Chapter 21: Fate II
The words are divided into two ends, when Zilin confronts Uncle Xue, on the other hand, in Ocean City.
Still on that rooftop.
Ziqi has wiped out all the elite troops of "Yashan", and most of them have no bones left, except for their leader Xiahou Yan...... A whole corpse was left behind.
Of course, this is only a superficial "whole corpse", and if you cut it open, you will find that its brain, heart, and lungs are all gone.
"Whew...... It's a little more laborious than you think. Ziqi finished cleaning up the enemy, breathed a sigh of relief, and then didn't know who to say, "Are you here to support me?" Thanks, though...... It seems that it is no longer necessary. ”
As he finished speaking, Jack stepped out of a shadow.
"I'm sorry, I'm not here to support you." Jack's voice revealed a hint of helplessness.
Ziqi turned to look at the other party, was silent for a few seconds, and then said, "No......"
"Yes." I don't know what Jack was answering, but his next sentence was, "I'm here to kill you." ”
"So......" Ziqi continued, "You and Uncle Xue are in the same group?" ”
"Zilin will hand over the Book of the Heart to you before the duel with Nakanwo, you can see if you look at it." Jack replied.
"I never look at your heart, because I trust you." Ziqi continued.
"But we weren't picked by you at all." Jack Road.
"I trust my brother, so the people my brother chooses are the ones I want to trust." Ziqi said, "Of course...... My brother also told me that Uncle Xue may be unfavorable to him in the near future, and it is possible to pull one or two people from inside the Reverse Cross to help, but I didn't expect it...... You will also be one of them. ”
"Have you ever read your brother's heart?" Jack asked again.
"I'm ......" Ziqi hesitated for a second, "...... Looked. ”
"And what are you going to do?" Jack asked again.
"Huh......" Ziqi let out another breath, "I don't have to do anything out of my way, right?" ”
"That is, you support him." Jack Road.
"Emotionally, he's my brother; Intellectually speaking, I also think that his judgment was not wrong. Ziqi said, "His method is very good for him, for me, and for the world, and the only regret is...... A small number of people will be sacrificed. He paused, and then said, "Among them, not to mention the people on the outside, but also on the inside...... There are Che Wuchen, veterans, wanderers, Uncle Xue, and doctors...... For now, you have to be counted. ”
"Hmm......" Jack nodded, "Okay." He paused for half a second and then continued, "Can I ask you a few questions before we fight to the death?" ”
"You ask." Ziqi replied without thinking.
"Are you so distrustful of the world? You are so sure that they will repeat the mistakes they did more than 200 years ago...... Don't know how to learn, don't know how to change, and bring yourself decades of turmoil and suffering again? Can't you just give them a chance to prove themselves instead of rushing to make decisions for them? Jack asked.
"Heh......" Ziqi smiled, "Yes, we just don't believe them, that's how we decide."
"As a person who is beyond the 'mediocrity', a lineage who has witnessed the end of the 'Eternal Darkness', you should understand us more easily than others......
"Whether it's a chase, a tea party, an empire, or a federation...... It doesn't really matter the size, title, or form of these organizations or regimes.
"The greatest heroes will die, and the most precious qualities will be forgotten; No matter how lofty the concept is, it can be distorted, and no matter how outstanding it is, it can be obscured.
"Time will eventually push the Fifth Kingdom back into reincarnation again and again, and illusions about human nature are the real poison to the world.
"The history of mankind is a history of unrepentant struggle, and the longest and most profound suffering that the world has ever experienced has been the result of internal strife. Whether it is kings and sages, or the rules of the system, what can calm the troubled times must be the 'domineering' of 'showing it with reason and the law with force', and the 'benevolent way'...... seems to be beautiful, but in fact, it only adds a hypocritical boundary and a moral shackle on the basis of domineering, which ultimately brings more suffering to people. ”
"Okay." Jack didn't argue with him, but continued to ask, "I'll ask you again, do you think Zilin is trying to achieve his own goals...... Or is it worth the sacrifices that ideals cause? ”
Ziqi shook his head and said slowly: "In my opinion, this question is the same as the nature of 'why not eat minced meat'; only people like you who have lived in a free and relaxed environment will think about or discuss it.
"My brother and I were tools from the moment we were born, we didn't have any sense of morality, and we didn't even have humanity......
"So, this kind of 'human torture' doesn't make sense to us either...... We don't care, or can't look at your so-called 'worth it' from the same perspective as you, but if you have to get an answer that makes you feel comfortable, then I can answer you - 'worth it'.
"Whether you ask me or my brother, the answer will make no difference.
"We don't have any remorse for what we did, we just do what we have to do, what we don't want to do, what we call cold and cruel things, because ...... Someone has to do it. ”
Jack was silent for a moment.
After a moment, he spoke again: "Assuming that everything unfolds according to your plan, do you really think that you can successfully deceive the world in exchange for a stable and prosperous world?" With your face exactly the same as Zilin's, are you really sure that you won't leave any flaws and be suspected? ”
"As long as Lilia's abilities work properly, the world will not remember what my brother looks like, and they will not know where he is." Ziqi replied, "As for my face...... I can change it if I have to, it doesn't matter. He spread his arms and said frankly, "I can even make myself black or a woman...... You see, it is the natural responsibility of the ruler to deceive the world, and what is more meaningful to the people is the values and ideas that I stand for than what I really am. ”
His answer is already logically self-consistent, and there is nothing more to argue.
In other words, no matter how much others argue, they will not change his opinion.
So, Jack said: "Then I have one last question...... At this moment, his eyes changed, and a colossal murderous aura also bloomed, enveloping a radius of tens of meters, "If I kill you today and destroy Zilin's plan, do you think Zilin can find someone to replace you?" Or rather...... What's next, does he have any backup plans? ”
When Ziqi heard this, his expression also changed, but he still replied truthfully: "There should be no one who can replace me, even if someone has the ability to be a 'king', he can't understand my brother's meaning like me." So...... He should have asked Uncle Xue to go back in time, back to before I was killed, and try to prevent the kind of situation you said from happening. ”
"Then what if Uncle Xue dies?" Jack asked, "For example...... Almost at the same time that I killed you, I died on the other side of the world. ”
"Heh......" Hearing this, Ziqi smiled and smiled bitterly, "I see, is this your plan?" ”
"Yes." Jack Road.
"Then my brother can also find Meng Yuhan and resurrect me." Ziqi said again.
"Not to mention whether he can still command Meng Yuhan now, even if he can......," Jack said again, "If I send your soul directly to a place 'far, far away' when I kill you, Meng Yuhan can't do anything about it." ”
As soon as these words came out, Ziqi immediately realized one thing.
"So...... You have 'understood' your own abilities. Ziqi continued.
"That's right." Jack said, "And you should also know that my 'extradimensional banishment', as long as I achieve 'complete understanding', can immediately reach the madness level. ”
"So what?" Ziqi said, "In the face of the 'quantum revolution', how sure can you win? ”
"If it's the full version, then I naturally don't even have a chance of winning." Jack didn't think about it, so he replied in a calm tone, "But if it's a quantum revolution that has lost some of its 'characteristics'......"
At this moment, Ziqi felt a dangerous aura.
He suddenly found that under the cover of the killing god's substantial murderous aura, there was another person's aura, and at some point, it was already close behind him.
Smack-
Just as Ziqi wanted to turn back, a hand slapped him on the back.
The owner of that hand, named Solid Wilson, AKA - "Veteran".
He had already agreed on a tactic with Jack, and under the guise of going into the city to support Kageori, he broke away from the previous team of four, and then quietly joined Jack in the city and set off together.
When Jack caught Ziqi's attention, Solid hid his breath and climbed all the way from the outer layer of the building to the rooftop with his bare hands.
Right now, in the only once, less than twentieth of a second of a flaw exposed by Ziqi, Solid successfully touched the opponent with his hand and activated the ability, the mortal bone.
Although Solid has spent the last six months working as a bodyguard in Sakura's Mansion to learn a lot about quantum physics, he certainly still can't fully understand the "quantum revolution".
However, with his existing knowledge, it is enough to make Ziqi lose some of his "characteristics".
"You ......" Ziqi wanted to speak.
However, time, at this moment, stopped.
Ziqi, like his elder brother, should have been unaffected by time and stop; Even in the face of "time rewinding", at least their memories are preserved.
But at this moment, because his ability has lost some of its "characteristics", he is also stopped by time; Although Ziqi's consciousness was still functioning, his body was no longer able to move.
He wasn't one to sit still, and he immediately began to use the rest of his ability to attack Solid.
This trick was once used by Ziqi on Ash Latifah, the "ghost" under Juezun; At that time, Ziqi also played the role of the mysterious "Mr. Mirror", who only needed one breath to turn people who touched his body into dust along with his clothes.
However, due to the effect of the cessation of time, his ability did not work immediately.
In the end, it was Jack who took the lead, came to him in a flash step, and put his palm on his shoulder: "Maybe your brothers' ideas are right, but I am also a mortal after all, and all I can do is have a clear conscience and do my best......"
Buzz –
Ziqi didn't respond to Jack's words, and with a halo of light and a strange molecular acceleration sound, Ziqi disappeared in place.
In the moments before he disappeared, there was no fear or anger in his eyes, only a little regret and a little sadness.
Time, flowing again.
It's too late, it's too soon! Solid, who had regained his mobility, couldn't help but speak, and suddenly reached out with his left hand and pulled out the saber at his waist, and with a fast, accurate, and ruthless movement, he slashed at the biceps of his right arm, and neatly cut off his right arm.
And his right arm melted into dust in mid-air almost as it detached from his body.
"Cut ......"
During the whole process, Solid didn't even snort, until he cut his right arm, he just spat a mouthful, and then he took out a bottle of frozen healing spray from his belt with a blank face, and sealed the section of his bleeding wound.
"What are you going to do next?" Two seconds later, Solid asked Jack casually while taking out the bandage, "If you still want to kill Zilin, I can't help you, or you can ask Daochang Meng?" ”
"No need...... Jack began to light a cigarette for himself, "uh- Zilin doesn't have much choice now. ”
…………
A minute ago, Northern Europe was still on that lonely mountain.
Seeing Uncle Xue turn into dust and disperse in front of his eyes, Zilin's face not only did not show a relaxed expression, but was full of surprise.
What he was puzzled was: Why did Uncle Xue die without even going back once?
As far as Zilin knows, one of the characteristics of Uncle Xue's ability is that he will "passively rewind time" at the moment when he is about to die, that is, even if someone wants to assassinate Uncle Xue while he is asleep, it will trigger a time rewind at the moment of the gunshot.
Therefore, according to Zilin's original estimate, if Uncle Xue seriously duels with him, the final result should be that Uncle Xue "exhausted his lifespan" and died in countless backtracks.
However, just now, Uncle Xue rushed directly towards him and immediately died under the quantum revolution.
The only explanation for this situation is...... Uncle Xue was actively begging for death, and he used his consciousness to stop the activation of his ability.
"That's not right...... Why did he ...... "All kinds of assumptions and deductions flashed through Zilin's mind, and then he quickly thought of the worst possible possibility.
"Isn't it?" Just when Zilin involuntarily said this.
He felt ...... Time, stopped.