The five people followed the old man towards the whale's body, and after walking in, they found that the so-called whale's body was like a cave, and there were many tools hanging around, none of which were automated, they were all relatively old, and it looked like a bottomless cave cave that carried the memories of the European Middle Ages.

"Be careful with your step, it's slippery, it's taken me more than a hundred years to renovate this place." The old man held on to the cave wall next to him as he walked, "Because I have to keep this whale alive, if he dies, I can't live, of course, that person can't live, he is now one with the whale." ”

The old man's words made Tang Shuxing and the others feel confused and didn't know what they meant. There are two of them, one of whom he is, of course, referring to whales, and the other who is he? It looks like it will be Gong Mengsheng, why is Zheng Mengsheng in this place?

Passing through the cave passage below, and walking across a pontoon bridge, around which was a foul-smelling pool, the old man explained that it was the stomach of the whale, and that everything he ate would be digested here, and that the process of digestion would produce a strong smell that ordinary people could not stand it, except for the corpses.

"So, you're a corpse too." Tang Shuxing asked.

The old man stopped, but his eyes were looking at Yiwa: "What do you think?" ”

Ida didn't speak, her expression was calm, she just stood there, waiting for the old man to turn around and continue walking, and then she took a step.

After crossing the pontoon, we finally came to the smaller cave inside, which had a wall with a protruding object on the wall. Slimy, like some kind of disgusting soft-bodied creature.

The old man placed the lantern underneath the thing, then stood to the side, looked at the thing and said, "As you said, they are coming." ”

Just when Tang Shuxing and the others were staring at the thing, the thing began to detach from the cave wall, and then turned into the appearance of a person, but only the outline, without any clear facial features, and then a small hole began to appear in the head of the thing. It's like lips. Behind him, there was still something like silk connected to the cave wall, like a plucked apple.

"Hello, Tang Shuxing, you're finally here. Japan is a farewell. It's been many years. The man finally spoke. Tang Shuxing could hear it, it was Qi Mengsheng.

Everyone was surprised, and they didn't know why Ji Mengsheng had become like this.

Tang Shuxing stepped forward and said, "Artemisia." Why are you here? ”

"Why can't I be here? This is my last hiding place, and if it weren't for him, I would have died a long time ago. Qi Mengsheng said lightly, turned his head to look at the old man and said, "He is a remnant of an ancient human, do you remember the formula that your father snatched back then?" It was originally in the hands of their clan, they have been living in the sea, countless years of changes, in the end only he survived, the rest of the people died in the changes of the environment, he could not leave the body of this whale, once he left, it was also a dead end, and it was also from his mouth that I knew that the corpse is not omnipotent, and sooner or later he will die. ”

Everyone continued to be surprised, and Tang Shuxing frowned and said, "I don't understand what you mean. ”

"Explain it." Qi Mengsheng looked at the old man.

The old man stood motionless: "Although the corpse can adapt to the harsh environment, they are also living beings, since they are living beings, they have a metabolic process, this process is faster than ordinary humans, but the source cells of the corpse are cancer cells, and cancer cells can continue to survive for a period of time after the death of ordinary people, you should all know this, but only for a period of time, when the vitality of cancer cells comes to an end, what do you think will happen to the corpses?" ”

"This is contrary to Gu Dan's theory back then, even if it can't be reached, sooner or later, the corpse will eat up other creatures, and then the demon will start to eat the corpse, and finally only the demon will be left, and then the demon will self-destruct." Eva said in the back, and then walked up to the old man, "You're the scientist who invented the Earth Turtle, aren't you?" ”

The old man turned his head to the side: "No, I'm a sinner, I faked my death, I'm afraid of taking responsibility, I ran alone, hiding in a corner, watching the world change over the years, watching the current human beings repeat our past mistakes, but I can't come out to stop it, I can't stop it, I don't want to die, I'm afraid of death, I'm afraid of death, I'm afraid that I will disappear completely." ”

Ida said coldly, "You're a coward, but you're at least honest. ”

The old man shook his head and said: "If you live for so long, you will also look down on this qiē, this is normal, nothing is eternal, a qiē is ruined in the creation of the zào, and in the destruction of the miè is created, it has been reincarnated, there is no end, even if the world is destroyed, after the next new era comes, a qiē will start again, even if the planet carrying countless lives disappears instantly, a new planet will be born, the theory of the universe, I can't study it thoroughly, even after so many years, There's nothing I can do about it, and some things can only stay at the stage of conjecture forever. ”

Tang Shuxing looked at Qi Mengsheng and asked, "Artemisia, what is this qiē for?" ”

"How do I know? I just lived in search of answers, but in the end I found out that I didn't do anything, after all, he and I are very envious of the current Reinhardt, and those ordinary people who don't understand anything, Reinhardt has his own ideals, and we have nothing. Qi Mengsheng's words were full of despair, "I am too different from Yao Luxiu, he has hope, he wants to stop, he hopes to be reborn and create zào, but now I am full of despair, I am bent on death, but I can't die, now I am one with him, and this white whale, as long as one is still alive, the other two will not die, he is afraid of death, so he will not die, if he does not die, I and the whale will live, is it sad?" ”

Tang Shuxing frowned and glanced at the others, feeling that the current Qi Mengsheng was a little chattering, and his consciousness was completely confused, and he probably didn't know what he was talking about.

Bai Zhanqiu didn't seem to have any interest in this qiē, he found a place to lie down and sleep, that Jin Cheng stood beside Tang Shuxing, Tang Shuxing watched for a long time at this time, and finally pulled Qi Jiamei to Qi Mengsheng, and asked, "She was arranged by you by my side, right?" ”

"Yes, originally she was my only hope, I brainwashed her, so that she really betrayed me, went to Shangdu, and went to Reinhardthy, but then everything changed, Reinhardt broke my plan, you should have learned about that medicine from Yao Luxiu, without that medicine, he and I would have died, but I was saved by ancient humans, and Yao Luxiu, now he must be dead, I envy him, at least he can die." Ji Mengsheng said with a smile.

Tang Shuxing felt that Qi Mengsheng was really in chaos now, so he quickly said the information he had obtained from Yao Luxiu, as well as what he had experienced before, and then looked at the old man and Qi Mengsheng and asked, "Do you have anything to build now?" What should I do next? ”

"Hold your hands down, or go forward, or hide and accept God's arrangement." After saying this, he let out a weird laugh and returned to the stone wall and never came out again.

After the return of the dream, the old man lifted the lantern, shone on everyone's faces, shook his head and said: "You are really full of hope, I don't know what to do next, but what I know is that you are still short-sighted, you think that as long as Reinhardt disappears completely, this world will be saved, right?" ”

Tang Shuxing nodded, and the old man shook his head: "It's like a terminally ill patient being chased and killed, you kill the chaser, at best, it only delays the death time of the terminally ill patient, sooner or later he will still die, and this world is the same, but I think the destruction refers to civilization, the destruction of human civilization also represents the complete disappearance of this world, when the next new civilization comes, all the qiē will start again, and the previous one qiē will no longer be so important." ”

Bai Zhanqiu was impatient next to him: "Can you say something we can understand?" ”

The old man smiled: "Even if Reinhardt dies, the environment will still be bad, the damned will still die, the civilization of this generation of mankind will disappear, and what will be the replacement?" Maybe there will also be a strange node between this generation and the next. ”

Tang Shuxing shook his head: "Forget it, this trip is even to visit a close friend." ”

The old man looked at Tang Shuxing and asked, "Look, you are disappointed now, you are not desperate, have you ever despaired?" If you've despaired and you see hope, it means there's hope for rebirth, and it's easy to defeat Reinhardt, you've been wrong all along. ”

"What?" Tang Shuxing was a little surprised, and he didn't know why the old man suddenly changed the topic and talked about this.

The old man stared at Tang Shuxing: "Actually, isn't this the answer you want?" You've been manipulated by him, but it's easy and brutal to get out of him. ”

Everyone looked at the old man and wanted to hear what kind of theory the old man would say.

Who knows what the old man said next made everyone cry and laugh: "You are playing chess with Reinhardt, and when you accept his chess game, you lose, because you can never beat him, because subconsciously the rules of the chess game are all made by him, and you have also misunderstood your own purpose, your purpose is to defeat Reinhardich the person, not to defeat him from the chess game The person's chess skills and his consciousness, in other words, why do you want to play chess with him?" You should get up, smash the board to the ground, and beat him up, you know? ”

Tang Shuxing was stunned, feeling that although the old man's words were rough and simple, wasn't that exactly the truth? For a long time, I thought that I was led by the nose by Reinhardtch and had been played by him, wasn't it "willingly" to abide by his rules of the game?

"So, if you want to win, you must abandon the rules of the game, because life and death are not games." The old man walked towards the entrance with a lantern, "It's not a game, it's nothing, it's just nothingness, that's all, if you understand this, you will be invincible." (To be continued......)