Gao Ying's sense of uneasiness became more and more intense.

Because of this, he didn't even dare to look back. He knew he couldn't see anything when he looked back, and yet...... A strong intuition made him feel this feeling even stronger.

It's not nervousness...... Definitely not!

Gao Ying clenched the exam paper in his hand, and then, he felt a strange chill on the back of his neck, and at this moment, he began to ...... Speed and amplitude of the pace is increased!

Then, when he reached out to rub his neck to dispel the chill, Gao Ying was shocked to find ...... Around his neck, I don't know when, a rope loop was put on! Then the loop was pulled upwards! His whole body was hung from a tree!

(I...... Am I going to die? The same way to die as Mingbo? No! No! ）

……

The Cambridge History of the Ming Dynasty in China...... It's amazing, Dad, it's an all-English book! ”

Zhu Sunling suddenly had some doubts, she happened to be sitting in the former YL County's home at this time, and she looked at her father, who should have died, sitting in the living room, holding a brick-thick English book reading.

"yes...... The original English version has a little more flavor than the translated version. ”

At that time, Zhu Sunling didn't know why his father liked the Ming Dynasty so much. Her thoughts at the time were, perhaps because her last name was ...... Zhu's sake, right?

At the time, she didn't think much about it.

"Sunling...... You have to remember that our roots are on a continent separated by a sea, and you must not forget that we are the descendants of Yan and Huang! ”

"Well, I remember, Daddy!"

When I say this, my father will think about it...... Looking out the window, in the direction of the sea, it belonged to their true family. At that time, Sunling could not understand the sorrow contained in her father's gaze, let alone the unwillingness and pain of losing their roots more than 300 years ago and drifting to TW Island.

"Sunling...... During the Ming Dynasty, there was a general located in Qian...... He once said a word, he is not afraid of broken bones, and he wants to leave his innocence in others. People live their whole lives, do something and do nothing. Although the Ming Dynasty has a corrupt side, the Yongle Emperor guards the country, and the Chongzhen Emperor dies, and he never pays compensation and tribute in the face of foreign enemies. In this world, there are too many things that transcend life and death......"

……

Zhu Sunling's gaze began to be filled with light again.

She took a nap just now, but she didn't expect to dream of her father.

After the death of her parents, her pain in those days was unimaginable.

As a descendant of the Ming Dynasty, she did not consider whether her father's evaluation of the Ming Dynasty was remote. It's just that after her parents died, she couldn't understand what her father said about "things that are above life and death". What makes a person "not afraid of broken bones"? She admires these heroes in history, but she can't be like them, seeing death as home.

"Dad...... Mother...... The eldest sister, the second sister ......"

Although her parents, sisters, and brothers have been dead for so many years, she has never forgotten them. However, the more this happened, the more painful it was for her. Why is life so fragile? No matter how much they mourn, they will not return. Especially my younger brother, who has almost just learned to walk, what is the point of a life that is so short? If life is so precious, if the gods of religion exist, why should they die?

She never let go of their deaths one day, and she may never let go of them, neither in the past nor in the present. This exam only allowed her eternal life, but it did not have the ability to raise the dead. It's just that if people die, they will become lonely ghosts who can't rest in peace, and this kind of death is even more terrible than she originally expected. Has her family also become dead spirits now, wandering in this world?

"Are you alright? Why did it suddenly ...... Eyes become so dazed? ”

Mi Ruiyi waited beside Zhu Sunling, she had never seen such an expression on Zhu Sunling's face before.

"I ...... I dreamed of my father. ”

I don't know why, Zhu Sunling never mentioned her family to Mi Ruiyi, but now, she said it. In the dream, the kind and strict father always lingers. After so many years, the image of my father in my memory is still so clear and strong. His voice and smile seem to be yesterday.

Mi Ruiyi had never heard Zhu Sunling mention her family, she only thought that she had the idea of missing her relatives because she entered this terrifying devil's classroom and constantly experienced this perverted and bloody exam. And why doesn't she miss her relatives?

"I ...... I miss my family too...... Sunling, if you are uncomfortable, you can tell me about your family, I ...... Maybe it won't help you......"

"Ruiyi......" Zhu Sunling suddenly looked at Mi Ruiyi solemnly and said, "Can you understand the things in this world that transcend human beings' needs for survival?" ”

"Huh?"

Miriyi couldn't understand this sentence at all, and after thinking about it for a while, she said, "Of course it's the most important thing to be alive......

"Do you think that the price of our eternal life is simply to pass this kind of exam?"

"Could it be...... No? ”

"No matter how many of us die, or who survives to the end, there is no benefit to the curse behind it. The examination we go through is just a kind of selection. Eternal life is nothing more than a reward given by this selection. After we have eternal life, we must have to pay more......"

"Pay...... What to give? Aren't we paying enough? ...... in this kind of hell place."

"A certain obligation that must be exhausted of eternal and eternal immortal life in order to be fulfilled...... Eternal life cannot be given to us in vain. ”

Zhu Sunling saw this very clearly from the very beginning.

Behind this devil classroom, there is a terrifying power comparable to that of a demon god, space transformation, time control, and playing with humans and ghosts at every turn, this source of such terrifying curse power will never be boring enough to torture them for fun. Eternal life, which means being a slave to this damning power for eternity, must do some kind of ...... Something that takes eternal life to accomplish. Whatever it was, it was hard to imagine a good thing in light of the heinous crime of this cursed power that disregarded human life.

But...... Zhu Sunling didn't care. As long as she could get eternal life, she didn't mind selling her soul for it. Of course, she wouldn't tell Mirey that. But in the dream, recalling her father's words in the past, she somehow felt a little uncomfortable in her heart, after all, she might be walking on a different path from her father's old teachings.

"Sunling......" However, Mi Ruiyi's limited experience obviously can't give Zhu Sunling too much good advice, "I...... I don't know much...... As long as you have eternal life, it doesn't matter what you have to do, right? As long as you don't have to live like this anymore! Anyway, I can't stand such days, I just hope to complete all the exams and get eternal life......"

"Really?" Zhu Sunling raised her head slightly, she didn't believe that there was a so-called high god in the sky, and she didn't feel that her parents were on it, but at this time she was still looking in that direction, as if she could look at her parents in this way.

Father...... I want to live...... Get rid of death once and for all, and live forever...... Isn't it an instinct imprinted in genes that creatures will do anything to survive? I don't regret filling out that exam paper, even if one day I'll die in this exam room. I have lived at least much longer than my sister and brother, and if their short life is meaningless, then my life will be meaningless even if it falls...... Does length make sense for a life that is always gone? She didn't know, and probably never would know......

"Rui ......"

"Huh?"

"I fell asleep and said something meaningless. You just forget about it......"

Before, escaping from that hut, Zhu Sunling already had some thoughts about this deserted village.

"The clue to the argument question may be hidden in the ...... In the previous questions......"

At this time...... Gao Ying, who was hoisted high by the rope loop, fell back to the ground. Because the ground was extremely soft and the shadow was very tall, he quickly stood up when he fell, and didn't make much noise.

The weird thing is...... He was hung for a while, and he didn't feel like coughing at all.

(I see...... Being hung up by a rope loop, as long as it doesn't make any sound, it won't really hang the candidate at all! This is a deliberate attempt to lure candidates into speaking out...... Pitfall! ）