Chapter 53: A Life to Bear
Gianna hugged Xiu as they curled up behind the fallen poplar and shivered.
Gianna knew her friend was dead, but she didn't want to believe it. But the facts are already in front of you, and there is no way to believe it.
But I really don't want her to die, I really don't want to! I don't want to!!
"Sir, we have to get out of here." Xiu plucked up the courage to say.
"No, don't move, we're not opponents, we're going to die, we're going to die..." Gianna hugged Xiu tighter, like a koala holding her cub tightly, "Don't make a sound, we have to wait for the Dead Honkai Beasts to calm down, wait for them to leave, we don't fight with them, we are not opponents, we have too few people, we don't have enough combat strength, if we act rashly, we will definitely be discovered, we will definitely die..." Gianna kept saying a lot of things to herself, This made Xiu realize that Gianna was in an abnormal state.
"Sir, what's wrong with you?"
Gianna's face was pale, her beautiful face was full of sadness and fear, and now it looked like she was so helpless, so... Morbidity.
"Xiu, she's my friend, we're best friends! She's a good scout, even better than me! But she's dead... She was in that stall, and the Honkai Beast spat her out and smashed the black poplar hard! Now her body can't be intact... If she can't leave, we're not opponents, we can't both, we can't move, you know..."Gianna pressed Xiu tightly, not letting Xiu make too much movement.
"Sir..."
"She takes good care of me, you know, she learns faster than me, knows more than me, is smarter than me, does her tasks well, and I'm just an ordinary person, ordinary people can't be ordinary anymore... Do you know how happy I am that she chose me as her partner..."Gianna ignored Xiu and said to herself.
Her lips were trembling, her body was trembling. I don't know if it's fear, sadness, heartbreak, or both, but that kind of emotional cultivation is clearly felt.
"She said it a long time ago, if there is a situation that she can't handle, then I will definitely not go up, even if she is dead, I will not go over, but leave far away, go back and report... Yes, I'm going to leave and report to Chief Gerald, he must have a way, he will definitely be able to solve it..."Gianna wanted to stand up but thought of something, "No, no, the Honkai force is still nearby, I can't go... Yes, I can't go. I'm going to hide myself, I'm going to wait for Anne to find me... No, she's dead, she's dead, she's dead, she's dead... Noβ" Gianna clutched at her blonde hair.
The dust on her hands covered her hair, and she looked very embarrassed. She was crying and laughing and talking to herself like crazy, completely losing herself.
"Don't, I don't want you to die... I don't want you to die, you're obviously better than me, we obviously want to be together, we always want to be together... You're dead... Am I going to die too? yes, I just need to be deadβ" She smiled in relief. But as if he thought of something, he cried and said, "No, I can't die, no one will remember you if I die... You said that only I would pay attention to you, and if I died, no one would remember that you lived..."
"What am I going to do, what am I going to do, Anne, what do you think I'm going to do... Annie? Annie? No, Anne is dead, Anne is dead..."Gianna finally burst into tears.
Xiu didn't expect Gianna to cry at all.
He had the impression that adults would not cry. They are always so strong, always so cold.
It's like the cold in the depths of Caslana's Castle.
He didn't know what to do. But he had to do something, or the Honkai Beasts would be attracted and they would all die here.
He imagined what his sister Karene would do if she were it. If it were Chief Suzanne, what would he do? If it's a father...
Father's words, I don't pay attention to them at all.
He couldn't imagine any more people. In his impression, only these two people had ever comforted and taken care of Xiu.
Xiu gently hugged Gianna, imagining that she was Karen and that she was Susanna. I want to gently pat Gianna on the back.
But I don't know if his hands are not long enough or Gianna's breasts in armor are too big, so he can't shoot it, so he pats Gianna's head and rubs it gently.
"Annie?" Gianna looked up and glanced at her teary-eyed.
"Sir, you can't leave Anne, can you?" Xiu tried his best to calm his tone.
"I can't live without her, I can't live without her!" Gianna grabbed the sleeve of her dress.
"But Anne is dead, and there's nothing we can do to save her."
"I know, I know, but I just want to fantasize, fantasize that Anne is still alive, I want to have hope." Gianna looked at the pile of collapsed black wood, "But the truth is in front of me, I can't even fantasize... Why is it so cruel, why..."
Xiu gently stroked Gianna's hair
"Now, I have a solution! I can't resurrect Chief Anne, but she's no longer far away from you! β
"What's the solution?" Gianna looked up and seemed to see a life-saving straw.
"That's what you want to live!" Xiu hugged Gianna's face and brought her closer to herself, "You said that only you can notice Chief Annie, but likewise, only Chief Annie can notice you, right!" So, you must live! Xiu said seriously, "I read a sentence in a book that human death is divided into three parts. The first death is the death of the body. Because the body is dead, it is considered to be dead once. The second death is the death of the traces. The traces she left in the world would slowly disappear, and when all the traces were gone, he would die a second time. And the third death is the death of memory. If no one can remember her and know that she exists, then she is truly dead. Xiu took a deep breath, "Sir Gianna, you must be alive so that Sir Anne will not really die!" Because if you die, no one will remember her! β
Xiu's words were like a hammer hitting Gianna's heart.
She muttered to herself, "yes, if I die, no one will be able to remember her..."
"So!" "So Sir Gianna, as long as you live, Sir Annie is by your side and in your heart!" She'll always be with you! Xiu seemed to use all his strength to shout out something like this: "If it really doesn't work... Sir, you're going to be like Chief Anne! She has helped you a lot, she has taught you a lot, so... Teach me, just as Captain Anne taught you! β
Gianna looked at Xiu for a long time in a daze. She looked into Xiu's eyes tightly, "Will Annie really be by my side?" β
Xiu nodded.
"Anne isn't really going to die, is she?"
Xiu nodded again.
"I can be like Anne, right?" her voice trembled softly.
Xiu nodded vigorously.
"Why are you helping me so much..."
"Because... I don't want to die yet..."Xiu suddenly couldn't speak.
A pair of scarlet eyes appeared behind Gianna.
Xiu didn't know where the strength came from, and pushed Gianna away with all his might.
"Howling !!!!!!!!!" An extremely evil and irrational roar that did not seem at all like the human throat could emit.
Maybe it's not irrational, because it's still full of craving for food.
The dead man completely took off the limbs of the human body structure and threw himself directly down Xiu's body with a serious violation of human body mechanics, like a snake.
"No!" Gianna desperately tried to get herself on her feet, "Don't be dead, don't be dead, don't be dead!" β
She rushed over like a leopard and kicked the dead man in the face, kicking him far away. The blow seemed to break the Deadman's neck, and the Dead Man struggled and roared on the ground, each of its limbs throbbing and trembling like a dehydrated fish, twitching and trying to get close to the food in its eyes.
They don't know how to be afraid at all, they only know how to eat, to destroy, to kill.
Gianna didn't dare to look at Xiu's appearance. Those who are knocked down by the dead are never unscathed, and the most terrible thing about the dead is their jagged teeth. This little child can't stand the gnawing of the dead.
"I... Did you let another person die..."Gianna stared blankly at her palm.
Is a life just a life passed in your hands? Obviously, I just said that I want to be like Annie, and protect her like Annie protects herself...
"Do you like to take everything from me so much!!!!!"