one or two trains with only two passengers.

"Here it is...... Lost Domain? In this way, I was killed by grief, the knife that fell, the blurred consciousness, and the oath I made before I died, like a marquee replaying in my mind.

"No, this is not the bottom of the dream." Di Qi stood up and walked in front of Mo Li, he still had that gentle smile and rubbed the girl's head with his hand, Mo Li found that he had returned to the appearance of a human being, and the face reflected in Di Qi's pupils was a pair of dark pupils, not the gold of the demon fox.

"Didn't you say it, it's a moving train of destiny, that's all."

Mo Li was a little confused by Di Qi's words, so where is he now? In a horror copy of Inception, or on a death express that leads to hell? "So, why am I here, and why is Di Lao here?"

"Because we were killed in the fourth layer of dreams, the change of fate will give us a second chance - this is the ultimate choice of Plan Z, the worst-case scenario."

"This is my dream, a train of fate that connects life and death."

The chaotic darkness outside the train suddenly disappears, and a photograph hangs outside each window, constantly changing and thematic as the train progresses - Dickie, who stands in front of the hospital bed and sadly watches the sleeping child, and Dickie, who slays monsters with a dagger in a horror film, this is a retrospective of Dickie's life, the sunny child in his world is gone, replaced by a life like a walking corpse.

[It's a game of death, you...... You ready? 】

Dee Qi pressed the [yes] and began to struggle in the horror dungeon, there were many people around him, but they all flashed by and only left their backs, only smoking the same brand of cigarettes day after day and looking at the starry sky of different horror dungeons.

However, the monotonous colors in the picture suddenly change, as Di Qi's vision shows a figure identical to her daughter's back, pulling a panicked Moli to escape from the zombies, reminiscing about the past under the stars of Japan in the 90s, and the life-and-death pursuit of the Seven Deadly Sins in dreams...... In the picture of the car window, Di Qi is no longer alone, and next to him stands the child with the blood of a demon fox, with the same humor and the same heartfelt smile as him.

The approaching train, Di Qi's riddles, and his brows that he couldn't stretch because Mo Li came to rescue him, and the smile he showed when he saw Mo Li at the last moment......

Di Qi disappeared in the picture, leaving behind a bright smiling face.

"Di Lao ......" for the first time knew that Mo Li, who occupied such an important position in Di Qi's heart, couldn't cry, since coming to this death game, her tear ducts seemed to be out of her control, "I'm sorry...... I ended up messing it all up......"

She suddenly understood that Di Qi's initial attention to herself was not to use himself to fight against Zhao Dong, nor to cultivate the so-called heir, this was just an elder, a teacher, and a father's concern for the child beyond life and death. In fact, Di Qi didn't want to come to him at all, he just told Mo Li that his death was approaching, and he "had already arrived", but Mo Li had to continue to live.

"What do you say, hurry up and put away this crybaby look, the little fox in my impression is a child who is as cunning as a fox in essence and smiles." Di Xuan's calloused hand wiped away Mo Li's rolling tears, and there was a deep concern in his eyes, "Do you know, before I met you, I also met many children who strayed into the space of the gods, some of them regretted it, and some just regarded it as a game...... I tried to save them but couldn't. And you were the first child I 'saved'. ”

"My life has been more fulfilling than it has been for so many years since my daughter's death - at least, I have found a reason to continue living...... and a child who wants to protect. Watching you grow day by day, and that smile that never fades, I really have a sense of pride as a father. ”

"So, let me, the unqualified father, do the last thing for you." Deedge's smile widened, and he reached out and pulled out a delicate trinket from his pocket, a delicate spinning top in the shape of a four-leaf clover, and placed it in Mo Li's spread hand.

"What to do, Dicky...... No! Mo Li suddenly had a premonition that she didn't want to, and the fear that happiness would slip through her fingertips surrounded her deeply.

The train came to an abrupt halt with the sharp sound of brakes, and the images on the windows disappeared into an endless white void. All the doors of the train opened at the same time, revealing the light in front of the two of them.

Di Qi suddenly hugged Mo Li tightly, and the beard on his chin poked Mo Li's forehead with a little tingle, "Forgive me, Mo Li." This time, I can't accompany you to the end - you've already arrived. ”

"Dicky! What are you doing?! Mo Li struggled to break free from Di Qi's embrace, she didn't want to listen to this man's parting words!

"Moli, live. Find your reason to live, find your teammates, and break through God's box together to return to reality. Di Qi took Mo Li's hand and looked at the small four-leaf clover spinning top, "Take my share and live." ”

The light from outside illuminated the man's back so much that he couldn't look at it directly, as if it would merge into the boundless light in the blink of an eye......

Mo Li stopped struggling and looked at Di Qi with an extremely sad look, "You want to resurrect me? We're both dead, what else do you have to pay for me to live? ”

"This is a dream, and everything in a dream can be turned into reality." Di Qi smiled mysteriously, "Now, please tell me, would you like to live?" Tell me in the affirmative. ”

"As you wishβ€”you think."

Di Qi was relieved, and reached out again to habitually rub Mo Li's soft little head, ending the long hug.

Then, with a hard push, he pushed Moli out of the train! She instantly reverted to the appearance of a four-tailed demon fox.

"Soβ€”now fate begins to 'turn.'"

"Di Lao!"

The door of the train closed the moment Mo Li pushed out of the train, and Di Qi stood inside the car and gently watched the child beating the door desperately outside the car.

The temperature of the train is desperately cold.

"......" Di Qi's voice couldn't penetrate the train, Mo Li just saw his hand pressed on the door, coinciding with her hand pounding on the door, and his mouth opened and closed to convey the last words.

The train began to move slowly, faster and faster, Mo Li followed the movement of the train and shouted loudly to the man in the car, the train was getting faster and faster, Mo Li's hand finally could no longer coincide with the wide palm in the car, and he watched the train of fate gradually move away weakly...... Where is he going, and where is the end?

"Woo woo woo ......" Mo Li knelt in the empty light, let out a low beast-like cry, and held the spinning top in his hand like rain. She felt that a few hours in Inception was her life, so a failure, so complete failure.

【I love you】

These were the last words that Dicky conveyed to her.

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Su Qidong sat in the square of the god space in a daze, and there was no one here except him.

I didn't expect ...... I ended the last second, and heard the cruel sentence before leaving. The originally lively square could no longer see the arrows fired by Xuan Feng, or Di Qi standing in the corner smoking a cigarette and continuing to say something that accelerated the effect of his facial paralysis......

And Mo Li, the strong and brave demon fox, maybe she was the member who died a second before she came back...... If it weren't for the anger that I had tried to kill...... For the first time, Su Qidong was immersed in an emotion called "great regret".

How should he spend these long, empty ten days...... And then with indelible regrets, wait for the next batch of newcomers to start a new reincarnation? He looked at the glowing crystal in the center of the square, and suddenly felt the urge to smash it to pieces.

[Announcement Announcement - The death toll of the "nameless team" is rechecked, and the death toll is 3! 6,000 bonus points will be deducted! Those who deduct 8,000 points will start to make up 2,000 points! 】

[After the selection of the captain of the "Nameless Team" is completed, Moli opens his seventh sense (second order) and assumes the position of captain of the "Nameless Team"! Permission Grant Begins - Anonymous Team Data Begins to Sync - ]

Su Qidong raised her head violently, surprised but pleasantly surprised to hear this miraculous news.

The belated pillar of light carrying the new captain of the unknown team appeared in the sky above the square, and Mo Li had not yet awakened with his eyes closed. Her whole body was soaked in blood, blood was constantly dripping down her neck, smashing blood flowers on the ground, and there was a shocking wound at the junction between her neck and head, which was constantly healing, but it was not difficult to see that Mo Li had suffered the fatal blow of "decapitation".

Mo Li slowly opened his eyes, the familiar scenery and the familiar healing pillars of light. Myself...... I'm really back.

The pursuit of life and death in dreams, the train of fate carrying despair and hope, the road lost in the light...... But in the end, because of his beliefs, he returned here, and his memory became blurry, as if everything was a dream. She can't break free from the shackles of the "Lost Domain", and can only take it to the world of awakening with her.

[At the end of the treatment, 126 bonus points will be deducted.] 】

Mo Li's body sank, and his feet stepped on the ground. Her eyes went dark, and she was fiercely embraced by the ecstatic man.

"Moli...... Welcome back. As if redeemed, Su Qidong hugged the demon fox in his arms, wanting to confirm whether this was a dream or not.

"Bang-"

Mo Li didn't answer Su Qidong. She let go of her hand and threw the delicate four-leaf clover spinning top on the ground, which spun stubbornly and steadily, and Moli's golden fox eyes stared at the spinning topβ€”until it gradually lost its balance and swayed, and finally stopped on the ground.

"I'm back." Mo Li looked at the top for a while, and then hugged Su Qidong, with a faint tone of repentance.

Su Qidong noticed that Mo Li was wrong, and let go of the eyes that looked at her, the same golden fox eyes, with the color of sunlight. But in the depths of the fox's eyes, it has lost its former agility, with a bottomless abyss.

"What's wrong with you?"

"I can't break the curse of the Lost Realm......" Mo Li looked blankly at the sky above the square, where there was the same light as in the dream, "So, I came back with a nightmare...... With the entire Lost Domain, they came back together. ”

[Little fox.] 】

Mo Li's fox ears shook flexibly, and she turned her head to look at the place where the pillar of light had fallen just now. The man in the beige trench coat was smoking a cigarette and greeting her with a smile.

She closed her eyes and opened them again, and there was nothing.

[Dickie. 】

The corners of Moli's mouth twitched, and finally a smile appeared.

She smiled and looked at Su Qidong, who was silent and worried, and her smile became as cunning as a fox.

A tear streak ran down her cheek, the hot temperature, burning her soul.

"Now, I'm back."

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What am I seeking? Look back

Your smile blooms in the shade of swaying flowers

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What can you see in the darkness when you close your eyes?

Just smiling beside me, and that's it, it makes me feel loved

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Where the light shines, where the smile blooms, I see the dream of the future

The fact that I was deeply rooted in my heart gave me hope for the future

In the small palm of your hand, what is derived is a myriad of pasts and

Whose light is the guide, the light that guides me

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I once looked up at the white clouds floating in the sky

Through time and space, people still look forward to it today

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Just waiting, what can change that

I clasped hands with each other and felt the strong meaning that I regained

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Even if the light does not shine tomorrow, even if the invisible wall rises high

In the interplay of light and shadow, he hesitated to move forward

blamed himself for having nothing to rely on, and inexplicably burst into tears, under the dazzling sun

The light that loves me deeply, the light that loves me deeply

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Tomorrow, the morning sun will still rise, and everyone dreams of a dream to the future

Under this boundless sky, we know the meaning of existence

The love that contains everything, I perceive it, and it is hidden deep in my heart

The light that is gentle and approaching, leads my light

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What am I seeking? Look back

Your smiling face blooms in the shade of swaying flowers......

- "γ²γ‹γ‚Š (Radiance)" Mai Hoshimura

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The train of fate is, to some extent, a tribute to "Turning the Penguin Jar", where Di Qi finally gave Moli a new life at the cost of his own soul. This is the guiding point of the final tarot card - sacrifice and resurrection.

"I love you" three words, if I mention it again now, there are still people who think about love, I can only say please stand next to the computer for half an hour, thank you for your cooperation. Di Qi is one of the characters I respect the most, his name is pronounced "enlightenment" backwards, so from the beginning he held the position of guiding Moli, but at the same time he was a father, Di Qi can be said to be the embodiment of my ideal father - guidance, fatherly love, sacrifice.

So his death is a must, from the beginning before I started writing this novel, I once fantasized about having such a character, and now it can be regarded as the realization of a small ideal of mine, there are so many people in the book review area who are reluctant to Di Qi, and I am reluctant, even so, I still want him to leave in the most dreamy way, taking the train to the end of fate, watching Mo Li arrive at the station, and leaving with a smile. In the infinite flow, there is not only love, but also friendship, and of course, selfless family affection, for me, this kind of family affection that is higher than love is the greatest.

Di Qizhi is to Moli, what an important role in the end, only Moli knows, this will become her belief in living and at the same time a magic barrier that cannot be broken. I'm tired of reading the articles that treat blood and family affection as dung in the last days of the palace fighting wealthy family, I hope this chapter can bring you different feelings.

The "Light" at the end of the book is my last hymn to Dicchi, he will be a member of the vast sacrifice of the divine space, but the traces of his former life will not disappear, because he is the teacher of the strongest reincarnation, Moli.

In addition, some people raised the question of why Moli didn't use grass. The curse and sorrow on the sword were all gone, but I thought about it at the time, but I gave it up. Because, Mo Li really wants to live, to live stronger than anyone else, even if there is a tenth of the hope of falling into the lost realm, she has to try, instead of exchanging her own life for a sad life or just making the other party uncomfortable for a while.

What she wanted was for the entire Seven Deadly Sins to be buried with Di Qi.