(Foreword)

When you seem to be able to hold the light,

but in the deepest darkness.

(Text)

June 21, 2050 at 5:30 a.m

As soon as it was a little light, I sneaked to Arthur and Xiaoyu's room and woke them up. Before they understood what I was coming from, they were quietly walked out of the room by me and came to the endless seashore.

"Wow~Wow~"

The waves were surging in my ears, and I looked at the sea, and I couldn't help but take a deep breath as I saw the scene of the last light rain falling into the sea.

I know that if we challenge the sea again, we will definitely kill ourselves, but if we continue like this, we will definitely die. In the face of a 1% survival rate and a 100% mortality rate, I still chose the 1% survival rate, after all, no matter how small it is, it still has hope for life.

Thinking of this, I looked at Arthur and Xiaoyu with a solemn face, and said to them, "Are you willing to bet with me again?" Build another ship and get out of here, or we'll all die. ”

Arthur and Xiaoyu looked at each other, and then at me together. Arthur hesitated for a moment, then said, "Okay, Char, I'll be with you, let's try again." But ......" Arthur looked around, and then continued, "It's just the three of us, aren't we called Yubo?" ”

"Don't call him!" I yelled at Arthur, looking agitated.

Arthur stood still, looking at me for some reason. I tried to keep myself calm, put my hands on Arthur's shoulders, and tried to tell her the truth: "You may not believe what I say now, but I have been through a world similar to the one I have now, where he killed you and you died in front of me, so this time I will not give him another chance to hurt any of us." ”

I thought that Arthur would not believe what I said, or at least doubt, but she smiled as if she had let go of a falling stone in her heart, and the rising sun imprinted a smile on my mind.

"Really? In the last world, I believe in you, and I believe everything you say. Maybe we have gone through more than one world, and have been killed by different people and died for different things in countless worlds, but as long as you are there, I believe that the end of endless death will come one day. ”

I looked at Arthur in amazement and couldn't help asking, "Are you...... Who exactly is it? It seems that I have known all this for a long time. ”

"Me? Char, what are you talking about? Didn't I tell you a long time ago? I'm Arthur, the only person you can trust. ”

The only person I can trust......

I stared into Arthur's eyes, and it was only then that I finally realized that I was not the only one from the previous world, but also the one in front of me.

She in this world has never said this to me, but in the previous world. But in this case, why has she kept pretending not to know what the previous world looked like, and played it all the way to the present day as it was in the previous world?

I don't understand, I don't understand anything, I ask her, will she say? Will it fool me, or will it tell me the truth of the matter?

No, I have to ask, even if she fools me, it can at least bring me one step closer to the truth.

Arthur ......

"What's the matter?"

I swallowed and continued, "Actually, you have the same memories of the previous world as I do, right? In that case, why do you pretend to know nothing and live with us until now. ”

She smiled and looked at the sea: "yes, why?" If we could see the sun on July 1st, I'll tell you, but before that it was a secret. ”

"Okay, then I'll wait for you."

I stood beside Arthur and looked at the sea with her, and Xiaoyu also stood up, tugging at the corner of my coat to signal that she would like to join us.

June 21, 2050 at 9:50 a.m

We made a small wooden boat for three people out of the tree behind us, slowly pushed the boat into the sea, got on the boat, and rowed out little by little.

This time the weather was different from the last time, the sky was blue, the sky was cloudless, and the sea was extremely calm. Seagulls circled in the sky, shouts of celebration one after another.

We watched the island go away behind us, and we couldn't bear the joy in our hearts, so we each cried out and hugged each other.

June 22, 2050 at 5:44 a.m

When we finally sailed out of this sea and could no longer see the uninhabited island behind us, the ship shook violently, and I poked my head out, it was an unknown black shadow.

It seemed to be three to four meters long, hovering back and forth at the bottom of our boat, with large round eyes and a huge tail shaped like a broomstick.

It chirped and cocked its tail and lifted it up in the air, and Xiaoyu and Arthur were so frightened that they collapsed there, and I immediately grabbed the pulp and struck it desperately on its head, but it seemed to have seen through me a long time ago, and suddenly jumped up, opened its bloody mouth, and pounced on me.

"Ahhh

I jerked the axe out of my bag and slashed at its head, which fell into the sea with a roar.

I rowed my boat desperately and headed into the distance, but suddenly there was lightning and thunder all around, and the storm and waves came at us one after another.

On this ship, I was the only man; In the moment of life and death, I am the only one who has the strength.

Looking at them behind me, I smiled slightly.

I jumped into the sea and pushed the boat as fast as I could in my life. Arthur and Xiaoyu also ran over, and the two of them each picked up the pulp and rowed forward desperately......

Perhaps, I can only go so far.

My vision gradually blurred, and my breathing became more and more difficult. My hands left the boat, and my body sank downward......

I watched the light disappear in front of me, and watched the rain fall in my eyes.

She grabbed me; She also grabbed me.

I raised my head and looked at these two women, who were much weaker than me, their hands were clearly trembling, and their strength should have been exhausted, but they laughed together, laughed together and pulled me up.

And I laughed, I smiled and took their hands, kicked away the scythe of death, and climbed into the boat.

June 22, 2050 at 22:11 p.m

I looked up at the endless starry sky, which turned the sea into a starry night, like a serenade, playing in my ears.

"Char, where are we going?" Arthur lay down beside me, took my right hand, and asked me.

"I don't know." I smiled, glanced at the stars, and continued, "Maybe when we open our eyes, we will see another continent, where there are cities, there are many people, and it is very lively. We settled in and lived the life we wanted ever since, I was lying on the couch leisurely drinking coffee, reading the newspaper, looking back and seeing, you were behind me, and the light rain was next to me......"

"yes, what a dream it was, it seemed like it was right in front of you." Arthur smiled and squeezed my hand tighter.

"Fool, that's not a dream, it's our future, after this sea, before that death." I closed my eyes and fantasized about everything.

"Yes, it's not a dream, it will come true one day. I'm waiting for it, I'm waiting for you. ”

"Hmm." I took Arthur's words by the waist and buried my head in her arms, and we looked at the stars together, at this deep darkness, so that our eyes could see the light, although this light, it is not here, it is still in the future.

Arthur fell asleep, and at some point I fell asleep, and in my dream our boat stopped on the other side of the prosperous shore. We went to this shore and looked at the new world in front of us excitedly, laughing, hugging, and crying......

June 23, 2050 at 5:47 a.m

When I opened my eyes again, I realized that it was all just a dream. But I look forward to its authenticity, and I hope it becomes a reality. In order to have the strength to fight against fate, I tore the only clothes I had left and placed it on a "tripod" that I had built with pulp. The clothes were scorched by the scorching sun, and soon they burned, and I immediately took off my shoes and filled them with seawater and roasted them on the fire.

I saw the sea water boiling and bubbling incessantly, and its steam slowly rising, and I covered it with my hands.

I licked my hand, it was colorless and odorless, it was fresh water.

Then I quickly raised my steamy hand in front of Arthur and Xiaoyu, who grabbed my hand hungrily and sucked it non-stop.

My clothes were reduced to ashes in a blink of an eye, and in the end I was only exchanged for a few drops of distilled water, but when I drank it, I felt like I had been reborn, and I grabbed the pulp, and stood on the bow of the little wooden boat, rowing hard, not stopping for a moment, not lingering for a moment, fighting against death, against myself.

June 23, 2050 at 18:22

The sea was calm, there were no storms or unknown creatures, only endless golden yellow, and only faint waves.

I stopped paddling, I couldn't lift my hand anymore, and the nerves in my whole body felt like they were being pulled away, and it went from my fingers to my heart, making me sweat profusely, and I couldn't help but fall to the ground and scream.

"Char, Char, what's wrong with you? What happened to you? Don't scare me. ”

Arthur reluctantly crawled towards me, and she grabbed my body and shook it vigorously, while I straightened up and lay in her arms looking at the golden patch.

"I'm fine, I'm just a little tired, just sleep for a while." I replied with a smile.

"How can you be okay? You're obviously holding on! Arthur looked me in the eye angrily, his voice getting louder and louder.

"I don't have a hard brace, just let me sleep for a while, just sleep for a while."

As I finished speaking, I lost consciousness and fell into darkness.

June 24, 2050 at 19:30

It hurts! Damn, it hurts all over my body!

I opened my eyes, but I couldn't move at all, except for the area above my neck, as if it wasn't my own.

I turned my head to look at Arthur and Xiaoyu, who were lying on the boat like me.

I looked at my hand, and my heart kept crying out for speed, but it was still limp, and it lay there as fluffy as a ball of cotton.

The seagull flew past my eyes, and it flew so freely. And I, and we can only stick to this ship like a puddle of mud, looking for the 1% hope in the endless sea.

The 1% is more cruel than 100%, and in the name of hope, it willingly costs people their lives to become its slaves. But where would we be without that 1%? Forever in the cycle of death, forever in the fear of being killed.

I, with my eyes closed, listened to the sound of the sea, I don't know how long it was, and I didn't know where it had gone.

June 25, 2050 at 11:12 a.m

The strong sunlight pierced our eyes, and the skin on our bodies was hot and crisp against the flesh as if it had been squeezed dry.

I lay on the boat, looking up at the cruel sky above, and I couldn't even shed tears, just drifted away with the ship like a dried corpse.

"Ahhh!!hhh Ahh!!hhhh ”

My nerves were on the verge of bursting, and I struck the plank with my limp hand.

If I knew this was the case, I might as well stay on the island.

I slowly turned my head and looked at Arthur and Xiaoyu, who were lying next to me, and wailed silently.

"Summer ...... Char, don't blame yourself, we don't blame you. You've done your best, it's just that the world decides our life and death, and it doesn't give us a chance to live, which ...... There's no way around it. ”

Arthur smiled reluctantly, and her smile always felt so bleak to me.

I still have to protect her, I can't just finish here.

"Is it the world that determines our life and death? If the world is the one who decides our life and death, then let me kill the world and recreate an ending where none of us will die. ”

I, clenching my fists, roared at the sky.

Arthur looked into my face, and the sun reflected in her eyes.

"Uh......h Woo! Xiaoyu suddenly screamed and pointed into the distance with a finger. We looked up vigorously, trying to look over there - there was an island!

"Island ...... Island...... It's the island! ”

With the last of my strength, I grabbed the flesh and stood up desperately, grabbed the oar, and rowed there.

I paddled desperately, paddled desperately, fantasizing about that new land, fantasizing about that new hope. However, reality is more cruel than dreams, and when I got closer, I finally realized that we had returned to this place, this uninhabited island that had trapped us for months and months, and only brought endless death.

It was dark before my eyes, and I couldn't lift my head anymore, so I fell headlong into the familiar sand.

The cries of Arthur and Xiaoyu came to my ears, but no matter how much they shouted, they couldn't reach my head.

June 28, 2050 at 18:08 PM

"No matter what, I will definitely protect you and let you live." In the dream, a man stood in front of me, holding my hand tightly and holding my body.

I was just about to get a closer look at the man's face, but I heard a voice in my ear: "Char, Char!" I snapped my eyes open, and Arthur's face came to mind.

"Great, Char, you're finally awake." Arthur suddenly hugged me, and I couldn't breathe.

"I ...... I'm alive? I glanced at Arthur, and then looked around: the familiar room, the familiar view, the familiar bed. It's all so familiar, and yet so pathetic.

I touched the corner of my mouth, and blood was red from the corner of my mouth.

At that moment, I seemed to realize something, and immediately looked at Arthur - I saw that her left hand was obviously wrapped in a cloth and slightly recessed.

I got out of bed excitedly, but my feet were powerless and I fell to my knees.

"Your hands, your hands, what's going on?"

I yelled at her, and the corpse of Xiaoyu with one hand missing came to mind.

"I didn't ...... It's fine, it's just hurt, it doesn't matter. Arthur covered his left hand and turned his head away, not daring to make eye contact with me, for I could tell she was lying.

It used to be Xiaoyu, but now it's Arthur, obviously it's a different world, but it's the same ending......

I looked away vacantly, my hands on the ground.

Arthur hugged me, and she whispered in my ear, "No matter what, I will definitely protect you and let you live." ”

This sentence is exactly the same as the words of the man in the dream just now.

"Yo, man, you're finally awake. You are so ruthless, you actually left me and wanted to escape from this island alone, you see the retribution, right? It's made like this. Yu Bo pulled Xiaoyu and walked in, mocking.

I glared at Yu Bo, and with Arthur's support, I went back to bed again.

Yu Bo laughed, took out the radio I had already put away from his arms, and placed it in front of us.

That radio! How did he find it? I put it in a place where I couldn't possibly find it!

"Char, I'm sorry, I tampered with your radio, but I think I might be able to get some useful information from this radio at this juncture." Yu Bo said.

"Nope! This radio doesn't work! ”

Yu Bo looked at me, and in order to justify the lie, I hurriedly explained: "This radio is broken and cannot accept the signal. ”

Yu Bo laughed, put the radio on the table, and replied to me, "Oh, it's okay, I've fixed him in the few days you're away." ”

"Repaired ......"

I took a breath to try to calm myself down, and then I thought to myself: I can't startle the snake now, I am lying on the bed, Arthur and Xiaoyu are also weak, and they have no ability to fight back.

No, wait a minute...... Why does Yu Bo look so good? Not at all like a person who has been hungry for days, I remember in the last world, because of the corpse of Xiaoyu. But in this world, Xiaoyu is alive and well, and we have been out to sea for several days......

He can't be like this.

Could it be that the person who stole my fish was not Wu Han, but him?!

My eyes widened, and the fear that came from the bottom of my heart engulfed my whole being.

Yes, it must be him! Other than that, there shouldn't be any other possibilities!

The cold sweat from my back told me that I had to stabilize him first, he was the only one of the four of us who still had the physical strength to kill the three of us easily.

I swallowed a mouthful of saliva and tried to keep myself calm.

I saw him lying in front of the radio, pressing the buttons on it, and then pricking up his ears to listen carefully to the sound coming from the radio. He suddenly screamed, then looked at us with excitement on his face, and said to us, "Listen, is there a radio sound?" ”

As he said this, Arthur and Xiaoyu put their ears in front of the radio, listening carefully to the sound coming from the radio. However, after a "squeak" of noise, they clearly heard this news from the other end of the radio: "According to the disaster relief department...... According to the disaster relief department...... Eight bodies were found on an uninhabited island far from Chinese mainland on August 1, 2050. One of them, identified as the latest to die, died at 22:00 on June 29, 2050, near the island's volcano......"

"News from August 1st?! How can it be?! Right now...... It's only June 28th. Arthur's eyes widened, unable to believe what he heard on the radio.