Chapter 17: Who Will Survive
"What?" I was directly confused by his words, what does it mean that I am the one who has been booked for a surviving place? Is it that I'm not dead enough, or does his butcher have a special habit of being abused? Fool me, huh?
"That's right! You're the destined survivor, so...... The other surviving quota can only be created between the two of them. Isn't it getting more and more interesting? What I like most is to watch people with difficulty making choices, and the psychological torture is like red wine, which is intoxicating. Hahaha......" After the butcher finished speaking, he laughed for more than ten seconds before he continued: "The rules of the game have changed this time, and the two of them no longer have the right to choose, and you!" Wooden tour! The final decision will be made between them and both, and I leave this choice to you. ”
I was confused, and took the energy to greet the butcher and Kong Ze's ancestors for eighteen generations, and I couldn't figure out where the bad taste of these two neuropaths came from, and this question was simply asked by my girlfriend: Who will you save first if I fall into the river at the same time as your mother? If you go out, it's so irritating.
The point is that my answer now is really about the lives of these two people, and it's not just that the question is irritating and overwhelming. More importantly, the reality is that human life is the answer. It's disgusting......
"You've got only five minutes, so make your choice." The butcher urged.
His voice was like a clock that tightened my nerves. And Kong Xian and Mo Ranchen just sat not far from me with their heads bowed, just like children in kindergarten, it was the first time I saw the two of them in such a well-behaved state, which made me feel distressed and uncomfortable.
I knew they didn't want to interfere with my choices, but their self-righteous silence wasn't helping me at all, but leaving everything to me alone. It's more difficult for me to choose than fighting for a chance to survive in front of me. I had no choice but to remain as silent as they were. If I could, I would even like to bury my head in the sand like an ostrich. It doesn't matter how much sand and dust it has outside, and whether it can survive after the dust......
"There's one last minute left."
When the butcher said this, my heart throbbed, just as the doctor told me that I was about to have surgery, and my whole body immediately tensed.
At this time, Kong Xian and Mo Ranchen slowly raised their heads and looked at me. However, it was just looking at me......
"Muyu." Kong Xian raised the corners of his mouth slightly at me, and said with a light smile: "Make a choice, it's okay, listen to the voice in your heart, I won't blame you for the result." ”
After he finished speaking, Mo Ranchen nodded at me slightly, as if to show that he and Kong Xian meant the same thing, and then he lowered his head again and stopped looking at me.
My mind was confused, and I rubbed my eyebrows with my hands irritably. Mo Ranchen has a life-saving grace for me, Kong Xian is my friendship for half my life, and I was involved in it because of me, and I can't afford any of it. No matter who I choose or who I don't choose, it's a stab in the heart for me. If I say that Lin Su and Liu Yang's deaths were before, I can scold the butcher without scruples and hate Kong Ze. Then the death of Kong Xian or Mo Yanchen now will be my guilt for the rest of my life, and I will only hate myself!
……
I was silent for a long time, and I struggled for a long time, and when the butcher began to count, I clenched my fists, looked at Kong Xian carefully, and then looked at Mo Ranchen seriously, gritted my teeth and began to make a choice.
"Five, time is running out."
"Four, you already have the answer in mind, don't you?"
"Three, don't be afraid, say it."
"Two ......"
"One!"
"I choose...... Let Mo Ranchen live. ”
When these words were spoken, both of them were stunned, and Mo Yanchen's eyes were full of incredulity. And in addition to the incredible, there is also a other emotion in Kong Xian's eyes, maybe sad and sad, he must not have thought that this is my final choice.
"Can you give me a reason?" Kong Xian asked me, his eyelids drooped down to cover the emotions in his eyes, and his voice became a little hoarse and low. It is as if the cinnabar mole between the eyebrows and the corners of the eyes has lost its original color and has become dull and depressed.
For this reason, Mo Zhanchen must also want to know, if I guess correctly, there should have been an answer in their minds, and that answer is Kong Xian. Whether it is Kong Xian himself or Mo Ranchen, they should have taken into account my friendship with Kong Xian, so Mo Ranchen's previous silence was mixed with a trace of helplessness, but Kong Xian's silence had a confident nature.
"Mo Zhanchen has a life-saving grace for a few of us, and I can't unthankfully push him to death." As I spoke, I pulled the corners of my mouth and smiled at Kong Xianwei.
"So you finally decided to abandon me?" Kong Xian took two steps back and leaned against the wall behind him.
I still smiled at him, but my voice was a little hoarse, "I didn't abandon you. ”
"Oh?" He hung his head, I couldn't see his expression, "I thought I was smart enough, but I didn't guess what you meant at the moment." Although I said I wouldn't blame you for your choice, I hope you at least let me die for a moment. ”
As he spoke, I slowly approached him and walked to his side before stopping. I think...... It was the first time I had put my arms around his waist so softly, and it was the first time I had kissed his orange lips.
A hint of surprise and confusion flashed in his lowered eyes, and it fell into my eyes below. I put my arm around his neck, still smiling on my face, and pressed my lips to his ear and whispered, "How can I be willing to give you up?" Mo Yanchen saved us, and this is what I deserve to return to him. But today...... If you live, I live. If you're really gone, I'll go look for you. ”
I thought he would be touched, at least hugging me tightly. Unexpectedly, as soon as the words fell, he pushed me out directly, and he used so much force that I couldn't control the balance of my body at all, and fell directly to the ground.
His expression was very cold, like a cobra, he looked at me and said coldly: "I don't need you to accompany me to the funeral, the two of us will be separated from each other from now on, and we will ...... in the next life." I don't want to run into you again. ”
The current situation is something I really didn't expect, in fact, I finally chose Mo Ranchen because I wanted to gamble. Kong Xian and Kong Ze are very likely to be related by blood, plus he specially brought Kong Xian into the wing, I want to bet that he will not kill Kong Xian. If you win, everyone is happy. If I lose, like I said, I will give Kong Xian a funeral, this is what I owe him, even if I survive secretly, it will be tortured for a lifetime, it is better to be a hundred.
"Master Jin."
Mo Ranchen seemed to want to say something, but Kong Xian raised his hand, signaling that there was no need for him to say something meaningless. Looking at Kong Xian's expression, Mo Ranchen seemed to understand what he meant, so he nodded and said no more.
The atmosphere had been quiet for a long time, and I sat on the floor, not knowing what to say.
About half a minute later, the butcher abruptly announces the end of the game. Then I felt dizzy in my brain, shook my head, and when I opened my eyes again, I found that I was sitting in a chair again, and Kong was sitting in the upper hall, and he had put down the cup and spoon in his hand and looked at me with a blank face.
"Satisfied?" I asked coldly.
He looked at me in silence for half a minute before he frowned and said, "I'm only going to leave two people and give you another chance to choose." ”
"No need." I replied indifferently, but when I heard what he said, I was silently relieved that if my choice was the answer that finally satisfied him, he would not let me choose again. So in his mind, I should keep Kong Xian in the end, this is the answer he wants. It's just that I can't figure out why he has the best candidate in mind, but he wants to put this choice in my hands? Is it just because of bad taste?
"You're getting an inch." He got up and walked up to me and looked at me condescendingly.
There are many people who face this kind of weak enemy and strong formation, and I am not afraid of him. Standing up and looking into his eyes, he smiled at him with the corners of his mouth raised, and asked, "What qualifications do you have to say that I have to make inches?" The one who brought us to your territory, used hypnotism on us, and was bent on killing me, the first thing I knew how to write these words was to lift the roof of your house first, so that you could breathe the air. Then you will be dismantled in eight pieces, one part for making corpse wine, and some for pickles. ”
He stared at me with wide eyes, obviously angry at me, but he didn't say anything more, just said lightly: "All this is the price you should pay, no one will be able to enter the ancient city, except you." So all of them deserve to die, and it's because I'm open to the net that gives you a chance to choose, so that you can bring in the person you trust the most. Now that you've made your choice, I'll deal with them right away. ”
Hearing him say this, I really wondered even more, why was no one able to enter the ancient city except me? For example, Kong is the guardian of the ancient city, and the family has been doing this for generations, so why does he say that I can enter the ancient city? Is there something special about me that stands out from the rest?
I asked what I thought, but Kong Ze didn't answer directly, there was a slight evil smile on the corner of his mouth, and with a full head of white hair, the whole thing seemed to be in a rage.
Looking at him like this, I don't expect him to answer my questions seriously. "Let them all wake up." I made my request with a cold face.
Since I met Kong Ze, I have been observing, and I found this person very strange, he has always had the upper hand, but he has very large mood swings in a short period of time, just like a person suffering from mental illness. But the odd thing is that he hardly shows it, and unless he observes it very carefully, he can find out that he has emotional problems. I wasn't sure until I said I woke them all up, and I saw his hidden mood swings again.
This is a very tangled emotion, he seems to want me to enter the ancient city, but he doesn't want other people to follow in, the key is that he is afraid that he will not let others in, so I will not go in. This is just my guess, but from what I've observed, 80 percent of the time I'm not wrong.
"You're blackmailing me?" His eyes narrowed, and his expression was gloomy.
Although it has been less than three months since I received Bai Zechen's task, these people around me have taught me a lot. Especially Kong Xian and Mo Ranchen. I gradually observed and experienced, and I was able to feel more and more that these two god-like people in our minds actually showed composure and calmness in the face of problems, half of which were pretended.
I am different from them, I have been mixed in the workplace all the year round in this very shallow interpersonal communication, the most practical survival skill is to be able to bend and stretch, see people talk about people, talk nonsense, can talk harshly on the street, and can bow my head and pretend to be grandchildren.
However, after taking this mission, the people I deal with around me have changed, and my own set is completely useless. Speaking of scolding the street, I don't have this qualification, in addition to the far difference in equipment level, there is another point, that is, no one else is ruthless! Most of these people are outlaws, and he dares to stab me to death with a knife, but what about me? What if you give me a cannon? As a good citizen, I have to think about how much I have to pay for breaking a finger of him.
It's even more useless to bow your head and pretend to be a grandson, these people will not treat you better because you are weak and do not fight with you, but will use you as a soft persimmon to pinch until all the value on you is exploited, and then kill you with one shot to prevent future troubles.
Therefore, like Kong Xian and Mo Ranchen, using silence and calmness as a cover is the best response to the enemy in front of them, which not only makes people feel unfathomable and dare not start easily, but also makes people feel that this person must have something he wants.
Naturally, in the face of the situation in front of me, if I show fear, I am doomed to lose. Since I guessed Kong Ze's intention, that is the capital of my condition, and I must not bow my head!