When Hearst came to the foot of the mountain where the ball of light was placed, he suddenly stopped.

The reason is simple.

Originally, the road that had not even bent a few times suddenly branched out at this time.

There are three forks in the road, left, right and forward.

And in the center of the intersection, a simple wooden sign is standing quietly.

Hearst looked closer, and the words were still as simple and clear as an introduction to the secret realm.

[Every path leads to the top. 】

"Gone?"

Hearst circled the wooden sign several times, looking at every corner, but could not find any other words.

"Every road leads to the top....... Does this sentence have any deep meaning? ”

Hearst was a little confused.

Since this wooden sign appears here, and there is a sudden phenomenon that is different from before, it means that the wooden card must have its meaning of existence.

Originally, when Hearst saw the fork in the road and the wooden sign from a distance, he thought that it might be a prompt such as "the short road is difficult, the far road is easy, and the middle is not difficult or easy".

As a result, that's it?

Hearst was incomprehensible.

I made three roads, and then I only gave the prompt that I went up the mountain and could reach the destination, so what are you doing with three roads? Is it good-looking?

If you don't understand, you don't understand, Hearst still has to make a choice.

It's just that this choice doesn't seem to be so good.

"According to the experience of our predecessors, whenever we encounter this kind of road that needs to be chosen, the left side often represents the near and difficult, and the right side represents the far and easy, but everything is not absolute, and it is not that no one uses the so-called 'experience' to interfere with people's sight."

"Or, don't you choose the middle?"

"The golden mean is indeed a one-size-fits-all option, but ......."

Hearst doesn't like the middle-of-the-road option.

Although he is not pretentious, his identity is here, and he is naturally superior to others, and he has a little arrogance in his heart.

If it was at another time, then he would have chosen it, but now, he is not breaking through alone, and the person who broke through with him, how he looks at it, how unpleasant it is.

If he chooses the middle, and the other party chooses a left, and the left is really an easier path, then wouldn't he really have to help him ask his sister out according to Lynn's request?

How can it be!

Don't even think about it!!

Gritting his teeth, Hearst closed his eyes and took a deep breath.

Then, firmly follow the path on the left.

It's just that when he walked away for a while, he immediately had doubts about his choice.

This road....... What's the difference between the special and the one who just left?

It's still a straight road, the only difference is that the surrounding wasteland has become a barren mountain.

The danger is as the hint at the beginning of the game, it really isn't, but it doesn't feel like it's close, and you can't even see the light ball above, and you can't judge your current position through the light ball.

"Damn ......."

Hurst's heart suddenly felt a sense of chagrin.

If you go to the right, or if you go to the middle as you just thought, will there be a different change?

"Yes."

Hearst jerked his head.

Beside him, at some point, an old woman with a crutch was looking at him with a gentle smile.

Trapped, the voice just now, is exactly what she came from.

The old woman lifted her crutches and pointed behind him, and Hearst turned her head and looked in the direction she had come.

The way he came had not disappeared, and he could still see the intersection he had turned into.

"The road on the right to the top of the hill is indeed the closest; In the middle, it is indeed neither far nor near; Only the one you are walking now is the farthest and longest road. ”

“.......”

Hearst's face twitched.

Damn it.......

"Still." The old woman withdrew her crutches and looked at him gently, "You can go back now and choose again." ”

"Huh?!"

Hearst was slightly stunned, his face full of disbelief: "Can I go back and choose again?" ”

This routine, Hearst is unheard of, unseen.

It stands to reason that the levels in the secret realm, after entering, are generally not able to exit, and if you make a choice, that is, you have chosen well, and it is impossible to turn back.

But this old woman told him that he could still turn back?

"Really?"

The old woman nodded: "Here, there are no lies. ”

Hurst tentatively took a few steps back, realizing that he could actually walk back.

He took a few more steps, his speed unlimited, and no pressure holding him back, as if it really didn't matter.

Turning back again, Hearst didn't see the shadow of the old woman again, only a deep white mist, which was slowly dissipating.

“.......”

After a moment's hesitation, Hearst's competitiveness finally prevailed over his hesitation.

He went back to the way he came, chose the right, and continued on.

When he first started, he felt that he might have been deceived.

Because the road was no different from the part on the left that he had just taken.

But when he turned a corner, the top of the mountain was already in front of him.

"It seems that the old lady really didn't lie to me."

Hurst, with excitement, walked briskly towards his final destination.

.......

Lynn, who was walking on the road, saw the three roads in front of him from a distance, and as the distance gradually approached, he also saw the information on the sign.

"Can you all get to the top of the mountain? That's fine. ”

He didn't stop there, and he walked on the middle road without stopping.

But it didn't take long for a voice to stop in front of him.

"In the middle, it's the farthest road." The old woman smiled very kindly, "The one on the left is closer; The one on the right, further away. ”

Lynn's footsteps froze for a moment, but quickly regained her rhythm.

He tilted his head, smiled and said, "Thanks, I see." ”

"Now, you can go back and choose again."

"yes, I see."

“.......”

The smile on the old woman's face froze slightly, and then she immediately caught up with Lynn, who was already a little away from her, and her voice was a little serious: "I won't lie to you, here, there are no lies." ”

"Okay, I got it."

"......" the old woman's cloudy eyes finally appeared confused, "Aren't you going to choose again?" In this case, it will take you longer. ”

Lynn asked very strangely, "Why do you want to go back?" Could it be that the sign is wrong and that the road does not reach the end? ”

"No, it's not ........"

"So, there's danger on this road?"

"There is no ....... either"

"So what am I going to do when I go back? Even if the road I have walked is really long, even if there are really difficulties and dangers ahead, what can I do? No matter what, I always get to my destination, don't I? ”

He spread his hands:

"When no one pressed me and told me what would happen if I didn't arrive within the allotted time. What's the difference between arriving earlier and arriving later? ”

The old woman held her crutches with both hands: "The time you arrive may be slower than that of another person." ”

"Nope." Lynn laughed, "I suggest you put this word before the word 'maybe' in the sentence you just said. ”

“.......”

"My speed will not be slower than his." "Maybe he was walking faster than me, but he couldn't have arrived earlier than me." ”

"Hesitation and hesitation will become a burden to him and slow down his progress."

After a pause, Lynn smiled again: "If there was no hint of the opening, I might have hesitated just now, but since I was given a reminder, then I could not have made such a low-level mistake." ”

"Choice, choice, I will go him down."

"If it is a mountain, it will be overturned, and if it is a river, it will be crossed, and it will be the enemy....... Just settle him. ”

"I will take all the choices I have made seriously, and when I look back, it can only come when the benefits are doubled and what I can get now."

The old woman was silent.

She stopped, silently staring at the back of the young man who was fading away.

The figure turned its back to him and waved his hand without looking back.

"Goodbye."

"Goodbye?"

The old woman shook her head and sighed slightly.

"Probably, there's no chance."