Xiao Liang didn't sleep for a long time, and woke up at noon.

The girl who just woke up was still a little confused, her eyes were a little out of focus, a few naughty hairs were messily cocked on her head, and the whole person looked confused and cute.

Li Jing stretched out his hand and gently pressed down the naughty hairs, and said softly:

"Awake?"

Xiao Liang rubbed his eyes, looked at Li Jing, and then looked at the hands of the two of them clasped together, and there was an instant light in his eyes.

"Brother Li Jing?"

"I'm afraid you'll catch a cold, so I'll carry you to your room after you fall asleep."

"That'...... Then isn't my room all seen by you, Brother Li Jing? ”

For some reason, the little boy was inexplicably a little shy, and his face was red.

Li Jing smiled: "What, do you still have anything to see here?" ”

Xiao Yan shook his head, quickly glanced at the photo on the desk, lowered his head, bit his lip, and asked a little worriedly:

"When you see my room, will Brother Li Jing think I'm naïve and childish, like a child who hasn't grown up yet?"

Li Jing is a little strange, isn't it normal for girls to have such a pink romantic cabin, what girl would not like such pink and tender colors and these fluffy puppet toys?

"I think it's good." He stroked the girl's head.

The little girl was silent, and the little hand holding him clenched slightly.

"Brother Li Jing, I don't want people to think that I am still a child who has not grown up, because I don't want to be a burden to others anymore."

Her gaze drifted to the yellowed photograph in the dim light, and her eyes contained countless inexplicable and complicated emotions.

"I'm a person, I can't do anything well since I was a child, I have no talent, I don't have talent, I can't do anything except listen to adults and be a good child. When disaster strikes, I can't help me, I'm just a waste and a burden. ”

She lifted her delicate and slender arm, which was a perfect work of art if you ignored the scars on it.

But precisely because it is perfect, it shows its fragility.

When the end comes, and the dark cruelty of human nature is revealed by an existential crisis, those so-called exquisite works of art are not even comparable to a bag of food, a box of gunpowder, and a kitchen knife.

"Such a fragile body can only become a drag on others, dragging down oneself and dragging down the lives of others."

"When monsters suddenly appeared in the city, when danger and death came, I could only hide behind my parents shivering, useless and powerless."

"There are times when I wish I could be strong enough to protect them, but I can't do anything when I'm so weak."

"Sometimes I wish they could abandon this burden on me, as long as they leave me, they will definitely live better, but in order to protect me as a burden, they sacrificed themselves and saved me."

"Mom and Dad died like this, and for the sake of me being dragged down like this, they used their lives to find a way for me to avoid the Nightmare Beast to survive in this apocalypse, but they will never come back, never appear by my side again."

The little girl's tone became sad and low, and her eyes were clouded with tears as she looked at the photo.

"Brother Li Jing."

The little hand she held on to him gripped harder and harder, like a last straw to save her life when she was drowning.

I can't, and I don't want to let go.

"I put this picture of my mom and dad on the table and keep it with me all the time, as if they were still with me."

"But every time I see this photo, I also think of the picture of my parents dying to save me at the end, it was a nightmare, a nightmare that was repeated in my mind over and over again, reminding me of the fact that it was this useless burden that dragged my parents down and caused them to die."

"Little girl."

Li Jing held the girl in his arms in distress, and his broad arms were like a soft feather coat that gently covered the scars in the girl's heart.

"You don't have to blame yourself for this, you are not a drag, nor a burden. In such a dark and cruel apocalypse, it is precisely because of a kind and lovely existence like you that people can still be full of yearning and hope for the future. ”

"Your parents must have been enlightened, that's why they ......"

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Tian'an City.

Xu Hao, who was unconscious, finally opened his eyes and woke up.

"Brother Hao!"

"Brother Hao, you're awake!"

"Brother Hao, how are you?"

"I'm fine!"

Xu Hao sat up from the bed, waved his big hand, and smiled heartily.

"He Jian, Guan Zhi, Xie Ke, you have worked hard to take care of me during this time!"

The light outside the window shone on the remains of his white sheets, and everyone responded enthusiastically and powerfully to Xu Hao's heroic voice, but there was a faint sadness in their eyes.

Although Brother Hao doesn't seem to have been hit mentally, he has lost a leg and an arm, can he still fight in the future?

Without the backbone of Brother Hao, where should we go in the future?

Xu Hao looked at the expressions of the people around him, as well as the negative emotions that were not well concealed, and suddenly slapped the sheets.

"He Jian, bring me a knife!"

"Brother Hao?" He Jian looked into his eyes in surprise.

Xu Hao slapped him on the head and said with a big grin, "Hurry up, what does my mother-in-law look like?" ”

Soon, He Jian came over with a kitchen knife.

Just when everyone was curious about what Xu Hao was going to do with the knife, they saw him raise the kitchen knife with his only remaining left hand and cut it down at the place where his broken leg had solidified and scabbed!

"Brother Hao!"

"Brother Hao, what are you doing!"

"Don't think about it!"

Just when everyone was stunned by Xu Hao's actions and stepped forward to stop them, a shocking scene appeared.

I saw that at the section of the wound, countless flesh and blood gushed out and intertwined one after another, bones, muscles, and skin......

It turned out to be flesh and blood, and soon a new leg grew!

"Brothers, I know that you will inevitably be a little discouraged and disappointed in the future when you see me so badly injured."

Xu Hao cut off the scab on the severed arm of his right hand with another knife, and new flesh and blood poured out from the wound in a steady stream, and this tough guy didn't frown, as if he didn't feel pain at all.

"But we haven't lost yet, and we can't lose! We still have courage and strength! ”

"Brothers, from the moment we obtain the source power, we should no longer stick our eyes to common sense and regulations."

"Source power is not just used to strengthen our physical fitness and make us break the limits of the human body. This is a power beyond common sense, a transcendent power! We must use our imagination, make bold assumptions, carefully verify them, and actively explore and master the use of this power. ”

"Flesh and blood regeneration, this is the way I realized the use of source power in my mind during my coma. But the limits of this force are far more than that, and I have a hunch that it is not impossible to fly to the sky, call for wind and rain, and move mountains and reclaim the sea. ”

"Maybe even now, someone has used the source power to use the sword qi light wave that can only be found in the novel."

Looking at everyone's stunned appearance, Xu Hao smiled and patted everyone on the shoulder and said:

"So brothers, we can't give up hope yet. Hope is never just a matter of words, but requires us to act and pursue it effectively. ”

He jerked up from the bed, came to the window, and waved his hand into the distance with a heroic wave.

"With such magical power in our hands, why can't we fight and touch the king of the nightmare beasts?"

After Xu Hao woke up, he quickly boosted everyone's low morale, and the centripetal force of the team was tightly condensed again.

Under his encouragement, some people in the team soon figured out how to use the source force to release high-temperature flames, use the source force to make the weapon in their hands sharper and stronger, and even temporarily wrap the source force on the bullet to add a penetrating and bursting effect to the bullet.

Hope is never just lip service.

Xu Hao's awakening, as well as the cohesion and action of their team, made many viewers who watched them truly feel the existence of hope.

I felt the shining light of humanity.

The popularity of him and his team is soaring at the blue star.

At this time, someone in Xu Hao's mouth, who may have learned to release the light wave of sword qi, was hiding in the corner of a certain building in embarrassment, avoiding another wave of monsters.

When will such a day come to an end!

Even Liu Lingxue, who has never had a lot of ups and downs, couldn't help but complain hatefully in her heart in the face of the continuous pursuit.

If it weren't for the luck of meeting another player with source power in the process, and with one more helper, she wouldn't even have time to take a breath and rest.

Her eyes looked to the side, it was a girl with delicate facial features and a cold expression, named Yunduo.

Yunduo's combat power is not too strong, but the source power seems to have strengthened her mental attributes, allowing her to vaguely perceive the surrounding environment even without using her eyes, which makes the two of them barely have the success of evading the pursuit of the Nightmare Beast this time.

She chose to follow her because she wondered why so many Nightmare Beasts were chasing after her, and she felt that she must have some kind of trait or reason that attracted Nightmare Beasts.

She wanted to find out why.

How does Liu Lingxue know what the reason is?

I only know that since yesterday, I have been walking and walking, and suddenly it seems like I have been hit by some doom aura, and suddenly countless nightmare beasts have appeared and started to hunt her.

She could only guess that after the source power in our players' bodies increased to a certain level, they became the most delicious prey in the perception of the Nightmare Beast, and they could evolve by eating, so they kept chasing and killing me?

She didn't think it was Li Jing and Xiao Xiao's reason, a player with no ambitions, and a well-behaved and cowardly local survivor.

Who can see through Xiao Ling's true identity at the first sight, who would have thought that Xiao Ling's exclusivity and jealousy are so heavy, Liu Lingxue just sent an invitation to Li Jing, and in Xiao Ling's eyes, it is a signal that her beloved toy is going to be snatched away, and she must be punished severely?

At this moment, Liu Lingxue regretted Li Jing's refusal even more.

If Li Jing had agreed to his invitation at that time and had one more helper, it would have been easier to deal with these monsters now, right?

Liu Lingxue couldn't help but think of this in her heart.

And compared to the clouds, he followed her more out of curiosity, out of a desire to study her.

Li Jing was by her side, but it made her feel more relaxed and at ease.

Unfortunately, he didn't make it to my companion in the end.

Thinking of this, Liu Lingxue felt even more sorry in her heart.

Qu Bottle City.

"Mr. Adams, this nightmare beast has been subdued by us, and its core is here, please."

Reeves respectfully and passionately for Ender. Adams handed over a delicately patterned knife.

Ender. Adams took the knife politely and with a very aristocratic demeanor.

"Thanks, Reeves."

"My pleasure, Mr. Adams."

Reeves stepped aside, and Ander. Adams picked up the knife and looked at the faint flickering crimson light on the chest of the subdued black ugly monster in front of him, ripping out the piece of flesh that wrapped around the core.

He used a knife to remove the flesh from the core, and then, with the shocked expressions of the people around him, picked up the core and pressed it against his eyebrows.

"Mr. Addams!" Reeves looked at him in alarm.

Everyone thought that he was going to smash the core to obtain the source power, but no one expected him to do such a crazy thing!

At the moment when the core of the beast touched the center of Adams's eyebrows, the scarlet light flickered slightly from the core, ominous and eerie.

Adams closed his eyes, as if contemplating, as if sucking, until he opened them.

An eerie red light flashed through his emerald green pupils.

It was a nightmare for a child whose mother would prick his arm with a pen if he didn't do well in the exam.

In the nightmare, everything seemed fragmented and bizarre, except for the pen that was plunged into his hand at once.

He threw the core back into the body of the Nightmare, motioned for everyone to let go of the suppressed Nightmare, and then asked for a pen.

"Reeves, do you believe me?"

The Nightmare Beast stood up from the ground again, and in a terrifying manner, Adams handed several pens to Reeves and pointed at the Nightmare Beast, which required several players to work together to subdue.

"Go ahead, kill him with the pen I gave you."

"Yes, Mr. Addams!"

Reeves picked up his pen and charged at the Nightmare without hesitation.

When he saw that the terrible nightmare beast was actually weakened and weak in front of a few pens, and was easily killed by Reeves, Ender. Adams' pupils lit up.

"Well done, Reeves, the experiment was successful."

"You have lived up to the trust I placed in you."

"We've found a way to kill the Nightmare Beast in one blow, a path that really opens up the future."

He smiled slightly, "Tonight, everyone can sleep peacefully after a relaxing cup of coffee." ”

"Because the king of the beasts of this city will surely perish under my wisdom!"

In the sun, Adams's tall and handsome image was already as holy and brilliant as a god in the eyes of everyone.

Countless barrages in his live broadcast room are frantically scrolling and swiping the screen, telling their admiration and worship for him.

Ender. The news of Adams' discovery of the weakness of the Nightmare Beast also spread to the live broadcast rooms like a snowflake of paper, and his popularity in Blue Star began to skyrocket.

At this time, Li Jingzheng picked up the yellowed photo while holding the little girl, and gently comforted her.

"Your mom and dad must have chosen to die with a smile in the end, no regrets, no regrets. So little girl, stop treating their sacrifice as a nightmare, stop blaming yourself for it, you are not a burden, and you have not made any mistakes. ”

Click.

He took out his mobile phone, which had lost most of its role in this world because of the lack of Internet, and took a photo of himself and the little girl.

"Let's just seal this photo as a good memory of the past."

He tucked the yellowed photo into a book and showed it to the little girl on his phone.

"This is our future, isn't it?"

In the photo, a man and a woman snuggled together, the little obedient tears were blooming, pitiful and cute, Li Jing had a shallow smile on the corner of his mouth, handsome and gentle.

The little girl looked at the photos on the screen in a daze, her eyes gradually straightened, and she seemed to be stupid.

"Is it really possible, Brother Li Jing? I...... Is it really possible to go on to the future without carrying the death of your parents? ”

"Of course you can, little girl."

Li Jing smiled and scratched her nose.

"Dwelling on the past is the behavior of the weak, if the little girl wants to become strong and grows up, he should continue to walk towards the future with their hope."

Dwelling on the past is ...... The behavior of the weak?

Xiao Liang raised his head and looked at his eyes stupidly, as if he had realized.

"Thank you, Brother Li Jing."

She threw herself into his chest with great emotion.

Thank you for helping me erase the last weakness with your own hands.