"...... all of them?" I hesitated.

"I will first find a "mask" and hide it in the secret place of "Dao City", and then return to "Jade City" to fight to the death." After Gu Yu finished speaking, he looked at me, "Sister Zhichun, you are right, I should try my best to help when I can protect myself, I can help if I can, and if I can't help, I can do my best." ”

"But have you figured it out?" Jiang Ruoxue asked again, "The 'Zodiac' may not be able to escape, it can only let you live." ”

"It's enough to live." Gu Yu said, "If I don't act quickly...... I'm afraid I'll be in the "interview room" forever. ”

His eyes were unusually sad, and I knew that these two paths would be difficult for him to choose, but he had to choose.

If he decides to stay in Jade City, there will be no chance left.

"Sister Zhichun, some people in Jade City can't escape if they want to, and I'm already lucky." Gu Yu smiled bitterly, "Just like you said...... We will be destroyed one day, and hopefully, then...... Our ruler can send "hope" to "Dao City". ”

"Send 'hope' to Dao City...... I frowned and looked at Gu Yu, "What do you mean?" ”

"Someone has to go forward with the last hope of a whole city." Gu Yu said, "All of us have struggled here...... Even those who have been brainwashed cannot deny that they have struggled here. So I'm not willing to let everyone disappear here...... I'm going to ask for an explanation. ”

"But my advice is that you don't go back." I said, "I can't understand this choice, I know that there is a risk, but you want to plant it, Gu Yu, you seem to be a smart person, think about it carefully, will there be such an unreasonable choice in this world?" ”

"No...... Sister Zhichun ......" Gu Yu sighed, "This is no longer a problem that can be solved by 'common sense'...... There are people in that city who have given me hope, and I can't just choose to give them up......"

"So you want to change that city?" I asked.

"Yes." Gu Yu said, "Sister Zhichun, you just said that 'unity' will perish, so in the first moment I go back, I will find a way to create some chaos, and it would be better if I could directly overthrow the leader...... There may be a glimmer of life in such a divided situation. ”

"But that's going to be hard."

"Yes...... Even if there's only a 1 in 10,000 chance, I'm going to go back and give it a try. Gu Yu replied, "Otherwise, in the future, I will become a "zodiac" and stand there and blame myself forever, I will always think "If I go back then, will everything be different". ”

"Well......" I nodded gloomily, and I finally understood.

Many times from a rational point of view, it is difficult for me to understand that people in this world will make all kinds of unreasonable choices.

But now I understand it all.

Even if all the paths of "reason" are in front of us, it is possible for human beings to be dominated by "sensibility".

For example, I have always said that I only love myself in this world, but if Jiang Ruoxue is trapped in that city, I am afraid that even I will choose to fight.

I smiled bitterly: "Gu Yu, you are a good person, I hope to see you again one day." ”

"I want to, too." Gu Yu nodded, looked at me and then at Jiang Ruoxue, "Sister Xue, Sister Zhichun...... Thank you for meeting you this time, and thank you Brother Sun for chatting with me, and for Sister Weekend punching and kicking me these days...... This is probably the best memory I've ever had since I arrived at the End Land. ”

"Don't jump to conclusions." I shook my head, "Your days in the Last Land are far from over. ”

"I know." Gu Yu smiled, "But it will never get better than this." ”

He walked slowly over to us and picked up the plastic rose from me.

This old, faded fake flower made my heart sink.

It's just magic...... How high are people's expectations for it?

It's done a lot more than it's supposed to do, and it's worked hard enough......

"I'm leaving."

Gu Yu tightened the flower bones of the rose with his hands, and then stuffed them back into the black stick.

I never imagined that such a beautiful flower would be squeezed into a small black stick for so long.

It can't see the light of day, it can't bloom colors.

It struggled in agony within the iron walls.

When will it bloom again?

"Let's choose Monkey." I said.

"Monkey ......?" Gu Yu's hand holding the black stick paused slightly.

"All zodiac signs have characteristics." I also stood up, looked into Gu Yu's eyes and said, "The characteristic of 'monkey' is 'cheating', you are a magician, and the probability of surviving if you choose 'monkey' will be greater." ”

"Good ......" Gu Yu nodded, "Thank you, Sister Zhichun......"

"Return to a city of despair, and finally Nirvana becomes the "zodiac." I looked at him helplessly, "It's exactly 'not broken, not standing'. ”

"What......?"

"Remember, 'If you don't break, you can't stand.'" I said to him, "Whether it is to return to the "Jade City" or become the "Zodiac", I can't slack off on any road, and I look forward to meeting you again." ”

"Okay." Gu Yu seemed to have made up his mind after listening to my words, "I will remember, Sister Zhichun, Sister Xue...... If, in the future, you are walking on the road and see a strange monkey greeting you, I hope you will say a few words to him. ”

"I will."

I said "yes", but I couldn't be happy.

Once Gu Yu really became a "monkey" and stood here, it would mean that the "Jade City" had completely fallen, and all those who were important to him had disappeared.

He could only stand alone in the "Dao City".

Watching him turn around and leave, Jiang Ruoxue and I glanced at each other with sad faces.

"Hey!" Jiang Ruoxue was stunned for a moment, and soon found out that something was wrong, and shouted in the direction where Gu Yu left, "Gu Yu, going out of the city is not in that direction, you are going the other way." ”

"I know." Gu Yu turned around and said to Jiang Ruoxue, "I'm not going to go to the 'Vortex City' to find the 'Zodiac' mask, I'm going to gamble to death a monkey in the 'Dao City'." ”

"What......?" I was slightly stunned, "There is a safer road, but you don't take it?" ”

"Well, it's too safe for me." Gu Yu said, "The other party will cheat, and I will cheat." I want to try how many catties I have, if I can bet to death a "zodiac", it means that my strength has at least reached the "human level", which is more than enough to deal with ordinary "participants". ”

"But you already know that the "zodiac" was also a "participant" before, can you still be a killer?" I asked again.

"This is the survival of the fittest." Gu Yu said, "If I am stronger than him, then I will become a "monkey" for him, if he wins me in the gamble, it can only mean that my ability is here, although there is no regret in death." ”

"Are you ......" Jiang Ruoxue asked, "Do you need us to be with you?" ”

"Don't." Gu Yu shook his head, "Sister Xue, I'm not sure if I can win, so you don't have to watch me die tragically, just stay in the anticipation that there may be a reunion." ”

That day, Gu Yu left.

I didn't think he was so pitiful, after all, he was just one of the poor people who could be found everywhere in this "last place".