Chapter 6: Empty Health Bars
Zhang Yanlin rarely saw Li Yu showing such a tired look.
And he was rarely an hour and a half late on Saturday night, and Zhang Yanlin didn't know when Li Yu arrived, anyway, when she looked down from the window, she saw Li Yu standing silently in the darkness outside the unit building alone.
Seeing this scene, Zhang Yanlin's nose was inexplicably sour.
She turned her head and glanced at a few people at the dining table, Zhou Xi was holding a guitar at this time to show the "Joy of Brushing" that she had just taught herself during this time.
The sheep and scorpions in the pot are boiled and gurgling, and there is a lively and cheerful atmosphere at the table, which is the opposite of downstairs.
Zhang Yanlin hesitated, and did not call Li Yu to go upstairs, but beckoned to the cone, "Come here." ”
The big golden retriever was still circling around the table, waiting for the people at the table to throw the uneaten sheep and scorpion to him.
Hearing Zhang Yanlin's shouting, he glanced at the table with some reluctance, but finally ran to the hostess's side with his tail wagged.
Zhang Yanlin said to the middle-aged woman who was busy serving vegetables for others, "Mom, isn't the cone still walking today, I'll go and walk it." ”
"Eh, you're eating well, why are you going to walk the dog all of a sudden, and your friends are still there." The middle-aged woman chattered.
"It's okay, Zhou Xi, they are not outsiders." Zhang Yanlin said, "You can continue to eat, it just so happens that I am also full." ”
Zhou Xi and Zhang Yanlin have been friends for more than 20 years, the two grew up together in open crotch pants when they were children, and she knew that Zhang Yanlin must have something to do when he suddenly wanted to go out at this time.
But now is not the time to ask questions, as a friend, what should be done is to cooperate with Zhang Yanlin.
So Zhou Xi plucked the strings again, "Then you go quickly, I'll play "New Mandarin Duck Butterfly Dream" for my uncle and aunt again." ”
Hearing Zhou Xidu say this, Zhang Yanlin's mother couldn't stop it anymore, Zhang Yanlin quickly changed his shoes, put a collar on the cone, and then hurried downstairs.
However, when she left the unit building, she didn't see the familiar figure nearby.
Zhang Yanlin couldn't help but be a little disappointed, at this time her mobile phone vibrate, and Zhang Yanlin hurriedly took it out of her pocket.
clicked on WeChat, and the first thing she saw was several messages she sent to the person before, asking if the person was stuck in traffic, what time would it be.
But she didn't get a reply, and it wasn't until just now that she received a new message.
- I'm sorry, but I can't get over tonight.
Zhang Yanlin hurriedly typed, I just saw you downstairs, but she deleted it halfway through typing and replaced it with.
"Uh-huh, it's okay, my mom said you can come back next time." Then he sent another ok expression of a relaxed bear.
About half a minute later, Zhang Yanlin received a reply.
Just two words – thank you.
Zhang Yanlin looked at the two words on her phone and was stunned, until she heard the watery cry of the cone in her ears, she came back to her senses, squatted down, and rubbed the fluffy dog's head.
"Okay, okay, every day is your most anxious, I'll walk you now."
Li Yu left Zhang Yanlin's community and walked aimlessly on the street.
It was just after eight o'clock in the evening, and the street was bustling, and all kinds of barbecue stalls and food stalls were full of people, including friends, couples, college students who were still studying, and a family of several people who came together.
Vendors with carts are selling peanuts and plum soup, filled with a thick smoke and fire.
However, these familiar scenes in the past have now changed in Li Yu's eyes, and he seems to be able to see the strings of code running behind him.
See the endless icy cold sweep over everything and annihilate everything.
And the last thing Li Yu saw was Mr. Qin's resolute and cold eyes, he didn't speak, but those eyes had already said everything he had to say.
- Can you bear to watch it all die like this?
Survival has never been about justice, it is a savage wrestling in the mud, abandoning all dignity and decency, only clenched teeth and hideous faces, revealing the belief of "I want to live" from every pore.
Even if the face is distorted, the posture is ugly, and the body is covered with mud.
Because only those who live can continue civilization.
For this reason, the Board of Directors did not hesitate to destroy other cosmic planes, even to give up six billion compatriots, to complete this migration.
Last night, after returning from that "station", Li Yu asked Mr. Qin again, "When will those who did not win the lottery know the truth?" ”
"They'll never know the truth." Mr. Qin said lightly, "This is a kind of mercy, they will fall into an eternal sleep on the day the server is shut down." ”
"But their sacrifices will not be in vain, they will be turned into fuel, so that the torch of human civilization will continue to burn."
"They...... Are you willing to accept such an ending? ”
"What if you don't accept it?" Mr. Qin asked rhetorically, "Does the deer herd want to let those old deer and those poor deer with physical defects live, and let the strong adult deer die?"
"Don't be stupid, evolution is to select the strong from the population, the so-called morality is only an accessory of civilization and not a necessity, and when it is not about the survival of the race, you can certainly talk about fairness and gentlemanly manners.
"But when the crisis comes, I mean the real crisis, and then clinging to those fairness and justice is self-defeating, not to mention that we have also released some of the quotas, just to show fairness."
"Lose your humanity, lose a lot, lose your bestiality, lose everything." Li Yu muttered.
What impressed him the most when he watched "The Three-Body Problem" was this sentence.
Li Yu has been wandering the streets for two hours unconsciously, and in the past two days, his whole person has fallen into a state of confusion.
He couldn't sleep, and even when he lay in bed, he couldn't close his eyes, just staring at the ceiling above him.
When he got up in the morning to brush his teeth, Li Yu found that his eyes were already bloodshot.
He couldn't even control his mind, feeling like his brain didn't belong to him anymore, and while he was walking down the street, his head was auto-playing South Park, a low-brow anime he had seen a few years ago.
He had long forgotten the details inside, but today a ghost appeared again, and forced him not to change the channel.
It wasn't until almost midnight that Li Yu dragged his tired body back to the cabin he rented.
He was so sleepy that he couldn't close his eyes, so he could only lean back on the couch.
Wang Guowei heard the movement outside, paused the game in his hand, walked out to take a look, and then was startled.
"Damn, Brother Li, are you out of love?"
"No, and you've never been in a relationship, have you?"
"I haven't eaten it, no, I haven't seen a pig run, haven't you eaten pork?" Wang Guowei raised his eyebrows, "The way you are now is exactly like a lovelorn friend from my past." ”
"yes, what happened to him?" Li Yu said casually.
"What else, I talked about a new girlfriend again, and then I was alive." Wang Guowei said.
"People are not like this, there is a blood bar, and it will lose blood when it is critically hit, but it will slowly return to health."
"What if you don't come back?"
"Then you can only hang up." Wang Guowei touched his head, "But this situation is relatively rare, and you can't do it, even if you like someone again, you should score points, except for the sick Jiao, of course, this is what galgame taught me." ”