In Gao Ying's short life of less than 20 years, death has always been a very ethereal concept in books and film and television dramas for him. After all, death is a very shunned concept, and adults rarely discuss death with minors.

However, after seeing someone die in front of him so positively and repeatedly, Gao Ying truly experienced the horror of death. He finally understood why people said that war destroys people's ethics and outlook on life and death. He has always believed that life is incomparably precious, and as long as a person's life can be saved, it is worth paying a big price. But now, he only felt creepy at this time, is human life really precious?

Just now, the person who was still so alive and determined to live died so easily. He couldn't even leave a last word, couldn't even struggle a little, and he just died. It turns out that death can come so easily and unreasonably. In reality, no matter how many people die in the news, it can't compare to the huge shock of seeing someone close to you die.

"Original...... I have indeed been longing for eternal life......" Gao Ying laughed self-deprecatingly and said, "I don't want to die, I definitely don't want to die like an ant like this......"

Seeing that Gao Ying was a little incoherent, Hou Mingbo was also worried. It occurred to him that this is the so-called PTSD? Hou Mingbo has read some concepts about PTSD on the Internet, which translates into Chinese as post-traumatic stress disorder. It is a mental disorder that arises when a human being is threatened with death or witnesses the death of others in front of them.

Gao Ying and Hou Mingbo's personalities are different after all. Unlike Hou Mingbo, Gao Ying has rarely experienced setbacks since he was a child, his parents are both high-level intellectuals, and he has always been among the best since he was a student, and he is a male god-level student who is envied by girls. His life has been very smooth, compared with Hou Mingbo, who was born poor and his father suffered a lot from cancer, death is substantially placed in front of him from an illusory concept. He was able to hold on to the present calmly because he had strong self-confidence that he could solve any difficulties he encountered in the past by his own ability. But this self-confidence has gradually been crushed at this time.

"I can't die...... I can't die...... I must not die......" Gao Ying repeated it three times, and then took a deep breath again and again, forcibly calming himself down.

At this time, there was only one strong thought in his mind! He must live, no matter what, he must get eternal immortal life!

This will became the strongest motivation for him to persevere, and then, he looked at Hou Mingbo and said, "Let's go." No matter what, we have to live. ”

Stay alive...... He finally realized that these three words were so heavy. He actually regarded himself as a savior, and he also wished that he could let others survive with his help. Whether he himself will survive or not, he can't guarantee. It's the same now, he doesn't have the confidence to let anyone around him live. It was an exam that he could not fail, and if he survived today, he would have to go through it again and again...... Don't fail an exam!

"I finally got it...... At that time, it was written on the exam paper, 'How much are you willing to pay?'. How ignorant am I to write, 'I'm willing to do whatever it takes'? ”

When Gao Ying said this, Hou Mingbo felt very uncomfortable. At home, watching his father, who had become bald and thinning due to chemotherapy, he always experienced the impermanence of life. It's just that they really feel the so-called "price" and yearn for the so-called eternal life? Eternal life means that it can be longer than the stars and the universe. Do mere mortals really feel the price they have to pay for longing to have a life longer than the universe?

They...... I don't understand the so-called life at all, and I don't understand the real death at all. That's why they ...... so easily A pact was made with the devil.

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Completely opposite to Gao Ying, Zhu Sunling experienced death too early.

After experiencing the earthquake and losing her loved ones, Zhu Sunling knew that death was never a rare guest, and it was possible to come to visit anytime and anywhere. But people living in times of peace are not aware of this, and they take it for granted that they are alive and healthy. But I don't know...... They just happen to be lucky to be alive and that's it.

She still remembers that at the memorial service, lying in a coffin, after being re-makeup, it looked like she was just asleep in general...... They looked the same as before, but they could no longer speak, cry, smile, or ...... It is impossible to love her anymore.

And at this moment, the two stronger feelings than mourning are...... Rejoice, and the fear that comes with it. Fortunately, because she was the only one who survived the earthquake disaster, when she saw her dead family, she felt very strongly how lucky she was to be alive, if it wasn't for the rescue team to finally find her and save her from the rubble, she would be like her family, lying in a coffin, falling into a long sleep that will never wake up.

And the fear is ...... One day in the future, she will always lie in the coffin and let others mourn her. If she is lucky, it will be more than ten years later, and if she is unlucky, maybe she will suddenly suffer a catastrophe in the next moment. Why do humans have to die? Is there a natural law of birth, old age, sickness and death? However, people can only live for a few decades and die in this world, and compared to the universe that was born more than 10 billion years ago, human life is too short and fragile.

She firmly believes that human life is bound to die, which is a defect in genetic evolution. Why do normal cells have to die? Why does visible life have to decay one day? Why should human beings take for granted that they will die? The pursuit of eternal immortality has become her obsession since she was 6 years old, and it has been until today. Therefore, she knew very well that in order to receive eternal life, there must be a great price. In her opinion, even if it was a contract with the devil, it was a very fair and reasonable thing to pass through this horrific test in exchange for eternal life!