Chapter 842: Admitting defeat
Because superpowers are limited, the options for combat have also become very limited.
At the beginning of the battle, Chu Tianjiang and the participant named Teng coincidentally chose martial arts, and fighting was indeed the most effective way to fight in a low-gravity environment.
It's just that it didn't take long for both sides to discover that it would be very difficult to defeat each other through martial arts.
Comparatively speaking, Chu Tianjiang has better jumping ability, and his human body form gives him some advantages in close-quarters combat. Teng's advantage is his gliding ability, that is, he is able to use that pair of wings to stay in the air for a longer period of time, so as to occupy the high ground.
After a fight, neither of them took much advantage, but spent a lot of effort.
It's not a big deal if it's just the exertion of strength, their bodies are all made of star cores, and they are not afraid of exerting their strength.
The problem is that both of them are tired in this particular environment!
To put it bluntly, the energy lost by the star core in battle cannot be replenished at all as it does in the large universe.
Obviously, if they continue to fight, the two may not be able to separate until the moment of exhaustion, and the winning side may not be able to take advantage.
Chu Tianjiang even felt that this was a restriction deliberately made against him.
After realizing that his opponent also intended to end this senseless fight, Chu Tianjiang quickly retreated. As he expected, Teng didn't approach immediately.
"If we continue to fight like this, I'm afraid it will be difficult for us to tell the winner." Chu Tianjiang looked at the opponent whose body looked like a bat.
Because it has no feathers, and its wings are very large when they are spread, Teng really looks like an enlarged bat just by looking at his figure.
"You're right, you're the best opponent I've ever faced, at least you're very good at fighting."
Conscious communication can bypass language and express the most direct meaning, so even if there is a language barrier, it will not affect communication.
"So, you don't want to spend it."
Teng nodded and said, "I know that you are very powerful, at least others think you are very powerful." It's just that I don't want to waste too much effort on you. ”
"Really?"
"My goal is not just to win the first round."
Chu Tianjiang smiled and said, "Then, we have to change the way of fighting, and use a more direct method that will not have much negative impact on both of us to decide the winner." Only then will the winner among us have a greater chance of winning the next round. ”
"The question is, is there such a way?"
"That's true, and I can't think of a suitable way."
"It seems that we can still only fight to the death."
Chu Tianjiang sighed and said, "It seems that you are not fighting for yourself. ”
"Are you fighting for yourself?"
"Of course not."
"In other words, we're all the same."
"I don't think it's necessarily the same."
"Really?"
Chu Tianjiang smiled and said, "At least, my relationship with the creator who was watching this battle outside was not what you imagined. ”
"What do you mean?"
"To put it bluntly, I'm not fighting for her, at least not all for her."
"So, you think I'm fighting all for the creator?"
"Isn't it?"
Teng also smiled and said, "If you think so, then you are very wrong. ”
"And what are you for?"
"My civilization."
"Your civilization?"
Teng nodded, and said very seriously: "Winning from the primary elimination round has won more living space for my civilization. Although the prizes of the secondary elimination round are not a living space, they are more important. If any civilization wants to develop strongly, it needs advanced science and technology. If I can emerge from the secondary elimination, then my civilization will grow. ”
"Perhaps, you're right."
"Absolutely."
"The question is, how do you know that the prize for the re-selection and elimination of the Dao Dao is more advanced science and technology, and that your civilization will definitely be able to obtain these science and technology?"
Teng Meng was stunned for a moment, and looked at Chu Tianjiang very suspiciously.
"Obviously, that's what your creator told you, right?"
"Didn't your creator tell you this?"
"Of course not, she told me too, but I didn't fully believe her words."
"Why don't you believe it?"
"Even if you beat me, or even win the three rounds of secondary elimination and successfully enter the championship finals, you won't be the one who will receive the prize, right?"
"But ......"
"What's more, he is your creator, he has given you everything, even your civilization was created by him, don't you think your idea is ridiculous?"
Teng was silent, seemingly thinking about the inner meaning of Chu Tianjiang's words.
"In fact, that's the difference between you and me."
"Could it be that your creator told you to claim your prize?"
"It's not."
"Then what are you doing ......?"
"The reason is simple, you believe the Creator's words, and I am skeptical, so you think that what you are doing now is for your civilization, and I feel that I am making wedding clothes for someone else. Perhaps, I can get some benefits out of it, but definitely not really good. ”
"Then why are you here to participate in this battle?"
"It's not that I'm coming, it's that I don't have any other choice."
"This ......"
"Fundamentally, it's not my choice, it's not my fight, and it's the same for you." Chu Tianjiang paused a little and said, "If I'm not mistaken, your home star is in a star system, maybe a more complex star system, with several stars, and your home star is one of the planets, or a satellite of a giant planet. In any case, your home star is very far away from my home planet, perhaps at one end of the galaxy. If it weren't for this battle, we would still be living in our hometown, living with the people closest to us, living a carefree life, and we wouldn't have fought to the death here at all. ”
Teng was silent, and it seemed that his mood had fluctuated greatly.
"If it weren't for this fight, maybe we would never have met each other."
"It's not our fight."
"Yes, this is not our fight at all, and we should not die for it, let alone think that we can die from this game where we use our lives for the pleasure of others."
"But we have to decide."
"There's no doubt that we have to decide the winner, or we're going to have to stay here forever."
"The problem is, we shouldn't die for it."
Chu Tianjiang smiled faintly and said, "Actually, this is the method I mentioned at the beginning. ”
"What?" Teng was very surprised, as if he didn't understand what Chu Tianjiang meant.
"You've wavered, you've lost."
"This ...... It can't be ......"
"You have doubts about the nature of this battle, you even have doubts about the creators, you waver, and you lose this battle."
"You...... You didn't waver? ”
"No, I'm shaken too."
"What's that?"
"I didn't waver at this time, but I was shaken a long time ago, I doubted everything a long time ago, so my will was incomparably stronger when I entered the battlefield."
"But ......"
"I started by saying that I wasn't fighting for others, I was fighting for myself. What about you? ”
Teng looked at Chu Tianjiang dumbfounded.
"There is no doubt that our strength is between the two, and if we continue to fight, it will definitely not be strength that will determine the final victory, but will. When I enter the battlefield, my will will will be unwavering, and it will not change because of your influence. Unfortunately, you are different, although you once had a strong will, but under my influence, you have been shaken. ”
Teng raised his head and seemed to relax a lot.
"You know very well who is more likely to be the victor who keeps fighting."
"You are indeed very powerful, not only in strength, but also in mind and strategy."
"How, throw in the towel?"
Teng hesitated for a while before he said: "You're right, I did lose, and I lost completely, and I lost convincingly." If I keep fighting, I won't be able to beat you, but I'll lose your chance to win the next round. No matter who I meet in the next round, it's none of my business. You're different, and if you can win in the next round, then you have a lot to do with you. ”
"If it were me, I would have the same understanding."
"Promise me one thing."
"What?"
"Kill them all, and kill all the enemies that stand in your way."
Chu Tianjiang nodded and agreed to Teng's request.
"Alright, let's do it." Teng was completely relaxed.
"You can choose to surrender."
"For me, surrender is the greatest insult. I'd rather die in battle than surrender. Teng looked at Chu Tianjiang. Hurry up and don't wait for me to regret it. ”
"Where is your civilization?" Chu Tianjiang couldn't help but sigh secretly, Teng was a genuine warrior.
"In my memory."
"Memory?"
Teng smiled faintly and didn't say anything more.
Chu Tianjiang didn't ask any more, because he knew that Teng was asking him to get his memory.
Of course, Chu Tianjiang did not take it lightly. While this kind of bloody victory over your opponent is the best outcome, it can also be a trap.
At least before that, Chu Tianjiang had not encountered an opponent who took the initiative to admit defeat.
Chu Tianjiang took the subspace that was used to store the star core, and in the process, erased all the individual consciousness attached to the star core, and only retained a little bit of individual memory, the memory of his hometown. It wasn't until Teng died completely that Chu Tianjiang believed that he really admitted that he had been defeated.
Teng is indeed a true warrior, because only a true warrior dares to face defeat head-on.