Qiu Yu stopped, took out a note paper and pen from the bag that Jack was dragging, and then drew a line on the paper that ran through the beginning and end, "Look, if my plan for life is to go through my life in peace and quiet, without considering any other additional circumstances, this straight line represents the peaceful fate of my life." But that's certainly not the case. ”

Qiu Yu blackened about one-sixth of the length below the line, "This part is about the time I can actually do what I want, in fact, all the time I can do what I think is about that long." If I spread these times throughout my life, they would be a resting stop on the road of fate, and if they all came together to live together, maybe my life would only be so long. ”

Coulomb glared at the lines drawn by Akiba, "I...... I don't understand......"

"Because there's a problem with the order in which I'm speaking." Qiu Yu drew countless tiny branches on this line, and then pointed to one of them with a pen, "There will always be many things in a person's life to interfere with their expected fate, I want to live peacefully, but I must support the capital of a peaceful life." Qiu Yu drew three branches in a row on this branch, "If you want to get these capitals, I can rob, I can work, or I can find a place to hunt and live." Which one do you think I should choose? ”

Without hesitation, Coulomb said, "Work." ”

"Okay." Qiu Yu drew countless branches in succession on the branches of his work, "Then should I be a traveling merchant, a scientist, a warrior, a hunter, or a settlement manager?" ”

"It can't be." Jack exclaimed, "It's not like you can do whatever you want." ”

"Yes, if I want to be a scientist, I have to spend a lot of time learning knowledge, if I want to be a hunter, I have to learn how to hunt, if I want to be a settlement manager, I don't even know where to start, so if I just want to get livelihood capital, I can only do what I can." Qiu Yu successively marked diagonal lines on the several branches he had just drawn, leaving only one left, "In order to make money, I chose to be a traveling merchant, so should I go east, south, west, or north?" ”

"To the north." Coulomb blurted out.

"Oh, why." Qiu Yu looked at him curiously.

Culomb was stunned for a moment before saying, "That's how I feel." ”

"That's not right." Qiu Yu shook his head, "It's not your feeling, but because you met me in the north doing the work of a traveling merchant, so in your subconscious, you will choose to go north." ”

"Maybe that's the case, but anyway, you have to choose one of the four directions, and it doesn't matter which direction you choose, right?" Jack always felt that with Qiu Yu's words, he felt more and more depressed.

"It relates a lot." Qiu Yu drew a cross on the first three branches one by one, "Before choosing, because I don't know the result, I have the idea that it doesn't matter which one to choose, in fact, which one to choose will be affected by various factors such as the collection of information before my departure, the commission of the boss, and the safety of the direction." But now I don't think about it, just when I already know the result, that is, if I choose the three directions, south, east, west, and west, I will die. Then my ideal peaceful life will say goodbye to me forever. ”

Culomb looked at Qiu Yu with a strange face, "Why did you suddenly talk about death again!" ”

"Because I'm afraid that it will be too troublesome to continue to share all kinds of situations, and when I talk about death, I don't have to worry about a fate that I can't control. In fact, there are many people who deceive themselves before they die, screaming that they will no longer have to be ruled by fate. But...... My fate continues," Qiu Yu drew two more lines across the paper on the line representing the north, "The fate of one person is already troublesome, but I met you in the north, so the fates of the three of us are intertwined. ”

Speaking of this, Qiu Yu reversed the slow logic just now, and quickly drew lines on the paper, and the already complicated thread of fate began to become like a mess because of the encounter with other people.

"That's what I understand as fate. Each action has the potential to go up a myriad of branches, and then get farther and farther away from the intended main road. In front of every branch that is absolutely personal, in fact, the direction of fate has always been in their own hands, but no one knows what awaits them in this direction. But even so, the completely independent branch of the individual is still pitifully few, and more is propelled by the fate of others who are stronger than oneself after intersecting with the thread of other people's fate. ”

Qiu Yu looked at the two of them.

"You should have the life you want, but the power of fate of countless others has made it happen. And the thread of my destiny is far thicker than that of you and most of the people you have met before, so the direction of your destiny is now controlled by me. But before fate is completely framed by the absolute power of reality, other branches can be derived, such as your departure from me now, or your insistence on exploring the RV, which may lead your destiny in a completely different direction...... However, you will not choose these branches, because in your judgment they are wrong choices. ”

Coulomb felt his brain and scalp just as hot, "You mean ......"

"Don't try in vain to master fate, the road of fate is not a broad road but a cliff, insist on going in your own direction only a way of destruction, all those who say that they have a destiny are driven by fate but do not know the ignorance. Those who vainly try to control their destiny are also sheep in the tiger's mouth and blind on the cliff. ”

"Listening to you say this, life is indeed too boring, and you can only wait to be swept to the grave by the torrent of fate that is stronger than yourself?" Jack kept shaking his head, not agreeing with Qiu Yu's point of view in the slightest.

"I don't say that, we can't be praying mantis blocking cars, but we can be praying mantis hiding from driving." Qiu Yu unhurriedly took out the water from his bag and took a few sips, "Fate is a thing, as long as you learn to observe, when you are clear about the road ahead, you can seize the precious choice opportunity to walk on the branch of your hope as much as possible." Many people who have achieved something and claim to have mastered their destiny have seized these opportunities and made the right choice for a period of time, so that they have the illusion that they are in control of their destiny. ”

Jack said thoughtfully, "You mean that you can't be completely in control of your fate, but you can keep making the right choices?" ”

"Probably." Qiu Yu's originally firm tone was mixed with a hint of uncertainty, "Like I would have come here, I was pushed by a force of fate stronger than me, and we didn't go to see the RV because there were no other interferences, I made what I thought was the right choice." That does say something, but the choice I can make is only for the three of us. The thread of fate that should have intersected with us...... Will the people in that RV make the right choice under the impetus of the dark......"

Coulomb was shocked, "What do you mean?" ”

"Who's there?" Coulomb raised his gun and pointed forward.

"Don't." Behind the pile of withered yellow weeds not far ahead, a man who got up and wrapped himself tightly as when he was Qiu Yan stood up, "I don't have any ill intentions, I just want to ask you for some help." ”

The other party's voice was rather hoarse, but it could be heard as a woman.

"Just you?" Culomb looked cautiously behind her.

"It's just me."

Although she said so, in this era, people who are gullible about strangers have long since died. After Jack also raised his gun and pointed it at her, Coulomb took a few dozen seconds to patrol every corner where someone might be hiding before he relaxed his vigilance a little.

"Are you a vagrant?" Jack paused, then added, "The cannibal kind?" ”

"No, I'm a slave who escaped from Belgondor."

"Bel Gangdo? That's more than 200 kilometers from here, how did you get here? And you can escape from there? ”

Perhaps out of the deterrence of the gun, although the woman was a little reluctant to answer some questions, she still said after hesitating for a few seconds, "I turned out to be a vagrant, so I am more accustomed to the wild than you, but I definitely don't eat people." As for how to escape from Belgondo...... You may not believe it, but the whole of Belgondo is in ruins, and there is not a single person alive there. ”

Jack and Culomb subconsciously glanced at each other, and when they looked at the woman again a moment later, their eyes were full of foolish anger.

"I swear, I really didn't lie to you." Knowing that the other party would not believe such words, the woman quickly explained, "It was attacked by some mutants that I had never seen before, and Bel Gangdo's defense was crushed at once. After the mutants had slaughtered the entire Belgondo, they turned due north. I and the few who survived were lucky enough to survive because we were digging coal in the coal mine outside. The overseer saw that Bell had just finished and didn't care that we all ran for our lives. ”

"The story is good." Jack sneered, "Do you know how many warriors and hunters there are in Belgondo? How many mutants do you want to get anywhere? ”

“238。”

"What?" Jack was so surprised that he almost couldn't hold the gun steadily.

The woman repeated, "238 professional fighters, 570 to 620 resident hunters...... But they were all dead in less than ten minutes. ”

Jack, "......"

Jack only knew that Belgondo was very strong, but it was impossible to know the exact number. If this woman is lying, it is impossible to bet on whether she knows or not with a definite number. In this case, there is only one possibility - what she said is true, at least in part.

A little bit earlier today