After informing Jiang Ziwen to declare that the Coyote Brigade would take over the finishing work, Yu Qian staggered up to the fourth floor, followed the dilapidated ruins of the corridor after the war, and found the office as the main battlefield. After the battle, Ren Yuan was sitting cross-legged on the desk, looking down at the body that had been dropped by Pochercy on the ground, and the long sword Sin Yan was placed diagonally on the side of the table.

"What about Lao Mei and Xiaoxia!" Yu Qian asked with a slap on his face

"Didn't I tell you, did I die?" Ren Yuan said without raising his head

"What about the corpses?"

"It's downstairs, the two of them are together..."Ren Yuan stretched out his hand and pointed down, and before he finished speaking, he saw Yu Qian running out again in a hurry, "Eh, I said you... Never mind. ”

Swinging his head and giving up the plan to persuade Yuqian, people's joys and sorrows are not connected, and he doesn't feel that he can persuade the latter in grief and anger at this time. In fact, for the time being, he didn't have the time to persuade him, and tonight he revealed too much information that he hadn't been sure about before by jumping out of Pochercy. In addition to the fact that the Adventists in S City are indeed Zoroastrians, there are also many other problems. Pondered for a moment, whispering to himself

"Tsk, it seems that things are getting more and more interesting..."

…

After running into the corridor on the third floor, Yu Qian slowly slowed down his pace, and was a little afraid to walk in front of Mei Jingxia's hospital room. Before entering this building, he was full of anxiety and wanted to rush up, wanting to see the bodies of Lao Mei and Xiaoxia. But when he really came here, he was a little afraid to face the reality that was about to unfold in front of him.

Just a few hours ago, he patted his old friend on the shoulder and persuaded him not to worry about Xiaoxia's safety. At that time, he still pinned his hopes on Ren Yuan, who was serious in his words, but always able to make unexpected moves, maybe he would find a way to turn Xiaoxia around. Maybe tomorrow morning, a miracle will really happen to the girl, after all, in his opinion after this half a month, a miracle is not an expensive thing.

But unexpectedly, just a few hours later, not only Xiaoxia, who was still breathing, was separated from yin and yang, but also hitched in with her father Lao Mei. Thinking that Lao Mei's wife, who had fainted because of the bad news, was lying in the inpatient department a few buildings away, he felt that it was difficult to face the rising sun tomorrow morning. He wished that time would stand still forever, and that the dawn of desperate news would never come.

The farther I went, the slower and heavier my steps became. No matter how slow he walked, it would not prolong the path that already existed, and as he struggled to fall his feet around the corner, the tragic scene silently struck his grief-stricken heart.

The crooked chandelier is still struggling to perform its duties, and the flickering lights show this tragedy in front of the world. The deformed, fat, and fat monster lay motionless on the cold ground. The scorched viscous black blood slowly but surely spread around.

Although there was only one corpse on the ground, even if no one explained it to him, he knew in his heart that everything was here. Since Ren Yuan said that they were both downstairs, then the two of them were downstairs. As for why it is such a strange corpse that is neither as petite as Xiaoxia nor as old as Lao Mei, swollen like a monster. What happened, he was afraid of the truth, and he kept telling himself not to think about it.

Xiaoxia is dead, Lao Mei is also dead, and the bodies of the two are here. That's enough, and the rest of the nightmare will be buried forever in the deep darkness of the night.

After several attempts, Yu Qian still couldn't take even half a step. He wanted to see his old comrades-in-arms at the end, and he also wanted to see the girl who was full of sharp energy and had arrogant eyes. But he didn't dare, he couldn't face the bloody truth. Memories of the past kept circling in my mind, the kind and gentle words of old friends, and Xiaoxia's voice with envy and longing: Uncle Yu... His usual eagle-sharp eyes gradually blurred the focus.

It wasn't until the heavily armed coyote brigade members took advantage of the night that Yu Qian stood in place in a daze and didn't move, not noticing the arrival of other people at all. The pathfinder carefully confirmed his identity, and he came out of his trance when he was asked.

"Officer Fish?"

"Huh? Ahh You're here. Yu Qian came back to his senses, looked at the members of the coyote brigade in front of him, and subconsciously replied, "When did you arrive?" ”

"We just arrived... After receiving a message from Liaison Jiang, we rushed here. The other party also saw that Yu Qian had some questions, and asked tentatively, "This is the two people who sacrificed, where are they?" And what about Mr. Ren? ”

"Oh, yes, it's the front, Ren Yuan is upstairs." Yu Qian raised his head and wanted to show the huge corpse in front of him, but he couldn't lift his hand, and tears had quietly crawled all over his cheeks in his stunnedness.

"yes, I see." The young soldier turned around and made two gestures, and the team members who had been waiting for a long time quickly rushed up with their equipment and crossed Yuqian to deal with the aftermath today. The rest of the people went upstairs and continued their way.

"Officer Fish, would you like to go over and have a look? I mean... Belch. The team members carefully said, "Do you want to take one last look?" ”

“… I'm going to! Yu Qian lost his soul and walked forward with embarrassed steps, almost tripping over the cracked ground. The busy staff didn't know what he was going to do, so they stopped what they were doing to make way for him, and looked at him with tears streaming down their faces.

When I went around to the front, I finally saw the whole picture of this huge corpse, and the tattered face could not tell who it was. Where the chest was crossed by a sharp blade, the old face of the old friend could still be faintly recognized. The hands curled up behind his back, and the crooked legs at his waist, clearly indicate the origin of this strange corpse.

Rao is accustomed to seeing Yu Qian, who is separated from life and death, still feels that the grief that he can't let go of swells in his chest. Because of his own incompetence, too many people around him have paid an irreparable heavy price for it. He thought that when Zhang Changxu told him the truth about his daughter's death, he had let go of the burden on his heart and was able to face everything calmly.

But now it seems that all of this is just wishful thinking. The nightmare of ten years ago never left his heart for a moment, and with the fire of angry revenge burned out, not only his past, but also the future he had never looked forward to. His anger burned his wife's marriage, burned his own career, and burned Bai Tianqing and Chi Haifeng. In the end, today, the incompetent self killed Xiaoxia and Lao Mei.

Maybe the morning I died ten years ago, none of this would have happened. All tragedies will end at that moment, and the people around them will not be drawn into this bottomless whirlpool. Perhaps it was because he made the choice to investigate to the end ten years ago that the people around him intersected with that untouchable world. Even if tonight, the partner with Ren Yuan is not completely incompetent Long Mu, Lao Mei may not die in the hands of her own daughter like this.

Tonight's tragedy became a heavy straw, crushing Yu Qian's devastated heart, and he silently looked at his long-indistinguishable body, and fell into confusion again. The surrounding coyote brigade members looked at the former who was suddenly in a daze in front of the corpse, and suddenly felt a little confused, you look at me, I look at you, I don't know what to say.

"Hey!" With a somewhat reproachful voice in his flirtatious voice, he suddenly sounded behind Yu Qian, "This is not good, this is not good!" Take control of your inner fish and don't indulge in the quagmire of negative emotions, it's dangerous! ”

"Ren Yuan." Yu Qian woke up suddenly, looked back and saw his partner looking at him with a smile, with a hint of sternness in his eyes, and hurriedly wiped away his tears, "I'm not, I'm just... I'm sorry, but I had a bit of a gaffe today. ”

"Don't delay everyone's work, there is no need for our work here, let's go out first." Ren Yuan bowed his head in understanding and motioned for him to go out with him first.

The two of them went out of the building and sat down by the side of the flower bed. The road to here is a one-way street, and no one will come here except for the people who work in this building. Compared with the scene that is still busy in the middle of the night not far ahead, it is surprisingly lonely and depressed.

"I don't know what's wrong today, I'm a little sentimental." Yu Qian breathed in the cool air of the night, and laughed at himself with a wry smile, "I am also a person who has seen strong winds and waves, when Yaoyao died, I didn't panic like this." If Lao Mei were still alive, I'm afraid she would laugh at me when she saw me like this..."

"Those who pretend to be strong are the most vulnerable, and one day they will be crushed." Ren Yuan said lightly, "You are far from being as strong as you imagined, it's just that you always refuse to admit this fact." ”

"Maybe so, I'm really a very weak person, otherwise I wouldn't have ruined the lives of my relatives and friends because of that morning ten years ago." Yu Qian trembled and pulled out a cigarette from the cigarette case and put it in his mouth, and tried several times before lighting the fire.

"But you can't be weak." Ren Yuan said solemnly, "I have warned you many times, especially for us, vacillation in our hearts is a big taboo. Being emotionally manipulated is not a good sign, and you should understand that you are already half a foot in that world. If you lose your senses, do you know what awaits you? ”

"I know."

"No, you don't know." Ren Yuan said in a deep voice: "If you fall, it's not as simple as having an alien in this world. You must know that you are my dragon herd, and you are also my anchor to human reason, if something goes wrong with me, do you know what kind of disaster it is? ”

"I..." Yu Qian was shocked by his partner's words, and he was covered in a cold sweat and suddenly came to his senses.

"Many people compare the erosion of xenomorphism to the whispers of demons." Ren Yuan said slowly: "Although auditory hallucinations and visual hallucinations are indeed the precursors of depravity. But in fact, erosion often occurs much earlier, and unknowingly affects the Revealed. At first, it was just a small accumulation of negative emotions, and gradually it fell into a quagmire from which it could not be extricated with the collapse of mental defense. ”

"Every pain of yours, every trace of pleasure, is the most thirsty nourishment of the foreign source. Immersed in the vortex of emotion, allowing desire to dominate one's heart, the collapse of the embankment of human reason begins in these humble anthills. Ren Yuan said sharply: "Why are Inhumans incorrigible?" Because before they were corrupted, they were soulless walking corpses. Whether it's to escape unbearable pain or to pursue endless desires. Before their souls were devoured by a foreign source, they had already lost to reality and were no longer worthy to be called human. ”

"So now, I ask you." Ren Yuan said solemnly, "Do you still have the confidence, face up to reality, and dominate your soul?" ”

"Of course." Yu Qian squeezed the cigarette in his hand, and suddenly felt that he was so ashamed to blame everything on his own inability to escape from reality just now, "Even if it is me, I obviously have something to do, how can I be depressed here!" ”

"To be my dragon herd, you have proven that you are excellent." Ren Yuandao "Don't be too yourself, and don't be delusional, the reality that can't exist." ”

"Hmm." Yu Qian replied heavily

Looking at his partner who had regained his strength, Ren Yuan nodded with satisfaction, looked back at the starry sky, and suddenly said, "Can you talk to me?" ”

"What?"

"Your friend Lao Mei, and his daughter Xiaoxia."