A bolt of lightning flashed outside the window at the right time, and the room was snow-white. Bai Xiaodang blinked at this bright light, and heard the belated thunder. She opened her mouth and didn't know what to say—as a former member of the assassination organization, she had experienced so much life and death. But because of this, she cherishes her life even more.

Most of the people who shouted that they were not afraid of death and could donate their lives were the flowers in the greenhouse. Those people have never really seen the great horror between life and death, and they are fearless because of ignorance. But she walked through the shadows of swords and bullets, and knew the despair and fear of dying moments. That's why people like her are more courageous in the face of danger – because that's the only way to get a chance at life.

But now her mind went blank for a moment—she didn't know what to do with the presence that Froude had said. The strength of the other party has surpassed common sense, and in the face of this kind of existence, she can no longer excite and be as brave as before. This courage is like a spring – the more you are suppressed, the more it bounces back. However, once that pressure exceeds the tipping point, it may never bounce back again.

"Scared?" Froude smiled and asked.

Bai Xiaodang stared at him, let out a long breath, and asked rhetorically, "You're not afraid?" ”

Froude walked back and sat down, waving his hand: "What do I have to be afraid of." I'm just opening that door—and you're going to get something. I was gone before you died. ”

Bai Xiaodang shot back: "It's as annoying to break someone else's door." If Zeus is really the kind of character in myths and legends, you think you can run away? ”

Froude tilted his head and stared at her for a moment. Ha Lu Ha Da Lu laughed: "What good is it for you if I die?" You're scared – trying to calm your own fears with someone else's tragedy. But I can honestly tell you that as much as I love life, if something happens, I don't mind calmly accepting that outcome. From the beginning of Plan A, I never thought that I might live for a few more years or decades. Killed by it, killed by you, in short, death, at least that way I died a meaningful death. ”

Bai Xiaodang looked at his expression and realized that this person was not lying. Froude's courage and heroism are not the emotions of the ignorant - you must know that he is also a man who has experienced battles and life and death. This discovery even made her a little angry, and she endured it for a long time, and finally had to curse angrily: "Damn the cultist. ”

Froude shrugged and gladly accepted the assessment.

Bai Xiaodang's anger was hard to dissipate, or this anger was amplified by the fear of the unknown - she pointed at Froude: "You and Li Zhen...... You can't say that! ”

Froude laughed again: "I look like an idiot? Do you want me to say to him, please spare my life, I still have to complete the A plan, I still have to provoke the lively Zeus and release it again, and stir this world into a pot of porridge? You can only blame him for being stupid...... No. Or too much self-confidence in yourself. I told him that the plan was a study of the wreckage of Zeus...... And he really let me go. And now I have sent you to get that wreckage. I reckon he was trying to absorb Zeus's power, but by now you should know that he couldn't do it. ”

Bai Xiaodang clenched his teeth. It doesn't feel good at all to be fooled. She sat up straight on the couch. His eyes fell on Froude's hand—the pistol was placed on the coffee table. The magazine is withdrawn. Christina sat at the other end of the room. Turn your back to them, facing the fireplace. The little girl remained silent, not sure if she was asleep.

She assesses the situation. But there was no reason why Froude was so emboldened to give it all up. So far, everything should still be under your control, so ...... Did Froude lose his mind? You must know that Lu Dao can kill him at any time, at least he can lose both.

She decided to hold back for a few more minutes.

So Bai Xiaodang sat up straight, tensed his whole body, and said in a mocking tone: "It sounds like you have an antisocial personality - what blows did you suffer when you were a child?" Or was he once used to be used as a child prostitute? ”

The expression on Froude's face froze. Bai Xiaodang was slightly taken aback—she felt that her words were used to provoke...... It seems to have hit the nail on the head.

After a few seconds, Froude said slowly in a low and serious tone: "When I was young...... There was an incident near my house. At that time I was living in New York, in Brooklyn. ”

"It's a mess around my house...... There is a gang of delinquent teenagers. One day a little child walked through the street and was robbed by those gangsters. After the robbery, they sodomized him. The little boy did not dare to speak out for fear of reprisals - and from then on he became a little mentally abnormal. Since then, he has tried to commit suicide several times, but to no avail......"

“…… That kid is you? Bai Xiaodang couldn't help but ask.

Froude raised his head and looked at Bai Xiaodang for a moment. Then he suddenly leaned back on the couch and clapped his hands, laughing: "Hahaha—that little boy is my neighbor—he robbed me of my money before—I let those gangsters do that—you know, how wonderful it feels to be when a kid stumbles upon discovering that he can manipulate other people's minds?! ”

Bai Xiaodang bit his lip and restrained his desire to kill him right now. She squeezed a sentence out between her teeth: "Maybe you still have exhibitionism?" I'm not interested in your old things. ”

Froude was slightly stunned. Bai Xiaodang keenly noticed his expression, but he didn't know why there was such an expression on the other party's face. Those two sentences of his own did not seem to be enough to bring such an impact to Froude, perhaps...... She snorted inwardly - he probably wanted to play the same trick again.

But this time Froude did not speak, but looked a little worried. He shook his head slightly, sinking himself back into the couch.

"Something is wrong." Froude muttered to himself.

Bai Xiaodang didn't have the heart to think about what was wrong with Froude for the time being—she had more realistic and contradictory things to think about. When Li Zhen asked her to come, he told her to retrieve the tissue sample from the wreckage of Zeus. At that time, although she realized that the task might not be as simple as it sounded, she definitely did not expect it to be as dangerous as it is now—no, not dangerous, but a situation of death and no life.

Although it is not clear for the moment why Zeus did not jump out in the midst of the chaos and mix it in—let's consider it a rare recluse character among the species—neither the species nor the humans would happily hand over a part of their body, even if it was just a small part of the epithelial cell.

Li Zhen...... Are you really fooled? Bai Xiaodang thought about this question. Five years ago, she would have thought her answer would have been yes. But now she is not sure, and even prefers to deny. No naïve person will trust a person just by his words, let alone the fact that the other person is the first saint of the Door of Truth.

When her life is at stake, she can't use that desperate courage to ask herself to "move forward". So after thinking about it again, she hesitated and made a decision - if things were really not optimistic at that time, she would retreat decisively. Sending herself to the door of the class when she knew that things had changed, this was already the limit of what she could do.

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More tomorrow. (To be continued......)