Chapter 171: Determination
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"Ah, there's not much time left for small talk. Flash." Kong Zhongsi raised his head and drank the little coffee left in his hand in one gulp, "Don't you want to say something more?" β
"Do you want me to say anything more?" Ling Shucheng closed his eyes and asked.
The empty jar was tossed high, bumping into a series of crisp thuds as it fell, and finally fell into an invisible corner. Kong Zhongsi wiped his mouth with the back of his hand very casually, and said teasingly: "I thought you would have a lot of big things to tell me. Something like, 'Although what my father did may not have done right, people like you who also used incorrect means to achieve their goals are not in a position to blame'...... Haven't you said such beautiful things many times before? But you have to understand one thing, I have always been a self-aware person, and I have never glorified my unscrupulous behavior. Yes, if you look at the sacrifice you have made on the surface, I have no excuse for the ugliness of a person who betrays his colleagues by using his trust. But what about your father? Do you think he will feel the slightest remorse for his sins? β
Ling Shucheng did not answer.
"I know what you're thinking right now. ' Remorse itself means nothing, just as an apology is simply not enough to heal the wounds of the victim. Kong Zhongsi pretended to nod frequently, "There is nothing wrong with your thoughts. The point is, even at a time like this, some people simply can't figure out what they're doing wrong from start to finish. They are the masters of 'reason' and the slaves of 'reason', thinking that they are smart and intelligent enough to freely hold the power of life and death for the survival of all mankind...... So Su Cheng, please tell me, do you agree with them? β
"On their chessboard, I'm just a little pawn. What qualifications does a pawn have to judge a chess player's right or wrong? All the emotions in my heart finally disappeared before they were pronounced, and some kind of calm and composure that was exactly the same as usualβor the opposite was the opposite, and Ling Shucheng seemed to always weigh a thousand pounds of eyebrows. He slowly opened his eyes and said in a soft voice, "No matter how much you and I argue about this, things won't turn any better...... Why do you have to force me to show my teeth and claws at you, or to cry bitterly? β
"Because I don't hate you. 35xs On the contrary, I still sympathize with you. Kong Zhongsi took the initiative to take a step towards him, "I also watched you grow up, so I absolutely believe that you really don't know anything about it." And with your moral character, if you had known all this in advance, you would have tried to stop it and make up for it...... That's why I never really put you in the category of people who need to be 'eradicated', even for the disobedient people under my hands, I ordered you to be 'captured alive'. β
"Should I say, 'Thank you for the compliment.'"
"That's not necessary." Kong Zhongsi smiled and waved his hand, "I just want to tell you that if you want, we don't necessarily have to fight to the death again...... I can let you go. β
"Let me go?"
"Yes, you heard it right. Oh, and even the girl next to you. Kong Zhongsi slowed down his speech, with a hint of demagogy, "There are no strings attached. You can leave here right away, but it's best not to get back to the ship at this juncture. β
"Thank you so much for your kindness." Ling Shucheng suddenly laughed very softly, shook his soaked cuffs, and directly showed the blade that he had been holding in his hand.
The cold light was like water rippling, and he said lightly: "I have made up my mind since I was a child that if I do something wrong in the future because of my stupidity or obstinate behavior, I will accept all punishments calmly. β
"You mean to refuse?" Kong Zhongsi raised his eyebrows, "Even if it's for the first year...... You're not going to think about it anymore? β
"I'm going to stop it later, to make amends, even if it's too late." Ling Shucheng lowered his body, "But the object of my apology is not you, because I have never owed you anything, but you need to compensate me for many lives." β
"Really...... Do you have to be like this? Kong Zhongsi restrained his smile and became also tense and guarded, "What is this?" Bigotry? Or did you, as the biological son of the main culprit, end up choosing to be on their side? β
"Nope. 35xs" Ling Shucheng shook his head seriously, "There's no particular reason, it's just that I really can't accept that I just reconcile with you like this." β
They looked at each other in silence for a moment. In the next second, a huge crack spread out in all directions around the place where Kong Zhongsi was standing. The crisp cracking sound continued, and Kong Zhongsi subconsciously raised his head, only to witness the entire ceiling completely collapse, turning into dense stones like raindrops falling one after another.
The strange gravitational field that was enough to crush his spine lasted only a moment, and Kong Zhong was stunned, and all the falling objects hovered around him in obedience to his will.
"It's a miracle, it's like the world revolves around me." He said in a deep voice, "With such powerful abilities, it is inevitable that some people will overestimate themselves and think that we are really qualified to be worshiped as 'gods'." β
The screams burst through the air!
With his feet empty, Kong Zhongsi had to fall back and smash vertically downstairs with the ground on the third floor.
A vague shadow was like a light cat, stepping through several pieces of gravel in the air in a row, and quickly came to him like a dragonfly.
The gravitational field was distorted again, and the back of Kong Zhongsi's head ended up just hitting the ground slightly. He tilted his head nimbly, a chilling blade grazing his neck and digging into the ground.
Ling Shucheng's eyes, which always seemed to be unwavering, suddenly became clearly visible, and Kong Zhongsi knew that this was because he had to open another talent in the dark.
A muffled laugh came out of his throat, Kong Zhongsi reacted quickly and bent his knees upwards with force, but Ling Shucheng used the blade inserted into the floor as a fulcrum at the same time, and passed him upside down and did a somersault.
Rolling on the ground while backhanding a chair full of weight, Ling Shucheng threw it in the direction where Kong Zhongsi was the moment he got up.
Slapping away a chair leg that had been knocked off when it landed, Kong Zhongsi raised his gun in an absolute standard posture, and while shooting forward continuously, he hunched his body and retreated against a half-human-high cabinet.
Rolling down the sloping floor, Ling Shucheng lowered the two rows of round tables in turn as an improvised defensive barrier. The bottles that had been placed on the sideboard were shattered one after another by the scarring sparks, and the various liquors mixed into the waterlogged ground.
I guess I fell into a bar on the second floor. Ling Shucheng judged. The sound of the other party's reloading was very clear in his ears, but he deliberately let go of this opportunity, and turned around and retreated outside the door.
Throwing a small plastic bomb from afar, Kong Zhongsi pressed the detonation button without hesitation. The few bullets in his pocket were silently warning him, forcing him to fight quickly.
Or find a supply as soon as possible.
A violent, but controllable explosion, would not be enough to completely destroy the load-bearing walls of this level, at least. The burning floor lit up the messy room, and Kong Zhongsi emerged from behind the cabinet that had been blown out of the corner, and looked around cautiously.
The ship is designed to be far more sturdy than it seems, after all, it is not only a city for the new humans to survive, but also a last bastion against the "six fingers" recognized by all mankind.
Of course, he wouldn't be naΓ―ve enough to think that Ling Shucheng was dead, but the place in this fire-filled bar was no longer safe. Kong Zhongsi recalled the rough design of the Zhen Xuan he had seen earlier, craned his neck to look at the large hole in the ceiling, and then stepped over the wreckage of tables and chairs all over the floor, and slowly approached the window that also opened to the street.
The only window in the room.
Kong Zhongsi briefly moved his neck and then suddenly accelerated, running from left to right and breaking the window glass, then lowered his body, breathed as lightly as he could, and stuck to the base of the wall full of broken glass on the ground. Now he had completely lost the trace of Ling Shucheng, but he knew that the same was true for the other party who had turned off his ability at this time.
The flames were not far away and not close to him, but Kong Zhongsi was quite calm. In every sense, he and Ling Shucheng are from the same school, and they both know very well what weapons each other is used to carrying on weekdays. Just like Ling Shucheng must have been able to think in advance that he would use explosives under the premise of sufficient distance, it was also like-
Almost subconsciously, he parried sideways with his gun, and a flickering shadow was flipping through the window frame at an uncanny angle, the blade splitting the hot barrel in half. Kong Zhongsi once again saw Ling Shucheng's eyes reflecting the red flames.
After a brief wrestling, the two rolled in a circle on the broken glass in the opposite direction. The tiny flames that lit on his back were quickly extinguished by tumbling and wetting. Ling Shucheng threw the saber in his hand before going out backwards, nailing a dark corner of his clothes to the window frame.
Jumping into the small flower bed outside the door, Ling Shucheng reflexively kicked the wall, grabbed the bulge by the window with his right hand, and forced himself to climb to the third floor again. The barely free left hand continued to spit out tongues of fire towards the invisible back, Ling Shucheng didn't even expect to be able to aim, as long as it could play a role in containing the opponent's actions.
After a moment of hovering, the barrage immediately resumed the pursuit of him. Having to share his talent with his opponent was never fun, and Ling Shucheng threw the depleted pistol behind him, not surprisingly hearing two soft sounds in succession.
The two identical pistols collided in the air and crashed to the ground together.
It sounded like Kong Zhongsi had also run out of bullets, but Ling Shucheng wasn't sure if he would be able to pull out a third gun.
"Looks like we're thinking of the same thing again?" Kong Zhongsi suppressed all his breath and looked up at him, "Then wait and see who the god of fate favors more, right?" β
There must have been something similar to a weapons storage room inside the ι’ι‘Ό.
Ling Shucheng turned and stepped into the darkness, and unexpectedly quickly heard the eager footsteps of his opponent not far away.
It's really a student taught by the same teachers. Ling Shucheng felt as if he was fighting against his shadow.
Temporarily enclosing all his abilities, Ling Shucheng bypassed the huge hole in the floor and returned to the corridor of the hospital against the wall.
At the very least, I hope that there are no heavy weapons left inside the body that are enough to destroy this place in an instant. He thought.